In essence, sqlite is a file-only rdbms. No networking. No user permissions (apart from those of the host filesystems, of course). Works with mostly standard SQL. Very lightweight and easy to use (I've used it for a couple of projects of my own, so it can't be too hard).
On my Debian lenny systems, the sqlite executable is around 35k, and the library file around 150k. That's pretty small.
Backing a database up involves copying the file somewhere else. That's all. Add to that the fact that it's well-documented (unlike most previous FF and Thunderbird data files), and it'd be silly NOT to use it.
You want to walk in singing a bar of Alice's Restaurant?
They'd probably sue each of you for copyright infringement. Performing a song in public without the permission of the copyright holder and all that.....
> 3. It is a test program for a future version of Windows, > where they can very reliably kill cracked versions of the product, > once they fine-tune their ability to tell a cracked version from > a legit one.
Another possibility:
4. It's a test program for a future version of Windows, in which Microsoft move from having you "buy" a copy of Windows to a business model in which you rent it from them.
Think about it. Currently Microsoft receive nothing from users once they've bought their copy of Windows. If they rent it to you, on the other hand, then they've got a permanent cashflow. WGA could be (eventually) intended to shut off Windows once the computer owner doesn't/can't/refuses to pay the monthly fee.
Remember, they've got to find some way of financing all those bugfixes somehow.
A wiretap cannot be placed on just anybody and a reason for being wiretapped being "oh they 'opted in' to view porn and violent media" is not good enough legally.
The Recording Technique provides a directory which indicates the location of only the last version of any stored information or modified entry of stored information, prior versions being transparent to the operating system. The Recording Technique further provides a directory recorded on the CDROM which is transportable to other computers having the Recording Technique installed thereon. As a result, the user of a computer with a CDROM reader will interface with the CDROM in the same manner as with a non-volatile memory device that is read only.
OK, so I'm not a CD engineer, but:
"prior versions being transparent to the operating system" ==> sessions?
"will interface with the CDROM in the same manner as with a non-volatile memory device that is read only" ==> ISO9660 image?
All these things existed well before September, 1997, AFAIK!!
This move's at least 20 years late. While the rest of the communications world has moved on to much more efficient methods, the Amateur crowd has clung to 120-year-old technology. With any luck, this'll go through (although, knowing the ARRL and its sister organisations, I can't see them going down without a fight) and might even result in more tech types going for amateur licences.
> The radio spectrum is a ''vital and limited > national resource'' needed for economic growth, > scientific research and homeland security, Bush > said.
What about the rest of the world? Doesn't it count?
Reliable transmission rates depend on lots of things: available transmitter power, distance to Earth, receive antenna gain and sensitivity, etc etc etc. I guess 40 bps is the result of this kind of tradeoff, and probably represents the best they can do for now. Not knowing much (anything?) about the spacecraft design, I don't know whether 40 bps is the best it can do, or just the best it's set for right now.
It also depends on the path the current takes as it passes through the, errr, what's a good name, shockee? I've heard figures as low as 20mA if that path includes the heart.
I must admit that I never did understand exactly what the h*** it was that Excite@home, RoadRunner and the like actually *did*. Me, I have a cable modem service with AT&T Broadband. I get Internet access. Excite @Home does not seem to be involved in any way. Neither did RoadRunner when we had *that*.
So exactly what do they do? If it's support, then (based on my experiences) we're probably better off without them (writing random words on small pieces of paper would at least give you a correct answer *some* of the time). If it's the whizz-bang "home page", then this might be a good time to introduce the average user to the joys of about:blank.
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Is your understanding of politics seriously so rudimentary that you actually think the Bushes and libertarians have anything in common?
I dunno. As far as I can see, Libertarians are just like Republicans, but without the charm, honesty and compassion.
> and renewable seating resources
You mean chairware?
> Posted by CmdrTaco on 8:35 Wednesday 15 August 2007
> from the mever-had-that-problem-before dept.
If he's had the problem before, perhaps we could ask him how he
dealt with it.
Ummmm, how many hands do you have?
In essence, sqlite is a file-only rdbms. No networking. No user permissions (apart from those of the host filesystems, of course). Works with mostly standard SQL. Very lightweight and easy to use (I've used it for a couple of projects of my own, so it can't be too hard).
On my Debian lenny systems, the sqlite executable is around 35k, and the library file around 150k. That's pretty small.
Backing a database up involves copying the file somewhere else. That's all. Add to that the fact that it's well-documented (unlike most previous FF and Thunderbird data files), and it'd be silly NOT to use it.
> out from under after having been accused of 'criminally'
> using Microsoft product"
It should be criminal to use a Microsoft product.
They'd probably sue each of you for copyright infringement. Performing a song in public without the permission of the copyright holder and all that.....
> 3. It is a test program for a future version of Windows,
> where they can very reliably kill cracked versions of the product,
> once they fine-tune their ability to tell a cracked version from
> a legit one.
Another possibility:
4. It's a test program for a future version of Windows, in which Microsoft move from having you "buy" a copy of Windows to a business model in which you rent it from them.
Think about it. Currently Microsoft receive nothing from users once they've bought their copy of Windows. If they rent it to you, on the other hand, then they've got a permanent cashflow. WGA could be (eventually) intended to shut off Windows once the computer owner doesn't/can't/refuses to pay the monthly fee.
Remember, they've got to find some way of financing all those bugfixes somehow.
Well, bugger me dead. If it isn't little Johnny Howard!
Still trying to persuade the yokels that they've got nothing to worry about, eh?
Give it up.
> It'll probably end up as an emacs mode.
Try "M-x morse" on a region (in GNU Emacs 21.3, at least)
> You're thinking Microsoft Works.
I'm thinking it doesn't.
The Recording Technique provides a directory which indicates the location of only the last version of any stored information or modified entry of stored information, prior versions being transparent to the operating system. The Recording Technique further provides a directory recorded on the CDROM which is transportable to other computers having the Recording Technique installed thereon. As a result, the user of a computer with a CDROM reader will interface with the CDROM in the same manner as with a non-volatile memory device that is read only.
OK, so I'm not a CD engineer, but:
All these things existed well before September, 1997, AFAIK!!
> Is that related to Bill Gates having been last seen in N.Y. with [...] a silly grin on his face ?
Nah. He was born with it.
> championed that idea, and he was not
> condemned by the church for it.
Safer that way.
After the (most recent!) Florida debacle, the **AA would probably:
> The radio spectrum is a ''vital and limited
> national resource'' needed for economic growth,
> scientific research and homeland security, Bush
> said.
What about the rest of the world? Doesn't it count?
Where you gonna find one that can read?
sed -e s/Linux/Microsoft/g
Reliable transmission rates depend on lots of things: available transmitter power, distance to Earth, receive antenna gain and sensitivity, etc etc etc. I guess 40 bps is the result of this kind of tradeoff, and probably represents the best they can do for now. Not knowing much (anything?) about the spacecraft design, I don't know whether 40 bps is the best it can do, or just the best it's set for right now.
Should have used doctors instead. Even *they* can't read what they wrote.
It also depends on the path the current takes as it passes through the, errr, what's a good name, shockee? I've heard figures as low as 20mA if that path includes the heart.
I must admit that I never did understand exactly what the h*** it was that Excite@home, RoadRunner and the like actually *did*. Me, I have a cable modem service with AT&T Broadband. I get Internet access. Excite @Home does not seem to be involved in any way. Neither did RoadRunner when we had *that*.
.....Ron
So exactly what do they do? If it's support, then (based on my experiences) we're probably better off without them (writing random words on small pieces of paper would at least give you a correct answer *some* of the time). If it's the whizz-bang "home page", then this might be a good time to introduce the average user to the joys of about:blank.