I am afraid that you are mistaken... Redhat makes no money off it... they make money from selling manuals, CD's, and support. Re-read the GPL, Redhat IS Free (as in Beer) except for delivery charges, P&P, Printing, Paper, CD's, etc, but the software itself is Free (as in Beer).
I do not usually jump on this band-wagon... but...
Not everybody is at work, and although the US has a large number of the/. population, more than half the Linux developers are non-US. Regardless, most non-US probably have their own local mirror.
My point is that you should be a little less US centric when contemplating something like Linux.
I telecommuted for 14 months (From canada to UK), and much of my day was spent on the phone (Don't believe people when they say that telecommuting == e-mail correspondence).
After literally getting backaches, I purchased a Plantronics (clip on belt) style phone. Has headset with boom mic.
I love it. Seriously, it was / is (nearly) perfect for me. The sound quality is superior to normal phones, and the convenience is great.
If only it had Caller ID. I found (and people differ so YMMV) that the headset-on-a-wire was not perfect, but it was good enough that I could put the 'block' in my pocket, and wonder through the house making coffee etc. while in the middle of a conference call... it has a 'mute' button which is a must... For me the price/convenience/performance ratios were good, and the next level o functionality was prohibitively priced (at the time) although in retrospect I would have got CallerID.
Anyways, IIRC, it was about $170CND.
gus
P.S. I have no other relationship with plantronics other than a happy customer.
I have had some of these for a while. Three remote "client" units, and one 'master' unit. They can all use batteries, and the clients have standard printer connectors... that is, you plug a printer cable in to your computer, and the other end in to this box... you get the story. I retired them about 2 years ago as they were too slow, and opted for a print server over ethernet instead.
The units themselves are buried in a box, and used a presumably proprietory RF system.. i.e. not 900MHz, etc.
Doing a google on 'wireless printing' gave me this link to aerocomm which has a similar product, but which is faster.. 1mbps.
Still, a little searching youeself would have been better.
Not to be too picky, but according to the link posted above, the Patent was *filed* Oct 1995 (not 1993 as you/palminfocenter state), and the first palm to hit the streets was March 1996.
There is probably a fair chance that the prototypes were about before Oct 1995. Prior art?
Although, the court has already decided.... anyways.
Further, the Patent *specifically* states 'a "unistroke" is a single, unbroken stroke', whereas graffiti has a number of multiple-stroke characters.
1. There is a steep learning curve (evernything is new, complex, and has to be done right, the first time). You may know lots about IT management, Java development, etc, but you will need to know all of this, as well as what EI, PAYE, Tx's, etc. Trust me, even if you have an accountant (which I highly recommend), you will need to make decisions which require knowledge beyond what you can learn in the time required. For at least the first year, you will be 'flying by the seat of your pants'.
2. AS 1, you need to be more than just competent in your skill set, i.e. you have to be better than what you need to be to be a full-time employee.
3. You need to spend as many hours *at work* if not more as you would as an employee, and then you *also* have to do administration, which is at least 2 hours a week, in you *social* time.
Bottom line, is that when you do a cost / benefit justification of the various alternatives, you have to considder the extra work (at overtime rates because it is all weekend / evening stuff), the extra stress, the extra accountant, the extra learning, and the fact that *you* have to pay for training (twice - because you don't get paid at work, and pay again for the course - if you can get the time off...), that *you* have to pay for sick-leave and normal leave, and that *you* have to pay extra insurance, and that *you* have to keep a clear head about what money belongs where, and that *you* have to take the risk of a contract termination.
Personally I found that this dod not add up for me, and I changed to being an employee. It makes more sense / cents, and I have a happier life. It is also more flexible because it is easier to resign than to terminate your contract, and it is harder for the employer to fire, than the 'client' to terminate.
Finally, as a company, you sell a service, i.e. you sell what you already have (and the client is not interested in you becomming a better person), wheras as an employee, the company (should be / is) interested in your *potential*.
So, as a new grad, your first lesson will be that you have to learn a lot still, and your best position for that is as an employee. You wil be in way over your head if you go the tough route first.
If a fool is born every minute, and there are (according to the CIA) 21.37 births per 1000 people, and (according to the US Census) there are about 6.1billion people, then there are 130Mil. births per year, or about 250 births per minute. Since one of these is a fool (and I think that is very low), then about 0.4% of the population are fools. Thus, if only fools respond to spam, then you only need to send
250 spam to get one response. Assuming that fools are less computer literate (proportionally few fools have e-mail), then you would need to send more to get a response, but not by much.
On the other hand, in the past there were fewer births per minute, and thus there were proportionally more fools. This improves the spammer's hit rate.
So, to answer your question, you get about 1 in 250 'hits' for spam.
Microsoft should not be allowed to choose their punnishment. No perpetrator has the perspective required to understand the full impact of thier activities, and thus their opinions on the remedy for them. In this case, microsoft hardly believes it has done any wrong, and is therefore unqualified to propose it's own punnishment.
I have always known that the future is not what it used to be, but it appears, according to this quote "The laws of relativity and perhaps quantum mechanics itself would have emerged only later on.", that the past is not what it used to be either...
lest we forget that one of the sexiest role-models was born in the backwaters of the english countryside by people who probably read these pages daily...
Although the contents of the bill are debatable, the Nay vote either takes a lot of courage, or a lack of brains. That funny sound is the voice of disapproval circulating the senate.
Have been using Suse for almost as long as I have used Linux - 6 years Linux, and SuSE since SuSE 5.1
SuSe has offered DVD for ages, but we already know that. My real point is that DVD != bloat. SuSe offers a number of install options. The default (KDE with Office) installs in less than 1 Gig, where as their "bare minimum" installs in about 100M. Even then they need things like perl (used in the configuration of SuSE).
Basicall, SuSE comes on 7 cd's and 1 DVD which is just a merge of the CD's. I like the DVD because drive space is cheap, and I cp -a the dvd and then install via FTP for all my machines.
But then, SuSE is a bigger thing outside of the US, so not so much media time is given to the product, which in my opinion, offers much greater things than Redhat.
Apart from the fact that by default, good steganography should be undetectable, it appears that e-bay is a poor site to use. By default, the user posting a sale has to exist in some manner, unless a new identity is created for each item to be sold - which makes sense, but the bottom line is that it is a pain to keep creating e-bay accounts, and making up e-mail addresses.
Something on the newsgroups would be a much better place to look. the alt.binaries.pictures.* areas. Almost total anonymity.
If I were to want to communicate this way, I would avoid e-bay.
At least they appear to not be using IIS themselves, although their web-server has no indication of what server is behind it. This in itself indicates that it is not IIS.
Gartner wields a lot of influence, and this will raise heads. Congratulations.
The article says pictures due in a couple of days...
As for the "drafting" of the comet, Deep space 1 passed by the comet at a speed of 65,000 km/h, and would need way too much fuel to re-align it's trajectory.
JPL expected less from this machine, and it is appropriate to let it go on a high note.
From earlier press, JPL was concerned that the navigation would be a real problem, to such an extent, that they were unsure they would even make a close enough pass to the nucleus to take a photo. Read Slashdot here.
The real reason that there is not a rush to the new TLD's is because of prestige. Having a.com tld implies a level of establishment. Everyone will know that the.biz is the new kid on the block. Given a choice between ibm.com or ibm.biz, there is no doubt that the.com has a greater social value in today's climates.
It is almost as if the.com's are the established, knowledgable, and better places.
Parents have every right to know the activities of their children. This is not a privacy issue, as children have no right to expect privacy from their parents.
If the information is available to others, then there may be other issues.
In reality, the information available on this system should be made available to parents if they need it whether it is over the net or not. Making it easily accessible will simply make it easier for parents to become involved, to manipulate, and to encourage their children earlier than before.
To those people who don not believe that parents should actively "Control" their children, then they should rather debate "When are children no longer children?", or alternatively, "What is a parent?" This is where the issue becomes personal / individual. People mature at different rates, and parents are always confronted with the issues of whether their chil is old enough to be able to take responsibility for themselves. My philosopy is that parents should be able to influence their children in all matters until the child has moved out of home, basically the rule "While you live under my roof you are my child...".
Regardless, it is up to a parent to determine the involvement they want with their child, it is not up to the child to determine the involvement of their parents.
The issue is not so much whether Rambus is a good or bad company either morally nor technically. The issue is whether the patents they own actually cover the technologies in rival products. If they do, then they are welcome to the royalties.
What concerns me is the process for determining the patent's applicability. What is the test to determine whether the patents Rambus have cover technology in DDR and others? By virtue of the fact that Rambus took it to court, there must be some form of grey area.
Where does the process stop? Can Rambus win in Germany, and lose in US? Can there be stupid results like that?
Slashdot Mirror
Why is that so hard?
gus
I am afraid that you are mistaken ... Redhat makes no money off it ... they make money from selling manuals, CD's, and support. Re-read the GPL, Redhat IS Free (as in Beer) except for delivery charges, P&P, Printing, Paper, CD's, etc, but the software itself is Free (as in Beer).
gus.
I do not usually jump on this band-wagon ... but ...
/. population, more than half the Linux developers are non-US. Regardless, most non-US probably have their own local mirror.
... moderate as appropriate.
Not everybody is at work, and although the US has a large number of the
My point is that you should be a little less US centric when contemplating something like Linux.
Same old same old
gus
Why must we assume that what was lost was data/computers.
From my take on the article, it was physical strands of DNA / biological matter which was lost.
gus
I telecommuted for 14 months (From canada to UK), and much of my day was spent on the phone (Don't believe people when they say that telecommuting == e-mail correspondence).
After literally getting backaches, I purchased a Plantronics (clip on belt) style phone. Has headset with boom mic.
I love it. Seriously, it was / is (nearly) perfect for me. The sound quality is superior to normal phones, and the convenience is great.
If only it had Caller ID. I found (and people differ so YMMV) that the headset-on-a-wire was not perfect, but it was good enough that I could put the 'block' in my pocket, and wonder through the house making coffee etc. while in the middle of a conference call... it has a 'mute' button which is a must... For me the price/convenience/performance ratios were good, and the next level o functionality was prohibitively priced (at the time) although in retrospect I would have got CallerID.
Anyways, IIRC, it was about $170CND.
gus
P.S. I have no other relationship with plantronics other than a happy customer.
The units themselves are buried in a box, and used a presumably proprietory RF system .. i.e. not 900MHz, etc.
Doing a google on 'wireless printing' gave me this link to aerocomm which has a similar product, but which is faster .. 1mbps.
Still, a little searching youeself would have been better.
gus
Not to be too picky, but according to the link posted above, the Patent was *filed* Oct 1995 (not 1993 as you/palminfocenter state), and the first palm to hit the streets was March 1996.
There is probably a fair chance that the prototypes were about before Oct 1995. Prior art?
Although, the court has already decided.... anyways.
Further, the Patent *specifically* states 'a "unistroke" is a single, unbroken stroke', whereas graffiti has a number of multiple-stroke characters.
not sure this means a thing though.... IANAL.
gus
No disrespect to your Grandfather ...
... but men have died playing solataire as well.
gus
... at overtime rates.
I have done route 1 before, and was burned.
1. There is a steep learning curve (evernything is new, complex, and has to be done right, the first time). You may know lots about IT management, Java development, etc, but you will need to know all of this, as well as what EI, PAYE, Tx's, etc. Trust me, even if you have an accountant (which I highly recommend), you will need to make decisions which require knowledge beyond what you can learn in the time required. For at least the first year, you will be 'flying by the seat of your pants'.
2. AS 1, you need to be more than just competent in your skill set, i.e. you have to be better than what you need to be to be a full-time employee.
3. You need to spend as many hours *at work* if not more as you would as an employee, and then you *also* have to do administration, which is at least 2 hours a week, in you *social* time.
Bottom line, is that when you do a cost / benefit justification of the various alternatives, you have to considder the extra work (at overtime rates because it is all weekend / evening stuff), the extra stress, the extra accountant, the extra learning, and the fact that *you* have to pay for training (twice - because you don't get paid at work, and pay again for the course - if you can get the time off...), that *you* have to pay for sick-leave and normal leave, and that *you* have to pay extra insurance, and that *you* have to keep a clear head about what money belongs where, and that *you* have to take the risk of a contract termination.
Personally I found that this dod not add up for me, and I changed to being an employee. It makes more sense / cents, and I have a happier life. It is also more flexible because it is easier to resign than to terminate your contract, and it is harder for the employer to fire, than the 'client' to terminate.
Finally, as a company, you sell a service, i.e. you sell what you already have (and the client is not interested in you becomming a better person), wheras as an employee, the company (should be / is) interested in your *potential*.
So, as a new grad, your first lesson will be that you have to learn a lot still, and your best position for that is as an employee. You wil be in way over your head if you go the tough route first.
Obvously, YMMV.
gus
On the other hand, in the past there were fewer births per minute, and thus there were proportionally more fools. This improves the spammer's hit rate.
So, to answer your question, you get about 1 in 250 'hits' for spam.
gus
Microsoft should not be allowed to choose their punnishment. No perpetrator has the perspective required to understand the full impact of thier activities, and thus their opinions on the remedy for them. In this case, microsoft hardly believes it has done any wrong, and is therefore unqualified to propose it's own punnishment.
Just my musings.
gus
gus
lest we forget that one of the sexiest role-models was born in the backwaters of the english countryside by people who probably read these pages daily ...
At least the linux kernel is fixed before I was aware of the problem ... and I am normally close on the heals of the latest kernel.
Apple on the other hand released their partition destroying software and let it run rampant for weeks.
gus
Although the contents of the bill are debatable, the Nay vote either takes a lot of courage, or a lack of brains. That funny sound is the voice of disapproval circulating the senate.
gus
Have been using Suse for almost as long as I have used Linux - 6 years Linux, and SuSE since SuSE 5.1
SuSe has offered DVD for ages, but we already know that. My real point is that DVD != bloat. SuSe offers a number of install options. The default (KDE with Office) installs in less than 1 Gig, where as their "bare minimum" installs in about 100M. Even then they need things like perl (used in the configuration of SuSE).
Basicall, SuSE comes on 7 cd's and 1 DVD which is just a merge of the CD's. I like the DVD because drive space is cheap, and I cp -a the dvd and then install via FTP for all my machines.
But then, SuSE is a bigger thing outside of the US, so not so much media time is given to the product, which in my opinion, offers much greater things than Redhat.
gus
MLM == Mailing List Manager ....
Apart from the fact that by default, good steganography should be undetectable, it appears that e-bay is a poor site to use. By default, the user posting a sale has to exist in some manner, unless a new identity is created for each item to be sold - which makes sense, but the bottom line is that it is a pain to keep creating e-bay accounts, and making up e-mail addresses.
Something on the newsgroups would be a much better place to look. the alt.binaries.pictures.* areas. Almost total anonymity.
If I were to want to communicate this way, I would avoid e-bay.
gus
At least they appear to not be using IIS themselves, although their web-server has no indication of what server is behind it. This in itself indicates that it is not IIS.
Gartner wields a lot of influence, and this will raise heads. Congratulations.
gus
As for the "drafting" of the comet, Deep space 1 passed by the comet at a speed of 65,000 km/h, and would need way too much fuel to re-align it's trajectory.
JPL expected less from this machine, and it is appropriate to let it go on a high note.
From earlier press, JPL was concerned that the navigation would be a real problem, to such an extent, that they were unsure they would even make a close enough pass to the nucleus to take a photo. Read Slashdot here.
gus
The real reason that there is not a rush to the new TLD's is because of prestige. Having a .com tld implies a level of establishment. Everyone will know that the .biz is the new kid on the block. Given a choice between ibm.com or ibm.biz, there is no doubt that the .com has a greater social value in today's climates.
.com's are the established, knowledgable, and better places.
It is almost as if the
gus
Apparently the chinese FM Radar is so efficient it can direct a Chinese fighter to intercept American Spy Planes to within milimeters...
This is scary technology.
At least one reason ...
... ;-)
E-Mailing company phone list to trusted person.
The company I work at is very particular about who knows these numbers
gus
Parents have every right to know the activities of their children. This is not a privacy issue, as children have no right to expect privacy from their parents.
If the information is available to others, then there may be other issues.
In reality, the information available on this system should be made available to parents if they need it whether it is over the net or not. Making it easily accessible will simply make it easier for parents to become involved, to manipulate, and to encourage their children earlier than before.
To those people who don not believe that parents should actively "Control" their children, then they should rather debate "When are children no longer children?", or alternatively, "What is a parent?" This is where the issue becomes personal / individual. People mature at different rates, and parents are always confronted with the issues of whether their chil is old enough to be able to take responsibility for themselves. My philosopy is that parents should be able to influence their children in all matters until the child has moved out of home, basically the rule "While you live under my roof you are my child...".
Regardless, it is up to a parent to determine the involvement they want with their child, it is not up to the child to determine the involvement of their parents.
The issue is not so much whether Rambus is a good or bad company either morally nor technically. The issue is whether the patents they own actually cover the technologies in rival products. If they do, then they are welcome to the royalties.
What concerns me is the process for determining the patent's applicability. What is the test to determine whether the patents Rambus have cover technology in DDR and others? By virtue of the fact that Rambus took it to court, there must be some form of grey area.
Where does the process stop? Can Rambus win in Germany, and lose in US? Can there be stupid results like that?