DInstead, they poopoo all of that behind the "we make this for ourselves and don't care if anyone else uses it" mantra.
Well, if the developers' goals are to make something that they like and don't care if anyone uses it, then that is their right. It's their code, after all.
Now, that said, I don't work that way, nor do I tend to use programs where the devs are so arrogant.
But they do have a right to be stupid and have the code sit at low usage rates in favor of programs that work the way the users want it to.
And since it's open source, everyone has to option to "Fork Them" and make it work better.
Seriously, the whole secrets privilege thing is about as bogus as it gets.
If there is info that really can't be released without jeopardizing security, then of course it should be kept secret and not disclosed. BUT... for the purpose of the lawsuit, that failure to disclose should be treated the same as any other failure to disclose. Which means "in the worst light possible" for the.gov.
Basically, invoking the privilege is fine, but it should mean the government basically loses the case automatically.
I still can't see any real reason for Ada over Pascal. It seems to me that Ada is really just Pascal with some additional features to make it a pain to work in.
Pascal is actually a pretty useful language for some tasks. I use it a lot for string processing utilities and such where I need speed. Modern implementations are nearly as powerful as C or C++, and a good bit easier to read.
C is my lanugage of choice for image processing, where pointers and low-level pixel manipulation in minimum time are critical.
That's cool, but does it really matter if rifle ammo gets wet? Cartriges are pretty well sealed, and you can store a round of ammo under water for months, pull it out and fire it immediately.
Maybe for other stuff like electronics or such. But ammo?
Could using these in a RAID-5 configuration lead to a weakness due to the XOR stripes? Since the parity stripes are a combination of the XOR of all other stripes, and is generated from the plaintext data before the crypto chip, a smart cracker might be able to use it to find a pattern.
Planck's temperature is theoretically the hottest anything can possibly be at - 1.41679 X 10^32 K. Beyond that, and the energy density will basically generate enough gravity that it collapses into a black hole. (We're talking "Big Bang" energy density here.)
Mater == energy, energy == matter, and enough of either in a small enough volume will collapse into a singularity.
So - if you want a possible temp scale, use 0K as starting point, Planck temperature at end, and add convenient subdivisions. But, remember, the resulting "degrees" will still be arbitrary.
If you charge the users for support somehow, even if just internal funny-money. And it depends on the business too. In a tech company, I'd want everybody to be able to at least manage their own PC, and wouldn't hire anyone who couldn't. In retail, maybe not.
I use a.458 Magnum to destroy drives. 500 grain softpoints at around Mach 2 really punch big holes through platters, and throw enough fragments around inside the drive to ensure that nothing is going to be readable. Use three rounds to be sure, and you can do about 3 - 5 drives at once by lining them up.
One thing that sticks out as a possible vector for the piercing of the RIAA is that when they filed suit, it was never "RIAA vs XXX" it was "Atlantic Records Vs XXX"....
In other words, the RIAA was more or less acting as an AGENT for the Big 4, and MediaSentry, Settlement Support, et al. were acting as agents for RIAA.
IIRC, this is also a RICO suit, so regardless of which corporation did what, they acted as co-conspirators and are all liable for each other's actions. The suit is claiming an ongoing criminal conspiracy, not just one or two isolated mistakes.
Just stop publishing in those journals and create your own. The barriers to entry are pretty low to set up an on-line publication, and even dead tree publishing of scientific papers isn't that expensive.
If any of these journals lose even a fraction of the scientists submitting material in favor of a more-open competitor, then the journal loses, not the scientists.
And never, ever, under any circumstances even consider thinking of assigning copyright to anyone.
The Quadro boards allow OpenGL stereoscopic images to be displayed in a window, and the non-Quadro boards do not. If you want really good 3D, you need a Quadro.
I use them for my stereoscopic video stuff with either a pair of shutter glasses or 3D HMD goggles, and can do a live, 3D viewfinder to compose the scene, align cameras, etc.
Yep. The level of confusion and obfuscation in these cases is incredible. You really have to read a LOT of filings and arguments, plus the rulings themselves to understand the whole issue.
All the SCO vs * cases should have been relatively straightforward litigation. Instead, they have turned into a real mess where the current position and claims are so different from what was initially claimed that it is stunning.
Really, SCO has actually been "hacking" the legal system throughout the litigation process. It sure seems like their strategy was to be so costly and difficult to fight against that their opponents would either just buy them out or settle. When that failed, the strategy shifted to attempt to confuse the court. When that failed, they filed Chapter 11 to gain a short reprieve.
I'm not sure how "converted property" is handled in a Chapter 7 liquidation. My gut feeling is that it would be treated the same as, say, leased furniture and simply handed over to the real owner. But who knows how it would actually play out in practice.
Who cares if Pluto is a planet or not in the context of naming the element. It wasn't named for the planet anyway, it was named for the mythological god.
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Basically, all they had to do is split the thing into a front-end "userspace client" and a back-end "service".
Gee, sounds like a daemon that can be controlled from an application to me.
Seriously, the whole secrets privilege thing is about as bogus as it gets.
.gov.
If there is info that really can't be released without jeopardizing security, then of course it should be kept secret and not disclosed. BUT... for the purpose of the lawsuit, that failure to disclose should be treated the same as any other failure to disclose. Which means "in the worst light possible" for the
Basically, invoking the privilege is fine, but it should mean the government basically loses the case automatically.
I still can't see any real reason for Ada over Pascal. It seems to me that Ada is really just Pascal with some additional features to make it a pain to work in.
Pascal is actually a pretty useful language for some tasks. I use it a lot for string processing utilities and such where I need speed. Modern implementations are nearly as powerful as C or C++, and a good bit easier to read.
C is my lanugage of choice for image processing, where pointers and low-level pixel manipulation in minimum time are critical.
That's cool, but does it really matter if rifle ammo gets wet? Cartriges are pretty well sealed, and you can store a round of ammo under water for months, pull it out and fire it immediately.
Maybe for other stuff like electronics or such. But ammo?
Didn't NASA have a preference back then for Hasselblad medium-format cameras with really good Zeiss lenses?
Pro-level gear with big film can give some really incredibly detailed photos.
It just proves the old adage that "If you can't fix it with duct tape, then it's broken."
Could using these in a RAID-5 configuration lead to a weakness due to the XOR stripes? Since the parity stripes are a combination of the XOR of all other stripes, and is generated from the plaintext data before the crypto chip, a smart cracker might be able to use it to find a pattern.
Planck's temperature is theoretically the hottest anything can possibly be at - 1.41679 X 10^32 K. Beyond that, and the energy density will basically generate enough gravity that it collapses into a black hole. (We're talking "Big Bang" energy density here.)
Mater == energy, energy == matter, and enough of either in a small enough volume will collapse into a singularity.
So - if you want a possible temp scale, use 0K as starting point, Planck temperature at end, and add convenient subdivisions. But, remember, the resulting "degrees" will still be arbitrary.
Do both at the same time and put it on the net.
I'd say BIND is better than the stuff built into these cheapie routers. At least I can update it myself.
If you charge the users for support somehow, even if just internal funny-money. And it depends on the business too. In a tech company, I'd want everybody to be able to at least manage their own PC, and wouldn't hire anyone who couldn't. In retail, maybe not.
I use a .458 Magnum to destroy drives. 500 grain softpoints at around Mach 2 really punch big holes through platters, and throw enough fragments around inside the drive to ensure that nothing is going to be readable. Use three rounds to be sure, and you can do about 3 - 5 drives at once by lining them up.
And it's more fun than a hammer.
With an improved class library you can do both of those with one variable....
if (theory != sense)
theory.createNewParticle(BS)
else
theory.publishNewArticle(BS);
Why carry around variables for "theory" and "publish"? Don't they belong together?
Seems like a nice step, but what's REALLY needed is an Access replacement. Seriously. That's the only thing keeping me using MS Office at all.
One thing that sticks out as a possible vector for the piercing of the RIAA is that when they filed suit, it was never "RIAA vs XXX" it was "Atlantic Records Vs XXX"....
In other words, the RIAA was more or less acting as an AGENT for the Big 4, and MediaSentry, Settlement Support, et al. were acting as agents for RIAA.
IIRC, this is also a RICO suit, so regardless of which corporation did what, they acted as co-conspirators and are all liable for each other's actions. The suit is claiming an ongoing criminal conspiracy, not just one or two isolated mistakes.
Just stop publishing in those journals and create your own. The barriers to entry are pretty low to set up an on-line publication, and even dead tree publishing of scientific papers isn't that expensive.
If any of these journals lose even a fraction of the scientists submitting material in favor of a more-open competitor, then the journal loses, not the scientists.
And never, ever, under any circumstances even consider thinking of assigning copyright to anyone.
Didn't they do this with blank CDs a few years ago? Then the indemnification ended, but the tax that's passed back to the RIAA remained.
Maybe if the $5/mo was a voluntary "add on" fee granting immunity from copyright suits it might work.
Oh, almost forgot to include the obligatory Fuck The RIAA line.
Everyone knows that you don't own a cat, the cat owns you. We don't even need "In Soviet Russia" on this one, it's pretty much universal.
The Quadro boards allow OpenGL stereoscopic images to be displayed in a window, and the non-Quadro boards do not. If you want really good 3D, you need a Quadro.
I use them for my stereoscopic video stuff with either a pair of shutter glasses or 3D HMD goggles, and can do a live, 3D viewfinder to compose the scene, align cameras, etc.
Maybe an amendment specifying that infringing on rights is treason?
Yep. The level of confusion and obfuscation in these cases is incredible. You really have to read a LOT of filings and arguments, plus the rulings themselves to understand the whole issue.
All the SCO vs * cases should have been relatively straightforward litigation. Instead, they have turned into a real mess where the current position and claims are so different from what was initially claimed that it is stunning.
Really, SCO has actually been "hacking" the legal system throughout the litigation process. It sure seems like their strategy was to be so costly and difficult to fight against that their opponents would either just buy them out or settle. When that failed, the strategy shifted to attempt to confuse the court. When that failed, they filed Chapter 11 to gain a short reprieve.
I'm not sure how "converted property" is handled in a Chapter 7 liquidation. My gut feeling is that it would be treated the same as, say, leased furniture and simply handed over to the real owner. But who knows how it would actually play out in practice.
Who cares if Pluto is a planet or not in the context of naming the element. It wasn't named for the planet anyway, it was named for the mythological god.