Having been a gear-head for a while, I can tell you that high-performance and fuel efficiency were often on opposite ends of the spectrum; high performance has been synonymous with poor fuel economy ever since I can remember.
One thing that you may (or not) have overlooked... dry weight... 2200 lbs !!!... just over a ton... that's pretty light... the problem with that comes safety...
Look at the pictures... through the wheel spokes, you can see the other side of the car and the body supports. This may not be very collision safe next to a "normal" car... and this is just a bunch of plastic next to a SUV...
Now... don't get me wrong, I wouldn't mind one of these... I think they would be pretty fun to drive.
The range on these appears to be pretty good... ~400mi... on only 5 gal gasoline...
The $40B in the bank is NOT owned by the shareholders. Period. It IS owned by Microsoft, a government recognized entity.
Your argument is that since Microsoft is public, the shareholders "own" whatever Microsoft owns... this is fallacious reasoning, since if YOU owned... let's say $89 worth of Microsoft, you don't get a copy of Windows for free, in exchange for your shares.
What is owned by Microsoft, cannot ever, be "magically transferred" to the shareholders, just by holding stock.
Now... lets say that Microsoft decides to throw in the towel, and close operations. The stocks would plummet, and the assets would be sold off to cover the debt. ASSUMING that there was money left over, the rest THEN would go to the shareholders, based on the amount of you have/total shares...
Usually companies in Microsofts position pay dividends, Microsoft decided not to... it has that right, and keep the $40B in the bank for a "rainy day"...
BTW, the $40B doesn't "evaporate" if MS's stock goes down... ever... since its shielded from the stock market in banks. Kind of like money laundering.:)
Supposedly... version 5.0 will be Unix/Linux compatible... but I wouldn't hold my breath. They were talking about it for the past 5+ years... so the actual likelyhood of it happening is pretty small.
But then again... who knows...
WWIV ... still up and running ...
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WWIV has been around for many years now... and it's still up and running over at Eagle's Dare BBS
The latest software, v4.30, combined with fossil drivers for Windows (new in v4.30), and with a virtual com port software (COM/IP)... creates an online BBS, that can be accessed like a website...
Please note that I currently don't have a board up... since I don't have 24/7 access... yet.
But what they really need is multiple monitor/TV support, so you can have the main view and a couple of status views... now THAT would kick ass... along with this keyjoythrottlestickdevice...
Imagine catching 50% of the hijackers on September 11 before they boarded the planes.
One small problem... how do you get those faces into the database to be checked against? Some of the most "recent" photos of terrorists may be >10 years old...
So... you have old photos of ~<500 known terrorists... against ~>220 Million "good guys"... you can see that you'll have so many false positives compared to real positives. (NOTE: numbers pulled out of my @$$... this is an example)
One thing that was (and still is) really irritating about the whole "we-need-better-security" mentality after 9/11 is a fundamental problem.
That problem is... until you get to a "1984" society, there is no absolute security. The only security is a false sense of one.
Suppose we HAD scrutinized passenger lists more... then what? Any potential terrorists would know that. Use something that the drug dealers use... mules (people who are paid to bring drugs across the border, and have little/no background).
Now don't get me wrong here... I think what happened was a tragedy, and I hope it doesn't happen again. However, given the openness of our society, I doubt that anything substantial will change in the long run.
Just recently (mid-May) I flew to BWI (Baltimore/Washington), and the "security" was about the same as when I flew to Vegas a couple of years ago. In fact, during the Vegas trip, my carry-ons were inspected... not this latest trip though.
It's a balance between being secure and appearing to be secure.
Now knowing what is going to happen with Audiogalaxy... (the tea leaves haven't been wrong yet)...
Is there ANY software that cannot be sued into oblivion? I know that GNUtella is open source... but couldn't that be sued as well?
The main reason that Napster got it so bad, was that the directory listings were centrallized. Audiogalaxy, KaZaA, and others changed this, so that there is no centrallized database, but the people who write the software are being sued...
About the only way to be "judgement proof" in this day and age would to release software (with or without source) anonymously.
What could the NSA do to compel them to show us what modifications they made?
Uhmmm... you already answered your own question... partially.
You are free to make modifications and use them privately, without ever releasing them.
and...
But if you release the modified version to the public in some way, the GPL requires you to make the modified source code available to the users, under the GPL.
So... no release to the public, no need to mention what was secured.
I was the person that the "computer science" dept turned to since I was in the computer lab almost 24/7 (well I wish I was)... during school... this was about 1989...
I was given several books to look at and I chose the book that was given to the class. I also chose the compiler, since I was viewed as an "expert" at the time...
After I posted that... I realized that the statement that I wanted to make wasn't the same as the one that got posted... Maybe/. should talk to AbiWord guys and have a "Post Checker"...:)
Interesting thought... but instead of an individual doing the releasing of the source code, why not the corporation itself... and then fold the corp once it gets sued into oblivion.
That would hopefully shield the individuals from any damages...
For one thing, it doesn't explain the frequent security flaws in Linux and Apache.
While none of us here will disagree with the fact that there are programming flaws in Linux and Apache, the time from discovery of a flaw to the fixing of it is MUCH shorter compared to the "it's-my-toy-you-can't-play-with-it" attitude of Microsoft.
The ONLY way Microsoft is going to reduce the number of successful hacking attempts, is to LISTEN to the people reporting the flaws and fix them in a timely manner, with respect to the severity of the flaw. If one person can create the problem, sure enough, another one will find it as well. (I believe that there was an exploit published a couple of months ago, and MS had the info for about 6 months and did nothing, until the report was published... but I don't know the reference off-hand.)
My objection has always been that almost all of the most popular viruses, hacks, and backdoors have been discovered or created by accident.
Ahhh... people "thinking outside the box"... you have to like these people. As a programmer, I rely on these people to "shore-up" my code. Hopefully, these people will be in the testing department, and not the end user.
"I guess it's a matter of how hard you make it," Allchin replied. "We have to work on our reputation for security in the marketplace." from Jim Allchin, who oversees the Windows operating system.
Gee... I guess that's why theres so FEW reported news stories about the hacking of Windows... and so MANY stories about the hacking of Linux.
ALL DLL's MUST reside in the application directory, unless the DLL is supplied with the OS.
Well... who determines if it's an application or OS DLLs?
Where should MSHTML.DLL go?... it's an essential part of:
Internet Explorer
HTML Help
Windows Explorer
Microsoft Office
countless 3rd party apps that use the "system provided" API calls
The rest of this post SHOULD probably go in a new thread... but I'm placing it here...
I'm not FOR OR AGAINST Microsoft, since my livelyhood (currently) depends upon Windows... yet I despise their business practices.
I think the ONLY remedy to the whole debacle, is to force MS to use 2 price for Windows... 1 for OEMs, and 1 for Retail.
NO OEM discounts for volume
NO pressure to force the MS tax on naked PCs
NO restraints against OEMs for shipping alternative OS's
If MS doesn't like that... then 1 price for Windows... Retail ONLY. Only then will people realize the price they pay to help fill Uncle Bill's money bin...
Shipping a program for Windows would no longer be just a matter of shipping one or two new versions of DLLs with a software package. Instead, requirements would read: MSWKernel 1.2343 or better, MSGDI 1.232 or better, REALSound 1.001 or better, AOLNetworking 0.12415 or better.
You must be new to programming... we already have this...
Version DLL Distribution Platform
4.00 All Microsoft® Windows® 95/Microsoft Windows NT® 4.0.
4.70 All Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.x.
4.71 All Internet Explorer 4.0. See note 2.
4.72 All Internet Explorer 4.01 and Windows 98. See note 2.
5.00 Shlwapi.dll Internet Explorer 5. See note 3.
5.00 Shell32.dll Windows 2000 and Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me). See note 3.
5.80 Comctl32.dll Internet Explorer 5. See note 3.
5.81 Comctl32.dll Windows 2000 and Windows Me. See note 3.
6.00 Comctl32.dll Windows XP. See note 4.
And all of this is FOR 1 DLL!!!... now the next dll... (you get the idea)...
Info stolen from Microsoft
and Yes... I'm deep linking...
Slashdot Mirror
One thing that you may (or not) have overlooked ... dry weight ... 2200 lbs !!! ... just over a ton ... that's pretty light ... the problem with that comes safety ...
Look at the pictures ... through the wheel spokes, you can see the other side of the car and the body supports. This may not be very collision safe next to a "normal" car ... and this is just a bunch of plastic next to a SUV ...
Now ... don't get me wrong, I wouldn't mind one of these ... I think they would be pretty fun to drive.
The range on these appears to be pretty good ... ~400mi ... on only 5 gal gasoline ...
My question is ... who plays Hans Gruber? Bill Gates or Steve Balmer? And who plays Simon (DH w/a Vengance)?
When the audio is working ... it'll make the computer look like it's thinking ... (lightbulb glowing)
But their government wasn't allowing them to physically take their money out of the country, so was wondering if they could wire it to me ...
The $40B in the bank is NOT owned by the shareholders. Period. It IS owned by Microsoft, a government recognized entity.
Your argument is that since Microsoft is public, the shareholders "own" whatever Microsoft owns ... this is fallacious reasoning, since if YOU owned ... let's say $89 worth of Microsoft, you don't get a copy of Windows for free, in exchange for your shares.
What is owned by Microsoft, cannot ever, be "magically transferred" to the shareholders, just by holding stock.
Now ... lets say that Microsoft decides to throw in the towel, and close operations. The stocks would plummet, and the assets would be sold off to cover the debt. ASSUMING that there was money left over, the rest THEN would go to the shareholders, based on the amount of you have/total shares ...
Usually companies in Microsofts position pay dividends, Microsoft decided not to ... it has that right, and keep the $40B in the bank for a "rainy day" ...
BTW, the $40B doesn't "evaporate" if MS's stock goes down ... ever ... since its shielded from the stock market in banks. Kind of like money laundering. :)
Sony could give us a port of Everquest ... :)
But then again ... who knows ...
The latest software, v4.30, combined with fossil drivers for Windows (new in v4.30), and with a virtual com port software (COM/IP) ... creates an online BBS, that can be accessed like a website ...
Please note that I currently don't have a board up ... since I don't have 24/7 access ... yet.
But what they really need is multiple monitor/TV support, so you can have the main view and a couple of status views ... now THAT would kick ass ... along with this keyjoythrottlestickdevice ...
One small problem ... how do you get those faces into the database to be checked against? Some of the most "recent" photos of terrorists may be >10 years old ...
So ... you have old photos of ~<500 known terrorists ... against ~>220 Million "good guys" ... you can see that you'll have so many false positives compared to real positives. (NOTE: numbers pulled out of my @$$ ... this is an example)
One thing that was (and still is) really irritating about the whole "we-need-better-security" mentality after 9/11 is a fundamental problem.
That problem is ... until you get to a "1984" society, there is no absolute security. The only security is a false sense of one.
Suppose we HAD scrutinized passenger lists more ... then what? Any potential terrorists would know that. Use something that the drug dealers use ... mules (people who are paid to bring drugs across the border, and have little/no background).
Now don't get me wrong here ... I think what happened was a tragedy, and I hope it doesn't happen again. However, given the openness of our society, I doubt that anything substantial will change in the long run.
Just recently (mid-May) I flew to BWI (Baltimore/Washington), and the "security" was about the same as when I flew to Vegas a couple of years ago. In fact, during the Vegas trip, my carry-ons were inspected ... not this latest trip though.
It's a balance between being secure and appearing to be secure.
Now knowing what is going to happen with Audiogalaxy ... (the tea leaves haven't been wrong yet) ...
Is there ANY software that cannot be sued into oblivion? I know that GNUtella is open source ... but couldn't that be sued as well?
The main reason that Napster got it so bad, was that the directory listings were centrallized. Audiogalaxy, KaZaA, and others changed this, so that there is no centrallized database, but the people who write the software are being sued ...
About the only way to be "judgement proof" in this day and age would to release software (with or without source) anonymously.
Would this be possible ... ???
Uhmmm ... you already answered your own question ... partially.
You are free to make modifications and use them privately, without ever releasing them.
and ...
But if you release the modified version to the public in some way, the GPL requires you to make the modified source code available to the users, under the GPL.
So ... no release to the public, no need to mention what was secured.
I went to Slashdot and all I got was this lousy Karma Cap.
Stole my sig ... it wasn't open source and all ...
I was the person that the "computer science" dept turned to since I was in the computer lab almost 24/7 (well I wish I was) ... during school ... this was about 1989 ...
I was given several books to look at and I chose the book that was given to the class. I also chose the compiler, since I was viewed as an "expert" at the time ...
My choice? ... Borland Turbo Pascal 6.0
Ahh .. reminicing about the past ...
After I posted that ... I realized that the statement that I wanted to make wasn't the same as the one that got posted ... Maybe /. should talk to AbiWord guys and have a "Post Checker" ... :)
That would hopefully shield the individuals from any damages ...
IANAL, and I don't recommend attempting this ... :)
While none of us here will disagree with the fact that there are programming flaws in Linux and Apache, the time from discovery of a flaw to the fixing of it is MUCH shorter compared to the "it's-my-toy-you-can't-play-with-it" attitude of Microsoft.
The ONLY way Microsoft is going to reduce the number of successful hacking attempts, is to LISTEN to the people reporting the flaws and fix them in a timely manner, with respect to the severity of the flaw. If one person can create the problem, sure enough, another one will find it as well. (I believe that there was an exploit published a couple of months ago, and MS had the info for about 6 months and did nothing, until the report was published ... but I don't know the reference off-hand.)
My objection has always been that almost all of the most popular viruses, hacks, and backdoors have been discovered or created by accident.
Ahhh ... people "thinking outside the box" ... you have to like these people. As a programmer, I rely on these people to "shore-up" my code. Hopefully, these people will be in the testing department, and not the end user.
They're all salivating at that $40B in the bank ... :)
"I guess it's a matter of how hard you make it," Allchin replied. "We have to work on our reputation for security in the marketplace." from Jim Allchin, who oversees the Windows operating system.
Gee ... I guess that's why theres so FEW reported news stories about the hacking of Windows ... and so MANY stories about the hacking of Linux.
Lower on the page, there is a cup-like storage container ... and the wooden tile atop and askew of it.
Well ... who determines if it's an application or OS DLLs?
Where should MSHTML.DLL go? ... it's an essential part of:
The rest of this post SHOULD probably go in a new thread ... but I'm placing it here ...
I'm not FOR OR AGAINST Microsoft, since my livelyhood (currently) depends upon Windows ... yet I despise their business practices.
I think the ONLY remedy to the whole debacle, is to force MS to use 2 price for Windows ... 1 for OEMs, and 1 for Retail.
If MS doesn't like that ... then 1 price for Windows ... Retail ONLY. Only then will people realize the price they pay to help fill Uncle Bill's money bin ...
Hate to waste karma with this ... but the above was a JOKE ...
OBVIOUSLY there is nothing in there about small children.
BTW, I really like FUD ... it makes my plants grow big and tall ...
You must be new to programming ... we already have this ...
Version DLL Distribution Platform
4.00 All Microsoft® Windows® 95/Microsoft Windows NT® 4.0.
4.70 All Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.x.
4.71 All Internet Explorer 4.0. See note 2.
4.72 All Internet Explorer 4.01 and Windows 98. See note 2.
5.00 Shlwapi.dll Internet Explorer 5. See note 3.
5.00 Shell32.dll Windows 2000 and Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me). See note 3.
5.80 Comctl32.dll Internet Explorer 5. See note 3.
5.81 Comctl32.dll Windows 2000 and Windows Me. See note 3.
6.00 Comctl32.dll Windows XP. See note 4.
And all of this is FOR 1 DLL!!! ... now the next dll ... (you get the idea) ...
Info stolen from Microsoft and Yes ... I'm deep linking ...
Whoa ... good thing I didn't sign that EULA that gives BillG my firstborn. Its on line 34893439 of the WindowsXP license agreement.
you a job like anyone else does a job.. why should you need or take a an oath?
Then why do doctors (of medicine) take oaths?
Not that I'm for or against this (at this time), but ethics is sometimes a "Good Thing" to have.