The four patents cited all relate to Microsoft's kludge for shoehorning long file names into a filesystem that can only take 8+3 names. You know, Microsoft -> Micros~1.
First I'm going to get obligatory whinges out of the way. It's ludicrous that this is patentable. The patent is stupidly long and verbose, probably to make this 'innovation' seem more significant than it actually is. The patent is also worded to sound as though this is a useful general idea, rather than something that you'll only ever see in FAT because everyone else is sane enough to just use a better filesystem.
On a more practical note, these patents cover only the long name -> 8.3 stuff. Those digital cameras that write 8.3 names (DSC00001.JPG, DSC00002.JPG,...) should be fine. Shipping blank but FAT-formatted media should also fall clear of the patent's grasp - the patents don't cover the FAT filesystem itself, just the 'VFAT' Win9x method of fitting long filenames into FAT. Furthermore, the patents seem to cover algorithms for inserting long filenames into the directory tables - implementations that don't write, but only read data, might be okay.
Simple blank FAT, might I add, has been around for at least 17 years, so any patents on it should have expired by now.
Ob-disclaimer: I've only skimmed the patents, and I'm not a lawyer. I'm probably wrong.
But on the hand it also lacks the possibilities (with the current email protocol) to increase ones security with a reduction of anonimity. For example, there is not yet a possibility to only receive email from people that have revealed their identity with a trusted third party..
Require people to sign their mail with a key signed by the trusted third party. Drop mail from people who don't.
Granted, this won't stop the mail from hitting your mail server in the first place. But how is this a security risk?
Qt/Free on Windows was decreasingly useful.. it was a crufty old binary-only Qt 2.3, which is quite aged when you consider that Qt is up to 3.2.x. Being pre-3.0 there were notable differences between it and more 'modern' Qt versions.
By the way, you can still do Free (as in GPL) software development cross-platform on Qt, between X11 and Mac OS X.
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IT consultant Logan Harbaugh is the author of two books on networking.
The first found Spamassassin easy, the second found it hard. Hmmm.
What really aggravates me is the typical "There are blacklists available that you can subscribe to, and some are updated regularly, but these are noncommercial lists with no guarantees." I'd like to see what guarantees the commercial lists come with.
It would be nice if you could just stack windows on top of each other. Like, this are the emails I should reply to, I'll put them on this stack.
It sounds like tabbed Windows (not just for your browser, but for everything, and you can shuffle stuff between different sets of tabs) might do what you want. pwm did this first. There are other WMs that have implemented the same feature.
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If it takes 7 hours (say 8 for easy math) to transport 150 people, twice as fast for 300 people (twice as much) will make it 2 hours. If it was for 150 people it would be 4 hours.
Hmm, this math seems familiar. Say, if each of those 150 people carries an iPod full of pirated music, each trip across the Atlantic costs RIAA members $5,293,483,421!
Windows I can play a DVD with any number of easily installable and functioning programs. Linux I killed myself getting 2 different programs to work. And they still have many issues.
Assuming you're in the US, you'll have to take this complaint to your lawmakers. The DMCA is the reason there isn't prebuilt, ready to go software on the distribution CD.
If authorities were able to track email well enough to levy and enforce a tax, they'd be able to track it well enough to outlaw, and prosecute those who send, spam.
Now that, they are applying further restrictions to the license and are in clear breach of the GPL
They are in clear breach of Linux's license, which is the GPL. But they are not in clear breach of Samba's license. That the license text is the same doesn't make it apply to all or none - the GPL with the Linux code applies only the Linux, the GPL with the Samba code applies only to Samba.
If the GPL fails then all those copyrights go back to the original authors and SCO would be responsible for any damages since they distributed linux, gcc, samba, etc., etc. without permission
Unless the judge rules that the GPL is unenforcable, but the code is already out there, to the point where it should be considered public domain. Which is what SCO must be angling for.
Like it or not, companies have a duty to maximize their value, which includes pursuing and enforcing patents. If they don't, management can be viewed as negligent by the shareholders and be held accountable and/or liable.
Standing up at the shareholder's meeting and stating that you don't pursue patents because you don't agree with the system would be a quick way to be escorted out the door.
Like it or not, Nazis have a duty to slaughter Jews and homosexuals, which includes starving them to death and putting them in gas chambers. If they don't, they may be viewed as traitors by the Fuhrer and be held accountable and/or liable.
Standing up at a dinner party and stating you won't kill Jews because you don't agree with the system would be a quick way to end up in a concentration camp yourself.
To me, it seems that the Pinstripe theme only affects controls drawn in config dialogs, the address bar etc, but form elements in actual web pages are still drawn in Firebird's default look. Or am I doing something drastically wrong?
I watched my boss connect his Apple formatted iPod to his PC and iTunes for Windows. Rumor had it that you could finally connect the same iPod to both Macs and PCs.
You can do - but it has to be a Windows formatted iPod. MacOS can read Windows (FAT32) iPods, but Windows can't read MacOS (HFS+) iPods.
Unfortunately, if you have a HFS+ formatted iPod, there's no way to losslessly convert it to FAT32.
The reason yer SFTP is slow is because yer internet connection is throttled for non HTTP packets. This is common in large networks and schools.
There are a couple of other things that can slow SFTP and SCP down:
You're encrypting. Not a problem on a fast machine with a slow link, but on a slow machine with a fast link, it's noticable. Another poster has already pointed out you can configure ssh to not compress.
The SSH2 protocol implements its own flow control, over and above what TCP is already doing. A really simple implementation of the protocol that won't allow multiple packets to go out without (yet) being acknowledged will slow down heaps - when PuTTY improved it's packet handling I saw scp over 802.11 go from 20KiB/s to 450KiB/s.
Apparantly, when using OpenSSH, you'll want to use the -B option to bump up the internal buffer size way beyond the 32768 byte default.
For those of you with multiple monitors, how do you set them up? One straight ahead and the 2nd at a 45 deg angle? Or both to the left and right at 20 deg or so?
One straight ahead and another to the side, otherwise my neck and back punish me. I have a chair that's on wheels and swivels, and if I'm going to use the 'side' monitor for an extended duration I move my entire body around.
Uh. What kind of 'research' exactly do you have in mind? The only research I can think of that would require people to have lots of email addresses would be one of 'how do I improve my spamm^H^H^H^H^Hdirect marketing practices'. I don't think I want those.
Stolen blatantly from a fellow calling himself Stilgherrian on a mailing list: Linguistic research into what people choose as usernames. What's more popular, generic 'sales@' addresses, or 'contact sales manager Sarah Jones at sarah@'? What's the proportion of popular Chinese names to popular Australian names? etc...
I'd find that pretty boring too, but I imagine some people would be interested, and since there's no need to ban harvesting tools (since we can just get people when they actually spam), I think it's best left alone.
There's also the 'code is speech' and 'ban crimes not tools that can commit them' angles to consider.
Lots of organisations are still digesting this bill, and are yet to issue a response. But groups may well come out swinging against:
The banning of "email harvesting software." There's a risk of trouble for people legitimately scanning websites for email addresses, for purposes such as research, and maintenance of their own sites.
Only covering the sale of goods and services. This would seem to exempt charities, religious organisations, lobbying groups, survey groups and lots of other people who manage to annoy without selling anything.
The sections of the bill relating to searches without a warrant.
It's a step in the right direction, but this bill is far from perfect.
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.. I am making fun of this ethnic group at every opportunity.
They weren't targeted specifically in the game. The game leveraged and/or poked fun at a plethora of stereotypes. They need to get the fuck over it.
.. only outlaws will have cruise missiles!
The four patents cited all relate to Microsoft's kludge for shoehorning long file names into a filesystem that can only take 8+3 names. You know, Microsoft -> Micros~1.
First I'm going to get obligatory whinges out of the way. It's ludicrous that this is patentable. The patent is stupidly long and verbose, probably to make this 'innovation' seem more significant than it actually is. The patent is also worded to sound as though this is a useful general idea, rather than something that you'll only ever see in FAT because everyone else is sane enough to just use a better filesystem.
On a more practical note, these patents cover only the long name -> 8.3 stuff. Those digital cameras that write 8.3 names (DSC00001.JPG, DSC00002.JPG, ...) should be fine. Shipping blank but FAT-formatted media should also fall clear of the patent's grasp - the patents don't cover the FAT filesystem itself, just the 'VFAT' Win9x method of fitting long filenames into FAT. Furthermore, the patents seem to cover algorithms for inserting long filenames into the directory tables - implementations that don't write, but only read data, might be okay.
Simple blank FAT, might I add, has been around for at least 17 years, so any patents on it should have expired by now.
Ob-disclaimer: I've only skimmed the patents, and I'm not a lawyer. I'm probably wrong.
Require people to sign their mail with a key signed by the trusted third party. Drop mail from people who don't.
Granted, this won't stop the mail from hitting your mail server in the first place. But how is this a security risk?
Half right. QT/Mac is available under the GPL.
Qt/Free on Windows was decreasingly useful .. it was a crufty old binary-only Qt 2.3, which is quite aged when you consider that Qt is up to 3.2.x. Being pre-3.0 there were notable differences between it and more 'modern' Qt versions.
By the way, you can still do Free (as in GPL) software development cross-platform on Qt, between X11 and Mac OS X.
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The first found Spamassassin easy, the second found it hard. Hmmm.
What really aggravates me is the typical "There are blacklists available that you can subscribe to, and some are updated regularly, but these are noncommercial lists with no guarantees." I'd like to see what guarantees the commercial lists come with.
It sounds like tabbed Windows (not just for your browser, but for everything, and you can shuffle stuff between different sets of tabs) might do what you want. pwm did this first. There are other WMs that have implemented the same feature.
Hmm, this math seems familiar. Say, if each of those 150 people carries an iPod full of pirated music, each trip across the Atlantic costs RIAA members $5,293,483,421!
I don't care how many people do it. You're not fucking supposed to.
Because, at this point, Debian has a proven track record years ahead of Gentoo?
Assuming you're in the US, you'll have to take this complaint to your lawmakers. The DMCA is the reason there isn't prebuilt, ready to go software on the distribution CD.
If authorities were able to track email well enough to levy and enforce a tax, they'd be able to track it well enough to outlaw, and prosecute those who send, spam.
They are in clear breach of Linux's license, which is the GPL. But they are not in clear breach of Samba's license. That the license text is the same doesn't make it apply to all or none - the GPL with the Linux code applies only the Linux, the GPL with the Samba code applies only to Samba.
Me too!
Unless the judge rules that the GPL is unenforcable, but the code is already out there, to the point where it should be considered public domain. Which is what SCO must be angling for.
Like it or not, Nazis have a duty to slaughter Jews and homosexuals, which includes starving them to death and putting them in gas chambers. If they don't, they may be viewed as traitors by the Fuhrer and be held accountable and/or liable.
Standing up at a dinner party and stating you won't kill Jews because you don't agree with the system would be a quick way to end up in a concentration camp yourself.
To me, it seems that the Pinstripe theme only affects controls drawn in config dialogs, the address bar etc, but form elements in actual web pages are still drawn in Firebird's default look. Or am I doing something drastically wrong?
You can do - but it has to be a Windows formatted iPod. MacOS can read Windows (FAT32) iPods, but Windows can't read MacOS (HFS+) iPods.
Unfortunately, if you have a HFS+ formatted iPod, there's no way to losslessly convert it to FAT32.
There are a couple of other things that can slow SFTP and SCP down:
Apparantly, when using OpenSSH, you'll want to use the -B option to bump up the internal buffer size way beyond the 32768 byte default.
One straight ahead and another to the side, otherwise my neck and back punish me. I have a chair that's on wheels and swivels, and if I'm going to use the 'side' monitor for an extended duration I move my entire body around.
Microsoft used patents to kill ASF support in VirtualDub. See here.
Shouldn't be a problem, as Postgresql is BSD licensed?
Stolen blatantly from a fellow calling himself Stilgherrian on a mailing list: Linguistic research into what people choose as usernames. What's more popular, generic 'sales@' addresses, or 'contact sales manager Sarah Jones at sarah@'? What's the proportion of popular Chinese names to popular Australian names? etc...
I'd find that pretty boring too, but I imagine some people would be interested, and since there's no need to ban harvesting tools (since we can just get people when they actually spam), I think it's best left alone.
There's also the 'code is speech' and 'ban crimes not tools that can commit them' angles to consider.
Lots of organisations are still digesting this bill, and are yet to issue a response. But groups may well come out swinging against:
It's a step in the right direction, but this bill is far from perfect.