They could have just shut the site down long enough to do a backup every now and then. Or they could have done the USB thing, or offsite backups, or whatever else. The point is, any solution any of us thinks of is better than what they did. It's like we're playing a game of finding better solutions and Journalspace did the Konami code for us.
One of my girls had to pay over $5000 USD to fix a dent from backing her car out of a driveway. It would have been worth the price of 4 new tires if she could have avoided that.
Netscape didn't fail by trying to add features. They failed by trying to make their own virtual machine and then making a browser to run on that. Then they added a shopping button to it and let the marketing people have their way with everything else.
I think the original comment is a troll. I think I've been running Windows XP for about a year now without a system crash, unless you count the time my hard drive died. I personally think the reason Linux is so crash-free is it doesn't have many ordinary people using it. I also think, crashes and all, my hardware has more uptime with Windows than Linux because my hardware has no driver support, and therefore zero uptime with Linux. That includes hardware that used to work with older versions of the same brand of Linux.
But how can a site, whose life depends on people contributing free data, complain about that free data contributing to people's lives? That would be like a search engine depending on the content of people's websites to make ad revenue, and then not wanting to pay the sites for that content. And that never happens...?
As it has been stated before, the reason Internet Service Providerss were willing to sell high bandwidth is because it was so unlikely anybody would ever be able to use it because very few sites can upload data to people that fast. And, this all changed when BitTorrent came along because people actually were able to use all available bandwidth. Then the ISP's started capping people's bandwidth to some very low amount rather than the several megabits they marketed. So, if the government provides unfiltered 768k access, it will probably be exactly the same as the "up to" 11 megabit connections for regular users and maybe even better for BitTorrent users. And it will cost less than $50 per month.
Specifically concerning the iPhone, I think it would be better to use a regular telephone keypad instead of a whole QWERTY keyboard. There would be space for bigger keys. I'd have an easier time just pressing each number until I got the letter I wanted, rather than pressing the smaller QWERTY keys only to have the wrong letter typed. Combining T9 with the telephone keypad would make it even better.
In an episode of The Family Guy that aired yesterday in the United States, Peter's son pulled his pants down and spanked himself, and one of the characters in the show is an old man who is a blatant, active pedophile. I think it would be nice if the judge were forced to make a distinction between (the things depicted on that show) and (the things depicted in this man's pictures and email).
What if an F150 is used as a unit of weight rather than a unit of vehicles? Then the original statement is correct and you're just a jackass who missed the point. And I'm only saying that because I've posted comments here in the past that received replies more focused on technical details than the point of the post.
There was a similar story mentioned on Slashdot. Some record executive, I think. His child was caught downloading music. Rather than making the child pay $3000, they made the child promise never to do it again. I wish that case could be used to set some kind of precedent for the rest.
Those problems make me wonder why that whole "impeachment" thing doesn't happen more often. I don't know much about law. My guess is the process of removing corrupt elected officials from office is controlled entirely by corrupt elected officials.
I don't see how going from "Add/Remove Programs" to "Programs and Features" is going to make it easier for new users to figure out how to add or remove a program.
So if somebody comes up with a very desirable security-related patent, what's stopping them from saying the NSA thought of it first, and giving them the patent?
I think that's the best suggestion I've read here. But I personally think it would be a mistake to do any "I'm Linux" commercial at all unless they're willing to make some changes to make Linux more suitable to the people the I'm a Mac/I'm a PC commercials are for. All this will do is get a bunch of those people to try Linux, expecting the kind of experience you get with Mac and Windows. Then they'll be disappointed and the things they tell their friends will be more damaging than any anti-Linux commercial could be. Basically, if you want to convince Mac/Windows users that Linux is a viable alternative for them, you will have to make Linux more like Mac & Windows first.
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They could have just shut the site down long enough to do a backup every now and then. Or they could have done the USB thing, or offsite backups, or whatever else. The point is, any solution any of us thinks of is better than what they did. It's like we're playing a game of finding better solutions and Journalspace did the Konami code for us.
One of my girls had to pay over $5000 USD to fix a dent from backing her car out of a driveway. It would have been worth the price of 4 new tires if she could have avoided that.
Netscape didn't fail by trying to add features. They failed by trying to make their own virtual machine and then making a browser to run on that. Then they added a shopping button to it and let the marketing people have their way with everything else.
Yes, now it's time for Google and Mozilla to dominate and destroy the web instead...
I think the original comment is a troll. I think I've been running Windows XP for about a year now without a system crash, unless you count the time my hard drive died. I personally think the reason Linux is so crash-free is it doesn't have many ordinary people using it. I also think, crashes and all, my hardware has more uptime with Windows than Linux because my hardware has no driver support, and therefore zero uptime with Linux. That includes hardware that used to work with older versions of the same brand of Linux.
Not safer. You just feel safer.
How could (8000 leechers, 4 seeders) vs. (8004 seeders) not make a difference?
Because it's an _encyclopedia_, not a "free data compendium". Duh.
Then, maybe they should purge all freely contributed data and write their own damned encyclopedia.
If you think $50 is not a big loss, I have a woolly mammoth to sell you.
But how can a site, whose life depends on people contributing free data, complain about that free data contributing to people's lives? That would be like a search engine depending on the content of people's websites to make ad revenue, and then not wanting to pay the sites for that content. And that never happens...?
As it has been stated before, the reason Internet Service Providerss were willing to sell high bandwidth is because it was so unlikely anybody would ever be able to use it because very few sites can upload data to people that fast. And, this all changed when BitTorrent came along because people actually were able to use all available bandwidth. Then the ISP's started capping people's bandwidth to some very low amount rather than the several megabits they marketed. So, if the government provides unfiltered 768k access, it will probably be exactly the same as the "up to" 11 megabit connections for regular users and maybe even better for BitTorrent users. And it will cost less than $50 per month.
Specifically concerning the iPhone, I think it would be better to use a regular telephone keypad instead of a whole QWERTY keyboard. There would be space for bigger keys. I'd have an easier time just pressing each number until I got the letter I wanted, rather than pressing the smaller QWERTY keys only to have the wrong letter typed. Combining T9 with the telephone keypad would make it even better.
Just unblock Alexa. I doubt it will be as bad as Slashdotters think.
In an episode of The Family Guy that aired yesterday in the United States, Peter's son pulled his pants down and spanked himself, and one of the characters in the show is an old man who is a blatant, active pedophile. I think it would be nice if the judge were forced to make a distinction between (the things depicted on that show) and (the things depicted in this man's pictures and email).
What if an F150 is used as a unit of weight rather than a unit of vehicles? Then the original statement is correct and you're just a jackass who missed the point. And I'm only saying that because I've posted comments here in the past that received replies more focused on technical details than the point of the post.
There was a similar story mentioned on Slashdot. Some record executive, I think. His child was caught downloading music. Rather than making the child pay $3000, they made the child promise never to do it again. I wish that case could be used to set some kind of precedent for the rest.
With this update, a blue screen of death is more than you get from a MacBook.
Those problems make me wonder why that whole "impeachment" thing doesn't happen more often. I don't know much about law. My guess is the process of removing corrupt elected officials from office is controlled entirely by corrupt elected officials.
The backup copies of the DVD movies don't seem to have that problem...
I don't see how going from "Add/Remove Programs" to "Programs and Features" is going to make it easier for new users to figure out how to add or remove a program.
A working engine that runs on light and has only one moving part. Too funny.
So if somebody comes up with a very desirable security-related patent, what's stopping them from saying the NSA thought of it first, and giving them the patent?
What if i put on my robe and wizard hat?
[ girl rolls dice ]
Girl: Nope...
Guy: You wanna do it?
[ girl rolls dice ]
Girl: Nope...
I think that's the best suggestion I've read here. But I personally think it would be a mistake to do any "I'm Linux" commercial at all unless they're willing to make some changes to make Linux more suitable to the people the I'm a Mac/I'm a PC commercials are for. All this will do is get a bunch of those people to try Linux, expecting the kind of experience you get with Mac and Windows. Then they'll be disappointed and the things they tell their friends will be more damaging than any anti-Linux commercial could be. Basically, if you want to convince Mac/Windows users that Linux is a viable alternative for them, you will have to make Linux more like Mac & Windows first.