You will generally find that most companies these days will allow you,, or at least turn a blind eye, to make copies of the documentation, as long as you have a corresponding number of licences of the software. This is irrespective of what is said in the licence - partly because if they can they would rather save on the printing bills.
Most software (and website) EULAs have an explicit clause that says that if any clause in the EULA turns out to be illegal, the rest of the EULA remains in effect.
Which in itself is illegal because one illegal clause generally nullifies the contract. So does this mean that most software contracts are illegal?
Uh, which vendor's DOS 3.3? Seeing that no vendor is mentioned, this could apply to any vendor's licence who released a copy of DOS 3.3. Hmm, maybe if I had developed my own homebrew DOS 3.3, maybe I could set out my own licence terms;-)
I have started using the yyyy/mm/dd format because it is the only format in Canada that doesn't get confused. I have often encountered the problem at work, where nobody knew if the document had been writtem US format or international format, as an example is the month May or October:
5/10/2000 ?
The problem isn't anything to do with Canadian intelligence, but because our company deals with both Americans and Canadians.
What I would love is the ability to choose, during install time, a precompiled kernel with ATAPI support. Yeah I could go and compile it myself afterwards, but with the increasing number of people with CD burners, this should be an option.
Maybe another approach would be a Wizard for kernel compilation/configuration - hide the fact that there is any recompilation going on.
This I agree with, though the goals of the two windowing systems seem to have changed. Gnome certainly seems to be focusing on usability and a good looking interface. I find that KDE imitates Windows far too much.
What would be nice is a KDE/Gnome merge, with the underlying library being GTK+ and QT library that is only a wrapper to the GTK+ library. We would certainly benefit from a unified windowing system.
Actually it would be great if everyone used the space, that way there would be no confusion. The next best thing in documentation is to indicate the notation format you are using, this is also useful with dates.
Given that there is already a list listing badly configured mail servers, that allow people from outside the site to send e-mail, there should probably be a list allowing packet forging?
This is one advantage of having dynamic addresses. Since your users all have dynamic addresses it is hard for the attacker to get the right computer every time. It is also a good idea to keep a log of the address allocation, in case someone from your end is the source of the DoS attack.
Actually the real problem is that there are too many lawyers without any real jobs. I reckon we should probably limit the number of people getting into law school and shove them into healthcare, or something, where there is a lack of qualified people.
The other thing to take into account is that most Indians read/write in Hindu. This alphabet is very different from the Roman alphabet. It looks like those people who don't yet read and write are going to have to learn two alphabets, unless a substanial number of websites offer stuff in Hindu.
There is is also X-Win32 available for Windows. Check out the demo at http://www.startnet.com/. I believe that 5.0 is the latest version.
I too agree MI/X is a waste of time. While WeirdX is a little slow, the source code is available and for those people on Windows, there is the possibility of compiling the thing into native code.
Considering that it is written in Java, it handled my dtwm okay. Sure it wasn't high quality, but it is great for those of us who want a freebie X-Server for their PCs. I used Mix a while back and this is this Java X-Server is actually a better effort - it even includes the source - yay!
I have a strong urge to patent the whole process of patenting, doing bureaucratic work and thinking. I think that should be easy enough. Yeah there is prior art, but does the process really care?
The MPAA does its best to stifle individual rights when it comes to DVD technology, yet according to the article companies such as MGM were over themselves to see how their videos looked. This gets me thinking whether the MPAA is living in an ivory tower or whether they really represent the interests of the movie studios?
Considering the final statement that a large number of Hollywood actors are buying such systems, it would be ironic to see Hollywood itself be the undoing of the MPAA.
I must admit that the Firewire restriction (or whatever you call it) is certainly something that the MPAA should retract on if it doesn't wish some other superior technology to replace DVD, simply because it allows people to have a 100% digital solution if they can afford it. It should also be noted that a 100% digital solution should become affordable in the next 5 years as the home theatre concept becomes more popular and that low-end processors become more powerful.
Anybody up for putting together a Linux driven home entertainment system?
They didn't invent the word-processor or any of the other tools they sell. What the did do is make the tools include every possible feature that people might or might not want.
Windows is present both in server form and desktop form. Just because Linux has come from a server orientated world it should not mean that it can't exist in a form designed for desktops. The linux kernel can be compiled to include certain features, or exclude certain features and thus provides a greater potentiential for optimization than Windows, where you depend on what Microsoft has done in their commerical releases.
Useablity is certainly a factor at the moment under Linux, but this is changing with desktop environments such as Gnome, which put user considerations at the top of the list. All OSs have some distance to go with ease of use and can all learn from each other, but making an easy to use interface is an art that is harder to perfect in certain cases, than creating a good kernel, where there are hard and fast rules.
It is the demand of today that rule decide the direction of tomorrow!
Considering the relationship betwen Darwin and MacOS X, the amount of work to get the upper layer working on Intel is probably not that much. Most of the work would probably be centered around the QA testing. Remember, before MacOS X was on the Power-PC platform it was quite happily working on the Intel platform, in the form of OpenStep.
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You will generally find that most companies these days will allow you,, or at least turn a blind eye, to make copies of the documentation, as long as you have a corresponding number of licences of the software. This is irrespective of what is said in the licence - partly because if they can they would rather save on the printing bills.
Which in itself is illegal because one illegal clause generally nullifies the contract. So does this mean that most software contracts are illegal?
Uh, which vendor's DOS 3.3? Seeing that no vendor is mentioned, this could apply to any vendor's licence who released a copy of DOS 3.3. Hmm, maybe if I had developed my own homebrew DOS 3.3, maybe I could set out my own licence terms ;-)
The .int domain already exists, for example:
www.esa.int
Sounds like a mafia with suport from the US goverment: It does the work and will let you know afterwards how much you should pay.
True, but then everyone follows your move and the most beautiful place is no more.
By actually replying to it actually helps make it more noticable. If you don't reply, then it will simply get lost in the noise.
I have started using the yyyy/mm/dd format because it is the only format in Canada that doesn't get confused. I have often encountered the problem at work, where nobody knew if the document had been writtem US format or international format, as an example is the month May or October:
5/10/2000 ?
The problem isn't anything to do with Canadian intelligence, but because our company deals with both Americans and Canadians.
Does anyone know the kernel version included?
What I would love is the ability to choose, during install time, a precompiled kernel with ATAPI support. Yeah I could go and compile it myself afterwards, but with the increasing number of people with CD burners, this should be an option.
Maybe another approach would be a Wizard for kernel compilation/configuration - hide the fact that there is any recompilation going on.
This I agree with, though the goals of the two windowing systems seem to have changed. Gnome certainly seems to be focusing on usability and a good looking interface. I find that KDE imitates Windows far too much.
What would be nice is a KDE/Gnome merge, with the underlying library being GTK+ and QT library that is only a wrapper to the GTK+ library. We would certainly benefit from a unified windowing system.
Actually it would be great if everyone used the space, that way there would be no confusion. The next best thing in documentation is to indicate the notation format you are using, this is also useful with dates.
Given that there is already a list listing badly configured mail servers, that allow people from outside the site to send e-mail, there should probably be a list allowing packet forging?
This is one advantage of having dynamic addresses. Since your users all have dynamic addresses it is hard for the attacker to get the right computer every time. It is also a good idea to keep a log of the address allocation, in case someone from your end is the source of the DoS attack.
Actually the real problem is that there are too many lawyers without any real jobs. I reckon we should probably limit the number of people getting into law school and shove them into healthcare, or something, where there is a lack of qualified people.
How about creating a low powered Tiny PC cluster for handling all the pages?
The other thing to take into account is that most Indians read/write in Hindu. This alphabet is very different from the Roman alphabet. It looks like those people who don't yet read and write are going to have to learn two alphabets, unless a substanial number of websites offer stuff in Hindu.
Oh and is there a Hindu version of the Britanica?
There is is also X-Win32 available for Windows. Check out the demo at http://www.startnet.com/. I believe that 5.0 is the latest version.
I too agree MI/X is a waste of time. While WeirdX is a little slow, the source code is available and for those people on Windows, there is the possibility of compiling the thing into native code.
Considering that it is written in Java, it handled my dtwm okay. Sure it wasn't high quality, but it is great for those of us who want a freebie X-Server for their PCs. I used Mix a while back and this is this Java X-Server is actually a better effort - it even includes the source - yay!
I have a strong urge to patent the whole process of patenting, doing bureaucratic work and thinking. I think that should be easy enough. Yeah there is prior art, but does the process really care?
The MPAA does its best to stifle individual rights when it comes to DVD technology, yet according to the article companies such as MGM were over themselves to see how their videos looked. This gets me thinking whether the MPAA is living in an ivory tower or whether they really represent the interests of the movie studios?
Considering the final statement that a large number of Hollywood actors are buying such systems, it would be ironic to see Hollywood itself be the undoing of the MPAA.
I must admit that the Firewire restriction (or whatever you call it) is certainly something that the MPAA should retract on if it doesn't wish some other superior technology to replace DVD, simply because it allows people to have a 100% digital solution if they can afford it. It should also be noted that a 100% digital solution should become affordable in the next 5 years as the home theatre concept becomes more popular and that low-end processors become more powerful.
Anybody up for putting together a Linux driven home entertainment system?
They didn't invent the word-processor or any of the other tools they sell. What the did do is make the tools include every possible feature that people might or might not want.
It is the demand of today that rule decide the direction of tomorrow!
That was meant to be:
It is the demand of today that will decide the direction of tomorrow!
Useablity is certainly a factor at the moment under Linux, but this is changing with desktop environments such as Gnome, which put user considerations at the top of the list. All OSs have some distance to go with ease of use and can all learn from each other, but making an easy to use interface is an art that is harder to perfect in certain cases, than creating a good kernel, where there are hard and fast rules.
It is the demand of today that rule decide the direction of tomorrow!
Considering the relationship betwen Darwin and MacOS X, the amount of work to get the upper layer working on Intel is probably not that much. Most of the work would probably be centered around the QA testing. Remember, before MacOS X was on the Power-PC platform it was quite happily working on the Intel platform, in the form of OpenStep.
Does anyone whether any moves will be made to do the same thing with CDE?