So people will cheat if given the option. Big surprise. I have some good prime real state to sell those companies. There is a thing called due diligence. It was so difficult to ask for a waiver of all possible patents, when developing the standard? Or have a look to the patent portfolio of the intervening companies? Probably next time they will do that. There is no excuse for shoddy practices like these, and they are rightly punished.
You mean all that info is stored somewhere in a Patent Office?. I thought you had to break into some maximum security complex to get at it, and then just to a part of it. But there, in some dusty patent office, there is that lot of interesting info. Reminds me of the end scene of "Raiders of the Lost Ark".
I think you are right. It _sounds_ like a PR job. Something happened, probably the Chinese got wind of it, and so a fitting story is cooked and released. Not that the Chinese will believe that, but it may throw them out of the real scent. And also, now the USA has its back sort of covered if the Chinese decide to raise a stink about it. It's also probably non-coincidental that this happens just days after a new government is elected in Taiwan.
However, I don't think there is a chance that we ever know what really happened, so it's better to think about other things.
Nobody really believes in Astrology. If they did, they probably shouldn't be dating you because you are an opposite sign or something, but they are. So they don't really believe, it's more a inspirational thing. The dictums are so wide in scope as to allow for any interpretation. Think of it as the I-Ching of occident.
It's the same thing with religion. Most people don't really _believe_ in religion, you know, it's more a folklore-political kind of think. To test it, try randomly slapping people at a christian meeting and tally how many offer you the other cheek.
So don't worry, people are _rational_, even if they say they aren't. Just don't believe what they say. Of course if you find somebody that won't get out of bed and lose a job, due to a bad horoscope, then of course you should revise the relationship.
can ultraportables running Microsoft Windows compete?
Sure they can! Sure, Linux is free, but Windows can be also made free. After all, it's not like it's not already amortized, or something. They can even _pay_ the PC makers to put Windows inside, if it's just in some models. Linux cannot really compete with that, can it?
I think it's the same story, yes, and I think the AC is also right, the story sure could be "The hole man", by good old Niven. I remember the part about knowing that the black hole was falling to the center of the planet (it might well be Mars, not Earth), and knowing that it was getting some atoms here and there, getting bigger and bigger. Knowing that in time the quakes would start...
I sure hope nothing like that happens with these experiments.
Does anybody remembers an old SF story in which a black hole is created and contained, and then somehow it _falls_ and start eating the Earth away? Cannot remember name or a author, but it gave me the creeps back then:o)
is a bit old, but not so much. Look where it says :
" On conventional planes, the flight-control surfaces are moved by hydraulic devices controlled by cables that run through the airplane.
Airbus also eliminated the wheel-and-control column, or yoke, that is used on all Boeing jets. Instead, Airbus pilots control the plane by moving a small, hand-held joystick off to the side. "
You may well be right. My work as software developer may make me wary of software-controlled things when failure can cause injuries. Of course, now that I come to think of it, there are probably many places where that can happen (are X-Ray machines exposition times software controlled? I guess so.)
I drive often a Prius, and aside from a certain sensation of having to make too many minute corrections to the wheel, which could be psychological, I have found no fault on it. I'm told that maintenance is lower. But my point is that software failures are _complete_ and _unexpected_. Usually (of course not always) a broken mechanical transmission will announce its failure in advance, and fail (again usually) in a more graceful way. If the steering software of the Prius has a hidden bug, the result will probably be a completely blocked car, in a sudden way.
Of course it's possible that statistically, less accidents happen with the software-controlled, less-failure-parts system, but for me at least, the mechanical way makes me feel more in control of what's happening, feel that my caring of the machine and attention to what it's telling me (is the wheel feeling funny these last days?), will make a difference in the end results. I guess that sums my position better:o)
It's still a bit early to jump to conclusions, but from now on I think I'll feel safer in planes that have not done away with the cables for transmission, and substituted them with an all-electronic control. If the software fails, I want the pilot to be able to _pull_ at the thing and have a nice physical path to the flaps, instead of an disconnected joystick.
I'd say better not. It'd be much better if the law would be passed in that very form. The stronger the law, the less likely it'll ever be enforced. Judges will have to impose penalties to normal people that will have just taped some program for later viewing. Probably the judge himself will have done the same. Probably most of the people voting "yes" for the law will have done the same. The situation will be really untenable, and the whole law will gather dust. If they end with a "reasonable" law, perhaps they'll end up really enforcing it.
The new technology is similar to the technology employed in HP's patented process for its inkjet cartridges.
I foresee scores of people walking around with the HP logo tattooed where the patch was. Later the advertising space will be sold to other companies. Attempts to sue will be stymied by the fact that the devices will come with an EULA that clearly states that your skin doesn't belong to you while using the device, and the device can leave residues there. You will be forced to accept the EULA or else die from your sickness, but HP's lawyers will insist that was you "free and informed decision".
They should label _all_ DVDs as adult-only, as the Cookie Monster always was an anxious overeater, and that's also a bad role model, I suppose.
Besides, most monsters were naked, if I remember it correctly. And even if you can forgive that in a furry monster, what about a frog?
I guess we have to look again to Sesame Street, seeing the videos backwards if needed. Probably we'll find much evil lurking there, that probably could go a long way to explain why we are so fucked up as grown-ups. Hmmm... perhaps there is material there for a good lawsuit.
I suppose it's a surprise to nobody that a very small number of Operating Systems are sold shrink-wrapped.
Conspicuously absent from the article is any mention to the real numbers that make the percentages. I mean, if the real numbers turn out to be something like 800 total, of which 424 Leopards, then the "article" is just marketing. Likelihood of that, bigger than 53%.
Mail it to yourself, using public servers. Do it from some different servers. They have to keep copies for years, with timestamps. You cannot easily falsify those. And the records in the mail servers have force of proof, as shown in some high-profile cases that I wont name here, basically because I dont remember them:-)
UMG says that it wants to watch how DRM-free music affects piracy rates.
Whats piracy rates to them? They should look at their sales, nothing else. If they sell three times as much, but the piracy rate (whatever is that, anyway) multiply by ten, why should they care? Should they suppose that they are losing that sales, even if the sales data tells them that they would never have done a but a third of them in the DRM-way? That would be really short-sight... oops, music-industry executives you said?. Then forget it all, short-sightedness is a part of the required CV there, to all external appearances.
Slashdot Mirror
wrong, incomplete, biased, or misleading
And of course nobody has ever received info with these qualities in a University.
So people will cheat if given the option. Big surprise. I have some good prime real state to sell those companies. There is a thing called due diligence. It was so difficult to ask for a waiver of all possible patents, when developing the standard? Or have a look to the patent portfolio of the intervening companies? Probably next time they will do that. There is no excuse for shoddy practices like these, and they are rightly punished.
You mean all that info is stored somewhere in a Patent Office?. I thought you had to break into some maximum security complex to get at it, and then just to a part of it. But there, in some dusty patent office, there is that lot of interesting info. Reminds me of the end scene of "Raiders of the Lost Ark".
At a public swimming pool we have gates, put up signs, have lifeguards and shallow ends, but we also teach children how to swim.
Most importantly, nobody suggest that swimming pools should be outlawed.
I think you are right. It _sounds_ like a PR job. Something happened, probably the Chinese got wind of it, and so a fitting story is cooked and released. Not that the Chinese will believe that, but it may throw them out of the real scent. And also, now the USA has its back sort of covered if the Chinese decide to raise a stink about it. It's also probably non-coincidental that this happens just days after a new government is elected in Taiwan.
However, I don't think there is a chance that we ever know what really happened, so it's better to think about other things.
What Programming Languages Should You Learn Next?
The one you are using now.
lying, cheating, stealing, breaking, and entering for penetration testing of enterprise networks
Sounds like fun.
Nobody really believes in Astrology. If they did, they probably shouldn't be dating you because you are an opposite sign or something, but they are. So they don't really believe, it's more a inspirational thing. The dictums are so wide in scope as to allow for any interpretation. Think of it as the I-Ching of occident.
It's the same thing with religion. Most people don't really _believe_ in religion, you know, it's more a folklore-political kind of think. To test it, try randomly slapping people at a christian meeting and tally how many offer you the other cheek.
So don't worry, people are _rational_, even if they say they aren't. Just don't believe what they say. Of course if you find somebody that won't get out of bed and lose a job, due to a bad horoscope, then of course you should revise the relationship.
What's the bandwidth of a station wagon filled with memory sticks?
Cuba might have the highest bandwidth in the _world_
can ultraportables running Microsoft Windows compete?
Sure they can! Sure, Linux is free, but Windows can be also made free. After all, it's not like it's not already amortized, or something. They can even _pay_ the PC makers to put Windows inside, if it's just in some models. Linux cannot really compete with that, can it?
And 70% of those would find that, without P2P, they don't really need broadband after all.
ISPs are rather aware of the fact that P2P is the main reason for many people to have broadband. They will fight like tigers against complying.
Visit it. Not all of them will be hired by Google.
Scourge the Internet forums. Solicit anybody that seems interesting.
Post to Slashdot... uhm, sorry.
I think it's the same story, yes, and I think the AC is also right, the story sure could be "The hole man", by good old Niven. I remember the part about knowing that the black hole was falling to the center of the planet (it might well be Mars, not Earth), and knowing that it was getting some atoms here and there, getting bigger and bigger. Knowing that in time the quakes would start...
I sure hope nothing like that happens with these experiments.
Does anybody remembers an old SF story in which a black hole is created and contained, and then somehow it _falls_ and start eating the Earth away? Cannot remember name or a author, but it gave me the creeps back then :o)
Once, happenstance. Two, coincidence. Three, enemy action.
I cannot imagine what Goldfinger would say about FOUR.
Possibly "Own incompetence", or something equally evil.
Well, this article
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/boe202.shtml
is a bit old, but not so much. Look where it says :
" On conventional planes, the flight-control surfaces are moved by hydraulic devices controlled by cables that run through the airplane.
Airbus also eliminated the wheel-and-control column, or yoke, that is used on all Boeing jets. Instead, Airbus pilots control the plane by moving a small, hand-held joystick off to the side. "
You may well be right. My work as software developer may make me wary of software-controlled things when failure can cause injuries. Of course, now that I come to think of it, there are probably many places where that can happen (are X-Ray machines exposition times software controlled? I guess so.)
:o)
I drive often a Prius, and aside from a certain sensation of having to make too many minute corrections to the wheel, which could be psychological, I have found no fault on it. I'm told that maintenance is lower. But my point is that software failures are _complete_ and _unexpected_. Usually (of course not always) a broken mechanical transmission will announce its failure in advance, and fail (again usually) in a more graceful way. If the steering software of the Prius has a hidden bug, the result will probably be a completely blocked car, in a sudden way.
Of course it's possible that statistically, less accidents happen with the software-controlled, less-failure-parts system, but for me at least, the mechanical way makes me feel more in control of what's happening, feel that my caring of the machine and attention to what it's telling me (is the wheel feeling funny these last days?), will make a difference in the end results. I guess that sums my position better
It's still a bit early to jump to conclusions, but from now on I think I'll feel safer in planes that have not done away with the cables for transmission, and substituted them with an all-electronic control. If the software fails, I want the pilot to be able to _pull_ at the thing and have a nice physical path to the flaps, instead of an disconnected joystick.
30 things that can be done to address the issues
I'd say better not. It'd be much better if the law would be passed in that very form. The stronger the law, the less likely it'll ever be enforced. Judges will have to impose penalties to normal people that will have just taped some program for later viewing. Probably the judge himself will have done the same. Probably most of the people voting "yes" for the law will have done the same. The situation will be really untenable, and the whole law will gather dust. If they end with a "reasonable" law, perhaps they'll end up really enforcing it.
The new technology is similar to the technology employed in HP's patented process for its inkjet cartridges.
I foresee scores of people walking around with the HP logo tattooed where the patch was. Later the advertising space will be sold to other companies. Attempts to sue will be stymied by the fact that the devices will come with an EULA that clearly states that your skin doesn't belong to you while using the device, and the device can leave residues there. You will be forced to accept the EULA or else die from your sickness, but HP's lawyers will insist that was you "free and informed decision".
Just wait.
They should label _all_ DVDs as adult-only, as the Cookie Monster always was an anxious overeater, and that's also a bad role model, I suppose.
Besides, most monsters were naked, if I remember it correctly. And even if you can forgive that in a furry monster, what about a frog?
I guess we have to look again to Sesame Street, seeing the videos backwards if needed. Probably we'll find much evil lurking there, that probably could go a long way to explain why we are so fucked up as grown-ups. Hmmm... perhaps there is material there for a good lawsuit.
I suppose it's a surprise to nobody that a very small number of Operating Systems are sold shrink-wrapped.
Conspicuously absent from the article is any mention to the real numbers that make the percentages. I mean, if the real numbers turn out to be something like 800 total, of which 424 Leopards, then the "article" is just marketing. Likelihood of that, bigger than 53%.
Mail it to yourself, using public servers. Do it from some different servers. They have to keep copies for years, with timestamps. You cannot easily falsify those. And the records in the mail servers have force of proof, as shown in some high-profile cases that I wont name here, basically because I dont remember them :-)
The hospitals, which initially reported their breaches separately, were left with no one to sue
Next time, theyll buy IBM, I guess.
UMG says that it wants to watch how DRM-free music affects piracy rates.
Whats piracy rates to them? They should look at their sales, nothing else. If they sell three times as much, but the piracy rate (whatever is that, anyway) multiply by ten, why should they care? Should they suppose that they are losing that sales, even if the sales data tells them that they would never have done a but a third of them in the DRM-way? That would be really short-sight... oops, music-industry executives you said?. Then forget it all, short-sightedness is a part of the required CV there, to all external appearances.