If you disable the 2.4 kernel's pcmcia modules and use the ones in the pcmcia-cs package, the wavelan works fine. I just rebuilt my 2.4 system today for this reason.
Consumer Reports ran an article on this in their June 1999 issue. I read the article and found it pretty scary. Basically, most people who have the surgery are fine, but perhaps 10% develop unusual visual aberrations that may/may not be worse than the nearsightedness. The article also contained a handful of URLs with more extensive information to allow you to make up your own mind whether the risks are worth it.
I highly recommend reading this article before you make this decision.
The Merkle-Hellman patent expired in the US in 1997 (see Schneier's book). It was issued later in some other countries, so it probably still applies there; I don't know much about how patent systems work in other countries. If other countries have 17-year patents, then the only extant patents are in Switzerland and Italy, due to expire in January 2000 and September 2002 respectively.
Furthermore, GPG uses ElGamal, which, again according to Schneier, was considered by PKP to be covered under the D-H patent, which expired over two years ago. RSADSI doesn't hold the patents; PKP does. So it doesn't matter what RSADSI thinks.
Force only comes into the equation if you try to enforce your copyright or patent.
Suppose you have an idea about a new algorithm, so you patent it (actually, you patent the application of the algorithm since technically it's illegal to patent algorithms per se). Then, I come along and think up the same algorithm, and I write a program using it. In this situation, no one has forced you to do anything. In fact, you're not even involved with my program or "my" idea until your lawyer sends me a letter telling me to "cease and desist". Now, who do you think is using the force here? It's not me -- it's the government, and they are using it on your behalf.
The only way an idea can be your property is if everyone else is forced to acknowledge your "rights".
Even the hallowed GPL code will eventually fall into the public domain (copyrights expire 75 years after the authors death).
Uhhh... sorry. It's 95 years now. The Copyright Extension Act passed last year.
Actually, unless the legal challenge fails, in effect this makes copyrights open-ended. Any time a powerful corporation sees their copyrights about to expire (in this case most likely Disney, since Mickey Mouse was about to go public domain), they can just shower Congress with money and -- Presto -- a copyright extension! Wow, just like the sorcerer's apprentice.
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If you disable the 2.4 kernel's pcmcia modules and use the ones in the pcmcia-cs package, the wavelan works fine. I just rebuilt my 2.4 system today for this reason.
Consumer Reports ran an article on this in their June 1999 issue. I read the article and found it pretty scary. Basically, most people who have the surgery are fine, but perhaps 10% develop unusual visual aberrations that may/may not be worse than the nearsightedness. The article also contained a handful of URLs with more extensive information to allow you to make up your own mind whether the risks are worth it.
I highly recommend reading this article before you make this decision.
The Merkle-Hellman patent expired in the US in 1997 (see Schneier's book). It was issued later in some other countries, so it probably still applies there; I don't know much about how patent systems work in other countries. If other countries have 17-year patents, then the only extant patents are in Switzerland and Italy, due to expire in January 2000 and September 2002 respectively.
Furthermore, GPG uses ElGamal, which, again according to Schneier, was considered by PKP to be covered under the D-H patent, which expired over two years ago. RSADSI doesn't hold the patents; PKP does. So it doesn't matter what RSADSI thinks.
No one forces you to share your ideas.
Force only comes into the equation if you try to enforce your copyright or patent.
Suppose you have an idea about a new algorithm, so you patent it (actually, you patent the application of the algorithm since technically it's illegal to patent algorithms per se). Then, I come along and think up the same algorithm, and I write a program using it. In this situation, no one has forced you to do anything. In fact, you're not even involved with my program or "my" idea until your lawyer sends me a letter telling me to "cease and desist". Now, who do you think is using the force here? It's not me -- it's the government, and they are using it on your behalf.
The only way an idea can be your property is if everyone else is forced to acknowledge your "rights".
Uhhh... sorry. It's 95 years now. The Copyright Extension Act passed last year.
Actually, unless the legal challenge fails, in effect this makes copyrights open-ended. Any time a powerful corporation sees their copyrights about to expire (in this case most likely Disney, since Mickey Mouse was about to go public domain), they can just shower Congress with money and -- Presto -- a copyright extension! Wow, just like the sorcerer's apprentice.
Wrong answer! I guess your instructor is being paid too much.
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See IBM's web page, which shows how to download an unsupported ADSM client for Linux:
http://www.storage.ibm.com/software/adsm/adserc