We would ask Google to penalise links from Wikipedia...
Hey, no problemo. Simply remove the ability to link to external sites altogether. As someone who has a couple of links from Wikipedia to my content, I know were I to be penalized for them, I would remove them very quickly, as would others. So why not just eliminate them completely in the first place thus saving time and aggravation for all parties?
This won't solve the problem, since humans may still follow the links, so it's still worthwhile for spammers to have links in Wikipedia. Even if it doesn't up their pagerank, Wikipedia can still serve them as a spam delivery system.
However, it helps Google by not uping spammer's page rank. And less noise in the search results is good for the users of Google.
Don't forget 'choice of format'. In fact I'd replace 'no DRM' with that, since given choice I don't think many would choose a DRM encumbered format.
I like high quality oggs, and allofmp3.com provides that. Someone else might prefer mp3. Others a lossless format.
The article is excessively pessimistic. While price per pill might not be high, cancer is epidemic. Whoever sells this stuff will sell tons of it. Will they have trouble at the research phase? Perhaps, but I doubt it. This is potentially huge, even at pennies per pill.
Maybe Linus is one of those people for whom it will only matter very much when it bites him in the ass and it's too late to do anything about it.
He's one those people who will go to great lengths, writing an OS kernel even, when there's a problem that's right in his face. If it's not right in his face, it's not a problem.
<plug>BTW, Torvalds is Mr. October in my Naked Geek Calendar . WARNING: Apparently so shocking that when submitted to digg.com, they disabled my account for misuse!</plug>
Windows is an app. It runs on desktop # 8 on my computer, as I've designated that desktop for vmware. It's handy for some things like checking web pages in IE.
Because they represent diverse interests with varied objectives it's tough to come up with a collective term that's fair. What's the term for all users of violent means who aren't the United States, agents of the United States, or United States approved Iraqi government organized/sanctioned entities? I can see why a term like 'insurgents' has its appeal. It's not ideal, but it is general and less loaded than calling them all 'terrorists'.
client side: You're hosed. But if you're smart you already regard yourself as hosed. There have been security bugs where a maliciously crafted image could get you. Before going to shady sites you turn off java, javascript, and you would never even visit a shady site with IE. Turning off javascript might make a 'Web 2.0' site unusable, but it's a question of trust.
If 'Web 2.0' comes to be widely untrusted, it will have to change or die. This doesn't represent any new threat to the web itself. The threats are old and because of their nature have been there from the beginning and aren't going away any time soon.
Basically I sometimes wonder whether putting a PC in every home was such a hot idea after all.
I doubt there are many sysadmins who haven't thought that everything would be so much easier without users. But then they wouldn't have a job. Likewise the early days of the internet were more peaceful before the unwashed hordes of the general public found their way online, but it was nothing like the econmic engine that it is today. From a money perspective an internet connected PC in every home is great. But internet old timers can be forgiven if they grumble, since it's a bit like having your home invaded by a never ending mass family reunion featuring relatives one would never want to see normally constantly making messes, plugging up the plumbing, and being an eternal pain in the ass.
And they had some deal during the world cup. Bonus, plus if you guessed the score of a match or something, more bonus. And the more you spend, the more your basic bonus level increases. They are the Malfunctioning Eddie of music downloads.
But, no company will buy one (they must be expensive...) until they see a need.
Not necessarily. You'll want to register your company's domain before your competition or some evil squatter gets it. And look at how all the good.com domain names are taken, whereas here you can get in on the ground floor and get whatever domain you like while the getting is good.
I'm skeptical. If I was to do this as a con this is exactly how I'd play it. Appeal to people's fear and desire to get in on the next big thing while they can. Hurry up, don't delay, good domain names will go fast! Never mind that there's no network, that will come later, we promise.
I'd mod you up if I had points, as this is a very good question. How many people reading of the Milgram experiment have wondered how they would have performed? One hopes one would have been the exception, refusing to be a tool of authority used to harm others. Given the opportunity to participate in a recreation of the experiment, one knows how to perform in order to maintain one's self image as a decent human being.
but let oppressors and would-be oppressors everywhere quake at the thought of a brave world of proud, public freedom-weilding citizens who are unashamed to let the world see their lives in a warts-and-all nakedness, which really is more beautiful than the idealized, airbrushed nakedness once you realize that the latter is a hollow lie, and that truth is the only substance out of which we build our lives.
Hear, hear. And be sure to post naked pictures of yourselves at my wartsandallnakedness.com web site. I'm gonna clean up with adsense.;-)
I quickly grabbed her by the back of the neck and pulled her out....only for her to empty her bowel and bladder on me. There have been a few more times since I've had to do this, and the result is the same.
Perhaps she's flashing back to early kittenhood when the mother licks up the kitten's waste.
The first is getting bigger, but there's only so much room to grow, especially if you want to keep the form factor within reasonable limits so that the damn thing will fit in your pocket.
Earth Final Conflict global communicator (bottom of page)
Obviously this is just the prop without the special effect, but with a flexible screen that rolled up into the handle, we could have decent size displays in devices that fit comfortably in a pocket.
From the article: BitTorrent, the company behind the original file-sharing software of the same name, has recently signed a number of deals with content providers, such as 20th Century Fox, in a bid to become a legitimate download service.
Makes it sound like bittorrent is currently illegitimate. But they can tell she has a heart of gold. Surely she can be reformed. Just like Miss USA.
Amazon has The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman available second hand. He argues similarly. If a door has a sign that says 'push' and someone tries to pull, you can blame the user, but it would be better to design a door that invites pushing and discourages pulling. Or vice versa. abebooks.com also has some copies. It was also published as The Psychology of Everyday Things. Good read.
While it wouldn't be suitable for something like slashdot with a lot of concurrent reads and writes, a lot of little things for which mysql is really overkill could use sqlite. It's built into php5.
And if their account is empty, a vein seeking needle will creep up the arm and extract a pint of blood for which their account will be credited. They're working on a method for collecting sperm which doesn't violate public modesty, but have yet to come up with anything that can be field tested. The extraction of organs will likely not appear for some time, as preliminary experiments on monkies have been... messy.
Slashdot Mirror
Great X-files episode. Voice of Christ raising the dead recorded in ceramic.
It should have read 'a founding father of the internet'. As you point out, there were others. Like Vint Cerf.
We would ask Google to penalise links from Wikipedia...
Hey, no problemo. Simply remove the ability to link to external sites altogether. As someone who has a couple of links from Wikipedia to my content, I know were I to be penalized for them, I would remove them very quickly, as would others. So why not just eliminate them completely in the first place thus saving time and aggravation for all parties?
This won't solve the problem, since humans may still follow the links, so it's still worthwhile for spammers to have links in Wikipedia. Even if it doesn't up their pagerank, Wikipedia can still serve them as a spam delivery system.
However, it helps Google by not uping spammer's page rank. And less noise in the search results is good for the users of Google.
Don't forget 'choice of format'. In fact I'd replace 'no DRM' with that, since given choice I don't think many would choose a DRM encumbered format. I like high quality oggs, and allofmp3.com provides that. Someone else might prefer mp3. Others a lossless format.
My GOD, it's DOOMSDAY. Myspace users will begin to leave myspace and begin to infect the rest of the internet. KILL ME NOW!
Picture of the exodus.
They'll probably wind up sold into slavery, or shipwrecked, or trapped in a cheap web hosting account or something.
The article is excessively pessimistic. While price per pill might not be high, cancer is epidemic. Whoever sells this stuff will sell tons of it. Will they have trouble at the research phase? Perhaps, but I doubt it. This is potentially huge, even at pennies per pill.
Maybe Linus is one of those people for whom it will only matter very much when it bites him in the ass and it's too late to do anything about it.
He's one those people who will go to great lengths, writing an OS kernel even, when there's a problem that's right in his face. If it's not right in his face, it's not a problem.
<plug>BTW, Torvalds is Mr. October in my Naked Geek Calendar . WARNING: Apparently so shocking that when submitted to digg.com, they disabled my account for misuse!</plug>
Windows is an app. It runs on desktop # 8 on my computer, as I've designated that desktop for vmware. It's handy for some things like checking web pages in IE.
Because they represent diverse interests with varied objectives it's tough to come up with a collective term that's fair. What's the term for all users of violent means who aren't the United States, agents of the United States, or United States approved Iraqi government organized/sanctioned entities? I can see why a term like 'insurgents' has its appeal. It's not ideal, but it is general and less loaded than calling them all 'terrorists'.
If 'Web 2.0' comes to be widely untrusted, it will have to change or die. This doesn't represent any new threat to the web itself. The threats are old and because of their nature have been there from the beginning and aren't going away any time soon.
I doubt there are many sysadmins who haven't thought that everything would be so much easier without users. But then they wouldn't have a job. Likewise the early days of the internet were more peaceful before the unwashed hordes of the general public found their way online, but it was nothing like the econmic engine that it is today. From a money perspective an internet connected PC in every home is great. But internet old timers can be forgiven if they grumble, since it's a bit like having your home invaded by a never ending mass family reunion featuring relatives one would never want to see normally constantly making messes, plugging up the plumbing, and being an eternal pain in the ass.
And they had some deal during the world cup. Bonus, plus if you guessed the score of a match or something, more bonus. And the more you spend, the more your basic bonus level increases. They are the Malfunctioning Eddie of music downloads.
Not necessarily. You'll want to register your company's domain before your competition or some evil squatter gets it. And look at how all the good .com domain names are taken, whereas here you can get in on the ground floor and get whatever domain you like while the getting is good.
I'm skeptical. If I was to do this as a con this is exactly how I'd play it. Appeal to people's fear and desire to get in on the next big thing while they can. Hurry up, don't delay, good domain names will go fast! Never mind that there's no network, that will come later, we promise.
I'd mod you up if I had points, as this is a very good question. How many people reading of the Milgram experiment have wondered how they would have performed? One hopes one would have been the exception, refusing to be a tool of authority used to harm others. Given the opportunity to participate in a recreation of the experiment, one knows how to perform in order to maintain one's self image as a decent human being.
Hear, hear. And be sure to post naked pictures of yourselves at my wartsandallnakedness.com web site. I'm gonna clean up with adsense. ;-)
Perhaps she's flashing back to early kittenhood when the mother licks up the kitten's waste.
Bon Appétit.
Earth Final Conflict global communicator (bottom of page) Obviously this is just the prop without the special effect, but with a flexible screen that rolled up into the handle, we could have decent size displays in devices that fit comfortably in a pocket.
Makes it sound like bittorrent is currently illegitimate. But they can tell she has a heart of gold. Surely she can be reformed. Just like Miss USA.
Yootle based exchanges had best be fair, or else expect problems as demonstrated by scientific research.
Amazon has The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman available second hand. He argues similarly. If a door has a sign that says 'push' and someone tries to pull, you can blame the user, but it would be better to design a door that invites pushing and discourages pulling. Or vice versa. abebooks.com also has some copies. It was also published as The Psychology of Everyday Things. Good read.
While it wouldn't be suitable for something like slashdot with a lot of concurrent reads and writes, a lot of little things for which mysql is really overkill could use sqlite. It's built into php5.
No, that's just an ad agency experiment. Check the caption. Looks promising, but clearly a ways to go before they can do multicharacter messages.
And if their account is empty, a vein seeking needle will creep up the arm and extract a pint of blood for which their account will be credited. They're working on a method for collecting sperm which doesn't violate public modesty, but have yet to come up with anything that can be field tested. The extraction of organs will likely not appear for some time, as preliminary experiments on monkies have been... messy.
True enough. Anyone born before 1970 is older than time itself.