> What the hell happened to quick and speedy trials?
There are no such rights for a civil trial.
There is only the right to a trial by jury, and then only if the value in controversy exceeds twenty dollars.
If I'm not mistaken, the IFO file must begin at the start of the disk (sector 0) so that DVD players which don't grok a filesystem can find it. I think there are some offsets embedded in the IFO so that a DVD player can even find the VOB files without referenct to the file system.
So, to make a DVD that won't play in a machine (such as a computer) which reads the DVD as a file structured device, lay down the data and offsets but mess up the file metadata.
Or, to make a DVD that will *only* play in a computer, don't place the IFO file at the sector zero, or maybe write some wrong sector offsets in it. I've often wondered if some DVD players actually used the filesystem info, but I guess they don't.
It's a bit dated, and written for MBAs rather than geeks, but Games Mother Never Taught You is still an interesting book. Not always accurate, even in its day, but still insightful.
> just subtract the ambient noise signal from the heaset signal
Noise canceling microphones do try to do that. I think it's just a mechanical cancelation accomplished by leaving the back of the microphone open; no fancy electrical processing or dual microphones. But it is common for voice recognition mics.
if you want to save a whole lot of grief in the future, make it as simple and sensible as possible
Ditto.
I work for one of the big, slow companies.
We just hoped ISO 9000 wouldn't make us any slower.
Our ISO experts told us "The specific process is not too important. What is important is to have a process, that you know and follow it, and that you can show [documents which demonstrate] that you follow it."
CPM, and Digitals OS family (RSX-11, RSTS) before that, used / as the option prefix (aka switch character).
By the time MS DOS 4 came out Microsoft realized that diverging from Unix was a bad idea. CMD.EXE, recognized the environment setting SWITCHAR=- as an indication that the switch character was - and that / could separate file path components. But IBM DOS 4 did nof follow suit. Furthermore, command line processing was not centralized. Every program which parsed command lines or file names - not just CMD.EXE - had to be modified if the SWITCHAR convention were to be useful.
In Windows (as opposed to CMD.EXE), the file parsing functions permit either \ or / to separate path components. And that is documented. As an exception, last time I looked, UNC names had to start with \\;// was not accepted.
Note that the Fry brothers got their start in the supermarket business.
Then one day they sold their supermarkets and opened a computer store which also sold soda and potato chips. Not too far removed from what Wal-Mart is planning, perhaps.
checks whether or not the address of the geteuid function is 0
The definition of getuid in Linux's/usr/include/unistd.h says that it is a function (and not a function pointer).
No function can have an address of 0. So I would think that a pass through lint would have caught that.
Unless running the code through lint produces so much noise as to effectively hide errors.
I saw one piece of code which which initialized an array of 50 items with 52 initial values.
I reported the bug but did not identify the exact location.
It took the responsible parties one year to insert the lint function in their build process and locate the error.
I'm trying to guess what the grandparent means by hypervisor services. A Google search turns up less than 100 hits for "hypervisor service." The only link I can think of between VM/370 and "hypervisor" is that the some 3rd party tools referred to the CP/370-specific Diagnose codes as "Hypervisor Calls," a play on the name of the IBM "Supervisor Call" instruction. Does "hypervisor services" refer to the services (of which I know of no definitive list) implemented by CP/370, or VMWare, or both?
Another possibility is that it just means direct execution of most guest instructions. VMWare does this - that's the tricky part of VMWare - and maybe Microsoft does not. If so, I guess there's a performance difference betwen native execution (aka "hypervisor services") and interpretive execution. But as the Java advocates have been fond of telling us, that difference does not always favor native execution.[1] An interpreter can tune its interpretation dynamically but a native executor cannot.
[1] I don't necessarily believe the Java advocates, but they do say that.
IBM made two separate announcements, one for the ad campaign and the other for a $20/user incentive to switch users from Exchange to Notes. The original story includes both items, which I hope are unrelated. I would really hate to see IBM showcasing Notes as a Linux application.
From a seller's perspective, an auction is ideal. You offer just one disc. The person who wants/needs the item most will pay the top dollar. Then you offer a second disc. And so on down until you sell one to the least willing customer, who will pay just over manufacturing cost.
It's not practical to sell Blu-ray discs one by one, so Sony has to do the same thing in batches. This is the first batch. The second should cost less.
They will leave some money on the table. The most willing buyers, who would have paid $100 for a disc, pick it up for maybe $50 like veryone else.
As the owner of several PPC Apples, I'd like to see FAT Binaries stick around forever. But... if Apple plans to keep FAT Binaries, why did they commit switching all PPC-based products to x86 rather than switching on an as-needed basis?
> That, and the impossibility of getting a G5 into a laptop.
TFA says that the new process produces chips with run hotter. If the G5 was running to cold to fit in a Powerbook, the new chip will fix that. And Apple will be kicking themselves.:-)
A separate thought: How many new and useful chip technologies remain exclusive to a single supplier? I'd guess that most of the big companies have cross-licensed current and future patents. Trade secrets might still provide an advantage, but once the industry learns that a technique is useful it's only a matter of time and money until all the major players offer it.
Perhaps no one currently has "green" status. That would make Microsoft's statement correct today (assuming no fix is available) and the statement would still be correct after Microsoft releases a fix.
Just like the old joke: Pilot, lost in fog, yells to man in building "Where am I?" Man yells back "You're in an airplane." Pilot knows he is passing the Microsoft [originally "IBM"] building, because the information he got was entirely correct but entirely worthless.
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The Library of Congress has some American items online, here are the home page and the music collection.
There are no such rights for a civil trial.
There is only the right to a trial by jury, and then only if the value in controversy exceeds twenty dollars.
> Transmeta has a rather extensive patent portfolio, with many new ones granted this year.
Transmeta had several patents issued in 2006, but I don't see any *filed* this year.
I see four filed in 2005, of which one has been issued.
If I'm not mistaken, the IFO file must begin at the start of the disk (sector 0) so that DVD players which don't grok a filesystem can find it. I think there are some offsets embedded in the IFO so that a DVD player can even find the VOB files without referenct to the file system.
So, to make a DVD that won't play in a machine (such as a computer) which reads the DVD as a file structured device, lay down the data and offsets but mess up the file metadata.
Or, to make a DVD that will *only* play in a computer, don't place the IFO file at the sector zero, or maybe write some wrong sector offsets in it. I've often wondered if some DVD players actually used the filesystem info, but I guess they don't.
Logically, (!Hide => !Spy) == (Spy => Hide)
It's a bit dated, and written for MBAs rather than geeks, but Games Mother Never Taught You is still an interesting book. Not always accurate, even in its day, but still insightful.
Hi, this is Kimberly from the [Republican | Democratic] National Committee...
"I'm sorry. but we are not allowed to respond telephone solicitations."
Never explain further; don't get drawn into discussions about who does not allow you.
> just subtract the ambient noise signal from the heaset signal
Noise canceling microphones do try to do that. I think it's just a mechanical cancelation accomplished by leaving the back of the microphone open; no fancy electrical processing or dual microphones. But it is common for voice recognition mics.
CPM, and Digitals OS family (RSX-11, RSTS) before that, used / as the option prefix (aka switch character).
// was not accepted.
By the time MS DOS 4 came out Microsoft realized that diverging from Unix was a bad idea. CMD.EXE, recognized the environment setting SWITCHAR=- as an indication that the switch character was - and that / could separate file path components. But IBM DOS 4 did nof follow suit. Furthermore, command line processing was not centralized. Every program which parsed command lines or file names - not just CMD.EXE - had to be modified if the SWITCHAR convention were to be useful.
In Windows (as opposed to CMD.EXE), the file parsing functions permit either \ or / to separate path components. And that is documented. As an exception, last time I looked, UNC names had to start with \\;
Apple purchased Shake's creator and dropped the Windows version but kept the Linux version, at least for now.
I hope FEMA re-hires Michael "Heck of a job Brownie" Brown to head up the onsite command center.
Some of us remember your "modern Intel" from the days of the iAPX-432. Has it really been 30 years? Tempus fidget.
Wait for the HD-DVD copies. HD-DVD is supposed to be much better than DVD in all respects.
Note that the Fry brothers got their start in the supermarket business.
Then one day they sold their supermarkets and opened a computer store which also sold soda and potato chips. Not too far removed from what Wal-Mart is planning, perhaps.
The definition of getuid in Linux's /usr/include/unistd.h says that it is a function (and not a function pointer).
No function can have an address of 0. So I would think that a pass through lint would have caught that.
Unless running the code through lint produces so much noise as to effectively hide errors. I saw one piece of code which which initialized an array of 50 items with 52 initial values. I reported the bug but did not identify the exact location. It took the responsible parties one year to insert the lint function in their build process and locate the error.
I'm trying to guess what the grandparent means by hypervisor services. A Google search turns up less than 100 hits for "hypervisor service." The only link I can think of between VM/370 and "hypervisor" is that the some 3rd party tools referred to the CP/370-specific Diagnose codes as "Hypervisor Calls," a play on the name of the IBM "Supervisor Call" instruction. Does "hypervisor services" refer to the services (of which I know of no definitive list) implemented by CP/370, or VMWare, or both?
Another possibility is that it just means direct execution of most guest instructions. VMWare does this - that's the tricky part of VMWare - and maybe Microsoft does not. If so, I guess there's a performance difference betwen native execution (aka "hypervisor services") and interpretive execution. But as the Java advocates have been fond of telling us, that difference does not always favor native execution.[1] An interpreter can tune its interpretation dynamically but a native executor cannot.
[1] I don't necessarily believe the Java advocates, but they do say that.
IBM made two separate announcements, one for the ad campaign and the other for a $20/user incentive to switch users from Exchange to Notes. The original story includes both items, which I hope are unrelated. I would really hate to see IBM showcasing Notes as a Linux application.
IBM took an ownership stake in Red Hat also.
From a seller's perspective, an auction is ideal. You offer just one disc. The person who wants/needs the item most will pay the top dollar. Then you offer a second disc. And so on down until you sell one to the least willing customer, who will pay just over manufacturing cost.
It's not practical to sell Blu-ray discs one by one, so Sony has to do the same thing in batches. This is the first batch. The second should cost less.
They will leave some money on the table. The most willing buyers, who would have paid $100 for a disc, pick it up for maybe $50 like veryone else.
As the owner of several PPC Apples, I'd like to see FAT Binaries stick around forever. But ... if Apple plans to keep FAT Binaries, why did they commit switching all PPC-based products to x86 rather than switching on an as-needed basis?
> iSeries engineers separated the processor from the OS
That should read "System/38 engineers." The separation occurred not one but two name changes ago.
> That, and the impossibility of getting a G5 into a laptop.
:-)
TFA says that the new process produces chips with run hotter. If the G5 was running to cold to fit in a Powerbook, the new chip will fix that. And Apple will be kicking themselves.
A separate thought: How many new and useful chip technologies remain exclusive to a single supplier? I'd guess that most of the big companies have cross-licensed current and future patents. Trade secrets might still provide an advantage, but once the industry learns that a technique is useful it's only a matter of time and money until all the major players offer it.
Perhaps no one currently has "green" status. That would make Microsoft's statement correct today (assuming no fix is available) and the statement would still be correct after Microsoft releases a fix.
Just like the old joke: Pilot, lost in fog, yells to man in building "Where am I?" Man yells back "You're in an airplane." Pilot knows he is passing the Microsoft [originally "IBM"] building, because the information he got was entirely correct but entirely worthless.