Dax Kelson just posted a patch to add support for this device in the Linux kernel. I believe Linus accepted the patch and it should show up in the next -pre kernel.
Are you mad!?!?! I was happily using OS/2 about the same time win3.1 was out and I can tell you there was no comparison. OS/2 rocked and even had a comparable selection of software. When windows 95 came out I was moving to GNU/Linux and I've never looked back.
I must admit, however, that the.Net framework is a radical idea for microsoft and it is certainly worth looking into. Mono and GNU.Net may be some of the most important projects that free software has seen recently. Nice book review too -- seemed like a balanced look.
I posted this comment in an earlier article on the same issue, but it is also relevant here. According to Melise Blakeslee (a partner with the law firm McDermott, Will & Emery),
"Users meanwhile need to understand that Linux enduser license agreements are an 'as is' contract, meaning Linux users aren't protected from copyright or intellectual-property infringement claims..."
Quoted from the July 28th edition of Information Week magazine in an Article by Larry Greenmeier titled "Sco Group Threatens Users in Linux Fight" p.24 -- sorry, I couldn't find a link online.
Agree with it or not, at least one lawyer thinks users could be liable.
-Derek
According to Melise Blakeslee (a partner with the law firm McDermott, Will & Emery),
"Users meanwhile need to understand that Linux enduser license agreements are an 'as is' contract, meaning Linux users aren't protected from copyright or intellectual-property infringement claims..."
Quoted from the July 28th edition of Information Week magazine in an Article by Larry Greenmeier titled "Sco Group Threatens Users in Linux Fight" p.24 -- sorry, I couldn't find a link online.
Only a billion? I think they'd pay 10x that, and smile all the while.
Take $10,000,000,000 and divide that by the number of core kernel and key application developers (a number that I will estimate at 40,000) and you get $250,000. Take that $250,000 and offer it to the developers if they will sign a contract to stop working on anything non-Microsoft. Those that refuse this offer will get a $250,000 bounty put on their heads. Either way, taking out the top 40,000 Linux developers will certainly put a fatal dent in the Linux roadmap.
And that is just the kind of evil plan that seems to make big American companies drool!
-Derek
P.S. This started out as a whimsical post, but the more I think about it, the more it scares me how powerful 10 billion dollars really can be!
No, they're just making it a requirement to have a BATF issued LEUP (Low Explosives Use Permit) to use motors with over 62.5 grams of AP based propellent. This means that most hobbyists will be shut out. The paperwork, time, and expense involved in getting this "permit" is simply too much for most hobbyists. And, frankly, is a waste of time for BATF agents. Do you really want these agents spending their time driving all over the state to verify magazines for storing model rocket motors, and reviewing all the additional paperwork, and doing all the additional background checks, etc.... Shouldn't those agents be out chasing bad guys?
Shipping them is still quite legal too- the only issue is that companies would have to license their employees with the ATFE under new regulations to be able to ship them.
Replace the word "ship" with the word "transport" and you can see the problem with this. It isn't just UPS/FedEx that has this problem, but EVERY HOBBYIST who wants to transport his motors out to the launch site. Unless I burn ALL my motors in the next month or two I will soon be stuck with a bunch of rocket motors that I am not allowed to launch in my neighborhood, that I'm not allow to transport to a safer launch site nor am I allowed to throw them out in the trash.
1) AP based propellent is NOT a good explosive. Believe me, I've used this stuff for years. It makes a good rocket propellent because of its safety and its consistent and slow burn rate. (Under 100 PSI pressure it burns at less than 1 inch per second, compared to black powder at 2700 inches per second. Even slower under normal atmospheric pressures and a sudden drop in pressure will actually extinguish the burn.)
2) Please regulate the crime not the tool! Isn't that what the whole DMCA issue is about? Isn't that why we hate the MPAA/RIAA, they are trying to regulate the technology itself rather than simply regulate specific uses (for which laws already exist).
3) Model rockets are fun and educational and it makes me angry to see the US government kill my hobby for NO GOOD REASON. This hobby has been going on for decades without any problems. The NAR and TRA have good relationships with most govermental bodies. We police our own because no hobbyist wants to see his launch site shut down or his hobby taken away by irresponsibe behavior. Every launch I've attended had a safety officer inspect every rocket before it was flown.
4) Model rockets as a delivery system? Please! Build a few an evaluate that for yourself.
The government just doesn't know when to back off, and model rocketeers simply don't have a big enough lobby. American tax dollars being wasted. End of story.
My guess is that for those who haven't already plead guilty, they will have a tough time proving that they had good intentions...
I guess that statement depends on your definition of "good intentions". From my point of view, when someone uses their intellect to figure how to get access to satellite signals that are broadcast into their own back yard, that sounds like a good intention to me.
When someone shares knowlegde that they have legitimately aquired, that also sounds like a good intention to me.
When someone sells hardware built from knowledge they have legitimately aquired, that sounds like a good intention to me. (Or at least good entrepreneurship.)
Frankly, there a lot of people that could stand to use a little more time learning how to build TV's and a little less time watching them. How about we start chasing after violent criminals again or spend some resource to solve problems in our schools? My two cents worth anyway...
I work for a large software development company that is trying to implement "Six Sigma" and it is a joke. Management has all the best intentions, but applying the Six Sigma model to a process as complex and as poorly understood as software development is a waste of time. The reality is, when a person in our organizations picks a "green belt" or "black belt" project, they already know what needs to be done. Nothing new is learned through the Six Sigma process and it adds a non-trivial amount of work onto the organization. I keep hoping that it will fizzle and die out soon, but this program is lasting longer than most. Good luck with the IT related project, I would be very interested to read a followup post if Six Sigma tells you anything you didn't already know.
Yeah, but you gotta know when to stop. I knew this 40 year old who started taking it and he died of old age six months later. (Regeneration my butt!)
I can totally see how it helped that kid, but his mom better make sure he gets off it soon. Hormones are, like, powerfull stuff and he could end up accelating his "growth" right past his prime!
Oh, and I almost forgot, don't give any to your little bother!
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I too would be happy to pay a couple of bucks to DOWNLOAD a copy of my favorite shows. Especially if they are commercial free! and I'm sure that MANY other people I know would do the same. Why can't the big media companies understand this concept!?!?
I know, they are afraid that copyright violations will destroy their revenue. Guess what, I DON'T illeagally download stuff! What options does that leave me? Tape it off TV or go without.
Again, I too would be happy to pay a couple of bucks (say $1 USD per 1/2 hour of content -- maybe more if the commercials are stripped) just for the convenience.
The people running the media companies aren't idiots. They are fairly smart business people, but I think they are simply scared without reason.
-Derek
Off topic? maybe, but I had to get it off my chest.
Because of the media monopolies crackdown on Napster (and because I am also having a harder time finding music that is worth listening to and CD's that are worth the price.) I decided to boycott their products. So I probably helped a tiny bit with that drop.
I hoped at one point the RIAA companies would get the message. Instead my small boycott has been spun into more ammunition to be used against me.
Speaking as a part time, small volume, music sharer. I bought more music two years ago then I have in a long time and I KNOW for a fact the Napster helped fuel my desire for music.
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Here's the link: http://lkml.org/lkml/2003/10/9/10
-Derek
-Derek
I must admit, however, that the .Net framework is a radical idea for microsoft and it is certainly worth looking into. Mono and GNU.Net may be some of the most important projects that free software has seen recently. Nice book review too -- seemed like a balanced look.
-Derek
Quoted from the July 28th edition of Information Week magazine in an Article by Larry Greenmeier titled "Sco Group Threatens Users in Linux Fight" p.24 -- sorry, I couldn't find a link online.
Agree with it or not, at least one lawyer thinks users could be liable. -Derek
Quoted from the July 28th edition of Information Week magazine in an Article by Larry Greenmeier titled "Sco Group Threatens Users in Linux Fight" p.24 -- sorry, I couldn't find a link online.
-Derek
Never ask a man if he's from Texas. If he is, he'll tell you soon enough-- if he's not, you don't want to insult him. :-)
No stock, but one of my best T-shirts was a "Caldera" T-shirt. I'll miss it....
-Derek
There's nothing quite like an explosion over your house when your country is at war!
-Derek
...and you can have my experience (about 5 mo.). It isn't what you think it is going to be. :-(
-Derek
And that is just the kind of evil plan that seems to make big American companies drool!
-Derek
P.S. This started out as a whimsical post, but the more I think about it, the more it scares me how powerful 10 billion dollars really can be!
1) AP based propellent is NOT a good explosive. Believe me, I've used this stuff for years. It makes a good rocket propellent because of its safety and its consistent and slow burn rate. (Under 100 PSI pressure it burns at less than 1 inch per second, compared to black powder at 2700 inches per second. Even slower under normal atmospheric pressures and a sudden drop in pressure will actually extinguish the burn.)
2) Please regulate the crime not the tool! Isn't that what the whole DMCA issue is about? Isn't that why we hate the MPAA/RIAA, they are trying to regulate the technology itself rather than simply regulate specific uses (for which laws already exist).
3) Model rockets are fun and educational and it makes me angry to see the US government kill my hobby for NO GOOD REASON. This hobby has been going on for decades without any problems. The NAR and TRA have good relationships with most govermental bodies. We police our own because no hobbyist wants to see his launch site shut down or his hobby taken away by irresponsibe behavior. Every launch I've attended had a safety officer inspect every rocket before it was flown.
4) Model rockets as a delivery system? Please! Build a few an evaluate that for yourself.
The government just doesn't know when to back off, and model rocketeers simply don't have a big enough lobby. American tax dollars being wasted. End of story.
-Derek
When someone shares knowlegde that they have legitimately aquired, that also sounds like a good intention to me.
When someone sells hardware built from knowledge they have legitimately aquired, that sounds like a good intention to me. (Or at least good entrepreneurship.)
Frankly, there a lot of people that could stand to use a little more time learning how to build TV's and a little less time watching them. How about we start chasing after violent criminals again or spend some resource to solve problems in our schools? My two cents worth anyway...
-Derek
GuruLabs
-Derek
I work for a large software development company that is trying to implement "Six Sigma" and it is a joke. Management has all the best intentions, but applying the Six Sigma model to a process as complex and as poorly understood as software development is a waste of time. The reality is, when a person in our organizations picks a "green belt" or "black belt" project, they already know what needs to be done. Nothing new is learned through the Six Sigma process and it adds a non-trivial amount of work onto the organization. I keep hoping that it will fizzle and die out soon, but this program is lasting longer than most. Good luck with the IT related project, I would be very interested to read a followup post if Six Sigma tells you anything you didn't already know.
-Derek
-Derek
most developers are attracted to a project because:
1) They think it is cool
and/or
2) They need it themselves
Other than that, you might night to provide some sort of external motivator such as money, hacker respect, networking oppotunity, etc...
I can totally see how it helped that kid, but his mom better make sure he gets off it soon. Hormones are, like, powerfull stuff and he could end up accelating his "growth" right past his prime!
Oh, and I almost forgot, don't give any to your little bother!
-Derek
...I would like to find some *unbiased* evidence on the effects (if any) of violent media on our youth.
:-)
GOOD LUCK!
-Derek
...(the USA) it is more like 1984.
-Derek
So, I guess snailmail isn't even an option!!
-Derek
I too would be happy to pay a couple of bucks to DOWNLOAD a copy of my favorite shows. Especially if they are commercial free! and I'm sure that MANY other people I know would do the same. Why can't the big media companies understand this concept!?!?
I know, they are afraid that copyright violations will destroy their revenue. Guess what, I DON'T illeagally download stuff! What options does that leave me? Tape it off TV or go without.
Again, I too would be happy to pay a couple of bucks (say $1 USD per 1/2 hour of content -- maybe more if the commercials are stripped) just for the convenience.
The people running the media companies aren't idiots. They are fairly smart business people, but I think they are simply scared without reason.
-Derek
Off topic? maybe, but I had to get it off my chest.
"I worked at Microsoft for 20 years and all I got was this lousy code!" :-)
-Derek
Because of the media monopolies crackdown on Napster (and because I am also having a harder time finding music that is worth listening to and CD's that are worth the price.) I decided to boycott their products. So I probably helped a tiny bit with that drop.
I hoped at one point the RIAA companies would get the message. Instead my small boycott has been spun into more ammunition to be used against me.
Speaking as a part time, small volume, music sharer. I bought more music two years ago then I have in a long time and I KNOW for a fact the Napster helped fuel my desire for music.
Go figure.
-Derek
...if someone came into my house and dropped off a dreamcast! :-)
-Derek
- Jack Valenti
- Hillary Rosen
-Derek