I don't think the music piracy is the point. I think that the point is that the public perception on Sony is being degraded; it has nothing to do with piracy as far as I can see. This is being reported in mainstream media now... would I trust Sony with any of my details? Not a chance. Additionally, these "attacks" must be costing Sony money... probably a lot of money due to not only customer's trusting them less, but the extra employees (or current employees overtime) and resources they need to spend to fix things.
To navigate a story like this separating the useful from the not so useful comments, and still be able to post such a calm and level-headed reply suggests to me that, yes, maybe you will have that million hits a day at some point... Thanks for the response.
It's insane because it's imaginary. It's an imaginary market and it's imaginary value. It's imaginary income. They are also imaginary dollars; imaginary worth imaginary costs. The WHOLE system is imaginary.
Biology is a rather soft science though - is it even a science at all when compared to rigorous subjects like physics and chemistry?
Oh come on. Maybe 60 years ago Biology was a "soft science". I can assure that in the modern world it's very far from a "soft science". Biology is just as rigorous as physics and chemistry.
Despite your somewhat arrogant comments this has to be one of the most ignorant posts I've read in a while. I have a protip (god I hate that word) for you... actually two protips.
Protip: You do not know about other people's circumstances and have no right saying "In most of the Western world, you don't need that job to survive." How the hell do you know that? How the fuck is the person going to feed their family or pay the mortgage or whatever without an income (even if it's only temporary)?
Yes, it's very easy to criticize someone else's actions from your armchair and act all high and mighty, but in real life things are not so dichotomous.
This is the most idiotic and trollish response that always gets thrown about. Expending energy to figure out how to save energy can easily be a net positive. I'm sure automotive engineers expelled a great deal of energy designing cars that get 30+ miles to the gallon instead of 15. Electrical engineers spent energy designing LED lighting that is far more efficient than incandescent. But you aren't thinking about that, nor are you thinking at all. You're just trolling, because you've been trained to hate anyone who suggests that CO2 can have a negative impact on the climate.
No the parent is not trolling. "How much energy will be spent tracking this" is a perfectly valid question. If I spend x+10 energy on monitoring to save x+1 energy then that's a problem. It's a bit like saying that electric trains are "cleaner" than diesel trains. They're not. The pollution (or expenditure of energy) is just transferred to somewhere else.
I actually think that "wrists up" may harken back to the days when you had to actually pound the keys on a mechanical typewriter (although I have no proof of this and it's really just conjecture). Anyway, I am most comfortable typing with my forearms resting on the edge of the desk so my wrists are "half up" (if that makes sense) but I can easily rest them if required.
Seems to like the buzzword "cloud computing a lot". If I didn't know better I'd guess this was a cleverly disguised plug for "Eucalyptus".
But I will not be so cynical. If Oracle continue to develop mySQL and the underlying code-base improves (as well, of course, the actual SQL and language/database interface as a whole) then that's all good.
Thanks for the valuable feedback to the OP. Comments like this keep me coming back to Slashdot.
Out of curiosity, is there an option to turn on aggressive releasing of pages? It seems to me to be a good idea, but without being familiar (even remotely) with the source code and design perhaps there are reasons against this (if there is indeed no option to turn it on/off).
Fair enough. But I think I do have the right to comment on the article because although I don't have a PS3 I have this other ability which allows me to read specifications and other people's experience. The fact that there is (according to you) no current games that require the PSN connection doesn't mean that this will not happen in the future. Additionally f1-2010 is the only Steam game that I have that does require a connection (to save progress); 6 months ago I'd have been saying "steam doesn't require a connection to play single player."
I guess it's great for the content providers and their DRM, but when I can't play a single player game because either their servers are down, or I don't happen to have a connection at the time is annoying and stupid. (I don't have a Playstation, but several single player games on Steam behave in the same, or similar, way; e.g. f1-2010 I can't save progress without the internet because apart from steam, which launches the game just fine, there is the crazy Live-Games for Windows (or whatever it's called). Why I can't save progress is beyond me as the save games appear to be local files, but that's just how it is.
They've got 1760 PS3's in a supercomputer cluster (http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-12-air-playstation-3s-supercomputer.html)
I wonder what happens there if they ever need an update or want to add more nodes?
They'll probably just send a few of their planes with big bombs and stuff out (they have them, right?) to circle Sony headquarters until the matter is resolved.
"a group of criminals who they say have been cruising around town in a black Mercedes stealing credit card data by tapping into wireless networks belonging to area businesses."
If the criminals hadn't been wandering around blabbing about their exploits and saying it for everyone to hear then maybe the police wouldn't have even noticed them.
I'm a bit shocked that she died so young (63!!), but comments like yours indicate that she will live for a long time yet in the hearts of her fans (yeah, I know that sounds corny and is probably a bit of a cliché, but it's true). We will all die. The legacy we leave is worth a lot; in some instances it leads to immortality.
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I don't think the music piracy is the point. I think that the point is that the public perception on Sony is being degraded; it has nothing to do with piracy as far as I can see. This is being reported in mainstream media now... would I trust Sony with any of my details? Not a chance. Additionally, these "attacks" must be costing Sony money... probably a lot of money due to not only customer's trusting them less, but the extra employees (or current employees overtime) and resources they need to spend to fix things.
To navigate a story like this separating the useful from the not so useful comments, and still be able to post such a calm and level-headed reply suggests to me that, yes, maybe you will have that million hits a day at some point... Thanks for the response.
Well at least someone seems to understand what I was getting at ;)
I wasn't exactly talking about money...
It's insane because it's imaginary. It's an imaginary market and it's imaginary value. It's imaginary income. They are also imaginary dollars; imaginary worth imaginary costs. The WHOLE system is imaginary.
Biology is a rather soft science though - is it even a science at all when compared to rigorous subjects like physics and chemistry?
Oh come on. Maybe 60 years ago Biology was a "soft science". I can assure that in the modern world it's very far from a "soft science". Biology is just as rigorous as physics and chemistry.
Darwin never said we originated from monkeys
And initially, I was like: "Awesome! Want!" when Google announce ChromeOS..
I'm genuinely interested: what made you think "Awesome! Want!" with regards to an "OS" not on your own computer?
Despite your somewhat arrogant comments this has to be one of the most ignorant posts I've read in a while. I have a protip (god I hate that word) for you... actually two protips.
Protip: You do not know about other people's circumstances and have no right saying "In most of the Western world, you don't need that job to survive." How the hell do you know that? How the fuck is the person going to feed their family or pay the mortgage or whatever without an income (even if it's only temporary)?
Yes, it's very easy to criticize someone else's actions from your armchair and act all high and mighty, but in real life things are not so dichotomous.
Thanks
Yeah, my "gut feeling" is that you're correct. But my gut feeling isn't science.
This is the most idiotic and trollish response that always gets thrown about. Expending energy to figure out how to save energy can easily be a net positive. I'm sure automotive engineers expelled a great deal of energy designing cars that get 30+ miles to the gallon instead of 15. Electrical engineers spent energy designing LED lighting that is far more efficient than incandescent. But you aren't thinking about that, nor are you thinking at all. You're just trolling, because you've been trained to hate anyone who suggests that CO2 can have a negative impact on the climate.
No the parent is not trolling. "How much energy will be spent tracking this" is a perfectly valid question. If I spend x+10 energy on monitoring to save x+1 energy then that's a problem. It's a bit like saying that electric trains are "cleaner" than diesel trains. They're not. The pollution (or expenditure of energy) is just transferred to somewhere else.
I actually think that "wrists up" may harken back to the days when you had to actually pound the keys on a mechanical typewriter (although I have no proof of this and it's really just conjecture). Anyway, I am most comfortable typing with my forearms resting on the edge of the desk so my wrists are "half up" (if that makes sense) but I can easily rest them if required.
No, they don't charge that (they can't) unless you choose not to distribute your source code under the GPL as well.
Well, hang on; that depends on what license you need. For many users I'd guess that the GPL version would be fine.
Seems to like the buzzword "cloud computing a lot". If I didn't know better I'd guess this was a cleverly disguised plug for "Eucalyptus".
But I will not be so cynical. If Oracle continue to develop mySQL and the underlying code-base improves (as well, of course, the actual SQL and language/database interface as a whole) then that's all good.
Thanks for the valuable feedback to the OP. Comments like this keep me coming back to Slashdot.
Out of curiosity, is there an option to turn on aggressive releasing of pages? It seems to me to be a good idea, but without being familiar (even remotely) with the source code and design perhaps there are reasons against this (if there is indeed no option to turn it on/off).
Cheers
Umm, yes. But, how do you look for pollution? I.e. what is classed as "pollution" here on earth might be quite normal elsewhere.
Interferometry is the short answer. The long answer is, no, it wouldn't be insurmountable to pick up Casey Kasem 50ly away with a good array.
I don't quite understand the long answer; can you give me the short answer, please?
Fair enough. But I think I do have the right to comment on the article because although I don't have a PS3 I have this other ability which allows me to read specifications and other people's experience. The fact that there is (according to you) no current games that require the PSN connection doesn't mean that this will not happen in the future. Additionally f1-2010 is the only Steam game that I have that does require a connection (to save progress); 6 months ago I'd have been saying "steam doesn't require a connection to play single player."
I guess it's great for the content providers and their DRM, but when I can't play a single player game because either their servers are down, or I don't happen to have a connection at the time is annoying and stupid. (I don't have a Playstation, but several single player games on Steam behave in the same, or similar, way; e.g. f1-2010 I can't save progress without the internet because apart from steam, which launches the game just fine, there is the crazy Live-Games for Windows (or whatever it's called). Why I can't save progress is beyond me as the save games appear to be local files, but that's just how it is.
They've got 1760 PS3's in a supercomputer cluster (http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-12-air-playstation-3s-supercomputer.html)
I wonder what happens there if they ever need an update or want to add more nodes?
They'll probably just send a few of their planes with big bombs and stuff out (they have them, right?) to circle Sony headquarters until the matter is resolved.
"a group of criminals who they say have been cruising around town in a black Mercedes stealing credit card data by tapping into wireless networks belonging to area businesses."
If the criminals hadn't been wandering around blabbing about their exploits and saying it for everyone to hear then maybe the police wouldn't have even noticed them.
I'm a bit shocked that she died so young (63!!), but comments like yours indicate that she will live for a long time yet in the hearts of her fans (yeah, I know that sounds corny and is probably a bit of a cliché, but it's true). We will all die. The legacy we leave is worth a lot; in some instances it leads to immortality.
You're assuming that great creative works (even collaborative ones) require investors. I disagree.
And I wasted my mod points on crazy comments in the "regret" story. Now I know what regret is.