Consequently, on behalf of our client, we demand that you cease and desist from publishing or distributing the above-referenced materials. We believe that this is a very serious matter, thus we ask that we receive confirmation in writing from you that you have removed the infringing material from your web site.
Seemes like Apple is at least not trying to crush them. I give them points for being nice lawyers. Same time, they really goofed, so they can afford to drive any more (bad) publicity on this matter.
Still, isn't that what/dev/null is, in a kind of way? Write whatever you want to it, you can't get it back.
Also, I found this funny - "PowerDog" utilizes write-only-memory in their dongle product.
Simple advice: Don't get swamped in meetings
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Coder or Architect?
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From a huge company made up of engineers and "architects" if you will - be ware of this:
High-level engineers are often depended on by managers above them to translate engineering concepts. This can drive you nuts as you realize how little some managers know.
Worse yet though is how with little effort you will be dragged into meetings and conference calls until your schedule is booked. Don't let this happen. Have a open and strong relationship with whoever you report to that allows you (or them) to say "no" to new commitments.
I went to a top-10 school for undergraduate schooling. I chose to receive a well-rounded education in electrical engineering and economics. Neither program provided me with IT/IS details, tought me nothing about *using* computers, networks or office politics. I did learn the fundamentals of computer architecture from the sand through to complex cache logic.
Was I ready for the "real world" after such non-targeted learning? Yes.
Although right out of school I had less experience and applicible knowledge than several like-aged folks at my first job, I quickly learned and had no aversion to learning more. Several of my co-workers had real fears of changing work-focuses, taking on new challenges, learning about occupation power-structures, etc. I had the confidence from my broad (and challenging) background to jump in and figure out what was important. I learned flexibility from my "well-rounded" schooling.
Lastly - It's not the well-roundedness of the education, teaching that determines the effectivness - it's the quality of the learning. It doesn't matter what school you're in - if you want to learn, you will. If you want to goof off, you will never get a great education.
And the change from normal cabin pressure (a bit less than but close to one atmosphere) to the pressure at ~30,000 feet might not be all that much compared to what divers go through. I don't actually know for sure, but if I were to guess the change wouldn't be enough to cause the bends, as the pressure change would be ~1/3 atmosphere...
Question - how much noise and pain until we feel the shift away from this awful law? Each time I read articles like the above I just feel worse about our country (USA). Sure I give my money to the EFF, but it takes SO DAMN long to fix something that was wrong to begin with!
Grumpy and mad
Re:Oh for goodness sakes!
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humor (hymr) n.
The quality that makes something laughable or amusing; funniness: could not see the humor of the situation.
Get it?
Oh for goodness sakes!
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Where do kids get the money to obtain a G4 just to gut it and add the organs of ANOTHER computer, ALL just to have a show piece??
Pretty soon we'll have to have flames shooting out of the floppy drive just to get chicks.
Issues like this one really make me ache for a time more free and honest. And it makes me send in my EFF donation a little faster.
Idea: If Slashdot is partially about "stuff the matters" how about letting the Slashdot readers voice a public, collective opinion?
When stories like this one come around, where having an opinion bloc to point to can sway others, why not let the collective voice of Slashdot readers be in public view? Say a poll attached to the article, and keep the results out there in front for folks to use as fodder as necessary. We'll all know a bit better where the crowd sits on the issue too. And folks could easily opt-out of the system if they choose.
IF any of you are interested in _high_end digital photography, see Bill Atkinson's www.natureimages.com.
He uses medium-format film to shoot mostly-still nature, then develops, drum-scans, and touches up on a Photoshop box. Then a "LightJet" print - one of the coolest technologies I've seen. HP does not make the LightJet, BTW. Very cool stuff.
Just as long as the story keeps coming around I'm happy.
One of these days enough common folks will know about the region coding that enough lawers and political reps will figure out that their hide will be thicker if they go after it. And until then, region-flexible players sound like the way to go.
Wishing for SnowCrash before the decade is out
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I'd love to have fiber drops inside my house - ever since reading of such in SnowCrash a while back.
Funny how folks near railroad tracks may have depressed property values due to the noise polution, but may have a high-value technology asset to counter. I still think community wireless will take over before glass-in-the-ground dominates.
Because the image is being projected onto the back of your eye, would not looking to the left (looking from above: eyeball rotating counter-clockwise) create an image in the wrong direction?
No wait. I get it now. I was backward. Interesting that the image is being produced with lasers... I wonder why LEDs or something less exotic isn't being used.
A "win" is considered to be when the money is split among the players, not just a correct guess.
Again, it's a team game, if any money is going to be shared. Because information is not perfect, wrong guesses must be made for the game to be played at all, it is your responsibility to guess incorrectly if the circumstances are correct, or else you will not be helping to consolidate all the wrong guesses into a concentrated play.
The spirit of the puzzle means that you don't know a partner passing versus them guessing. I know the words don't say that exactly, but that's the boiled-down spirit of it. You could say they write the word pass on a piece of paper instead of writing the color guess.
At or in this place: Stop here for a rest.
At this time; now: We'll adjourn the meeting here and discuss remaining issues after lunch.
At or on this point, detail, or item: Here I must disagree.
In the present life or condition.
To this place; hither: Come here, please.
adj.
Used for emphasis after a demonstrative pronoun: Which word? This one here.
Used for emphasis after a noun modified by a demonstrative pronoun: this word here.
Non-Standard. Used for emphasis between a demonstrative pronoun and a noun: this here word.
interj.
Used to respond to a roll call, attract attention, command an animal, or rebuke, admonish, or concur.
n.
This place: "It would be difficult from here, with the certainty of armed gunmen inside, to bring him out alive" (Howard Kaplan).
The present time or state: We are living in the here and can only speculate about the hereafter.
Duke University provided all of Krzyzewskiville with wireless access in 1996, if I recall correctly. Duke's Office of Information Tech. put the antenna in a friends dorm window.
I'm interested in your prediction for how the next two years will pan out with regard to all the litigation around mass file sharing (see: Napster) and its relationships to DCMA and possible future twists with parties circumventing "protection means" like encryption.
Recent developments have been interesting to follow, but I'm wondering if the furure is going to be getting scarier and more worrisome, or level out and more reasonable... and your contribution to this queston is most welcome.
This just required the mention of Apple's Mac Cube and iMacs - no fans. I've not used either for any extended period of time, but folks have told me they really appreciate the lack of noise.
Slashdot Mirror
Ack!
Seemes like Apple is at least not trying to crush them. I give them points for being nice lawyers.
Same time, they really goofed, so they can afford to drive any more (bad) publicity on this matter.
Still, isn't that what
Also, I found this funny - "PowerDog" utilizes write-only-memory in their dongle product.
High-level engineers are often depended on by managers above them to translate engineering concepts. This can drive you nuts as you realize how little some managers know.
Worse yet though is how with little effort you will be dragged into meetings and conference calls until your schedule is booked. Don't let this happen. Have a open and strong relationship with whoever you report to that allows you (or them) to say "no" to new commitments.
Was I ready for the "real world" after such non-targeted learning? Yes.
Although right out of school I had less experience and applicible knowledge than several like-aged folks at my first job, I quickly learned and had no aversion to learning more. Several of my co-workers had real fears of changing work-focuses, taking on new challenges, learning about occupation power-structures, etc. I had the confidence from my broad (and challenging) background to jump in and figure out what was important. I learned flexibility from my "well-rounded" schooling.
Lastly - It's not the well-roundedness of the education, teaching that determines the effectivness - it's the quality of the learning. It doesn't matter what school you're in - if you want to learn, you will. If you want to goof off, you will never get a great education.
Question - how much noise and pain until we feel the shift away from this awful law? Each time I read articles like the above I just feel worse about our country (USA). Sure I give my money to the EFF, but it takes SO DAMN long to fix something that was wrong to begin with!
Grumpy and mad
The quality that makes something laughable or amusing; funniness: could not see the humor of the situation.
Get it?
Pretty soon we'll have to have flames shooting out of the floppy drive just to get chicks.
Ug
If there's any chance/way you could be there, do it!
Really! Just -- GO! --
Idea: If Slashdot is partially about "stuff the matters" how about letting the Slashdot readers voice a public, collective opinion?
When stories like this one come around, where having an opinion bloc to point to can sway others, why not let the collective voice of Slashdot readers be in public view? Say a poll attached to the article, and keep the results out there in front for folks to use as fodder as necessary. We'll all know a bit better where the crowd sits on the issue too. And folks could easily opt-out of the system if they choose.
Bad idea?
He uses medium-format film to shoot mostly-still nature, then develops, drum-scans, and touches up on a Photoshop box. Then a "LightJet" print - one of the coolest technologies I've seen. HP does not make the LightJet, BTW. Very cool stuff.
One of these days enough common folks will know about the region coding that enough lawers and political reps will figure out that their hide will be thicker if they go after it. And until then, region-flexible players sound like the way to go.
Funny how folks near railroad tracks may have depressed property values due to the noise polution, but may have a high-value technology asset to counter. I still think community wireless will take over before glass-in-the-ground dominates.
Because the image is being projected onto the back of your eye, would not looking to the left (looking from above: eyeball rotating counter-clockwise) create an image in the wrong direction?
No wait. I get it now. I was backward. Interesting that the image is being produced with lasers... I wonder why LEDs or something less exotic isn't being used.
Again, it's a team game, if any money is going to be shared. Because information is not perfect, wrong guesses must be made for the game to be played at all, it is your responsibility to guess incorrectly if the circumstances are correct, or else you will not be helping to consolidate all the wrong guesses into a concentrated play.
adv.
At or in this place: Stop here for a rest.
At this time; now: We'll adjourn the meeting here and discuss remaining issues after lunch.
At or on this point, detail, or item: Here I must disagree.
In the present life or condition.
To this place; hither: Come here, please.
adj.
Used for emphasis after a demonstrative pronoun: Which word? This one here.
Used for emphasis after a noun modified by a demonstrative pronoun: this word here.
Non-Standard. Used for emphasis between a demonstrative pronoun and a noun: this here word.
interj.
Used to respond to a roll call, attract attention, command an animal, or rebuke, admonish, or concur.
n.
This place: "It would be difficult from here, with the certainty of armed gunmen inside, to bring him out alive" (Howard Kaplan).
The present time or state: We are living in the here and can only speculate about the hereafter.
MAjor price difference though. $1000 for the older technology,
What is the issue?
Eak! Make those references to the DMCA, as there is no Digital Copyright Millenium Act.
I'm interested in your prediction for how the next two years will pan out with regard to all the litigation around mass file sharing (see: Napster) and its relationships to DCMA and possible future twists with parties circumventing "protection means" like encryption.
Recent developments have been interesting to follow, but I'm wondering if the furure is going to be getting scarier and more worrisome, or level out and more reasonable... and your contribution to this queston is most welcome.