When governments dismantle their trade barriers, such as import tarriffs and quotas, then price differences will simply be arbitraged away by brokers
No - what will happen is that corporations will incorporate trade barriers into the product (such as DVD region coding). Our governments seem unwilling to legislate against this; in fact, they are doing the opposite, introducing laws such as the DMCA which transfer control from public to private entities.
Just to play devil's advocate (I actually like their idea)...
How is this not censorship? Why does my ISP need to protect me "for my own good"? Surely it's up to me to secure my machine against intrusion and deal with those who might commit a crime if and when they actually do?
Much of the work to localise to Chinese (e.g. broadening UNICODE support) will benefit other localisation efforts. This in turn could mean broader adoption of Linux, since language is a big barrier to adoption - one that MS recognizes.
This could be easily implemented with a classfile version number change; a JVM seeking to be backwards-compatible would need to be able to cope with both stack- and register-based bytecode, but the Java language itself would not need to change, only the bytecode format.
I remember when I was just leaving the area, the last of the local plants finally scaled back to just a matinance group, the whole area died.
I can recommend Michael Moore's book "Downsize This!" for a good argument as to why it should be illegal for profitable companies to up and move to whichever city offers them the most money.
That market being the sale of digital video and music which will be streamed directly to hardware. It is important to the entertainment industry that we are not allowed to record the digital data because once recorded we, as individuals, could illegally swap the files with others.
How does the real-life performance of gigabit compare to disk i/o? Does this mean that file access via a network file server would actually perform better than a local drive?
How long before this is hijacked by publishers to promote novels in a fake "grass roots" caompaign? Maybe they'd just release a teaser version missing the last 10 pages or something.
An example of why a particular patch might not be accepted, even though it seems like a "no-brainer", is because it would be for too specific a purpose. It might optimize the kernel for one particular application, at the expense of others. One of the best things about Linux is that it is general-purpose: suitable for everything from palmtops and embedded systems to servers and enterprise applications.
But couldn't applying certain kernel patches be made optional when configuring the kernel build? (I mean, in the same way that you can enable/disable SMP when making the source.)
Perhaps. But I'm in the final stages of writing a JVM, which all started because I was able to go to my local bookshop and buy the JVM and JNI specifications. (As an aside, JNI has provisions for future integration with MS COM, which surprised me.) Has MS made their bytecode formats etc public? (I ask out of genuine ignorance.)
I think we almost have an obligation to give telemarketers disinformation. If you give them a mixture of true, false and contradictory answers, then telemarketing becomes worthless and expensive, so they'll stop.
Well... in theory at least. It would probably take forever, and God knows whether they would even realise that their data is crap.
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Nice of them to start Round 4 on September 11th...
When governments dismantle their trade barriers, such as import tarriffs and quotas, then price differences will simply be arbitraged away by brokers
No - what will happen is that corporations will incorporate trade barriers into the product (such as DVD region coding). Our governments seem unwilling to legislate against this; in fact, they are doing the opposite, introducing laws such as the DMCA which transfer control from public to private entities.
A database of distasters (natural and man-made) is available at:
http://www.cred.be/emdat/intro.html
(Click "continue" at the bottom to go on to the download pages.)
Sept 11th doesn't appear to be amongst those listed for the US.
Just to play devil's advocate (I actually like their idea)...
How is this not censorship? Why does my ISP need to protect me "for my own good"? Surely it's up to me to secure my machine against intrusion and deal with those who might commit a crime if and when they actually do?
Much of the work to localise to Chinese (e.g. broadening UNICODE support) will benefit other localisation efforts. This in turn could mean broader adoption of Linux, since language is a big barrier to adoption - one that MS recognizes.
Over the top. If you do it the other way, your hand will scuff the wall which, over time, results in a stain on the wall.
Another good scenario would be finding a linear solution for an NP problem like the Travelling Salesman Problem.
This could be easily implemented with a classfile version number change; a JVM seeking to be backwards-compatible would need to be able to cope with both stack- and register-based bytecode, but the Java language itself would not need to change, only the bytecode format.
honeypot penetration experience
*sigh* I remember mine fondly too...
Once you factor in the cost of the scarce DC ethernet adaptor it's not so cheap.
I can recommend Michael Moore's book "Downsize This!" for a good argument as to why it should be illegal for profitable companies to up and move to whichever city offers them the most money.
As it happens, Moore has put (part or all of - I haven't re-read it) the relevant chapter online: http://www.dogeatdogfilms.com/letsal.html
Wow, you mean people actually go read the article before posting?
That market being the sale of digital video and music which will be streamed directly to hardware. It is important to the entertainment industry that we are not allowed to record the digital data because once recorded we, as individuals, could illegally swap the files with others.
Is taking a video camera to the cinema illegal?
How does the real-life performance of gigabit compare to disk i/o? Does this mean that file access via a network file server would actually perform better than a local drive?
How long before this is hijacked by publishers to promote novels in a fake "grass roots" caompaign? Maybe they'd just release a teaser version missing the last 10 pages or something.
But couldn't applying certain kernel patches be made optional when configuring the kernel build? (I mean, in the same way that you can enable/disable SMP when making the source.)
TUNA
The people who make our canned tuna don't distinguish between tuna and dolphin, why should we?
Just out of interest - who has intellectual property rights over the Tux character?
Java and C# are both "closed" languages
Perhaps. But I'm in the final stages of writing a JVM, which all started because I was able to go to my local bookshop and buy the JVM and JNI specifications. (As an aside, JNI has provisions for future integration with MS COM, which surprised me.) Has MS made their bytecode formats etc public? (I ask out of genuine ignorance.)
Dude, your kids watch way too much TV.
The people borrowing the money (3rd world leaders) aren't the ones who have to repay it (their people, who often have no say in who leads them).
That's just what They want you to believe... we all know it was really the Y1908 bug, don't we?
I think we almost have an obligation to give telemarketers disinformation. If you give them a mixture of true, false and contradictory answers, then telemarketing becomes worthless and expensive, so they'll stop.
Well... in theory at least. It would probably take forever, and God knows whether they would even realise that their data is crap.
Pretty soon, the lights in your room will have an ethernet jack
Time to crack out the port scanner...
Talk about unlucky timing for a product launch.