From the article: Interested parties, the public at large and Member States are invited to comment until 15 December 2000 on the basis of this consultation paper.
Most/. readers work with free software in one way or another; therefore we are interested parties. So where do we add our comments? I saw no "Reply" button or anything on the page.
Workaround: It is possible for BIOS code to contain a workaround for this erratum.
The FDIV (floating-point divide) bug in the first run of Pentium processors was due to five errors in a lookup table for division. Unless this technology allows for updates to the ALU's lookup tables, "Houston, we have a problem."
Let's see... Intel has "updatable microcode," but Transmeta has "updatable microcode and a commit/rollback register structure."
But then again, the old Z80 processor also had a potentially commit/rollback register structure. However, <IANAL>patent law states that to invalidate a patent claim based on prior art, all parts of a claim must be referenced in one item of prior art, or that combining them must be obvious to anybody skilled in the art.</IANAL>
And processors are usually categorized by bits per instruction.
RISC processors, perhaps. But CISC architectures such as x86, on the other hand, tend to have variable-length instructions. Some x86 instructions can be up to 17 bytes; does that make x86 a 136-bit architecture?
The code-morphing software is loaded at boot time by the BIOS and then the "door is closed" so that no other changes can occur until the system is reset.
The old 286 CPU had a similar limitation: the CPU couldn't be switched from protected mode (to access extended memory) back to real mode (to call DOS) without a reset. So the 286 mobo designers put a special reset function into the keyboard controller that reset the CPU in such a way that it left protected mode without causing too much damage. Perhaps a similar technique could open the doors for Crusoe to load in instruction sets dynamically.
A good lawyer can take down any published set of servers.
The game then becomes whack-a-mole. If the server software is freely available (even beer!), it _will_ be in warez archives, and other servers _will_ pop up. Think Hotline.
Google takes at least a month to find and cache new Web pages. Even then, it won't assign them a relevance ranking until they've been linked by another ranked site (the rankings root is www.yahoo.com).
PlayStation II is simply a misspelling of PlayStation 2 that avoids "PS2 == PS/2" jokes. Whenever the PlayStation 2 is called the PS2, somebody inevitably compares it to the IBM PS/2 computer.
Figuring out "which CPU" by looking at the hex was easy on NES (dump Mario Bros.'s program and see 0xA9 (lda) everywhere). It'll be a lot harder on Furby because the ROM can't be dumped; it's in the same black blob.
The Java class loader has to make sure that the stream of bytecode is valid Java bytecode (no illegal instructions, no stack underflows or overflows, etc.) for security reasons.
you're just not allowed to make your own one based on Sun's implementation
A Java platform compatible environment, with all the class libraries, would AFAIK have more lines of code than the Linux kernel.
you're not allowed to call it 'Java' without paying Sun a lot of money for a license
Free software reimplementations of the UNIX platform are called POSIX standard compliant systems. What will free software reimplementations of the Java platform be called?
Because my clients need a rock-soild[sic], easy to use, fast, compliant, stable, free browser for our Internet/Intranet applications. That's IE 5.
IE 5 is only "rock-solid, etc." if you run it on a Macintosh system. Mozilla is already somewhat more compliant than IE 5 for Windows and has nearly surpassed it in the stability department. Plus, it's both free and Free.
THE main reason is all Unix GUIs suck arse compared to Win/Mac
This is why UNIX systems and similar systems come with development tools: so you can write your own GUI if need be. Have you tried GNOME or KDE lately?
Not to mention an OS where you can log in remotely and its like your in front of the machine without a hideous lag of 'move mouse'...'wait for screen to catch up'...'click on icon'...'wait for screen to repaint new window'...'move mouse'...
Remote graphical login is now in the hands of lowly Windows 9x users with Back Orifice 2000, released by CDC under GNU GPL. If Back Orifice 2000 is a digital crime tool, then so is PCAnywhere.
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some of my vinyl is way better
Vinyl sounds "warmer" because...
If there were a /. topic for funny pictures of Bill Gates
It would be called Quickies.
From the article: Interested parties, the public at large and Member States are invited to comment until 15 December 2000 on the basis of this consultation paper.
Most /. readers work with free software in one way or another; therefore we are interested parties. So where do we add our comments? I saw no "Reply" button or anything on the page.
Workaround: It is possible for BIOS code to contain a workaround for this erratum.
The FDIV (floating-point divide) bug in the first run of Pentium processors was due to five errors in a lookup table for division. Unless this technology allows for updates to the ALU's lookup tables, "Houston, we have a problem."
Let's see... Intel has "updatable microcode," but Transmeta has "updatable microcode and a commit/rollback register structure."
But then again, the old Z80 processor also had a potentially commit/rollback register structure. However, <IANAL>patent law states that to invalidate a patent claim based on prior art, all parts of a claim must be referenced in one item of prior art, or that combining them must be obvious to anybody skilled in the art.</IANAL>
And processors are usually categorized by bits per instruction.
RISC processors, perhaps. But CISC architectures such as x86, on the other hand, tend to have variable-length instructions. Some x86 instructions can be up to 17 bytes; does that make x86 a 136-bit architecture?
It's data bus width.
The code-morphing software is loaded at boot time by the BIOS and then the "door is closed" so that no other changes can occur until the system is reset.
The old 286 CPU had a similar limitation: the CPU couldn't be switched from protected mode (to access extended memory) back to real mode (to call DOS) without a reset. So the 286 mobo designers put a special reset function into the keyboard controller that reset the CPU in such a way that it left protected mode without causing too much damage. Perhaps a similar technique could open the doors for Crusoe to load in instruction sets dynamically.
A good lawyer can take down any published set of servers.
The game then becomes whack-a-mole. If the server software is freely available (even beer!), it _will_ be in warez archives, and other servers _will_ pop up. Think Hotline.
How are they a monopoly? i can get high speed access from a variety of places.
- Dialup? Expect 50 kilobits per second down and 28 kilobits per second up. Not good if you're downloading distributions of Debian GNU/Linux.
- Cable? The cable company has a municipally-supported monopoly on cable and has every right to sign an exclusive contract with @Home.
- DSL? The telco has a municipally-supported monopoly on telephone lines and may not have a switch within 12,000 feet of your location.
- T1? Yeah, <sarcasm>like a user has $1000 a month to burn.</sarcasm>
Anything I missed?Google takes at least a month to find and cache new Web pages. Even then, it won't assign them a relevance ranking until they've been linked by another ranked site (the rankings root is www.yahoo.com).
And how is this wrong?
PlayStation II is simply a misspelling of PlayStation 2 that avoids "PS2 == PS/2" jokes. Whenever the PlayStation 2 is called the PS2, somebody inevitably compares it to the IBM PS/2 computer.
The Napster architecture, while introducing a single point of failure (at least from a legal standpoint)
Napster's centralized server is not a centralized point of failure thanks to OpenNap.
Who would run DOS 9.0? After the version numbers get so high it just gets annoying.
Mac OS is up to X by now, in Roman numerals even. This isn't annoying but rather quite seXy IMHO.
Figuring out "which CPU" by looking at the hex was easy on NES (dump Mario Bros.'s program and see 0xA9 (lda) everywhere). It'll be a lot harder on Furby because the ROM can't be dumped; it's in the same black blob.
The Java class loader has to make sure that the stream of bytecode is valid Java bytecode (no illegal instructions, no stack underflows or overflows, etc.) for security reasons.
you're just not allowed to make your own one based on Sun's implementation
A Java platform compatible environment, with all the class libraries, would AFAIK have more lines of code than the Linux kernel.
you're not allowed to call it 'Java' without paying Sun a lot of money for a license
Free software reimplementations of the UNIX platform are called POSIX standard compliant systems. What will free software reimplementations of the Java platform be called?
There's no way that a current PC is going to be emulating a PS2
1. I didn't say PS2 (PlayStation 2). I said PS/2 (IBM Personal System/2).
at anything approaching playable speeds in the near future
Most PC games designed to run at PS/2 CPU clock speeds are already unplayable; this is why I suggested MoSlo.
not as good as first sex (with Natalie Portman - ah the innocent virgin)
Hey trolls -- mentioning Natalie Portman here is counterproductive. Not only are they Offtopic and Redundant, but Natalie Portman works for an MPAA studio.
Regardless, why is it the obligation of the accused to remove the content until proven innocent?
(IANAL) If an ISP deletes potentially infringing content first and asks questions later, DMCA says it's 100% immune to liability.
This seems somewhat backwards to me...
So does the rest of DMCA.
Google has your mirror right here.
If a machine can do PC games, it can probably also do PS/2 games with something like MoSlo.
Because my clients need a rock-soild[sic], easy to use, fast, compliant, stable, free browser for our Internet/Intranet applications. That's IE 5.
IE 5 is only "rock-solid, etc." if you run it on a Macintosh system. Mozilla is already somewhat more compliant than IE 5 for Windows and has nearly surpassed it in the stability department. Plus, it's both free and Free.
THE main reason is all Unix GUIs suck arse compared to Win/Mac
This is why UNIX systems and similar systems come with development tools: so you can write your own GUI if need be. Have you tried GNOME or KDE lately?
Not to mention an OS where you can log in remotely and its like your in front of the machine without a hideous lag of 'move mouse'...'wait for screen to catch up'...'click on icon'...'wait for screen to repaint new window'...'move mouse'...
Remote graphical login is now in the hands of lowly Windows 9x users with Back Orifice 2000, released by CDC under GNU GPL. If Back Orifice 2000 is a digital crime tool, then so is PCAnywhere.