That's not what the evil bit was about. From what I understood of it, network admins would just modify untrusted traffic to set the 'evil' bit to true.
This would allow further routers to distinguish trusted and untrusted traffic?
Not sure, but I don't believe it was a joke dude =)
I don't know what 33mhz Palm device you're working with, but my Kyocera 7135 (again, 33mhz palm) runs dog slowly compared to any recent (1+ years) PocketPC.
Sure, Palm is nice because I can get it to sync with *nix, but WLAN and a better feel will mean my next pda will be a PocketPC =\
Palm needs to work on their UI and features a bit more, then I'll be interested. Everything else runs sweet.
"And for the rest I'd say: games are the driving factor for a rather big part of the geek community and one of the things my friends and I still keep using Windows. Configuration here and there, using console - I don't mind. If and only if there is something to gain from these excursions through the software setup. Setup alsa takes 3 hours? No problem, if there is a kind of goal at the end: giving the finger to Bill Gates *and* be able to play some killer games. "
If I read your comment correctly, we have nothing to worry about by EU patents? (Sorry, I've had a bit to drink).
The legal validity of software patents isn't my problem. My problem involves future software designers/programmers who are unable to write programs that may impose upon existing software patents. In turn, this will adversely affect EU and their IT economy.
Linus has been quoted as worrying more about EU patents than SCO and the McBride crisis. I recon he's right, but I hope you're right in that we have nothing to worry about.
Not until after they start issuing licenses to code. If you take the current trends toward effectively restricting who can write software (money for lawyers) and the trends towards paranoia due to big media greed and terror concerns, how long will it be until you need a license from the state to engage in such activities? Only if they can control what gets written, will they finally have total control and security.
This still won't stop people stealing other companies/people's intellectual property.
I think by far the best option to create a generic law obeyed by many nations declaring fair use of Intellectual property, and ensuring stupid patents (like online shopping carts) never see the light of day.
If European Software patents are introduced, Europe will be a technology victim, and will be restricted from innovating (dare I say) like other countries.
When will the European governments realise that software patents are/were a bad idea to implement? Will it be after their IT economy crashes? Or, several years after?
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...that's because you haven't installed word yet on your 'clean' install :P
Win2k, coz XP won't run on the hardware
Why won't XP run on it? Seriously, if it can run 2k, it'll run XP, just turn all/most of the visual settings off.
Who will trust their travelling to a PDA? Will most people even be able to use it effectively enough to really eliminate any language barriers?
Seems like wishful thinking to me.
That's not what the evil bit was about. From what I understood of it, network admins would just modify untrusted traffic to set the 'evil' bit to true.
This would allow further routers to distinguish trusted and untrusted traffic?
Not sure, but I don't believe it was a joke dude =)
I can't believe you are bitching about your bandwidth when I dare say the rest of the world has slower and more expensive access.
gaim of course... gaim.sf.net... Great for all IM accounts.
I don't know what 33mhz Palm device you're working with, but my Kyocera 7135 (again, 33mhz palm) runs dog slowly compared to any recent (1+ years) PocketPC.
Sure, Palm is nice because I can get it to sync with *nix, but WLAN and a better feel will mean my next pda will be a PocketPC =\
Palm needs to work on their UI and features a bit more, then I'll be interested. Everything else runs sweet.
I've never seen the OSS people compare a recent Linux distro to Windows 98.
Besides, the same flaws still exist in Windows XP, Office 2003, and other Microsoft software.
I have XP crash/not respond far more often than the Linux distros I've tried over the years.
Has this guy even contacted Google to see if they will alter the search results?
If not, this guy is a litiguous fuck head, and should be treated as so in the courts. Mind you, he still doesn't have a leg to stand on in the courts.
They do here, at Uni of QLD, Australia... 15c/MB for access.. Ouchies.
Yes, but the less attractive it is for spammers to spam (ie, costing heaps in legal fees), the better.
That's why I'm an apple gamer! *grin*
Makes you wonder when we're all going to be forced to use high-grade encryption for all connections across the Internet....
What happens when the power goes out? How long will it take to read all that data back into the RAM disk? Ouch.
Problem is, We'll still be waiting a long time before this case is heard out. SCO might even be out of the picture then.. =(
Anyone know if this would help out in display technologies?
Ie, instead of refreshing a CRT, if the light was held until it was no longer needed?
Might pave the way to some new display technologies =)
I've got a Kyocera 7135 (Palm OS/Phone), and I've always been curious if it's possible to write a Palm application to control the phone?
Ie, I'd like the program to hang up after calls hit a certain length during certain times... (Save on phone bills)... Anyone got any ideas?
If I read your comment correctly, we have nothing to worry about by EU patents? (Sorry, I've had a bit to drink).
The legal validity of software patents isn't my problem. My problem involves future software designers/programmers who are unable to write programs that may impose upon existing software patents. In turn, this will adversely affect EU and their IT economy.
Linus has been quoted as worrying more about EU patents than SCO and the McBride crisis. I recon he's right, but I hope you're right in that we have nothing to worry about.
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This still won't stop people stealing other companies/people's intellectual property.
I think by far the best option to create a generic law obeyed by many nations declaring fair use of Intellectual property, and ensuring stupid patents (like online shopping carts) never see the light of day.
Wouldn't it make sense to make a business model of producing physical copies of these digital photos?
I mean, somewhere or other, everyone wants a decent glossy copy of their perfect digital photos... Kodak just needs to really tap into it.
What's so difficult about keeping them with your current digital photos and ensuring you have a proper backup?
If you do this, they're bound to last as long as you look after them.
The iris may change, but will the scanner notice these differences? Or, is it not something the scanner checks?
Then, all it takes is to forge the passport, and modify it so the impersonator's details are fetched instead.
If European Software patents are introduced, Europe will be a technology victim, and will be restricted from innovating (dare I say) like other countries.
When will the European governments realise that software patents are/were a bad idea to implement? Will it be after their IT economy crashes? Or, several years after?
Only if they release the rest of it :P