Before anyone goes claiming Open Source code is necessary, just notice that the origin of the code base is not etiological to the problems encountered.
In fact, it could make the problem far worse, as open-source means the installer can modify the machines' behavior at will, and the installers will be independent entities not bound by a consistently traceable security agreement.
I'm sure they want this technology in part because of the likelihood of a consumer using it incorrectly and buying 4 cans of beans but taking home only 1.
A couple of those mistakes a day could make the margin for the store.
The media makes it a sideshow, and/. is part of the media, one with a very thin filtering component and a very great breadth of spin.
SCO has made its claims in its court filings. Until the court decides whether or not they're valid, judging SCO on your own is extralegal demonization.
SCO has no responsibility to make deals with someone it's not suing. And it has no responsibility to settle with those it is suing. Until a court sees the evidence and hears the case, there is no rationale to denying SCO its right to due process of the law, and no justification for demonizing them for protecting their intellectual property rights.
If SCO wants to force a result that actually punishes the transgressors instead of letting them pretend it was an accident, that's its right.
Of course he refutes it. He's been lying about it ever since he did it. He's certainly not going to change his story now that he makes his fortune partially on the PR value of having put the Jargon File in bookstores with his name on it.
And his behavior is worse than SCO's, as he appropriated public property and defrauded a trusting community, while SCO owns what SCO bought and SCO deserves to be compensated for those who stole it from them.
That's not a moral judgment, simply a legalistic one.
30-50% is the calculated mechanical efficiency of the engine vs. the chemical bond strength (I'd give a more precise number but I'm too lazy to look the little fucker up).
Also, I move my car when I move me, as it brings along all of its conveniences and cachet. Otherwise, I'd just get a moped.
When you "catch a wave" you do not move relative to the wave, but the wave moves relative to the medium, and shockwaves can be induced under and around the vessel due to the relative flow between medium and vessel.
Let's suspend our disbelief for a second and forget that the limitation at the speed of light is due to energetic constraints and not simply to the appearance of shockwaves, as occurs at the speed of sound.
They say that Mach Number is analogous to Warp Factor. Mach 5 being like Warp 5 and therefore half of the Enterprise's rated limit of Warp 10.
Presumably they're studying the standing shockwave pattern around the vessel, looking at where the crests and valleys attach to the hull, nacelles, etc., to see if that causes improper loads (supersonic aircraft designers have to "tune" the positions of edges and control surfaces so that the standing shockwaves don't amplify drag, eliminate lift, induce vibrational feedback, etc). Which is a reasonable thing to do; they're checking whether the fictional vessel could be said to have been properly designed to handle the shockwaves encountered if light produces shockwaves (which it does when particles enter media with lower speed of light than the medium they came from; see http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe =UTF-8&safe=off&q=cerenkov+radiation&btnG=Google+S earch).
The only problem is, the Mach number is a simple multiple of the local speed of sound, while the Warp Factor is the square root of a multiple of the speed of light. So to find out what happens at Warp 5 they would have to study the analogous Mach 25 to get the correct results.
When Eric was formatting the JF for publication as the HD, he discussed that the proceeds from sales should be donated to the EFF or some such, or paid in micro to contributors, who then gladly submitted entries and clarifications.
However, once he saw the check from the publisher, he pocketed it.
SCO actually owns what SCO is trying to protect, as they bought the rights to UNIX from the people who owned it, as devolved from the people who created it.
Eric does not own the Jargon File, he just stole it and conned others into helping him edit it for free so he could enrich himself.
He has absolutely nowhere to stand except on hypocrisy when criticizing SCO. Which is probably why he doth protest too much.
The inefficiency isn't in automobiles, as they are something like 30-50% efficient at retrieving the chemical-bond energy from gasoline.
The inefficiency is in the production of oil from dead plant matter. Oil is one of the lesser byproducts of decaying vegetation undergoing geological stresses. Coal is much more plentiful. And then gasoline is only about 45% of the matter in crude oil. For each gallon of gas you get 1.2 gallons of methane, kerosene, tar, paraffin, etc.
It will create congestion, as drivers on minor streets prioritize themselves ahead of the greater traffic on major ones. It will congest the major streets, reducing the efficiency of the overall flow of traffic, and lead to gridlock in barely stable traffic patterns.
The penalty for using one of these should be suspension of driving privilege for 10 years.
>>Why not an IETF standard? > >Hint: the "I" stands for Internet. What does C# >have to do with the Internet?
C# was (intended to be) designed to be a portable language for internet applets. As such, it should be standardized by the same body that standardizes other Internet features, so that the several standards interoperate correctly.
And the number of telemarketing phone calls I get each day has dropped since the inception of the national Do-not-call deadline. (There was a bit of back-and-forth on the legality of it between the three branches of government, but the industry voluntarily applied it anyway, just in case.)
Now for the bad news: advertisers will turn to other media, and will be desperate for the access. This will raise the amount they're willing to pay for infomercial time, which will increase the TV stations' willingness to preempt syndicated entertainment for them. We're moving to the model in which local television stations are nothing but infomercials, news, and primetime.
Maybe your time isn't worth anything, but mine is, and so is the fact that I can't tell valuable new business leads from penis-enlargement junk.
The punishment has to make the crime unprofitable given the low percentage of people who will follow through on a complaint, or doing the crime and paying the fine will become a viable business model.
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Before anyone goes claiming Open Source code is necessary, just notice that the origin of the code base is not etiological to the problems encountered.
In fact, it could make the problem far worse, as open-source means the installer can modify the machines' behavior at will, and the installers will be independent entities not bound by a consistently traceable security agreement.
In other words, a recipe for disaster.
If the FDA doesn't rule it illegal to traffic in these things, the Tobacco industry will pay the government to outlaw it.
Nicotine is their personal profit machine, and only they may benefit from your slow death.
on communications between hierarchical levels in an organization.
I call it "business".
Think it'll catch on?
"No Comment" is a ploy, not a policy.
SCO is demonstrating due diligence.
The media comes looking for interviews, and telling people they owe you money is part of the process.
I'm sure they want this technology in part because of the likelihood of a consumer using it incorrectly and buying 4 cans of beans but taking home only 1.
A couple of those mistakes a day could make the margin for the store.
The media makes it a sideshow, and /. is part of the media, one with a very thin filtering component and a very great breadth of spin.
SCO has made its claims in its court filings. Until the court decides whether or not they're valid, judging SCO on your own is extralegal demonization.
Historians/anthropologists/archaeologists are interested in the ways in which the past created its future.
They're not interested in analyzing every lump of dung a past civilization created.
If they have 3 lumps of dung from a million individuals, it's something they'll study. If they have a million lumps of dung from 3 individuals, no.
Just how many copies of the goatse.cx picture do you need to archive, anyway?
SCO has no responsibility to make deals with someone it's not suing. And it has no responsibility to settle with those it is suing. Until a court sees the evidence and hears the case, there is no rationale to denying SCO its right to due process of the law, and no justification for demonizing them for protecting their intellectual property rights.
If SCO wants to force a result that actually punishes the transgressors instead of letting them pretend it was an accident, that's its right.
SCO claims that their intellectual property has been placed under GPL illegally.
If that claim is true, then they are 100% right to protect their intellectual property.
And all of the denials of that come from the people who are trafficking in that intellectual property.
Of course he refutes it. He's been lying about it ever since he did it. He's certainly not going to change his story now that he makes his fortune partially on the PR value of having put the Jargon File in bookstores with his name on it.
And his behavior is worse than SCO's, as he appropriated public property and defrauded a trusting community, while SCO owns what SCO bought and SCO deserves to be compensated for those who stole it from them.
That's not a moral judgment, simply a legalistic one.
30-50% is the calculated mechanical efficiency of the engine vs. the chemical bond strength (I'd give a more precise number but I'm too lazy to look the little fucker up).
Also, I move my car when I move me, as it brings along all of its conveniences and cachet. Otherwise, I'd just get a moped.
I took the Mach 5 up to Warp 6.
You are incorrect, sir.
When you "catch a wave" you do not move relative to the wave, but the wave moves relative to the medium, and shockwaves can be induced under and around the vessel due to the relative flow between medium and vessel.
Let's suspend our disbelief for a second and forget that the limitation at the speed of light is due to energetic constraints and not simply to the appearance of shockwaves, as occurs at the speed of sound.
e =UTF-8&safe=off&q=cerenkov+radiation&btnG=Google+S earch).
They say that Mach Number is analogous to Warp Factor. Mach 5 being like Warp 5 and therefore half of the Enterprise's rated limit of Warp 10.
Presumably they're studying the standing shockwave pattern around the vessel, looking at where the crests and valleys attach to the hull, nacelles, etc., to see if that causes improper loads (supersonic aircraft designers have to "tune" the positions of edges and control surfaces so that the standing shockwaves don't amplify drag, eliminate lift, induce vibrational feedback, etc). Which is a reasonable thing to do; they're checking whether the fictional vessel could be said to have been properly designed to handle the shockwaves encountered if light produces shockwaves (which it does when particles enter media with lower speed of light than the medium they came from; see http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&o
The only problem is, the Mach number is a simple multiple of the local speed of sound, while the Warp Factor is the square root of a multiple of the speed of light. So to find out what happens at Warp 5 they would have to study the analogous Mach 25 to get the correct results.
(removes pointy latex ears)
When Eric was formatting the JF for publication as the HD, he discussed that the proceeds from sales should be donated to the EFF or some such, or paid in micro to contributors, who then gladly submitted entries and clarifications.
However, once he saw the check from the publisher, he pocketed it.
SCO actually owns what SCO is trying to protect, as they bought the rights to UNIX from the people who owned it, as devolved from the people who created it.
Eric does not own the Jargon File, he just stole it and conned others into helping him edit it for free so he could enrich himself.
He has absolutely nowhere to stand except on hypocrisy when criticizing SCO. Which is probably why he doth protest too much.
The inefficiency isn't in automobiles, as they are something like 30-50% efficient at retrieving the chemical-bond energy from gasoline.
The inefficiency is in the production of oil from dead plant matter. Oil is one of the lesser byproducts of decaying vegetation undergoing geological stresses. Coal is much more plentiful. And then gasoline is only about 45% of the matter in crude oil. For each gallon of gas you get 1.2 gallons of methane, kerosene, tar, paraffin, etc.
So don't blame Otto, blame Gaia.
It will create congestion, as drivers on minor streets prioritize themselves ahead of the greater traffic on major ones. It will congest the major streets, reducing the efficiency of the overall flow of traffic, and lead to gridlock in barely stable traffic patterns.
The penalty for using one of these should be suspension of driving privilege for 10 years.
He stole it.
He appropritated public property for his own profit.
It's extremely hypocritical of him to criticize SCO's use of public-domain materials.
>>Why not an IETF standard?
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>Hint: the "I" stands for Internet. What does C# >have to do with the Internet?
C# was (intended to be) designed to be a portable language for internet applets. As such, it should be standardized by the same body that standardizes other Internet features, so that the several standards interoperate correctly.
> As opposed to right now when it is one security fuckup away from free physical books for everybody.
Luddite.
WiFi is "hip"?
Or did you misspell "hyped"?
And the number of telemarketing phone calls I get each day has dropped since the inception of the national Do-not-call deadline. (There was a bit of back-and-forth on the legality of it between the three branches of government, but the industry voluntarily applied it anyway, just in case.)
Now for the bad news: advertisers will turn to other media, and will be desperate for the access. This will raise the amount they're willing to pay for infomercial time, which will increase the TV stations' willingness to preempt syndicated entertainment for them. We're moving to the model in which local television stations are nothing but infomercials, news, and primetime.
Maybe your time isn't worth anything, but mine is, and so is the fact that I can't tell valuable new business leads from penis-enlargement junk.
The punishment has to make the crime unprofitable given the low percentage of people who will follow through on a complaint, or doing the crime and paying the fine will become a viable business model.
* IT HAS NO HEAD!!!