So, breaking a lot of ancient stained glass windows would be really good, right? I mean, those are REALLY inefficient. Think churches and things, big building, lots of window front.
That of course, is stupid. As is the argument "it's inefficient and should be replaced". There is more to the story than a thing's efficiency, one should consider hard numbers instead of vaporous statements and thought experiments.
I agree with DJB. If you worked for me and setup qmail with gigs of memory for each qmail-smptd, I'd fire you. That's an intentional mis-config, not to mention bad practice.
Here's the problem: size is not a genetic trait, it's a STATE.
Any given fish has the potential to be a certain size. Did the researchers show that the population lost the trait to be big? I don't think so. They only showed the current population became smaller on average.
That's not a change in genetic trait, simply a change in the STATE of the population.
Otherwise, when big fish harvesting stopped, the trait to be a big fish would have had to re-emerge, which I don't seriously think is a matter of a dozen generations.
Ever put a gold fish in a huge tank with plenty of food? How big did it get? Is it a mutant? No, the potential to grow was already there. Just no opportunity.
F3 hasn't shown me any better things yet, but several things that caused me to revert:
1. Asking for cookies changes focus to tabs that are loading in the background. Total annoyance. A bug is filed for this, so far devs are waffling on it while users are saying "Fix the Fucking Thing!".
2. SSL issues, self signed or expired certs are handled in an IE way (this page cannot be displayed) destroying user confidence. See lwn.net for details.
And that's why gas is $3.40+ in most of the States. Supply and Demand determine price, not how much it costs to make the thing in the first place. Otherwise no one would have paid $500 for a Wii pre-Xmas.
The current high gasoline prices have very little to do with costs, as the oil companies continue to post record profits (and not just by a small margin). One could argue that the large profits are because no new infrastructure investment is happening, but lower supply/high demand also = big $$$$ for big Oil.
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Ping?
Most large server farms block ICMP/ping at the border. Relying on ping to indicate whether an IP is occupied is just wrong.
Granted, I'm with you on the "large empty pool" theory.
"I love how intelligent people think subscription-based music services are the way to go. All you can eat for $15 a month. Talk about devaluing your product. People can download enough songs to fill 100 albums and pay under $20. How does anyone make money this way?"
Yeah. I can't figure out who ANYONE could make MONEY charging people RECURRING fees for CONTENT.
I mean, who would pay good money a month for a stack of dead trees?
Whoops, did I switch "magazine" and "music" again?
How old is your daughter again? Oh yeah, failed to mention that. Let me guess, three tops. Hippie? Dude, you're stuck in the 80's, aren't you? Well, at least you didn't use the C word.
DON'T FEED THE TROLL!
Okay, enough making fun of the naysayer, on with the facts:
1. "Consumers" (I really HATE that word) are willing to consume that which is good. The "digital content" folks are in trouble because their content sucks. Rather than admit their faults, they prefer to point fingers. In one sense, the bonehead is correct, DRM-free won't stop the bleeding, but that's because the bandaid is in the wrong place. Radiohead is a good example, people are willing to pay money to support content they like. Duh!
2. DRM-free has value to Consumers because DRM restricts that which they previously enjoyed.
3. Audio quality isn't the issue, if higher quality is desired the demand will be there. Otherwise, non issue.
I know it worked at first, as it pulled in my "buddy" list. Unfortunately, since I haven't used ICQ for a while, I had no online contacts to test actual messaging.
After about an hour, the account failed and stayed that way. I expect there is a melted server somewhere....:)
Space Construction is Hard. Space Maintenance is Hard as well.
Now, I sit in an office where the temp goes from 72 to 80 in the space of 30 minutes and it sounds like dead bodies are flapping around in the air ducts. It stinks and the only cockroaches I've seen are the dead ones, as the live ones have plenty of hiding places.
And you're complaining about some minor air leaks and a computer problem or two on a Space Station?
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Maybe no blood, but lifting a man by the neck and then breaking said neck is pretty nasty.
Yeah, I'm looking at you Vader, you want some?
So, breaking a lot of ancient stained glass windows would be really good, right? I mean, those are REALLY inefficient. Think churches and things, big building, lots of window front.
That of course, is stupid. As is the argument "it's inefficient and should be replaced". There is more to the story than a thing's efficiency, one should consider hard numbers instead of vaporous statements and thought experiments.
I agree with DJB. If you worked for me and setup qmail with gigs of memory for each qmail-smptd, I'd fire you. That's an intentional mis-config, not to mention bad practice.
Too simple an assumption to grant, as it introduces other factors (how small-disposed fish reproduce compared to big-disposed fish for starters).
But granted your assumption. then I agree with what you say.
No.
Here's the problem: size is not a genetic trait, it's a STATE.
Any given fish has the potential to be a certain size. Did the researchers show that the population lost the trait to be big? I don't think so. They only showed the current population became smaller on average.
That's not a change in genetic trait, simply a change in the STATE of the population.
Otherwise, when big fish harvesting stopped, the trait to be a big fish would have had to re-emerge, which I don't seriously think is a matter of a dozen generations.
Ever put a gold fish in a huge tank with plenty of food? How big did it get? Is it a mutant? No, the potential to grow was already there. Just no opportunity.
Not to mention Windowmaker, Afterstep. Maybe not decades, but certainly @1999.
Oh goody. Safe porn surfing.
How about fixing the half dozen REAL FRICKING annoying bugs in FF3?
Maybe Chrome will be ready before FF2 dies.
F3 hasn't shown me any better things yet, but several things that caused me to revert:
1. Asking for cookies changes focus to tabs that are loading in the background. Total annoyance. A bug is filed for this, so far devs are waffling on it while users are saying "Fix the Fucking Thing!".
2. SSL issues, self signed or expired certs are handled in an IE way (this page cannot be displayed) destroying user confidence. See lwn.net for details.
And that's why gas is $3.40+ in most of the States. Supply and Demand determine price, not how much it costs to make the thing in the first place. Otherwise no one would have paid $500 for a Wii pre-Xmas.
The current high gasoline prices have very little to do with costs, as the oil companies continue to post record profits (and not just by a small margin). One could argue that the large profits are because no new infrastructure investment is happening, but lower supply/high demand also = big $$$$ for big Oil.
Ping?
Most large server farms block ICMP/ping at the border. Relying on ping to indicate whether an IP is occupied is just wrong.
Granted, I'm with you on the "large empty pool" theory.
There is not, however, any policy in place to prevent this information (whois, root NS lookups) being used for tasting as well.
Better to just deal with tasting period rather than look for a technical workaround.
"I love how intelligent people think subscription-based music services are the way to go. All you can eat for $15 a month. Talk about devaluing your product. People can download enough songs to fill 100 albums and pay under $20. How does anyone make money this way?"
Yeah. I can't figure out who ANYONE could make MONEY charging people RECURRING fees for CONTENT.
I mean, who would pay good money a month for a stack of dead trees?
Whoops, did I switch "magazine" and "music" again?
How old is your daughter again? Oh yeah, failed to mention that. Let me guess, three tops. Hippie? Dude, you're stuck in the 80's, aren't you? Well, at least you didn't use the C word.
DON'T FEED THE TROLL!
Okay, enough making fun of the naysayer, on with the facts:
1. "Consumers" (I really HATE that word) are willing to consume that which is good. The "digital content" folks are in trouble because their content sucks. Rather than admit their faults, they prefer to point fingers. In one sense, the bonehead is correct, DRM-free won't stop the bleeding, but that's because the bandaid is in the wrong place. Radiohead is a good example, people are willing to pay money to support content they like. Duh!
2. DRM-free has value to Consumers because DRM restricts that which they previously enjoyed.
3. Audio quality isn't the issue, if higher quality is desired the demand will be there. Otherwise, non issue.
Heh. As an update:
I know it worked at first, as it pulled in my "buddy" list. Unfortunately, since I haven't used ICQ for a while, I had no online contacts to test actual messaging.
After about an hour, the account failed and stayed that way. I expect there is a melted server somewhere....:)
I got it working in pidgin, just the usual values you would expect.
It did take a while (minutes) to connect and prompt for password though, I suspect it's being hit pretty hard.
Not to mention that R&D spending doesn't necessarily stay in the US.
High R&D spending is not necessarily a good thing; DOING good R&D on the other hand....
You probably meant this as a joke, but let's look at it seriously.
To start a company means starting off on a basis that puts the system in place. You're dead before you started.
We Need to Break the System.
See, they can't impeach Bush, because next in line is Mr. Dickhead Cheney.
Better the dumbass you know then the secretive scary guy that hides in plain site.
Which part of public office do you not understand?
This isn't about privacy rights for PRIVATE citizens.
This is about the holders of PUBLIC office not following the very laws that pertain to them.
Actually, they did specify the energy calculation was for petroleum-supplied energy:
:)
"13.1 megajoules of energy as ethanol for every megajoule of petroleum consumed"
I'm not so sure you should classify the switchgrass growing cycle as being a heat engine though.
For those wanting more information and too *ahem* busy....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_DNS_root
To paraphrase a certain rebel princess:
"The more you tighten your legislation, Berman-Hollylord, the more consumer dollars will slip past your fingers."
See, the more problematic it becomes to use music the way WE want, the less the desire to purchase said music becomes.
Space Construction is Hard. Space Maintenance is Hard as well.
Now, I sit in an office where the temp goes from 72 to 80 in the space of 30 minutes and it sounds like dead bodies are flapping around in the air ducts. It stinks and the only cockroaches I've seen are the dead ones, as the live ones have plenty of hiding places.
And you're complaining about some minor air leaks and a computer problem or two on a Space Station?
PLEASE!!
The solution is simply to upgrade to the latest version of Adobe Acrobat "We own you" Reader.
Adobe sez: Muahahahahaha! All your doc are us!
Having seen the grand jury process up close, who says it was the Feds driving the request for the info?
Jury = Citizens
And please don't forget, there are plenty of us elitist bastards....in Iowa.
;)
Maybe you meant Missouri.