When I went to school for CS, there was a mandatory assembly language proramming course.
If colleges still require learning assembly, then there is hope a pool of CS graduates would be able to understand pointers, registers, interrupts, and such?
...it just seems that the recipe is: Wait till someone makes an honest effort software product that makes them money, then someone pops up and sues for money, due to infringement.
So sick of this.
Also tired of copyright extensions that keep works out of public hands, but is off-topic for this/. article.
Not many OS/2 Apps that people are wanting
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I am not aware of any apps that are in demand, that only ran on OS/2.
It is my opinion that Linux has captured the users that would have stayed with OS/2, had OS/2 become more widely used.
I even ran OS/2 Warp back in the day, trying to run M$ applications (Wordperfect, for example) in it. Eventually then went to M$ NT, then Linux, back in the 90s.
That is certainly better than what I am reading as overall United States unemployment via calculatedriskblog:
"The current recession has been bouncing along the bottom for a few months - so the choice of bottom is a little arbitrary (plus or minus a month or two)."
The graph on this news blog shows 6% currently, for the United States overall.
"For example, you can easily see that [(weekly pay) / 60] [(weekly pay) / 40]. "
Agreed.
Also worth mentioning: (40 + mandatory on-call) > 40, too.
I think M$ wins, Not Wins, but still wins.
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It is my opinion that M$ did not loose.
Because for seven years, M$ by funding SCO, for the small (to them) amount M$ paid to SCO, was able to keep FUD going....And even if a tiny waste of IBM money and attention, was still one of the 'a thousand cuts' on their quest of:
Groklaw's input: 'It's over. The jury has found that the copyrights did not go to SCO under the APA or anything else. The verdict is in. Novell has the news up on their website already, but I heard it from Chris Brown also. Here's the brief Novell statement:
"Today, the jury in the District Court of Utah trial between SCO Group and Novell issued a verdict. Novell is very pleased with the jury’s decision confirming Novell’s ownership of the Unix copyrights, which SCO had asserted to own in its attack on Linux. Novell remains committed to promoting Linux, including by defending Linux on the intellectual property front.
This decision is good news for Novell, for Linux, and for the open source community." '
It is my opinion that it is always a good idea to have more than one protection product on a M$ PC, as some malware may not be detected on any one particular product.
We run AVG, clamwin (weekly scheduled run), and adaware on my wife's M$ XP Pro box.
We liked AVG and ad-aware enough that we started giving them the money, and switched from free to paying for the licences. *** For my Debian box, I have clamav that I built from source code, and scan my box from time to time just for fun. It has never been compromised by virii, far as I know. I run it as an unpriviledged user, and sudo as needed for administrative tasks.
Apparently shifting to Neutral on the transmission is the suggested way to go:
"...the first thing a driver should do is to put the transmission in Neutral. A driver can place the Prius in Neutral by moving the shift lever to the “N” position—to the left side of the shift gate, and hold it there for a second. This stops the torque to the wheels, and gives the driver instant speed control over the vehicle, and allows the driver time to assess what is happening. Shifting into Neutral at full throttle will not damage the engine. "
"It took ages for humans to even begin to explore our own planet. "
I agree. I think it will take a long time of searching, and a large region of sky surveyed, before we find anything.
I hope we do find something that is confirmed as 100% made by ET in my lifetime, because maybe it would help people, globally, to find better ways to coexist and direct their energies.
1. A hand brake, and the handbrake have a physical cutout switch (relay) that shuts off the fuel pump and disconnects the motor controller from the motor if pulled, and the car is in any but 'park' or 'neutral.'
2. A force sensor on the brake pedal, and if pushed hard (panic stop), would also trip the breaker for fuel pump and motor controller.
The concept is not new, in terms of overrides. For example: Many cars require the clutch pedal be depressed to start the car, or foot on the brake pedal.
There may be better ways to do it, but seems like an 'intuitive' way for the driver, and reasonably easy for an automotive engineer to add into the design.
Slashdot Mirror
...it is what you can do with it :)
vi/vim/emacs/eclipse -- It's all good.
When I went to school for CS, there was a mandatory assembly language proramming course.
If colleges still require learning assembly, then there is hope a pool of CS graduates would be able to understand pointers, registers, interrupts, and such?
...it just seems that the recipe is: Wait till someone makes an honest effort software product that makes them money, then someone pops up and sues for money, due to infringement.
So sick of this.
Also tired of copyright extensions that keep works out of public hands, but is off-topic for this /. article.
If you use a system that has aptitude, then it might be worth it to routinely (at least monthly?) run the following:
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude safe-upgrade
You'll get a lot of security updates, if they are out there, which is a good thing!
(your mileage may vary)
Heh, good ol' Seinfeld :)
I am not aware of any apps that are in demand, that only ran on OS/2.
It is my opinion that Linux has captured the users that would have stayed with OS/2, had OS/2 become more widely used.
I even ran OS/2 Warp back in the day, trying to run M$ applications (Wordperfect, for example) in it. Eventually then went to M$ NT, then Linux, back in the 90s.
A good read. Learned a lot.
"Environmental Consequences of the Chernobyl Accident and their Remediation: Twenty Years of Experience"
http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1239_web.pdf
Kudos to PJ. I think it is quite well deserved.
But I let it expire when I started to use Slashdot instead :)
That is certainly better than what I am reading as overall United States unemployment via calculatedriskblog:
"The current recession has been bouncing along the bottom for a few months - so the choice of bottom is a little arbitrary (plus or minus a month or two)."
The graph on this news blog shows 6% currently, for the United States overall.
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2010/04/percent-job-losses-during-recessions.html
"For example, you can easily see that [(weekly pay) / 60] [(weekly pay) / 40]. "
Agreed.
Also worth mentioning:
(40 + mandatory on-call) > 40, too.
It is my opinion that M$ did not loose.
Because for seven years, M$ by funding SCO, for the small (to them) amount M$ paid to SCO, was able to keep FUD going. ...And even if a tiny waste of IBM money and attention, was still one of the 'a thousand cuts' on their quest of:
if(!M$)dieDieDie();
Groklaw's input:
'It's over. The jury has found that the copyrights did not go to SCO under the APA or anything else. The verdict is in. Novell has the news up on their website already, but I heard it from Chris Brown also. Here's the brief Novell statement:
"Today, the jury in the District Court of Utah trial between SCO Group and Novell issued a verdict.
Novell is very pleased with the jury’s decision confirming Novell’s ownership of the Unix copyrights, which SCO had asserted to own in its attack on Linux. Novell remains committed to promoting Linux, including by defending Linux on the intellectual property front.
This decision is good news for Novell, for Linux, and for the open source community." '
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20100330152829622
...that way the end result will be sexy.
Huzzah to groklaw, and 'good grief, jurors.'
I participated last year on a jury trial that lasted 3wks. I really cannot imagine trying to stay attentive and take good juror notes, for six years!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_extinguish
I sure hope Toshiba's personnel have read up on Bill Gate's history of "Embrace. Extend. Extinguish.".
If he runs true to his historical pattern, it means bad things down the road for these 'partners' (future victims).
It is my opinion that it is always a good idea to have more than one protection product on a M$ PC, as some malware may not be detected on any one particular product.
Just thought was worth mentioning.
We run AVG, clamwin (weekly scheduled run), and adaware on my wife's M$ XP Pro box.
We liked AVG and ad-aware enough that we started giving them the money, and switched from free to paying for the licences.
***
For my Debian box, I have clamav that I built from source code, and scan my box from time to time just for fun. It has never been compromised by virii, far as I know. I run it as an unpriviledged user, and sudo as needed for administrative tasks.
"It's not about destroying Linux, it's about making some sense to patent fights in mobile markets."
For legal news and linux I use groklaw (dot) net, and there is nothing about it listed there.
Apparently shifting to Neutral on the transmission is the suggested way to go:
"...the first thing a driver should do is to put the transmission in Neutral. A driver can place the Prius in Neutral by moving the shift lever to the “N” position—to the left side of the shift gate, and hold it there for a second. This stops the torque to the wheels, and gives the driver instant speed control over the vehicle, and allows the driver time to assess what is happening. Shifting into Neutral at full throttle will not damage the engine. "
http://www.hybridcars.com/safety/top-5-myths-about-prius-runaway-acceleration-27507.html
:)
"It took ages for humans to even begin to explore our own planet. "
I agree. I think it will take a long time of searching, and a large region of sky surveyed, before we find anything.
I hope we do find something that is confirmed as 100% made by ET in my lifetime, because maybe it would help people, globally, to find better ways to coexist and direct their energies.
My thought is that the car should have either:
1. A hand brake, and the handbrake have a physical cutout switch (relay) that shuts off the fuel pump and disconnects the motor controller from the motor if pulled, and the car is in any but 'park' or 'neutral.'
2. A force sensor on the brake pedal, and if pushed hard (panic stop), would also trip the breaker for fuel pump and motor controller.
The concept is not new, in terms of overrides. For example: Many cars require the clutch pedal be depressed to start the car, or foot on the brake pedal.
There may be better ways to do it, but seems like an 'intuitive' way for the driver, and reasonably easy for an automotive engineer to add into the design.
I trust programs in Debian stable.
I trust the Debian folks. So far, so good!
Your mileage may vary.