The Voodoo2 was a set of three graphics processing units (GPU) on a single board, made by 3dfx. It was released in February 1998 as a replacement for the original Voodoo Graphics chipset.
Do this, and you violate the EULA. It doesn't matter that MS may or may not have put this in purposefully. You violate their EULA, then MS gets you to install Vista on your box, and suddenly one day WGA blocks you from downloading a critical update...
I'm betting that day MS will tell anyone who did this will have to buy a whole 'nother, full version of Vista.
As several have commented on Slashdot before, MS also benefits from the discrediting of the ISO process in general. Then there are no "standards" just what MS makes, what MS wants, and no pesky people complaining about them not being standards compliant.
The United States have let a handful of mega-croporations totally wreck it's economy with the blessing of the government that was elected while pulling the wool over the electorate's eyes.
Bush was the loser of the popular election that brought him to power.
I'll grant you there's no built-in function for it, but I also can't conceive of a useful reason for doing so.
Converting a single bitmap image into a PDF is a grossly inefficient operation for no benefit.
(Where the file format can sensibly be exported to PDF, most open source software does provide it; eg Inkscape.)
Here is an example. Say you use pdftex. All your figures, even single bitmaps, must be in pdf format to be merged.
However, this is not an issue for the GIMP. You simply save them in encapsulated postscript format and run eps2pdf on them (and you can run them en-masse with a simple shell loop).
What if Microsoft did this? They hold many thousands of patents -- what if they said "You can use our patents for free in closed proprietary applications, but open source must pay." People would be screaming bloody murder. Software patents are wrong and should be abolished. The fact that a patent is held by a "good" or "less evil" company doesn't make software patents any less wrong.
Software patents are broken.
However, I don't remember anyone criticizing IBM when they said they would let Open Source use their patents for free and didn't say "everyone else in the world can too."
And making a comparison to Microsoft is just not right. Why? Because we all know what MS does. They patent something. Then they use their monopoly to try to force it on people, to gain control and lock out competition, in particular open source competition (OOXML anyone? Silverlight?). Open source doesn't do this.
If you want to issue a blanket license to anyone using GPL for $0.00, you can. Someone doesn't want to meet those terms for automatic license? Fine, they just have to pay you something else.
"It's reasonably easy to verify that the Creative card you're going to buy works on Linux (I've never used Creative's drivers since every PC I've ever owned has run Linux)."
BTW Creative decided to stop with open source Linux driver support. They won't even release the specs for X-Fi chips so people can write drivers for them.
When I was looking at buying an X-Fi, then went to their message boards and found that creative planned a binary-only driver, and many those who had been testing the releases found it to be unbelievably buggy, if they could get it to work at all.
At that point, Creative lost me as a customer. They used to be a big open source supporter. I'll stick with on-board sound. At least it works and I don't have to deal with a binary only driver.
You post blogs criticizing the police state the UK has become... hmmm how long does it take for you to become a "suspected" file sharer and lose your access?
These people don't speak for all Muslims, I'm sure.
There is no central Muslim religious structure.
I'm willing to bet these are some fringe groups.
I could say to these fringe groups "these pictures are not disrespectful, you live in the 21st century, get over it and learn some tolerance."
But I won't, because the real reason, I suspect, is for the leaders of these groups to try to gain power ("rally around the flag boys, and in the meantime get pissed off, and listen to me!"). History is rife with some few people who manipulate legitimate religion to try to gain power, Islam is no different.
The final excuse is "encryption slows the computer down too much."
Whether this is true or an excuse, depends upon the user's circumstances and need for security.
the keyboard is purposefully small (kid sized) so it wouldn't get stolen.
RMS, who has had crippling repetitive stress injuries in the past, should know better than to make a statement like this, let alone even use the XO for anything but experimentation.
In ancient times of the Israelites, if your brother died and left no children to his wife, you were supposed to have sex with her and impregnate her. It would not be considered your baby, but your dead brother's.
Today, if your brother died and he froze his semen, his wife could possibly be artificially inseminated. It would be his baby.
Of course they shouldn't. If someone is so brain damaged that they can't figure out that a SAW can hurt them, why shouldn't they suffer the consequences?
Have you ever USED a chainsaw?
Would you like to take the warning label off about kickback? You know, the unfortunate thing where the tip of the saw gets caught and kicks the saw upward into the body and/or face of the user if they don't know about it?
Maybe you should pay a little more attention to warning labels.
Slashdot Mirror
The Legislature writes. The executive carries out the law. The judicial branch interprets.
Any high schooler who takes american history knows this.
Oh yeah, that's right, Bush never studied.
WTH.... slashdot put this on the wrong story... My apologies.
I'm betting that day MS will tell anyone who did this will have to buy a whole 'nother, full version of Vista.
As several have commented on Slashdot before, MS also benefits from the discrediting of the ISO process in general. Then there are no "standards" just what MS makes, what MS wants, and no pesky people complaining about them not being standards compliant.
Bush was the loser of the popular election that brought him to power.
There are reasons to put a bitmap into PDF.
Here is an example. Say you use pdftex. All your figures, even single bitmaps, must be in pdf format to be merged.
However, this is not an issue for the GIMP. You simply save them in encapsulated postscript format and run eps2pdf on them (and you can run them en-masse with a simple shell loop).
Software patents are broken.
However, I don't remember anyone criticizing IBM when they said they would let Open Source use their patents for free and didn't say "everyone else in the world can too."
And making a comparison to Microsoft is just not right. Why? Because we all know what MS does. They patent something. Then they use their monopoly to try to force it on people, to gain control and lock out competition, in particular open source competition (OOXML anyone? Silverlight?). Open source doesn't do this.
If you want to issue a blanket license to anyone using GPL for $0.00, you can. Someone doesn't want to meet those terms for automatic license? Fine, they just have to pay you something else.
From a legal perspective its fine (IANAL).
Software patents are still broken though.
"It's reasonably easy to verify that the Creative card you're going to buy works on Linux (I've never used Creative's drivers since every PC I've ever owned has run Linux)." BTW Creative decided to stop with open source Linux driver support. They won't even release the specs for X-Fi chips so people can write drivers for them. When I was looking at buying an X-Fi, then went to their message boards and found that creative planned a binary-only driver, and many those who had been testing the releases found it to be unbelievably buggy, if they could get it to work at all. At that point, Creative lost me as a customer. They used to be a big open source supporter. I'll stick with on-board sound. At least it works and I don't have to deal with a binary only driver.
So of course they want to interoperate with Microsoft.
And MS seems to be the only ones being a problem here.
I took &fmt=6 from the dog video and it was lower rezzed.
Before Gonzalez erhhhmmm "retired" he tried to introduce a "copyright reform" bill. In it was a specific clause that required DHS to work RIAA.
Nullset data wouldn't be more concentrated on the fabric, indeed the fabric's natural smell should mean there would be no nullset.
I wonder if UV rays from the sun put free radicals on the surfaces of the suit, and those combine with the atmosphere to produce the smell.
You post blogs criticizing the police state the UK has become... hmmm how long does it take for you to become a "suspected" file sharer and lose your access?
"What are you waiting for man? Open it!"
These people don't speak for all Muslims, I'm sure.
There is no central Muslim religious structure.
I'm willing to bet these are some fringe groups.
I could say to these fringe groups "these pictures are not disrespectful, you live in the 21st century, get over it and learn some tolerance."
But I won't, because the real reason, I suspect, is for the leaders of these groups to try to gain power ("rally around the flag boys, and in the meantime get pissed off, and listen to me!"). History is rife with some few people who manipulate legitimate religion to try to gain power, Islam is no different.
Does it say part of the government's duties is to "monitor all the communication and interaction?"
This is the real reason the FCC ordered analog tv scrapped: so they could sell the bandwidth.
The final excuse is "encryption slows the computer down too much." Whether this is true or an excuse, depends upon the user's circumstances and need for security.
RMS, who has had crippling repetitive stress injuries in the past, should know better than to make a statement like this, let alone even use the XO for anything but experimentation.
While this is all well and good for Tivo, what does it mean for MythTV?
In ancient times of the Israelites, if your brother died and left no children to his wife, you were supposed to have sex with her and impregnate her. It would not be considered your baby, but your dead brother's.
Today, if your brother died and he froze his semen, his wife could possibly be artificially inseminated. It would be his baby.
Which is more dignified?
As I understood it, TPB was not illegal in Sweden. What's changed? Political pressure from the US?
Have you ever USED a chainsaw?
Would you like to take the warning label off about kickback? You know, the unfortunate thing where the tip of the saw gets caught and kicks the saw upward into the body and/or face of the user if they don't know about it?
Maybe you should pay a little more attention to warning labels.