To be fair, you don't need to compile a custom NT kernel, you only need to write new drivers, of which the VxD portion will be loaded into the kernel space. You would only need to update the NT kernel if you wanted to change core things like how the virtual memory system works, but then you would have to change the Windows API...I think it's best if that task is left to Microsoft (who, despite the mocking from/., they have bring out a very decent kernel...the NT kernel has not been reported to crash (not the drivers, the kernel!) for a very long time now).
the UK is the country that most, if not all, trends start from, at the last few hundreds of years. This total un-freedom will soon be coming to the USA, and to the rest of the world afterwards.
Compare M-Torrent, which is written in C++, to Azureus, which is written in Java, and to Deluge, which is written in Python. Deluge is dog slow, Azureus is so-and-so (and it takes huge amounts of memory) and M-Torrent is fast and lightweight.
Your argument does not really hold a candle. A complex GUI can be slow in scripting languages.
No, I mean a reasonable DRM, i.e. slowing down your PC a little, and allowing you, let's say, to activate your legally purchased software a few times, while it does not cause any problems to the operation of the computer.
You're almost right. Not everyone that obtains a copy of something without paying would not pay for it if the item could not be pirated. I'd say that if there wasn't piracy, sales would be increased by a 30%, at least.
A free market can easily become an unregulated market where all the big fish make deals under the table and screw the little fish. And that's what have happened here: the actions of the government that you presented are the result of the unregulated market, where the top heads of economic institutions influenced, under the table, their friends in the government to make rules that favored them, in order to get richer.
A free market can not really work unless there is a regulator. And that regulator can only be the government.
Microsoft certainly understands the idea of open source...and they are freaked out because one day, which is not far away, they will become irrelevant in the software sector.
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No, it's the same as in C++.
__property is just syntax sugar for get/set.
__published is just for the IDE; it could be a macro. It does not compile to anything.
__closure is a functor that encloses a pointer to an object and a pointer to a member function.
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But the OOP model in Object Pascal/Delphi is exactly the same as in C++. In fact, Borland's GUI framework is used in C++ and in Delphi as is. The C++ code's functions are linked with stdcall calling convention.
Perhaps you meant to say that the VCL is superior to MFC?
Don't think about it in such a narrow way. Research like this is very important. Humanity is here to stay for a long time. Imagine how Earth could be in a 100000 years, if humanity discovers fusion and affordable photovoltaic technology in, let's say, 1000 years.
The problem, from my and your perspective, is that these technologies may not be available in our timeframe. But future generations will need them, so it's not too late to start the research now.
Copying someone else's work is theft. Copying your cds and dvds so as that you have a copy in case of emergency is not. Copying your cds and dvds and giving them to your cousin is theft.
It's very simple, but here on Slashdot we pretend it's not. All due to the fact that we like to have vast collections of songs, movies and video games.
Actually, it's not that bad that Slashdot has this kind of stories. It gives people that do not know much about this a chance to read some interesting posts on why it does not work.
For example, when I read the story, I said to myself 'at last!'...but, after reading a little bit further down the page, I realized that it is fake. I did not know that some people are so warped as to try to make a profit from such devices.
If you use it as a doorstop, you are not using the software, only the box that came with it.
The problems once you try to use the software. For example, if you run it in a disassembler and modify the code (not that it is easily done, but it can be done).
Perhaps there are billions of planetary bodies out there are they are not reflective enough to show up on our telescopes. Perhaps there is no "dark matter" or "dark energy" or "dark flow", only dark planets. And these are so numerous, that they exert a tremendous gravitational attraction, but we can not see them.
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To be fair, you don't need to compile a custom NT kernel, you only need to write new drivers, of which the VxD portion will be loaded into the kernel space. You would only need to update the NT kernel if you wanted to change core things like how the virtual memory system works, but then you would have to change the Windows API...I think it's best if that task is left to Microsoft (who, despite the mocking from /., they have bring out a very decent kernel...the NT kernel has not been reported to crash (not the drivers, the kernel!) for a very long time now).
Most probably he is using Vista...
Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!
(Sorry, I am a Star Trek fan...)
E3 comes back for one game only!!!!
That's right, you heard it here folks: DNF would be ready and shown in the next E3!!!
And that's a reason many people believe that 9-11 was not orchestrated by Muslims, but by the secret services of western countries.
On the other hand, I find the current Galactica an insult. The old one is way more entertaining.
the UK is the country that most, if not all, trends start from, at the last few hundreds of years. This total un-freedom will soon be coming to the USA, and to the rest of the world afterwards.
Terrorists do not sent emails. There are plenty of ways to communicate online.
Obviously, you haven't used any bittorrent client.
Compare M-Torrent, which is written in C++, to Azureus, which is written in Java, and to Deluge, which is written in Python. Deluge is dog slow, Azureus is so-and-so (and it takes huge amounts of memory) and M-Torrent is fast and lightweight.
Your argument does not really hold a candle. A complex GUI can be slow in scripting languages.
No, I mean a reasonable DRM, i.e. slowing down your PC a little, and allowing you, let's say, to activate your legally purchased software a few times, while it does not cause any problems to the operation of the computer.
Would you accept that?
If DRM worked well, did not crash your PC, did not cause slow downs etc, would you accept it?
It seems the only problem you have is the bad quality of software, not DRM itself.
You're almost right. Not everyone that obtains a copy of something without paying would not pay for it if the item could not be pirated. I'd say that if there wasn't piracy, sales would be increased by a 30%, at least.
A free market can easily become an unregulated market where all the big fish make deals under the table and screw the little fish. And that's what have happened here: the actions of the government that you presented are the result of the unregulated market, where the top heads of economic institutions influenced, under the table, their friends in the government to make rules that favored them, in order to get richer.
A free market can not really work unless there is a regulator. And that regulator can only be the government.
Microsoft certainly understands the idea of open source...and they are freaked out because one day, which is not far away, they will become irrelevant in the software sector.
No, it's the same as in C++.
__property is just syntax sugar for get/set.
__published is just for the IDE; it could be a macro. It does not compile to anything.
__closure is a functor that encloses a pointer to an object and a pointer to a member function.
But the OOP model in Object Pascal/Delphi is exactly the same as in C++. In fact, Borland's GUI framework is used in C++ and in Delphi as is. The C++ code's functions are linked with stdcall calling convention.
Perhaps you meant to say that the VCL is superior to MFC?
Don't think about it in such a narrow way. Research like this is very important. Humanity is here to stay for a long time. Imagine how Earth could be in a 100000 years, if humanity discovers fusion and affordable photovoltaic technology in, let's say, 1000 years.
The problem, from my and your perspective, is that these technologies may not be available in our timeframe. But future generations will need them, so it's not too late to start the research now.
Dude, they only do this because China's population would be 10 billions in 200 years!!! they have to find another planet!!!
Copying someone else's work is theft. Copying your cds and dvds so as that you have a copy in case of emergency is not. Copying your cds and dvds and giving them to your cousin is theft.
It's very simple, but here on Slashdot we pretend it's not. All due to the fact that we like to have vast collections of songs, movies and video games.
Actually, it's not that bad that Slashdot has this kind of stories. It gives people that do not know much about this a chance to read some interesting posts on why it does not work.
For example, when I read the story, I said to myself 'at last!'...but, after reading a little bit further down the page, I realized that it is fake. I did not know that some people are so warped as to try to make a profit from such devices.
It's called 'Saudi' for a reason: it belongs to the Saudi family.
Imagine America being owned by the Bush family!!! What would it be called? "Bushiland"? "USB" ("United States of Bush")?
How the hell do these people accept their country being named after a single person?
If you use it as a doorstop, you are not using the software, only the box that came with it.
The problems once you try to use the software. For example, if you run it in a disassembler and modify the code (not that it is easily done, but it can be done).
Perhaps there are billions of planetary bodies out there are they are not reflective enough to show up on our telescopes. Perhaps there is no "dark matter" or "dark energy" or "dark flow", only dark planets. And these are so numerous, that they exert a tremendous gravitational attraction, but we can not see them.
Unless you are an email-holic, hitting the refresh vutton every now and then is not that much of a big deal.