More from this idiot. This is of course, assuming that microsoft has no business sense whatsoever and doesnt reduce price accordingly, or find other sources of revenue or one of a million other possibilities. Maybe if the company was ran by dumbasses. But wait, you don't get to be one of the largest in the world by being dumbasses. There goes that theory.
No, Eric, microsoft will not go away like you've claimed for several years. Linux won't win the desktop 'war'. Get over it. Nobody cares anymore.
IANAL, but I do know more about copyright law than your average poster.
One of the main tests (arguably the most important) for fair use of a work is the 'affect on the market' test. That is, does the use of the work in this manner alter the market for it significantly enough to cause monetary damages?
Since a-ware games are not found on store shelves anymore, are technically obsolete (most of these won't even work on a modern computer without a DOS emulator) and are no longer generating revenue for publishers and authors alike, the effect on the market is negligible, because there really isnt even a market for them.
Personally I think that if these games have been truly abandoned, and you're not trying to turn a profit off making them available (unless you've got permission, of course), it could very well fall under the fair use guidelines.
Alas, it will take a court battle to decide that though.
they've relied alot on patents with a few shady practices. Your average slashdot reader doesnt know anything about ram design though, so they tend to just follow the loud critcizers..
algorithms have been worked out for sorting things and factoring primes using quantum techniques. However, only those 2 things have been settled at the moment (if you're getting a degree in philosophy, figuring out the quantum equivalent of boolean algebra is the way to make your mark on the world this century).
In any case, some researchers at IBM and other places have built small quantum cells than can make use of the above algorithms.
The problem with quantum computing is that many answers are revealed at once, most of which are incorrect. The algorithms need to be able to separate the wrong from the right. It's a task for bright logicians:)
Wait wait, noone has said its illegal to say 'Down the the government'. That's not why the site was shut down. The site has numerous explosive recipes and some aspects of it advocated violence.
The supreme court has the power to interpret, because that is their given power. It was first tested in Marbury vs. Madison.
Mind you, the first amendment is just an amendment. It can be repealed even, by another amendment. That of course, is highly unlikely since getting an amendment passed is VERY hard and not a trivial exercise at all. The framers of the constitution were not fools. It was designed to let the country do what it wanted with its own law of the land, as future generations deemed necessary. The supreme court plays an important role by being indepedent of the politics of the times (mostly, anyway) since they are appointed for life and must pass congressional and executive review.
There is always wiggle room, in any law, because its written in words. Words can be interpreted in a variety of ways. This is how the concept of Justice and Law come together.
And justice, should never be flow-chart in nature, because the world is not one that works by a flow chart.
So many people who cannot comprehend that many people simply do not have the time or resources to manage a unix box (or several), but have the ability to manage easier systems like windows or macs.
The money saved by using a free OS is quickly eaten up by the salary of someone who has to make them run smoothly, which is damning if you're a small business with only a few employees, or in your case, a research group.
The constitution is interpreted by the supreme court. There are numerous types of regulated speech.
Best examples are obscene speech (different from 'indecent'..very difficult these days to call something obscene, most prosecutors won't bother, though some still attempt it), commercial speech (I cannot claim to create a miracle cure for everything), and speech which generates a clear and present danger to the safety of people. The best example of this is yelling fire in a crowded theatre. Slander and libel is another one (unless its politicians doing the slandering..then it's okay)
I would not be surprised if disseminating detailed, credible instructions on bomb-making to those who have no need of such information became regulated under the clear and present danger standard. I'm not entirely convinced that it shouldn't be regulated either.
Yeah, those rocketing billions into space with few rewards... despite the research that goes into it usually rewards everyday people 30 years in the future.
So you're right, government-paid research and work doesn't have the immediate effect that commercial work does. Thank god, because nothing would change or improve if the world followed the "MUST HAVE SOMETHING USEFUL NOW!" mentality.
You have my sympathies when your 44% pay increase per year reaches its end and starts to retract to your eventual layoff. Lets just hope it does that before you get into your elder years..
things like this arent publicized for good reasons. I'm sure Georgia Tech is less than happy this made it on slashdot. Things like this reflect very badly on a university. It makes potential employers think "well if these got caught..who DIDNT get caught?" "that university is full of cheaters who don't know how to do real work and just take advantage of those that do".
Every university CS department runs these cheat detector programs, and every semester several people get caught and punished. They never publicize it though.
The old floppy drive is the only kind of drive now that does not ask the computer if it can eject first. This is to make it easier on the OS so it can close down open i/o pipes.
Virtually every other one does a poll to the system. In general though, if the system doesnt respond to the question, it'll eject it anyway (provided the drive has power). I can't think of a single modern drive that uses an actual mechanical eject button (aside from the pinhole emergency ejectors).
It goes somewhat like this: drive asks "can I eject?" "OS: not yet" "*os closes pipes*" "OS: now eject" "*disk pops out*.
They have to stay relevant to stay in business. However my point was that I dont think domination is their goal. I don't think they can achieve domination in any case.
By keeping everything in-house, they can guarantee the aesthetic and technological quality. However, doing this will not allow them to lower prices enough to compete with the vastly spread out PC industry.
Many people, like researchers and businesses and the like aren't too concerned with the aesthetics of computers. Speed and cost are an issue. And it is these people that really drive the industry.
Consumers on the other hand are a bit more concerned about it. But in order to maintain their quality and art of the systems, they simply can't afford to move the tech out of the house. Thus, they will never dominate.
I've always thought some interesting things about apple and Jobs. Jobs seems like something of a transcendental type. Huge sales numbers arent what drives him. I think advancing the state of the art - where art and technology combine together - is what really moves him, and thats what apple does now.
Ever since he's rejoined apple they've had a renaissance. When the original iMac came out, it was certainly unique. Certainly not the most cost-effective system, and its usability at times was suspect (that little mouse, crummy keyboard, lack of removable media). But it was incredibly successful, in ways that went beyond sales numbers.
Take a look and see what consumer products were obviously influenced by the iMac and the translucent scheme. Off the top of my head, Staplers, telephones, car stereos and even some models of George Foreman Grills all took queues from the apple school of design.
It's naive to bundle apple in with the rest of the computing world, for they're not driven solely by sales numbers. They're pieces of art for people who appreciate the merging of art and technology. Apple leads the way in that.
UT (well, austin anyway) not too long ago put upload and download maxes on the residential halls. If you exceeded them, it would disconnect your port with little fanfare. I had a friend who stayed in a dorm over the summer who forgot to turn off upload sharing in her kazaa client and was putting through over a gig a day that way (she had over 3000 songs..), thus it all just stopped working, requiring her to call the help system, and finally get onto a public access computer to reinstate the connection.
We have one of those at the office. Similar to the old iMac, but a bit more useful. It had a floppy drive and a usable mouse and keyboard... I think they got sued over it though.
ive used win2k for a year now. It does not crash. I have 2month+ uptimes. I only reboot for a driver upgrade or hardware installation. So when I upgraded my motherboard, and it began crashing, you might imagine how angry I was.
Of course, it really had nothing to do with MS - just a problematic motherboard that got cranky. But it was enough to frustrate me to no end for a couple weeks.
When I transitioned to Win2k, I had few, if any problems. Surely you've tried downloading new drivers off the printer and scanner manufacturer's website.
Im curious though, will win2k drivers work under XP? That's a possible solution if the manufacturer hasnt put out their XP drivers.
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It's not about being 'right' or 'wrong' or some kind of moral platitude. It's about whose ego is getting stroked.
No, Eric, microsoft will not go away like you've claimed for several years. Linux won't win the desktop 'war'. Get over it. Nobody cares anymore.
One of the main tests (arguably the most important) for fair use of a work is the 'affect on the market' test. That is, does the use of the work in this manner alter the market for it significantly enough to cause monetary damages?
Since a-ware games are not found on store shelves anymore, are technically obsolete (most of these won't even work on a modern computer without a DOS emulator) and are no longer generating revenue for publishers and authors alike, the effect on the market is negligible, because there really isnt even a market for them.
Personally I think that if these games have been truly abandoned, and you're not trying to turn a profit off making them available (unless you've got permission, of course), it could very well fall under the fair use guidelines.
Alas, it will take a court battle to decide that though.
its going to be a couple years before i can go to walmart and buy a tank of antimatter. Damn.
in case some dumbass hurts himself on one doing something stupid (like halfpipe tricks) and tries to sue them.
under current understood physics... Same goes for the rest.
they've relied alot on patents with a few shady practices. Your average slashdot reader doesnt know anything about ram design though, so they tend to just follow the loud critcizers..
In any case, some researchers at IBM and other places have built small quantum cells than can make use of the above algorithms.
The problem with quantum computing is that many answers are revealed at once, most of which are incorrect. The algorithms need to be able to separate the wrong from the right. It's a task for bright logicians :)
The supreme court has the power to interpret, because that is their given power. It was first tested in Marbury vs. Madison.
Mind you, the first amendment is just an amendment. It can be repealed even, by another amendment. That of course, is highly unlikely since getting an amendment passed is VERY hard and not a trivial exercise at all. The framers of the constitution were not fools. It was designed to let the country do what it wanted with its own law of the land, as future generations deemed necessary. The supreme court plays an important role by being indepedent of the politics of the times (mostly, anyway) since they are appointed for life and must pass congressional and executive review.
There is always wiggle room, in any law, because its written in words. Words can be interpreted in a variety of ways. This is how the concept of Justice and Law come together.
And justice, should never be flow-chart in nature, because the world is not one that works by a flow chart.
The money saved by using a free OS is quickly eaten up by the salary of someone who has to make them run smoothly, which is damning if you're a small business with only a few employees, or in your case, a research group.
Best examples are obscene speech (different from 'indecent'..very difficult these days to call something obscene, most prosecutors won't bother, though some still attempt it), commercial speech (I cannot claim to create a miracle cure for everything), and speech which generates a clear and present danger to the safety of people. The best example of this is yelling fire in a crowded theatre. Slander and libel is another one (unless its politicians doing the slandering..then it's okay)
I would not be surprised if disseminating detailed, credible instructions on bomb-making to those who have no need of such information became regulated under the clear and present danger standard. I'm not entirely convinced that it shouldn't be regulated either.
this is slashdot, if we ignore the obvious maybe it'll go away and linux will rule the day
So you're right, government-paid research and work doesn't have the immediate effect that commercial work does. Thank god, because nothing would change or improve if the world followed the "MUST HAVE SOMETHING USEFUL NOW!" mentality.
You have my sympathies when your 44% pay increase per year reaches its end and starts to retract to your eventual layoff. Lets just hope it does that before you get into your elder years..
Every university CS department runs these cheat detector programs, and every semester several people get caught and punished. They never publicize it though.
Virtually every other one does a poll to the system. In general though, if the system doesnt respond to the question, it'll eject it anyway (provided the drive has power). I can't think of a single modern drive that uses an actual mechanical eject button (aside from the pinhole emergency ejectors).
It goes somewhat like this: drive asks "can I eject?" "OS: not yet" "*os closes pipes*" "OS: now eject" "*disk pops out*.
And quite honestly, thats the way it should be.
By keeping everything in-house, they can guarantee the aesthetic and technological quality. However, doing this will not allow them to lower prices enough to compete with the vastly spread out PC industry.
Many people, like researchers and businesses and the like aren't too concerned with the aesthetics of computers. Speed and cost are an issue. And it is these people that really drive the industry.
Consumers on the other hand are a bit more concerned about it. But in order to maintain their quality and art of the systems, they simply can't afford to move the tech out of the house. Thus, they will never dominate.
Ever since he's rejoined apple they've had a renaissance. When the original iMac came out, it was certainly unique. Certainly not the most cost-effective system, and its usability at times was suspect (that little mouse, crummy keyboard, lack of removable media). But it was incredibly successful, in ways that went beyond sales numbers.
Take a look and see what consumer products were obviously influenced by the iMac and the translucent scheme. Off the top of my head, Staplers, telephones, car stereos and even some models of George Foreman Grills all took queues from the apple school of design.
It's naive to bundle apple in with the rest of the computing world, for they're not driven solely by sales numbers. They're pieces of art for people who appreciate the merging of art and technology. Apple leads the way in that.
couldn't have said it better myself...
UT (well, austin anyway) not too long ago put upload and download maxes on the residential halls. If you exceeded them, it would disconnect your port with little fanfare. I had a friend who stayed in a dorm over the summer who forgot to turn off upload sharing in her kazaa client and was putting through over a gig a day that way (she had over 3000 songs..), thus it all just stopped working, requiring her to call the help system, and finally get onto a public access computer to reinstate the connection.
We have one of those at the office. Similar to the old iMac, but a bit more useful. It had a floppy drive and a usable mouse and keyboard... I think they got sued over it though.
Has someone been playing too much wolfenstein or do you really think the nazis made tesla-shooting 'Lopers'?
Of course, it really had nothing to do with MS - just a problematic motherboard that got cranky. But it was enough to frustrate me to no end for a couple weeks.
nforce has nothing to do with graphics (well, aside from its agp controller...). it's a motherboard chipset.
It's not as in depth nor does it tackle some of the finer points of algorithmic analysis as CS.
Im curious though, will win2k drivers work under XP? That's a possible solution if the manufacturer hasnt put out their XP drivers.