in any browser, we could enter a world where the font design industry shrivels up and can only come back with a more heavy-handed DRM format just to survive.
..and as we've learned from iTunes, that will assuredly save the font industry...
I believe checkers has actually been "solved"; the right move has been calculated for all board layouts. A program with this database cannot lose, it can only be tied.
I'd hate to be a spectator for the 192x192 match coming up in 2190 and ending in 2191. The trick is to leave after the 20,000th move, the traffic in the parking lot is much thinner.
Without the DMCA, would it be possible to reverse engineer the Apple components of Intel Macs like was done with the proprietary BIOS of the original x86, leading to the first x86 clones?
Or does the shrink-wrap licensing on OS X make specific claims that the MS DOS license did not make that would make this impossible?
Or just use encryption. To me, that's what is so baffling about the government privacy crackdowns. If anyone who was even remotely well informed wanted to communicate in private, they'd use strong encryption.
I guess once someone uses encryption, they get an Indian military intelligence unit parked outside their door.
Personally, I just can't see spending $70 for something that you can find in thrift stores for much cheaper, or failing that, ebay for half the price. I guess there is the assurance that it functions properly..
I am a customer of a wireless ISP that uses Trango equipment for last-mile connectivity in our rural mountain town.
The stuff works great, I was going to post the same reply that you did until I found that you already posted it.
Adobe Reader - Using open source PDF reader "Evince Document Viewer" instead. Result? Software does not annoy.
For Linux, Agreed. But when is Evince going to work in Windows ? Oh. Never ?? So what choice does a person using windows have ?
Try the free FoxIt Reader.. it's not F/OSS, but it's a nice small lightweight windows PDF reader.
Apple iTunes - Using open source music program "Amarok". Result? Software does not annoy (and works much better than iTunes as well).
For Linux, Agreed. But when is Amarok going to work in Windows or with people's iPods? Oh. Never ?? So what alternateive choice does a person using windows have ?
Actually, IIRC, Amarok is scheduled to make a Windows release when Amarok 2 is released, and it already does work with iPods. As for a windows alternative.. I don't know.. foobar?
If I was illegitimately shorted 100 grand I'd sure as hell put myself in a legal battle, as long as court costs wouldn't exceed $100k. Why wouldn't you?
You'd just let it slide, even though calling some lawyers and putting in a few hours' work on it might recover thousands upon thousands of dollars?
That's now how business works, I don't think you are in the majority with this one...
This doesn't quite fit in to the category of data disaster, because no data was lost....once as I was going to bed my cat was chasing something on the floor of my room, where the old 386 desktop was sitting, with no drive bay covers over its empty bays. Eventually the cat stopped, and I figured he caught his pray. Of course he didn't; the next day I discovered it was a gopher, and it had lodged itself in between the old Reset and Turbo button panel and the motherboard.. and struggled.. and bled to death.. all over my running 386 SX 40 motherboard.
I didn't discover what was wrong until I woke up the next morning and began troubleshooting my mysteriously powered-down system.. the largest lifeform that my computer had ever consumed.
It did, however, make them stop calling their "Unlimited" service "Unlimited". I know people who purchased Verizon's data service thinking that it really was unlimited, only to switch away from them as soon as they realize they wasted their money.
I'm just glad to see anything improve the consumer situation with cell carriers. They make the phone carriers in the pre-cell days look like saints.
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At least until the end of time().
So who did MS pay off but Google not get to?
Ah, but the case is young!
As long as they keep hanging around the courthouse, more power to them.
So you are arguing that reproducing is on par, talent-wise, with writing Emacs?
If that were true, we'd have a lot more text editors to choose from.
in any browser, we could enter a world where the font design industry shrivels up and can only come back with a more heavy-handed DRM format just to survive.
..and as we've learned from iTunes, that will assuredly save the font industry...
Just because some form of copy "protection" is trivial to remove does not make it legal to do so thanks to the DMCA... So how is it not DRM?
So what are you in, the sub-basement?
Poor Gypsy, left out again.
I believe checkers has actually been "solved"; the right move has been calculated for all board layouts. A program with this database cannot lose, it can only be tied.
I'd hate to be a spectator for the 192x192 match coming up in 2190 and ending in 2191. The trick is to leave after the 20,000th move, the traffic in the parking lot is much thinner.
Without the DMCA, would it be possible to reverse engineer the Apple components of Intel Macs like was done with the proprietary BIOS of the original x86, leading to the first x86 clones? Or does the shrink-wrap licensing on OS X make specific claims that the MS DOS license did not make that would make this impossible?
For the record, I once said the same thing in a slashdot comment as well.
I don't know why browsers don't do it.
Right click it, do 'Copy Link Location', paste it in your address bar, hit alt-enter to open in new tab.. :)
What, no Linux version? Booo!
Or just use encryption. To me, that's what is so baffling about the government privacy crackdowns. If anyone who was even remotely well informed wanted to communicate in private, they'd use strong encryption. I guess once someone uses encryption, they get an Indian military intelligence unit parked outside their door.
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Unicomp does have a 101 key model:
http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/cus101usenon.html
Personally, I just can't see spending $70 for something that you can find in thrift stores for much cheaper, or failing that, ebay for half the price. I guess there is the assurance that it functions properly..
I am a customer of a wireless ISP that uses Trango equipment for last-mile connectivity in our rural mountain town. The stuff works great, I was going to post the same reply that you did until I found that you already posted it.
For Linux, Agreed. But when is Evince going to work in Windows ? Oh. Never ?? So what choice does a person using windows have ?
Try the free FoxIt Reader.. it's not F/OSS, but it's a nice small lightweight windows PDF reader. Apple iTunes - Using open source music program "Amarok". Result? Software does not annoy (and works much better than iTunes as well).For Linux, Agreed. But when is Amarok going to work in Windows or with people's iPods? Oh. Never ?? So what alternateive choice does a person using windows have ?
Actually, IIRC, Amarok is scheduled to make a Windows release when Amarok 2 is released, and it already does work with iPods. As for a windows alternative.. I don't know.. foobar?Let's hope they don't and Skype dies a quiet death!
We can all use SIP and not pay tribute for a proprietary protocol.. and we can use whatever client we want rather than an annoying proprietary one.
Skype's business model is lock-in.. Die Die Die!
Someone had to say it, this *is* slashdot..
If I was illegitimately shorted 100 grand I'd sure as hell put myself in a legal battle, as long as court costs wouldn't exceed $100k. Why wouldn't you?
You'd just let it slide, even though calling some lawyers and putting in a few hours' work on it might recover thousands upon thousands of dollars?
That's now how business works, I don't think you are in the majority with this one...
This doesn't quite fit in to the category of data disaster, because no data was lost.. ..once as I was going to bed my cat was chasing something on the floor of my room, where the old 386 desktop was sitting, with no drive bay covers over its empty bays. Eventually the cat stopped, and I figured he caught his pray. Of course he didn't; the next day I discovered it was a gopher, and it had lodged itself in between the old Reset and Turbo button panel and the motherboard.. and struggled.. and bled to death.. all over my running 386 SX 40 motherboard.
I didn't discover what was wrong until I woke up the next morning and began troubleshooting my mysteriously powered-down system.. the largest lifeform that my computer had ever consumed.
Has the dollar inflated 5.5% in the last year? Sounds unlikely to me, but IANAEconomist.. or even informed..
It did, however, make them stop calling their "Unlimited" service "Unlimited". I know people who purchased Verizon's data service thinking that it really was unlimited, only to switch away from them as soon as they realize they wasted their money.
I'm just glad to see anything improve the consumer situation with cell carriers. They make the phone carriers in the pre-cell days look like saints.
Hahah, good one! +1 Funny!