To improve (slightly) your piss-poor analogy, it would be like someone stealing a car from a taxi firm and giving lifts to people. When the thief is caught, those lucky enough to have got a lift wouldn't then get charged retrospective taxi fares - especially not at the extortionate rate this taxi firm feels like!
Pfft!! Whatever. You guys can't have it both ways - "It's not physical, we're not taking anything", "It's like someone stole a car and gave me rides in it." It's more like, a guy stole a car, magically made copies of it (which some laws just happen to cover), gave me one, and I kept using it after hearing it was stolen. Something tells me I won't be in the clear...
In the physical world, if you purchase a stolen item, it can be taken from you with no remuneration by the police (and given back to the rightful owner. Since we're not in the physical world, other laws come into play. We get patent and copyright infringement instead, and those who knowingly use it will have to cough up something to the company that can afford to protect those rights. Of course, no one really knows what (or if) their software is infringing, which may mitigate any penalties that may be handed down. Also, once the offending code is removed, there won't be any need for penalties after that point. But none of that fully protects those who may be infringing on those mysterious points right now. Hence, "for a small fee, we can take the mabye's out of your future," and people actually saying "yeah, better than getting shafted more later."
...or get in there and see how long you can keep the job while you royally undermine the company's business.
From what I've seen, the only thing required to undermine SCO's business would be to collect your paycheck and wait. Everything that can be done on that front is already being attempted by those much more experienced than us...
I wonder if eventually PDAs will render laptops obsolete - or, rather, if PDAs and laptops will converge.
Not for a while, at least. If you still need a 14" screen (for all the GUI design stuff), a >30 GB HDD (for all the big databases, etc.), and portability (to use it all at a client's - or to play games on the road;), then laptops are the only way to do it. But if you're looking for instant-on, PIM functionality, and a text-based development environment (and MAME;), we're there. Put the two together, and you can use the laptop for those things it does well, and the PDA for everything else - why should I wait over a minute so I can spend 15 seconds entering a task in Outlook (or anything else)?
Keep in mind what AMD is trying to sell here - they don't sell linux, OpenPDA or otherwise. They sell hardware. And the only way to sell hardware is to show the hardware running software, decently. What you probably get is something that looks more like an old Apple (i.e., screwed to a piece of plywood) than a Palm Tungsten - it probably comes in an openable plastic case (they don't sell the case, either) that looks like a box with a screen and some buttons. After all, they're selling the guts, it's up to the vendors to differentiate on software and form-factor.
As a Windows user, I've been nothing but irritated that MS keeps changing where to find anything but the most basic items. From Win95/WinNT3.51 to WinXP, they've moved everything from Network ID to the command prompt icon. There haven't been more than two releases in a row on either track where at least one feature I would consider fundamental hasn't been moved. I'm not saying that some of the changes haven't been useful, or logical, but some just look like another way to require certification. I would consider myself fairly adept, but nothing irritates me more than trying to remember where a particular feature is in this particular OS. If MS proponents want to complain about the multitude of Linux window managers, they should think about this. At least in Linux, a coimpany can pick one, and keep it on multiple versions. Some would say you can with Windows, too, but the useful new features are tied to the new UI, too.
The lunar month is about 30 days (>29.5 to be more exact;), giving ~15 days without sunlight. The effects of sunlight would also be reduced if the shuttle bay doors could be used as an shield, but I don't think they can without greatly limiting the telescope's range of motion. It's still a great place for a telescope, though.
Your argument also, carried to its illogical conclusion says we have a moral obligation to buy even movies we don't like or these poor, starving industry employees will be out of work. Do they have the obligation to buy software from companies that employ us whether they like it, want it, or need it?
Pull your head out, buddy. I was with you until I got to this paragraph. The only redeeming word in the whole thing is "illogical". You'll have to try again if you want me to buy your "this is the first step to..."
There is quite likely a limit, and only one way o find out. Test, test, and test again! I recommend a particularly inefficient test, start with one or two, and add one a day. This may not take increased tolerance into account, but should get particlaurly enjoyable after the first week or two.
I absolutely agree. Lopping off hands for theft, and capital punishment for anything more serious (by most cultural standards) doesn't seem to work, so using what would, at the time of the religion's creation, be an implausible threat sounds like a great idea.
By the way, do you still jump into your bed so the monsters can't get you?
As for current trends, sure, who needs religion to control the masses when you have little gems like airport security measures, Homeland Security, and whatever TIA stands for today to do that instead?
The theory was, if you didn't have words for something, you couldn't conceptualize it. This seems intuitive, but raises questions with the whole invention idea. Some things really are new. And you could always define a new word - and if one isn't enough, you can build whole dictionaries with new ones.
Also, if there is an 'approved' word, if you have negation terms in your language, you can now describe the opposite of the approved word. But how can you have a language without the concept of negation? It was the biggest flaw in the language of the book - "MiniPax is double-plus-ungood". All that effort to modify language, and you can still disparage them....
Yes, but certain economic models are more prone to abuse than others. If I am guaranteed to get the same rewards if I work my hardest as I would if I posted to/. all day, the only thing that would give me incentive to work would be my work ethic - whatever that is;) On the other hand, if I have some fair chance of achieving a life of relative luxury through hard work, that might be more appealing than living on the poverty line with all that free time and no money to spend.
Nothing special there. Most software products, if they have a warranty, are only covered up to the cost of the software. So, if you installed IE, got opened up to all kinds of viruses, and sued MS, they would give you a cheque with the grand sum of $0. To their credit, Red Hat (or any other distro) would be obliged to do the same for any customers that had a free (as in beer) copy of their OS, as well. If you had a paid version of either OS, the cheques would be slightly larger.
What is new is that MS is saying you will be covered by the EULA for the legal responsibilities due to using their product, at least in certain areas. Not a big change, but it sells well...
I think you're narrowing your opinion of what's best to what's best for you. There are a great number of interface paradigms, some of which are currently theoretical possibilities. What's the best way to control a vehicle, in person or remotely? I wouldn't pick voice. Voice could be great for something with environmental controls - "turn off the lights in the basement." That's one place where Star Trek did it right IMHO. They had very visual interfaces for things where that mattered, they scrolled text for things where they were looking for overview information and didn't want to hear the whole thing (and people can sometimes read faster than can be legibly spoken), and they used voice for things where real-time feedback response wasn't required.
They all had their place in the show, and they all have benefits and shortcomings related to the medium right now. And who knows what direction the next big idea with how to interface with our tools will take us?
Okay, where can I buy my Apple laptop without Mac OS X? Last I heard, that particular piece of software was considered proprietary, open roots notwithstanding.
What if the only evidence is circumstatial, except for the identification? Watch this movie, or read a synopsis. If done right, you could easily frame someone with some DNA evidence, and little else would count in a case like that. Couple with a way of identifying everyone tht way, and it leaves little reason to put in the effort for other elements of evidence collection.
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To improve (slightly) your piss-poor analogy, it would be like someone stealing a car from a taxi firm and giving lifts to people. When the thief is caught, those lucky enough to have got a lift wouldn't then get charged retrospective taxi fares - especially not at the extortionate rate this taxi firm feels like!
Pfft!! Whatever. You guys can't have it both ways - "It's not physical, we're not taking anything", "It's like someone stole a car and gave me rides in it." It's more like, a guy stole a car, magically made copies of it (which some laws just happen to cover), gave me one, and I kept using it after hearing it was stolen. Something tells me I won't be in the clear...
In the physical world, if you purchase a stolen item, it can be taken from you with no remuneration by the police (and given back to the rightful owner. Since we're not in the physical world, other laws come into play. We get patent and copyright infringement instead, and those who knowingly use it will have to cough up something to the company that can afford to protect those rights. Of course, no one really knows what (or if) their software is infringing, which may mitigate any penalties that may be handed down. Also, once the offending code is removed, there won't be any need for penalties after that point. But none of that fully protects those who may be infringing on those mysterious points right now. Hence, "for a small fee, we can take the mabye's out of your future," and people actually saying "yeah, better than getting shafted more later."
...or get in there and see how long you can keep the job while you royally undermine the company's business.
From what I've seen, the only thing required to undermine SCO's business would be to collect your paycheck and wait. Everything that can be done on that front is already being attempted by those much more experienced than us...
I wonder if eventually PDAs will render laptops obsolete - or, rather, if PDAs and laptops will converge.
;), then laptops are the only way to do it. But if you're looking for instant-on, PIM functionality, and a text-based development environment (and MAME ;), we're there. Put the two together, and you can use the laptop for those things it does well, and the PDA for everything else - why should I wait over a minute so I can spend 15 seconds entering a task in Outlook (or anything else)?
Not for a while, at least. If you still need a 14" screen (for all the GUI design stuff), a >30 GB HDD (for all the big databases, etc.), and portability (to use it all at a client's - or to play games on the road
Keep in mind what AMD is trying to sell here - they don't sell linux, OpenPDA or otherwise. They sell hardware. And the only way to sell hardware is to show the hardware running software, decently. What you probably get is something that looks more like an old Apple (i.e., screwed to a piece of plywood) than a Palm Tungsten - it probably comes in an openable plastic case (they don't sell the case, either) that looks like a box with a screen and some buttons. After all, they're selling the guts, it's up to the vendors to differentiate on software and form-factor.
_Almost_ as good as free kernel patches from Redmond....
Oftentimes, better.
Yeah, but people find it soooo hard to say, "You're EVIL!" and "Cool features, thanks" to the same person/company...
What's with this 'alleged' stuff. This is /. dammit, and I expect no less than any other tabloid news distributor!
Giving them codepoints allows font designers and other software applications to unambiguously exchange Elvish text.
I don't know what's funnier, that line being part of a post modded insightful, or the fact that I can see some people waiting eagerly for that day...
So he doesn't have a job (or it isn't listed) and she's in the arts. Surprise, surprise...
As a Windows user, I've been nothing but irritated that MS keeps changing where to find anything but the most basic items. From Win95/WinNT3.51 to WinXP, they've moved everything from Network ID to the command prompt icon. There haven't been more than two releases in a row on either track where at least one feature I would consider fundamental hasn't been moved. I'm not saying that some of the changes haven't been useful, or logical, but some just look like another way to require certification. I would consider myself fairly adept, but nothing irritates me more than trying to remember where a particular feature is in this particular OS. If MS proponents want to complain about the multitude of Linux window managers, they should think about this. At least in Linux, a coimpany can pick one, and keep it on multiple versions. Some would say you can with Windows, too, but the useful new features are tied to the new UI, too.
The lunar month is about 30 days (>29.5 to be more exact ;), giving ~15 days without sunlight. The effects of sunlight would also be reduced if the shuttle bay doors could be used as an shield, but I don't think they can without greatly limiting the telescope's range of motion. It's still a great place for a telescope, though.
Your argument also, carried to its illogical conclusion says we have a moral obligation to buy even movies we don't like or these poor, starving industry employees will be out of work. Do they have the obligation to buy software from companies that employ us whether they like it, want it, or need it?
Pull your head out, buddy. I was with you until I got to this paragraph. The only redeeming word in the whole thing is "illogical". You'll have to try again if you want me to buy your "this is the first step to..."
There is quite likely a limit, and only one way o find out. Test, test, and test again! I recommend a particularly inefficient test, start with one or two, and add one a day. This may not take increased tolerance into account, but should get particlaurly enjoyable after the first week or two.
I can only see this resulting in teenagers getting sued for millions when they 'infringe' due to lack of permission from the copyright holder(s)...
I absolutely agree. Lopping off hands for theft, and capital punishment for anything more serious (by most cultural standards) doesn't seem to work, so using what would, at the time of the religion's creation, be an implausible threat sounds like a great idea.
By the way, do you still jump into your bed so the monsters can't get you?
As for current trends, sure, who needs religion to control the masses when you have little gems like airport security measures, Homeland Security, and whatever TIA stands for today to do that instead?
Of course. They're running a test bed. They probably know more ways to get a BSOD using solitaire than any other organization in history.
The theory was, if you didn't have words for something, you couldn't conceptualize it. This seems intuitive, but raises questions with the whole invention idea. Some things really are new. And you could always define a new word - and if one isn't enough, you can build whole dictionaries with new ones.
Also, if there is an 'approved' word, if you have negation terms in your language, you can now describe the opposite of the approved word. But how can you have a language without the concept of negation? It was the biggest flaw in the language of the book - "MiniPax is double-plus-ungood". All that effort to modify language, and you can still disparage them....
Or, you could create a script generator, select the options of the day, and create any worm/virus you want. That sounds new...
...weekly for the last 10 years, and into the forseeable future...
Yes, but certain economic models are more prone to abuse than others. If I am guaranteed to get the same rewards if I work my hardest as I would if I posted to /. all day, the only thing that would give me incentive to work would be my work ethic - whatever that is ;) On the other hand, if I have some fair chance of achieving a life of relative luxury through hard work, that might be more appealing than living on the poverty line with all that free time and no money to spend.
Nothing special there. Most software products, if they have a warranty, are only covered up to the cost of the software. So, if you installed IE, got opened up to all kinds of viruses, and sued MS, they would give you a cheque with the grand sum of $0. To their credit, Red Hat (or any other distro) would be obliged to do the same for any customers that had a free (as in beer) copy of their OS, as well. If you had a paid version of either OS, the cheques would be slightly larger.
What is new is that MS is saying you will be covered by the EULA for the legal responsibilities due to using their product, at least in certain areas. Not a big change, but it sells well...
I think you're narrowing your opinion of what's best to what's best for you. There are a great number of interface paradigms, some of which are currently theoretical possibilities. What's the best way to control a vehicle, in person or remotely? I wouldn't pick voice. Voice could be great for something with environmental controls - "turn off the lights in the basement." That's one place where Star Trek did it right IMHO. They had very visual interfaces for things where that mattered, they scrolled text for things where they were looking for overview information and didn't want to hear the whole thing (and people can sometimes read faster than can be legibly spoken), and they used voice for things where real-time feedback response wasn't required.
They all had their place in the show, and they all have benefits and shortcomings related to the medium right now. And who knows what direction the next big idea with how to interface with our tools will take us?
Okay, where can I buy my Apple laptop without Mac OS X? Last I heard, that particular piece of software was considered proprietary, open roots notwithstanding.
What if the only evidence is circumstatial, except for the identification? Watch this movie, or read a synopsis. If done right, you could easily frame someone with some DNA evidence, and little else would count in a case like that. Couple with a way of identifying everyone tht way, and it leaves little reason to put in the effort for other elements of evidence collection.
Just set aside a little spot in your back yard. then the neighbors can ask, "What's with that little glass crater over there?"