My favorite part on the MS site was the story about how the GPL is a pain in the balls because of the NVidia story.
The story where the guy was writing a driver, and decided to use some GPL'd code in the driver. Then, gee wow, he read the GPL and found out he has to open his source code as part of the deal.
The shitbag used someone else's work to make his driver, and then wonders why NVidia tells him to rewrite all the stolen code becuase they refused to release the source?
This is precisely what the GPL is designed to do, to prevent theft of copyright and the creation of proprietary software based on other Free software.
Why don't they tell the story about the retailer that decided to burn CD's of Windows 2000 for all his customers, come to find out the EULA says you are supposed to PAY for Win2k licenses, and had to go back and buy them all???
Much is made of the fact that X is fundamentally remotable. However, WinXP editions other than "Home" support running remote GUI applications using terminal services technology. The machine is still fundamentally single user (you either "take over" the main console session or that session is suspended for the duration of the remote session), but I've found for home use it gets the job done nicely.
I hate Microsoft. Now that that is out of the way, Terminal Services is absolutely the fastest fucking remote GUI every conceived. It responds instantly and performs wonderfully for the average moron user, and I know, since I have installed many a Terminal Services-based network. It is totally useable over a 56k modem and makes PCAnyWhore look like a joke. Seriously, if you haven't tried it, give it a whirl, Terminal Services rules.
I gave up on a Linux desktop years ago, and have been waiting for a reason to ditch MS ever since. When I see it, I'll be the first one there. As of right now, Windows 2000 is far more useable as a desktop OS for normal.
To the author who suggested ditching X in favor of a tightly integrated, non network-centered GUI, HERE HERE. I've been saying that (probly to myself) for at least 5 years. X just doesn't cut it, and the fonts are atrocious, as noted.
Ok, thanks for reading. Have a wonderful evening folks,
Scrap the inverter and go with a straight deep cycle and something to possibly step down or up the voltage to whatever level it needs. The laptop should take striahgt DC, and it would allow you better usage of your batteries juice.
I agree, except oftentimes the input voltage on laptops exceeds 12VDC. I think my Sony is 19.5V or something. Other laptop brands have dedicated "Car" adapters that can be purchased separately. I couldn't find on for my piece of shite. Actually, it isn't that bad, the screen is nice.
Buy laptops that have available 12V adapters, then use gel-cell or other deep cycle battery solution that meets the amp hour needs.
PS - 50 amp hours will give you 50 amps in an hour, essentially. Actually, the AH rating is averaged over a 20 hour cycle I think.
I always point to the ham radio market. In general, there are very few pieces of "bad" ham radio gear sold. Some may be better than others, but none are truly bad. Why? I believe it is because the FCC requires that one understand the gear before they can get a license and use it.
No, it's because it is a niche product that (proportionately) no one cares about. This means that the few people that do care about will be expecting a high quality product or they will go to one of the other manufacturers.
There are a lot of other niche products that have the same quality throughout the available manufacturers. Filmmaking equipment, pro TV and video systems, etc. Anything that is truly designed with the professional user in mind stands a chance of being pretty high quality throughout *unless* it is exploited by mass attention. Attention from the masses corrupts the products into the junk we see on the market today, in places like Pro Audio equipment, Home Audio Eqpt, and consumer video systems.
You have to get a license to use a car, and the certainly doesn't imply that cars are better for it.
It's not that good. Sure, 1% of drivers (truck drivers, mainly) account for well over 16% of highway traffic. But they also way overpay tolls to support the toll roads they use.
And just how much does the Forestry Service have to do differently in the forests when campers are around? Assuming the campers are reasonably clean, costs are not dramatically increased by the few campers who use the campgrounds most often. So neither argument really relates to the situation cable companies are facing.
He's not talking about commercial traffic on interstates, to use your example. He's saying that a smaller percentage of the population account for a larger proportion of road usage. These folks being folks with long commutes, or the desire to drive all around the damn place. Just like people like myself who use my cable modem a lot for large transfers as well as to "drive all around the damn place".
Commercial traffic pays higher tolls, etc. just like commercial internet traffic is more costly.
AT&T Broadband says on its system, 1% percent of users account for 16% of bandwidth consumption.
What bugs me is the way they throw out this stat as if it's astounding-- it's not. Look at any system used by numerous people and you'll see about the same distribution. Take the US interstate highway system, for example: I'd lay money that 1% of the drivers thereon account for more than 16% of the traffic. How about campgrounds? 1% of the population accounts for a whopping 90% of campground usage. Their complaint is statistically meaningless.
What I meant was that it is known that radio-frequency radiation can cause tumors/cancer.
No, it is not. Radio emissions are non-ionizing radiation, which does not conclusively cause cancer. It does cause cells to become heated however, like a microwave oven causes food to warm up.
That's odd, because in the UK you can't sign your basic rights away under a contract (AIUI - IANAL).
Nor in the US. The moment your rights are violated, you may withdraw from the school. However, if you want them to continue to educate you and give you a degree, you must keep paying and follow the rules.
No, you need oxygen molecules (O2) which there wont be much of down in the hole..In an inert atmosphere you can boil gasoline safely
Isn't the flash temperature of gasoline higher than its boiling temperature anyways? It evaporates so fast at room temperature, I assume you could boil it at even a lower temperature than water.
Does this mean that sections of your constitution don't apply to private schools? How so, I thought the constitution was all-powerful (or am I misunderstanding this?)
Your rights as a citizen are not being violated when they kick you out of school. You broke the rules. They can kick you out for whatever they want, you agreed to their rules when you enrolled.
This is how private schools get away with racial profiling...I mean quotas...uhhh...wait, public schools do that too....hmm...
I suspect it's urban legend. I've seen much newer rice grinders spewing forth more pollution than my '77 Cutlass. Then again, it's been reasonably well-kept for the past 24 years. It's old, but it's definitely not a junker. (It passed its last smog check pretty easily, too.)
This is not true. Any carbureted engine releases hundreds of times more hydrocarbons into the atmosphere. This was one of the primary reasons fuel injection was invented.
Some fancy-pants ACLU-type lawyer should step up and give this kid a hand. Arresting someone for mocking a web site is ridiculous, whether it is pornographic or otherwise.
Let's try implementing things like solar, wind, geothermal, and tidal power on a large scale before we conclude nuclear fission is environmentally friendly.
These sources of energy, while very cool and environmentally sound, do not generate shit for power. One 4 foot by 3 foot solar panel generates about 36 watts of power. You'd have to cover the whole state to get enough for all of those server farms serving pr0n to the public.
(Don't ask about the StarBand installer, we just told him to kindly 'buzz off'.)
Can I ask another question or two? How did you configure and align the dish? Did you need to contact them or was the adjustment done through software somehow? I can't imagine you just point it south and turn it on... They let you have your IP and everything with a "Tech" there to authorize the installation?
One of the paradoxes of a free society is the fact that it is free enough to destroy itself. The alternative isn't very applealing if you think about it.
Agreed. That is why the US is not a democracy, but a Democratic Republic. If you read the Constitution you will see that this was a primary concern. Hence, no direct presidential election, Senators and Reps, etc...
It is a valiant effort that has resulted in the most powerful nation on earth with an excellent standard of living and as much personal freedom as we elect for ourselves withing reason. It is not perfect, maybe with a reduction in government influence, and the resulting reduction of corporate payoffs we'd be better off. (Read: don't vote for an Al Gore)
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
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This is part of what makes the US great. Let's hope we don't forget what we did this for...government will always drift toward tyranny, kinda like how a dog will eat so much it dies...
SCSI can transmit data directly between devices on the same SCSI chain. The controller directs this operation, and is a member of the chain as we know. If SCSI was as affordable, it would really be nice, but it's hard to beat 40GB 7200 RPM ATAPI drives for ~$149...
I'm in Omaha, NE.... a completely republican state. I voted for Gore. It did NOTHING - the five electoral votes all went to Bush, as we all knew they would
It didn't "do nothing", it added one vote to Gore's total in your state. If everyone sopped thinking like you do, then we wouldn't have the problem we have right now, not enough people voting.
It is not an antiquated system, I for one would not want to see the state of Nebraska reduced to an even smaller influence on the election than it has already. The Founding Fathers were not idiots, they designed the system to protect the less populated states from HUGE states like CA, which had sh*t for population when the system was designed. The system nearly always follows the popular vote, and when it doesn't, it's a near miss. I don't call.4% much of popular victory for Mr. Gore. It's more like the "statistical tie" the news called Mr. Bush's lead in the polls for the past few weeks.
I just got RR and am very happy with it
BTW, if you want to check your Bandwidth, I find a nifty tester here- http://www.2wire.com/bandwidth/bmresult.asp?kbps=0 .0
I don't see what Taco is getting at by posting this article. Of course they want OEM's to distribute their operating system rather than leaving them open to inheriting an illegal copy. They never definitively state that it WILL have a pirated copy installed if sold "naked", but only that the possibilty exists. I know for a fact that there are some "OEMs" that actually distribute all of their PC's with the same copy of Windows.
They are trying to explain the reasons to do the "OEM-thing" with MS which is better than forcing them to distribute Windows exclusively like they have been accused of in the past. Just my $.02.
Hiding options is just a stupid way to make an OS easier to use. It makes it nearly impossible to form a cognitive map of the system because everything keeps changing.
Wow, I couldn't agree more. Even non-computer people learn their system by repetition and when things change by themselves it never helps. You know even the IT guys won't be able to find this stuff after it disappears.
Also, why do people have so many tray programs running? How can you stand waiting for all of them to load when Winblows starts up? Sheesh, that combined with have 1 million useless apps running in the background just waiting to crash my OS makes me keep a total of 2 tray apps on my system: Winamp and Napster;-) I always turn of the "in-tray" option for any prog that offers it because I am afraid.
I wish Linux's GUI was up to speed with Windows, I keep trying to get used to it, but the inconsistencies and awful screen fonts make me go back to Windows and wait for a revolution...I wish I had time to dig into coding again, I'd like to work with GUI technology...nuff already. Whistler pretty much exactly like 95, 98, etc. They need a total overhaul to make it look as neat as OSX.
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My favorite part on the MS site was the story about how the GPL is a pain in the balls because of the NVidia story.
The story where the guy was writing a driver, and decided to use some GPL'd code in the driver. Then, gee wow, he read the GPL and found out he has to open his source code as part of the deal.
The shitbag used someone else's work to make his driver, and then wonders why NVidia tells him to rewrite all the stolen code becuase they refused to release the source?
This is precisely what the GPL is designed to do, to prevent theft of copyright and the creation of proprietary software based on other Free software.
Why don't they tell the story about the retailer that decided to burn CD's of Windows 2000 for all his customers, come to find out the EULA says you are supposed to PAY for Win2k licenses, and had to go back and buy them all???
Chris
Much is made of the fact that X is fundamentally remotable. However, WinXP editions other than "Home" support running remote GUI applications using terminal services technology. The machine is still fundamentally single user (you either "take over" the main console session or that session is suspended for the duration of the remote session), but I've found for home use it gets the job done nicely.
I hate Microsoft. Now that that is out of the way, Terminal Services is absolutely the fastest fucking remote GUI every conceived. It responds instantly and performs wonderfully for the average moron user, and I know, since I have installed many a Terminal Services-based network. It is totally useable over a 56k modem and makes PCAnyWhore look like a joke. Seriously, if you haven't tried it, give it a whirl, Terminal Services rules.
I gave up on a Linux desktop years ago, and have been waiting for a reason to ditch MS ever since. When I see it, I'll be the first one there. As of right now, Windows 2000 is far more useable as a desktop OS for normal.
To the author who suggested ditching X in favor of a tightly integrated, non network-centered GUI, HERE HERE. I've been saying that (probly to myself) for at least 5 years. X just doesn't cut it, and the fonts are atrocious, as noted.
Ok, thanks for reading. Have a wonderful evening folks,
Chris
Scrap the inverter and go with a straight deep cycle and something to possibly step down or up the voltage to whatever level it needs. The laptop should take striahgt DC, and it would allow you better usage of your batteries juice.
I agree, except oftentimes the input voltage on laptops exceeds 12VDC. I think my Sony is 19.5V or something. Other laptop brands have dedicated "Car" adapters that can be purchased separately. I couldn't find on for my piece of shite. Actually, it isn't that bad, the screen is nice.
Buy laptops that have available 12V adapters, then use gel-cell or other deep cycle battery solution that meets the amp hour needs.
PS - 50 amp hours will give you 50 amps in an hour, essentially. Actually, the AH rating is averaged over a 20 hour cycle I think.
Chris
I always point to the ham radio market. In general, there are very few pieces of "bad" ham radio gear sold. Some may be better than others, but none are truly bad. Why? I believe it is because the FCC requires that one understand the gear before they can get a license and use it.
No, it's because it is a niche product that (proportionately) no one cares about. This means that the few people that do care about will be expecting a high quality product or they will go to one of the other manufacturers.
There are a lot of other niche products that have the same quality throughout the available manufacturers. Filmmaking equipment, pro TV and video systems, etc. Anything that is truly designed with the professional user in mind stands a chance of being pretty high quality throughout *unless* it is exploited by mass attention. Attention from the masses corrupts the products into the junk we see on the market today, in places like Pro Audio equipment, Home Audio Eqpt, and consumer video systems.
You have to get a license to use a car, and the certainly doesn't imply that cars are better for it.
Chris
It's not that good. Sure, 1% of drivers (truck drivers, mainly) account for well over 16% of highway traffic. But they also way overpay tolls to support the toll roads they use.
And just how much does the Forestry Service have to do differently in the forests when campers are around? Assuming the campers are reasonably clean, costs are not dramatically increased by the few campers who use the campgrounds most often. So neither argument really relates to the situation cable companies are facing.
He's not talking about commercial traffic on interstates, to use your example. He's saying that a smaller percentage of the population account for a larger proportion of road usage. These folks being folks with long commutes, or the desire to drive all around the damn place. Just like people like myself who use my cable modem a lot for large transfers as well as to "drive all around the damn place".
Commercial traffic pays higher tolls, etc. just like commercial internet traffic is more costly.
Chris
AT&T Broadband says on its system, 1% percent of users account for 16% of bandwidth consumption.
What bugs me is the way they throw out this stat as if it's astounding-- it's not. Look at any system used by numerous people and you'll see about the same distribution. Take the US interstate highway system, for example: I'd lay money that 1% of the drivers thereon account for more than 16% of the traffic. How about campgrounds? 1% of the population accounts for a whopping 90% of campground usage. Their complaint is statistically meaningless.
Excellent point. Mod this up.
Chris
Broadband should be regulated by the government, just like power and local telephone service, because it is the same kind of thing.
Nothing should be regulated by the government. This includes drugs, phones, electricity, and other utilities. Well thought out point, though.
Chris
What I meant was that it is known that radio-frequency radiation can cause tumors/cancer.
No, it is not. Radio emissions are non-ionizing radiation, which does not conclusively cause cancer. It does cause cells to become heated however, like a microwave oven causes food to warm up.
C
PEOPLE who run corps need to be responsible for their actions!
And PEOPLE who run corps need to have their rights protected as well.
Thank you,
Chris
That's odd, because in the UK you can't sign your basic rights away under a contract (AIUI - IANAL).
Nor in the US. The moment your rights are violated, you may withdraw from the school. However, if you want them to continue to educate you and give you a degree, you must keep paying and follow the rules.
Not that I agree with those rules, BTW.
Chris
No, you need oxygen molecules (O2) which there wont be much of down in the hole..In an inert atmosphere you can boil gasoline safely
Isn't the flash temperature of gasoline higher than its boiling temperature anyways? It evaporates so fast at room temperature, I assume you could boil it at even a lower temperature than water.
Chris
Usually here I would insert the "Glad I live in Canada, not the States"...
And I usually mod those up +1 Funny.
Chris
Does this mean that sections of your constitution don't apply to private schools? How so, I thought the constitution was all-powerful (or am I misunderstanding this?)
Your rights as a citizen are not being violated when they kick you out of school. You broke the rules. They can kick you out for whatever they want, you agreed to their rules when you enrolled.
This is how private schools get away with racial profiling...I mean quotas...uhhh...wait, public schools do that too....hmm...
Chris
I suspect it's urban legend. I've seen much newer rice grinders spewing forth more pollution than my '77 Cutlass. Then again, it's been reasonably well-kept for the past 24 years. It's old, but it's definitely not a junker. (It passed its last smog check pretty easily, too.)
This is not true. Any carbureted engine releases hundreds of times more hydrocarbons into the atmosphere. This was one of the primary reasons fuel injection was invented.
Chris
Boy, if someone had an mp3 of the Omnibot robot sounds, that would really bring back some memories...
Chris
Some fancy-pants ACLU-type lawyer should step up and give this kid a hand. Arresting someone for mocking a web site is ridiculous, whether it is pornographic or otherwise.
I live near Salem...too bad IANAL.
Chris
Let's try implementing things like solar, wind, geothermal, and tidal power on a large scale before we conclude nuclear fission is environmentally friendly.
These sources of energy, while very cool and environmentally sound, do not generate shit for power. One 4 foot by 3 foot solar panel generates about 36 watts of power. You'd have to cover the whole state to get enough for all of those server farms serving pr0n to the public.
Chris
(Don't ask about the StarBand installer, we just told him to kindly 'buzz off'.)
Can I ask another question or two? How did you configure and align the dish? Did you need to contact them or was the adjustment done through software somehow? I can't imagine you just point it south and turn it on... They let you have your IP and everything with a "Tech" there to authorize the installation?
Chris
One of the paradoxes of a free society is the fact that it is free enough to destroy itself. The alternative isn't very applealing if you think about it.
Agreed. That is why the US is not a democracy, but a Democratic Republic. If you read the Constitution you will see that this was a primary concern. Hence, no direct presidential election, Senators and Reps, etc...
It is a valiant effort that has resulted in the most powerful nation on earth with an excellent standard of living and as much personal freedom as we elect for ourselves withing reason. It is not perfect, maybe with a reduction in government influence, and the resulting reduction of corporate payoffs we'd be better off. (Read: don't vote for an Al Gore)
Chris
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
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This is part of what makes the US great. Let's hope we don't forget what we did this for...government will always drift toward tyranny, kinda like how a dog will eat so much it dies...
Chris
SCSI can transmit data directly between devices on the same SCSI chain. The controller directs this operation, and is a member of the chain as we know. If SCSI was as affordable, it would really be nice, but it's hard to beat 40GB 7200 RPM ATAPI drives for ~$149...
Chris
I'm in Omaha, NE.... a completely republican state. I voted for Gore. It did NOTHING - the five electoral votes all went to Bush, as we all knew they would
.4% much of popular victory for Mr. Gore. It's more like the "statistical tie" the news called Mr. Bush's lead in the polls for the past few weeks.
It didn't "do nothing", it added one vote to Gore's total in your state. If everyone sopped thinking like you do, then we wouldn't have the problem we have right now, not enough people voting.
It is not an antiquated system, I for one would not want to see the state of Nebraska reduced to an even smaller influence on the election than it has already. The Founding Fathers were not idiots, they designed the system to protect the less populated states from HUGE states like CA, which had sh*t for population when the system was designed. The system nearly always follows the popular vote, and when it doesn't, it's a near miss. I don't call
Chris
I just got RR and am very happy with it0 .0
BTW, if you want to check your Bandwidth, I find a nifty tester here- http://www.2wire.com/bandwidth/bmresult.asp?kbps=
Another: http://www.dslreports.com/stest
I got 1.3Mb/s from my cable modem. Woohoo!
Chris
I don't see what Taco is getting at by posting this article. Of course they want OEM's to distribute their operating system rather than leaving them open to inheriting an illegal copy. They never definitively state that it WILL have a pirated copy installed if sold "naked", but only that the possibilty exists. I know for a fact that there are some "OEMs" that actually distribute all of their PC's with the same copy of Windows.
They are trying to explain the reasons to do the "OEM-thing" with MS which is better than forcing them to distribute Windows exclusively like they have been accused of in the past. Just my $.02.
Chris
Hiding options is just a stupid way to make an OS easier to use. It makes it nearly impossible to form a cognitive map of the system because everything keeps changing.
;-) I always turn of the "in-tray" option for any prog that offers it because I am afraid.
Wow, I couldn't agree more. Even non-computer people learn their system by repetition and when things change by themselves it never helps. You know even the IT guys won't be able to find this stuff after it disappears.
Also, why do people have so many tray programs running? How can you stand waiting for all of them to load when Winblows starts up? Sheesh, that combined with have 1 million useless apps running in the background just waiting to crash my OS makes me keep a total of 2 tray apps on my system: Winamp and Napster
I wish Linux's GUI was up to speed with Windows, I keep trying to get used to it, but the inconsistencies and awful screen fonts make me go back to Windows and wait for a revolution...I wish I had time to dig into coding again, I'd like to work with GUI technology...nuff already. Whistler pretty much exactly like 95, 98, etc. They need a total overhaul to make it look as neat as OSX.
Chris