Man, the whole GPL thing seems like such a gimmick to attract exactly this kind of attention. Personally, I like KnowPost much better. There's a much better community over there and it doesn't seem so gimmicky. (Check it out at http://www.knowpost.com)
Taxes in general aren't passed on to consumers, it really depends on the price elasticity of demand for the service. In the case of ISPs I would imagine that it's pretty low. Don't look for rates to go up all that much if we do get the taxes.
Of course, I haven't really thought it through, and I'm no economist, I just wouldn't get all too worried about it.
Err...we have elected judges? Which ones exactly? I have never, *ever* voted for a judge. There's a reason for that. Possibly the very reason you just mentioned.
I mean, even if 9999 is a common way to signal the end of input, who enters date data in that method?
For example...
Input Date: 11399
Is that Jan 13th, or Nov 3rd? I mean, if people are really entering in dates in that method, they've got a lot of other problems. Of course you can unambiguate it by padding with 0 but then you'd get 090999 which isn't 9999 anymore.
Gee, no wonder nothing bad happened.
Oh, and today is newsworthy...Dreamcast man! DREAMCAST!
Perhaps this would be true because it's so targeted (given the readership of/.) but there's obviously a way to stop this, whether it's through a terms-of-service or whatever. After all, I'm listed in the Netcenter directory, and I get maybe 1 spam a month, if that. And that's usually through mailing lists that I'm subscribed to.
I meant a directory of the registered users. obviously anonymous users wouldn't be involved. This doesn't necessarily have anything to do with comments, just user registrations.
And yeah, I guess being able to opt out would be nice. I just think it'd be nice to write an email to anybody who's registered at/. just by knowing their username.
What does everybody think of an LDAP directory of all registered slashdot users ala the Netscape Directory? I, personally, think it'd be kinda useful, and neat!
I had a chance to talk to the developers at E3, and yes there is a Wince mode for Sega Rally. However, they recommend that you don't use it if you don't have to, because it's crappy and slow.
SEGA itself is recommending that you don't use WinCE if you don't have to.
1) Windows doesn't have 16bit code for hardware support. At least it shouldn't. Who uses that kind of hardware these days? 32bit processers have been around since the *386*. It's about time Microsoft stopped supporting the 286, don't you think? 2) How many drivers has Microsoft written. I'd suggest that they've probably written fewer than the Linux folks have. Remember, we've only very recently got support from hardware vendors. Everything had to be reverse engineered in the past. It's a wonder we support as much as we do! 3) Linux is Y2K clean. Remember, Linux is the kernel. (Duh). GNU/Linux may not be, but that's up to the application writers. If ipopd doesn't work, then get one that does. And again, we don't know how many of Microsofts *applications* aren't going to run. (Regardless of the fact that Windows doesn't even come with a POP daemon. But I think I've made my point by now).
Yes, if it comes from Microsoft it's almost always bad. And if it's good, it's because Microsoft bought it from somebody else. (VC++, IE, etc)
Err...I'm not sure why I'm replying to this particular comment, perhaps because you're spreading misinformation (even if you aren't serious).
Even if no game uses lighting, and this is usually because games want realistic shadows, and you can only have 8 lights (or so) in a scene at a time. Anyway, the point is *now they can*.
In reality it's the transformation hardware that's going to speed everything up. And not only that, the CPU is going to have nothing to do but model physics and AI now!
KDE is free software, therefore it can be run in any environment, because it is *free*. There are no runtime licensing restrictions on QT what-so-ever.
What TrollTech is doing with QT/Free is actually rather admirable. They're "forcing" people to keep their software open otherwise they have to pay the prohibitively expensive $1200 in order to release their application in a closed manner. Gee, that almost sounds like the GPL doesn't it?
While I agree 100% with your intention, in the end I think it won't make that much of a difference (at least that example):
People from outside the US have no restriction on reverse engineering the format. They can then release the results as open source to the benefit of the entire community. (Of course, I don't know if it would be legal, but it seems like a reasonable loophole).
Isn't MS Word going to an XML format? That, hopefully, would be easily reverse engineerable. (I can see it now...MSXML, oh wait, that already exists:)
Civil disobedience. I know that I will disobey unjust laws such as these. I'm sure many millions more will as well.
Yes we all agree that the current system is not perfect, and I'm sure most of us get confused when we see our drive size listed in kilobytes. (I know I just estimate by powers of 10). However, although we may live in a decimal society, the computer does not.
If we change the meaning of kB on a disk, then why not do the same for memory? Is 1 MB of memory 1000 kB, or is 1GB = 1000MB? Of course not. The numbers are usually small enough that we can figure that out, but with your system, we'd have to change everything to avoid confusion. Now, how big is an int or a char? Well heck, I just don't remember.
While I agree that they could have picked better names, I agree that the change needs to be made. Things in computers are measured in powers of 2 not powers of 10. Get over it.
Certain parts of this law would definitely make me call for some Civil Disobedience. Now, I'm not entirely up on the details of the UCITA, but if it outlawed things like Reverse Engineering, etc, then I'm afraid I would have to knowingly break that law every time I sit down at my computer.
I'm sorry, but no government can stop me from thinking and figuring out how something works. What are they going to do, throw all their sysadmins and developers in court? Yeah, that would be good for economony.
That has got to be the single most idiotic error message that has ever come out of redmond. That, by far, beats error messages such as "Error 13, your system will reboot now" or anything like that.
Exchange does suck. Thankfully I've only had to use it once in my life. I'll stick with sendmail and qmail.:)
Sometimes you really just have to scrap everything you have and start over from scratch. (Something a certain company in Redmond can take a lesson from). From what I can tell from the docs on the website, it has alot of potential if we can get some more support behind it.
I'm glad I'm not the only person who thinks the current model for X seems a little strange.
Is there some specific reason why CodeWarrior is redhat only? Does the program actually check to make sure it's on redhat, or does it make assumptions about file locations?
What would stop me from using it on my Debian installation?
If you're in mixed company, just refer to yourself as a nonmalicious hacker. After all, alot of hackers like you and me have tried, however slightly, to break into a system that wasn't ours:)
It doesn't involve that much of a change, and gets the point across.
As long as decisions are made by marketers and managers, then the programmer doesn't have the last say as to when the code is released. Is he supposed to keep it in an unusable state until the very moment he believes it's ready? What would stop them from sneaking it out on him.
Let's look at professions that don't need to be certified: Artists Carpenters (at least around here) etc. (it's early, give me a break:)
Personally I think programming is more like the above two professions than doctors, architects, engineers. The former rely on their reputation for skill and accomplishment for new work (or continued work) and they intend to be especially creative.
While I agree that licensing would be useful, even helpful, it is not feasible until we pass laws that state software can't be released until it is reviewed by a licensed programmer. I'm sure most people would agree that this would do nothing but harm the entire industry, and put open source software to death almost immediately.
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Man, the whole GPL thing seems like such a gimmick to attract exactly this kind of attention. Personally, I like KnowPost much better. There's a much better community over there and it doesn't seem so gimmicky. (Check it out at http://www.knowpost.com)
Taxes in general aren't passed on to consumers, it really depends on the price elasticity of demand for the service. In the case of ISPs I would imagine that it's pretty low. Don't look for rates to go up all that much if we do get the taxes.
Of course, I haven't really thought it through, and I'm no economist, I just wouldn't get all too worried about it.
Now, if that prior art isn't as clear as day. Man, that patent examiner needs to be.....re-educated. :)
Err...we have elected judges? Which ones exactly? I have never, *ever* voted for a judge. There's a reason for that. Possibly the very reason you just mentioned.
I mean, even if 9999 is a common way to signal the end of input, who enters date data in that method?
For example...
Input Date: 11399
Is that Jan 13th, or Nov 3rd? I mean, if people are really entering in dates in that method, they've got a lot of other problems. Of course you can unambiguate it by padding with 0 but then you'd get 090999 which isn't 9999 anymore.
Gee, no wonder nothing bad happened.
Oh, and today is newsworthy...Dreamcast man! DREAMCAST!
Perhaps this would be true because it's so targeted (given the readership of /.) but there's obviously a way to stop this, whether it's through a terms-of-service or whatever. After all, I'm listed in the Netcenter directory, and I get maybe 1 spam a month, if that. And that's usually through mailing lists that I'm subscribed to.
I meant a directory of the registered users. obviously anonymous users wouldn't be involved. This doesn't necessarily have anything to do with comments, just user registrations.
/. just by knowing their username.
And yeah, I guess being able to opt out would be nice. I just think it'd be nice to write an email to anybody who's registered at
What does everybody think of an LDAP directory of all registered slashdot users ala the Netscape Directory? I, personally, think it'd be kinda useful, and neat!
I had a chance to talk to the developers at E3, and yes there is a Wince mode for Sega Rally. However, they recommend that you don't use it if you don't have to, because it's crappy and slow.
SEGA itself is recommending that you don't use WinCE if you don't have to.
1) Windows doesn't have 16bit code for hardware support. At least it shouldn't. Who uses that kind of hardware these days? 32bit processers have been around since the *386*. It's about time Microsoft stopped supporting the 286, don't you think?
2) How many drivers has Microsoft written. I'd suggest that they've probably written fewer than the Linux folks have. Remember, we've only very recently got support from hardware vendors. Everything had to be reverse engineered in the past. It's a wonder we support as much as we do!
3) Linux is Y2K clean. Remember, Linux is the kernel. (Duh). GNU/Linux may not be, but that's up to the application writers. If ipopd doesn't work, then get one that does. And again, we don't know how many of Microsofts *applications* aren't going to run. (Regardless of the fact that Windows doesn't even come with a POP daemon. But I think I've made my point by now).
Yes, if it comes from Microsoft it's almost always bad. And if it's good, it's because Microsoft bought it from somebody else. (VC++, IE, etc)
Err...I'm not sure why I'm replying to this particular comment, perhaps because you're spreading misinformation (even if you aren't serious).
Even if no game uses lighting, and this is usually because games want realistic shadows, and you can only have 8 lights (or so) in a scene at a time. Anyway, the point is *now they can*.
In reality it's the transformation hardware that's going to speed everything up. And not only that, the CPU is going to have nothing to do but model physics and AI now!
WOOHOO!
KDE is free software, therefore it can be run in any environment, because it is *free*. There are no runtime licensing restrictions on QT what-so-ever.
What TrollTech is doing with QT/Free is actually rather admirable. They're "forcing" people to keep their software open otherwise they have to pay the prohibitively expensive $1200 in order to release their application in a closed manner. Gee, that almost sounds like the GPL doesn't it?
Yet Another Reason To Ban Anonymous Cowards
Wow, another example of moderation gone bad. This is clearly not a troll. I actually thought it was kinda funny.
And what do you do if you have to lead a revolution against a tyrannical government? Or did we all forget why the 2nd amendment exists?
Can't recognize sarcasm when we see it can we? I've got a modest proposal for you....
While I agree 100% with your intention, in the end I think it won't make that much of a difference (at least that example):
Never underestimate the power of the individual
Yes we all agree that the current system is not perfect, and I'm sure most of us get confused when we see our drive size listed in kilobytes. (I know I just estimate by powers of 10). However, although we may live in a decimal society, the computer does not.
If we change the meaning of kB on a disk, then why not do the same for memory? Is 1 MB of memory 1000 kB, or is 1GB = 1000MB? Of course not. The numbers are usually small enough that we can figure that out, but with your system, we'd have to change everything to avoid confusion. Now, how big is an int or a char? Well heck, I just don't remember.
While I agree that they could have picked better names, I agree that the change needs to be made. Things in computers are measured in powers of 2 not powers of 10. Get over it.
Certain parts of this law would definitely make me call for some Civil Disobedience. Now, I'm not entirely up on the details of the UCITA, but if it outlawed things like Reverse Engineering, etc, then I'm afraid I would have to knowingly break that law every time I sit down at my computer.
I'm sorry, but no government can stop me from thinking and figuring out how something works. What are they going to do, throw all their sysadmins and developers in court? Yeah, that would be good for economony.
Don't even get me started on that.
That has got to be the single most idiotic error message that has ever come out of redmond. That, by far, beats error messages such as "Error 13, your system will reboot now" or anything like that.
:)
Exchange does suck. Thankfully I've only had to use it once in my life. I'll stick with sendmail and qmail.
Did anybody teach you that gouging is worse?
Oh yeah, because there's nothing there.
Sometimes you really just have to scrap everything you have and start over from scratch. (Something a certain company in Redmond can take a lesson from). From what I can tell from the docs on the website, it has alot of potential if we can get some more support behind it.
I'm glad I'm not the only person who thinks the current model for X seems a little strange.
Is there some specific reason why CodeWarrior is redhat only? Does the program actually check to make sure it's on redhat, or does it make assumptions about file locations?
What would stop me from using it on my Debian installation?
If you're in mixed company, just refer to yourself as a nonmalicious hacker. After all, alot of hackers like you and me have tried, however slightly, to break into a system that wasn't ours :)
It doesn't involve that much of a change, and gets the point across.
As long as decisions are made by marketers and managers, then the programmer doesn't have the last say as to when the code is released. Is he supposed to keep it in an unusable state until the very moment he believes it's ready? What would stop them from sneaking it out on him.
:)
Let's look at professions that don't need to be certified:
Artists
Carpenters (at least around here)
etc.
(it's early, give me a break
Personally I think programming is more like the above two professions than doctors, architects, engineers. The former rely on their reputation for skill and accomplishment for new work (or continued work) and they intend to be especially creative.
While I agree that licensing would be useful, even helpful, it is not feasible until we pass laws that state software can't be released until it is reviewed by a licensed programmer. I'm sure most people would agree that this would do nothing but harm the entire industry, and put open source software to death almost immediately.