Your assertion that a "directory" cannot be copyrighted only applies to the "directory" itself. That a "directory" exists doesn't invalidate the copyright on the individual things it contains. You have it backwards.
Your other remarks were addressed by the other replies. (The WBM would probably not constitute a directory, etc, etc, etc...)
I am also not a doctor... However, I tried suggestions 1 and 1a (1a got me into the RSI camp, I think), and they did no good. Doctors have told me that 2 is bad. This is not to say that they didn't work for the parent poster, since they may very well have. Just talk to a doctor.
1. Changing positions isn't (I'm guessing) a necessarily bad idea... However, make sure you keep changing them, and don't do anything ridiculous... like put your feet in your chair. I think the problem most people have with this is that they get into what they're doing, and forget to (or don't want to) change positions until they've sat there too long...
1a. Hmmm... Hunt and peck. I used to do that. The problem seemed to be that while my hands were moving, it was always the same (4-5) fingers doing the work (and thus finger movements were MORE repetitive). More importantly, since my hands were always moving, I tended to hit the keys harder than necessary, which caused a LOT of strain in the long run.
2. I'd strongly recommend against the constant use of a wrist rest... By putting pressure on the wrists (which you are trying to move tendons THROUGH), you may pinch the tendons and the nerves, and cause more damage more quickly. The point of a wrist rest is to be a place to REST your wrist. When your hands/wrists are at rest, go ahead and put them down.
And, for the original story poster, and anyone else who might be in a similar situation, IF YOU ARE IN PAIN, SEE A DOCTOR!! Don't wait. Make an appointment today! If you wait a week, you may end up in horrible pain and out of work for an extended period, or worse, forever.
I'm actually glad they caught this guy. I agree with the MPAA and RIAA that piracy is bad (although I don't agree with their digital piracy campaigns), and the more actual pirates that can be shut down, the better. If they actually start going after the pirates rather than the consumers, it would be a nice start.
Actually, if I remember my chemistry correctly, the process converting a solid to vapour (skipping liquid) is called sublimation, and occurs at low pressures.
I hope your swap file/partition is encrypted, or at least disabled when you access those encrypted files.
Imagine the following scenario:
You encrypt your sensitive data, then you open it. Now you presumably have it buffered in memory by the program you're using it with (be it emacs, gnumeric, abiword, etc.), and you begin to swap... Your sensitive (unencrypted!) data is now in the swap file and can survive there for a VERY long time (after writing and rewriting and rewriting many many times). Large parts of it are probably even located in a similar spot in the swap file, making it easy to find large chunks of it if you find a block. Whoops. If anyone -really- wanted that data, they would have it.
Of course, if your encrypted data isn't really that sensitive, no one will want it enough to waste time analyzing the drive to find it.:)
Don't worry. Your SD11 should work fine -- only the KX133 chipsets have problems with the Thunderbirds as far as I've heard. (and I HAVE heard that the AMD 751 based chipsets will work with the Thunderbirds.)
I'm sorry, but the GPL does not make it a non-issue.:( The GPL does not require redistribution, so the company can keep the changes to itself... Furthermore, if they don't release the changes Rob may have trouble reimplementing the changes in his GPLed code because of IP issues (sad, but true, I'm pretty sure)
Your real problem is when the company wants a change that you would not approve of wearing your non-company hat. I guess we can't help you with that:) Well, he doesn't need to integrate ALL of the changes into the primary distribution.
I missed the part where they say "supports both parallel and USB ports", seeing only "HP initially will provide four ITV-compatible HP DeskJet printers".:( I'm still a bit confused about how the ITV will interact with the printers... I guess it'll just be plain USB?
Who wants to buy yet another component for their entertainment center? To whom are they going to try to sell this stuff? People with computers might want the ability to print from their new interactive TVs, but many already have a good printer and don't want to buy another, nor do they want more space and power sucked into their entertainment center. People who want the technology because they don't want to buy a computer are going to be few and far between, I suspect -- these things won't be cheap (although presumably much cheaper than a recent computer), and they won't be as powerful. Typing documents, managing finances, etc would probably be less convenient, and playing games won't really be possible (as I understand it). From the article, it seemed that this will just be another webTV style device... with a printer.
What I would like to see: the interactive TV should have an ETHERNET port! Ethernet is so standard and cheap that replacing a printer port (and maybe others) with ethernet wouldn't be too expensive... Also, they should make a printer with an ethernet port (again, only slightly more expensive) that can accept commands from the interactive TV. They can then sell the printers for use with standard computers as well and even allow a computer to connect to the device and act like a printer (and even control it -- added value!). Because the printer can connect to more items, it's likely that more would be sold and the price could be reduced, HP would make a larger profit, and more people could afford the printer. It also reduces the barrier to entry (they're really trying to sell their interactive tv) for a lot of people with computers -- you can just hook the iTV to your existing system rather than shelling out the money for a worse printer... And people with the system can buy a new computer and use their iTV printer with it, saving some money...
Now if we could just get ethernet cables wired in the homes...;)
Here are basic electrical specifications for a wide variety of x86 CPUs.
For the record, I've never had any stability problems with my Athlon system (In fact, it seems like the most stable system I've ever had!), but I've only had it for a few months... Note that I do not play games on this system, but I have stressed the processor (and to a lesser degree the memory subsystem) quite thoroughly and for (fairly) long periods of time. The only advice I can offer is to pay close attention to the motherboard's strengths, power supply, and RAM when purchasing. Not all motherboards with the same chipset are created equal. Also, chipset specs don't tell the whole story.
The answer to The Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is 42.
But as it turns out, the question is more important than the answer... so does this mean the REAL Question is "What is the question of Life, the Universe, and Everything?"... And because we already know the answer is 42, does this mean that the question is "42??!?!":-)
I apologize... It's been a few years since I've read the "trilogy" and I don't remember if the question of the question was ever answered...;)
And now for my question to Douglas Adams: What is the answer to the question of Douglas Adams?
Copyright laws still apply. Redistributing Windows would be a violation of copyright law.
In theory, minors could reverse engineer a piece of software legally (if the license agreement takes away that right, because (in theory) it would be invalid).
Because the GPL *gives* rights over copyright law rather than taking them away, a minor would have fewer rights (iow, not be able to redistribute the software at all), than someone who could agree to the contract, so no hole could develop.
I so far have abstained from buying any commercial software for my linux box (which happens to be my only box, and it ONLY runs linux). No, it's not because it's not free software that I don't buy it -- I have no problems with non-free software. It's because I don't see how they can guarantee compatibility if I choose to upgrade my software... I like all of the older games (TTD, Civ1, SimCity1, MOO/MOO2, XCOM1, Warcraft2 etc) more than the newer ones (although I liked Alpha Centauri before I gave my Win box away), and I'm not sure that if I buy a Linux game now that I'll be able to play it in two years after I upgrade to the latest offerings of the distribution I use with whatever kernel and glibc we have at the time... If anyone can assuage my fears, I'd be grateful (maybe I could play Alpha Centauri again...;)
BTW, Loki doesn't give discounts to those who already own the Win version of the games they port, do they?
I think it was a joke... (As this whole thing may be... -- If you plan on doing something with this, you might be wise to check the source code before you run the binary). Afterall, it said that it was developed on a P150... I seriously doubt that that even met -any- of the "requirements"...:)
There may be something strange with this particular chipset, but in general, 4megs is enough for 1600x1200x16 (1600x1200x2 = 3840000 bytes, add the other (comparably small) stuff that the board might hold in RAM, and it will -generally- still be under 4MB)... I'm currently running that resolution on a 4mb matrox mill2...
This is not meant to be a troll, but the opinion seems to be different from the norm...
The analogy to car makers (as given) is not valid IMHO. Car makers are NOT responsible for keeping people from tampering with the car and making it unsafe... Car makers are not responsible for keeping people from breaking in and stealing your stuff. Of course, the more secure cars tend to sell better to people concerned about security... but you can always (almost) break a window...
Now, arguing that the analogy DOES make sense (as I believe): Microsoft (as a software development company) is not responsible for providing security. They ARE responsible for not intentionally giving a false sense of security. (How many people leave thousands of dollars worth of stuff in their car in plain sight over night? How many people leave their entire businesses on an unsecured computer? I think the numbers are VERY different, and MS does advertise its software as secure)
Now MS as a *support* provider IS responsible for admitting security flaws and fixing them as quickly as possible (if they make the claim that their software is secure). At the very least, they should post a "dangerous activities" list (such as opening certain files from e-mail), a list of known bugs and possible suggested workarounds, and possibly supply a security manual with the software. OSS developers are NOT responsible for providing support (generally), as that function is usually handled by a third party, so in a perfect world, they would be immune from 'flawed security' lawsuits.
All of you OSS developers should continue to include disclaimers, though... The world is not perfect, and you COULD still be liable for damage that occurs without sabotage from a third party... (assuming that there was no legally valid disclaimer)
Possible explanation: (I'll use our solar system as an example) Jupiter slows down a bit, and begins spiraling in towards the sun... 20 million years go by, and the asteroid belt becomes part of Jupiter. A few million years later, mars is gone... then earth, venus, mercury... Soon, you have a MASSIVE ball of gas circling around the sun with a period of 3.x days... you also have the huge quantities of oxygen from all of the absorbed planets. Note that neither this discovered planet nor the fictional jupiter is likely to have much oxegen in O[2] form, as it's HOT and reactions with oxygen are easy to set off.
Now you have me wondering... would it be as "simple" as writing a video driver for Windows that translates its calls into X calls over the network? -- Richard Thrapp richardt@rice.edu
Glow in the dark children, so you know when they're sneaking around. Playing hide and go seek in elementary school would suck, though... "What's that light in the tunnel?! It's Bobby!! You're it!"
As one tester points out, the most serious criticism a customer can make is to "actually return the box. And that almost never happens."
For this to happen, stores need to start ACCEPTING returns! Most stores around here say that music and software cannot be returned except for exchanges for the same title. This is to combat piracy... It also keeps you from returning bad software! They just won't take it back!
Tendonitis is not nearly as well known as CTS, but it is MUCH more common. (Everything used to be called CTS...)
Tendonitis can be VERY VERY painful (don't know how to compare this to CTS) and can be just as permanent as CTS. A while back, I got "just tendonitis" and continued working... for almost an entire day... After the pain was severe enough to keep me from typing, I tried to go home and found that I couldn't drive... By the end of the day, my hand was COMPLETELY useless and in SEVERE pain. I kept it mostly immobile and packed in ice for 5 days, unable to pick up anything, or even sleep well because of the pain. The doctor gave me extremely strong anti-inflammatories, but the pain lessened only slightly.
When I had to go back to work, I could barely type. I immediately rearranged my workstation and later got a Kinesis kbrd, trackball, and switched to dvorak (all at different times). Each thing helped combat my tendonitis, but I am still experiencing a (mostly mild) pain continuously (3 months later). Some days it's worse than others, but it's always present to some degree or another.
Moral of the story: If you have ANY type of RSI, do something about it IMMEDIATELY. Any delay could cost you months or years of pain free life. My doctor told me I did enough damage to last for 2+ years... for at least one of which I would probably be in pain.
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So what you're saying is that I just need to freeze the bits?
Oh, woe is me!
-- ricOS/2
Your assertion that a "directory" cannot be copyrighted only applies to the "directory" itself. That a "directory" exists doesn't invalidate the copyright on the individual things it contains. You have it backwards.
Your other remarks were addressed by the other replies. (The WBM would probably not constitute a directory, etc, etc, etc...)
I am also not a doctor... However, I tried suggestions 1 and 1a (1a got me into the RSI camp, I think), and they did no good. Doctors have told me that 2 is bad. This is not to say that they didn't work for the parent poster, since they may very well have. Just talk to a doctor.
1. Changing positions isn't (I'm guessing) a necessarily bad idea... However, make sure you keep changing them, and don't do anything ridiculous... like put your feet in your chair. I think the problem most people have with this is that they get into what they're doing, and forget to (or don't want to) change positions until they've sat there too long...
1a. Hmmm... Hunt and peck. I used to do that. The problem seemed to be that while my hands were moving, it was always the same (4-5) fingers doing the work (and thus finger movements were MORE repetitive). More importantly, since my hands were always moving, I tended to hit the keys harder than necessary, which caused a LOT of strain in the long run.
2. I'd strongly recommend against the constant use of a wrist rest... By putting pressure on the wrists (which you are trying to move tendons THROUGH), you may pinch the tendons and the nerves, and cause more damage more quickly. The point of a wrist rest is to be a place to REST your wrist. When your hands/wrists are at rest, go ahead and put them down.
And, for the original story poster, and anyone else who might be in a similar situation, IF YOU ARE IN PAIN, SEE A DOCTOR!! Don't wait. Make an appointment today! If you wait a week, you may end up in horrible pain and out of work for an extended period, or worse, forever.
I'm actually glad they caught this guy. I agree with the MPAA and RIAA that piracy is bad (although I don't agree with their digital piracy campaigns), and the more actual pirates that can be shut down, the better. If they actually start going after the pirates rather than the consumers, it would be a nice start.
Actually, if I remember my chemistry correctly, the process converting a solid to vapour (skipping liquid) is called sublimation, and occurs at low pressures.
I hope your swap file/partition is encrypted, or at least disabled when you access those encrypted files.
:)
Imagine the following scenario:
You encrypt your sensitive data, then you open it. Now you presumably have it buffered in memory by the program you're using it with (be it emacs, gnumeric, abiword, etc.), and you begin to swap... Your sensitive (unencrypted!) data is now in the swap file and can survive there for a VERY long time (after writing and rewriting and rewriting many many times). Large parts of it are probably even located in a similar spot in the swap file, making it easy to find large chunks of it if you find a block. Whoops. If anyone -really- wanted that data, they would have it.
Of course, if your encrypted data isn't really that sensitive, no one will want it enough to waste time analyzing the drive to find it.
Don't worry. Your SD11 should work fine -- only the KX133 chipsets have problems with the Thunderbirds as far as I've heard. (and I HAVE heard that the AMD 751 based chipsets will work with the Thunderbirds.)
Your real problem is when the company wants a change that you would not approve of wearing your non-company hat. I guess we can't help you with that :)
Well, he doesn't need to integrate ALL of the changes into the primary distribution.
I missed the part where they say "supports both parallel and USB ports", seeing only "HP initially will provide four ITV-compatible HP DeskJet printers". :( I'm still a bit confused about how the ITV will interact with the printers... I guess it'll just be plain USB?
Who wants to buy yet another component for their entertainment center? To whom are they going to try to sell this stuff? People with computers might want the ability to print from their new interactive TVs, but many already have a good printer and don't want to buy another, nor do they want more space and power sucked into their entertainment center. People who want the technology because they don't want to buy a computer are going to be few and far between, I suspect -- these things won't be cheap (although presumably much cheaper than a recent computer), and they won't be as powerful. Typing documents, managing finances, etc would probably be less convenient, and playing games won't really be possible (as I understand it). From the article, it seemed that this will just be another webTV style device... with a printer.
;)
What I would like to see: the interactive TV should have an ETHERNET port! Ethernet is so standard and cheap that replacing a printer port (and maybe others) with ethernet wouldn't be too expensive... Also, they should make a printer with an ethernet port (again, only slightly more expensive) that can accept commands from the interactive TV. They can then sell the printers for use with standard computers as well and even allow a computer to connect to the device and act like a printer (and even control it -- added value!). Because the printer can connect to more items, it's likely that more would be sold and the price could be reduced, HP would make a larger profit, and more people could afford the printer. It also reduces the barrier to entry (they're really trying to sell their interactive tv) for a lot of people with computers -- you can just hook the iTV to your existing system rather than shelling out the money for a worse printer... And people with the system can buy a new computer and use their iTV printer with it, saving some money...
Now if we could just get ethernet cables wired in the homes...
For the record, I've never had any stability problems with my Athlon system (In fact, it seems like the most stable system I've ever had!), but I've only had it for a few months... Note that I do not play games on this system, but I have stressed the processor (and to a lesser degree the memory subsystem) quite thoroughly and for (fairly) long periods of time. The only advice I can offer is to pay close attention to the motherboard's strengths, power supply, and RAM when purchasing. Not all motherboards with the same chipset are created equal. Also, chipset specs don't tell the whole story.
The answer to The Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is 42.
:-)
;)
But as it turns out, the question is more important than the answer... so does this mean the REAL Question is "What is the question of Life, the Universe, and Everything?"... And because we already know the answer is 42, does this mean that the question is "42??!?!"
I apologize... It's been a few years since I've read the "trilogy" and I don't remember if the question of the question was ever answered...
And now for my question to Douglas Adams:
What is the answer to the question of Douglas Adams?
Scary results: running egcs-2.91.66/linux 2.2.14/K7.5
No optimization:
1 defect, 1 flaw
-O/-O1:
Everything goes completely insane, program locks
-O2/-O6:
Several things go wrong, program locks up later than with -O/-O1
I knew optimization was bad... but I never expected anything remotely like this... Why doesn't egcs have a -safe- optimization level?
Copyright laws still apply. Redistributing Windows would be a violation of copyright law.
In theory, minors could reverse engineer a piece of software legally (if the license agreement takes away that right, because (in theory) it would be invalid).
Because the GPL *gives* rights over copyright law rather than taking them away, a minor would have fewer rights (iow, not be able to redistribute the software at all), than someone who could agree to the contract, so no hole could develop.
BTW, Loki doesn't give discounts to those who already own the Win version of the games they port, do they?
I think it was a joke... (As this whole thing may be... -- If you plan on doing something with this, you might be wise to check the source code before you run the binary). Afterall, it said that it was developed on a P150... I seriously doubt that that even met -any- of the "requirements"... :)
(English needs nested parentheses!)
The analogy to car makers (as given) is not valid IMHO. Car makers are NOT responsible for keeping people from tampering with the car and making it unsafe... Car makers are not responsible for keeping people from breaking in and stealing your stuff. Of course, the more secure cars tend to sell better to people concerned about security... but you can always (almost) break a window...
Now, arguing that the analogy DOES make sense (as I believe):
Microsoft (as a software development company) is not responsible for providing security. They ARE responsible for not intentionally giving a false sense of security. (How many people leave thousands of dollars worth of stuff in their car in plain sight over night? How many people leave their entire businesses on an unsecured computer? I think the numbers are VERY different, and MS does advertise its software as secure)
Now MS as a *support* provider IS responsible for admitting security flaws and fixing them as quickly as possible (if they make the claim that their software is secure). At the very least, they should post a "dangerous activities" list (such as opening certain files from e-mail), a list of known bugs and possible suggested workarounds, and possibly supply a security manual with the software. OSS developers are NOT responsible for providing support (generally), as that function is usually handled by a third party, so in a perfect world, they would be immune from 'flawed security' lawsuits.
All of you OSS developers should continue to include disclaimers, though... The world is not perfect, and you COULD still be liable for damage that occurs without sabotage from a third party... (assuming that there was no legally valid disclaimer)
Possible explanation: (I'll use our solar system as an example)
Jupiter slows down a bit, and begins spiraling in towards the sun...
20 million years go by, and the asteroid belt becomes part of Jupiter. A few million years later, mars is gone... then earth, venus, mercury... Soon, you have a MASSIVE ball of gas circling around the sun with a period of 3.x days... you also have the huge quantities of oxygen from all of the absorbed planets. Note that neither this discovered planet nor the fictional jupiter is likely to have much oxegen in O[2] form, as it's HOT and reactions with oxygen are easy to set off.
Now you have me wondering... would it be as "simple" as writing a video driver for Windows that translates its calls into X calls over the network? -- Richard Thrapp richardt@rice.edu
Glow in the dark children, so you know when they're sneaking around. Playing hide and go seek in elementary school would suck, though... "What's that light in the tunnel?! It's Bobby!! You're it!"
For this to happen, stores need to start ACCEPTING returns! Most stores around here say that music and software cannot be returned except for exchanges for the same title. This is to combat piracy... It also keeps you from returning bad software! They just won't take it back!
Tendonitis is not nearly as well known as CTS, but it is MUCH more common. (Everything used to be called CTS...)
Tendonitis can be VERY VERY painful (don't know how to compare this to CTS) and can be just as permanent as CTS. A while back, I got "just tendonitis" and continued working ... for almost an entire day... After the pain was severe enough to keep me from typing, I tried to go home and found that I couldn't drive... By the end of the day, my hand was COMPLETELY useless and in SEVERE pain. I kept it mostly immobile and packed in ice for 5 days, unable to pick up anything, or even sleep well because of the pain. The doctor gave me extremely strong anti-inflammatories, but the pain lessened only slightly.
When I had to go back to work, I could barely type. I immediately rearranged my workstation and later got a Kinesis kbrd, trackball, and switched to dvorak (all at different times). Each thing helped combat my tendonitis, but I am still experiencing a (mostly mild) pain continuously (3 months later). Some days it's worse than others, but it's always present to some degree or another.
Moral of the story: If you have ANY type of RSI, do something about it IMMEDIATELY. Any delay could cost you months or years of pain free life. My doctor told me I did enough damage to last for 2+ years ... for at least one of which I would probably be in pain.
The humans work in Kansas, don't they? ;)