Since they are the software Nazis, this guy should be posing his questions to Microsoft and the BSA. I doubt he will get a "go ahead and use it" response from the BSA. It would be interesting to see M$ getting jumped on by the BSA for ambiguous licensing methods and terms.
Due to the people at slashdot.org linking to this site without asking the owners or the hosters, asciipr0n.com is offline until further notice. Maybe you guys should start mirroring the sites you link to...
I think they really, really, really didn't like finding out about the./ effect completely unannounced. Can't say I blame them either. Smaller sites can end up with huge bandwidth bills in just a day and people have been asking for story mirrors for years now.
The RC3 images are dated 3-24-2003, are these identical to the release like with some older mandrake versions? Can you post the md5sums for the release images so we can see if the RC3 images are the same?
From my limited observations in real court, judges and juries respond best to real people. Documents can be entered as exhibits, but if the information isn't self explanatory, you need a credible expert witness to interpret.
Why so? The lawyers I know are very versed in legal precedent and case law, but pretty light on technical knowledge. For instance; David Boise didn't even have email until the end of the Microsoft antitrust trial he was prosecuting for the DOJ. The "tedious subject matter" is a term I actually heard a lawyer say while a friend was trying to explain some technical matters to an attorney over lunch one day.
Yes, there are only a few people that manage the aspects of the Linux kernel that will be relevant to this lawsuit. I wrote; "He knows who contributed code and when it was merged".
Anyone can read the CREDITS file and count contributers, but not everyone has the patch files that were emailed and knows the hows and whys of the merges.
Linus is one of a few expert witnesses in this matter. He knows who contributed code and when it was merged. Lawyers can't enter testimony, they ask questions and enter exhibits that the judge and/or jury will use to decide matters.
The interview with Linus is quite informative and indicates that SCO will have a hard time proving their accusations. He will likely present the same answers if or when he is asked about these things in court if called as an expert witness.
Good lawyers are experts on legalities and current legal trends, not tedious subject matter.
Actually, David killed Goliath once. After that Goliath wasn't much of a bother to anyone.
Caldera had a very decent Linux distro and it was my choice for business installs. I hoped that they were going to leverage the SCO products for the businesses that wanted a more professional and pedigreed operating system.
The sad thing about how SCO and the Unix patents have turned out is that the folks that are being sued created move value from the covered information than the patent holder did. Ahhhh, the modern formula for sucess seems to be:
-hatch a good idea and patent it. -screw up with business decisions and/or poor implementations -sue the more adept businesses and make up for your poor business skills. -profit!!!
SCO/Caldera seems to be turning into more of a suicide than a David and Goliath story.
I suggest that you research John F. Kennedy's tax cuts in the early 60s. He cut the top marginal rate from 91% to 70%. Imagine paying 90% of your annual income as tax. Cutting the tax rate certainly did boost the economy in the 60s, and in the 80s when Reagan cut taxes again. The truth is that taxing people a reasonable amount is what is fair and keeps the government from being too large of a burden to the working population.
If you think the economy trends change monthly, you may also want to learn a tad more about economics than CNN reports. For info on when the current economic slowdown was first reported, check here and read this article. Wow! It was already starting in January 2001, before Bush took office. Add the 9/11 attack and additional slowdown, then the revelations of large corporate accounting scandals, which actually happened during Clintons watch and his lapses of honesty. The cumulative economic effects have been devestating in the US. I've been If you just want to bash Bush, then just admit it, no problem. I have been unemployed for a while now myself and am very anxious for recovery too, but share blame everywhere it is deserved.
I said in my post that it was incomplete, but don't put words in my mouth that I didn't say.
People and companies will spend ( and borrow) to buy a compelling product. If a business needs communication equipment to stimulate business, then they will spend. There aren't many new or innovative products on the market that are compelling people to expend resources to get right now. It is my opinion that Microsoft and their everwhelming monopoly certainly has stifled real innovation in the computer field.
Also, many countries are in recessions right now, not just the US.
Apple was founded by two people with remarkable talents, but they needed highly skilled people to help them fulfill their vision. Companies are built by people with a vision and drive to see that vision come to fruition. They must have a great team of people to help with the building.
What the Valley and tech sector in general are missing is... wait for it... Vision! Microsoft has kicked real innovation in the nards. Microsoft is completely into innovating Microsofts stranglehold on the consumer and business computing environments. What innovations are coming in the near future? Maybe another niche product that runs on Windows you say? The problem here is that too many "tech" people now have windows-tunnel-vision. Their products are conformist with the Microsoft vision and increasingly drab. Very little that is new and exciting, which is what makes people want to spend their money and therefore create jobs for those tech people to work in.
This is just a brief summary of what is currently wrong in the American tech sector, so pick away. It is by no means complete.
the patents to OpenGL from SGI in 2002 if they don't want to even be on the guiding board?
Sure is a good thing that MS isn't abusing their monopoly position in the computer markets. Otherwise this move could be considered harmful to any competition that needs cross platform graphics capability. A developer would be crazy to interpret this as a strengthening of Microsofts position with OpenGL.
Iraq admitted to having certain amounts of VX gas, bioweapons and longrange missles after they surrendered in 1991. They were then ordered by the U.N. to destroy all of these weapons.
Jump to 2002 and intelligence information points to quite a few terrorist cells having access to or possesion of the same types of chemical and biologic weapons. Iraq is asked for proof that they destroyed the items and they cannot provide proof of anything being destroyed after the inspectors were forced out of Iraq in 1998. Very large amounts of chemical and biologic weapon materials were destroyed by the original inspectors, an estimated 80-90% of their weapon stockpile. The inspectors themselves said that they would have no way to estimate the rebuilding of the weapon stockpile after they had been gone for six months.
The discovered and destroyed amounts of chemical and biologics are less than the the amounts admitted to by Iraq in 1991 so they must still have at least the difference between the declared and destroyed amounts( 10-20% of the declared amounts). They cannot or have not produced documentation proving that they have destroyed the remainder. That small percentage of what remained is still enough to kill huge numbers of people even if they haven't produced any more. Evidence suggests that they have pursued equipment capable of producing biologics and keeping them in a powdered form in stasis. Easily transported and undetectible, reactivated when they come into contact with water.
Why do you say "There hasn't been any proof given to the UN or provided by the US..."? Do some research, don't take what I wrote as truth without other supporting information. Watching the news dosen't count as research.
I don't worry about battery pairs since both my chargers will do single cells just fine. Also, I just shorted a AA cell on my 10A digital meter and it was able to supply 2.2A. Not bad for a cell that size. That works out to about 50 minutes for my 1850mAh cells at max output, great for rechargables.
I have different sets of batteries and the cheaper ones are not capable of supplying their rated power. The cheaper 1700mAh no name cells last about 60% as long as my energizer 1850mAh NiMH cells in the same devices ( MP3 player and flashlight).
Check here for a good supplier for NiMH batteries and chargers. I don't work for them and I actually purchased my Ray-o-vac 1 hour charger and batteries from Walmart, but nimhbattery has a much better selection of batteries and chargers.
Some things I have learned about NiMH stuff: - Buy a good charger. Cheap chargers ( probably first gen) generally work by timer not actual battery condition. The Radio Shack fast charger almost cooked a new set of batteries for me.
- Get second generation batteries, they are properly vented for the fast chargers and have higher current capacity ( 1800-2000mAh for AA size).
- Get a charger that matches your needs, even if you have to pay more. My current charger allows home or mobile charging (12v cig lighter plug) which is great for digital camera use. I bought three other cheaper chargers and regret the purchases, features and quality will actually be important.
- Don't let other people borrow your charger or batteries, you may never see them again. If you do let someone borrow your batteries, then make sure you explain that they should not discard them after they are discharged. Don't ask!
my.SIG is a great ironic comment on this whole affair, considering that RAMBUS prolly bought this verdict by smokin' Duh!bya's johnson.
Such prose by a./ reader! Did you happen to read the article before you crafted your witty response?
The FTC has asked an administrative law judge to rule immediately against Rambus, saying the company engaged in a campaign of "massive" document destruction at least partly out of concern that some internal documents could be used to press antitrust charges against the company and invalidate its valuable patents.
Does anyone grow weary of the uninformed bashing? The story is about these two paragraphs
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled 2-1 that a lower court had erred and that the evidence did not support part of a jury ruling for Infineon.
The judges sent the patent infringement case back to a lower court for reconsideration, saying it had failed to properly define five key technical terms.
No actual change of verdict on the rambus case, mainly a proceedural flaw. Where in this story is anything that justifies your comment about Rambus and Bush? Most of us eagerly await your evolution into a real human being.
Bzzt, wrong. Most of the unavoidable flaws in the chip making process come from imperfections in the silicon wafer. At a given percentage of flaws on a wafer, the smaller you can make the chips, the higher your yield will be.
If 5% of the wafer surface is flawed ( feature or doping wise) and you can make 100 chips @ 250 nanometer, your yield is going to be 95 good chips before any packaging losses. If you can make 210 chips from the same wafer @ 130nm, your yield will be 199 chips. Chip density dosen't make it physically fragile. The only requirement is a lower operating voltage because of lower insulating value of your dialectric layers.
Your 'is this necessary' question is without context. Given more information about the intended purpose:
An initial purpose for the highway will be to help lay a $250-million fibre-optic cable to the Scott-Amundsen base. The cable, which should be completed within five years, will revolutionise communications at the Pole.
Then, yes, the road is necessary. If you understand the research and observations that take place there, then you know that very useful environmental research is part of what they do. If you want to learn more, then try the links here , here, here, here and here.
Your question actually prompted me to find out more about the south pole research. Thanks!
Slashdot Mirror
Since they are the software Nazis, this guy should be posing his questions to Microsoft and the BSA. I doubt he will get a "go ahead and use it" response from the BSA. It would be interesting to see M$ getting jumped on by the BSA for ambiguous licensing methods and terms.
I think they really, really, really didn't like finding out about the
I am currently getting the 3-28 image and will update it with rsync.
You could try this link and use rsync too.
I'm currently downloading from Purdue @ ~50KBps. Remember that wget is your friend, don't iso images download with your browser if you can't resume.
The RC3 images are dated 3-24-2003, are these identical to the release like with some older mandrake versions? Can you post the md5sums for the release images so we can see if the RC3 images are the same?
Thanks
I thought this was really funny until realizing the word was not contraception.
From my limited observations in real court, judges and juries respond best to real people. Documents can be entered as exhibits, but if the information isn't self explanatory, you need a credible expert witness to interpret.
Why so? The lawyers I know are very versed in legal precedent and case law, but pretty light on technical knowledge. For instance; David Boise didn't even have email until the end of the Microsoft antitrust trial he was prosecuting for the DOJ. The "tedious subject matter" is a term I actually heard a lawyer say while a friend was trying to explain some technical matters to an attorney over lunch one day.
Yes, there are only a few people that manage the aspects of the Linux kernel that will be relevant to this lawsuit. I wrote; "He knows who contributed code and when it was merged".
Anyone can read the CREDITS file and count contributers, but not everyone has the patch files that were emailed and knows the hows and whys of the merges.
Linus is one of a few expert witnesses in this matter. He knows who contributed code and when it was merged. Lawyers can't enter testimony, they ask questions and enter exhibits that the judge and/or jury will use to decide matters.
The interview with Linus is quite informative and indicates that SCO will have a hard time proving their accusations. He will likely present the same answers if or when he is asked about these things in court if called as an expert witness.
Good lawyers are experts on legalities and current legal trends, not tedious subject matter.
Actually, David killed Goliath once. After that Goliath wasn't much of a bother to anyone.
Caldera had a very decent Linux distro and it was my choice for business installs. I hoped that they were going to leverage the SCO products for the businesses that wanted a more professional and pedigreed operating system.
The sad thing about how SCO and the Unix patents have turned out is that the folks that are being sued created move value from the covered information than the patent holder did. Ahhhh, the modern formula for sucess seems to be:
-hatch a good idea and patent it.
-screw up with business decisions and/or poor implementations
-sue the more adept businesses and make up for your poor business skills.
-profit!!!
SCO/Caldera seems to be turning into more of a suicide than a David and Goliath story.
I suggest that you research John F. Kennedy's tax cuts in the early 60s. He cut the top marginal rate from 91% to 70%. Imagine paying 90% of your annual income as tax. Cutting the tax rate certainly did boost the economy in the 60s, and in the 80s when Reagan cut taxes again. The truth is that taxing people a reasonable amount is what is fair and keeps the government from being too large of a burden to the working population.
If you think the economy trends change monthly, you may also want to learn a tad more about economics than CNN reports. For info on when the current economic slowdown was first reported, check here and read this article. Wow! It was already starting in January 2001, before Bush took office. Add the 9/11 attack and additional slowdown, then the revelations of large corporate accounting scandals, which actually happened during Clintons watch and his lapses of honesty. The cumulative economic effects have been devestating in the US. I've been If you just want to bash Bush, then just admit it, no problem. I have been unemployed for a while now myself and am very anxious for recovery too, but share blame everywhere it is deserved.
I said in my post that it was incomplete, but don't put words in my mouth that I didn't say.
People and companies will spend ( and borrow) to buy a compelling product. If a business needs communication equipment to stimulate business, then they will spend. There aren't many new or innovative products on the market that are compelling people to expend resources to get right now. It is my opinion that Microsoft and their everwhelming monopoly certainly has stifled real innovation in the computer field.
Also, many countries are in recessions right now, not just the US.
Apple was founded by two people with remarkable talents, but they needed highly skilled people to help them fulfill their vision. Companies are built by people with a vision and drive to see that vision come to fruition. They must have a great team of people to help with the building.
What the Valley and tech sector in general are missing is... wait for it... Vision! Microsoft has kicked real innovation in the nards. Microsoft is completely into innovating Microsofts stranglehold on the consumer and business computing environments. What innovations are coming in the near future? Maybe another niche product that runs on Windows you say? The problem here is that too many "tech" people now have windows-tunnel-vision. Their products are conformist with the Microsoft vision and increasingly drab. Very little that is new and exciting, which is what makes people want to spend their money and therefore create jobs for those tech people to work in.
This is just a brief summary of what is currently wrong in the American tech sector, so pick away. It is by no means complete.
the patents to OpenGL from SGI in 2002 if they don't want to even be on the guiding board?
Sure is a good thing that MS isn't abusing their monopoly position in the computer markets. Otherwise this move could be considered harmful to any competition that needs cross platform graphics capability. A developer would be crazy to interpret this as a strengthening of Microsofts position with OpenGL.
Iraq admitted to having certain amounts of VX gas, bioweapons and longrange missles after they surrendered in 1991. They were then ordered by the U.N. to destroy all of these weapons.
Jump to 2002 and intelligence information points to quite a few terrorist cells having access to or possesion of the same types of chemical and biologic weapons. Iraq is asked for proof that they destroyed the items and they cannot provide proof of anything being destroyed after the inspectors were forced out of Iraq in 1998. Very large amounts of chemical and biologic weapon materials were destroyed by the original inspectors, an estimated 80-90% of their weapon stockpile. The inspectors themselves said that they would have no way to estimate the rebuilding of the weapon stockpile after they had been gone for six months.
The discovered and destroyed amounts of chemical and biologics are less than the the amounts admitted to by Iraq in 1991 so they must still have at least the difference between the declared and destroyed amounts( 10-20% of the declared amounts). They cannot or have not produced documentation proving that they have destroyed the remainder. That small percentage of what remained is still enough to kill huge numbers of people even if they haven't produced any more. Evidence suggests that they have pursued equipment capable of producing biologics and keeping them in a powdered form in stasis. Easily transported and undetectible, reactivated when they come into contact with water.
Why do you say "There hasn't been any proof given to the UN or provided by the US..."? Do some research, don't take what I wrote as truth without other supporting information. Watching the news dosen't count as research.
I don't worry about battery pairs since both my chargers will do single cells just fine. Also, I just shorted a AA cell on my 10A digital meter and it was able to supply 2.2A. Not bad for a cell that size. That works out to about 50 minutes for my 1850mAh cells at max output, great for rechargables.
I have different sets of batteries and the cheaper ones are not capable of supplying their rated power. The cheaper 1700mAh no name cells last about 60% as long as my energizer 1850mAh NiMH cells in the same devices ( MP3 player and flashlight).
Check here for a good supplier for NiMH batteries and chargers. I don't work for them and I actually purchased my Ray-o-vac 1 hour charger and batteries from Walmart, but nimhbattery has a much better selection of batteries and chargers.
Some things I have learned about NiMH stuff:
- Buy a good charger. Cheap chargers ( probably first gen) generally work by timer not actual battery condition. The Radio Shack fast charger almost cooked a new set of batteries for me.
- Get second generation batteries, they are properly vented for the fast chargers and have higher current capacity ( 1800-2000mAh for AA size).
- Get a charger that matches your needs, even if you have to pay more. My current charger allows home or mobile charging (12v cig lighter plug) which is great for digital camera use. I bought three other cheaper chargers and regret the purchases, features and quality will actually be important.
- Don't let other people borrow your charger or batteries, you may never see them again. If you do let someone borrow your batteries, then make sure you explain that they should not discard them after they are discharged. Don't ask!
Are we supposed to feel sorry for the humorless? Do you also mean to imply that there is a Norweigen phrase for 'Peckerhead'?
Can't I just excuse it as a brain fart? Actually, I am just getting older now.
But, it does seem that people I encounter here lately have a strength of belief that is inversely proportional to their understanding in many issues.
Such prose by a
Does anyone grow weary of the uninformed bashing? The story is about these two paragraphs
No actual change of verdict on the rambus case, mainly a proceedural flaw. Where in this story is anything that justifies your comment about Rambus and Bush? Most of us eagerly await your evolution into a real human being.
Uncle Fester was at Linuxworld and runs Linux!
Bzzt, wrong. Most of the unavoidable flaws in the chip making process come from imperfections in the silicon wafer. At a given percentage of flaws on a wafer, the smaller you can make the chips, the higher your yield will be.
If 5% of the wafer surface is flawed ( feature or doping wise) and you can make 100 chips @ 250 nanometer, your yield is going to be 95 good chips before any packaging losses. If you can make 210 chips from the same wafer @ 130nm, your yield will be 199 chips. Chip density dosen't make it physically fragile. The only requirement is a lower operating voltage because of lower insulating value of your dialectric layers.
Then, yes, the road is necessary. If you understand the research and observations that take place there, then you know that very useful environmental research is part of what they do. If you want to learn more, then try the links here , here, here, here and here.
Your question actually prompted me to find out more about the south pole research. Thanks!
Danger Will Robinson!!!