Surely this could be challenged on environmental grounds? Aren't there laws about producing something that will become landfill? Or are the disc going to be bio-gegradable too...
No-one sues anyone. EToys gives Etoy an apology and a large sum of money. In return, Etoy puts a prominent link to Etoys on their homepage, away from any "I-led-far-too-sheltered-a-life" material. Everybody gets on with their lives.
After all, nothing compromises artistic integrity like a huge wad of cash...
Santa actually delivers presents all year round. However, because of very clever marketing, the probability of them being perceived before Dec 25 is so low that their existence remain indeterminate - in Schrodinger terms, the box is not opened.
However, on Dec 25th, everyone expects presents - looks in the box - and the wave collapses.
Meanwhile Santa is selling the idea to Intel as an alternative to clock-locking their CPUs...
If the "duplication device" is deliberately modifying the output without any control by the operator - then the machine is not a "copier", and the producers should be liable under whatever "accurate advertising" legislation is prevalent in their markets.
I can't find anywhere he's asking for contributions, unless you count the fact he's selling T-shirts and bumper stickers. Care to post the link to support your claim?
As for a disclaimer, are they actually required? Is a disclaimer a legal requirement? I don't remember seeing any on "Doonsbury" or SNL for that matter...
What makes an anti virus company label one program as a vrius, while another program with similar uses is unlabelled?
Simple - one has an install kit that runs in plain sight, reports what it is, requires you to accept an EULA, allows you to configure and restrict remote access, and even has an un-install option.
My understanding was that some fs's will perform some actions to avoid some fragmentation.
A collegue of mine recommends doing a complete backup/reformat/restore cycle every 2 months or so on partitions that see a great deal of edit/extension to files - on a partition in use since '93 i expect this would give a radical reduction in trashing . . .
I also give you a chance to test your backup procedures:)
Much of this is probably repeated elsewhere, and much is common sense, but...
1. When was the last time you defragged the drives? Chances are this will reduce thrashing immediately. 2. Add more memory. More cache == less I/O. Double the RAM for a week and see how much better things are... 3. Hardware RAID is the only RAID. In most cases, the overhead of s/w RAID exceedes the I/O performance increase. Plus, the OS (whatever OS) need never know the boot drive is spread across 5 drives is three racks... 4. Hot Swap is a must for a production environment. Nothing beats the warm feeling of yanking a dead drive, slapping in a new one, and watching it get rebuilt on the fly - and the users never know... 5. Any amount of RAID will still fail badly if the PSU dies - always get redundant, hot swap power supplies. 6. The same goes for cabling.
Software Audio Workshop. When I used it, it was a 16-bit Win3.1 (please don't shoot, it was a long time ago) stereo HD-recording tool.
I know there is are many tools like this out there now - some must be available for Linux - but unfortunately (at the behest of my GF) I have a real job now:(
...I used 1/4" two track @ 15ips - the classic Revox B77 - and edits were with razor blades and chinagraph pencil.
However, last tour I did (a few years ago now) I did the rehearsal playback using my PC and an early version of SAW - then burnt a couple of CDs and toured that.
Cost of the PC + burner was (and probably still is) less than a B77.
Nasty, lossy, horrid little thing. Great if sound quality is not the primary concern, but otherwise...still, it's a new toy, so maybe...
What I can't understand is why there was never (and AFAIK is still not) a PC-type MiniDisk drive - approx 300Mb of re-writable storage for 10 quid a throw, they'd have walked all over Iomega.
It seems rediculous to me that memory prices rose b/c of an earthquake in one country.
It seems ridiculous to me that there are still people in this world too stupid to realise that the economies of each contry inter-relate with one other.
Also that the products sold in one contry might be produced in another...
Any cable company installing a standard in which the reception isn't healthy isn't going to prosper, plain and simply. There are too many alternatives to your local cable company.
Unfortunately not true. Many (if not most) cable operators have a monopoly in their area of operation, so you're stuck with the service they provide, whatever.
Also, in some areas (Manhatten for one), satellite dishes are a no-no.
Still, as long as I can get a DTV that supports NTSC (and PAL) as well as the digital feed, then the cable companies choice doesn't matter, 'cos i'll be using their decoder box anyway (and ghosting won't matter, 'cos it's not broadcast). Either that, or a DTV cable box that outputs S-Video or even composite.
The is great news. To see worthwhile technical issues become more important than the petty bickering of national politics and the "Not Invented Here" syndrome.
A selfish view perhaps, but I'll be able to buy a "state-of-the-art" TV that will actually work when I go back to England.
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Surely this could be challenged on environmental grounds? Aren't there laws about producing something that will become landfill? Or are the disc going to be bio-gegradable too...
Can (or should) Linus now piss all over this scam IPO by withholding permission to use the Linux(TM) trademark in their name?
Maybe as the Witchfinder...
I was thinking more Ralph Fiennes (Avengers) for Crowley...
No-one sues anyone.
EToys gives Etoy an apology and a large sum of money.
In return, Etoy puts a prominent link to Etoys on their homepage, away from any "I-led-far-too-sheltered-a-life" material.
Everybody gets on with their lives.
After all, nothing compromises artistic integrity like a huge wad of cash...
If I read the injunction correctly, some of the defendants are not US Citizens, nor US residents...
How can this filing be relevent to them? Surely there should be a filing in each defendants own country?
After he'd visted the first house and fired up the TARDIS, it would malfunction and land him on Skaron...
Santa actually delivers presents all year round. However, because of very clever marketing, the probability of them being perceived before Dec 25 is so low that their existence remain indeterminate - in Schrodinger terms, the box is not opened.
However, on Dec 25th, everyone expects presents - looks in the box - and the wave collapses.
Meanwhile Santa is selling the idea to Intel as an alternative to clock-locking their CPUs...
It was not a well-attended event, with fewer than 3000 registered visitors
/. about it...
Possibly because it was not well publicised. I would have like to have gone, but I didn't find out about it until after the event.
I don't even remember a mention of
(prepares to be flamed)
Barbra Bach's character calls Q Major Boothroyd in "The Spy Who Loved Me".
No really, great.
I'm glad that the FSF is getting recognition.
BUT
As an NYC resident, I wish I'd known even 24hrs sooner, so I could actually go to the event.
I'd be really up for this (living in NYC), but I don't see a post on Slashdot until the registration is closed.
Haw badly does that suck?
If the "duplication device" is deliberately modifying the output without any control by the operator - then the machine is not a "copier", and the producers should be liable under whatever "accurate advertising" legislation is prevalent in their markets.
Yeah, like that would actually happen...
I had just asssumed that the link pointed to the root of the site - my bad.
This puts a whole new slant on things, and seems to cross the line between parody/satire and political activism.
"When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it." -- Clarence Darrow
I can't find anywhere he's asking for contributions, unless you count the fact he's selling T-shirts and bumper stickers. Care to post the link to support your claim?
As for a disclaimer, are they actually required? Is a disclaimer a legal requirement? I don't remember seeing any on "Doonsbury" or SNL for that matter...
What makes an anti virus company label one program as a vrius, while another program with similar uses is unlabelled?
Simple - one has an install kit that runs in plain sight, reports what it is, requires you to accept an EULA, allows you to configure and restrict remote access, and even has an un-install option.
The other is BO2K.
FWIW, I plan to d/l the Linux binaries from a few different IP addresses in order to:
1. Up their log stats and hopefully promote actual Linux "releases."
2. Make up the shortfall due to whiney gits who won't d/l.
Of course, not using this e-mail address...
My understanding was that some fs's will perform some actions to avoid some fragmentation.
:)
A collegue of mine recommends doing a complete backup/reformat/restore cycle every 2 months or so on partitions that see a great deal of edit/extension to files - on a partition in use since '93 i expect this would give a radical reduction in trashing . . .
I also give you a chance to test your backup procedures
Much of this is probably repeated elsewhere, and much is common sense, but...
1. When was the last time you defragged the drives? Chances are this will reduce thrashing immediately.
2. Add more memory. More cache == less I/O. Double the RAM for a week and see how much better things are...
3. Hardware RAID is the only RAID. In most cases, the overhead of s/w RAID exceedes the I/O performance increase. Plus, the OS (whatever OS) need never know the boot drive is spread across 5 drives is three racks...
4. Hot Swap is a must for a production environment. Nothing beats the warm feeling of yanking a dead drive, slapping in a new one, and watching it get rebuilt on the fly - and the users never know...
5. Any amount of RAID will still fail badly if the PSU dies - always get redundant, hot swap power supplies.
6. The same goes for cabling.
Software Audio Workshop. When I used it, it was a 16-bit Win3.1 (please don't shoot, it was a long time ago) stereo HD-recording tool.
:(
I know there is are many tools like this out there now - some must be available for Linux - but unfortunately (at the behest of my GF) I have a real job now
...I used 1/4" two track @ 15ips - the classic Revox B77 - and edits were with razor blades and chinagraph pencil.
However, last tour I did (a few years ago now) I did the rehearsal playback using my PC and an early version of SAW - then burnt a couple of CDs and toured that.
Cost of the PC + burner was (and probably still is) less than a B77.
Nasty, lossy, horrid little thing. Great if sound quality is not the primary concern, but otherwise...still, it's a new toy, so maybe...
What I can't understand is why there was never (and AFAIK is still not) a PC-type MiniDisk drive - approx 300Mb of re-writable storage for 10 quid a throw, they'd have walked all over Iomega.
VB/SQL/DBA in NY financial institution = $100K + bonuses.
And I'm quitting my job, so if anyone is interested...
It seems rediculous to me that memory prices rose b/c of an earthquake in one country.
It seems ridiculous to me that there are still people in this world too stupid to realise that the economies of each contry inter-relate with one other.
Also that the products sold in one contry might be produced in another...
Any cable company installing a standard in which the reception isn't healthy isn't going to prosper, plain and simply. There are too many alternatives to your local cable company.
Unfortunately not true. Many (if not most) cable operators have a monopoly in their area of operation, so you're stuck with the service they provide, whatever.
Also, in some areas (Manhatten for one), satellite dishes are a no-no.
Still, as long as I can get a DTV that supports NTSC (and PAL) as well as the digital feed, then the cable companies choice doesn't matter, 'cos i'll be using their decoder box anyway (and ghosting won't matter, 'cos it's not broadcast). Either that, or a DTV cable box that outputs S-Video or even composite.
The is great news. To see worthwhile technical issues become more important than the petty bickering of national politics and the "Not Invented Here" syndrome.
A selfish view perhaps, but I'll be able to buy a "state-of-the-art" TV that will actually work when I go back to England.
Now, how long before the US goes GSM..?