[freenet-chat] yet more "Real Programmers"

2001-10-18 Thread David McNab
Yeh - I know you've heard them all, but here's a few more... n: Real Programmers don't write documentation. The code *is* the documentation. n+1: Real Programmers use short identifier names. If it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand. n+2: Real Programmers only write in Java becau

Re: [freenet-chat] yet more "Real Programmers"

2001-10-18 Thread Michael
Unable to resist responding. :) > n: Real Programmers don't write documentation. The code *is* the > documentation. After much experience trying to read both my own and other peoples code while drunk, tired, or when not being paid by the hour I love documentation. My #1 'bad documentation' compl

Re: [freenet-chat] Slashdot needs Freenet category with Hops

2001-10-18 Thread Timm Murray
> > Every computer should be running a Freenet node anyway. There are ways > > to make Freenet work behind firewalls, though it's a bit tricky last I > > heard. Something like a Squid proxy server for Freenet is actualy > > redundant. > > I mean that from a security standpoint I would not want ev

Re: [freenet-chat] Slashdot needs Freenet category with Hops

2001-10-18 Thread Timm Murray
<> > > Every computer should be running a Freenet node anyway. There are > > ways to make Freenet work behind firewalls, though it's a bit > > tricky last I heard. Something like a Squid proxy server for > > Freenet is actualy redundant. > > That's ridiculous. Run _one_ node per LAN. Sorry Mark

Re:Re: [freenet-chat] Slashdot needs Freenet category with Hops

2001-10-18 Thread Timm Murray
> begin Michael quotation of Wed, Oct 17, 2001 at 08:39:47PM -0500: > > > Usually I've always tried to concentrate disk space at the servers. These > > days with 20gigger drives in even the most basic client machines it'd be > > great to use the extra diskspace but I'd still rather serve up that

Re: [freenet-chat] Slashdot needs Freenet category with Hops

2001-10-18 Thread Greg Wooledge
Timm Murray ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Sorry Mark, but the "one computer, one node" rule is something I > picked up from Oskar (I think), and I decided I agreed with him (and > not just because he's Oskar). Freenet works better with lots of > smaller nodes to spread the data out then to have

[freenet-chat] DMCA/SSSCA/Software Patents from 1950

2001-10-18 Thread David McNab
>>From David McNab: >>A Hypothetical Question: >>If the system of software patents, plus the DMCA and SSSCA, had been written into law >>in 1950, what would have happened in the computer industry since then? >>Think about it. From: "Scott Haman" > I am working on a research > paper covering the

Re: [freenet-chat] Slashdot needs Freenet category with Hops

2001-10-18 Thread Mark J Roberts
Greg Wooledge: > Timm Murray ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Sorry Mark, but the "one computer, one node" rule is something I > > picked up from Oskar (I think), and I decided I agreed with him > > (and not just because he's Oskar). Does Freenet routing _really_ seem all that attractive to you for

Re: [freenet-chat] Slashdot needs Freenet category with Hops

2001-10-18 Thread Michael
I think it is a bit silly to build in any restrictions that aren't needed to reach your goals. If people want to put FreeNet on ever machine they own great, if they want to put it on one machine per LAN great, if they want to run 5000 nodes on a mainframe then great. The same with allowing people

Re: [freenet-chat] Slashdot needs Freenet category with Hops

2001-10-18 Thread Mark J Roberts
Michael: > I think it is a bit silly to build in any restrictions that aren't needed > to reach your goals. If people want to put FreeNet on ever machine they > own great, if they want to put it on one machine per LAN great, if they > want to run 5000 nodes on a mainframe then great. The same with

Re: [freenet-chat] Slashdot needs Freenet category with Hops

2001-10-18 Thread Jason Smith
Said Mark J Roberts on Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 11:21:21PM -0500, > And the "transparent store" thing is _clearly_ useless. Not useless. Dangerous. -- fingerprint: 740F B8D9 DF20 362C F5BC CDE6 6923 5A48 7657 541F lynx -source http://www.ece.utexas.edu/~jhs/public_key.gpg | gpg --import ___