I have to admit, due to this outage I just logged in to Slashdot for the first time in a year. We're experiencing our own outages at work, unrelated to AWS, but I'd hate to be an AWS admin during one of these major outages.
This makes me wonder why Reddit, Imgur, etc., don't have presences in multiple availability zones to prevent this kind of outage.
I'd be willing to bet that if we looked, there'd be prior art before Apple's OSX. I just spent a few minutes Googling, but as you may imagine, trying to find that is rather difficult.
You are lucky then. Or rather, perhaps I'm just unlucky. I haven't dicked with any iDevices in a while, so perhaps its a nonissue there, but I continue to see it on my Android device. Once I narrow the reasoning, I'll submit a bug report, but until then, how am I supposed to cite experience?
Or you want reliable email and communications, you know. iPhone and Android suck at ensuring your email and/or text messages get out. Blackberries just don't give up. Email, too. Many times my Android phone has tried to send an email just to finally send it out the next day. My Blackberries have never not been persistent. If signal goes out, they pick up as soon as they can.
Don't get me wrong, I love my Android phone, but the Blackberry holds a place in this world. I would love to have a company issued other-phone, but the Blackberry makes sure I stay in touch. It's all for the better that all of the games on it suck.
PS, have you tried BBOS 6? It's actually pretty slick... especially on the Torch.
Please, oh please, tell me why I am misguided. I'd love to hear your reason. A Blackberry is a phone. A phone is a tool. You choose a tool that does the job you need it to do. iPhones don't always make the cut, or any other phone for that matter. I am personally offended now.
Now, regarding the rest of your post: Yes, and like I said, they just plain work. A lot of people will trade fancy flashlights built in to their phones for stability. I personally would rather have a 100% working phone than flash capabilities. You may not think about the Ford Econoline, Chevy Express, or even the Mack trucks on the road, but without them, the world stops spinning.
I'd like to see that. iPhones don't have that much grab. The market distribution with regards to smartphones seems to be still ~40% iPhone, ~40% Android, ~20% Blackberry. Most of the market research seemed to indicate that last time I saw it, too.
I urge you to look around and remember how many Blackberries are still being used everywhere. You may not like them, you may have never used one, and your experience may be limited to these sensationalized news articles, but enough people still use Blackberries that it is actually important.
I carry two phones, one company Blackberry and my personal Samsung Galaxy S2. Before I got my GalaxyS2, I carried a personal Blackberry. They are good phones and their software is solid. Not many other smartphones can go weeks without having to be rebooted, especially with the battery life they pull.
Have you ever developed anything with Perl? (Its not "PERL"!!!) It is an elegant language. You just have to be mature with it just as with any other language so you don't get ahead of yourself and stuck with the stereotype Perl maintenance beast. Please remember that Java is not a suitable language for most things (I assume you're a fresh Java developer from your ignorance).
As am I... He goes on about spam messages and owning Slashdot? This article makes no sense and I think somebody needs to reread it... Or provide us some contextual clue we are missing.
Can somebody post a clear synopsis for those of us incapable of deciphering this story?
I really wasn't surprised, and I neither believe its really 'news', but rather just a standard thing. But somebody submitted it so they could say they had an article posted on Slashdot!;)
Just like the Core Solo being defective Core Duos... so AMD is just following Intel's lead, once again! Then again, how could you blame them? It's good business. You don't have to scrap crappy chips that have at least semi-functioning cores. So you sell it as another product at minimal loss. I'm sure they still make money on it, so it keeps everybody happy: AMD and the economy consumer!
Nice attitude. Do you by chance work in the office of our vice president? All kidding aside, this is a very stupid argument to make. How about "we deserve as taxpayers to know how OUR money is being spent."
I'm really not kidding. Does Steve Jobs tell everything about upcoming products to stockholders? No. You (if you're not a stock holder, just take the analogy as if you are) gave him money, too. Believe it or not, our government CAN'T be all evil. It is in fact elected by us, thus, we directly supported it. Thus, we directly instilled our trust in it. Thus, it is entirely the fault of EVERY AMERICAN if the government does something that people don't like. As a republican-democracy, it is their responsibility to act on our behalf. The notion being that they know best. You decided your legislature knows best. You decided that the President knows best. The majority spoke. If you push a car off a cliff, you can't decide to go back and not push it off once its already falling. It just doesn't work that way.
What makes you think everyone else is a fake just because you are? As much as you deserve a troll mod down, you really need to think about what you are saying. You obviously have never worked with a human being in your lifetime, or else you would know that everybody IS a fake. Really- it is in our nature to be above and beyond. Competition. Do you like to compete? I am sure you do. Do you understand what I am saying?
One of the main points of "social networking" sites is that you interact specifically with those you want (e.g., your real life friends), as opposed to everyone like on Slashdot, so the average demographic doesn't matter. True, it is. However, how can you tell what a person is like when everybody tries to create images to set themselves apart? I view most social networking sites as ways to practice creating fronts and faces. Sure, I have a MySpace and a Facebook, but I don't even maintain my MySpace. My girlfriend does. So she can put up my interests, but can she really express me? I like Facebook though. Its more limiting. I just get a cleaner vibe from it.
as opposed to everyone like on Slashdot, so the average demographic doesn't matter. Are you trying to tell me that Slashdot is not a diverse culture, not a "melting pot" like the United States is told to be? If you are, you are very wrong, sir. Slashdot's demographic is not just script-kiddies and sweaty old men who live in their mother's basement, but rather most of the technology world and the younger generation. Slashdot rates high on Google, so where do you think a lot of people are sent from their search results.
Anyways, I still have not woken up entirely, yet. Good morning, USA.
How are Myspace and OpenID remotely related? A decentralized social network would be nifty, but OpenID definitely isn't one. In the mean time, better social networks offer open APIs that let you access their friend data.
However, Facebook's API better be damn secure (and not needing even a week of bugs) or else a lot of people would be mighty ticked off. Especially these people that think that stuff on their social networking profile is private and secure. Maybe somebody should let them know that the internet is a series of tubes, and the tubes don't have valves, and I can slide down any one of them and grab the picture of their boobies they posted on Facebook. Then they will sue me for getting it and the tube maker for not crimping the tube so my fat ass couldn't fit.
If you can't tell, I don't like the majority of the social networking demographic:( I do like most technology bloggers, though. They tend to write well and keep things interesting. Using proper, grammar of course. But that is a whole other flame post for me to write.
Could you have used cat6 stp and gotten better results? I can understand that being a problem (interference) in an area with that kind of constant metal and ever changing electro-magnetic properties. I would think using stp instead of utp may help some of that though. If you were still having a problem... wow. I am impressed. Or coax. 10base2 still may have its uses:)
But how will the MPAA like that Linux hackers can go through and do whatever they want with a video stream? I think they will have a fit. But when has that ever stopped anybody from keeping backup copie(s):)
And more seriously, has anybody gotten their hands on one?
genuine
-adjective
1.possessing the claimed or attributed character, quality, or origin; not counterfeit; authentic; real: genuine sympathy; a genuine antique.
Thus, Microsoft I guess has some legitimacy in using the word Genuine. However
the word leaves some room for pirated copies to qualify. Perhaps Microsoft shou
ld have chosen a better word for their test? It seems unfair that a private com
pany should be able to bend language to their will to mislead consumers... which
should be illegal. On the other hand, "origin"... manufacturer? I think it su
its well enough as-is. Otherwise the definition of "Genuine" will be as long as
the MS EULA.
How about QBasic on Win95, MS DOS, etc? My first BASIC programming experiences were on one of those kiddy VTech laptops, then moved to QBasic on Win95. Worked great... simple BASIC, didn't require any special knowledge. In fact, I quite enjoyed it.
Slashdot Mirror
I have to admit, due to this outage I just logged in to Slashdot for the first time in a year. We're experiencing our own outages at work, unrelated to AWS, but I'd hate to be an AWS admin during one of these major outages. This makes me wonder why Reddit, Imgur, etc., don't have presences in multiple availability zones to prevent this kind of outage.
I'd be willing to bet that if we looked, there'd be prior art before Apple's OSX. I just spent a few minutes Googling, but as you may imagine, trying to find that is rather difficult.
Palm 5? Wow, I haven't seen that in a while! If you don't mind me asking (and you're not being sarcastic), which phone do you run?
You are lucky then. Or rather, perhaps I'm just unlucky. I haven't dicked with any iDevices in a while, so perhaps its a nonissue there, but I continue to see it on my Android device. Once I narrow the reasoning, I'll submit a bug report, but until then, how am I supposed to cite experience?
Or you want reliable email and communications, you know. iPhone and Android suck at ensuring your email and/or text messages get out. Blackberries just don't give up. Email, too. Many times my Android phone has tried to send an email just to finally send it out the next day. My Blackberries have never not been persistent. If signal goes out, they pick up as soon as they can.
Don't get me wrong, I love my Android phone, but the Blackberry holds a place in this world. I would love to have a company issued other-phone, but the Blackberry makes sure I stay in touch. It's all for the better that all of the games on it suck.
PS, have you tried BBOS 6? It's actually pretty slick... especially on the Torch.
even a few misguided people use Blackberries.
Please, oh please, tell me why I am misguided. I'd love to hear your reason. A Blackberry is a phone. A phone is a tool. You choose a tool that does the job you need it to do. iPhones don't always make the cut, or any other phone for that matter. I am personally offended now.
Now, regarding the rest of your post: Yes, and like I said, they just plain work. A lot of people will trade fancy flashlights built in to their phones for stability. I personally would rather have a 100% working phone than flash capabilities. You may not think about the Ford Econoline, Chevy Express, or even the Mack trucks on the road, but without them, the world stops spinning.
I'd like to see that. iPhones don't have that much grab. The market distribution with regards to smartphones seems to be still ~40% iPhone, ~40% Android, ~20% Blackberry. Most of the market research seemed to indicate that last time I saw it, too.
Oh, right, now I see it: BBX = Black Berry X. So, not just '10', but 'X'.
Dude, X is 10. Roman numerals. OSX is OS10, as they were at Mac OS9 previously. Acrobat Reader X was also 10, as the previous version was 9.
Unless you follow RIM closely, you'd probably never know. Most people don't care!
I'd say that a release a year is about right for what they're doing, and I foresee it being the same.
I urge you to look around and remember how many Blackberries are still being used everywhere. You may not like them, you may have never used one, and your experience may be limited to these sensationalized news articles, but enough people still use Blackberries that it is actually important.
I carry two phones, one company Blackberry and my personal Samsung Galaxy S2. Before I got my GalaxyS2, I carried a personal Blackberry. They are good phones and their software is solid. Not many other smartphones can go weeks without having to be rebooted, especially with the battery life they pull.
Have you ever developed anything with Perl? (Its not "PERL"!!!) It is an elegant language. You just have to be mature with it just as with any other language so you don't get ahead of yourself and stuck with the stereotype Perl maintenance beast. Please remember that Java is not a suitable language for most things (I assume you're a fresh Java developer from your ignorance).
Hmm, much appreciated. That makes a lot more sense. :(
Now... why did CmdrTaco post such a horrible article?
As am I... He goes on about spam messages and owning Slashdot? This article makes no sense and I think somebody needs to reread it... Or provide us some contextual clue we are missing.
Can somebody post a clear synopsis for those of us incapable of deciphering this story?
I really wasn't surprised, and I neither believe its really 'news', but rather just a standard thing. But somebody submitted it so they could say they had an article posted on Slashdot! ;)
Just like the Core Solo being defective Core Duos... so AMD is just following Intel's lead, once again! Then again, how could you blame them? It's good business. You don't have to scrap crappy chips that have at least semi-functioning cores. So you sell it as another product at minimal loss. I'm sure they still make money on it, so it keeps everybody happy: AMD and the economy consumer!
The people are stupid. Why would you tell them anything?
as opposed to everyone like on Slashdot, so the average demographic doesn't matter. Are you trying to tell me that Slashdot is not a diverse culture, not a "melting pot" like the United States is told to be? If you are, you are very wrong, sir. Slashdot's demographic is not just script-kiddies and sweaty old men who live in their mother's basement, but rather most of the technology world and the younger generation. Slashdot rates high on Google, so where do you think a lot of people are sent from their search results.
Anyways, I still have not woken up entirely, yet. Good morning, USA.
How are Myspace and OpenID remotely related? A decentralized social network would be nifty, but OpenID definitely isn't one. In the mean time, better social networks offer open APIs that let you access their friend data.
:( I do like most technology bloggers, though. They tend to write well and keep things interesting. Using proper, grammar of course. But that is a whole other flame post for me to write.
However, Facebook's API better be damn secure (and not needing even a week of bugs) or else a lot of people would be mighty ticked off. Especially these people that think that stuff on their social networking profile is private and secure. Maybe somebody should let them know that the internet is a series of tubes, and the tubes don't have valves, and I can slide down any one of them and grab the picture of their boobies they posted on Facebook. Then they will sue me for getting it and the tube maker for not crimping the tube so my fat ass couldn't fit.
If you can't tell, I don't like the majority of the social networking demographic
Could you have used cat6 stp and gotten better results? I can understand that being a problem (interference) in an area with that kind of constant metal and ever changing electro-magnetic properties. I would think using stp instead of utp may help some of that though. If you were still having a problem... wow. I am impressed. Or coax. 10base2 still may have its uses :)
But how will the MPAA like that Linux hackers can go through and do whatever they want with a video stream? I think they will have a fit. But when has that ever stopped anybody from keeping backup copie(s) :)
And more seriously, has anybody gotten their hands on one?
Thus, Microsoft I guess has some legitimacy in using the word Genuine. However the word leaves some room for pirated copies to qualify. Perhaps Microsoft shou ld have chosen a better word for their test? It seems unfair that a private com pany should be able to bend language to their will to mislead consumers... which should be illegal. On the other hand, "origin"... manufacturer? I think it su its well enough as-is. Otherwise the definition of "Genuine" will be as long as the MS EULA.
I only say that because he explicitly stated the use of BASIC in his son's math book. You really cant use a C compiler to run a few lines of BASIC :)
How about QBasic on Win95, MS DOS, etc? My first BASIC programming experiences were on one of those kiddy VTech laptops, then moved to QBasic on Win95. Worked great... simple BASIC, didn't require any special knowledge. In fact, I quite enjoyed it.