Wine was written by people without access to windows source code. SkyOS's linux-emulation layer was written by people with access to linux source code. Therefore, it is far more likely that code was 'borrowed' in writing this emulation layer. Since it's closed source now, and nobody can check for simmilarities, speculation (like "I wonder if..." type statements) about GPL violations is entirely reasonable.
And since it's the kind of stuff I want to buy anyway, how is this bad?
I guess if you don't mind being an advertising statistic, and like to buy things based on advertising specifically targeted to you, and don't mind having zero personal privacy, then it really isn't bad at all!
Great, then corporate spyware can tell not only what sites we visit, but also what video games we play! And what TV shows we watch! And what ads get muted the most/least! And what DVD's we watch!
An internet-enabled TiVo/PlayStation would open new doors for market research and customer tracking...
They should almost just put a mic+camera on the thing so it can tell what else is going on in your house!
This is great for wealthy areas where everyone is computer literate and already online. In the rest of the world, these neighborhood networks probably won't see very much traffic.
My ISP, sonic.net, is building an 802.11 network downtown for it's members to get net access. It's not free though (you have to already be a member; there are no extra charges besides that) and it doesn't have much coverage yet.
ViaWeb, Robert T Morris' e-commerce company, had a LISP-powered template system for creating sites a long long time ago. They got bought by yahoo in 98 (becoming Yahoo Store), but they were successfully using web templates long before that.
IBM should really be a little more carefull about crap like this; it obviously alienates the open-source community that they are trying to be on good terms with.
I have spent the entire week in a recording studio using Protools on a Mac and I can tell you that trashing 3 hours of work just because of MacOS repetiting crashes is not exactly what I can call a great choice for professional audio. Anyone who works for three hours without hitting "Save" is certainly not a 'professional'.
"The new strategy would take advantage of file-swapping networks' own weaknesses, amplifying them to the point where download services appear even more clogged and slow to function than they are today. Because most peer-to-peer services are unregulated, the quality of connections and speed of downloads already varies wildly based on time of day and geographic location."
I don't think there is a legal way to do what they are describing.
I think this might be yet another scare tactic.
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In the early episodes especially, even the most diehard trek fans got pretty irritated with your character. Did you ever find yourself watching a TNG episode and being annoyed with your own character?
Do you think Neelix is as annoying, or more annoying, as the young Crusher? (ideally this could even be a/. poll!)
All the WesleyGod must do is ponder the possibility of travelling backwards in time, and it shall be so.
Thats an excellent point!
I hope he improves on the method a little, because we wouldn't want him phasing in and our of spacetime like the Traveler...
Though I think a return of WeslyGod to trek (in Enterprise) is actually unlikely, I do hope that they somehow work the Q into it. Since Encounter at Farpoint was supposed to be the Q's first encounter with humans, I'm not sure how they would explain it though...
Oh well, anything is possible with patented StarTrekPhysics(tm), right?
Th deal is that TNN is no longer The Nashville Network and is now The National Network.
They got bought by MTV (er, viacom/cbs/whoever) and have "hip new programming" (according to a TV Guide when this first happened a couple months ago).
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Using the setup described above, you could have a $1700 iBook that could simultaneously be running Linux, MacOS 9, and Windows!
(granted, window's performance on that setup would be sub-optimal, but it's still damn cool)
Wine was written by people without access to windows source code. SkyOS's linux-emulation layer was written by people with access to linux source code. Therefore, it is far more likely that code was 'borrowed' in writing this emulation layer. Since it's closed source now, and nobody can check for simmilarities, speculation (like "I wonder if..." type statements) about GPL violations is entirely reasonable.
And since it's the kind of stuff I want to buy anyway, how is this bad?
I guess if you don't mind being an advertising statistic, and like to buy things based on advertising specifically targeted to you, and don't mind having zero personal privacy, then it really isn't bad at all!
Great, then corporate spyware can tell not only what sites we visit, but also what video games we play! And what TV shows we watch! And what ads get muted the most/least! And what DVD's we watch!
An internet-enabled TiVo/PlayStation would open new doors for market research and customer tracking...
They should almost just put a mic+camera on the thing so it can tell what else is going on in your house!
sorry, forgot the link: http://waves.sonic.net/
(grr that 2-minute shit pisses me off!)
This is great for wealthy areas where everyone is computer literate and already online. In the rest of the world, these neighborhood networks probably won't see very much traffic.
My ISP, sonic.net, is building an 802.11 network downtown for it's members to get net access. It's not free though (you have to already be a member; there are no extra charges besides that) and it doesn't have much coverage yet.
ViaWeb, Robert T Morris' e-commerce company, had a LISP-powered template system for creating sites a long long time ago. They got bought by yahoo in 98 (becoming Yahoo Store), but they were successfully using web templates long before that.
IBM should really be a little more carefull about crap like this; it obviously alienates the open-source community that they are trying to be on good terms with.
Very funny. There is an autosave function in Protools, just for your information.
Then how did you manage to lose 3 hours of work?
Sure, macs freeze up from time to time (as do a lot of other computers). But random data-loss is pretty unheardof.
I have spent the entire week in a recording studio using Protools on a Mac and I can tell you that trashing 3 hours of work just because of MacOS repetiting crashes is not exactly what I can call a great choice for professional audio.
Anyone who works for three hours without hitting "Save" is certainly not a 'professional'.
please excuse my horrible typos.
i can't say why, but please excuse them.
(if I don't use the preview button, you'd think i'd at least read my posts before posting, huh?)
John Siracusa writes solid reviews. I enjoyed this, as well as his other arstechnica OS X articles.
I like his "hands on" approach to testing OS K's handling of nice: compile main(){for(;;);} and run it!
But let's give them a little respect, because they're finally starting to get with the program.
Taking down a legitimate file sharing network like KaZaA using a denial-of-service attack is not "getting with the program". It's malicious hacking.
"The new strategy would take advantage of file-swapping networks' own weaknesses, amplifying them to the point where download services appear even more clogged and slow to function than they are today. Because most peer-to-peer services are unregulated, the quality of connections and speed of downloads already varies wildly based on time of day and geographic location."
I don't think there is a legal way to do what they are describing.
I think this might be yet another scare tactic.
...hilarity will surly ensue.
This is completely off topic, but Voltaire actually never said that. Check this page for more information.
OK, so the quote was ABOUT Voltaire, not by him.
Voltaire's actual quote, according to that link, was "What a fuss about an omelette!"
Not quite as profound, but I'm sure someone is still willing to defend (to the death) his right to say it.
"I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. -- S.G. Tallentyre"
Wasn't it Voltaire who said that?
I've seen a few different names credited with that quote lately...
That is fucking incredible!
Does anyone know about getting it to run on OS X?
my guess is the bottom line.
"budget concerns" and "professional audio" are very very incompatible, regardless of platform. Audio hardware aint cheap.
Whats the guy got against using a mac?
The mac is a great choice for professional audio.
(or at least a lot of professionals think so)
In the early episodes especially, even the most diehard trek fans got pretty irritated with your character. Did you ever find yourself watching a TNG episode and being annoyed with your own character?
/. poll!)
Do you think Neelix is as annoying, or more annoying, as the young Crusher? (ideally this could even be a
All the WesleyGod must do is ponder the possibility of travelling backwards in time, and it shall be so.
Thats an excellent point!
I hope he improves on the method a little, because we wouldn't want him phasing in and our of spacetime like the Traveler...
Though I think a return of WeslyGod to trek (in Enterprise) is actually unlikely, I do hope that they somehow work the Q into it. Since Encounter at Farpoint was supposed to be the Q's first encounter with humans, I'm not sure how they would explain it though...
Oh well, anything is possible with patented StarTrekPhysics(tm), right?
How'd that get modded up?! Like they'd ever cast him as another trek character after everyone already recognizes him as wes crusher... PUHLEEZE.
Th deal is that TNN is no longer The Nashville Network and is now The National Network.
;-)
They got bought by MTV (er, viacom/cbs/whoever) and have "hip new programming" (according to a TV Guide when this first happened a couple months ago).
If TNG is hip and new, I'm not gonna argue
I guess that depends on how you define interesting. Personally, after reading the BBSpot interview, I'll be sure not to miss his /. reponse!
my favorite comment is about oral sex from dr. crusher when wesly crusher was growing up.
(hey, it really says that!)