I just looked over the list, and I'm starting to think that SCO's claimed code occurs in just one of the key files, and they feel that any file that uses that via #include is also infringing. Best theory I can come up with having looked at that list, and the code for a few of them. Might just have to make a script to see if any of those files is called by all of the listed files, and by no other file in the kernel. Of course, if it was that easy I'm sure someone at IBM would have thought of this first.
Dogg
>It would be great if we had a scanner that could quickly and safely determine if someone is carrying explosives
Currently at LL Labs they are developing Neutron Scanners which can detect explosives, drugs, and other contraband quite successfully and with a lower error rate than current technologies (Though I think the actual work is being done in Ohio). Will they actually implement it? No, because giving airline employees or the TSA guys a high powered neutron source is a stupid, STUPID idea. The fact of the matter is that research into neutron scanning technology is expensive, and the easiest way to get the government to buy into it is by bringing up terrorism and drug dealing and various other boogymen. Since the money dried up on developing them to peer through Uranium and other dense metals inside nuclear warheads they had to come up with some reason to continue, because science for the sake of science isn't getting the money these days. I don't know the deal on these new scanners, but I wouldn't be surprised to learn they came up with the anti-drug angle for the same reason: funding.
Yep, that's exactly the way it is. Shame that he has to post anonymously when the odds are the he is just another poor victim of our great war on drugs. However, in my two years in the Colorado DOC I did once come across a rape (I didn't see it, but it was in the same pod), so my experience was a little different.
But being a bit more on topic, being a geek is actually a good thing in prison, at least for me. First, teaching the GED classes is a great job and beats the hell out of picking up rocks and moving them. Second, every con in there can't get enough of 'how to do [blank]' lessons. Biochemistry is a big hit with the meth cooks, hacking is respected as much as robbery, and jacking up the electrically controlled doors, forcing the guards to keep the cellblock free until the wee hours of the morning? That'll make you a hero;)
Dogg
Microsoft shall disclose to ISVs, IHVs, IAPs,ICPs, and OEMs, for the sole purpose of interoperating with a Windows Operating System Product, via the Microsoft Developer Network ("MSDN") or similar mechanisms, the APIs and related Documentation that are used by Microsoft Middleware to interoperate with a Windows
Operating System Product.
Does that mean they have to open up all their APIs, or just the old ones that don't matter?
Isnt Crypto export tough enough already? (from the U.S. that is)
Horribly so. My fiance is a South Korean national, and according to the law I can't let her read any of my cryptography books, talk about it, or let her see the source code to any algorythym. It's ridiculous to have a silly book like "Applied Cryptography" and not be able to show her some of the text because it's classified as a munition. Even more annoying, the law is so vauge that having her hold the book might be considered illegal, and I go from being a geek to a internation arms smuggler. Compared to that, I think a stupid registration isn't so bad.
....The wings allow them to glide to conserve fuel. In a pure glider you can pretty much just slow down your descent, and maneuver a little bit on the way down.
Oh, I thought the wings created lift. Silly me.....wait, in a pure glider all you can do is slow your descent? Does that mean that the wings create drag? Then they don't exist to conserve fuel!
Odds are that it burned up in re-entry, IMHO. I would assume the Russians know how to aim, so if it's not there it's probably gone. Then again, maybe their aim is so off that we would have all survived a WW3?
Not what I'm saying at all. I'm just saying with Ol' Bushie in office and everyone running around screaming about terrorists-this and terrorists-that you have to be careful; so why not just say your product helps 'oppressed people' and prempt anyone screaming "Terrorists can use that!"? Harms no one, but fools the jingos into thinking things like "Kurds and Chinese Christians can now tell the world their stories", which keeps the heat off us. Hell, we've lost enough rights already thanks to the Patriot Act, why put ourselves at risk more?
It's easier, I'm sure, to make and distribute a program that terrorists could possibly use in some manner to attack us if you say 'It's for the persecuted political groups' instead. Has a catchy "For the children" ring to it". Plus it's good PR, of course.
Ubiquitous broadband deployment will help our country both recover and sustain economic momentum, while demonstrating to the world the enduring strength and resilience of the United States," stated TIA President Matthew J. Flanigan.
Yet another example of PHB's justifying Scott Adams' popularity. I'd love to just tag "Mission Statement" above that and pass it around the office, see if anyone else sees how stupid that is.
Finally, the patent dispute is part of a political struggle to define the legal and moral status of the human embryo
In fact, he and his patent partner, technology critic Jeremy Rifkin, have deep moral objections to manipulating human life and oppose patenting any living organisms. They believe that federal law does not sufficiently limit scientific work with human embryos and human life, and their humouse is intended to change just that.
I know we all have different political/social philosophies, but being a 'liberal', I find this part most disturbing. What if this stupid humouse thing brings about more restrictions on stem-cell research and abortion? I figured a place like/. would be a bit more left-wing on these sort of issues.
We've found that this is a reversible process, that you can completely disassemble and reassemble these films, which is interesting from a biotechnology aspect,"
So you can build something, and then have it come apart? Let's say you use this technique to build a chip that goes into a popular motherboard. Then you combine it with someone with waaaaay too much time. Next thing you know script kiddies aren't just threatening to melt your box, they really are!:)
Those inorganic nanorods were then combined with the organic part of the operation, a liquefied plastic semiconductor, to create a solar cell that could be sprayed or painted onto almost any surface.
How is a liquified plastic semiconductor organic?
Dogg
I speak Japanese and Spanish, and my girlfriend is a Korean who learned English after moving here when she was young. Turns out that Korean has the almost EXACT same grammer, just different words which are more similar to Chinese. For example, the wa in Japanese is nah in Korean....her step-father, another Korean National, had a Japanese accent when he spoke in English. Bizaare, isn't it? At least you know you're not crazy, I get the same mix-up:)
Dogg
I wrote all my congressman and my senators, and that's really about all we can do; spam them, and they'll get so tired of it they'll stop this bill just out of sheer annoyance:D
Dogg
I can see why they might be hesitant about releasing it, but like mentioned, why not get rid of the military airports and re-release it? Besides, it's not hard to get plans for military airports, I just did a quick look and came up with the plans for Hickam AFB in Honolulu, HI - a major Air Force base. I think they should be more worried about that before they worry about harmless video games that _might_ be used by terrorists.
We can't just lock up everything that may be used by terrorists; what next, ID needed for Diesel and Fertilizer?
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Dogg
Look at the Metric size on a 'gallon' of ice-cream. Same thing. Dogg
I just looked over the list, and I'm starting to think that SCO's claimed code occurs in just one of the key files, and they feel that any file that uses that via #include is also infringing. Best theory I can come up with having looked at that list, and the code for a few of them. Might just have to make a script to see if any of those files is called by all of the listed files, and by no other file in the kernel. Of course, if it was that easy I'm sure someone at IBM would have thought of this first. Dogg
Thanks for bringing back news for nerds...it doesn't get nerdier than this!
A bombshell hit the beleagured Earth community today as NASA confirmed the SUN IS DYING :)
Dogg
Currently at LL Labs they are developing Neutron Scanners which can detect explosives, drugs, and other contraband quite successfully and with a lower error rate than current technologies (Though I think the actual work is being done in Ohio). Will they actually implement it? No, because giving airline employees or the TSA guys a high powered neutron source is a stupid, STUPID idea. The fact of the matter is that research into neutron scanning technology is expensive, and the easiest way to get the government to buy into it is by bringing up terrorism and drug dealing and various other boogymen. Since the money dried up on developing them to peer through Uranium and other dense metals inside nuclear warheads they had to come up with some reason to continue, because science for the sake of science isn't getting the money these days. I don't know the deal on these new scanners, but I wouldn't be surprised to learn they came up with the anti-drug angle for the same reason: funding.
Thanks for reading my rant.
Dogg
Ironic, you spam on a thread about spam...
Yep, that's exactly the way it is. Shame that he has to post anonymously when the odds are the he is just another poor victim of our great war on drugs. However, in my two years in the Colorado DOC I did once come across a rape (I didn't see it, but it was in the same pod), so my experience was a little different. But being a bit more on topic, being a geek is actually a good thing in prison, at least for me. First, teaching the GED classes is a great job and beats the hell out of picking up rocks and moving them. Second, every con in there can't get enough of 'how to do [blank]' lessons. Biochemistry is a big hit with the meth cooks, hacking is respected as much as robbery, and jacking up the electrically controlled doors, forcing the guards to keep the cellblock free until the wee hours of the morning? That'll make you a hero ;)
Dogg
Thanks for the good reply explaination :)
Dogg
Microsoft shall disclose to ISVs, IHVs, IAPs,ICPs, and OEMs, for the sole purpose of interoperating with a Windows Operating System Product, via the Microsoft Developer Network ("MSDN") or similar mechanisms, the APIs and related Documentation that are used by Microsoft Middleware to interoperate with a Windows Operating System Product.
Does that mean they have to open up all their APIs, or just the old ones that don't matter?
Horribly so. My fiance is a South Korean national, and according to the law I can't let her read any of my cryptography books, talk about it, or let her see the source code to any algorythym. It's ridiculous to have a silly book like "Applied Cryptography" and not be able to show her some of the text because it's classified as a munition. Even more annoying, the law is so vauge that having her hold the book might be considered illegal, and I go from being a geek to a internation arms smuggler. Compared to that, I think a stupid registration isn't so bad.
Oh, I thought the wings created lift. Silly me.....wait, in a pure glider all you can do is slow your descent? Does that mean that the wings create drag? Then they don't exist to conserve fuel!
Odds are that it burned up in re-entry, IMHO. I would assume the Russians know how to aim, so if it's not there it's probably gone. Then again, maybe their aim is so off that we would have all survived a WW3?
Not what I'm saying at all. I'm just saying with Ol' Bushie in office and everyone running around screaming about terrorists-this and terrorists-that you have to be careful; so why not just say your product helps 'oppressed people' and prempt anyone screaming "Terrorists can use that!"? Harms no one, but fools the jingos into thinking things like "Kurds and Chinese Christians can now tell the world their stories", which keeps the heat off us. Hell, we've lost enough rights already thanks to the Patriot Act, why put ourselves at risk more?
It's easier, I'm sure, to make and distribute a program that terrorists could possibly use in some manner to attack us if you say 'It's for the persecuted political groups' instead. Has a catchy "For the children" ring to it". Plus it's good PR, of course.
Yet another example of PHB's justifying Scott Adams' popularity. I'd love to just tag "Mission Statement" above that and pass it around the office, see if anyone else sees how stupid that is.
Finally, the patent dispute is part of a political struggle to define the legal and moral status of the human embryo
In fact, he and his patent partner, technology critic Jeremy Rifkin, have deep moral objections to manipulating human life and oppose patenting any living organisms. They believe that federal law does not sufficiently limit scientific work with human embryos and human life, and their humouse is intended to change just that.
I know we all have different political/social philosophies, but being a 'liberal', I find this part most disturbing. What if this stupid humouse thing brings about more restrictions on stem-cell research and abortion? I figured a place like /. would be a bit more left-wing on these sort of issues.
We've found that this is a reversible process, that you can completely disassemble and reassemble these films, which is interesting from a biotechnology aspect," So you can build something, and then have it come apart? Let's say you use this technique to build a chip that goes into a popular motherboard. Then you combine it with someone with waaaaay too much time. Next thing you know script kiddies aren't just threatening to melt your box, they really are! :)
Those inorganic nanorods were then combined with the organic part of the operation, a liquefied plastic semiconductor, to create a solar cell that could be sprayed or painted onto almost any surface. How is a liquified plastic semiconductor organic? Dogg
I speak Japanese and Spanish, and my girlfriend is a Korean who learned English after moving here when she was young. Turns out that Korean has the almost EXACT same grammer, just different words which are more similar to Chinese. For example, the wa in Japanese is nah in Korean....her step-father, another Korean National, had a Japanese accent when he spoke in English. Bizaare, isn't it? At least you know you're not crazy, I get the same mix-up :)
Dogg
I wrote all my congressman and my senators, and that's really about all we can do; spam them, and they'll get so tired of it they'll stop this bill just out of sheer annoyance :D
Dogg
Maybe we can finally have a Llama dome!!
I would be less bothered by this if VZ wasn't so insanely monopolistic.
I can see why they might be hesitant about releasing it, but like mentioned, why not get rid of the military airports and re-release it? Besides, it's not hard to get plans for military airports, I just did a quick look and came up with the plans for Hickam AFB in Honolulu, HI - a major Air Force base. I think they should be more worried about that before they worry about harmless video games that _might_ be used by terrorists. We can't just lock up everything that may be used by terrorists; what next, ID needed for Diesel and Fertilizer?
I think that's a good philosophy; imagine if M$ had that motivation: they might actually put out something worth buying. Dogg