I get the distinct feeling that Oracle and especially the BSD guys don't want anything to do with systemD.
Sun/Oracle effectively replaced init with SMF back in Solaris 10, so while it isn't systemD, it doesn't mean that all UNIX will be keeping SystemV init alive...
The cartoon has already been made, and it was in fact a remake of a (partially completed) set of tv episodes. You can watch the anims (dont expect movie quality CGI) here at the beeb.
There are several reasons why I recently decided to buy a Archos 6000 over a libretto / laptop:
1) size - the 6000 is small enough to put in your pocket! Imagine trying to use a laptop to listen to music while rushing around a busy town or city centre...
2) battery - the 6000 now ships with two pairs of rechargable batteries, one charged pair lasting over 5 hours. Can any (non-transmeta) laptop hope to last that long which so much hd access? No.
3) cost - at $350, the 6000 is still the cheaper option, and the fact that it can be used as an external USB hd as well as a good mp3 player is an added bonus.
... is that DVD-R and DVD-RW media normally cost more than buying a normal DVD movie, so unless those copying DVDs are buying them in/huge/ bulk, the MPAA shouldn't get too concerned... for the time being anyway!
Surely this will mean a tiny pay rise for the entry level jobs, and a the 33% increase for any of the more 'senior' positions? That's not gonna encourage too many young techies...
Its seems strange to want to know the value of Pi down to some tiny decimal place, but it does have its uses, primarily in the field of space navigation. The accuracy allows trajectories and orbits to be calculated with a very small degree of error - a minor slip of a few millionths of a degree at the beginning of a spaceflight can mean the difference between a spacecraft reaching its destination and completely missing it. The effect of this sort of error is exaggerated most clearly over the astronomical distances between our planet and everywhere else in the solar system etc.
This is probably only because no-one has yet given Alan (Mr 'Kernel' Cox) one of these to 'motivate' him to add support for it into the 2.2.1XpreXX kernel:o)
Dear oh dear... if a celeron 700 is considered a low end system, what hope does it leave for us out there still running with 400MHz machines, or slower? And what's worse is that each new processor coming out these days needs a new motherboard, and sometimes even a new PSU/case... Time to raid the bank again!
I'm working for an UK ISP, so the odds of my emails etc being checked without me knowing are incredibly low. However, this might turn out to be a real pain if we get told to start checking our customers emails...!
Great company, great products, now great hacking? Whatever next?? Well, there's always the possible open-sourcing of winamp... or at least a (good) version for *nix...:o)
This is just another case of pot-ay-to pot-ah-to... Basically, sheer pedanticism at its worst. After all, who really cares about extra hyphens these days? It's like putting dots into your T.L.A.s - pointless:o)
SDMI had to compromise between security and efficiency, so very strong encrypting has always been unlikely in this sort of practical field. And regardless of how strong it is, there would always be someone out there trying (and probably succeeding) to hack it, so there wouldnt be much point in going for too strong.
... big companies like it when they don't have to spend any money to get what they want - hence they are upset with linux for aiming at small systems, but aren't immediately splashing out with their own cash to rectify it themselves.
...that not all people with geek credentials think alike - eg the fractured nature of the various linux communities - so this board member-elect will still upset as many geeks as he pleases...
So if the tech companies don't like watermarking, they want people to hack it. So what's next? Does the tech industry try to get every new standard it doesn't like hacked, or will they come up with a better plan?
Are there any other similar initiatives that the tech industry actually supports that could be practical to use?
Well, if they MPAA loses this battle, there is the possibility of the removal of the regionizing of DVDs - Imagine a world were all DVDs can be played by *all* players, straight out of the box... I cant wait! .
The other problem is that not everyone in the world will join the internet at the same time - the more developed nations (such as those in Europe, the US, and so on) will have a larger and earlier influence on the evolution of the language as compared to the other, less developed nations. Global internet access for all is still a pipedream I'm afraid...
Hmm... and I was wondering why my university - the University of Wales, Swansea (in the UK) - had suddenly blocked Napster connections from all campus machines! What's next? Blocking of emails because some of them/may/ contain an 'illegal' attachment?? Sheesh...:o)
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I get the distinct feeling that Oracle and especially the BSD guys don't want anything to do with systemD.
Sun/Oracle effectively replaced init with SMF back in Solaris 10, so while it isn't systemD, it doesn't mean that all UNIX will be keeping SystemV init alive...
The cartoon has already been made, and it was in fact a remake of a (partially completed) set of tv episodes. You can watch the anims (dont expect movie quality CGI) here at the beeb.
There are several reasons why I recently decided to buy a Archos 6000 over a libretto / laptop:
1) size - the 6000 is small enough to put in your pocket! Imagine trying to use a laptop to listen to music while rushing around a busy town or city centre...
2) battery - the 6000 now ships with two pairs of rechargable batteries, one charged pair lasting over 5 hours. Can any (non-transmeta) laptop hope to last that long which so much hd access? No.
3) cost - at $350, the 6000 is still the cheaper option, and the fact that it can be used as an external USB hd as well as a good mp3 player is an added bonus.
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... is that DVD-R and DVD-RW media normally cost more than buying a normal DVD movie, so unless those copying DVDs are buying them in /huge/ bulk, the MPAA shouldn't get too concerned... for the time being anyway!
- Get a boxload of toys, hand out to programmers, repeat if needed.
If programmers don't complain:Surely this will mean a tiny pay rise for the entry level jobs, and a the 33% increase for any of the more 'senior' positions? That's not gonna encourage too many young techies...
Its seems strange to want to know the value of Pi down to some tiny decimal place, but it does have its uses, primarily in the field of space navigation. The accuracy allows trajectories and orbits to be calculated with a very small degree of error - a minor slip of a few millionths of a degree at the beginning of a spaceflight can mean the difference between a spacecraft reaching its destination and completely missing it. The effect of this sort of error is exaggerated most clearly over the astronomical distances between our planet and everywhere else in the solar system etc.
Yet more funky stuff enters the OSS world... The question now is 'What will Big Blue opensource next?', and who wants to port it? :o)
This is probably only because no-one has yet given Alan (Mr 'Kernel' Cox) one of these to 'motivate' him to add support for it into the 2.2.1XpreXX kernel :o)
I preferred the one where they wired up the side of one of the student towerblocks so that they could play 'Tetris' with the lights in the windows...
At this rate, it should be renamed to:
"The Amazing Space Yo-Yo!"...
Dear oh dear... if a celeron 700 is considered a low end system, what hope does it leave for us out there still running with 400MHz machines, or slower? And what's worse is that each new processor coming out these days needs a new motherboard, and sometimes even a new PSU/case... Time to raid the bank again!
I'm working for an UK ISP, so the odds of my emails etc being checked without me knowing are incredibly low. However, this might turn out to be a real pain if we get told to start checking our customers emails...!
Great company, great products, now great hacking? Whatever next?? Well, there's always the possible open-sourcing of winamp... or at least a (good) version for *nix... :o)
This is just another case of pot-ay-to pot-ah-to... :o)
Basically, sheer pedanticism at its worst. After all, who really cares about extra hyphens these days? It's like putting dots into your T.L.A.s - pointless
SDMI had to compromise between security and efficiency, so very strong encrypting has always been unlikely in this sort of practical field.
And regardless of how strong it is, there would always be someone out there trying (and probably succeeding) to hack it, so there wouldnt be much point in going for too strong.
... big companies like it when they don't have to spend any money to get what they want - hence they are upset with linux for aiming at small systems, but aren't immediately splashing out with their own cash to rectify it themselves.
...that not all people with geek credentials think alike - eg the fractured nature of the various linux communities - so this board member-elect will still upset as many geeks as he pleases...
So if the tech companies don't like watermarking, they want people to hack it. So what's next? Does the tech industry try to get every new standard it doesn't like hacked, or will they come up with a better plan?
Are there any other similar initiatives that the tech industry actually supports that could be practical to use?
... that the European Commission has yet to decide whether such a merger would be legal in Europe...
I can't decide whether this will help unite KDE and Gnome, or help split them further... Any ideas?
So how about a European tour too? :o)
Well, if they MPAA loses this battle, there is the possibility of the removal of the regionizing of DVDs - Imagine a world were all DVDs can be played by *all* players, straight out of the box... I cant wait! .
The other problem is that not everyone in the world will join the internet at the same time - the more developed nations (such as those in Europe, the US, and so on) will have a larger and earlier influence on the evolution of the language as compared to the other, less developed nations. Global internet access for all is still a pipedream I'm afraid...
Hmm... and I was wondering why my university - the University of Wales, Swansea (in the UK) - had suddenly blocked Napster connections from all campus machines! What's next? Blocking of emails because some of them /may/ contain an 'illegal' attachment?? Sheesh... :o)