GZIP is used a lot of closed-source software. A few months ago there was a vulnerability that allowed arbitrary code to be run. Winamp released a new version and Windows XP had a patch. So it seems that everyone has basically said that GZIP is in their software. And it probably not illegal because other commenters have said that the GZIP license is really flexible.
Oh, come on. I'm a leftist liberal but stop it with the cheap shots at Bush. Please. This is a tech website discussing a frickin' VIDEO GAME RELEASE!!! Why is this being brought up and modded so high? Save it for poliforum or something.
I don't know why the parent post was rated so high. Granted you shouldn't buy the first of *some* things, like a kernel or click of death ZIP drive. But why shouldn't you buy the first type of a computer? All the parts are basically off-the-shelf, tested components running a tested OS. You shouldn't be the *first* to buy technology, though, because it tends to be overpriced.
Basically this is similar to used cars. The difference between "highway" and "local" miles is that the latter involves more wear and tear per mile than the former. Computers go through less starts and stops and the accompanying electrical surges. There aren't idiots walking into the room and turning on a laser printer and causing an electrical surge, either just like there aren't potholes on the highway.
So you walk into a store and all the clerks swarm towards you. It may be discrimination. Or maybe you are really hot and they are interested in you. In this case, their behavior is just digusting instead of *disgusting*. So, what is it? Post a pic!
Don't worry. The Linux people will hack this and allow authentication of everything in software. And then we will all be able to be sure that all pictures taken by a digital camera are unedited. Ahem.
A de-orbit burn and a boosting burn are not identical because you don't expect to use the HST for space exploration after the de-orbiting burn. The pollution from a rocket may be enough to ruin the results or limit the telescope's sensitivity. Clearly it's possible to get close enough to work with the HST (because the shuttle can do it) but this might be harder to do with a unmanned rocket that ostensibly cannot be human-guided.
Microsoft has a proven propensity to intentionally disable the software of other companies by leveraging their monopoly. In the olden days when Excel wasn't yet THE standard, the DOS team had a slogan that "DOS wasn't done until Lotus won't run." This is at once perfectly rational yet totally reprehensible conduct.
Copper oxidizes pretty quickly, as was mentioned in a previous post. The heat probably doesn't help things. That green patina thing isn't really something you want on your CPU, is it?
You can't just drive regular tankers over there. This is an active warzone and you need to back them up with mechanized tanks and machinery. These also consume fuel and require personnel. These costs go up really fast and account for high prices.
The plans for Apollo are now all gone. There were no computers at the time, so the plans for all the parts built by all the contractors and sub-contractors are all gone. We cannot rebuild Apollo again.
But we wouldn't want to, anyway, because there are new technologies available that we *might* want to integrate. But when we do so, the entire launch craft has to be man-rated, which is very difficult.
Lastly, the entire project to the moon (Apollo II) might encompass a larger scope this time. Perhaps it would entail the establishment of a moonbase for making fuel for the Mars launch? Who knows? Sixteen years may sound long--and it is!--but we might actually be getting our dollars' worth.
Maintaining a large scale space program is perhaps the best way to guarantee a populace of intelligent workers. The space race of the sixties put the US on the pinnacle of ICBM technology. A new space exploration project would cause, presumably, many children to enter the sciences. It is this development that is important.
Who would use liquid hydrogen as a coolant? Well, people who design space planes have proposed running liquid hydrogen through leading-edge surfaces to warm up the liquid hydrogen, cool the wing, and then burn the gaseous hydrogen in the rocket engine.
Let's assume that ATI has to pay ten dollars to settle the lawsuit. This may seem inadequate, but think about the margins in the computer business for OEM suppliers. This may cost them enough money to just tell the truth.
The lawyers are making a windfall, it seems, in class actions, but without them, no one gets anything. It is a fundamental issue with class actions.
AZT was not created by any company trying to cure AIDS. Rather, the NIH created the compound as a chemotherapeutic agent for cancer. It was deemed too dangerous for the purpose (cost/benefit) and was later used as a blockbuster treatment for AIDS/HIV. Of course, why a private company holds the patent is beyond me.
Telomeres regulate the age of chromosomes. Animals cloned from adults exhibit signs of advanced aging prematurely. There are transcription factors and the like in the host "egg" that are not being compensated for. Cloning healthy animals from adults may be harder than it seems.
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Imagine:
Girlfriend: Hey, that was the quickest, most painless vaccination ever....
YOU: >> Hang head in shame Let me check my spam log for that e-mail....
When's spam when you need it?
What the hell are the mods doing? The parent should have been modded "Informative".
And hell, let's Slashdot the front page anyway!
GZIP is used a lot of closed-source software. A few months ago there was a vulnerability that allowed arbitrary code to be run. Winamp released a new version and Windows XP had a patch. So it seems that everyone has basically said that GZIP is in their software. And it probably not illegal because other commenters have said that the GZIP license is really flexible.
How about quantum state data transmission, which is instaneous?
The Bit Torrent is sucking up 70 kb/s of my frickin' upload bandwith, so don't complain. I can hardly play online or run my server.
Oh, come on. I'm a leftist liberal but stop it with the cheap shots at Bush. Please. This is a tech website discussing a frickin' VIDEO GAME RELEASE!!! Why is this being brought up and modded so high? Save it for poliforum or something.
Why make torrents? Well, just in case the original tracker gets, uh, Slashdotted?
I don't know why the parent post was rated so high. Granted you shouldn't buy the first of *some* things, like a kernel or click of death ZIP drive. But why shouldn't you buy the first type of a computer? All the parts are basically off-the-shelf, tested components running a tested OS. You shouldn't be the *first* to buy technology, though, because it tends to be overpriced.
Basically this is similar to used cars. The difference between "highway" and "local" miles is that the latter involves more wear and tear per mile than the former. Computers go through less starts and stops and the accompanying electrical surges. There aren't idiots walking into the room and turning on a laser printer and causing an electrical surge, either just like there aren't potholes on the highway.
So you walk into a store and all the clerks swarm towards you. It may be discrimination. Or maybe you are really hot and they are interested in you. In this case, their behavior is just digusting instead of *disgusting*. So, what is it? Post a pic!
Your comment wasn't Insightful either. Everytime someone posts a SCO joke someone posts a comment about how not funny it is. Stop it!
Don't worry. The Linux people will hack this and allow authentication of everything in software. And then we will all be able to be sure that all pictures taken by a digital camera are unedited. Ahem.
A de-orbit burn and a boosting burn are not identical because you don't expect to use the HST for space exploration after the de-orbiting burn. The pollution from a rocket may be enough to ruin the results or limit the telescope's sensitivity. Clearly it's possible to get close enough to work with the HST (because the shuttle can do it) but this might be harder to do with a unmanned rocket that ostensibly cannot be human-guided.
Microsoft has a proven propensity to intentionally disable the software of other companies by leveraging their monopoly. In the olden days when Excel wasn't yet THE standard, the DOS team had a slogan that "DOS wasn't done until Lotus won't run." This is at once perfectly rational yet totally reprehensible conduct.
Hmm...
Copper oxidizes pretty quickly, as was mentioned in a previous post. The heat probably doesn't help things. That green patina thing isn't really something you want on your CPU, is it?
You can't just drive regular tankers over there. This is an active warzone and you need to back them up with mechanized tanks and machinery. These also consume fuel and require personnel. These costs go up really fast and account for high prices.
The plans for Apollo are now all gone. There were no computers at the time, so the plans for all the parts built by all the contractors and sub-contractors are all gone. We cannot rebuild Apollo again.
But we wouldn't want to, anyway, because there are new technologies available that we *might* want to integrate. But when we do so, the entire launch craft has to be man-rated, which is very difficult.
Lastly, the entire project to the moon (Apollo II) might encompass a larger scope this time. Perhaps it would entail the establishment of a moonbase for making fuel for the Mars launch? Who knows? Sixteen years may sound long--and it is!--but we might actually be getting our dollars' worth.
Maintaining a large scale space program is perhaps the best way to guarantee a populace of intelligent workers. The space race of the sixties put the US on the pinnacle of ICBM technology. A new space exploration project would cause, presumably, many children to enter the sciences. It is this development that is important.
Well, the cost of weight loss programs for the 1.7 child isn't much lower than the medical expenses of the 0.9 child.
Who would use liquid hydrogen as a coolant? Well, people who design space planes have proposed running liquid hydrogen through leading-edge surfaces to warm up the liquid hydrogen, cool the wing, and then burn the gaseous hydrogen in the rocket engine.
An aside, but hopefully an interesting one.
Let's assume that ATI has to pay ten dollars to settle the lawsuit. This may seem inadequate, but think about the margins in the computer business for OEM suppliers. This may cost them enough money to just tell the truth.
The lawyers are making a windfall, it seems, in class actions, but without them, no one gets anything. It is a fundamental issue with class actions.
AZT was not created by any company trying to cure AIDS. Rather, the NIH created the compound as a chemotherapeutic agent for cancer. It was deemed too dangerous for the purpose (cost/benefit) and was later used as a blockbuster treatment for AIDS/HIV. Of course, why a private company holds the patent is beyond me.
I think this was a joke. Why is it modded as Insightful? Can we mod the moderator as "Funny" during metamodding?
Telomeres regulate the age of chromosomes. Animals cloned from adults exhibit signs of advanced aging prematurely. There are transcription factors and the like in the host "egg" that are not being compensated for. Cloning healthy animals from adults may be harder than it seems.