A good way to start that would probobly cost almost nothing for you would be to take those nice documents you have that document various windows APIs, networking protocols and data formats and remove the licence (or failing that, make it one that allows GPL and Open Source projects to use the described stuff)
Simple, sell an MP3 player with no storage at all
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And sell "hard drives" that plug into it on the rack next door. Because the "hard drives" dont play music, there is no tax on them. And because the MP3 player has no inbuilt storage, there is a tax on 0.00mb of storage (i.e. none)
If the companies clean up their act, they wont get labeled "Spyware" anymore.
Steps to take: 1.Make it possible to remove the program 100% without leaving any traces on the system 2.Dont mess with system files (e.g. winsock settings like new.net does) 3.Dont deliberatly hide or obfusicate the processes, dlls and files that belong to the spyware program 4.Be open about what the program does and what it sends back. and 5.Dont try and get your program installed on a users machine without their permission (installing alongside other software is fine if its clear that installing x program installs y adware too)
Its not Objective-C, its Objective-C++ that isnt yet in the trunk. And the reason its not there is that (like a bunch of other stuff in the apple branch of the GCC tree) is because those patches have a negative impact on something (e.g. a non-apple target, compile time, compile size etc) that apple doesnt care about but that the GCC core (and the GCC community at large) does care about.
If you steal a DVD from a store, you get LESS penalties (even if you used a gun to do it or something) than if you infringe copyright on the movie (by up/downloading it)
The advantage of ReactOS is that you should be able to get better hardware support (since you can use the windows drivers for your hardware once ReactOS supports the kernel interfaces required) You will also get better support for the Copy Protection bits (since on ReactOS, the kernel can just be ehnanced to support whatever the copy protection drivers need). On WINE, support is much harder (there are currently discussions on how it should be done). Cedega is there but if you dont spend money for the commercial version, you dont get the copy protection bits.
Also, ReactOS uses the WINE implementations of many windows DLLs so any work done on those flows on to ReactOS.
All the more reason NOT to buy Longhorn and to keep using Windows XP untill ReactOS supports all my hardware (once it does that, I can keep playing with it untill it supports all my software too and drop windows alltogether)
Show me how to run Rollercoaster Tycoon 3, C&C Yuris Revenge, C&C Generals, C&C Renegade, V8 Supercar Race Driver and the other games in my collection (plus all the editing tools, mods, addons, expansions, enhancements and so on) on Linux and I would switch in a heartbeat.
Personally, I am more interested in ReactOS and will start playing around with that a bit more (once my MS USB Optical mouse and my WiFi LAN card are working and I can connect to the internet via ROS)
And the good thing about ROS is that its 100% GPL (actually, I think some parts of it are LGPL or possibly BSD) so anyone can use it (and modify it)
I dont know if it is the same as it was back in the day but I still remember using a software program to crack the BIOS password on a machine once (it was a 486 IIRC)
Saying that PNG is a sutable substitute for camera RAW files is like saying that its ok to use a Toyota Camry engine in a Ferrari. RAW files contain the raw data from the camera input devices (such as the CCD, sensors etc) and the camera settings at the time the photo was taken. They contain a LOT more information than a PNG file ever could.
Actually, Corel is/was much the same. They have had some great products that they just let die instead of pushing. Corel office/Word Perfect on linux was one such thing (although the Corel Office for Java was probobly not a good idea)
I dont get why microsoft implemented the crap known as "shortcuts" instead of proper Symbolic Links like on UNIX (there are good reasons why hard links wouldnt work, especially on the FAT filesystem) or like aliases on MacOS.
And just whos side is the electronics industry (e.g. computer and computer part makers, TV set makers etc). Obviously companies like Sony are a different kettle of fish alltogether:)
The command module was build by North American Aviation and the Lunar Module was built by Grumman Aerospace. So it could well be the case that since 2 different companies built the 2 different air systems, they used 2 different shapes of CO2 filters because no-one bothered to make them the same (after all, it didnt matter much at the time)
I think the idea is that for something to be patentable, there has to be some kind of hardware aspect too (i.e. hardware specific to the invention in question).
One assumes that its not going to be continuously moving around (unless it moves in an arc pattern, it cant be 3.1 miles off the coast of LA and still stay 3.1 miles off the coast) so it wont need quite as much fuel.
What is needed is an exemption to the DMCA that basicly says "It not a DMCA violation if you have permission from the copyright holder of the work you want to access". With this, Nikon would be SOL because the photographer owns the copyright on the photo, not Nikon.
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both the Nintendo and Super Nintendo had vblank interupts too.
That you need a seriously high framerate in order to prevent headaches etc when using it.
Whilst I havent seen it myself, I wouldnt be surprised if there was a filter out there censoring assembly or disassembly as ***embly or dis***embly
A good way to start that would probobly cost almost nothing for you would be to take those nice documents you have that document various windows APIs, networking protocols and data formats and remove the licence (or failing that, make it one that allows GPL and Open Source projects to use the described stuff)
And sell "hard drives" that plug into it on the rack next door.
Because the "hard drives" dont play music, there is no tax on them.
And because the MP3 player has no inbuilt storage, there is a tax on 0.00mb of storage (i.e. none)
If the companies clean up their act, they wont get labeled "Spyware" anymore.
Steps to take:
1.Make it possible to remove the program 100% without leaving any traces on the system
2.Dont mess with system files (e.g. winsock settings like new.net does)
3.Dont deliberatly hide or obfusicate the processes, dlls and files that belong to the spyware program
4.Be open about what the program does and what it sends back.
and 5.Dont try and get your program installed on a users machine without their permission (installing alongside other software is fine if its clear that installing x program installs y adware too)
ummm, the patches are already available from the linked article.
Its not Objective-C, its Objective-C++ that isnt yet in the trunk.
And the reason its not there is that (like a bunch of other stuff in the apple branch of the GCC tree) is because those patches have a negative impact on something (e.g. a non-apple target, compile time, compile size etc) that apple doesnt care about but that the GCC core (and the GCC community at large) does care about.
If you steal a DVD from a store, you get LESS penalties (even if you used a gun to do it or something) than if you infringe copyright on the movie (by up/downloading it)
The advantage of ReactOS is that you should be able to get better hardware support (since you can use the windows drivers for your hardware once ReactOS supports the kernel interfaces required)
You will also get better support for the Copy Protection bits (since on ReactOS, the kernel can just be ehnanced to support whatever the copy protection drivers need). On WINE, support is much harder (there are currently discussions on how it should be done). Cedega is there but if you dont spend money for the commercial version, you dont get the copy protection bits.
Also, ReactOS uses the WINE implementations of many windows DLLs so any work done on those flows on to ReactOS.
All the more reason NOT to buy Longhorn and to keep using Windows XP untill ReactOS supports all my hardware (once it does that, I can keep playing with it untill it supports all my software too and drop windows alltogether)
Show me how to run Rollercoaster Tycoon 3, C&C Yuris Revenge, C&C Generals, C&C Renegade, V8 Supercar Race Driver and the other games in my collection (plus all the editing tools, mods, addons, expansions, enhancements and so on) on Linux and I would switch in a heartbeat.
Personally, I am more interested in ReactOS and will start playing around with that a bit more (once my MS USB Optical mouse and my WiFi LAN card are working and I can connect to the internet via ROS)
And the good thing about ROS is that its 100% GPL (actually, I think some parts of it are LGPL or possibly BSD) so anyone can use it (and modify it)
Firstly, remove the 10% GST we have in australia.
So thats probobly ~18c of it.
I dont know if it is the same as it was back in the day but I still remember using a software program to crack the BIOS password on a machine once (it was a 486 IIRC)
Better yet, just have some geek get a job at microsoft and steal the code.
:)
Ever seen Anti-Trust?
Saying that PNG is a sutable substitute for camera RAW files is like saying that its ok to use a Toyota Camry engine in a Ferrari.
RAW files contain the raw data from the camera input devices (such as the CCD, sensors etc) and the camera settings at the time the photo was taken.
They contain a LOT more information than a PNG file ever could.
Dont forget that Sony has (last I looked) the Memory Stick cards for their cameras (like my DSC-P32)
Actually, Corel is/was much the same.
They have had some great products that they just let die instead of pushing. Corel office/Word Perfect on linux was one such thing (although the Corel Office for Java was probobly not a good idea)
Another thing that really hurt borland was when the stock market crash happened and put an end to the merger between Borland and Corel.
UNIX has had the ln command for years
I dont get why microsoft implemented the crap known as "shortcuts" instead of proper Symbolic Links like on UNIX (there are good reasons why hard links wouldnt work, especially on the FAT filesystem) or like aliases on MacOS.
And just whos side is the electronics industry (e.g. computer and computer part makers, TV set makers etc). Obviously companies like Sony are a different kettle of fish alltogether :)
The command module was build by North American Aviation and the Lunar Module was built by Grumman Aerospace.
So it could well be the case that since 2 different companies built the 2 different air systems, they used 2 different shapes of CO2 filters because no-one bothered to make them the same (after all, it didnt matter much at the time)
I think the idea is that for something to be patentable, there has to be some kind of hardware aspect too (i.e. hardware specific to the invention in question).
One assumes that its not going to be continuously moving around (unless it moves in an arc pattern, it cant be 3.1 miles off the coast of LA and still stay 3.1 miles off the coast) so it wont need quite as much fuel.
What is needed is an exemption to the DMCA that basicly says "It not a DMCA violation if you have permission from the copyright holder of the work you want to access". With this, Nikon would be SOL because the photographer owns the copyright on the photo, not Nikon.