To be honest, I think most bloat is a ploy by programmers to keep themselves 'useful' after the point when most work has been done and the sensible strategy would be to reduce programming staff.
If I can make this political, I would blame the conservative movements strategies over the past decades to push free market economics. The only way to get tax cuts for the rich and unchecked corporate power in a democracy is by convincing more than 50% of the voting population that they will someday, soon, be rich and the head of one of those corporations.
I often here things like 'Fuck you socialists! when I get my MBA I am going to be a rich entrepreneur and I don't want to have to pay tax to support scum like you!' from people going through university on borrowed money and their parents contributions. They honestly believe they have a free ticket to the top 1%, along with around 50% of the population. Those numbers don't add up.
Everyone coming out of an American college believes they will be giving the orders, not taking them. They haven't trained to work for anyone, they believe they will be millionaires simply by virtue of their awesomeness.
Agreed. I used to read Slashdot 10 years ago on 233 MHz Sparc 5 workstations, running SlowArseis and it was perfectly reasonable. Now it keeps beachballing my MacBookPro, which is ten times faster on clock speed alone, never mind it can do a lot more in a cycle, has faster bus, RAM and hard disk.
I would've thought Slashdot of all places wouldn't succumb to the gleeful bloat which has rendered spectacular advances in hardware almost irrelevant to the end user experience.
The main purpose to the servers that Unite can provide, is that they the most common type of computer connected to the Internet (one that does not have its own static IP, and cannot accept connections due to either a home router or a firewall) can act as servers. I've yet to find out much about the technical workings of Unite, but from what I can tell the main role Opera's servers perform is to allow the location of and the connection to a computer which would normally permit neither. Once a client has found and connected to a Unite user, does Opera still continue to act as an intermediary, in the same way a cloud service would?
This makes it clear the plates are supposed to generate 30kWh per hour, rather than per car (but I can't help thinking, whats wrong with simply saying 30kW?) This version of the article also points out that the energy is not free and does in fact come from the cars.
Tis good for freedom, as censors and rent-seekers have an easier time going after more centralized servers; imagine if this browser had come out a few months earlier and now been semi-widespread in Iran. The government would've been chasing their tails trying to stamp out a huge amount of 'immoral' content, rather than just having to block a stream of tweets.
It could possibly be that Google is in America (or more specifically, California which is kind of a major geek hub) whilst Opera are off in Europe. Google are also more showy about their new technology - compare the lengths of the demo videos for one thing.
I see what you mean about Google Wave. I guess innovations are like buses after all. Too early for me to call which will be more successful; Wave is more of a technological leap but Unite has more potential to empower users.
If the people who could really use a lego brick server actually start using opera (they will have to hear of it first) then it could make a big difference. Bandwidth problems are possible if it takes off - but frankly its the kind of kick up the arse ISPs need from time to time to remind them to stop adding numbers to the stated bandwidth of the connections they sell and start finding some actual infrastructure. Like BBC IPlayer - ISPs were incensed when the Great British public actually started getting good use out of the pipes they had paid for. The ISPs got over it, after a brief hissy fit.
Don't you understand, that is all part of the plan. Combined with the possibility of European copies of Windows shipping with Opera as a legal requirement, they have implemented one of the most ballsy pieces of social engineering I have ever come across. Their entire browser business was simply a long winded ploy to construct the worlds greatest botnet.
On a serious note though; I think any problems will be outweighed by the utility gained with this experiment. Even though I'm not an Opera user, I find it quite exciting.
This simply opens up one, quite specific, point of attack through an application which has a fairly good track record for security.
I can see how, on the face of it, getting entry level users to run web servers is opening you up to some attacks, but in a cost benefit analysis I still think it is a winning move. Besides, it is a web server specifically aimed at entry level users; if Opera have any sense security will have been their main focus.
I disagree. It looks like Opera on a Mac ought to look. It doesn't perfectly integrate into the Mac desktop because it isn't Safari. That, my friends, is actually a good thing.
Mars also has much lower gravity; basically what determines loss of volatiles is if the radiation impacting on the top of the atmosphere can give the molecules escape velocity. The actual mechanism is a bit more complicated than that, but is ultimately bound by conservation of energy.
Mars also didn't lose all its atmosphere to space - some froze as dry ice.
China seems a good environment for scientists (so long as they don't talk back to the party of course) - the cultural revolution is long over. You look at their population, 4 times the size of the US, and note that they have fewer scientific achievements. However, look at their GDP - slightly less than that of Spain - and note that they have manned space flight.
Now, whether or not China is a good environment for free expression, fair treatment in the workplace, opportunity for personal advancement, and not being run over by tanks - that is mostly a separate question.
I love how a vaguely racist troll turns into a literary debate:)
I have read Guns, Germs and Steel and found Diamond's arguments pretty compelling; I have not heard of Carnage and Culture but I will give it a brief peruse and see if its worth a read.
How many giant, flying, metal shredding machines that move at near sonic speeds occur in nature? Birds have simply not evolved to be aware of such a threat. This is the same reason why you have to teach children to cross the road using special rotes; humans and other animals don't have an instinctual grasp of vehicles which are larger and faster than natural organisms.
Already been done. Chairman Mao once declared war on Sparrows (amongst other alleged pests) because sparrows were seen eating farmers seeds. Unfortunately they also ate locusts. Guess what happened next?
Airbus is one of the leading aircraft manufacturers in the world, so ignore this astroturfing Boeing smear campaign; everyone was quiet when an Airbus A320 pulled off an extremely difficult landing in a river, because making a big deal about the plane wouldn't have been good for Boeing. Now that a freak accident has taken down an Airbus, Americans are - like the *cough* individualists *cough* they are, all barking about shoddy European engineering just like Boeing is telling them to.
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Give the handsets to the guys who smuggle booze in over the Turkish border. They've been giving Iranian authorities the runaround for years.
A significant number of them are economic conservatives or libertarians, yes.
And then the police will keep your phone as 'evidence', and it will vanish in the evidence locker alongside everything else valuable.
Being dead, he clearly could not.
To be honest, I think most bloat is a ploy by programmers to keep themselves 'useful' after the point when most work has been done and the sensible strategy would be to reduce programming staff.
If I can make this political, I would blame the conservative movements strategies over the past decades to push free market economics. The only way to get tax cuts for the rich and unchecked corporate power in a democracy is by convincing more than 50% of the voting population that they will someday, soon, be rich and the head of one of those corporations.
I often here things like 'Fuck you socialists! when I get my MBA I am going to be a rich entrepreneur and I don't want to have to pay tax to support scum like you!' from people going through university on borrowed money and their parents contributions. They honestly believe they have a free ticket to the top 1%, along with around 50% of the population. Those numbers don't add up.
Everyone coming out of an American college believes they will be giving the orders, not taking them. They haven't trained to work for anyone, they believe they will be millionaires simply by virtue of their awesomeness.
Who are? Microsoft assassins?
Agreed. I used to read Slashdot 10 years ago on 233 MHz Sparc 5 workstations, running SlowArseis and it was perfectly reasonable. Now it keeps beachballing my MacBookPro, which is ten times faster on clock speed alone, never mind it can do a lot more in a cycle, has faster bus, RAM and hard disk.
I would've thought Slashdot of all places wouldn't succumb to the gleeful bloat which has rendered spectacular advances in hardware almost irrelevant to the end user experience.
The main purpose to the servers that Unite can provide, is that they the most common type of computer connected to the Internet (one that does not have its own static IP, and cannot accept connections due to either a home router or a firewall) can act as servers. I've yet to find out much about the technical workings of Unite, but from what I can tell the main role Opera's servers perform is to allow the location of and the connection to a computer which would normally permit neither. Once a client has found and connected to a Unite user, does Opera still continue to act as an intermediary, in the same way a cloud service would?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jun/15/sainsburys-kinetic-plates-speed-bumps
This makes it clear the plates are supposed to generate 30kWh per hour, rather than per car (but I can't help thinking, whats wrong with simply saying 30kW?) This version of the article also points out that the energy is not free and does in fact come from the cars.
What I know of Silvio Berlusconi, I see a dreadful present for your country as well.
Tis good for freedom, as censors and rent-seekers have an easier time going after more centralized servers; imagine if this browser had come out a few months earlier and now been semi-widespread in Iran. The government would've been chasing their tails trying to stamp out a huge amount of 'immoral' content, rather than just having to block a stream of tweets.
It could possibly be that Google is in America (or more specifically, California which is kind of a major geek hub) whilst Opera are off in Europe. Google are also more showy about their new technology - compare the lengths of the demo videos for one thing.
I see what you mean about Google Wave. I guess innovations are like buses after all. Too early for me to call which will be more successful; Wave is more of a technological leap but Unite has more potential to empower users.
If the people who could really use a lego brick server actually start using opera (they will have to hear of it first) then it could make a big difference. Bandwidth problems are possible if it takes off - but frankly its the kind of kick up the arse ISPs need from time to time to remind them to stop adding numbers to the stated bandwidth of the connections they sell and start finding some actual infrastructure. Like BBC IPlayer - ISPs were incensed when the Great British public actually started getting good use out of the pipes they had paid for. The ISPs got over it, after a brief hissy fit.
Don't you understand, that is all part of the plan. Combined with the possibility of European copies of Windows shipping with Opera as a legal requirement, they have implemented one of the most ballsy pieces of social engineering I have ever come across. Their entire browser business was simply a long winded ploy to construct the worlds greatest botnet.
On a serious note though; I think any problems will be outweighed by the utility gained with this experiment. Even though I'm not an Opera user, I find it quite exciting.
This simply opens up one, quite specific, point of attack through an application which has a fairly good track record for security.
I can see how, on the face of it, getting entry level users to run web servers is opening you up to some attacks, but in a cost benefit analysis I still think it is a winning move. Besides, it is a web server specifically aimed at entry level users; if Opera have any sense security will have been their main focus.
I disagree. It looks like Opera on a Mac ought to look. It doesn't perfectly integrate into the Mac desktop because it isn't Safari. That, my friends, is actually a good thing.
Mars also has much lower gravity; basically what determines loss of volatiles is if the radiation impacting on the top of the atmosphere can give the molecules escape velocity. The actual mechanism is a bit more complicated than that, but is ultimately bound by conservation of energy.
Mars also didn't lose all its atmosphere to space - some froze as dry ice.
My mistake. Nevertheless, it is in the bottom end of the range of (much smaller) western European countries.
China seems a good environment for scientists (so long as they don't talk back to the party of course) - the cultural revolution is long over. You look at their population, 4 times the size of the US, and note that they have fewer scientific achievements. However, look at their GDP - slightly less than that of Spain - and note that they have manned space flight.
Now, whether or not China is a good environment for free expression, fair treatment in the workplace, opportunity for personal advancement, and not being run over by tanks - that is mostly a separate question.
I love how a vaguely racist troll turns into a literary debate :)
I have read Guns, Germs and Steel and found Diamond's arguments pretty compelling; I have not heard of Carnage and Culture but I will give it a brief peruse and see if its worth a read.
How many giant, flying, metal shredding machines that move at near sonic speeds occur in nature? Birds have simply not evolved to be aware of such a threat. This is the same reason why you have to teach children to cross the road using special rotes; humans and other animals don't have an instinctual grasp of vehicles which are larger and faster than natural organisms.
Already been done. Chairman Mao once declared war on Sparrows (amongst other alleged pests) because sparrows were seen eating farmers seeds. Unfortunately they also ate locusts. Guess what happened next?
Airbus is one of the leading aircraft manufacturers in the world, so ignore this astroturfing Boeing smear campaign; everyone was quiet when an Airbus A320 pulled off an extremely difficult landing in a river, because making a big deal about the plane wouldn't have been good for Boeing. Now that a freak accident has taken down an Airbus, Americans are - like the *cough* individualists *cough* they are, all barking about shoddy European engineering just like Boeing is telling them to.