It still works for me, even after I dumped my cache.
Just in case, here is they are in plain text: -=-=-=-=-=-=
TOSHIBA Product Highlights Ultra-portability -.8" thin and 3.4 lbs. light Performance - Intel Mobile Pentium III processor Expansion Flexibility and Connectivity
Over 2.5 hours battery life with main battery and approximately 8.5 hours battery life with the addition of the high capacity battery 11. 3" Polysilicon display - Screaming multimedia performance
Product Specifications Processors Intel® Mobile Pentium® III processor: 500MHz (1.35V); With 256KB Level 2 cache integrated on die Integrated co-processor
32KB internal cache Data/ Address Bus Width: 64-bit/ 32-bit 100MHz Front Side Bus Memory Type: 64/ 128 Mbit PC100 SDRAM, 3.3V, 100MHz
Capacity: 64MB on board, expandable to 192MB One available memory slot (for use with 64MB or 128MB memory module) BIOS APM V1. 2; ACPI V1. 0b; PnP V1. 0a; VESA V2. 0;
DPMS; DDC2B; SM Bios V2. 3, PCI BIOS V2. 1 System Architecture PCI Bus V2. 2: Intel 440MX System Chipset
Hard Disk 6. 0 billion byte Supports PIO Mode 4; Supports Ultra DMA Mode 2, Supports Multiword DMA mode 2 Accommodates 9.5mm height, 2.5" hard drive 12 ms average access time Enhanced IDE (ATA-4); Service removable External Floppy Diskette Drive USB, 3.5", 1.44MB
Video S3 Savage IX graphics controller 8MB SGRAM Internal Video Memory 128-bit BitBLT engine, Direct3D support, 33MHz Video Ports SVGA Display Polysilicon TFT Active Matrix Color LCD 11.3" diagonal: up to 16 million colors at 1024 x 768 resolution External Color Support 16M colors: 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480 @ 60/ 75/ 85Hz Non-Interlaced, simultaneous mode 64K colors: 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480 @60/ 75/ 85Hz Non-Interlaced, simultaneous mode 1280x1024 @60/ 75Hz Non-Interlaced, simultaneous mode 256 colors: 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480 @60/ 75/ 85Hz Non-Interlaced, simultaneous mode 1280x1024 @60/ 75Hz Non-Interlaced, simultaneous mode
Audio YAMAHA YMF752, 16-bit stereo Compatibility: Windows Sound System V2. 0 and Sound Blaster Pro compatible MIDI playback 3D sound support Direct Sound, Direct 3D Sound, Direct Music, Full duplex sound support, 64 voices, Headphone port External mic port Built-in speaker Built-in mic
Communications Integrated V. 90 data + fax modem (56K data, 14.4K fax) Supports ring wake-up resume RJ-11 modem port Keyboard 85 keys with 12 function keys 2 mm key stroke Dedicated Windows® key
Integrated AccuPoint II(TM) pointing device, scroll function - programmable Expansion Two PC Card slots support two Type II or one Type III PC Cards; Supports: PCMCIA R2. 01, PC Card 16, CardBus One expansion memory slot available (for use with 64MB or 128MB memory module) SVGA video port Fast infrared port (4Mbps, IrDA V1. 1 compliant) Universal Serial Bus (USB) port RJ-11 modem port LAN Port Replicator bundled with system Serial PCI port -for use with LAN Port Replicator, I/ O Adapter, and Multi-Media Port Replicator Dimensions (WxDxH) 10.3" x 9.1" x 0.8" - thickness may vary at certain points on the system Weight 3. 4 lbs (With main 6-cell battery)
Power Supply 45W External AC Adapter 100-240V input voltage 50-60Hz frequency 4.9" W x 2.5" D x 1.0" H,.7 lbs. Battery Rechargeable, removable Lithium Ion battery (10.8V, 3000mAh) 2.8 hours battery life 3 hours recharge time (off) ACPI V1. 0b support Battery life may vary depending on applications, power management settings and features utilized. Recharge time varies depending on usage.
System Management SM V2. 3 BIOS support with asset tag capability ACPI V1. 0b power management Toshiba Configuration Builder CD
Security Power-on password HDD access password Keyboard lock CPU Serial Number Security (Using SVPW utility) Setup Security (Using SVPW utility) Screen Blank) Main system memory, modem, and internal HDD security screws included Cable lock slot
Software Microsoft® Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0 SP5, Windows 98SE, Windows 95 AT& T WorldNet Services -95/ 98SE Customizable Toshiba/ My Yahoo! Start page -98SE Microsoft Internet Explorer -95/ 98SE/ NT4.0/ 2000 Puma IntelliSync 97 -NT4. 0 and Win95 only RingCentral -Windows 95 & Win98SE only Toshiba custom utilities -95/ 98SE/ NT4. 0/ 2000 YAMAHA YMF744B Audio -95/ 98SE/ NT4.0/ 2000 Electronic User Guide -98SE/ 2000 Warranty 1 year parts and labor
1 year battery Environmental Specifications Temperature:
Operating: 5 O to 35 O C (41 O to 95 O F) Non-operating: -20 O to 65 O C (-4 O to 149 O F) Thermal gradient: Operating: 15 O C per hour maximum Non-operating: 20 O C per hour maximum Relative Humidity: Operating: 20% to 80% non-condensing Non-operating: 10% to 90% non-condensing Altitude (relative to sea level): Operating: -60m to 3,000m (-197' to 9,842') Non-operating: -60m to 10,000m (-197' to 32,808') Shock: Operating: 10G Non-operating: 60G Vibration: Operating: 0.5G Non-operating: 1G Featured Configurations PP344U-2PU82
Accessories PA3012U 6GB HDD for use with Multimedia Port Replicator PA3027U 12GB HDD for use with Multimedia Port Replicator PA3029U 18GB HDD for use with Multimedia Port Replicator PA3020U HDD Adapter PA3015U CD-ROM Drive for use with Multimedia Port Replicator PA3014U DVD Drive for use with Multimedia Port Replicator PA3043U-1FDD USB Floppy Disk Drive PA3041U-1PRP I/ O Adapter (Port Replicator) PA3040U-1PRP LAN Port Replicator PA3042U-1DST Multimedia Port Replicator PA3035U-1ACA AC Adapter PA3038U-1BRL Main Battery PA3039U-1BRL High Capacity Battery KTT-MD100/ 64 Kingston 64MB Memory KTT-MD100/ 128 Kingston 128MB Memory NWCC30130 Port-Noteworthy Portege Slimcase
I don't see anything about being watercooled, though most of the other facts in the article seem right ( less than 1" thick, 500Mhz Mobile PIII, 3.4 lbs)
Dan Young says he never thought calling his mother from the road to tell her he was on his way home would make him an outlaw.
In Hilltown Township, home of the state's first local ban on handheld phone use while driving, it did. And yesterday a judge told Young, 42, that even though he was not aware of the law - Young lives in Fleetwood, Berks County - he was still guilty of violating it and will have to pay a $75 fine.
Usually it involves the third digit of the drivers window-side hand.
But seriously, LED based tail-lights are becoming common place. It seems that it shouldn't be to hard to use them communicate basic directional information.
For example, if you are turning the steering wheel left, the left running-light could start to blink on its own if you didn't signal yourself.
Also, you could use different intensities or patterns to indicate acceleration or deceleration (if not already indicated by braking lights). The LAD tail-lights I've seen are usually concentric circles, the number of circles illumincated could change based on pressure on the gas (petrol) pedal.
It's not convenient to sit in direct sunlight to even read a book. A shady spot, under a tree is much better, and, well.. there goes the solar power idea.
The cord is 10' feet long (about 3m) so you just have to find spot that is within that distance of a sunny spot, whcih except for heavily wooded areas, shouldn't be a problem.
I suppose if you wanted you could even mount the panel in or outside a window and use the notebook inside, but who wants to be inside.
Also, it can be used to charge your battery so you can take back into the shade once it is done charging.
ELAN Pharmaceuticals has been approved to begin clinical trials of another compound in Great Britain. It uses the immune system to attack amyloid proteins. They're research is partially funded by American Home Products and hope to get FDA approval by 2003.
(note: I have stock in ELAN, largely because Alzheimers affects something like 10% of everyone over 60, and the increases in life expectancy mean that this will become an increasing problem both for the patients and for their children, as well as the cost to society at large.)
Katz says that this may not apply since the courts have given schools a lot of leeway as far as kids' Fourth Amendment rights are concerned (allowing locker searches and drug tests for example) however, it is not the schools that are the tippers here. If a school employee (or other agent of the school, like a crossing guard) has a suspicion, they are free (perhaps even obligated) to act on it.
WAVE is for young citizens to report on other young citizens, and though WAVE itself maybe an agent of the school, the tipper is not. Therefore, I think the findings of Florida v J.L. would hold in determining that an anonymously reported tip of a mere suspicion that another person may be possible of commiting some undefined crime, is not sufficient to arrest/question/harrass the implicated individual.
IANAL, but given that the system seems unconstitutional by its very nature, I think an attorney, perhaps the ACLU, could easily shut down the program, or force it to ignore any reports that don't indicate an actual crime has taken place (example: bringing a weapon to a public school is crime in itself, so these types of reports would be allowed; wears a black trenchcoat is not a crime, so reporting it wouldn't be allowed.)
2) No one has mentioned what level of M$ office file compatibility is there. Such as Office 97 or Office 2000.
According to the presentation at the roadshow, MS Office 97 and MS Office 2000 (at least for Word) use the same file format. They demonstrated reading and writing Excel2000 and Word2000 files with Quattro and Wordperfect and for their chosen examples it looked like it worked fine. They also demonstrated that the file size using Quattro was significantly smaller than the same file under Excel, so you might prefer using Quattro's format anyway.
Unfortunately I can't figure out whether this means Reed is doing this on his own, or that Reed AND the firm have changed their minds about helping MS.
Given the recent appeals court ruling on programming code, it only seems reasonable.
I know that Celera is patenting the genes it finds by the thousands, but won't I be able to use those genes as a way of expressing myself?
For example, I could use them to present a specific eye or hair-color, or a specific pattern of baldness. Would my rights to my own genetic code be protected now?
The article say they completed the first sequencing of one persons genes, but it is the sequencing that still must be done. They have the full listing of all the DNA base pairs, but they have to assemble them into the order in which they are assembled. I think they do this by having multiple copies of each chromosome each broken in a different way, by overlaying the matching sections of the different pieces they would then be able to assemble that chromosome.
I think you are underestimating the number of base pairs on the Y chromosome. Yes, it is the smallest chromosome, but it should only take about 32 unique sites on the chromosome to identify every male on the planet (or at least every male lineage on the planet) 2^32 = 4,294,967,296.
Two examples I recall from news stories in the last few years:
- With a very high level of certainty, it was determined that at least one of Sally Hemmings descendents had a male ancestor related to, if not one and the same as, President Thomas Jefferson. There was a fairly unique mutation on the Y chromosome. http://www.people.virginia.edu/ ~rjh9u/jeffhemm.html
- A report in Nature determined that jews with the last name Kahn, Cohen, Cohn, and Kohn, (which translates as priest) share a common gene on their Y-chromosome unique to this group of surnames. http://www.fullfeed.com/~scribe/dig est19973.htm
Intel's HomeRF standard only handles 2 Mbs, though they do make a business product that supports 802.11B. Article points out that this makes no sense for notebook users that would have to have seperate cards for work and home.
If the MPAA says something about how movies should be made, nobody would listen.
If that's true, then I would like to formally invite any studio, including those that are members of MPAA, to release one DVD (hopefully one with at least some geek appeal) without using CSS.
We can then find out how long it takes for someone to pirate it. I expect that it won't be pirated at all.
The MPAA is not a corporation, and therefore cannot be a corporate monopoly. It is an association of corporations, each competing against each other.... The constituent companies of the MPAA are not monopolies. They all make movies, and try to make more money than the other guy.
I believe the NFL was found to be a monopoly when it was sued by the players union. I don't see much structural difference between it and the MPAA.
US vs. Microsoft. Conclusion: Intmidation to maintain absolute control is an illegal monopoly, in violation of anti-trust laws.
For all practical purposes the MPAA has a monopoly control of the motion picture industry. Following the logic of US vs MS couldn't it be argued that they are now illegally using that monopoly to leverage control of a new industry (the digital distibution of motion pictures)?
I think what we need is a test case. If someone has a movie they made that they want to distribute without the CSS protection on the DVD, would they still be able to play it on a conventional DVD player or on a PC with "conventional" DVD software? If not, could they use DeCSS (or a similar program) to play it back? If so, they could then bundle this playback software with their DVD and the primary purpose of the playback software could no longer be considered defeating copyright protection, and it would therefore be legal under DMCA.
Following the MPAA reasoning, and the familiar theory of six degrees of seperation, the next injunction will ask that any site on the internet that links to a site that links to a site that links to DeCSS (including any links to search engines) and any web browsers with built-in Search buttons that link such sites, must be shut down until further notice.
It's actually just part of MPAA's master plan of getting all the current users of the Internet to start going to the movies again.
The Sherman anti-trust act is a 19th Century law, and we are still in the 20th Century.
Under 18th Century law, MS would be able to do whatever it wants, for example import slaves to write code, or secede from the US (actually secede from Russia, since they claimed the Pacific Northwest in the 18th Century.)
Under 21st Century business realities, I think (hope) tyranny by vendors of bug-ridden software will be much les than it has been in the 20th Century.
The thing I wasn't expecting reading the article was the change to the/dev/ directory. In order to more uniformly identify connection types, a cleaner way of identifying devices is being established so that ide drives will be identified more like scsi have been (i.e. ide0 ide1...).
Also, the/dev/ directory will only be populated with devices that were actually detected, which should help in navigating the directory, especially for newer linux users such as myself.
Slashdot Mirror
the URL for the specs appears to be down.
.7 lbs. Battery
It still works for me, even after I dumped my cache.
Just in case, here is they are in plain text:
-=-=-=-=-=-=
TOSHIBA Product Highlights
Ultra-portability -.8" thin and 3.4 lbs. light
Performance - Intel Mobile Pentium III processor Expansion Flexibility and Connectivity
Over 2.5 hours battery life with main battery and approximately 8.5 hours battery life with the
addition of the high capacity battery 11. 3" Polysilicon display - Screaming multimedia
performance
Product Specifications
Processors Intel® Mobile Pentium® III processor:
500MHz (1.35V);
With 256KB Level 2 cache integrated on die Integrated co-processor
32KB internal cache Data/ Address Bus Width: 64-bit/ 32-bit
100MHz Front Side Bus
Memory Type: 64/ 128 Mbit PC100 SDRAM, 3.3V, 100MHz
Capacity: 64MB on board, expandable to 192MB One available memory slot (for use with 64MB or
128MB memory module)
BIOS APM V1. 2; ACPI V1. 0b; PnP V1. 0a; VESA V2. 0;
DPMS; DDC2B; SM Bios V2. 3, PCI BIOS V2. 1
System Architecture PCI Bus V2. 2: Intel 440MX System Chipset
Hard Disk 6. 0 billion byte Supports PIO Mode 4;
Supports Ultra DMA Mode 2, Supports Multiword DMA mode 2
Accommodates 9.5mm height, 2.5" hard drive 12 ms average access time
Enhanced IDE (ATA-4); Service removable
External Floppy Diskette Drive USB, 3.5", 1.44MB
Video S3 Savage IX graphics controller
8MB SGRAM Internal Video Memory 128-bit BitBLT engine, Direct3D support, 33MHz
Video Ports SVGA
Display Polysilicon TFT Active Matrix Color LCD
11.3" diagonal: up to 16 million colors at 1024 x 768 resolution
External Color Support 16M colors:
1024x768, 800x600, 640x480 @ 60/ 75/ 85Hz Non-Interlaced, simultaneous
mode 64K colors:
1024x768, 800x600, 640x480 @60/ 75/ 85Hz Non-Interlaced, simultaneous
mode 1280x1024
@60/ 75Hz Non-Interlaced, simultaneous mode
256 colors: 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480
@60/ 75/ 85Hz Non-Interlaced, simultaneous mode
1280x1024 @60/ 75Hz Non-Interlaced, simultaneous mode
Audio YAMAHA YMF752, 16-bit stereo
Compatibility: Windows Sound System V2. 0 and Sound Blaster Pro compatible
MIDI playback 3D sound support
Direct Sound, Direct 3D Sound, Direct Music, Full duplex sound support, 64 voices,
Headphone port External mic port
Built-in speaker Built-in mic
Communications Integrated V. 90 data + fax modem (56K data, 14.4K
fax) Supports ring wake-up resume
RJ-11 modem port Keyboard
85 keys with 12 function keys 2 mm key stroke
Dedicated Windows® key
Integrated AccuPoint II(TM) pointing device, scroll function - programmable
Expansion Two PC Card slots support two Type II or one Type III
PC Cards; Supports: PCMCIA R2. 01, PC Card 16, CardBus
One expansion memory slot available (for use with 64MB or 128MB memory module)
SVGA video port Fast infrared port (4Mbps, IrDA V1. 1 compliant)
Universal Serial Bus (USB) port RJ-11 modem port
LAN Port Replicator bundled with system Serial PCI port -for use with LAN Port Replicator, I/ O
Adapter, and Multi-Media Port Replicator
Dimensions (WxDxH) 10.3" x 9.1" x 0.8" - thickness may vary at certain points on the system
Weight 3. 4 lbs (With main 6-cell battery)
Power Supply 45W External AC Adapter
100-240V input voltage 50-60Hz frequency
4.9" W x 2.5" D x 1.0" H,
Rechargeable, removable Lithium Ion battery (10.8V, 3000mAh)
2.8 hours battery life 3 hours recharge time (off)
ACPI V1. 0b support Battery life may vary depending on applications,
power management settings and features utilized. Recharge time varies depending on usage.
System Management SM V2. 3 BIOS support with asset tag capability
ACPI V1. 0b power management Toshiba Configuration Builder CD
Security Power-on password
HDD access password Keyboard lock
CPU Serial Number Security (Using SVPW utility) Setup Security (Using SVPW utility)
Screen Blank) Main system memory, modem, and internal HDD
security screws included Cable lock slot
Software Microsoft® Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0 SP5,
Windows 98SE, Windows 95 AT& T WorldNet Services -95/ 98SE
Customizable Toshiba/ My Yahoo! Start page -98SE Microsoft Internet Explorer -95/ 98SE/ NT4.0/ 2000
Puma IntelliSync 97 -NT4. 0 and Win95 only RingCentral -Windows 95 & Win98SE only
Toshiba custom utilities -95/ 98SE/ NT4. 0/ 2000 YAMAHA YMF744B Audio -95/ 98SE/ NT4.0/ 2000
Electronic User Guide -98SE/ 2000
Warranty 1 year parts and labor
1 year battery
Environmental Specifications Temperature:
Operating: 5 O to 35 O C (41 O to 95 O F) Non-operating: -20 O to 65 O C (-4 O to 149 O F)
Thermal gradient: Operating: 15 O C per hour maximum
Non-operating: 20 O C per hour maximum Relative Humidity:
Operating: 20% to 80% non-condensing Non-operating: 10% to 90% non-condensing
Altitude (relative to sea level): Operating: -60m to 3,000m (-197' to 9,842')
Non-operating: -60m to 10,000m (-197' to 32,808') Shock:
Operating: 10G Non-operating: 60G
Vibration: Operating: 0.5G
Non-operating: 1G
Featured Configurations PP344U-2PU82
PIII-500/ 11.3/ 64MB/ 6GB/ Mdm/ Win98/ 95 PP344U-2PU86
PIII-500/ 11.3/ 64MB/ 6GB/ Mdm/ Win2K/ NT
Accessories PA3012U 6GB HDD for use with
Multimedia Port Replicator PA3027U 12GB HDD for use with
Multimedia Port Replicator PA3029U 18GB HDD for use with
Multimedia Port Replicator PA3020U HDD Adapter
PA3015U CD-ROM Drive for use with Multimedia Port Replicator
PA3014U DVD Drive for use with Multimedia Port Replicator
PA3043U-1FDD USB Floppy Disk Drive PA3041U-1PRP I/ O Adapter (Port Replicator)
PA3040U-1PRP LAN Port Replicator PA3042U-1DST Multimedia Port Replicator
PA3035U-1ACA AC Adapter PA3038U-1BRL Main Battery
PA3039U-1BRL High Capacity Battery KTT-MD100/ 64 Kingston 64MB Memory
KTT-MD100/ 128 Kingston 128MB Memory NWCC30130 Port-Noteworthy Portege Slimcase
* Hard disk drive: 1GB = 1BB 1
The (pdf) spec sheet for the 3440ct is here.
I don't see anything about being watercooled, though most of the other facts in the article seem right ( less than 1" thick, 500Mhz Mobile PIII, 3.4 lbs)
Usually it involves the third digit of the drivers window-side hand.
But seriously, LED based tail-lights are becoming common place. It seems that it shouldn't be to hard to use them communicate basic directional information.
For example, if you are turning the steering wheel left, the left running-light could start to blink on its own if you didn't signal yourself.
Also, you could use different intensities or patterns to indicate acceleration or deceleration (if not already indicated by braking lights). The LAD tail-lights I've seen are usually concentric circles, the number of circles illumincated could change based on pressure on the gas (petrol) pedal.
You call that cheap?
this is half the price for slightly more wattage (15 vs 13.8).
It's not convenient to sit in direct sunlight to even read a book. A shady spot, under a tree is much better, and, well.. there goes the solar power idea.
The cord is 10' feet long (about 3m) so you just have to find spot that is within that distance of a sunny spot, whcih except for heavily wooded areas, shouldn't be a problem.
I suppose if you wanted you could even mount the panel in or outside a window and use the notebook inside, but who wants to be inside.
Also, it can be used to charge your battery so you can take back into the shade once it is done charging.
ELAN Pharmaceuticals has been approved to begin clinical trials of another compound in Great Britain. It uses the immune system to attack amyloid proteins. They're research is partially funded by American Home Products and hope to get FDA approval by 2003.
(note: I have stock in ELAN, largely because Alzheimers affects something like 10% of everyone over 60, and the increases in life expectancy mean that this will become an increasing problem both for the patients and for their children, as well as the cost to society at large.)
Get it from ZDNet.
The Supreme Court ruling Katz referenced is here.
Katz says that this may not apply since the courts have given schools a lot of leeway as far as kids' Fourth Amendment rights are concerned (allowing locker searches and drug tests for example) however, it is not the schools that are the tippers here. If a school employee (or other agent of the school, like a crossing guard) has a suspicion, they are free (perhaps even obligated) to act on it.
WAVE is for young citizens to report on other young citizens, and though WAVE itself maybe an agent of the school, the tipper is not. Therefore, I think the findings of Florida v J.L. would hold in determining that an anonymously reported tip of a mere suspicion that another person may be possible of commiting some undefined crime, is not sufficient to arrest/question/harrass the implicated individual.
IANAL, but given that the system seems unconstitutional by its very nature, I think an attorney, perhaps the ACLU, could easily shut down the program, or force it to ignore any reports that don't indicate an actual crime has taken place (example: bringing a weapon to a public school is crime in itself, so these types of reports would be allowed; wears a black trenchcoat is not a crime, so reporting it wouldn't be allowed.)
2) No one has mentioned what level of M$ office file compatibility is there. Such as Office 97 or Office 2000.
According to the presentation at the roadshow, MS Office 97 and MS Office 2000 (at least for Word) use the same file format. They demonstrated reading and writing Excel2000 and Word2000 files with Quattro and Wordperfect and for their chosen examples it looked like it worked fine. They also demonstrated that the file size using Quattro was significantly smaller than the same file under Excel, so you might prefer using Quattro's format anyway.
New news item here
Unfortunately I can't figure out whether this means Reed is doing this on his own, or that Reed AND the firm have changed their minds about helping MS.
Check for yourself here.
This might also be good time to time take another look at Jesux.
Given the recent appeals court ruling on programming code, it only seems reasonable.
I know that Celera is patenting the genes it finds by the thousands, but won't I be able to use those genes as a way of expressing myself?
For example, I could use them to present a specific eye or hair-color, or a specific pattern of baldness. Would my rights to my own genetic code be protected now?
The article say they completed the first sequencing of one persons genes, but it is the sequencing that still must be done. They have the full listing of all the DNA base pairs, but they have to assemble them into the order in which they are assembled. I think they do this by having multiple copies of each chromosome each broken in a different way, by overlaying the matching sections of the different pieces they would then be able to assemble that chromosome.
I think you are underestimating the number of base pairs on the Y chromosome. Yes, it is the smallest chromosome, but it should only take about 32 unique sites on the chromosome to identify every male on the planet (or at least every male lineage on the planet) 2^32 = 4,294,967,296.
Two examples I recall from news stories in the last few years:
- With a very high level of certainty, it was determined that at least one of Sally Hemmings descendents had a male ancestor related to, if not one and the same as, President Thomas Jefferson. There was a fairly unique mutation on the Y chromosome. http://www.people.virginia.edu/ ~rjh9u/jeffhemm.html
- A report in Nature determined that jews with the last name Kahn, Cohen, Cohn, and Kohn, (which translates as priest) share a common gene on their Y-chromosome unique to this group of surnames. http://www.fullfeed.com/~scribe/dig est19973.htm
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/cn/20000406/tc/200004 06121.html
Intel's HomeRF standard only handles 2 Mbs, though they do make a business product that supports 802.11B. Article points out that this makes no sense for notebook users that would have to have seperate cards for work and home.
If the MPAA says something about how movies should be made, nobody would listen.
If that's true, then I would like to formally invite any studio, including those that are members of MPAA, to release one DVD (hopefully one with at least some geek appeal) without using CSS.
We can then find out how long it takes for someone to pirate it. I expect that it won't be pirated at all.
The MPAA is not a corporation, and therefore cannot be a corporate monopoly. It is an association of corporations, each competing against each other.... The constituent companies of the MPAA are not monopolies. They all make movies, and try to make more money than the other guy.
I believe the NFL was found to be a monopoly when it was sued by the players union. I don't see much structural difference between it and the MPAA.
US vs. Microsoft. Conclusion: Intmidation to maintain absolute control is an illegal monopoly, in violation of anti-trust laws.
For all practical purposes the MPAA has a monopoly control of the motion picture industry. Following the logic of US vs MS couldn't it be argued that they are now illegally using that monopoly to leverage control of a new industry (the digital distibution of motion pictures)?
I think what we need is a test case. If someone has a movie they made that they want to distribute without the CSS protection on the DVD, would they still be able to play it on a conventional DVD player or on a PC with "conventional" DVD software? If not, could they use DeCSS (or a similar program) to play it back? If so, they could then bundle this playback software with their DVD and the primary purpose of the playback software could no longer be considered defeating copyright protection, and it would therefore be legal under DMCA.
Following the MPAA reasoning, and the familiar theory of six degrees of seperation, the next injunction will ask that any site on the internet that links to a site that links to a site that links to DeCSS (including any links to search engines) and any web browsers with built-in Search buttons that link such sites, must be shut down until further notice.
It's actually just part of MPAA's master plan of getting all the current users of the Internet to start going to the movies again.
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/cn/20000405/tc/200004 05045.html
Article implies Atipa wants to become the VA Linux of Alpha hardware vendors.
Atipa also has acquired Enhanced Software Technologies, makers of the BRU backup software.
The Sherman anti-trust act is a 19th Century law, and we are still in the 20th Century.
Under 18th Century law, MS would be able to do whatever it wants, for example import slaves to write code, or secede from the US (actually secede from Russia, since they claimed the Pacific Northwest in the 18th Century.)
Under 21st Century business realities, I think (hope) tyranny by vendors of bug-ridden software will be much les than it has been in the 20th Century.
The thing I wasn't expecting reading the article was the change to the /dev/ directory. In order to more uniformly identify connection types, a cleaner way of identifying devices is being established so that ide drives will be identified more like scsi have been (i.e. ide0 ide1 ...).
/dev/ directory will only be populated with devices that were actually detected, which should help in navigating the directory, especially for newer linux users such as myself.
Also, the
have to be the red screen of death . . .
No, Blue.
It would be robot blood!
Sorry.