America is the terrorist. The freedom quashing, illiberal authority, veiled by the notion that "it's for your own good". It's the quintessential machine. We're now being encouraged to fear ourselves, our neighbours of any colour or creed, our own children; all without bringing any form of logical judgement to the decision.
At least the quality of code produced in Web 2.0 has the chance of being better quality. Some of the stuff I work with here as a contractor defies all basic programming logic and structure, which was developed by an Indian outsourcing company. SaaS and Web 2.0 may be a buzzwords, but they're good quality buzzwords.
As Veropedia earns money from the content, will it be donating money to Wikipedia? I sure hope so. The following FAQ item doesn't say much about it:
Why does Veropedia have advertising?
Our goal is to collect the best free content available and make it accessible to as many people as possible. This costs money, just as the liberation of content costs money. Rather than ask for donations from our primary target audience of teachers and students, we believe that unobtrusive advertising is preferred. The money earned will be used to keep this site alive and vibrant, to sponsor contests to improve content, and to support other efforts to bring high quality free content to people everywhere.
I threw the figures from the article into OO Calc quickly. It seems the rise is quite linear, and the total additions per year increasing somewhat from May 2005. Anything significant happen during May 2005 and 2007?:)
Both linked articles are a little scarce of details, but it's an interesting concept.
One thing though, is this the point at which companies should either get rid of the existing technologies and invest in newer, more stable, scalable and flexible telecommunications hardware & wiring? To me it is very much like the software-development stage where it's best to rewrite everything from scratch, than to patch the existing codebase (sorry, code-head, no better analogy available; sue me). Is there a risk of over-using what we have instead of just biting the bullet and (the telcos) investing in newer gear?
I've always wondered if those that use R4 cards (I don't have one) for the DS and play online are at risk of being caught and having their doors knocked down by the SS..err I mean Police. Surely they're logging users and have means of identifying legitimate/illegitimate users?
No it's not. They're chasing down copyright thieves who are violating the use of their software/hardware. If they shutdown one factory and seize (from the article):
more than 10,000 game copying devices and mod chips
then they've already made a win. Sure, if people are using these for legitimate means (i.e. making backup copies of their purchases) then they're hurting the good guys; but let's face it, the majority of mod users are breaking the law so they don't have to pay.
Don't get me wrong, I hate all this Facist Copyright theft chasing, but I just don't think the recent raid was 'a big waste of time'.
Exactly. It's an infinite-series of sorts: the more articles posted, the less the common denominator can write, the greater the decline of new articles.
I think the decline of new articles is probably just natural due to 2 million existing articles being a LOT of information. Sure, there's plenty more to write about but I'd have thought the majority of the hobbiest-contributors (i.e. those who aren't die-hard users) simply don't have anything else to write.
Either way, I think this is a little over the top - there's still a million and one things to write about. Hell, if it has peaked - it's not going anywhere!
Congratulations to all at/.!
Thanks for giving me something to do in the early hours when my code doesn't work, i'm too tired to sleep, and when i'm bored at work.
Please, though, stop posting crap like this.:)
So that means they'll create a successful product that's bloated, overly strict, and was open-sourced too late? Perhaps OpenSolaris has the advantage being that it has had a decent amount of attention since its source opening, but the comparison to Java should stop there.
Personally, I already think Java's becoming obsolete, but I don't see the same fate for OpenSolaris.
While you're there, can you send Ben Affleck with them too. It'd be great if you could 'accidentally' jettison him into the sun; we'd all appreciate it.
I'd prefer a decently written & thoroughly tested Kernel API to be honest. It's not like they haven't got the cash to invest in decent developmental and quality assurance practices.
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I take it that license includes Linksys, who are a subsidiary of Cisco?
America is the terrorist. The freedom quashing, illiberal authority, veiled by the notion that "it's for your own good". It's the quintessential machine. We're now being encouraged to fear ourselves, our neighbours of any colour or creed, our own children; all without bringing any form of logical judgement to the decision.
God help us.
At least the quality of code produced in Web 2.0 has the chance of being better quality. Some of the stuff I work with here as a contractor defies all basic programming logic and structure, which was developed by an Indian outsourcing company. SaaS and Web 2.0 may be a buzzwords, but they're good quality buzzwords.
FYI, there's a 'Donate To Wikipedia' link on all pages, e.g. their home page, but that's just a link exchange. Cheap bastards...:)
I for one welcome our attention-whoring inte....oh god I just can't be arsed today.
karma--;
God bless America....No, seriously...
:)
I threw the figures from the article into OO Calc quickly. It seems the rise is quite linear, and the total additions per year increasing somewhat from May 2005. Anything significant happen during May 2005 and 2007?
Clever bastard!
Both linked articles are a little scarce of details, but it's an interesting concept.
One thing though, is this the point at which companies should either get rid of the existing technologies and invest in newer, more stable, scalable and flexible telecommunications hardware & wiring? To me it is very much like the software-development stage where it's best to rewrite everything from scratch, than to patch the existing codebase (sorry, code-head, no better analogy available; sue me). Is there a risk of over-using what we have instead of just biting the bullet and (the telcos) investing in newer gear?
Hey, now that's just RUDE :)
My original point still applies whether you're making 1 or 100 simultaneous connections, you twat.
It's only as fast as the server you're connecting to...
Wasn't this an advertised feature of the OS back before its release? Either that, or it was an EFF warning.
Sure I've heard it somewhere, though.
I've always wondered if those that use R4 cards (I don't have one) for the DS and play online are at risk of being caught and having their doors knocked down by the SS..err I mean Police. Surely they're logging users and have means of identifying legitimate/illegitimate users?
Don't get me wrong, I hate all this Facist Copyright theft chasing, but I just don't think the recent raid was 'a big waste of time'.
Exactly. It's an infinite-series of sorts: the more articles posted, the less the common denominator can write, the greater the decline of new articles.
I'm sure some maths boffin will correct me here.
I think the decline of new articles is probably just natural due to 2 million existing articles being a LOT of information. Sure, there's plenty more to write about but I'd have thought the majority of the hobbiest-contributors (i.e. those who aren't die-hard users) simply don't have anything else to write.
Either way, I think this is a little over the top - there's still a million and one things to write about. Hell, if it has peaked - it's not going anywhere!
I thought this was obvious...
Congratulations to all at /.! :)
Thanks for giving me something to do in the early hours when my code doesn't work, i'm too tired to sleep, and when i'm bored at work.
Please, though, stop posting crap like this.
So that means they'll create a successful product that's bloated, overly strict, and was open-sourced too late? Perhaps OpenSolaris has the advantage being that it has had a decent amount of attention since its source opening, but the comparison to Java should stop there.
Personally, I already think Java's becoming obsolete, but I don't see the same fate for OpenSolaris.
While you're there, can you send Ben Affleck with them too. It'd be great if you could 'accidentally' jettison him into the sun; we'd all appreciate it.
I'd prefer a decently written & thoroughly tested Kernel API to be honest. It's not like they haven't got the cash to invest in decent developmental and quality assurance practices.
In Soviet Russia, Kernel tampers you!
...yeah
The more you restrict it, the greater the desire to break it.
Open up, please.