I think you are missing the point of school: to learn. Most real world project teams are working on smaller parts of a whole. Yes, you are a part of a team, but you are also working on an independant part of the project. You need your team members so your piece works with the other pieces, not as a technical reference or someone to do your work for you.
And if you think your boss will know who is working and who isn't, you're either naive or have had really good bosses so far.
Shopkeeper: Listen, tell you what. I'll file its legs down a bit, take its snout out, stick a few wires through its cheeks. There you are, a lovely pussy cat.
Man: Its not a proper cat.
Shopkeeper: What do you mean?
Man: Well it wouldn't meow.
Shopkeeper: Well it would howl a bit.
Man: No, no, no, no. Er, have you got a parrot?
Shopkeeper: No, I'm afraid not actually guv, we're fresh out of parrots. I'll tell you what though... I'll lop its back legs off, make good, strip the fur, stick a couple of wings on and staple on a beak of your own choice. [taking small box and rattling it] No problem. Lovely parrot.
Man: How long would that take?
Shopkeeper: Oh, let me see... er, stripping the fur off, no legs... [calling] Harry... can you do a parrot job on this terrier straight away?
Harry: (Graham Chapman, off-screen) No, I'm still putting a tuck in the Airedale, and then I got the frogs to let out.
Shopkeeper: Friday?
Man: No I need it for tomorrow. It's a present.
Shopkeeper: Oh dear, it's a long job. You see parrot conversion... Tell you what though, for free, terriers make lovely fish. I mean I could do that for you straight away. Legs off, fins on, stick a little pipe through the back of its neck so it can breathe, bit of gold paint, make good...
Man: You'd need a very big tank.
Shopkeeper: It's a great conversation piece.
Man: Yes, all right, all right... but, uh, only if I can watch.
But what's to stop the moths from re-migrating to the area where they were eliminated? Isn't this just a temporary solution? In your example, people would resettle Nebraska (for whatever reason people move to Nebraska) and then the condoms law would not apply.
I submitted this story too. More information from Yahoo(via Reuters). They mention how it works, something with dislocations, loop-flaws in the silicon. The press release from U-Surrey is here. Google also claims to have indexed their paper here but accesss is forbidden.
Aha! There's the catch: he's hoping to be kept in office indefinately by college students. IIRC, college age voters are one of the most active (if not most numerous) voting brackets in the country. Plus they usually vote democratic. So he will probably run on the platform of "I kept napster open" and be in office forever (or as long as Strom Thurmon).
Of course, these are just my paranoid ramblings, I could be wrong.
would be just as annoying. What makes you think you're special? Hmm, "Signal11,Signall11,Signa1 11,Signal_11,Signal311,signal ll,Signal 11,Signal11%20,Signa1 ll,Signal Eleven 11,Signa1 l1,Signal 12,Signal seven 11,Signal 1|,SignaI 11,Signal%2011%20..." I don't care if you are GOD_ALMIGHTY (17678), troll and get modded. Nice job contributing to the conversation for a change.
Not one of your better efforts, troll-wise. You completely forgot to mention God in it. I mean, who among the slashbots knows who Adam Smith is? Now, if you had somehow quoted something from Leviticus saying "And let Him smite down those who dare OC a FSB" that would have been good.
The question is one of morals? It's not cheating (like speeding) OC-ing is just disregarding the manufacturer's recommended range. You might as well say people shouldn't rev their cars more than 3000 rpm because it's cheating.
How does your computer know that a jpeg is a jpeg? Somewhere in the hex is a tag that says what it is (the infamous CAFEBABE, for example). Some people just seem more able to pick up common elements. I'd imagine that a real code breaker would brute force a bunch of methods (rotX, XOR, etc) and see if anything looks familiar. Kind of like the code breaking scene in (IIRC)'Clear and Present Danger' where guy starts using 'Birthday, wife's birthday, etc.' and surprises Harrison Ford.
What you are proposing is basically a one-time pad, though. The receiver can't decode it either without knowing how you encoded it. Just like you couldn't decode it without knowing how you encoded it. That's what makes symmetric encryption algorithms so useful. You allow someone the ability to decode your message without giving them the ability to encrypt a message as you.
Ok, maybe I'm an idiot, but what does the copyright have to do with the lifetime of the author or whatever? Mickey Mouse is used every time you see a Disney anything (commercial, show, whatever). He's the mascot of the network, for crying out loud. That, to me, is obviously protecting their copyright by continuing to relate his image to their brand.
So why do they need a 50 year (or 70 year) extension of their copyright? They have been using his image since whenever Fantasia came out (last movie? I'm not sure), so there should be no need for an extention of a continuously used trademark. Just like you said, an unused image - like Roger Rabbit - should become public domain if UNUSED after 10 years. But in Disney's case they are granted the trademark indefinately as long as it is used within 10 years.
I agree. My problem with the DMCA (which I haven't actually read) is not that it is being used to stop piracy, but it is being used as a profit-generating device for the RIAA/MPAA. As many others have stated, Napster is only a file-sharing protocol. How do they know what I'm doing with it? I've downloaded a few songs that I also own on cd off of Scour just because I didn't want to walk to my stereo. That's the definition of fair use (and lazy).
Trying to stop a flood by standing in the way is not an effective policy and I'm tired of them complaining that it doesn't work.
Thank God the Appeals court upheld the lower court decision. Now Napster's lawyers can appeal to the Supreme court and we can finally get this crap over with.
In case you don't get where I'm going with this here's the key: lower courts do not have the ability to create or change laws, they can only apply the existing laws. It is up to the Supreme court to decide if a law in unconstitutional and needs to be tossed *cough*DCMA*cough*.
I think I'm going to start translating all my posts through the fish
Final case | Friday January 12, 2001
In the heading proto, it is presented to you in " before first " the final case of the divxproject...
Photographs Photographs!!! | Friday January 5, 2001
You will find in the Proto heading the first photographs of the FIRST PROTOTYPE (I insist well on this word...) As well as the software of DivXproject-Landscape-00 reading turning on a tele 70cm...
Protoype of reading | Tuesday January 2, 2001
With the occasion of the realization of the prototype of reading of the divxproject the site opened a new heading: " proto "
You will find there the specification of the prototype as well as the premieres photographs (somewhat boned...)
Later will be added the various tests as well as the 2 protoype, that of recording...
GOOD YEAR!! | Monday January 1, 2001
The team of DivXproject wishes you a good year!!
To crown the input in this new millenium... I announce to you that the module of reading (divx, dvd, vcd, mp3, audio) of the Software SDivXpro beta 1 is finished, we carry out from now on the tests...
Large a Thank you with Jesus-Christ (Programmer of the software) who carried out a remarkable job!!
Hardware of DivXproject finished | Dimache December 31, 2000
Veiled, it is made... The Hardware part of DivXproject is finished (see the hardware page)
It misses just some information such as for example the program of the PEAK or others... But this will be completé as soon as the proto is finished.
**time-out** moreover plus when the test be finish and that the apparatus function correctly it there have at disposal on the site a card of realization detail step by step...
Hardware/Software | Saturday December 16, 2000
The Hardware page was updated with the complete description of parts PC used, the diagram and the program C of display LCD as well as the remote control IR of our divxproject.
On the software page the first screenshot of SDivXpro beta 1 software like its brief description
Excuse to us...! | Saturday November 25, 2000
I received several concerning messages the divxproject saying to me that this site was the apology for the hacking of the dvds..
I excuse myself some, because it was not the goal of the project... I would correct without more delaying the pages and would remove the references to the hacking...
The Goal of this project is simply to replace our good old men video tape recorders... it is all!!
I thank you for your comprehension...
Hardware | Saturday November 25, 2000
We are for the moment choosing the hardware which would correspond best to our requirements...
It will progressively be supplemented its advance on the hardware page...
Update | Friday November 17, 2000
Update of the site in particular of the infos on the project.
Web site | Monday November 13, 2000
Realization of the Web site
Obtaining the domain name www.divxproject.com
Realization??? | Friday November 10, 2000
All went very quickly...
In a few hours the principal functions and means of realizing was already thought...
It is just now enough to put it on paper.
Genesis | Thursday November 9, 2000
The divxprojet was born quite simply around part of tarots between friends....!
We are in IUT of electronics.
While playing we spoke about DVD VCD and DIVX... a friend asked to me whether there were not on the Net the plans for a reader VCD of show...
For my part, I do not have knowledge of it... I is thus tell to him why the VCD which is heavy and of bad quality...
Best it would be a recording reader DIVX of show...
ok, your company can beat up my ex-company. I was just reiterating the company line. I heard it from the sysadmins who wanted to install Linux but couldn't. I did manage to hack off CDE and put fvwm on my solaris box, but I had to compile it. The company was really paranoid about binaries. So I brought in all these text files.
databases, webservers, and OSs come to mind as common COTS products. But, yes, for most embedded, real mission stuff, they do it by hand. Finger pointing is a great way to get new versions (we had serious problems with our mapping software so we screamed at the provider until they fixed it - or it was fixed)
Don't worry. If you don't know what mission critical really means, it probably doesn't apply to you. It is usually used as a government/military expression meaning "If it fails, people will die." As in, it is critical for the mission to continue. And besides, as I learned at a contractor, no free software will ever be used in mission critical applications because they need someone to point the finger at if/when it doesn't work.
I did like the summary of every review of x.x kernel, though.
Well, since everyone is getting into this thread, I guess I'll jump in with my 2 cents. I really have been meaning to pose this question to my uncle who has turned down nomination for Bishop of Grand Rapids. The statement that God is beyond our understanding is the crux of this debate. Every scientific breakthrough can be interpreted by the religious as more evidence that God is beyond us because we haven't found Him yet. But the non-religious use it as evidence against God because, well, He's not "there." Do I "belive in one God, etc.?" Yes. Do I believe that we are not alone in the universe? Yes. Do I see a contradiction? No, because if God is beyond our thinking, then isn't is possible that He gave us the Bible because that was all we could understand or all that pertains to us?
Anyway, IHBT, IDC (I don't care) Anyone want to continue this over there?
Will our production actually go down if enough mine workers get frustrated and strike until they get an agreement from management for no robots?
I am not too knowledgeable on Union/Management relations, but I have to ask this: Can the management replace the striking workers WITH the robots? I think the workers cannot be replaced with scab workers, but do those laws apply to non-human workers? Or can workers stop work and strike for the right to not be put out of work? What if the strike causes the company to go under?
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I think you are missing the point of school: to learn. Most real world project teams are working on smaller parts of a whole. Yes, you are a part of a team, but you are also working on an independant part of the project. You need your team members so your piece works with the other pieces, not as a technical reference or someone to do your work for you.
And if you think your boss will know who is working and who isn't, you're either naive or have had really good bosses so far.
Shopkeeper: Listen, tell you what. I'll file its legs down a bit, take its snout out, stick a few wires through its cheeks. There you are, a lovely pussy cat.
... I'll lop its back legs off, make good, strip the fur, stick a couple of wings on and staple on a beak of your own choice. [taking small box and rattling it] No problem. Lovely parrot.
... er, stripping the fur off, no legs ... [calling] Harry ... can you do a parrot job on this terrier straight away?
... Tell you what though, for free, terriers make lovely fish. I mean I could do that for you straight away. Legs off, fins on, stick a little pipe through the back of its neck so it can breathe, bit of gold paint, make good ...
... but, uh, only if I can watch.
Man: Its not a proper cat.
Shopkeeper: What do you mean?
Man: Well it wouldn't meow.
Shopkeeper: Well it would howl a bit.
Man: No, no, no, no. Er, have you got a parrot?
Shopkeeper: No, I'm afraid not actually guv, we're fresh out of parrots. I'll tell you what though
Man: How long would that take?
Shopkeeper: Oh, let me see
Harry: (Graham Chapman, off-screen) No, I'm still putting a tuck in the Airedale, and then I got the frogs to let out.
Shopkeeper: Friday?
Man: No I need it for tomorrow. It's a present.
Shopkeeper: Oh dear, it's a long job. You see parrot conversion
Man: You'd need a very big tank.
Shopkeeper: It's a great conversation piece.
Man: Yes, all right, all right
www.montypython.net
But what's to stop the moths from re-migrating to the area where they were eliminated? Isn't this just a temporary solution? In your example, people would resettle Nebraska (for whatever reason people move to Nebraska) and then the condoms law would not apply.
I submitted this story too. More information from Yahoo(via Reuters). They mention how it works, something with dislocations, loop-flaws in the silicon. The press release from U-Surrey is here. Google also claims to have indexed their paper here but accesss is forbidden.
that's on my personal "top ten most misspelled words list." oh well, you get the idea.
Aha! There's the catch: he's hoping to be kept in office indefinately by college students. IIRC, college age voters are one of the most active (if not most numerous) voting brackets in the country. Plus they usually vote democratic. So he will probably run on the platform of "I kept napster open" and be in office forever (or as long as Strom Thurmon).
Of course, these are just my paranoid ramblings, I could be wrong.
would be just as annoying. What makes you think you're special? Hmm, "Signal11,Signall11,Signa1 11,Signal_11,Signal311,signal ll,Signal 11,Signal11%20,Signa1 ll,Signal Eleven 11,Signa1 l1,Signal 12,Signal seven 11,Signal 1|,SignaI 11,Signal%2011%20..." I don't care if you are GOD_ALMIGHTY (17678), troll and get modded. Nice job contributing to the conversation for a change.
Not one of your better efforts, troll-wise. You completely forgot to mention God in it. I mean, who among the slashbots knows who Adam Smith is? Now, if you had somehow quoted something from Leviticus saying "And let Him smite down those who dare OC a FSB" that would have been good.
The question is one of morals? It's not cheating (like speeding) OC-ing is just disregarding the manufacturer's recommended range. You might as well say people shouldn't rev their cars more than 3000 rpm because it's cheating.
Damn, and I want to mod down trolls.
I can just hear your neighbors: "Oh my God, he killed Kenny!"
How does your computer know that a jpeg is a jpeg? Somewhere in the hex is a tag that says what it is (the infamous CAFEBABE, for example). Some people just seem more able to pick up common elements. I'd imagine that a real code breaker would brute force a bunch of methods (rotX, XOR, etc) and see if anything looks familiar. Kind of like the code breaking scene in (IIRC)'Clear and Present Danger' where guy starts using 'Birthday, wife's birthday, etc.' and surprises Harrison Ford.
What you are proposing is basically a one-time pad, though. The receiver can't decode it either without knowing how you encoded it. Just like you couldn't decode it without knowing how you encoded it. That's what makes symmetric encryption algorithms so useful. You allow someone the ability to decode your message without giving them the ability to encrypt a message as you.
Super. So now, for example, will I have to do access www.ci.holland.mi.us.earth.sol? That should be easy enough to remember.
Are you accidently thinking of "The American Honky-Tonk Bar Association?" Personally, I think of it as some weird limbo organization.
Funny, that's been my feeling toward netscape for years...
Ok, maybe I'm an idiot, but what does the copyright have to do with the lifetime of the author or whatever? Mickey Mouse is used every time you see a Disney anything (commercial, show, whatever). He's the mascot of the network, for crying out loud. That, to me, is obviously protecting their copyright by continuing to relate his image to their brand.
So why do they need a 50 year (or 70 year) extension of their copyright? They have been using his image since whenever Fantasia came out (last movie? I'm not sure), so there should be no need for an extention of a continuously used trademark. Just like you said, an unused image - like Roger Rabbit - should become public domain if UNUSED after 10 years. But in Disney's case they are granted the trademark indefinately as long as it is used within 10 years.
Message for you. It's from NEAR. It said "Beep." That means "It's 4:53, I'm still here. It's damn cold."
I had a feeling you were going to say that.
I agree. My problem with the DMCA (which I haven't actually read) is not that it is being used to stop piracy, but it is being used as a profit-generating device for the RIAA/MPAA. As many others have stated, Napster is only a file-sharing protocol. How do they know what I'm doing with it? I've downloaded a few songs that I also own on cd off of Scour just because I didn't want to walk to my stereo. That's the definition of fair use (and lazy).
Trying to stop a flood by standing in the way is not an effective policy and I'm tired of them complaining that it doesn't work.
That's quite a nasty cough you've got there.
I had a feeling you were going to say that.
Thank God the Appeals court upheld the lower court decision. Now Napster's lawyers can appeal to the Supreme court and we can finally get this crap over with.
In case you don't get where I'm going with this here's the key: lower courts do not have the ability to create or change laws, they can only apply the existing laws. It is up to the Supreme court to decide if a law in unconstitutional and needs to be tossed *cough*DCMA*cough*.
I had a feeling you were going to say that.
If the quality of the Y-Box is like the rest of Microsoft's products, it is also a question. As in: "Y-Box, why? Why did you crash?"
I had a feeling you were going to say that.
I had a feeling you were going to say that.
I think I'm going to start translating all my posts through the fish
Final case | Friday January 12, 2001
In the heading proto, it is presented to you in " before first " the final case of the divxproject...
Photographs Photographs!!! | Friday January 5, 2001
You will find in the Proto heading the first photographs of the FIRST PROTOTYPE (I insist well on this word...) As well as the software of DivXproject-Landscape-00 reading turning on a tele 70cm...
Protoype of reading | Tuesday January 2, 2001
With the occasion of the realization of the prototype of reading of the divxproject the site opened a new heading: " proto "
You will find there the specification of the prototype as well as the premieres photographs (somewhat boned...)
Later will be added the various tests as well as the 2 protoype, that of recording...
GOOD YEAR!! | Monday January 1, 2001
The team of DivXproject wishes you a good year!!
To crown the input in this new millenium... I announce to you that the module of reading (divx, dvd, vcd, mp3, audio) of the Software SDivXpro beta 1 is finished, we carry out from now on the tests...
Large a Thank you with Jesus-Christ (Programmer of the software) who carried out a remarkable job!!
Hardware of DivXproject finished | Dimache December 31, 2000
Veiled, it is made... The Hardware part of DivXproject is finished (see the hardware page)
It misses just some information such as for example the program of the PEAK or others... But this will be completé as soon as the proto is finished.
**time-out** moreover plus when the test be finish and that the apparatus function correctly it there have at disposal on the site a card of realization detail step by step...
Hardware/Software | Saturday December 16, 2000
The Hardware page was updated with the complete description of parts PC used, the diagram and the program C of display LCD as well as the remote control IR of our divxproject.
On the software page the first screenshot of SDivXpro beta 1 software like its brief description
Excuse to us...! | Saturday November 25, 2000
I received several concerning messages the divxproject saying to me that this site was the apology for the hacking of the dvds..
I excuse myself some, because it was not the goal of the project... I would correct without more delaying the pages and would remove the references to the hacking...
The Goal of this project is simply to replace our good old men video tape recorders... it is all!!
I thank you for your comprehension...
Hardware | Saturday November 25, 2000
We are for the moment choosing the hardware which would correspond best to our requirements...
It will progressively be supplemented its advance on the hardware page...
Update | Friday November 17, 2000
Update of the site in particular of the infos on the project.
Web site | Monday November 13, 2000
Realization of the Web site
Obtaining the domain name www.divxproject.com
Realization??? | Friday November 10, 2000
All went very quickly...
In a few hours the principal functions and means of realizing was already thought...
It is just now enough to put it on paper.
Genesis | Thursday November 9, 2000
The divxprojet was born quite simply around part of tarots between friends....!
We are in IUT of electronics.
While playing we spoke about DVD VCD and DIVX... a friend asked to me whether there were not on the Net the plans for a reader VCD of show...
For my part, I do not have knowledge of it... I is thus tell to him why the VCD which is heavy and of bad quality...
Best it would be a recording reader DIVX of show...
Veiled how us the idea came...
Contact: Webmaster@divxproject.com
Copyright © 2000 DivXproject
All rights reserved. Reproduction prohibited without authorization.
All rights reserved
- legal Information -
I had a feeling you were going to say that.
ok, your company can beat up my ex-company. I was just reiterating the company line. I heard it from the sysadmins who wanted to install Linux but couldn't. I did manage to hack off CDE and put fvwm on my solaris box, but I had to compile it. The company was really paranoid about binaries. So I brought in all these text files.
I had a feeling you were going to say that.
databases, webservers, and OSs come to mind as common COTS products. But, yes, for most embedded, real mission stuff, they do it by hand. Finger pointing is a great way to get new versions (we had serious problems with our mapping software so we screamed at the provider until they fixed it - or it was fixed)
I had a feeling you were going to say that.
Don't worry. If you don't know what mission critical really means, it probably doesn't apply to you. It is usually used as a government/military expression meaning "If it fails, people will die." As in, it is critical for the mission to continue. And besides, as I learned at a contractor, no free software will ever be used in mission critical applications because they need someone to point the finger at if/when it doesn't work.
I did like the summary of every review of x.x kernel, though.
I had a feeling you were going to say that.
Well, since everyone is getting into this thread, I guess I'll jump in with my 2 cents. I really have been meaning to pose this question to my uncle who has turned down nomination for Bishop of Grand Rapids.
The statement that God is beyond our understanding is the crux of this debate. Every scientific breakthrough can be interpreted by the religious as more evidence that God is beyond us because we haven't found Him yet. But the non-religious use it as evidence against God because, well, He's not "there."
Do I "belive in one God, etc.?" Yes. Do I believe that we are not alone in the universe? Yes. Do I see a contradiction? No, because if God is beyond our thinking, then isn't is possible that He gave us the Bible because that was all we could understand or all that pertains to us?
Anyway, IHBT, IDC (I don't care) Anyone want to continue this over there?
I had a feeling you were going to say that.
I had a feeling you were going to say that.