Don't like any of the distros out there - roll your own! Then if you want to you can make it available to anybody else who wants it - very nice of him to do this. Don't like his distro - don't use it! Only like certain bits - take the code for those bits and use it in your own distro or submit a patch for whatever your chosen distro is!
Why is this a problem . . . the more the better, good for him!
Finally someone with a genuine (if not constructive) criticism of Firefox. I love Firefox - it's the only browser I use (well Lynx once in a while) but this problem with reinstalling extensions after an upgrade is a real pain. That's if you can find the extensions for the newest version . . . it's often a long time before they are updated and older versions are incompatible. In fact this is the reason I'm still using Version 0.9 and won't upgrade until the full 1.0 released - it's just too much hassle.
Now 99% of these people arn't geeks and won't use a codec, why are they paying for it?
Because in the future they will be using it (or something like it) and if the BBC don't sort something out right now - in ten years time we'll all be needing Microsoft's permission to view what their PR department doesn't object to.
Why give the benefits to some corporate asshole like the one that thought of this? Organise an auction system yourselves and bid internally for who gets to be the only person to apply on the company system at top dollar.
As another layman, I seriously doubt SCO has any real case simply because it would be very easy for them to prove yet they refuse to do so . . . why? If there are hundreds of thousands of infringing lines of code in Linux - then point them out and have done with it. SCO have refused to do this even when a judge ordered them to . . . the only possible conclusion I can come to is that SCO's case is bullshit.
"Property" . . . there's an interesting word with a very precise definition, "Stealing" is another one. Yet again we have a post which insists that copyright infringement is the same as "stealing property".
It isn't the same thing at all, and the law recognises this.
Bugzilla notified: 2004-08-25 11:34
Patch provided: 2004-08-25 11:35
If we can bring down the lag a little more we might even be able to provide patches faster than Microsoft can.
No mention of this being a root exploit however - just seems to crash the viewer, pretty shoddy that a corrupt file crashes the viewer but to quote from bugzilla - "Not a security issue . . . please use something written this century"
I'm dubious about the benefits of this as far as usability and productivity are concerned. But I like a little eye candy and I don't see anything wrong with that. I have cpu cycles to spare on my desktop - why shouldn't I have a background image that's relaxing to look at and translucent windows if I find that more pleasant. I use aterm for exactly this reason.
No it's the government trying to tell you what risks you're allowed to take with your own safety. This is of course NOT THEIR F**KING BUSINESS. People do dangerous things for two reasons: because they've calculated the risks and decided the kick is worth it, or because they're too stupid to think anything through. In the first case when it all goes wrong it's sad but at least they died doing what they enjoyed and in the second they've died doing society in general a service (Darwin Award).
The reason most windows users think windows is easier to setup/configure is . . . they've never had to do it. Running into a driver problem during a windows install can be every bit as challenging as hitting a glitch in a linux install. If linux came preinstalled instead of windows these users would be just as happy.
If linux is Microsofts nemesis and Microsoft favours a change to a BSD style licence it is entirely reasonable to suspect this is because they believe it will be good for them and bad for linux.
Wow ! That's a pretty sweeping statment, and there's a whole range of reasons why a Monolithic kernel could be considered better than a Microkernel. It's not a simple matter and there are a lot of arguments about the relative advantages.
There was a famous flame war between Torvalds and Tanenbaum on usenix about exactly this - here's the Google Cache
Personally I think that microkernels are the way of the future but I recognise the difficulties they entail.
I really want one but I'm hoping to pick one up on ebay after they go bankrupt. Trouble is they've sold so few they're going to be gold-dust. Might be easier to buy one now - if only giving them money wasn't such a repulsive idea.
Faster than light communication may violate relativity, but remember that relativity is a theory
But if stuff can travel faster than light then you have to explain what meaning to give to distances proportional to the square root of minus one. And don't give me any Star Trek nonsense about hyperspace - that's just bullshit . . . like stuff travelling at superluminal speeds.
in the sense that any change in behaviour of one would instantly (exactly synchronized regardless of distance!!!) be felt by the other, its twin.
The results are random. So the entangled photons 'match' but if you can only see one end of the experiment all you get is random photons and no way of knowing what happens at the other end.
And anyway, this assumes that the 'hidden variable' model is wrong.
Bell's Theorem is the most interesting result of this effect.
When I'm travelling through countries which use different currencies I always use dollars. It's probably the only currency you can be sure will be accepted in nearly any situation. I've spent dollars as if they were local currency in most of the major european countries and several non-european ones. More than anything I think it's just the most recognisable currency internationally. The Euro doesn't even come close. (Incidentally - I'm not American, I'm from the UK so this isn't nationalistic bias)
Amendment XIII (1865)
Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
It's almost impossible to expect that at least some confidential information won't be disclosed.
It's entirely reasonable for Seagate to require this guy to keep it's trade secrets, but shouldn't it be up to Seagate to prove trade secrets have been violated and sue him and/or WD if they have.
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Don't like any of the distros out there - roll your own! Then if you want to you can make it available to anybody else who wants it - very nice of him to do this. Don't like his distro - don't use it! Only like certain bits - take the code for those bits and use it in your own distro or submit a patch for whatever your chosen distro is!
Why is this a problem . . . the more the better, good for him!
Finally someone with a genuine (if not constructive) criticism of Firefox. I love Firefox - it's the only browser I use (well Lynx once in a while) but this problem with reinstalling extensions after an upgrade is a real pain. That's if you can find the extensions for the newest version . . . it's often a long time before they are updated and older versions are incompatible. In fact this is the reason I'm still using Version 0.9 and won't upgrade until the full 1.0 released - it's just too much hassle.
Because in the future they will be using it (or something like it) and if the BBC don't sort something out right now - in ten years time we'll all be needing Microsoft's permission to view what their PR department doesn't object to.
The link is to the "Harlequin Foetus" picture.
Did you work that out all on your own? - You're a mathematics graduate aren't you.
Why give the benefits to some corporate asshole like the one that thought of this? Organise an auction system yourselves and bid internally for who gets to be the only person to apply on the company system at top dollar.
As another layman, I seriously doubt SCO has any real case simply because it would be very easy for them to prove yet they refuse to do so . . . why? If there are hundreds of thousands of infringing lines of code in Linux - then point them out and have done with it. SCO have refused to do this even when a judge ordered them to . . . the only possible conclusion I can come to is that SCO's case is bullshit.
Next, SCO file suit against Dr Randall Davis for defamation of title to their intellectual property in the Unix System.
It isn't the same thing at all, and the law recognises this.
Bugzilla notified: 2004-08-25 11:34 Patch provided: 2004-08-25 11:35 If we can bring down the lag a little more we might even be able to provide patches faster than Microsoft can. No mention of this being a root exploit however - just seems to crash the viewer, pretty shoddy that a corrupt file crashes the viewer but to quote from bugzilla - "Not a security issue . . . please use something written this century"
I'm dubious about the benefits of this as far as usability and productivity are concerned. But I like a little eye candy and I don't see anything wrong with that. I have cpu cycles to spare on my desktop - why shouldn't I have a background image that's relaxing to look at and translucent windows if I find that more pleasant. I use aterm for exactly this reason.
Technically I think they'd be Accomplices or Co-Conspirators.
If you're talking about solitons I think they only work within some sort of wave guide (like optical fibre).
Learning Disability then?
Why? Can you explain what the advantage is with a database file system.
No it's the government trying to tell you what risks you're allowed to take with your own safety. This is of course NOT THEIR F**KING BUSINESS. People do dangerous things for two reasons: because they've calculated the risks and decided the kick is worth it, or because they're too stupid to think anything through. In the first case when it all goes wrong it's sad but at least they died doing what they enjoyed and in the second they've died doing society in general a service (Darwin Award).
The reason most windows users think windows is easier to setup/configure is . . . they've never had to do it. Running into a driver problem during a windows install can be every bit as challenging as hitting a glitch in a linux install. If linux came preinstalled instead of windows these users would be just as happy.
If linux is Microsofts nemesis and Microsoft favours a change to a BSD style licence it is entirely reasonable to suspect this is because they believe it will be good for them and bad for linux.
There was a famous flame war between Torvalds and Tanenbaum on usenix about exactly this - here's the Google Cache
Personally I think that microkernels are the way of the future but I recognise the difficulties they entail.
I really want one but I'm hoping to pick one up on ebay after they go bankrupt. Trouble is they've sold so few they're going to be gold-dust. Might be easier to buy one now - if only giving them money wasn't such a repulsive idea.
But if stuff can travel faster than light then you have to explain what meaning to give to distances proportional to the square root of minus one. And don't give me any Star Trek nonsense about hyperspace - that's just bullshit . . . like stuff travelling at superluminal speeds.
The results are random. So the entangled photons 'match' but if you can only see one end of the experiment all you get is random photons and no way of knowing what happens at the other end.
And anyway, this assumes that the 'hidden variable' model is wrong.
Bell's Theorem is the most interesting result of this effect.
When I'm travelling through countries which use different currencies I always use dollars. It's probably the only currency you can be sure will be accepted in nearly any situation. I've spent dollars as if they were local currency in most of the major european countries and several non-european ones. More than anything I think it's just the most recognisable currency internationally. The Euro doesn't even come close. (Incidentally - I'm not American, I'm from the UK so this isn't nationalistic bias)
Amendment XIII (1865) Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
It's entirely reasonable for Seagate to require this guy to keep it's trade secrets, but shouldn't it be up to Seagate to prove trade secrets have been violated and sue him and/or WD if they have.