The ATF tried asking model rocket engine manufacturers to supply them with some engines for testing. All refused. So they came up with a court order, forcing one of the manufacturers to supply some engines. They complied
I'm suprised the judge didn't laugh them out of the courtroom & tell them to drive down to the local hobby shop and but the engines themselves. Doesn't part of the the point of showing that consumer-grade off-the-shelf parts can be a threat showing that they can be purchased by anyone on short notice? It's not like they don't have the budget to buy these things.
Well, Wing Commander is a bad example; it's a DOS game with hard-wired timing loops. I remember trying to run it on my PPro-180 and frames went by too fast to even play; you blink twice and you've been shot down or crashed into asteroids or something.
On top of that, it wouldn't be taking advantage of anything other than the raw CPU speed; it wouldn't have any idea how to use the amount of RAM a modern system has or any of the hardware 3D's capabilities.
Considering that you were only there 5 weeks, why even bother listing it at all? You don't lose anything by not listing it; what's 5 more weeks of joblessness when you've been out for a year?
Really, you probably won't use it much. I've known a lot of people who have picked up PDAs or laptops for the purpose of using them in class and, after the initial novelty wore off, reverted to pen&paper. I can't think of anyone who's kept using them.
There's something to be said about a laptop for doing work while on campus, but I don't think that a tablet is worth the extra expense.
I suggest you go to a public computer lab running 2k/xp. Even a good one that's locked down, the machines are going to get clogged by spyware/adware/crap.
generally, you only see the more advanced IRQ controllers on higher-end hardware (think big SMP boxes) but it's becomming more common on consumer hardware.
Well, here in NM, it's not too uncommon for people to go down to Mexico for dental work. A lady I worked with managed to get a moutful of crowns for less than what her co-pay would've been in the states.
The CDs looked legit & were labeled "Windows NT 4.0 Source" or somesuch...
I can't really say they were or not, as I never rewally looked at what was on them, but this same school did have, in the same server room, an old copy of "The Unix Typsetting System" that had MSFT Library bookplates & barcodes in it... (this, I have added to my personal collection)
Really, getting your hands on windows source can't be that hard if you're motivated & have some connections. I was student-admin at a v.small college (think 500ish students) a few years back and, while cleaning out the server room, found a copy of NT4 that nobody knew existed (it was the same cabinet as the VMS tapes).
At the time, I briefly thought about how cool it would be to distribute the shit but quickly realized that it would, in the long run, create more problems (not just for me but also for the whole OSS movement) than it could ever fix.
Having MSFT source widely distributed makes MSFT doing an SCO on the whole Linux infinitely easier. If they were so inclined, they could essentially argue that anyone, anywhere, writing OS software was infringing and, considering their bankroll & strength of their legal team, more than likely win by simply forcing the other side to run out of money to defend themselves. And they'd have an argument that couldn't be obviously proved wrong.
...and we all know how easy IE makes registry modifications. On an otherwise completely locked-down system, short of diabling IE, any user can install crap from IE that affects everyone.
If it's sensitive, it shouldn't be world readable. Ever. It shouldn't matter if you know that htttp://www.CIA.gov/secret/topsecret/locationsOfAl lAgentsInTheWorld.xls is where the file is; the server shouldn't let anyone load it.
About the only case I could see this tactic having any merit would be if the parts supplier was located in some foreign country where the patent was not enforced, in which case, the product's shipments into this country becomes a customs issue. Outside of that, taking 5 separate corporations to court for the same charge because they buy parts from a specific vendor is crap.
On top of that, I seriously doubt that the lawyers would let their company base their business around products from Intel without some sort of indemnification from IP issues.
Perhaps part of the reason that this doesn't happen anymore is that a 'bag of records' now approaches what I pay for a month's rent here in the student ghetto.
I see the future of retail entertainment to be in consolodation; places like Hastings that have books + movies + music + software + console game are still going to get by. Browsing through the racks at a bookstore is always going to be more interesting that just picking up something specific off Amazon.
Performance for a game like UT really comes down to the video card. If you've got a video card that's significantly more powerful than what the average 733MHz (or 1GHz) system does, you'll be fine....and if you aren't, get with the times; you could replace the mobo/cpu/ram for $200 and get something far nicer anyways.
28 monts isn't that much shorter than the '4 years' at a major state university. Figure 8 months per year * 4 = 32 months, with a relatively lax schedule (3-4 hr/day of classes". Cutting 4 months off that with an 'intense' 5-6 hr schedule would be simple, especially if you cut corners on the general education classes.
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I'm suprised the judge didn't laugh them out of the courtroom & tell them to drive down to the local hobby shop and but the engines themselves. Doesn't part of the the point of showing that consumer-grade off-the-shelf parts can be a threat showing that they can be purchased by anyone on short notice? It's not like they don't have the budget to buy these things.
Well, Wing Commander is a bad example; it's a DOS game with hard-wired timing loops. I remember trying to run it on my PPro-180 and frames went by too fast to even play; you blink twice and you've been shot down or crashed into asteroids or something.
On top of that, it wouldn't be taking advantage of anything other than the raw CPU speed; it wouldn't have any idea how to use the amount of RAM a modern system has or any of the hardware 3D's capabilities.
in most cases, it's trivial to run file-sharing apps without sharing and/or share files with recieving.
Considering that you were only there 5 weeks, why even bother listing it at all? You don't lose anything by not listing it; what's 5 more weeks of joblessness when you've been out for a year?
Really, you probably won't use it much. I've known a lot of people who have picked up PDAs or laptops for the purpose of using them in class and, after the initial novelty wore off, reverted to pen&paper. I can't think of anyone who's kept using them.
There's something to be said about a laptop for doing work while on campus, but I don't think that a tablet is worth the extra expense.
Over at IBM's Alphaworks site they've got a project called Business Integration for Games that seems to be oriented along these lines.
isn't shift-right-click?
I suggest you go to a public computer lab running 2k/xp. Even a good one that's locked down, the machines are going to get clogged by spyware/adware/crap.
Worms are not viruses, nor are they 'worm-viruses'. They are worms. We have different names for these things 'cuz they are different.
generally, you only see the more advanced IRQ controllers on higher-end hardware (think big SMP boxes) but it's becomming more common on consumer hardware.
I was going to say something similar... I'm in the first year of working on my PhD in CS.
Well, here in NM, it's not too uncommon for people to go down to Mexico for dental work. A lady I worked with managed to get a moutful of crowns for less than what her co-pay would've been in the states.
Even when the claims are frivolous, you still have to go to court & pay a lawyer to explain what BS things are...
The CDs looked legit & were labeled "Windows NT 4.0 Source" or somesuch...
I can't really say they were or not, as I never rewally looked at what was on them, but this same school did have, in the same server room, an old copy of "The Unix Typsetting System" that had MSFT Library bookplates & barcodes in it... (this, I have added to my personal collection)
Really, getting your hands on windows source can't be that hard if you're motivated & have some connections. I was student-admin at a v.small college (think 500ish students) a few years back and, while cleaning out the server room, found a copy of NT4 that nobody knew existed (it was the same cabinet as the VMS tapes).
At the time, I briefly thought about how cool it would be to distribute the shit but quickly realized that it would, in the long run, create more problems (not just for me but also for the whole OSS movement) than it could ever fix.
Having MSFT source widely distributed makes MSFT doing an SCO on the whole Linux infinitely easier. If they were so inclined, they could essentially argue that anyone, anywhere, writing OS software was infringing and, considering their bankroll & strength of their legal team, more than likely win by simply forcing the other side to run out of money to defend themselves. And they'd have an argument that couldn't be obviously proved wrong.
...and we all know how easy IE makes registry modifications. On an otherwise completely locked-down system, short of diabling IE, any user can install crap from IE that affects everyone.
Wow. It's hard to envision a game that still has software rendering when even the cheapest graphics chips on the market do 3D...
If it's sensitive, it shouldn't be world readable. Ever. It shouldn't matter if you know that htttp://www.CIA.gov/secret/topsecret/locationsOfAl lAgentsInTheWorld.xls is where the file is; the server shouldn't let anyone load it.
It seems you don't regonize the skill of porn stars while acknowleging the skills of musicians.
Look at it this way, would you rather get a hand job from a guitarist or a porn star?
if this quote had any attribution, it would become my new sig.
About the only case I could see this tactic having any merit would be if the parts supplier was located in some foreign country where the patent was not enforced, in which case, the product's shipments into this country becomes a customs issue. Outside of that, taking 5 separate corporations to court for the same charge because they buy parts from a specific vendor is crap.
On top of that, I seriously doubt that the lawyers would let their company base their business around products from Intel without some sort of indemnification from IP issues.
Would anybody want to?
Perhaps part of the reason that this doesn't happen anymore is that a 'bag of records' now approaches what I pay for a month's rent here in the student ghetto.
I see the future of retail entertainment to be in consolodation; places like Hastings that have books + movies + music + software + console game are still going to get by. Browsing through the racks at a bookstore is always going to be more interesting that just picking up something specific off Amazon.
Performance for a game like UT really comes down to the video card. If you've got a video card that's significantly more powerful than what the average 733MHz (or 1GHz) system does, you'll be fine. ...and if you aren't, get with the times; you could replace the mobo/cpu/ram for $200 and get something far nicer anyways.
28 monts isn't that much shorter than the '4 years' at a major state university. Figure 8 months per year * 4 = 32 months, with a relatively lax schedule (3-4 hr/day of classes". Cutting 4 months off that with an 'intense' 5-6 hr schedule would be simple, especially if you cut corners on the general education classes.