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Re:v6 could help solve some net problems
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I disagree. Making the net spammer-proof would not neccessarily end anonymity. You can always upload your stuff somewhere, and hope people look at it.
However, it would be the end of anonymous mailing. But I think that the receiver should be allowed to require people sending him mail to identify themselves. It's the classical debate of one's freedom ending where another one's begins.
The copyright on sound recordings expires 50 years after publication. The copyright on the text, considered a work in itself, only expires 70 years after the death of the maker.
So while a sound will expire, the song as recorded is a modification of the original text, and thus still protected. Samples of the song can be used freely, the whole song is still copyrighted.
A few years back a lot of software was made by hobbyists to scratch an itch. Many of these programs weren't much, but it kept a lot of computer enthousiasts on windows, and made for some very innovative/useful tools.
Nowadays, this niche is largely filled with F/OSS. Thus the MS platform is deprived of free help for home users, and misses out on home innovation. I cannot help to think MS is trying to win back some hobbyists/developers to their platform. This move reinforces that thought.
All the MMO's I've seen require a central (bunch of) servers. This brings costs with it, which have to be earned back through fees. Thus the fees will be relatively high, prohibiting irregular recreational play.
Why not develop a p2p based MMO, where everybody conncects to a number of fellow players? That way, the operational costs could be significantly lowered. Fees could be much lower, more players would join, and MMO's would be profitable to run with much fewer players.
I understand there are issues with crackers and cheaters, but those are only obstacles which I'm sure can be solved.
It's just as much a question of: - when PHB's stop being paranoid about not reaching 0.2% of their possible clients - when web designers start thinking out of the box, quite literally
Technically, pages can be made to scale, but it is not perfect. What is missing is the option to scale to a certain width and then stop. I usually have my browser about 1100-1200pixels wide when surfing. At 1600, scalable sites seem to wither. A design for a certain width (be it 800 or 1600) may technically scale, aestetically it won't. I haven't found a solution for it either, except to limit the width. There's no css for scale to 1200 and fix it at wider screens.
I've got 2 millenium II's in my mame box. Great for multiplaying.
I don't know about current matrox involvement, but a couple of years ago, the matrox cards were the bests cards to get to run X, because the drivers were best, and specs were open.
somebody with artistic ability -that's a rarity,a bitch to teach and seldom combined with hacking ability
I resent that. Often the most artistic people are hackers in their own right. And the best hackers are very artistic. Their artistic abilities just don't apply to canvas, or they don't apply them to canvas, but to their code.
Exept for the fact that akamai is geographically distributed, and google is not.
Google has a strong brand, but would require massive investments to pull this off. That does not guarantee that they won't, but if akamai pays attention they should be able to maintain their advantage at this point.
an ergonomic mouse forces your hand to always have the exact same position. Hence, the movements will always be the same and repetitive.
You'd be best off with the old amiga mouses or something: square. You'd end up shifting your hand from time to time since it's uncomfortable, in the long run it's more comforatble.
This isn't a problem with FFox not being standards compliant, but a problem with the slashcode not being standard html. See the faq. Bugshavebeen filed already.
the law said that discrimination only applied to race, creed, religion, or national origin... not profession. That is because you can choose your profession, but you cannot choose your race, creed, religion (to a certain extent), or national origin.
One can choose to become a lawyer, and accept to be viewed in a certain way, or choose not to become a lawyer to avoid certain bad side effects. It's the free will that makes the difference
I'm a programmer by trade, and have worked as a consultant for almost 6 years now. Almost 3 years ago, I started attending Law school, on top of my daytime job.
This semester, I'm taking a class on intellectual rights, which was the reason I started anyway. I'm glad I did the whole course, rather than just this part, as IR is just too much embedded in the justice system to single out. It's a lot of effort, but it's worth it.
One important thing I learned: never represent yourself in court. Even lawyers don't. Even if you read these documents, or some casebooks as suggested earlier, please go see a lawyer when you've got a problem.
Doing that would effectively lock microsoft out of a portion of the market, a portion that linux could fill well. Considering the pressure linux is beginning to put on MS, that seems unlikely.
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Just don't try juggling sitting down because when you drop a ball .... ouch
I disagree. Making the net spammer-proof would not neccessarily end anonymity. You can always upload your stuff somewhere, and hope people look at it.
However, it would be the end of anonymous mailing. But I think that the receiver should be allowed to require people sending him mail to identify themselves. It's the classical debate of one's freedom ending where another one's begins.
The copyright on sound recordings expires 50 years after publication. The copyright on the text, considered a work in itself, only expires 70 years after the death of the maker.
So while a sound will expire, the song as recorded is a modification of the original text, and thus still protected. Samples of the song can be used freely, the whole song is still copyrighted.
A few years back a lot of software was made by hobbyists to scratch an itch. Many of these programs weren't much, but it kept a lot of computer enthousiasts on windows, and made for some very innovative/useful tools.
Nowadays, this niche is largely filled with F/OSS. Thus the MS platform is deprived of free help for home users, and misses out on home innovation. I cannot help to think MS is trying to win back some hobbyists/developers to their platform. This move reinforces that thought.
All the MMO's I've seen require a central (bunch of) servers. This brings costs with it, which have to be earned back through fees. Thus the fees will be relatively high, prohibiting irregular recreational play.
Why not develop a p2p based MMO, where everybody conncects to a number of fellow players? That way, the operational costs could be significantly lowered. Fees could be much lower, more players would join, and MMO's would be profitable to run with much fewer players.
I understand there are issues with crackers and cheaters, but those are only obstacles which I'm sure can be solved.
It's just as much a question of:
- when PHB's stop being paranoid about not reaching 0.2% of their possible clients
- when web designers start thinking out of the box, quite literally
Technically, pages can be made to scale, but it is not perfect. What is missing is the option to scale to a certain width and then stop. I usually have my browser about 1100-1200pixels wide when surfing. At 1600, scalable sites seem to wither. A design for a certain width (be it 800 or 1600) may technically scale, aestetically it won't. I haven't found a solution for it either, except to limit the width. There's no css for scale to 1200 and fix it at wider screens.
Sigh. Zoomfactor is just as much a non-informative factor as megapixels.
10x what? 28mm (equiv)? 35mm? 38?
That's quite a difference. And the wide angle is more important than the zoomfactor anyway, in 9 out of 10 cases.
use sales@domain.com
Eg, when registering with xyz.com, use sales@xyz.com. That takes care of most. If it's blocked, just use the sales@competitor.com address.
It depends on the number of images of course, but selecting could be done another way.
eg: with 3 images at a time, you could use left-middle-right mousebutton. For up to 10 the number keys are usable.
I think it's pretty cool that they make so much material publically available
Two reasons:
1. In the crypto world, anything not open is eyed suspiciously. Providing information and testing the lock are important.
2. That's the blessing of patents. While it is generally viewed here as patents==bad, it does make sure inventions are published.
hearhear.
I've got 2 millenium II's in my mame box. Great for multiplaying.
I don't know about current matrox involvement, but a couple of years ago, the matrox cards were the bests cards to get to run X, because the drivers were best, and specs were open.
format c: /autotest
undocumented switch
Yesterday's article about DDR weight loss
Is slashdot sponsored by DDR?
somebody with artistic ability -that's a rarity,a bitch to teach and seldom combined with hacking ability
I resent that. Often the most artistic people are hackers in their own right. And the best hackers are very artistic. Their artistic abilities just don't apply to canvas, or they don't apply them to canvas, but to their code.
Exept for the fact that akamai is geographically distributed, and google is not.
Google has a strong brand, but would require massive investments to pull this off. That does not guarantee that they won't, but if akamai pays attention they should be able to maintain their advantage at this point.
Here's a thread about doing this: GoT thread
It talks about using the vesa feature connector, found on some (older) graphics cards, and has an example. It's in dutch however.
an ergonomic mouse forces your hand to always have the exact same position. Hence, the movements will always be the same and repetitive.
You'd be best off with the old amiga mouses or something: square. You'd end up shifting your hand from time to time since it's uncomfortable, in the long run it's more comforatble.
This isn't a problem with FFox not being standards compliant, but a problem with the slashcode not being standard html. See the faq. Bugs have been filed already.
the law said that discrimination only applied to race, creed, religion, or national origin ... not profession.
That is because you can choose your profession, but you cannot choose your race, creed, religion (to a certain extent), or national origin.
One can choose to become a lawyer, and accept to be viewed in a certain way, or choose not to become a lawyer to avoid certain bad side effects. It's the free will that makes the difference
Not true. Beagle dug a real hole.... :P
It's not consistent either. It worked in 1.3 and 1.4, then was broken in 1.5 and works again in 1.6
I'm a programmer by trade, and have worked as a consultant for almost 6 years now. Almost 3 years ago, I started attending Law school, on top of my daytime job.
This semester, I'm taking a class on intellectual rights, which was the reason I started anyway. I'm glad I did the whole course, rather than just this part, as IR is just too much embedded in the justice system to single out. It's a lot of effort, but it's worth it.
One important thing I learned: never represent yourself in court. Even lawyers don't. Even if you read these documents, or some casebooks as suggested earlier, please go see a lawyer when you've got a problem.
per mars day or per earth day?
The program tells kids to send in local rocks.
I imagine two scientists calling at the senders house, and a green kid with 4 arms opening the door. The look on their faces would be worth it...
Doing that would effectively lock microsoft out of a portion of the market, a portion that linux could fill well. Considering the pressure linux is beginning to put on MS, that seems unlikely.