In Britain, libel laws don't have any presumption of innocence
Isn't Britain otherwise pretty anal about the presumption of innocence, to the point that accusations sometimes can't be even talked about in the press? Why the huge difference for libel?
and MS already has some software that runs on ARM processors, so if this new breed of ARM is popular then we could see MS make the jump.
So what? Nobody will care. Windows Mobile (Win CE) has existed for years, and it's barely usable on PDAs. It has just about nothing in common with normal x86 Windows, so there is no benefit whatsoever in using it. No proprietary Windows app will run on it, and porting isn't all that easy either. It's a different OS. There's a decent amount of software for it around, but just about all of it is designed for PDAs, i.e. touchscreen, no keyboard, and a specific display aspect ratio (QVGA portrait) which is completely unsuitable for a netbook.
Linux, on the other hand, already has loads of software that runs fine on existing laptops. Look at Debian's repository - almost all of it doesn't care which architecture it is compiled for, including ARM. You get basically the same software as on any x86 laptop.
And this is what happens to people who serve big photos to Slashdot:
Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@itrunsonlinux.com and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
Additionally, a 500 Internal Server Error error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
Apache/2 Server at eeepc.itrunsonlinux.com Port 80
No, this is what happens when you run your web server on an Eee PC.
Can't speak for the iPhone as I've never even held one in my hands. But I do have an Android phone. You know why piracy is problem there? Because the Android Market sucks. Why does it suck? Because of DRM.
Google restricts paid and/or copy protected apps in the market. Remember that story from a while back that ADP1 owners couldn't install their own apps from the market any more? That's copy protection, and it's filtered by device id. So far, after both updates to my Samsung i7500 phone, these apps were unavailable for about two weeks. That's about half of the time I've owned it so far.
And then there's paid apps, which is a distinct (although partially overlapping) set. Access to these is filtered by network operator. That's right, if you buy an unlocked Android phone without a contract, you can't buy apps from the market if your carrier happens not to sell any Android device themselves.
Both problems, of course, can be fixed if you have root access to your device. But it still was a major pain for me to get access to the apps I had already bought. I was ready to send a very unfriendly letter to Google demanding my money back (but I found a workaround in the end). You're witnessing DRM at its best - denying legitimate customers access to the items they have "bought".
Meanwhile, pirated apps continue to work fine. And you wonder why many people prefer them?
The headline just begs to recycle this old post...
Actually, I worked with one fellow who had his penis injured by a computer.
Some of IBM's mid-range systems from the late 1980s (actually quite large, physically, by today's standards...) had a circular opening about 2 inches in diameter. This opening was near some circuitry or device that would heat up rather quickly. So with the help of some duct tape and foam, this hardware admin fashioned himself a warm vagina of sorts, right on the side of our IBM system.
We're not sure how long he had a "relationship" with the system, but it came to an end one day when during lunch he ran over to a group of us, with his hands covered in blood. Apparently the foam vagina tore, and a piece of metal got him on the penis shaft. He went to the hospital, and was okay in the end. But he didn't really last long with the company after that...
Probably not technical problems, but maybe legal ones. See that paragraph about patents? Neither the Open Specification Promis nor the Community Promise (both linked) cover SMB2.
Yeah, these things suck under Windows. New adapter? Reinstall driver. Plug it into a different USB port? Reinstall driver.
But I've never seen one which doesn't "just work" on any reasonably recent Linux distro (2.6 + udev). Plug it in, and after a second or so you'll have a new device node/dev/ttyUSBn.
That said, I don't think these would be a good idea for a serial console. After all, you need it when things go wrong, not when everything's working fine.
This reminds me of an interesting article (PDF) I found a while back which explains Benford's law nicely. To quote:
In short, the logarithmic pattern of leading digits comes from the manipulation of the data, and has nothing to do with patterns in the numbers being investigated.
[...]
The largest numbers in this set are about a million times greater in value than the smallest numbers. This extensive spread is a key part of stamping the logarithmic pattern into the data. That is, 543,923,100 must be divided by 100,000,000 to place it between 1 and 9.99999, while 1,221 only needs to be divided by 1,000. In other words, different numbers are being treated differently, all according to an anti-logarithmic pattern.
I barely use noscript, except on 1 site, I'll wait for someone else to make an addon which doesn't piss me off, or simply tolerate the minor annoyance of that one site.
Then I guess YesScript might be closer to what you want.
How about the bishop's manual for the Mormon church? Nothing secretly evil or sacred, just procedures on how to handle things sensitive, like someone confiding in a bishop that they are being abused. Yet it is posted on there, for the sole purpose of "OOOOO, look what we got!"
So, why again should the procedures on how to handle sensitive things be kept secret? It's not like the actual sensitive stuff was posted.
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Well, yes. When they start growing hairs and running away from you, you probably shouldn't eat them any more.
How is it bogus if it's a real first post?
Now, this is bogus: FR0STY P1SS!!1!one(lim x->0 ((sin x)/x))
But a cat that only runs 60 miles on a tank of gas would be unacceptable
I doubt any cat would run a single mile after being fed a tank of gas, let alone 60. Also, why would anyone do that? That's just sick.
In Britain, libel laws don't have any presumption of innocence
Isn't Britain otherwise pretty anal about the presumption of innocence, to the point that accusations sometimes can't be even talked about in the press? Why the huge difference for libel?
and MS already has some software that runs on ARM processors, so if this new breed of ARM is popular then we could see MS make the jump.
So what? Nobody will care. Windows Mobile (Win CE) has existed for years, and it's barely usable on PDAs. It has just about nothing in common with normal x86 Windows, so there is no benefit whatsoever in using it. No proprietary Windows app will run on it, and porting isn't all that easy either. It's a different OS. There's a decent amount of software for it around, but just about all of it is designed for PDAs, i.e. touchscreen, no keyboard, and a specific display aspect ratio (QVGA portrait) which is completely unsuitable for a netbook.
Linux, on the other hand, already has loads of software that runs fine on existing laptops. Look at Debian's repository - almost all of it doesn't care which architecture it is compiled for, including ARM. You get basically the same software as on any x86 laptop.
Windows has apt? Cool. I never knew.
Actually, it does. Unfortunately, the repository seems to be wildly out of date; e.g. Firefox is only at 2.0.0.11, OOo at 2.3.
And this is what happens to people who serve big photos to Slashdot:
No, this is what happens when you run your web server on an Eee PC.
Wow, Windows' install process is fucked up. Not once has any Linux installer I've ever seen touched /home in any way unless I told it to.
You get to keep your application settings, too.
Can't speak for the iPhone as I've never even held one in my hands. But I do have an Android phone. You know why piracy is problem there? Because the Android Market sucks. Why does it suck? Because of DRM.
Google restricts paid and/or copy protected apps in the market. Remember that story from a while back that ADP1 owners couldn't install their own apps from the market any more? That's copy protection, and it's filtered by device id. So far, after both updates to my Samsung i7500 phone, these apps were unavailable for about two weeks. That's about half of the time I've owned it so far.
And then there's paid apps, which is a distinct (although partially overlapping) set. Access to these is filtered by network operator. That's right, if you buy an unlocked Android phone without a contract, you can't buy apps from the market if your carrier happens not to sell any Android device themselves.
Both problems, of course, can be fixed if you have root access to your device. But it still was a major pain for me to get access to the apps I had already bought. I was ready to send a very unfriendly letter to Google demanding my money back (but I found a workaround in the end). You're witnessing DRM at its best - denying legitimate customers access to the items they have "bought".
Meanwhile, pirated apps continue to work fine. And you wonder why many people prefer them?
Well, he was obviously using the same approach Grand Central Dispatch takes - why google it yourself when you can just dispatch that task to Slashdot?
I hope they're properly using IP over Avian Carriers, as described in RFC 1149! Otherwise, it's definitely not fair.
Which (Intel) CPUs would you describe as being even higher end than i7 Nehalems? Obviously I was referring to them, not the Lynnfield ones.
Really, the only situation that I can imagine this happening is perhaps on a university network.
Nah, those communist hippie students all use Linux anyway.
:-)
Disclaimer: I'm a student and I use Linux.
Probably not technical problems, but maybe legal ones. See that paragraph about patents? Neither the Open Specification Promis nor the Community Promise (both linked) cover SMB2.
Translation: High end CPU sucks power and is expensive. News at 11.
Yeah, these things suck under Windows. New adapter? Reinstall driver. Plug it into a different USB port? Reinstall driver.
But I've never seen one which doesn't "just work" on any reasonably recent Linux distro (2.6 + udev). Plug it in, and after a second or so you'll have a new device node /dev/ttyUSBn.
That said, I don't think these would be a good idea for a serial console. After all, you need it when things go wrong, not when everything's working fine.
Apple Store's next product release: iRobbed.
Really, that was you? And you even admit it in public?
Since you wrote about 10% of this post in all-caps, you're fired. Have a nice day.
Umm, you DO realize that the only penguins which can fly live in the UK?
MS fanboys use C#: everyone else uses Java
And Real Programmers use FORTRAN.
This reminds me of an interesting article (PDF) I found a while back which explains Benford's law nicely. To quote:
I barely use noscript, except on 1 site, I'll wait for someone else to make an addon which doesn't piss me off, or simply tolerate the minor annoyance of that one site.
Then I guess YesScript might be closer to what you want.
Would your lady friend happen to be google translator?
I dunno... I asked her and all she had to say was "How do you feel about your lady friend happen to be google translator?"
How about the bishop's manual for the Mormon church? Nothing secretly evil or sacred, just procedures on how to handle things sensitive, like someone confiding in a bishop that they are being abused. Yet it is posted on there, for the sole purpose of "OOOOO, look what we got!"
So, why again should the procedures on how to handle sensitive things be kept secret? It's not like the actual sensitive stuff was posted.