HDTV tuner card vendors must be very happy with the EFF stance than can only boost their sales.
This sounds just like those TV commercials: "Offers valid only if you call during this commercial"...
My ass, theres always another Sales, its never the last chance...
And in this case, how much would you bet that after July, there will be hacks to disable the broadcast flag, discretly provided by manufacturers through back-channels, just like there are hacks to disable region code or macrovision on DVD players....
I'm sure some guys are buying several of those cards hoping to be able to resale them at premium on eBay after July....
First, this wont work as soon as they figure out how to spoof the system, by giving their tag to their friends.
Second, this reduce further the teacher-student personnal relationship. Roll call should be part of the relationship.
This remind me of this movie, where after some time students would just leave their tape recorder assist the class, and finally the teacher would just leave his tape player speaks for him...
The only good point, this might make kids want to learn to hack sooner....
Windows guys tell Unix guy if it works or not... Unix guy ask Windows guys to do some operation...
It seems to me that this is a conspiracy to Reverse Engineer...
I mean, as soon as the Windows guy and the Unix guys start speaking about what they are doing in relation with the product it seems pretty clear to me that the 1/ Windows guy is violating the Reverse engineering clause in the EULA he agreed to. 2/ The Unix guy is using Windows by proxy so he has to agree with the EULA.
This may seem far fetched (even to me) but from a lawyer POV....
I mean seriously, I pay most of my bills online on the creditors website when possible (PG&E, SBC,...)
And when not, then my bank website allows me to do it (eg for my car loan)
And I dont even need to click when most creditor offer automatic payment (eg Comcast, my mortage,...)
Sure, it's not all in one place, but do you really want to trust Quicken to handle all your stuff...
Quicken is becoming really scary now... Not only they do software, but they also offer credit cards and loans. Those Quicken loan consultants really behaved like sharks with me...
I'd rather go with MS on this one... (I also tried to compile GnuCash for cygwin but thats gonna take me a while to figure out all the crap I need to port first...)
Actually, I just bought a house in the US, and I got a pretty good rate. I asked some people how it was in France, and it seems to be about the same.
Off course since there is no credit report system, the way it works is that you get a better rate if you have a good relationship with your bank. But guess what: even in the US, my bank is where I got the best rate, not with some random mortgage consultant or online lending company.
The credit report system in the US has nothing to do with protecting you, the consummer, but everything to do with protecting the lender.
But anyway its kind of pointless to compare rates when the banking systems are vastly different. For example there are no interest on checking account (by law) but almost anybody can open some saving account at about 3% (there are some restriction). All this will change eventually with the EU.
Oh yeahhh.... I have a vision of a USB pen sticking up on top of my digital camera... just like i would have flash bulbs stiking on top of my old film camera...
Theres no way you want a generic usb plug on your camera to replace your media. You want your media to fit tightly inside your camera.
Now, they could put a USB host interface on the camera so that you could transfer your pictures onto your usb pen or your ipod photo or the latest portable media player. But thats something else...
In this case they could even do without removable media and just have a fixed flash memory inside.
The SD card is a bit wider than my usb pen drive, and on my laptop, the usb port are between the power connector and the ethernet connector, and its already pretty tight when i plug the usb pen.
Yeah that may well be true for a regular tsunami, but we are talking about mega-tsunami here. These have different dynamics, and size.
For all the victims and devastation, this Indian Ocean tsunami was a regular one, although a big one. The wall of water was 30ft high... for a super tsunami its 300ft high.
So i'm pretty sure 30ft is nothing for aircraft carriers and military cruisers, I mean they probably already faces that at sea in bad weather. But 300 ft its another issue.
Of course nobody can tell for sure what would happen because we have not experienced a mega tsunami yet...
Virality of the GPL : its a real issue
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Lets me explain like this:
Company "A", presumably honest and acting in good faith License software (including source) from providers "B" and "C" and combine them to create a new product.
B's license doesnt allow A to distribute B's source code.
C doesnt really care about his source code being distributed use the GPL.
Results: A cannot integrate B & C, C loose the business.
Solution 1: C relicense under a BSD License. Works fine if they have the copyright on all the source code, unfortunately since it was develloped under the GPL, lazy developpers picked up pieces of GPL software all over and they now have to go back and find all those GPL pieces that they dont own and replace them.
The problem is not the GPL in itslef, but the fact is that it encourage development practices which doesnt necessarily provide a clean business practice.
Remember RMS complaining about XEmacs not keeping track of were the code was coming from ?
Working with the GPL is probably more difficult that with any given proprietary License, because it potentialy involve hundres of Copyright holder.
It doesnt mean its a bad license, but it means you need to have higher standards when you use GPL code.
Changes aren't going to happen anytime soon, though. "We're nowhere near ready to have anything to show people anything yet. We know what we'd like to do, but how to do it is not clear," Stallman said. Only when he's good and ready will he begin seeking comments on a draft.
The first thing an H1-B try to do (after buying his car and get is SS number) is apply for a Green Card (aka Permanent Residency) which takes about 5 years right now (your H1-B usually can last 6 years max)
Unless of course by this time the company they are working for is downsizing, in which case getting the Green Card takes even longer, and usually they have to go back home...
I know that because I'm an H1-B, and all the other H1-B I know are waiting for their green card... (Except the one in the company that is downsizing...)
The plain old text filter sucks, it cannot cope with a "less than" signs
Lets try again with `"`
" So, practically speaking, Joe Marini, if you'd published the source code for all those features in Quark 3.0, and some manager at Aldus had told their developers to snag the code and replicate it, they would have said two things:
1.
OK, which of the features we're now working on do you want us to back out so we can work on the Quark features instead?
2.
Tim Gill is a #$!!%** and the whole architecture of Quark is a !#!)($* piece of $*^*%!@ and 100% incompatible with PageMaker, if you want that feature it'd be way quicker and better to just build it from scratch. "
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HDTV tuner card vendors must be very happy with the EFF stance than can only boost their sales.
This sounds just like those TV commercials: "Offers valid only if you call during this commercial"...
My ass, theres always another Sales, its never the last chance...
And in this case, how much would you bet that after July, there will be hacks to disable the broadcast flag, discretly provided by manufacturers through back-channels, just like there are hacks to disable region code or macrovision on DVD players....
I'm sure some guys are buying several of those cards hoping to be able to resale them at premium on eBay after July....
Hey... has the MPAA just started a new snowclone ?
I'm using the original bushims "You can run, but you can't hide" as a joke everyday...
First, this wont work as soon as they figure out how to spoof the system, by giving their tag to their friends.
Second, this reduce further the teacher-student personnal relationship. Roll call should be part of the relationship.
This remind me of this movie, where after some time students would just leave their tape recorder assist the class, and finally the teacher would just leave his tape player speaks for him...
The only good point, this might make kids want to learn to hack sooner....
No, you just missed the point of Steganography.
The point of steganographie is not "You cant read my secret writings" but "You dont know that I have secret writings"
I some countires keeping secret is enough to get shoot. You want to hide them too.
Security though obscurity is indeed very usefull for storage or transmission.
Windows guys tell Unix guy if it works or not...
Unix guy ask Windows guys to do some operation...
It seems to me that this is a conspiracy to Reverse Engineer...
I mean, as soon as the Windows guy and the Unix guys start speaking about what they are doing in relation with the product it seems pretty clear to me that the
1/ Windows guy is violating the Reverse engineering clause in the EULA he agreed to.
2/ The Unix guy is using Windows by proxy so he has to agree with the EULA.
This may seem far fetched (even to me) but from a lawyer POV....
Isn't it time to name GPLv3 the biggest vaporware of the decade ?
How many Slashdot articles on GPLv3 before we ever see the first draft ?
Bill Pay??? ---> Firefox ??
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I mean seriously, I pay most of my bills online on the creditors website when possible (PG&E, SBC,
And when not, then my bank website allows me to do it (eg for my car loan)
And I dont even need to click when most creditor offer automatic payment (eg Comcast, my mortage,...)
Sure, it's not all in one place, but do you really want to trust Quicken to handle all your stuff...
Quicken is becoming really scary now... Not only they do software, but they also offer credit cards and loans. Those Quicken loan consultants really behaved like sharks with me...
I'd rather go with MS on this one... (I also tried to compile GnuCash for cygwin but thats gonna take me a while to figure out all the crap I need to port first...)
It seems that if you download a .QFX (aka WebConnect) from your bank, then you cannot import it in Quicken 2005 without being connected to the web.
.QFX file in a text editor, all the info I need is there...
I wonder why... If i open the
Where the fuck do they need to connect to anywhere....
Seriously does someone know how this is supposed to work ?
Well, you can already do that...
Maybe you should spend your next hour on the train to read the manual ?
Well... actually.... WMV is a codec too....
.wmv files are actually in ASF format if I'm not mistaken...
The
So much for obviously....
" By redundant I mean that it is already
in the constitution, so why write another law? "
Because the consitution has been written by humans, and so is imperfect, ma contains contradiction and be subject to different interpretations.
As long as you operate your care in the privacy of your home, the state doesnt care...
... I dont vouch for after life, but this is out of the jurisdiction of any gouvernment.
Anyway morality has never saved any lives. On earth at least
Actually, I just bought a house in the US, and I got a pretty good rate. I asked some people how it was in France, and it seems to be about the same.
Off course since there is no credit report system, the way it works is that you get a better rate if you have a good relationship with your bank. But guess what: even in the US, my bank is where I got the best rate, not with some random mortgage consultant or online lending company.
The credit report system in the US has nothing to do with protecting you, the consummer, but everything to do with protecting the lender.
But anyway its kind of pointless to compare rates when the banking systems are vastly different.
For example there are no interest on checking account (by law) but almost anybody can open some saving account at about 3% (there are some restriction). All this will change eventually with the EU.
France for example....
And their system is working fine.
As long as you have a paycheck or a parent with a paycheck that can back you up you can usually rent an appartement.
Also French people use credit a lot less tahn American, and I guess thats better for everybody.
Oh yeahhh.... I have a vision of a USB pen sticking up on top of my digital camera... just like i would have flash bulbs stiking on top of my old film camera...
... I just gave away a good idea....
Theres no way you want a generic usb plug on your camera to replace your media. You want your media to fit tightly inside your camera.
Now, they could put a USB host interface on the camera so that you could transfer your pictures onto your usb pen or your ipod photo or the latest portable media player. But thats something else...
In this case they could even do without removable media and just have a fixed flash memory inside.
That would be really innovating...
F**k
Kind of defeats the purpose.
If you have to carry an extension cord with it, then just carry an SD reader.
The cheap ass SD reader often come with an extension cord anyway....
The SD card is a bit wider than my usb pen drive, and on my laptop, the usb port are between the power connector and the ethernet connector, and its already pretty tight when i plug the usb pen.
I'm not sure this is going to fit everywhere....
Your assuming wrong: YOU are NOT supposed to be able to read the data.
Only your licensed DVD player must be able to read the data and display it on a licensed Macrovision TV.
At least that what they would like.....
Yeah that may well be true for a regular tsunami, but we are talking about mega-tsunami here. These have different dynamics, and size.
For all the victims and devastation, this Indian Ocean tsunami was a regular one, although a big one.
The wall of water was 30ft high... for a super tsunami its 300ft high.
So i'm pretty sure 30ft is nothing for aircraft carriers and military cruisers, I mean they probably already faces that at sea in bad weather. But 300 ft its another issue.
Of course nobody can tell for sure what would happen because we have not experienced a mega tsunami yet...
Lets me explain like this:
Company "A", presumably honest and acting in good faith License software (including source) from providers "B" and "C" and combine them to create a new product.
B's license doesnt allow A to distribute B's source code.
C doesnt really care about his source code being distributed use the GPL.
Results: A cannot integrate B & C, C loose the business.
Solution 1: C relicense under a BSD License. Works fine if they have the copyright on all the source code, unfortunately since it was develloped under the GPL, lazy developpers picked up pieces of GPL software all over and they now have to go back and find all those GPL pieces that they dont own and replace them.
The problem is not the GPL in itslef, but the fact is that it encourage development practices which doesnt necessarily provide a clean business practice.
Remember RMS complaining about XEmacs not keeping track of were the code was coming from ?
Working with the GPL is probably more difficult that with any given proprietary License, because it potentialy involve hundres of Copyright holder.
It doesnt mean its a bad license, but it means you need to have higher standards when you use GPL code.
People: There is no new GPL.
From the article:
Changes aren't going to happen anytime soon, though. "We're nowhere near ready to have anything to show people anything yet. We know what we'd like to do, but how to do it is not clear," Stallman said. Only when he's good and ready will he begin seeking comments on a draft.
so : There Is No News.
There is not even a Schedule for the new license.
Thank You Come Again...
I'm wondering how you know that for sure...
The first thing an H1-B try to do (after buying his car and get is SS number) is apply for a Green Card (aka Permanent Residency) which takes about 5 years right now (your H1-B usually can last 6 years max)
Unless of course by this time the company they are working for is downsizing, in which case getting the Green Card takes even longer, and usually they have to go back home...
I know that because I'm an H1-B, and all the other H1-B I know are waiting for their green card... (Except the one in the company that is downsizing...)
The plain old text filter sucks, it cannot cope with a "less than" signs
Lets try again with `"`
"
So, practically speaking, Joe Marini, if you'd published the source code for all those features in Quark 3.0, and some manager at Aldus had told their developers to snag the code and replicate it, they would have said two things:
1.
OK, which of the features we're now working on do you want us to back out so we can work on the Quark features instead?
2.
Tim Gill is a #$!!%** and the whole architecture of Quark is a !#!)($* piece of $*^*%!@ and 100% incompatible with PageMaker, if you want that feature it'd be way quicker and better to just build it from scratch.
"
The supposed coup-de-grace from the "Open" guy
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Wait, isnt edonkey/overnet already doing this ??
I mean I think the reason bitorrent was faster was indeed because of the tracker that would keep track of seeders and leechers.
So what's the point - except to mutate the same software so that MPAA cant keep up ?