How typical spyware. Does not install in the usual Program Files directory so it's more difficult to find, and of course, provides no easy way of uninstalling if I read the above correctly... except using regedit....
A fundamental problem with solving complex system of differential equations is that it is often nearly impossible to solve them. So what the Atiyah-Singer index theorem answers is how many solutions the system of differential equations has. I.e., it can tell us if the system has any solutions at all, and that the answer only depends on the shape of the geometric area where the model resides (thus, it is purely a topologic answer). As you can imagine, applying this theorem can save a lot time.
Well, I may live in a bubble where I value integrity maybe most, and where I believe many companies indeed have and display social and ethical obligations that goes beyond our current laws and regulations.
But as Andrew wrote, this might just be one of the differences between Europe and USA. At least where I come from there's still room for civil disobedience, and I prefer that to the vast amount of American lawsuits that doesn't make sense (like spilling hot coffee on yourself). Now, I'm not saying the GPL lawsuit "doesn't make sense", I'm just concerned that the "harsh and cold" technicalities of a court ruling will overshadow GPL's "social obligations" in the future.
Yeah, I agree with you. But I guess I also share the author's concern that now when GPL will be dragged to court, the "social obligations" of GPL will become less important compared to the "raw and cold" presedence the ruling in a court of law will make.
I read this interesting article over at The Register by Andrew Orlowski about taking GPL to court. My favorite quote:
The greatest strength of the GPL is that it's a social contract, one that makes the most powerful, who can buy the legal system, think twice before going to law. And that's pretty powerful.
But with IBM's counter suit against SCO explicitly defending its rights in terms of the GPL, it looks like The One Thing we Didn't Want To Happen will happen. We'll have a random judge poking holes in the GPL, on some perfectly defensible grounds that bear little relevance to the social obligations these imply. As if he's supposed to know the difference.
Yep, you got that one right. I just helped a friend of mine here in Boston getting rid of the worm. He's on AT&T broadband and hasn't been using Windows Update in a couple of months.
He called me because he got this "strange error message" when he logged in, saying that there was "something wrong" with RPC, and that he had 1 minute to save his files before the machine rebooted. I thought "riiight, RPC.. I guess we need to check your running processes and your registry here..". And of course, msblast.exe was running. He wasn't using Windows XP's built in firewall either. A portscan using GRC.com Shield's UP! revealed the story: His machine was wide open. No we're patching, patching and even more patching.
I suggest you use GRC.com's excellent port scan feature if you got a Windows machine. It's called 'Shield's UP!' and is available here (scroll down a bit), and will scan your system's first 1052 ports.
The topics range from the common (objects, polymorphism) to the rare (RMI, sockets, exceptions).
I think it's a understatement to call exceptions 'rare' though. It's an important part of Java, but may be difficult to fully master. At least in my programs, exceptions are far from rare!;-)
I find it interesting to see that Symbian isn't one of the founding members. Nokia is a major shareholder in Symbian (19%). I see MIPI as a move to try and prevent Intel and Microsoft to have a large share of this market, and Symbian is a key player in this game.
Mozilla.org hosts a Calendar project. It can be found here. Although still in development and a bit buggy, it includes the basic functionality. I have been using it for a couple of months now.
Currently, I think the Calendar only supports Mozilla. I am not sure what will be done (if any?) to support Firebird/Thunderbird. I hope that it will be a standalone project like the new browser and mail client.
I'm not entirely sure, but some companies, such as id with Quake III, have released SDK (Software Development Kit) in order to help players create their own maps and stuff (see e.g. this Linux Quake III SDK). But other companies, such as EA with Battlefield 1942, haven't released any SDK for their game engine. But many mods have been created for BF1942 without an SDK: Desert Combat, Black Hawk Down, Soldier9's Realism Mod, and others.
That analysis is totally dependent on the consumer's utility for time, money, having the latest gfx card, etc.
A person might value a newly released high-end gfx card more (in order to impress his friends for instance) than a person that only uses his/hers computer to write e-mails.
Seeing various petitions and protests, I get the impression that gamers (who are the ones paying for the fest) are more often getting treated badly by the current game publishers today than before. Perhaps gamers have become more demanding as well.
Slashdot Mirror
Here: http://www.caffeine-junkies.com.nyud.net:8090/?mod e=articles&page=print&id=7
... which is how decisions often are made in this world.
How typical spyware. Does not install in the usual Program Files directory so it's more difficult to find, and of course, provides no easy way of uninstalling if I read the above correctly... except using regedit....
I reckon slashdotting trusted review's server isn't helping silencing it...
2CPU.com has a Linux kernel comparison of 2.6.4 and 2.4.25 on a SMP system with interesting results.
A fundamental problem with solving complex system of differential equations is that it is often nearly impossible to solve them. So what the Atiyah-Singer index theorem answers is how many solutions the system of differential equations has. I.e., it can tell us if the system has any solutions at all, and that the answer only depends on the shape of the geometric area where the model resides (thus, it is purely a topologic answer). As you can imagine, applying this theorem can save a lot time.
I have hope that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. might introduce some much needed dirt and grit! Check out this picture for instance, or the gallery in general.
Well, I may live in a bubble where I value integrity maybe most, and where I believe many companies indeed have and display social and ethical obligations that goes beyond our current laws and regulations.
But as Andrew wrote, this might just be one of the differences between Europe and USA. At least where I come from there's still room for civil disobedience, and I prefer that to the vast amount of American lawsuits that doesn't make sense (like spilling hot coffee on yourself). Now, I'm not saying the GPL lawsuit "doesn't make sense", I'm just concerned that the "harsh and cold" technicalities of a court ruling will overshadow GPL's "social obligations" in the future.
Yeah, I agree with you. But I guess I also share the author's concern that now when GPL will be dragged to court, the "social obligations" of GPL will become less important compared to the "raw and cold" presedence the ruling in a court of law will make.
I read this interesting article over at The Register by Andrew Orlowski about taking GPL to court. My favorite quote:
The greatest strength of the GPL is that it's a social contract, one that makes the most powerful, who can buy the legal system, think twice before going to law. And that's pretty powerful.
But with IBM's counter suit against SCO explicitly defending its rights in terms of the GPL, it looks like The One Thing we Didn't Want To Happen will happen. We'll have a random judge poking holes in the GPL, on some perfectly defensible grounds that bear little relevance to the social obligations these imply. As if he's supposed to know the difference.
Yep, you got that one right. I just helped a friend of mine here in Boston getting rid of the worm. He's on AT&T broadband and hasn't been using Windows Update in a couple of months.
He called me because he got this "strange error message" when he logged in, saying that there was "something wrong" with RPC, and that he had 1 minute to save his files before the machine rebooted. I thought "riiight, RPC.. I guess we need to check your running processes and your registry here..". And of course, msblast.exe was running. He wasn't using Windows XP's built in firewall either. A portscan using GRC.com Shield's UP! revealed the story: His machine was wide open. No we're patching, patching and even more patching.
I suggest you use GRC.com's excellent port scan feature if you got a Windows machine. It's called 'Shield's UP!' and is available here (scroll down a bit), and will scan your system's first 1052 ports.
The topics range from the common (objects, polymorphism) to the rare (RMI, sockets, exceptions).
;-)
I think it's a understatement to call exceptions 'rare' though. It's an important part of Java, but may be difficult to fully master. At least in my programs, exceptions are far from rare!
Maybe you should buy some shares in ARM then?
I find it interesting to see that Symbian isn't one of the founding members. Nokia is a major shareholder in Symbian (19%). I see MIPI as a move to try and prevent Intel and Microsoft to have a large share of this market, and Symbian is a key player in this game.
Actually, if you'd done some research, you would've noticed that the project have had a 1 year anniversary already...
This url for those of you who couldn't make the above url work.
Mozilla.org hosts a Calendar project. It can be found here. Although still in development and a bit buggy, it includes the basic functionality. I have been using it for a couple of months now.
Currently, I think the Calendar only supports Mozilla. I am not sure what will be done (if any?) to support Firebird/Thunderbird. I hope that it will be a standalone project like the new browser and mail client.
How does Spreadsheet in OpenOffice perform against Gnumeric in terms of functions, compatibility with other spreadsheet programs ect?
KernelTrap is running a story on an interview Alan Cox gave at LinuxUser & Developer Expo 2003 in Birmingham, U.K. A summary of Alan's talk is also available.
See here. ZDnet is also running a story here
Erm.. that should read "(...) search on Google for 'battlefield 1942 sdk' (...)"
Sorry about that.
I'm not entirely sure, but some companies, such as id with Quake III, have released SDK (Software Development Kit) in order to help players create their own maps and stuff (see e.g. this Linux Quake III SDK). But other companies, such as EA with Battlefield 1942, haven't released any SDK for their game engine. But many mods have been created for BF1942 without an SDK: Desert Combat, Black Hawk Down, Soldier9's Realism Mod, and others.
:-)
If you do a search on Google for 'battlefield 1942 mod', the first thing that appears is this petition
That analysis is totally dependent on the consumer's utility for time, money, having the latest gfx card, etc.
A person might value a newly released high-end gfx card more (in order to impress his friends for instance) than a person that only uses his/hers computer to write e-mails.
Seeing various petitions and protests, I get the impression that gamers (who are the ones paying for the fest) are more often getting treated badly by the current game publishers today than before. Perhaps gamers have become more demanding as well.