We are always told every few months the earth is overdue a major earthquake, eruption, ice collapse, comet or other worldwide catastrophy. If it happens it will happen, but for now I'm happy where I am away from any of them.
Actually, Hemos is the dick. He doesn't post his own email addy. In the original article, Bruce kindly asks that people don't email them because it will slow things down.
PS. This may sound rude, for which I apologize in advance: The less
time that the RE team has to spend replying to various emails
(particularly those that are not relevant to the immediate goal of
shipping 4.8-RELEASE), the faster the release is probably going to be
finished.
What does Hemos do? Posts his email address.
Nice going Hemos. Did you actually read the original article?
Not to nitpick here, but correlation does *not* imply causality - therefore, this is a non-experimental study. I know this is really the only evidence scientists have to work with, as you can't control all these conditions experimentally.
I guess I'm saying that you should take these studies with a grain of salt.
The international prototype of the kilogram, made of platinum-iridium, is kept at the BIPM under conditions specified by the 1st CGPM in 1889 (CR, 34-38) when it sanctioned the prototype and declared:
'This prototype shall henceforth be considered to be the unit of mass.'
The 3rd CGPM (1901: CR, 70), in a declaration intended to end the ambiguity in popular usage concerning the word 'weight' confirmed that:
The kilogram is the unit of mass; it is equal to the mass of the international prototype of the kilogram.
If they can't put it together themselves after you tell them what parts to get and install an OS on their own, just let them buy the Dell and deal with their tech support department.
This is the advice that I give to the old fogies when they want me to build them a PC. Buy a Dell. They'll support you for 3 years. Onsite if neccessary.
Example: My mother-in-law had this anniversary clock - y'know the ones that spin?. She was mentioning that she had it in for repair 3x and it had already cost her 150 dollars. I walked over to the the clock, and removed it from her stereo speaker. I placed the clock on the table and it started to spin. Speakers have magnets, says I. To this day, the clock is on the other side of the room from the stereo.
Another ethical conundrum concerns consent to being given the prosthesis, says Anderson. The people most in need of it will be those with a damaged hippocampus and a reduced ability to form new memories. "If someone can't form new memories, then to what extent can they give consent to have this implant?"
Isn't that why we have 'power of attorney'? When you're of sound mind, you appoint someone that you can trust to look out for *your* best interest(s).
A set of five of these balance points, called Lagrange or libration points, exist between every pair of massive bodies--the sun and its planets, the planets and their moons, and so on. -- from the article.
(kind of ontopic)
In addition to the groups organized to freely redistribute systems built around the Networking Release 2 tape, a company, Berkeley Software Design, Incorporated (BSDI), was formed to develop and distribute a commercially supported version of the code. (More information about BSDI can be found at http://www.bsdi.com.) Like the other groups, they started by adding the six missing files that Bill Jolitz had written for his 386/BSD release. BSDI began selling their system including both source and binaries in January 1992 for $995. They began running advertisements touting their 99% discount over the price charged for System V source plus binary systems. Interested readers were told to call 1-800-ITS-Unix.
Shortly after BSDI began their sales campaign, they received a letter from Unix System Laboratories (USL) (a mostly-owned subsidiary of AT&T spun off to develop and sell Unix). The letter demanded that they stop promoting their product as Unix and in particular that they stop using the deceptive phone number. Although the phone number was promptly dropped and the advertisements changed to explain that the product was not Unix, USL was still unhappy and filed suit to enjoin BSDI from selling their product. The suit alleged that the BSDI product contained proprietary USL code and trade secrets. USL sought to get an injunction to halt BSDI's sales until the lawsuit was resolved, claiming that they would suffer irreparable harm from the loss of their trade secrets if the BSDI distributions continued.
At the preliminary hearing for the injunction, BSDI contended that they were simply using the sources being freely distributed by the University of California plus six additional files. They were willing to discuss the content of any of the six added files, but did not believe that they should be held responsible for the files being distributed by the University of California. The judge agreed with BSDI's argument and told USL that they would have to restate their complaint based solely on the six files or he would dismiss it. Recognizing that they would have a hard time making a case from just the six files, USL decided to refile the suit against both BSDI and the University of California. As before, USL requested an injunction on the shipping of Networking Release 2 from the University and on the BSDI products.
With the impending injunction hearing just a few short weeks away, preparation began in earnest. All the members of the CSRG were deposed as were nearly everyone employed at BSDI. Briefs, counter-briefs, and counter-counter-briefs flew back and forth between the lawyers. Keith Bostic and I personally had to write several hundred pages of material that found its way into various briefs.
In December 1992, Dickinson R. Debevoise, a United States District Judge in New Jersey, heard the arguments for the injunction. Although judges usually rule on injunction requests immediately, he decided to take it under advisement. On a Friday about six weeks later, he issued a forty-page opinion in which he denied the injunction and threw out all but two of the complaints. The remaining two complaints were narrowed to recent copyrights and the possibility of the loss of trade secrets. He also suggested that the matter should be heard in a state court system before being heard in the federal court system.
The University of California took the hint and rushed into California state court the following Monday morning with a counter-suit against USL. By filing first in California, the University had established the locale of any further state court action. Constitutional law requires all state filing to be done in a single state to prevent a litigant with deep pockets from bleeding an opponent dry by filing fifty cases against them in every state. The result was that if USL wanted to take any action against the University in state courts, they would be forced to do so in California rather than in their home state of New Jersey.
The University's suit claimed that USL had failed in their obligation to provide due credit to the University for the use of BSD code in System V as required by the license that they had signed with the University. If the claim were found to be valid, the University asked that USL be forced to reprint all their documentation with the appropriate due credit added, to notify all their licensees of their oversight, and to run full-page advertisements in major publications such as The Wall Street Journal and Fortune magazine notifying the business world of their inadvertent oversight.
Soon after the filing in state court, USL was bought from AT&T by Novell. The CEO of Novell, Ray Noorda, stated publicly that he would rather compete in the marketplace than in court. By the summer of 1993, settlement talks had started. Unfortunately, the two sides had dug in so deep that the talks proceed slowly. With some further prodding by Ray Noorda on the USL side, many of the sticking points were removed and a settlement was finally reached in January 1994. The result was that three files were removed from the 18,000 that made up Networking Release 2, and a number of minor changes were made to other files. In addition, the University agreed to add USL copyrights to about 70 files, although those files continued to be freely redistributed.
4.4BSD
The newly blessed release was called 4.4BSD-Lite and was released in June 1994 under terms identical to those used for the Networking releases. Specifically, the terms allow free redistribution in source and binary form subject only to the constraint that the University copyrights remain intact and that the University receive credit when others use the code. Simultaneously, the complete system was released as 4.4BSD-Encumbered, which still required recipients to have a USL source license.
The lawsuit settlement also stipulated that USL would not sue any organization using 4.4BSD-Lite as the base for their system. So, all the BSD groups that were doing releases at that time, BSDI, NetBSD, and FreeBSD, had to restart their code base with the 4.4BSD-Lite sources into which they then merged their enhancements and improvements. While this reintegration caused a short-term delay in the development of the various BSD systems, it was a blessing in disguise since it forced all the divergent groups to resynchronize with the three years of development that had occurred at the CSRG since the release of Networking Release 2.
You mention them selling all their IP to M$. In 1997, Microsoft *owned* 11 percent of SCO. And a seat on their board.
I would almost love to see SCO try to go after BSD (its been mentioned in some articles) on this one. That'd be funny as all hell to see Berkely Bitch-Slap(tm) SCO back to the stone age.
Here is the link to IBM's page about these monitors. That's one hell of a warranty on a monitor.
My guess is that most of the people that use these are business customers (ie. used as cash register displays or something like that) and they don't want to lose any repeat business.
Slashdot Mirror
And you exactly are ... where?
PS. This may sound rude, for which I apologize in advance: The less time that the RE team has to spend replying to various emails (particularly those that are not relevant to the immediate goal of shipping 4.8-RELEASE), the faster the release is probably going to be finished.
What does Hemos do? Posts his email address.
Nice going Hemos. Did you actually read the original article?
(This post will be modded -1 Hemosthinksitsucks)
Enough already.
It's bad enough I have to go to traffic court today.
"4GB addressable memory ought to be enough for everyone."
Um...now?
Note, that this is a hack, not an actual port.
Not to nitpick here, but correlation does *not* imply causality - therefore, this is a non-experimental study. I know this is really the only evidence scientists have to work with, as you can't control all these conditions experimentally.
I guess I'm saying that you should take these studies with a grain of salt.
2.1.1.2 Unit of Mass (kilogram)
The international prototype of the kilogram, made of platinum-iridium, is kept at the BIPM under conditions specified by the 1st CGPM in 1889 (CR, 34-38) when it sanctioned the prototype and declared:
'This prototype shall henceforth be considered to be the unit of mass.'
The 3rd CGPM (1901: CR, 70), in a declaration intended to end the ambiguity in popular usage concerning the word 'weight' confirmed that:
The kilogram is the unit of mass; it is equal to the mass of the international prototype of the kilogram.
This is the advice that I give to the old fogies when they want me to build them a PC. Buy a Dell. They'll support you for 3 years. Onsite if neccessary.
Example: My mother-in-law had this anniversary clock - y'know the ones that spin?. She was mentioning that she had it in for repair 3x and it had already cost her 150 dollars. I walked over to the the clock, and removed it from her stereo speaker. I placed the clock on the table and it started to spin. Speakers have magnets, says I. To this day, the clock is on the other side of the room from the stereo.
...looked like the front rotors on my old 'university' car.
squeeeeeeee-gggrrrrrr!
I've solved my 'dirty keyboard' syndrome by purchasing black ones.
I used to put 'em through the dishwasher.
Works like a charm.
(just remember to remove the circuitry, m'kay?)
Isn't that why we have 'power of attorney'? When you're of sound mind, you appoint someone that you can trust to look out for *your* best interest(s).
Case closed in my books...
to check Google, right?
I suppose it depends on your school too.
A set of five of these balance points, called Lagrange or libration points, exist between every pair of massive bodies--the sun and its planets, the planets and their moons, and so on. -- from the article.
sorry.
(kind of ontopic) In addition to the groups organized to freely redistribute systems built around the Networking Release 2 tape, a company, Berkeley Software Design, Incorporated (BSDI), was formed to develop and distribute a commercially supported version of the code. (More information about BSDI can be found at http://www.bsdi.com.) Like the other groups, they started by adding the six missing files that Bill Jolitz had written for his 386/BSD release. BSDI began selling their system including both source and binaries in January 1992 for $995. They began running advertisements touting their 99% discount over the price charged for System V source plus binary systems. Interested readers were told to call 1-800-ITS-Unix. Shortly after BSDI began their sales campaign, they received a letter from Unix System Laboratories (USL) (a mostly-owned subsidiary of AT&T spun off to develop and sell Unix). The letter demanded that they stop promoting their product as Unix and in particular that they stop using the deceptive phone number. Although the phone number was promptly dropped and the advertisements changed to explain that the product was not Unix, USL was still unhappy and filed suit to enjoin BSDI from selling their product. The suit alleged that the BSDI product contained proprietary USL code and trade secrets. USL sought to get an injunction to halt BSDI's sales until the lawsuit was resolved, claiming that they would suffer irreparable harm from the loss of their trade secrets if the BSDI distributions continued. At the preliminary hearing for the injunction, BSDI contended that they were simply using the sources being freely distributed by the University of California plus six additional files. They were willing to discuss the content of any of the six added files, but did not believe that they should be held responsible for the files being distributed by the University of California. The judge agreed with BSDI's argument and told USL that they would have to restate their complaint based solely on the six files or he would dismiss it. Recognizing that they would have a hard time making a case from just the six files, USL decided to refile the suit against both BSDI and the University of California. As before, USL requested an injunction on the shipping of Networking Release 2 from the University and on the BSDI products. With the impending injunction hearing just a few short weeks away, preparation began in earnest. All the members of the CSRG were deposed as were nearly everyone employed at BSDI. Briefs, counter-briefs, and counter-counter-briefs flew back and forth between the lawyers. Keith Bostic and I personally had to write several hundred pages of material that found its way into various briefs. In December 1992, Dickinson R. Debevoise, a United States District Judge in New Jersey, heard the arguments for the injunction. Although judges usually rule on injunction requests immediately, he decided to take it under advisement. On a Friday about six weeks later, he issued a forty-page opinion in which he denied the injunction and threw out all but two of the complaints. The remaining two complaints were narrowed to recent copyrights and the possibility of the loss of trade secrets. He also suggested that the matter should be heard in a state court system before being heard in the federal court system. The University of California took the hint and rushed into California state court the following Monday morning with a counter-suit against USL. By filing first in California, the University had established the locale of any further state court action. Constitutional law requires all state filing to be done in a single state to prevent a litigant with deep pockets from bleeding an opponent dry by filing fifty cases against them in every state. The result was that if USL wanted to take any action against the University in state courts, they would be forced to do so in California rather than in their home state of New Jersey. The University's suit claimed that USL had failed in their obligation to provide due credit to the University for the use of BSD code in System V as required by the license that they had signed with the University. If the claim were found to be valid, the University asked that USL be forced to reprint all their documentation with the appropriate due credit added, to notify all their licensees of their oversight, and to run full-page advertisements in major publications such as The Wall Street Journal and Fortune magazine notifying the business world of their inadvertent oversight. Soon after the filing in state court, USL was bought from AT&T by Novell. The CEO of Novell, Ray Noorda, stated publicly that he would rather compete in the marketplace than in court. By the summer of 1993, settlement talks had started. Unfortunately, the two sides had dug in so deep that the talks proceed slowly. With some further prodding by Ray Noorda on the USL side, many of the sticking points were removed and a settlement was finally reached in January 1994. The result was that three files were removed from the 18,000 that made up Networking Release 2, and a number of minor changes were made to other files. In addition, the University agreed to add USL copyrights to about 70 files, although those files continued to be freely redistributed. 4.4BSD The newly blessed release was called 4.4BSD-Lite and was released in June 1994 under terms identical to those used for the Networking releases. Specifically, the terms allow free redistribution in source and binary form subject only to the constraint that the University copyrights remain intact and that the University receive credit when others use the code. Simultaneously, the complete system was released as 4.4BSD-Encumbered, which still required recipients to have a USL source license. The lawsuit settlement also stipulated that USL would not sue any organization using 4.4BSD-Lite as the base for their system. So, all the BSD groups that were doing releases at that time, BSDI, NetBSD, and FreeBSD, had to restart their code base with the 4.4BSD-Lite sources into which they then merged their enhancements and improvements. While this reintegration caused a short-term delay in the development of the various BSD systems, it was a blessing in disguise since it forced all the divergent groups to resynchronize with the three years of development that had occurred at the CSRG since the release of Networking Release 2.
You mention them selling all their IP to M$. In 1997, Microsoft *owned* 11 percent of SCO. And a seat on their board. I would almost love to see SCO try to go after BSD (its been mentioned in some articles) on this one. That'd be funny as all hell to see Berkely Bitch-Slap(tm) SCO back to the stone age.
My guess is that most of the people that use these are business customers (ie. used as cash register displays or something like that) and they don't want to lose any repeat business.
Check it out. here
When a duplicate story appears, why do countless morons repeatedly post and re-post to point this out? What do you want, a medal for spotting this?
I regularly travel from Toronto to Northern Ontario, and it can be a real pain - you drive through 3 snow-belts on the way to SSM.
Here's the site I check before I drive:
Road Conditions
Also handy to call someone (when you have cellular service) and ask them to check the road ahead. I just wish they'd update the site more often.
I tried TW but I was a fan of BRE. (Barren Realms Elite.)
That game was wicked - your BBS against rival BBS's.
Check it out!
I think American foreign policy speaks for itself.
And to answer your question - no, I don't.
Basically, yes - and they've reserved the right to do just that.
Check out the CIA World Factbook entry on the US here.
Scroll down to the very end and read 'Internationl Disputes'.