The teeth in the GPL is copyright law. This means that only the copyright holder can enforce/prosecute. The FSF can only press the case if the FSF is the copyright holder of code that they are linking to.
There is no requirement to post GPL code online. You must just make it available to those that ask for it.
All ethics are related to value judgements. Different people have different values and these values change. Therefore it is very difficult to say what is, and what is not, ethical.
Example: 50 years ago, most people considered it OK to kill whales. Now less people do.
Example 2: Traditionally, Eskimo people left their old folk out to die in the snow. Then came the white folk and charged them with murder. Who is ethically right here?
There is no right or wrong, there is only opinion formed from one's value set.
The flash mentioned here is NOR flash. The rising star in Flash is NAND flash which is cheaper (30c per MB), more dense (256MB in a single chip) and is faster for file system usage than NOR flash. NAND is used in SmartMedia etc storage devices and is supported in Linux by journaling file systems (JFFS2 and YAFFS).
The best part of using heat pipes is that you can seal the box better and vent the heat where you choose. Heat pipes are increadibly conductive (up to approx 3000x the conductivity of copper). Fans are a problem because the draw dust etc into the laptop. This can form an insulating layer which prevents good heat transfer.
I agree with your sentiments that laptops should not heat up. Basically this is mainly an x86 problem. With more efficient code and using cooler chips (ARM, MIPS,...) you have a far better chance of making a cool device (as well as having your battery last longer).
Encourage your schhol/university to allow you to do useful things for credits that provide you with street credibility (ie. essentially do your internship while in school/university).
Example: Let's say you do significant work on something well known (eg. Linux scheduler), you can come out of school with something worthwhile to put on your resume.
Agree. Moore's is more an observation than a law. It isn't a real law like say the third law of thermodynamics or Murphy's.
Moore's is based on the unscientific observation of a trend. If you watched early life form with the same mindset you'd have seen increasing size from bacteria to pond slime etc and have extrapolated that by now all life forms would be the size of supertankers.
If I replaced my microchip-enabled telecommuting with physical commuting, I'd probably generate as much pollution as it took to build my PC in less than a day through burnt gas and oil.
If I replaced my email/pron with paper versions, I'd be killing more trees, releasing more dioxins (paper production) and burning more gas (delivery).
I was wondering who was talking about dark matter so much lately,
Naah, used star salesmen. "No sir, the star ain't broken - it's one of them dark matter stars, all the rage in astronomical circles"
Dark matter is just the fudge factor to try make theory fit observation - like the filler putty I always seem to need when doing carpentry or the "other" slice you always seem to need on a pie chart.
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The teeth in the GPL is copyright law. This means that only the copyright holder can enforce/prosecute. The FSF can only press the case if the FSF is the copyright holder of code that they are linking to.
There is no requirement to post GPL code online. You must just make it available to those that ask for it.
Big brother finds out about A.
A finds out that big brother knows about A.
Big brother finds out that A knows that big brother knows about A.
A finds out that big brother knwos that A knows that big brother knows about A.
disk full.
Waiter there's an idiot on /.
Read dude!
In the old days I would use an IDE drive in a caddy if I wanted to move my computing life around with me.
Now I might use a USB drive etc.
Saying this will replace the handheld PDA is stupid.There are very often not desktop PCs etc where you want to use the thing.
The nice thing about a new paradigm is that you know it will be obsoleted by the next one before it has to prove its worth.
Example: 50 years ago, most people considered it OK to kill whales. Now less people do.
Example 2: Traditionally, Eskimo people left their old folk out to die in the snow. Then came the white folk and charged them with murder. Who is ethically right here?
There is no right or wrong, there is only opinion formed from one's value set.
The flash mentioned here is NOR flash. The rising star in Flash is NAND flash which is cheaper (30c per MB), more dense (256MB in a single chip) and is faster for file system usage than NOR flash. NAND is used in SmartMedia etc storage devices and is supported in Linux by journaling file systems (JFFS2 and YAFFS).
and if he doesn't then why do we?
Nobody wins a war. Some people just lose more than others.
I agree with your sentiments that laptops should not heat up. Basically this is mainly an x86 problem. With more efficient code and using cooler chips (ARM, MIPS,...) you have a far better chance of making a cool device (as well as having your battery last longer).
Example: Let's say you do significant work on something well known (eg. Linux scheduler), you can come out of school with something worthwhile to put on your resume.
'where is Old Zealand?' in Holland.
I must get one of them newfangled things.
Flame your farts for a healthier future (well actually, cows **belch* about 4x as much methane as goes out the dirty end).
was the biggest security installation ever. It was only as good as its gate guards.
Moore's is based on the unscientific observation of a trend. If you watched early life form with the same mindset you'd have seen increasing size from bacteria to pond slime etc and have extrapolated that by now all life forms would be the size of supertankers.
It is a sad day when group love and touchy-feely wins out over technical excellence.
If I replaced my email/pron with paper versions, I'd be killing more trees, releasing more dioxins (paper production) and burning more gas (delivery).
Yeah, I don't. The 32MB chips are the dirty ones. I use 16MB chips which are environmentally friendly.
The real cost of C++!
Correct answer:"Who cares!"
Naah, used star salesmen. "No sir, the star ain't broken - it's one of them dark matter stars, all the rage in astronomical circles"
Dark matter is just the fudge factor to try make theory fit observation - like the filler putty I always seem to need when doing carpentry or the "other" slice you always seem to need on a pie chart.
Sure they can. 2MHz, 8-bit CPU anyone?