I don't mean to be one of those people who freaks out at the mere mention of a patent, but something rubs me the wrong way about research at an educational institution which was funded by a government grant being patentable. Shouldn't it be public domain?
Are you kidding? I'm a purdue student right now, and one of my favorate jokes is:
Purdue is a non-profit organisation.
Also, after the whole Orvil incitent, Purdue is very selfish with patents:)
(Orvil the popcorn guy worked at purdue, and perfected his corn while a faculty. But, because Orvil wasn't working on it on Purdue time, purdue got none of the credit.)
Like Windows or not, my Win2K box has not ever gotten a BSOD and only locked up completely (forcing reboot) once in over a year.
Try running:
#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
while(1)
printf("Hello, when will I crash?\n"); }
Every windows 2k box that I have seen will hard lock running this very simple program. When I say hard lock I mean the mouse won't even move. I don't know why it locks, but I do know that it is a pain in the ass, and is a bug that shouldn't be.
It seems to me that most Linux users on normal PC's like to have a dual boot system so that when the dreaded instance comes up that you HAVE to run Windows, you can reboot and do what you have to do. Does anybody know if it's possible to setup a dual boot on a PPC? (Linux and MAC OS) If so, any reccomendations?
This is where linux on a mac really shines.
Assuming you like being in linux all the time, it is possible to run MacOS 9.x in a window in linux... see http://maconlinux.org for details. You get to still have ethernet, sound, the whole bit.
That won't run MacOS X.x, but it is kinda there.
The other option is just to reboot, yaboot is a great boot loader (simmilar feature set to grub in the x86 world). It will let you boot MacOS 9.x and 10.x, to cd, and also to the openfirmware.
I have an x86 desktop, and one of the new TiBooks. The desktop and the laptop preform just about the same (I can't tell the differance), but I like working on the laptop so much more, even if I am at my desk. The PPC arch is much nicer to work with. (please note before flaming: the above paragraph is my opinion, and opinions can't be wrong)
Good idea... works for about 10 years... then what?
I don't know about the rest of the stuff, but if I were the one designing it, I would have made it so that you could easly string newer faster/better cables so you wouldn't have to re-dig everything.
In the mean time, AmWay has announced that it will release plans for it's next generation DSL technology that will increase existing DSL speeds by 150%.
Well, its nice to know that the gass station on the way to Indianapolis from were I life won't be the only non-telco providing DSL. I'm serious, they have a huge scrolly sign thing that proclaims "DSL only $1.20" or something.
Of course they mean desel gass, but it makes me do a doule take everytime I pass it.:)
70 megs is alota downloading for one game. I remember when my friend came up to me and told me he had a WHOLE 25 MEGS FREE on his hard drive. Oh well. I feel sorry for all you MODEMers... this is going to take awhile on my T3.
Look, many users couldn't tell the difference between a phone line and an ethernet jack if both had neon signs.
Exactly... I just setup my computer in the dorm, and the ResNet (dorm ethernet) manual accualy says "Telephone cables DO NOT WORK as network cables." That tells me they get alot of complaints that there "network cable" doesn't work:)
There is just one thing you missed. Indiana is one of the most conservitive state in the US (I know, I have the misfortune to live here). There is no special reason for it, just that people that live in the country tend to by conservitive, and Indiana has only one large city, Indianapolis.
If you remember the last clinton election, all of the north east corner of the US was for clinton. But right smack in the middle was this ugly glaring red smeer of Indiana voting for Bush.
To be alittle more on topic here. I had both ends of the spectrum on this violence in video games. My mom just let me play them (when I could, they were all my older brother's). Then she would explain that it is only a game and NOT to be emulated (she didn't forsee bleem or snestickle). My dad would forbid them. Period. So, ya, I am on topic now or something:)
exept that if one of the rockets is 1% stronger than the others, or if they are missaligned by 1% or so, he will make a big loop right back intot he ground. It won't matter that he is hanging from it, gravity will not hold him upright
I could submit this to the Darwin awards even before this happens, I can tell you how it is going to end if he gets 5 feet off the ground with flames under him:)
All I hear about from here is Linux. You know I heard somewhere that FreeBSD just released a major version and there is NO mention of... oh, hehe ahhh, nevermind:)
I would much rather have heard about Linux replacing Solaris on the E450's, than about the hardware changing from Sun to IBM. Ya, but the only problem is: Who do you think can make the best OS for a piece of hw? The people that made the hardware or some hobbiests that have to poke around the system to get the info about the system they need? Ya, the people who make the hw. I have a sparc5, and I can not discribe the speed differance that there is between solaris and linux. It would be just idiotic to take solaris out and put linux in it's place unless you replace the hw also.
Re:What's the difference? (Score:5) by Kintanon (sleffer@hotmail.com) on Monday June 05, @09:59AM EST (#69) (User Info) I don't agree with him being bugged in school, and there's a lot of cases where nothing is done about that, but responding by posting a web site like this is not the way to deal with it.
Rant Mode: On
So what is the way to deal with it??? The kid did NOT resort to violence. He couldn't go to the authorities, they were part of the problem. Remember, one of the incidents he was responding to was an attack on one of his friends by the school newspaper. So should he have walked into his school with a machine gun and a backpack full of bombs? No. He vented on the web. What's wrong with that? Are we going to take away all mechanisms for dealing with stress that people have and let them explode and commit suicide or mass homicide? I'm tired of people saying 'That's not the way to handle it' and not offering a better way. So either put up or shut the fuck up and get the fuck out. We don't need people pretending they are all holy and don't get angry and rant at people that piss them off. The kid didn't kill anyone, he relieved his stress and made his point. I think he did the RIGHT thing by defending his friends. He also complimented some of the teachers he thought deserved it, AND he claims he can prove all of his accusations. If he can do that then it's not Libel.
Rant Mode: Off
absolutly. A long time ago catholic schools used to take kids that were severly not likeing each other down to the boxing ring. There they would fight it out in front of the rest of the school. Not only did this release a ton of pent up anger/frustration, but there were teachers there to make sure it never got really out of hand. Also they had boxing gloves on so there was less injury. Now adays there are no ways for kids to release there anger/frustration. psycologists arn't going to help them in a thousand sessions, they nead to beat each other up untill they learn that there are better ways of dealing with anger themselfs.
My suggestion- kick them in the PR department. MS has been hit with a tsunami of bad press lately with DOJ rulings, security holes, and general bastardness. Reporters would love to follow those stories up with "Microsoft subverts standards and strongarms little guys". What Roblimo and the crew need to do is run to every media outlet that will listen to them. Also, strike while the iron is hot. The top of the list needs to be The Wall Street Journal. If Monday's front page includes a story about this situation, it would be very damaging. If one mutual fund manager reads about this and says to himself "These are the actions of a company grasping at straws to keep themselves on top of an industry" and sells a ton of MSFT, it's going to put a dent into the net worth of every honcho in Redmond.
That sounds like a good idea, exept that MS is the master of PR. You sugjest making it a PR battle, and that is what MS does best. Why not let it go to court? They have shown before (in the DOJ case) that they are incompetant in court:)
> while the DMCA is somewhat prohibitive, it > will become less so as time goes on due to > the self-regulation inherent in our country's > laws.
That is a nice way to look at it, and so far the market has regulated itself very nicely. Unfortunatly the market doesn't just happen to regulate it's self. As the saying goes, it takes all kinds. Maby the DMCA/UCTIA was started with good intentions, and went bad. At least someone made an effort to protect content makers.
Now that the law is made, it is our (the consumers) job to fight for our right. I do agree that (mostely) America's legal system is a good one, but this kinda thing has to be fought to get into court and balanced out. I personaly think that (like in the DeCss case) it would be in our best interest to loose early and often so that it goes to the Spreme Court were it can be ruled as unconstitutional.
What these guys are trying to do with a protest is to avoid the whole sticky court thing altogether, and get it ballenced out quickly and fairly without paying lawyers and tying up the (already congested) court system.
Also, a GUI config tool for packages would be very nice. Newbies can get scared away by Debian's text-mode config scripts. But progress is already being made in this area. The frozen potato (Debian 2.2) already includes a front-end for package configuration.
Not to nick pick or anything, but debconf (the front-end) is still text, but it is curses based so it looks somewhat Goowey. I don't think that it would be that good to have a gui installer anyway. What happens when X is broken and you need to install xserver-foo to get it working? I have no problem, per se, with a gui deb installer, as long as the cli one stays as good as the gui.
Also, I love being able to be sshed in, and have the ability to install stuff that I might need. Can't do that with a gui installer.
I think a more effective way to keep people from getting your info is to have an encryped fs. If I had to search for info on a hd, the first thing I would do is put it in another linux box and mount it... no passowrds needed then. If it was encryped, that woulnd't work. Does anyone know if there is an fs that encryps your whole file system?
>Sometimes Stephenson's stories have slightly weak endings
Sometimes? I have yet to read a Stephenson's book that had a good ending. Don't get me wrong, I love Neal Stephenson's books, just the last 50-25 pages always suck.
Yes it could be alot like the whack the mole game, but keep in mind that whacking moles is what lawyers get paid to do. So, this could be just what they are asking for:)
BTW: I am just playing the devils advocate here, I have already emailed you asking for the source:)
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I don't mean to be one of those people who freaks out at the mere mention of a patent, but something rubs me the wrong way about research at an educational institution which was funded by a government grant being patentable. Shouldn't it be public domain?
:)
Are you kidding? I'm a purdue student right now, and one of my favorate jokes is:
Purdue is a non-profit organisation.
Also, after the whole Orvil incitent, Purdue is very selfish with patents
(Orvil the popcorn guy worked at purdue, and perfected his corn while a faculty. But, because Orvil wasn't working on it on Purdue time, purdue got none of the credit.)
Like Windows or not, my Win2K box has not ever gotten a BSOD and only locked up completely (forcing reboot) once in over a year.
Try running:
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
while(1)
printf("Hello, when will I crash?\n");
}
Every windows 2k box that I have seen will hard lock running this very simple program. When I say hard lock I mean the mouse won't even move. I don't know why it locks, but I do know that it is a pain in the ass, and is a bug that shouldn't be.
It seems to me that most Linux users on normal PC's like to have a dual boot system so that when the dreaded instance comes up that you HAVE to run Windows, you can reboot and do what you have to do. Does anybody know if it's possible to setup a dual boot on a PPC? (Linux and MAC OS) If so, any reccomendations?
This is where linux on a mac really shines.
Assuming you like being in linux all the time, it is possible to run MacOS 9.x in a window in linux... see http://maconlinux.org for details. You get to still have ethernet, sound, the whole bit.
That won't run MacOS X.x, but it is kinda there.
The other option is just to reboot, yaboot is a great boot loader (simmilar feature set to grub in the x86 world). It will let you boot MacOS 9.x and 10.x, to cd, and also to the openfirmware.
I have an x86 desktop, and one of the new TiBooks. The desktop and the laptop preform just about the same (I can't tell the differance), but I like working on the laptop so much more, even if I am at my desk. The PPC arch is much nicer to work with. (please note before flaming: the above paragraph is my opinion, and opinions can't be wrong)
Happy computing!
String corporateMistake( Corporation corp )
:)
{
if ( OpenSourceCompanies.contains( corp ) ||
corp.employeesLinusT()
)
return "Things will get better";
else
return "Ha Ha " + corp.getName() + " sucks just like MS,"
" this incident is proof positive";
}
sorry, but this won't compile.... the last return is wrong. I think you ment:
return "Ha Ha " + corp.getName() + "sucks just like MS, " +
"this incident is proof positive";
ok, So I am in a 100 level java programing class and I am about to go to the lab for it, and I am feeling like a syntax nazi, but it is fun
Chris C.
Good idea ... works for about 10 years ... then what?
I don't know about the rest of the stuff, but if I were the one designing it, I would have made it so that you could easly string newer faster/better cables so you wouldn't have to re-dig everything.
Chris C.
In the mean time, AmWay has announced that it will release plans for it's next generation DSL technology that will increase existing DSL speeds by 150%.
:)
Well, its nice to know that the gass station on the way to Indianapolis from were I life won't be the only non-telco providing DSL. I'm serious, they have a huge scrolly sign thing that proclaims "DSL only $1.20" or something.
Of course they mean desel gass, but it makes me do a doule take everytime I pass it.
70 megs is alota downloading for one game. I remember when my friend came up to me and told me he had a WHOLE 25 MEGS FREE on his hard drive. Oh well. I feel sorry for all you MODEMers... this is going to take awhile on my T3.
So where the hell is the $4 billion dollars of loss (or whatever they're claiming) coming from?
:)
Simple. Lawyer fees for all the times they sue us
Look, many users couldn't tell the difference between a phone line and an ethernet jack if both had neon signs.
:)
Exactly... I just setup my computer in the dorm, and the ResNet (dorm ethernet) manual accualy says "Telephone cables DO NOT WORK as network cables." That tells me they get alot of complaints that there "network cable" doesn't work
Chris C.
There is just one thing you missed. Indiana is one of the most conservitive state in the US (I know, I have the misfortune to live here). There is no special reason for it, just that people that live in the country tend to by conservitive, and Indiana has only one large city, Indianapolis.
:)
If you remember the last clinton election, all of the north east corner of the US was for clinton. But right smack in the middle was this ugly glaring red smeer of Indiana voting for Bush.
To be alittle more on topic here. I had both ends of the spectrum on this violence in video games. My mom just let me play them (when I could, they were all my older brother's). Then she would explain that it is only a game and NOT to be emulated (she didn't forsee bleem or snestickle). My dad would forbid them. Period. So, ya, I am on topic now or something
exept that if one of the rockets is 1% stronger than the others, or if they are missaligned by 1% or so, he will make a big loop right back intot he ground. It won't matter that he is hanging from it, gravity will not hold him upright
I could submit this to the Darwin awards even before this happens, I can tell you how it is going to end if he gets 5 feet off the ground with flames under him :)
All I hear about from here is Linux. You know I heard somewhere that FreeBSD just released a major version and there is NO mention of ... oh, hehe ahhh, nevermind :)
I would much rather have heard about Linux replacing Solaris on the E450's, than about the hardware changing from Sun to IBM. Ya, but the only problem is: Who do you think can make the best OS for a piece of hw? The people that made the hardware or some hobbiests that have to poke around the system to get the info about the system they need? Ya, the people who make the hw. I have a sparc5, and I can not discribe the speed differance that there is between solaris and linux. It would be just idiotic to take solaris out and put linux in it's place unless you replace the hw also.
Re:What's the difference? (Score:5)
by Kintanon (sleffer@hotmail.com) on Monday June 05, @09:59AM EST (#69)
(User Info)
I don't agree with him being bugged in school, and there's a lot of cases where nothing is done about that, but responding by posting a web site like this is not the way to deal with it.
Rant Mode: On
So what is the way to deal with it???
The kid did NOT resort to violence. He couldn't go to the authorities, they were part of the problem. Remember, one of the incidents he was responding to was an attack on one of his friends by
the school newspaper. So should he have walked into his school with a machine gun and a backpack full of bombs?
No.
He vented on the web. What's wrong with that? Are we going to take away all mechanisms for dealing with stress that people have and let them explode and commit suicide or mass
homicide?
I'm tired of people saying 'That's not the way to handle it' and not offering a better way.
So either put up or shut the fuck up and get the fuck out. We don't need people pretending they are all holy and don't get angry and rant at people that piss them off.
The kid didn't kill anyone, he relieved his stress and made his point. I think he did the RIGHT thing by defending his friends.
He also complimented some of the teachers he thought deserved it, AND he claims he can prove all of his accusations. If he can do that then it's not Libel.
Rant Mode: Off
absolutly. A long time ago catholic schools used to take kids that were severly not likeing each other down to the boxing ring. There they would fight it out in front of the rest of the school.
Not only did this release a ton of pent up anger/frustration, but there were teachers there to make sure it never got really out of hand. Also they had boxing gloves on so there was less injury.
Now adays there are no ways for kids to release there anger/frustration. psycologists arn't going to help them in a thousand sessions, they nead to beat each other up untill they learn that there are better ways of dealing with anger themselfs.
Ahh, theres my rant of the day!
Chris C.
My suggestion- kick them in the PR department. MS has been hit with a tsunami of bad press lately with DOJ rulings, security holes, and general bastardness. Reporters would love to follow those stories up with "Microsoft subverts standards and strongarms little guys". What Roblimo and the crew need to do is run to every media outlet that will listen to them. Also, strike while the iron is hot. The top of the list needs to be The Wall Street Journal. If Monday's front page includes a story about this situation, it would be very damaging. If one mutual fund manager reads about this and says to himself "These are the actions of a company grasping at straws to keep themselves on top of an industry" and sells a ton of MSFT, it's going to put a dent into the net worth of every honcho in Redmond.
:)
That sounds like a good idea, exept that MS is the master of PR. You sugjest making it a PR battle, and that is what MS does best. Why not let it go to court? They have shown before (in the DOJ case) that they are incompetant in court
Chris C.
I think the title should be more alone the lines of:
:)-
!(/.(/.))
now if only "/." were a valid C/C++ var name
Chris C.
> while the DMCA is somewhat prohibitive, it
> will become less so as time goes on due to
> the self-regulation inherent in our country's
> laws.
That is a nice way to look at it, and so far the market has regulated itself very nicely. Unfortunatly the market doesn't just happen to regulate it's self. As the saying goes, it takes all kinds. Maby the DMCA/UCTIA was started with good intentions, and went bad. At least someone made an effort to protect content makers.
Now that the law is made, it is our (the consumers) job to fight for our right. I do agree that (mostely) America's legal system is a good one, but this kinda thing has to be fought to get into court and balanced out. I personaly think that (like in the DeCss case) it would be in our best interest to loose early and often so that it goes to the Spreme Court were it can be ruled as unconstitutional.
What these guys are trying to do with a protest is to avoid the whole sticky court thing altogether, and get it ballenced out quickly and fairly without paying lawyers and tying up the (already congested) court system.
So, to make it short: Protest good, apathy bad.
Chris Constantine
I was over at Ben & Jerry's last night and notice the Dilbert Ice Cream :)
Also, a GUI config tool for packages would be very nice. Newbies can get scared away by Debian's text-mode config scripts. But progress is already being made in this area. The frozen potato (Debian 2.2) already includes a front-end for package configuration.
Not to nick pick or anything, but debconf (the front-end) is still text, but it is curses based so it looks somewhat Goowey. I don't think that it would be that good to have a gui installer anyway. What happens when X is broken and you need to install xserver-foo to get it working? I have no problem, per se, with a gui deb installer, as long as the cli one stays as good as the gui.
Also, I love being able to be sshed in, and have the ability to install stuff that I might need. Can't do that with a gui installer.
I think a more effective way to keep people from getting your info is to have an encryped fs. If I had to search for info on a hd, the first thing I would do is put it in another linux box and mount it... no passowrds needed then. If it was encryped, that woulnd't work. Does anyone know if there is an fs that encryps your whole file system?
>Sometimes Stephenson's stories have slightly weak endings
Sometimes? I have yet to read a Stephenson's book that had a good ending. Don't get me wrong, I love Neal Stephenson's books, just the last 50-25 pages always suck.
Vividan
ok, heres one: "Looks like our woody is broken"
:)
or: "My woody here is pretty stable"
"Woody is as hard as a.... "
Had to do it
Well, I think it is about time to mention that you can get all this stuff at my server here: http://ct441 09-a.lafayt1.in.home.com/~vividan/dvd_decrypting_s oftware/
Yes it could be alot like the whack the mole game, but keep in mind that whacking moles is what lawyers get paid to do. So, this could be just what they are asking for :)
:)
BTW: I am just playing the devils advocate here, I have already emailed you asking for the source
Vividan