"All European operators are eventually expected to move to 3G networks to ensure that there is enough capacity to handle voice and increased data traffic."
I don't think it will be introduced in Europe in the near future. Even WAP is a total disaster here. When will these people learn that we don't need 14.4 Mbits on our cellphone? We just want to make a call and send SMS. Japanese people may like the newest gadgets but in Europe, people do not get excited by this technology..
a bit off-topic maybe: can openmosix be used for desktop users? suppose for instance that I use a cluster of four 600 mhz pc's instead of one pc with a (say) 2 Ghz cpu. would performance be comparable? I suppose that the 2Ghz pc would be faster because desktop users use less threads and the overhead of openmosix deteriorates the performance of the cluster. Is this right? Anyone has tried this? PS: no, I don't want to try this, it's not worth the effort I suppose. Just wondering..
Again (see above), I own a Liteline 5133 and Redhat works like a charm on it. It recognised almost all devices out of the box. Maybe it was some time ago you tried to install linux? Newer distributions have far better hardware support, I think..
Strange, I own a laptop of Fujitsu-Siemens and Linux (Redhat 8) has no problems with the hardware. Even sound, etc works great out of the box. And it's a very cheap model (Liteline 5133 I think)..
Maybe you can use iButtons? They're more robust than plastic cards and you can add a keypad for extra security. You can also hook them up to a pc to keep a log. However, the buttons are quite expensive so let the students/staff pay for them or they'll lose them frequently..
I don't really understand your question, I think. Do you ask which law prohibits copying a cd or burning mp3 from the net? I suppose it's just copyright law that specifies this. It's also illegal to copy a book so it's the same thing basically. I'm not a lawyer so I can't give you the correct number or references though..
I really don't have a problem with it either. Copying cds shouldn't be legal, I think. It's not public domain and people invest a lot of money in recording albums so consumers should pay. However, paying this investment by taxing everybody, even people who never copy cds, is just not fair.. Moreover, technological advances such as mp3, cdrom burners, etc. will make it very difficult to stop piracy so a new business model may be very necessary for this industry. You can't sue a large part of the population, I suppose..
It's in the article on zdnet.be:
"In december had de partij Spirit voorgesteld om alle muziekdownloads te legaliseren en de rechthebbenden te compenseren via een forse belasting op blanco cd's en harde schijven, maar zover zijn we nog niet."
This proposal is much more extreme: all downloads of music (!) would be legalised and a compensation for the industry would be paid by taxing cds and hard disks.
Maybe Belgian copyright law does not allow copying cds for fair use? I have no idea honestly.. Nobody seems to care anyway. There is certainly no debate in the Belgian media on this issue.
The flemish article states that this extra tax is only a compensation for copying cds you own. So no, you can't copy a friends cd legally just because you paid the tax.
Some political parties even want an extra tax to compensate the industry for losses of illegal copying! Since the elections are sheduled for may 18th, you can punish those bastards right away! *grin*
Hmm, depends on the `emulator' I suppose. I use win4lin on my laptop (an AMD K6-2 475 with only 89MB of RAM) and it runs like a charm. Of course, I don't open a lot of windows to avoid swapping but Delphi for instance is quite fast in an emulated windows 98-session.
Elektuur, a Dutch magazine, has published some articles about a keyboard with hotkeys. This is the link but I'm afraid it won't work very well (and there's no google cache). Just search for "Hotkeys-toetsenbord" on elektuur.nl. It has 18 buttons. Only PS/2 though..
Do you have any idea why 'they hate the US'? Because of this kind of arrogance, maybe?:-(
It's bullshit too. Look at a page like this and observe that intra-EU trade is three times as big as extra-EU trade. So even if the US takes a big share of the extra-EU trade, which I doubt, it's still not that important. Get a clue and check your figures.
Mac OS X is a single OS, as opposed to a set of OSes that may or may not work together.
Do you mean various Linux distros don't work together? I doubt this is true. And it didn't hurt Windows either.
OS X also has the backing of a long established company that will probably be around in the foreseeable future.
Linux is backed by IBM, Sun and Borland, to name a few.
OS X is also a BSD, which is a much better OS than Linux.
I suppose you can backup this claim with a lot of evidence? I've read a lot of criticism on BSD too. The installation routine, limited number of software titles, etc.
Don't do it like Microsoft Office. Excel for instance derives the use of commas from the Windows settings. This is just lame. If you open an Excel file written in an English version, it's all fucked up in a Dutch Excel. Writing a paper in Dutch and English is therefore not that easy if you want to include Excel-files. Centralising these settings and imposing them on all applications is the worst option, I suppose. Saving the settings in the file may be a better idea..
I installed some HVAC-controllers a while ago. Quite frustrating..
1) Never assume the user has read the manual! Most people even don't think about it..
2) Do not hide buttons below a cover. Most people will forget to look there.
3) Make the text BIG! People grow old and won't be able to read those small fonts.
4) Most people don't want to do the effort to learn how to use it. Make it very simple or prepare to answer really stupid questions, over and over again..;-(
Borland still makes great products. Try Delphi and you'll see what I mean. It has everything Visual Studio has (code completion, etc) and it creates really fast executables. And I especially like the XML-database components.. Pity a lot of people only consider microsoft solutions..:-(
The EU is not a bottomless pit as a lot of people seem to believe. The entire budget of the EU is ridiculous compared with the tax burden of national governments (as % of GDP). Moreover, the EU only has something like 20000 employees while the Belgian government (for instance) employs 200000 people. It's not because countries try to pay less to the EU that the budget is huge, it's a matter of free-riding..
240v shock and you're dead?! In your dreams maybe! I've had a shock three or four times and it does not even cause pain. The shock is quite scary but you're saved by the natural reaction to back off.
People die from electrocution when they do not react fast enough and are exposed during a long period (e.g. when they cannot get out of the bath).
And by the way, in belgium, you cannot touch the pins of the plugs when current is flowing. Moreover, you cannot plug a screwdriver or something in a socket. A security device forces you to put in two pins at (exactly) the same time and provide a lot of pressure.
..our university sells and hires pc's and laptops to students. For something like a Euro a day, you can hire a desktop. Moreover, there is a sort of a co-op where you can get an account on a Linux-server and try your linux-software, check your mail, make backups, etc. But they don't provide other services since the number of volunteers is quite limited.
Very important: try to use rooms and other infrastructure from the university. Usually, they will provide it for free and especially a fast internet connection is something you want from them.
Just buy a BasicStamp module (or something similar), hook up a sensor, a relais, an lcd and a couple of buttons. The software should be very easy to write. Even networking modules are available for the Stamp-modules, I believe.
More info: www.basicstamp.com
Huh? Do you have bad experiences travelling in Europe? When I take a cab here in Belgium, they don't ask me to step in an alley and they don't even sell cameras on the streets. Maybe we ARE a nice country?!:)
By the way, there should be internet cafés in all major cities. Even in the tiny town I live is one, so checking slashdot should be no problem..
Last week, I had to flash my CD-writer to get it working. Since the thing uses an USB-connection, the risk of destroying the hardware seems far higher then for a motherboard BIOS update. An interruption in the datastream is not that uncommon (yes, I use Windows) but what are the results of that?
Has somebody of the slashdot crowd nasty experiences with flashing other hardware?
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"All European operators are eventually expected to move to 3G networks to ensure that there is enough capacity to handle voice and increased data traffic."
I don't think it will be introduced in Europe in the near future. Even WAP is a total disaster here. When will these people learn that we don't need 14.4 Mbits on our cellphone? We just want to make a call and send SMS. Japanese people may like the newest gadgets but in Europe, people do not get excited by this technology..
a bit off-topic maybe: can openmosix be used for desktop users? suppose for instance that I use a cluster of four 600 mhz pc's instead of one pc with a (say) 2 Ghz cpu. would performance be comparable? I suppose that the 2Ghz pc would be faster because desktop users use less threads and the overhead of openmosix deteriorates the performance of the cluster. Is this right? Anyone has tried this?
PS: no, I don't want to try this, it's not worth the effort I suppose. Just wondering..
Again (see above), I own a Liteline 5133 and Redhat works like a charm on it. It recognised almost all devices out of the box. Maybe it was some time ago you tried to install linux? Newer distributions have far better hardware support, I think..
Strange, I own a laptop of Fujitsu-Siemens and Linux (Redhat 8) has no problems with the hardware. Even sound, etc works great out of the box. And it's a very cheap model (Liteline 5133 I think)..
Maybe you can use iButtons? They're more robust than plastic cards and you can add a keypad for extra security. You can also hook them up to a pc to keep a log. However, the buttons are quite expensive so let the students/staff pay for them or they'll lose them frequently..
I don't really understand your question, I think. Do you ask which law prohibits copying a cd or burning mp3 from the net? I suppose it's just copyright law that specifies this. It's also illegal to copy a book so it's the same thing basically. I'm not a lawyer so I can't give you the correct number or references though..
I really don't have a problem with it either. Copying cds shouldn't be legal, I think. It's not public domain and people invest a lot of money in recording albums so consumers should pay. However, paying this investment by taxing everybody, even people who never copy cds, is just not fair.. Moreover, technological advances such as mp3, cdrom burners, etc. will make it very difficult to stop piracy so a new business model may be very necessary for this industry. You can't sue a large part of the population, I suppose..
It's in the article on zdnet.be:
"In december had de partij Spirit voorgesteld om alle muziekdownloads te legaliseren en de rechthebbenden te compenseren via een forse belasting op blanco cd's en harde schijven, maar zover zijn we nog niet."
This proposal is much more extreme: all downloads of music (!) would be legalised and a compensation for the industry would be paid by taxing cds and hard disks.
Maybe Belgian copyright law does not allow copying cds for fair use? I have no idea honestly..
Nobody seems to care anyway. There is certainly no debate in the Belgian media on this issue.
The flemish article states that this extra tax is only a compensation for copying cds you own. So no, you can't copy a friends cd legally just because you paid the tax.
Some political parties even want an extra tax to compensate the industry for losses of illegal copying! Since the elections are sheduled for may 18th, you can punish those bastards right away! *grin*
Hmm, depends on the `emulator' I suppose. I use win4lin on my laptop (an AMD K6-2 475 with only 89MB of RAM) and it runs like a charm. Of course, I don't open a lot of windows to avoid swapping but Delphi for instance is quite fast in an emulated windows 98-session.
Elektuur, a Dutch magazine, has published some articles about a keyboard with hotkeys. This is the link but I'm afraid it won't work very well (and there's no google cache). Just search for "Hotkeys-toetsenbord" on elektuur.nl. It has 18 buttons. Only PS/2 though..
Do you have any idea why 'they hate the US'? Because of this kind of arrogance, maybe? :-(
It's bullshit too. Look at a page like this and observe that intra-EU trade is three times as big as extra-EU trade. So even if the US takes a big share of the extra-EU trade, which I doubt, it's still not that important. Get a clue and check your figures.
Last time I checked Windows had a command shell too. "del __INCOM*" isn't that hard I suppose.. ;-)
Cygwin is really nice though..
Mac OS X is a single OS, as opposed to a set of OSes that may or may not work together.
Do you mean various Linux distros don't work together? I doubt this is true. And it didn't hurt Windows either.
OS X also has the backing of a long established company that will probably be around in the foreseeable future.
Linux is backed by IBM, Sun and Borland, to name a few.
OS X is also a BSD, which is a much better OS than Linux.
I suppose you can backup this claim with a lot of evidence? I've read a lot of criticism on BSD too. The installation routine, limited number of software titles, etc.
Don't do it like Microsoft Office. Excel for instance derives the use of commas from the Windows settings. This is just lame. If you open an Excel file written in an English version, it's all fucked up in a Dutch Excel. Writing a paper in Dutch and English is therefore not that easy if you want to include Excel-files. Centralising these settings and imposing them on all applications is the worst option, I suppose. Saving the settings in the file may be a better idea..
I installed some HVAC-controllers a while ago. Quite frustrating..
;-(
1) Never assume the user has read the manual! Most people even don't think about it..
2) Do not hide buttons below a cover. Most people will forget to look there.
3) Make the text BIG! People grow old and won't be able to read those small fonts.
4) Most people don't want to do the effort to learn how to use it. Make it very simple or prepare to answer really stupid questions, over and over again..
Borland still makes great products. Try Delphi and you'll see what I mean. It has everything Visual Studio has (code completion, etc) and it creates really fast executables. And I especially like the XML-database components.. Pity a lot of people only consider microsoft solutions.. :-(
The EU is not a bottomless pit as a lot of people seem to believe. The entire budget of the EU is ridiculous compared with the tax burden of national governments (as % of GDP). Moreover, the EU only has something like 20000 employees while the Belgian government (for instance) employs 200000 people. It's not because countries try to pay less to the EU that the budget is huge, it's a matter of free-riding..
240v shock and you're dead?! In your dreams maybe! I've had a shock three or four times and it does not even cause pain. The shock is quite scary but you're saved by the natural reaction to back off.
People die from electrocution when they do not react fast enough and are exposed during a long period (e.g. when they cannot get out of the bath).
And by the way, in belgium, you cannot touch the pins of the plugs when current is flowing. Moreover, you cannot plug a screwdriver or something in a socket. A security device forces you to put in two pins at (exactly) the same time and provide a lot of pressure.
..our university sells and hires pc's and laptops to students. For something like a Euro a day, you can hire a desktop. Moreover, there is a sort of a co-op where you can get an account on a Linux-server and try your linux-software, check your mail, make backups, etc. But they don't provide other services since the number of volunteers is quite limited.
Very important: try to use rooms and other infrastructure from the university. Usually, they will provide it for free and especially a fast internet connection is something you want from them.
Just buy a BasicStamp module (or something similar), hook up a sensor, a relais, an lcd and a couple of buttons. The software should be very easy to write. Even networking modules are available for the Stamp-modules, I believe. More info: www.basicstamp.com
Huh? Do you have bad experiences travelling in Europe? When I take a cab here in Belgium, they don't ask me to step in an alley and they don't even sell cameras on the streets. Maybe we ARE a nice country?! :)
By the way, there should be internet cafés in all major cities. Even in the tiny town I live is one, so checking slashdot should be no problem..
And was your hardware damaged?? ;^)
Has somebody of the slashdot crowd nasty experiences with flashing other hardware?
Looks great! Especially the Magellan seems cool for "domestic use". How expensive are these things anyway?