Thanks for pointing this out, and for bringing up the verb "to be." This is, by default, the oldest verb in any language (except perhaps Russian, which they tell me doesn't have it), and therefore the most irregular.
Indeed. The lack of a verb "to be" is called zero copula. Plenty of languages like that.
Unfortunately, Verbix is down at the moment. Otherwise I might be able to find examples of regular 'to be' for you. I imagine pidgins and/or creoles might be good candidate languages.
Incidentally, I believe the article is full of shit. Apparently they have not had even a single linguist check their results, and they are based solely on English. One data point (language) does not prove anything!
Actually, there are a few second declension neuters. Virus is one of them, but the exact declension is uncertain, because virus was a mass noun in Latin. Incidentally, the plural form postulated on that page (vira) is identical to the one used in Danish, my native language. As far as I know, there has been no uncertainty at all as to the Danish form.
Only it is defective by design, because "protected processes" are supposed to be immune to debugging, for example. Even if the current user has elevated privileges.
Indeed, and the driver simply gets the address of a data structure (using an API call) and flips a bit in it. I suppose this is vague enough to not constitute copyright infringement (but I have the code on my screen right now).
Not only that, but discovering how it works is trivial, using a tool like
IDA Pro, of which I am a happy costumer.
Refusing to give out source for this, citing security reasons, reminds me of certain proprietary software companies running scared.
Fortunately, there are a ton of songs that require nothing more than four notes, such as "Mary Had A Little Lamb".
Ehm, MHALL requires more than four notes: C C G G A A G / F F E E D D C / G G F F E E D / G G F F E E D / C C G G A A G / F F E E D D C. Only white keys though.
There, and I probably violated a copyright, too.
All Britain need do is pass a law that obliges DRM peddlers to make provision for the fact that copyright will expire one day {if there isn't such a law already}.
Unfortunately, this points to a general problem: Lawyers are wary of stating in a law that someone has to obey the law, which is essentially what you're saying. This point is seen as self-evident, and therefore best not expressed in a law. Besides, what would the penalties be for a violation? Withdrawal of the copyright in question?
No they don't. Because they got to define the criteria for inclusion themselves, there are lots of functions still not documented. Take a look at this page. It's a shame his usage page (linked from the page I just referenced) does not include MS Office -- I personally know of a few APIs that it uses that are dynamically loaded by ordinal, even in post-settlement versions, undoubtedly to obscure the fact.
That's not what he said. Damn them for using different chipsets AND not renaming the card. When buying a card that says it's an "SB Live" card, the thing had damn well better work like an SB Live. They are not alone in this -- ISTR another case (with a network card, maybe?).
Did you read the conclusion of that page you refer to?
In moderation, tannins are not concentrated enough to interfere with digestion. We'd say after 5000 to 8000 years of tea drinking, you'd have to assume that tannins can't be all that bad.
Do you perhaps mean Pulse Code Modulation? BTW, this patent doesn't have anything to do with PCM directly. It is about the automatic generation of "teasers" from full-length music material.
> I don't know why they are so unwilling to throw some more money at the problem of Windows' security still sucking shit after all these years, despite all the promises they have made to change that.
Perhaps because it would be an admission of being at fault? Many people don't know that there are alternatives to Windows, and think that having holes the size of a Swiss cheese is unavoidable. I think that such an admission would open people's eyes to the fact that Windows is below average security-wise, and make more people migrate to other OSes (none mentioned, none forgotten).
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Unfortunately, Verbix is down at the moment. Otherwise I might be able to find examples of regular 'to be' for you. I imagine pidgins and/or creoles might be good candidate languages.
Incidentally, I believe the article is full of shit. Apparently they have not had even a single linguist check their results, and they are based solely on English. One data point (language) does not prove anything!
Methinks you've got some people mixed up here. That would be Ballmer, not Jobs.
Actually, there are a few second declension neuters. Virus is one of them, but the exact declension is uncertain, because virus was a mass noun in Latin. Incidentally, the plural form postulated on that page (vira) is identical to the one used in Danish, my native language. As far as I know, there has been no uncertainty at all as to the Danish form.
Only it is defective by design, because "protected processes" are supposed to be immune to debugging, for example. Even if the current user has elevated privileges.
Indeed, and the driver simply gets the address of a data structure (using an API call) and flips a bit in it. I suppose this is vague enough to not constitute copyright infringement (but I have the code on my screen right now).
Not only that, but discovering how it works is trivial, using a tool like IDA Pro, of which I am a happy costumer. Refusing to give out source for this, citing security reasons, reminds me of certain proprietary software companies running scared.
And if you read that link of yours, you'd know that Pennsylvania Dutch is not "Dutch, really", but rather "German, really".
Mark Giangrande wrote a brief description of citators for Groklaw. Check it out.
I may be behind the curve here, but I find it interesting that Slashdot even has a no-threading mode... or was this a quick hack job?
There, and I probably violated a copyright, too.
Try "GNU Licentia Publica Generalis".
Would mod you Funny, but the similarity between "license" and "licentia" should be striking.
No they don't. Because they got to define the criteria for inclusion themselves, there are lots of functions still not documented. Take a look at this page. It's a shame his usage page (linked from the page I just referenced) does not include MS Office -- I personally know of a few APIs that it uses that are dynamically loaded by ordinal , even in post-settlement versions, undoubtedly to obscure the fact.
Someone might construe this as meaning "authority of the copyright owners of the protection scheme". They have rights too, dont'cha know?
That's not what he said. Damn them for using different chipsets AND not renaming the card. When buying a card that says it's an "SB Live" card, the thing had damn well better work like an SB Live. They are not alone in this -- ISTR another case (with a network card, maybe?).
And in the EU, they call it an economic majority.
Yes. 80's girl group Bananarama: Na na hey hey.
ph0n? p40n?
I think perhaps the poster did realize this, and that is why he wrote 'makes the rule stronger' instead of 'proves the rule', no?
Do you perhaps mean Pulse Code Modulation? BTW, this patent doesn't have anything to do with PCM directly. It is about the automatic generation of "teasers" from full-length music material.
> I don't know why they are so unwilling to throw some more money at the problem of Windows' security still sucking shit after all these years, despite all the promises they have made to change that.
Perhaps because it would be an admission of being at fault? Many people don't know that there are alternatives to Windows, and think that having holes the size of a Swiss cheese is unavoidable. I think that such an admission would open people's eyes to the fact that Windows is below average security-wise, and make more people migrate to other OSes (none mentioned, none forgotten).