* Can't grab a copy and go stink-up the bathroom, unless you're on a laptop and have wireless. Even then, ew. There are some places laptops shouldn't be.
* What happens when their server goes down or they decide to change business models?
Well, not exactly. While they do admit there's a six month process to become Federally recognized, immediately before they say they are NFP in the United States. While technically true, it is slightly misleading. Perhaps the blurb should read that "the process of becoming Federally recognized has acheived a key milestone."
I really can't see any good reason for Sun to open Java or Solaris.
I might be a bit naiive, but my observation is that Sun's profits come from hardware sales (especially to the US Government), not OS or language. Since Java doesn't seem to be a revenue stream (with giving out the VM, etc.), and I don't think Solaris is either, then to pass these to the Open Source Software Community is a "good" idea.
Why? Well, for one, they won't have to keep as many programmers on staff to keep the software going--they have the Community helping there. Also, with more monkeys, er, eyes, looking at the problem, then perhaps Java will improve (assuming Sun isn't fascist with the license).
I'm hoping that this will make Python/Jython a better choice. While I don't program (for work, I do for pleasure) in either, I like Python and its potential.
Sun will have a license that wont allow code from GPL work to enter . ..
Well, we don't know now what their license structure will be, so there's a bit of speculation here. Perhaps they'll adopt the BSD-license model, which I think could make sense. Regardless, my read of the tea leaves is that this could be a good move for Sun and for its hardward users.
The dramatic rise in viruses means the economy is on the mend. Isn't that an old trailing indicator from way back--when the number of new computer viruses rises, the economy is back to full tilt?
Hmm, what happens if you write the "Great American Novel" and die before publication? You forgot to put it into your will. It is Intellectual Property, and would be divied up as your jurisdiction decrees.
Same goes for your emails and any other electronic IP. With all the griping about 200 year copyrights (well, only life of author plus 90), you'd think you'd be happy to know your spouse/child would have rights to your email until 2094.
If you're putting together a will, just tell the attorney that you want all miscellaneous IP to go to [NAME]. That should cover any contengencies.
As another poster said, the computer is a container, not a bearer of IP. You can sell the computer without selling the IP contained, the same as you can sell property without conveying the mineral rights or foliage rights (Yes, you can sell your land but keep the trees if you're evil enough).
So, since they defragment-on-the-fly and do hot-file-clustering, then to slow Mac down, write code that is 21 MB in size, and make it critical to a wave of resources so the file is always being accessed. It will not be defragmented nor optimally grouped.
Except, this is a violation of the state DCMA laws that are being passed nation wide. In the old days, sharing cable with your neighbor was called "Cable Theft." In Arkansas, they updated that law with the boilerplate DCMA to where it is now a theft of any IT service (telephone, DSL, Cable). So, hacking a router to where you do this is only a felony. Teaching how to hack is also considered a crime in some jurisdictions . . .
Tipex is an obnoxious white semi-liquid substance than comes in a small pot or a pen or a tape form than you can "paint" over the top of text you've written with most kinds of pens to erase it.
Or, White out to us Yanks. Which leads to the obligatory "why was the blond's computer screen covered in white out?"
Anybody else see the comparison to Coming to America?
"They have the DVD standard, and we have the EVD standard . .." the Chinese solution
"McDonald's has the Big Mac, and we have the Big Mic. They have the Golden Arches, and we have the Golden Arcs," Mr. McDonnell explaining why McDonald's doesn't have a case of trademark infringement.
Okay, let's say you've replaced the stock fan with your preferred custom fan. Countless operating hours later the CPU goes thumbs down and you decide to send it back as it is under warranty. Of course, because you read this/. article, you knew to send in the stock fan/heat sink.
However, I'm sure that the rarely-if-ever used stock fan will betray its lack of use to the company (Intel or AMD as they both seem to have the same requirement). So, then they can say, "sorry, we cannot honor the warranty because you did not use the stock fan as we require."
Sounds a bit sneaky to me, but okay. The last thing I ever have go is the CPU, but I'm not a (over|under)clocker/sys admin.
Yeah, I heard about the SCO oops.
I should have caveated that the default delivery method of such documents to non-government entities should be PDF. This would reduce the risk of similar 'oops'.
Interesting that the ABA supports PDF for legal documents.
My first Linux experience was Mandrake. Last year I switched to Red Hat when they had the Demo program. When they switched to Fedora, I tried it out and was not pleased with its instability. So, I moved on to Slackware and tested several other distros.
I finally settled on Gentoo Linux for its ease of use and support--not to mention cost! I'm not slamming other distros, just that this one suits my temperment.
Well, there are two solutions to this method of cracking. The first is never release classified documents. However, this does not work well in a free and open society.
Nowdays, most, if not all, classified documents are created electronically. Perhaps the source document should be kept in an archive. When it is declassified, they just delete the text needed to lower the classification, or maybe replace the text with a few '#' to show were text was missing (but never a one-for-one character replacement). Then the released document is a little harder to crack.
. . . is presumed innocent by the government and this whole thing ONLY applys to the government. I can presume that some one is guilty all I want.
Unless the individual is not a public figure, you tell everybody he is guilty, and he is found innocent. Then, you're guilty of slander and/or libel (if you wrote it down).
Your '69 Type 1 put out 55 horsepower, which was plenty to get 4 passengers and their gear up to 75 MPH.
And get you out of a speeding ticket. I was cruising over the posted speed in my old Bug and topped a hill. On the other side was one of the State's Finest. Even without having a radar detector I knew he had me--lights went on, dust flying from under his wheels. However, he quickly stomped the breaks and shut off his lights. I think he thought he would have a hard time proving in court I was going as fast as his radar gun said.
. . . the vehicles do get better gas mileage than standard automobiles. From a conservation standpoint, that's still a good thing.
As I recall, the Honda Insight is supposed to get as much as 60 MPG. Sixty percent (from the root parent) of that is 36 MPG. I used to get 30-35 MPG from my old Ford Escore (stick) and up to 33 MPG in my old Saturn L-200. (I also got up to 50 MPG from my '69 Beetle, but that was because on the highway I would cut the engine off on long, steep hills. That is another story.) And, I believe that diesels can produce up into the 40 MPG range (e.g. VW Passat). So, the "better gas mileage" is, to me, "slightly better gae mileage."
However, what of the batteries? I've been told that they may cost over $1000 to replace when they go bad, and that the replacement rate is somewhere in the ball park of one in five or so years. Additionally, I've been told that the batteries themselves are quite toxic. So, methinks from a conservation standpoint they are not markedly superior to full ICEs.
That said, my brother had an Insight and tightly tracked his fuel economy. He was fanatic about trying to squeeze very amp he could. He found his economy to be in the 60 MPG range. Most of his driving was highway (60+ miles each way to work) in a low-traffic area (Arkansas). So, YMMV. Having zipped around town in them, I was quite pleased with their pep.
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* Can't grab a copy and go stink-up the bathroom, unless you're on a laptop and have wireless. Even then, ew. There are some places laptops shouldn't be.
* What happens when their server goes down or they decide to change business models?
This is true of any online rag, not just gaming.
Well, not exactly. While they do admit there's a six month process to become Federally recognized, immediately before they say they are NFP in the United States. While technically true, it is slightly misleading. Perhaps the blurb should read that "the process of becoming Federally recognized has acheived a key milestone."
.03 cents (adj. inflation)
Just my
So, a three year-old girl was hurt. While that truly is sad, I'm waiting for the first pedestrian fatality attributed to a Seqway.
I really can't see any good reason for Sun to open Java or Solaris.
I might be a bit naiive, but my observation is that Sun's profits come from hardware sales (especially to the US Government), not OS or language. Since Java doesn't seem to be a revenue stream (with giving out the VM, etc.), and I don't think Solaris is either, then to pass these to the Open Source Software Community is a "good" idea.
Why? Well, for one, they won't have to keep as many programmers on staff to keep the software going--they have the Community helping there. Also, with more monkeys, er, eyes, looking at the problem, then perhaps Java will improve (assuming Sun isn't fascist with the license).
I'm hoping that this will make Python/Jython a better choice. While I don't program (for work, I do for pleasure) in either, I like Python and its potential.
Sun will have a license that wont allow code from GPL work to enter . . .
Well, we don't know now what their license structure will be, so there's a bit of speculation here. Perhaps they'll adopt the BSD-license model, which I think could make sense. Regardless, my read of the tea leaves is that this could be a good move for Sun and for its hardward users.
The dramatic rise in viruses means the economy is on the mend. Isn't that an old trailing indicator from way back--when the number of new computer viruses rises, the economy is back to full tilt?
So, celebrity actors are on the way out? RIAA, Save us!
Hmm, what happens if you write the "Great American Novel" and die before publication? You forgot to put it into your will. It is Intellectual Property, and would be divied up as your jurisdiction decrees.
Same goes for your emails and any other electronic IP. With all the griping about 200 year copyrights (well, only life of author plus 90), you'd think you'd be happy to know your spouse/child would have rights to your email until 2094.
If you're putting together a will, just tell the attorney that you want all miscellaneous IP to go to [NAME]. That should cover any contengencies.
As another poster said, the computer is a container, not a bearer of IP. You can sell the computer without selling the IP contained, the same as you can sell property without conveying the mineral rights or foliage rights (Yes, you can sell your land but keep the trees if you're evil enough).
So, since they defragment-on-the-fly and do hot-file-clustering, then to slow Mac down, write code that is 21 MB in size, and make it critical to a wave of resources so the file is always being accessed. It will not be defragmented nor optimally grouped.
Are you listening, Bill?
. . . you can resell your DSL bandwidth . . .
Except, this is a violation of the state DCMA laws that are being passed nation wide. In the old days, sharing cable with your neighbor was called "Cable Theft." In Arkansas, they updated that law with the boilerplate DCMA to where it is now a theft of any IT service (telephone, DSL, Cable). So, hacking a router to where you do this is only a felony. Teaching how to hack is also considered a crime in some jurisdictions . . .
saddam (sic) had declared Al Queda an enemy of the state . . .
And you know this, how?
Tipex is an obnoxious white semi-liquid substance than comes in a small pot or a pen or a tape form than you can "paint" over the top of text you've written with most kinds of pens to erase it.
Or, White out to us Yanks. Which leads to the obligatory "why was the blond's computer screen covered in white out?"
. . . without judicious use of tipex and biro
Wha?! I tried to Google on both terms and drew goose eggs. What are biro and tipex (beside the former being the trademark for a type of ballpoint)?
Yes, it is called the HPS. (as in EVD v DVD, HPS v GPS).
Well, our our water boils at a higher temperature . . . 212 v. 100. So, our standards must be higher. :-)
instead of the USA's reasons (they're lazy).
It's not that we're lazy . . . we just know we're better than everybody else. Why reduce ourselves to their standards? *wink*
Anybody else see the comparison to Coming to America?
"They have the DVD standard, and we have the EVD standard . . ." the Chinese solution
"McDonald's has the Big Mac, and we have the Big Mic. They have the Golden Arches, and we have the Golden Arcs," Mr. McDonnell explaining why McDonald's doesn't have a case of trademark infringement.
After all, Bill is known for his innovation . . .
Okay, let's say you've replaced the stock fan with your preferred custom fan. Countless operating hours later the CPU goes thumbs down and you decide to send it back as it is under warranty. Of course, because you read this /. article, you knew to send in the stock fan/heat sink.
However, I'm sure that the rarely-if-ever used stock fan will betray its lack of use to the company (Intel or AMD as they both seem to have the same requirement). So, then they can say, "sorry, we cannot honor the warranty because you did not use the stock fan as we require."
Sounds a bit sneaky to me, but okay. The last thing I ever have go is the CPU, but I'm not a (over|under)clocker/sys admin.
Yes, pretty much so.
Yeah, I heard about the SCO oops. I should have caveated that the default delivery method of such documents to non-government entities should be PDF. This would reduce the risk of similar 'oops'. Interesting that the ABA supports PDF for legal documents.
My first Linux experience was Mandrake. Last year I switched to Red Hat when they had the Demo program. When they switched to Fedora, I tried it out and was not pleased with its instability. So, I moved on to Slackware and tested several other distros.
I finally settled on Gentoo Linux for its ease of use and support--not to mention cost! I'm not slamming other distros, just that this one suits my temperment.
So, Redhat, thanks for introducing me to Gentoo.
Well, there are two solutions to this method of cracking. The first is never release classified documents. However, this does not work well in a free and open society.
Nowdays, most, if not all, classified documents are created electronically. Perhaps the source document should be kept in an archive. When it is declassified, they just delete the text needed to lower the classification, or maybe replace the text with a few '#' to show were text was missing (but never a one-for-one character replacement). Then the released document is a little harder to crack.
. . . is presumed innocent by the government and this whole thing ONLY applys to the government. I can presume that some one is guilty all I want.
Unless the individual is not a public figure, you tell everybody he is guilty, and he is found innocent. Then, you're guilty of slander and/or libel (if you wrote it down).
Your '69 Type 1 put out 55 horsepower, which was plenty to get 4 passengers and their gear up to 75 MPH.
And get you out of a speeding ticket. I was cruising over the posted speed in my old Bug and topped a hill. On the other side was one of the State's Finest. Even without having a radar detector I knew he had me--lights went on, dust flying from under his wheels. However, he quickly stomped the breaks and shut off his lights. I think he thought he would have a hard time proving in court I was going as fast as his radar gun said.
. . . the vehicles do get better gas mileage than standard automobiles. From a conservation standpoint, that's still a good thing.
As I recall, the Honda Insight is supposed to get as much as 60 MPG. Sixty percent (from the root parent) of that is 36 MPG. I used to get 30-35 MPG from my old Ford Escore (stick) and up to 33 MPG in my old Saturn L-200. (I also got up to 50 MPG from my '69 Beetle, but that was because on the highway I would cut the engine off on long, steep hills. That is another story.) And, I believe that diesels can produce up into the 40 MPG range (e.g. VW Passat). So, the "better gas mileage" is, to me, "slightly better gae mileage."
However, what of the batteries? I've been told that they may cost over $1000 to replace when they go bad, and that the replacement rate is somewhere in the ball park of one in five or so years. Additionally, I've been told that the batteries themselves are quite toxic. So, methinks from a conservation standpoint they are not markedly superior to full ICEs.
That said, my brother had an Insight and tightly tracked his fuel economy. He was fanatic about trying to squeeze very amp he could. He found his economy to be in the 60 MPG range. Most of his driving was highway (60+ miles each way to work) in a low-traffic area (Arkansas). So, YMMV. Having zipped around town in them, I was quite pleased with their pep.