And the first-sale doctrine states that the purchaser of a legal copy of Leopard is entitled to install it wherever he wants, EULA notwithstanding.
First sale doctrine applies to the re-sale of the disks/content. Doing something else with the content comes under fair use. Whether that can be controlled by a EULA is pretty much up in the air from a legal perspective.
The.NET Frameworks are backwards compatible, much in the same way the Java runtimes are. The 2.0 Framework will run 1.1 code (without having 1.1 installed), 1.1 will run 1.0, etc..NET 3.0 isn't a runtime (runs on 2.0), so it doesn't count. You do have the option to have multiple versions installed, hence the multiple directories.
But if we're talking about an existing Windows user switching to Linux on their existing hardware, then it's too late to check the lists. And if their hardware isn't compatible, then moving to Linux may not be cheap since it will have to replaced. It's not Linux's "fault", but it's still a deterrent.
I know Windows will do the same thing to people (I've got a printer that won't work w/ Vista, and a wireless NIC that won't work in Linux w/o some level of patching). It's just not a good situation in either case.
Nice self-deprecation, although I did read your (now modded down) post below that claimed PJ was an IBM employee. So, I find your claims of this being the first Groklaw article you've read somewhat suspect.
Incorrect. Most, but not all, digital broadcasts are UHF. One of my local stations uses VHF channel 10 for their digital signals. UHF is used more frequently because it generally has more available slots (and also lower power requirements), and because the FCC will probably eventually be auctioning off the low VHF band (channels 2-6) for other uses.
It probably wasn't collisions at the physical layer, but probably due to whatever protocol having no targeted adressing. It may have just been sending broadcast packets and if they were received out of sequence or interleaved with packets from another computer, things went bad.
What's the point of this article? If I download illegal cracked versions of a commercial Microsoft OS, something bad might happen? And somehow that's Microsoft's fault? If someone did the same thing with a RHEL install ISO, would that be Red Hat's fault?
This smacks of the same FUD that Microsoft tosses around about Linux and other FOSS. Let's stop stooping to their level.
For those who want to understand more about the real-world use of RFID, and not just spout alarmist paranoia, here's a link to EPCglobal, the standards group that defines RFID tag and data interchange for supply chain applications.
Not really necessary since any tags used for supply chain purposes are going to be on the box, not in the product. And it's pretty unlikely that they'd be on the box you'd take home. They would probably be on the pallet or carton that gets shipped to the store.
I saw an Elance posting once for an obvious CS student project. Funny thing was that I recognized the professor's name as being from my alma mater, so I sent him an email with the project link.
Th better part was that the student also used his real name in the listing.
Mainstream support will end two years after the next version of this product is released. Extended support will end five years after mainstream support ends.
So, tecnically that's two years after Vista launches.
Yeah, that was a big concern back in the late 80's when WMF was developed for Windows 3.0 (AKA DOS but prettier). There was no elevated privleges, memory protection, or even networking to speak of. Heck, if you wanted to screw with something, all you had to do was write a TSR to hook into an interrupt.
I agree, it probably should have been taken care of in the interim, but I wouldn't classify it as poor design (for the times).
Right. It's easy to create barcodes. You aren't going to be able to make it hard.
I've written code to draw barcodes several times, it's just a pattern of bars/spaces. Hell, I did an ASP page that built barcodes out of scaling a 1 pixel black dot.
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Yes, but Flying Toasters was a Mac-only thing long before it was a Windows thing. Also, written by Berkeley Systems. Coincidence?
How the hell am I supposed to use the International Space Station for a web server? And NASA can't reload it for months at a time, certainly not every other day.
Remember kids, if you're going to troll, get the acronyms right.
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And the first-sale doctrine states that the purchaser of a legal copy of Leopard is entitled to install it wherever he wants, EULA notwithstanding.
First sale doctrine applies to the re-sale of the disks/content. Doing something else with the content comes under fair use. Whether that can be controlled by a EULA is pretty much up in the air from a legal perspective.The .NET Frameworks are backwards compatible, much in the same way the Java runtimes are. The 2.0 Framework will run 1.1 code (without having 1.1 installed), 1.1 will run 1.0, etc. .NET 3.0 isn't a runtime (runs on 2.0), so it doesn't count. You do have the option to have multiple versions installed, hence the multiple directories.
But if we're talking about an existing Windows user switching to Linux on their existing hardware, then it's too late to check the lists. And if their hardware isn't compatible, then moving to Linux may not be cheap since it will have to replaced. It's not Linux's "fault", but it's still a deterrent. I know Windows will do the same thing to people (I've got a printer that won't work w/ Vista, and a wireless NIC that won't work in Linux w/o some level of patching). It's just not a good situation in either case.
Given the pace of these things being cracked, there's a good chance the torrents will be available before the new player firmware will.
Nice self-deprecation, although I did read your (now modded down) post below that claimed PJ was an IBM employee. So, I find your claims of this being the first Groklaw article you've read somewhat suspect.
Incorrect. Most, but not all, digital broadcasts are UHF. One of my local stations uses VHF channel 10 for their digital signals. UHF is used more frequently because it generally has more available slots (and also lower power requirements), and because the FCC will probably eventually be auctioning off the low VHF band (channels 2-6) for other uses.
It probably wasn't collisions at the physical layer, but probably due to whatever protocol having no targeted adressing. It may have just been sending broadcast packets and if they were received out of sequence or interleaved with packets from another computer, things went bad.
What's the point of this article? If I download illegal cracked versions of a commercial Microsoft OS, something bad might happen? And somehow that's Microsoft's fault? If someone did the same thing with a RHEL install ISO, would that be Red Hat's fault?
This smacks of the same FUD that Microsoft tosses around about Linux and other FOSS. Let's stop stooping to their level.
For mentioning Steve Gibson in a post:
http://www.grcsucks.com/
Yeah, but could you telepathically get the WEP keys? If you could, you'd be a great wardriving partner.
Alien Technologies http://www.alientechnology.com/
Impinj http://www.impinj.com/
Intermec http://www.intermec.com/
Not really necessary since any tags used for supply chain purposes are going to be on the box, not in the product. And it's pretty unlikely that they'd be on the box you'd take home. They would probably be on the pallet or carton that gets shipped to the store.
Th better part was that the student also used his real name in the listing.
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I agree, it probably should have been taken care of in the interim, but I wouldn't classify it as poor design (for the times).
Right. It's easy to create barcodes. You aren't going to be able to make it hard. I've written code to draw barcodes several times, it's just a pattern of bars/spaces. Hell, I did an ASP page that built barcodes out of scaling a 1 pixel black dot.
Yes, but Flying Toasters was a Mac-only thing long before it was a Windows thing. Also, written by Berkeley Systems. Coincidence?
Remember kids, if you're going to troll, get the acronyms right.
Cool cover art too.
They have all the older versions of the Creative software, back to Playcenter 2.x, drivers, and lots of other goodies.
And FWIW, I would suspect the new player will work with Gnomad, the free Nomad software for Linux.
Unless you were just wanting to rant on Creative for a while...
http://www.download.com/Music-Master/3000-2196_4-1 0306583.html?tag=stbc.gp
The negative review are stacking up for Go Music, let's add some to Music Master too.
Nope. Corvus (Omninet) and Novell (Netware) competed for a while in the 80's, but Corvus went out of business at some point before 1990.