No doubt. But would you agree that the more you use someone else's language, the more your thinking adapts to their way of thinking, as evidenced in how they designed the language?
And linguistic style reflects how a person thinks (so the theory goes). So when you mimic someone's linguistic style, you may find yourself succumbing to their way of thinking. The theory continues that different…
A comparable alternative is never going to free for everyone. Someone has to pay the Amazon fees for S3 use. Isn't it true that the few Dropbox users who do pay for it support all the ones who do not?
from the article: "presumptively illegal" Who wrote this? Do they mean "presumptively infringement"? My understanding is that copyright is enforced by the copyright holder, not the state (unless of course they are the…
Ah, see. Now we're getting somwhere. But what about load balancing and CDN's? DNS was not designed for those purposes. What if users are not completely ignorant of the geographical locations of the IP addresses they…
Registers. Love 'em. Where's the BSD version?
There is a solution for SSL. Of course it's not SSL, it's more secure and it's faster. You can set several "domain names" (hostnames) for a server. There is a working prototype. Seek with open mind and ye shall find. I…
SOPA does not have to pass to achieve the effect I'm suggesting. It will simply open people's eyes to the centralisation that is ongoing. The "single point of failure" will become evident and people will start to think.…
How much of the $87M went toward legal fees? Lots of negotiation here. The technology is trivial by comparison. Thinking out loud... Has any publisher managed to control their content in the digital age? Academic…
gvb is correct. Local cache is the way to go. Some have known this for a long time. SOPA could be a blessing in disguise if the meme spreads. Cache poisoning becomes irrelevent. If SOPA neuters search engines, maybe…
General purpose PC's will only disappear if the market for them disappears. Ultimately it is 1. the nerds who educate (or fail to educate) the consumer market about what is possible using a general purpose PC and 2. the…
Importance is a subjective concept. One opinion is that a very important Internet application will inevitably be 1-1. Who did the FCC just hire as their new CTO? What is happening to POTS? 1-to-many systems, hacked to…
With the widespread use of anycast, does "first class addressing for machines" even matter any more? In situations where anycast is used, how do you even know what machine a given address to connecting to? RON was a…
VJ talks about something called "Evolutionary Pressures" at the end of his Google Talk a few years ago. Watch the video if you haven't already. SOPA if it passes may create such pressure. It's main target is DNS. CDN's…
Interesting blog. "radical low-complexity" Love that. "Retro"? Nah. More like: - responsive, - easier to understand, - capable and worthy of being maintained and repaired - hence "built to last". "Radical"? Nah. More…
Apologies. s/Android/Dalvik Google had a choice of which virtual machine to use on Android. They went with a modified Dalvik. Could they have chosen Inferno? If they looked at it and decided against it, what were the…
Please keep in mind that it's not solely IP law that is the problem. It is how the law is being used. And who is (and is not) using it. By and large, those who hold the lion's share of the world's enforceble IPR and are…
Why couldn't they have used the Inferno OS for their VM? Code reuse at Google is huge. So what were their reasons for not choosing it? Apologies if this has been asked and answered.
No doubt. But would you agree that the more you use someone else's language, the more your thinking adapts to their way of thinking, as evidenced in how they designed the language?
And linguistic style reflects how a person thinks (so the theory goes). So when you mimic someone's linguistic style, you may find yourself succumbing to their way of thinking. The theory continues that different…
A comparable alternative is never going to free for everyone. Someone has to pay the Amazon fees for S3 use. Isn't it true that the few Dropbox users who do pay for it support all the ones who do not?
from the article: "presumptively illegal" Who wrote this? Do they mean "presumptively infringement"? My understanding is that copyright is enforced by the copyright holder, not the state (unless of course they are the…
Ah, see. Now we're getting somwhere. But what about load balancing and CDN's? DNS was not designed for those purposes. What if users are not completely ignorant of the geographical locations of the IP addresses they…
Registers. Love 'em. Where's the BSD version?
There is a solution for SSL. Of course it's not SSL, it's more secure and it's faster. You can set several "domain names" (hostnames) for a server. There is a working prototype. Seek with open mind and ye shall find. I…
SOPA does not have to pass to achieve the effect I'm suggesting. It will simply open people's eyes to the centralisation that is ongoing. The "single point of failure" will become evident and people will start to think.…
How much of the $87M went toward legal fees? Lots of negotiation here. The technology is trivial by comparison. Thinking out loud... Has any publisher managed to control their content in the digital age? Academic…
gvb is correct. Local cache is the way to go. Some have known this for a long time. SOPA could be a blessing in disguise if the meme spreads. Cache poisoning becomes irrelevent. If SOPA neuters search engines, maybe…
General purpose PC's will only disappear if the market for them disappears. Ultimately it is 1. the nerds who educate (or fail to educate) the consumer market about what is possible using a general purpose PC and 2. the…
Importance is a subjective concept. One opinion is that a very important Internet application will inevitably be 1-1. Who did the FCC just hire as their new CTO? What is happening to POTS? 1-to-many systems, hacked to…
With the widespread use of anycast, does "first class addressing for machines" even matter any more? In situations where anycast is used, how do you even know what machine a given address to connecting to? RON was a…
VJ talks about something called "Evolutionary Pressures" at the end of his Google Talk a few years ago. Watch the video if you haven't already. SOPA if it passes may create such pressure. It's main target is DNS. CDN's…
Interesting blog. "radical low-complexity" Love that. "Retro"? Nah. More like: - responsive, - easier to understand, - capable and worthy of being maintained and repaired - hence "built to last". "Radical"? Nah. More…
Apologies. s/Android/Dalvik Google had a choice of which virtual machine to use on Android. They went with a modified Dalvik. Could they have chosen Inferno? If they looked at it and decided against it, what were the…
Please keep in mind that it's not solely IP law that is the problem. It is how the law is being used. And who is (and is not) using it. By and large, those who hold the lion's share of the world's enforceble IPR and are…
Why couldn't they have used the Inferno OS for their VM? Code reuse at Google is huge. So what were their reasons for not choosing it? Apologies if this has been asked and answered.