> Is this the beginning of the end for circuit-switched networks?
This shows a deep lack of understanding of the real nature of the internet (yeah, well, its slashdot, i know). Most core backbone IP networks are layered over circuit switched networks, thanks to high-speed ATM technology.
In fact, there is some work by McKeown et. al, which i am too lazy to cite now, that shows the backbone core of the Internet is (underneath) primarily circuit-switched.
You're being foolish, in addition to being a jerk; let me paraphrase in (virtually) words of one syllable:
1) Linux is not attractive to most Indian users, since rampant software piracy in India has reduced the street price of Windows to that of Linux: basically the price of the media.
2) Linux is not attractive to many Indian developers from a career point-of-view,because Windows and Windows-based software is already so well-entrenched.
Both seem to be empirically true. However, (2) is being eroded to some extent because of the rapid spread of Linux in the server market in India (ofcourse, cost had very little to do with it). However, I suspect greater expertise is in Installation/Maintanence/trouble-shooting rather than
in hardcore programming.
this is stupid. there's no apriori truth in the constitution, for one thing. the other is that speech IS action. it's just one way by which your motor nerves provide input to some others' sensory nerves and is thus no different from actions, which do the same thing.
That's precisely his point...He's talking about ad-sponsored shows, where the ad is virtually your mode of payment.
of course the gray area starts when you retort that you had no choice in the matter: You didn't enter into an explicit contract with the TV company in which you ask for the show to be broadcast free of cost in exchange for promising to watch the ads too.
here's something i've always wanted to ask in Slashdot :
Why do you have so many links in posted stories?
When you have a link to the tech report story, why is the site's home page linked too?
Is it that we don't know enough to go to the site's home from the story itself? Or perhaps you want to show off your l33t html coding skills by putting in one more of those ooh..so geeky.. < a href >'s ?
the results are encouraging, but from the paper, i think they apply only to a random removal of links. it would be interesting to know how the internet performs if malicious removal of *selected* links is allowed to occur. my guess is that it will collapse much earlier than predicted in the paper.
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> Is this the beginning of the end for circuit-switched networks?
This shows a deep lack of understanding of the real nature of the internet (yeah, well, its slashdot, i know). Most core backbone IP networks are layered over circuit switched networks, thanks to high-speed ATM technology. In fact, there is some work by McKeown et. al, which i am too lazy to cite now, that shows the backbone core of the Internet is (underneath) primarily circuit-switched.
but-what-are-they-doing-with-the-organs-dept
Was this meant to be facetious? It only comes
across as offensive and in bad taste...
I knew they favoured casual clothes in Australia,
but this is a bit too much...
Oh you mean Levies not Levis...never mind
the key word i used is "virtually". look it up in a dictionary. you know, the big book that lists words and their meanings. good luck.
You're being foolish, in addition to being a jerk; let
me paraphrase in (virtually) words of one syllable:
1) Linux is not attractive to most Indian users, since rampant software piracy in India has reduced the street price of Windows to that of Linux: basically the price of the media.
2) Linux is not attractive to many Indian developers
from a career point-of-view,because Windows and Windows-based software is already so well-entrenched.
Both seem to be empirically true. However, (2) is being eroded to some extent because of the rapid spread of Linux in the server market in India (ofcourse, cost had very little to do with it). However, I suspect greater expertise is in Installation/Maintanence/trouble-shooting rather than
in hardcore programming.
someone writing network drivers as well as commodity supercomputing software.
Well, what else did you think I was gonna say...?
this is stupid. there's no apriori truth in the
constitution, for one thing. the other is that
speech IS action. it's just one way by which your motor nerves provide input to some others' sensory nerves and is thus no different from actions, which do the same thing.
> I was gonna say something witty and insightful here, but I can't think of anything
Hmm...why does this not surprise me at all?
That should be jedi not jedis.
Every self-respecting geek knows that "jedi"
is plural
That's precisely his point...He's talking about ad-sponsored shows, where the ad is virtually your mode of payment.
of course the gray area starts when you retort that you had no choice in the matter: You didn't enter into an explicit contract with the TV company in which you ask for the show to be broadcast free of cost in exchange for promising to watch the ads too.
Freespace 2 was one of my favorite games, and I wasted many hours playing it.
Weakling. It isn't a good game unless you have wasted YEARS playing it. %-)
What do you mean wasted ? I wasted many hours/years not playing it!
Yeah, it's hard to have a good signal to noise ratio with people like psycho. What were you thinking, rot26?
Boo, rot26, I can see you.
I have never seen a forum with a greater number of informed, intelligent, and articulate participants.
Lemme guess...you haven't seen many forums, have you?
here's something i've always wanted to ask in Slashdot : Why do you have so many links in posted stories? When you have a link to the tech report story, why is the site's home page linked too? Is it that we don't know enough to go to the site's home from the story itself? Or perhaps you want to show off your l33t html coding skills by putting in one more of those ooh..so geeky.. < a href >'s ?
when will you learn not to link to ftp url's from slashdot?
read this for a wonderful and well informed critique of Java (nothing to do with Linux, ofcourse)
the results are encouraging, but from the paper, i think they apply only to a random removal of links. it would be interesting to know how the internet performs if malicious removal of *selected* links is allowed to occur. my guess is that it will collapse much earlier than predicted in the paper.