Hotels do that. There's a hotel right down the street from one of Hewlett-Packard's plants. If you stay there and don't mention HP you'll get the normal rate. If you tell them you're on business with HP you'll get a rate that's 10% higher. And business airfare (before 9/11 anyway) was similar. Even if they're booked in advance. In the late 90's they got away with selling $300 tickets for $900.
I would think a search engine at RPI could be a very legitimate tool. The school requires that every student use a laptop. As a result, professors incorporate the laptops into the teaching (in its simplest form this would be a way to distribute presentations, notes, sample programs, etc). Given that this framework is in place, it makes sense to have a way to find things on other people's computers. I could offer my notes for various lectures on my computer, and someone else on campus could get a copy. Granted, this could lead to cheating, but it's my understanding that RPI encourages group work.
I haven't met this student yet (it's a few weeks before I start at RPI), so I don't know what his intentions were. But there are legitimate uses for the technology. And from what I heard at orientation, the tech admins share that opinion. File sharing isn't inherently illegal, so they won't restrict it on campus.
But those error reports often come from application crashes that don't take down the system. And most of the one's I've seen are from non-MS applications. It's kind of like how Konqueror or some other KDE app will crash and pop the segmentation fault box.
I don't by any means think Windows is reliable, I'm just saying that application errors are a strange way to guage OS stability.
So why is at least a minimal understanding of CS often required for many different majors? It's kind of like math, since it's generally a tool that helps you solve a problem. At RPI (where I'm going) they require nearly every student to do math at least through Calc 2 (but those who don't still have one semester) and many also have to do a CS course or two.
But from a school that doesn't have a good CS program, the EE degree might be more valuable and useful as you suggest. There's a smaller chance of EE just being a certification program than there is with CS.
The GPL issue is that it sounds like they're making a license that you have to pay for and that places restrictions on your right to distribute Linux. The GPL says that you can't distribute Linux like that, so SCO would be breaking the GPL. I think SCO is getting around this by not actually licensing their source. They'll just let you pay them off and they won't throw a lawsuit at you. If you happen to distribute it, you'll lose your protection from their lawsuits. This way they don't need to have a valid case, just a cheaper fee than the lawyers.
Are you sure? Twenty pages happens to be exactly the amount of source you must submit if you have a program longer than 50 pages that contains trade secrets. You must submit 10 pages from the beginning and 10 from the end (without any portion blacked out). There are other options if those twenty pages would contain trade secrets.
Read this for more information on the requirements.
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There's a certain irony to their hosting company's mainpage.
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It looks like UnitedNuclear qualifies for emergency service, yet they suspended it.
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Seeing as Microsoft is not allowed to update their version of Java, it's not surprising that it would be out of date (technically, they have to stop by 2004, but since they can't even provide security fixes after that, they've been phasing it out for a while). That's why they no longer distribute a Java VM with the OS. If you need it they tell you to download it from someone else.
I was actually wondering how I was going to connect to this if KDE doesn't finish compiling on my Gentoo box in the next six and a half hours. Surely there are better console (or even plain X) versions of IRC clients, but now I have a last resort.
Similar in some ways, but I don't think US currency is backed by anything anymore (historically it was all backed by gold, and then a combination of gold and silver, but later removed from the standard altogether). I think the idea here is that a central authority has a database to track the total amount that has been electronically transferred to the cards. When the card is used, the money is transferred from the central authority to whoever is receiving the money. As long as it's not being redeemed for physical money, though, transactions could take place between cards with no need to access a central database.
As for privacy concerns, a central database for these cards does not really affect anonymity. There's no need to specify which card was being used, just the fact that a card has been used for a certain quantity. The biggest concern would be for whoever was trying to redeem electronic currency for physical currency .
It's even better if you weren't born in the US. The first three digits are based on where you received the card, so in my case someone would have to try to trace every place I've lived (along with any nearby place with a different prefix).
The pictures I saw made it look like it was a laptop that you could fold so that the keyboard wasn't showing (ie. you could use it as a laptop most of the time, but you could also use it in tablet form when convenient). The key is making the whole thing light enough that carrying around the keyboard when you're using it as a tablet isn't a pain.
I think it's mainly software based. I know my DVD software (for Windows) allowed you to set the region when you installed it, and then you could only change it a certain number of times. Which is really stupid, because you can just use free software which won't check the region.
Wow... how much does 8MB/ps cost? That's like 8x10^6 TB/s!
Anyway, I wish my neighborhood did something like that. We had a hard enough time trying to get AT&T to put in regular cable TV, let alone cable internet (and this is in a middle- to high-end Dallas suburb).
When I visited Waterloo to see their CompSci department, they basically told me that half of my classes would be mathematics, the other half would be computer science. Sure there were a few elective spots if you didn't choose one of the more particular options available.
For example: Honors CS - Bioinformatics (one of the more varied CS programs). I don't see any non science/math courses required. Sure you get 5 or 6 electives, but that's not really encouraging a diverse education. Similarly, U of T seems to only require one writing course for CS students. UVic requires one technical writing course and one English course.
Check out this from CMU for a comparison. All CS students are required to complete a non-CS minor. Also see UTD for another example.
As a senior in HS deciding where to go for college I am forced to make some generalizations to narrow down the field. My observation has been that a typical American school requires a broader education than a typical Canadian school (no offense to Canadians; heck, I'm originally from Canada).
So why is this a problem? I've read plenty of articles in Canadian news publications that complain about the loss of students to American programs and, later, American jobs. As a Canadian living in the US, I'm not likely to head back to Canada for an education.
And as someone else mentioned, MS's definition of OS is a bit different. It's quite possible that all that is needed is a new dll to patch the problem. If it's a shared library that is shipped with the OS, MS will most likely call it part of the OS.
I tried this with IE 6 and Mozilla 1.0rc3 (both on an XPpro box) and both give the same results. They both show the thoughtcrime.org website without any error message or anything. Admittedly my Mozilla version is out of date, but it still seems vulnerable.
Better yet, with a time machine, just go back two years into the past to warn the people that it will be invented two years from now. (Not that I think time travel backwards is even possible... forwards is certainly possible, though not practical, ie near-speed of light traveling for an extended period of time)
In China they sell the same 20oz (or something close to that, but in metric units) bottles of Coke. In fact, the bottles of beer that they serve resemble slightly smaller than usual wine bottles. Costa Rica sells 12oz bottles (the glass ones that you are likely to only see in museums in the States) and 600mL plastic bottles. I've been to other places and they're along the same lines, but I haven't seen the huge drinks like the one's 7-11 and others sell.
Actually, when I saw those pictures, it kind of made me wish Google allowed searches to include symbols (and other short items that normally get filtered out). It would be really cool to create ASCII art that looks good with or without Google (and an even better hack to create something that appears to be one thing without Google and something completely different after it's been colored).
When I was in Costa Rica this summer they actually had someone doing something similar for another (non-tech) product. There was a woman holding a loaf of Bimbo bread (I'm not kidding about the brand name) in the aisle waiting for people to buy some.
At least she was labeled... The English equivalent to the Spanish text on her shirt was "Walking Billboard" (I don't recall the Spanish, but that's the general idea of it).
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Hotels do that. There's a hotel right down the street from one of Hewlett-Packard's plants. If you stay there and don't mention HP you'll get the normal rate. If you tell them you're on business with HP you'll get a rate that's 10% higher. And business airfare (before 9/11 anyway) was similar. Even if they're booked in advance. In the late 90's they got away with selling $300 tickets for $900.
Probably the same reason I can't get it. The server appears to be /.ed.
I would think a search engine at RPI could be a very legitimate tool. The school requires that every student use a laptop. As a result, professors incorporate the laptops into the teaching (in its simplest form this would be a way to distribute presentations, notes, sample programs, etc). Given that this framework is in place, it makes sense to have a way to find things on other people's computers. I could offer my notes for various lectures on my computer, and someone else on campus could get a copy. Granted, this could lead to cheating, but it's my understanding that RPI encourages group work.
I haven't met this student yet (it's a few weeks before I start at RPI), so I don't know what his intentions were. But there are legitimate uses for the technology. And from what I heard at orientation, the tech admins share that opinion. File sharing isn't inherently illegal, so they won't restrict it on campus.
But those error reports often come from application crashes that don't take down the system. And most of the one's I've seen are from non-MS applications. It's kind of like how Konqueror or some other KDE app will crash and pop the segmentation fault box.
I don't by any means think Windows is reliable, I'm just saying that application errors are a strange way to guage OS stability.
So why is at least a minimal understanding of CS often required for many different majors? It's kind of like math, since it's generally a tool that helps you solve a problem. At RPI (where I'm going) they require nearly every student to do math at least through Calc 2 (but those who don't still have one semester) and many also have to do a CS course or two.
But from a school that doesn't have a good CS program, the EE degree might be more valuable and useful as you suggest. There's a smaller chance of EE just being a certification program than there is with CS.
The GPL issue is that it sounds like they're making a license that you have to pay for and that places restrictions on your right to distribute Linux. The GPL says that you can't distribute Linux like that, so SCO would be breaking the GPL. I think SCO is getting around this by not actually licensing their source. They'll just let you pay them off and they won't throw a lawsuit at you. If you happen to distribute it, you'll lose your protection from their lawsuits. This way they don't need to have a valid case, just a cheaper fee than the lawyers.
Are you sure? Twenty pages happens to be exactly the amount of source you must submit if you have a program longer than 50 pages that contains trade secrets. You must submit 10 pages from the beginning and 10 from the end (without any portion blacked out). There are other options if those twenty pages would contain trade secrets.
Read this for more information on the requirements.
It looks like UnitedNuclear qualifies for emergency service, yet they suspended it.
Seeing as Microsoft is not allowed to update their version of Java, it's not surprising that it would be out of date (technically, they have to stop by 2004, but since they can't even provide security fixes after that, they've been phasing it out for a while). That's why they no longer distribute a Java VM with the OS. If you need it they tell you to download it from someone else.
That said, maybe the prices of image editing applications will drop slightly when corporations don't have to pay fees to Unisys.
Or maybe they'll figure that the vast majority of their customers won't know and they'll pocket the savings.
I was actually wondering how I was going to connect to this if KDE doesn't finish compiling on my Gentoo box in the next six and a half hours. Surely there are better console (or even plain X) versions of IRC clients, but now I have a last resort.
Similar in some ways, but I don't think US currency is backed by anything anymore (historically it was all backed by gold, and then a combination of gold and silver, but later removed from the standard altogether). I think the idea here is that a central authority has a database to track the total amount that has been electronically transferred to the cards. When the card is used, the money is transferred from the central authority to whoever is receiving the money. As long as it's not being redeemed for physical money, though, transactions could take place between cards with no need to access a central database.
As for privacy concerns, a central database for these cards does not really affect anonymity. There's no need to specify which card was being used, just the fact that a card has been used for a certain quantity. The biggest concern would be for whoever was trying to redeem electronic currency for physical currency .
It's even better if you weren't born in the US. The first three digits are based on where you received the card, so in my case someone would have to try to trace every place I've lived (along with any nearby place with a different prefix).
The pictures I saw made it look like it was a laptop that you could fold so that the keyboard wasn't showing (ie. you could use it as a laptop most of the time, but you could also use it in tablet form when convenient). The key is making the whole thing light enough that carrying around the keyboard when you're using it as a tablet isn't a pain.
I think it's mainly software based. I know my DVD software (for Windows) allowed you to set the region when you installed it, and then you could only change it a certain number of times. Which is really stupid, because you can just use free software which won't check the region.
Wow... how much does 8MB/ps cost? That's like 8x10^6 TB/s!
Anyway, I wish my neighborhood did something like that. We had a hard enough time trying to get AT&T to put in regular cable TV, let alone cable internet (and this is in a middle- to high-end Dallas suburb).
When I visited Waterloo to see their CompSci department, they basically told me that half of my classes would be mathematics, the other half would be computer science. Sure there were a few elective spots if you didn't choose one of the more particular options available.
For example: Honors CS - Bioinformatics (one of the more varied CS programs). I don't see any non science/math courses required. Sure you get 5 or 6 electives, but that's not really encouraging a diverse education. Similarly, U of T seems to only require one writing course for CS students. UVic requires one technical writing course and one English course.
Check out this from CMU for a comparison. All CS students are required to complete a non-CS minor. Also see UTD for another example.
As a senior in HS deciding where to go for college I am forced to make some generalizations to narrow down the field. My observation has been that a typical American school requires a broader education than a typical Canadian school (no offense to Canadians; heck, I'm originally from Canada).
So why is this a problem? I've read plenty of articles in Canadian news publications that complain about the loss of students to American programs and, later, American jobs. As a Canadian living in the US, I'm not likely to head back to Canada for an education.
And as someone else mentioned, MS's definition of OS is a bit different. It's quite possible that all that is needed is a new dll to patch the problem. If it's a shared library that is shipped with the OS, MS will most likely call it part of the OS.
I tried this with IE 6 and Mozilla 1.0rc3 (both on an XPpro box) and both give the same results. They both show the thoughtcrime.org website without any error message or anything. Admittedly my Mozilla version is out of date, but it still seems vulnerable.
Better yet, with a time machine, just go back two years into the past to warn the people that it will be invented two years from now. (Not that I think time travel backwards is even possible... forwards is certainly possible, though not practical, ie near-speed of light traveling for an extended period of time)
In China they sell the same 20oz (or something close to that, but in metric units) bottles of Coke. In fact, the bottles of beer that they serve resemble slightly smaller than usual wine bottles. Costa Rica sells 12oz bottles (the glass ones that you are likely to only see in museums in the States) and 600mL plastic bottles. I've been to other places and they're along the same lines, but I haven't seen the huge drinks like the one's 7-11 and others sell.
The music has no owners, its just a sound wave. 1s and 0s have no owners.
Just like you can't own a car or a computer because they're simply arrangements of protons, neutrons, and electrons.
If someone can own a particular arrangement of atoms, then someone can own a particular arrangement of sound waves.
Actually, when I saw those pictures, it kind of made me wish Google allowed searches to include symbols (and other short items that normally get filtered out). It would be really cool to create ASCII art that looks good with or without Google (and an even better hack to create something that appears to be one thing without Google and something completely different after it's been colored).
nanometers per light year is about as useful as giving it to us feet per yard. Nanometers per year on the otherhand would be (slightly) meaningful.
When I was in Costa Rica this summer they actually had someone doing something similar for another (non-tech) product. There was a woman holding a loaf of Bimbo bread (I'm not kidding about the brand name) in the aisle waiting for people to buy some.
At least she was labeled... The English equivalent to the Spanish text on her shirt was "Walking Billboard" (I don't recall the Spanish, but that's the general idea of it).