I wonder if this will really mean much in the long term for Warez. Piracy is far more rampant in Asia. Even if the copyright owners lean on them using Berne Convention and other treaties, the government often just makes a token crackdown, destroy a huge pile of illicitly copied items. They get a media photoshoot to pretend it did something, then the copying industry gets back up and continue business as usual, they treat it as just a cost of doing business.
I imagine that if one knew the coding of the tapes, it would be easy to scratch build an optical punched or printed tape reader with an RS-232 port for less than $100 in parts. That would probably be impossible to do with magnetic or laser-optical media. One might even be able to find a PDP-11 emulator to run code, I thought I saw one at SourceForge.
I suspect that one could look on eBay for legacy hardware, and there are companies that specialize in data recovery on legacy media.
You can rebuild Linux, but that doesn't mean you have to. I've never had to do so, I just install a package update. The few times I have to reinstall Windows meant at least a half-dozen reboots on the conservative side, maybe ten, depending on the number of device drivers, programs and patches that insist on rebooting immediately after install rather than after everything is installed.
Exactly how can SCO put less emphasis on selling software and more on IP? They are already heavily imbalanced as it is and they aren't generating any new IP-based "product", or innovating for that matter.
John Delorean was completely acquitted - the only time he ever touched cocaine was when it was planted by a couple of the shadier FBI agents. The courts saw through it.
There were only just under 10,000 DMC-12s made during its original run. There aren't any more being made. Sure, you can buy restorations but that doesn't produce a new car.
Gee, can you please state exactly what was false? Many statements were made in the grandparent post, if they are all false, then what are corrections to them?
Compared to other cars made the same time, it isn't too bad. Remember, this was just after the emissions controls, introduction of unleaded AND the Arab oil embargo. Being more powerful would have been much too inefficient at the time.
I would guess that would be so if you didn't wan't CPU performance increases. Even if the 1000x limit were reached, memory at that time would still be considerably faster than disc.
One problem with that assumption is that it assumes that you don't have to deal with seek times. Mechanical drives are best for long term storage, they are still far better for linear access, unlike RAM, random access on drives slows things down considerably. In short, you'll still need RAM, even if you don't consider it to be any thing more than a few GB or TB of cache (scaling up WRT capacity needs over time), as it is now, system DRAM could already be considered just another level of cache, so that won't necessarily change with faster drives.
You have an excellent point, but if the company choses to change the format, that causes hell until all the other apps can keep up, granted, users of this kind of program are generally a lot more savvy than those of MS Office, it is still a pain to remember to "save as...". It definitely happens in many version changes of AutoCAD, AutoDesk at one time owned 3D Studio, and I don't think that is necessarily out of their system.
The best I can say is collect your data as far back as possible and talk to a lawyer.
Before you do take legal action, be prepared to find a job elsewhere. While I don't think it is legal to fire people for instigating legal action against their employer, they might try to make things difficult for you. I don't think that is legal either but if this is illegal, I don't think that would bother them. In short, document everything, sign and date, etc.
I thought that the Parliamentary system was the most common form of democracy - where a bunch of parties have some amount of influence, rather than just two that have about 49% or so, and some minor ones that account for a percent or two. For one, I'm disappointed in the US two-party system, divided between the clowns and the yokels, and that each party pretty much has a main platform which few people in the party deviate from on more than one "key" issue.
My question is, if a GPU on an AGP card can send the render results back to the system, what is the point of PCI-Express? That was supposed to be one of the "enhancements" of PCI-E. PCI-X was said to have the same limitations as PCI and AGP.
A single unspecified sound card is nothing. The sample size is too small. I've never had a problem getting Linux to work with any sound card I've had, and I didn't pick them for Linux compatibility.
Because the card is unspecified, the author also gives no means of allowing others to replicate or confirm his own testing. If it is specific to one model of hardware, there is no way to fix the problem in a broader sense.
Also, I notice that he doesn't mention what sound card he's using, I have to wonder why.
Obviously a fallacy of hasty generalization.
If said person had tried all ten of the top ten sound cards and found that too many of them didn't work, then I'd grant it.
It is possible that the conclusion is right, but using only one sound card, the reasoning cannot be accepted, thus the conclusion can be dismissed until a more acceptable sampling is tried.
The original game boy seemed to include it, didn't it?
Given that GBA reads GB and GB Color games, I don't see why GBA needs a Tetris port. GB Tetris is two player capable that I remember. It might be a nice fun project though because the color emulation doesn't yield many colors to make it look its best.
Come on now. I bet quite a few Atari 2600-like and better games might be small enough to fit into that. No, you probably aren't going to fit a 3D game or RPG into that but there's plenty of potential.
Apple refurbs actually have a very good reputation. I think AppleCare (which have an excellent reputation too) is the same price and length as brand-new machines too.
It's not like a third rate brand that simply reships the thing without testing.
Note: I do not own a Mac, I just know some people that do, and they have bought refurbs. One even got like 300MB more memory than was advertised for the unit.
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I wonder if this will really mean much in the long term for Warez. Piracy is far more rampant in Asia. Even if the copyright owners lean on them using Berne Convention and other treaties, the government often just makes a token crackdown, destroy a huge pile of illicitly copied items. They get a media photoshoot to pretend it did something, then the copying industry gets back up and continue business as usual, they treat it as just a cost of doing business.
Working tape readers can probably still be had.
I imagine that if one knew the coding of the tapes, it would be easy to scratch build an optical punched or printed tape reader with an RS-232 port for less than $100 in parts. That would probably be impossible to do with magnetic or laser-optical media. One might even be able to find a PDP-11 emulator to run code, I thought I saw one at SourceForge.
I suspect that one could look on eBay for legacy hardware, and there are companies that specialize in data recovery on legacy media.
Given the mistakes, I won't even try to RTFA. No way am I going to be among the traffic rush for a purely speculative article.
They did release a mouse (maybe still being sold?) that had no visibly discernable buttons. The entire mouse was a button.
You can rebuild Linux, but that doesn't mean you have to. I've never had to do so, I just install a package update. The few times I have to reinstall Windows meant at least a half-dozen reboots on the conservative side, maybe ten, depending on the number of device drivers, programs and patches that insist on rebooting immediately after install rather than after everything is installed.
Exactly how can SCO put less emphasis on selling software and more on IP? They are already heavily imbalanced as it is and they aren't generating any new IP-based "product", or innovating for that matter.
John Delorean was completely acquitted - the only time he ever touched cocaine was when it was planted by a couple of the shadier FBI agents. The courts saw through it.
There were only just under 10,000 DMC-12s made during its original run. There aren't any more being made. Sure, you can buy restorations but that doesn't produce a new car.
False.
Gee, can you please state exactly what was false? Many statements were made in the grandparent post, if they are all false, then what are corrections to them?
Compared to other cars made the same time, it isn't too bad. Remember, this was just after the emissions controls, introduction of unleaded AND the Arab oil embargo. Being more powerful would have been much too inefficient at the time.
" maybe I won't need memory any more "
I would guess that would be so if you didn't wan't CPU performance increases. Even if the 1000x limit were reached, memory at that time would still be considerably faster than disc.
One problem with that assumption is that it assumes that you don't have to deal with seek times. Mechanical drives are best for long term storage, they are still far better for linear access, unlike RAM, random access on drives slows things down considerably. In short, you'll still need RAM, even if you don't consider it to be any thing more than a few GB or TB of cache (scaling up WRT capacity needs over time), as it is now, system DRAM could already be considered just another level of cache, so that won't necessarily change with faster drives.
Yeah, it's so funny when people think they've learned biology and such from The Matrix.
You have an excellent point, but if the company choses to change the format, that causes hell until all the other apps can keep up, granted, users of this kind of program are generally a lot more savvy than those of MS Office, it is still a pain to remember to "save as...". It definitely happens in many version changes of AutoCAD, AutoDesk at one time owned 3D Studio, and I don't think that is necessarily out of their system.
That does seem to defeat the point of salaried.
The best I can say is collect your data as far back as possible and talk to a lawyer.
Before you do take legal action, be prepared to find a job elsewhere. While I don't think it is legal to fire people for instigating legal action against their employer, they might try to make things difficult for you. I don't think that is legal either but if this is illegal, I don't think that would bother them. In short, document everything, sign and date, etc.
Smaller than an iPod
This line item is wrong.
By cubic volume, it is 50% larger than iPod (not the mini, either). Most of the difference is in the thickness. A 20GB iPod is 40% thinner.
I'll grant all the other things though, it does look like a nice feature set.
I thought that the Parliamentary system was the most common form of democracy - where a bunch of parties have some amount of influence, rather than just two that have about 49% or so, and some minor ones that account for a percent or two. For one, I'm disappointed in the US two-party system, divided between the clowns and the yokels, and that each party pretty much has a main platform which few people in the party deviate from on more than one "key" issue.
going from blue to red (or whatever) depending on different 'threat' conditions.
So if tapped into DeptHomeSec, it would oscillate between Orange and Yellow?
My question is, if a GPU on an AGP card can send the render results back to the system, what is the point of PCI-Express? That was supposed to be one of the "enhancements" of PCI-E. PCI-X was said to have the same limitations as PCI and AGP.
Or:
You can observe frame drag by watching a "Lowrider" car cross a speed bump!
A single unspecified sound card is nothing. The sample size is too small. I've never had a problem getting Linux to work with any sound card I've had, and I didn't pick them for Linux compatibility.
Because the card is unspecified, the author also gives no means of allowing others to replicate or confirm his own testing. If it is specific to one model of hardware, there is no way to fix the problem in a broader sense.
Also, I notice that he doesn't mention what sound card he's using, I have to wonder why.
Obviously a fallacy of hasty generalization.
If said person had tried all ten of the top ten sound cards and found that too many of them didn't work, then I'd grant it.
It is possible that the conclusion is right, but using only one sound card, the reasoning cannot be accepted, thus the conclusion can be dismissed until a more acceptable sampling is tried.
Doom was ported to N64 just fine, I don't remember any N64 keyboards. There are plenty enough buttons on GBA to be able to control a FPS.
The original game boy seemed to include it, didn't it?
Given that GBA reads GB and GB Color games, I don't see why GBA needs a Tetris port. GB Tetris is two player capable that I remember. It might be a nice fun project though because the color emulation doesn't yield many colors to make it look its best.
the info stored (4 kB) too little
Come on now. I bet quite a few Atari 2600-like and better games might be small enough to fit into that. No, you probably aren't going to fit a 3D game or RPG into that but there's plenty of potential.
(no thanks, refurbed units)
Apple refurbs actually have a very good reputation. I think AppleCare (which have an excellent reputation too) is the same price and length as brand-new machines too.
It's not like a third rate brand that simply reships the thing without testing.
Note: I do not own a Mac, I just know some people that do, and they have bought refurbs. One even got like 300MB more memory than was advertised for the unit.