It is so that you can have copies of the exact documents that they are using to accuse you. His point, I believe, is that these documents may be very difficult to get in a legal proceeding, particularly if it's bogus.
I tried several, including one from DataBecker and one from Punch. I liked 3DHA the best.
Pros: * Very consistent behavior. I can get floorplans that exactly match my measurements. The others were a bit too wizardy, and they would mess up my plans.
* Doesn't require too much studying or screwing around to figure out the interface.
Cons:
* Rendering is not that great, and the walk-throughs are a bit strange. I wish it worked like Quake, but oh well...
If you combine the commerically licensed code with GPL code (in a kernel, for example), then the combined work is in legal limbo. It cannot be distributed, because the combined work violates the GPL.
Yes, I have the RF non-optical version of that mouse, and it rocks. I wish it were optical, too, but I bought it before that combo existed.
Also it has that nice Logitech contour that I have grown accustomed too. I hate small mices.
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Actually, they do check patent applications against other patents. I recently had to rework some claim wording describing a circuit design because other patents already claimed that. The original claim wording was overly broad.
What they do not check is unpatented prior art. That is left to the courts.
This is totally wrong. Read the white paper. "Yes and No" below the parent post post gets it right.
It seems to me that the NPTL will smoke the NGPT. The author of the article is just being diplomatic. Keep in mind that Ulrich is/was a key developer on both. Usually when a good engineer changes his approach to solving a problem, it's because he has found a better solution.:)
Most good engineers can easily read any scientific literature and understand the key ideas. They can also see through BS science much better than the average population. Finally, true geeks have a boundless curiosity for all things scientific, and they read very widely in fields outside their specialties.
I am posting this from Konq on Knoppix right now. It is a live-cd version of Debian running KDE. Very, very user-friendly and by default it does not touch the hard-drive at all. All modifications are on a ramdisk.
You pay $19/month and you get as many movies as you want!
Well, not exactly. You set up a list, and they send them to you in FIFO order. You can only have a few out, but when you return N DVDs, they send you the next N on your list. That's why people are talking about what turn-around time they get, because long latencies can eat into their DVD throughput.
Read the article. It's about clustering to achieve high reliability, using RedHat Advanced Server, Oracle database with their clustering solution, and Dell hardware.
There is a time and place for collaboration on homework assignments. When I was in college 10 years ago, I had assignments that expressly forbid collaboration of any kind. I also had many, many group projects, some that lasted for the whole semester.
This might be more interesting if the college's policy was no collaborative assignments at all.
The class hierarchies are very sophisticated. For example, you can see a page with a summary of all the methods for a derived class showing where all of these methods are inherited from. The same view shows all the attributes on each method, such as virtual, inline, static, etc.
There is also a whole section generated on include file hierarchies. You can see quickly where everything is declared without doing a bunch of greps to try to see how things fit together.
Finally, the hyperlinking scheme is simply inspired. For example, it will even take you to the exact line of a header file that corresponds to a particular method (complete with syntax highlighting).
Go look at it. It's not going to reverse engineer design documentation from the intent of the code, but it gives you a huge advantage over a big pile of C++ files. (If you think you are going to find a tool that does the former, you're smoking something.)
Very stable. I've been using it for more than 1 year, and no crashes so far.
They support certain kernels directly, so for those it is a piece of cake. I have also patched my own kernel with their open-source kernel patch without any problems. 2.2.x and 2.4.x are supported. Also, I think they are working on making this much easier in the future.
DirectX is not supported. All plugins that I have tried for IE work fine, including Flash and Shockwave.
Also, it is very fast! I have a very old computer at home (Pentium 233) and it runs MS Office, Visio, and FrameMaker very well. (All apps that I need to use for work.) They are within a few percent of native speed.
If Darren Reed dies, will the copyright be held up in probate? It could, and no one would be able to fix any bugs or modify the code for new kernel revs. If he wants to have a license like this, he should consider addressing the copyright assignment in his will (if he even has that).
Same goes for DJB.
Just another reason to avoid non-OSD software whenever possible....
Wow! Did that come out of some sort of exaggerated argument generator? Good thing you deselected the Nazi reference, though. That would have been over-the-top.
> I tend to get 1 or 2 bad diskettes from every box of 10 I buy.
How could you possibly buy enough _boxes_ of floppies to come to this statistically significant conclusion? Or are you just making it up?;-)
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This is just complete self-righteous bullshit.
I know Linux apps have some problems with setup, and that many configurations require an editor.
That said, it is simply total and complete bullshit that desktop thingies always install and work better on Windows.
Examples:
Myth2, ported by Loki, came with an installer that is a piece of cake to use, and it worked perfectly on my system. I did absolutely nothing except put in the CD, choose the install option, and play the game. Loki *really* has its shit together.
Baldur's Gate, which I installed Win98 exclusively for, was a total nightmare to get working correctly. And it's all fucking DirectX insanity. Apparently, my Matrox Millenium (which is an awesome card, even though it's old) isn't fully supported by DirectX (not a single version!). I had to turn on software rendering for several things. Microsoft and the developer of Baldur's Gate just blame Matrox. Typical!
Also, my setup is totally vanilla because I built it myself. It's a bit old, but I'm not trying to use any brand-new software on it.
PS: Does anybody besides me remember how much work it took to get most DOS games to work with sound, joystick, and mouse??!!
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Names are all about first impressions, anyway.
It is so that you can have copies of the exact documents that they are using to accuse you. His point, I believe, is that these documents may be very difficult to get in a legal proceeding, particularly if it's bogus.
I tried several, including one from DataBecker and one from Punch. I liked 3DHA the best.
Pros:
* Very consistent behavior. I can get floorplans that exactly match my measurements. The others were a bit too wizardy, and they would mess up my plans.
* Doesn't require too much studying or screwing around to figure out the interface.
Cons:
* Rendering is not that great, and the walk-throughs are a bit strange. I wish it worked like Quake, but oh well...
If you combine the commerically licensed code with GPL code (in a kernel, for example), then the combined work is in legal limbo. It cannot be distributed, because the combined work violates the GPL.
Also it has that nice Logitech contour that I have grown accustomed too. I hate small mices.
What they do not check is unpatented prior art. That is left to the courts.
This is totally wrong. Read the white paper. "Yes and No" below the parent post post gets it right.
:)
It seems to me that the NPTL will smoke the NGPT. The author of the article is just being diplomatic. Keep in mind that Ulrich is/was a key developer on both. Usually when a good engineer changes his approach to solving a problem, it's because he has found a better solution.
Most good engineers can easily read any scientific literature and understand the key ideas. They can also see through BS science much better than the average population. Finally, true geeks have a boundless curiosity for all things scientific, and they read very widely in fields outside their specialties.
Mod the parent up. Common sense for sale!
Do you know how fast a voltage propagates down a twisted pair?
Bah.
I am posting this from Konq on Knoppix right now. It is a live-cd version of Debian running KDE. Very, very user-friendly and by default it does not touch the hard-drive at all. All modifications are on a ramdisk.
Also, the Austrian School is a school of thought. Get a clue.
Well, not exactly. You set up a list, and they send them to you in FIFO order. You can only have a few out, but when you return N DVDs, they send you the next N on your list. That's why people are talking about what turn-around time they get, because long latencies can eat into their DVD throughput.
So, the Linux vs. BSD trolls can go away now.
There is a time and place for collaboration on homework assignments. When I was in college 10 years ago, I had assignments that expressly forbid collaboration of any kind. I also had many, many group projects, some that lasted for the whole semester.
This might be more interesting if the college's policy was no collaborative assignments at all.
Definitely not Stuff That Matters.
The class hierarchies are very sophisticated. For example, you can see a page with a summary of all the methods for a derived class showing where all of these methods are inherited from. The same view shows all the attributes on each method, such as virtual, inline, static, etc.
There is also a whole section generated on include file hierarchies. You can see quickly where everything is declared without doing a bunch of greps to try to see how things fit together.
Finally, the hyperlinking scheme is simply inspired. For example, it will even take you to the exact line of a header file that corresponds to a particular method (complete with syntax highlighting).
Go look at it. It's not going to reverse engineer design documentation from the intent of the code, but it gives you a huge advantage over a big pile of C++ files. (If you think you are going to find a tool that does the former, you're smoking something.)
Get it.
I wish it supported python, which is the other OO language I routinely use.
Very stable. I've been using it for more than 1 year, and no crashes so far.
They support certain kernels directly, so for those it is a piece of cake. I have also patched my own kernel with their open-source kernel patch without any problems. 2.2.x and 2.4.x are supported. Also, I think they are working on making this much easier in the future.
DirectX is not supported. All plugins that I have tried for IE work fine, including Flash and Shockwave.
Also, it is very fast! I have a very old computer at home (Pentium 233) and it runs MS Office, Visio, and FrameMaker very well. (All apps that I need to use for work.) They are within a few percent of native speed.
PS: If anyone has any MP3's (or any other un-hindered audio format) on their disk in ~10 years, I'll change my name.
Let's pick one out now, shall we?
Same goes for DJB.
Just another reason to avoid non-OSD software whenever possible....
> I tend to get 1 or 2 bad diskettes from every box of 10 I buy.
How could you possibly buy enough _boxes_ of floppies to come to this statistically significant conclusion? Or are you just making it up? ;-)
I know Linux apps have some problems with setup, and that many configurations require an editor.
That said, it is simply total and complete bullshit that desktop thingies always install and work better on Windows.
Examples:
Myth2, ported by Loki, came with an installer that is a piece of cake to use, and it worked perfectly on my system. I did absolutely nothing except put in the CD, choose the install option, and play the game. Loki *really* has its shit together.
Baldur's Gate, which I installed Win98 exclusively for, was a total nightmare to get working correctly. And it's all fucking DirectX insanity. Apparently, my Matrox Millenium (which is an awesome card, even though it's old) isn't fully supported by DirectX (not a single version!). I had to turn on software rendering for several things. Microsoft and the developer of Baldur's Gate just blame Matrox. Typical!
Also, my setup is totally vanilla because I built it myself. It's a bit old, but I'm not trying to use any brand-new software on it.
PS: Does anybody besides me remember how much work it took to get most DOS games to work with sound, joystick, and mouse??!!
127.0.0.1 localhost goatse.cx
I have a complete, working MAC+ that needs a good home. I hate to throw it out. It's probably a collector's item to somebody.
I live in the Bay Area. Any suggestions?