Slashdot Mirror


User: jps25

jps25's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
96
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 96

  1. Isopropanol on FDA Approves Self-Sanitizing Keyboard · · Score: 2

    Just buy some 99.9% pure isopropanol and some distilled water. 5L cost like 10-15EUR here and last a long time.
    Then submerge the keyboard or spray it with a 70-80% isopropanol/distilled water solution and let it dry.

  2. Re:Any 64-bit ints in C++? on ISO Updates C Standard · · Score: 1

    From the C++11 standard:

    The contents of header <cinttypes> are the same as the Standard C Library header <inttypes.h>, with
    the following changes:
    - the header <cinttypes> includes the header <cstdint> instead of <stdint.h>, and
    - if and only if the type intmax_t designates an extended integer type (3.9.1), the following function
    signatures are added:
    intmax_t abs(intmax_t);
    imaxdiv_t div(intmax_t, intmax_t);
    which shall have the same semantics as the function signatures intmax_t imaxabs(intmax_t) and
    imaxdiv_t imaxdiv(intmax_t, intmax_t), respectively.

  3. Re:Turing is way overrated. on Leonardo DiCaprio To Play Alan Turing? · · Score: 0

    Couldn't agree with you more. Turing is extremely overrated.

  4. How well does it work for scientific books? on So Far, More Than 50,000 Kindle Fire Pre-Orders Per Day · · Score: 2

    I'm curious about the Kindle but some reviews I've read on amazon claim that its display size and its weak zoom function make it useless for typical university books (mathematics, computer science).
    I have no first-hand experience, so could someone here enlighten me whether it's a viable alternative to paper?

  5. Re:Bloody well done. on Magical Chinese Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    What's terrible about the Sansa OS?
    I have a Sansa Clip+ and see no reason why I should switch to Rockbox or why you claim that it's better.

  6. Re:Broadband != Speed on 68% of US Broadband Connections Aren't Broadband · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Aha, words mean what people want them to mean.

    No, they don't. Words mean what they mean. Ignorance doesn't change that.

  7. Re:What is the point? on New York Judge Rules 6-Year-Old Can Be Sued · · Score: 2, Informative

    Maybe, just maybe, you should specify which country you live in, not which continent.
    I live in Germany, and you can do fuck all to a 6 year old. A 6 year old could throw in your window and nobody, not the kid nor the parents would have to pay.

  8. Re:where's the beef? on Opera 10.60 Released, With Faster JS, WebM Video Support · · Score: 3, Informative

    Oh ffs.

    "Even when Turbo is enabled, encrypted traffic does not go through our compression servers. This means that when you are on a SSL site, we bypass these traffic and let you communicate with the SSL site directly."

  9. Re:Screw Skype.. on Skype Releases Open SDK · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Because there's no alternative to videocalls between OS X / Linux / Windows.

  10. Re:They need something to do on FAA Says No More Minesweeper Or Solitaire In Cockpit · · Score: 2, Informative

    Not only have autopilots worked incredibly well in the past, with a high success rate, but the idea is to keep Pilots awake by letting them exercise their mind while in flight.

    They've also caused accidents, but hey, who cares about facts, eh?

    When was the last time we had an airliner NOT get people safely to its destination based solely on a Pilot being distracted?

    Do you honestly want examples?
    1994: Aeroflot Flight 593
    1987: Northwest Airlines Flight 255
    There are plenty more, but the Northwest Flight 255 is a nice example. They were already way too distracted before take-off that they completely fucked it up and killed 156 people. 154 of 156 passengers on board and 2 on ground were killed.

    They're getting paid to be responsible, alert and to fly the plane, not play minesweeper.

  11. Re:"the end" "continues"? on The End of the 3.5-inch Floppy Continues · · Score: 1

    I have a MSI board which requires a floppy with DOS on it. Unfortunately I don't have a functioning floppy drive (I have an internal usb card-reader/floppy combo, but only the card-reader works).
    In order to flash the BIOS though all that's needed is a CD with FreeDOS and a usb-stick with the new BIOS.

  12. Re:"the end" "continues"? on The End of the 3.5-inch Floppy Continues · · Score: 1

    I've made two of those pencil holders.
    They're pretty awesome.

  13. Re:What aboout Avidemux? on VLC Team Announces Video Editor In the Works · · Score: 3, Informative

    This has to do with errors in the broadcast you don't notice when watching.

    To fix it you have to first clean the stream.

    1. projectx to clean it. It's a nice little java program. Just start the GUI, open your file and choose quickstart. You can use the CLI as well
    2. mplex -f 8 -o output.mpeg2 input.m2v input.mp2
    3. manipulate output.mpeg2 with avidemux.

    I've recorded hundreds of documentaries and shows (DVB-S mpeg2-ts), never had sync issues after doing this.

  14. Re:Proposition on Busybox Developer Responds To Andersen-SFLC Lawsuits · · Score: 1

    Okay let me give you an example.
    A small PC shop starts to offer PCs with Ubuntu pre installed. Ubuntu makes the source available but that doesn't seem good enough. So the small shop has to offer the source as well?

    Yes, or a written offer valid for at least 3 years to provide the source used.
    They can charge for that, but not more than the actual physical distribution costs.

    Let me give you an example.
    I have a Kathrein Twin-DVB-S receiver.
    It uses Linux, Busybox and a few other GPLed and LGPLed programs.
    They don't ship it with the source and they don't host it on their site, but in order to comply with the GPL there's a written offer, valid for 3 years after the last unit sold, to provide the source on a physical medium (probably a CD).
    They also state that they'll charge for the medium+time+shipping. This is in accordance with section 3b) of the GPL v2.

    They must take the time to keep the latest source available? Sure nobody will probably ever ask them but they would have the legal requirement to do so.

    No, not the latest source. Just the source that was used.

    If I give somebody a PC with Ubuntu on it to help them out I am now distributing LINUX and must provide them with info on how I will give it to them?
    Or a User group handing out Fedora CDs?

    Yes, though I think section 3c) of the GPL v2 applies, which states:
    Accompany it with the information you received as to the offer to distribute corresponding source code. (This alternative is allowed only for noncommercial distribution and only if you received the program in object code or executable form with such an offer, in accord with Subsection b above.)

    What you see as so clear from a business point of view is full of peril.
    I was thinking of offering a disk of Good FOSS to our customers free of charge but now it looks as if I would have to host source repositories to keep it legal.

    No, you wouldn't have to host source repositories.
    You could. But you could also just give them a piece of paper stating that you'll provide the source used for three years if requested.
    Though with the cost of dvd-r's these days, I'd think that it'd be easier to just put a source directory on the dvd and put the tarballs in there.

  15. Re:Proposition on Busybox Developer Responds To Andersen-SFLC Lawsuits · · Score: 1

    If the source for the GPL software is unmodified and freely available from other sources why should the vendor have to duplicate it's availability?

    You might as well ask why someone else should provide the source (and pay for its availability) if you distribute something.
    What if the original source provider doesn't exist anymore?
    It's really simple, if you use GPLed code, you provide the source.
    It doesn't even cost you anything since you can charge for it.

  16. Re:To back up parent..... on SFLC Sues 14 Companies For BusyBox GPL Violations · · Score: 1

    From the GPL FAQ:

    Does the GPL allow me to charge a fee for downloading the program from my site?

            Yes. You can charge any fee you wish for distributing a copy of the program. If you distribute binaries by download, you must provide “equivalent access” to download the source—therefore, the fee to download source may not be greater than the fee to download the binary.

    It looks to me that I can charge $1,000,000 for my GPL software and charge another $1,000,000 for the source.

    Not exactly. The FAQ answer isn't as specific as the GPL(v2) itself, which states under section 3 b)

    Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or,

    which means to me that while you can charge a million for the software you can hardly charge that much for the source distribution.
    Of course IANAL.

  17. Re:This might be.. on Skype Founders File Copyright Suit Against eBay · · Score: 1

    Sadly, there isn't one currently.
    Ekiga, Gizmo5 and so on do not support VOIP+webcam on Windows, Linux and Mac.

  18. Re:Bloody difficult. on How To Prove Someone Is Female? · · Score: 1

    I know I'm late to the game, but, uh, you're an idiot.
    I don't care to google all that much, but here are a couple names you might want to check up on:
    Renne Richards
    Balian Buschbaum
    Michelle Dumaresq
    Parinya Charoenphol

  19. Re:The Fucked Over Generation on Student Sues University Because She's Unemployable · · Score: 1

    a 2.7 GPA is barely passing. How the hell can you get modded up? Who gives a shit how much she spent? Should have worked harder then.
    Willing to work? Well, work for McDonalds then, you bloody cunt.

  20. Re:Erasure Device? on Reporters Find US Gov't Data In Ghana Market · · Score: 2, Informative
  21. Re:Opera enforcing the LGPL? on Google Chrome's Inclusion of FFMpeg Vs. the LGPL · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Yes, I saw what you wrote and may I quote your trollish behaviour?

    http://lists.whatwg.org/htdig.cgi/whatwg-whatwg.org/2009-June/020215.html

    I question the relevance to HTML5 of someone from a completely
    proprietary software company closely questioning a direct competitor
    on their conformance to the GPL.

    Yea, you're not a troll at all.

  22. Re:Opera enforcing the LGPL? on Google Chrome's Inclusion of FFMpeg Vs. the LGPL · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Have you even read any of the messages on the mailing list?
    Hakon is simply asking for their interpretation of the LGPL. He even says that he's not a lawyer and understands the LGPL in a different way, the way he's been trained, a spec guy. Icaza says that he's just as confused as Hakon.
    How are his questions offtopic?

    I think you're quite trollish.

  23. Re:Germany 0.9% for the Pirates on Pirate Party Wins At Least One European Parliament Seat · · Score: 2, Informative

    If we want to be absolutely accurate then it is yearly:
    0.85EUR per vote up to 4 million votes
    0.70EUR per vote for any additional votes
    0.38EUR per EUR, which the party got through membership fees or donations or member of parliament fee, but only up to 3.300EUR per natural person are considered.

    The total may not exceed the sum of:
    membership fees
    member of parliament fee or similar fees
    donations of natural persons
    donations of juristic persons
    income of corporate activities and investments
    income of other assets
    income of events, distribution of brochures and publications and other income-related activities

    It's all in paragraphs 18(3) PartG, 18(4) PartG, 18(5) PartG and 24(4)(Nr.1-7) PartG.

  24. Re:German results on Pirate Party Wins At Least One European Parliament Seat · · Score: 1

    Apparently you do not understand the reasoning for this rule. It had nothing to do with extremist parties. Absolutely nothing.
    Perhaps you should pick up a few books on the Weimar Republic and why it failed.
    The NSDAP wouldn't have had a problem with the 5% by the way. Really, a couple of history books wouldn't hurt you at all.
    It's unbelievable that your original comment was modded informative.

  25. Re:Germany 0.9% for the Pirates on Pirate Party Wins At Least One European Parliament Seat · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's actually 0.85EUR per vote up to 4 million votes, and 0.70EUR per vote for any additional votes. Check paragraph 18 PartG