Despite being poorly written, the intentions were good. If I remember correctly, there was a great deal of deal-making going on in the last hours to even get the bill passed.
Senator Exon (D) and some Republicans had all kinds of crap thrown in there.
Supposedly there's a clause stating that you can't use a dialup connection and drink alcohol at the same time.
I don't disagree with this, however, I just bought a copy of Max Payne (a new 3D shooter game) only to discover that its SafeDisc copy protection didn't allow my CD-R to even READ the disc so I could PLAY the game!
The solution, apparently, is to purchase a new CD-R that doesn't have this problem. Seems unfair, huh? I mean, the game developers probably didn't choose to put the copy protection on, the publisher no doubt did.
I don't want to return the game and punish the developers, they did a great job! I suppose the same argument could be made for the musicians whose music is now copy protected.
I'm sure a lot of third party vendors are going to be pissed because they won't have a market for their products, but then again, geeks never bitched when MS included undelete w/MS Dos 5.
Let's not go overboard here. This past Sunday I watched ABC's "This Week", featuring an interview with the U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft.
If you listen to what Mr. Ashcroft is specifically asking for, it is simply for the ability to let law enforcement authorities have the ability to tap phone conversations by individual rather than by an idividual phone number.
The main problem is that people have many phone numbers these days, plus when a suspect moves from county to county within the U.S., new wiretap warrants must be processed. A criminal could simply move every day or so and escape law enforcement official indefinitely.
For a transcript of John Ashcroft's news conferences, and to see specifically what he is after regarding new wiretap legislation, see the Department of Justice website.
I am glad to see that others also tune in to the BBC World News. One thing that constantly stands out is the sheer amount of violence in the world that the major US news vendors never report.
It kind of makes you stop and think - americans are always so quick to criticize the news or information "agencies" of other nations, but what of our own?
Conventional Wisdom (and hundreds of years of evidence) would suggest that the best companies will survive whatever shakeup there is in the market. Is IBM hurting? Sun? M$?
If you belong in Tech you'll do just fine. Only the losers get shaken off.
Do not bet on MS releasing anything as big as.NET that does not run under Winblows. If you read this article, you understand my assertion.
Well, no - not the entire.NET platform! Certainly not. I was just putting out the idea that a developer could code up something, compile it to IL, and then run it on a .NET CLR interpreter on another platform just like with Java you'd compile it to bytecode and run it on another platform's VM.
What no-one seems to be talking about with the Common Language Runtime (CLR) is how M$ can potentially write a CLR engine for other OSes.
With that, developers would have many language choices that could run in an OO environment on many platforms.
So with Java you get one language on lots of platforms (and lots of VMs per platform, I might add) and with.NET you have the potential for many languages on many platforms.
I was actually at PDC2000 this year and saw all of this stuff up-close.
I love Java, C# is cool too. Either way the developer has a great tool to work from.
Well you couldn't be more wrong about what processors are in this sucker!
There's actually 7 on-board, 6 of them are Harris
RTX2010's (Harris is now Intersil). This processor can do 6 MIPS at 8MHz..
There is also one Honeywell
1750A that runs the flight program. (2.5 MIPS - The military hybrid of this
chip also runs Linux ;.)
I quote from the above.PDF: "All processors are Harris RTX2010's except the G&C subsystem Flight
Computer which is a Honeywell 1750A."
Well you couldn't be more wrong about what processors are in this sucker!
There's actually 7 on-board, 6 of them are Harris
RTX2010's (Harris is now Intersil). This processor can do 6 MIPS at 8MHz..
There is also one Honeywell
1750A that runs the flight program. (2.5 MIPS - The military hybrid of this
chip also runs Linux.)
I quote from the above.PDF: "All processors are Harris RTX2010's except the G&C subsystem Flight
Computer which is a Honeywell 1750A."
Well you couldn't be more wrong about what processors are in this sucker!
There's actually 7 on-board, 6 of them are Harris RTX2010's (Harris is now Intersil). This processor can do 6 MIPS at 8MHz.. There is also one Honeywell 1750A that runs the flight program. (2.5 MIPS - The military hybrid of this chip also runs Linux ;;.)
I quote from the above.PDF: "All processors are Harris RTX2010's except the G&C subsystem Flight Computer which is a Honeywell 1750A."
Nice little satellite for early 90's.
I hereby submit my patent for the 'Submit' button mechanism, and the 'Submit' process. This process is composed of client-side JavaScript which enables web users to submit information from a web page to the web server for processing or storage. Possible uses of the 'Submit' button mechanism include input into search engines, message boards, or even shopping cart type forms.
The 'Submit' button mechanism is comprised of one or more entry fields (HTML based) and the actual 'Submit' button. The button can be scripted to display a message, such as "Go!", "Buy Now!", or simply "Submit" to the user. The use of graphic images tied to the 'Submit' mechanism via the onclick event and JavaScript scripting is also possible.
Without the use of "Submit" technology, web users typically manually Post data to web pages - dramatically increasing the amount of time it takes to interact with a server.
The 'Submit' mechanism technology is cutting edge and has many, many applications on the internet. Please approve my patent today.
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Despite being poorly written, the intentions were good. If I remember correctly, there was a great deal of deal-making going on in the last hours to even get the bill passed.
Senator Exon (D) and some Republicans had all kinds of crap thrown in there.
Supposedly there's a clause stating that you can't use a dialup connection and drink alcohol at the same time.
Can anyone verify my memory on this?
Return faulty products for refund or exchange.
I don't disagree with this, however, I just bought a copy of Max Payne (a new 3D shooter game) only to discover that its SafeDisc copy protection didn't allow my CD-R to even READ the disc so I could PLAY the game!
The solution, apparently, is to purchase a new CD-R that doesn't have this problem. Seems unfair, huh? I mean, the game developers probably didn't choose to put the copy protection on, the publisher no doubt did.
I don't want to return the game and punish the developers, they did a great job! I suppose the same argument could be made for the musicians whose music is now copy protected.
Disclaimer: This is not meant to be flamebait.
When you're competing against Micro$oft, what company has time for morals?
Check out this feature chart [microsoft.com] for a better idea of what XP has that 2K doesn't.
/. was for Linux, anyway...
Thanks for the link!
Now I know for sure not to waste my money!
I though
I'm sure a lot of third party vendors are going to be pissed because they won't have a market for their products, but then again, geeks never bitched when MS included undelete w/MS Dos 5.
What? Deltree was neat too..
Great poll, but what good does weak encryption within the borders of the U.S. do for finding terrorists sending e-mail in Afghanistan?
Besides, the government can't regulate my speech whether or not it's encrypted.
72%... You know some 80% of people are in favor of this "war" we're supposedly having. Idiots. All of them.
Thanks.
Let's not go overboard here. This past Sunday I watched ABC's "This Week", featuring an interview with the U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft.
If you listen to what Mr. Ashcroft is specifically asking for, it is simply for the ability to let law enforcement authorities have the ability to tap phone conversations by individual rather than by an idividual phone number.
The main problem is that people have many phone numbers these days, plus when a suspect moves from county to county within the U.S., new wiretap warrants must be processed. A criminal could simply move every day or so and escape law enforcement official indefinitely.
For a transcript of John Ashcroft's news conferences, and to see specifically what he is after regarding new wiretap legislation, see the Department of Justice website.
Thanks.
What good does restricting cryptography within the U.S. do?
Isn't the threat to National Security coming from OUTSIDE ?
You sound like a Borg.
You even describe a Borg-like response.
I am glad to see that others also tune in to the BBC World News. One thing that constantly stands out is the sheer amount of violence in the world that the major US news vendors never report.
It kind of makes you stop and think - americans are always so quick to criticize the news or information "agencies" of other nations, but what of our own?
Plus, on the BBC they have nifty accents.
I bet the 2GHz P4 will run hot enough to boil water too...
Conventional Wisdom (and hundreds of years of evidence) would suggest that the best companies will survive whatever shakeup there is in the market. Is IBM hurting? Sun? M$?
If you belong in Tech you'll do just fine. Only the losers get shaken off.
Well, no - not the entire .NET platform! Certainly not. I was just putting out the idea that a developer could code up something, compile it to IL, and then run it on a .NET CLR interpreter on another platform just like with Java you'd compile it to bytecode and run it on another platform's VM.
What no-one seems to be talking about with the Common Language Runtime (CLR) is how M$ can potentially write a CLR engine for other OSes. With that, developers would have many language choices that could run in an OO environment on many platforms.
So with Java you get one language on lots of platforms (and lots of VMs per platform, I might add) and with .NET you have the potential for many languages on many platforms.
I was actually at PDC2000 this year and saw all of this stuff up-close.
I love Java, C# is cool too. Either way the developer has a great tool to work from.
Well you couldn't be more wrong about what processors are in this sucker!
There's actually 7 on-board, 6 of them are Harris RTX2010's (Harris is now Intersil). This processor can do 6 MIPS at 8MHz.. There is also one Honeywell 1750A that runs the flight program. (2.5 MIPS - The military hybrid of this chip also runs Linux ; .)
I quote from the above
"All processors are Harris RTX2010's except the G&C subsystem Flight Computer which is a Honeywell 1750A."
Nice little satellite for early 90's.
Well you couldn't be more wrong about what processors are in this sucker!
There's actually 7 on-board, 6 of them are Harris RTX2010's (Harris is now Intersil). This processor can do 6 MIPS at 8MHz.. There is also one Honeywell 1750A that runs the flight program. (2.5 MIPS - The military hybrid of this chip also runs Linux .)
I quote from the above
"All processors are Harris RTX2010's except the G&C subsystem Flight Computer which is a Honeywell 1750A."
Nice little satellite for early 90's.
Well you couldn't be more wrong about what processors are in this sucker!
There's actually 7 on-board, 6 of them are Harris RTX2010's (Harris is now Intersil). This processor can do 6 MIPS at 8MHz.. There is also one Honeywell 1750A that runs the flight program. (2.5 MIPS - The military hybrid of this chip also runs Linux ; ;.)
I quote from the above
"All processors are Harris RTX2010's except the G&C subsystem Flight Computer which is a Honeywell 1750A." Nice little satellite for early 90's.
Here's the same idea but on a programmable Frisbee
Will wonders never cease.
I hereby submit my patent for the 'Submit' button mechanism, and the 'Submit' process. This process is composed of client-side JavaScript which enables web users to submit information from a web page to the web server for processing or storage. Possible uses of the 'Submit' button mechanism include input into search engines, message boards, or even shopping cart type forms.
The 'Submit' button mechanism is comprised of one or more entry fields (HTML based) and the actual 'Submit' button. The button can be scripted to display a message, such as "Go!", "Buy Now!", or simply "Submit" to the user. The use of graphic images tied to the 'Submit' mechanism via the onclick event and JavaScript scripting is also possible.
Without the use of "Submit" technology, web users typically manually Post data to web pages - dramatically increasing the amount of time it takes to interact with a server.
The 'Submit' mechanism technology is cutting edge and has many, many applications on the internet. Please approve my patent today.