I have a ReplayTV 5100, a few weeks ago it upgraded itself overnight and now has the Show|Nav feature.
I just wanted to mention that I still don't have to press any buttons - the main post seems to imply manual interaction to get the feature to work. That's simply not the case.
With Java the programmer is counting question marks in the SQL query and saying "Associate the 7th question mark with the number 4247", an action that will introduce a bug into the program as soon as the SQL query is modified
Hey man, why don't you advise your students not to use inline SQL? As much of a speed improvement as you'd get with Prepared Statements in Java (all those "?"s), why not advise them to use a stored procedure instead?
A format and reinstall is the standard response to a root-level system compromise, which the RPC vulnerability leaves a system open to. It's also enough of a pain in the rear, that people don't want to have to do it again.
How will re-installing the OS and putting it back on the network without any security patches help alleviate the problem? Won't the machine get re-infected?
IIRC, people often did not have time to even shut down their machines in heavily infested networks.
A code monkey in the trenches who needs a job to pay the bills isn't necessarily an enemy of open source.
No - but unfortunately Trade Secret law is much less clearly defined than Copyright law. Under Trade Secret precedents, former employees can be a conduit through which Intellectual Property from one company can be transferred to another.
In the event that SCO starts to play dirty, Trade Secret protection is going to be the first thing to come up.
From MTV's article: "Dre testified that before hiring a musician to play a bassline from the Fatback Band's 1980 song "Backstrokin'" for his 2001 track "Let's Get High," he consulted a musicologist who said the riff was commonplace.
He had another musician play some notes - it wasn't a sample from a copyrighted work. Surely there is a difference.
I can sympathize with that sentiment - you can auto-mod down "funny" posts in your preferences. I have mine set to knock two points off.. That way I have to read all the way to +3 to get the "funny" comments.
The point of the Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998 was so that it would match international copyrights, such as the EU's which were established to grant exclusive copyright for the life of an author and the lifetime of the next generation. Life expectancy went up dramatically in the previous century, so it's only natural to extend copyright term in accordance.
The 1998 CTEA was in effect an amendment to the life-plus-50 year metric
for copyright term. This revision was intended to mirror the European Union's
own copyright revisions in 1993 in which the term was extended to life-plus-70
years in part because of an increase in life expectancy, as stated in 5 of
the E.U. Directive on Copyright :
"(5) Whereas the minimum term of protection laid down
by the Berne Convention, namely the life of the author and 50 years after
his death, was intended to provide protection for the author and the first
two generations of his descendants; whereas the average lifespan in the Community
has grown longer, to the point where this term is no longer sufficient to
cover two generations;" (Council Directive 93/98/EEC of 29 October 1998 harmonizing
the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights, Official
Journal L 290, 24/11/1993 P. 0009 - 0013)
It's not all that unreasonable, and Eldred will have access to the material
he wants in a few more years.
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It's actually a ReplayTV 5040.
I have a ReplayTV 5100, a few weeks ago it upgraded itself overnight and now has the Show|Nav feature.
I just wanted to mention that I still don't have to press any buttons - the main post seems to imply manual interaction to get the feature to work.
That's simply not the case.
Isn't watching Ads on TV like going to an Art Museum to smell paint?
Actually now that I think about it, we actually got an Atari 2600 and a TI99/4A the same Christmas. The PCjr was a couple years later.
Santa actually set up the TI and the Atari, had a big sign on it that said "DO NOT TOUCH".. Wow.. those were the days.
How could they overlook the PCjr?
16 colors, TI 3-voice sound..
Mine even had a v1.0 Microsoft Mouse.
It was even "portable".
It is important to keep a written record of elections - printing out the ballots is a good idea. But please - PLEASE - do not use thermal paper.
The print fades, it is not good as a lasting record.
enabling it to compute at the speed of light, the company said.
Ummmm, don't electrons travel that fast anyway?
3. Blue screen of death in audio form?
Blue Shriek of Death
I agree with you ten thousand percent. Nobody has ever given me extra points for bearing the cross.
I use a Zebra F-402. They're inexpensive, last for years, and every so often it gets a, "Hey, nice pen.". $6.00 for a pack of two.
Can you imagine being David Bradley and having to deal with being interviewed by this tool from the Indianapolis Star?
Next week he's interviewing the guy who "discovered" the left mouse button.
The Defense Department expects to issue a statement in the next few days calling on suppliers to adopt the new version of the technology by 2005.
The Defense Department?? What did I miss?
With Java the programmer is counting question marks in the SQL query and saying "Associate the 7th question mark with the number 4247", an action that will introduce a bug into the program as soon as the SQL query is modified
Hey man, why don't you advise your students not to use inline SQL? As much of a speed improvement as you'd get with Prepared Statements in Java (all those "?"s), why not advise them to use a stored procedure instead?
(Instead of blindly griping about Java.)
Here's a a page with the whole recent history. As recently as September 2000 we had record surplus, more than $230 billion for fiscal year 2000.
Does anyone else remember Bush using enormous budget surplus predictions as justification for a tax cut?
I also remember the "Defecit Clock" in Times Square was taken down in the late 90's only to go back up under Bush.
A format and reinstall is the standard response to a root-level system compromise, which the RPC vulnerability leaves a system open to. It's also enough of a pain in the rear, that people don't want to have to do it again.
How will re-installing the OS and putting it back on the network without any security patches help alleviate the problem? Won't the machine get re-infected?
IIRC, people often did not have time to even shut down their machines in heavily infested networks.
Just get whatever car gives you a big 'ol boner and is fun to drive. Save the sensible car for later.
Just pour the beer right on the speakers. Then punch holes in them. Now ALL your CDs will sound different.
A code monkey in the trenches who needs a job to pay the bills isn't necessarily an enemy of open source.
No - but unfortunately Trade Secret law is much less clearly defined than Copyright law. Under Trade Secret precedents, former employees can be a conduit through which Intellectual Property from one company can be transferred to another.
In the event that SCO starts to play dirty, Trade Secret protection is going to be the first thing to come up.
..so this confirms you don't need the "CPU power and memory of the human brain" to flip burgers...
They're just cashing in on the Radio Shack business model. You buy the gadgets, and they've got the supplies you need.
If pop-up blocking and tabbed browsing are the leather seats, smooth scrolling are the butt-warmers :)
Gotta love this browser.
From MTV's article:
"Dre testified that before hiring a musician to play a bassline from the Fatback Band's 1980 song "Backstrokin'" for his 2001 track "Let's Get High," he consulted a musicologist who said the riff was commonplace.
He had another musician play some notes - it wasn't a sample from a copyrighted work. Surely there is a difference.
I can sympathize with that sentiment - you can auto-mod down "funny" posts in your preferences. I have mine set to knock two points off.. That way I have to read all the way to +3 to get the "funny" comments.
:)
Nice feature
The 1998 CTEA was in effect an amendment to the life-plus-50 year metric for copyright term. This revision was intended to mirror the European Union's own copyright revisions in 1993 in which the term was extended to life-plus-70 years in part because of an increase in life expectancy, as stated in 5 of the E.U. Directive on Copyright : It's not all that unreasonable, and Eldred will have access to the material he wants in a few more years.