Worst case used to be having a WD and a Seagate drive mounted close to each other. The WD killed the Seagate slowly with it's vibrations while the Seagate fought back with heat
If i'm not mistaken, the wire of those headsets acts as antenna in the majority of cell phones. It will, however, certainly act as antenna for the radiation around you, so if that radiation increases the risk of cancer, the antenna will add to that.
Well, they are having a meeting on the topic privacy. There's no word, however whether they want to improve privacy for their customers or exploit it furthermore
Given the recent events on the financial markets there's great potential to expand that model to the stock and finances trading sectors. At 25c an hour even Bernie Madoff might repay his debts on day
If you had ever worked with z/OS you wouldn't worry with old code; usually that's the watertight stuff. New software on the other hand seems to be written under more time pressure with less thought put into the maths and consequences on both existing and future code.
Certainly running mainframes isn't cheap, but if it's consistency and stability you're after, nothing can compete with that platform. And it's not like support contracts with IBM's competitors are a lot cheaper, in fact that's why IBM won the bidding in first place.
Bill Gates doesn't buy a slurpee. He buys several slurpee producers, makes smaller slurpees with less flavor and gives them away for free until the majority of competition is gone.
Seeing how Bill Gates came to his success, i wouldn't let any product that involved his money get anywhere near my balls.
I guess that the target audience of such reports are mostly governments. That is just one of the many tricks used to persuade them into prolonging copyright laws, accept Software Patents outside the US and get everyone to sign the ACTA charta. In the minority of cases these reports can also be used as an excuse to shareholders for performing less than expected.
Solar panels are the most efficient technology for that job we have today. Microwave transmission requires antennas of huge size - km according to wikipedia and using lasers you'd have to use panels similar the ones being used.
I think you got the whole FUD dilemma wrong. Or maybe I do.
The pattern with the HTC/Android case is the same as with the Novell situation. MS and HTC make a deal on whatever they think is beneficial to their businesses. In the light of the deal a MS-rep claims MS patents are being violated and they won't go after HTC or their customers.
These press releases leave an impression in people like me, that are evaluating the rollout of Linux and/or Android deployments, that if it's not being done with products being covered by an agreement like the above, MS is gonna come after them. Some now might be too scared of using Linux and either buy the MS-sanctioned products or go with something else entirely. I for one think, this is just saber-rattling; MS legal department doing the job of their marketing department. Microsoft is a company like every other. They have to report to their shareholders/owners and noone else (apart from legal entities). Since their agreement with Novell in 2006 they didn't do a thing to enforce their right they'd be entitled to. They could have made a fortune in court by suing commercial linux customers in the US or at least doing business with entities based in the US.
The reality is, that they didn't. It's 3 1/2 years and Microsoft didn't enforce their claims a single time. 2009 was a good year for them, but in 2008 they would defenitely have needed to make their shareholders a little happier than it did. I don't know why they didn't go after commercial linux customers, but a few scenarios come to my mind: a) Microsoft fears that after a first strike a patent war might evolve and they might face a confrontation with IBM. b) They make more money with their OSS partners than they ever thought was possible. c) Their patent claim is, apart from a few minor things like the double-click being implemented in the major window managers, nothing but FUD
Seeing how Canonical and Red Hat didn't buy in their initial claim and how Intel and Nokia are about to roll out their joint Linux stack without having an IP licence agreement with MS makes me opt for c). Also, patents are not secret. Everyone can find them in the US Patent and Trademark Office's database. Given that there's no report of anyone with more insight in the Linux code than I have has found a single case of infringement in ~40 months strengthens my claim.
The reality is, mind me not using caps lock, so far Microsoft's patent claim has been nothing but sabre rattling. The reality is that all of the companies that have made an IP licence agreement with Microsoft are all affiliated with them in one way or another. Alltogether their agreements rather look like a tactical positioning to me than to enforce violated IP.
The reality is, we all pay MS tax one way or another, but not because Torvalds and friends ignored MS' patent portfolio and, to quote you, bury their heads in the sand. We pay that tax, because MS seeks allies for a possible future IP war. We pay the MS tax to fund a strong lobby for stronger IP laws. We pay the MS tax, but only if we buy products and services from MS or their Allies. (on a 2nd thought we might better call them the Axis)
Windows XP might be one of the reasons not mentioned in the article. The only way to install 3rd party raid controller drivers, that includes ALL Sata controllers, during XP setup is by supplying them on a floppy.
Floppies also provided the easiest way to update the BIOS on not too old motherboards.
In these cases you only need one, maybe two, floppies, but you have to buy them in packages of 10. So for that purpose 5-10 times more floppies are being sold than actually used.
I am pretty sure, that freedom of speech in Brazil is pretty much unharmed by this case. This case is is about Defamation. IANAL, but i know of no country that doesn't treat accusations of paedophilia as such unless they're dealt with using the proper channels.
Google has received a quite small fine for leaving their customers vulnerable to defamation. They did so by allowing anonymous posting without any sort of control in place in a country where internet cafes and online gaming cafes are very popular.
I don't see any reason at all why a social networking site should allow anonymous posts at all. The very nature of the service invites people to sign up with their real persona in order to stay in touch with family and friends. That's a very distinct difference from other communities like/. or forums with a special purpose/theme. By contradicting or maybe even insulting someone anonymously on/. that person's identity usually remains unharmed. Not so in a site like Orkut, where your family, friends and co-workers, probably even your employees can see those attacks to your person. Even if the claims made are correct and can be backed, the defamation target should be dealt with by the proper authorities and remain innocent until proven guilty - in internet terms - pics or it didn't happen.
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Worst case used to be having a WD and a Seagate drive mounted close to each other. The WD killed the Seagate slowly with it's vibrations while the Seagate fought back with heat
In my experience most Oracle installs run on HP/UX, but i admit it's TelCo-centric
They could sell the movie rights. John Travolta and Uwe Boll would be a great team for that story.
Should try that when i am getting bored with growing fungi in my fridge
I don't know about the rest of the people on slashdot, but despite being light skinned and red haired, the sun poses no threat to my health!
If i'm not mistaken, the wire of those headsets acts as antenna in the majority of cell phones. It will, however, certainly act as antenna for the radiation around you, so if that radiation increases the risk of cancer, the antenna will add to that.
Well, they are having a meeting on the topic privacy. There's no word, however whether they want to improve privacy for their customers or exploit it furthermore
Given the recent events on the financial markets there's great potential to expand that model to the stock and finances trading sectors. At 25c an hour even Bernie Madoff might repay his debts on day
That idea wouldn't be too bad. It would certainly provide some sort of standard other publishers might be tempted to deliver for as well.
If you had ever worked with z/OS you wouldn't worry with old code; usually that's the watertight stuff. New software on the other hand seems to be written under more time pressure with less thought put into the maths and consequences on both existing and future code.
Certainly running mainframes isn't cheap, but if it's consistency and stability you're after, nothing can compete with that platform. And it's not like support contracts with IBM's competitors are a lot cheaper, in fact that's why IBM won the bidding in first place.
Bill Gates doesn't buy a slurpee. He buys several slurpee producers, makes smaller slurpees with less flavor and gives them away for free until the majority of competition is gone. Seeing how Bill Gates came to his success, i wouldn't let any product that involved his money get anywhere near my balls.
I guess that the target audience of such reports are mostly governments. That is just one of the many tricks used to persuade them into prolonging copyright laws, accept Software Patents outside the US and get everyone to sign the ACTA charta. In the minority of cases these reports can also be used as an excuse to shareholders for performing less than expected.
That's amazing. I've got the same combination on my luggage.
Solar panels are the most efficient technology for that job we have today. Microwave transmission requires antennas of huge size - km according to wikipedia and using lasers you'd have to use panels similar the ones being used.
I think you got the whole FUD dilemma wrong. Or maybe I do.
The pattern with the HTC/Android case is the same as with the Novell situation. MS and HTC make a deal on whatever they think is beneficial to their businesses. In the light of the deal a MS-rep claims MS patents are being violated and they won't go after HTC or their customers.
These press releases leave an impression in people like me, that are evaluating the rollout of Linux and/or Android deployments, that if it's not being done with products being covered by an agreement like the above, MS is gonna come after them. Some now might be too scared of using Linux and either buy the MS-sanctioned products or go with something else entirely. I for one think, this is just saber-rattling; MS legal department doing the job of their marketing department. Microsoft is a company like every other. They have to report to their shareholders/owners and noone else (apart from legal entities). Since their agreement with Novell in 2006 they didn't do a thing to enforce their right they'd be entitled to. They could have made a fortune in court by suing commercial linux customers in the US or at least doing business with entities based in the US.
The reality is, that they didn't. It's 3 1/2 years and Microsoft didn't enforce their claims a single time. 2009 was a good year for them, but in 2008 they would defenitely have needed to make their shareholders a little happier than it did. I don't know why they didn't go after commercial linux customers, but a few scenarios come to my mind: a) Microsoft fears that after a first strike a patent war might evolve and they might face a confrontation with IBM. b) They make more money with their OSS partners than they ever thought was possible. c) Their patent claim is, apart from a few minor things like the double-click being implemented in the major window managers, nothing but FUD
Seeing how Canonical and Red Hat didn't buy in their initial claim and how Intel and Nokia are about to roll out their joint Linux stack without having an IP licence agreement with MS makes me opt for c). Also, patents are not secret. Everyone can find them in the US Patent and Trademark Office's database. Given that there's no report of anyone with more insight in the Linux code than I have has found a single case of infringement in ~40 months strengthens my claim.
The reality is, mind me not using caps lock, so far Microsoft's patent claim has been nothing but sabre rattling. The reality is that all of the companies that have made an IP licence agreement with Microsoft are all affiliated with them in one way or another. Alltogether their agreements rather look like a tactical positioning to me than to enforce violated IP.
The reality is, we all pay MS tax one way or another, but not because Torvalds and friends ignored MS' patent portfolio and, to quote you, bury their heads in the sand. We pay that tax, because MS seeks allies for a possible future IP war. We pay the MS tax to fund a strong lobby for stronger IP laws. We pay the MS tax, but only if we buy products and services from MS or their Allies. (on a 2nd thought we might better call them the Axis)
I guess it's the usual FUD. As usually MS claims their IP got violated, however without telling which ones. Barking dogs...
Windows XP might be one of the reasons not mentioned in the article. The only way to install 3rd party raid controller drivers, that includes ALL Sata controllers, during XP setup is by supplying them on a floppy.
Floppies also provided the easiest way to update the BIOS on not too old motherboards.
In these cases you only need one, maybe two, floppies, but you have to buy them in packages of 10. So for that purpose 5-10 times more floppies are being sold than actually used.
I am pretty sure, that freedom of speech in Brazil is pretty much unharmed by this case. This case is is about Defamation. IANAL, but i know of no country that doesn't treat accusations of paedophilia as such unless they're dealt with using the proper channels.
Google has received a quite small fine for leaving their customers vulnerable to defamation. They did so by allowing anonymous posting without any sort of control in place in a country where internet cafes and online gaming cafes are very popular.
I don't see any reason at all why a social networking site should allow anonymous posts at all. The very nature of the service invites people to sign up with their real persona in order to stay in touch with family and friends. That's a very distinct difference from other communities like /. or forums with a special purpose/theme. By contradicting or maybe even insulting someone anonymously on /. that person's identity usually remains unharmed. Not so in a site like Orkut, where your family, friends and co-workers, probably even your employees can see those attacks to your person. Even if the claims made are correct and can be backed, the defamation target should be dealt with by the proper authorities and remain innocent until proven guilty - in internet terms - pics or it didn't happen.