Yeah, jeez, I had the same experience here in Cincinnati. My wife and I went to snoop around, and we couldn't believe the prices on everything. It was as if they were hoping folks wouldn't know any better, because there was nothing I couldn't find cheaper elsewhere.
(increasing the number of ways in whcih something can possibly go wrong) and cost.
However, it reduces the severity of each failure by an even greater extent. Sure, one disk means only one point of failure. But that failure is absolute. With a RAID array, a failure in one disk (assuming a truly redundant RAID level, no RAID-0 stripes) affords you the ability to recover from the failure.
There's a small learning curve to RAID setups, but once you overcome it and it saves your bacon, you'll wonder why you when to war without it.
Sure, but I think the more valid point (the one the parent was trying to make) is that./ would do well to have some sort of Changelog page that also includes changes to come. This way, folks aren't "adjusting their television sets" when the feature de jour makes an appearance. They'll have a place to RTFM.
I read "...but almost every day around 00:30-01:30, I lose my connection for sometimes an hour at a time.", and I thought to myself you must have Time Warner cable. Then I read your comment again. Sure enough.
I don't think it's that dire. I remember being taught that programming computers was at its core about solving problems. I still feel this is true today.
As long as there is value in solving problems, there will be value in programming computers. Given that problems and the human condition go hand in hand, I'm secure in my line of work (and I even love it).
Thanks for sharing; this is encouraging news. I am still using Konq/KDE 3.5.9, and the JavaScript functionality is rapidly rotting as more and more sites implement Ajax/JavaScript'y stuff. I'm having to fire up Firefox more and more to just browse stuff. Okay, but I like Konqueror otherwise.
I use black on white most especially because of default syntax highlighting schemes. I use VIM and code in Perl, and the default color for comments is a blue that doesn't show well at all on a black background. Yes, I code Perl and write comments.:D
Anyone in the same boat have a suggestion that would allow me to use a black background?
I don't think you can draw the conclusion that internet based ad revenue is less valuable by looking at the charts. Google's problem is their burgeoning expenses and the fact that it is hard for any company to grow 30% in perpetuity.
Online advertising is set to grow 23% this year. Better still, it is expected to double in just four years to about $40 billion. Better than a sharp stick in the eye.
MSFT has held serve because of their massive cash flow from sales of Windows. However, that cash cow is diminishing, and it could very well be MSFT that sees its share price recede if it can't form better and execute existing strategies.
Two very divergent cultures. I think it is a lose-lose for MSFT. Get the deal done, and they become mired in a prolonged integration while adding significant debt to their balance sheet. The deal falls through and they are still left with an eroding cash flow (Windows) and problems with execution in virtually everything else they are in.
It is fascinating. You have two dinosaurs from two different periods. The Windows OS boom during the late 80s to mid 90s for MSFT and the internet boom during the mid 90s to early 00s.
I'm not expecting the best of times for either company, but unlike most folks, I'd bet on Yahoo for an appreciation 5-10 years out from now. MSFT is almost like a energy MLP. Everyone gets paid...until the resource runs out.
Some of us were kept alive... to work... loading bodies. The disposal units ran night and day. We were that close to going out forever. But there was one man who taught us to fight, to storm the wire of the camps, to smash those metal motherfuckers into junk. He turned it around. He brought us back from the brink. His name is Connor. John Connor. Your son, Sarah, your unborn son.
But seriously, at the risk of wasting a funny post, who modded the parent insightful? Why is it that dark, brooding fears about the future are considered so profound? I mean really, +5 Insightful?
Why do people make such a big deal about sniping? It matters not to me as a buyer or a seller. If I'm buying, and I find something that I can get a reasonable price, maybe I don't want to get mired in a bidding war. I punch in the max I'm willing to pay, and I'm done. As a seller, I appreciate the last second bump in price for the stuff I sell.
Everybody knows the end date/time and should know how much they're willing to pay. What's unfair or difficult about that?
You'd think with all of the complaints eBay has from both sellers and buyers that an alternative would have blossomed by now. I've used eBay extensively to buy and sell goods, but I'd love to have an alternative auction-style, online marketplace to delve into. Paypal seems to be eBay's killer app, but you'd think Mastercard and/or Visa could come up with something else to compete and go get those dollars from fees and such.
Insight is wonderful. I moved from Lexington, KY to Fairfield, OH, and I am now saddled with Time Warner. What Insight offers residential customers, you have to sign up for Time Warner's "Business Class" service (notice the quotation marks). TWCBC's quality sucks, and it costs twice as much as Insight. I am considering moving back to Northern Kentucky just so I can get Insight again.
I'm not so sure I want to see successful open source projects gobbled up by corporate interests. I appreciate the transparency and pace of development that open source projects enjoy. You could say I admire the guidance those projects have enjoyed. Too often big software companies, I've seen support costs rise too much while transparency into the direction that software is being taken has been withdrawn. It's like big software companies are places where good code and software goes to die. I hope this will not be the case with MySQL.
If the format war persists for too long, there won't be a winner and a loser. There will be two losers. Now, I don't know that folks will be downloading movies in HD anytime soon, but I'll bet it will be done sooner rather than later. Frankly, if the movie studios are smart, they should just bypass HD-DVD/Blu-Ray and offer their HD catalog online. What's needed first though is a reliable, high-capacity set-top box. Perhaps a next-gen Tivo that comes with a subscription to a [insert movie studio name here] online store.
Just my $0.02. Personally, I find video laden optical media slow, unreliable, and the UDF filesystem full of shite.
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Yeah, jeez, I had the same experience here in Cincinnati. My wife and I went to snoop around, and we couldn't believe the prices on everything. It was as if they were hoping folks wouldn't know any better, because there was nothing I couldn't find cheaper elsewhere.
...install Apache, and you're done. Time for wings and beer over happy hour.
(increasing the number of ways in whcih something can possibly go wrong) and cost.
However, it reduces the severity of each failure by an even greater extent. Sure, one disk means only one point of failure. But that failure is absolute. With a RAID array, a failure in one disk (assuming a truly redundant RAID level, no RAID-0 stripes) affords you the ability to recover from the failure.
There's a small learning curve to RAID setups, but once you overcome it and it saves your bacon, you'll wonder why you when to war without it.
Sure, but I think the more valid point (the one the parent was trying to make) is that ./ would do well to have some sort of Changelog page that also includes changes to come. This way, folks aren't "adjusting their television sets" when the feature de jour makes an appearance. They'll have a place to RTFM.
Master-Blaster runs Bartertown.
I read "...but almost every day around 00:30-01:30, I lose my connection for sometimes an hour at a time.", and I thought to myself you must have Time Warner cable. Then I read your comment again. Sure enough.
Jerry Yang wakes up to find Susan Decker's severed head in his bed?
I don't think it's that dire. I remember being taught that programming computers was at its core about solving problems. I still feel this is true today.
As long as there is value in solving problems, there will be value in programming computers. Given that problems and the human condition go hand in hand, I'm secure in my line of work (and I even love it).
When you play games do the bad guys sound like chipmunks?
I double-dog dare you!
If the glove isn't 64-bit, you must acquit.
Xen's dead, baby. Xen's dead.Does it tell me how to fix my fucking motorcycle?
Thanks for sharing; this is encouraging news. I am still using Konq/KDE 3.5.9, and the JavaScript functionality is rapidly rotting as more and more sites implement Ajax/JavaScript'y stuff. I'm having to fire up Firefox more and more to just browse stuff. Okay, but I like Konqueror otherwise.
I use black on white most especially because of default syntax highlighting schemes. I use VIM and code in Perl, and the default color for comments is a blue that doesn't show well at all on a black background. Yes, I code Perl and write comments. :D
Anyone in the same boat have a suggestion that would allow me to use a black background?
I don't think you can draw the conclusion that internet based ad revenue is less valuable by looking at the charts. Google's problem is their burgeoning expenses and the fact that it is hard for any company to grow 30% in perpetuity.
Online advertising is set to grow 23% this year. Better still, it is expected to double in just four years to about $40 billion. Better than a sharp stick in the eye.
MSFT has held serve because of their massive cash flow from sales of Windows. However, that cash cow is diminishing, and it could very well be MSFT that sees its share price recede if it can't form better and execute existing strategies.
Two very divergent cultures. I think it is a lose-lose for MSFT. Get the deal done, and they become mired in a prolonged integration while adding significant debt to their balance sheet. The deal falls through and they are still left with an eroding cash flow (Windows) and problems with execution in virtually everything else they are in.
It is fascinating. You have two dinosaurs from two different periods. The Windows OS boom during the late 80s to mid 90s for MSFT and the internet boom during the mid 90s to early 00s.
I'm not expecting the best of times for either company, but unlike most folks, I'd bet on Yahoo for an appreciation 5-10 years out from now. MSFT is almost like a energy MLP. Everyone gets paid...until the resource runs out.
You must be new here.
Poll anyone?
Some of us were kept alive... to work... loading bodies. The disposal units ran night and day. We were that close to going out forever. But there was one man who taught us to fight, to storm the wire of the camps, to smash those metal motherfuckers into junk. He turned it around. He brought us back from the brink. His name is Connor. John Connor. Your son, Sarah, your unborn son.
But seriously, at the risk of wasting a funny post, who modded the parent insightful? Why is it that dark, brooding fears about the future are considered so profound? I mean really, +5 Insightful?
Why do people make such a big deal about sniping? It matters not to me as a buyer or a seller. If I'm buying, and I find something that I can get a reasonable price, maybe I don't want to get mired in a bidding war. I punch in the max I'm willing to pay, and I'm done. As a seller, I appreciate the last second bump in price for the stuff I sell.
Everybody knows the end date/time and should know how much they're willing to pay. What's unfair or difficult about that?
You'd think with all of the complaints eBay has from both sellers and buyers that an alternative would have blossomed by now. I've used eBay extensively to buy and sell goods, but I'd love to have an alternative auction-style, online marketplace to delve into. Paypal seems to be eBay's killer app, but you'd think Mastercard and/or Visa could come up with something else to compete and go get those dollars from fees and such.
Insight is wonderful. I moved from Lexington, KY to Fairfield, OH, and I am now saddled with Time Warner. What Insight offers residential customers, you have to sign up for Time Warner's "Business Class" service (notice the quotation marks). TWCBC's quality sucks, and it costs twice as much as Insight. I am considering moving back to Northern Kentucky just so I can get Insight again.
Blimp wireless. Too funny. Tell me you made that up and it can't be found in some whitepaper.
I'm not so sure I want to see successful open source projects gobbled up by corporate interests. I appreciate the transparency and pace of development that open source projects enjoy. You could say I admire the guidance those projects have enjoyed. Too often big software companies, I've seen support costs rise too much while transparency into the direction that software is being taken has been withdrawn. It's like big software companies are places where good code and software goes to die. I hope this will not be the case with MySQL.
Looks like their web server is in line to win an '08 Darwin Award!
If the format war persists for too long, there won't be a winner and a loser. There will be two losers. Now, I don't know that folks will be downloading movies in HD anytime soon, but I'll bet it will be done sooner rather than later. Frankly, if the movie studios are smart, they should just bypass HD-DVD/Blu-Ray and offer their HD catalog online. What's needed first though is a reliable, high-capacity set-top box. Perhaps a next-gen Tivo that comes with a subscription to a [insert movie studio name here] online store.
Just my $0.02. Personally, I find video laden optical media slow, unreliable, and the UDF filesystem full of shite.