In this case it does, though, as you're comparing Shader model 2/3 vs. Shader model 4. It's like comparing 2x 512MB of Corsair Dual Channel DDR2 667 RAM vs 2x 1GB of Corsair Dual Channel DDR2 800 RAM.
I'm a computer user who likes my machines to be as crash-free as possible. Failing that, I'd like access to the source code so I can fix whatever problems I perceive, rather than waiting for someone else to do it.
Ok - that's my "Linux Persona". Now let's see you cater to me.
It looks like you fit in the "Don't Bother" persona. As in "Don't Bother trying to sell that MS crap to me."
I disagree with this. I'm guessing that most Linux installs are actually Internet servers.
Of course, Netcraft only tracks web server software, so it's hard to tell what percent of Apache installs are Linux, how much are BSDs, how much are other UNIXes, and how much are Windows. (tip: LAMP's popularity means that Linux most likely has the Lion's share)
Actually, Take Two stands to gain a great deal from this press release.
The statement "Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law." comes readily to mind, although in this case, "say" would actually be "write."
Indeed. He is also well known for being lead counsel in Eldred v. Ashcroft. For those of you who don't know, Eldred v. Ashcroft was an attempt to get the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act overturned for, among other things, being unconstitutional. The appropriate text from the constitution is thus
To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.
Alas, SCOTUS did not agree, which I consider sad. I hope that Lessig brings this up the next time one of Disney's senators/representatives tries to get the next copyright extension bill passed.
I'm surprised you didn't mention that laws are also eroding the "limited time" part of that directive.
Right now, if I were to self-publish a book right now, and I live for another 50 years, that book won't enter public domain until 2127 (2127 is not a typo). If I were to sell it through a publisher, it still wouldn't enter public domain until 2077.
That number will increase the next time Disney... er... I mean Congress entends copyright.
Yeah, but at least we can still watch Jon Stewart mocking Bush on YouTube. Get some priorities man.
Not if Viacom keeps asking Youtube to pull them down... particular if Youtube isn't pulling them, as they can then be found liable under the DMCA for not complying with takedown requests in a timely manner.
A lot of people don't like GoDaddy because they gave up to pressure from some corporation or another and killed an offending domain.
More accurately, they caved to a DMCA request from News Corp because a list of MySpace passwords were posted on the full-disclosure mailing list, which seclists.org archives.
What's more, GoDaddy offers to unlock domains it has shut down for a fee. I don't know about where you come from, but where I come from, we call that "extortion."
Here's where things went wrong. (Note: IANAL) In order to file a DMCA with GoDaddy, GoDaddy's relationship with Seclists.org would have to be subject to one of the first four provisions of Title 17 Section 512. Those are: a. Transitory Digital Network Communications (i.e. network routing, No) b. System Caching (No) c. Information Residing on Systems or Networks at Direction of Users (No, it's not hosted by GoDaddy) d. Information Location Tools (Not by the definition given in this section, which is linking to it from a search site/directory)
So, where is News Corp claiming to get this justification? For that matter, since when do passwords fall under copyright?
You may want to look into the history of Microsoft's Office product suite before you claim that they Windows is their one successful business. Last I heard, Office makes them substantially more money than Windows does.
People have already said why this is wrong, but lets look at it visually instead. Each time the decimal place in the percentage is moved over one decimal place to the left, the decimal place on the other side also moves one more place to the left. 100% = 11500000. 10% = 1150000.0 1% = 115000.00 0.1% = 11500.000 0.01% = 1150.0000
I would line this up, but Slashdot's ecode tag doesn't like lining up numbers like preformatted text is supposed to.
Or it could just be that they only guarantee a specific data rate. I know that mine actually lists the downstream rate for their two higher services (but not the lowest which goes to show you how slow that would be).
Last thought: I used to hear this was 'for the children' so they wouldn't stand at the bus-stop in the dark. Why not just let them go to school an hour later, instead, if they're really worried about that? Most children already get home before their working parents, so it's not that.
Whomever originally said that needs to be taken out and beaten, seeing as how it's now darker at the same clock time in the morning.
Don't get me wrong, I still have Firefox around, I just choose not to use it as my main browsing experience.
The other reason is that they won't implement things just because other browsers do it that way. Did you know that Firefox is the only major browser that does <map> tags differently under text/html than text/xhtml+xml for the same page?
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In this case it does, though, as you're comparing Shader model 2/3 vs. Shader model 4. It's like comparing 2x 512MB of Corsair Dual Channel DDR2 667 RAM vs 2x 1GB of Corsair Dual Channel DDR2 800 RAM.
It's fairly obvious which one is better.
It looks like you fit in the "Don't Bother" persona. As in "Don't Bother trying to sell that MS crap to me."
I disagree with this. I'm guessing that most Linux installs are actually Internet servers.
Of course, Netcraft only tracks web server software, so it's hard to tell what percent of Apache installs are Linux, how much are BSDs, how much are other UNIXes, and how much are Windows. (tip: LAMP's popularity means that Linux most likely has the Lion's share)
This is my apprentice, Darth Malware. He will find your lost revenue.
March 23? That's odd, I could have sworn that was the date of the annual board meeting... until it got rescheduled until March 29, that is.
I'm sorry God, don't smite me. I haven't hit level 70 yet!
Fixed!
Actually, Take Two stands to gain a great deal from this press release.
The statement "Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law." comes readily to mind, although in this case, "say" would actually be "write."
You do realize that Sun sued Microsoft nine years ago, right?
Alas, SCOTUS did not agree, which I consider sad. I hope that Lessig brings this up the next time one of Disney's senators/representatives tries to get the next copyright extension bill passed.
I'm surprised you didn't mention that laws are also eroding the "limited time" part of that directive.
Right now, if I were to self-publish a book right now, and I live for another 50 years, that book won't enter public domain until 2127 (2127 is not a typo). If I were to sell it through a publisher, it still wouldn't enter public domain until 2077.
That number will increase the next time Disney... er... I mean Congress entends copyright.
Not if Viacom keeps asking Youtube to pull them down... particular if Youtube isn't pulling them, as they can then be found liable under the DMCA for not complying with takedown requests in a timely manner.
The conference's location is in Cinerator. If the PHBs don't know how to get there, show them the entrance.
Oh, and make sure that they know the heater is acting up so them remain for the duration.
I should re-read the articles I link to, seeing as they even say there was no takedown notice issued.
More accurately, they caved to a DMCA request from News Corp because a list of MySpace passwords were posted on the full-disclosure mailing list, which seclists.org archives.
You can see the seclists.org posting and the
What's more, GoDaddy offers to unlock domains it has shut down for a fee. I don't know about where you come from, but where I come from, we call that "extortion."
Here's where things went wrong. (Note: IANAL) In order to file a DMCA with GoDaddy, GoDaddy's relationship with Seclists.org would have to be subject to one of the first four provisions of Title 17 Section 512.
Those are:
a. Transitory Digital Network Communications (i.e. network routing, No)
b. System Caching (No)
c. Information Residing on Systems or Networks at Direction of Users (No, it's not hosted by GoDaddy)
d. Information Location Tools (Not by the definition given in this section, which is linking to it from a search site/directory)
So, where is News Corp claiming to get this justification? For that matter, since when do passwords fall under copyright?
Yeah, it is. However, pure oxygen can kill you.
What, that wasn't the analogy you were going for?
That's OK, the analogy you were going for is flawed, since Intel C++, Eclipse C/C++ Development Tools, MinGW, and Borland Codegear C++ Builder can all be used as C++ development tools for Win32... 3 of the 4 are specifically written to build Win32 apps (Eclipse isn't).
This is by no means a complete list, either.
While I don't use it that often, I understand that Visual Studio is popular for people who write Windows programs.
You may want to look into the history of Microsoft's Office product suite before you claim that they Windows is their one successful business. Last I heard, Office makes them substantially more money than Windows does.
What team, the A Team? Should take out Microsoft?
I love it when a plan comes together.
Oops, no, you're right... that's only HD-DVD & Blu-Ray.
Search harder.
People have already said why this is wrong, but lets look at it visually instead. Each time the decimal place in the percentage is moved over one decimal place to the left, the decimal place on the other side also moves one more place to the left.
100% = 11500000.
10% = 1150000.0
1% = 115000.00
0.1% = 11500.000
0.01% = 1150.0000
I would line this up, but Slashdot's ecode tag doesn't like lining up numbers like preformatted text is supposed to.
Or it could just be that they only guarantee a specific data rate. I know that mine actually lists the downstream rate for their two higher services (but not the lowest which goes to show you how slow that would be).
Whomever originally said that needs to be taken out and beaten, seeing as how it's now darker at the same clock time in the morning.
Don't get me wrong, I still have Firefox around, I just choose not to use it as my main browsing experience.
The other reason is that they won't implement things just because other browsers do it that way. Did you know that Firefox is the only major browser that does <map> tags differently under text/html than text/xhtml+xml for the same page?
And that the Mozilla devs won't even consider changing this behavior?