I've got Qwest's Megabit SDSL service running to my house. Even though it's a "Business" package, they don't care where they run it, as long as it's close enough to a POP to be able to qualify for the speed.
Unlimited usage, 8 STATIC IP addresses, they EXPECT you to run servers, and they don't care if you run NAT. Did I mention that it's a SYMMETRIC Megabit?
Now, granted, at $180/month, it's more expensive than the $50/month Cable and ADSL plans available in the area. (Metro Detroit, Michigan) But your upstream pipe is plenty wide to support serving multiple websites, and you can sell webspace and access to help defray the costs. Name-based virtual hosts are your friends.
Compared to a T1 line, which around here costs ~$700/month and gets you 1.5 megabit symmetric, and a subnet as big as you can justify to your ISP...
I bought an Atari Jaguar in September 1995 from a guy via a newsgroup. I think it was either rec.games.video atari or one of the misc.forsale groups which doesn't exist anymore. It's sad, how many of the marketplace-type newsgroups disappeared as Ebay started becoming popular.
I've got cable run to every room in the house. Well, except the bathrooms - my wife wouldn't let me. But then, she wouldn't let me run Cat5 to them either.:(
If we were to get Digital Cable, we'd need a set-top decoder for each room, plus an extra one for every VCR if we wanted to be able to watch one channel while recording another. It's just not worth it.
When manufacturers start releasing TVs, VCRs, and TV-Tuner cards for PCs, I'll probably change my mind. But not before.
"If such an object file uses only numerical parameters, data structure layouts and accessors, and small macros and small inline functions (ten lines or less in length), then the use of the object file is unrestricted, regardless of whether it is legally a derivative work. (Executables containing this object code plus portions of the Library will still fall under Section 6.)"
This leads one to believe that Binary-Only Device Drivers are A-OK.
Nvida and other graphics board developers aren't the only ones providing binary only drivers.... Adaptec only provides binaries for their RAID controller drivers - no sources at all. Not even an "intermediate buffer layer"
The spirit of the LGPL licence seems to be "If you can upgrade the LGPL code without having to recompile the Proprietary stuff, and continue to have everything work, that's ok."
Look at the photo of the backside in the review. See the removable plate just above the main system fan that looks like it'd accomodate a DB-25 connector quite nicely?
And if you look closely at the picture of the motherboard (or look at the specs on shuttle's website) you'll find that SURPRISE! the header for the parallel port is still on the board.
If it's that important to you to have a parallel port then, by all means, spend the $5 to buy an add-on parallel port with a cable long enough to reach. The case is only 5 inches tall, and the cutout is directly above the header.
I mean, really, if you're going to pay ~$300 for the case and motherboard combo, plus the cost of everything you're planning on putting on the board or in the drive bays, what's an extra $5??
If you end up with a large number of programs which were written for PalmOS, then you probably ought to seriously consider buying a Palm.
But what if you're completely happy with your portable Windows device, except for a small handfull of Commercial/Proprietary programs that you would really like/need to run which have only been ported to the Palm? - For which there IS NO analogue written for WinCE or PocketPC?
What do you do then? Do you buy another $200+ handheld just so you can use one or two programs?
Or is saving $200 enough incentive to see if maybe the program will run in an emulator?
Assuming the program would run sufficiently well in an emulator on your Zaurus or whatever, the one major stumbling block I can see is the issue of data synchronization. If an application was written for the PalmOS and a Palm Conduit was written for it, how do you synchronize your data if you're running the app emulated on a CE device?
Has anyone written written a wrapper to run Palm Conduits via the Microsofty Sync-thinghie?
Or, if you've got any PCI-based Sun workstation (Ultra-5 and up) and you want/need a PC as well, you can get one of these puppies:
http://www.sun.com/desktop/products/sunpci/
Populated with a Celeron-600 and (iirc) 128MB ram, they run $495
Anyone with a good imagination who thinks methodically can dummy up a believable report that makes even the most quiet and easygoing look enough like a homicidal maniac waiting for somebody to happen for authorities to want to at least look into it.
I also wonder what the Pinkertons' stance will be after the first couple well-publicised lawsuits by students who wrongfully came under investigation because of their website.
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I've got Qwest's Megabit SDSL service running to my house. Even though it's a "Business" package, they don't care where they run it, as long as it's close enough to a POP to be able to qualify for the speed.
Unlimited usage, 8 STATIC IP addresses, they EXPECT you to run servers, and they don't care if you run NAT. Did I mention that it's a SYMMETRIC Megabit?
Now, granted, at $180/month, it's more expensive than the $50/month Cable and ADSL plans available in the area. (Metro Detroit, Michigan) But your upstream pipe is plenty wide to support serving multiple websites, and you can sell webspace and access to help defray the costs. Name-based virtual hosts are your friends.
Compared to a T1 line, which around here costs ~$700/month and gets you 1.5 megabit symmetric, and a subnet as big as you can justify to your ISP...
As has been pointed out several times already, this wouldn't be too hard for someone to get around if they really want to...
I mean, it's not as if they're surgically implanting RFID tags in the kids.
I mean, come on!
I bought an Atari Jaguar in September 1995 from a guy via a newsgroup. I think it was either rec.games.video atari or one of the misc.forsale groups which doesn't exist anymore. It's sad, how many of the marketplace-type newsgroups disappeared as Ebay started becoming popular.
"I have read just about ... all or most of the 'old school' hardcore."
So does that mean you're looking for more porn to read, or are you looking for a change of pace?
Three words: "Set Top Boxes"
:(
I've got cable run to every room in the house. Well, except the bathrooms - my wife wouldn't let me. But then, she wouldn't let me run Cat5 to them either.
If we were to get Digital Cable, we'd need a set-top decoder for each room, plus an extra one for every VCR if we wanted to be able to watch one channel while recording another. It's just not worth it.
When manufacturers start releasing TVs, VCRs, and TV-Tuner cards for PCs, I'll probably change my mind. But not before.
First, IANAL.
x -gnu-license.html which contains a post from Linus where he explains that the Kernel Module Interface is actually LGPL.
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Second, take a look at http://www.gcom.com/home/support/whitepapers/linu
Next, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html Read section 5. In particular, the paragraph
"If such an object file uses only numerical parameters, data structure layouts and accessors, and small macros and small inline functions (ten lines or less in length), then the use of the object file is unrestricted, regardless of whether it is legally a derivative work. (Executables containing this object code plus portions of the Library will still fall under Section 6.)"
This leads one to believe that Binary-Only Device Drivers are A-OK.
Nvida and other graphics board developers aren't the only ones providing binary only drivers.... Adaptec only provides binaries for their RAID controller drivers - no sources at all. Not even
an "intermediate buffer layer"
The spirit of the LGPL licence seems to be "If you can upgrade the LGPL code without having to recompile the Proprietary stuff, and continue to have everything work, that's ok."
Look at the photo of the backside in the review. See the removable plate just above the main system fan that looks like it'd accomodate a DB-25 connector quite nicely?
And if you look closely at the picture of the motherboard (or look at the specs on shuttle's website) you'll find that SURPRISE! the header for the parallel port is still on the board.
If it's that important to you to have a parallel port then, by all means, spend the $5 to buy an add-on parallel port with a cable long enough to reach. The case is only 5 inches tall, and the cutout is directly above the header.
I mean, really, if you're going to pay ~$300 for the case and motherboard combo, plus the cost of everything you're planning on putting on the board or in the drive bays, what's an extra $5??
Sheesh.
If you end up with a large number of programs which were written for PalmOS, then you probably ought to seriously consider buying a Palm.
But what if you're completely happy with your portable Windows device, except for a small handfull of Commercial/Proprietary programs that you would really like/need to run which have only been ported to the Palm? - For which there IS NO analogue written for WinCE or PocketPC?
What do you do then? Do you buy another $200+ handheld just so you can use one or two programs?
Or is saving $200 enough incentive to see if maybe the program will run in an emulator?
Assuming the program would run sufficiently well in an emulator on your Zaurus or whatever, the one major stumbling block I can see is the issue of data synchronization. If an application was written for the PalmOS and a Palm Conduit was written for it, how do you synchronize your data if you're running the app emulated on a CE device?
Has anyone written written a wrapper to run Palm Conduits via the Microsofty Sync-thinghie?
Or, if you've got any PCI-based Sun workstation (Ultra-5 and up) and you want/need a PC as well, you can get one of these puppies: http://www.sun.com/desktop/products/sunpci/ Populated with a Celeron-600 and (iirc) 128MB ram, they run $495
Dude! Here's a few URLs that look very similar but have different content:
www.whitehouse.gov
www.whitehouse.net
www.whitehouse.com
www.whitehouse.org
Wonder what that judge would have to say about these.
Anyone with a good imagination who thinks methodically can dummy up a believable report that makes even the most quiet and easygoing look enough like a homicidal maniac waiting for somebody to happen for authorities to want to at least look into it.
I also wonder what the Pinkertons' stance will be after the first couple well-publicised lawsuits by students who wrongfully came under investigation because of their website.