It's not just about the legality of a Linux user's position, it's the legal cost of defending that position. HP's indemnification means that its users won't have the prospect of legal costs to worry about. It is the USA, after all, where your status in court depends on what you can afford to pay a lawyer.
In Arthur C Clarke's collected short stories, the opening story, "Travel By Wire!" (1937) is immature, unpolished... and hilariously prescient. Imagine what would happen if the transporter from "The Fly" became an actual product: not only are there gruesome mishaps, with people getting, er, mixed up, there are other problems, such as a movie star suing the manufacturers, claiming the transporter moved one of her eyes slightly out of position..!
Cool, agreed!
The standalone hardware version, for live use, is about two years old.
I remember the Cher "Believe" fiasco: to cut a long story short, it was AutoTune, the effect instantly recognizable to anyone who spent any time using it. The talk of Vocoders was an example of record label spin control, after some voices were raised. But I think abusing it is OK if it's an effect, and where would Britney or Posh Beckham be without it?!?
Isn't that what teledildo's, etc. are for? (No, I'm not going looking for links!)
I can see a small problem: the com-link between them might be line of sight, so he'd be dropping over the horizon just as things started getting good... "da... da!... bozhe moi!"
I honestly didn't know about this site. I'm not surprised to see that they carry Thought Industry, (Kalamazoo's finest), and I don't mind that they don't carry the major label releases (some loss). Cheers!
Nope - according to the article, a pint of beer is currently exempt, though the EU may overrule that eventually.
I mean, "the pint" is part of British cultural heritage! Billy Connolly used to joke about how his wife though "a pint" was about the size of a barrel, since it's common to say "I'm going out for a pint"...
I'm a Brit who grew up in South Africa, so I grew up Metric, and had to learn all about pounds etc. when I returned to the UK. (Ugh.) The thing that always bothered me about the Kilogram was: why was it a specific piece of metal, when the original design was based on the mass of a litre of pure water?
Freezing water was a bad idea, since the volume of water changes as it freezes, and I'm sure I read that they switched to 20C. The litre is, of course, a cubic decimetre or 1/1000 of a cubic metre, and is thus derived from the standard metre.
Whatever the reasons (practical?), the two standards were separated, but it's still quite easy to get a ballpark figure for the weights of fluids. Ten litres (2.624 gallons) of water weighs about ten kilograms (22.05 pounds). Some fluids will be less (gasoline), some more (beer, oils, mercury). There are other such shortcuts, too, so I ain't goin' back.
PS: If you Yanks are wondering why it's easier to get drunk in the UK, it's because a UK pint is 20% larger than a US pint. Standards are great - that's why we have so many of them...
The Gibson Magic spec included 802.3af support - that's how they're getting the power to their new Les Paul guitar that sends out an 24/96 audio per string. Makes sense - it's bad enough having an RJ-45 socket on your guitar, even if ruggedized, you don't want extra power cables too...
Everyone here seems to be basing their responses on the idea that the planned usage will be movies. But what about shorter programming?
For example: I got into Will & Grace fairly recently, and I'd like the opportunity to go back and watch the first episodes in my own time, perhaps two a week. There's about 22 minutes of actual content in a half-hour sitcom. a DVD box set is overkill, because I want to see certain episodes, once only. This sounds like a great application for VOD.
(Whaddya mean, you never heard of Will & Grace? The only thing wrong with it is all these self-serving guest stars... where's Carol Burnett when you need her?)
Since we're doing casting calls... living in Ireland? There are open auditions next week for extras for the film King Arthur being shot here over the summer. Audition details here.
They want men with long hair and beards particularly, so I may get in, as long as I can get some contact lenses...
Robert Oppenheimer (if that's who's meant) did what was asked of him, despite expressing serious reservations that later blighted his career. Not to be confused with Von Braun, IMHO...
Nope - neither version of XP leave blank passwords by default. They prompt you to create one. IIRC, if you try to leave it blank, it pops up a security warning. I mean, Microsoft may be a monolithic global corp, but their individual programmers are not thatignorant of security, surely?
Here's a MS KB article about lost password handling in XP. Not ideal, but it's a start. Maybe by Windows 2112 (aka "Syrinx"), they'll find the right balance between security and usability.
Linking to Microsoft? Mod that sucker down, (-42, Evil Empire Slave)
You're right - talk about not doing your homework, eh? And searching google for Linux Tablet PC brings up a few interesting items, such as Transmeta's own Midori Linux project, and third party. Blame Monday.
Some thoughts after a quick read-through of the article. My first concern is this:
The article lambasts MS for the dominance it has achieved in hardware specs, and I can't argue with the facts, but I wonder why MS is in the position of specifying the hardware it likes, without serious opposition? This is my view:
Compared to the Apple Macintosh, Windows had to support much more and diverse hardware, so it's clearly in MS' interest to limit the possibilities and improve quality control on the drivers it does support - hence the whole "driver signing" initiative. In my subjective view, this has largely been successful - Windows XP is more reliable than its predecessors, which is a start.
As noted, this has focused the "white box" market and lowered prices. Intel and AMD's pricing and business are intimately tied in with MS', tothe point that neither will consider making a true Windows-incompatible CPU.
But what about other hardware alternatives? I mean, there have been PowerPC reference designs for years, but the withdrawal of MacOS privileges by Apple seems to have scuppered that market totally - otherwise there would be far more non-Wintel boxes out there, ripe for MacOS or Linux (or both).
My main point is this: at the moment, any real innovation in hardware design seems to have a MS stamp on it, even if the actual work is done by e.g. Inventec on behalf of HP. The Tablet PC is a perfect example: the market and technology have been around for years, but only the MS-backed group has actually produced a useful mass-market design. The HP/Compaq in particular is getting raves from the real-world usability angle. Never mind a Transmeta-based system might do the job even better and be Linux-compatible - why was MS allowed to be first to (mass) market?
Finally: the anti-MS bias in the article is obviously not a problem to Slashdot readers, but it does raise questions about the author's objectivity. Still: if, like me, your livelihood is bound up with Microsoft's, I'd start looking for an "out" in the next couple of years. (I think I'll break out my guitar and join a band again.)
Try searching EBay for Sony's AIT drives: I immediately found some as low as $200. They use 8mm cartridges derived from Sony's 8mm video technology.
I've used the 35GB and 50GB (native) models in earnest for a few years ago, and while they're not as fast as DLT, they're much better in every way than DAT/DDS, in performance and reliability. The tapes are far less likely to get squashed by a mug of coffee, too.
On the other hand, I've been testing a HP Ultrium-2 drive, which costs a bomb-and-a-half, but is giving real speeds of 16MB/sec backing up, and close to the claimed 30MB/sec on restore. It won't stream unless your subsystem can handle 15MB/sec sustained, which is not trivial in the PC world. When it does, though, you can almost hear the slurping...
You want to explain that "scurvy" comment, mate? If it's a reference to the origin of the word "limey", you may be talking about your forefathers, remember...
My first PDA was a Palm Pilot Professional model, which didn't last long. It fell out of my top pocket when I leaned over to pick something up, about 4 feet on to a rug, and the touch layer of the screen cracked. Now I have a factory-refurbished (cheap) HP Jornada 545 (yes, WinCE, die die die etc.), but it's survived a lot thanks to its metal case - like been slung at my jacket pocket at speed, missing it and bouncing off concrete paving, while playing MP3s from a CF card. Try that with an iPaq, folks, it might get expensive...
My old IBM Thinkpad 560 (1996 vintage) survived years of commuting on the London Underground, bouncing off escalators, jammed in train doors and ticket barriers, then Doom II on the train to wherever.
My new machine is a Compaq Evo N800c laptop, which is already showing some cosmetic wear after 6 months, but is otherwise looking good for a long working life - the chassis is tough, and I have all the documents I need to service and upgrade it myself later. We shall see.
If you took Kylie Minogue's voice and pitch-shifted it down a fifth, what you get is... Rick Astley. Fact! Where is he now? However, I don't entirely agree with statement that Pop Music should not be confused with Art. I say that Good Pop Music can qualify for Art status. Examples?
The Blue Nile
Jackson's Thriller
Prefab Sprout
Yes c. 90125
OMD
Of course, OMD's Andy McCluskey is now the Svengali behind Atomic Kitten, so I could be wrong...
On a slightly pedantic note (?): it's the even harmonics (2f, 4f...) that are most prized in vintage tube guitar sounds. Odd harmonics (3f, 5f...) are easily found whereever there is clipping. This is the difference between Jimmy Page and Robert Fripp - Crunch vs Fuzz, Even vs Odd harmonics.
Personally, I don't want to sound like any well-known guitarist, so these "amp emulation" systems have little interest to me.
This sounds like that scene in Demolition Man, where Stallone's character is shocked to discover that, in the future, radio stations play nothing but commercials. There's even an oldies station that plays vintage... commercials. Aaargh!
I see you make no mention of your past family, only your new one. Some may say they are one and the same, but that depends on the family. Mine proved themselves thoughtless, inconsiderate and incompetent by the time I was 18, and they didn't argue when I moved out and broke off all contact. I'm still working on a family of my own, and that's where my future lies. People are OK, as long as they're the right people that you associate with by choice, I think...
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It's not just about the legality of a Linux user's position, it's the legal cost of defending that position. HP's indemnification means that its users won't have the prospect of legal costs to worry about. It is the USA, after all, where your status in court depends on what you can afford to pay a lawyer.
In Arthur C Clarke's collected short stories, the opening story, "Travel By Wire!" (1937) is immature, unpolished... and hilariously prescient. Imagine what would happen if the transporter from "The Fly" became an actual product: not only are there gruesome mishaps, with people getting, er, mixed up, there are other problems, such as a movie star suing the manufacturers, claiming the transporter moved one of her eyes slightly out of position..! Cool, agreed!
The standalone hardware version, for live use, is about two years old. I remember the Cher "Believe" fiasco: to cut a long story short, it was AutoTune, the effect instantly recognizable to anyone who spent any time using it. The talk of Vocoders was an example of record label spin control, after some voices were raised. But I think abusing it is OK if it's an effect, and where would Britney or Posh Beckham be without it?!?
Nah. Hello pay a lot better, don't they? Jusrt ask Cath-Zeta-Jones & hubby.
I can see a small problem: the com-link between them might be line of sight, so he'd be dropping over the horizon just as things started getting good... "da... da!... bozhe moi!"
EMusic is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vivendi Universal. This puts a whole new slant on the affair...
I honestly didn't know about this site. I'm not surprised to see that they carry Thought Industry, (Kalamazoo's finest), and I don't mind that they don't carry the major label releases (some loss). Cheers!
I mean, "the pint" is part of British cultural heritage! Billy Connolly used to joke about how his wife though "a pint" was about the size of a barrel, since it's common to say "I'm going out for a pint"...
Freezing water was a bad idea, since the volume of water changes as it freezes, and I'm sure I read that they switched to 20C. The litre is, of course, a cubic decimetre or 1/1000 of a cubic metre, and is thus derived from the standard metre.
Whatever the reasons (practical?), the two standards were separated, but it's still quite easy to get a ballpark figure for the weights of fluids. Ten litres (2.624 gallons) of water weighs about ten kilograms (22.05 pounds). Some fluids will be less (gasoline), some more (beer, oils, mercury). There are other such shortcuts, too, so I ain't goin' back.
PS: If you Yanks are wondering why it's easier to get drunk in the UK, it's because a UK pint is 20% larger than a US pint. Standards are great - that's why we have so many of them...
The Gibson Magic spec included 802.3af support - that's how they're getting the power to their new Les Paul guitar that sends out an 24/96 audio per string. Makes sense - it's bad enough having an RJ-45 socket on your guitar, even if ruggedized, you don't want extra power cables too...
For example: I got into Will & Grace fairly recently, and I'd like the opportunity to go back and watch the first episodes in my own time, perhaps two a week. There's about 22 minutes of actual content in a half-hour sitcom. a DVD box set is overkill, because I want to see certain episodes, once only. This sounds like a great application for VOD.
(Whaddya mean, you never heard of Will & Grace? The only thing wrong with it is all these self-serving guest stars... where's Carol Burnett when you need her?)
Since we're doing casting calls... living in Ireland? There are open auditions next week for extras for the film King Arthur being shot here over the summer. Audition details here. They want men with long hair and beards particularly, so I may get in, as long as I can get some contact lenses...
Robert Oppenheimer (if that's who's meant) did what was asked of him, despite expressing serious reservations that later blighted his career. Not to be confused with Von Braun, IMHO...
Certain gases? Like, say CFCs or propane? No thanks...
Here's a MS KB article about lost password handling in XP. Not ideal, but it's a start. Maybe by Windows 2112 (aka "Syrinx"), they'll find the right balance between security and usability. Linking to Microsoft? Mod that sucker down, (-42, Evil Empire Slave)
You're right - talk about not doing your homework, eh? And searching google for Linux Tablet PC brings up a few interesting items, such as Transmeta's own Midori Linux project, and third party. Blame Monday.
- Compared to the Apple Macintosh, Windows had to support much more and diverse hardware, so it's clearly in MS' interest to limit the possibilities and improve quality control on the drivers it does support - hence the whole "driver signing" initiative. In my subjective view, this has largely been successful - Windows XP is more reliable than its predecessors, which is a start.
- As noted, this has focused the "white box" market and lowered prices. Intel and AMD's pricing and business are intimately tied in with MS', tothe point that neither will consider making a true Windows-incompatible CPU.
- But what about other hardware alternatives? I mean, there have been PowerPC reference designs for years, but the withdrawal of MacOS privileges by Apple seems to have scuppered that market totally - otherwise there would be far more non-Wintel boxes out there, ripe for MacOS or Linux (or both).
My main point is this: at the moment, any real innovation in hardware design seems to have a MS stamp on it, even if the actual work is done by e.g. Inventec on behalf of HP. The Tablet PC is a perfect example: the market and technology have been around for years, but only the MS-backed group has actually produced a useful mass-market design. The HP/Compaq in particular is getting raves from the real-world usability angle. Never mind a Transmeta-based system might do the job even better and be Linux-compatible - why was MS allowed to be first to (mass) market?Finally: the anti-MS bias in the article is obviously not a problem to Slashdot readers, but it does raise questions about the author's objectivity. Still: if, like me, your livelihood is bound up with Microsoft's, I'd start looking for an "out" in the next couple of years. (I think I'll break out my guitar and join a band again.)
On the other hand, I've been testing a HP Ultrium-2 drive, which costs a bomb-and-a-half, but is giving real speeds of 16MB/sec backing up, and close to the claimed 30MB/sec on restore. It won't stream unless your subsystem can handle 15MB/sec sustained, which is not trivial in the PC world. When it does, though, you can almost hear the slurping...
You want to explain that "scurvy" comment, mate? If it's a reference to the origin of the word "limey", you may be talking about your forefathers, remember...
However, I don't entirely agree with statement that Pop Music should not be confused with Art. I say that Good Pop Music can qualify for Art status. Examples?
Of course, OMD's Andy McCluskey is now the Svengali behind Atomic Kitten, so I could be wrong...
You know Wil Wheaton reads Slashdot too... but I don't think he'll have a problem with anything that happens to Crushed Wesley!
On a slightly pedantic note (?): it's the even harmonics (2f, 4f...) that are most prized in vintage tube guitar sounds. Odd harmonics (3f, 5f...) are easily found whereever there is clipping. This is the difference between Jimmy Page and Robert Fripp - Crunch vs Fuzz, Even vs Odd harmonics. Personally, I don't want to sound like any well-known guitarist, so these "amp emulation" systems have little interest to me.
This sounds like that scene in Demolition Man, where Stallone's character is shocked to discover that, in the future, radio stations play nothing but commercials. There's even an oldies station that plays vintage... commercials. Aaargh!
I see you make no mention of your past family, only your new one. Some may say they are one and the same, but that depends on the family. Mine proved themselves thoughtless, inconsiderate and incompetent by the time I was 18, and they didn't argue when I moved out and broke off all contact. I'm still working on a family of my own, and that's where my future lies. People are OK, as long as they're the right people that you associate with by choice, I think...