Comments for Stephen Van Dahm http://vandahm.org http://vandahm.org/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:51:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 Comment on Writing a new CMS by wick http://vandahm.org/2007/02/28/writing-a-new-cms/#comment-3104 wick Fri, 02 Mar 2007 18:16:24 +0000 http://vandahm.org/2007/02/28/writing-a-new-cms/#comment-3104 <p>Sounds like a challenge. Good luck!</p> Sounds like a challenge. Good luck!

]]> Comment on Computer Error Message, Probably by wick http://vandahm.org/2006/11/21/computer-error-message-probably/#comment-1949 wick Tue, 21 Nov 2006 23:55:11 +0000 http://vandahm.org/2006/11/21/computer-error-message-probably/#comment-1949 <p>Ha ha.</p> Ha ha.

]]> Comment on Hilarity From The Onion by wick http://vandahm.org/2006/09/29/hilarity-from-the-onion/#comment-1448 wick Fri, 29 Sep 2006 18:37:55 +0000 http://vandahm.org/2006/09/29/hilarity-from-the-onion/#comment-1448 <p>Oh, man, Steve. I had exactly the same response.</p> Oh, man, Steve. I had exactly the same response.

]]> Comment on Apple’s open(1) Command by Stephen http://vandahm.org/2006/09/07/apples-open1-command/#comment-1321 Stephen Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:32:31 +0000 http://vandahm.org/2006/09/07/apples-open1-command/#comment-1321 <p>Really? For some reason, your comments associated with that address tend to get flagged as spam by WordPress's Akismet spam-filtering plugin. I assumed that this was because of the <em>yourmom.com</em> e-mail address. This comment, however, made it through. I wonder what the deal is....</p> Really? For some reason, your comments associated with that address tend to get flagged as spam by WordPress’s Akismet spam-filtering plugin. I assumed that this was because of the yourmom.com e-mail address. This comment, however, made it through. I wonder what the deal is….

]]> Comment on Apple’s open(1) Command by wick http://vandahm.org/2006/09/07/apples-open1-command/#comment-1315 wick Tue, 12 Sep 2006 04:11:38 +0000 http://vandahm.org/2006/09/07/apples-open1-command/#comment-1315 <p>Hey! wick@yourmom.com was a functioning and non-fake e-mail address up until very recently! (The homepage seems to be screwed up now...)</p> Hey! wick@yourmom.com was a functioning and non-fake e-mail address up until very recently! (The homepage seems to be screwed up now…)

]]> Comment on Total Burnination by wick http://vandahm.org/2006/06/29/total-burnination/#comment-480 wick Thu, 29 Jun 2006 12:31:26 +0000 http://vandahm.org/2006/06/29/total-burnination/#comment-480 <p>Weird! I wonder what the situation was that preceded this comment.</p> Weird! I wonder what the situation was that preceded this comment.

]]> Comment on Bizarre SDF Outages by wick http://vandahm.org/2006/06/07/bizarre-sdf-outages/#comment-413 wick Thu, 08 Jun 2006 12:58:05 +0000 http://vandahm.org/2006/06/07/bizarre-sdf-outages/#comment-413 <p>I have also had this problem, expect I'm not an arpa member, so I can't even do as much as you. Also, mail.freeshell.org didn't seem to be working -- I got "connection refused" or "connection timed out" whenever Thunderbird tries to connect. Everything seems to be normal now, although I have yet to see an explanation anywhere.</p> I have also had this problem, expect I’m not an arpa member, so I can’t even do as much as you. Also, mail.freeshell.org didn’t seem to be working — I got “connection refused” or “connection timed out” whenever Thunderbird tries to connect. Everything seems to be normal now, although I have yet to see an explanation anywhere.

]]> Comment on Help Some Dude Get One Billion Page Views by Johnny John http://vandahm.org/2006/02/27/help-some-dude-get-one-billion-page-views/#comment-18 Johnny John Mon, 20 Mar 2006 13:34:30 +0000 http://vandahm.org/2006/02/27/help-some-dude-get-one-billion-page-views/#comment-18 <p>I heard about another site, http://www.onebillionrace.com</p> <p>The owner has challenged this site plus anotherone, to race one billion hits. Anyhow, he’s doing this for fun not the money he will win from buddies etc. Is what his blog says.</p> <p>http://www.onebillionrace.com</p> I heard about another site, http://www.onebillionrace.com

The owner has challenged this site plus anotherone,
to race one billion hits.
Anyhow, he’s doing this for fun not the money he will win from buddies etc. Is what his blog says.

http://www.onebillionrace.com

]]> Comment on Like, the Young Female Pope of the Lutherans by wick http://vandahm.org/2006/02/28/like-the-young-female-pope-of-the-lutherans/#comment-17 wick Thu, 02 Mar 2006 15:40:59 +0000 http://vandahm.org/2006/02/28/like-the-young-female-pope-of-the-lutherans/#comment-17 <p><em>chuckle</em> Yeah, pretty much.</p> chuckle Yeah, pretty much.

]]> Comment on Help Some Dude Get One Billion Page Views by Stephen http://vandahm.org/2006/02/27/help-some-dude-get-one-billion-page-views/#comment-16 Stephen Wed, 01 Mar 2006 03:10:24 +0000 http://vandahm.org/2006/02/27/help-some-dude-get-one-billion-page-views/#comment-16 <p>It's even harder than that. It's not just one billion page views, the bet specifies one billion <em>unique</em> hits. If it weren't for the uniqueness requirement, he could just write a program to query his web server one billion times.</p> <p>Apple's iTunes Music Store has repeat customers and customers that download multiple songs per transaction. As it stands, he'll need <em>one sixth</em> of the world's population to view his site to win his bet. Are there even that many people worldwide with Internet access?</p> It’s even harder than that. It’s not just one billion page views, the bet specifies one billion unique hits. If it weren’t for the uniqueness requirement, he could just write a program to query his web server one billion times.

Apple’s iTunes Music Store has repeat customers and customers that download multiple songs per transaction. As it stands, he’ll need one sixth of the world’s population to view his site to win his bet. Are there even that many people worldwide with Internet access?

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