You should research on the EFF Websitethe various laws regarding trademark, and then possible contact them, or others who may be in the know and will help you at no cost to you. (Lawrence Lessig comes to mind, although getting any assistance from him might be difficult).
Public Knowledge may also be willing to assist with trademark issues.
The Open Source Law Resource center also carries information regarding law and open source projects, although it is generally for information regarding Open Source licensing issues.
And there is also the yearly interactive fiction competition.
The competition is a fairly big deal in the Interactive Fiction community, as fans submit games, play them, and rate them. 30 games were submitted this year. There are also a number of games, and interpreters that run on everything from Windows, Mac, Linux, Palm, and almost anything else you can think of.
ActiveX actually lets a webpage rewrite your wmplayer.exe file with its own version. If an Activex control can rewrite any executable on a Windows box, then I assume that any piece of the Windows kernel is vulnerable.
This leads to a larger question, which is, "Is there anybody that actually uses ActiveX on a webpage, and if not, why doesn't Microsoft completely eliminate ActiveX from Internet Explorer?".
He runs a fairly popular blog at BoingBoing.net where you can read about his exploits at the ETCON conference.
Also, his book is actually titled Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom. More information about his original release of the book, and re-release with the Creative Commons license can be read on his blog, and give good insight into what authors can expect when they release a book with a less restrictive license.
But call Dell, and tell them you want a spiffy laptop with all the bells and whistles. If you get a halfway decent salesperson, they'll try to throw in every laptop peripheral you can think of.
Outside of that, depending on your use, you might look into the targus motion sensor alarm/lock.
A portable mouse, docking station, and mini USB hub are all things I use.
Can somebody actually claim to have purchased Lindows, installed it on their computer, and tried to run Linux or Windows apps on it?
While I realize that this forum is a great place to spout rhetoric on whether or not the ideology behind Lindows is true in spirit to the Linux community, it does not offer any real insight into the usability of the product.
Many users such as myself would be interested in using this product if people could tell me that Lindows ran my software. If I were to ask my friends who installed Windows XP on their machines if I should upgrade from Win 2k, I don't expect them to tell me "Don't, because Microsoft doesn't contribute to other closed source projects." I expect to hear whether or not it runs the apps and whether or not it runs quickly.
So please, can anybody tell us whether or not Lindows achieves its intended purpose of an alternative operating system that allows you to run Windows and Linux apps? I'll decide the politics of my operating system for myself.
If the game is a multiplayer type game, you can charge customers to use a multiplayer online service, but otherwise play the game for free.
Or you could have an online game that's free but extra levels and add-ons would be available for subscribers.
It becomes increasingly difficult to determine if your processor is too hot, because often times you only get erratic strange behavior. This happens with synchronous chips because the clock cycle tells the controller when to expect results from the chip.
When the chip becomes hot, the data paths on the chip become longer (heat expands things) and the data expected to be coming out of the chip at the end of that clock cycle might not be accurate.
The best way to test the thing is to wait til it gets about as hot as you think it's going to get, and then start feeding it complex math equations (which you presumably would know the correct answer to). If they turn out correct, you can assume its operating within spec.
How can you trust a guy that can't even read the pricing on the Compaq website?
He has posted an addendum to the article to say that the pricing on the Compaqs was for purchasing a 3-pack of the servers. So the pricing on the Compaq machines was 3 times the cost of 1. So now the Compaq machines drop to about $4,000 and $6,000.
I wonder what other fact checking he forgot to do?
802.1x authentication. 802.1x is a port based authentication method that can be backed up to a radius server, or any other type of authentication device.
It is based on EAP, and allows an encryption algorithm to be specified to be used in conjunction with a client app, and the server.
When manufacturers start sending APs with 802.1x support in the next month or so, this will be the preferred solution for wireless security.
Oh yeah, Windows XP already has built in support for 802.1x too.
This will be the next round of wireless security, at least until TKIP is deployed.
Mainly in the business class models by the larger manufacturers.
The HP Vectra was one of the most intuitive cases I ever saw. No screwdrivers were needed to dismantle the case, and take out every piece. Just a push of a button or flip of a lever.
The Dell Optiplex line was also similar in those regards, although a few items did need a screwdriver.
Unfortunately, the manufacturers only marketed these cases to the business IT people. The thinking was that only people who had hundreds of computers to set up would tinker inside the box all the time. Home users just let the box sit there and collect dust. To an extent that's true.
I'm happy just leaving my case off and all the screws out, all the time.
Remember that the increases on the Richter Scale are logarithmic. This means that a 6.0 is 10 times more powerful than a 5.0 (measured in amplitude).
So this really is not that big of a deal, unless of course you were just putting the finishing touches on your "World's Longest domino chain", and the quake just happened to touch off the first domino.
I'm personally waiting for search engines to be integrating into a "Passport" like system.
While I don't necessarily agree that Microsoft's implementation of Passport is the way to go, I think search engines being able to display results that are behind a restricted portion of a website that you currently have access to would be a great technology advance.
I can imagine a Passport search that knows that I have a login to the Cisco CCO site, and returning results that are only available to CCO members.
This would enable me to use any search engine I choose to index restricted sites that I have passwords for.
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"I wonder why Sony takes it's time developing their console" They're spending their time developing an undetectable rootkit for it first.
Public Knowledge may also be willing to assist with trademark issues.
The Open Source Law Resource center also carries information regarding law and open source projects, although it is generally for information regarding Open Source licensing issues.
No doubt that is correct (assuming x = z).
I bet 80% of the people that do actually vote would be wondering just what button to push on their WebTV or AOL account to compile the source.
rec.arts.int-fiction
rec.games.int-fiction
And there is also the yearly interactive fiction competition. The competition is a fairly big deal in the Interactive Fiction community, as fans submit games, play them, and rate them. 30 games were submitted this year. There are also a number of games, and interpreters that run on everything from Windows, Mac, Linux, Palm, and almost anything else you can think of.
ActiveX actually lets a webpage rewrite your wmplayer.exe file with its own version. If an Activex control can rewrite any executable on a Windows box, then I assume that any piece of the Windows kernel is vulnerable. This leads to a larger question, which is, "Is there anybody that actually uses ActiveX on a webpage, and if not, why doesn't Microsoft completely eliminate ActiveX from Internet Explorer?".
He runs a fairly popular blog at BoingBoing.net where you can read about his exploits at the ETCON conference.
Also, his book is actually titled Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom. More information about his original release of the book, and re-release with the Creative Commons license can be read on his blog, and give good insight into what authors can expect when they release a book with a less restrictive license.
But call Dell, and tell them you want a spiffy laptop with all the bells and whistles. If you get a halfway decent salesperson, they'll try to throw in every laptop peripheral you can think of.
Outside of that, depending on your use, you might look into the targus motion sensor alarm/lock.
A portable mouse, docking station, and mini USB hub are all things I use.
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Just search Google, and you'll find a ton. I've used both an SPM2 (2U Sideways Panel Mount), and an SPM4 (4U).
You can use them to mount facing up or sideways, but I prefer sideways, as it's usually easier to read the displays.
Here are a few:
http://www.rackmountsolutions.net/WM_SPM.asp
http://www.middleatlantic.com/dcm/wall/spm.htm
Farnham's Freehold by Heinlein is SciFi dystopia.
And if that doesn't suit your needs, this list might help:i asdystopias.htm
http://www.mtsu.edu/~english/305/Accessories/utop
While I realize that this forum is a great place to spout rhetoric on whether or not the ideology behind Lindows is true in spirit to the Linux community, it does not offer any real insight into the usability of the product.
Many users such as myself would be interested in using this product if people could tell me that Lindows ran my software. If I were to ask my friends who installed Windows XP on their machines if I should upgrade from Win 2k, I don't expect them to tell me "Don't, because Microsoft doesn't contribute to other closed source projects." I expect to hear whether or not it runs the apps and whether or not it runs quickly.
So please, can anybody tell us whether or not Lindows achieves its intended purpose of an alternative operating system that allows you to run Windows and Linux apps? I'll decide the politics of my operating system for myself.
Spry used the SpryMosaic browser (based on NCSA Mosaic), but it didn't do tabbing. FYI.
If the game is a multiplayer type game, you can charge customers to use a multiplayer online service, but otherwise play the game for free.
Or you could have an online game that's free but extra levels and add-ons would be available for subscribers.
It becomes increasingly difficult to determine if your processor is too hot, because often times you only get erratic strange behavior. This happens with synchronous chips because the clock cycle tells the controller when to expect results from the chip.
When the chip becomes hot, the data paths on the chip become longer (heat expands things) and the data expected to be coming out of the chip at the end of that clock cycle might not be accurate.
The best way to test the thing is to wait til it gets about as hot as you think it's going to get, and then start feeding it complex math equations (which you presumably would know the correct answer to). If they turn out correct, you can assume its operating within spec.
How can you trust a guy that can't even read the pricing on the Compaq website? He has posted an addendum to the article to say that the pricing on the Compaqs was for purchasing a 3-pack of the servers. So the pricing on the Compaq machines was 3 times the cost of 1. So now the Compaq machines drop to about $4,000 and $6,000. I wonder what other fact checking he forgot to do?
802.1x authentication. 802.1x is a port based authentication method that can be backed up to a radius server, or any other type of authentication device. It is based on EAP, and allows an encryption algorithm to be specified to be used in conjunction with a client app, and the server. When manufacturers start sending APs with 802.1x support in the next month or so, this will be the preferred solution for wireless security. Oh yeah, Windows XP already has built in support for 802.1x too. This will be the next round of wireless security, at least until TKIP is deployed.
I stopped reading when I realized the list didn't include The Fly So you stopped reading when you reached the end of the list? Me too.
Will the transmissions from the moon have the content from the Washington Post censored out?
Mainly in the business class models by the larger manufacturers.
The HP Vectra was one of the most intuitive cases I ever saw. No screwdrivers were needed to dismantle the case, and take out every piece. Just a push of a button or flip of a lever.
The Dell Optiplex line was also similar in those regards, although a few items did need a screwdriver.
Unfortunately, the manufacturers only marketed these cases to the business IT people. The thinking was that only people who had hundreds of computers to set up would tinker inside the box all the time. Home users just let the box sit there and collect dust. To an extent that's true.
I'm happy just leaving my case off and all the screws out, all the time.
Where are:
Ice Pirates
Spaceballs
Mars Attacks
The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai
Weird Science
? Any and all of these would make my top 20.
Let me get this straight. You want people on Slashdot to admit to using Microsoft Exchange?
Remember that the increases on the Richter Scale are logarithmic. This means that a 6.0 is 10 times more powerful than a 5.0 (measured in amplitude). So this really is not that big of a deal, unless of course you were just putting the finishing touches on your "World's Longest domino chain", and the quake just happened to touch off the first domino.
I'm personally waiting for search engines to be integrating into a "Passport" like system. While I don't necessarily agree that Microsoft's implementation of Passport is the way to go, I think search engines being able to display results that are behind a restricted portion of a website that you currently have access to would be a great technology advance. I can imagine a Passport search that knows that I have a login to the Cisco CCO site, and returning results that are only available to CCO members. This would enable me to use any search engine I choose to index restricted sites that I have passwords for.
Taco Bell has announced that if an asteroid strikes a platform floating off the coast of South Africa, free chalupas to any living survivors.