This, among many other reasons, is why I admire John Carmack.
Some may grumble that he only releases old products, no longer commercially valuable, in this fashion. To that I say "shush!". I for one look forward to browsing through the code of such a lovely 3D engine. The learning opportunity alone is grand, to say nothing of what will be done with the code now that it's out there.
Interesting. After installing this patch, I typed in some garbage to the address bar to make sure it was still seeing my proxy (which should display a custom no-such-address page).
What happened? That bloody search-from-the-address-bar thingy had turned itself on.
Oh well, I say, just go to Options -> Advanced -> Do Not Search From The Address Bar. I do this, type in "asdfa sdfsdfsa dfwer" (note the spaces) and POW: search-from-the-address-bar turns itself back on.
Much the same thing happens if you change the option and then restart IE.
And I thought the lifeminders cage at PSInet was cool. I'd love to see the physical layout of all these cabinets.
Does anyone know if Google is hosted in a dedicated facility? I've assumed till now that they just had a high-end managed colo, but 8,000 spread across only 4 facilities?
Damn.
I understand the need to protect your business model, but what were the deciding reasons for not, at least partially, opening the source?
It seems people, especially those involved in open source software, have a tendancy to be distrustful of corporations in general: take Michael for example (albeit an extreme one). Opening at least selected parts of the code could alleviate a lot of concern, and potentially get you more support (and therein, more cycles).
The fact that it has a camera built in and that it's a crusoe chip means it'll be aimed at travel-conscious, like the Sony Picturebook series, more than likely.
This is cool for many people, like my friend the flight attendant who needed something that fit in her carry-on.
This reminds me of those history lessons about the state of heavy tank armor at the beginning of world war II. Armor technology had outpaced the methods of defeating it (explosives) and people started freaking out about these indestructable heavy armors laying waste to everything in their path.
Then the shaped charge was invented. Anti-armor tech caught up with armor tech.
Until we come up with better technology to crack encryption (IANACF - I am not a crypto freak), people are SOL trying poke through modern crypto schemes.
But the answer isn't to try and keep people from designing the armor. The answer is to develop a better method of defeating the armor. To try and stop the progression of crypto technology is stupid and, at best, a delaying action. The only benefit the efforts of the US Government will have are on the economics of non-US crypto companies.
That's funny I'd been under the impression that there was nothing "queer" about being gay, either. And it wouldn't take much to be more "gay" than you, Mr. Christian Wet Blanket.
Saying that I don't have the depth to grok an argument based upon your belief in God, because I disagree with your belief in God, is a bit circular, don't you think? "You don't like X? That just shows you don't have the depth to see why X is better. I like X, so have that depth." Guess my expectations of a geek's ability to reason and debate were a bit overblown
Just responding to a few points here, bear with me.
...I would be so very against it, up to the point of commiting terrorist acts It seems a bit contradictory to me that you'd commit a terrorist act in response to something on television. For one thing, the airwaves are public domain. No one forces you or your hypothetical children to watch. And what kind of example would you be setting with a terrorist act? "Hey kids, don't like something? Blow it up!"
But gayness is NOT IN ANY WAY A STANDARD FOR A WAY OF LIFE. I understand fully that these are all simply statements of opinion. But what makes your moral barometer so superior to those of others, say a gay person? Your opinions may be based in religious doctrine; that's a whole other can o' worms*. But if you are simply basing your opinion off of what was taught to you by your parents, or a memory of the way things "used to be" (a conclusion I half-draw from your emphatic endorsement of "conservatism"), should you perhaps question your views, from time to time? After all, if we were still as "conservative" as our political predecessors wished, anyone who believed capitolism was anything short of mana from heaven would be exiled to a small desert island. With no net connection.
I wouldn't go as far as calling it a perversion although I wouldn't disagree with anyone calling it that. Sorry, but this one's silly. Standing by and not objecting is no diferent than saying it yourself. There is no "No Comment" checkbox (something which you implicitly agree with in your "ninth circle" comment").
...is dangerous for the society cause it precents normal procreation. Actually, the world is currently facing a crisis of overpopulation. There is no danger, whatsoever, in "not procreating." We, as human beings, are breeding like the proverbial rabbits.
This country hhas enough gay propaganda as it is... I think we can come to a general consensus that the anti-homosexual propaganda machine vastly overpowers what gay propaganda there is in sheer terms bulk, resources, and foot-soldiers. I've been stopped on the street by men with flyers espusing the evils of "the gays among us" (a clearly inflammatory statement designed to evoke fear and paranoia). And yet I have yet to meet any gay people that tried to convert me to their lifestyle or cause. Ever.
In closing, I'd just like to say that I think any, any viewpoints that propose hatred and intolerance of ANYTHING must be constantly reviewed and questioned. The price of [moral] freedom is eternal vigilence.
*Note to christians: somehow I have trouble seeing Jesus Christ preaching hatred of homosexuality on a street corner.
The guy was about to chuck the thing overboard, which was SOP when you're nazi-mobile was sinking and an allied ship was a hundred yards off the starboard bow. The poor yutz died before he got that far, and held onto it with a proverbial death-grip as he pitched over the side.
Check your ninth-grade history notes before you make holier-than-thou smartass comments. The german code was broken because we found a copy of the key*. So there:\~
*(In a lead-bound book clutched in the dead arms of a german naval officer floating belly up in the atlantic. Ain't life a bitch?)
Will a chip burst into flames from excessive overclocking? Probably not.
But it will suffer from a major "meltdown" when clocked too high (and therefore run too hot). I know people who have wrecked chips, and even motherboards, doing this.
And Intel, along with keeping the unscrupulous resellers at bay, locked its chips to keep anyone in the know from telling the cattle that the Pxxx's were already out for cheap.
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So I can't torture my enemies by forcing their gaze to the night sky?
Spoilsports.
Is it just me or does that figure seem a little high?
"Auggh, my eyes! Damn you, Mars, damn you right to hell!"
Regardless of whether or not it may turn out to be true, I REALLY hate it when CmdrTaco editorializes like this!
You don't know what people will or won't use, but you do influence plenty of impressionable nerds. Feel the weight of your responsibility, jerk.
This, among many other reasons, is why I admire John Carmack.
Some may grumble that he only releases old products, no longer commercially valuable, in this fashion. To that I say "shush!". I for one look forward to browsing through the code of such a lovely 3D engine. The learning opportunity alone is grand, to say nothing of what will be done with the code now that it's out there.
Thank you, John.
What happened? That bloody search-from-the-address-bar thingy had turned itself on. Oh well, I say, just go to Options -> Advanced -> Do Not Search From The Address Bar. I do this, type in "asdfa sdfsdfsa dfwer" (note the spaces) and POW: search-from-the-address-bar turns itself back on.
Much the same thing happens if you change the option and then restart IE.
WTF?
Ancient chinese secret, eh...?
And I thought the lifeminders cage at PSInet was cool. I'd love to see the physical layout of all these cabinets. Does anyone know if Google is hosted in a dedicated facility? I've assumed till now that they just had a high-end managed colo, but 8,000 spread across only 4 facilities? Damn.
Por favor.
It seems people, especially those involved in open source software, have a tendancy to be distrustful of corporations in general: take Michael for example (albeit an extreme one). Opening at least selected parts of the code could alleviate a lot of concern, and potentially get you more support (and therein, more cycles).
You have to be logged in to sharehouse to view it, but I figure every little bit helps. http://sharehouse.nbci.com/get_file/754413/parkwar s_320.mov
This is cool for many people, like my friend the flight attendant who needed something that fit in her carry-on.
Then the shaped charge was invented. Anti-armor tech caught up with armor tech.
Until we come up with better technology to crack encryption (IANACF - I am not a crypto freak), people are SOL trying poke through modern crypto schemes.
But the answer isn't to try and keep people from designing the armor. The answer is to develop a better method of defeating the armor. To try and stop the progression of crypto technology is stupid and, at best, a delaying action. The only benefit the efforts of the US Government will have are on the economics of non-US crypto companies.
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More DOJ ammo. Awesome. Go Be.
And if I'm anything like an average /. reader, that's quite a few people. If I say "Intel is garbage, go AMD," my non-techie friends listen. *grin*
If AMD doesn't put serials on their chips, it'll make me all the more liklier to switch to them hardcore.
At least now I know what camera not to take nude pictures of my girlfriend with...
Saying that I don't have the depth to grok an argument based upon your belief in God, because I disagree with your belief in God, is a bit circular, don't you think? "You don't like X? That just shows you don't have the depth to see why X is better. I like X, so have that depth."
Guess my expectations of a geek's ability to reason and debate were a bit overblown
It seems a bit contradictory to me that you'd commit a terrorist act in response to something on television. For one thing, the airwaves are public domain. No one forces you or your hypothetical children to watch. And what kind of example would you be setting with a terrorist act? "Hey kids, don't like something? Blow it up!"
I understand fully that these are all simply statements of opinion. But what makes your moral barometer so superior to those of others, say a gay person? Your opinions may be based in religious doctrine; that's a whole other can o' worms*. But if you are simply basing your opinion off of what was taught to you by your parents, or a memory of the way things "used to be" (a conclusion I half-draw from your emphatic endorsement of "conservatism"), should you perhaps question your views, from time to time? After all, if we were still as "conservative" as our political predecessors wished, anyone who believed capitolism was anything short of mana from heaven would be exiled to a small desert island. With no net connection.
Sorry, but this one's silly. Standing by and not objecting is no diferent than saying it yourself. There is no "No Comment" checkbox (something which you implicitly agree with in your "ninth circle" comment").
Actually, the world is currently facing a crisis of overpopulation. There is no danger, whatsoever, in "not procreating." We, as human beings, are breeding like the proverbial rabbits.
I think we can come to a general consensus that the anti-homosexual propaganda machine vastly overpowers what gay propaganda there is in sheer terms bulk, resources, and foot-soldiers. I've been stopped on the street by men with flyers espusing the evils of "the gays among us" (a clearly inflammatory statement designed to evoke fear and paranoia). And yet I have yet to meet any gay people that tried to convert me to their lifestyle or cause. Ever.
In closing, I'd just like to say that I think any, any viewpoints that propose hatred and intolerance of ANYTHING must be constantly reviewed and questioned. The price of [moral] freedom is eternal vigilence.
*Note to christians: somehow I have trouble seeing Jesus Christ preaching hatred of homosexuality on a street corner.
Thank you GOD. Wow. Joy.
The guy was about to chuck the thing overboard, which was SOP when you're nazi-mobile was sinking and an allied ship was a hundred yards off the starboard bow. The poor yutz died before he got that far, and held onto it with a proverbial death-grip as he pitched over the side.
*(In a lead-bound book clutched in the dead arms of a german naval officer floating belly up in the atlantic. Ain't life a bitch?)
But it will suffer from a major "meltdown" when clocked too high (and therefore run too hot). I know people who have wrecked chips, and even motherboards, doing this.
And Intel, along with keeping the unscrupulous resellers at bay, locked its chips to keep anyone in the know from telling the cattle that the Pxxx's were already out for cheap.
Now THIS I could play TeamFortress on!