I know I haven't posted here in awhile, but this story just "hit" me at the wrong time. I am so sick and tired of this mentality where everyone seems so greedy to always look how to "get over" on others to profit.
First off, there have been MANY artists over time using the same or similar styles. Should all the art that has been inspired by Picasso be destroyed?
I am very sure that Miro's "style" was inspired by others.
If we follow this example then we will have no or few new artists/art.
On a Lighter but serious note.. My style of web design is to have a menu located on the left side of the browser with pop-up submenus via mouse rollover. Perhaps I should sue ARS for using My style without permission - LOL
From reading the patent, It appears to Me that this patent was on a method of installing CPU upgrades to a computer. For example those cards that took a 386 to a 486 or allowed you to exchange the CPU for a faster one and increase the clock speed. These types of cards are about useless anymore! Besides, this patent was applied for in 1993 - I am VERY sure there is prior art. I can remember these types of upgrades as early as 1986. Hell, NEC was offering upgrades as early as 1981, albeit not this type, but it DID upgrade the CPU and increase the clock speed. It was that old V20 CPU and a clock crystal to upgrade your 8088 PC and increase the clock from 4.77mhz to 8mhz. (Hmm.... I* wonder who else on here actually used one of those besides Me?)
It'll be interesting to see how this playes out, but seems to me that this is a poor attempt by a company that has no market anymore to get a few quick bucks. --- Hey, I wonder if any SCO people are thier relatives ?!?
Here in the U.S. there is a show on The Discovery Channel that is called Myth Busters. A pretty cool show too. In any evemt, they did a show on just this topic - Check Episode 2. They proved it to be a Myth
This person's point is well made and the post should be modded up to 5 as "Hitting The Nail On The Head". I know people in the U.S. don't see it but these observations are correct. It does miss a few points however.
First - In the beginning of IT people got into the field becasue they loved it not to get the high paying job and have a "cushy", high profile, and envied career. After about late 80's we have had TONS of people become "developers" that really aren't interested in the field, they went looking for the "quick buck". Now we have an industry with way too many people and the number of jobs has diminished. Therefore... supply and demand... the wages drop drastically.
Secondly, Every country's economy isn't fully prepared for globalization. Why? Because wages,quality of work, and international laws haven't been fully defined. An example... A Company outsources thier next generation misson critical application to some 3rd world country to save the almighty dollar. This application's design is innovative and will give them a compatitive edge over thier competitors. Now, the project either doesn't deliver on time, or,even worse, the development firm turns and uses the codebase to "develop" the same application for one or more competitors. If it was developed inside the Company's country, no problem - lawsuits, payments,penalties,etc. - in other words a defined method to correct the problem. With outsourcing it outside the Company's country - those abilities are gone. Now, how much did the Company save after those losses ?? Probably ends up costing them more than it would have to do the project locally(inside thier country) in the first place. Other issues, time differences, language barriers, etc. How many CIO/CTOs are going to be on a conference call at midnight because it is 10am at the development site ??? Outsoucing IT was done before in the U.S. albeit was done locally in the mid to late 80s. It didn't work well then either, mainly because of the "how" at that time. Most companies turned to a single software company to "modify" existing applications or to "extend" them into a larger system and those software companies( Microsoft, IBM, Lotus, etc.) only exposed the customer to thier own applications.
I know this is slightly offtopic, but I was reading comments and just realized something...
Each Mailbox will be able to hold 1GB of email. Each Email can be 10MB. What happens when gmailboxes become noting more than the equivalent of alt.binaries filled with software. No longer will the pirate/warez users have to worry about running ftp servers, P2P, Usenet, etc. Google will be the ones holding the goods and there will be a ton of gmailboxes setup for the sole purpose of warez sharing. Once this draws google's attention - *poof* either it will be gone or the max mailbox/attachment limit will be drastically reduced.
Don't get Me wrong - I think that *if* google's gmail doesn't do all the potentially nasty things with users data it would be great. I just hope they have thought of this possiblity and have also created some means to deal with it.
Umm... just turn off Wordperfect's "DAD" utility. It also isn't required to install. and to disable it is *really* complicated..... delete it from the start-up group.
Yes, I *do* get frustrated by ppl who *think* they are sysadmins.
I saw this and decided to look at their license. After reading the entire license, I saw the last line item...
7. Performance. V.92 modems are designed to be capable of receiving data at up to 56Kbps with compatible phone line and server equipment, and transmitting data at up to 31.2Kbps. V.90 modems are designed to be capable of receiving data at up to 56 Kbps from a compatible service provider and transmitting data at up to about 28.8 Kbps. Public networks currently limit download speeds to about 53Kbps. The free version of the drivers is limited to 14.4Kbps. Actual speeds vary and are often less than the maximum possible.
I mean WTF!!! Give us a break. I wouldn't use their crap if I had to spend a zillion dollars on a new modem. I think we need put pressure on all involved (Linus, the disto companies, etc.) to remove this companies crap. It will make the inexperienced user think just what M$ wants them to, that Linux is inferior to WinBlows.
What really gets me is that MS for example clearly knows that probably 1/2 of the Windows installs are pirated versions and they purposefully disallow the Windows Update feature on these copies.
I seriously hope you are joking! Don't get me wrong, I hate Microshaft just as much, if not more, than the next person; however, what you are saying is that a Company that produces a commercial product should support and update that product for any and all persons that steal that product. I, and I hope most others, whole-heartedly disagree.
In following that logic, If you steal a car from an auto dealer you should still be able to get service on that vehicle. Or presume there is a recall on that vehicle, you should be allowed to get the repair taken care of ?!? NO F'n WAY!
People with these quick and shallow points of view annoy me, if you think that a point of view is the right one - test it for yourself and see if it is reasonable or just an attack on a person,social group, ethnic group, company.. whatever! The old "Think before you speak" or perhaps "Think before to act"
(gets off soapbox)
I sat here at work reading this thread, seeing the comments of people equating spam to "junk mail", telemarketers, etc.
Then I realized that the best comparison to spam are unsolicited(junk) faxes....
Spam costs real dollars to most people who recieve it. If your email provider is filtering spam for you, you are paying for that as well through your monthly charges. Next, some people will say how does it cost you real money by recieving spam? Most people pay a flat rate for unlimited use of the internet. Well, not all people have that,plus if you do have unlimited use - your ISP's operating costs are higher becasue of thier cost for bandwidth.. those costs are passed on to you.
Now, how does this tie into junk faxes ?? Because if you recieve an unsolicited fax, if costs you paper, ink/toner/film, and wear on your fax machine. That is why the U.S. government made sending junk faxes a crime.
Now maybe all these people that have been complaining that anti-spammers need to "grow up" "take a chill pill" etc. will have a better perspective:)
The first question is just a personal one - I am probably guilty of "cutting corners" just like everyone else, but I *DO* try to be as honest and ethical as a person can be.
That aside,I have wondered if there *could* be a valid use for Mod chips- recently I have seen a VERY real reason.... a 14 year old step-son. Why?? Because he treats his game discs like frisbee and the get scratched beyond recognition. You can't send them back and get a replacement or even a replacement at a reduced cost. You want it replaced, go buy the game again. He has right now over 10 games that won't read and from the looks of them nothing could possibly make them read ever again. So there went $500(US)! Therefore there Is a valid legal use for mod chips. So.. if the game industry wants mod-chips to go away.. start a replacement dics program. Just about All PC software companies do this already, so why not the console game companies ??
My Win2k box goes for weeks at a time without a reset.
I too have Windows boxes that run for weeks at a time, but then.. boom-crash. My Linux boxes run and run and run. The only time any of them have gone down was when I changed kernels or hardware. I have 4 that have been goping for over a year.
The problem isn't short 'bursts' or running - the problem is the 'long-haul'.
first for each smal area, order a point to point T-1. That costs only $2 (2 dollars) per month. (Check the FCC tariffs). Just be sure to tell youir telco that you want a FCC tariffed T-1. (The costs are actually 1 dollar per endpoint and xx dollars per CO mile. but so long as it's in the same CO the milage is 0 ZERO.) then you can either go wireless for the small areas or run calse to the homes.
Yes - the PNG format. it's free, works as well(if not better than Jpeg), and all the browsers support it. We've been using PNG for the past 3 years for our projects without any problems or hitches. Take a look at the PNG Home Site
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I think everyone will agree that Saddam is a generally bad guy. How did he get into power ?? WE put him in power there. Guess Who else we put into power over there - the Taliban. Hey, I know people can make mistakes - even countries, but we trained and supplied Bin Laden too. Starting to sound like a country that keeps screwing up by sticking it's nose in ???
Ever wonder why all these terrorists and countries hate the United States ? Because WE keep trying to impose our will on thier countries. Oh, I know, all of you that are saying that we are just trying to ensure their freedom or keep our country safe... blah blah. But that is kind of a concieted view isn't it ?!? What makes you think they would care at all about us and the U.S. if we left them alone???
All these things coming from our Goverenment - the same governemt that doesn't care at all about it's own citizens. What - you think they do care? Why are they taking our freedoms away, our privacy away, our liberties away, our sense of well-being away?
Just think about the fact there our economy is already the worst since the depression of the 1930's and they keep tellling us it's getting better. Well the stock market is 30% lower than it was 4 years ago. Unemployment is still at horrid levels. Yes I remember Bush saying benefits were goning to be extended 26 weeks, but only about 1% of the people recieving benefits got it - the rest didn't qualify.
But we have the new Homeland Security Group - have you read George Orwell's '1984' ???
Whether you agree or disagree with what I've said, take 5 minutes and think about it all logically and not emotionally and see if you still are sure of yourself.
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The mysterious people designing open-source software are the same people who are working for you right now
It should have read - The mysterious people designing open-source software are the same people who used to work for you until you laied them off in your stupid cut-backs to artificially increase your bottom line.
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I know I haven't posted here in awhile, but this story just "hit" me at the wrong time. I am so sick and tired of this mentality where everyone seems so greedy to always look how to "get over" on others to profit.
First off, there have been MANY artists over time using the same or similar styles. Should all the art that has been inspired by Picasso be destroyed?
I am very sure that Miro's "style" was inspired by others.
If we follow this example then we will have no or few new artists/art.
On a Lighter but serious note.. My style of web design is to have a menu located on the left side of the browser with pop-up submenus via mouse rollover. Perhaps I should sue ARS for using My style without permission - LOL
Psst.. here ya go - 350 Drivers From Cisco's own website
IANAL but..
From reading the patent, It appears to Me that this patent was on a method of installing CPU upgrades to a computer. For example those cards that took a 386 to a 486 or allowed you to exchange the CPU for a faster one and increase the clock speed. These types of cards are about useless anymore! Besides, this patent was applied for in 1993 - I am VERY sure there is prior art. I can remember these types of upgrades as early as 1986. Hell, NEC was offering upgrades as early as 1981, albeit not this type, but it DID upgrade the CPU and increase the clock speed. It was that old V20 CPU and a clock crystal to upgrade your 8088 PC and increase the clock from 4.77mhz to 8mhz. (Hmm.... I* wonder who else on here actually used one of those besides Me?)
It'll be interesting to see how this playes out, but seems to me that this is a poor attempt by a company that has no market anymore to get a few quick bucks. --- Hey, I wonder if any SCO people are thier relatives ?!?
Ummm.... WE DO!! Topic Number 155
and which one is she exactly ??
Here in the U.S. there is a show on The Discovery Channel that is called Myth Busters. A pretty cool show too. In any evemt, they did a show on just this topic - Check Episode 2. They proved it to be a Myth
Ummm....
This person's point is well made and the post should be modded up to 5 as "Hitting The Nail On The Head". I know people in the U.S. don't see it but these observations are correct. It does miss a few points however.
,even worse, the development firm turns and uses the codebase to "develop" the same application for one or more competitors. If it was developed inside the Company's country, no problem - lawsuits, payments,penalties,etc. - in other words a defined method to correct the problem. With outsourcing it outside the Company's country - those abilities are gone. Now, how much did the Company save after those losses ?? Probably ends up costing them more than it would have to do the project locally(inside thier country) in the first place. Other issues, time differences, language barriers, etc. How many CIO/CTOs are going to be on a conference call at midnight because it is 10am at the development site ???
First - In the beginning of IT people got into the field becasue they loved it not to get the high paying job and have a "cushy", high profile, and envied career. After about late 80's we have had TONS of people become "developers" that really aren't interested in the field, they went looking for the "quick buck". Now we have an industry with way too many people and the number of jobs has diminished. Therefore... supply and demand... the wages drop drastically.
Secondly, Every country's economy isn't fully prepared for globalization. Why? Because wages,quality of work, and international laws haven't been fully defined. An example... A Company outsources thier next generation misson critical application to some 3rd world country to save the almighty dollar. This application's design is innovative and will give them a compatitive edge over thier competitors. Now, the project either doesn't deliver on time, or
Outsoucing IT was done before in the U.S. albeit was done locally in the mid to late 80s. It didn't work well then either, mainly because of the "how" at that time. Most companies turned to a single software company to "modify" existing applications or to "extend" them into a larger system and those software companies( Microsoft, IBM, Lotus, etc.) only exposed the customer to thier own applications.
I know this is slightly offtopic, but I was reading comments and just realized something...
Each Mailbox will be able to hold 1GB of email. Each Email can be 10MB. What happens when gmailboxes become noting more than the equivalent of alt.binaries filled with software. No longer will the pirate/warez users have to worry about running ftp servers, P2P, Usenet, etc. Google will be the ones holding the goods and there will be a ton of gmailboxes setup for the sole purpose of warez sharing. Once this draws google's attention - *poof* either it will be gone or the max mailbox/attachment limit will be drastically reduced.
Don't get Me wrong - I think that *if* google's gmail doesn't do all the potentially nasty things with users data it would be great. I just hope they have thought of this possiblity and have also created some means to deal with it.
Umm... just turn off Wordperfect's "DAD" utility. It also isn't required to install. and to disable it is *really* complicated..... delete it from the start-up group.
Yes, I *do* get frustrated by ppl who *think* they are sysadmins.
I saw this and decided to look at their license. After reading the entire license, I saw the last line item...
7. Performance. V.92 modems are designed to be capable of receiving data at up to 56Kbps with compatible phone line and server equipment, and transmitting data at up to 31.2Kbps. V.90 modems are designed to be capable of receiving data at up to 56 Kbps from a compatible service provider and transmitting data at up to about 28.8 Kbps. Public networks currently limit download speeds to about 53Kbps. The free version of the drivers is limited to 14.4Kbps. Actual speeds vary and are often less than the maximum possible.
I mean WTF!!! Give us a break. I wouldn't use their crap if I had to spend a zillion dollars on a new modem. I think we need put pressure on all involved (Linus, the disto companies, etc.) to remove this companies crap. It will make the inexperienced user think just what M$ wants them to, that Linux is inferior to WinBlows.
What really gets me is that MS for example clearly knows that probably 1/2 of the Windows installs are pirated versions and they purposefully disallow the Windows Update feature on these copies.
I seriously hope you are joking! Don't get me wrong, I hate Microshaft just as much, if not more, than the next person; however, what you are saying is that a Company that produces a commercial product should support and update that product for any and all persons that steal that product. I, and I hope most others, whole-heartedly disagree.
In following that logic, If you steal a car from an auto dealer you should still be able to get service on that vehicle. Or presume there is a recall on that vehicle, you should be allowed to get the repair taken care of ?!? NO F'n WAY!
People with these quick and shallow points of view annoy me, if you think that a point of view is the right one - test it for yourself and see if it is reasonable or just an attack on a person,social group, ethnic group, company.. whatever! The old "Think before you speak" or perhaps "Think before to act" (gets off soapbox)
I sat here at work reading this thread, seeing the comments of people equating spam to "junk mail", telemarketers, etc.
:)
Then I realized that the best comparison to spam are unsolicited(junk) faxes....
Spam costs real dollars to most people who recieve it. If your email provider is filtering spam for you, you are paying for that as well through your monthly charges. Next, some people will say how does it cost you real money by recieving spam? Most people pay a flat rate for unlimited use of the internet. Well, not all people have that,plus if you do have unlimited use - your ISP's operating costs are higher becasue of thier cost for bandwidth.. those costs are passed on to you.
Now, how does this tie into junk faxes ?? Because if you recieve an unsolicited fax, if costs you paper, ink/toner/film, and wear on your fax machine. That is why the U.S. government made sending junk faxes a crime.
Now maybe all these people that have been complaining that anti-spammers need to "grow up" "take a chill pill" etc. will have a better perspective
- Do I think ModChips are illegal/immoral ?
- Do I want to have one?
The first question is just a personal one - I am probably guilty of "cutting corners" just like everyone else, but I *DO* try to be as honest and ethical as a person can be.That aside,I have wondered if there *could* be a valid use for Mod chips- recently I have seen a VERY real reason.... a 14 year old step-son. Why?? Because he treats his game discs like frisbee and the get scratched beyond recognition. You can't send them back and get a replacement or even a replacement at a reduced cost. You want it replaced, go buy the game again. He has right now over 10 games that won't read and from the looks of them nothing could possibly make them read ever again. So there went $500(US)! Therefore there Is a valid legal use for mod chips. So.. if the game industry wants mod-chips to go away.. start a replacement dics program. Just about All PC software companies do this already, so why not the console game companies ??
Additionally, did anyone notice how many amps this thing has? 20k volts is cool, but pretty useless if the ampage isn't enough to hurt.
.150 = 20000 * x - x = .0675ma
the typical max output from a fully chaged 9V battery is around 150ma therefore
V*A = V*A - 9 *
Ahh.... Simple way around this lame jacket
WEAR LEATHER OR RUBBER GLOVES
Why do people come up with these stupid ideas ?!?
My Win2k box goes for weeks at a time without a reset.
I too have Windows boxes that run for weeks at a time, but then.. boom-crash. My Linux boxes run and run and run. The only time any of them have gone down was when I changed kernels or hardware. I have 4 that have been goping for over a year.
The problem isn't short 'bursts' or running - the problem is the 'long-haul'.
first for each smal area, order a point to point T-1. That costs only $2 (2 dollars) per month. (Check the FCC tariffs). Just be sure to tell youir telco that you want a FCC tariffed T-1. (The costs are actually 1 dollar per endpoint and xx dollars per CO mile. but so long as it's in the same CO the milage is 0 ZERO.) then you can either go wireless for the small areas or run calse to the homes.
Dye-Sublimation is the way to Go for alot of printing - this one is under !K and prints a 8x10 in under 90 seconds. - Kodak Professional 8500
I'd be willing to bet the people who think they are 'okay' are much younger than the people who think they suck.
Obviously, there are always exceptions.
Personally - I'm 36 and have been do this crap for 25 years (yes - since I was 9). I think most of today's printers suck for multiple reasons -
Yes - the PNG format. it's free, works as well(if not better than Jpeg), and all the browsers support it.
We've been using PNG for the past 3 years for our projects without any problems or hitches.
Take a look at the PNG Home Site
I think everyone will agree that Saddam is a generally bad guy. How did he get into power ?? WE put him in power there. Guess Who else we put into power over there - the Taliban. Hey, I know people can make mistakes - even countries, but we trained and supplied Bin Laden too. Starting to sound like a country that keeps screwing up by sticking it's nose in ???
Ever wonder why all these terrorists and countries hate the United States ? Because WE keep trying to impose our will on thier countries. Oh, I know, all of you that are saying that we are just trying to ensure their freedom or keep our country safe... blah blah. But that is kind of a concieted view isn't it ?!? What makes you think they would care at all about us and the U.S. if we left them alone???
All these things coming from our Goverenment - the same governemt that doesn't care at all about it's own citizens. What - you think they do care? Why are they taking our freedoms away, our privacy away, our liberties away, our sense of well-being away?
Just think about the fact there our economy is already the worst since the depression of the 1930's and they keep tellling us it's getting better. Well the stock market is 30% lower than it was 4 years ago. Unemployment is still at horrid levels. Yes I remember Bush saying benefits were goning to be extended 26 weeks, but only about 1% of the people recieving benefits got it - the rest didn't qualify.
But we have the new Homeland Security Group - have you read George Orwell's '1984' ???
Whether you agree or disagree with what I've said, take 5 minutes and think about it all logically and not emotionally and see if you still are sure of yourself.
The mysterious people designing open-source software are the same people who are working for you right now
It should have read - The mysterious people designing open-source software are the same people who used to work for you until you laied them off in your stupid cut-backs to artificially increase your bottom line.
First Post - haha
'I'd hardly be able to keep THAT up now '
Why ??? Is your banker really ugly or would you be too embarrassed by your lack of size ???
LMAO - sorry but just couldn't resist