houstonbofh - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Tizen definition (Score 4, Funny) 112

by houstonbofh on Monday July 28, 2014 @10:58PM (#47554833) Attached to: Samsung Delays Tizen Phone Launch

Or, not... That may work in Germany. I have seen what they call porn...

Comment Re:Yes it should ship! (Score 1) 112

by houstonbofh on Monday July 28, 2014 @10:56PM (#47554829) Attached to: Samsung Delays Tizen Phone Launch

Actually, the "several times" referred to the Mac after the PC killed Apple ][, and again after the Mac clones killed their own market, and the iPod, and the iPhone, and... Well, they may not be anymore "and"s now.

Comment Yes it should ship! (Score 5, Informative) 112

by houstonbofh on Monday July 28, 2014 @06:37PM (#47553631) Attached to: Samsung Delays Tizen Phone Launch

Just because there is a large competitor, you do not quit. Apple didn't and came from behind several times. Now if it is not profitable, let it go, but don't just give up and give it all to App/Goog(le) without a fight. Besides, 1% of a lot of people is still a lot of people.

Comment Re:But it's the cloud... (Score 2) 25

by houstonbofh on Monday July 28, 2014 @12:04PM (#47550535) Attached to: Attackers Install DDoS Bots On Amazon Cloud

If you choose a cloud offering which does that for you then yes, you don't have to worry about things like software updates and patching.

I would say you still have to worry about it, and verify it was done. You just do not have to actually do it...

Comment Re:Ignorance is no excuse ... (Score 1) 96

by houstonbofh on Monday July 28, 2014 @11:59AM (#47550477) Attached to: Google's Mapping Contest Draws Ire From Indian Government

I think it is upset that it will now have to give a list of private security installations to a foreign owned company that it does not (and should not) fully trust.

Comment Re:Better be careful Google! (Score 1) 96

by houstonbofh on Monday July 28, 2014 @11:57AM (#47550451) Attached to: Google's Mapping Contest Draws Ire From Indian Government

Piss off India and your labor supply will come to an end!

How do I mod funny, insightful and informative? That was awesome! :)

Comment Oh, Look! A red herring! (Score 3, Insightful) 25

by houstonbofh on Monday July 28, 2014 @11:52AM (#47550409) Attached to: Attackers Install DDoS Bots On Amazon Cloud

So a bunch of virtual machines were compromised that happened to be in one location where they looked. KILL AMAZON! Sigh...

Comment But it's the cloud... (Score 4, Funny) 25

by houstonbofh on Monday July 28, 2014 @11:48AM (#47550367) Attached to: Attackers Install DDoS Bots On Amazon Cloud

But it's the cloud! I don't have to worry about things like software updates and patching!

The more things change...

Comment Re:Keep It Ready (Score 1) 208

by houstonbofh on Sunday July 27, 2014 @02:57PM (#47544533) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What Would You Do With Half a Rack of Server Space?

If you trust essentially your entire business exclusively to another business, you are foolish. They could fold, go out of business, change business model or be raided and shout down by the US government. Have a backup somewhere else, period. Or look at the failed companies and projects that didn't... Code Spaces anyone?

Comment Re:Advertised on YouTube? (Score 3, Interesting) 97

by houstonbofh on Sunday July 27, 2014 @12:34PM (#47543659) Attached to: Nasty Business: How To Drain Competitors' Google AdWords Budgets

If the site is one I may want to see again, I will e-mail thewebmaster to let them know about the adblock "allow inoffensive adds" feature and how to get whitelisted. Some have ignored me, and I have ignored them. Some have responded negativly, and I found other websites. But some have responeded very positivly and thanked me for the info and link. Those sites, I support.

Comment Re:"advertising is what powers the internet" (Score 1) 418

by houstonbofh on Sunday July 20, 2014 @09:22PM (#47497501) Attached to: Dealing With 'Advertising Pollution'

"And pre-1913 we had no income taxes". No. pre-1799. When you get your facts straight, let us know.

OK, Pre-1913 we had no PERMANANT income taxes.
http://www.irs.gov/uac/Brief-H...
Feel better now?

Comment Re:Ads are good for the internet. (Score 1) 418

by houstonbofh on Saturday July 19, 2014 @06:33PM (#47490919) Attached to: Dealing With 'Advertising Pollution'

And how does that annoying floating "Like us On FaceBook! Please! Someone! Anyone!" pay for servers?

Comment Re:Targeted marketing? (Score 1) 418

by houstonbofh on Saturday July 19, 2014 @06:32PM (#47490909) Attached to: Dealing With 'Advertising Pollution'

You mean you don't want to see a week of ads for something you just bought? Philistine!

Comment Re:"advertising is what powers the internet" (Score 1) 418

by houstonbofh on Saturday July 19, 2014 @06:31PM (#47490903) Attached to: Dealing With 'Advertising Pollution'

No. The internet was implemented by the federal government, funded by citizen taxes, and later extended as part of the communications infrastructure. The internet was not invented to serve businesses, it was invented to serve the citizens.

And pre-1913 we had no income taxes. When you get to todays world, let us know.

Comment Re:No Advertising does not power the Internet. (Score 3, Insightful) 418

by houstonbofh on Saturday July 19, 2014 @06:28PM (#47490889) Attached to: Dealing With 'Advertising Pollution'

Do you remember the Internet before advertising? I do. It was mostly educational, and technical. It was also low bandwidth. The modern Internet is a lot of expensive to produce and deliver content. That money has to come from somewhere, and Universities are not financing it all like they used to.

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