I am developing JSP's, and I have to have a browser window, telnet session with JSP source, and telnet session for a 'tail -f' on the JSP engine's logfile open at all times...sometimes another for a sqlplus session, as well. I already stretch the logfile window and make it borderless, but I'd like to make it behave as a background, more or less...one that I could see "beneath" the other windows.
I just can't agree with this point. Laws are deemed unconstitutional when a court decides that the Constitution did not intend for these laws to exist. Obviously, the Constitution could not cover such topics as DVD encryption, but it did lay out an approximate model for how the ideal government should function. The ideals it presents are interpreted differently by different people, and this is the cause of many legal debates--essentially, differences in opinion.
I also believe that we are too quick to judge the technical aptitude of others. I try to be a fairly well-rounded individual, but there is an amazing amount of information I don't know. Psychology, law, history, geography--these and more are terrible weak points of mine. If I had to represent someone in a dispute regarding the history of Angola, I would have to quickly research whatever facts I could and try to make a decent case. In this situation, I would certainly hope the knowledgeable Angolans of the world would educate me rather than berating me.
You see, Windows 99 beer was scheduled for release in 1999. Of course, maybe they'll end up changing the name and adding some colored graphics to the can to make up for it:
Okay, if the car analogy is unacceptable, how about this? Suppose you buy chocolate chip cookies at the store. You eat a few and have to be rushed to the hospital. This is the cookie producer's fault.
Now, imagine you clip out a cookie recipe from a magazine. You notice that it calls for 2 teaspoons of arsenic. You prepare the cookies according to the recipe, eat them, and have to be rushed to the hospital. This is your fault.
Non-life-threatening version: The store-bought cookies taste like crap. The recipe calls for 1/2 cup of cow manure.
Reliable sources indicate that Microsoft may add several USoA subsidiaries (DOJ, DOE, DOD) into its corporate structure, spinning off the other, less valuable pieces. A company spokesperson says, "We will do whatever it takes remain competitive."
One of my biggest gripes with the current scheme is that so many people abuse it. I once searched for "XOR gate" and pulled up porn sites. If sites could be indexed based on content type, perhaps this wouldn't be such a problem. Currently, these jokers dump the entire dictionary in a meta tag and waste everyone's time by throwing off keyword searches.
The sheer volume of websites out there makes effective searches difficult. I imagine a search engine could be tuned for better results, but will people be willing to wait while it crunches through data longer than a shoddy counterpart?
-snip- Most universities probably don't want to ruin students' views of them. -snip-
I would have to disagree wholeheartedly with this comment. Make no mistake about it--a university's primary commitment is to the bottom line. This is a fact that sickened me throughout my education at the University of Missouri-Columbia. The students are a means of income. And, while every school would love to have an average ACT score of 34, lower-scoring students spend just as much money as high-scoring ones, if not more. Students are replaceable! They don't care about you!
However, I would love it if you fought the fight. If Purdue University wanted the domain "PurdueOnline.com", perhaps they should have registered it before you. Too bad. It's not like they couldn't have "PurdueOnline.purdue.edu", so why the fuss? As mentioned before, they are primarily an educational institution, anyway!
The article raises an interesting point: there could definitely be a move to restrict DVD-R technology in the US following this chain of events. It seems an absolute outrage to me that the potential of DVD-R could go unrealized, at least in the short term.
CD-R is great, but a more and more packages are too big to fit on a single disc. DVD's offer a convenient way around this. There's nothing wrong with the technology--don't punish it and the people who want to use it for legal purposes.
Of course, it wouldn't be the first time the recording industry imposed its will on the American public. As I recall, they almost killed DAT. In fact, it never did catch on much for home use.
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I am developing JSP's, and I have to have a browser window, telnet session with JSP source, and telnet session for a 'tail -f' on the JSP engine's logfile open at all times...sometimes another for a sqlplus session, as well. I already stretch the logfile window and make it borderless, but I'd like to make it behave as a background, more or less...one that I could see "beneath" the other windows.
I just can't agree with this point. Laws are deemed unconstitutional when a court decides that the Constitution did not intend for these laws to exist. Obviously, the Constitution could not cover such topics as DVD encryption, but it did lay out an approximate model for how the ideal government should function. The ideals it presents are interpreted differently by different people, and this is the cause of many legal debates--essentially, differences in opinion.
I also believe that we are too quick to judge the technical aptitude of others. I try to be a fairly well-rounded individual, but there is an amazing amount of information I don't know. Psychology, law, history, geography--these and more are terrible weak points of mine. If I had to represent someone in a dispute regarding the history of Angola, I would have to quickly research whatever facts I could and try to make a decent case. In this situation, I would certainly hope the knowledgeable Angolans of the world would educate me rather than berating me.
You see, Windows 99 beer was scheduled for release in 1999. Of course, maybe they'll end up changing the name and adding some colored graphics to the can to make up for it:
Beer NT! (New Taste)
Okay, if the car analogy is unacceptable, how about this? Suppose you buy chocolate chip cookies at the store. You eat a few and have to be rushed to the hospital. This is the cookie producer's fault.
Now, imagine you clip out a cookie recipe from a magazine. You notice that it calls for 2 teaspoons of arsenic. You prepare the cookies according to the recipe, eat them, and have to be rushed to the hospital. This is your fault.
Non-life-threatening version:
The store-bought cookies taste like crap.
The recipe calls for 1/2 cup of cow manure.
Reliable sources indicate that Microsoft may add several USoA subsidiaries (DOJ, DOE, DOD) into its corporate structure, spinning off the other, less valuable pieces. A company spokesperson says, "We will do whatever it takes remain competitive."
One of my biggest gripes with the current scheme is that so many people abuse it. I once searched for "XOR gate" and pulled up porn sites. If sites could be indexed based on content type, perhaps this wouldn't be such a problem. Currently, these jokers dump the entire dictionary in a meta tag and waste everyone's time by throwing off keyword searches.
The sheer volume of websites out there makes effective searches difficult. I imagine a search engine could be tuned for better results, but will people be willing to wait while it crunches through data longer than a shoddy counterpart?
-snip-
Most universities probably don't want to ruin students' views of them.
-snip-
I would have to disagree wholeheartedly with this comment. Make no mistake about it--a university's primary commitment is to the bottom line. This is a fact that sickened me throughout my education at the University of Missouri-Columbia. The students are a means of income. And, while every school would love to have an average ACT score of 34, lower-scoring students spend just as much money as high-scoring ones, if not more. Students are replaceable! They don't care about you!
However, I would love it if you fought the fight. If Purdue University wanted the domain "PurdueOnline.com", perhaps they should have registered it before you. Too bad. It's not like they couldn't have "PurdueOnline.purdue.edu", so why the fuss? As mentioned before, they are primarily an educational institution, anyway!
Good luck!
The article raises an interesting point: there could definitely be a move to restrict DVD-R technology in the US following this chain of events. It seems an absolute outrage to me that the potential of DVD-R could go unrealized, at least in the short term.
CD-R is great, but a more and more packages are too big to fit on a single disc. DVD's offer a convenient way around this. There's nothing wrong with the technology--don't punish it and the people who want to use it for legal purposes.
Of course, it wouldn't be the first time the recording industry imposed its will on the American public. As I recall, they almost killed DAT. In fact, it never did catch on much for home use.
-bbqBrain