Subversion usability leaves a lot to be desired (although the book is really nice). For example, cd into a working copy that you've never seen before and try to determine its exact repository URL.
Just "svn info" gives you all the information.
Or, try making a branch without typing in the entire repository URL (assuming you even know it).
Just "svn cp foo bar" makes a branch of "foo" called "bar". Is that so enormously complicated? I fail to see your point.:)
This is obviously the reason that almost nobody worth their salt buys CD or DVD media in the Netherlands anymore. Ordering from Belgium or Germany is usually the easiest and cheapest.
What's the difference between "Guns don't kill people, people kill people." and "Hard drives don't commit piracy, people commit piracy."
Well, the difference is of course economical. According to your very powerful gun lobby, gun sales help the US economy, both by increasing weapons manufacturer's profits, and letting all criminal "scum" kill each other off efficiently.:)
In contrast, the RIAA and MPAA keep telling us that piracy will be very bad for the US economy.;)
Guess who will be believed: the people with big $$$, as it always has been in the U$ of A, Land of the Not-Really-Free(TM).
That's nonsense. IIS is a system service, delivered by Microsoft as a part of the operating system, exactly like the Univeral Plug & Play service (which is the bugger in question here). It is definitely NOT a normal "application". The only difference is that IIS is not always installed by default, as the UPnP service is.
Well, this is only true for Office 2000 and later, which contains lots of security holes all by itself! If you are still using Office 97, as a lot of people do, you need to give it a lot of write permissions! Look here to see what I mean. In short, it needs write access to all your system directories...:(
Hm, a minimal IE5.5 install does not contain a mail client, news client, chat client, editor, replaceable skins, etc. Try downloading a custom install of IE with these features turned on, and it will be a lot more (I'd guess > 25MB compressed, or so).
Mozilla's memory usage is just a little more than Netscape on my machine, and that is of course due to some remaining debug stuff and memory leaks. Opera surely has the smallest disk space and memory footprint, but it's hardly usable on any site (at least not the ones I visit).
Measuring the memory usage of IE is quite a difficult subject, since it's "integrated", so part of the memory is allocated in the shell, the COM libraries, etc. Try using Active Desktop, and checking out the memory usage of Explorer.:)
Q15. If I don't use their source, can I make my own MP3 decoder without paying FhG?
A15. Legally, FhG may or may not have rights regarding patented technology that is necessary to make an MP3 decoder. If they do, it is within their right to enforce it and prevent you from making any MP3 decoder, whether or not you had help from them to do it.
Q16. If I don't use their source, can I make my own MP3 encoder without paying FhG?
A16. If you infringe on their techniques, it is within their rights to seek recourse, whether or not you had help from them, or whether or not you intentionally or knowingly infriged.
Q17. If I don't use any of their techniques, can I make my own MP3 encoder without paying FhG?
A17. Yes.
So it seems you will have to just invent your own techniques/algorithms for encoding, but what this precisely means is not entirely clear.
In the case of LAME, because there now is a totally independent implementation with maybe totally independent techniques/algorithms, it could really be free. At least I hope so.:-)
Oh, and don't forget that not all countries allow patents on algorithms, like Sweden (where BladeEnc comes from). --
This trend is so terribly disturbing... It doesn't matter how much or what info is being transmitted back, it is the fact it is transmitted at all, without prior consent. I'll research this thoroughly, since these sort of rumours always have to be taken with a grain of salt, and if it is true, I will definitely stop buying id Software products. Sad but true.:( --
An IE-less version of Win2K would be pretty hard to make now. They already have "integrated" IE into the help system, the patching system (Windoze update), and the entire system configuration interface (MMC). If this whole mess had to be untangled by order of a judge, I guess it would take them a few months at least...:-) --
a) They have a second key as a backup, in case the first key would get compromised (such as being published by a pissed off M$ employee for example, or more likely, being cracked by some guys at l0pht:). With the second key they could sign some update which installs yet another new key.
b) I guess some bozo at M$ just forgot to strip the release executables, nothing more. --
Try Exact Audio Copy. It's a Windoze-only app, but it works pretty good, even on badly fscked cd's. It can also use the BladeEnc DLL, Windoze codes or external encoder programs. It has CDDB support too, and it is ``postcardware''. --
If you just open QuickTime 4's About dialog (in Windoze it's under Control Panel|QuickTime), you'll get all the codec copyrights and logos scrolling by.
For the MP3 codec it displays a Fraunhofer link and the text:
"MPEG Layer-3 audio compression technology licensed by Fraunhofer IIS and THOMSON multimedia."
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All BMWs are cars, but not all cars are BMWs.
Nope, see here. :)
Subversion usability leaves a lot to be desired (although the book is really nice). For example, cd into a working copy that you've never seen before and try to determine its exact repository URL.
Just "svn info" gives you all the information.
Or, try making a branch without typing in the entire repository URL (assuming you even know it).
Just "svn cp foo bar" makes a branch of "foo" called "bar". Is that so enormously complicated? I fail to see your point. :)
Perforce keeps all metadata on the server. It's not free software, though...
that's what I would call it... ;)
> The tax on blank DVDs is something like a couple of cents.
m l#tarieven
Nope, it's EUR 0.60 for DVD-R, and EUR 0.40 for DVD+R. Info straight from the horse's mouth:
http://www.cedar.nl/thuiskopie/info-gebruikers.ht
This is obviously the reason that almost nobody worth their salt buys CD or DVD media in the Netherlands anymore. Ordering from Belgium or Germany is usually the easiest and cheapest.
Well, the difference is of course economical. According to your very powerful gun lobby, gun sales help the US economy, both by increasing weapons manufacturer's profits, and letting all criminal "scum" kill each other off efficiently. :)
In contrast, the RIAA and MPAA keep telling us that piracy will be very bad for the US economy. ;)
Guess who will be believed: the people with big $$$, as it always has been in the U$ of A, Land of the Not-Really-Free(TM).
That's nonsense. IIS is a system service, delivered by Microsoft as a part of the operating system, exactly like the Univeral Plug & Play service (which is the bugger in question here). It is definitely NOT a normal "application". The only difference is that IIS is not always installed by default, as the UPnP service is.
Well, infix operators simply become postfix operators. So something like:
becomes
and something like
becomes
So your example will become something like
;-P
- make buildworld
- make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
- make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
- reboot (preferably to single user)
- make installworld
- mergemaster
- reboot
Please read the...or something like that.
Hm, a minimal IE5.5 install does not contain a mail client, news client, chat client, editor, replaceable skins, etc. Try downloading a custom install of IE with these features turned on, and it will be a lot more (I'd guess > 25MB compressed, or so).
Mozilla's memory usage is just a little more than Netscape on my machine, and that is of course due to some remaining debug stuff and memory leaks. Opera surely has the smallest disk space and memory footprint, but it's hardly usable on any site (at least not the ones I visit).
Measuring the memory usage of IE is quite a difficult subject, since it's "integrated", so part of the memory is allocated in the shell, the COM libraries, etc. Try using Active Desktop, and checking out the memory usage of Explorer. :)
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except .doc, .xls, .ppt and the other Office files, which are just as dangerous as any other.
.zip files, so everybody will just zip their VBS files from now on. :)
When will these people ever learn. And hey, they also don't disable
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From the MPEG, Patents, and Audio Coding FAQ (recommended reading):
So it seems you will have to just invent your own techniques/algorithms for encoding, but what this precisely means is not entirely clear.
In the case of LAME, because there now is a totally independent implementation with maybe totally independent techniques/algorithms, it could really be free. At least I hope so. :-)
Oh, and don't forget that not all countries allow patents on algorithms, like Sweden (where BladeEnc comes from).
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Would you like to sing The Free Software Song again? (That will obviously please jwz, as he then would have even more ``evidence''... :-)
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This trend is so terribly disturbing... It doesn't matter how much or what info is being transmitted back, it is the fact it is transmitted at all, without prior consent. :(
I'll research this thoroughly, since these sort of rumours always have to be taken with a grain of salt, and if it is true, I will definitely stop buying id Software products.
Sad but true.
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An IE-less version of Win2K would be pretty hard to make now. They already have "integrated" IE into the help system, the patching system (Windoze update), and the entire system configuration interface (MMC). If this whole mess had to be untangled by order of a judge, I guess it would take them a few months at least... :-)
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This is because sendmail's license is based upon the BSD license. It specifically allows software to become closed.
I don't want to start a GPL vs BSD flame war here, but this is a good example of the possibilities of the BSD license.
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a) They have a second key as a backup, in case the first key would get compromised (such as being published by a pissed off M$ employee for example, or more likely, being cracked by some guys at l0pht :). With the second key they could sign some update which installs yet another new key.
b) I guess some bozo at M$ just forgot to strip the release executables, nothing more.
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The head and body would of course reject each other, since they'd both see the other part as something alien.
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Try Exact Audio Copy. It's a Windoze-only app, but it works pretty good, even on badly fscked cd's. It can also use the BladeEnc DLL, Windoze codes or external encoder programs. It has CDDB support too, and it is ``postcardware''.
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NYTimes' login script uses the referer header. Add a line
referer @
to your junkbuster config file (/etc/junkbuster/config in most cases), and a a line
nytimes.com
to your junkbuster cookie file. Then restart junkbuster, and it should work.
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Cygnus' GNUPro toolkit supports only RedHat 5.x and higher, officially. See http://www.cygnus.com/gnupro/faq.html for the details on that.
So on this point, Cygnus isn't very different from MetroWerks. At least they supply source code with their tools...
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If you just open QuickTime 4's About dialog (in Windoze it's under Control Panel|QuickTime), you'll get all the codec copyrights and logos scrolling by.
;-)
For the MP3 codec it displays a Fraunhofer link and the text:
"MPEG Layer-3 audio compression technology licensed by Fraunhofer IIS and THOMSON multimedia."
This seems pretty clear to me.