And anyone who managed to watch the Doctor Who story "The Green Death" without being a gibbering wreck after seeing the giant fly effect has my undying respect.
Hey, a link to the episode would be nice, for those of us who managed to repress this really, really bad 3rd Doctor episode. Here's an analysis from
the Discontinuity Guide:
'Old Jones the Milk says they're going to blow up the mine.' Still remembered as 'that Doctor Who story with the maggots', The Green Death patronises the Welsh (lots of characters say 'Boyo' at every given opportunity), but Jo Grant is at last given the ability to walk in a straight line and talk at the same time. A smashing story, and UNIT's final gasp of greatness.
Oh, gods, it's all coming back to me... must poke out mind's eye...
StarOffice ($80 new/upgr ; $0+media Edu) gives you Word processing (MS Word), Spreadsheet (MS Excel), Presentation (MS Powerpoint), Graphics, Database.
I haven't used AdabasD, so I don't know if it is MS Access compatible.
Basically, StarOffice gives you functionality equivalent to MS Office Standard at 20% the cost. Also equivalent to MS Office Student/Teacher at 0% the cost. Considering that you can run StarOffice on Windows or Linux (or Solaris), you can have a very capable office suite on your favorite PC platform for very little cash.
What about Outlook? If you purchase MS Office, you get a bundled copy of Outlook, but StarOffice doesn't provide an equivalent to Outlook. But, do you really need it? Windows (or is it IE?) gives you Outlook Express, which is good for doing email using POP servers.. not sure if it talks to MS Exchange servers.
On Linux, the closest equivalent is Ximian Evolution. The free version of Evolution looks and acts a lot like Outlook. If you need to talk to MS Exchange servers, you can purchase the Ximian Exchange Connector.. we are using this at work, and it works great!!
I have to respond to this... I'm a typical gamer in my 30's. I have 3 games I'm playing right now, as usual, and I'm on the console more nights than not.
However, I only have a PS2. I've started to think about picking up an XBox to play some games that will be PC/XBox only (Thief3, HalfLife2). I was going to buy my first XBox this Christmas season, when one of those 2 games was available.
But I don't think I'll do that now. Lesson to Microsoft: Your update-without-permission policy was a deal-breaker for me. Once I buy the hardware, I expect it to be my hardware. I might want to install Linux on it at some point... that should be no concern of yours. Because I would have used the XBox as intended for 90% of the time - playing games! But I don't like the idea of a company installing software on my system without giving me the option to say "no".
>> Windows Update is a mixed blessing where each time it is run the user is gambling that it won't break his system.
> This happens incredibly infrequently, especially considering the amazingly large amount of systems that run Windows.
Ironically, I'm actually hoping for it to happen. My work laptop is dual-boot with Win2000 and RedHat Linux. I boot into Windows about once a week to patch it against the latest vulnerabilities. Why? In case I have a need to run Windows again for some short time (maybe a mystery file that I can't edit in Linux??) I don't want to worry about whether/not my Win2000 is vulnerable.
But I haven't actually used Windows in about a year. So I've been very liberal with my installing of patches, just waiting for it to hose my Windows partition. Gee, then I'd have a really good excuse to blow away Windows entirely.
Sounds like an okay box from HP at an okay price... it's not a true Linux preload - they give you a couple of Mandrake CDs and you're on your own, no support. Better than paying Microsoft tax, anyway...
You can also get a nice box from Dell with FreeDOS or Red Hat Linux (also can get with Windows). I think Linux is a true pre-load, but FreeDOS is not - they include a CD-ROM with the FreeDOS distribution on it, and you're on your own to install it. Dell only offers these to Canadian customers, AFAIK. We ran a news item about this on the FreeDOS Project web site, and it's still on the front page. Check it out! Here's our news item:
Dell Canada has updated their
site, and they no longer offer the Precision 350 desktop with FreeDOS.
However, they do offer the newer Precision 360 with "Free DOS Operating System Kit - CD with Source Code":
small business
and medium and large business
and higher ed
and health care desktops.
Nice systems, too: up to 3.06GHz CPU.
For Canadian customers only / Pour les clients canadiens seulement.
Has anyone tested a Motorola Linux phone? Can I download my own C apps to it? Do I get root access? Can I mess with the readio protocols and steal the ID number from another phone? Do I get source? Can I recompile the phone OS and reinstall it?
I don't know why this comment has been modded as "Funny". Moderators: please re-mod as "Insightful" or "Interesting".
These are all valid questions. Since Linux is under the GNU GPL, Motorolo must comply with section 3 (redistribution) of the GPL. Those terms are:
3. You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it,
under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of
Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following:
a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable
source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections
1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or,
b) Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three
years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your
cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete
machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be
distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium
customarily used for software interchange; or,
c) Accompany it with the information you received as to the offer
to distribute corresponding source code. (This alternative is
allowed only for noncommercial distribution and only if you
received the program in object code or executable form with such
an offer, in accord with Subsection b above.)
In this case, 3(c) is not an option. And 3(a) is not practical. That leaves 3(b): a written offer to provide source code. In the case of a mobile phone, I would expect that written offer to be in the back of the user manual, along with the complete text of the GNU GPL.
But I don't expect you get 'root' access, since you won't have a shell. And I doubt they'll provide an interface to download your own C apps, but they will probably let you download your own java apps.
The lawyers printed out all the message (140 boxes) then sorted them by hand it seems to find the missing dates. Maybe they should have used a computer.
I used to work for a legal document imaging company. The tactic of throwing lots of paper at your opponent is a very common one. Hence, the demand to use a legal document imaging company.
No, it's not unusual at all to print out all the paper to turn over to the other side (called "production"). Yes, it would have been easier to use a computer, and for Microsoft to just turn over a soft copy of the emails. But why make it easier on your opponent? If they did that, Burst.com's lawyers would have had an easier time discovering the missing email gap.
By flooding them with paper, Microsoft stood a small chance that the gap would be missed. At the very least, Burst.com spends more on legal fees.
What kind of dinosaur is Lucky supposed to be? Looks suspiciously like a velociraptor. All I can think of when I look at the photos of Lucky is how funny it would be for him to leap on another animatronic dino and start eating him. Like this:
Scenes cut from Jurassic Park: Velociraptors Devour a Barney
(from Dr Fun).
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I know this may be off-topic to the story, but does anyone have quick tips on how to play these DOS-age games on modern day OS's and hardware?
Since this is slashdot, you really should be using Linux.:-)
Use DOSEmu and FreeDOS. We have some screenshots on the FreeDOS site of playing these great old DOS games using DOSEmu:
Am I the only one having problems understanding why you'd want to do this? I mean sure.. there's hack value and everything. But is the goal to run Linux on the PS2 or something?
Maybe it will enable you to run import games, like Zettai Zetsumei Toshi without having to install a modchip.
Someone please explain why this is so important? (And yes, I did RTFA.)
There are lots of words like that, including colour (color), centre (center), and idiot (ijit).
No! The proper spelling is eejit not ijit! Fools! If you do not know how to properly spell eejit, you may not check in your kernel patches against my source tree! Or post followups in my slashdot thread!
I can't live without virtual desktops... The poor man's multi-monitor setup. Barring extensions like litestep, Windows has never done this. This is a big useability feature puts linux desktops ahead of Windows.
I gave a "Linux on the Desktop" presentation a few weeks ago to our CIO and Directors. No one was all that blown away with the Linux desktop... until I mentioned that I had all these windows open, and didn't it make it hard to bring up the right window?
Sure, they were somewhat impressed that GNOME (RH9) "collapsed" several related (in this case, GIMP) windows under one button, and that helped a bit. But I got lots of "ooh!" and "ahh!" sounds from my audience when I right-clicked on windows and moved them to a different workspace. Our CIO actually sat straight up and said "Wow!"
If you're going to talk about Linux on the desktop to a newbie user, you need to show off this feature. With more apps becoming "keep it open all day" kinds of apps (browser, word processor,...) having the ability to separate apps via workspaces is a must-have.
I hope they add a Groupwise connector for Evolution, now that Novell just bought Ximian. We use Groupwise here for calendaring and email (as well as your standard pop3/imap email). I use Mozilla for my mail, and I use the web client for Groupwise to check my calendar (there is also a java client for Groupwise that is quite nice, but slow to load my calendar.)
One of the radio commercials in GTA3 was for "Liberty City Survivor". IIRC, they let loose 16 recently-paroled guys, equipped them with rocket launchers and flame-throwers, and let them mow each other down. The last man standing wins the game. I think this would have been a really cool game and definitely worth me buying the PC version of the game if I could do this multi-player.
Imagine an updated Liberty City, with fewer cops to get in the way and just a few more places to buy extra weapons. Each island is a play arena (for simplicity)... and add the mythical 4th island as an extra arena. Now blow the shit out of each other.
Tell me this wouldn't have been a great game! Even single-player with bots would have been cool.
I really hope Rockstar does something like this in a future release.
Under GPL, you basically have your hands tied. You can't legally modify and use the code withouth submitting them back, and you can't really submit back the changes because they are usually hacks to get it to work how you want (not "improvements" on the code).
That's incorrect. The GNU GPL does not require you to submit anything back to the project you modified. However, the source code is under the GNU GPL, and the GNU GPL does require you to make that source code available if you redistribute the program. Check section 3.
If you make changes (even a hack to get something to work right on your hardware, or even to correct someone's spelling mistake in an error message), those changes are also under the GNU GPL, and you are similarly required to make that source code available if you redistribute the program.
I work on several open source / free software projects, including the FreeDOS Project. I've dealt with companies who use and redistribute FreeDOS and forget to provide the source code. Usually, all it takes is a friendly note: "hey, you forgot to make the source code available... see section 3 of the GNU GPL... here are some ways to do that." If the email is not harrassing ("show me the source or I'll sue your pants off") or intimidating ("you are so lame, why didn't you include the source?") the company will correct it and make the source code available as soon as possible.
The key thing to remember here is not to be an asshole to Linksys/Cisco. If they didn't provide the source code, just remind them what to do, and they'll fix it. If we act like assholes, what kind of message does that send to Linksys/Cisco?
(I'm not suggesting the original poster is an asshole - he's not. But we should be sure to keep our attitudes in check when dealing with Linksys/Cisco.)
I've developed an interesting habit when I get "pseudo-telemarketer" calls (in MN, certain services are exempted from the state DNC list.) I first heard a similar story on NPR, and it has worked well for me. Here's the call I had most recently:
telemarketer: "Hi, my name is Sara, and I represent ___ mortgage company."
me: "I don't believe your name is Sara."
Sara: "What? Er.. hmm... well.. Why don't you believe my name is Sara?"
me: "Well, okay. I guess I didn't mean it that way. I'll believe your name is 'Sara'. But I don't believe you're a real person. I think you're a computer program."
Sara: "Huh? What? Why would you think I'm a computer program?"
me: "Because I'm on the do-not-call list, so I can't believe a person would actually call me. You'd have to be a computer program."
Sara: (laughs.. has a place to get back on the script) "The do-not-call doesn't apply to us. So I'm not a computer program."
me: "That's what a computer program would probably say."
Sara: "Okay, well I guess I won't waste your time tonight." (hangs up)
"The telemarketing industry estimates the do-not-call list could cut its business in half,"
Someone's being really stupid here. Is it the people that buy products & prevent themselves from buying more? Is it the telemarketers making this up? Or is it just me?
I think there's a misunderstanding. My cousin works for a telemarketing company, so I think I am a bit familiar with this.
The banks and companies that use telemarketing services probably won't feel much of a pinch. They can market their stuff other ways. But the telemarketers often are not the companies selling the product. They are just marketing the product over the telephone using cold-calling techniques.
These telemarketing companies exist to market stuff over the telephone. In the end, they don't really care if they sell anything (well, I'm sure they get a bonus for doing that...) Take away their ability to make cold calls to people, and there's not much reason to use a telemarketing service.
In the end, a bunch of these telemarketing companies will go broke, and we'll just have fewer telemarketing companies out there. We'll still have them, though. Ultimately the idea that you can use the "do not call list" to determine who is likely to listen to a telemarketer will win out, but there will be fewer telemarketing companies to use it.
And I hate telemarketers, BTW. Just wanted to make that clear.
for wearing pants: they're optional. you are also allowed to wear a skirt, kilt or dress.
I own two kilts, and I do wear them to work sometimes. For casual wear, great for summer weather, buy a Utilikilt. They're not very expensive. Check out these Top 10 Reasons for Wearing a Kilt.
Afraid you'll look silly in something that looks like a skirt? Don't be. Wearing a kilt shows a sense of security with yourself, and you will inspire much debate in others.
Overweight? Not a problem. Order one with a Beer Gut Cut. The beer gut cut is for guys who carry a little extra weight down in front. You can order a single, or double (God help you), beer gut cut.
What a load of crap. Try walking into any big company and suggesting that you should be able to run linux on your desk.
The fact that I work at a big-10 university has something to do with this, I'm sure, but I'm running RH9 on my laptop right now. Why is that important to you? Because I'm a manager, not a programmer. And I find RH9 to be very productive and useful for me. Granted, I manage the staff who admin our UNIX servers (Linux, AIX, Solaris) but no one manages my laptop for me.
On top of that, I gave a presentation just last week to our CIO, our Deputy CIOs, and several Directors about letting departments roll out Linux on the desktop. And no one choked up a lung or anything. We run Windows and Mac here... allowing a University-acceptable distro (Red Hat) into our environment is just managing your diversity.
Companies and organizations don't have to have 100% the same desktop for every user to keep costs down.. it's all about managing the diversity on the desktop.
Easy Everything, now with a site in NY as well, essentially netboots all the PCs after each user so even if the previous performed some evil, the next user gets a new system free of any malware.
That works great, unless the Bad Person has installed a hardware keylogger. They are pretty cheap these days... as low as $80.
Some neat features of this gadget:
* Records more than 130,000 keystrokes
* 64K of non-volatile memory. Now with 128K memory ($100)!
* It is Portable - move it from computer to computer.
* Installs in seconds - Just plug it in.
* Uses no system resources. Truly runs in the background.
* Works with all PC Operating Systems with PS/2 keyboards.
* Data is retained even during system lock-ups and power outages.
I ride my mountain bike to work. I only live about 4 miles from work [...]
I take the bus to work. According to Mapquest, my walk to/from stops is just over 1.5mi each day, but still it's good exercise. And you never skip a day!:-)
Here's what I did: go buy a Playstation (if you don't have one already), and a $20 Beatpad. Pick up a copy of Dance Dance Revolution (you can even get a used PS1 version for $10 at your local GameStop or EBGames).
Spend 30 minutes each morning on "Workout" mode before going to work. It's a great workout. By the end of 30 minutes, I've really worked up a sweat. That beer belly should start to go away in no time.
And don't spend so much time at work. 10hrs... sheesh!
This explanation is for the sole purpose of writing interoperable software under Sect. 1201 (f) Reverse Engineering exception of the DMCA. So here is the explanation you have all been waiting for.
But you may not know the actual section he's referring to. Here it is:
(f) REVERSE ENGINEERING- (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a)(1)(A), a person who has lawfully obtained the right to use a copy of a computer program may circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a particular portion of that program for the sole purpose of identifying and analyzing those elements of the program that are necessary to achieve interoperability of an independently created computer program with other programs, and that have not previously been readily available to the person engaging in the circumvention, to the extent any such acts of identification and analysis do not constitute infringement under this title.
And (a)(1)(A) is the bit that everyone calls to mind when they think of the DMCA:
(a) VIOLATIONS REGARDING CIRCUMVENTION OF TECHNOLOGICAL MEASURES- (1)(A) No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title. The prohibition contained in the preceding sentence shall take effect at the end of the 2-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this chapter.
IANAL, but I think this means that if you crack the protection on something simply so you can understand (and document) the program so it will work with other programs and files, then that's not considered a violation of the DMCA.
if you have connected your PC (laptop) to external power, you have disabled your phone line, (while) simultaneously being connected to a grounded peripheral, and you are touching a metal part of the PC, and your phone rings
Seriously though, I am glad to see that they are providing the conditions under which the problem has been seen. I would probably have less confidence in a Sony product if it were recalled and I had no idea why they had me send it back. At least this way, I can say "not terribly likely to happen to me, kind of a small thing, so I can still finish this project for work before I do."
Imagine if they had just said "product recalled due to possible electric shock during use"...
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And anyone who managed to watch the Doctor Who story "The Green Death" without being a gibbering wreck after seeing the giant fly effect has my undying respect.
Hey, a link to the episode would be nice, for those of us who managed to repress this really, really bad 3rd Doctor episode. Here's an analysis from the Discontinuity Guide:
Oh, gods, it's all coming back to me ... must poke out mind's eye ...
The MS Office pricing you were looking for is here. It's interesting to do a quick comparison (prices are per 1 copy):
And for comparison:
I haven't used AdabasD, so I don't know if it is MS Access compatible.
Basically, StarOffice gives you functionality equivalent to MS Office Standard at 20% the cost. Also equivalent to MS Office Student/Teacher at 0% the cost. Considering that you can run StarOffice on Windows or Linux (or Solaris), you can have a very capable office suite on your favorite PC platform for very little cash.
What about Outlook? If you purchase MS Office, you get a bundled copy of Outlook, but StarOffice doesn't provide an equivalent to Outlook. But, do you really need it? Windows (or is it IE?) gives you Outlook Express, which is good for doing email using POP servers .. not sure if it talks to MS Exchange servers.
On Linux, the closest equivalent is Ximian Evolution. The free version of Evolution looks and acts a lot like Outlook. If you need to talk to MS Exchange servers, you can purchase the Ximian Exchange Connector .. we are using this at work, and it works great!!
Don't buy an X-BOX!
I have to respond to this ... I'm a typical gamer in my 30's. I have 3 games I'm playing right now, as usual, and I'm on the console more nights than not.
However, I only have a PS2. I've started to think about picking up an XBox to play some games that will be PC/XBox only (Thief3, HalfLife2). I was going to buy my first XBox this Christmas season, when one of those 2 games was available.
But I don't think I'll do that now. Lesson to Microsoft: Your update-without-permission policy was a deal-breaker for me. Once I buy the hardware, I expect it to be my hardware. I might want to install Linux on it at some point ... that should be no concern of yours. Because I would have used the XBox as intended for 90% of the time - playing games! But I don't like the idea of a company installing software on my system without giving me the option to say "no".
-jh
>> Windows Update is a mixed blessing where each time it is run the user is gambling that it won't break his system.
> This happens incredibly infrequently, especially considering the amazingly large amount of systems that run Windows.
Ironically, I'm actually hoping for it to happen. My work laptop is dual-boot with Win2000 and RedHat Linux. I boot into Windows about once a week to patch it against the latest vulnerabilities. Why? In case I have a need to run Windows again for some short time (maybe a mystery file that I can't edit in Linux??) I don't want to worry about whether/not my Win2000 is vulnerable.
But I haven't actually used Windows in about a year. So I've been very liberal with my installing of patches, just waiting for it to hose my Windows partition. Gee, then I'd have a really good excuse to blow away Windows entirely.
-jh
Since maddog Hill reads slashdot undoubtably
Sorry, his surname is "Hall". (No relation.)
Sounds like an okay box from HP at an okay price ... it's not a true Linux preload - they give you a couple of Mandrake CDs and you're on your own, no support. Better than paying Microsoft tax, anyway ...
You can also get a nice box from Dell with FreeDOS or Red Hat Linux (also can get with Windows). I think Linux is a true pre-load, but FreeDOS is not - they include a CD-ROM with the FreeDOS distribution on it, and you're on your own to install it. Dell only offers these to Canadian customers, AFAIK. We ran a news item about this on the FreeDOS Project web site, and it's still on the front page. Check it out! Here's our news item:
Dell Canada has updated their site, and they no longer offer the Precision 350 desktop with FreeDOS. However, they do offer the newer Precision 360 with "Free DOS Operating System Kit - CD with Source Code": small business and medium and large business and higher ed and health care desktops. Nice systems, too: up to 3.06GHz CPU. For Canadian customers only / Pour les clients canadiens seulement.
Has anyone tested a Motorola Linux phone? Can I download my own C apps to it? Do I get root access? Can I mess with the readio protocols and steal the ID number from another phone? Do I get source? Can I recompile the phone OS and reinstall it?
I don't know why this comment has been modded as "Funny". Moderators: please re-mod as "Insightful" or "Interesting".
These are all valid questions. Since Linux is under the GNU GPL, Motorolo must comply with section 3 (redistribution) of the GPL. Those terms are:
In this case, 3(c) is not an option. And 3(a) is not practical. That leaves 3(b): a written offer to provide source code. In the case of a mobile phone, I would expect that written offer to be in the back of the user manual, along with the complete text of the GNU GPL.
But I don't expect you get 'root' access, since you won't have a shell. And I doubt they'll provide an interface to download your own C apps, but they will probably let you download your own java apps.
The lawyers printed out all the message (140 boxes) then sorted them by hand it seems to find the missing dates. Maybe they should have used a computer.
I used to work for a legal document imaging company. The tactic of throwing lots of paper at your opponent is a very common one. Hence, the demand to use a legal document imaging company.
No, it's not unusual at all to print out all the paper to turn over to the other side (called "production"). Yes, it would have been easier to use a computer, and for Microsoft to just turn over a soft copy of the emails. But why make it easier on your opponent? If they did that, Burst.com's lawyers would have had an easier time discovering the missing email gap.
By flooding them with paper, Microsoft stood a small chance that the gap would be missed. At the very least, Burst.com spends more on legal fees.
What kind of dinosaur is Lucky supposed to be? Looks suspiciously like a velociraptor. All I can think of when I look at the photos of Lucky is how funny it would be for him to leap on another animatronic dino and start eating him. Like this: Scenes cut from Jurassic Park: Velociraptors Devour a Barney (from Dr Fun).
I know this may be off-topic to the story, but does anyone have quick tips on how to play these DOS-age games on modern day OS's and hardware?
Since this is slashdot, you really should be using Linux. :-)
Use DOSEmu and FreeDOS. We have some screenshots on the FreeDOS site of playing these great old DOS games using DOSEmu:
Or, if you have a Mac, you might use VirtualPC:
Am I the only one having problems understanding why you'd want to do this? I mean sure .. there's hack value and everything. But is the goal to run Linux on the PS2 or something?
Maybe it will enable you to run import games, like Zettai Zetsumei Toshi without having to install a modchip.
Someone please explain why this is so important? (And yes, I did RTFA.)
-jh
There are lots of words like that, including colour (color), centre (center), and idiot (ijit).
No! The proper spelling is eejit not ijit! Fools! If you do not know how to properly spell eejit, you may not check in your kernel patches against my source tree! Or post followups in my slashdot thread!
How's that for starting a flame war?
I can't live without virtual desktops... The poor man's multi-monitor setup. Barring extensions like litestep, Windows has never done this. This is a big useability feature puts linux desktops ahead of Windows.
I gave a "Linux on the Desktop" presentation a few weeks ago to our CIO and Directors. No one was all that blown away with the Linux desktop ... until I mentioned that I had all these windows open, and didn't it make it hard to bring up the right window?
Sure, they were somewhat impressed that GNOME (RH9) "collapsed" several related (in this case, GIMP) windows under one button, and that helped a bit. But I got lots of "ooh!" and "ahh!" sounds from my audience when I right-clicked on windows and moved them to a different workspace. Our CIO actually sat straight up and said "Wow!"
If you're going to talk about Linux on the desktop to a newbie user, you need to show off this feature. With more apps becoming "keep it open all day" kinds of apps (browser, word processor, ...) having the ability to separate apps via workspaces is a must-have.
I know I would die without my virtual desktops.
-jh
I hope they add a Groupwise connector for Evolution, now that Novell just bought Ximian. We use Groupwise here for calendaring and email (as well as your standard pop3/imap email). I use Mozilla for my mail, and I use the web client for Groupwise to check my calendar (there is also a java client for Groupwise that is quite nice, but slow to load my calendar.)
-jh
One of the radio commercials in GTA3 was for "Liberty City Survivor". IIRC, they let loose 16 recently-paroled guys, equipped them with rocket launchers and flame-throwers, and let them mow each other down. The last man standing wins the game. I think this would have been a really cool game and definitely worth me buying the PC version of the game if I could do this multi-player.
Imagine an updated Liberty City, with fewer cops to get in the way and just a few more places to buy extra weapons. Each island is a play arena (for simplicity) ... and add the mythical 4th island as an extra arena. Now blow the shit out of each other.
Tell me this wouldn't have been a great game! Even single-player with bots would have been cool.
I really hope Rockstar does something like this in a future release.
-jh
Under GPL, you basically have your hands tied. You can't legally modify and use the code withouth submitting them back, and you can't really submit back the changes because they are usually hacks to get it to work how you want (not "improvements" on the code).
That's incorrect. The GNU GPL does not require you to submit anything back to the project you modified. However, the source code is under the GNU GPL, and the GNU GPL does require you to make that source code available if you redistribute the program. Check section 3.
If you make changes (even a hack to get something to work right on your hardware, or even to correct someone's spelling mistake in an error message), those changes are also under the GNU GPL, and you are similarly required to make that source code available if you redistribute the program.
I work on several open source / free software projects, including the FreeDOS Project. I've dealt with companies who use and redistribute FreeDOS and forget to provide the source code. Usually, all it takes is a friendly note: "hey, you forgot to make the source code available ... see section 3 of the GNU GPL ... here are some ways to do that." If the email is not harrassing ("show me the source or I'll sue your pants off") or intimidating ("you are so lame, why didn't you include the source?") the company will correct it and make the source code available as soon as possible.
The key thing to remember here is not to be an asshole to Linksys/Cisco. If they didn't provide the source code, just remind them what to do, and they'll fix it. If we act like assholes, what kind of message does that send to Linksys/Cisco?
(I'm not suggesting the original poster is an asshole - he's not. But we should be sure to keep our attitudes in check when dealing with Linksys/Cisco.)
-jh
telemarketer: "Hi, my name is Sara, and I represent ___ mortgage company."
me: "I don't believe your name is Sara."
Sara: "What? Er.. hmm... well.. Why don't you believe my name is Sara?"
me: "Well, okay. I guess I didn't mean it that way. I'll believe your name is 'Sara'. But I don't believe you're a real person. I think you're a computer program."
Sara: "Huh? What? Why would you think I'm a computer program?"
me: "Because I'm on the do-not-call list, so I can't believe a person would actually call me. You'd have to be a computer program."
Sara: (laughs .. has a place to get back on the script) "The do-not-call doesn't apply to us. So I'm not a computer program."
me: "That's what a computer program would probably say."
Sara: "Okay, well I guess I won't waste your time tonight." (hangs up)
"The telemarketing industry estimates the do-not-call list could cut its business in half,"
Someone's being really stupid here. Is it the people that buy products & prevent themselves from buying more? Is it the telemarketers making this up? Or is it just me?
I think there's a misunderstanding. My cousin works for a telemarketing company, so I think I am a bit familiar with this.
The banks and companies that use telemarketing services probably won't feel much of a pinch. They can market their stuff other ways. But the telemarketers often are not the companies selling the product. They are just marketing the product over the telephone using cold-calling techniques.
These telemarketing companies exist to market stuff over the telephone. In the end, they don't really care if they sell anything (well, I'm sure they get a bonus for doing that...) Take away their ability to make cold calls to people, and there's not much reason to use a telemarketing service.
In the end, a bunch of these telemarketing companies will go broke, and we'll just have fewer telemarketing companies out there. We'll still have them, though. Ultimately the idea that you can use the "do not call list" to determine who is likely to listen to a telemarketer will win out, but there will be fewer telemarketing companies to use it.
And I hate telemarketers, BTW. Just wanted to make that clear.
-jh
for wearing pants: they're optional. you are also allowed to wear a skirt, kilt or dress.
I own two kilts, and I do wear them to work sometimes. For casual wear, great for summer weather, buy a Utilikilt. They're not very expensive. Check out these Top 10 Reasons for Wearing a Kilt.
Afraid you'll look silly in something that looks like a skirt? Don't be. Wearing a kilt shows a sense of security with yourself, and you will inspire much debate in others.
Overweight? Not a problem. Order one with a Beer Gut Cut. The beer gut cut is for guys who carry a little extra weight down in front. You can order a single, or double (God help you), beer gut cut.
What a load of crap. Try walking into any big company and suggesting that you should be able to run linux on your desk.
The fact that I work at a big-10 university has something to do with this, I'm sure, but I'm running RH9 on my laptop right now. Why is that important to you? Because I'm a manager, not a programmer. And I find RH9 to be very productive and useful for me. Granted, I manage the staff who admin our UNIX servers (Linux, AIX, Solaris) but no one manages my laptop for me.
On top of that, I gave a presentation just last week to our CIO, our Deputy CIOs, and several Directors about letting departments roll out Linux on the desktop. And no one choked up a lung or anything. We run Windows and Mac here ... allowing a University-acceptable distro (Red Hat) into our environment is just managing your diversity.
Companies and organizations don't have to have 100% the same desktop for every user to keep costs down .. it's all about managing the diversity on the desktop.
Mod parent down as trolling, please.
-jh
Easy Everything, now with a site in NY as well, essentially netboots all the PCs after each user so even if the previous performed some evil, the next user gets a new system free of any malware.
That works great, unless the Bad Person has installed a hardware keylogger. They are pretty cheap these days ... as low as $80.
Some neat features of this gadget:
* Records more than 130,000 keystrokes
* 64K of non-volatile memory. Now with 128K memory ($100)!
* It is Portable - move it from computer to computer.
* Installs in seconds - Just plug it in.
* Uses no system resources. Truly runs in the background.
* Works with all PC Operating Systems with PS/2 keyboards.
* Data is retained even during system lock-ups and power outages.
I ride my mountain bike to work. I only live about 4 miles from work [...]
I take the bus to work. According to Mapquest, my walk to/from stops is just over 1.5mi each day, but still it's good exercise. And you never skip a day! :-)
Here's what I did: go buy a Playstation (if you don't have one already), and a $20 Beatpad. Pick up a copy of Dance Dance Revolution (you can even get a used PS1 version for $10 at your local GameStop or EBGames).
Spend 30 minutes each morning on "Workout" mode before going to work. It's a great workout. By the end of 30 minutes, I've really worked up a sweat. That beer belly should start to go away in no time.
And don't spend so much time at work. 10hrs ... sheesh!
-jh
The article says:
But you may not know the actual section he's referring to. Here it is:
And (a)(1)(A) is the bit that everyone calls to mind when they think of the DMCA:
(full text of DMCA)
IANAL, but I think this means that if you crack the protection on something simply so you can understand (and document) the program so it will work with other programs and files, then that's not considered a violation of the DMCA.
-jh
if you have connected your PC (laptop) to external power, you have disabled your phone line, (while) simultaneously being connected to a grounded peripheral, and you are touching a metal part of the PC, and your phone rings
Seriously though, I am glad to see that they are providing the conditions under which the problem has been seen. I would probably have less confidence in a Sony product if it were recalled and I had no idea why they had me send it back. At least this way, I can say "not terribly likely to happen to me, kind of a small thing, so I can still finish this project for work before I do."
Imagine if they had just said "product recalled due to possible electric shock during use" ...
-jh