Notice all the stuff you buy that says "This item part of a package. Not for resale" or something there-abouts.
Everything I have seen says: "Not Labeled for individual sale". I think this is to protect the end-user, not restrict the seller. This is typically seen on food, since the FDA (government) has strict laws on nutriational labeling.
If I buy a new Car and want to totally strip it and sell the pieces, there is no law (or agreement with the car company) that says I can not do that.
Didn't the original Japanese PS2 also ignore the region code? (The Japanese PS2 required a special memory card to play DVDs) Then Sony recalled all those memory cards and replaced it with ones that honored the region code (at least the people that would bring the memory cards back).
I'm sure MS will attempt to fix this 'problem' too.
Maybe they would use enough bits to avoid any roll-over date problems that plagues GPS (only can specify the week to 10-bits (1024 weeks) so it loops about every 20 years... So devices have to just take an educated guess on which year it is...
With all the reports of networking equipment surpluses and lots of fiber-optics in the ground that is still unlit, it seems like the government could get an awesome network for cheap...;-)
As long as the software is able to properly negotiate no compression with the other modem, requiring Compression adds a substanial amount of work that can be post-poned or have another person work on it.
Provided that the modifications required to run Linux, doesn't break the XBOX features, it would be great to have a dual Linux/Console for only $300...
So, for all you poor souls who lined up to give money to the borg: does it work?
But since MS is losing money on each unit sold, (at least it was reported that they are losing money per unit), isn't this like taking money from MS?;-)
Yopy had shipped many Developer versions already... Back in Jan. 2001 they sold the developer version, it was expensive (~$700 or $800) but it was available(sold-out now). I seen quote a bit of discussions from people that had purchased them. They just seem REALLY late in getting the final consumer version out.
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I think firewire is cool as hell, but not for this application. It's got bandwidth galore, to move video data back and forth, but this doesn't translate to "bandwidth galore for storage". If you have a digital camcorder, I wholeheartedly recommend adding a pci 1384 card to your box. But it's not something that I think is well suited to hard drives.
What makes you think it doesn't work good for Harddrive??? Depending on the application, harddrives may need more bandwidth than video. Firewire provides 400 Mbits/second which is 50MBytes/second... 1/2 of the bandwidth of IDE - DMA/100 all on a external Serial Line. Not what I would call "bandwidth galore"
Going to USB (1.0) would be insane... only 12Mbits/sec, or 1.5 MBytes/second... That's MAX not assuming any other activity, etc on the bus.
And if you're an uptime freak, be careful plugging in the PCI card... it'll work, but I always power mine down first.
Good... suggest something that could physically damage someone's system....
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You can also get a N64, Nintendo SNES, Sega Saturn, or Sega Genesis really cheap...
Mercedes-Benz showcases a car of the near future with a built-in wireless Ethernet 802.11a connection that will capture high-speed bursts of data from roadside transceivers as the car hurtles down the highway.
... treaty signers will be obligated to create legislation, as the UK already has, to force people to disclose passwords and encryption keys to the authorities. The U.S. may well sign this treaty - we've participated in the drafting process.
You would think that a law like this would violate everyone's '5th Amendment Rights':
nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself...full text.
Being force to disclose passwords to authorities, IMHO, would be equivalent to testifying agaist yourself...
Is access going to be free?
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Site appears to be slash-dotted already...
So.. Are these 5000 year old documents going to be freely available or will the database of texts be copyrighted/restricted?
Why hasn't Morpheus been used to distribute new Linux distributions. The last time that Mandrake and Red Hat were release, I looked on Morpheus and could not find the current release... I had to fight along with everyone else to get to a ftp server that would let me download.
Once I downloaded the ISOs, I put it in my files directory for Morpheus, but didn't notice anyone downloading it...
It could speed up the downloads (and require less bandwidth from their servers) if Redhat/Mandrake would put the files out on Morpheus to get shared.
I always thought the point of a Cluster is desgined to add machines and combine into a "virtual" machine, that has much more porcessing power and disk capabilities than a single standalone box.
It would help if you would read more than just the title before you commented...
So the time stamp on the article preview showed 8:00, but when posted it showed 8:16... when it should have be been 7:16, unless slashdot moved into the 'Atlantic Time' zone.
It appears the slashdot's clock is an hour fast... I'm in the CST zone and it's about 6:15pm, EST is only 1 hour ahead and should be about 7:15pm, but the timestamps on the article and the other comments is 8:00.. ??? 45 mins off???
Showing the failed licenses would discourge companies from submitting their licenses. You can see how some people here harass people/companies that they do not agree with.
A company that submits a license should not have to worry about getting flooded with flames since their license did not pass..
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Great, a single point of failure sounds SO much better that having redundant fans....
Everything I have seen says: "Not Labeled for individual sale". I think this is to protect the end-user, not restrict the seller. This is typically seen on food, since the FDA (government) has strict laws on nutriational labeling.
If I buy a new Car and want to totally strip it and sell the pieces, there is no law (or agreement with the car company) that says I can not do that.
I'm sure MS will attempt to fix this 'problem' too.
You can read a paper here about the date bug.
With all the reports of networking equipment surpluses and lots of fiber-optics in the ground that is still unlit, it seems like the government could get an awesome network for cheap... ;-)
V.42bis and MNP5 should be optional.
As long as the software is able to properly negotiate no compression with the other modem, requiring Compression adds a substanial amount of work that can be post-poned or have another person work on it.
Provided that the modifications required to run Linux, doesn't break the XBOX features, it would be great to have a dual Linux/Console for only $300...
But since MS is losing money on each unit sold, (at least it was reported that they are losing money per unit), isn't this like taking money from MS?
yopy.com
gmate.com
And the announced that it's shipping end of November on the 'gmate' site.
Yopy had shipped many Developer versions already... Back in Jan. 2001 they sold the developer version, it was expensive (~$700 or $800) but it was available(sold-out now). I seen quote a bit of discussions from people that had purchased them. They just seem REALLY late in getting the final consumer version out.
What makes you think it doesn't work good for Harddrive??? Depending on the application, harddrives may need more bandwidth than video. Firewire provides 400 Mbits/second which is 50MBytes/second... 1/2 of the bandwidth of IDE - DMA/100 all on a external Serial Line. Not what I would call "bandwidth galore"
Going to USB (1.0) would be insane... only 12Mbits/sec, or 1.5 MBytes/second... That's MAX not assuming any other activity, etc on the bus.
Good... suggest something that could physically damage someone's system....
;-)
Mercedes-Benz showcases a car of the near future with a built-in wireless Ethernet 802.11a connection that will capture high-speed bursts of data from roadside transceivers as the car hurtles down the highway.
You would think that a law like this would violate everyone's '5th Amendment Rights':
nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself... full text.
Being force to disclose passwords to authorities, IMHO, would be equivalent to testifying agaist yourself...
Site appears to be slash-dotted already...
So.. Are these 5000 year old documents going to be freely available or will the database of texts be copyrighted/restricted?
I do have more than one system... and even though I have installed linux on my sony xg38 laptop, it's typically running WinME.
Why hasn't Morpheus been used to distribute new Linux distributions. The last time that Mandrake and Red Hat were release, I looked on Morpheus and could not find the current release... I had to fight along with everyone else to get to a ftp server that would let me download.
Once I downloaded the ISOs, I put it in my files directory for Morpheus, but didn't notice anyone downloading it...
It could speed up the downloads (and require less bandwidth from their servers) if Redhat/Mandrake would put the files out on Morpheus to get shared.
Did you only read the title?? Next time try reading the link (or at least the write-up) before you make a comment...
It would help if you would read more than just the title before you commented...
Ok... I feel stupid.. didn't even see that option
So the time stamp on the article preview showed 8:00, but when posted it showed 8:16... when it should have be been 7:16, unless slashdot moved into the 'Atlantic Time' zone.
Did slashdot not update their clock?
It appears the slashdot's clock is an hour fast... I'm in the CST zone and it's about 6:15pm, EST is only 1 hour ahead and should be about 7:15pm, but the timestamps on the article and the other comments is 8:00.. ??? 45 mins off???
Maybe they should have some 'home' (non-business) site license for about $25 ;-)
A company that submits a license should not have to worry about getting flooded with flames since their license did not pass..
Why can't I just win a large Lotto ;-)
Just sit back and do absolutely Nothing...