Yup, elevators today can be amazingly fast. About 10 years ago I worked at Finnish elevator company Kone and their building had an elevator so fast that when it went up your knees bent and going down gave you a nasty falling feeling in your stomache. I think at max speed it went a floor in a second or so. I guess they don't install that fast elevators in normal buildings as it isn't very confortable to use.
Windows works with multiple NICs you just have to give devices different metrics values in their route tables. Just put wireless to metric to 2 and NIC to 1 if you prefer to use NIC whenever it is connected. You need to do similar thing with Linux too (if using 2 NICs simultaneously).
Actually it is GPL (and dual licensed). Also, if I make a program that uses MySQL as a database via say, ODBC, I don't see any reason to make my program GPL. And I could (or I think I could) distribute the MySQL installer with my application on the same CD. Just add a note in my applications installation that for database use you should install MySQL. If I include MySQL code in my application, eg. the mysqlclient library, then I'd have to either GPL my application or buy the commercial license.
If you want to distribute MySQL with your application to a customer, you have to pay a license fee. That means that for many people, MS SQL Express may be better.
This is something I dont understand. Why do you need to pay for a license? Isn't MySQL GPLed thus free?
It is about time that podcasting aka Personal On Demand Casting is added to the dictionary. Though I haven't yet managed to find any podcasts. Everytime I try to find one, I end up with MP3 files, sometimes a video file. Well, perhaps someday I'll manage to download a podcast file.
WindowMaker also runs very well on slower machines. And you are right, unless you have very small (under 300MB) harddisk and under 32MB of RAM there is no need to use special Linux distros, eg. Debian Linux runs nicely on old 166MHz pentium, though I must admit that Firefox takes awhile to start up.
Older machines can be used with Windows also. For example Windows 98 on 233MHz pentium with 64MB of RAM is rather nice and allows you to play all those old classic games like Master of Magic/Orion, Ultima Underword etc (if you happen to have original Sounb Blaster 16 or Gravis Ultrasound).
Even though multi cpu systems often are more responsive, I've rarely had any problems running multiple programs with single cpu, even with Windows. Quite often I burn 2 DVDs simultaneously (and the dvd-drives are even connected to the same IDE cable) and still can use my computer for surfing the web, chatting in irc etc. Even rendering something in the background doesnt affect the foreground applications as long as you remember to set the rendering process to a lower priority.
It sounds like you could use Venti filesystem from Plan 9 OS. This FS never deletes files and all revisions are stored and you can rollback any file you like. And it is being ported to Linux.
Eh.. I've used email address extensions like that for ages now. I remember qmail being the first server I used that supported basename-somethingelse@domain type of addresses. And I think gmail also has support for them. But using them will only help to prevent some of the spam. It isn't that hard for a spammer to remove the part after '-' character (or '+' which is default delimiter in postfix).
Plan 9 OS has filesystem that does just this. I think it was called Venti. Basicly it hashes the datablocks on the filesystem and only stores each unique block once. There was (is?) project where the filesystem was being ported to Linux.
Humm, you should be able to do it from Windows too. (I suspect you using Windows, since you are talking about using Live CD to boot to Linux).
1) Download the OS X image 2) Download dd for Windows 3) use dd to write the image to some unused harddrive 4) Add that harddrive to NT bootmenu or change boot drive from BIOS 5) Boot to OS X!
If the ads/banners are important to some website, they could host the files on their own server where all the other images are hosted. This would make blocking them more difficult. And it would be also be more like a newspaper with ads. DoubleClick (and others) don't like this idea, because it would make tracking users with cookies much harder.
Ah, I read that the grand-parent said: "However, you are not obligated to give the source to everybody.", and you said: "That's not true at all.....'any third party'." and parsed it as: "You have to give the source to anyone who asks for it".
In any case the FAQ clarifies it a bit. And it also makes commercial GPL development possible. If my company takes GPLed project X, modifies it and sells it to company Y for 1 million dollars, my company can be fairly sure that our modifications wont be "leaked", since company Y probably don't want to give their competitors free software they have paid for. And employees of company Y probably have some clause in their contract that prevents them from distributing the software.
What does this "written offer valid for any third party" mean? Does that mean everyone in the world can get the source to any GPL'ed program no matter what?
"Valid for any third party" means that anyone who has the offer is entitled to take you up on it.
If you commercially distribute binaries not accompanied with source code, the GPL says you must provide a written offer to distribute the source code later. When users non-commercially redistribute the binaries they received from you, they must pass along a copy of this written offer. This means that people who did not get the binaries directly from you can still receive copies of the source code, along with the written offer.
The reason we require the offer to be valid for any third party is so that people who receive the binaries indirectly in that way can order the source code from you.
So it's not just "any third party". Only people who got the binary are entitled to have the source code
My case had five 3,5" slots for hard disks and if I filled them with four 7200rpm IBM Deskstars (leaving 2-3mm gaps between them), the temperatures at idle were about 50degC and over 60degC when active and both are above the maximum operating temperatures specified by IBM. With just one 8cm fan the temperatures dropped to 35-45degC range.
Is making and using multiple copies within one organization or company "distribution"?
No, in that case the organization is just making the copies for itself. As a consequence, a company or other organization can develop a modified version and install that version through its own facilities, without giving the staff permission to release that modified version to outsiders. However, when the organization transfers copies to other organizations or individuals, that is distribution. In particular, providing copies to contractors for use off-site is distribution.
It all depends on who you sell the GPL product to and for what price. If the customer is a individual and price is 25euro, your source code will probably 'leak' to the world. But if you sell it to some company with price tag of 10.000euro, the company probably won't share the source code with anyone because they don't want their competitors get the software they paid for.
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Yup, elevators today can be amazingly fast. About 10 years ago I worked at Finnish elevator company Kone and their building had an elevator so fast that when it went up your knees bent and going down gave you a nasty falling feeling in your stomache. I think at max speed it went a floor in a second or so. I guess they don't install that fast elevators in normal buildings as it isn't very confortable to use.
Windows works with multiple NICs you just have to give devices different metrics values in their route tables. Just put wireless to metric to 2 and NIC to 1 if you prefer to use NIC whenever it is connected. You need to do similar thing with Linux too (if using 2 NICs simultaneously).
Actually it is GPL (and dual licensed). Also, if I make a program that uses MySQL as a database via say, ODBC, I don't see any reason to make my program GPL. And I could (or I think I could) distribute the MySQL installer with my application on the same CD. Just add a note in my applications installation that for database use you should install MySQL. If I include MySQL code in my application, eg. the mysqlclient library, then I'd have to either GPL my application or buy the commercial license.
This is something I dont understand. Why do you need to pay for a license? Isn't MySQL GPLed thus free?
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What is this GoDaddy website and does it really matter if it doesn't work with Opera or Safari?
It is about time that podcasting aka Personal On Demand Casting is added to the dictionary. Though I haven't yet managed to find any podcasts. Everytime I try to find one, I end up with MP3 files, sometimes a video file. Well, perhaps someday I'll manage to download a podcast file.
WindowMaker also runs very well on slower machines. And you are right, unless you have very small (under 300MB) harddisk and under 32MB of RAM there is no need to use special Linux distros, eg. Debian Linux runs nicely on old 166MHz pentium, though I must admit that Firefox takes awhile to start up.
Older machines can be used with Windows also. For example Windows 98 on 233MHz pentium with 64MB of RAM is rather nice and allows you to play all those old classic games like Master of Magic/Orion, Ultima Underword etc (if you happen to have original Sounb Blaster 16 or Gravis Ultrasound).
Even though multi cpu systems often are more responsive, I've rarely had any problems running multiple programs with single cpu, even with Windows. Quite often I burn 2 DVDs simultaneously (and the dvd-drives are even connected to the same IDE cable) and still can use my computer for surfing the web, chatting in irc etc. Even rendering something in the background doesnt affect the foreground applications as long as you remember to set the rendering process to a lower priority.
I really didn't know it was called Mac OS 10, here in Finland everybody talks about Mac OS X, which is pronounced as "Mac Ou Ass Axe".
Sure thre is Debian GNU/NetBSD just go here.
Well, you have installed those 100 strands of fiber and instead of 1Tbps (100 times 10Gbps) you can now get to 100Tbps.
It sounds like you could use Venti filesystem from Plan 9 OS. This FS never deletes files and all revisions are stored and you can rollback any file you like. And it is being ported to Linux.
Eh.. I've used email address extensions like that for ages now. I remember qmail being the first server I used that supported basename-somethingelse@domain type of addresses. And I think gmail also has support for them. But using them will only help to prevent some of the spam. It isn't that hard for a spammer to remove the part after '-' character (or '+' which is default delimiter in postfix).
Plan 9 OS has filesystem that does just this. I think it was called Venti. Basicly it hashes the datablocks on the filesystem and only stores each unique block once. There was (is?) project where the filesystem was being ported to Linux.
Basically, cel shading is like commander keen but with more gamma.
You should have looked up for article about both Commander Keen and gamma (correction).
Cel shading is a way to render 3D graphics in a way that looks like 2D cartoon.
But you could still use that Windows to write the image, instead of using a Live CD Linux distro.
:)
I am assuming you aren't using an OS that comes with dd
Ofcourse if you already are using Linux, *BSD, etc, then why would you need to use LiveCD just for writing the OSX image to your harddrive?
Then why is he using an external usb drive in his example?
Humm, you should be able to do it from Windows too. (I suspect you using Windows, since you are talking about using Live CD to boot to Linux).
1) Download the OS X image
2) Download dd for Windows
3) use dd to write the image to some unused harddrive
4) Add that harddrive to NT bootmenu or change boot drive from BIOS
5) Boot to OS X!
If the ads/banners are important to some website, they could host the files on their own server where all the other images are hosted. This would make blocking them more difficult. And it would be also be more like a newspaper with ads. DoubleClick (and others) don't like this idea, because it would make tracking users with cookies much harder.
Ah, I read that the grand-parent said: "However, you are not obligated to give the source to everybody.", and you said: "That's not true at all... ..'any third party'." and parsed it as: "You have to give the source to anyone who asks for it".
In any case the FAQ clarifies it a bit. And it also makes commercial GPL development possible. If my company takes GPLed project X, modifies it and sells it to company Y for 1 million dollars, my company can be fairly sure that our modifications wont be "leaked", since company Y probably don't want to give their competitors free software they have paid for. And employees of company Y probably have some clause in their contract that prevents them from distributing the software.
and the GPL FAQ says:
So it's not just "any third party". Only people who got the binary are entitled to have the source code
My case had five 3,5" slots for hard disks and if I filled them with four 7200rpm IBM Deskstars (leaving 2-3mm gaps between them), the temperatures at idle were about 50degC and over 60degC when active and both are above the maximum operating temperatures specified by IBM. With just one 8cm fan the temperatures dropped to 35-45degC range.
And from GPL FAQ:
Is making and using multiple copies within one organization or company "distribution"?
No, in that case the organization is just making the copies for itself. As a consequence, a company or other organization can develop a modified version and install that version through its own facilities, without giving the staff permission to release that modified version to outsiders.
However, when the organization transfers copies to other organizations or individuals, that is distribution. In particular, providing copies to contractors for use off-site is distribution.
It all depends on who you sell the GPL product to and for what price. If the customer is a individual and price is 25euro, your source code will probably 'leak' to the world. But if you sell it to some company with price tag of 10.000euro, the company probably won't share the source code with anyone because they don't want their competitors get the software they paid for.