There is always an element of racism in even the most tolerant societies. Australia has one of the most multi-cultural societies in the world, something that many (most, I hope) Australians are proud of, but it means there is always an element of racism somewhere. Earlier this week three Chinese restaurants were fire-bombed in one night in my city. It was quite a shocking event, as we haven't seen that type of violent racism here for some time. The last time was I think a couple of mosques shortly after 11-9-01 and before that over 10 years ago.
Security has increased since Sep-11, mostly related to air travel and at public events, but little else has changed. I don't consider it a total nazi state, and it's no worse to live here than before.
The majority of Aussies fit your image of friendly and laid-back, of course there are always a few people that will spoil that image. In this case its MIPI. If not MIPI, it would have been the ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Assoc).
Um, something to keep on topic: THOSE MIPI BASTARDS!
There are a number of governments in power around the world that do not enjoy the support of the majority. All they need is the support of the military.
When I was in Singapore about 18 months ago, they were starting to introduce location based services. They were tossing around ideas like an SMS 'discount voucher' being sent to you as you wandered near a store, but they also had practical stuff like I could call a particular number, and it would SMS me back with the location of ATMs for my bank nearest to my location. That was pretty handy.
When I was working in Singapore I met a guy called - this is not a joke - Goh Lik Kok.
It was all I could do to stop laughing out loud on the spot. Although I actually did burst out laughing when I met a guy called Fred Kroeger.
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Maybe when you tree huggers finally realize that there will never be peace and love the world over, only then will you finally come to terms with the world as it really is.
Only after the last tree has been cut down, only after the last river has been poisoned, only after the last fish has been caught, only then will you find that money can not be eaten. (Cree indian proverb)
It's from a Daffy Duck cartoon called "Robin Hood Daffy". He meets Porky (Friar Tuck) and they duel, with Daffy waving around his quarterstaff, shouting 'Ho! Haha!' etc.
I had a link somewhere to a sound grab but I can't find it.
I haven't examined the W2K WS EULA in detail recently. The parent comment and mine were talking filesharing connections, so apache and pop3 wouldn't count in that scenario, but if they WERE included I would guess that technically you'd be restricted to 5 (concurrent?) connections for those services as well.
I just remembered that MSDE (Microsoft SQL Desktop Engine, or whatever it stands for) allows more than 5 connections (although it slows itself down with more than 8 simultaneous tasks) so maybe the limit of 5 only applies to filesharing.
If that's the case, I'm pretty sure that file sharing connections would be counted no matter what software you were using to do it, but obviously I could be mistaken (it's been known to happen).
It would let you overcome the technical issues with connecting more than 5 people to Workstation, but not the licensing issues: you would still be in violation of the EULA.
You are correct though in that it would be a popular download - there are some people (I've heard) who don't pay much attention to the conditions of the EULA.
A great many Scots, Welsh, Irish, Canadians, etc have been knighted.
And some Australians and New Zealanders too. All Commonwealth countries - does this mean you have to be a citizen of a Commonwealth country to qualify?
if there's alcohol, a good game for later would be twister.
I prefer to combine the two. Get a few dozen of those tiny spirit bottles, and put one on each dot. After you spin the spinner, you have to scull the drink first then put down your hand/foot.
Standing the bottles up can be a little dangerous though. Who knows how you might fall on one?
Not at all. If the programs were too tightly integrated you could have a situation where a flaw in one piece of the software (random example: say, a GUI) can make the entire system become unstable and then crash.
A much better design allows for independent programs that can be terminated separately without affecting other unrelated parts of the system. If there is a problem with the GUI, just restart the GUI and keep going. Or even shut the GUI off and go back to the command line. You don't need to reboot the whole system to do this.
I just wish I could think of some real-world examples to illustrate my point.
Currently I limit my inbound connections to around 4, and outbound to 2. If my outbound speed is reduced, I could bump my inbound limit to 20 and keep outbound at 2. If I have more concurrent downloads, I can keep my download throughput the same. Theoretically. Slower speed x more users = same speed as before. Remember that different users are sending different parts of the same file at the same time, and they are re-assembled at my end.
Your reasoning only applies if everyone downloads from everyone at the same time. Often I'm downloading when I have no uploads active.
A nice idea, but I believe it is one that won't really effect P2P all that much. Gnutella and other P2P apps already support simultaneous download from multiple sources, so if the individual sources are slower then users will just bump up their 'max allowed download connections' or whatever option.
I can't see too many users being happy about their upstream bandwidth being cut, too. Many won't care, but those that do will make a lot of noise.
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Well then, I would expect V7 to be ludicrously fast.
I know, I know - cheap gag. Sorry.
There is always an element of racism in even the most tolerant societies. Australia has one of the most multi-cultural societies in the world, something that many (most, I hope) Australians are proud of, but it means there is always an element of racism somewhere. Earlier this week three Chinese restaurants were fire-bombed in one night in my city. It was quite a shocking event, as we haven't seen that type of violent racism here for some time. The last time was I think a couple of mosques shortly after 11-9-01 and before that over 10 years ago.
Security has increased since Sep-11, mostly related to air travel and at public events, but little else has changed. I don't consider it a total nazi state, and it's no worse to live here than before.
The majority of Aussies fit your image of friendly and laid-back, of course there are always a few people that will spoil that image. In this case its MIPI. If not MIPI, it would have been the ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Assoc).
Um, something to keep on topic: THOSE MIPI BASTARDS!
Wow! Can you imagine a Optical Telescope Arrays by Amateur Astronomers of these!
Just to add to the list, Vet posted their update early on Jan 20th.
There are a number of governments in power around the world that do not enjoy the support of the majority. All they need is the support of the military.
When I was in Singapore about 18 months ago, they were starting to introduce location based services. They were tossing around ideas like an SMS 'discount voucher' being sent to you as you wandered near a store, but they also had practical stuff like I could call a particular number, and it would SMS me back with the location of ATMs for my bank nearest to my location. That was pretty handy.
You are right though. The system will be abused.
When I was working in Singapore I met a guy called - this is not a joke - Goh Lik Kok.
It was all I could do to stop laughing out loud on the spot. Although I actually did burst out laughing when I met a guy called Fred Kroeger.
Maybe when you tree huggers finally realize that there will never be peace and love the world over, only then will you finally come to terms with the world as it really is.
Only after the last tree has been cut down,
only after the last river has been poisoned,
only after the last fish has been caught,
only then will you find that money can not be eaten.
(Cree indian proverb)
That's due to a fundamental difference between men's and women's attitude to money.
A man will spend $2 on a $1 item because he needs it.
A woman will spend $1 on a $2 item she doesn't need because it's on sale.
(Not my gag, but I don't know the source)
It's from a Daffy Duck cartoon called "Robin Hood Daffy". He meets Porky (Friar Tuck) and they duel, with Daffy waving around his quarterstaff, shouting 'Ho! Haha!' etc.
I had a link somewhere to a sound grab but I can't find it.
I haven't examined the W2K WS EULA in detail recently. The parent comment and mine were talking filesharing connections, so apache and pop3 wouldn't count in that scenario, but if they WERE included I would guess that technically you'd be restricted to 5 (concurrent?) connections for those services as well.
I just remembered that MSDE (Microsoft SQL Desktop Engine, or whatever it stands for) allows more than 5 connections (although it slows itself down with more than 8 simultaneous tasks) so maybe the limit of 5 only applies to filesharing.
If that's the case, I'm pretty sure that file sharing connections would be counted no matter what software you were using to do it, but obviously I could be mistaken (it's been known to happen).
What about the roads? Surely the roads go without saying. How about Public health? The aqueducts? The wine? Sanitation? Medicine? Education?
That's right. A few billion here, a few billion there. Pretty soon, it starts to add up to real money.
It would let you overcome the technical issues with connecting more than 5 people to Workstation, but not the licensing issues: you would still be in violation of the EULA.
You are correct though in that it would be a popular download - there are some people (I've heard) who don't pay much attention to the conditions of the EULA.
Make your player not look like a pile of dog shit that was in the microwave for 10 minutes too long
So what is the proper length of time to put dog shit in the microwave?
A great many Scots, Welsh, Irish, Canadians, etc have been knighted.
And some Australians and New Zealanders too. All Commonwealth countries - does this mean you have to be a citizen of a Commonwealth country to qualify?
Well, I looked, but I couldn't find it.
Apparently just as he started he said 'ooh - maybe I should write this down fir...'
There were also out-takes/bloopers in Monsters Inc and A Bugs Life.
if there's alcohol, a good game for later would be twister.
I prefer to combine the two. Get a few dozen of those tiny spirit bottles, and put one on each dot. After you spin the spinner, you have to scull the drink first then put down your hand/foot.
Standing the bottles up can be a little dangerous though. Who knows how you might fall on one?
Not at all. If the programs were too tightly integrated you could have a situation where a flaw in one piece of the software (random example: say, a GUI) can make the entire system become unstable and then crash.
A much better design allows for independent programs that can be terminated separately without affecting other unrelated parts of the system. If there is a problem with the GUI, just restart the GUI and keep going. Or even shut the GUI off and go back to the command line. You don't need to reboot the whole system to do this.
I just wish I could think of some real-world examples to illustrate my point.
Currently I limit my inbound connections to around 4, and outbound to 2. If my outbound speed is reduced, I could bump my inbound limit to 20 and keep outbound at 2. If I have more concurrent downloads, I can keep my download throughput the same. Theoretically. Slower speed x more users = same speed as before. Remember that different users are sending different parts of the same file at the same time, and they are re-assembled at my end.
Your reasoning only applies if everyone downloads from everyone at the same time. Often I'm downloading when I have no uploads active.
A nice idea, but I believe it is one that won't really effect P2P all that much. Gnutella and other P2P apps already support simultaneous download from multiple sources, so if the individual sources are slower then users will just bump up their 'max allowed download connections' or whatever option.
I can't see too many users being happy about their upstream bandwidth being cut, too. Many won't care, but those that do will make a lot of noise.
Two crackers were walking across the park.
One was assaulted.
I'm afraid we can't use the number 31337 any more - it's been patented by Darl McBride.
(Sorry, I haven't seen any SCO jokes in this story yet).