Comment Re:Change internet providers every year (Score 2) 418
As long as you have two internet providers to choose from. Rural areas still only have one choice, if any.
Comment No real consequences imposed by the ISP (Score 0) 418
After five or six "strikes," however, the person won't face any repercussions under the program and is likely to be ignored. It's unclear whether such repeat offenders would be more likely at that point to face an expensive lawsuit.
So, no termination of your account, or automatic penalties from your provider except maybe some bandwidth throttling. Seems like it's just an alert system for the RIAA/MPAA.
Gubernatorial Candidate Speaks Out Against CAS 121
New submitter C0R1D4N writes "Carl Bergmanson, a New Jersey gubernatorial democrat running in the 2013 primary, has recently spoken out against the new 'six strike policy' being put in place this week by major ISPs. He said: 'The
internet has become an essential part of living in the 21st century, it uses public infrastructure and it
is time we treat it as a public utility. The electric company has no say over what you power with their
service, the ISPs have no right to decide what you can and can not download.'"
Comment Re:Missing option: In Real-Time (Score 4, Insightful) 171
I would argue no. I think of organizing as bringing order to chaos, not keeping an already established order.
For example, if my bookshelf is organized first by author and then by title, and every time I buy a new book and place it on the shelf I just add it in where it belongs, then I wouldn't say I organize my bookshelf every time I buy a new book. I would just say my bookshelf stays organized, and that I just maintain the existing order.
However, if my bookshelf had no order and I sat down and arranged the books by author and then title, then I would say I organized the bookshelf.
In more relevant-to-the-discussion terms, I would only count organizing bookmarks as bringing up the bookmark manager, which I never have to do (Never meaning haven't used it since I adopted this system).
Comment Missing option: In Real-Time (Score 4, Insightful) 171
Chrome prompts for a folder to put the bookmark in, so I make sure the bookmark goes in the right folder when I create it. The option I chose was 'Never' because with this system, I never have to organize them explicitly since they always organized as soon as they are created.
Comment Put the old domain in the name (Score 2) 383
I presume the old format looked like:
emailname@subdomain.domain.com
Make the new ones:
emailname.subdomain@domain.com
This should prevent any name clashes and still move all the emails to one domain and even preserve the similar format the users already have. New users may not even need their own
Comment Current Records (Score 5, Informative) 307
According to Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Words_per_minute
The fastest typing speed ever, 216 words in one minute, was achieved by Stella Pajunas in 1946 on an IBM electric.[6][7][8][9] As of 2005, writer Barbara Blackburn was the fastest English language typist in the world, according to The Guinness Book of World Records. Using the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard, she has maintained 150 wpm for 50 minutes, and 170 wpm for shorter periods. She has been clocked at a peak speed of 212 wpm.
One of the most notable online records considered genuine is 256 wpm (a record caught on video) on TypeRacer by American Sean Wrona, the inaugural Ultimate Typing Championship winner, which is considered the highest legitimate score ever set on the site.
Comment Enterprise Java Version (Score 5, Funny) 438
package enterprise;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.io.Writer;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Map.Entry;
import java.util.Random;
import java.util.SortedMap;
import java.util.TreeMap;
public class Maze {
private final WallFactory<Double> wallFactory;
private final EntropyGenerator entropyGenerator;
public Maze( WallFactory<Double> wallFactory, EntropyGenerator entropyGenerator ) {
this.wallFactory = wallFactory;
this.entropyGenerator = entropyGenerator;
}
public void visit( MazeVisitor visitor ) throws MazeException {
while( true ) {
MazeWall wall = wallFactory.createMazeWall( entropyGenerator.getNewEntropyValue() );
wall.visit( visitor );
}
}
public interface MazeWall {
/**
* @param visitor
* @throws IOException
*/
void visit( MazeVisitor visitor ) throws MazeException;
}
public static class LeftDiagonalWall implements MazeWall {
@Override
public void visit( MazeVisitor visitor ) throws MazeException {
visitor.visit( this );
}
}
public static class RightDiagonalWall implements MazeWall {
@Override
public void visit( MazeVisitor visitor ) throws MazeException {
visitor.visit( this );
}
}
public interface MazeVisitor {
void visit( LeftDiagonalWall leftDiagonalWall ) throws MazeException;
void visit( RightDiagonalWall rightDiagonalWall ) throws MazeException;
}
public interface WallFactory<T> {
/**
* @param value
* @return the MazeWall
* @throws MazeException
*/
MazeWall createMazeWall( T value ) throws MazeException;
}
public static class StrategyWallFactory<T> implements WallFactory<T> {
private WallRepartitionStrategy<T> wallRepartitionStrategy;
public StrategyWallFactory( WallRepartitionStrategy<T> wallRepartitionStrategy ) {
this.wallRepartitionStrategy = wallRepartitionStrategy;
}
@Override
public MazeWall createMazeWall( T value ) throws MazeException {
Class<? extends MazeWall> wallClassForValue = wallRepartitionStrategy.getWallClassForValue( value );
try {
return wallClassForValue.newInstance();
} catch( InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException e ) {
throw new MazeException( "Cannot create MazeWall instance", e );
}
}
}
public interface WallRepartitionStrategy<T> {
/**
* @param value
* @return the wall class for value
* @throws MazeException
*/
Class<? extends MazeWall> getWallClassForValue( T value ) throws MazeException;
}
public static class ProbabilityThresholdWallRepartitionStrategy implements WallRepartitionStrategy<Double> {
private SortedMap<Double, Class<? extends MazeWall>> thresholds = new TreeMap<Double, Class<? extends MazeWall>>( Collections.reverseOrder() );
public void declareWallThreshold( Double probability, Class<? extends MazeWall> wallClass ) throws MazeException {
if( probability < 0 || probability > 1 ) {
throw new MazeException( "Invalid probability " + probability );
}
thresholds.put( probability, wallClass );
}
@Override
public Class<? extends MazeWall> getWallClassForValue( Double value ) throws MazeException {
for( Entry<Double, Class<? extends MazeWall>> entry : thresholds.entrySet() ) {
if( entry.getKey() < value ) {
return entry.getValue();
}
}
throw new MazeException( "No MazeWall class found for probabitity threshold " + value );
}
}
public static class MazePrintVisitor implements MazeVisitor {
private static final String LEFT_WALL_REPRESENTATION = "╱";
private static final String RIGHT_WALL_REPRESENTATION = "╲";
private final Writer writer;
private final int lineWidth;
private int count;
public MazePrintVisitor( Writer writer, int lineWidth ) {
this.writer = writer;
this.lineWidth = lineWidth;
}
@Override
public void visit( LeftDiagonalWall leftDiagonalWall ) throws MazeException {
print( LEFT_WALL_REPRESENTATION );
}
@Override
public void visit( RightDiagonalWall rightDiagonalWall ) throws MazeException {
print( RIGHT_WALL_REPRESENTATION );
}
private void print( String str ) throws MazeException {
try {
if( count >= lineWidth ) {
count = 0;
writer.write( System.lineSeparator() );
}
writer.write( str );
count += str.codePointCount( 0, str.length() );
} catch( IOException e ) {
throw new MazeException( "Error printing maze", e );
}
}
}
public interface EntropyGenerator {
double getNewEntropyValue();
}
public static class JavaRandomEntropyGenerator implements EntropyGenerator {
private Random random = new Random();
@Override
public double getNewEntropyValue() {
return random.nextDouble();
}
}
public static class MazeException extends Exception {
public MazeException( String message ) {
super( message );
}
public MazeException( String message, Throwable cause ) {
super( message, cause );
}
}
public static void main( String[] args ) throws Exception {
ProbabilityThresholdWallRepartitionStrategy repartitionStrategy = new ProbabilityThresholdWallRepartitionStrategy();
repartitionStrategy.declareWallThreshold( 0.0, LeftDiagonalWall.class );
repartitionStrategy.declareWallThreshold( 0.5, RightDiagonalWall.class );
WallFactory<Double> wallFactory = new StrategyWallFactory<Double>( repartitionStrategy );
EntropyGenerator entropyGenerator = new JavaRandomEntropyGenerator();
Maze maze = new Maze( wallFactory, entropyGenerator );
MazePrintVisitor printVisitor = new MazePrintVisitor( new OutputStreamWriter( System.out ), 40 );
maze.visit( printVisitor );
}
}
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.io.Writer;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Map.Entry;
import java.util.Random;
import java.util.SortedMap;
import java.util.TreeMap;
public class Maze {
private final WallFactory<Double> wallFactory;
private final EntropyGenerator entropyGenerator;
public Maze( WallFactory<Double> wallFactory, EntropyGenerator entropyGenerator ) {
this.wallFactory = wallFactory;
this.entropyGenerator = entropyGenerator;
}
public void visit( MazeVisitor visitor ) throws MazeException {
while( true ) {
MazeWall wall = wallFactory.createMazeWall( entropyGenerator.getNewEntropyValue() );
wall.visit( visitor );
}
}
public interface MazeWall {
* @param visitor
* @throws IOException
*/
void visit( MazeVisitor visitor ) throws MazeException;
}
public static class LeftDiagonalWall implements MazeWall {
@Override
public void visit( MazeVisitor visitor ) throws MazeException {
visitor.visit( this );
}
}
public static class RightDiagonalWall implements MazeWall {
@Override
public void visit( MazeVisitor visitor ) throws MazeException {
visitor.visit( this );
}
}
public interface MazeVisitor {
void visit( LeftDiagonalWall leftDiagonalWall ) throws MazeException;
void visit( RightDiagonalWall rightDiagonalWall ) throws MazeException;
}
public interface WallFactory<T> {
* @param value
* @return the MazeWall
* @throws MazeException
*/
MazeWall createMazeWall( T value ) throws MazeException;
}
public static class StrategyWallFactory<T> implements WallFactory<T> {
private WallRepartitionStrategy<T> wallRepartitionStrategy;
public StrategyWallFactory( WallRepartitionStrategy<T> wallRepartitionStrategy ) {
this.wallRepartitionStrategy = wallRepartitionStrategy;
}
@Override
public MazeWall createMazeWall( T value ) throws MazeException {
Class<? extends MazeWall> wallClassForValue = wallRepartitionStrategy.getWallClassForValue( value );
try {
return wallClassForValue.newInstance();
} catch( InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException e ) {
throw new MazeException( "Cannot create MazeWall instance", e );
}
}
}
public interface WallRepartitionStrategy<T> {
* @param value
* @return the wall class for value
* @throws MazeException
*/
Class<? extends MazeWall> getWallClassForValue( T value ) throws MazeException;
}
public static class ProbabilityThresholdWallRepartitionStrategy implements WallRepartitionStrategy<Double> {
private SortedMap<Double, Class<? extends MazeWall>> thresholds = new TreeMap<Double, Class<? extends MazeWall>>( Collections.reverseOrder() );
public void declareWallThreshold( Double probability, Class<? extends MazeWall> wallClass ) throws MazeException {
if( probability < 0 || probability > 1 ) {
throw new MazeException( "Invalid probability " + probability );
}
thresholds.put( probability, wallClass );
}
@Override
public Class<? extends MazeWall> getWallClassForValue( Double value ) throws MazeException {
for( Entry<Double, Class<? extends MazeWall>> entry : thresholds.entrySet() ) {
if( entry.getKey() < value ) {
return entry.getValue();
}
}
throw new MazeException( "No MazeWall class found for probabitity threshold " + value );
}
}
public static class MazePrintVisitor implements MazeVisitor {
private static final String LEFT_WALL_REPRESENTATION = "╱";
private static final String RIGHT_WALL_REPRESENTATION = "╲";
private final Writer writer;
private final int lineWidth;
private int count;
public MazePrintVisitor( Writer writer, int lineWidth ) {
this.writer = writer;
this.lineWidth = lineWidth;
}
@Override
public void visit( LeftDiagonalWall leftDiagonalWall ) throws MazeException {
print( LEFT_WALL_REPRESENTATION );
}
@Override
public void visit( RightDiagonalWall rightDiagonalWall ) throws MazeException {
print( RIGHT_WALL_REPRESENTATION );
}
private void print( String str ) throws MazeException {
try {
if( count >= lineWidth ) {
count = 0;
writer.write( System.lineSeparator() );
}
writer.write( str );
count += str.codePointCount( 0, str.length() );
} catch( IOException e ) {
throw new MazeException( "Error printing maze", e );
}
}
}
public interface EntropyGenerator {
double getNewEntropyValue();
}
public static class JavaRandomEntropyGenerator implements EntropyGenerator {
private Random random = new Random();
@Override
public double getNewEntropyValue() {
return random.nextDouble();
}
}
public static class MazeException extends Exception {
public MazeException( String message ) {
super( message );
}
public MazeException( String message, Throwable cause ) {
super( message, cause );
}
}
public static void main( String[] args ) throws Exception {
ProbabilityThresholdWallRepartitionStrategy repartitionStrategy = new ProbabilityThresholdWallRepartitionStrategy();
repartitionStrategy.declareWallThreshold( 0.0, LeftDiagonalWall.class );
repartitionStrategy.declareWallThreshold( 0.5, RightDiagonalWall.class );
WallFactory<Double> wallFactory = new StrategyWallFactory<Double>( repartitionStrategy );
EntropyGenerator entropyGenerator = new JavaRandomEntropyGenerator();
Maze maze = new Maze( wallFactory, entropyGenerator );
MazePrintVisitor printVisitor = new MazePrintVisitor( new OutputStreamWriter( System.out ), 40 );
maze.visit( printVisitor );
}
}
Comment Oblig XKCD (Score 0) 221
Comment Real Skepticism (Score 1) 1142
Being skeptical is part of being a scientist and questioning new discoveries, since that is how you can sort out wrong claims from not-wrong claims. However, at some point, a discovery is no longer questioned and is accepted as 'true'. No one now seems to question that earth orbits the sun, or that the shape of the earth resembles a sphere due to overwhelming evidence, but when those claims were originally announced, they were greeted with much skepticism. Being skeptical of these claims now would make one look very silly.
Many people who do not accept evolution simply think they are being 'skeptical' of the claim, which is an admirable scientific trait. However, at this point, evolution is accepted as happening due to overwhelming evidence, so they simply look silly.
This leads up to my question of how do we tell someone that there is no reason to be so skeptical of evolution anymore since it's regarded as 'true' and they should just learn more about it instead of dismissing it immediately, while still professing that people should be skeptical of new claims and discoveries?
EFF To Ask Judge To Rule That Universal Abused the DMCA 139
xSander writes "The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will urge a federal judge in San Jose, CA to rule that Universal abused the DMCA to take down a video of a toddler dancing to a Prince song. The case in question, whose oral argument will be Tuesday, October 16, is Stephanie Lenz vs. Universal, a case that began back in 2007. Lenz shared a video on YouTube of her son dancing to 'Let's Go Crazy' on a stereo in the background. After Universal took the video down, Lenz filed a suit with help of the EFF to hold Universal accountable for taking down her fair use. The court had already decided that content owners must consider fair use before sending copyright takedown notices."
Are SSDs Finally Worth the Money? 405
Lucas123 writes "The price of 2.5-in solid state drives have dropped by 3X in three years, making many of the most popular models less than $1 per gigabyte or about 74 cents per gig. Hybrid drives, which include a small amount of NAND flash cache alongside spinning disk, in contrast have reached near price parity with hard drives that hover around the .23 cents per gig. While HDDs cannot compare to SSDs in terms of IOPS generated when used in a storage array or server, it's debatable whether they offer performance increases in a laptop significant enough that justify paying three times as much compared with a high-end a hard drive or a hybrid drive. For example, an Intel 520 Series SSD has a max sequential read speed of 456MB/sec compared to a WD Black's 122MB/sec. The SSD boots up in 9 seconds compared to the HDD's 21 seconds and the hybrid drive's 12-second time. So the question becomes, should you pay three times as much for an SSD for twice the performance, or almost the same speeds when compared to a hybrid drive?"
Comment Re:./ed (Score 1) 608
Here is the pastebin if anyone is interested:
Launch Escape System To Be Tested For Apollo-Like Capsule In the Baltic Sea 42
An anonymous reader writes "The Danish amateur rocket group Copenhagen Suborbitals are readying to test their Launch Escape System for the Tycho Deep Space capsule in the Baltic Sea east of the island Bornholm Sunday 12th August. Live coverage can be found at rocketfriends.org, livestream.com, Wired's Rocket Shop and raketvenner.dk. Live transmissions are expected from 8 am localtime (UTC+2). Live transmissions, audio commentary as well as VHF audio are expected to be available. The Tycho Deep Space is the intended capsule for a later planned suborbital shoot to the edge of Space led by Peter Madsen and Christian von Bengtson."
Comment Why so much to run a tld? (Score 1) 94
Why does it cost hundreds of thousands to run a tld? Is most of that just labor/marketing costs? I would assume it would just be a matter of setting up a few replicating bind servers and a basic api for buying/adding domains that could be distributed to domain brokers (GoDaddy, Moniker, etc).
Maybe there is more involved that I think there should be?
I'm just curious where hundreds of thousands go to launch and run a tld.
