Yes it is. So far the only thing I've used my hosts file for is to block web ad servers such as googlesyndication.com. I'm guessing that now if I used a Microsoft operating system, I would be unable to block Microsoft adverts. Sound bad yet?
I'm in a similar situation. You live and learn - never again will I pay for the privelege of being locked into a single provider's greedy hands. I paid the equivalent of about £15/month for my connection, and I can barely use it browse Slashdot. It was advertsised as something like 500+ kbps, but it's nowhere near, and the ping times are perpetually in the several thousands.
When I moved in, I was told there was a problem and they had set up some sort of replacement while they fixed it. A few months later (yes months) I returned to the office and asked how long until it was back to normal. Much to my surprise, all talk of a problem was forgotten. Obviously we had failed to complain enough, and it had been decided not to spend any more money on us.
I never even got to use the expensive signup code I bought, instead I had to spend several further pounds on a tech support call to have my MAC address whitelisted. So no Xbox, no hooking up my other computer for testing, just bend over and take what we have deemed sufficient.
Trying to kill the car analogy on Slashdot is like trying to ram every bad driver you see off the road. Sure, you can take a few out and maybe make the papers, but you'll never get them all before your car stops working and you're banned from driving.
Especially ISPs who are leasing their bandwidth by the megabyte are more inclined to resort to 'shaping your traffic' by throttling ports, setting bandwidth limits or even classifying accounts according services used.
"Especially" is redundant because of "more". The sentence sounds terrible.
What is your ISPs policy regarding P2P and is it fair for them to put restrictions and conditions on its use.
Possessive apostrophe missing from "ISPs". Should be "ISP's"
Question mark missing from the end of the question
However, I am not a grammar or spelling nazi. I love Slashdot just as it is, warts and all. I make spelling and grammar mistakes all the time. I just wanted to play at being an anal dickhead for a moment, just to see how it felt.
Personally, I'd always hypothesised that the monkeys would split into factions and then use the typewriters to beat one another to death. So you'd have something more like 500000 injured monkeys, a million broken typewriters, and a subpoena from Greenpeace.
Since I'm such a pro-active, solution-oriented problem-solver, I've engineered the following solution: instead of relying on the monkeys producing quality literature, film their progress, and rake in millions from it as a docufilm like the ones that fat guy makes about Bush.
Trailer-guy deep voice:
They said a million monkeys at a million typewriters would produce the works of Shakespeare.
They were wrong.
Or if that doesn't float your boat, you could make a series out of it, with a weekly phone poll to choose the alpha male.
Pure flamebait, but modded up because it fits so well into the defeatist UN-bashing groupthink.
This analogy is quite flawed. Whereas discussion of theoretical problems can lead to the solution itself, discussion of practical issues can only be a small part of their solution, and is followed by the actual solving, which is a seperate act.
Add in the fact that he's implying that the wiki is being touted as the solution, and the total incomparability of development goals vs mathematics problems ("solve"?), and it starts to become clear that the only reason this isn't already at -1 is that it contains the word "millenium" maintaining a veneer of relevance.
Perhaps he could just trust the other users? Or maybe if he wasn't the sort of person who triumphantly posted links to previous articles, he'd have better karma and he'd be in the beta program anyway despite his lack of a subscription.
Apple is free to do whatever they want with their brand and products, but I'm not buying from a company that's so clearly determined to make sure that the only finger in any pie is theirs.
They are the exact opposite of Open Source, more so even than Microsoft. So if my FOSS operating system is working great, on cheap hardware I might add, what incentive is there for me to buy an expensive cage in which to lock myself up and hand Apple the key?
The best part of that is that it shows that business execs aren't what they portray themselves as. We're supposed to believe that business is about being ruthless and doing anything necessary for money, but since Google has shown just how much reputation can be worth, the rest have continued down the same dark path. They're showing that money isn't the only motivator for these evil decisions - they have got to be getting some perverse thrill out of it, otherwise they'd have adopted the more lucrative Do No Evil facade by now.
Oh, my point wasn't that there's no reason to do anything, just that apocalyptic predictions aren't a good reason. I do support better environmental practices, but because they are just fundamentally a better choice, not because some scientist told me that if I don't have faith in their predictions and live a certain way, I'll have to live in a superheated, forsaken world. The exact same reason that I don't covet my neighbour's wife, in other words.
And also, could you please add a place where we can discuss this very sort of thing and not be modded offtopic?
I know this is a little late now, but maybe we should usetrolltalk? It wouldn't require any action from the editors, and it'd piss the trolls off. Two birds with one stone! I'll remember to repost this suggestion next time this comes up. I bet Taco would be in favour of this too!
Heh, I actually agree with you on every point you just made. It's just that "Actually, you failed at both." came across as a bit preachy, especially given the point you'd just made.
Wow, the first realistic post yet. Anyone who thinks this is offensive is welcome to leave, just as soon as their space faring technology allows.
This is the way the world works, people. Not just business, not just humans - the whole world. Many of us, including me, may choose to subvert this by giving to charities and trying to support the needy, but it's important to realise that you'll always be pissing into the wind.
Chavez... let's see, selling national resources for the benefit of his own country, at the expense of other countries...
Disgusting! None of our countries have ever dared do anything like that! How dare those LEDC upstarts think they can just sell their own property at a price of their choosing!!
All very interesting and convincing. So let's say it's happening for sure.
Worst case scenario: Humans fail to act in time. We die out. With us out of the gene pool, replaced by something resilient enough to survive the new environment and become dominant, maybe earth will produce something better next time around.
Best case scenario Our actions are enough to save the species. We prove ourselves yet again, and we continue on to new challenges. Drinks are on me.
The beauty of the ecosystem on this planet is that it makes no difference which of these ocurrs, unless you happen to be driven by your primitive urge to ensure your species' survival over others. One thing's for sure, it'll take more than anything we can dream up to sterilise this planet. So why worry? Let nature run its course. The suffering that may ocurr in the meantime as a result of our actions will suck, but hey, life is unfair, and some people are always going to get trodden on by the pricks who are more willing to betray and subjugate. If you don't like that, you're living on the wrong planet.
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Yes it is. So far the only thing I've used my hosts file for is to block web ad servers such as googlesyndication.com. I'm guessing that now if I used a Microsoft operating system, I would be unable to block Microsoft adverts. Sound bad yet?
When I moved in, I was told there was a problem and they had set up some sort of replacement while they fixed it. A few months later (yes months) I returned to the office and asked how long until it was back to normal. Much to my surprise, all talk of a problem was forgotten. Obviously we had failed to complain enough, and it had been decided not to spend any more money on us.
I never even got to use the expensive signup code I bought, instead I had to spend several further pounds on a tech support call to have my MAC address whitelisted. So no Xbox, no hooking up my other computer for testing, just bend over and take what we have deemed sufficient.
Trying to kill the car analogy on Slashdot is like trying to ram every bad driver you see off the road. Sure, you can take a few out and maybe make the papers, but you'll never get them all before your car stops working and you're banned from driving.
However, I am not a grammar or spelling nazi. I love Slashdot just as it is, warts and all. I make spelling and grammar mistakes all the time. I just wanted to play at being an anal dickhead for a moment, just to see how it felt.
How would he vouch for the security of the CC payments?
Since I'm such a pro-active, solution-oriented problem-solver, I've engineered the following solution: instead of relying on the monkeys producing quality literature, film their progress, and rake in millions from it as a docufilm like the ones that fat guy makes about Bush.
Or if that doesn't float your boat, you could make a series out of it, with a weekly phone poll to choose the alpha male.So what do you say, am I hired?
This analogy is quite flawed. Whereas discussion of theoretical problems can lead to the solution itself, discussion of practical issues can only be a small part of their solution, and is followed by the actual solving, which is a seperate act.
Add in the fact that he's implying that the wiki is being touted as the solution, and the total incomparability of development goals vs mathematics problems ("solve"?), and it starts to become clear that the only reason this isn't already at -1 is that it contains the word "millenium" maintaining a veneer of relevance.
This was actually quite informative, but I'm left with the urge to clarify that I was joking.
What the fuck? What does WoW have to do with this?
Have you used usenet lately?
As far as I know it's completely random. I'm only guessing that they at least screen by karma beforehand.
This is the first time in history that a person has ever thought "A flash game would be just right for this.", and been absolutely correct.
Perhaps he could just trust the other users? Or maybe if he wasn't the sort of person who triumphantly posted links to previous articles, he'd have better karma and he'd be in the beta program anyway despite his lack of a subscription.
They are the exact opposite of Open Source, more so even than Microsoft. So if my FOSS operating system is working great, on cheap hardware I might add, what incentive is there for me to buy an expensive cage in which to lock myself up and hand Apple the key?
I'm not surprised.
I agree with the post, but it reads like a hybrid of two similar but slightly differently worded posts, spliced together a phrase at a time.
The best part of that is that it shows that business execs aren't what they portray themselves as. We're supposed to believe that business is about being ruthless and doing anything necessary for money, but since Google has shown just how much reputation can be worth, the rest have continued down the same dark path. They're showing that money isn't the only motivator for these evil decisions - they have got to be getting some perverse thrill out of it, otherwise they'd have adopted the more lucrative Do No Evil facade by now.
Still not sure which I'm going to go with. It might be moot anyway, as I've already practically stopped buying new games due to other issues.
Oh, my point wasn't that there's no reason to do anything, just that apocalyptic predictions aren't a good reason. I do support better environmental practices, but because they are just fundamentally a better choice, not because some scientist told me that if I don't have faith in their predictions and live a certain way, I'll have to live in a superheated, forsaken world. The exact same reason that I don't covet my neighbour's wife, in other words.
Heh, I actually agree with you on every point you just made. It's just that "Actually, you failed at both." came across as a bit preachy, especially given the point you'd just made.
Seriously, I just splurted coffee all over him from laughing!
This is the way the world works, people. Not just business, not just humans - the whole world. Many of us, including me, may choose to subvert this by giving to charities and trying to support the needy, but it's important to realise that you'll always be pissing into the wind.
Disgusting! None of our countries have ever dared do anything like that! How dare those LEDC upstarts think they can just sell their own property at a price of their choosing!!
Worst case scenario:
Humans fail to act in time. We die out. With us out of the gene pool, replaced by something resilient enough to survive the new environment and become dominant, maybe earth will produce something better next time around.
Best case scenario
Our actions are enough to save the species. We prove ourselves yet again, and we continue on to new challenges. Drinks are on me.
The beauty of the ecosystem on this planet is that it makes no difference which of these ocurrs, unless you happen to be driven by your primitive urge to ensure your species' survival over others. One thing's for sure, it'll take more than anything we can dream up to sterilise this planet. So why worry? Let nature run its course. The suffering that may ocurr in the meantime as a result of our actions will suck, but hey, life is unfair, and some people are always going to get trodden on by the pricks who are more willing to betray and subjugate. If you don't like that, you're living on the wrong planet.