I never realized that Windows uses a unix-like file hierarchy.
According to the article, drive C: is actually a symbolic link to \Device\HarddiskVolume4, COM3 is \Device\Serial0 and so on.
I'm surprised, frankly. My exposure to Windows is pretty much nil (and I like it that way) but I always assumed that the the C: drive and COM: stuff was a completely different way of accessing the devices and whatnot than what Unix uses. Apparently, it's actually quite similar once you get under the hood.
I have an Android tablet that I got as a "refurb" from Staples (Hipstreet brand, actually) for the sole purpose of reading sheet music pdf's on. It's ok for some quick lets-try-this-out stuff, but for anything that I'm going to do any in-depth study with, I still print the score on paper.
I don't give a rat's rear about cameras and whatnot -- give me a big screen that I can display a full size pdf sheet on and I'm interested.
Movies have a Script Supervisor whose job is to keep track of things like that. Since most movies are not shot in chronological order, in many locations and over the course of several weeks or months or sometimes even years, this is a bigger challenge than it appears at first glance.
The invention of the digital still camera was a godsend for these folks; they used to go through ungodly quantities of Polaroid film. Now they can keep it all on their computer.
I learned to type on an Underwood office typewriter in Typing Class in school, and I learned to type numbers by entering machine language programs out of Run magazine on my Commodore 64 (using their MLX program). No number pad on a C64, so I never got used to using one.
Today, I never touch the number pad on my computer keyboard. Ever. If it was missing I wouldn't notice at all. Could use the extra desk space for something else, even.
Musicians. I keep an android tablet on my piano too, but a lot of the time it's more convenient to print out the sheet music that I'm currently using and lay the pages side by side on the stand instead of working with a smaller tablet screen. Tablet is great for trying stuff out and whatnot but it's nice to print the sheets out for longer term study.
While I have a basic understanding about one-time pads and how they work, I realize that there must be something wrong with this idea but I don't know enough to figure out what.
There are vast amounts of publicly available documents on the Internet. Why can't Alice and Bob agree that they will use the text of the first article posted on Slashdot after noon Central Standard Time each day that they have a message to send as their one time pad? In that way avoid the issue of having to transfer the pad between themselves in advance and they have a new text available daily.
Can someone explain to me why this isn't secure, assuming that the bad don't know that this is the text that they use for their one-time pad? If someone is going to beat it out of one of them, they will could beat a pre-exchanged one-time pad out of them too, so that can't be it.
About thirty years ago I picked up the single-line landline phone on my desk to make a call and discovered that a conversation was already in progress on it. Two people were discussing a divorce, of all things. I quietly hung up the phone and picked it up again and got the dial tone that I expected to hear.
I guess that the telephone company's switch had some sort of a glitch the first time I picked up the phone.
I used to have a Commodore Vic-Modem (300bps) that came with a rotary-dial phone that had the Commodore name printed on the front of it. The phone was actually made by Norhern Telecom, so it wasn't an actual Commodore-manufactured phone.
To use that modem you dialed the number on the telephone and then flipped a switch to engage the modem.
Your only real options are to ignore this issue and have your apps disappear, or discuss this with a lawyer who specializes in US trademark law. And bring your wallet if you choose the second option.
Welcome to the world of doing business in the United States of America in the 21st century.
Is it fair? Not really. Is it reasonable? Not really. Is it reality? Yes.
Sorry about that, Chief! But that's the way the law currently works.
(I don't live in or do business in the USA. And I like it that way.)
That's not true in all cases. I have disabled something called "Flipboard" several times on my Galaxy S3 and within the next day or two I get an update that re-enables it.
Actually, no. The movie company generally gets anywhere between 50-70% of the price that you paid for the ticket, depending on the newness and popularity of the movie.
Heard of teachers? They are supposed to be in charge, and are the ones who should be calling ambulances, fire departments and police if needed. The kids should be focused on learning, not facebook.
It's nice to be able to collect money from others in exchange for absolutely nothing.
How can you steal someone's idea if you actually came up with it independently? That should be enough to invalidate their patents on its own. If you and I both come up with the same idea at around the same time, then that idea is "obvious".
If they will sell them without MS Windows (and the "secure" bios and so forth and so on) then I'll be interested.
It used to be that I could zip down to Staples and purchase a laptop, bring it home, format it, install my favourite Linux version, and life would go on.
The last time I tried that I spent TWO SOLID DAYS at Staples trying to find a laptop that would boot with my Linux "live cd" flash drive.
I guess that the next time I need a laptop I'll have to mail order it from one of the Linux Laptop vendors that advertise online if I want something that will work properly.
Slashdot Mirror
only to get all of them turned down but the last one.
Of course you get them turned down except for the last one. When it's accepted, you stop sending it out to publishers!
"I always find stuff in the last place that I look." Right, because when you find it you stop looking.
Do they load the box and send it back to you when you're moving to another service or returning to self-hosting?
Kim Dotcom.
I use mutt to read my email when I'm checking it with my phone. (Log in to a command line with VX Connectbot, then run mutt there.)
Even though it takes two steps (log in, then run the program) it's still more efficient than K9 Mail.
I know I know.. nobody reads the article. But here's the link:
http://arstechnica.com/informa...
I never realized that Windows uses a unix-like file hierarchy.
According to the article, drive C: is actually a symbolic link to \Device\HarddiskVolume4, COM3 is \Device\Serial0 and so on.
I'm surprised, frankly. My exposure to Windows is pretty much nil (and I like it that way) but I always assumed that the the C: drive and COM: stuff was a completely different way of accessing the devices and whatnot than what Unix uses. Apparently, it's actually quite similar once you get under the hood.
Learn something new every day....
Yer damn tootin', toots!
I have an Android tablet that I got as a "refurb" from Staples (Hipstreet brand, actually) for the sole purpose of reading sheet music pdf's on. It's ok for some quick lets-try-this-out stuff, but for anything that I'm going to do any in-depth study with, I still print the score on paper.
I don't give a rat's rear about cameras and whatnot -- give me a big screen that I can display a full size pdf sheet on and I'm interested.
Movies have a Script Supervisor whose job is to keep track of things like that. Since most movies are not shot in chronological order, in many locations and over the course of several weeks or months or sometimes even years, this is a bigger challenge than it appears at first glance.
The invention of the digital still camera was a godsend for these folks; they used to go through ungodly quantities of Polaroid film. Now they can keep it all on their computer.
I never (ever) use the number pad.
I learned to type on an Underwood office typewriter in Typing Class in school, and I learned to type numbers by entering machine language programs out of Run magazine on my Commodore 64 (using their MLX program). No number pad on a C64, so I never got used to using one.
Today, I never touch the number pad on my computer keyboard. Ever. If it was missing I wouldn't notice at all. Could use the extra desk space for something else, even.
My Microsoft Natural 4000 keyboard has it on the left.
Since I've been using Microsoft ergonomic keyboards for years, I'm now in the habit of hitting the 6 with my left forefinger.
(Microsoft can't make a decent operating system, but their keyboards and mice are first class.)
Did you miss the (large green) LibreOffice Built in help in English (US) download link that is located right below the Main Installer download?
Musicians. I keep an android tablet on my piano too, but a lot of the time it's more convenient to print out the sheet music that I'm currently using and lay the pages side by side on the stand instead of working with a smaller tablet screen. Tablet is great for trying stuff out and whatnot but it's nice to print the sheets out for longer term study.
While I have a basic understanding about one-time pads and how they work, I realize that there must be something wrong with this idea but I don't know enough to figure out what.
There are vast amounts of publicly available documents on the Internet. Why can't Alice and Bob agree that they will use the text of the first article posted on Slashdot after noon Central Standard Time each day that they have a message to send as their one time pad? In that way avoid the issue of having to transfer the pad between themselves in advance and they have a new text available daily.
Can someone explain to me why this isn't secure, assuming that the bad don't know that this is the text that they use for their one-time pad? If someone is going to beat it out of one of them, they will could beat a pre-exchanged one-time pad out of them too, so that can't be it.
Can't look at it:
http://www.hostinger.in/cpu_ex...
hostinger.in says that the cpu limit has been exceeded.
Remind me never to host anything there since it apparently becomes unreadable under a slight load.
About thirty years ago I picked up the single-line landline phone on my desk to make a call and discovered that a conversation was already in progress on it. Two people were discussing a divorce, of all things. I quietly hung up the phone and picked it up again and got the dial tone that I expected to hear.
I guess that the telephone company's switch had some sort of a glitch the first time I picked up the phone.
I used to have a Commodore Vic-Modem (300bps) that came with a rotary-dial phone that had the Commodore name printed on the front of it. The phone was actually made by Norhern Telecom, so it wasn't an actual Commodore-manufactured phone.
To use that modem you dialed the number on the telephone and then flipped a switch to engage the modem.
I just now found a picture of that setup here: http://www.zimmers.net/cbmpics...
Your only real options are to ignore this issue and have your apps disappear, or discuss this with a lawyer who specializes in US trademark law. And bring your wallet if you choose the second option.
Welcome to the world of doing business in the United States of America in the 21st century.
Is it fair? Not really. Is it reasonable? Not really. Is it reality? Yes.
Sorry about that, Chief! But that's the way the law currently works.
(I don't live in or do business in the USA. And I like it that way.)
Use lyx, and export from that to html.
You'll be glad you did.
That's not true in all cases. I have disabled something called "Flipboard" several times on my Galaxy S3 and within the next day or two I get an update that re-enables it.
Sourceforge prevents it.
http://webapps.stackexchange.c...
Actually, no. The movie company generally gets anywhere between 50-70% of the price that you paid for the ticket, depending on the newness and popularity of the movie.
(I own and operate a movie theatre.)
Heard of teachers? They are supposed to be in charge, and are the ones who should be calling ambulances, fire departments and police if needed. The kids should be focused on learning, not facebook.
"Host your own ads" is something only big sites can implement obviously.
Obviously?
I can (and occasionally do) sell advertising to local businesses that want to advertise on my website.
No middleman, no profit-share, and I know exactly who and what I'm advertising on what is, after all, MY website.
It's nice to be able to collect money from others in exchange for absolutely nothing.
How can you steal someone's idea if you actually came up with it independently? That should be enough to invalidate their patents on its own. If you and I both come up with the same idea at around the same time, then that idea is "obvious".
If they will sell them without MS Windows (and the "secure" bios and so forth and so on) then I'll be interested.
It used to be that I could zip down to Staples and purchase a laptop, bring it home, format it, install my favourite Linux version, and life would go on.
The last time I tried that I spent TWO SOLID DAYS at Staples trying to find a laptop that would boot with my Linux "live cd" flash drive.
I guess that the next time I need a laptop I'll have to mail order it from one of the Linux Laptop vendors that advertise online if I want something that will work properly.