also the episode when they were looking for the slurm prize and x-rayed bender's head. the x-ray of his head revealed a chip labeled 6502 (a logic chip).
No. The article says that these licenses are specifying that they cannot be transferred. You can transfer the hardware because of the principle of first purchase (the idea that once you buy the physical object you can do with it as you please, like with books). The software license is still a license, and as much as it sucks, it came with an EULA. The seller had a responsibility to abide by the terms of the EULA but didn't, and now the buyer is screwed into buying a $15,000 license for support of the hardware.
Still though, the NetApp guy claims in the article that $15k is about a quarter what the guy would have paid for a new one through them. $15k + 4k (what he paid already) = $19k. still a third of the price he would have paid at retail.
Um....the challenger was a long time ago...I remember because I was in elementary school at the time (hint, I've already graduated college). Are you sure it's not Columbia?
From the silence in which you could hear a pin drop, I'm guessing not many of us are getting any options right now, so my tentative guess is somewhere > 0
This is a pretty sweet deal when you consider that you can get cheapo versions of premiere on ebay. there weren't any restrictions on version number that I could see from the fine print. just no academic or similarly discounted versions.
Regardless of whether kids have a taste for a subject or not, they should be exposed to it. my parents forced me to learn the basics of science and mathematics while exposing me to liberal artsy stuff too. They never forced me into making their decision for what I wanted to do with my life. However, had I not been exposed to these elements at a young age, I never would have been able to develop a taste for my interests. If you're kid doesn't want to become a mathematician or an engineer, that's fine. but don't hamstring them by denying them access to materials that might spark their interest.
I agree that frivolous lawsuits are a scourge, but that woman actually had some really severe damage. 2nd and 3rd degree burns shouldn't result from a simple coffee spill. that's the kind of thing that results from sustained pouring of boiling water over an affected area.
Seriously, they ought to consider suing their council for legal malpractice. I can't believe they would waste time with such an absurd argument. It's a silly argument, and the only thing it does is serve to postpone the final showdown. If it is indeed a delaying action, well, it's not the best way to do it, as it only weakens Sharman's credibility.  Making silly arguments doesn't strengthen your position; it only makes you a laughingstock *cough*SCO*cough*
Sharman had best get its ass in gear if they don't want to end up being the next napster.
of course he was amazing, but I'll never forget the words of my CS 307 TA, who while praising him, also called him "a cantankerous old man", hoping he wouldn't show up to the TA's seminar and ask uncomfortable questions, like "why did you choose a blue background?" My TA also noted Dykstra's interesting quirk of never personifying a computer, not "the computer thinks you're an idiot" but "your code can't be processed"
Does anyone remember this nice little egg softener/pesticide? what are the long term effects of rat poison on the indiginous creatures of the region? Besides, how can they be sure they've got *all* the rats killed? or that someone won't be a prick and bring two rats to the island. After all, all it takes is two....
If you're trying to reach the apple store and get the Gates foundation, great. while you're out buying the music you'd otherwise probably be pirating, go ahead and contribute to the Gates Foundation. Even though Microsoft is often seen as the Great Satan here on slashdot, they are one of the most giving charitable organizations in the world. Support a good cause. buy some music, fight aids.
Having not read the article and going by the blurb, there's something wrong with this. I'm sure that most "pure software" companies create their products on a work for hire basis. they *can't* patent what they develop, because they are probably developing it for these manufacturing companies. Also, what about the incentive for those companies that *do* innovate? is there no benefit of the doubt anymore? I think that for Free software a la the GPL to survive, there has to be a counter to the GPL, in that the GPL is designed to flip traditional license agreements. Without it, companies will simply close their source in incredible obfuscation and nobody would be able to get anything done. this was written in a hurry, so if it makes no sense, I apologize.
This page has a list of systems from High End systems. The company designs robotic lighting systems, and a few years ago bought the company that designs their light boards. the whole hog lightboards run on custom rolled linux. The latest board probably runs around 15-20,000 dollars though, so it'll be a while before I buy one for my garage.:).
funny, but no, of course not. just because the w3c standards are going to be royalty free doesn't mean they are gpl'd. quite the contrary, in fact, considering that the gpl *encourages* people to charge for their work. Remember, Free does not always mean GPL.
This is only one small battle won on the front of silly patents. there's still nothing stopping the USPTO from handing out patents like candy. In fact, this could encourage people to file patents, submit to the w3c committees, and lobby in the future to have that "outmoded patent provision" removed. It's a constant struggle, and while this is a good first step, it's certainly not the last
This article is a bit fluffy for the slashdot crowd. it is good, however, to have articles thrust into public awareness of alternative operating systems. This article probably didn't have any information that the readers from here didn't already know. It must either be a slow newsday in Canada, or the writer had to lobby his editor pretty hard to get permission to submit this story.
You sound like you're trying to have your cake and eat it too. Just because you think you'd be a good manager leading people doesn't mean you can lead a team when you don't know anything about their profession. Actually, that's not true. As a manager, you can enter an industry and lead it well (see IBM's CEO), but that's more the exception than the rule, and doesn't really apply to midlevel managers, which is what it sounds like you want to be. If you really want to be able to take on this project the way you do, put in the work. Join a gaming development society in your spare time, learn about what goes into software project management. learn about game management. learn the code , for gods sake, that's being written so you will understand what your developers are talking to you about. If you want to be really successful, you have to understand what's going on beneath you. otherwise you'll just be another PHB who looks blankly at his employees as they try to explain why a divide by zero error is a bad thing, and no, commenting out the offending line isn't going to fix it..
The blurb makes a good point about the gpl maybe being a viral influence on proprietary code distributors, but I think the more important point is corporate incompetence. If SCO mindlessly opensourced their Unix code, then it's their fault, not the fault of the GPL. If you plan to make money on something, particularly if you are planning on vending both closed source Unix and open source Linux, you should damn well make sure you're not using any dependent packages that would out code that you don't want outed. The idea that the gpl is viral extends to the idea that it is overly restrictive, preventing innovation because users of gpl'd code will be afraid to publish for fear that their Intellectual Property will not be protected. However, if you look at closed source licenses, you'll find that they could be viewed as just as limiting, by preventing access to resources that would allow for the creation of new ideas. The GPL is not viral; SCO was (probably) just foolish.
This sounds like it could be fun/interesting, except there are obvious privacy implications, including, of course, spammers blanketing searches for products, etc. and then trying to contact people who are legitimately using the service. As always, the rule of thumb is to surf anonymously.
True story: I drive a 16 yr old mercedes. One day, the car wouldn't start, so I ended up calling roadside service. they walked me through pulling out a small box from behind the battery about the size of a pack of cigarettes. then, again at the instruction of the roadside service rep, I hit the box against the sidewalk a few times and put it back in the car. It wasn't till months later, when I was surfing on ebay for an unrelated part, that I discovered that the part he had me grind into the sidewalk was my engine computer. The car still runs like a dream.
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also the episode when they were looking for the slurm prize and x-rayed bender's head. the x-ray of his head revealed a chip labeled 6502 (a logic chip).
No. The article says that these licenses are specifying that they cannot be transferred. You can transfer the hardware because of the principle of first purchase (the idea that once you buy the physical object you can do with it as you please, like with books). The software license is still a license, and as much as it sucks, it came with an EULA. The seller had a responsibility to abide by the terms of the EULA but didn't, and now the buyer is screwed into buying a $15,000 license for support of the hardware.
Still though, the NetApp guy claims in the article that $15k is about a quarter what the guy would have paid for a new one through them. $15k + 4k (what he paid already) = $19k. still a third of the price he would have paid at retail.
good job editors. The post originally asserted "Challenger" accident.
Um....the challenger was a long time ago...I remember because I was in elementary school at the time (hint, I've already graduated college). Are you sure it's not Columbia?
From the silence in which you could hear a pin drop, I'm guessing not many of us are getting any options right now, so my tentative guess is somewhere > 0
This is a pretty sweet deal when you consider that you can get cheapo versions of premiere on ebay. there weren't any restrictions on version number that I could see from the fine print. just no academic or similarly discounted versions.
Regardless of whether kids have a taste for a subject or not, they should be exposed to it. my parents forced me to learn the basics of science and mathematics while exposing me to liberal artsy stuff too. They never forced me into making their decision for what I wanted to do with my life. However, had I not been exposed to these elements at a young age, I never would have been able to develop a taste for my interests. If you're kid doesn't want to become a mathematician or an engineer, that's fine. but don't hamstring them by denying them access to materials that might spark their interest.
I agree that frivolous lawsuits are a scourge, but that woman actually had some really severe damage. 2nd and 3rd degree burns shouldn't result from a simple coffee spill. that's the kind of thing that results from sustained pouring of boiling water over an affected area.
Seriously, they ought to consider suing their council for legal malpractice. I can't believe they would waste time with such an absurd argument. It's a silly argument, and the only thing it does is serve to postpone the final showdown. If it is indeed a delaying action, well, it's not the best way to do it, as it only weakens Sharman's credibility.  Making silly arguments doesn't strengthen your position; it only makes you a laughingstock *cough*SCO*cough*
Sharman had best get its ass in gear if they don't want to end up being the next napster.
of course he was amazing, but I'll never forget the words of my CS 307 TA, who while praising him, also called him "a cantankerous old man", hoping he wouldn't show up to the TA's seminar and ask uncomfortable questions, like "why did you choose a blue background?" My TA also noted Dykstra's interesting quirk of never personifying a computer, not "the computer thinks you're an idiot" but "your code can't be processed"
shortest....blurb....ever
Does anyone remember this nice little egg softener/pesticide? what are the long term effects of rat poison on the indiginous creatures of the region?
Besides, how can they be sure they've got *all* the rats killed? or that someone won't be a prick and bring two rats to the island. After all, all it takes is two....
If you're trying to reach the apple store and get the Gates foundation, great. while you're out buying the music you'd otherwise probably be pirating, go ahead and contribute to the Gates Foundation. Even though Microsoft is often seen as the Great Satan here on slashdot, they are one of the most giving charitable organizations in the world. Support a good cause. buy some music, fight aids.
Having not read the article and going by the blurb, there's something wrong with this. I'm sure that most "pure software" companies create their products on a work for hire basis. they *can't* patent what they develop, because they are probably developing it for these manufacturing companies. Also, what about the incentive for those companies that *do* innovate? is there no benefit of the doubt anymore? I think that for Free software a la the GPL to survive, there has to be a counter to the GPL, in that the GPL is designed to flip traditional license agreements. Without it, companies will simply close their source in incredible obfuscation and nobody would be able to get anything done.
this was written in a hurry, so if it makes no sense, I apologize.
This page has a list of systems from High End systems. The company designs robotic lighting systems, and a few years ago bought the company that designs their light boards. the whole hog lightboards run on custom rolled linux. The latest board probably runs around 15-20,000 dollars though, so it'll be a while before I buy one for my garage. :).
funny, but no, of course not. just because the w3c standards are going to be royalty free doesn't mean they are gpl'd. quite the contrary, in fact, considering that the gpl *encourages* people to charge for their work. Remember, Free does not always mean GPL.
This is only one small battle won on the front of silly patents. there's still nothing stopping the USPTO from handing out patents like candy. In fact, this could encourage people to file patents, submit to the w3c committees, and lobby in the future to have that "outmoded patent provision" removed. It's a constant struggle, and while this is a good first step, it's certainly not the last
This article is a bit fluffy for the slashdot crowd. it is good, however, to have articles thrust into public awareness of alternative operating systems. This article probably didn't have any information that the readers from here didn't already know. It must either be a slow newsday in Canada, or the writer had to lobby his editor pretty hard to get permission to submit this story.
You sound like you're trying to have your cake and eat it too. Just because you think you'd be a good manager leading people doesn't mean you can lead a team when you don't know anything about their profession. Actually, that's not true. As a manager, you can enter an industry and lead it well (see IBM's CEO), but that's more the exception than the rule, and doesn't really apply to midlevel managers, which is what it sounds like you want to be. If you really want to be able to take on this project the way you do, put in the work. Join a gaming development society in your spare time, learn about what goes into software project management. learn about game management. learn the code , for gods sake, that's being written so you will understand what your developers are talking to you about. If you want to be really successful, you have to understand what's going on beneath you. otherwise you'll just be another PHB who looks blankly at his employees as they try to explain why a divide by zero error is a bad thing, and no, commenting out the offending line isn't going to fix it..
The blurb makes a good point about the gpl maybe being a viral influence on proprietary code distributors, but I think the more important point is corporate incompetence. If SCO mindlessly opensourced their Unix code, then it's their fault, not the fault of the GPL. If you plan to make money on something, particularly if you are planning on vending both closed source Unix and open source Linux, you should damn well make sure you're not using any dependent packages that would out code that you don't want outed. The idea that the gpl is viral extends to the idea that it is overly restrictive, preventing innovation because users of gpl'd code will be afraid to publish for fear that their Intellectual Property will not be protected. However, if you look at closed source licenses, you'll find that they could be viewed as just as limiting, by preventing access to resources that would allow for the creation of new ideas. The GPL is not viral; SCO was (probably) just foolish.
This sounds like it could be fun/interesting, except there are obvious privacy implications, including, of course, spammers blanketing searches for products, etc. and then trying to contact people who are legitimately using the service. As always, the rule of thumb is to surf anonymously.
True story: I drive a 16 yr old mercedes. One day, the car wouldn't start, so I ended up calling roadside service. they walked me through pulling out a small box from behind the battery about the size of a pack of cigarettes. then, again at the instruction of the roadside service rep, I hit the box against the sidewalk a few times and put it back in the car. It wasn't till months later, when I was surfing on ebay for an unrelated part, that I discovered that the part he had me grind into the sidewalk was my engine computer. The car still runs like a dream.
This kind of thing Long overdue in Austin