Sure, it would help the rest of the net if they weren't spreading the worm, but since when has M$ considered the well-being of the internet their responsibility?
One thing to point out is that the agents called and said they wanted to speak with the student, but it doesn't appear they ever arrested him. That means he could have told them that he wasn't interested in meeting with them, or he could have walked out of the room at any time. He also could have at any time brought in a lawyer.
You obviously have limited dealings with law enforcement, especially Federal law enforcement. I have dealt with cops from campus police, local police, state police, and Federal.
Police do not respect your rights. They don't see it as their job to. After reading you "your rights" they will do little things to trick you into speaking. Even if you have requested a lawyer. Everyone knows about the "good cop/bad cop" game that they play. How about this one. They will ask you if the handcuffs are too tight. They will ask you if you need anything. They will say anything to you to keep words flowing from your mouth. As any salesman will tell you, keeping people talking is the key to getting what you want from them.
So to directly address your point, he may have been "technically" free to leave or request a lawyer, police are trained in methods to circumvent your rights. I'm sure he didn't feel as if he was free to do either of those things without repercussions.
Rambus believes that RDRAM was not the success it should have been because chip makers did not want to pay their royalties.
Well, they're probably right. They thought that they could corner the market and be the only show in town. They were wrong, people opted not to pay their royalties when their patent frenzy failed.
Companies chose to go with technologies that didn't include the Rambus tax. Tough shit for them. Live with it.
I suspect that these people were modded down because someone has a vendatta against them. About 2 years ago I was subjected to a mod-bomb attack. It took me nearly a year to recover from it and ever since then I have not been able to get Mod points.
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all GG had going for it were a color screen and a power-hungry backlight.
So in other words, all it had going for it was "better graphics".
The GG also had a better speaker. At its introduction it had a HUGE library of games available. It could play every Sega Master System game with an adapter.
Even so, Nintendo wiped the flood with Sega in the handheld market.
Sega's Nomad was a portable Genesis, the GB kicked its ass too.
They beat Sega, Atari, NEC and SNK in the handheld market. They're in the process of killing Nokia. Sony is wasting their money developing such a product.
I guess I should have been clearer, the man's belief was that his executables would be smaller and faster if he got rid of all whitespace and comments.
On the server side, I'd say that correctness and clarity are even more important. I guess it's all a matter of opinion as to where the "sweet spot" is, but most programming involves finding the right balance between speed and clarity.
If you're in a situation where you need the servers to process large amounts of data, you're most likely in a position to be able to justify the expense of throwing better hardware at the problem.
1. Is that your sig or is that part of your comment? If it is part of your comment, please explain why it would give me a whole new view on performance. If it's your sig, then spooky how it was related to the topic.
Take a look at the site he's talking about. It looks like he just made it. Most of the links take you to pages that say "Section to be available soon."
One of my C++ instructors told us a story about one of his former coworkers who used to go through his programs and delete ALL whitespace from the code because he thought it would make the programs smaller and faster.
You know you *dont* have to pay for Mandrake Club and download the free isos which are exactly what they offer in their premium versions ( minus the commercial packages of course )
That's exactly what I do. I have downloaded 10 Community, but I'm still running 9.0 on my mail server. Since I have just about everything set up the way I like it, I don't see any need to go to the next version.
If they're talking $5 per month for the distro and Red Hat support, then I think it could be worth the price. If it's just a monthly license, well then I say to hell with that.
I'm a Mandrake user, but I'm NOT going to pay more for it than I do for Windows. Joining the Mandrake Club would mean doing just that. I would never pay a monthly license fee to use software. That's idiotic.
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I run XP unpatched with no Antivirus and no problems.
You sound like the people in the porn industry who try to justify having sex without condoms.
If you have no antivirus software, how can you be so sure that there are no viruses?
LK
Sure, it would help the rest of the net if they weren't spreading the worm, but since when has M$ considered the well-being of the internet their responsibility?
Since when is it their responsibility?
LK
POST A LINK MAN!
Please. I don't need it, but I'd download it.
LK
Besides, if I owned Microsoft I wouldn't really want to give these people yet another reason to switch over to Linux.
Then you'd probably drive it into the ground. You should be more concerned with the people who actually BOUGHT your product.
LK
One thing to point out is that the agents called and said they wanted to speak with the student, but it doesn't appear they ever arrested him. That means he could have told them that he wasn't interested in meeting with them, or he could have walked out of the room at any time. He also could have at any time brought in a lawyer.
You obviously have limited dealings with law enforcement, especially Federal law enforcement. I have dealt with cops from campus police, local police, state police, and Federal.
Police do not respect your rights. They don't see it as their job to. After reading you "your rights" they will do little things to trick you into speaking. Even if you have requested a lawyer. Everyone knows about the "good cop/bad cop" game that they play. How about this one. They will ask you if the handcuffs are too tight. They will ask you if you need anything. They will say anything to you to keep words flowing from your mouth. As any salesman will tell you, keeping people talking is the key to getting what you want from them.
So to directly address your point, he may have been "technically" free to leave or request a lawyer, police are trained in methods to circumvent your rights. I'm sure he didn't feel as if he was free to do either of those things without repercussions.
LK
Rambus believes that RDRAM was not the success it should have been because chip makers did not want to pay their royalties.
Well, they're probably right. They thought that they could corner the market and be the only show in town. They were wrong, people opted not to pay their royalties when their patent frenzy failed.
Companies chose to go with technologies that didn't include the Rambus tax. Tough shit for them. Live with it.
LK
I suspect that these people were modded down because someone has a vendatta against them. About 2 years ago I was subjected to a mod-bomb attack. It took me nearly a year to recover from it and ever since then I have not been able to get Mod points.
Welcome to Slashdot. Home of penis envy for the new millennium.
LK
all GG had going for it were a color screen and a power-hungry backlight.
So in other words, all it had going for it was "better graphics".
The GG also had a better speaker. At its introduction it had a HUGE library of games available. It could play every Sega Master System game with an adapter.
Even so, Nintendo wiped the flood with Sega in the handheld market.
Sega's Nomad was a portable Genesis, the GB kicked its ass too.
LK
Yup, Nintendo's N64 and GameCube have really taken over the market and competitors should stop wasting their money.(Sarcasm shutting down)
This discussion is about handheld gaming. Nintendo owns that market. End of story.
LK
If history is any indicator, Nintendo.
They beat Sega, Atari, NEC and SNK in the handheld market. They're in the process of killing Nokia. Sony is wasting their money developing such a product.
LK
What does that acronym mean?
LK
A Running Shoe For Agent 86?
I saw no mention of a telephone in this shoe.
Has the submitter ever watched Get Smart?
LK
I guess I should have been clearer, the man's belief was that his executables would be smaller and faster if he got rid of all whitespace and comments.
LK
Peck posterior protuberances.
Uhh. yeah. What's your point?
To point out the irony of the situation. Here we are talking about performance mattering and you use 14 words in the place of 2.
LK
Sort of like a novel which tells one complete story and is one unified and self-contained package.
In other words, "a book".
LK
Participant's post presents profuse "P" periodicity.
Personally prefer personality.
Pathetic performance!
LK
Really? How about the server side of things?
On the server side, I'd say that correctness and clarity are even more important. I guess it's all a matter of opinion as to where the "sweet spot" is, but most programming involves finding the right balance between speed and clarity.
If you're in a situation where you need the servers to process large amounts of data, you're most likely in a position to be able to justify the expense of throwing better hardware at the problem.
LK
1. Is that your sig or is that part of your comment? If it is part of your comment, please explain why it would give me a whole new view on performance. If it's your sig, then spooky how it was related to the topic.
Take a look at the site he's talking about. It looks like he just made it. Most of the links take you to pages that say "Section to be available soon."
LK
One of my C++ instructors told us a story about one of his former coworkers who used to go through his programs and delete ALL whitespace from the code because he thought it would make the programs smaller and faster.
LK
The most powerful search yet for the Universe's missing matter has come up empty handed,
No kidding? I guess that's why it's referred to as MISSING matter!
And that's different from every other anonymous access point how?
This guy is on a bike, he's taking the access to them.
LK
Very keen eye. I suggest that in the future when outing someone as having ripped off a sig here, remember to quote it. Sig changes are retroactive.
LK
You know you *dont* have to pay for Mandrake Club and download the free isos which are exactly what they offer in their premium versions ( minus the commercial packages of course )
That's exactly what I do. I have downloaded 10 Community, but I'm still running 9.0 on my mail server. Since I have just about everything set up the way I like it, I don't see any need to go to the next version.
LK
If they're talking $5 per month for the distro and Red Hat support, then I think it could be worth the price. If it's just a monthly license, well then I say to hell with that.
I'm a Mandrake user, but I'm NOT going to pay more for it than I do for Windows. Joining the Mandrake Club would mean doing just that. I would never pay a monthly license fee to use software. That's idiotic.
LK