Then I thought about the fact that people are fingerprinted upon arrest, and have been for decades. When you come down to it, there really isn't any significant difference between recording fingerprints and recording DNA. If you disagree with recording DNA there's no reason why recording fingerprints before conviction should be acceptable either.
You're right, authorities initially said fingerprints would only be kept for those convicted of a crime. How did that work out?
Sorry, but your scale is a bit off.
5-10TB isn't large these days. AT&T's Data warehouse is 95TB. Amazon's is 35TB.
Heck, there's an 8TB database running on Windows.
http://www.wintercorp.com/vldb/2003_TopTen_Survey/ All%20Winners.pdf
There's nothing in the text or spirit of the GPL that says Tivo needs to allow you to port new software to run on the Tivo hardware while you're using the service.
If you don't use the service, you can use the machine for a frisbee for all they care, but if you want to use the service on a day to day basis, you need to run a certain signed version of the kernel.
You're more than welcome to use Tivo's modifications to the kernel in your code, or any other code. That's the spirit of the GPL. Not that Tivo has too allow you to port new code to their architecture.
Bush is not stupid. Yes, he did lose the popular vote. But, look where he spent the last few days of the race. Arkansas, Tennessee, etc.
He virtually ignored the populous states, California, New York, etc. He gained a few votes (enough to win in the small states), but got crushed in the larger states (and the popular vote) in exchange.
If the race was decided by the popular vote, I think both candidates would have used very different strategies.
While I believe the electoral college has lost it's relevance, both candidates knew the rules when they started, and campained accordingly.
I see what you're saying. However, most of our applications require the Enterprise Edition of oracle, rather than the Workgroup edition you're taking about. That's where the confusion arose.
I'd love to be wrong, but this is from the Oracle Store, today: ------------------------------- Universal Power Unit Calculation The total number of Universal Power Units (see above for definition of a Universal Power Unit) needed is calculated by taking the MHz on each processor and multiplying by the total number of processors running the programs in allsuch computers. The Universal Power Unit computation includes the number of relevant computers, processors, MHz of each such processor and the relevant platform factors (Intel/CISC 1.0, RISC 1.5, and Mainframe 24).
Example 1: You are licensing the Oracle8iEE for a computer which has 2 - 400MHz RISC processors. How many Universal Power Units do you need?
(1 computer x 2 processors * 400MHz * 1.5 (RISC Factor) = 1,200 Universal Power Units for each program that you license for this computer. ----------------------------- List Prices are $100/Universal Power Unit for a perpetual license. It's $35/UPU for a 2 year license only.
The $750 license fee you saw, is for 1 named user inside your organization. This is definately not a site license. This does NOT cover internet use. If you have 100 employees using the application, the fee is $75,000. For an internet application, for Intel, the price is $100 X sum of CPU speeds. I.E. For a 2 processor, 500mhz system, the price is $100 X 1000, or $100K. A risc system uses the same model, at $150 X sum of CPU speeds. 8I is simply the current version of Oracle. Oracle was going from 8.0, to 8.1, but renamed to 8i to jump on the internet bandwagon.
I don't think cable companies are REQUIRED to broadcast network TV. In this area (Columbus, Ohio), there's a big fight between the local cable company (Time Warner), and CBS. The owners of the local CBS affiliate also own a new News network, competing with CNN. Time Warner doesn't want to carry it. Both companies have been blasting the airways and papers lately about the fight. In the recent move, CBS has given Time Warner until Dec 31 to carry the new news channel on their basic service. If not, they will not renew the contract to allow Time Warner to broadcast CBS. In the latest volley, Time Warner is sending rabbit ears to every customer in case CBS is removed.
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Take a look at these 2 police recruitment videos: http://boingboing.net/2012/07/07/police-recruitment-videos-from.html Which police force do you want to vote (and pay) for?
Then I thought about the fact that people are fingerprinted upon arrest, and have been for decades. When you come down to it, there really isn't any significant difference between recording fingerprints and recording DNA. If you disagree with recording DNA there's no reason why recording fingerprints before conviction should be acceptable either.
You're right, authorities initially said fingerprints would only be kept for those convicted of a crime. How did that work out?
Sorry, but your scale is a bit off. 5-10TB isn't large these days. AT&T's Data warehouse is 95TB. Amazon's is 35TB. Heck, there's an 8TB database running on Windows. http://www.wintercorp.com/vldb/2003_TopTen_Survey/ All%20Winners.pdf
True, but RAID and disk caching can work wonders to improve effective throughput.
There's nothing in the text or spirit of the GPL that says Tivo needs to allow you to port new software to run on the Tivo hardware while you're using the service.
If you don't use the service, you can use the machine for a frisbee for all they care, but if you want to use the service on a day to day basis, you need to run a certain signed version of the kernel.
You're more than welcome to use Tivo's modifications to the kernel in your code, or any other code. That's the spirit of the GPL. Not that Tivo has too allow you to port new code to their architecture.
Also, they don't want people to buy out the entire stock of sale items on Nov. 27th, then return and re-buy them on Nov. 29th at the lower price.
No point in changing it now?
What about all the TIVO, and ReplayTV folks, will were planning to watch it next week?
Yes and no.
Bush is not stupid. Yes, he did lose the popular vote. But, look where he spent the last few days of the race. Arkansas, Tennessee, etc.
He virtually ignored the populous states, California, New York, etc. He gained a few votes (enough to win in the small states), but got crushed in the larger states (and the popular vote) in exchange.
If the race was decided by the popular vote, I think both candidates would have used very different strategies.
While I believe the electoral college has lost it's relevance, both candidates knew the rules when they started, and campained accordingly.
It's bad form to reply to my own post, but....
I see what you're saying. However, most of our applications require the Enterprise Edition of oracle, rather than the Workgroup edition you're taking about. That's where the confusion arose.
I'd love to be wrong, but this is from the Oracle Store, today:
-------------------------------
Universal Power Unit Calculation
The total number of Universal Power Units (see above for definition of a Universal Power Unit) needed is calculated by taking the MHz on each processor and multiplying by the total number of processors running the programs in allsuch computers. The Universal Power Unit computation includes the number of relevant computers, processors, MHz of each such processor and the relevant platform factors (Intel/CISC 1.0, RISC 1.5, and Mainframe 24).
Example 1: You are licensing the Oracle8iEE for a computer which has 2 - 400MHz RISC processors. How many Universal Power Units do you need?
(1 computer x 2 processors * 400MHz * 1.5 (RISC Factor) = 1,200 Universal Power Units for each program that you license for this computer.
-----------------------------
List Prices are $100/Universal Power Unit for a perpetual license. It's $35/UPU for a 2 year license only.
Do you have updated information?
The $750 license fee you saw, is for 1 named user inside your organization. This is definately not a site license. This does NOT cover internet use. If you have 100 employees using the application, the fee is $75,000. For an internet application, for Intel, the price is $100 X sum of CPU speeds. I.E. For a 2 processor, 500mhz system, the price is $100 X 1000, or $100K. A risc system uses the same model, at $150 X sum of CPU speeds. 8I is simply the current version of Oracle. Oracle was going from 8.0, to 8.1, but renamed to 8i to jump on the internet bandwagon.
I don't think cable companies are REQUIRED to broadcast network TV. In this area (Columbus, Ohio), there's a big fight between the local cable company (Time Warner), and CBS. The owners of the local CBS affiliate also own a new News network, competing with CNN. Time Warner doesn't want to carry it. Both companies have been blasting the airways and papers lately about the fight. In the recent move, CBS has given Time Warner until Dec 31 to carry the new news channel on their basic service. If not, they will not renew the contract to allow Time Warner to broadcast CBS. In the latest volley, Time Warner is sending rabbit ears to every customer in case CBS is removed.