I find it very interesting that the DoJ has a special division solely dedicated to protecting the rights of corporations from individuals -- and that the charges are almost always criminal, the individuals are threatened with imprisonment. An individual steals a few tens of thousands of dollars of "intellectual property" and they are threatened with prison terms of 20 years or more.
Yet the division solely dedicated to protecting the rights of individuals from corporations (the FTC), the charges are almost always civil, and the companies almost never admit to any wrongdoing -- they just "settle" without any real consequences, even if they KILL PEOPLE. These corporations price fix, defraud the public, ripoff consumers of BILLIONS of dollars, and commit murder. Yet the individuals responsible for these crimes against the public never face any real threat of fine or prison.
it's not legislation that needs to be passed, it's enforcement of existing laws on the books that needs to be performed.
nearly every spam being sent these days violates some federal or state law. relay rape = criminal trespass, theft of service. sending from trojaned computers = breaking+entering, criminal trespass, theft of service, unjust enrichment. not to mention most spam just by content are fraud (penis enlargement, make money fast, etc) or criminal (advance fee fraud schemes).
if law enforcement would just enforce the laws already on the books, and start putting spammers in the slammer (and seizing their property, as done in drug cases), i'm sure we'll see a nice reduction in spam.
...well, the RIAA was caught price fixing, and settled rather than face conviction, so I guess it's only expected that they should behave like criminals:)
... but you just DID repeat things told to you in private!
"I've spoken to a few people (not naming names) who appear convinced that the design of ReiserFS is fundamentally flawed, and that it would lead to inevitable deadlocking. I've read your white papers now several times (took me a while to figure them out), and think the work you're doing is great, but a few smart people seem to think it can't be trusted."
lets have the names behind those specific claims you posted. lets hear who the smart people are.
There seems to be a lot of FUD against reiserfs being spread by a small but vocal minority of people.
Among other claims I have heard by the FUDsters - 'no large production systems (eg terabyte or larger) trust their data to reiserfs', 'xfs is superior to reiserfs because it has been well tested on irix', 'reiserfs has chronic data corruption problems', etc. Spin tactics that would make microsoft's propaganda teams proud.
How do you respond to the FUDsters? What claims are bogus, and what valid objections to reiserfs are there? (The only legitimate problem I can think of - lack of full data journaling - is shared by xfs and jfs as well).
There also seems to be a resistance by commercial distros to adopting reiserfs.
There's a loophole several light-years wide in this W3C policy.
The patent holder can still charge you a one-time $100 million dollar _license fee_ if they want, yet still be compliant with the wording of the W3C policy of "no royalties".
If your claim were really true, they would be using the Mobile Athlon core for the MP processor line, but they're not. The mobile athlon core runs even less temp/power for the same mhz than the MP, but it's cheaper.
So your argument invites purchasing mobile athlons and using them for MP. In fact, your argument pretty much demands it.
I have a number of AMD SMP systems using non-MP cores and they work just fine, no slowdown no random ram errors no crashes at all.
You're just making shit up ("cache coherency proclems") to sound like you're informed. Oh wait, you're anonymous coward. So your post is dubious BS by default.
Actually, they wouldnt necessarily prosecute those individuals who unlock MP, but they would definitely prosecute those who published the information online.
These MP hacks are circumventing an access control mechanism (in this case, access to MP functionality which you didn't pay for) which is a clear violation of the DMCA.
"Until we're sure the issues are 100 percent resolved, we're going to keep holding back shipments with the 450," IBM spokeswoman Lisa Lanspery said. "We have a policy of zero tolerance for undetected data corruption" at a customer site, she said.
so detected data corruption is just fine, then...?:-)
the worst telemarketer fraud is from companies operating in canada, in order to avoid US law. canadianus telco rates are low enough that its economical enough for them to operate like this.
mike was apparently running with a group of really bad dudes. mike's claims for travelling to china apparently don't wash.
it's circumstantial evidence sure, but things definitely don't look good for your buddy mike.
i'm more concerned with mike's being held for weeks without being charged. of course, kevin mitnick got shafted far worse... (not that i believe kevin is a saint, or that mike is necessarily guilty).
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...if someone's name is falsely or erroneously in one of these vendor's lists...?
I find it very interesting that the DoJ has a special division solely dedicated to protecting the rights of corporations from individuals -- and that the charges are almost always criminal, the individuals are threatened with imprisonment. An individual steals a few tens of thousands of dollars of "intellectual property" and they are threatened with prison terms of 20 years or more.
Yet the division solely dedicated to protecting the rights of individuals from corporations (the FTC), the charges are almost always civil, and the companies almost never admit to any wrongdoing -- they just "settle" without any real consequences, even if they KILL PEOPLE. These corporations price fix, defraud the public, ripoff consumers of BILLIONS of dollars, and commit murder. Yet the individuals responsible for these crimes against the public never face any real threat of fine or prison.
Does this seem moral or ethical to you?
thank you for your comprehensive and well reasoned response, mr. armchair rocket scientist.
having backups for something is a LOT different than using both of them at the same time to juggle simultaneous missions.
now begone before we taunt you a second time.
it's not legislation that needs to be passed, it's enforcement of existing laws on the books that needs to be performed.
nearly every spam being sent these days violates some federal or state law. relay rape = criminal trespass, theft of service. sending from trojaned computers = breaking+entering, criminal trespass, theft of service, unjust enrichment. not to mention most spam just by content are fraud (penis enlargement, make money fast, etc) or criminal (advance fee fraud schemes).
if law enforcement would just enforce the laws already on the books, and start putting spammers in the slammer (and seizing their property, as done in drug cases), i'm sure we'll see a nice reduction in spam.
...for large corporations theyre just pocket change, and wont deter them from patent fraud.
the only thing that might deter them from patent fraud is prison time.
...well, the RIAA was caught price fixing, and settled rather than face conviction, so I guess it's only expected that they should behave like criminals :)
where can i get me a copy of that?
actually the DJB would be a better unit of measure. Its incredibly more massive and dense, therefore fractional values of DJB can be more accurate.
what fud?
all i see is a plain, matter-of-fact notification of a license violation.
reading the thread (which you apparently hoped i wouldn't) I see some less-than-civil replies from debian listmembers, and an apparent admission by other members that debian was indeed in apparent license violation.
... but you just DID repeat things told to you in private!
"I've spoken to a few people (not naming names) who appear convinced that the design of ReiserFS is fundamentally flawed, and that it would lead to inevitable deadlocking. I've read your white papers now several times (took me a while to figure them out), and think the work you're doing is great, but a few smart people seem to think it can't be trusted."
lets have the names behind those specific claims you posted. lets hear who the smart people are.
or are they too cowardly to stand behind their claims?
it's easy to throw rocks while hiding in the shadows. but will they still make their claims in public?
There seems to be a lot of FUD against reiserfs being spread by a small but vocal minority of people.
Among other claims I have heard by the FUDsters - 'no large production systems (eg terabyte or larger) trust their data to reiserfs', 'xfs is superior to reiserfs because it has been well tested on irix', 'reiserfs has chronic data corruption problems', etc. Spin tactics that would make microsoft's propaganda teams proud.
How do you respond to the FUDsters? What claims are bogus, and what valid objections to reiserfs are there? (The only legitimate problem I can think of - lack of full data journaling - is shared by xfs and jfs as well).
There also seems to be a resistance by commercial distros to adopting reiserfs.
What do you attribute the resistance to?
There's a loophole several light-years wide in this W3C policy.
The patent holder can still charge you a one-time $100 million dollar _license fee_ if they want, yet still be compliant with the wording of the W3C policy of "no royalties".
This game freaking looks like doom on a 386. Uber blocky, and slow as hell. Complete waste of time -- get a GBA or something else instead.
If your claim were really true, they would be using the Mobile Athlon core for the MP processor line, but they're not. The mobile athlon core runs even less temp/power for the same mhz than the MP, but it's cheaper.
So your argument invites purchasing mobile athlons and using them for MP. In fact, your argument pretty much demands it.
I have a number of AMD SMP systems using non-MP cores and they work just fine, no slowdown no random ram errors no crashes at all.
You're just making shit up ("cache coherency proclems") to sound like you're informed. Oh wait, you're anonymous coward. So your post is dubious BS by default.
Actually, they wouldnt necessarily prosecute those individuals who unlock MP, but they would definitely prosecute those who published the information online.
These MP hacks are circumventing an access control mechanism (in this case, access to MP functionality which you didn't pay for) which is a clear violation of the DMCA.
"Until we're sure the issues are 100 percent resolved, we're going to keep holding back shipments with the 450," IBM spokeswoman Lisa Lanspery said. "We have a policy of zero tolerance for undetected data corruption" at a customer site, she said.
:-)
so detected data corruption is just fine, then...?
i dunno about that. jeers from the sideline have screwed up many a race when it distracted them :-)
thats horizontal resolution.
vertical resolution is 240 lines, interlaced ergo 480 lines.
if you capture 240 lines you are effectively throwing away half your vertical resolution.
DV capture device (sony dvmc-da2) and a couple 160-200gb hard drives. Should do the trick. (Does for me)
Store what you can that will fit onto DVD-RW now, and save the rest for later when larger capacity DVDs come out.
You can also get a used 35gb DLT drive off ebay and store DV onto that. Tapes are pretty cheap and DLT is pretty rugged.
the worst telemarketer fraud is from companies operating in canada, in order to avoid US law. canadianus telco rates are low enough that its economical enough for them to operate like this.
mike was apparently running with a group of really bad dudes. mike's claims for travelling to china apparently don't wash.
it's circumstantial evidence sure, but things definitely don't look good for your buddy mike.
i'm more concerned with mike's being held for weeks without being charged. of course, kevin mitnick got shafted far worse... (not that i believe kevin is a saint, or that mike is necessarily guilty).
These guys aren't big-time terrorists.
No, but they definitely wanted to be. Read the parts where they stated they planned to kill 1000 people in a shooting spree if they could.
They come across more like a bunch of bozos.
No, they come across as a bunch of fucking morons.