cosmicray

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by cosmicray 16y ago
The question could be argued about if software was overpriced, or were there too many layers in the distribution chain that all wanted to make something off the software sale. The iTunes App store has collapsed the distribution chain. The O
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by cosmicray 16y ago
> Over 99.7% of hosts hitting Google.com are IPv4 only. Is it the hosts, or is it the mid-span links ? I'm sitting here in a fast-food place with a Macbook is certainly IPv6 capable, but I suspect the cable-modem and/or the AP they use
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by cosmicray 16y ago
Instead of importing an entire team to NYC, why don't they export a team leader to Omaha or Tupelo for the duration of the project, or at least until they feel the team is groking the gist of the project.
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by cosmicray 16y ago
Several things that jump out at me.. The repetitive emphasis on MacBasic (which never really shipped from Apple, but did from Microsoft) No mention what so ever of the internet (which was very nascent and pretty much non-existent in 1981).
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by cosmicray 16y ago
uhhh... that might be a coyote, but it looks more like a fox to me.
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by cosmicray 16y ago
Whatever they're doing, its not having much effect. I used PP last night, and again this morning. What I saw felt normal. Last night there was briefly some slowdown, but nothing of that this morning. Hammering a lesser web site could bring
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by cosmicray 16y ago
PayPal was functioning for me about an hour ago. I was doing some ancillary stuff (generating postage) and it worked ok.
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by cosmicray 16y ago
About the same time you posted, I was using PayPal. It was working, but I did notice signs of slow response. I was able to do everything I needed. My impression is that the PayPal engineers are dealing with the issue.
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by cosmicray 16y ago
A Taco Bell I frequent uses a VPN back to the franchisee to aggregate the card payments. Wouldn't surprise me if that's getting messed with as well.
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by cosmicray 16y ago
That isn't a piano bar song ... Garth Brooks is more likely heard in some little country bar. The kind of place where it's hard to find a decent chardonnay.
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by cosmicray 16y ago
> DDoS attacks against PayPal, on the other hand, can be effective in costing them real money, for every hour they are down. Ever heard the term 'collateral damage' ? If PayPal gets trashed (or at least significantly service impaired) t
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by cosmicray 16y ago
A decentralized DNS has nothing to do with solving the (presumed) problem. The solution is a registrar (and DNS) that is not answerable to any nation state. The corollary to this demands an answer: are nation states that afraid of informati
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by cosmicray 16y ago
> Perhaps one could launch a tethered helium baloon with the antena and thus increasing the range ? I used to know this guy that did something very very naughty back when he was a budding teen (late 1960s). He ordered a weather balloon
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by cosmicray 16y ago
> You only really need in excess of that for rooms full of batteries. Behold, racks of crossbar switches (from one such AT&T facility). I'm glad these things are pretty much a relic of the past. I suspect the weight of those racks w
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by cosmicray 16y ago
> I don't think you were referring to these, but there are actually a few windowless, fortified concrete skyscrapers in New York that were built as telephone switching centers. Actually no. The ones I'm referring to were (usually) built
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by cosmicray 16y ago
Back in the late 1960s, and early 1970s, AT&T built a series of nuke resistant bunkers. The typical specs were concrete walls 36" thick, self contained turbine generators, water and air purification, plus rations to last up to 6 months.
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by cosmicray 16y ago
You could distribute it via a torrent ... oh, wait. Am I the only one that wonders if there is a casual connection between shutting down the torrent trackers, WikiLeaks releasing the diplomatic cables, and the DDoS against WikiLeaks ?
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by cosmicray 16y ago
> As to where money actually gets deposited, it probably depends on which bank offers the best deal at any given time. Is this what is referred to in the industry as a 'brokered deposit' ?
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by cosmicray 16y ago
> but the security and legal stuff you'd need to handle are significant enough that it really needs to be a full-fledged startup iirc, PayPal has money transfer registrations in each of the 50 US states, and in many foreign countries. T
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by cosmicray 16y ago
If you read that cable (which I have not) who will actually verify the authenticity of the content ? I don't see the US or China confirming or denying anything.
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by cosmicray 16y ago
if they use this one, does it become a recursive loop ? ... nerd sniping: http://xkcd.com/356/
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by cosmicray 16y ago
The DNS root servers are already decentralized. The issue here is that the domains in question are registered with registrars (and/or utilizing name servers) that are under US legal jurisdiction. If you want to do something that you don't w
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by cosmicray 16y ago
Wikipedia has a rather extensive list of greek mythological deities and mortals. Surely there is something appropriate in there ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Greek_mythological_figu...
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by cosmicray 16y ago
When you talk about Apple, and you talk about ARM, remember that Apple bought two companies: PA Semi and Intrinsity (to get chip design talent). The PA Semi acquisition came with IP for a POWER chip, the PA6T. Thus far Apple has announced n
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by cosmicray 16y ago
There were 3 basic periods at Apple: the beginnings (aka Steve I), the Dark Ages (roughly '85-'97), and Steve Returns. During the Dark Ages, Apple leaked internal information badly . One of the first things that Steve did upon return was t
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by cosmicray 16y ago
This seems like a (morbid) opportunity. An AI to keep these people posting on each other walls. I'm reminded of a short story by Larry Niven... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Defenseless_Dead
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by cosmicray 16y ago
I'm looking at this page in Safari inspector. The only element that took more than milliseconds to load is prowidget.php (but that may be related to its size, and my slow ass connection). inspector has flagged 3 elements with "You could sav
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by cosmicray 16y ago
Basically, Google is creating an advertising tier. Those who can pay get to be displayed in Boutiques.com, those who cannot end up on Google Products, eBay, or any of a thousand other venues. Google is in effect, creating a specialty sub-se
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by cosmicray 16y ago
remember, the First Hundred was really the First Hundred plus One. The Coyote wasn't supposed to be there. only a few in the agri group knew about him.
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by cosmicray 16y ago
one nit to pick... there are still people stuck on slow connections. they are not always there by choice. In some cases the infrastructure is lagging the advances in content proliferation. when you get to dialup (the remaining ubiquitous a

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