Not in my experience. Some do, some don't. Many people don't even have contracts, but company policies usually exist regarding IP that is produced while employed at said company.
In some cases those restrictions even extend to one's free time. If you work for a company that develops software and decide to write some OSS on your own time, you could very well be putting your job at risk.
The moral: read the fine print before signing and/or going to work someplace.
..TMobile didn't suck. I had two of their phones on their family plan for a year. Lousy coverage areas, shoddy service (like losing the signal while downtown in the center of their coverage area in my region), and HORRIBLE customer service. I would not do business with them again if they paid me. It got to the point where we almost had to call the BBB.
We need to get the UN to enact anti-spam resolutions! They can send inspectors in to verify that all ISP's are complying even! I hear that Hans Blix is looking for work...
Why do people have to make up new words when the term 'microscopic' is what we are really talking about. Anything that you can't see with the naked eye is microscopic...Smacks of 'hey let's throw in some high tech sounding buzzword so it looks even cooler than it is' to me.
Not that it isn't cool. It is. I want my Spider Man gloves!
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It's GNOME, so it won't be a low user or resources. Then again, that doesn't matter to many people who have oodles of RAM to spare for their window manager.
You mean you don't pay for electricity? Or maybe you mean you make your own or buy it from some little Mom&Pop shop? You do realize that 99% of our electricity comes from companies every bit as large and powerful (no pun intended) as the oil companies you seem to love to hate?
It might just be a scooter now, but this is the engine technology that could very well power future cars, trucks, SUV's, etc. One has to start somewhere.
No...what would be news on GNU/Hurd would be that it was actually ready for general use...or that disk partitions greater than 512 megabytes were supported...or that it performed with anywhere near the speed and stability of those 'old fashioned' monolithic kernels...
That certainly was both ontopic and informative. As the other poster replied, just because you don't understand something doesn't mean it is offtopic. The parent post has a direct relation to encryption and how it was implemented in WASTE.
It would still have to be proven in court that the alleged benefactor actually did benefit from the Spam. I've been saying this for YEARS, that we have to go after the source of funding for spammers; namely the companies/people/products that are advertised.
In a way that is a sort of a cop out. Apple could have invested in better chipset technology. A quad-pumped 133mhz FSB has already been done by Intel. What was to stop Apple from doing the same? Lack of a good chipset, that's all.
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I find it a little weird that the first such bundle is a DVD/Tivo box. Presumably it won't include the ability to make disk copies of DVDs! Without this feature, what the point of buying these two devices together?
So I can have one unit doing both functions instead of two? Makes sense to me.
They were not CPU benchmarks, otherwise your gripe would make sense. They were software/OS benchmarks, in which case you want to use a common hardware platform if you want results that make sense.
That being said, I trust benchmarks sponsored by MS about as much as I trust my ex (i.e. not all that much!). The same goes for any company that commissions a benchmark study of it's own products.
You are either trolling or you are confused between what a hacker does and what a cracker does. My guess is the former, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.
Hacker: writes code, likes to write neat code, usually of a functional nature
Cracker: breaks into systems.
I know, I know...the media long ago hijacked the term 'hacker' to refer to both sets of activities. The article in question uses the correct definition of the term though.
Is it just me or did I just waste 5 minutes of my life reading an overly verbose article based on a flawed analogy? Painters do not create something functional; hackers (read: programmers) do. Sure, code can be 'beautiful' to those who can appreciate it, but is it more art than science? Given the deterministic nature of digital computers, I think not. Are there creative elements to coding? Sure. That doesn't mean hacker==painter.
That's why I always do a kernel compile on overclocked machines before I deem them to be stable. All aspects of the system need to be tested, and as you point out compilation is a very CPU intensive operation.
What juicy bullshit? The US never was a Democracy, it's a Representative Republic for the very same reasons cited. Study some history and some Constitutional law before you flame, Mr. Anonymous Troll.
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This is exactly what Linux needs to overtake Windows! Now it's only a matter of time!
This was newsworthy how? Maybe I just need more coffee.
Since you started the nitpicking, there is strong evidence (size of nasal cavities for one) that indicate the T-Rex hunted/scavenged mainly be smell.
Sure I get it, and I approve of it wholeheartedly. It still is up the the company to make that decision, not the employee. That's all I said.
Not in my experience. Some do, some don't. Many people don't even have contracts, but company policies usually exist regarding IP that is produced while employed at said company.
In some cases those restrictions even extend to one's free time. If you work for a company that develops software and decide to write some OSS on your own time, you could very well be putting your job at risk.
The moral: read the fine print before signing and/or going to work someplace.
Even being a used care salesman is better than being an asshat troll like yourself.
There are some very bad consultants out there, yes. There are also some very skilled ones who are worth every penny that they charge.
There I go again...feeding the trolls...
..TMobile didn't suck. I had two of their phones on their family plan for a year. Lousy coverage areas, shoddy service (like losing the signal while downtown in the center of their coverage area in my region), and HORRIBLE customer service. I would not do business with them again if they paid me. It got to the point where we almost had to call the BBB.
Then it is job related and there should be no problem with it unless the company has policies against using OSS.
That was not how the statement I replied to read though...
Because you are doing it on their time, not your own.
We need to get the UN to enact anti-spam resolutions! They can send inspectors in to verify that all ISP's are complying even! I hear that Hans Blix is looking for work...
Where in my post did I complain? I simply stated a fact. I use GNOME myself and don't mind the resources it takes.
Why do people have to make up new words when the term 'microscopic' is what we are really talking about. Anything that you can't see with the naked eye is microscopic...Smacks of 'hey let's throw in some high tech sounding buzzword so it looks even cooler than it is' to me.
Not that it isn't cool. It is. I want my Spider Man gloves!
It's GNOME, so it won't be a low user or resources. Then again, that doesn't matter to many people who have oodles of RAM to spare for their window manager.
You mean you don't pay for electricity? Or maybe you mean you make your own or buy it from some little Mom&Pop shop? You do realize that 99% of our electricity comes from companies every bit as large and powerful (no pun intended) as the oil companies you seem to love to hate?
Your logic is faulty.
It might just be a scooter now, but this is the engine technology that could very well power future cars, trucks, SUV's, etc. One has to start somewhere.
No...what would be news on GNU/Hurd would be that it was actually ready for general use...or that disk partitions greater than 512 megabytes were supported...or that it performed with anywhere near the speed and stability of those 'old fashioned' monolithic kernels...
That certainly was both ontopic and informative. As the other poster replied, just because you don't understand something doesn't mean it is offtopic. The parent post has a direct relation to encryption and how it was implemented in WASTE.
It would still have to be proven in court that the alleged benefactor actually did benefit from the Spam. I've been saying this for YEARS, that we have to go after the source of funding for spammers; namely the companies/people/products that are advertised.
In a way that is a sort of a cop out. Apple could have invested in better chipset technology. A quad-pumped 133mhz FSB has already been done by Intel. What was to stop Apple from doing the same? Lack of a good chipset, that's all.
I find it a little weird that the first such bundle is a DVD/Tivo box. Presumably it won't include the ability to make disk copies of DVDs! Without this feature, what the point of buying these two devices together?
So I can have one unit doing both functions instead of two? Makes sense to me.
They were not CPU benchmarks, otherwise your gripe would make sense. They were software/OS benchmarks, in which case you want to use a common hardware platform if you want results that make sense.
That being said, I trust benchmarks sponsored by MS about as much as I trust my ex (i.e. not all that much!). The same goes for any company that commissions a benchmark study of it's own products.
Um...no...some of us read more than 10 words per minute ;-)
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Yes, I read the whole thing before I posted. Novel idea around here, eh?
You are either trolling or you are confused between what a hacker does and what a cracker does. My guess is the former, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.
Hacker: writes code, likes to write neat code, usually of a functional nature
Cracker: breaks into systems.
I know, I know...the media long ago hijacked the term 'hacker' to refer to both sets of activities. The article in question uses the correct definition of the term though.
Is it just me or did I just waste 5 minutes of my life reading an overly verbose article based on a flawed analogy? Painters do not create something functional; hackers (read: programmers) do. Sure, code can be 'beautiful' to those who can appreciate it, but is it more art than science? Given the deterministic nature of digital computers, I think not. Are there creative elements to coding? Sure. That doesn't mean hacker==painter.
Just my ten cents. Your milage may vary.
That's why I always do a kernel compile on overclocked machines before I deem them to be stable. All aspects of the system need to be tested, and as you point out compilation is a very CPU intensive operation.
What juicy bullshit? The US never was a Democracy, it's a Representative Republic for the very same reasons cited. Study some history and some Constitutional law before you flame, Mr. Anonymous Troll.