Most of the slashdot crowd would probably come to this conclusion anyway and discussion would have centered around the stated ideas, however having it so blatantly and "matter-of-fact"ly stated in the summary comes across as very unprofessional in my opinion.
I've envisioned a very long rail-gun style launch system.. where the acceleration is gradual enough that you don't end up with liquid organs, but still end up at enough speed to get into orbit.
Disclaimer: I haven't done any math on this, or looked at any practical elements.. it's just a quick thought.
I suspect it's more the whole seeing sites shut down and people actually going to jail thing.
Maybe there is some back room threatening going on, but I think it's as simple as seeing where shits heading and not wanting to be in the way when it gets there.
Small, purpose specific private trackers. The kind you hear about from a friend.
To be honest, these were always the best. The annoying ration enforcement stuff meant really damn good speeds.. and the community aspect meant good quality stuff. They are also somewhat less likely to be taken down due to "not being worth the effort".
(before someone goes blasting me for downloading media.. I tend to only download stuff which can't easily be obtained legally).
I saw lots of amazing perspective shifting stuff while getting dragged around on vacation by my parents as a kid.. and I don't remember most of it. At a certain age, stuff like this means nothing to most people.
Kinda like how stuff that put me to sleep in school has turned into a serious interest many years later. Sounds really stupid, but it was actually a jaw dropping realization that I could actually go to a museum on my own accord.. no bus or permission slips or anything required..
Also, someone just pointed out to me that they article actually lists the other 4 trees.. cleverly disguised as "further reading" cruft after the authors email. The thing about the one in California being kept secret is kinda neat though (and not mentioned in the article)! Canada isn't mentioned, but I've seen some _huge_ trees in BC.. wouldn't surprise me if one of them was comparable.
I read the article, and totally missed that. Kind of an interesting example of conditioning. As soon as I saw the blue email link after the conclusive paragraph, my brain basically said "ok, article is over" and stopped reading. My brain probably assumed the rest of the text was the usual "other thigns you may be interested in" cruft you tend to find.
I wouldn't really call megaupload an innocent victim here. At least attempting to prevent illegal usage of your service is all part of the game. At a minimum, cooperating with law enforcement.
Megaupload in my opinion didn't just ignore, but practically encouraged illegal use of their system.
True enough for people who run a website that mainly revolves around their wiki.
However, lots of people just throw a mediawiki install to supplement the rest of their site, usually precisely because it's dead simple to get running and works on just about any host. Moving to another host just to preserve their little 10 page wiki is probably not sensible, and the content is probably in-appropriate for external wiki hosts (or isn't desirable for other reasons).
Obviously for people with their own server (or in my case, a VPS) this is a non-issue.. but I figure there are probably enough people for which this would be an issue that I can't see them not at least providing a PHP only implementation as an option.
To be honest, while that would be great for wikipedia itself, for users of wikimedia, having to install a PHP add-on would be a nightmare (especialyl those with shared hosting).
However if a worker made a habit out of this, they'd probably conveniently get laid off the next time the company “right sizes”, and replaced with a less complainant worker.
Man, I physically, in real life _grimaced_ reading that!
Sincere condolences.. hang in there man.. and always remember that just because your corner of this world may be dark, there is always still happiness elsewhere.
Joking aside, I actually wonder if this would be used to rate employees (based on who can work the longest with least fatigue). Is that something a person can even control/improve?
I find I get to a point where I have what I refer to as mini dreams. I wouldn't really call it hallucinations. More like a drift off for a second, see something weird (usually centered around the room I'm in), then wake up without realizing I had fallen asleep.
That's my personal "ok, time for bed now" indicator.
The problem has never been knowing whether a worker is tired or the degree. Workers are well aware of how tired they are. The problem is jobs that pretty much require them to keep working anyway.
Rockbox is awesome, and it had served me well for many years. It's a poster child for a well run, well documented, and very functional open source project.
That said, mp3 players themselves are largely becoming obsolete. They still have advantages as others have said.. but those advantages are becoming fewer and fewer. The mp3 player I have now (which imo would be unusable without rockbox.. great hardware, terrible stock software) is probably the last I'll buy.
This is one of my big gripes with the whole "app" thing. A lot of stuff could just as easily be a website, but is being done as an app for the purpose of generating revenue.
(That's not to say that a lot of apps out there make sense and use features which would be impractical or clumsy as a web page)
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I agree.
Most of the slashdot crowd would probably come to this conclusion anyway and discussion would have centered around the stated ideas, however having it so blatantly and "matter-of-fact"ly stated in the summary comes across as very unprofessional in my opinion.
I've envisioned a very long rail-gun style launch system .. where the acceleration is gradual enough that you don't end up with liquid organs, but still end up at enough speed to get into orbit.
Disclaimer: I haven't done any math on this, or looked at any practical elements .. it's just a quick thought.
I suspect it's more the whole seeing sites shut down and people actually going to jail thing.
Maybe there is some back room threatening going on, but I think it's as simple as seeing where shits heading and not wanting to be in the way when it gets there.
Small, purpose specific private trackers. The kind you hear about from a friend.
To be honest, these were always the best. The annoying ration enforcement stuff meant really damn good speeds.. and the community aspect meant good quality stuff. They are also somewhat less likely to be taken down due to "not being worth the effort".
(before someone goes blasting me for downloading media .. I tend to only download stuff which can't easily be obtained legally).
I saw lots of amazing perspective shifting stuff while getting dragged around on vacation by my parents as a kid .. and I don't remember most of it. At a certain age, stuff like this means nothing to most people.
Kinda like how stuff that put me to sleep in school has turned into a serious interest many years later. Sounds really stupid, but it was actually a jaw dropping realization that I could actually go to a museum on my own accord.. no bus or permission slips or anything required..
I think that's what was meant.
(tree) NERD!!!
Sorry, couldn't resist!
Also, someone just pointed out to me that they article actually lists the other 4 trees.. cleverly disguised as "further reading" cruft after the authors email. The thing about the one in California being kept secret is kinda neat though (and not mentioned in the article)! Canada isn't mentioned, but I've seen some _huge_ trees in BC .. wouldn't surprise me if one of them was comparable.
Wow.
I read the article, and totally missed that. Kind of an interesting example of conditioning. As soon as I saw the blue email link after the conclusive paragraph, my brain basically said "ok, article is over" and stopped reading. My brain probably assumed the rest of the text was the usual "other thigns you may be interested in" cruft you tend to find.
A good omen? :(
I guess omens are rarely good.. especially when they involve things burning :(
If your server was located in one of said countries and if appropriate agreements were in place between the countries... possibly.
This whole mess started because they had some servers in the US.
I wouldn't really call megaupload an innocent victim here. At least attempting to prevent illegal usage of your service is all part of the game. At a minimum, cooperating with law enforcement.
Megaupload in my opinion didn't just ignore, but practically encouraged illegal use of their system.
The big problem here is that piracy probably _was_ a huge part of megaupload.
Not saying their wern't lots of legitimate users, but lets not ignore reality here.
True enough for people who run a website that mainly revolves around their wiki.
However, lots of people just throw a mediawiki install to supplement the rest of their site, usually precisely because it's dead simple to get running and works on just about any host. Moving to another host just to preserve their little 10 page wiki is probably not sensible, and the content is probably in-appropriate for external wiki hosts (or isn't desirable for other reasons).
Obviously for people with their own server (or in my case, a VPS) this is a non-issue .. but I figure there are probably enough people for which this would be an issue that I can't see them not at least providing a PHP only implementation as an option.
To be honest, while that would be great for wikipedia itself, for users of wikimedia, having to install a PHP add-on would be a nightmare (especialyl those with shared hosting).
Ok, my brain isn't working... replace "complainant" with something more apprioriate!
True.
However if a worker made a habit out of this, they'd probably conveniently get laid off the next time the company “right sizes”, and replaced with a less complainant worker.
trigger in clear-case
Man, I physically, in real life _grimaced_ reading that!
Sincere condolences.. hang in there man.. and always remember that just because your corner of this world may be dark, there is always still happiness elsewhere.
Hmm, interesting. Based on some quick browsing, that seems to describe it exactly. Thanks! :)
Joking aside, I actually wonder if this would be used to rate employees (based on who can work the longest with least fatigue). Is that something a person can even control/improve?
I find I get to a point where I have what I refer to as mini dreams. I wouldn't really call it hallucinations. More like a drift off for a second, see something weird (usually centered around the room I'm in), then wake up without realizing I had fallen asleep.
That's my personal "ok, time for bed now" indicator.
The problem has never been knowing whether a worker is tired or the degree. Workers are well aware of how tired they are. The problem is jobs that pretty much require them to keep working anyway.
Largely my thoughts.
Rockbox is awesome, and it had served me well for many years. It's a poster child for a well run, well documented, and very functional open source project.
That said, mp3 players themselves are largely becoming obsolete. They still have advantages as others have said.. but those advantages are becoming fewer and fewer. The mp3 player I have now (which imo would be unusable without rockbox.. great hardware, terrible stock software) is probably the last I'll buy.
Sounds kinda like digg for scientific research.
Which quite honestly scares me...
In his defense, it is a painfully long and drawn out sentence ..
Hah.. ok, that one is actually pretty funny...
Hard to sell a subscription to a site.
Easy to sell an app.
This is one of my big gripes with the whole "app" thing. A lot of stuff could just as easily be a website, but is being done as an app for the purpose of generating revenue.
(That's not to say that a lot of apps out there make sense and use features which would be impractical or clumsy as a web page)