My first thought, upon reading this article, is that it really bears little relevance to the SCO-IBM suit. Mr. Love is no longer with SCO, and appears to have chosen to pursue more traditional UNIX flavors over Linux.
However, on further thinking this over, I realize that Mr. Love has a unique perspective: he understands how SCO conducts its business, but he has the objectivity of an outsider. Consider this:
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I wasn't surprised about the lawsuit against IBM because there were longstanding issues we weren't able to resolve with IBM."
It would appear, then, that Mr. Love is suggesting that the lawsuit in question is a vengence tactic - a way to attack IBM for 'unresolved issues'.
Mr. Love also strike a rather insidious blow at SCO's choice of filing such a major lawsuit:
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I lived through the Microsoft suit at Caldera (in which Caldera sued Microsoft over the DOS operating system), and those things take on a life of their own. They consume a business. When it first came out my biggest concern--we had done work to get SCO to a position where it was profitable, then they got themselves embroiled in this major lawsuit, and I just new it was going to go south. That's when we--my wife and I--sold our shares."
Notice how Mr. Love implies that lawsuits (and, by context and implication this lawsuit), are bad for SCO; he further indicates that selling SCO stock might be a wise idea, by relating his own decision to sell. If SCO et al still take Mr. Love seriously, they are likely to review how to continue without either giving up the lawsuit (which would look bad to investors, as it is an implied admission of error) or continuing down a fatal path.
Given the slim chance of SCO actually winning this lawsuit, it makes one wonder what their strategy is; it all must come down to how will it affect the stock?
Um... the kg isn't a measure of weight, it's a measure of mass. Your weight may change based on where on earth you are, but your mass is not dependent on location -- even in near-zero gravity, your mass is the same.
There are some detailed explanations below. However, I'll simplify them a bit for those with a less robust physics background. For those with the robust physics background, please note that I am aware the words "well, not exactly..." could be applied to any of this.
An amp (A) is a measure of how fast electrons move in a circuit.
A volt (V) is a measure of energy (E) required to push 1A through a resistance of 1 Ohm.
You'll recall E=m*c^2, where c is the constant speed of light in a vaccuum and m is mass. The kg is a measure of mass. Therefore the Volt can be defined based upon the kg.
They do work in certain cases -- I have two in my house (kitchen and computer room), and they have stopped my mouse problem.
Rooms with odd geometry or many sound-absorbing obstructions don't work very well. A good rule of thumb is that these will only protect areas an IR remote would reach from the outlet they're plugged into -- in other words, line-of-sight.
One word of advice -- don't go cheap! The cheap ones audibly click, and give sensitive people headaches. The good ones are unnoticable to pets and humans.
As for range, it varies -- but usually only one room per device. See labeling!
Umm... you must be running an odd flavor -- most newer Linux distros support MD5 passwords if so configured: as part of this, passwords can be very long indeed (at least 255 chars, IIRC).
Content creators do, in fact, control the distribution of thier works. These creators chose to distribute via a web site. By linking to their site, I'm simply using that page as a reference -- this is fair use, since a link is merely a citation. The only difference between saying "find this article at http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/01/1348 25 6" and "find this article at http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/01/134825 6&mode=nested&tid=95 is that you must cut-n'-paste the former to visit the site.
The interesting thing is that you'd be hard pressed to claim that merely stating a URL is copyright infringement. Apparently, someone thinks they can claim infringement because the link actually functions -- something which I'd find laughable if it weren't so frightening.
If, on the other hand, I automatically grab data from thier site and put it on my own, then we might have something to argue about.
I've had great luck using SLRN for both Windows and Linux. It is text only, but it respects your mime types and/or mailcap entries, so viewing graphical items isn't a problem. It also lets you use your favorite editor to compose news posts, which I find to be a definate plus.
Since slrn exists for nearly every major platform, those who switch between many boxen on a regular basis will benefit from having a consistent interface. Also, scoring, downloading multi-part binaries, editing your posts, and administering news groups are all simple and easy to learn.
I've tried dozens of news readers, and I've come to believe in slrn as the top of the pile. However, if you're just using an X environment and no other platform, pan (the Pimp Ass Newsreader) is a great graphical client.
My partner has seen Monsters, Inc. due to having friends who manage a movie theater. There is, in fact, a trailer for Episode II on the front end of it.
Needless to say, I'm also jealous as hell that she saw it and I didn't.:P
There exists the possibility that, if alien intelligence exists, they may not be able to do the things you describe.
Also, establishing direct contact with a race (humans) who have a long history of violent reactions to the unknown would be unwise. Perhaps "they" are testing the waters? Or testing our level of sophistication?
Though I'm on the fence about the probability, there is, I suppose, the possibility of intelligent influence as well. Since NASA has no explanation, it might very well be worth considering that an extraterrestrial entity could be responsible.
After all, what better way to make contact than to cause an unexplainable error? We'd be sure to notice it!
Your security lies not in your OS, it's in your admin. This is one of the most insightful observations on the nature of security that I have read in some time. When people start to realize that security is more about people than products, we will all have gained.
I see your point, but there is a progression. Today it's "you stole from me, give me my domain back, and pay for my lost profits." Tomorrow, it could be "by having a similar domain name to mine, you stole from me: give me your domain, and pay for my lost profits."
I support the ruling, but I hope this kind of ruling stays in the realm of "if you steal domain names, you give them back and pay for lost profits." The trend I hope doesn't start is "hey! your name is too similar to mine, I want it, and I want to you pay me for every hit you got, since it was probably meant for my site!"
While it's good to see that some justice is being handed out to the worst kind of squatters (those who fraudulently transfer domain names), I hope that this ruling doesn't start a trend that goes further. Namely, I hope this doesn't mean that we will see more of the EToys vs. etoy kind of thing.
If legitimate but similar names start being subject to this kind of monetary damage ($65M, from the article), I fear for the future. Let's hope this stays well in hand.
At least until someone manages to get a greater cooling effect without expending more power, I see the practical uses of this as very far and few between.
It is interesting science, though, and makes me wonder if this will lead to efficient cooling devices for non-computing applications. For example, if this were made very efficient, chair-rail air conditioners could become possible (and low-noise too!). Me, I'll wait until the next breakthrough before shouting triumphantly.
This is indicitave of what people really want - more freedom, not less. The US could take a cue from the EU at this point: our government is (ostensibly) for the people, not for the corporations
I would tend to agree that Spam is little more than an inconvienience -- in the US. The problem is that there are many places in the world where Internet access is still per-minute charged. By having 10 pieces of spam in your inbox to sift through, it will take an extra minute - that may only be $0.02, but it's still money.
Now consider someone who is fairly active online - I have Spam-proofed all but one account which I need for business (and thus I can't risk not relaying legit mail by using ORBS, MAPS, or RBL). This address recieves approximately 150 UCE's per day! Granted, I do filter them quickly, and it's more annoying than anything. However, for many it would be a significant cost.
Gee, could it be that you think this because you havn't read the book (Extreme Programming Explained by Kent Brock)
or indeed didn't read the above?
Actually, I have read the online version of the XP documents, as well as the Slash article above. I found some interesting ways of looking at things, but nothing that didn't come to me automatically before reading XP. Maybe I'm just lucky, and that's how I think anyway.:)
While I agree that the many sociological gender distinctions present within our so-called 'civilization' are arbitrary and harmful, removing the physical gender barrier is not the solution.
Our society as a whole revolves around prejudice -- even we Geeks tend to prejudice ourselves, say, against Windows users if you're a Linux zealot. If you remove a *source* of prejudice (i.e. gender) without removing the societal programming that causes the behavior, new sources of prejudice will develop. We may, perhaps, become even more shallow, aligning ourselves on physical differences like hair or skin color -- something we are still struggling with.
I think our time is better spent working for gender equity than throwing away the biological division in gender.
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My first thought, upon reading this article, is that it really bears little relevance to the SCO-IBM suit. Mr. Love is no longer with SCO, and appears to have chosen to pursue more traditional UNIX flavors over Linux.
However, on further thinking this over, I realize that Mr. Love has a unique perspective: he understands how SCO conducts its business, but he has the objectivity of an outsider. Consider this:
It would appear, then, that Mr. Love is suggesting that the lawsuit in question is a vengence tactic - a way to attack IBM for 'unresolved issues'.Mr. Love also strike a rather insidious blow at SCO's choice of filing such a major lawsuit:
Notice how Mr. Love implies that lawsuits (and, by context and implication this lawsuit), are bad for SCO; he further indicates that selling SCO stock might be a wise idea, by relating his own decision to sell. If SCO et al still take Mr. Love seriously, they are likely to review how to continue without either giving up the lawsuit (which would look bad to investors, as it is an implied admission of error) or continuing down a fatal path.Given the slim chance of SCO actually winning this lawsuit, it makes one wonder what their strategy is; it all must come down to how will it affect the stock?
If you do have a definitive link, I'd be much obliged.
You get only 0.001984131 miles per gallon? Time for a new car, my friend.
Um... the kg isn't a measure of weight, it's a measure of mass. Your weight may change based on where on earth you are, but your mass is not dependent on location -- even in near-zero gravity, your mass is the same.
There are some detailed explanations below. However, I'll simplify them a bit for those with a less robust physics background. For those with the robust physics background, please note that I am aware the words "well, not exactly..." could be applied to any of this.
An amp (A) is a measure of how fast electrons move in a circuit.
A volt (V) is a measure of energy (E) required to push 1A through a resistance of 1 Ohm.
You'll recall E=m*c^2, where c is the constant speed of light in a vaccuum and m is mass. The kg is a measure of mass. Therefore the Volt can be defined based upon the kg.
They do work in certain cases -- I have two in my house (kitchen and computer room), and they have stopped my mouse problem.
Rooms with odd geometry or many sound-absorbing obstructions don't work very well. A good rule of thumb is that these will only protect areas an IR remote would reach from the outlet they're plugged into -- in other words, line-of-sight.
One word of advice -- don't go cheap! The cheap ones audibly click, and give sensitive people headaches. The good ones are unnoticable to pets and humans.
As for range, it varies -- but usually only one room per device. See labeling!
Umm... you must be running an odd flavor -- most newer Linux distros support MD5 passwords if so configured: as part of this, passwords can be very long indeed (at least 255 chars, IIRC).
Content creators do, in fact, control the distribution of thier works. These creators chose to distribute via a web site. By linking to their site, I'm simply using that page as a reference -- this is fair use, since a link is merely a citation. The only difference between saying "find this article at8 25 6" and "find this article at http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/01/134825 6&mode=nested&tid=95 is that you must cut-n'-paste the former to visit the site.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/01/134
The interesting thing is that you'd be hard pressed to claim that merely stating a URL is copyright infringement. Apparently, someone thinks they can claim infringement because the link actually functions -- something which I'd find laughable if it weren't so frightening.
If, on the other hand, I automatically grab data from thier site and put it on my own, then we might have something to argue about.
Or, you can just use 'cypherpunks444'/'cypherpunks' as your login name/password.
AFAIK, Google's Groups function is part of USENET -- and there has never been a standard for length of cache on a USENET server.
:)
I think this is great - so much more information that can be indexed, searched, and relearned without the same old Q&A.
As for "temporary" -- no data is ever permanent: it's all a matter of perspective.
If everything uses VI keybindings, then your interfaces can be run by a single habit: making your overall productivity higher.
:)
Or something...
I've had great luck using SLRN for both Windows and Linux. It is text only, but it respects your mime types and/or mailcap entries, so viewing graphical items isn't a problem. It also lets you use your favorite editor to compose news posts, which I find to be a definate plus.
Since slrn exists for nearly every major platform, those who switch between many boxen on a regular basis will benefit from having a consistent interface. Also, scoring, downloading multi-part binaries, editing your posts, and administering news groups are all simple and easy to learn.
I've tried dozens of news readers, and I've come to believe in slrn as the top of the pile. However, if you're just using an X environment and no other platform, pan (the Pimp Ass Newsreader) is a great graphical client.
My partner has seen Monsters, Inc. due to having friends who manage a movie theater. There is, in fact, a trailer for Episode II on the front end of it.
:P
Needless to say, I'm also jealous as hell that she saw it and I didn't.
There exists the possibility that, if alien intelligence exists, they may not be able to do the things you describe.
Also, establishing direct contact with a race (humans) who have a long history of violent reactions to the unknown would be unwise. Perhaps "they" are testing the waters? Or testing our level of sophistication?
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After all, what better way to make contact than to cause an unexplainable error? We'd be sure to notice it!
--
Your security lies not in your OS, it's in your admin.
This is one of the most insightful observations on the nature of security that I have read in some time. When people start to realize that security is more about people than products, we will all have gained.
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See how easy that jump is (for a clueless judge)?
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I support the ruling, but I hope this kind of ruling stays in the realm of "if you steal domain names, you give them back and pay for lost profits." The trend I hope doesn't start is "hey! your name is too similar to mine, I want it, and I want to you pay me for every hit you got, since it was probably meant for my site!"
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If legitimate but similar names start being subject to this kind of monetary damage ($65M, from the article), I fear for the future. Let's hope this stays well in hand.
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It is interesting science, though, and makes me wonder if this will lead to efficient cooling devices for non-computing applications. For example, if this were made very efficient, chair-rail air conditioners could become possible (and low-noise too!). Me, I'll wait until the next breakthrough before shouting triumphantly.
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This is indicitave of what people really want - more freedom, not less. The US could take a cue from the EU at this point: our government is (ostensibly) for the people, not for the corporations
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I would tend to agree that Spam is little more than an inconvienience -- in the US. The problem is that there are many places in the world where Internet access is still per-minute charged. By having 10 pieces of spam in your inbox to sift through, it will take an extra minute - that may only be $0.02, but it's still money.
Now consider someone who is fairly active online - I have Spam-proofed all but one account which I need for business (and thus I can't risk not relaying legit mail by using ORBS, MAPS, or RBL). This address recieves approximately 150 UCE's per day! Granted, I do filter them quickly, and it's more annoying than anything. However, for many it would be a significant cost.
That is why I fight against Spam.
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While I agree that the many sociological gender distinctions present within our so-called 'civilization' are arbitrary and harmful, removing the physical gender barrier is not the solution.
Our society as a whole revolves around prejudice -- even we Geeks tend to prejudice ourselves, say, against Windows users if you're a Linux zealot. If you remove a *source* of prejudice (i.e. gender) without removing the societal programming that causes the behavior, new sources of prejudice will develop. We may, perhaps, become even more shallow, aligning ourselves on physical differences like hair or skin color -- something we are still struggling with.
I think our time is better spent working for gender equity than throwing away the biological division in gender.
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