Actually, you would be suprised how NEMA defines failure.
The cuircuit breaker may never turn on again, but it only
fails if it exploded during shutdown. Really.
High voltage gear puts on quite a show when the
switches open, even when not under load. If they
open due to overload, then the pyrotechnics are
awesome.
Before we would service a main connect bus
in the substation, we would roll in a special breaker
to ground it. (Mind you, these circuit breakers
are the size of large refrigerators.) This
special grounder was remote controlled, and I kid
you not, *everyone* would leave the building before
it was closed. Hopefully everything was fine, but
if the bus was not correctly unloaded...
Why can't tar figure out if the archive is compressed and with which
method without me giving the -z or -j option?
Why can't rpm figure out the next arg is a file (not a package
with an illegal package name ending in.rpm) and assume the -p flag?
Why can't cdrecord by default create a sane ISO if the
request specifies a directory or file which doesn't look like an ISO?
etc.
Sure, let someone override this behaviour if they give the special
flag after RTFM, I propose --literal. I am tempted to implement
this using a bunch of perl wrappers.
Did you ever wonder how the cities can afford so
many street lights? Ever wonder why Greenpeace doesn't
attack street lights?
It turns out that 100+ megawatt powerplants are really
slow to adjust their output, like 24 hours slow,
but the customers use more power during the day
than at night (actually it is a nice defined peak around noon).
The power plants are set to accomodate this peak,
which leaves a lot of extra capacity at night. Even
with the price of power 3x higher during the day, the
power companies still shed load every night. Thus, to
ballance out usage, power companies give a really sweet
deals for nighttime lighting.
Interestingly, the commercial billing is set up
to penalize peak usage. Here in Illinois ComEd charges
industrial customers based on their highest three hours
in the last 12 months (simplified explaination), where
it is possible to pay more for your peak charges than
actual usage for many months. Thus, running a computer
in the hours setting the peak is usually
more expensive than running
it for the entire rest of the year.
Yeah, so buy your Linux from Sun. According to SCO they are
the only Unix licensee who is completely paid up and
squeaky clean. It only takes one copy by one person.
GPL for one, GPL for all.:-)
Look at the size of the file. It cannot be the whole kernel source, only patches.
Ironicly, if SCO prevails with their copyright extremist view against IBM, then even distributing these patches would be as damaging as the whole kernel because of "derivitave works".
Copyright is a unique failing of our democracy, because it is the pet issue of the media. That is why our founding fathers created a constitution and explicitly required the promotion of the useful arts and a time limit. Too bad it failed.
Had software existed back then, I am sure they would have included a clause denying copyright to secret works (the code of closed source code).
Try an Axis board.
They are low power and high performance. The chip basically needs a voltage regulator
and a crystal. Schematics are available and the software tools are free.
They cost about $300 and run Linux.
According to this
"nearly one fifth (18%) of the American population aged 12 and over report having
downloaded a music or MP3 file in the last 30 days."
Hopefully it is enough voters to make a difference.
Does "implement" include "purchase"? Is the government prohibited from
funding development or puchasing services from a private company
that does the same thing?
Not only that. More recently SCO annouced its customers
need not fear litigation, thus effectively granting them a license.
This is a licence by the (supposed) copyright owner for
use in conjunction with GPL code. GPL'ed for one is GPL'ed for all.
Computers with TCM/Palladium/WNGSCB/handcuffware will be fragile.
Many more disk sectors will be essential for booting. A greater
percentage of memory errors will cause exceptions. Maybe
you thought SMP hardware showed a lot of race conditions?
You will surely see them now. Call it disasterous reputation
maintenance (DRM).
Sure the recovered C code will have garbage variable names,
but it will compile on a different architecture.
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It is an Eliza program. It turns everything you tell it into
a question. Some people have wonderful conversations with them.
For example,
visit this one
Without DRM, you can't restrict free trading of files on P2P networks.... the business model will fail that day.
Bullshit! I know how to download movies, yet I still rent them at Blockbuster.
Why? morals and convenience. My time is not free.
Billions of CD's sell every year, yet contain no copy protection. A majority
of computers sell with CD writers and copy software, yet CD sales remain
strong in spite of price hikes, recession, accounting changes, and reduced offerings.
Microsoft saw the biggest growth of its market share in the early
90's after it dropped the copy protection schemes on its software.
Disposable income is finite. DRM cannot have a meaningful impact
to aggregate industry profits..... hmmm..... likewise for piracy.
Actually, there is good money to be made mapping and
surveying these underground systems. Frequently the
exploration is unmanned, such as dragging a camera
through a sewer pipe checking for roots and cracks.
In the industry they call these dirty movies .:-)
...cannot be held liable for more than the amount of their investment.
Yes, but these investors were not just investors. The
article says the lawsuit states that one even served as CEO.
In general, you cannot use incorporation as a liability shield
if you own a large (like >20%) stake in the company.
The same goes for control such as CEO. Ultimately,
the test is convincing a judge of your
ignorant investor status.
Yes, I am against DRM. I see minimal value in
stricter enforcement while the costs are obvious. Our
population has a finite number of disposable dollars, so
DRM is unlikely to affect industry profits. Alternatively
DRM is a pain I don't have time for, and impovershed people (e.g.
kids) needlessly suffer.
A PVR lets me skip some commercials, but also increases in
value the ones I do watch. The law of
supply and demand causes the broadcasters to receive similar
revinue, yet I am happier.
What kind of world do you want to live in?
My great uncle helped write the UTICA. I call
it the Lawer Full Employment Act of 2000. Is
complex media pricing enabled by DRM really more
fair? Does it net benefit our economy? No.
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High voltage gear puts on quite a show when the switches open, even when not under load. If they open due to overload, then the pyrotechnics are awesome.
Before we would service a main connect bus in the substation, we would roll in a special breaker to ground it. (Mind you, these circuit breakers are the size of large refrigerators.) This special grounder was remote controlled, and I kid you not, *everyone* would leave the building before it was closed. Hopefully everything was fine, but if the bus was not correctly unloaded...
Pretty? Did you see the cover babe?
-tar c foo.tar.gz blah blah blah
-tar x foo.tar.gz
-rpm -ql sendmail-8.2.3.i386.rpm
etc.
Why can't rpm figure out the next arg is a file (not a package with an illegal package name ending in .rpm) and assume the -p flag?
Why can't cdrecord by default create a sane ISO if the request specifies a directory or file which doesn't look like an ISO?
etc.
Sure, let someone override this behaviour if they give the special flag after RTFM, I propose --literal. I am tempted to implement this using a bunch of perl wrappers.
It turns out that 100+ megawatt powerplants are really slow to adjust their output, like 24 hours slow, but the customers use more power during the day than at night (actually it is a nice defined peak around noon). The power plants are set to accomodate this peak, which leaves a lot of extra capacity at night. Even with the price of power 3x higher during the day, the power companies still shed load every night. Thus, to ballance out usage, power companies give a really sweet deals for nighttime lighting.
Interestingly, the commercial billing is set up to penalize peak usage. Here in Illinois ComEd charges industrial customers based on their highest three hours in the last 12 months (simplified explaination), where it is possible to pay more for your peak charges than actual usage for many months. Thus, running a computer in the hours setting the peak is usually more expensive than running it for the entire rest of the year.
Yeah, so buy your Linux from Sun. According to SCO they are the only Unix licensee who is completely paid up and squeaky clean. It only takes one copy by one person. GPL for one, GPL for all. :-)
Look at the size of the file. It cannot be
the whole kernel source, only patches.
Ironicly, if SCO prevails with their copyright
extremist view against IBM, then even distributing
these patches would be as damaging as the
whole kernel because of "derivitave works".
Copyright is a unique failing of our democracy,
because it is the pet issue of the media.
That is why our founding fathers created a
constitution and explicitly required the promotion
of the useful arts and a time limit. Too
bad it failed.
Had software existed back then, I am sure they
would have included a clause denying copyright
to secret works (the code of closed source code).
It is a damn confusing name. Eleven wouldn't be much better, so I say skip to twelve.
Try an Axis board. They are low power and high performance. The chip basically needs a voltage regulator and a crystal. Schematics are available and the software tools are free. They cost about $300 and run Linux.
According to this "nearly one fifth (18%)
of the American population aged 12 and over report having
downloaded a music or MP3 file in the last 30 days."
Hopefully it is enough voters to make a difference.
Does "implement" include "purchase"? Is the government prohibited from funding development or puchasing services from a private company that does the same thing?
Not only that. More recently SCO annouced its customers need not fear litigation, thus effectively granting them a license. This is a licence by the (supposed) copyright owner for use in conjunction with GPL code. GPL'ed for one is GPL'ed for all.
Computers with TCM/Palladium/WNGSCB/handcuffware will be fragile. Many more disk sectors will be essential for booting. A greater percentage of memory errors will cause exceptions. Maybe you thought SMP hardware showed a lot of race conditions? You will surely see them now. Call it disasterous reputation maintenance (DRM).
Like turning hamburgers into cows...
Easy, feed it to calves...
Sure the recovered C code will have garbage variable names, but it will compile on a different architecture.
It is an Eliza program. It turns everything you tell it into a question. Some people have wonderful conversations with them. For example, visit this one
Joe Barr wrote my favorite article about software audit costs being a frequently overlooked part of TCO.
Bullshit! I know how to download movies, yet I still rent them at Blockbuster. Why? morals and convenience. My time is not free.
Billions of CD's sell every year, yet contain no copy protection. A majority of computers sell with CD writers and copy software, yet CD sales remain strong in spite of price hikes, recession, accounting changes, and reduced offerings.
Microsoft saw the biggest growth of its market share in the early 90's after it dropped the copy protection schemes on its software.
Disposable income is finite. DRM cannot have a meaningful impact to aggregate industry profits. .... hmmm ..... likewise for piracy.
Actually, there is good money to be made mapping and surveying these underground systems. Frequently the exploration is unmanned, such as dragging a camera through a sewer pipe checking for roots and cracks. In the industry they call these dirty movies . :-)
Yes, These guys make a nice non-Microsoft part with some cool pictures of their helicopter test system.
Yes, but these investors were not just investors. The article says the lawsuit states that one even served as CEO.
In general, you cannot use incorporation as a liability shield if you own a large (like >20%) stake in the company. The same goes for control such as CEO. Ultimately, the test is convincing a judge of your ignorant investor status.
Already robotic warfare is emerging. I wonder if WMD will include robots soon.
Improvements in efficiency are also welcome.
Yeah, go fanless
Remember, when creating a fascist state, the first step is to make everything illegal, and then selectively enforce it.
A PVR lets me skip some commercials, but also increases in value the ones I do watch. The law of supply and demand causes the broadcasters to receive similar revinue, yet I am happier.
What kind of world do you want to live in?
My great uncle helped write the UTICA. I call it the Lawer Full Employment Act of 2000. Is complex media pricing enabled by DRM really more fair? Does it net benefit our economy? No.