No it doesn't. The OS is nice, fast native ARM code. The PACE environment interprets 68K code, but all system calls execute the native OS. And guess what. Most apps spend most of their time making OS calls.
Especially considering the lack of tanking reviews, if this movie fails or is even disappointing for ANY reason econommically, there is 0 chance that if there is a torrent out there it will not get blamed.
I don't think there's a 0 percent chance that you don't not need no more negatives in that sentence.
The license for any non-OS product from Microsoft says nothing about having to run it on Windows.
If you look at the side of the software box, under "requirements", it will list the operating systems with which the software is compatible. I absolutely guarantee you "Wine on Linux" is not listed.
If you choose to use it on an unsupported platform, you're on your own.
Look, I'm a huge critic of Microsoft, but if they keep treating you this way, and you keep giving them money, what other outcome would you expect? Time to wean yourself off of their teat!
1. You're not a Microsoft Customer. In this case you've got expectation of free stuff from them, and frankly you're better off for it in the long run (although it may not seems that way to you at first).
2. You are a Microsoft customer, in which case you've just been snookered by them once again. Sure, they're not required to support you and your unsupported platform. When people treat you this way, stop giving them money. Perhaps this will motivate you to get back in the first category.
This guy has enough money that, if left in a simple account earning 5% (compounding left to the accountants), he could live off the interest of $400,000 a year.
Ah, but unfortunately for Mr. Blue LED-san, simple interest-bearing accounts in Japan pay out about 0.1% per year.
"Dinosaurs are extinct because they didn't have a space program."
This quote means well, but it's dumbed down to the point of being misleading. A better explanation would be "Dinosaurs are extinct because they were hopelessly incacapable of adapting to climate changes."
The idea that dinosaurs were "wiped out" by a catastrohpic meteor event is hardly accepted as fact, despite what you see in movies and on the television news. It's a well-supported theory, but even at best, its effect on the reptiles was from climate, and not because the meteor vaporized all those lizards or anything.
The point is, what we need to do in the short term (you know, the next few thousand years or so) is make sure we can adapt. A meteor isn't going to vaporize ALL of us, but it sure might make our planet a lot different.
IANAL. I don't know about Texas, but in California an employer does NOT own your invention rights. This is true even if you signed your invention rights away in some agreement with your employer.
There's one big exception though. If you developed any of your invention rights on company time or used company resources (even if allowed), your employer has rights if you signed one of those agreements.
That's not the big exception. The big one is where it states that the company can claim ownership of the invention if it "relates to the business of the company". That clause is so vague that it really becomes a weapon for the employer, despite the intent of the law to protect employees.
Wait, this is the same U.S. government that gave us Amtrak and the USPS?
Not sure it's really fair to say they've given us Amtrak. Sure, they may have created it, but have you ever compared Amtrak's funding to, say, what the US spends on its interstate highway system?
[...] the new version strips the DRM, but leaves intact the Apple User ID who originally purchased the song. That is pretty cool - as it give them some legal justification. If people share stuff they can be ID'd.
Which raises an interesting question: If you get caught with Loshwomp's AAC file, who is in trouble? You or Loshwomp? Record companies seem to be in the habit of going after sharers, but here's an analogy:
Suppose I leave the keys to my DeLorean lying around, and you pick them up and drive off. We'd all agree that I was pretty stupid, but I don't think I've broken any laws. You, on the other hand, are guilty of grand larceny...
By that analogy, only the receiver of unauthorized copies would be liable.
Underpowered compared to what? Even corvettes of the day barely had 200HP -- auto manufacturers were still wresting with things like catalytic converters back then.
Doors incompatible with 75% of parking spaces
Nonsense again -- I can open my gulls in spaces where there's absolutely no way you could get out of your conventional doors. They only need about 10 or 11 inches of horizontal clearance (they mostly open upwards).
Go drive one. They wallow like a boat.
I'm starting to think you don't know what you're talking about. DeLoreans have exceptional handling. Many of the cars that are still on the road have been lowered an inch or two in the front, which only makes it better. (The original production car was raised a bit just before mass production, to comply with a bumper-height law of the day.)
Also, the doors of the DeLorean did leak, which is particulary bad if you have gullwing doors.
Nonsense. Speaking as a DeLorean owner, there is no problem whatsoever with the doors leaking, provided you keep an eye on the weatherstripping -- true of any car.
What a shame that I'm running Linux and my portable MP3 player doesn't support WMA.
Uhhm, I think you got that wrong. It's not a shame that you're running Linux or that your player doesn't support WMA. It is a shame that they chose WMA of all formats to put on their CDs.
Yikes, SCO is in trouble, because Gracenote already has a patent on the business model of "Extort unsuspecting user community". Remember what they did to the (previously free) CDDB?
I hope all you Winders users know that PowerArchiver blows the doors off of the WinZip and PK offerings, despite what your IT department installed on your company-issued machine.
If you value your data, it is *much* more important to cool your disks than your CPU.
Actually, if you really value your data you'll make backups or at least use a RAID array. 3Ware makes really nice RAID arrays that use IDE drives, and present themselves to the OS as a SCSI drive. You can find these on ebay frequently for under $100.
It doesn't matter what the warranty is. Even the best warranty in the world isn't going to bring back your data.
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You know someone just doesn't "get it" when he starts quoting benchmark numbers for handhelds.
No it doesn't. The OS is nice, fast native ARM code. The PACE environment interprets 68K code, but all system calls execute the native OS. And guess what. Most apps spend most of their time making OS calls.
I don't think there's a 0 percent chance that you don't not need no more negatives in that sentence.
Oh come now. If it was required for his job, then his job would have given him a PC with a nice shiny copy of Windows on it.
The Slashdot dupes list is alive and well.
If you look at the side of the software box, under "requirements", it will list the operating systems with which the software is compatible. I absolutely guarantee you "Wine on Linux" is not listed.
If you choose to use it on an unsupported platform, you're on your own.
Look, I'm a huge critic of Microsoft, but if they keep treating you this way, and you keep giving them money, what other outcome would you expect? Time to wean yourself off of their teat!
1. You're not a Microsoft Customer. In this case you've got expectation of free stuff from them, and frankly you're better off for it in the long run (although it may not seems that way to you at first).
2. You are a Microsoft customer, in which case you've just been snookered by them once again. Sure, they're not required to support you and your unsupported platform. When people treat you this way, stop giving them money. Perhaps this will motivate you to get back in the first category.
Clearly this isn't a dupe -- it's merely confirming the rumors those "MacWorld" folks started.
Ah, but unfortunately for Mr. Blue LED-san, simple interest-bearing accounts in Japan pay out about 0.1% per year.
Unfortunately not.
This quote means well, but it's dumbed down to the point of being misleading. A better explanation would be "Dinosaurs are extinct because they were hopelessly incacapable of adapting to climate changes."
The idea that dinosaurs were "wiped out" by a catastrohpic meteor event is hardly accepted as fact, despite what you see in movies and on the television news. It's a well-supported theory, but even at best, its effect on the reptiles was from climate, and not because the meteor vaporized all those lizards or anything.
The point is, what we need to do in the short term (you know, the next few thousand years or so) is make sure we can adapt. A meteor isn't going to vaporize ALL of us, but it sure might make our planet a lot different.
Maybe, but not until Netcraft confirms it.
There's one big exception though. If you developed any of your invention rights on company time or used company resources (even if allowed), your employer has rights if you signed one of those agreements.
That's not the big exception. The big one is where it states that the company can claim ownership of the invention if it "relates to the business of the company". That clause is so vague that it really becomes a weapon for the employer, despite the intent of the law to protect employees.
Wait, this is the same U.S. government that gave us Amtrak and the USPS?
Not sure it's really fair to say they've given us Amtrak. Sure, they may have created it, but have you ever compared Amtrak's funding to, say, what the US spends on its interstate highway system?
[...] the new version strips the DRM, but leaves intact the Apple User ID who originally purchased the song. That is pretty cool - as it give them some legal justification. If people share stuff they can be ID'd.
Which raises an interesting question: If you get caught with Loshwomp's AAC file, who is in trouble? You or Loshwomp? Record companies seem to be in the habit of going after sharers, but here's an analogy:
Suppose I leave the keys to my DeLorean lying around, and you pick them up and drive off. We'd all agree that I was pretty stupid, but I don't think I've broken any laws. You, on the other hand, are guilty of grand larceny...
By that analogy, only the receiver of unauthorized copies would be liable.
Which world do you live in? Sure much of the US may be designed around automobiles, but much of the other 95% of the world is not.
Underpowered compared to what? Even corvettes of the day barely had 200HP -- auto manufacturers were still wresting with things like catalytic converters back then.
Doors incompatible with 75% of parking spaces
Nonsense again -- I can open my gulls in spaces where there's absolutely no way you could get out of your conventional doors. They only need about 10 or 11 inches of horizontal clearance (they mostly open upwards).
Go drive one. They wallow like a boat.
I'm starting to think you don't know what you're talking about. DeLoreans have exceptional handling. Many of the cars that are still on the road have been lowered an inch or two in the front, which only makes it better. (The original production car was raised a bit just before mass production, to comply with a bumper-height law of the day.)
Nonsense. Speaking as a DeLorean owner, there is no problem whatsoever with the doors leaking, provided you keep an eye on the weatherstripping -- true of any car.
What a shame that I'm running Linux and my portable MP3 player doesn't support WMA.
Uhhm, I think you got that wrong. It's not a shame that you're running Linux or that your player doesn't support WMA. It is a shame that they chose WMA of all formats to put on their CDs.
Yikes, SCO is in trouble, because Gracenote already has a patent on the business model of "Extort unsuspecting user community". Remember what they did to the (previously free) CDDB?
I hope all you Winders users know that PowerArchiver blows the doors off of the WinZip and PK offerings, despite what your IT department installed on your company-issued machine.
Three fair questions. Answers, respectively, are "a small collection of Palm OS and Vorbis enthusiasts", "yes", and "by submitting it here".
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Not just "fast enough", but way faster, since the OS itself is not emulated, and most applications spend most of their time inside OS calls.
Actually, if you really value your data you'll make backups or at least use a RAID array. 3Ware makes really nice RAID arrays that use IDE drives, and present themselves to the OS as a SCSI drive. You can find these on ebay frequently for under $100.
It doesn't matter what the warranty is. Even the best warranty in the world isn't going to bring back your data.
Actually, that thing's proper name is "Clippit", not "Clippy".