Not that I don't like MS or think they broke the law in this and many other cases, but AFAIK that BSD tcp stack thing is a myth
If you have a UNIX/Linux flavor installed along with Windows, try running strings against your version of winsock. You will find a few strings in there that explicitly reference BSD.
Note, however, that this is not at all illegal, because the BSD license states that the code may be used by anyone, even if it is relicensed under a more restrictive license. Thus, it is perfectly legal for Microsoft to copy BSD code and put it in Windows. Ethical, no, but legal, yes.
I know our school would pay quite a premium for a "non-integrated" Windows. The district has decreed that all desktops must have Windows on them, and the license is basically for the newest version only. Thus, our Win2K (XP hasn't been deployed yet) installs have all sorts of non-removeable crap on them. Do you think that students would rather do work or play Minesweeper, screw off making crudely drawn well-endowed men in Paint and chat in Netmeeting? The programmer who thought up Windows File Protection should be drawn and quartered. Modular Windows Forever!
Dear God, this is one of the best trolls I've ever read. Either that, or you've never used a Compaq (insert rant about Setup programs being on hard drive rather than on BIOS here).
I recently had the joy of setting up an old Compaq server. Win2K, Linux, nothing would run without all sorts of special drivers. Finding them, then getting them to work them was a pain in the ass like a concrete enema.
While I've heard decent things about HP PCs and servers, and I love the Laserjets, I can't help but think Compaq will have a negative effect on HP's altogether decent PC division.
You'd be suprised: Maniac Mansion, FT (one of my favorite games, ever), and Day of the Tentacle all had somewhat similar interfaces, but what really set them apart from the crowd was their originality. The old LucasArts adventure games all had great plots and a wacky sense of humor (try Sam and Max Hit the Road sometime!). I think the parent poster was trying to say that the Matrix game should use a decent storyline, rather than say "it should be Just Like all these other games"
The First Amendment does not apply to certain types of speech. It is illegal to defraud, which is what Nike is accused of doing. You don't have completely free speech.
What the First Amendment guarantees is that you can criticize the government, not that you can shout "Fire!" in a crowded theater. Thus, if Nike really did lie about their buisiness practices, then it is perfectly constitutional to punish them.
Please note: I am not a lawyer. I am simply a US citizen who has an interest in our government. This is not legal advice.
I'd bet that you, plus one or two of the "hardware geeks" (you know who they are:-) in the office could do this overnight for $100 per desktop, plus the price of a case of beer and a couple of large pizzas with all the trimmings.
Never work on PCs drunk (or even after a can or two of beer). That's just asking for problems later on. What happens when your short-term memory is shot and you don't remember whether you set the voltage jumpers right or not, let it go, then boot up all your new systems only to see clouds of black smoke coming out of half of them? Alcohol consumption has its place, but please don't do it anywhere near sensitive equipment!
It's better for ergonomic reasons if you move around a little every 10 or 15 minutes. Remember that carpal tunnel syndrome is part of a larger class of problems called repetitive motion disorders. If you don't do exactly the same motions for hours, but instead shift just a little, it can really help you with regards to that pain in your wrists.
We need highschool reform badly, kids are still being taught einstiens theories, most kids dont even know about super string theory, neither do most adults
Einstein's theories are still perfectly valid for almost every case, and are much better known and easier to compute than anything involving string theory. Just as Einstein's theories didn't make everyone abandon Newton, we shouldn't discard Einstein's theories for new ones when they still work well for predicting all sorts of physical phenomena. We should never gravitate to something just because it's new; we should instead use both the old and new ideas, each in their own domains.
While MS may support both ISAs, they will almost certainly push one over the other. Perhaps they're looking to the future, and which architecture will work best with their plans a few years down the road.
The problem with expanding the Seattle monorail is that it was designed more as a novelty than anything: it took people from downtown to Seattle Center (the site of the World's Fair). As such, it was never designed to be expanded; the planners never really thought beyond the end of the fair (although it was pitched as a marvelous solution to all sorts of transit problems, it was built almost entirely for the "Wow, neat!" factor). If Vegas builds a monorail network as part of a serious public transit program, it will probably be built with expandability in mind.
Guidelines are guidelines. They are not hard and fast rules.
Standards are standards. You screw with the implementation of a standard and your application is worthless.
Still, you shouldn't ever deviate from UI guidelines unless you have an excellent reason. (Note to software developers: anyone who uses the reason "I'll fix it later" or "It's not that important" should be hit with a clue-by-four. Several times.) The difference between a system that is merely useable and one that is a joy to use is consistency. If everything works in a similar fashion across all applications, you can navigate unfamiliar software easily, and spend your time familiarzing yourself with its special features, rather than figuring out how to do basic tasks. MS Office, for all its faults, has managed to do this rather well. No matter how good OSS is, it will never reach major desktop market penetration if coding is all that is done. While this will get you an excellent server OS, its usability will be almost nil. I have spoken to many UI people who felt turned away by coders because their skills were "useless". This has to stop. Graphic and UI designers should be considered just as important as programmers.
There are times it is acceptable to exceed the speed limit: passing, before going up a hill, etc. Also, a speed limiter that worked in Hawaii (55 mph limit) might not work too well in Montana (limit = what the police think is safe for the roads and conditions). A speed limiter would have to be an extremely complex piece of technology to tell whether you were going 70 mph down a residential side street or passing someone at 70 mph on the interstate. Not only that, but it can also be unsafe to go slower than the speed of the traffic around you. If you can't go faster than 70 mph, but the traffic around you is doing 80, then all those non speed limited cars may end up crashing into you because they expect you're going faster. There is no really safe and effective speed limitation technology available.
yes but still to legally emulate them you have to own the ROMS (ie have the machine in the first place) - which makes you wonder why people bother emulating a machine they already have.;o)
It is theoretically possible that one could buy the roms without the system, and then use them legally. Emulation is perfectly legal in and of itself, it is just in pirating software that you might run into legal trouble.
But the various Laws of Thermodynamics are just a theory. The theory might be wrong.
The laws of thermodynamics have stood up to hundreds of years of empirical and theoretical testing. The likelihood is that they provide a decent description of the universe. While it is theoretically possible that they might be wrong, scientists would want a very good explaination of the device that "broke" those laws. Because no "perpetual motion" machine has ever stood up to rigorous scientific testing, it is acceptable for scientists to be rather skeptical about claims of perpetual motion. Of course, it is possible for perpetual motion to exist, but then it's also possible that I'm a giant planet eating yam/brocciflower that merely dreams I'm a human being. The odds are simply astronomical.
Why would you suck cycles that could be used for computation for data visualization? (no, it's not a rhetorical question, I have no supercomputer experience and I'm curious). It seems to me that there would be little need for a graphical system on a pure number cruncher; ideally, you would never do much with it outside of sending it data and programs, and pulling out the results. Still, the lack of a socket system seems rather odd. What is the point of a supercomputer without a decent way to get information in and out?
However, he was "censored" by an automated system measuring the clickthrough rates of his ads. There was no active decision to remove something objectionable: it was merely a mathematical formula that "decided" to remove his ad. There is no censorship going on here.
I think the move is beneficial - by capping the topend users, they reduce the cost for everybody.
The only one who will benefit from a reduction in cost is AOL-Time Warner. They will continue to charge the same or more for lower service. That's what capitalism is all about: charge the customers the most you can get away with for the least amount of actual goods or services. Anything else, in fact, might piss off the almighty Shareholders and start a little bit of head-chopping at the top. Remember: big companies aren't working for you, they're working to get your money.
It seems that you didn't read the article either. In fact, in the article, it states that some porn sites are pushing downloads onto users' computers without their permission, including scripts that redirect dialup connections to a 900 number, which allows the con artist to rake in the cash until the customer gets his or her monthly phone bill. While most "legit" companies offer a way to opt-out (although tactics like Gator's can hardly be considered very legit), criminals can take advantage of the same methods to do something far worse than simply showing one ad over another on Yahoo.
Most ls implementations are ridiculously overengineered. Consider that it must be compatible with practically every other implementation of ls out there, so as not to break shell scripts written long ago. Thus, it contains a whole lot of legacy code that no one even wants to consider touching, for fear of hurting backwards compatability. As I understand, xterm is like this also: the older code is more or less marked: "Here be dragons and all manner of foul beasts."
Maybe next year Taco could try something genuinely funny. Perhaps a reversal is in order: instead of posting dumbass, obviously false jokes, post something outrageous but true. It would be just wonderful to see an update saying that yes, that hilarious announcement was really true. Sidenote: although I whine about the quality of the jokes, the "slashvertisements" were pretty funny. I want the damned AC posts back though. Where would slashdot be without 500 goatse.cx links at -1 on every story?
The dangerous thing here is that this issue is not split along party lines like most others. It all depends on who gets money from the entertainment industry, not who is a Democrat or Republican. If you start thinking of it along party lines, you will end up missing half the sponsors of the bill.
I won't deny that VB is easy and has applications where it's useful. However, writing major programs in VB is in most cases a mistake. VB encourages poor style, is not "truly" OO, and VB programs tend to run quite a bit slower than similar programs written in C and Win32, or even in MFC and C++ (I will avoid discussing the evils of MFC for now). VB is great for quick-and-dirty solutions. Just don't think of it as an industrial-strength programming language. It's not a question of being "31337", but a question of using the right tool for the job.
Also, any decent programmer shouldn't have to worry about what language is being used. While Win32 may be more cumbersome when you write a GUI, all the ideas should be fundamentally the same. Besides, the backend code tends to be the stuff that needs fine-tuning, and that is usually more or less language independent: the important level there is the algorithms used.
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Spector sells a criminal tool without any legitimate need and should be investigated and brought to justice. You can't sell burglar tools either.
It's perfectly legal to sell most "burglar tools": crowbars, lockpicks, black clothing, pillowcases, etc. In most states, there are laws against using those objects to break and enter, and laws against selling those items to someone you know will use them to commit a crime. This is the main problem behind such cases as DeCSS: while a program can be used to commit a crime, you should punish the criminal who uses it and not the programmer who writes it without criminal intent.
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Note, however, that this is not at all illegal, because the BSD license states that the code may be used by anyone, even if it is relicensed under a more restrictive license. Thus, it is perfectly legal for Microsoft to copy BSD code and put it in Windows. Ethical, no, but legal, yes.
I know our school would pay quite a premium for a "non-integrated" Windows. The district has decreed that all desktops must have Windows on them, and the license is basically for the newest version only. Thus, our Win2K (XP hasn't been deployed yet) installs have all sorts of non-removeable crap on them. Do you think that students would rather do work or play Minesweeper, screw off making crudely drawn well-endowed men in Paint and chat in Netmeeting? The programmer who thought up Windows File Protection should be drawn and quartered. Modular Windows Forever!
I recently had the joy of setting up an old Compaq server. Win2K, Linux, nothing would run without all sorts of special drivers. Finding them, then getting them to work them was a pain in the ass like a concrete enema.
While I've heard decent things about HP PCs and servers, and I love the Laserjets, I can't help but think Compaq will have a negative effect on HP's altogether decent PC division.
You'd be suprised: Maniac Mansion, FT (one of my favorite games, ever), and Day of the Tentacle all had somewhat similar interfaces, but what really set them apart from the crowd was their originality. The old LucasArts adventure games all had great plots and a wacky sense of humor (try Sam and Max Hit the Road sometime!). I think the parent poster was trying to say that the Matrix game should use a decent storyline, rather than say "it should be Just Like all these other games"
What the First Amendment guarantees is that you can criticize the government, not that you can shout "Fire!" in a crowded theater. Thus, if Nike really did lie about their buisiness practices, then it is perfectly constitutional to punish them.
Please note: I am not a lawyer. I am simply a US citizen who has an interest in our government. This is not legal advice.
Last time I checked, according to the Constitution, they are one and the same.
It's better for ergonomic reasons if you move around a little every 10 or 15 minutes. Remember that carpal tunnel syndrome is part of a larger class of problems called repetitive motion disorders. If you don't do exactly the same motions for hours, but instead shift just a little, it can really help you with regards to that pain in your wrists.
While MS may support both ISAs, they will almost certainly push one over the other. Perhaps they're looking to the future, and which architecture will work best with their plans a few years down the road.
The problem with expanding the Seattle monorail is that it was designed more as a novelty than anything: it took people from downtown to Seattle Center (the site of the World's Fair). As such, it was never designed to be expanded; the planners never really thought beyond the end of the fair (although it was pitched as a marvelous solution to all sorts of transit problems, it was built almost entirely for the "Wow, neat!" factor). If Vegas builds a monorail network as part of a serious public transit program, it will probably be built with expandability in mind.
There are times it is acceptable to exceed the speed limit: passing, before going up a hill, etc. Also, a speed limiter that worked in Hawaii (55 mph limit) might not work too well in Montana (limit = what the police think is safe for the roads and conditions). A speed limiter would have to be an extremely complex piece of technology to tell whether you were going 70 mph down a residential side street or passing someone at 70 mph on the interstate. Not only that, but it can also be unsafe to go slower than the speed of the traffic around you. If you can't go faster than 70 mph, but the traffic around you is doing 80, then all those non speed limited cars may end up crashing into you because they expect you're going faster. There is no really safe and effective speed limitation technology available.
Why would you suck cycles that could be used for computation for data visualization? (no, it's not a rhetorical question, I have no supercomputer experience and I'm curious). It seems to me that there would be little need for a graphical system on a pure number cruncher; ideally, you would never do much with it outside of sending it data and programs, and pulling out the results. Still, the lack of a socket system seems rather odd. What is the point of a supercomputer without a decent way to get information in and out?
However, he was "censored" by an automated system measuring the clickthrough rates of his ads. There was no active decision to remove something objectionable: it was merely a mathematical formula that "decided" to remove his ad. There is no censorship going on here.
It seems that you didn't read the article either. In fact, in the article, it states that some porn sites are pushing downloads onto users' computers without their permission, including scripts that redirect dialup connections to a 900 number, which allows the con artist to rake in the cash until the customer gets his or her monthly phone bill. While most "legit" companies offer a way to opt-out (although tactics like Gator's can hardly be considered very legit), criminals can take advantage of the same methods to do something far worse than simply showing one ad over another on Yahoo.
Most ls implementations are ridiculously overengineered. Consider that it must be compatible with practically every other implementation of ls out there, so as not to break shell scripts written long ago. Thus, it contains a whole lot of legacy code that no one even wants to consider touching, for fear of hurting backwards compatability. As I understand, xterm is like this also: the older code is more or less marked: "Here be dragons and all manner of foul beasts."
Maybe next year Taco could try something genuinely funny. Perhaps a reversal is in order: instead of posting dumbass, obviously false jokes, post something outrageous but true. It would be just wonderful to see an update saying that yes, that hilarious announcement was really true. Sidenote: although I whine about the quality of the jokes, the "slashvertisements" were pretty funny. I want the damned AC posts back though. Where would slashdot be without 500 goatse.cx links at -1 on every story?
The dangerous thing here is that this issue is not split along party lines like most others. It all depends on who gets money from the entertainment industry, not who is a Democrat or Republican. If you start thinking of it along party lines, you will end up missing half the sponsors of the bill.
Also, any decent programmer shouldn't have to worry about what language is being used. While Win32 may be more cumbersome when you write a GUI, all the ideas should be fundamentally the same. Besides, the backend code tends to be the stuff that needs fine-tuning, and that is usually more or less language independent: the important level there is the algorithms used.