No, there is no accelerator. To get the accelerator to run, you have to do some messy installation, rebooting, and admin privilege.
This is strictly zero-footprint stuff; log on as a regular user, put in the CD (for autorunning), and wait a minute or two while it 'boots'. Everything emulated, a little slow, but it works and is fine for quite a lot of purposes. I have done an 'ssh' to a machine on another continent, and an 'xterm' back down the secure pipe; you would never know the difference from a 'proper' Linux.
I'd recommend the 2.4 kernel ones. 2.6 kernels take 1000 timer ticks per second by default (and these are all the default ones). Even so, 'Kanotix-for-Windows' with 586 opcodes works well enough.
Seeding 11 CDs and a DVD up a 32 kbyte/second link might take a while, but hang in there !
A patent is a kind of tax. If you think of a new idea and are able to implement it, then you may if you wish
1) Describe it in a letter to the Patent Office
2) Pay the tax
and in return you will be allowed to use the country's courts for 20 years to prevent anyone else implementing the idea in that country. (Usually you agree not to enforce this in return for a payment).
A copyright exists in anything you create. (Usually 'write'). You can prevent anyone copying your work, worldwide, for up to 50 years after your death. (Usually you agree to let them in return for a payemnt).
So, the first book could have been patented. Harry Potter is copyright. Big Friendly Giant is copyright.
You can write books without anyone's say-so because a 'book patent', even if it existed, expired long ago.
J K Rowling can write more Harry Potters, and Roald Dahl can write more Big Friendly Giants, and each can have their own copyright.
If J K Rowling wants to write a Big Friendly Giant, and publish it, she'd better get a copyright license first.
Mega-dollars usually bounces around inhibiting everyone's creativity. They may change, one day, but until then I wouln't take their advice about how to spend the next N years of my life. Especially if it sounds like 'pay things to Maga-dollars'.
I'll make my own mind up.
Freeduc-cd, Web Interactive Math Server, and 'knosciences' again from OFSET will do you fine. All run from CD; relatively little danger of being rooted; you can throw away the hard disks if you want.
Sign up with OFSET http://www.ofset.org/ . See what they have; a couple of Live Linux CDs to start with. See if you can articulate what your brother needs to the members; maybe some will have similar requirements, and ideas for approaching them. See what you are willing to program, or test, or document, or translate. There are tools.
Who cares how many processors ? It's a minor engineering detail. You don't think the radiotelescope http://www.lofar.org/ with its 6144 chips and 12288 CPUS will be paying any per-processor license fees ?
I as 'Open Source' have no wish whatsoever to encumber anyone who wants to stand on my shoulders. Maybe they'll do something interesting and give it back to me. Maybe they'll do something interesting and help someone I want to help.
Sure, you can protect programs. Copyright is fine.
Lots of people wrote novels condemning the Vietnam war. There's shelves and shelves of them in the libraries. All independent. None of them infringing the copyright protection of any of the others.
Same with programs.
But if you go there, borrow them, and photocopy them, that's between you and the copyright holder. Nothing to do with me.
Besides, how was poor napster.no to know whether someone copying the files had an agreement with the rights holder so to do ? Or would be exercising a fair use right of some kind ?
1) When the patent expires (which has got to be less than 20 years from now), the whole world will be able to benefit from the invention at no charge.
2) There's an objective test as to whether a seed infringes. (Presumably Monsanto will do it for you, or show you how to do it, or it says in the patent how to do it). Also presumably there's no prior art; no seeds before Monsanto's invention had the feature of resisting Roundup by the patented mechanism.
3) There's an alternative. If you don't want Monsanto's seeds, you can get others. It will cost you more to weed your crop, but that's what you did before the invention anyway. I expect Monsanto will help you find other seeds if it becomes hard.
4) If you (or your cooperative) wants to negotiate license fees for Monsanto seeds for the life of the patent, you can do so; then you'll be protected against being gouged.
5) If you feel like finding another herbicide, figuring out how it works, figuring how to code some DNA which will cause resistance, and figuring out how to insert that DNA into seeds, that's fine. You can read Monsanto's patent for inspiration. You might be able to patent it yourself, or you might want to throw it open for all to use. Depends how you are funded. Your choice; it might can the sales of Roundup and Monsanto's seeds if you come up with a good one. Monsanto's risk.
Different from drugs. Drugs can kill people; it is unwise to take them except on advice from a qualified doctor. Supplying drugs (except on proof of such advice) is a criminal act, I want my tax dollars used to stop it.
Copying files may be legal sometimes; maybe the guy has permission,maybe the file represents something more than 80 years old, maybe it's some other kind of 'fair use', maybe it's a file produced by the US Government, etc. Matter of opinion, for a judge to check every time. It is a civil problem; I don't want my tax dollars used to stop it, and I don't want my prisons filled up by someone on the wrong side of this law.
Copying files and then taking money off someone under the false pretence that there is permission is a crime, though, becuase of the 'money' side, and also if intimidation happens along the way. Also might become a tax crime later, if the 'money' is not declared.
Use my tax dollars to stop the money-changing-hands fraud, the intimidation-if-it-happens, and the tax-evasion-if-it-happens.
You could try GamesKnoppix
This has ATI 3d support (and NVIDIA, and IntelExtreme); also gamepad support.
For cross-platform stuff, check out gnuwin ; quite a reasonable Windows TuxRacer and Celestia.
This is going to be real interesting. DVD copying ? Download hosting ?
Also, if I'm a German, and I use my PC to copy some of my daughter's piano playing, does she get a share of the levy ? Does it depend on whether she is a famous pianist ?
Make sure the whole of 'ibiblio', all of 'debian', and the Knoppix DVDs are filed with the Indian patent office as prior art to any patents that may get filed.
Please !
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Can't learn how the game boy games work. Can't change them. Can't learn how to write new ones. Can't copy them and give them away to friends. Bright kids (rich or poor) might do better to have the Knoppix. Anyone for a game of intercontinental Castle Combat ?
Kids can learn to use GIMP to make new TuxRacer tracks. They can figure how to put new easter eggs into JumpNBump. They can learn that it is not normal to have to shut down and restart your computer, nor is it normal for it to shut down and restart underneath them.
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I think it comes as standard with DSL. Haven't checked whether it is set up to autorun.
This is strictly zero-footprint stuff; log on as a regular user, put in the CD (for autorunning), and wait a minute or two while it 'boots'. Everything emulated, a little slow, but it works and is fine for quite a lot of purposes. I have done an 'ssh' to a machine on another continent, and an 'xterm' back down the secure pipe; you would never know the difference from a 'proper' Linux.
I'd recommend the 2.4 kernel ones. 2.6 kernels take 1000 timer ticks per second by default (and these are all the default ones). Even so, 'Kanotix-for-Windows' with 586 opcodes works well enough.
Seeding 11 CDs and a DVD up a 32 kbyte/second link might take a while, but hang in there !
http://home.btconnect.com/chrisandcarolyn/torrents /
http://home.btconnect.com/chrisandcarolyn/k37qemu. png
Have fun !
A patent is a kind of tax. If you think of a new idea and are able to implement it, then you may if you wish 1) Describe it in a letter to the Patent Office 2) Pay the tax and in return you will be allowed to use the country's courts for 20 years to prevent anyone else implementing the idea in that country. (Usually you agree not to enforce this in return for a payment). A copyright exists in anything you create. (Usually 'write'). You can prevent anyone copying your work, worldwide, for up to 50 years after your death. (Usually you agree to let them in return for a payemnt). So, the first book could have been patented. Harry Potter is copyright. Big Friendly Giant is copyright. You can write books without anyone's say-so because a 'book patent', even if it existed, expired long ago. J K Rowling can write more Harry Potters, and Roald Dahl can write more Big Friendly Giants, and each can have their own copyright. If J K Rowling wants to write a Big Friendly Giant, and publish it, she'd better get a copyright license first.
Mega-dollars usually bounces around inhibiting everyone's creativity. They may change, one day, but until then I wouln't take their advice about how to spend the next N years of my life. Especially if it sounds like 'pay things to Maga-dollars'. I'll make my own mind up.
Freeduc-cd, Web Interactive Math Server, and 'knosciences' again from OFSET will do you fine. All run from CD; relatively little danger of being rooted; you can throw away the hard disks if you want.
Have fun !
Does SAMBA work ?
Pile of torrents at torrents for linux-under-windows isos. Look like SuSE for Windows . 2.4 kernels perform better than 2.6 ones, but all work !
All GPL.
Starts here http://gcompris.free.fr/ and works up, you may get here http://wims.unice.fr/wims/wims.cgi before you know it.
It doesn't require money. It does require a desire to help. You help your brother, you help others, others help you.
Who cares how many processors ? It's a minor engineering detail. You don't think the radiotelescope http://www.lofar.org/ with its 6144 chips and 12288 CPUS will be paying any per-processor license fees ?
Why shouldn't you play the music on your jogging belt ? That's fair use !
What if it turns out I had given you permission, but I just wanted you to be put in jail ?
How about OGG ?
How about uncompressed stuff ? USB sticks are getting bigger by the day.
How about an encrypted MP3 ?
What if it turns out I don't hold the copyright. Are you still in jail ?
I as 'Open Source' have no wish whatsoever to encumber anyone who wants to stand on my shoulders. Maybe they'll do something interesting and give it back to me. Maybe they'll do something interesting and help someone I want to help.
examination, and payment of a 'tax'. No patent unless you keep up the 'tax' payments.
Sure, you can protect programs. Copyright is fine. Lots of people wrote novels condemning the Vietnam war. There's shelves and shelves of them in the libraries. All independent. None of them infringing the copyright protection of any of the others. Same with programs.
But if you go there, borrow them, and photocopy them, that's between you and the copyright holder. Nothing to do with me. Besides, how was poor napster.no to know whether someone copying the files had an agreement with the rights holder so to do ? Or would be exercising a fair use right of some kind ?
1) When the patent expires (which has got to be less than 20 years from now), the whole world will be able to benefit from the invention at no charge.
2) There's an objective test as to whether a seed infringes. (Presumably Monsanto will do it for you, or show you how to do it, or it says in the patent how to do it). Also presumably there's no prior art; no seeds before Monsanto's invention had the feature of resisting Roundup by the patented mechanism.
3) There's an alternative. If you don't want Monsanto's seeds, you can get others. It will cost you more to weed your crop, but that's what you did before the invention anyway. I expect Monsanto will help you find other seeds if it becomes hard.
4) If you (or your cooperative) wants to negotiate license fees for Monsanto seeds for the life of the patent, you can do so; then you'll be protected against being gouged.
5) If you feel like finding another herbicide, figuring out how it works, figuring how to code some DNA which will cause resistance, and figuring out how to insert that DNA into seeds, that's fine. You can read Monsanto's patent for inspiration. You might be able to patent it yourself, or you might want to throw it open for all to use. Depends how you are funded. Your choice; it might can the sales of Roundup and Monsanto's seeds if you come up with a good one. Monsanto's risk.
Copying files may be legal sometimes; maybe the guy has permission ,maybe the file represents something more than 80 years old, maybe it's some other kind of 'fair use', maybe it's a file produced by the US Government, etc. Matter of opinion, for a judge to check every time. It is a civil problem; I don't want my tax dollars used to stop it, and I don't want my prisons filled up by someone on the wrong side of this law.
Copying files and then taking money off someone under the false pretence that there is permission is a crime, though, becuase of the 'money' side, and also if intimidation happens along the way. Also might become a tax crime later, if the 'money' is not declared.
Use my tax dollars to stop the money-changing-hands fraud, the intimidation-if-it-happens, and the tax-evasion-if-it-happens.
You could try GamesKnoppix This has ATI 3d support (and NVIDIA, and IntelExtreme); also gamepad support. For cross-platform stuff, check out gnuwin ; quite a reasonable Windows TuxRacer and Celestia.
Also, if I'm a German, and I use my PC to copy some of my daughter's piano playing, does she get a share of the levy ? Does it depend on whether she is a famous pianist ?
Or can you patent a Bessemer converter that happens to be software controlled ?
Make sure the whole of 'ibiblio', all of 'debian', and the Knoppix DVDs are filed with the Indian patent office as prior art to any patents that may get filed. Please !
Can't learn how the game boy games work. Can't change them. Can't learn how to write new ones. Can't copy them and give them away to friends. Bright kids (rich or poor) might do better to have the Knoppix. Anyone for a game of intercontinental Castle Combat ?
Adults can learn, too.
You can stick to the Linux 2.6, Konqueror, 'xterm', and 'telnet' if you want. And benefit from no-reboot-this-century.