I remember just how fast an old 16 mhz AT clone could go from power on to a document open in Word Perfect for DOS. Could not have been more that 15 to 20 seconds if you started up WP - Document name in the autoexec.bat. How long would a 3 Ghz Intel box take to fire up XP and then Office XP and then open up a document ready to type something.
This isn't the first gas turbine locomotive that Bombardier has built. Back in the 70's and early 80's Via (Canada's Amtrak) had a gas turbine train (called the "Turbo") operating between Montreal and Toronto that was built by Bombardier. It wasn't as reliable as diesel engines and didn't offer any particular advantages. Gas turbine engines are considerably lighter than diesels and perhaps a bit more fuel efficient, but light weight isn't very important for a locomotive. I remember once watching the Turbo getting towed through Belleville ON by a diesel unit because there was a couple of inches of snow over the rails and the Turbo couldn't plough trough it.
The first beta of Roswell (the second is downloading right now) is the first linux distro I've seen with proper support for Canadian English. I fired up Kword, set it for Canadian English, and it flagged "color" and "tyre" correctly as misspellings. This is really great. I'm tired of having to use an British English dictionary (which is closer to Canadian English and American) with a US keyboard.
The movie U571 is a complete work of fiction. Only in Hollywood's dreams did the American Navy seize an Enigma machine from a German Sub early in WWII.
The movie is loosly based on the capture of U110 by the British destroyer Bulldog on May 9, 1941, more than 7 months before Germany declared war on the US.
The real U571 was sunk by an Australian Sunderland aircraft.
Subject: [CAFE-News] REVEALED: DeCSS Led to Competing Linux DVD Player
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 00:58:38 -0700
From: "Robin Gross"
Reply-To: cafe-news-owner@eff.org To: , ,
EFF DVD Update: July 21, 2000 Universal City Studios v. 2600 Magazine
REVEALED: DeCSS Led to Competing Linux DVD Player
EFF's defense team landed a surprising blow to the MPAA in Court on Friday when it revealed that the Livid Project has built an open source DVD player for Linux machines using DeCSS. Livid (short for Linux Video) Project leader Matt Pavlovich testified for the defense that his group had been working for months to create a way for Linux users to watch the DVDs they own on the machines that they own. Pavlovich testified that DeCSS was an important step in creating the Linux DVD player and offered to perform an in-court demonstration of his important new innovation. Although the studios' lawyers objected to the Livid player demonstration as "irrelevant," the MPAA conceded they would not contest the existence of the independently created DVD player.
Pavlovich stated the Livid Project's DVD player was created by lawful reverse engineering under the open source development model, which relies upon dozens to thousands of programmers around the globe working collaboratively. DVD players such as Livid's, manufactured independently from DVD-CCA and the MPAA, are not legally required to restrict consumer player features because they are not subject to a CSS license. Through this litigation the studios were hoping to ban DeCSS before independent groups used the code to create consumer-friendly DVD players that could compete with DVD-CCA's monopoly on players.
EFF's defense team will continue on Tuesday to present its witnesses including Chris DiBona, President of the Silicon Valley Linux Users' Group and VA Linux Evangelist. Judge Lewis Kaplan's court is in recess on Monday July 23, 2000. Other witnesses EFF plans to call include Andrew Appel, a Princeton University computer science professor and Michael Einhorn, Columbia University economist. EFF may recall MPAA anti-piracy official Mikail Reider who testified last week against Journalist Emmanuel Goldstein and his publication 2600.com. Carnegie Melon computer science professor Dave Touretzky and Olegario Craig of the University of Massachusetts may also be called to testify in the trial which should end Tuesday or Wednesday of this week.
Transcript of July 21, 2000 trial: http://www.eff.org/IP/Video/MPAA_DVD_cases/20000 721_ny_trial_transcript.html
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Can we rate this one a six???
I remember just how fast an old 16 mhz AT clone could go from power on to a document open in Word Perfect for DOS. Could not have been more that 15 to 20 seconds if you started up WP - Document name in the autoexec.bat. How long would a 3 Ghz Intel box take to fire up XP and then Office XP and then open up a document ready to type something.
as I sit here at work on a Friday afternoon reading slashdot.
This isn't the first gas turbine locomotive that Bombardier has built. Back in the 70's and early 80's Via (Canada's Amtrak) had a gas turbine train (called the "Turbo") operating between Montreal and Toronto that was built by Bombardier. It wasn't as reliable as diesel engines and didn't offer any particular advantages. Gas turbine engines are considerably lighter than diesels and perhaps a bit more fuel efficient, but light weight isn't very important for a locomotive. I remember once watching the Turbo getting towed through Belleville ON by a diesel unit because there was a couple of inches of snow over the rails and the Turbo couldn't plough trough it.
They're not on strike.
They were locked out by CBC management. Blame the CBC for the missing Marconi special.
Konqueror opened it for me. Didn't word wrap, and there were some strange bits, but it was readable.
The first beta of Roswell (the second is downloading right now) is the first linux distro I've seen with proper support for Canadian English. I fired up Kword, set it for Canadian English, and it flagged "color" and "tyre" correctly as misspellings. This is really great. I'm tired of having to use an British English dictionary (which is closer to Canadian English and American) with a US keyboard.
The movie U571 is a complete work of fiction. Only in Hollywood's dreams did the American Navy seize an Enigma machine from a German Sub early in WWII. The movie is loosly based on the capture of U110 by the British destroyer Bulldog on May 9, 1941, more than 7 months before Germany declared war on the US. The real U571 was sunk by an Australian Sunderland aircraft.
Subject:
0 721_ny_trial_transcript.html
[CAFE-News] REVEALED: DeCSS Led to Competing Linux DVD Player
Date:
Mon, 24 Jul 2000 00:58:38 -0700
From:
"Robin Gross"
Reply-To:
cafe-news-owner@eff.org
To:
, ,
EFF DVD Update: July 21, 2000
Universal City Studios v. 2600 Magazine
REVEALED: DeCSS Led to Competing Linux DVD Player
EFF's defense team landed a surprising blow to the MPAA in Court on Friday when it revealed
that the Livid Project has built an open source DVD player for Linux machines using DeCSS.
Livid (short for Linux Video) Project leader Matt Pavlovich testified for the defense that his
group had been working for months to create a way for Linux users to watch the DVDs they own
on the machines that they own. Pavlovich testified that DeCSS was an important step in
creating the Linux DVD player and offered to perform an in-court demonstration of his
important new innovation. Although the studios' lawyers objected to the Livid player
demonstration as "irrelevant," the MPAA conceded they would not contest the existence of the
independently created DVD player.
Pavlovich stated the Livid Project's DVD player was created by lawful reverse engineering
under the open source development model, which relies upon dozens to thousands of programmers
around the globe working collaboratively. DVD players such as Livid's, manufactured
independently from DVD-CCA and the MPAA, are not legally required to restrict consumer player
features because they are not subject to a CSS license. Through this litigation the studios
were hoping to ban DeCSS before independent groups used the code to create consumer-friendly
DVD players that could compete with DVD-CCA's monopoly on players.
EFF's defense team will continue on Tuesday to present its witnesses including Chris DiBona,
President of the Silicon Valley Linux Users' Group and VA Linux Evangelist. Judge Lewis
Kaplan's court is in recess on Monday July 23, 2000. Other witnesses EFF plans to call
include Andrew Appel, a Princeton University computer science professor and Michael Einhorn,
Columbia University economist. EFF may recall MPAA anti-piracy official Mikail Reider who
testified last week against Journalist Emmanuel Goldstein and his publication 2600.com.
Carnegie Melon computer science professor Dave Touretzky and Olegario Craig of the University
of Massachusetts may also be called to testify in the trial which should end Tuesday or
Wednesday of this week.
Transcript of July 21, 2000 trial:
http://www.eff.org/IP/Video/MPAA_DVD_cases/2000