It is probably worth noting at this point that the licensed version is the one that contains the proprietary code that complies with CD copy protection methods. That code is for sale, not GPL, and overcomes hardware abstractions and such that get in the way of the Win32-based copy protection validating a CD. Once the proprietary code is involved in the build, the product as a whole can no longer be considered GPL. That's my understanding - slap me down as the facts may dictate.
I don't blame them at all for having to charge for that, since they have to license the technology themselves. Running CVS leaves that code out, and frequently means having to go find a no-CD crack for a game that you legitimately own. Of course, that's a whole 'nuther can of worms.
One of the apps that the author brings up is MS Project. Curious, I went meandering through portage (yeah, yeah, Gentoo fever, I know) and found a Gnome2 app called Planner. I emerged it, gave it a look, and it looks GOOD. Support for Tasks, Resources, and a great big chart to link them all together. It appears to be in the very initial stages (mine is version 0.11) but so far it is functional and useful.
Whoopie! I'd love to listen to a stream, but it's in.ram format. I wouldn't install RealPlayer if you held my bare feat to hot coals.
Please, sir, may we have our freely-available and donation/tax-funded audio in format that doesn't cotton to a giant media corporation, THANKS SO MUCH?
So what does the Sony pen do that a USB memory key doesn't, except:
1) Write on paper, and 2) Not use a standardized USB interface or driver?
I mean, it's a cute idea and all, but if you're going to be moving a little widget back and forth between computers, why not just use a memory key that works with every computer right out of the box, instead of some futuristic tinkertoy that only one company (or optimistically a HANDFUL of companies) supports?
Seems like a pain in the ass implementation to me.
By surfing Slashdot, you may be violating your listener's license agreement.
Give your ears a taste of Independant Librarian Dynamic Sean Kennedy the Sixth for a truly horrific scenario based on this kind of shinanegans. Then give him a little donation because, at the moment, his stories are still legal to freely record, broadcast, and disseminate.
I dunno... How big does a received fax file get after a loop like the one described above?
If the sheet is all black, it's easy to compress. I guess what you really need is a couple of sheets with fine, random dot patterns on them that would be difficult to arrange into nice, compressable bitstreams. What would that be, some kind of theoretical maximum entropy arrangment of bits?
While you're not going to get an argument from me about Linux vs. Windows and the time it takes to keep secure, the point is still valid. You need to be aware of security as an action, not a result.
As for the proactive vs. reactive argument -- why so I keep hearing so many admins (at work and on/.) griping about how vulnerability X was taken care of by patch Y, Z many weeks ago? I keep my box at work patched up and I've hardly been touched. Seems pretty proactive to me.
In fact, I'd venture to say that I've lost more productivity on my side from sharing my environemtn with non-patching nitwits who get infected, thus tying up the network and crushing servers that my nice clean machine needs access to. And in that case, it doesn't matter what OS *I'm* running -- it's the guys who can't be bothered to patch their own boxes who are causing the very problems they bitch about.
Compute responsibly: either switch to a secure OS or PATCH YOUR DAMN MACHINE. Preferably, do both! It's the right thing to do.
Neither I nor my professional colleagues have the time to constantly patch our desktop machines. We have work to do. We shouldn't have to deal with security holes that shouldn't be present in a commercial operating system.
It's been said by smarter folks than me: Security is a process, not a product.
I assume you still look both ways before crossing the street -- why? It's the same street, you're walking the same route, with the same feet... You're telling me that you can't just figure out when a car will be driving down the street without looking?
Keep looking both ways to cross the street, and keep patching your operating system. Same damn thing.
Huh. At first glance, the game reminds me of a little-known Activision title called Portal.
The concept was that you had just arrived on Earth to find everyone had disappeared. A single AI, designed for story-telling, remained online, but its memory had been damaged and it needed prodding to help reconstruct its understanding of events. The memery of the AI was divided into different sections, and by exploring around the sections, you would trigger blocked memories to be revealed.
There was no shooting, no zapping, no movement, actually. Just hopping from section to section, uncovering clues and having the AI synthesize them into story nuggets. Pretty cool actually. It was like finding an encycleopedia torn to shreds and reconstructing it into a categorical history of the Earth.
I've often wondered if there were any functional C64 ROMS out there of this game - it was unique, moody, creepy at times, and intellegent.
"A Mind Forever Voyaging" is another great example of fragmented storytelling -- look for it from Infocom.
Ditto to parent. I was about to post a similar situation. For example, I made a ~2GB uncompressed movie file at work that I had to edit and apply some effects to. I decided to take it home with me and work on it over the weekend.
Not having a DVD burner handy, my Archos 6GB player pulled through in a pinch. If I'd had a 10BG, I wouldn't have had to delete any of my music, but oh well.
Computers and the the things that they go into are great because they have the potential to grow beyond the manufacturer's expectations of usage. My Archos isn't an MP3 player to me -- it's a hard drive that plays music. The ROCKBOX project has done some awesome things with custom OS firmware, too.
And yet... don't the owners of intellectual property rights -- such as Linus Torvalds -- have the right to expect sufficient attention to be paid to their own law enforcement needs?
If the Linux kernel got hijacked and put into, say, some other Well Known OS illegally, can you tell me that nobody around here would making any "John Ashcroft should drop the hammer on these guys" remarks?
I don't doubt that some favors exchanged hands to get this kind of attention marked as a priority at Ashcroft's level. But keep in mind that the same law that works for them works for everyone else too, no matter how lop-sided it may seem sometimes.
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It is probably worth noting at this point that the licensed version is the one that contains the proprietary code that complies with CD copy protection methods. That code is for sale, not GPL, and overcomes hardware abstractions and such that get in the way of the Win32-based copy protection validating a CD. Once the proprietary code is involved in the build, the product as a whole can no longer be considered GPL. That's my understanding - slap me down as the facts may dictate.
I don't blame them at all for having to charge for that, since they have to license the technology themselves. Running CVS leaves that code out, and frequently means having to go find a no-CD crack for a game that you legitimately own. Of course, that's a whole 'nuther can of worms.
One of the apps that the author brings up is MS Project. Curious, I went meandering through portage (yeah, yeah, Gentoo fever, I know) and found a Gnome2 app called Planner. I emerged it, gave it a look, and it looks GOOD. Support for Tasks, Resources, and a great big chart to link them all together. It appears to be in the very initial stages (mine is version 0.11) but so far it is functional and useful.
http://planner.imendio.org/
Score one more open app that does the job!
Whoopie! I'd love to listen to a stream, but it's in .ram format. I wouldn't install RealPlayer if you held my bare feat to hot coals.
Please, sir, may we have our freely-available and donation/tax-funded audio in format that doesn't cotton to a giant media corporation, THANKS SO MUCH?
Dammit.
So what does the Sony pen do that a USB memory key doesn't, except:
1) Write on paper, and
2) Not use a standardized USB interface or driver?
I mean, it's a cute idea and all, but if you're going to be moving a little widget back and forth between computers, why not just use a memory key that works with every computer right out of the box, instead of some futuristic tinkertoy that only one company (or optimistically a HANDFUL of companies) supports?
Seems like a pain in the ass implementation to me.
Exactly. YOU can't make this stuff up. You need to purchase a license from SCO to engage in that activity.
By surfing Slashdot, you may be violating your listener's license agreement.
Give your ears a taste of Independant Librarian Dynamic Sean Kennedy the Sixth for a truly horrific scenario based on this kind of shinanegans. Then give him a little donation because, at the moment, his stories are still legal to freely record, broadcast, and disseminate.
But I'm wondering if they reviewed anything that was inside of this little beastie.
And if what some of the above posters have put up about washer/dryer incidents is true, you can STILL take it into the bath with you!
Not ironic at all. Just stupid.
I understand there have been some minor revisions. For example, in this version THX 1135 shoots first.
Bajillion.com seems to be cybersquatted... Oh well.
Skazillion? Hoojillion? How many other made-up numeric synonyms for "lots and lots" are there?
You forgot "Mouth."
Any word on when Novell will add, say, GroupWise integration? You know, the server suite they make that competes with Exchange?
I dunno... How big does a received fax file get after a loop like the one described above?
If the sheet is all black, it's easy to compress. I guess what you really need is a couple of sheets with fine, random dot patterns on them that would be difficult to arrange into nice, compressable bitstreams. What would that be, some kind of theoretical maximum entropy arrangment of bits?
Have you got a phone number? ...
Hey, I COULD be legitimately interested... You never know.
I just called the number -- the other end picked up for a moment and hung right up again! How rude!
For the half a moment that I could hear, there were lots of phones ringing and someone was shouting. Business must be good!
I'm reminded of something Richard Feynman said when asked to explain his Nobel prize "simply" to a reporter...
To paraphrase: If it was simple to explain, it wouldn't have taken so many people so long to CODE!
While you're not going to get an argument from me about Linux vs. Windows and the time it takes to keep secure, the point is still valid. You need to be aware of security as an action, not a result.
/.) griping about how vulnerability X was taken care of by patch Y, Z many weeks ago? I keep my box at work patched up and I've hardly been touched. Seems pretty proactive to me.
As for the proactive vs. reactive argument -- why so I keep hearing so many admins (at work and on
In fact, I'd venture to say that I've lost more productivity on my side from sharing my environemtn with non-patching nitwits who get infected, thus tying up the network and crushing servers that my nice clean machine needs access to. And in that case, it doesn't matter what OS *I'm* running -- it's the guys who can't be bothered to patch their own boxes who are causing the very problems they bitch about.
Compute responsibly: either switch to a secure OS or PATCH YOUR DAMN MACHINE. Preferably, do both! It's the right thing to do.
Neither I nor my professional colleagues have the time to constantly patch our desktop machines. We have work to do. We shouldn't have to deal with security holes that shouldn't be present in a commercial operating system.
It's been said by smarter folks than me: Security is a process, not a product.
I assume you still look both ways before crossing the street -- why? It's the same street, you're walking the same route, with the same feet... You're telling me that you can't just figure out when a car will be driving down the street without looking?
Keep looking both ways to cross the street, and keep patching your operating system. Same damn thing.
protect against the worm from Microsoft.
I want to see this phrase employed more often. It's good advice.
Wing Commander III and IV were like that -- lots of good story... lots and lots and LOTS of story...
Ooh! Flying! powpowpowpowpowpowpowpow
Oh. Story.
Story story story....
Flying! DEATH.
Urgh.... intro to story....
Huh. At first glance, the game reminds me of a little-known Activision title called Portal.
The concept was that you had just arrived on Earth to find everyone had disappeared. A single AI, designed for story-telling, remained online, but its memory had been damaged and it needed prodding to help reconstruct its understanding of events. The memery of the AI was divided into different sections, and by exploring around the sections, you would trigger blocked memories to be revealed.
There was no shooting, no zapping, no movement, actually. Just hopping from section to section, uncovering clues and having the AI synthesize them into story nuggets. Pretty cool actually. It was like finding an encycleopedia torn to shreds and reconstructing it into a categorical history of the Earth.
I've often wondered if there were any functional C64 ROMS out there of this game - it was unique, moody, creepy at times, and intellegent.
"A Mind Forever Voyaging" is another great example of fragmented storytelling -- look for it from Infocom.
Ditto to parent. I was about to post a similar situation. For example, I made a ~2GB uncompressed movie file at work that I had to edit and apply some effects to. I decided to take it home with me and work on it over the weekend.
Not having a DVD burner handy, my Archos 6GB player pulled through in a pinch. If I'd had a 10BG, I wouldn't have had to delete any of my music, but oh well.
Computers and the the things that they go into are great because they have the potential to grow beyond the manufacturer's expectations of usage. My Archos isn't an MP3 player to me -- it's a hard drive that plays music. The ROCKBOX project has done some awesome things with custom OS firmware, too.
And yet... don't the owners of intellectual property rights -- such as Linus Torvalds -- have the right to expect sufficient attention to be paid to their own law enforcement needs?
If the Linux kernel got hijacked and put into, say, some other Well Known OS illegally, can you tell me that nobody around here would making any "John Ashcroft should drop the hammer on these guys" remarks?
I don't doubt that some favors exchanged hands to get this kind of attention marked as a priority at Ashcroft's level. But keep in mind that the same law that works for them works for everyone else too, no matter how lop-sided it may seem sometimes.
Does it emulate the Goldeneye memory card hack? I really want to install Linux on it...
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