Pfff, there are at least two drivers available that allow use of ext2/3 from Windows, once they are installed a Windows computer treats the ext2/3 devices as native. To hook up a TomTom you need to install a driver anyway so including the file system driver is no problem what so ever.
There are many USB gadgets that require you to first install a driver before plugging them in and be usable. Even right now you need to install drivers to update and organise a TomTom Navigator.
Once ext2ifs is installed any ext2 USB device will by Windows be recognised and treated as native.
Just look at his name: "George P. Riddick, III, the founder and CEO of Imageline." This means his name is the third copy of the original!
Because his family clearly lacs the fantasy to find an original name for their kids it wouldn't surprise me they've also failed to pay the dues on this now illegal name.
That would be very scary and therefore it is illegal.
Because the secrecy of the vote would be lost when anyone that can count could figure out what the Nth. voter of the day had cast.
I understand your worry and see that you understand the device by itself is due to having an SSD is impervious to this problem.
From real-life experience I must say the theoretical danger of such magnets near a old-fashioned HD is just that, theoretical.
I've been moving a nice magnet over a Floppy Disk and wasn't able to do any damage.
Having the same disk exposed to a rapidly changing (Hi-Frequency) magnetic field might be a different kettle of fish...
These patents on what are effectively mathematical formulae are in most of the world impossible, aside from being senseless paying for them would set a very bad precedent. And probably minutes later some other patent troll would come out of the woodwork and demand his money.
As long as the fight for a better US patent system is not won will fighting these people and companies be the only morally just and practical solution.
Asus does, except the eee700/900, not sell open source or bare bone laptops in The Netherlands, not even the 901. They are for sale in the UK but they refuse to deliver off the Island.
Sorry but you have missed the news that these days >50% of PC's sold are portables, the last three generations of computers I've bought were all laptops.
The chance of building your own are nill and finding one with an OS of choice is next to nill.
This resulted in me paying the vanity MS tax three times.
Why is this investigation in MS/Windows/IE so hard to understand? There must be dozens of makes and hundreds of types of phones on the market with several different operating systems. But every time I go shopping for a PC I find they all come with Windows, unless you build one yourself there isn't any choice.
2. The browser wars are basically over (the monopoly stage, that is). Everyone and their dog has heard about firefox by now, and how good it is.
Then why is IE still by far the most used browser?
Exactly, because it's bundled and because a lot of people wouldn't know how to get on the net without it unless they're offered a 1-click option.
If it was up to me I'd still insist on unbundling of IE. It is sufficiently documented when IE suddenly, and for MS conveniently, became 'part of the OS', no doubt to take away traction from the then running court case.
Tiffany and Louis Vuitton aren't aggressive enough either.
Now you are comparing apples and oranges. Those that can afford a $1000.- handbag will get the Real Thing and wouldn't want to be caught dead with a fake. These guys don't loose a cent due to all the counterfeit crap being sold to an entirely different demographic.
The sale of illegally copied games is a different matter, an amount of market is being lost by the genuine manufacturers. Because it's rather impossible to fix this through technical or legal means they'll have to come up with a different solution, like charging a premium for the console but not much more than cost for the games.
When I receive an E-mail from a commercial contact and it's hosted at places like Hotmail, Gmail or Yahoo I have great trouble taking it seriously, as a matter of fact I find it suspicious.
When a national politician does it I can only imagine he's got something to hide.
Business is Business and at the level of mr. Straw this is even more important. Even though I am well aware that many government institutions are only recently discovering the net as an integral part of society the various levels of government have since many years the ability to run their own mail servers, including all the extra security you'd expect.
What I see mentioned in the MS paper looks like some Infamous US Software Patents.
This'll probably mean TomTom will (have to) retract from the US market and leave some 300 million people to find their ways using dead tree maps.
I use a TomTom myself and find it a great little Linux device but I'm less than impressed with the way they treat the Linux community, for example you can only update via a Windows application that doesn't even run in wine.
As you can see even now this product is sold by others, not MS.
And ill-informed as you are you didn't realise the vast majority of MS OS products are sold under an OEM re branding, meaning you can't even call MS for support...
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Pfff, there are at least two drivers available that allow use of ext2/3 from Windows, once they are installed a Windows computer treats the ext2/3 devices as native. To hook up a TomTom you need to install a driver anyway so including the file system driver is no problem what so ever.
The last 2 years I bought 3 TomTom Navigators and they don't have any removable media.
I know they used to but now it's all integrated.
So what if they are used as madia players?
There are many USB gadgets that require you to first install a driver before plugging them in and be usable.
Even right now you need to install drivers to update and organise a TomTom Navigator.
Once ext2ifs is installed any ext2 USB device will by Windows be recognised and treated as native.
Because his family clearly lacs the fantasy to find an original name for their kids it wouldn't surprise me they've also failed to pay the dues on this now illegal name.
That would be very scary and therefore it is illegal.
Because the secrecy of the vote would be lost when anyone that can count could figure out what the Nth. voter of the day had cast.
From real-life experience I must say the theoretical danger of such magnets near a old-fashioned HD is just that, theoretical.
I've been moving a nice magnet over a Floppy Disk and wasn't able to do any damage.
Having the same disk exposed to a rapidly changing (Hi-Frequency) magnetic field might be a different kettle of fish...
hey, isn't that spring in New Zealand?
No, in Tasmania.
And probably minutes later some other patent troll would come out of the woodwork and demand his money.
As long as the fight for a better US patent system is not won will fighting these people and companies be the only morally just and practical solution.
Yeah, TomTom brings out a Linux client and 1 million /. ers spend $10 each for a legal fund.
Sounds like a deal?
You have to be an Anonymous Coward to propose a system for Energy Destruction on /.
Thanks for the links, especially the Danish Zepto seems worth looking at.
Asus does, except the eee700/900, not sell open source or bare bone laptops in The Netherlands, not even the 901.
They are for sale in the UK but they refuse to deliver off the Island.
Too bad Dell doesn't offer these to European customers.
Getting them from the US and paying for duties and transport would be way too expensive.
The chance of building your own are nill and finding one with an OS of choice is next to nill.
This resulted in me paying the vanity MS tax three times.
Stop whining, take the source code and hire your own devs.
Oh, you said MS?
Please don't confuse The World with the Anglo-Saxon world.
Judging by your link you're not American.
So, Woooosh!
Yeah, these guys were about to give up on their business because of this threat.
Why is this investigation in MS/Windows/IE so hard to understand?
There must be dozens of makes and hundreds of types of phones on the market with several different operating systems.
But every time I go shopping for a PC I find they all come with Windows, unless you build one yourself there isn't any choice.
1. What does Google have to do with it?
They market their own browser?
2. The browser wars are basically over (the monopoly stage, that is). Everyone and their dog has heard about firefox by now, and how good it is.
Then why is IE still by far the most used browser?
Exactly, because it's bundled and because a lot of people wouldn't know how to get on the net without it unless they're offered a 1-click option.
If it was up to me I'd still insist on unbundling of IE.
It is sufficiently documented when IE suddenly, and for MS conveniently, became 'part of the OS', no doubt to take away traction from the then running court case.
Tiffany and Louis Vuitton aren't aggressive enough either.
Now you are comparing apples and oranges.
Those that can afford a $1000.- handbag will get the Real Thing and wouldn't want to be caught dead with a fake.
These guys don't loose a cent due to all the counterfeit crap being sold to an entirely different demographic.
The sale of illegally copied games is a different matter, an amount of market is being lost by the genuine manufacturers.
Because it's rather impossible to fix this through technical or legal means they'll have to come up with a different solution, like charging a premium for the console but not much more than cost for the games.
When a national politician does it I can only imagine he's got something to hide.
Business is Business and at the level of mr. Straw this is even more important.
Even though I am well aware that many government institutions are only recently discovering the net as an integral part of society the various levels of government have since many years the ability to run their own mail servers, including all the extra security you'd expect.
This'll probably mean TomTom will (have to) retract from the US market and leave some 300 million people to find their ways using dead tree maps.
I use a TomTom myself and find it a great little Linux device but I'm less than impressed with the way they treat the Linux community, for example you can only update via a Windows application that doesn't even run in wine.
The Netherlandseuro 208,99.
As you can see even now this product is sold by others, not MS.
And ill-informed as you are you didn't realise the vast majority of MS OS products are sold under an OEM re branding, meaning you can't even call MS for support...
When you're done with the chest hairs of the European Commissioner for Competition please report back :)
You are quite a manager when you can sell to your shareholders the idea of leaving such a market.