Kent Brockman:
The weather service has warned us to brace ourselves for the onslaught of Hurricane Barbara. And if you think naming a destructive storm after a woman is sexist, you obviously have never seen the gals grabbing for items at a clearance sale.
Marge:
Hrm... that's true... but he shouldn't say it.
It could be an issue between your router and the DS, or it could be that the WiFi driver for homebrew software just doesn't perform well yet. If it's the first case, try setting your router to 802.11b speed (11 Mbit/sec). I think a lot of the compatibility issues between routers and the DS are simply the routers not correctly handling devices that only go up to the original 802.11 speed (2 Mbit/sec) since they are so rare, but limiting the router to 802.11b speed seems to help.
FYI, the DS is limited to 10KB/s transfer rate over Wifi
No it isn't. It's limited to 2 megabit/sec, which amounts to a throughput of around 100k/sec. That's why Download Play never takes longer than a minute to download a game into the DS's 4 MB of RAM. It's completely feasible to do this because the DS already does it with other DS systems.
Leaving aside all the other things that people might put onto iPods, why should X amount of storage somehow oblige music sellers to reduce prices to a level where filling X is reasonably cheap? If I buy a bigger bookcase, are publishers obligated to cut the price of books?
Yes, they are. Allowing extra copies to exist costs nothing and providing them physically or through a digital download costs very little. Therefore, if the content industry dropped their prices by almost half and doing so doubled their sales, they'd make just as much profit as before but people would have twice the music and books.
The fact that iPods have so much storage shows that people ARE collecting more music. But the music industry refuses to drop their prices accordingly and they're finding out that people won't spend more on music than what they feel is fair. Copyright is not a fundamental right. It is a power over others granted specifically "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts." We the People are holding up our end of the bargain; they should hold up theirs. If they don't, then We the People can cancel the deal.
I don't mean to troll, but you're absolutely begging for this comment. Seriously, you bought Monkey Ball and even Red Steel? You appear to be bitter about spending good money for crap games and now you don't want to spend any more money on the system responsible even if the game is good.
If the Wii is so worthless, then can you name one system that has had a better game lineup in its first year? (Bonus points if it's not a Nintendo system.) The Wii has Zelda (as a launch title), two Mario platformers, and the Virtual Console lineup. Yeah, you're bored of two of those and you've dismissed the third (a game with the highest average on Metacritic, 97, out of all current-generation consoles). But the question still remains, what other console has offered you a better first-year experience?
the corpexec most likely didn't break any computer laws in accessing his company's own network. Apologies to the grandparent post's author for removing an upmod I gave him by posting this, but I had to ask... Are you implying that if a hacker disconnects 13,000 users, the only victim is Verizon and the users are worth nothing?
Anyone know of a decent OSS replacement for Visio?
OpenOffice Draw, maybe? I've never used Visio, but somebody who saw me using Draw commented that it looked similar to Visio. You can convert shapes to ploygons or curves and edit/move the points, and you can merge, subtract, or intersect shapes to produce new ones. There are also connectors, which are various forms of arrows that can have their ends attached to objects.
In this case, I think it's a good idea to warn the user before saving the session. The user may not know about the feature, and Firefox might later be opened by someone else. If you want it to save the session without asking, choose the 'always do this' option and then 'save and quit'.
I absolutely hate having to Force quit the.exe in order to save my session tabs and free up the memory.
On that note, Firefox 3 now asks if you want to save your session when you choose quit out of the file menu, or when you close the last window with multiple tabs open.
They have both 'open' and 'closed' servers. The 'open' servers accept characters stored on your computer, and have no protection from hacked saves, but they are good for playing with friends who you know aren't cheating.
On 'closed' servers, your characters are created on their server and can only be played online.
It deserves to. As evidence, it's anecdotal. As information, it's devoid of details. You didn't even provide the most basic information, like what CPU and video card you have. You also didn't describe very well where the process failed. Any experienced user knows that a problem description consisting of "it didn't work" is useless. I don't feel I should have to slog through a post like this on a forum for tech-savvy people.
Did the bootloader come up? Did the kernel begin the booting process? My best guess, based on your description, is that you either made a bad burn, or are trying to boot an AMD64 disc on a 32-bit system.
Here's what I envision the "Solid Snake meets Mario" level being:
"I need to get into this top secret government facility, and there's no good fox-urine covered cardboard boxes around. Hmm..."
No, I think you (and the FSF) are confusing the issue. We were talking about users of software.
I use Ubuntu on my machines. That means I'm an Ubuntu user. I have the right to run 'sudo rm -rf/' on those machines if I want to. Let's say you install Ubuntu on your machine. We are both Ubuntu users now, but that does not give you the right to 'sudo rm -rf/' on my machine. Your user rights are not violated by this restriction because your user rights only pertain to the property you have the right to use.
If you want to talk about the manufacturer in the capacity that they are a user, it can only refer to the hardware that is still theirs. When they sell a hardware/software combo, that is distribution, not use, and from that point on, they cease to be the user of both the device AND the copy of the software on that device, even if they still have an identical device in their possession that they ARE a user of.
Now you're bringing in hardware, and trying to control how some software users design their hardware.
I guess Microsoft is trying to stop everyone from even making hardware at all, then, considering that their software can't even be used or distributed for free.
Reality check: All manufacturers can design their hardware however the hell they want. They aren't bound by the GPL until they distribute the software. Distribution carries certain responsibilities under GPL. Always has and always will. One such responsibility is the requirement to hand over the source code. New to GPL3 is the requirement to hand over the key to unlock the device.
You're taking away a freedom to protect a freedom that isn't really being threatened by the hardware makers.
Are you opposed to copyright in general? At this point, you have to be to stay consistent, because the sole purpose of copyright is to allow authors of creative works to put conditions on their use and distribution, which takes away freedom. GPL is very liberal in that there are practically no restrictions on use, and distribution is restricted as minimally as possible. The only requirements for distribution that do exist were designed specifically to maximize what the end user can do as a user.
There is nothing physically stopping you from using a device as you see fit, assuming you have the desire, the time, and the technical ability to do so. The argument that all device makers must make it easy for anyone to do so just doesn't fly.
But there is something physically stopping me: the design of the device! Now, it may ultimately be possible, with great effort, to unlock most devices available today, but there's no reason that will remain true. With further miniaturization, devices could be made completely unhackable, and be designed so that any attempt to open them up destroys them. Would you then say "nothing is physically stopping you from modifying the device's software, it just happens to be physically impossible"?
If the DCMA is your problem, then you should address that by changing the law or committing civil disobedience or just ignoring the law.
How do you feel about the DMCA? I think by now, you have to be opposed to it. Then are you OK at least with the clause in the GPL3 that requires the distributor to waive the right to sue users for DMCA violations? Or is blocking an unjust lawsuit another restriction on freedom?
On top of that, if you really want to hack your DVR, you can choose to buy an open DVR, such as products from Neuros. You're actually doing a disservice to open hardware makers by choosing a Tivo and hacking (or attempting to hack) it, because you're not supporting them with your dollars.
And I wouldn't want a Tivo (I'm already using my desktop PC as a DVR anyway). But I also don't want any software I write to be distributed w
You're confusing the issue. There is no broad or narrow definition. The user of a device is the person using the device! If a vendor wants to lock a device down while they still own it, fine, but as soon as they distribute a device to a user, under GPL3 the manfacturer has to give that user the same ability they had to install software on the device.
GPL3 protects certain listed rights of users, one of which is to install/update software. In doing this, it in no way removes that same right from the manufacturers.
The GPL 3 is much more focused on the rights of certain users, shifting those rights away from other users and developers. Huh? What 'other users'? A user is the person using the software/device. GPL3 protects the rights of owners. The manufacturer is not a owner once they sell it, and they certainly aren't the user.
I think this law also "discriminates" against those of us with good genes by making us pay higher insurance premiums than we deserve. It discriminates by making you pay the same rate as others? Because by having good genes, you deserve lower rates than others?
We can't change the genes we were born with! Why make us suffer?! In your attempt to turn the argument around, you demonstrate how weak your position is. If you could change the genes you were born with from good genes to bad genes, it wouldn't help you one bit. Do you understand this? People with bad genes are not being given an advantage. Do you understand this?
If single development environment that can not only target three versions of an OS, but also target multiple processor architectures isn't cross platform, then I'm not sure what is.
Except that just about every other development environment in existence targets many more platforms than they do and they aren't pushing an agenda by only supporting the platforms of one company. I'm sorry, but touting one of the least cross-platform environments in modern existence as "cross-platform" DOES dilute the meaning.
I was at a presentation of XNA and the presenter referred to it as "cross platform" because it runs on both X-Box 360 and Windows XP (and now Vista). Let's not allow Microsoft to dilute the meaning of the terms "cross platform" and "Open Source".
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Firefox 2 is in the software repository, so it's easy to install. Look either in Synaptic or in add/remove programs.
In Firefox 3, at least, go to History -> Recently Closed Tags.
Kent Brockman: The weather service has warned us to brace ourselves for the onslaught of Hurricane Barbara. And if you think naming a destructive storm after a woman is sexist, you obviously have never seen the gals grabbing for items at a clearance sale.
Marge: Hrm... that's true... but he shouldn't say it.
It could be an issue between your router and the DS, or it could be that the WiFi driver for homebrew software just doesn't perform well yet. If it's the first case, try setting your router to 802.11b speed (11 Mbit/sec). I think a lot of the compatibility issues between routers and the DS are simply the routers not correctly handling devices that only go up to the original 802.11 speed (2 Mbit/sec) since they are so rare, but limiting the router to 802.11b speed seems to help.
No it isn't. It's limited to 2 megabit/sec, which amounts to a throughput of around 100k/sec. That's why Download Play never takes longer than a minute to download a game into the DS's 4 MB of RAM. It's completely feasible to do this because the DS already does it with other DS systems.
Yes, they are. Allowing extra copies to exist costs nothing and providing them physically or through a digital download costs very little. Therefore, if the content industry dropped their prices by almost half and doing so doubled their sales, they'd make just as much profit as before but people would have twice the music and books.
The fact that iPods have so much storage shows that people ARE collecting more music. But the music industry refuses to drop their prices accordingly and they're finding out that people won't spend more on music than what they feel is fair. Copyright is not a fundamental right. It is a power over others granted specifically "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts." We the People are holding up our end of the bargain; they should hold up theirs. If they don't, then We the People can cancel the deal.
The Internet is basically a series of bees.
I don't mean to troll, but you're absolutely begging for this comment. Seriously, you bought Monkey Ball and even Red Steel? You appear to be bitter about spending good money for crap games and now you don't want to spend any more money on the system responsible even if the game is good.
If the Wii is so worthless, then can you name one system that has had a better game lineup in its first year? (Bonus points if it's not a Nintendo system.) The Wii has Zelda (as a launch title), two Mario platformers, and the Virtual Console lineup. Yeah, you're bored of two of those and you've dismissed the third (a game with the highest average on Metacritic, 97, out of all current-generation consoles). But the question still remains, what other console has offered you a better first-year experience?
Star Fox 64 has been updated since the initial release. Have you gone back to the Shop Channel and downloaded the update?
OpenOffice Draw, maybe? I've never used Visio, but somebody who saw me using Draw commented that it looked similar to Visio. You can convert shapes to ploygons or curves and edit/move the points, and you can merge, subtract, or intersect shapes to produce new ones. There are also connectors, which are various forms of arrows that can have their ends attached to objects.
In this case, I think it's a good idea to warn the user before saving the session. The user may not know about the feature, and Firefox might later be opened by someone else. If you want it to save the session without asking, choose the 'always do this' option and then 'save and quit'.
On that note, Firefox 3 now asks if you want to save your session when you choose quit out of the file menu, or when you close the last window with multiple tabs open.
It DOES have this feature. How could you miss it?
They have both 'open' and 'closed' servers. The 'open' servers accept characters stored on your computer, and have no protection from hacked saves, but they are good for playing with friends who you know aren't cheating.
On 'closed' servers, your characters are created on their server and can only be played online.
It deserves to. As evidence, it's anecdotal. As information, it's devoid of details. You didn't even provide the most basic information, like what CPU and video card you have. You also didn't describe very well where the process failed. Any experienced user knows that a problem description consisting of "it didn't work" is useless. I don't feel I should have to slog through a post like this on a forum for tech-savvy people.
Did the bootloader come up? Did the kernel begin the booting process? My best guess, based on your description, is that you either made a bad burn, or are trying to boot an AMD64 disc on a 32-bit system.
I thought a while ago that AMD, specifically, should create a 3-core processor. Why? Because they can call it the TriAthlon!
"I need to get into this top secret government facility, and there's no good fox-urine covered cardboard boxes around. Hmm..."
Shouldn't he go to Fox with that problem?
No, I think you (and the FSF) are confusing the issue. We were talking about users of software.
I use Ubuntu on my machines. That means I'm an Ubuntu user. I have the right to run 'sudo rm -rf /' on those machines if I want to. Let's say you install Ubuntu on your machine. We are both Ubuntu users now, but that does not give you the right to 'sudo rm -rf /' on my machine. Your user rights are not violated by this restriction because your user rights only pertain to the property you have the right to use.
If you want to talk about the manufacturer in the capacity that they are a user, it can only refer to the hardware that is still theirs. When they sell a hardware/software combo, that is distribution, not use, and from that point on, they cease to be the user of both the device AND the copy of the software on that device, even if they still have an identical device in their possession that they ARE a user of.
Now you're bringing in hardware, and trying to control how some software users design their hardware.
I guess Microsoft is trying to stop everyone from even making hardware at all, then, considering that their software can't even be used or distributed for free.
Reality check: All manufacturers can design their hardware however the hell they want. They aren't bound by the GPL until they distribute the software. Distribution carries certain responsibilities under GPL. Always has and always will. One such responsibility is the requirement to hand over the source code. New to GPL3 is the requirement to hand over the key to unlock the device.
You're taking away a freedom to protect a freedom that isn't really being threatened by the hardware makers.
Are you opposed to copyright in general? At this point, you have to be to stay consistent, because the sole purpose of copyright is to allow authors of creative works to put conditions on their use and distribution, which takes away freedom. GPL is very liberal in that there are practically no restrictions on use, and distribution is restricted as minimally as possible. The only requirements for distribution that do exist were designed specifically to maximize what the end user can do as a user.
There is nothing physically stopping you from using a device as you see fit, assuming you have the desire, the time, and the technical ability to do so. The argument that all device makers must make it easy for anyone to do so just doesn't fly.
But there is something physically stopping me: the design of the device! Now, it may ultimately be possible, with great effort, to unlock most devices available today, but there's no reason that will remain true. With further miniaturization, devices could be made completely unhackable, and be designed so that any attempt to open them up destroys them. Would you then say "nothing is physically stopping you from modifying the device's software, it just happens to be physically impossible"?
If the DCMA is your problem, then you should address that by changing the law or committing civil disobedience or just ignoring the law.
How do you feel about the DMCA? I think by now, you have to be opposed to it. Then are you OK at least with the clause in the GPL3 that requires the distributor to waive the right to sue users for DMCA violations? Or is blocking an unjust lawsuit another restriction on freedom?
On top of that, if you really want to hack your DVR, you can choose to buy an open DVR, such as products from Neuros. You're actually doing a disservice to open hardware makers by choosing a Tivo and hacking (or attempting to hack) it, because you're not supporting them with your dollars.
And I wouldn't want a Tivo (I'm already using my desktop PC as a DVR anyway). But I also don't want any software I write to be distributed w
You're confusing the issue. There is no broad or narrow definition. The user of a device is the person using the device! If a vendor wants to lock a device down while they still own it, fine, but as soon as they distribute a device to a user, under GPL3 the manfacturer has to give that user the same ability they had to install software on the device.
GPL3 protects certain listed rights of users, one of which is to install/update software. In doing this, it in no way removes that same right from the manufacturers.
Does it download porn directly into your brain?
Except that just about every other development environment in existence targets many more platforms than they do and they aren't pushing an agenda by only supporting the platforms of one company. I'm sorry, but touting one of the least cross-platform environments in modern existence as "cross-platform" DOES dilute the meaning.
I was at a presentation of XNA and the presenter referred to it as "cross platform" because it runs on both X-Box 360 and Windows XP (and now Vista). Let's not allow Microsoft to dilute the meaning of the terms "cross platform" and "Open Source".