The government is by the people, of the people, and for the people, so let's start acting like it.
Ha ! They must have forgotten to tell you about one or two things when they got you off your hibernated state. Nowadays, even less edicated people now this is bullshit - US of A is a corporatocraty.
I think a protest of some description is highly appropriate. However, I think an equivalent effect on public opinion could be achieved by a 30 second delay screen before allowing access to the site. Particularly for news organisations (and I put slashdot in this category) it may be too extreme to completely close the site.
I second that vote ! Could the/. editors explain *why* they don't want to put their money where their mouth is ?
Naa, "USB gadgets" is not yet another way of writing USB drivers for Linux... an USB gadget is a peripheral which can be USB slave only, e.g. an iPaq. Linux's "USB gadget" is a framework to build drivers for such beasts.
Fortunately, the DMCA has no teeth in Austria where these guys seem to live. Note the reference to a Mr Kritsch working for MS Austria and the somewhat awkward choice of words, mediocre grammar and poor spelling.
Wow, I always thought there was a majority of True Americans on/. and now you tell me all these poorly spelled posts are from some european bastards ?
The Islamic terrorists don't attack because we treat them like trash (which we really don't). They attack because we aren't muslims. Simple as that.
You basically treat them like trash when you say such a thing. How do you feel when I say "American People want to attack Irak just because that's their way of life, money by all means" ?
Welcome to the Freedom country (that's how you call it, don't you ?), where NCA are legal only if they are:
Limited in time
Limited in geographical area
Financially backed by the ex-employer
I believe most EU countries have such a system. That reequilibrates the power between big contracting companies owning all jobs of a kind in a region, and potential employees - esp. in tough times.
And that really makes NDA's evil. You are out looking for a job and even if the NDA is BS you probably cannot afford to 'win' a lawsuit.
It's not the NDA, it's the US "justice" system. You can cause anyone a lot of trouble whenever you have tons more money to throw at a frivolous lawsuit. Power to the rich, and nothing else.
If I'm not mistaken, recent Windows use the 3D acceleration to draw all 2D operations, which means they can accelerate everything.
I'd love to see XFree do the same thing. Really, this is more than a nice hack.
Here we go ! I was wondering how long before the first clueless anti-X cluebie would post its rant. Guys, there have already been tons of arguments on this very subject, and many attempted X replacements (Fresco, GGI,..), none of which are ready to takeover XFree86 in terms of functionnality/performance, much less number of ported applications/frameworks. Moreover, some bright people are working now on improving X protocol and implementation where it sucks (e.g. Keith on XRender, XRandR, Xft, etc.).
But go on, just show us what you're up to and code something better. It will be adopted and enhanced if it's really good, the free software community is very good at joining well-thought projects.
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Let me guess ... they would invade^Wfree Iraq ?
Famous last words on the IM network ...
Ha ! They must have forgotten to tell you about one or two things when they got you off your hibernated state. Nowadays, even less edicated people now this is bullshit - US of A is a corporatocraty.
I second that vote ! Could the /. editors explain *why* they don't want to put their money where their mouth is ?
Hey, EU software patents are *good* for the US economy, so why do you want /. to cooperate ?
Maybe you'd better drop support for it and let someone else develop the MSN plugin (someone outside of the "Land of Free").
This type of document will be incredibly useful to me when I'll buy my next laptop.
Naa, "USB gadgets" is not yet another way of writing USB drivers for Linux ... an USB gadget is a peripheral which can be USB slave only, e.g. an iPaq. Linux's "USB gadget" is a framework to build drivers for such beasts.
Hey, calm down, relax, and just watch "Back to the Future" (the 3 films) once more. You see, those time paradoxes weren't so inextricable after all :)
You're not from the US, are you ?
Wow, I always thought there was a majority of True Americans on /. and now you tell me all these poorly spelled posts are from some european bastards ?
You basically treat them like trash when you say such a thing. How do you feel when I say "American People want to attack Irak just because that's their way of life, money by all means" ?
People who buy stolen material (be it on eBay) are as culprit as the original thief. Saying otherwise is just bad faith.
That said, this anti-theft BIOS is one kind of a stupid idea. Must come from marketroids.
- Limited in time
- Limited in geographical area
- Financially backed by the ex-employer
I believe most EU countries have such a system. That reequilibrates the power between big contracting companies owning all jobs of a kind in a region, and potential employees - esp. in tough times.It's not the NDA, it's the US "justice" system. You can cause anyone a lot of trouble whenever you have tons more money to throw at a frivolous lawsuit. Power to the rich, and nothing else.
What ?!? You actually read the article ? Are you new to /. or what ?
Well, you could always do hidden surfaces removal .. err, wait
Eh, I would never have guessed /. would be interested in "The Mask: the return of the green face" ...
If I'm not mistaken, recent Windows use the 3D acceleration to draw all 2D operations, which means they can accelerate everything. I'd love to see XFree do the same thing. Really, this is more than a nice hack.
I read "data loss" as "hair loss" ... I don't want to know how I will interpret "increase your screen size" or something like this.
I think you made a mistake. You probably wanted to make this announcement on Freshmeat instead of here.
#define nn1_width 16
#define nn1_height 16
static unsigned char nn1_bits[] = {
0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00};
xsetroot -cursor emptycursor emptycursor
He isn't social, he doesn't play sports, doesn't dress right. He is paranoid and whines on /. whenever he feels loosers like him are attacked ...
But go on, just show us what you're up to and code something better. It will be adopted and enhanced if it's really good, the free software community is very good at joining well-thought projects.
Do they include DRM ? Will they block the 'copyrighted' sound entering their digital inputs unless I use a certified driver ?