There is a reason why the legal term copyright infringement exists. That reason is because the guilty party hasn't stolen anything. No physical object has been physically taken from the possession of the owner of the copyright into the hands of the infringer. It is a duplicate.
For example, imagine someone with a photographic memory that reads a new book that just hit the shelves. That person then types up an exact copy on their own computer. They then print it out on their paper and hand it to a friend to read. Has there been theft? No. Copyright infingement? Absolutely.
This isn't semantics. It is law. Unauthorized duplication and/or possession of unauthorized duplicates is copyright infringement and not theft. Period. Get over it.
I do not know about all telcos, but Bellsouth requires it. They tie a phone number to a piece of copper and without it will not provide any service. It isn't technically impossible to provide DSL service only as all you need is a piece of copper to be terminated and spliced into a DSLAM.
Notice that with a T1 service, the telcos assign the line a circuit ID that isn't a telephone number at all. There is no reason they couldn't do it with DSL service except that they don't make the extra money.
The computational overhead necessary for managing routes to keep the number of hops sane in this model wouldn't be practical.
This sounds like a fancy way of discussing mesh networking. It is quite simple--too many wireless hops across a mesh adds high latency and complex routing tables.
For real-time communications you might as well forget this being viable.
Yes, but there is a difference here. You don't buy a cordless phone and expect anyone passing by to make calls do you? Nor do you install your television facing the window with a controller outside plus speakers so passersby can enjoy your television.
Manufacturers decided it was better for business to have it work easier out of the box than to add in a couple of steps of configuring encryption during setup.
Personally, I think they should have had a 10 step or 15 step or whatever process such that the wireless broadcasting was turned OFF until the setup including encryption was complete. Even if they elected not to have a password, make them select it.
Overselling is not a new concept, I realize that. But if you ask Bellsouth for example how much they oversell their DSL service, they will tell you they don't. I know because I had 3 or 4 Bellsouth representatives (2 from Atlanta) on the phone on a conference call saying that. The question resulted out of talks describing the difference between their business class and residential class DSL.
To me, that is rediculous anyway because both residential and business usually share the same DSLAM. Maybe they terminate the ATM connection in a different NOC with greater availability of bandwidth, I don't know. But they SWORE they do not oversell their DSL service either on business or residential.
And that, I will bet lots of money, is complete and utter nonsense.
I find it amusing that they are rolling these high speed services. If you have 50,000 people in a reasonably sized city all with 15mbps connectivity, do you really think they will all get that? I don't know how much ATM bandwidth is coming into any one CO, but I will bet it isn't 750,000mbps. Or better yet, wherever those DSL ATM connections terminate, I bet they don't have that much bandwidth available.
The 2.4 ghz frequency will excite water molecules regardless of whether they are surface or not. The flesh underneath has more water in it than the surface so will naturally excite faster and get hotter quicker.
But rest assured that both are being affected and a skin burn IS possible before underneath damage if the majority of the RF energy is being absorbed by the surface.
I, for one, am completely tired of the whole "is Open Source bad for business" discussion that keeps getting pushed. Guess who does the pushing? Companies that are fearing their business being harmed.
By freeing up money and making one sector of business more streamlined, by default another will open and the world will advance. It just happens that way. Sure automobiles put most horse and buggy makers out of business. But they created many jobs for producing automobiles. Eventually roads were made that still provides jobs.
Fact: IT departments are by far and wide the biggest money losing departments of businesses. They don't sell anything. They are cost centers. Open source can help alleviate that and allow for that money to be used on something else. In the long run, this will always be good and help new sectors grow. Those that fight this change will go the way of the horse and buggy maker. Those that retool their shops to embrace will reap the rewards.
Funny you should mention that. I have seen a 100mw Cisco card cause a burn on a leg of a guy. He had the PCMCIA card purched over his leg and was surfing the net for a few hours while watching TV. It looked like a bad sunburn. His skin was literally cooked (2.4 ghz same as microwave oven).
For people that say there is no danger, I say you don't know shit about shit. I challeng you to let me put a 24dbi grid antenna above your bed with a 2 watt amp hooked to it and point it at your head while you sleep. We'll see what's left in the morning.
I should have been more clear. Beyond trade policies, it isn't difficult to employ tax benefits for companies to keep manufacturing and such in the US and impose tax penalties on those that don't. That is what should be done IMO to balance the playing field and make it attractive to not outsource and send jobs overseas.
But that cuts into the ability for companies to make disgusting profits and that is why Bush isn't considering it.
When many radios in close proximity broadcast on the same frequency, the resulting noise interferes with the operation of the radios especially in data and voice applications. All the smarts you put behind a device can't solve that. It is a matter of physics and physics will always get the final say.
Now there does exist quite a bit of licensed spectrum in the lower bands that isn't being used everywhere, but it is in some places. Exactly how to utilize those in some places and not others in an open market is a tough question.
I do not believe that is the way Sodium and Chlorine ions react in a water solution with current applied due to the fact that chlorine and sodium are much more highly reactive with each other than with either hydrogen or oxygen. Can you provide a link with some information on that? I can't seem to find any.
Maybe there is something I am missing, but here in the USA we have quite a bit of desert area near the ocean. This seems logical to me:
-Set up a huge solar array in the desert -Set up an ocean water pipeline (they can do it with oil) to pump water into the array area -Set up a wave powerplant to power the pumps -use the solar power to split the water into hydrogen and oxygen -harness the hydrogen for fuel and the oxygen for other applications -if possible, harness the resulting sea salt to sell
I am not certain that this initiative is about using open source so much as to blackmail proprietary vendors into lowering prices. You have to read till the end to get it, but here is the quote:
"Looking to the open source community for applications that serve the same function as closed source solutions may cause vendors to be more flexible with pricing and licensing structures."
If people want an alternative to Windows, many would PREFER something that is similar to the world they are used to. Meet Linspire. They strive to create an environment that won't feel like another planet to Windows users.
We could argue for hours about their design choices but frankly if their OS can cause a huge migration to Linux, results in software being developed for Linux and ultimately makes open source the defacto standard, I can deal with their shortcomings for now as opposed to suffering Microsoft's forever.
That does not represent a likely business class configuration. People WILL likely use one of the open source variants for Linux. But just for arguments sake, add $749 for a five user version of Oracle and the configuration is STILL cheaper than the Windows equivalent.
Also, Red Hat Enterprise ES Server ranges in price from $450 to $1,000 depending on the configuration and features installed. That price includes 1 year of upgrades.
Wrong wrong and more wrong. Go here for pricing details:
http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/purchase/
Go here for the extensive list of what support comes with the EL version and price I quoted for one year:
http://www.redhat.com/support/service/sla/rhel3. ht ml
minor changes to GLibc and bigger changes to threading libraries.
So long as software is coded to follow the LSB with no additional external dependencies and changes do not break the LSB, then no binary will be broken. Besides, if you buy EL from Red Hat, they make great efforts to ensure the updates do not break compatibility. Sometimes, you do get what you pay for.
+5 Insightful? Moderators, don't feel compelled to up a comment just because it sounds worthy. Read it and understand it for what it is -- bullshit.
stability and consistency problem when it comes to competing distros
Insinuating that anything that runs on Windows is more stable than Linux is just too funny to even spend energy debunking.
As for consistency on Linux, as opposed to software that only runs on Win 95/98 and not on NT/2000/XP. Or how about hardware that doesn't work on XP but does on on every other Windows incarnation. Oh, and software that is developed according to LSB specifications will almost certainly run on any LSB certified distro without any recompilation or modification (barring cross CPU platforms).
vastly inflated prices
Tell me you're joking. Let's do a quick test, shall we?
Database server-
Windows:
$ 949.14 - Windows 2003 Server Standard + 5 CALs $1,389.72 - SQL Server 2000 Standard + 5 CALs --------- $2,338.86 - Total NOT INCLUDING SUPPORT for either
Red Hat:
$739.95 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES Standard $ 0 - PostresSQL/MySQL Databases ---------- $739.95 Total Support for OS included, not for databases
That is just one example. We could do more, but it will always result in the same conclusion--Linux is less expensive than Windows.
I find it little coincidence that after the Slashstorm came her way, she recanted from the "it isn't my fault" a bit. How many e-mails did she get from here expressing outrage? I know I mailed her.
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This all started as a gamble for SCO. They thought for sure IBM would have just bought them to make them shut up.
That didn't happen then SCO thought maybe they could extort lots of money from Linux users.
That didn't happen so then they thought they could sue other companies to scare people into buying.
That didn't happen and now they are walking the Mile. Expect lots of sound and fury but in the end it will signify nothing.
There is a reason why the legal term copyright infringement exists. That reason is because the guilty party hasn't stolen anything. No physical object has been physically taken from the possession of the owner of the copyright into the hands of the infringer. It is a duplicate.
For example, imagine someone with a photographic memory that reads a new book that just hit the shelves. That person then types up an exact copy on their own computer. They then print it out on their paper and hand it to a friend to read. Has there been theft? No. Copyright infingement? Absolutely.
This isn't semantics. It is law. Unauthorized duplication and/or possession of unauthorized duplicates is copyright infringement and not theft. Period. Get over it.
I do not know about all telcos, but Bellsouth requires it. They tie a phone number to a piece of copper and without it will not provide any service. It isn't technically impossible to provide DSL service only as all you need is a piece of copper to be terminated and spliced into a DSLAM.
Notice that with a T1 service, the telcos assign the line a circuit ID that isn't a telephone number at all. There is no reason they couldn't do it with DSL service except that they don't make the extra money.
Yes, it is a scam.
The computational overhead necessary for managing routes to keep the number of hops sane in this model wouldn't be practical.
This sounds like a fancy way of discussing mesh networking. It is quite simple--too many wireless hops across a mesh adds high latency and complex routing tables.
For real-time communications you might as well forget this being viable.
Yes, but there is a difference here. You don't buy a cordless phone and expect anyone passing by to make calls do you? Nor do you install your television facing the window with a controller outside plus speakers so passersby can enjoy your television.
Manufacturers decided it was better for business to have it work easier out of the box than to add in a couple of steps of configuring encryption during setup.
Personally, I think they should have had a 10 step or 15 step or whatever process such that the wireless broadcasting was turned OFF until the setup including encryption was complete. Even if they elected not to have a password, make them select it.
Overselling is not a new concept, I realize that. But if you ask Bellsouth for example how much they oversell their DSL service, they will tell you they don't. I know because I had 3 or 4 Bellsouth representatives (2 from Atlanta) on the phone on a conference call saying that. The question resulted out of talks describing the difference between their business class and residential class DSL.
To me, that is rediculous anyway because both residential and business usually share the same DSLAM. Maybe they terminate the ATM connection in a different NOC with greater availability of bandwidth, I don't know. But they SWORE they do not oversell their DSL service either on business or residential.
And that, I will bet lots of money, is complete and utter nonsense.
I find it amusing that they are rolling these high speed services. If you have 50,000 people in a reasonably sized city all with 15mbps connectivity, do you really think they will all get that? I don't know how much ATM bandwidth is coming into any one CO, but I will bet it isn't 750,000mbps. Or better yet, wherever those DSL ATM connections terminate, I bet they don't have that much bandwidth available.
That is not accurate.
The 2.4 ghz frequency will excite water molecules regardless of whether they are surface or not. The flesh underneath has more water in it than the surface so will naturally excite faster and get hotter quicker.
But rest assured that both are being affected and a skin burn IS possible before underneath damage if the majority of the RF energy is being absorbed by the surface.
You may find some information on possible reasons here
I, for one, am completely tired of the whole "is Open Source bad for business" discussion that keeps getting pushed. Guess who does the pushing? Companies that are fearing their business being harmed.
By freeing up money and making one sector of business more streamlined, by default another will open and the world will advance. It just happens that way. Sure automobiles put most horse and buggy makers out of business. But they created many jobs for producing automobiles. Eventually roads were made that still provides jobs.
Fact: IT departments are by far and wide the biggest money losing departments of businesses. They don't sell anything. They are cost centers. Open source can help alleviate that and allow for that money to be used on something else. In the long run, this will always be good and help new sectors grow. Those that fight this change will go the way of the horse and buggy maker. Those that retool their shops to embrace will reap the rewards.
Funny you should mention that. I have seen a 100mw Cisco card cause a burn on a leg of a guy. He had the PCMCIA card purched over his leg and was surfing the net for a few hours while watching TV. It looked like a bad sunburn. His skin was literally cooked (2.4 ghz same as microwave oven).
For people that say there is no danger, I say you don't know shit about shit. I challeng you to let me put a 24dbi grid antenna above your bed with a 2 watt amp hooked to it and point it at your head while you sleep. We'll see what's left in the morning.
I was at Quakecon a few years back and if my memory serves me correctly, not only does he have a wife, but she is damn hot.
I should have been more clear. Beyond trade policies, it isn't difficult to employ tax benefits for companies to keep manufacturing and such in the US and impose tax penalties on those that don't. That is what should be done IMO to balance the playing field and make it attractive to not outsource and send jobs overseas.
But that cuts into the ability for companies to make disgusting profits and that is why Bush isn't considering it.
When many radios in close proximity broadcast on the same frequency, the resulting noise interferes with the operation of the radios especially in data and voice applications. All the smarts you put behind a device can't solve that. It is a matter of physics and physics will always get the final say.
Now there does exist quite a bit of licensed spectrum in the lower bands that isn't being used everywhere, but it is in some places. Exactly how to utilize those in some places and not others in an open market is a tough question.
Perhaps you should ask Bush why he consistently favors not imposing trade policies to help the situation:
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hongkong.usconsulate.gov/uscn/trade/general/ust
japan.usembassy.gov/e/p/tp-200301
japan.usembassy.gov/e/p/tp-20040305-25.
www.manufacturingnews.com/news/03/0603/art1.
I make no apologies for screwing up the punctuation of that phrase (was that a pun?) since it resulted in a good and unintended laugh even for me :)
I think the line "I think he's going to pork her dad!" made the whole movie worth it :)
The ONLY movie I have ever walked out before it was finished. I know someone had to get fired over that flaming fecal fest.
I do not believe that is the way Sodium and Chlorine ions react in a water solution with current applied due to the fact that chlorine and sodium are much more highly reactive with each other than with either hydrogen or oxygen. Can you provide a link with some information on that? I can't seem to find any.
Maybe there is something I am missing, but here in the USA we have quite a bit of desert area near the ocean. This seems logical to me:
-Set up a huge solar array in the desert
-Set up an ocean water pipeline (they can do it with oil) to pump water into the array area
-Set up a wave powerplant to power the pumps
-use the solar power to split the water into hydrogen and oxygen
-harness the hydrogen for fuel and the oxygen for other applications
-if possible, harness the resulting sea salt to sell
Problem solved.
I am not certain that this initiative is about using open source so much as to blackmail proprietary vendors into lowering prices. You have to read till the end to get it, but here is the quote:
"Looking to the open source community for applications that serve the same function as closed source solutions may cause vendors to be more flexible with pricing and licensing structures."
No, no, no, no, open source and no.
If people want an alternative to Windows, many would PREFER something that is similar to the world they are used to. Meet Linspire. They strive to create an environment that won't feel like another planet to Windows users.
We could argue for hours about their design choices but frankly if their OS can cause a huge migration to Linux, results in software being developed for Linux and ultimately makes open source the defacto standard, I can deal with their shortcomings for now as opposed to suffering Microsoft's forever.
You can use MySQL on Windows too
. ht ml
That does not represent a likely business class configuration. People WILL likely use one of the open source variants for Linux. But just for arguments sake, add $749 for a five user version of Oracle and the configuration is STILL cheaper than the Windows equivalent.
Also, Red Hat Enterprise ES Server ranges in price from $450 to $1,000 depending on the configuration and features installed. That price includes 1 year of upgrades.
Wrong wrong and more wrong. Go here for pricing details:
http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/purchase/
Go here for the extensive list of what support comes with the EL version and price I quoted for one year:
http://www.redhat.com/support/service/sla/rhel3
minor changes to GLibc and bigger changes to threading libraries.
So long as software is coded to follow the LSB with no additional external dependencies and changes do not break the LSB, then no binary will be broken. Besides, if you buy EL from Red Hat, they make great efforts to ensure the updates do not break compatibility. Sometimes, you do get what you pay for.
+5 Insightful? Moderators, don't feel compelled to up a comment just because it sounds worthy. Read it and understand it for what it is -- bullshit.
stability and consistency problem when it comes to competing distros
Insinuating that anything that runs on Windows is more stable than Linux is just too funny to even spend energy debunking.
As for consistency on Linux, as opposed to software that only runs on Win 95/98 and not on NT/2000/XP. Or how about hardware that doesn't work on XP but does on on every other Windows incarnation. Oh, and software that is developed according to LSB specifications will almost certainly run on any LSB certified distro without any recompilation or modification (barring cross CPU platforms).
vastly inflated prices
Tell me you're joking. Let's do a quick test, shall we?
Database server-
Windows:
$ 949.14 - Windows 2003 Server Standard + 5 CALs
$1,389.72 - SQL Server 2000 Standard + 5 CALs
---------
$2,338.86 - Total NOT INCLUDING SUPPORT for either
Red Hat:
$739.95 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES Standard
$ 0 - PostresSQL/MySQL Databases
----------
$739.95 Total Support for OS included, not for databases
That is just one example. We could do more, but it will always result in the same conclusion--Linux is less expensive than Windows.
I find it little coincidence that after the Slashstorm came her way, she recanted from the "it isn't my fault" a bit. How many e-mails did she get from here expressing outrage? I know I mailed her.