Interesting you mention fallout. I wonder if that means the US can invade because they're polluting the atmosphere. Bush could call it a terrorist act and get re-elected for sure.
The real problem with this is that while he may have criminally infringed on copyrights in the US, he also did so everywhere there is internet access. Like it's been said, he's never been to the US, yet he is being tried under US law. What's to keep other countries across the world with similar copyright laws from trying him for his crimes. It's not like double-jeopordy exists everywhere, let alone US double-jeopordy. Worst case this could set a precedent that if you commit a crime on the internet, every country on earth could get a piece of you. So he goes to jail for a few years in the US, then say the UK wants to try him, then maybe Germany, or France, or Canada, or whoever. That's what I'm worried about.
Beanstalk.... You've Solved it!! We just need to find Jack and ask him who gave him the beans. I'm sure there are plenty of Dairy Farmers who would donate a cow to the cause.
Think of the potential rewards... A goose that can lay golden eggs. That's gotta be worth something. Of course the giants may be a problem, but I'm sure we could take it. We've needed a use for our tactical nukes anyway.
I really like the idea of this, but I worry about the legality of it (like a lot of others here apparently). Distributing the patch this way might be some sort of copyright infringement. I'm curious if the site admin ever asked microsoft for their permission to do this...
Seems that this is a pretty narrow look at the whole computer science field. Glancing at the curriculum it seems it's mostly focused on webapps. While I keep hearing that webapps are 'the wave of the future' I think maybe knowing how to do lower level stuff is important. Looks like a pretty dull curriculum to be honest.
To compare to my school (Oregon Institute of Technology, 4yr Software engineering degree) we actually get most of our stuff done in the first two years. The last two years are mostly reserved for the Junior and Senior projects. We also get some interesting classes into our curriculum like Compilers, Operating Systems and Data Structures.
This is kinda interesting, but I clicked on one of the links and it's missing two things. First is the tab bar, which for some reason I like having all the time. Second is the quick links. I don't know if this XUL page can actually bring up my quick launch. It also had that little activity icon in it, which I removed.
I think all I'm saying is that it isn't a perfect exploit, it can be seen through with a discerning eye. It would be a danger though to people who either a: don't change the settings or b: don't look at their browser controls very much. I imagine the solution is just gonna be some popup box, "are you sure you want to run this xul content?" I don't know, but this is kinda interesting.
A few other posters have mentioned that they just don't care and the sooner this passes the sooner the fools who passed it will realize what a huge mistake they have made. Personally, I feel the same way.
One of the main points against this act is how it will stiffle creativity and innovation, especially in the computer industry. If that is the case then perhaps it would be a good idea to move software companies outside of the US so they can work freely. This sort of mass migration might just get Congress' attention and make them rethink their positions. Things probably wont get bad enough to do this, but it would probably speed things up.
Is everyone else completely locked into Microsoft like we are?
Yeah, it's pretty much windows everywhere, at least on the desktop. At OIT (Oregon), everyone's using windows workstations and there is an unfortunate number of windows servers as well. The server part is especially bad since certain Microsoft SQL servers go down on a regular basis.
What I think is real bad though is our CSET department teaches almost exclusively in Visual Studio.NET. Thankfully in a few of my CSET classes I'm not restricted to windows for my programming, but in others (some for no good reason) I've needed to break out the windows partition. While I'll agree that VS isn't such a horrible piece of software, I think that promoting it's use so exclusively is probably damaging our career options.
Interestingly enough I think if awareness of alternatives increases we'll see a jump in the number of users of openoffice and Firefox and eventually Linux. Just today I got asked to create a PDF file from an excel spreadsheet. I just fired up Openoffice and exported it as PDF (after hassling with some options to get it looking right). When I gave it to them and told them I used openoffice they seemed genuinely interested in openoffice. So slowly but surely people are becoming aware of the alternatives.
I don't see the point of this article. I mean, all it's saying is that the linux kernel is adding features that the MS kernel has had for a while, and only focuses on re-entrance and preemptivity. How does this matter? Why should we care?
I'm liking this. I don't know why everyone is being so critical of something they don't have to use. Sure, it's eye-candy. Big deal. I'd imagine that the first graphical interface was put down by a lot of people simply because "You don't need it." *remembers a scene from Pirates of Silicon Valley where a bunch of Xerox execs put down the mouse*
Well sure, we don't *need* it, but who knows. There may be some applications where it actually comes in handy. Like a Rubik's Cube application for instance. There are probably dozens of applications this could be used for and noone has thought of them yet.
Ok, so it's a little pointless now, but who knows what it could develop into. Plus, being GPL'd, the OSS community can tinker with it and see what they can get out of it.
If IIAC is introduced, does that mean cp and copy are outlawed? While it might be funny to have a whole lot of congressmen get really embarassed when they are no longer allowed to install ANYTHING on their computer, I think this just is not a good idea.
In order to fly a plane (at least anything bigger than an ultralight), you need to get a pilot's license. I'm curious to know if they are going to have another certification to tack on to that license for space travel, or if they will have a separate license altogether. If this flight is successful, and it becomes economical to fly into space, I'd imagine that some sort of verification of ability will be necessary.
It sounds an awful lot like NASA is becoming less like an area for developing new technologies and more like some kind of regulation agency for spaceflight. That analogy doesn't quite give NASA all the credit they deserve, but it does sound like they are stepping down from more mundane tasks and focusing on some of the more ambitious projects.
Personally I think that is a pretty good way of handling human expansion into space. The public will get to know about everything out there, and then private industry can start to fill in the cracks. I'm not sure how well this will work in the short term, but it definately sounds like a good long term plan.
This is good to hear, I think. They're going slow so users get used to the new stuff (not that word processing on OpenOffice or browsing on Mozilla is all that different from MS stuff), and will eventually do a complete OSS converstion (yeah, I guess I just restated the article...). What does sound interesting is the part about specialty software, and how that will probably end up as open source. I'm curious as to what will come out of that.
I found myself in some real trouble with my GUI class (Windows API programming) project this term. Basically, this was because A) the project that I picked didn't hold my interest for the entire term and B) I really didn't like booting into windows to work on this not-so-fun project.
I suppose to answer the question, I don't like using windows just because it rubs me the wrong way most of the time. Something goes wrong? Reboot! If that didn't work, Run spyware scan/virus scan/do windows update. If that doesn't work, Format and reinstall! When something breaks on a windows box you so often get no error messages which can help you out. It also bothers me that some seriously unpredictable behaviors occur on windows. For instance, just today, a guy calls our helpdesk to complain that there is a dog showing up on his screen when he opens microsoft word which hasn't been happening before. i.e. Word for some reason decides the user needs clippy. That sort of thing just bugs me a lot.
I was looking through the comments today and RTFA. The guy deserves what he got. The real question is whether or not the University is in the wrong for not telling him that he was cheating.
It's pretty obvious that the Judge that hears this case is just going to throw it out and give the guy a big, "You had it coming!" What bugs me is that if the University did know that he was cheating the entire time then why didn't they do something about it. Was it because they just wanted to hold onto a student who was paying his bills?
I agree the student got what he deserved, but I think the University does have a responsibility to both the students and itself to discipline rule-breakers immediately, otherwise it may take years for the student to learn his lesson.
What worries me most is that the University may be as morally bankrupt as the student...
This is exactly what I thought when I saw the picture. I can't even see a river going through there.
If it's about preserving the picturesque valley down there they really botched the job then cause I can't imagine having a giant grey bridge ruining the scenery. I guess they did say the same thing about the eiffel tower once upon a time...
No doubt that IBM once upon a time was just as bad as Microsoft, and noone can guarentee that they aren't anymore. There is one little hole in your argument however. IBM doesn't own linux. Linux is something of a public good, and as such everyone gets to use it at no cost (more or less this is true). Since they don't exclusively own what they are selling, they could never be a monopoly like Microsoft because the operating system they use is free. The hardware and maybe a tuned version of linux is what they're really selling, along with some of their own proprietary apps. By just selling this, there is no way they can completely lock people out again since there are already a lot of hardware vendors and the operating system is free.
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Interesting you mention fallout. I wonder if that means the US can invade because they're polluting the atmosphere. Bush could call it a terrorist act and get re-elected for sure.
The real problem with this is that while he may have criminally infringed on copyrights in the US, he also did so everywhere there is internet access. Like it's been said, he's never been to the US, yet he is being tried under US law. What's to keep other countries across the world with similar copyright laws from trying him for his crimes. It's not like double-jeopordy exists everywhere, let alone US double-jeopordy. Worst case this could set a precedent that if you commit a crime on the internet, every country on earth could get a piece of you. So he goes to jail for a few years in the US, then say the UK wants to try him, then maybe Germany, or France, or Canada, or whoever. That's what I'm worried about.
Beanstalk.... You've Solved it!! We just need to find Jack and ask him who gave him the beans. I'm sure there are plenty of Dairy Farmers who would donate a cow to the cause.
Think of the potential rewards... A goose that can lay golden eggs. That's gotta be worth something. Of course the giants may be a problem, but I'm sure we could take it. We've needed a use for our tactical nukes anyway.
I really like the idea of this, but I worry about the legality of it (like a lot of others here apparently). Distributing the patch this way might be some sort of copyright infringement. I'm curious if the site admin ever asked microsoft for their permission to do this...
Seems that this is a pretty narrow look at the whole computer science field. Glancing at the curriculum it seems it's mostly focused on webapps. While I keep hearing that webapps are 'the wave of the future' I think maybe knowing how to do lower level stuff is important. Looks like a pretty dull curriculum to be honest.
To compare to my school (Oregon Institute of Technology, 4yr Software engineering degree) we actually get most of our stuff done in the first two years. The last two years are mostly reserved for the Junior and Senior projects. We also get some interesting classes into our curriculum like Compilers, Operating Systems and Data Structures.
This is kinda interesting, but I clicked on one of the links and it's missing two things. First is the tab bar, which for some reason I like having all the time. Second is the quick links. I don't know if this XUL page can actually bring up my quick launch. It also had that little activity icon in it, which I removed. I think all I'm saying is that it isn't a perfect exploit, it can be seen through with a discerning eye. It would be a danger though to people who either a: don't change the settings or b: don't look at their browser controls very much. I imagine the solution is just gonna be some popup box, "are you sure you want to run this xul content?" I don't know, but this is kinda interesting.
How would your life be different without a pulse?
I'd end up on some medical bloopers show after an accident renders me unconscious and the paramedics try to ressucitate me when they feel no pulse.
That could be ugly, though it might wake me up pretty fast.
how is watching a DVD I own an infringement on other people's rights?
A few other posters have mentioned that they just don't care and the sooner this passes the sooner the fools who passed it will realize what a huge mistake they have made. Personally, I feel the same way.
One of the main points against this act is how it will stiffle creativity and innovation, especially in the computer industry. If that is the case then perhaps it would be a good idea to move software companies outside of the US so they can work freely. This sort of mass migration might just get Congress' attention and make them rethink their positions. Things probably wont get bad enough to do this, but it would probably speed things up.
Name me ONE thing you do that has been made "illegal" that isn't a dangerous act or an infringement upon someone else's rights.
Watching a fscking DVD with mplayer or xine (made illegal thanks to DMCA).
Is everyone else completely locked into Microsoft like we are?
.NET. Thankfully in a few of my CSET classes I'm not restricted to windows for my programming, but in others (some for no good reason) I've needed to break out the windows partition. While I'll agree that VS isn't such a horrible piece of software, I think that promoting it's use so exclusively is probably damaging our career options.
Yeah, it's pretty much windows everywhere, at least on the desktop. At OIT (Oregon), everyone's using windows workstations and there is an unfortunate number of windows servers as well. The server part is especially bad since certain Microsoft SQL servers go down on a regular basis.
What I think is real bad though is our CSET department teaches almost exclusively in Visual Studio
Interestingly enough I think if awareness of alternatives increases we'll see a jump in the number of users of openoffice and Firefox and eventually Linux. Just today I got asked to create a PDF file from an excel spreadsheet. I just fired up Openoffice and exported it as PDF (after hassling with some options to get it looking right). When I gave it to them and told them I used openoffice they seemed genuinely interested in openoffice. So slowly but surely people are becoming aware of the alternatives.
I don't see the point of this article. I mean, all it's saying is that the linux kernel is adding features that the MS kernel has had for a while, and only focuses on re-entrance and preemptivity. How does this matter? Why should we care?
I'll probably be labeled as a terrorist for this post
:-P
No, you'll be labeled "informative"
I'm liking this. I don't know why everyone is being so critical of something they don't have to use. Sure, it's eye-candy. Big deal. I'd imagine that the first graphical interface was put down by a lot of people simply because "You don't need it." *remembers a scene from Pirates of Silicon Valley where a bunch of Xerox execs put down the mouse*
Well sure, we don't *need* it, but who knows. There may be some applications where it actually comes in handy. Like a Rubik's Cube application for instance. There are probably dozens of applications this could be used for and noone has thought of them yet.
Ok, so it's a little pointless now, but who knows what it could develop into. Plus, being GPL'd, the OSS community can tinker with it and see what they can get out of it.
If IIAC is introduced, does that mean cp and copy are outlawed? While it might be funny to have a whole lot of congressmen get really embarassed when they are no longer allowed to install ANYTHING on their computer, I think this just is not a good idea.
Lol, it's posts like these that makes me think we need an "Oooh, Burn!" mod option.
Only because when driving through Texas, as soon as you enter, the only thing you want to do is leave.
In order to fly a plane (at least anything bigger than an ultralight), you need to get a pilot's license. I'm curious to know if they are going to have another certification to tack on to that license for space travel, or if they will have a separate license altogether. If this flight is successful, and it becomes economical to fly into space, I'd imagine that some sort of verification of ability will be necessary.
It sounds an awful lot like NASA is becoming less like an area for developing new technologies and more like some kind of regulation agency for spaceflight. That analogy doesn't quite give NASA all the credit they deserve, but it does sound like they are stepping down from more mundane tasks and focusing on some of the more ambitious projects.
Personally I think that is a pretty good way of handling human expansion into space. The public will get to know about everything out there, and then private industry can start to fill in the cracks. I'm not sure how well this will work in the short term, but it definately sounds like a good long term plan.
This is good to hear, I think. They're going slow so users get used to the new stuff (not that word processing on OpenOffice or browsing on Mozilla is all that different from MS stuff), and will eventually do a complete OSS converstion (yeah, I guess I just restated the article...). What does sound interesting is the part about specialty software, and how that will probably end up as open source. I'm curious as to what will come out of that.
Falsifying data is for high school and undergrad physics labs. Past that the data and lab procedure actually become important.
Oh, and please don't tell my physics teacher I said that...
I found myself in some real trouble with my GUI class (Windows API programming) project this term. Basically, this was because A) the project that I picked didn't hold my interest for the entire term and B) I really didn't like booting into windows to work on this not-so-fun project.
I suppose to answer the question, I don't like using windows just because it rubs me the wrong way most of the time. Something goes wrong? Reboot! If that didn't work, Run spyware scan/virus scan/do windows update. If that doesn't work, Format and reinstall! When something breaks on a windows box you so often get no error messages which can help you out. It also bothers me that some seriously unpredictable behaviors occur on windows. For instance, just today, a guy calls our helpdesk to complain that there is a dog showing up on his screen when he opens microsoft word which hasn't been happening before. i.e. Word for some reason decides the user needs clippy. That sort of thing just bugs me a lot.
I was looking through the comments today and RTFA. The guy deserves what he got. The real question is whether or not the University is in the wrong for not telling him that he was cheating.
It's pretty obvious that the Judge that hears this case is just going to throw it out and give the guy a big, "You had it coming!" What bugs me is that if the University did know that he was cheating the entire time then why didn't they do something about it. Was it because they just wanted to hold onto a student who was paying his bills?
I agree the student got what he deserved, but I think the University does have a responsibility to both the students and itself to discipline rule-breakers immediately, otherwise it may take years for the student to learn his lesson.
What worries me most is that the University may be as morally bankrupt as the student...
This is exactly what I thought when I saw the picture. I can't even see a river going through there.
If it's about preserving the picturesque valley down there they really botched the job then cause I can't imagine having a giant grey bridge ruining the scenery. I guess they did say the same thing about the eiffel tower once upon a time...
No doubt that IBM once upon a time was just as bad as Microsoft, and noone can guarentee that they aren't anymore. There is one little hole in your argument however. IBM doesn't own linux. Linux is something of a public good, and as such everyone gets to use it at no cost (more or less this is true). Since they don't exclusively own what they are selling, they could never be a monopoly like Microsoft because the operating system they use is free. The hardware and maybe a tuned version of linux is what they're really selling, along with some of their own proprietary apps. By just selling this, there is no way they can completely lock people out again since there are already a lot of hardware vendors and the operating system is free.