That *isn't* a normal notebook. That is a high-medium to high performance notebook. Of course Vista will run on it, but XP or Linux is going to run like 10 times better on the thing. .
What is new about IPv6 support in Vista and Windows Server 2008?
Installed and enabled by default
GUI based configuration
DHCPv6 support
Etc.
How can I tell if the ipV6 protocol is installed for Windows XP?
To determine whether IPv6 is installed, type ipv6 if at a command prompt. If IPv6 is installed, you will see a display of your IPv6 interfaces and their configuration. Otherwise, the Ipv6.exe tool will indicate that IPv6 is not installed.
How do I install ipv6 protocol for Windows XP? SP2 or later.
[Four methods step-by step]
{from the Network Connections dialog box}
6. In the Select Network Protocol dialog box, click Microsoft TCP/IP version 6, and then click OK.
from the Windows XP desktop, click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command Prompt. At the command prompt, type netsh interface ipv6 install.
Net Applications isn't looking at licenses, it is looking at users accessing the net from outside the corporate/institutional environment. I don't think the geek has ever quite grasped how wide this chasm has become.
The result of this is a lone-wolf inventor can conceive and document, then wait years for a company like yours to receive a patent then yank the rug out from under you in court. .
I don't think it is quite that simple:
Invention in the U.S. is generally defined to comprise two steps: (1) conception of the invention and (2) reduction to practice of the invention. When an inventor conceives of an invention and diligently reduces the invention to practice (by filing a patent application, by practicing the invention, etc), the inventor's date of invention will be the date of conception. Thus, provided an inventor is diligent in reducing an application to practice, he or she will be the first inventor and the inventor entitled to a patentFirst to file and first to invent
The telephone will serve as an example:
Bell patented his invention as soon as he had a workable solution - and then he and his partners put the pedal to the metal.
Demonstrations at the 1876 Centennial Expo in Philadelphia. The first commercial telephone exchange in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1878.
If he takes the road where the manager finds out himself why software patent might be a bad defense (poison well, to narrow patent), then it is a win win. .
Good god, no!
If his employer finds out who poisoned the well --- there will be hell to pay. I wouldn't have him on the payroll if he was Turing and Tesla reincarnated.
I can see you haven't dealt with lawyers very much. A lawyer will always tell you you've got a good case. If they tell you you're bound to lose you won't fight the case and they won't get their fat fees. .
You will find the lawyer - or the doctor - you deserve.
If he isn't telling you the truth, it is because you don't want to hear the truth.
A better question is: am I valuable enough to the company that threatening to quit if they patent my work likely to be of any concern to them? If the answer is no... .
Unless you are Wile E. Coyote, Super Genius, the answer - will - be no.
Of course, if the little guy does get to see the inside of the courtroom before he's homeless, he does have all kinds of sympathy on his side - and that comprises a bit of an edge. Add to this the fact that little guys (with any brains) would only pursue cases in which they are far onto the righteous side, and I bet the little guy has a better than average win record, in the courtroom. .
This is so wrong so on many levels.
The trial lawyer will tell you that Hearts and Flowers doesn't play well to a judge
- whose professional instincts are to strip away the melodrama and get down to the essentials.
The geek in his BVDs doesn't cut quite so sympathetic a figure.
The lawyer will tell you that the odds are no better than fifty-fifty if you go to a jury verdict - and that you are more likely to lose big than to win big.
Think about it for a moment:
The jury gets to decide only the remaining factual disputes that the judge believes are significant. If that is a slam-dunk for one side or the other, why are you here at all?
This is a problem with politics. What we need in government are people who know a lot about certain fields, who are willing to listen to others who know a lot about other fields. .
The successful politician knows what is important to the voters in his home district. The problem for the geek is in making his issues compelling and a priority to the voters in any district.
The retiree in New York is thinking about how the devil he is going to pay his winter heating bills and the chance that he might loss his home in foreclosure.
The geek who talks up net neutrality and copyright reform while downloading The Dark Knight is Marvin the Martian - incomprehensibly trivial, alien and irrelevant.
What if I'm the owner of an internet radio station that plays only music that has become public domain through the consent of the owner or the expiration of copyrights? .
Then you can expect to lose your audience to the stations and services which can pay the fees. The stations and services which have full access to over one hundred years of recorded music.
The classical music fan expects to hear Bernstein and The New York Philharmonic.
The country fan Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison.
In any musical genre there are the essential artists and performances.
It doesn't help you much as a broadcaster when a performance enters the public domain - but your only source is the box of sun-warped 78s and early LPs you purchased at an estate sale.
'July 2005: Residue code found in San Andreas. Hackers modify it and it turns into scandal known as "Hot Coffee." .
Tell me how you introduce new graphics, animation and game play into a console port that has been stamped out on a DVD:
Rockstar Games...initially denied allegations that the minigame was "hidden" in the video game, stating that the Hot Coffee modification..is the result of "hackers" making "significant technical modifications to and reverse engineering" the game's code. [T]his claim was undermined when Jay FNG Philbrook...released an "Action Replay Power Save" for the Xbox console, and codes for the PlayStation 2 Action Replay game enhancer... These new methods of accessing "Hot Coffee" demonstrated that the controversial content was, indeed, built into the console versions as well.
The creator of the original PC mod, Patrick Wildenborg...rejects Rockstar's claim that the mod required significant technical effort, pointing out that he only changed a single bit in the installed game's "main.scm" file, and that there is absolutely no new content -- every piece of the required code was already in-game, just not available to the player. The PC mod itself is just an edited copy of the game script files with the bit changed. The mod was also made possible on the console versions, by changing the bit inside a user's savegame...
The possibility of enabling the minigame by changing a single bit of code shows that the sexual intercourse content is part of the game's original data, and not new content inserted into the game by the mod. [It] is not possible to access the sexual content simply by playing the game... The fellatio animations are however clearly visible in the background of an early mission, "Cleaning the Hood", even in the re-released game. This may explain why the mini-game was not simply removed when the decision was made to cut it from the game: its assets were in use elsewhere.Hot Coffee minigame controversy
The problem with Hot Coffee is the precedent it set.
This is the most poisonous scenario:
1 Embed easily accessible X-Rated content into an M-Rated game. 2 Spread the word around quietly - while retaining "plausible deniability." Let the modding community take the hit if anything goes wrong. 3. Profit
Bonus points if the developer has a reputation for pushing the envelope, ultra-violence, racial and sexual stereotyping, and cover-your-ass PR.
64-bit versions of Windows Vista put an annoying "Test Mode" banner in all four corners of the desktop if the user installs a device driver that hasn't been signed by a publisher who pays an annual fee of at least $200 to a commercial certificate authority trusted by Microsoft. .
$200 to certify a driver for something as elemental as a filing system seems reasonable enough.
all that has to be done is for it to remain "free", as in "I'm free to do whatever I want with my computer". .
Thinking geek can get in the way of thinking clearly.
The geek risks becoming hermetically sealed within a tight little world of his own ---perennially disappointed - and confused - when everyone else moves off in an entirely different direction.
The most outlandish scenario foresees Linux forsaking its free usage model to embrace more paid distros where you get free Linux along with (much-needed) licenses to use patent-restricted codecs .
The OEM system install has been the gold standard in the home and SOHO market for close on to thirty years.
It has been demonstrated time and time again that the system that "just works" is what sells - and that there is no room at the bottom.
gOS at WalMart.com is being unloaded at fire sale prices - and the chain has effectively black-flagged the OEM Linux box as a do-little web appliance.
MS Vista at Walmart.com is priced from $350 to $1700.
The budget netbook to the 64 bit MS Vista Quad Core HP Elite with 4 GB RAM, NVIDIA DX10 graphics. Blu-Ray play, HDTV tuner and a tetrabyte of storage.
The very notion may throw the geek into cardiac arrest - but the "upgrade" to XP or Linux is utter fantasy when you look at systems with specs like these - and what is high-end for MS Vista today will be mid-line tomorrow.
Then maybe you should start lobbing your local governments to bring back the degree of public transport that makes this kind of arrangement sensible. .
You might begin by asking why mass transit went into a precipitous decline with the introduction of the Model T Ford:
- which put over twenty million cars on the road in less than twenty years.
1 Ford for every 5 people.
It's probably not too fanciful to argue that the Ford was more desirable than a radio, a telephone, or indoor plumbing.
since car manufacturers have such long development times, by the time we actually need it, its too late. I'm glad these heroes are doing something about it. .
How many of those "heroes" are there?
It is no less necessary I think to ask where they are.
"It never rains in southern California."
But in the northeast oil remains an important source of heat in winter - and winter driving demands endurance and horsepower.
In the central and mountain states, distances can be daunting.
According to {the] National Review, proponents are hoping that the combination of advances in technology, high oil prices, and the relatively light carbon foot-print of nuclear power will enable reductions in some of the bureaucracy. .
I have scant faith in oversight and regulation as defined by the Bush administration and the National Review.
"Incompetent and corrupt" are the words that first come to mind.
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I respectfully disagree.
I have seen too many family businesses - where you cannot separate work and home - in time or space.
The stresses on relationships are enormous.
There is no privacy - no buffer zone, no chance to decompress.
Things said "at work" cannot be unsaid "at home."
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Missing from the summary is Gizmodo's report that the OS is XP or Ubuntu. It should be interesting to see which is the stronger seller.
There was a report in the news today that cell phone sales are down 13% overall
- but sales of the most expensive feature-rich phones are up.
This is typical in an economy under stress. The upper income buyer can afford another gadget.
Those with less to spend can't afford anything.
That strikes me as a bad omen for the low end of the netbook market.
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--- which buys you a 7" screen, an 800 MHz Celeron, 512 MB RAM and 4 GB flash. Asus Eee PC 4G Surf
Walmart.com lists an Acer Linpus Linux netbook - but no Eepc. The problem is the next step up - the $500 laptop - where OEM Linux runs out of gas.
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I dislike echoing one of my own recent comments.
That said:
The Dual Core 4 GB RAM 32 Bit Vista Premium laptop at Walmart.com is $850. Acer 16" Aspire 6920-6508 Laptop PC w/ Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
The 64 Bit Dual Core Vista Premium laptop with 4 GB RAM is $1000.
The 64 Bit Dual Core Vista Premium laptop with Blu-Ray and NVIDIA 9600 series graphics is $1500.
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IPv6 for Microsoft Windows: Frequently Asked Questions [Updated January 10, 2008]
What is new about IPv6 support in Vista and Windows Server 2008?
Installed and enabled by default
GUI based configuration
DHCPv6 support
Etc.
How can I tell if the ipV6 protocol is installed for Windows XP?
To determine whether IPv6 is installed, type ipv6 if at a command prompt. If IPv6 is installed, you will see a display of your IPv6 interfaces and their configuration. Otherwise, the Ipv6.exe tool will indicate that IPv6 is not installed.
How do I install ipv6 protocol for Windows XP? SP2 or later.
[Four methods step-by step]
{from the Network Connections dialog box}
6. In the Select Network Protocol dialog box, click Microsoft TCP/IP version 6, and then click OK.
from the Windows XP desktop, click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command Prompt. At the command prompt, type netsh interface ipv6 install.
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And every month Net Applications posts global stats showing Vista gaining market share Top Operating System Share Trend.
Net Applications isn't looking at licenses, it is looking at users accessing the net from outside the corporate/institutional environment. I don't think the geek has ever quite grasped how wide this chasm has become.
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Walmart.com currently stocks 16 Vista laptops with 4 GB RAM. starting at $1000. You can get 64 Bit Vista Premium at this price point.
The 64 bit Vista Premium desktop at Walmart.com with 4 GB RAM also starts at $1000:
Quad Core CPU, 750 GB HDD, NVIDIA 9500 GS Graphics, HDTV Tuner and Combo Blu-Ray Player and DVD Burner.
HP Pavilion s3530f Slimline Desktop
Absolute rock bottom for the MS Vista Basic desktop at Walmart.com is the $329 Compaq Presario SR5505F w/ AMD Athlon X2 4200 Dual-Core Processor
--- and for the laptop the 1 GB Vista Basic Acer 15.4" Aspire 5315-2326 Laptop PC w/ Intel Celeron M Processor at $448.
The dual core laptop with 3 GB RAM starts at $800. Toshiba 15.4" Satellite L305-S5883 Laptop PC
It goes without saying that OEM Linux at Walmart.com doesn't come within ten light years of the specs of the MS Vista system at - any - price point.
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I don't think it is quite that simple:
Invention in the U.S. is generally defined to comprise two steps: (1) conception of the invention and (2) reduction to practice of the invention. When an inventor conceives of an invention and diligently reduces the invention to practice (by filing a patent application, by practicing the invention, etc), the inventor's date of invention will be the date of conception. Thus, provided an inventor is diligent in reducing an application to practice, he or she will be the first inventor and the inventor entitled to a patent First to file and first to invent
The telephone will serve as an example:
Bell patented his invention as soon as he had a workable solution - and then he and his partners put the pedal to the metal.
Demonstrations at the 1876 Centennial Expo in Philadelphia. The first commercial telephone exchange in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1878.
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Good god, no!
If his employer finds out who poisoned the well --- there will be hell to pay. I wouldn't have him on the payroll if he was Turing and Tesla reincarnated.
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That's true so far as it goes.
But the unexpected exit - under escort - carries its own message.
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his employer is aiming for that IPO but trusting enough to let a rogue employee sabotage his patents?
not in this world, baby.
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You will find the lawyer - or the doctor - you deserve.
If he isn't telling you the truth, it is because you don't want to hear the truth.
.
Unless you are Wile E. Coyote, Super Genius, the answer - will - be no.
.
This is so wrong so on many levels.
The trial lawyer will tell you that Hearts and Flowers doesn't play well to a judge
- whose professional instincts are to strip away the melodrama and get down to the essentials.
The geek in his BVDs doesn't cut quite so sympathetic a figure.
The lawyer will tell you that the odds are no better than fifty-fifty if you go to a jury verdict - and that you are more likely to lose big than to win big.
Think about it for a moment:
The jury gets to decide only the remaining factual disputes that the judge believes are significant. If that is a slam-dunk for one side or the other, why are you here at all?
.
The successful politician knows what is important to the voters in his home district. The problem for the geek is in making his issues compelling and a priority to the voters in any district.
The retiree in New York is thinking about how the devil he is going to pay his winter heating bills and the chance that he might loss his home in foreclosure.
The geek who talks up net neutrality and copyright reform while downloading The Dark Knight is Marvin the Martian -
incomprehensibly trivial, alien and irrelevant.
.
Then you can expect to lose your audience to the stations and services which can pay the fees. The stations and services which have full access to over one hundred years of recorded music.
The classical music fan expects to hear Bernstein and The New York Philharmonic.
The country fan Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison.
In any musical genre there are the essential artists and performances.
It doesn't help you much as a broadcaster when a performance enters the public domain - but your only source is the box of sun-warped 78s and early LPs you purchased at an estate sale.
.
There were the "Chose Your Own Adventures" and "Fighting Fantasies" in paperback. Deathtrap Dungeon
Maniac Mansion for the C-64 and other home computers.
.
Tell me how you introduce new graphics, animation and game play into a console port that has been stamped out on a DVD:
Rockstar Games...initially denied allegations that the minigame was "hidden" in the video game, stating that the Hot Coffee modification..is the result of "hackers" making "significant technical modifications to and reverse engineering" the game's code. [T]his claim was undermined when Jay FNG Philbrook...released an "Action Replay Power Save" for the Xbox console, and codes for the PlayStation 2 Action Replay game enhancer... These new methods of accessing "Hot Coffee" demonstrated that the controversial content was, indeed, built into the console versions as well.
The creator of the original PC mod, Patrick Wildenborg...rejects Rockstar's claim that the mod required significant technical effort, pointing out that he only changed a single bit in the installed game's "main.scm" file, and that there is absolutely no new content -- every piece of the required code was already in-game, just not available to the player. The PC mod itself is just an edited copy of the game script files with the bit changed. The mod was also made possible on the console versions, by changing the bit inside a user's savegame...
The possibility of enabling the minigame by changing a single bit of code shows that the sexual intercourse content is part of the game's original data, and not new content inserted into the game by the mod. [It] is not possible to access the sexual content simply by playing the game... The fellatio animations are however clearly visible in the background of an early mission, "Cleaning the Hood", even in the re-released game. This may explain why the mini-game was not simply removed when the decision was made to cut it from the game: its assets were in use elsewhere. Hot Coffee minigame controversy
The problem with Hot Coffee is the precedent it set.
This is the most poisonous scenario:
1 Embed easily accessible X-Rated content into an M-Rated game.
2 Spread the word around quietly - while retaining "plausible deniability." Let the modding community take the hit if anything goes wrong.
3. Profit
Bonus points if the developer has a reputation for pushing the envelope, ultra-violence, racial and sexual stereotyping, and cover-your-ass PR.
and I didn't speak up because I didn't download any.
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In eight photographs the photographer Nancy Royal distills the true meaning of the poem New England Holocaust Memorial
It is rather a pity that Bertolt Brecht passed on before encountering the geek in full rhetorical flight.
It takes a profound sense of the absurd to respond adequately to the geek's appropriation of Niemoeller and Gandhi.
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$200 to certify a driver for something as elemental as a filing system seems reasonable enough.
.
Thinking geek can get in the way of thinking clearly.
The geek risks becoming hermetically sealed within a tight little world of his own ---perennially disappointed - and confused - when everyone else moves off in an entirely different direction.
.
The OEM system install has been the gold standard in the home and SOHO market for close on to thirty years.
It has been demonstrated time and time again that the system that "just works" is what sells - and that there is no room at the bottom.
gOS at WalMart.com is being unloaded at fire sale prices - and the chain has effectively black-flagged the OEM Linux box as a do-little web appliance.
MS Vista at Walmart.com is priced from $350 to $1700.
The budget netbook to the 64 bit MS Vista Quad Core HP Elite with 4 GB RAM, NVIDIA DX10 graphics. Blu-Ray play, HDTV tuner and a tetrabyte of storage.
The very notion may throw the geek into cardiac arrest - but the "upgrade" to XP or Linux is utter fantasy when you look at systems with specs like these - and what is high-end for MS Vista today will be mid-line tomorrow.
.
You might begin by asking why mass transit went into a precipitous decline with the introduction of the Model T Ford:
- which put over twenty million cars on the road in less than twenty years.
1 Ford for every 5 people.
It's probably not too fanciful to argue that the Ford was more desirable than a radio, a telephone, or indoor plumbing.
.
How many of those "heroes" are there?
It is no less necessary I think to ask where they are.
"It never rains in southern California."
But in the northeast oil remains an important source of heat in winter - and winter driving demands endurance and horsepower.
In the central and mountain states, distances can be daunting.
.
I have scant faith in oversight and regulation as defined by the Bush administration and the National Review.
"Incompetent and corrupt" are the words that first come to mind.