I've heard of books with licenses shrinkwrapped with them. And my parents have some boxes of boxes (sic) of copies of DOS 6.22, each with their own license on a piece of paper attached to the box.
Grudges. KDE is based on Qt, which wasn't Software Libre when the first version of KDE was released. (Which is why GNOME was started.)
Also, as an example, I came in on the scene only five years ago, after Trolltech made Qt GPL. Oddly enough, I'm still annoyed at theKompany, because I installed Kivio on my laptop so I could build circuit diagrams on my laptop. Come to find out, I have to buy the electronic schematics before I can use them in Kivio. Granted, they have the right to charge for extraneous material(which these extra stencils are), but I find, as a (P)oor (C)ollege (S)tudent, that free as in Beer is really, really advantageous. So I'm annoyed. I was really looking forward to built-in Python scripting, and, IMO, Dia needs work before I can use it with much comfort.
For the complete set of electronics symbols, at an average of $6 per stencil set, I'd probably be paying out $60 this week. And if I wanted any other users on my laptop to be able to use those stencils, it's another $60 per person.
And, as a final answer to your question, I gaurantee you I'll get at least one down-mod for badmouthing either GNOME or KDE office components. (Though I might not get modded at all as this is a rather old article now.)
True, well-managed monolithic projects won't be written in multiple languages, but I imagine it'll be rather convenient to be able to rope in a prewritten math module written in (faster) C#, while being able to develop the rest of the software in the language of your choice.
It's an open secret that different languages are more appropriate than others for specific purposes.
Well...if someone would be so kind as to provide an MD5sum of the actual image, so we could test it against the ISO files that are going to show up on P2P networks...
One of the tools a cracker uses is social engineering. And unless he can speak fluent, unaccented Arabic, he won't be able to directly use that tool.
Of course, there could be a separate team for that. But I suspect a strict government like Iraq has paperwork for everything. And inquisitions for those who forget their paperwork.
Actually, if you're looking to use them as bypass filters (as most of the applications they're used for in motherboards are), capacitors get cheaper as the frequency of the ripple you use them with increases.
Their reactance to AC drops as the capacitance and/or the frequency increases, so you can use a smaller capacitor on a higher frequency for the same effect as you would were you to apply a larger capacitor to a lower frequency.
You're correct regarding ripple current being irregularities in the power supply current. It's not rare, however. It's part of the internal design of the power supply.
The simplest power supplies work by taking an external AC power source, running it through a step-down transformer(changes the peak voltage to the appropriate level), running it through a bridge rectifier(makes it into pulsing DC), and then using a large capacitor to smooth it into normal DC.
Switching power supplies are a bit more complex, but are based on the same principles.
Unfortunately, the filtering capacitor can take out a large fraction of the ripple, depending on the Thevinin resistance and reactance of the circuit drawing power and the size of the capacitor used for the filtering...
What's really odd is that bulging and popping electrolytic capacitors usually are caused by applying the wrong polarity to them.
When the capacitor is made, a DC current is put through them to form a crust on the metal surfaces inside the capacitor, which is then used as the dielectric.
When the capacitor is used in a product, you have to apply the same polarity to it, or you'll reverse the chemical reaction and get a DC current flow, which boils the electrolyte. (Thus causing pressure inside, causing a bulge and eventually a pop.)
Um...we'd need a way to replace every bit of running code without shutting down the kernel.
Unless you're running multiple copies of the kernel, like that nice mainframe article a while back described, you're going to have to take the system down at some point.
Of course, such distributed systems needn't strictly be on one piece of machinery, as OpenMOSIX, beowulf stuffs, and the xxx@Home projects have shown.
In short, we're already there. We've got the concepts down, and most of the code.
Xiph is just a host for the projects, akin to SourceForge. You can have three different competing Gnutella clients on SF, but they're independent of each other.
I don't know if Xiph provides anything more than www and IRC, though.
I say eventually there'll only be the two options. They could charge a bundle for organizations like the RIAA (or AOL) to include riders. (As the other reply calls them.)
With Microsoft, you'll only get two options, and that's for two reasons:
Microsoft developers would love to have a consistent environment. They'd know exactly what APIs and features are available, whenever they wrote a program. This is an enviable position, as anyone who wrote complex software before the days of package handlers will tell you.
It's control. Microsoft can get on a lot of peoples' friends list if they can gaurantee that if, for example, Joe User didn't install DRM, then he won't be able to use a whole slew of other functions, thereby giving him a strong incentive to follow Microsoft recommendations.
Come on, people. You're seeing the exact same situation occur with TCPA and DRM. Eventually, if you don't have TCPA, you won't be able to use DRM-enabled content.
Would you rather have a system where you have to manually implement every patch, or would you rather have a system where you didn't have any choices which patches were implemented?
The first choice would lead to a lot more work. The second choice would have automatically installed.NET and WMP 9 on your computer. The second choice would also automatically sign you on to whatever contrac--er...license agreements that came with the patches.
Power is like entropy. It always seeks to increase.
Now we'll get Slashdot articles linking to places on regulations.gov, and we can make a difference.
Although, I'm not sure what their incentive will be for listening to the public. They're insulated by two different elected branches of the government, and elections, while they happen once per year, are heavily influenced by people with money.
Perhapse the solution would be to get a lot of people involved with it. Not just Techno-geeks, but old-time Ham enthusiasts and other occupation-specific people.
I was pointing out the advantages of a properly multitasking system. I've rarely used NT/2K/XP, but I've been told the NT series does it right.
I know this is generalizing, but it does seem to display a continuing trend of stability, one way or another.
Out of curiosity, is there any reason they can't just go through their source code, line by line, looking for potential buffer overflows? I know they announced one recently, but I would think that that process would turn up more results more frequently.
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I've heard of books with licenses shrinkwrapped with them. And my parents have some boxes of boxes (sic) of copies of DOS 6.22, each with their own license on a piece of paper attached to the box.
why is it seen as a bad thing to ANYBODY?
Grudges. KDE is based on Qt, which wasn't Software Libre when the first version of KDE was released. (Which is why GNOME was started.)
Also, as an example, I came in on the scene only five years ago, after Trolltech made Qt GPL. Oddly enough, I'm still annoyed at theKompany, because I installed Kivio on my laptop so I could build circuit diagrams on my laptop. Come to find out, I have to buy the electronic schematics before I can use them in Kivio. Granted, they have the right to charge for extraneous material(which these extra stencils are), but I find, as a (P)oor (C)ollege (S)tudent, that free as in Beer is really, really advantageous. So I'm annoyed. I was really looking forward to built-in Python scripting, and, IMO, Dia needs work before I can use it with much comfort.
For the complete set of electronics symbols, at an average of $6 per stencil set, I'd probably be paying out $60 this week. And if I wanted any other users on my laptop to be able to use those stencils, it's another $60 per person.
And, as a final answer to your question, I gaurantee you I'll get at least one down-mod for badmouthing either GNOME or KDE office components. (Though I might not get modded at all as this is a rather old article now.)
True, well-managed monolithic projects won't be written in multiple languages, but I imagine it'll be rather convenient to be able to rope in a prewritten math module written in (faster) C#, while being able to develop the rest of the software in the language of your choice.
It's an open secret that different languages are more appropriate than others for specific purposes.
Well...if someone would be so kind as to provide an MD5sum of the actual image, so we could test it against the ISO files that are going to show up on P2P networks...
Not to mention the US Judicial system's history of ignoring World Court rulings.
That reminds me of a short story in an issue of Analog...Titled "World War XXVII"
:)
All wars were fought with machines, on the moon, which were designed by the nations that were at war with each other.
There was some really neat technical description in that story. Maybe it should be a game.
One of the tools a cracker uses is social engineering. And unless he can speak fluent, unaccented Arabic, he won't be able to directly use that tool.
Of course, there could be a separate team for that. But I suspect a strict government like Iraq has paperwork for everything. And inquisitions for those who forget their paperwork.
Are these going to apply to United States citizens?
Are these going to apply to people operating in the US?
Are the info-soldiers within the US?
Are these going to be subject to constitutional limitations?
Actually, if you're looking to use them as bypass filters (as most of the applications they're used for in motherboards are), capacitors get cheaper as the frequency of the ripple you use them with increases.
Their reactance to AC drops as the capacitance and/or the frequency increases, so you can use a smaller capacitor on a higher frequency for the same effect as you would were you to apply a larger capacitor to a lower frequency.
What's happening is the electrolyte in the capacitor is being vaporized by a DC current. The gas buildup is what expands the capacitor case.
The capacitors still work, they're just not as effective, which can lead to flaky behavior depending on what role the capacitor plays in the circuit.
You're correct regarding ripple current being irregularities in the power supply current. It's not rare, however. It's part of the internal design of the power supply.
The simplest power supplies work by taking an external AC power source, running it through a step-down transformer(changes the peak voltage to the appropriate level), running it through a bridge rectifier(makes it into pulsing DC), and then using a large capacitor to smooth it into normal DC.
Switching power supplies are a bit more complex, but are based on the same principles.
Unfortunately, the filtering capacitor can take out a large fraction of the ripple, depending on the Thevinin resistance and reactance of the circuit drawing power and the size of the capacitor used for the filtering...
What's really odd is that bulging and popping electrolytic capacitors usually are caused by applying the wrong polarity to them.
When the capacitor is made, a DC current is put through them to form a crust on the metal surfaces inside the capacitor, which is then used as the dielectric.
When the capacitor is used in a product, you have to apply the same polarity to it, or you'll reverse the chemical reaction and get a DC current flow, which boils the electrolyte. (Thus causing pressure inside, causing a bulge and eventually a pop.)
I thought he created a backup in his image. Pity it's been corrupted and repaired so many times.
Um...we'd need a way to replace every bit of running code without shutting down the kernel.
Unless you're running multiple copies of the kernel, like that nice mainframe article a while back described, you're going to have to take the system down at some point.
Of course, such distributed systems needn't strictly be on one piece of machinery, as OpenMOSIX, beowulf stuffs, and the xxx@Home projects have shown.
In short, we're already there. We've got the concepts down, and most of the code.
They still use major/minor configurations? Why not do what DevFS is doing?
But then, I'm not a kernel developer.What do I know?
Xiph is just a host for the projects, akin to SourceForge. You can have three different competing Gnutella clients on SF, but they're independent of each other.
I don't know if Xiph provides anything more than www and IRC, though.
I say eventually there'll only be the two options. They could charge a bundle for organizations like the RIAA (or AOL) to include riders. (As the other reply calls them.)
Come on, people. You're seeing the exact same situation occur with TCPA and DRM. Eventually, if you don't have TCPA, you won't be able to use DRM-enabled content.
Would you rather have a system where you have to manually implement every patch, or would you rather have a system where you didn't have any choices which patches were implemented?
.NET and WMP 9 on your computer. The second choice would also automatically sign you on to whatever contrac--er...license agreements that came with the patches.
The first choice would lead to a lot more work. The second choice would have automatically installed
Power is like entropy. It always seeks to increase.
I've heard PostgreSQL is better than MySQL, for various reasons. However, all I usually hear about is MySQL. Does anyone know of good books for PSQL?
You're all nuts. I think you mean Washinton D.C.
Now we'll get Slashdot articles linking to places on regulations.gov, and we can make a difference.
Although, I'm not sure what their incentive will be for listening to the public. They're insulated by two different elected branches of the government, and elections, while they happen once per year, are heavily influenced by people with money.
Perhapse the solution would be to get a lot of people involved with it. Not just Techno-geeks, but old-time Ham enthusiasts and other occupation-specific people.
I was pointing out the advantages of a properly multitasking system. I've rarely used NT/2K/XP, but I've been told the NT series does it right.
I know this is generalizing, but it does seem to display a continuing trend of stability, one way or another.
Out of curiosity, is there any reason they can't just go through their source code, line by line, looking for potential buffer overflows? I know they announced one recently, but I would think that that process would turn up more results more frequently.
Had it happen a month ago. Tried install off a rescue disk, but I told it to load the root fs off an unformatted disk. :)