Remember the arcade game "Gauntlet?" You could put more money in for more life points. Paying for UO characters and property differs from that exactly how?
It doesn't take them very long to mobilize that "security council" force, does it? I mean, they don't have to go out and recruit soldiers and setup infrastructure in order to operate in a military capacity. QED
"She was later fired for cracking a ruler over some kid's head. "
Fired, but not locked away for 10-15?
Maybe she can still be brought to justice... What is the statute of limitations on felonious assault of a toddler?
I really think that should carry the same penalty as if a bum at the bus stop broke a piece of wood over your kids head. Hell, if somebody did me like that as an adult I would sure as hell press assault charges. It would not be hard to get somebody thrown in slamville for it. Poor innocent child, evil psychopathic woman.
"This country revolves around the almighty buck, and nobody wants their taxes to go up"
I think the problem is that we are well aware that we pay a fucking assload in taxes now, and we are not getting our money's worth. In fact, we are just plain getting fleeced. Why can't we ask for money for education to come from the already staggering amount of tax money we collect now? Look how much a single SAM costs; we don't have trouble raising money for those.
The argument that everything we ask for necessarily has to involve a tax increase is preposterous. What we're really asking for is accountability, and for more appropriate distribution of the money.
Isn't that one of the main requirements? That the "apparatus" being patented has to work? That way they stopped people patenting perpetual motion machines and so on...
"I am always amazed by the number of companies who really believe that keeping their encryption algorithms or security holes secret somehow makes them more secure."
It buys them time... If they publish their weak code or their security holes, they are in trouble right away. Otherwise they are in trouble, maybe, at some unspecified future time. "They" can live with that. One way they get money, one way they do not.
Another thing to consider is the soft job market. The people who wrote your code don't work there anymore, by and large. This is the downside of the ease of finding high-tech jobs, but I digress.
"(Of course it doesn't hurt when their grand [dragon? wizard? what do you call these bozo's?]get's arrested and convicted for raping a 12 year old and a 13 year old)."
WADR, it does hurt. The doctrine of "two wrongs don't make a right" applies...
Still it's good to know that the system wasn't manipulated for this person. Do you have a cite on this incident?
I can't forego my 5 minutes in the sun to compensate for the unsolicited xray, can I?
How can I allow myself to be subjected to anything that is known to carry a cancer risk? There are things we cannot control, but those should not be used to justify adding more risks.
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It is not "just FUD"... I'd like to be able to post performance numbers, say from a specific number of operations between a Netapp filer and a sun, lintel, linux-alpha, dec-alpha, and winnt box, but I don't have the extra.25 million for the netapp... But please don't dismisss this report as FUD... We love linux to pieces but the NFS performance has been a showstopper for us. Tuning it isn't the solution; NFS writes are slow. No fud here -- it's a certainty, not uncertainty, no doubt about it at all.
(damned enter key, excuse me...) It seems like most of the responses lean toward "not using NFS" or "using something else (CODA, AFS)" but apparently we are still lacking in the NFS department.
Unfortunately for linux in at least one place I know, this is terrible. What if (your shop) wants to use Network Appliance for your storage solution? All of a sudden you have an argument against linux based strictly on a technical merit -- NFS Performace. Not good. (When you get a Netapp filer talking coda, call me!) Even dyed-in-the-wool linux advocates in my company are forced to bite the bullet and use other platforms because linux isn't suitable to task for NFS with lots of writes.
NFS itself is not to blame, after all Digital Unix performs well in this context. Even a commercial NFS implementation would be okay for a solution. Poor NFS performance has been a problem with linux for too many years now. I keep waiting for the problems to magically go away, but I guess they aren't going to. I've studied filesystems but still don't think I can fix this...
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"ignoring what the more important issue of the posting is."
I'm not doing that. I'm trying to do my part to bring some sanity.
There are a few (very few) complicating factors to this crime which make it into hugely newsworthy material.
Other than those few things, it's just not that shocking, or even all that tragic. I don't even get what's so unusual about it. People kill other people every day in this country, I'd bet even in Colorado.
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That link isn't exactly 404 but there is no story...
And nothing in "Top Stories"..
Nothing In "World"
Wait. this is interesting... http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/wl/story.ht ml?s=v/nm/19990428/wl/china_usa_spying_1.h tml
I wonder if we can deal with nuclear weapons first, then handguns. Triage, you know.
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Remember the arcade game "Gauntlet?"
You could put more money in for more life points.
Paying for UO characters and property differs from
that exactly how?
Did anybody REALLY get the tattoo? Or is it
an urban legend.
It doesn't take them very long to mobilize that
"security council" force, does it? I mean, they
don't have to go out and recruit soldiers and
setup infrastructure in order to operate in a
military capacity. QED
I think the problem with Python is that much
of the population is conditioned to loathe snakes.
The Xtians have that Adam&Eve&S@t@n thing to overcome.
People don't have this problem with Coffee, or with Oysters, Monumental French Towers, etc.
"Scheme" and "Guile" might be suffering the same
fate. Don't understimate the power of people's
perceptions to affect a marketplace.
I payed $175.00 (US) for my
first sony walkman. That was more than
20 years ago, though.
It's about controversy.
Ebay likes to generate controversy. That gets
attention. Attention lures people to Ebay.
Business thrives.
This just points to a defective design.
The project did not scale.
People have managed to exploit this defect
into a profit center.
All of today's news gone?
Wh'appened??
"Such a
proposition has no legal enforcing value by itself... it is a proposition. "
A proposition made by an entity that has a
standing army. When an army makes a gentle
suggestion, it generally expects to get its
way.
Are you saying dselect is slow on 486?
I used it just fine, recently, on a 386/DX40/8Meg
board. It was a joy. Nearly a thrill.
My domain, "conservatory.com" contains the letters :^)
"con" which is French slang for the female reproductive part. Should I be worried?
"She was later fired for cracking a ruler over some kid's head. "
Fired, but not locked away for 10-15?
Maybe she can still be brought to justice...
What is the statute of
limitations on felonious
assault of a toddler?
I really think that should carry the same penalty
as if a bum at the bus stop broke a piece of wood
over your kids head. Hell, if somebody did me
like that as an adult I would sure as hell press
assault charges. It would not be hard to get
somebody thrown in slamville for it. Poor innocent child, evil psychopathic woman.
"This country revolves around the almighty buck, and nobody wants their taxes to go up"
I think the problem is that we are well aware that
we pay a fucking assload in taxes now, and we are
not getting our money's worth. In fact, we are
just plain getting fleeced. Why can't we ask for
money for education to come from the already staggering amount of tax money we collect now?
Look how much a single SAM costs; we don't have
trouble raising money for those.
The argument that everything we ask for necessarily has to involve a tax increase is
preposterous. What we're really asking for is
accountability, and for more appropriate distribution of the money.
Isn't that one of the main requirements? That
the "apparatus" being patented has to work?
That way they stopped people patenting perpetual motion machines and so on...
ElGamal
We need a catchy, or at least pronounceable name,
if we want widespread adoption.
"I am always amazed by the number of companies who really
believe that keeping their encryption algorithms or security holes secret
somehow makes them more secure."
It buys them time...
If they publish their weak code or their security
holes, they are in trouble right away. Otherwise
they are in trouble, maybe, at some unspecified future time. "They" can live with that. One way
they get money, one way they do not.
Another thing to consider is the soft job market.
The people who wrote your code don't work there anymore, by and large. This is the downside of the ease of finding high-tech jobs, but I digress.
Okay. I'll stay in Germany. I don't have to worry. I'm not Jewish.
"(Of course it doesn't hurt when their grand [dragon? wizard? what do you call
these bozo's?]get's arrested and convicted for raping a 12 year old and a 13 year old)."
WADR, it does hurt. The doctrine of "two wrongs don't make a right" applies...
Still it's good to know that the system wasn't
manipulated for this person. Do you have a cite
on this incident?
"A little less likely" isn't good enough.
I can't forego my 5 minutes in the sun to
compensate for the unsolicited xray, can I?
How can I allow myself to be subjected to anything
that is known to carry a cancer risk? There
are things we cannot control, but those should not
be used to justify adding more risks.
I wonder if they added this just today?
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how long till the tv industry lashes out against
this stuff, having taken a cue from riaa?
It is not "just FUD" ... I'd like to be able .25 million for the netapp... But please don't dismisss this
to post performance numbers, say from a specific
number of operations between a Netapp filer and
a sun, lintel, linux-alpha, dec-alpha, and winnt
box, but I don't have the extra
report as FUD... We love linux to pieces but the
NFS performance has been a showstopper for us.
Tuning it isn't the solution; NFS writes are slow.
No fud here -- it's a certainty, not uncertainty,
no doubt about it at all.
(damned enter key, excuse me...)
It seems like most of the responses lean
toward "not using NFS" or "using something
else (CODA, AFS)" but apparently we are still
lacking in the NFS department.
Unfortunately for linux in at least one place
I know, this is terrible. What if (your shop) wants
to use Network Appliance for your storage solution? All of a sudden you have an argument
against linux based strictly on a technical merit -- NFS Performace. Not good. (When you get a
Netapp filer talking coda, call me!) Even dyed-in-the-wool linux advocates in my company are
forced to bite the bullet and use other platforms
because linux isn't suitable to task for NFS with lots of writes.
NFS itself is not to blame, after all Digital Unix
performs well in this context. Even a commercial
NFS implementation would be okay for a solution.
Poor NFS performance has been a problem with linux
for too many years now. I keep waiting for the
problems to magically go away, but I guess they
aren't going to. I've studied filesystems but still don't think I can fix this...
"ignoring what the more important issue of the posting is."
I'm not doing that. I'm trying to do my part to
bring some sanity.
There are a few (very few) complicating factors to
this crime which make it into hugely newsworthy
material.
Other than those few things, it's just not that
shocking, or even all that tragic. I don't even
get what's so unusual about it. People kill
other people every day in this country, I'd bet
even in Colorado.
That link isn't exactly 404 but there
t ml?s=v/nm/19990428/wl/china_usa_spying_1.h tml
is no story...
And nothing in "Top Stories"..
Nothing In "World"
Wait. this is interesting...
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/wl/story.h
I wonder if we can deal with nuclear weapons
first, then handguns. Triage, you know.