The answer to your question is very simple: The USA is insisting that other nations, to continue to trade with the USA, must comply with US copyright and IP laws. As a Canadian, we see this tactic engaged regularly. By logical extension, if other nations ( especially ones in the North American Free Trade Association, AKA "NAFTA") are to be compliant, then the penalties for breach and theft need to be similar. Hence the comparisons to the cases where specific fees per song were calculated.
I believe the historic term is "Live by the sword, die by the sword" See Matthew 26:52
You write: "Does the president now have the option of disconnecting people when they disagree with his policies? Disconnect bloggers that criticize his health-reform?"
Hmm, have you been attending town hall meetings armed with your guns, bubba? Quick, call Faux News, they want to hear from you!
Calculations involving current, voltage, resistance, and parallel circuits. LED lighting strikes me as useful, fun, and certainly a range of skills to build. Cheap too.
It all comes down to what I will call "Commercial convenience" If a governmental agency wants to collect revenue, they will easily find judges to support their contention that issuing a ticket to a car from a photo radar point is quite acceptable.
In the case of RIAA suits, or other commercial situations is also clear: If the money leads to the IP, the ruling will favour that use. If the money leads to not accepting the IP as a valid identifier, that will also be the predominant ruling.
It all comes down to two rules: 1) Follow the money 2) You can't fight city hall.
It all illustrates what a sham court rulings can be.
Whatever the "800 lb gorilla" needs will be the law of the land.
I agree, however I was commenting on how safety standards prevent the sales of a small car, yet allow the sale of motorcyles and bicycles that use the same roads.
Yes, I just mentioned as the original poster said he only found 640x480. Besides, one can get very high resolution now, just at ludicrous prices. 2 years ago these 800x600s were 3 times the price they are now.
It has already been quite clearly demonstrated that the artists are rarely the recipients of the revenue. Face it, the traditional music and media distribution industries are obsolete, and are rather like the old steam railroads, unable to adapt, and thrashing around trying to stay alive with an outdated model. If you feel so strongly about this, show your support and buy some shares of Blockbuster.
When an unfair judgement happens in a court of law, there are essentially 3 ways to defeat it: 1) Appeal ( which I am sure is going to happen) 2) Act to unseat the judges or other entities who pass the unfair judgement. This may be happening already as the Pirate Party in Sweden gains members and a voice 3) Mass acts of public dissent. If a large number of websites post just one "infringing" link on their pages, then the law becomes moot, as the enforcement would have to target all those who "infringed". It boils down to this: If we want to end this senseless business for once and for all, a large number of sites need to post an example of an infringing link, and voice their protest.
The REAL reasons M$ is gaining ground in this is due to a combination of vendor ignorance, marketing pressure, and manufacturers with no clue how to prepare a Linux machine.
If companies like Best Buy, etc. will not take the Linux versions, then the sales of Linux based netbooks is going to be weak. With no financial incentive, it is even worse. How do machines with a "free" OS happen to cost the same as ones with Windows? Let's see, if we make the Linux ones with smaller, but more expensive SSDs, and sell them at the same price as machine with a HDD that is 4 to 8 times the size?
Hmm, what will the chains and consumers choose?
Add to this distis and manufacturers offering less and less Linux models. Case in point: eeePC 1002. Specs show it comes in both Linux and M$ versions. In fact, in N. America,ASUS are not shipping the Linux version.
Finally, calling Xandros "Linux" is a pretty sad situation. Ever try using it?
Contrast this to eeeBuntu on the same hardware and the difference is astounding.
In the end it boils down to 2 things: 1) Vendor and manufacturer ignorance of how to prepare a Linux machine. 2) Sales channel fear of anything "unusual" 3) M$ marketing pressure and incentives.
A pretty "vanilla" small cluster, in a desk-side box, for about double the market price. So what? There are at least 3 other companies making a similar product for quite a while. Sure, they do not have "Cray" logos on them. Nor do they cost as much.
Better look at those power requirements too. When fully populated, 4 x 1600W PSUs. Assuming 65% efficiency ( redundant PSUs never get close the the "80+" efficiency) this will draw about 9800 watts. Assuming 120V typical outlets, this is 82 amps of current. I doubt many office will have the needed current and wall outlets. You will need 4 x 20 amp circuits!
I Hope that same office has really good air conditioning too.. "Computers are devices that consume electricity so to generate heat. As a side effect they perform some calculations"
Works fine still for me. Using Pidgin 2.0 Which I have used for several months so far. Sounds like a bad implementation in some of these clients.. maybe? A friend of mine is using Adium on his Mac, and he had to update it. No big deal.
LOTS of people still use ICQ. What do YOU use? MSN ?
I think the poster needs to put away his tin foil hat.
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It all comes down to what performance level you want and what budget you have. Generally using a good RAID card in a modern PC, with an external enclosure will give by far the best performance. This also has the benefit of allowing you to choose what software you are running. It also means you are not tied to a manufacturer of a standalone NAS solution for updates and bug fixes. Also beware, as a number of NAS manufacturers have used GPL software and have obviously violated GPL.
Precisely. Most people do not maintain their exercise regimen because it is boring, and they lack motivation. The pother problem is it is just so darned inconvenient. Anything to make it more interesting and attractive is great!
The only reason these USEFUL services exist is because so many LAZY web designers use ridiculous URLS Encoding the Lords Prayer in an URL is not the smart way to do things
Instead of BITCHING about a SOLUTION, perhaps we should embrace it?
Make some standards, perhaps even set up an architecture where shortened URL links like this are shared among many servers?
Actually AT&T WERE in Canada, then sold their GSM network to Sprint, who then sold it to Rogers.
Once upon a time they sold a "North America One Rate" plan with flat fee, and no roaming or long distance in Canada, Mexico and USA. I was on it. About 3 months after Rogers took over I started getting roaming fee bills for my use on trips to the US of $0.95 per minute, and long distance bills of around $0.50 a minute. My first bill like that had about $200 in extra incorrect charges. After an hour on the phone they agreed that if I faxed a letter showing my plan and requesting they refund the overcharges, they would credit my account. So I did, and they did. Next month: Same story, same procedure. After a few months I aggressively pursued them on this, and they basically told me to "F&&& off" and all I could do each month was to jump through their hoops Finally March 14, 2007 rolled around, and we had Canadian cell phone number portability. I immediately jumped to Virgin Mobile Canada. NO Network fees, $20 a month flat rate for 200 minutes. And I bought a Nokia 6275i which cost me $179, and they credited me back that full $179 after I was with them for 3 months.
So, moral of the story: Rogers ARE assholes. Their service is horrible They do NOT need the network fee Virgin proves it. They have good service
The only drawback is Virgin are CDMA, so my fancy Motorola Linux GSM phone is no use to me any more..
Yes, we are a computer integrator/reseller in Alberta, and have had to charge these fees for a couple of years now. Then Sask jumped on, now BC, and soon all the rest of the provinces. But, and it is a BIG "BUTT": We now have to collect separately for each province we sell into, report each month to each province, remit to each province The paperwork for this equals one person-day per month for all the reporting and filing. This is a classic example of what should have been done at the federal level, and now is more of a burden than a benefit.
We see similar when we build systems. The Intel CPUs are competitive with the Opterons on power consumption. But: The whole system uses more with Intel.
Why? the northbridge memory controller is a separate chip with Intel, and it is very power hungry. In the AMD chips the memory controller is a part of the CPU. In the case of a similar dual XEON compared to a dual Opteron, the XEON machine uses about 80W more power.
What a lot of these studies do not even get into is cooling cost. for every watt of power , which ends up heat, we have to expend at least 1.5 watts, on air conditioning.
As for the comment about the size of the power supplies, that is irrelevant. The maximum rated output of a supply has nothing to do with the power consumed.
Bottom line: Assuming an Intel XEON server uses about 80 watts more than an equivalent AMD one, which is what we see when we build them: 80w x 24 hours/day x 365 days is 700KWh. @ 9c/kWh costs $63/year. Add aircon costs for that extra 80W: 120w x 24 hours/day x 365 days is 1050KWh. @ 9c/kWh costs $96/year.
Therefore, a machine using an extra 80W costs an extra $160 to run in an air conditioned room.
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The answer to your question is very simple:
The USA is insisting that other nations, to continue to trade with the USA, must comply with US copyright and IP laws.
As a Canadian, we see this tactic engaged regularly.
By logical extension, if other nations ( especially ones in the North American Free Trade Association, AKA "NAFTA")
are to be compliant, then the penalties for breach and theft need to be similar.
Hence the comparisons to the cases where specific fees per song were calculated.
I believe the historic term is "Live by the sword, die by the sword"
See Matthew 26:52
You write:
"Does the president now have the option of disconnecting people when they disagree with his policies? Disconnect bloggers that criticize his health-reform?"
Hmm, have you been attending town hall meetings armed with your guns, bubba?
Quick, call Faux News, they want to hear from you!
Calculations involving current, voltage, resistance, and parallel circuits.
LED lighting strikes me as useful, fun, and certainly a range of skills to build.
Cheap too.
It all comes down to what I will call "Commercial convenience"
If a governmental agency wants to collect revenue, they will easily find judges to support their contention
that issuing a ticket to a car from a photo radar point is quite acceptable.
In the case of RIAA suits, or other commercial situations is also clear:
If the money leads to the IP, the ruling will favour that use.
If the money leads to not accepting the IP as a valid identifier, that will also be the predominant ruling.
It all comes down to two rules:
1) Follow the money
2) You can't fight city hall.
It all illustrates what a sham court rulings can be.
Whatever the "800 lb gorilla" needs will be the law of the land.
I agree,
however I was commenting on how safety standards prevent the sales of a small car, yet allow the sale of motorcyles and bicycles that use the same roads.
The paradox of this simply amazes me.
If it were a motorcyle there would be no trouble with selling it.
Yes, I just mentioned as the original poster said he only found 640x480.
Besides, one can get very high resolution now, just at ludicrous prices.
2 years ago these 800x600s were 3 times the price they are now.
There are a few models that offer 800 x 600
About the best selection is here:
http://www.thevideoglasses.com/
It has already been quite clearly demonstrated that the artists are rarely the recipients of the revenue.
Face it, the traditional music and media distribution industries are obsolete, and are rather like the old steam railroads, unable to adapt, and thrashing around trying to stay alive with an outdated model.
If you feel so strongly about this, show your support and buy some shares of Blockbuster.
When an unfair judgement happens in a court of law, there are essentially 3 ways to defeat it:
1) Appeal ( which I am sure is going to happen)
2) Act to unseat the judges or other entities who pass the unfair judgement. This may be happening already as the Pirate Party in Sweden gains members and a voice
3) Mass acts of public dissent. If a large number of websites post just one "infringing" link on their pages, then the law becomes moot, as the enforcement would have to target all those who "infringed".
It boils down to this:
If we want to end this senseless business for once and for all, a large number of sites need to post an example of an infringing link, and voice their protest.
Get to it people, and stop whining!
The REAL reasons M$ is gaining ground in this is due to a combination of vendor ignorance, marketing pressure, and manufacturers with no clue how to prepare a Linux machine.
If companies like Best Buy, etc. will not take the Linux versions, then the sales of Linux based netbooks is going to be weak.
With no financial incentive, it is even worse.
How do machines with a "free" OS happen to cost the same as ones with Windows?
Let's see, if we make the Linux ones with smaller, but more expensive SSDs, and sell them at the same price as machine with a HDD that is 4 to 8 times the size?
Hmm, what will the chains and consumers choose?
Add to this distis and manufacturers offering less and less Linux models.
Case in point:
eeePC 1002.
Specs show it comes in both Linux and M$ versions.
In fact, in N. America,ASUS are not shipping the Linux version.
Finally, calling Xandros "Linux" is a pretty sad situation.
Ever try using it?
Contrast this to eeeBuntu on the same hardware and the difference is astounding.
In the end it boils down to 2 things:
1) Vendor and manufacturer ignorance of how to prepare a Linux machine.
2) Sales channel fear of anything "unusual"
3) M$ marketing pressure and incentives.
A pretty "vanilla" small cluster, in a desk-side box, for about double the market price.
So what?
There are at least 3 other companies making a similar product for quite a while.
Sure, they do not have "Cray" logos on them.
Nor do they cost as much.
Better look at those power requirements too.
When fully populated, 4 x 1600W PSUs.
Assuming 65% efficiency ( redundant PSUs never get close the the "80+" efficiency)
this will draw about 9800 watts.
Assuming 120V typical outlets, this is 82 amps of current.
I doubt many office will have the needed current
and wall outlets.
You will need 4 x 20 amp circuits!
I Hope that same office has really good air conditioning too..
"Computers are devices that consume electricity so to generate heat. As a side effect they perform some calculations"
Cruise alleys in the suburbs.
There are tons of people who will be delighted for you to dismantle and remove their old dishes.
Generally neighbourhoods that were built about 1970 to 1985 are the best places to look..
Roof for back yard gazebo
Works fine still for me.
Using Pidgin 2.0
Which I have used for several months so far.
Sounds like a bad implementation in some of these clients.. maybe?
A friend of mine is using Adium on his Mac, and he had to update it.
No big deal.
LOTS of people still use ICQ.
What do YOU use? MSN ?
I think the poster needs to put away his tin foil hat.
Some examples:
Hammer MyShare NAS:
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9301055710.html
DLink in 2006:
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8564956607.html
Compliance reports are here:
http://gpl.nas-central.org/
It all comes down to what performance level you want and what budget you have.
Generally using a good RAID card in a modern PC, with an external enclosure will give by far the best performance.
This also has the benefit of allowing you to choose what software you are running.
It also means you are not tied to a manufacturer of a standalone NAS solution for updates and bug fixes.
Also beware, as a number of NAS manufacturers have used GPL software and have obviously violated GPL.
Precisely.
Most people do not maintain their exercise regimen because it is boring, and they lack motivation.
The pother problem is it is just so darned inconvenient.
Anything to make it more interesting and attractive is great!
Gee, I wonder how we all manage to use browsers to encrypted sites?
I guess "https:// does not work for your grandma?
Sure PGP for email is ridiculously complex.
It does not have to be , however.
Actually a case of Canadian **resellers** getting screwed mostly.
Most people have figured out by now that one needs to web/phone order stuff from the US so as to get a proper price.
When a Canadian seller has the "proper" price, they will be bypassed by customers, who assume the price will be "too high"
The only reason these USEFUL services exist is because so many LAZY web designers use ridiculous URLS
Encoding the Lords Prayer in an URL is not the smart way to do things
Instead of BITCHING about a SOLUTION, perhaps we should embrace it?
Make some standards, perhaps even set up an architecture where shortened URL links like this are shared among many servers?
Kind of like time servers for example..
Actually AT&T WERE in Canada, then sold their GSM network to Sprint, who then sold it to Rogers.
Once upon a time they sold a "North America One Rate" plan with flat fee,
and no roaming or long distance in Canada, Mexico and USA.
I was on it.
About 3 months after Rogers took over I started getting roaming fee bills for my use on trips to the US of $0.95 per minute, and long distance bills of around $0.50 a minute.
My first bill like that had about $200 in extra incorrect charges.
After an hour on the phone they agreed that if I faxed a letter showing my plan and requesting they refund the overcharges, they would credit my account.
So I did, and they did.
Next month: Same story, same procedure.
After a few months I aggressively pursued them on this, and they basically told me to "F&&& off" and all I could do
each month was to jump through their hoops
Finally March 14, 2007 rolled around, and we had Canadian cell phone number portability.
I immediately jumped to Virgin Mobile Canada.
NO Network fees, $20 a month flat rate for 200 minutes.
And I bought a Nokia 6275i which cost me $179, and they credited me back that full $179 after I was with them for 3 months.
So, moral of the story:
Rogers ARE assholes.
Their service is horrible
They do NOT need the network fee
Virgin proves it.
They have good service
The only drawback is Virgin are CDMA, so my fancy Motorola Linux GSM phone is no use to me any more..
Yes, we are a computer integrator/reseller in Alberta, and have had to charge these fees for a couple of years now.
Then Sask jumped on, now BC, and soon all the rest of the provinces.
But, and it is a BIG "BUTT":
We now have to collect separately for each province we sell into, report each month to each province, remit to each province
The paperwork for this equals one person-day per month for all the reporting and filing.
This is a classic example of what should have been done at the federal level, and now is more of a burden than a benefit.
We see similar when we build systems.
The Intel CPUs are competitive with the Opterons on power consumption.
But: The whole system uses more with Intel.
Why? the northbridge memory controller is a separate chip with Intel, and it is very power hungry.
In the AMD chips the memory controller is a part of the CPU.
In the case of a similar dual XEON compared to a dual Opteron,
the XEON machine uses about 80W more power.
What a lot of these studies do not even get into is cooling cost.
for every watt of power , which ends up heat, we have to expend at least 1.5 watts, on air conditioning.
As for the comment about the size of the power supplies, that is irrelevant.
The maximum rated output of a supply has nothing to do with the power consumed.
Bottom line:
Assuming an Intel XEON server uses about 80 watts more than an equivalent AMD one,
which is what we see when we build them:
80w x 24 hours/day x 365 days is 700KWh. @ 9c/kWh costs $63/year.
Add aircon costs for that extra 80W:
120w x 24 hours/day x 365 days is 1050KWh. @ 9c/kWh costs $96/year.
Therefore, a machine using an extra 80W costs an extra $160 to run in an air conditioned room.
Source of power rates:
http://www.neo.ne.gov/statshtml/115.htm
The main reason projects like this are floundering is that the ROCKS project is becoming the defacto standard for cluster setups.
Also, companies like IBM and HP love to push their own proprietary setups.
As well, there are some good commercial products that add lots of well supported tools.
For example MOAB