I would have thought that a fake alpha male would make attract all the females and make all the real males feel totally inadequate, so making them go off feeling all sorry for themselves since they're not good enough for the females. If a female loses her way on the to the fake alpha, I males would go, "Oh, you don't want us inadequate males! No, you want to go over there with all the other females and that *huge* stud."...and, thus, another species bites the dust thanks to mankind.
> Is there something different between a broken network and one that's just very slow?
One thing that has since occurred to me is wrt the various time outs that are set as default. For example, how long will a computer wait for a response from a DNS server? I guess those timeout values might set a minimum service level, or mean that some services should be given priority else the network would just not work.
Well der, of course I meant a modem on the other side of the blockage, else there wouldn't any point at all. I was thinking of something along the lines of an AOL or earthlink account, or just have someone hook up a modem at our US office...
Of course that's not an accurate description. It was that he was not prepared for them to use it to the extent they did - he wasn't prepared for the degree of success that occurred.
On that note, I wonder what turns a healthy network into a broken one? Is there something different between a broken network and one that's just very slow?
It reminds me of the problems we had in Asia (I'm in Beijing) earlier this year due to the earthquake in Taiwan. Network congestion was so bad that we figured using a 56K modem would be faster, since at least then we're given a dedicated bandwidth (enough for a voice)...maybe. We never tried that out, so I don't know for sure...
>... if John Henry Browne does sue Avvo's computer ranking program it will make him a bad lawyer and thus the ranking will have been a self fulfilling prophecy.
Unless he wins (this is in the US, right?), in which case they'll be obliged to increase his rating.
"Think I'm a bad lawyer? I'll show you!"...."See, I told you I was a good lawyer."
Click on 'Beijing' then the picture on the right (with the robot in the picture).
If you mistakenly click on the one on the left, then you get something, er, *completely* different! Worth a watch too (if the stupid flash works for you - often cuts off short for me).
> Neighbours? You poor bastard. Sorry about that. Wish we could make it stop.
Yeah. Thanks for the sympathies. I'm doing fairly well now. I was, along with most of the nation, hooked for much of the '80/'90s. I left the UK in late '97 for a life in 'sunny' California (can you spell El Nino?), so have managed to detox fairly well.
From reading the comments, it seems like it actually did work for them - ie they got back all their data with minimal loss (changes since last 'backup'). I can't read the article for some reason - only the comments.
I wouldn't call it sluggish on the n95 (I would on it's predecessors), but I *have* found it quite frustrating at times, so that might equate to 'mess'. On the other had, the iPhone doesn't have as many applications to deal with, so it obviously doesn't have this problem - S60 is quite quick when it doesn't have any additional app in the menu (I expect).
Still, by the time an Apple iPhone has similar features, perhaps S60 will have had time to improve. Hopefully, this will be the influence the iPhone has on the market - push it's UI in the right direction.
I also hope that the Apple iPhone will have a positive influence on the development environment. Developing for S60 can be very painful (in C++ at least).
It's a horrible thought, but I suppose you could say S60 is to iPhoneGUI as MS Windows is to Aqua.
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> computer cases that are not puke-colored (technical term)
I think that was SGI, wasn't it?
I would have thought that a fake alpha male would make attract all the females and make all the real males feel totally inadequate, so making them go off feeling all sorry for themselves since they're not good enough for the females. If a female loses her way on the to the fake alpha, I males would go, "Oh, you don't want us inadequate males! No, you want to go over there with all the other females and that *huge* stud." ...and, thus, another species bites the dust thanks to mankind.
> Re:Alan Cox can suck it
... what she has to say, I mean.
Right on! I'm more interested in his sister, Nikki, and her aural contribution
> You can't dismantle organically-evolved law from the top-down; that's never, ever worked in any
society and always results in disaster.
Er, yeah. Ok. zzzzz
> Is there something different between a broken network and one that's just very slow?
One thing that has since occurred to me is wrt the various time outs that are set as default. For example, how long will a computer wait for a response from a DNS server? I guess those timeout values might set a minimum service level, or mean that some services should be given priority else the network would just not work.
Anything other than DNS?
Yeah, so?
If the ISP is on the other side of the blockage, it effectively gets me onto the other side of the blockage, no?
Well der, of course I meant a modem on the other side of the blockage, else there wouldn't any point at all.
I was thinking of something along the lines of an AOL or earthlink account, or just have someone hook up a modem at our US office...
Well, my mum told me I shouldn't arrange to meet people off the net'...but, er, maybe...
Of course that's not an accurate description. It was that he was not prepared for them to use it to the extent they did - he wasn't prepared for the degree of success that occurred.
On that note, I wonder what turns a healthy network into a broken one? Is there something different between a broken network and one that's just very slow?
It reminds me of the problems we had in Asia (I'm in Beijing) earlier this year due to the earthquake in Taiwan. Network congestion was so bad that we figured using a 56K modem would be faster, since at least then we're given a dedicated bandwidth (enough for a voice)...maybe. We never tried that out, so I don't know for sure...
> ... if John Henry Browne does sue Avvo's computer ranking program it will make him a bad lawyer and thus the ranking will have been a self fulfilling prophecy.
Unless he wins (this is in the US, right?), in which case they'll be obliged to increase his rating.
"Think I'm a bad lawyer? I'll show you!"...."See, I told you I was a good lawyer."
> (And what's up with moderators moding the anti-Flash parent as 'Insightful'?)
Yeah. What's with that?
I mean I don't see how it is even possible that it is insightful. It's just notice of heeding a warning.
At least 'troll' makes some sort of sense, not that I agree with it.
What do you mean? People are born on different days, so each person's 7th day is different.
Do they insist people work (or visit) for 7 days in a row? Somehow I doubt it...
Wow. Conflicted mods - yeah :D
I wonder how I still get '0 - Troll' from this :
Starting Score: 1 point
Moderation -1
40% Troll
40% Insightful
20% Overrated
Extra 'Troll' Modifier 0
Total Score: 0
> See the expedition's site ... (caution: total Flash site).
Then, no, I won't visit your site.
Ah, ok...but what's the problem with that? I mean, if the intention was for it to be a backup solution, not a redundancy solution, then that's fine.
Was it supposed to be?
Max.
> All I can say in reply is that I hope nobody ever tried to tell that to Ghandi, Martin Luther King or Nelson Mandela.
"All I can say..."? Apparently not, since you then go on to say something else.
In any case, are you trying to tell me that you seriously think no body told those guys they were fighting a lost cause. I'll take that bet.
Of course people are going to try to dissuade you, for whatever reason. You can ignore them and stick to your guns, right?
> No sir-ree, there is noting to see here
posting, yes, noting no.
> he successful experiment lit a 60-watt light bulb.
I've seen people use 'lighted', usually wrt polygons. It makes me cringe.
I could read past the word 'lit' in the summary above....
I prefer :
^something^somethingelse
http://www.five.tv/paulmerton/
Click on 'Beijing' then the picture on the right (with the robot in the picture).
If you mistakenly click on the one on the left, then you get something, er, *completely* different! Worth a watch too (if the stupid flash works for you - often cuts off short for me).
> "myaddress+suffix@gmail.com"
Fastmail.fm also do this. I use it to automatically filter messages into folders.
I still think Fastmail is better than Google mail - I have both but find myself using fastmail much more.
> Neighbours? You poor bastard. Sorry about that. Wish we could make it stop.
Yeah. Thanks for the sympathies. I'm doing fairly well now. I was, along with most of the nation, hooked for much of the '80/'90s. I left the UK in late '97 for a life in 'sunny' California (can you spell El Nino?), so have managed to detox fairly well.
Used in English a lot too.
:)
We could've picked it up from 'Neighbours' (and it's ilk) though, so who knows it's origin
> Just don't do it like these guys.
From reading the comments, it seems like it actually did work for them - ie they got back all their data with minimal loss (changes since last 'backup'). I can't read the article for some reason - only the comments.
Did I miss something?
Max.
> Another issue, RAID is NOT a backup solution
It (RAID1) can be, with some caveats. Just 'fail' one of the mirrors and take it off site (same as you would a tape).
I'm sure it works very nicely in some situations.
I wouldn't call it sluggish on the n95 (I would on it's predecessors), but I *have* found it quite frustrating at times, so that might equate to 'mess'. On the other had, the iPhone doesn't have as many applications to deal with, so it obviously doesn't have this problem - S60 is quite quick when it doesn't have any additional app in the menu (I expect).
Still, by the time an Apple iPhone has similar features, perhaps S60 will have had time to improve. Hopefully, this will be the influence the iPhone has on the market - push it's UI in the right direction.
I also hope that the Apple iPhone will have a positive influence on the development environment. Developing for S60 can be very painful (in C++ at least).
It's a horrible thought, but I suppose you could say S60 is to iPhoneGUI as MS Windows is to Aqua.