I don't see yet the use for this kind of software. You can call only people who have a computer and are sitting in front of it... Hmm. Personaly, I'm using voipbuster right now, this is free (or cheap, depends on the country 0.01/min), very good quality and you can reach any land phone (cell phone too but it is more expensive).
Sorry, I didn't express me well, I meant: there is no reason to have unique root servers for DNS requests.
It's how dupes are avoided at the DNS request level.
I'm not sure I understand this sentence but there is already cache, so dupes. You know, DNS propagation, etc.
Sure you can replicate the DNS database. If your willing to either lose built in synchronization, or add delays in when changes to it become available to DNS requests from users.
Yes, you would propagate the changes. However, I don't think that would introduce big delays. Basicaly, a record is changing once a year. With appropriate pulling, the changes would be almost instant. OTOH, multiple root servers would speed up because the root servers would be closer and probably at one or two hops from your ISP.
There's nothing technical in the way of using whatever you want to, right now.
Hmm, not really. That would suppose the ICANN is propagating changes. I don't know if they do or not and how. Thanks to this thread, I discovered ORSN. This is part of the idea and I will investigate.
You will also introduce some huge security issues. Hint: why is allowing zone transfers from your DNS server considered something to control?
No, read my post again, I said centralization is needed for allocation (creation, transfer,...). But centralization is not needed for requests. And yes this is something that shouldn't be controlled. If I'm in spain and I want to visit a.com website hosted in germany, why should I hit an american DNS server?
Thank you for your answer. It is very informative and very usefull. I will have to use a better hasher. Yes the length is usefull by itself. What is the best patent-free hasher (with an opensource impl) ? SHA-1 ? Of course, it must be short enough (it must be fit in an URL).
There are many ways to organise your data. Some that come to my mind are location (hierarchical file system), content type, properties, tags, computed values, full indexing, recommandations. IMHO, all are interested and will be used in the future.
Location has been used for decades (flat filesystems are not that common today)
Content type is used to associate actions but BeOS live queries shows the way to spread its use. Nautilus specific views is another form
Properties is the ability to query based on some properties included in the data (Exif, MP3 tags,...) Already available but only for certain data. There is not yet a general way to deal with properties.
Tags have prove themselves usefull for links (del.icio.us) but could be used for any file
Computed values are special values that are maintained from the data (thumbnails,...). They are similar to properties but are computed instead
Full indexing (Google desktop, Beagle,...). Also include the transformation of data to text (Google images)
Recommandations is the way to ask other people their opinion about a specific chunk of data
There is no single way. All of them seem interesting and I try to implement them in JDistro. However, support from the filestystems (inotify and al.) or from the databases (triggers) are required to make them viable. In summary: I don't think Type Managers are the future, Data Managers are.
This discussion should clear the different issues. For me, there is at least two things: DN allocation and DN requests. The first one required some kind of centralization, to avoid dupes. Each country is free to manage its own name space. Some international organizations could also get its own, like.eu today. We could have.un for example (i don't know if.un is already attributed). IMHO, generic domains, being international, should be moved to the UN or to the.us domain, to make it clear for every one.
OTOH, the second one should not be centralized. There is no reason for having root servers. Replicating the DNS database is something quite easy so we should have root servers at least in each country (plus some additional ones). Additionaly every one should be allowed to use the root servers they want. Shutting down the us servers would have no effect on users. Massive changes would be detected and stopped. Limited changes would still be possible but at soon they're detected, people would be able to switch to a more 'reliable' root server.
Summary: no generic domain (.com ->.com.us or.com.un), no central root servers
The part I am most amazed by is that ALL their services scale very well." Perhaps you missed the Analytics rollout?
But Analytics is written in Python;)
BTW, AFAIU, Analytics was not developped at Google, at least originaly. That may explain some of the problems (but not the broken links, etc.)
I'm currently using the following ID for my files: md5(filecontent)."-".length
so it gives something like 1a566e4f3293bc8739113457634128b5-cb451.
So am I safe? What is the probability to have two files with the same MD5 and the same length?
There is plenty of ways you can compete.
First right now Google Analytics doesn't work:(
Second you can provide more features (for example there is no display by city in GA)
Third you can do it better (no flash, java, png only,...)
But the main point is you could sell the software and not the service. For a lot of websites, GA is not an option because the javascript is from outside and by so insecure.
You can not compete with PageRank and AdWords but IIRC Alexa has an offer for the data they collect.
Now, I don't know if this business is viable but there is still some space for a new offer.
Technically, they have every right to prevent others from examining their software.
I disagree. As far as I know, retroengineering is allowed by law in the US and in most countries in Europe. At least for ensuring interoperability. So they can not prevent me to examine their software if it is running on my computer.
This opens a lot of possibilities, like having reliable native clients. This will allow to have a better strategy for bidding, better tracking of the new and interesting auctions,... It will smooth the whole process. I think it will also be interesting for the vendors, and even the spectators that are just watching the last seconds. Good move!
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Has it ever occured to you or anyone else that these people you are going to try to sell $100 laptops to have no use for a laptop, for MS Windows, or for open sourced?
Do you really think students there don't need a computer? There is a lot of IT students in these countries that would be happy to have a personnal computer. And there is already numberous contributions to FOSS coming from them already. Sometimes just localization, sometimes more. The point is not to give computers but to make them affordable.
Let's slashdot the website and every one will be happy.
More seriously, this is the job of the gouvernment to check this kind of stuff. When there is enough material and when they are aware of it, what are they waiting for? There is rarely, in such cases, smoke without fire.
I think developments like this Ariane are in the wrong direction though. If they designed a rocket from the start that was sized for just one of the satellites it is launching today, it would cost less per launch and would cost less for development.
AFAIK, you're wrong. First Ariane rockets were smaller. The new model has been designed for two satellites because it is cheaper. No other reason.
It's sort of like the Airbus A380. How many flight will use the A380 over the next 10 years? How many will continue using Boeing 737s? The 737s (and similar sizes from other companies) can cover 90% of the flights needed. They're small, relatively efficient (in capacity, performance, etc), and capable.
You will see. But the A380 will be cheaper and much more confortable. Anyway, they are not for the same airlines.
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But a national security that's dependent on a foreign power is insecure.
Agreed. No more Windows, no more Oracle,... at least in the defense ministry. Only double-checked open-source for the software (or special development and terms if there is no FOSS equivalent). But what about hardware? IMHO, to have "trusted" hardware is as important as "trusted" software.
Doesn't the Sharp 3D have a very limited range in which you can see the 3D effect?
I didn't have the oportunity ti see it myself. Do you mean the range in depth or in large? If it is in large, just get a big screen. If it is in depth, I don't see any reason why it would be limited. I remember plenty of 3D images with impressive 3D effects. However our 3D perception is quite limited. A few meters. After it is just an interpolation (illusion) of our brain.
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I don't see yet the use for this kind of software. You can call only people who have a computer and are sitting in front of it... Hmm. Personaly, I'm using voipbuster right now, this is free (or cheap, depends on the country 0.01/min), very good quality and you can reach any land phone (cell phone too but it is more expensive).
Sorry, I didn't express me well, I meant: there is no reason to have unique root servers for DNS requests.
...). But centralization is not needed for requests. And yes this is something that shouldn't be controlled. If I'm in spain and I want to visit a .com website hosted in germany, why should I hit an american DNS server?
It's how dupes are avoided at the DNS request level.
I'm not sure I understand this sentence but there is already cache, so dupes. You know, DNS propagation, etc.
Sure you can replicate the DNS database. If your willing to either lose built in synchronization, or add delays in when changes to it become available to DNS requests from users.
Yes, you would propagate the changes. However, I don't think that would introduce big delays. Basicaly, a record is changing once a year. With appropriate pulling, the changes would be almost instant. OTOH, multiple root servers would speed up because the root servers would be closer and probably at one or two hops from your ISP.
There's nothing technical in the way of using whatever you want to, right now.
Hmm, not really. That would suppose the ICANN is propagating changes. I don't know if they do or not and how. Thanks to this thread, I discovered ORSN. This is part of the idea and I will investigate.
You will also introduce some huge security issues. Hint: why is allowing zone transfers from your DNS server considered something to control?
No, read my post again, I said centralization is needed for allocation (creation, transfer,
Thank you for your answer. It is very informative and very usefull. I will have to use a better hasher. Yes the length is usefull by itself. What is the best patent-free hasher (with an opensource impl) ? SHA-1 ? Of course, it must be short enough (it must be fit in an URL).
- Location has been used for decades (flat filesystems are not that common today)
- Content type is used to associate actions but BeOS live queries shows the way to spread its use. Nautilus specific views is another form
- Properties is the ability to query based on some properties included in the data (Exif, MP3 tags,
...) Already available but only for certain data. There is not yet a general way to deal with properties.
- Tags have prove themselves usefull for links (del.icio.us) but could be used for any file
- Computed values are special values that are maintained from the data (thumbnails,
...). They are similar to properties but are computed instead
- Full indexing (Google desktop, Beagle,
...). Also include the transformation of data to text (Google images)
- Recommandations is the way to ask other people their opinion about a specific chunk of data
There is no single way. All of them seem interesting and I try to implement them in JDistro. However, support from the filestystems (inotify and al.) or from the databases (triggers) are required to make them viable. In summary: I don't think Type Managers are the future, Data Managers are.This discussion should clear the different issues. For me, there is at least two things: DN allocation and DN requests. The first one required some kind of centralization, to avoid dupes. Each country is free to manage its own name space. Some international organizations could also get its own, like .eu today. We could have .un for example (i don't know if .un is already attributed). IMHO, generic domains, being international, should be moved to the UN or to the .us domain, to make it clear for every one. .com.us or .com.un), no central root servers
OTOH, the second one should not be centralized. There is no reason for having root servers. Replicating the DNS database is something quite easy so we should have root servers at least in each country (plus some additional ones). Additionaly every one should be allowed to use the root servers they want. Shutting down the us servers would have no effect on users. Massive changes would be detected and stopped. Limited changes would still be possible but at soon they're detected, people would be able to switch to a more 'reliable' root server.
Summary: no generic domain (.com ->
The part I am most amazed by is that ALL their services scale very well." Perhaps you missed the Analytics rollout?
;)
But Analytics is written in Python
BTW, AFAIU, Analytics was not developped at Google, at least originaly. That may explain some of the problems (but not the broken links, etc.)
I'm currently using the following ID for my files: md5(filecontent)."-".length so it gives something like 1a566e4f3293bc8739113457634128b5-cb451. So am I safe? What is the probability to have two files with the same MD5 and the same length?
I truly would like to see a less corporate model, in which the artist gets paid more fairly, and where artist and fan have a better relationship.
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when you can get a laptop for less? Ok, the tablet is available now but it has no hand crank.
Sometimes no dollar is needed. Many companies will admit and fix. Read GPL Violations.
There is plenty of ways you can compete. First right now Google Analytics doesn't work :(
Second you can provide more features (for example there is no display by city in GA)
Third you can do it better (no flash, java, png only, ...)
But the main point is you could sell the software and not the service. For a lot of websites, GA is not an option because the javascript is from outside and by so insecure.
You can not compete with PageRank and AdWords but IIRC Alexa has an offer for the data they collect.
Now, I don't know if this business is viable but there is still some space for a new offer.
Technically, they have every right to prevent others from examining their software.
I disagree. As far as I know, retroengineering is allowed by law in the US and in most countries in Europe. At least for ensuring interoperability. So they can not prevent me to examine their software if it is running on my computer.
This opens a lot of possibilities, like having reliable native clients. This will allow to have a better strategy for bidding, better tracking of the new and interesting auctions, ... It will smooth the whole process. I think it will also be interesting for the vendors, and even the spectators that are just watching the last seconds. Good move!
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Has it ever occured to you or anyone else that these people you are going to try to sell $100 laptops to have no use for a laptop, for MS Windows, or for open sourced?
Do you really think students there don't need a computer? There is a lot of IT students in these countries that would be happy to have a personnal computer. And there is already numberous contributions to FOSS coming from them already. Sometimes just localization, sometimes more. The point is not to give computers but to make them affordable.
Let's slashdot the website and every one will be happy.
More seriously, this is the job of the gouvernment to check this kind of stuff. When there is enough material and when they are aware of it, what are they waiting for? There is rarely, in such cases, smoke without fire.
You may want to try DJRate. But be aware there is not enough profiles to give accurate suggestions. (only free legal online music)
In the free market, most companies know this
Ariane operates on a free market. Even if there is no competition.
I think developments like this Ariane are in the wrong direction though. If they designed a rocket from the start that was sized for just one of the satellites it is launching today, it would cost less per launch and would cost less for development.
AFAIK, you're wrong. First Ariane rockets were smaller. The new model has been designed for two satellites because it is cheaper. No other reason.
It's sort of like the Airbus A380. How many flight will use the A380 over the next 10 years? How many will continue using Boeing 737s? The 737s (and similar sizes from other companies) can cover 90% of the flights needed. They're small, relatively efficient (in capacity, performance, etc), and capable.
You will see. But the A380 will be cheaper and much more confortable. Anyway, they are not for the same airlines.
But a national security that's dependent on a foreign power is insecure.
... at least in the defense ministry. Only double-checked open-source for the software (or special development and terms if there is no FOSS equivalent). But what about hardware? IMHO, to have "trusted" hardware is as important as "trusted" software.
Agreed. No more Windows, no more Oracle,
Doesn't the Sharp 3D have a very limited range in which you can see the 3D effect?
I didn't have the oportunity ti see it myself. Do you mean the range in depth or in large? If it is in large, just get a big screen. If it is in depth, I don't see any reason why it would be limited. I remember plenty of 3D images with impressive 3D effects. However our 3D perception is quite limited. A few meters. After it is just an interpolation (illusion) of our brain.
I'm not it will work. People don't like wearing glasses, except maybe gamers. OTOH, Sharp3D seems to be a more promising way. What do you think?
Why risk sending old books overseas to be scanned by unskilled cheap foreign labor
You're right, there is plenty of skilled US citizens that work for $10/hr.
I'd say the two biggest issues that the Federal government is failing in right now are Patent reform and Illegal Immigration.
A possible solution would be to patent illegal immigration.