There seems to have been a lot of hype over this. I can't work out why everyone's so obsessed though. A built in mp3 player is a nice idea but that's been around for a while. It also seems to have limitted PDA type functionality but it's hardly the first.
Are people that obsessed over the new type of touch screen?
How far away is it until thumb drives can store enough information to effectively play a movie that with all the data included in an entire HD-DVD or Blue-Ray disk?
Well, you can get 16GB memory sticks today. That's about half the capacity of HDDVD (32GB sticks seem to be insanely expensive). I'd say a few months until it's affordable, and a couple of years before it's cheap enough that it makes sense to keep a libary of memory sticks.
Well, I'm pretty impressed with the others without having to go see them. If you can't impress someone who lives thousands of miles away, it's not enough of a wonder to be included on the list.
The original wonders were buildings that amazed the world. A combination of beauty and engineering brilliance. But this isn't the first attempt to come up with new wonders andit won't be the last.
The Taj Mahal is an impressive building but still just a big house. Christ the Redeemer is iconic but not astounding.
The Great Wall is certainly something that belongs in the list. The Eiffel tower is another one - there are now taller structures but Eiffel built this at almost twice the size of the previous tallest building. A fantastic achievement in the 19th century. So, what else is there? Can we justify the footprints on the moon as a wonder of "the world"? And now I'm out of ideas.
If you're not using Microsoft software, but simply offer people vouchers to buy it from MS, then no it doesn't. The only agreement that applies is anything between you and MS, and between you and the third party for these vouchers to be valid. Agreements between the third party and MS only apply to you if the other agreements say they do.
We've seen patents on things as trivial as multiply linked lists, downloading videos, adding and removing extra linefeed characters when converting between Unix and MSDOS files, and many more trivial things.
The thing is, these are so trivial and obvious that we wouldn't consider it worth writing down. If we're going to patent everything that obvious, we'd also need to write down ideas like traversing an array backwards, using different numbers of bits for red, green and blue colour components, colour coded GUI elements, and anything else I might have "invented" today.
If they offer files for download, and you download them, then there is an absolute defence, that you had permission. If you upload files without the copyright holder's permission, then there is no defence. You were deliberately infiringing copyright.
Any half decent player can output at 24fps. Even the ps3 can do it now.. certainly I wouldn't buy one without.
Oh, that's good. Do most HDTVs handle that as input as well? (Yes I realise we're flying off-topic here. So?)
(albeit 4% faster, which isn't noticable).
Well, you can't see it. It's not unusual to hear it though. But really it's more that it's just nice to know that you're getting as authentic a cinema experience as is reasonably possible.
Worked for Microsoft employees in the 80's. It's a gamble. Consider how promising their business plan appears to be. The 80's was a fast growth time for software with clear income source (selling copies of software). The income source for the dotcoms was less obvious.
#6) Do not work more than 55 hours a week unless they are paying overtime.
I'd say it's more a case of don't make a habit of working over 40 hours.
I'm amused by how the mainstream media has fallen for this marketting hype. We're geekier than that though.
Death is one of the least permanent states for a comic character. Superman died in the 1990's. He seemed to get better and he wasn't the first. I very much doubt Jean Grey was either. Even Uncle Ben has been ressurected briefly via an alternative timeline.
The type of duck is quite specific, and it has the comapny name stamped on it. The thing about cheap plastic that that anyone can make is that there are literally thousands of variations, and the scientists are only interested in one breed. Different plastic, differnt sizes, different designs.
Terrorist scould use this system to cause havoc. Just imagine if they set one of these devices off at a supermarket and then everyone's trolley would stop. The devestation would be horrific as people get hit in the stomach by their trolley handles. Some people might even end up with nasty bruises! Not only that, but they could steal the trolleys and make someof the wheels even more wobbly than usual.
Terror weapons like this should be bannned before its to late.
Net neutrality legislation is a blunt instrument because nobody has any idea exactly what the Telcos want to do. We don't want a law that's too broad just to stop them from doing something that they have no desire to do because there's always the risk of also preventing perfectly legitimate behaviour.
No, anyone with a copy of the portion of the Parallels code in question (ie a demo, wine DLLs extracted from a purchased version, etc) can ask for the source.
Fair enough. I wasn't aware there was a demo version.
Congratulations. That's without a doubt the second stupidest thing I've read on slashdot (the stupidest was the subject of your post).
Well, aren't we hosile? Based on the assumption that Parellels was only available to paying customers and the fact that the summary said that the changes should be released for the WINE developers, I don't see why it was such a stupid thing. But since you;re clearly so much cleverer than the rest of the world perhaps you should enlighten us.
The company's chips use cryptography designed to lock customers in to a manufacturer and restrict any form of competition.
Seriosuly - this sounds to me like it's getting near anti-trust territory. I'm sure the Sherman Act has some material on product tying. Hopefully somone with a better grasp of the law will be able to elighten us.
Julianne Cho, assistant commissioner of the film office, said the rules were not intended to apply to families on vacation or amateur filmmakers or photographers.
Does the law say this?
Is she aware that the police and the entire judiciary are obliged to enforce the law as written? A police officer would be obliged to arrest severy tourist who didn't have a permit. If it came to court, the "Julianne Cho said it was alright" defence isn't going to be a valid defence. The attitude of the courts is, and always has been "If that was their intent they would have said so", and the system is based around this prinipal.
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There seems to have been a lot of hype over this. I can't work out why everyone's so obsessed though. A built in mp3 player is a nice idea but that's been around for a while. It also seems to have limitted PDA type functionality but it's hardly the first.
Are people that obsessed over the new type of touch screen?
How far away is it until thumb drives can store enough information to effectively play a movie that with all the data included in an entire HD-DVD or Blue-Ray disk?
Well, you can get 16GB memory sticks today. That's about half the capacity of HDDVD (32GB sticks seem to be insanely expensive). I'd say a few months until it's affordable, and a couple of years before it's cheap enough that it makes sense to keep a libary of memory sticks.
It appears to be a large structure built of stone, with a roof. i.e. a big house. What fundental organisational brilliance was required to build it?
Well, I'm pretty impressed with the others without having to go see them. If you can't impress someone who lives thousands of miles away, it's not enough of a wonder to be included on the list.
I should have included the pyramids. Still not convinced about the Taj Mahal but you're right, it is more impressive than I gave it credit for.
The original wonders were buildings that amazed the world. A combination of beauty and engineering brilliance. But this isn't the first attempt to come up with new wonders andit won't be the last.
The Taj Mahal is an impressive building but still just a big house. Christ the Redeemer is iconic but not astounding.
The Great Wall is certainly something that belongs in the list. The Eiffel tower is another one - there are now taller structures but Eiffel built this at almost twice the size of the previous tallest building. A fantastic achievement in the 19th century. So, what else is there? Can we justify the footprints on the moon as a wonder of "the world"? And now I'm out of ideas.
If you're not using Microsoft software, but simply offer people vouchers to buy it from MS, then no it doesn't. The only agreement that applies is anything between you and MS, and between you and the third party for these vouchers to be valid. Agreements between the third party and MS only apply to you if the other agreements say they do.
We've seen patents on things as trivial as multiply linked lists, downloading videos, adding and removing extra linefeed characters when converting between Unix and MSDOS files, and many more trivial things.
The thing is, these are so trivial and obvious that we wouldn't consider it worth writing down. If we're going to patent everything that obvious, we'd also need to write down ideas like traversing an array backwards, using different numbers of bits for red, green and blue colour components, colour coded GUI elements, and anything else I might have "invented" today.
If they offer files for download, and you download them, then there is an absolute defence, that you had permission. If you upload files without the copyright holder's permission, then there is no defence. You were deliberately infiringing copyright.
Any half decent player can output at 24fps. Even the ps3 can do it now.. certainly I wouldn't buy one without.
Oh, that's good. Do most HDTVs handle that as input as well? (Yes I realise we're flying off-topic here. So?)
(albeit 4% faster, which isn't noticable).
Well, you can't see it. It's not unusual to hear it though. But really it's more that it's just nice to know that you're getting as authentic a cinema experience as is reasonably possible.
Really?
Damn. I was hoping they'd have settled on a multiple of 24 so anything shot on film plays at exactly the right speed with no temporal interpolation.
Just about all European TVs - HDTV or PAL can sync to a 60Hz screen refresh rate. It's not a barrier.
#1) Do not take options in place of pay.
Worked for Microsoft employees in the 80's. It's a gamble. Consider how promising their business plan appears to be. The 80's was a fast growth time for software with clear income source (selling copies of software). The income source for the dotcoms was less obvious.
#6) Do not work more than 55 hours a week unless they are paying overtime.
I'd say it's more a case of don't make a habit of working over 40 hours.
Apart from those, that's all good advice.
I'm amused by how the mainstream media has fallen for this marketting hype. We're geekier than that though. Death is one of the least permanent states for a comic character. Superman died in the 1990's. He seemed to get better and he wasn't the first. I very much doubt Jean Grey was either. Even Uncle Ben has been ressurected briefly via an alternative timeline.
The type of duck is quite specific, and it has the comapny name stamped on it. The thing about cheap plastic that that anyone can make is that there are literally thousands of variations, and the scientists are only interested in one breed. Different plastic, differnt sizes, different designs.
You accused the wine team of not understanding the LGPL when you clearly don't understand it yourself.
Have you even read it?
The winelibs are licensed under the LGPL. Anyone who's got a copy of Parallels is free to distribute the winelibs.
No they're not They don't have the source.
Anyone with a basic understanding of copyleft would see this & understand that you don't need to be a Parallels customer to have rights to the code.
Yes you do. Nobody else is distributing it.
Terrorist scould use this system to cause havoc. Just imagine if they set one of these devices off at a supermarket and then everyone's trolley would stop. The devestation would be horrific as people get hit in the stomach by their trolley handles. Some people might even end up with nasty bruises! Not only that, but they could steal the trolleys and make someof the wheels even more wobbly than usual.
Terror weapons like this should be bannned before its to late.
Net neutrality legislation is a blunt instrument because nobody has any idea exactly what the Telcos want to do. We don't want a law that's too broad just to stop them from doing something that they have no desire to do because there's always the risk of also preventing perfectly legitimate behaviour.
No, anyone with a copy of the portion of the Parallels code in question (ie a demo, wine DLLs extracted from a purchased version, etc) can ask for the source.
Fair enough. I wasn't aware there was a demo version.
Congratulations. That's without a doubt the second stupidest thing I've read on slashdot (the stupidest was the subject of your post).
Well, aren't we hosile? Based on the assumption that Parellels was only available to paying customers and the fact that the summary said that the changes should be released for the WINE developers, I don't see why it was such a stupid thing. But since you;re clearly so much cleverer than the rest of the world perhaps you should enlighten us.
Or maybe the summary is simply misleading.
That's been going back way before printer cartirdges. There were a lot of organisations responsible for buying prohibition laws almost a century ago.
The company's chips use cryptography designed to lock customers in to a manufacturer and restrict any form of competition.
Seriosuly - this sounds to me like it's getting near anti-trust territory. I'm sure the Sherman Act has some material on product tying. Hopefully somone with a better grasp of the law will be able to elighten us.
As original developers, they have no right to a copy of the source. The GPL doesn't give them this right.
The only people who do have the right to the code are the people who bought Parallels. Did the Wine team buy themselves a copy?
Julianne Cho, assistant commissioner of the film office, said the rules were not intended to apply to families on vacation or amateur filmmakers or photographers.
Does the law say this?
Is she aware that the police and the entire judiciary are obliged to enforce the law as written? A police officer would be obliged to arrest severy tourist who didn't have a permit. If it came to court, the "Julianne Cho said it was alright" defence isn't going to be a valid defence. The attitude of the courts is, and always has been "If that was their intent they would have said so", and the system is based around this prinipal.
Potentially. Probably not. But 150K is a lot to risk on "probably".