If I'm on ADSL-2 from a great ISP, and a neighbour (next door) is with the same company but has bought their 256K ADSL service, that's going to be less hops than another person with ADSL-2 or a 1Gbit corporate link. Latency is slightly better than hops, but not much. The only way that makes sense to me is some sort of algorithm that works out the optimal number of download peers, and the minimum acceptable peer speed based on what your link can handle, the number of peers available, and the expected average transfer speed. If any peer is slower than that limit, it should be disconnected, and then a faster one found. A slight improvement on that would be to find another, connect to it as well, see if it reaches the remaining bandwidth for that slot, and if it perhaps overtakes the previous slot holder in terms of delivery. If so, the previous holder could be dropped in favor of the new one.
ISPs provide a line over which to send data. That line needs to be reasonably good, or you get high latencies etc. when packets drop. You could easily argue that the service is suffering due to the packet loss, and once that happens, I image you would be able to make a case that their service is much worse than similar services for the same price, or than the service you were getting previously, thus bringing the contractual expectations into play.
But yeah, it's not the ideal way to have to get a decent service. I don't even know why I'm arguing for this, as essentially, I think court justice processes are pie in the sky for most people with limited funds/time.
I was reading your comment interestedly, until you tried to claim that people preventing hate speech in a formative environment are equivalent to those trying to censor ideas. Hurting others is not a form of free speech; it's a form of stupidity.
You know, that's a really good argument, and one I've never considered before. I currently code in python, and generally love it. But the lack of explicit method signatures does bug me even though I find it a boon for rapid development. Probably, this is why. I've been considering taking java more seriously lately, or reverting to C++ (but I probably won't:D). Your comment probably will be the final nail in the coffin, one way or another.
UDP does not guarantee delivery, but you can still run a packet loss test and take your ISP to court for selling a service of unmerchantable quality if it's that unreliable.
Planner wasted a day of my life last week. I put an entire project into it, and then found out it couldn't do leveling. It also couldn't export in MS Project or any other common format, so I had to start again in another project management tool. Eventually I just went with a table in a wordprocessor, and a collaboration webapp.
Get your facts straight. He's talking about a 10mpbs download... most likely over high-latency, home-targetted DSL, you're talking about a synchronous, low-latency leased line that probably comes with anal SLAs etc. A 10Mbps download speed costs NOTHING LIKE thousands of dollars per month. My 2Mbps download speed costs about £35/month. Yes, it's unlimited. REALLY. Yes, they have cheaper deals for 2Mbps speed, but limited downloads.
This is why if you want to do a fair comparison of filesystems, it is very difficult in the extreme to really do things right. You have to do multiple benchmarks, multiple workloads, multiple hardware configurations, because if you only pick one filesystem benchmark result, you can almost always make your filesystem come out the winner. As a result, many benchmarking attempts are very misleading, because they are often done by a filesystem developer who consciously or unconsciously, wants their filesystem to come out on top, and there are many ways of manipulating the choice of benchmark or benchmark configuration in order to make sure this happens.
Another really good idea would be changing the name. Every time I hear "atheros", I think of atheos, beos, skyos, and then, eventually, remember it's some obscure wifi driver.
The code will break with the next MAJOR version, not revision. That's entirely normal -- it's actually pretty much what version (as opposed to revision) means.
It is indeed. There are quite a few linux users who don't think wine is a good idea. Personally, I think it's probably best to have the compatibility, but to encourage open alternatives instead, as the wine appdb does (if I recall correctly).
Comparted to programmin g and maintenance, server and traffic is really neglibible in a MMO budget, and they had several thousand paying customers over here.
They probably weren't programming or maintaining those servers much either, as the dev and deployment work would have been mainly targetted at the US operations. Chances are the number of subscribers fell, they needed to concentrate the remaining players on fewer servers, and they saw European servers as the least busy, and most disposable.
For one thing, some of us refuse to use microsoft products because the company's operations are detrimental to society. For another, some of us prefer open source/free software for similar ethical reasons.
What the OP seems to be saying is that: a) they came up with a theory that they can find life by searching for simplicity in the midst of chaos. b) they then found out they were wrong.
Stunning, huh?
Perhaps what they mean is that they want to search for clear natural patterns. Except that they don't know how to define a clear natural pattern, so they're still as clueless as the rest of us.
There are always people who find themselves randomly on one side or another of an issue that isn't clear. A rare few will actually find the truth, whatever side it's on.
Have you actually tried to code a browser from an engine? If you do, you might notice that they don't all function well until you plug in extra code. KHTML for instance has no javascript enabled by default, doesn't support forms, etc. You have to code for that at the app level. So, basic functionality takes different code paths from the paths in konqueror, for instance. Ergo, using one as a way to test the other is not viable.
In a sense, yes, and that's part of my point. In another sense, everything we perceive is a result of our own preconceptions and our attitude to the world.
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If I'm on ADSL-2 from a great ISP, and a neighbour (next door) is with the same company but has bought their 256K ADSL service, that's going to be less hops than another person with ADSL-2 or a 1Gbit corporate link. Latency is slightly better than hops, but not much. The only way that makes sense to me is some sort of algorithm that works out the optimal number of download peers, and the minimum acceptable peer speed based on what your link can handle, the number of peers available, and the expected average transfer speed. If any peer is slower than that limit, it should be disconnected, and then a faster one found. A slight improvement on that would be to find another, connect to it as well, see if it reaches the remaining bandwidth for that slot, and if it perhaps overtakes the previous slot holder in terms of delivery. If so, the previous holder could be dropped in favor of the new one.
No, if it's made of naquadah, they'll WANT you to nuke it.
I've never seen Plan 9, and didn't realise it was related to TDTESS. Now that I know, I'll go watch. Thanks :)
ISPs provide a line over which to send data. That line needs to be reasonably good, or you get high latencies etc. when packets drop. You could easily argue that the service is suffering due to the packet loss, and once that happens, I image you would be able to make a case that their service is much worse than similar services for the same price, or than the service you were getting previously, thus bringing the contractual expectations into play.
But yeah, it's not the ideal way to have to get a decent service. I don't even know why I'm arguing for this, as essentially, I think court justice processes are pie in the sky for most people with limited funds/time.
err, which, admittedly, makes my whole comment pretty stupid. Sorry, I guess I'm in a bad mood.
I was reading your comment interestedly, until you tried to claim that people preventing hate speech in a formative environment are equivalent to those trying to censor ideas. Hurting others is not a form of free speech; it's a form of stupidity.
Ah, thanks -- I didn't know that was a company. Thought it was a chipset family, to be precise. I still think it sounds too much like an OS though ;)
You know, that's a really good argument, and one I've never considered before. I currently code in python, and generally love it. But the lack of explicit method signatures does bug me even though I find it a boon for rapid development. Probably, this is why. I've been considering taking java more seriously lately, or reverting to C++ (but I probably won't :D). Your comment probably will be the final nail in the coffin, one way or another.
UDP does not guarantee delivery, but you can still run a packet loss test and take your ISP to court for selling a service of unmerchantable quality if it's that unreliable.
Planner wasted a day of my life last week. I put an entire project into it, and then found out it couldn't do leveling. It also couldn't export in MS Project or any other common format, so I had to start again in another project management tool. Eventually I just went with a table in a wordprocessor, and a collaboration webapp.
Get your facts straight. He's talking about a 10mpbs download... most likely over high-latency, home-targetted DSL, you're talking about a synchronous, low-latency leased line that probably comes with anal SLAs etc. A 10Mbps download speed costs NOTHING LIKE thousands of dollars per month. My 2Mbps download speed costs about £35/month. Yes, it's unlimited. REALLY. Yes, they have cheaper deals for 2Mbps speed, but limited downloads.
Isn't this kind of crying out to be automated?!
It's a pretty poor language, if if makes its users confuse code that calls external modules with actual implementations.
Another really good idea would be changing the name. Every time I hear "atheros", I think of atheos, beos, skyos, and then, eventually, remember it's some obscure wifi driver.
The code will break with the next MAJOR version, not revision. That's entirely normal -- it's actually pretty much what version (as opposed to revision) means.
It is indeed. There are quite a few linux users who don't think wine is a good idea. Personally, I think it's probably best to have the compatibility, but to encourage open alternatives instead, as the wine appdb does (if I recall correctly).
They probably weren't programming or maintaining those servers much either, as the dev and deployment work would have been mainly targetted at the US operations. Chances are the number of subscribers fell, they needed to concentrate the remaining players on fewer servers, and they saw European servers as the least busy, and most disposable.
For one thing, some of us refuse to use microsoft products because the company's operations are detrimental to society. For another, some of us prefer open source/free software for similar ethical reasons.
What the OP seems to be saying is that: a) they came up with a theory that they can find life by searching for simplicity in the midst of chaos. b) they then found out they were wrong.
Stunning, huh?
Perhaps what they mean is that they want to search for clear natural patterns. Except that they don't know how to define a clear natural pattern, so they're still as clueless as the rest of us.
There are always people who find themselves randomly on one side or another of an issue that isn't clear. A rare few will actually find the truth, whatever side it's on.
Are you some kind of USian or something? ;) I'm in Europe, thanks very much ;)
Have you actually tried to code a browser from an engine? If you do, you might notice that they don't all function well until you plug in extra code. KHTML for instance has no javascript enabled by default, doesn't support forms, etc. You have to code for that at the app level. So, basic functionality takes different code paths from the paths in konqueror, for instance. Ergo, using one as a way to test the other is not viable.
In a sense, yes, and that's part of my point. In another sense, everything we perceive is a result of our own preconceptions and our attitude to the world.
We're talking about planets. Obviously the Dwayne you mean is the smaller, somewhat less sturdy Dwayne Dibley.
Yes it does. All that's required is gaining some sense of humility about our position in life.