They're consultants on JBoss and a range of other FOSS items; hence, they themselves (more specifically, their expertise) are the product. If the conventional Open Source business plan is summarized as:
We're about to build a house, and I'm planning on running inside-the-wall Ethernet / coax myself before the drywall goes on. Is there a guide / book / FM I can R out there that concentrates on this, particularly w/r/t what the NEC (the U.S. Nat'l Electrical Code) rules are, written so that a non-electrician can understand them? I realize the NEC is susceptible to modification by local ordinance, IANAL, etc., but having a clear explanation of what the base code is would be extremely helpful.
I have a TW PVR, and you got a couple of points wrong:
Season Pass (record every episode of a show, even if it moves) TWC Box = Sort of. It can record by show title (tip: don't ever tell it to record All Episodes of "Trading Spaces"), but I've witnessed some weird behavior that makes me think they have some bugs that haven't been worked out yet.
Two tuners (record two programs at once/record a program while watching a 2nd live program) TWC Box = Yes (plus, I *think* you can watch a 3rd program while recording 2 others, without the live-rewind capabilities, but I am not sure);
Picture-In Picture TWC Box = Yes
Delete Date/Time TWC Box = Yes, although I'm not sure if this uses a UI similar to TiVo, since I haven't used TiVo. Select a recorded program from the list, hit "Info", read the "Save until" datum.
God-Awful Remote, Half-Decent User Interface: TWC Box = WFM, YMMV.
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I just went to the above link, and it was actually the Official AfterStep Web Site, with a News entry dated February 2, 2003. The original poster might want to recheck the link he went to.
Note: the page is, if not broken, at least very ugly in my Gecko version.
> If you think SOAP is nice for document transfer you should check out HTTP. It's great. And most firewalls let it through. You can use HTTPS to encrypt, too!
+1 interesting? +1 interesting? Funny maybe, but interesting? Where do I go to nominate this one for the CSM Hall of Fame??
Well, not the government, a non-profit corporation chartered by act of the state legislature with no shareholders, the ability to issue debt with the guarantee of the state, and directors who are appointed by the state government (in a manner that minimizes any individual government's ability to pack the board)
I can't resist... you want to turn the state's Internet connectivity over to the Mass. Turnpike Authority?
I thought about that, but I disagree. First, I don't think most Americans vote with regard to the Congressional balance of power, whether for the House or the Senate (I may have a wrong impression coming from a small, rural Eastern state, but somehow I don't think so); we vote based primarily on how well the individual running will represent the interests of our state / district, as well as on general agreement with the proposed policies / promises of the candidates. I doubt that there are many people here whose thoughts would be "I was going to vote for the Republican, but I really don't want them to control the Senate." People who care enough about who controls the Senate to have that swing their vote were probably going to vote for the (to use my example) Democrat anyway.
And yes, I am fully aware that this is in direct contrast to the (generally) European manner of representation, at least as I understand it, where people vote for their MP based on who they want chosen Prime Minister (yes, it's UK terminology, but I believe the principle holds for most of the other European democracies). I'll take our separation of powers and attendant potential for gridlock over the near-royal control Tony Blair appears to be gathering to his office any day.
First, the "cast a vote free from the influence of network prognostication" issue is a red herring in the case of the 2002 election, as that only really affects Presidential elections. US networks generally voluntarily refrain from projecting the results from any given state until all or most polls in that state have closed, so particular Congressional races would probably not be affected by early projections.
But generally, it is important to note that America essentially places no special restrictions on election reporting. With regard to Presidential elections, part of the issue is that the contiguous USA spans four time zones (UTC-5 thru UTC-9), with Alaska and Hawaii extending at least another couple of zones west. Each state (and in many cases lower levels of government) sets its own polling hours for the convenience of its citizens (usually closing c. 8 or 9 Pm local time), so the poll closings roll East to West. Since the Eastern part of the country holds enough electoral votes to elect a President, it is possible for the networks to project a winner before the most populous state (California) finishes voting. Bills to introduce a uniform poll closing time for Presidential elections have been introduced in Congress (notably following the 1980 election which was called for Reagan before 9 Pm EST (UTC -5)), but they have never passed. Florida was hit in the 2000 race by the fact that the western panhandle extends into the Central time zone, and the state had polls close an hour later in that (demographically very different from the southern part of the state) area... so the networks (which at that time were following a "most of the polls have closed" criterion) called the state while people were still voting in Pensacola.
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Inktomi gave up their general full-Web search years ago, in favor of selling embedded search services / software to Web site owners. If you look at their site, they also promote their expertise in the second-ickiest of Internet businesses: search engine placement. Yahoo has probably decided that the Inktomi search software is the best available for outright purchase, especially with their ad-placement programs in place.
Back in the day, Hotbot offered one-stop searching of affiliated sites like eLibrary that weren't indexed by the spider engines, similar (but moch broader than) Google's catalog search.
Nowadays, it appears (from personal experience a moment ago) to be a good place to go to be told "You need to download a standards-compliant browser to skin our site (with links to IE and Netscape) while browsing with Mozilla 1.2.1.
The cable companies, what with their government-mandated monopoly on coax
It may be different where you are, but under state law here, cable companies may NOT be given an exclusive franchise by the local municipality. Rather, it's simple economics that leads to most areas having only one system: very few places (think: Manhattan) have sufficent population density to support competing cable runs.
It's not in Windows. NT prior to 2k had a 16-bit OS/2 API module and would run 16-bit OS/2 console programs, and there was actually a 32-bit Presentation Manager for NT available for purchase from Microsoft, but NTOSKRNL was an entirely new development.
OTOH, what became Windows NT was originally intended to be OS/2 NT, but when OS/2 sold poorly and MS and IBM broke up, MS made Win32 rather than the OS/2 API the default persona for NT and the rest is history.
Interesting... your cable companies itemize the cost of the modems on your bill? Mine (TW/RR) simply charges one flat rate which includes the cable modem (and up to 5 IPs, which will be useful when I build my house with CAT 5e prewired).
First, I believe that the $1M was a one-time donation, not an ongoing funding commitment.
Second, if the economic bubble hadn't burst when it did (and the state Appropriations Committee had been a little bolder when the initial bill came through), the Gates Foundation wouldn't have had any ability to affect future spending: Gov. King's plan was to fund an endowment to the tune of $50 million that would have allowed the state to continue the laptop program off of the interest earned. That has been scaled back substantially (not least because the state is facing a deficit in excess of $500M), and at the moment it's an ongoing-expense program. The state website is at http://www.state.me.us/mlte/, for those who are interested.
If this product were under the GPL and available on Sourceforge, then we wouldn't be seeing a story about it here.
If this product were under the GPL and on Sourceforge, then it would probably consist of nothing more than a manifesto and three screenshot prototype PNGs. -- (NB: The rest of my.sig reads, "make up the majority of voters.")
Just how you know everything that starts with x is an X11 app, you know everything that starts with a K was designed with KDE in mind as the desktop environment.
So where does that leave K-meleon? -- (Note: the rest of my.sig reads, "be the majority of voters.")
You are wrong (sorry). Mozilla 1.0.x is the stable branch, which is only getting minor tweaks and bugfixes. Any other Mozilla 1.x number to date is essentially a milestone off of the trunk, with new features/toys. I have no idea if there is a "Mozilla 2.0 manifesto" yet, but I dop know that their stated intent has been that a.0 release brings with it a commitment of API stability until the next.0 release.
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then think of it as forking step 2.
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We're about to build a house, and I'm planning on running inside-the-wall Ethernet / coax myself before the drywall goes on. Is there a guide / book / FM I can R out there that concentrates on this, particularly w/r/t what the NEC (the U.S. Nat'l Electrical Code) rules are, written so that a non-electrician can understand them? I realize the NEC is susceptible to modification by local ordinance, IANAL, etc., but having a clear explanation of what the base code is would be extremely helpful.
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I have a TW PVR, and you got a couple of points wrong:
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Season Pass (record every episode of a show, even if it moves)
TWC Box = Sort of. It can record by show title (tip: don't ever tell it to record All Episodes of "Trading Spaces"), but I've witnessed some weird behavior that makes me think they have some bugs that haven't been worked out yet.
Two tuners (record two programs at once/record a program while watching a 2nd live program)
TWC Box = Yes (plus, I *think* you can watch a 3rd program while recording 2 others, without the live-rewind capabilities, but I am not sure);
Picture-In Picture
TWC Box = Yes
Delete Date/Time
TWC Box = Yes, although I'm not sure if this uses a UI similar to TiVo, since I haven't used TiVo. Select a recorded program from the list, hit "Info", read the "Save until" datum.
God-Awful Remote, Half-Decent User Interface:
TWC Box = WFM, YMMV.
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I just went to the above link, and it was actually the Official AfterStep Web Site, with a News entry dated February 2, 2003. The original poster might want to recheck the link he went to.
Note: the page is, if not broken, at least very ugly in my Gecko version.
Win95 : 4.0.950
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Win98 : 4.1.1998
WinME : 4.5 (I don't know if there was a build no.)
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That's a great site... thanks!
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Did you mean NewspaperLinks? It's by the Newspaper Association of America, and includes links to sites all over the world.
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+1 interesting? +1 interesting? Funny maybe, but interesting? Where do I go to nominate this one for the CSM Hall of Fame??
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I can't resist... you want to turn the state's Internet connectivity over to the Mass. Turnpike Authority?
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I thought about that, but I disagree. First, I don't think most Americans vote with regard to the Congressional balance of power, whether for the House or the Senate (I may have a wrong impression coming from a small, rural Eastern state, but somehow I don't think so); we vote based primarily on how well the individual running will represent the interests of our state / district, as well as on general agreement with the proposed policies / promises of the candidates. I doubt that there are many people here whose thoughts would be "I was going to vote for the Republican, but I really don't want them to control the Senate." People who care enough about who controls the Senate to have that swing their vote were probably going to vote for the (to use my example) Democrat anyway.
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And yes, I am fully aware that this is in direct contrast to the (generally) European manner of representation, at least as I understand it, where people vote for their MP based on who they want chosen Prime Minister (yes, it's UK terminology, but I believe the principle holds for most of the other European democracies). I'll take our separation of powers and attendant potential for gridlock over the near-royal control Tony Blair appears to be gathering to his office any day.
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First, the "cast a vote free from the influence of network prognostication" issue is a red herring in the case of the 2002 election, as that only really affects Presidential elections. US networks generally voluntarily refrain from projecting the results from any given state until all or most polls in that state have closed, so particular Congressional races would probably not be affected by early projections.
.sig: be the majority of voters.
But generally, it is important to note that America essentially places no special restrictions on election reporting. With regard to Presidential elections, part of the issue is that the contiguous USA spans four time zones (UTC-5 thru UTC-9), with Alaska and Hawaii extending at least another couple of zones west. Each state (and in many cases lower levels of government) sets its own polling hours for the convenience of its citizens (usually closing c. 8 or 9 Pm local time), so the poll closings roll East to West. Since the Eastern part of the country holds enough electoral votes to elect a President, it is possible for the networks to project a winner before the most populous state (California) finishes voting. Bills to introduce a uniform poll closing time for Presidential elections have been introduced in Congress (notably following the 1980 election which was called for Reagan before 9 Pm EST (UTC -5)), but they have never passed. Florida was hit in the 2000 race by the fact that the western panhandle extends into the Central time zone, and the state had polls close an hour later in that (demographically very different from the southern part of the state) area... so the networks (which at that time were following a "most of the polls have closed" criterion) called the state while people were still voting in Pensacola.
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Inktomi gave up their general full-Web search years ago, in favor of selling embedded search services / software to Web site owners. If you look at their site, they also promote their expertise in the second-ickiest of Internet businesses: search engine placement. Yahoo has probably decided that the Inktomi search software is the best available for outright purchase, especially with their ad-placement programs in place.
Back in the day, Hotbot offered one-stop searching of affiliated sites like eLibrary that weren't indexed by the spider engines, similar (but moch broader than) Google's catalog search.
Nowadays, it appears (from personal experience a moment ago) to be a good place to go to be told "You need to download a standards-compliant browser to skin our site (with links to IE and Netscape) while browsing with Mozilla 1.2.1.
It may be different where you are, but under state law here, cable companies may NOT be given an exclusive franchise by the local municipality. Rather, it's simple economics that leads to most areas having only one system: very few places (think: Manhattan) have sufficent population density to support competing cable runs.
Anyplace there is an IBM mainframe. zSeries machines use a PC running OS/2 as a control box.
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It's not in Windows. NT prior to 2k had a 16-bit OS/2 API module and would run 16-bit OS/2 console programs, and there was actually a 32-bit Presentation Manager for NT available for purchase from Microsoft, but NTOSKRNL was an entirely new development.
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OTOH, what became Windows NT was originally intended to be OS/2 NT, but when OS/2 sold poorly and MS and IBM broke up, MS made Win32 rather than the OS/2 API the default persona for NT and the rest is history.
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Interesting... your cable companies itemize the cost of the modems on your bill? Mine (TW/RR) simply charges one flat rate which includes the cable modem (and up to 5 IPs, which will be useful when I build my house with CAT 5e prewired).
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Oh, I think Spyglass hated them... once they started giving out the product for free....
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If you don't understand this, try Help/About Internet Explorer in any Windows copy of IE....
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First, I believe that the $1M was a one-time donation, not an ongoing funding commitment.
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Second, if the economic bubble hadn't burst when it did (and the state Appropriations Committee had been a little bolder when the initial bill came through), the Gates Foundation wouldn't have had any ability to affect future spending: Gov. King's plan was to fund an endowment to the tune of $50 million that would have allowed the state to continue the laptop program off of the interest earned. That has been scaled back substantially (not least because the state is facing a deficit in excess of $500M), and at the moment it's an ongoing-expense program. The state website is at http://www.state.me.us/mlte/,
for those who are interested.
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Actually, it's an '@'... or it looks like one.
Boston has buses, subways, and commuter rail, all run by the T. For opposing viewpoints, take a look at ne.transportation[NNTP] [HTTP].
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If this product were under the GPL and on Sourceforge, then it would probably consist of nothing more than a manifesto and three screenshot prototype PNGs.
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You are wrong (sorry). Mozilla 1.0.x is the stable branch, which is only getting minor tweaks and bugfixes. Any other Mozilla 1.x number to date is essentially a milestone off of the trunk, with new features/toys. I have no idea if there is a "Mozilla 2.0 manifesto" yet, but I dop know that their stated intent has been that a .0 release brings with it a commitment of API stability until the next .0 release.