As a result, the number of desktop Linux PCs that ship will exceed the actual percentage of Linux machines that get installed in the real world. Desktop Linux will account for about 5 percent of desktops shipped in 2004, according to Gartner, with 10.5 percent of the desktops in Asia shipping with Linux this year. However, the installed base of Linux will come to only 1.3 percent
I guess if you assume that the shipped units will replace 100% of existing machines, I guess this would be a startling claim.
As it is, if say there are 100 machines already in use, and only 1 of them runs Linux, then you ship out 100 more machines, and 10 of them are Linux Desktop machines. None of these 100 machines are used to replace existing machines. Now, your shipped units are 10% Linux boxes, but (horrors) only 5.5% of the installed base is running Linux.
PIRACY! PIRACY! Men with eye patches and parrots are looting software boutiques looking for copies of XP!
Thing is, most people don't bother to think critically about information presentation. Even if the facts are all correct, the wording leads to false conclusions.
... GM announced today that a new "premium" warranty is available for it's vehicles. Vehicle owners who purchase this new warranty (Only $500, NDA required) will receive recall notices regarding vehicle roll-overs and potential explosions a full month before vehicle owners that do not have the new warranty option.
That way, when everyone is flying around in their "air cars," I'll be on the empty freeway in my normal car, with no traffic, and getting much better milage.
In any case, flying cars have been "10 years away" for 50 years now. I'm not holding my breath.
I'm not sure where the 10Khz figure came from; I didn't see it in the article.
If the clock speed is truly 10Khz, how does the CPU perform 10K calculations? Even with one instruction per cycle, there is some overhead in that there have to be other instructions for io, etc. Also, how would a 10Khz CPU handle 20K readings from sensors? To be fair, the article says "up to" 20K readings from sensors.
Additionally, 10Khz is ridiculously low, even by 1960 standards. Perhaps 10Mhz? Even the cheapest PIC is in the megahertz range.
Yes, and an alkaline "D" cell can put out over 10 amps, at 1.5 volts. Considering the lethal current is 30 milliamps, you'd think people would be dropping dead all the time from putting batteries in their flashlights.
The thing is, you have to have:
1) A current source that can provide the lethal amount. 2) A voltage source that can provide enough voltage to push said current through your chest area (heart).
The resistance of your body depends on several things: Hydration, surface conductivity (sweat), body composition (fat vs muscle). My old electronics safety classes taught that as little as 30 volts can be lethal under the right conditions.
Electric fences (and static electricty) provide very high voltages, but only for an instant, and at very low currents.
This bill, except as specified, would exempt a professional employee in the computer software field from this overtime compensation requirement if the employee is primarily engaged in work that is intellectual or creative, the employee's hourly rate of pay is not less than $41.00, and the employee meets other requirements.
Accordingly, SCO requires written certification by your authorized representative under Para. 2.04 within 30 days of receipt of this letter. Such written certification must inlucde statements that:
[paraphrased:] Blah blah don't use linux blah blah.
<sarcasm>Strangely enough, paragraph 2.04 doesn't actually mention anything about requiring you to certify that you're not using Linux.</sarcasm>
It only requires that you certify that you're complying with the license. Then the go on to enumerate added requirements of the certification, which clearly were not part of the original license agreement.
As such, this request, which is (in theory) fully allowed by the license, is clearly stepping over the bounds defined by that license.
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... you paid before testing it.
You only need to be near someone driving while on a cell phone to witness the "reduced cognitive function" part.
They took the entire codebase to make a spinoff, and you're worried about backporting the little stuff?
Don't sweat it.
... why Neilson NetRatings even exist?
I guess because it's SO difficult to determine if anyone is hitting your website, right? Sheesh.
Half the pages at konfabulator.com result in a 404, including the 'downloads' link.
'cause I won't buy it.
... but I'm gonna hold my breath!
As a result, the number of desktop Linux PCs that ship will exceed the actual percentage of Linux machines that get installed in the real world. Desktop Linux will account for about 5 percent of desktops shipped in 2004, according to Gartner, with 10.5 percent of the desktops in Asia shipping with Linux this year. However, the installed base of Linux will come to only 1.3 percent
I guess if you assume that the shipped units will replace 100% of existing machines, I guess this would be a startling claim.
As it is, if say there are 100 machines already in use, and only 1 of them runs Linux, then you ship out 100 more machines, and 10 of them are Linux Desktop machines. None of these 100 machines are used to replace existing machines. Now, your shipped units are 10% Linux boxes, but (horrors) only 5.5% of the installed base is running Linux.
PIRACY! PIRACY! Men with eye patches and parrots are looting software boutiques looking for copies of XP!
Thing is, most people don't bother to think critically about information presentation. Even if the facts are all correct, the wording leads to false conclusions.
... GM announced today that a new "premium" warranty is available for it's vehicles. Vehicle owners who purchase this new warranty (Only $500, NDA required) will receive recall notices regarding vehicle roll-overs and potential explosions a full month before vehicle owners that do not have the new warranty option.
1) Flying cars only 10 years away (for the last 60 years).
2) Y2K will end life as we know it.
3) WWW now officially dead. Close your browser.
I guess that sums it up. Forgive me if I don't hold my breath.
That way, when everyone is flying around in their "air cars," I'll be on the empty freeway in my normal car, with no traffic, and getting much better milage.
In any case, flying cars have been "10 years away" for 50 years now. I'm not holding my breath.
Six Figures? Haven't they only made like $11K?
I guess the put it on the books as $011000.00.
Are we going to start shipping Cut Rate Auto Parts over there, too?
C.R.A.P.
... then someone else will. Hard to say if finding and fixing is helping, because noone knows how bad it would be if we didn't do it.
Then again, MS doesn't seem to be trying to find vulnerabilities in their own code; often it's found by others. Sometimes it's the bad guys.
Point being, it's hard to say what effect something is having when you can't contrast it against "not doing it."
Kent: You won't get away with this. You'll rue the day!
Chris Knight: Rue the day? Who talks like that?
I'm not sure where the 10Khz figure came from; I didn't see it in the article.
If the clock speed is truly 10Khz, how does the CPU perform 10K calculations? Even with one instruction per cycle, there is some overhead in that there have to be other instructions for io, etc. Also, how would a 10Khz CPU handle 20K readings from sensors? To be fair, the article says "up to" 20K readings from sensors.
Additionally, 10Khz is ridiculously low, even by 1960 standards. Perhaps 10Mhz? Even the cheapest PIC is in the megahertz range.
Yes, and an alkaline "D" cell can put out over 10 amps, at 1.5 volts. Considering the lethal current is 30 milliamps, you'd think people would be dropping dead all the time from putting batteries in their flashlights.
The thing is, you have to have:
1) A current source that can provide the lethal amount.
2) A voltage source that can provide enough voltage to push said current through your chest area (heart).
The resistance of your body depends on several things: Hydration, surface conductivity (sweat), body composition (fat vs muscle). My old electronics safety classes taught that as little as 30 volts can be lethal under the right conditions.
Electric fences (and static electricty) provide very high voltages, but only for an instant, and at very low currents.
Wouldn't it just be a brain drain?
Which explicitly states that IT workers making less than $83,000 anually must be paid overtime?
This was signed into (California) law in 2000, I believe.
SB 88
From the bill:
This bill, except as specified, would exempt a professional employee in the computer software field from this overtime compensation requirement if the employee is primarily engaged in work that is intellectual or creative, the employee's hourly rate of pay is not less than $41.00, and the employee meets other requirements.
Usually a "speed bump" is something that slows you down.
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It's a good scope.
... for laptops: A new laptop.
Seriously, though. I used to fix laptops. Typically the LCD and bezel came as one part, and couldn't be purchased separately.
... of the license agreement, saying:
Accordingly, SCO requires written certification by your authorized representative under Para. 2.04 within 30 days of receipt of this letter. Such written certification must inlucde statements that:
[paraphrased:] Blah blah don't use linux blah blah.
<sarcasm>Strangely enough, paragraph 2.04 doesn't actually mention anything about requiring you to certify that you're not using Linux.</sarcasm>
It only requires that you certify that you're complying with the license. Then the go on to enumerate added requirements of the certification, which clearly were not part of the original license agreement.
As such, this request, which is (in theory) fully allowed by the license, is clearly stepping over the bounds defined by that license.
Noone was "convinced". That isn't what's required. Reasonable Doubt is what's required to acquit.