Well this is certainly not a well thought out idea. Why should a consumer of the product be responsible for the product? Computers are not pets, they're an appliance. If a computer is malfunctioning, hold the manufacturer responsible! You should start with holding MS responsible for their bugs and refuse their license which allows them to be untouchable.
It's quite amazing to me that nVidia has managed to slip so fast and so far down. They were the top GPU maker and they even absorbed 3Dfx's assets and people and they've still managed to fall so far behind. This has to be a case of bad management.
ATi, on the other hand, was a latecomer into 3D and their 3D was always secondary to their 2D performance. But, they've managed to overtake everyone in 3D performance as well.
The best nVidia card is 2x as slow as the best ATi card and ATi card is many months OLDER than ATi's. Nvidia, I'm selling my shares.
A simple re-indentation or a variable change would fool comparator. What someone needs to do is to implement a parse tree comparison tool which would be able to compare files on a semantic level.
"dealt with vendors individually because bidding wars do not drive the prices down in this case."
I don't think they've even dealt with Apple until Apple's G5 announcement but they did deal with other vendors. I'm interested why VU dealt with all of them individually and why do prices not come down when you deal with them in this way. This is why I was alluding to collusion.
That's a great page but I just noticed that they don't have any Yggdrasil Linux distributions. Yggdrasil was the very first Linux distribution I installed and I always get a warm feeling when I see anything related to it.
Does anyone know where to find a comprehensive archive of Yggdrasil distributions?
Why so secret?
Project started back in February; secret with Dell because of the pricing issues; dealt with vendors individually because bidding wars do not drive the prices down in this case.
Why exactly is that? Is there a collusion between the vendors since there's so few of them? Does anyone have any experience with this sector?
I also found this: DMCA Summary (i.e. written in plain English) Look at page 8. Specifically, Title II Section 512. There are provisions there for ISPs. This section was added so that ISPs should not be held liable to what their users are doing. You are required, once you receive a subpoena, to reveal the identity of the person in question. However, this can be impossible if you run a wireless AP and don't log MACs or you can even claim that the person was using a fake MAC. In any case, you have a lot of leeway.
Anyone hit by the RIAA extortion lawsuit should claim ISP rights!
DMCA has provisions that protect ISPs from lawsuits and provide a recourse. You can claim that you own a Wireless router and that you provide free access to anyone in your vicinity. Invoke the DMCA and use the same defense that an ISP would use since you are an ISP.
> My favorite complaint is that it's bloated
> or eats too much memory. It's bogus -- X uses
> relatively little memory itself, but pixmaps are
> stored in X instead of in apps. So Linux GUI apps
> tend to use less memory than they would with a
> Windows-like environment, but X's memory usage go up.
Heh, that might be true when you're using a simple windowing toolkit such as Xlib but what happens when you start using GTK or KDE? Things get a LOT more complicated.
If you really want to understand why some of us dislike X11, take a look here: X-Windows Disaster.
Also, one of the people who has been vocal in X11 criticism is no one else than David Wexelblat.
This CSS stylesheet doesn't really work that great. It only solves parts of the problem and doesn't really adress al of them. If you want a fairly complete privacy solution, take a look at Privoxy which some people have called : "junkbusters on speed". Yes, there is an OS X version and it works great with Safari.
Spotwave has a product called SpotCell and we use it at a building where I work. We had an absolutely awful cell coverage because our offices are really high up. After they installed one of the SpotCell devices, cell phones actually started to work again.
Ask them for a demo!
Check the FAQ... here's a part relevant to your question:
I work in an office building where my cell phone coverage in certain areas, including my office, is non-existent or spotty at best. How can I improve my coverage?
The requirement for reliable, always-on cell phone coverage within the office environment is increasing dramatically. It is not unusual to encounter trouble spots within a building where cell phone signals are weak or non-existent.
SpotCell provides affordable and clear coverage to those trouble spots. The unit can be easily deployed and provides a coverage range of 15,000 to 50,000 square feet (2,000 to 4,600 square metres). Multiple units can be easily deployed to cover office areas and working locations.
SpotCell can be deployed even without access to the roof or outside.
If you own a Mac, none of the above solutions will work with a Mac. The only combo - HW/SW - product that has been designed for MacOS X is El Gato's EyeTV. It's nowhere as powerful as a TiVo but it works well and you can even burn the recordings as a VCD. It has no DRM either. It connects to any newer Mac with a USB cable and the installation is a snap. I own it and use it quite often to watch TV (and record Simpsons) on my iBook.
"What is Apple gonna do with a cell phone other than the blue tooth integration I saw at MacWorld: New York?"
Steve Jobs has repeatedly said that he doesn't believe that PDAs (as we know them) will remain viable (as a market) that long. He believes that PDAs will merge with cell phones.
That said, I'd speculate that iPhone will be three devices in one: cell phone, PDA and an MP3 player.
Apple needs to combine their Newton tech (some of which, handwriting recognition, was reborn in Jaguar as Ink), the cell phone tech (as the article mentions, you can buy a chipset for around $50 that will do all of the advanced cell phone functions) and their iPod MP3 playing tech.
Combine that with Apple's UI, Apple's design and MacOS integration (iSync is just a start) and Apple will have another hit on their hands.
Cheers.
Disclaimer: This is all just a speculation and extrapolation... I have absolutely no inside Apple info.
Google's new Zeitgeist is out and they updated stats for the July 2002. Google keeps anon stats of users who visit their website and Linux numbers are still at 1%. They've been at 1% for a while. Mac numbers are steady at 4% as well.
Let's see; Photoshop has been around since the Dawn of Time by computer standards, and somehow it violates a Macromedia patent filed just 3 years ago. The patent relates to web; GoLive's infringement specifically. So basically, PS has not changed since the "Dawn of Time" and had all these features all along?! I guess, even before the Internet, PS had all these handy web features.
Your post is nothing more than rants of an uninformed person going for karma.
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Well this is certainly not a well thought out idea. Why should a consumer of the product be responsible for the product? Computers are not pets, they're an appliance. If a computer is malfunctioning, hold the manufacturer responsible! You should start with holding MS responsible for their bugs and refuse their license which allows them to be untouchable.
ATi, on the other hand, was a latecomer into 3D and their 3D was always secondary to their 2D performance. But, they've managed to overtake everyone in 3D performance as well.
The best nVidia card is 2x as slow as the best ATi card and ATi card is many months OLDER than ATi's. Nvidia, I'm selling my shares.
A simple re-indentation or a variable change would fool comparator. What someone needs to do is to implement a parse tree comparison tool which would be able to compare files on a semantic level.
I was actually referring to the last sentence:
"dealt with vendors individually because bidding wars do not drive the prices down in this case."
I don't think they've even dealt with Apple until Apple's G5 announcement but they did deal with other vendors. I'm interested why VU dealt with all of them individually and why do prices not come down when you deal with them in this way. This is why I was alluding to collusion.
Does anyone know where to find a comprehensive archive of Yggdrasil distributions?
I already wrote about this in another thread: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=77293&cid=6876 918
The original link I wanted to show: Full text of DMCA legislation
I also found this: DMCA Summary (i.e. written in plain English) Look at page 8. Specifically, Title II Section 512. There are provisions there for ISPs. This section was added so that ISPs should not be held liable to what their users are doing. You are required, once you receive a subpoena, to reveal the identity of the person in question. However, this can be impossible if you run a wireless AP and don't log MACs or you can even claim that the person was using a fake MAC. In any case, you have a lot of leeway.
Anyone hit by the RIAA extortion lawsuit should claim ISP rights!
DMCA Section 202.512.(a)
I think I do and I still don't like it.
> My favorite complaint is that it's bloated
> or eats too much memory. It's bogus -- X uses
> relatively little memory itself, but pixmaps are
> stored in X instead of in apps. So Linux GUI apps
> tend to use less memory than they would with a
> Windows-like environment, but X's memory usage go up.
Heh, that might be true when you're using a simple windowing toolkit such as Xlib but what happens when you start using GTK or KDE? Things get a LOT more complicated.
If you really want to understand why some of us dislike X11, take a look here: X-Windows Disaster.
Also, one of the people who has been vocal in X11 criticism is no one else than David Wexelblat.
Heh, this is the first time I've seen /. link to a warez site. This is just wrong guys.
I use it and I'm very happy with it. Heck, even Linux kernel is maintained with it.
http://www.privoxy.org/
All newer builds of Safari have had tabs. Latest leaked version is v71.
http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/abstract/90/3/33 3
There is some really interesting links in the comments.
Fighting rumor with another rumor?! Brilliant. Two lies must equate to being true.
http://www.datanation.com/fallacies/index.htm
No :(.
I'm sure you'll get a quick quote if you email them.
Ask them for a demo!
Check the FAQ... here's a part relevant to your question:
I work in an office building where my cell phone coverage in certain areas, including my office, is non-existent or spotty at best. How can I improve my coverage?
The requirement for reliable, always-on cell phone coverage within the office environment is increasing dramatically. It is not unusual to encounter trouble spots within a building where cell phone signals are weak or non-existent. SpotCell provides affordable and clear coverage to those trouble spots. The unit can be easily deployed and provides a coverage range of 15,000 to 50,000 square feet (2,000 to 4,600 square metres). Multiple units can be easily deployed to cover office areas and working locations. SpotCell can be deployed even without access to the roof or outside.
For a review, check this: http://www.macintoshdigitalhub.com/reviews/eyetv/i ndex.html
"What is Apple gonna do with a cell phone other than the blue tooth integration I saw at MacWorld: New York?"
Steve Jobs has repeatedly said that he doesn't believe that PDAs (as we know them) will remain viable (as a market) that long. He believes that PDAs will merge with cell phones.
That said, I'd speculate that iPhone will be three devices in one: cell phone, PDA and an MP3 player.
Apple needs to combine their Newton tech (some of which, handwriting recognition, was reborn in Jaguar as Ink), the cell phone tech (as the article mentions, you can buy a chipset for around $50 that will do all of the advanced cell phone functions) and their iPod MP3 playing tech.
Combine that with Apple's UI, Apple's design and MacOS integration (iSync is just a start) and Apple will have another hit on their hands.
Cheers.
Disclaimer: This is all just a speculation and extrapolation... I have absolutely no inside Apple info.
This, of course, doesn't prove anything but it is interesting nonetheless.
Registrant:
Apple Computer, Inc. (IPHONE11-DOM)
1 Infinite Loop
Cupertino, CA 95014
US
Domain Name: IPHONE.ORG
Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:
Eddings, Kenneth (KE557) eddingsk@APPLE.COM
Apple Computer, Inc.
1 Infinite Loop
M/SAti 60-DR
Cupertino, CA 95014
408 974-4286 (FAX) 408 974-1560
Record expires on 15-Dec-2003.
Record created on 15-Dec-1999.
Database last updated on 18-Aug-2002 05:26:24 EDT.
Domain servers in listed order:
NSERVER.APPLE.COM 17.254.0.50
NSERVER2.APPLE.COM 17.254.0.59
Take a look at the chart here: http://www.google.ca/press/zeitgeist.html
Please mod parent up.
Thanks!
Let's see; Photoshop has been around since the Dawn of Time by computer standards, and somehow it violates a Macromedia patent filed just 3 years ago.
The patent relates to web; GoLive's infringement specifically. So basically, PS has not changed since the "Dawn of Time" and had all these features all along?! I guess, even before the Internet, PS had all these handy web features.
Your post is nothing more than rants of an uninformed person going for karma.