This is speculation and until I hear an official quote from inside the loop, it's just not true. Apple might not be releasing XNU until they figure out EFI licensning issues or until they clean it up enough not to look like it was thrown together in 2 seconds. Who knows!?
Students have ALWAYS used the latest HOT topic because it's all over the news and teachers want students to pick something. Unfortunately students beat these subjects to death, eventually these will fall by the wayside of war on drugs and abortion like in the 90s.
Ummm... my father works for one of the major pharmaceutical companies and let me tell you they are loving Bush's policy. For one, most of their research money comes from federal grants, and anything else comes from private investment. The reason your drugs cost so much is strictly due to the cost of marketing and demand.
If you don't believe me, look at the cost of generics which is substantially less and made by the same process (and same quality of chemicals).
When we export our medications to other countries we actually ship them at cost so that the other countries can afford them.
Bush puts Spin on everything that comes out of his mouth to make it seem like such a simple black & white issue.
I think a lot of open source projects are proof that Comp Sci degrees are almost pointless.
I just graduated with CompSci degree and instead of being taken seriously at my new job, I am the new guy fresh out of college. I've been programming since I was 4 years old (Commodore 64), and I can confidently say I know more and code better than the guy who's been at this company for 10 years.
Experience is really the key. You have to know your stuff and be prepared to tackle tough problems. You have to be a great problem solver.
True, Engineering courses at school help you learn how to solve problems better, but those were only 5 really helpful courses and then there is the rest of liberal arts easy A stuff:-).
PHP by itself is a superfast scripting engine, both in installation and use. Java on the otherhand requires a lot of setup and maintainance, and usually requires one machine dedicated to hosting its applications.
Now tell me how they equally scale?
How exactly will citizens posting information about government officials be helpful?
Most important information is usually classified as Top-Secret and many can go to jail and lose their lives to reveal it.
Look, I know you all are bitching about the RIAA and Verizon and how the government is favoring the RIAA. What is really going on here is the judge is simply complying with the DMCA. This case was never about the validity of the DMCA as much as it was a clarity on a line.
The real problem here is that DMCA was the most horrible piece of legislation this country has ever passed into law, and i'm suprised it hasn't been challenged yet.
All the problems we've seen over intellectual property are the result of that stupid document. It's funny too, because everyone blindly supported it when it was first being written. I think the EFF group was the only one against it and for reasons unforseen at the time.
listen, microsoft knows consumers do not want the lockdown. However, no one seems to be bringing up the real problem here, and it's not that Pd will be making it impossible for startups to get their software out (that will never happen). It's that this thing will be running in every office in the country around 2010. Everything you work on will have to be signed by the system and will only open up with that same signature. Your company will make sure it happens because they can finally keep their projects underwraps. If Apple or Linux don't play along, you can bet microsoft won't bow down to them.
Microsoft is just clamping down of their OS in a way that enforces their dominance, yet they're going to market the virus protection and DRM as a market distraction, much as.NET Passport was a distraction of them trying to rewrite Java for themselves. They're not going to stop a startup company from sending an App out on the web for you to try. Microsoft def wants developers on their side. They just want another way to rule in the OS market and by "owning the processor" they're basically locking out the other choices without directly doing it.
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This is speculation and until I hear an official quote from inside the loop, it's just not true. Apple might not be releasing XNU until they figure out EFI licensning issues or until they clean it up enough not to look like it was thrown together in 2 seconds. Who knows!?
The Bush administration has been ignoring most of the things already in the law. So it woudln't matter if congress is on our side at this point.
Students have ALWAYS used the latest HOT topic because it's all over the news and teachers want students to pick something. Unfortunately students beat these subjects to death, eventually these will fall by the wayside of war on drugs and abortion like in the 90s.
Ummm... my father works for one of the major pharmaceutical companies and let me tell you they are loving Bush's policy. For one, most of their research money comes from federal grants, and anything else comes from private investment. The reason your drugs cost so much is strictly due to the cost of marketing and demand. If you don't believe me, look at the cost of generics which is substantially less and made by the same process (and same quality of chemicals). When we export our medications to other countries we actually ship them at cost so that the other countries can afford them. Bush puts Spin on everything that comes out of his mouth to make it seem like such a simple black & white issue.
I think a lot of open source projects are proof that Comp Sci degrees are almost pointless.
:-).
I just graduated with CompSci degree and instead of being taken seriously at my new job, I am the new guy fresh out of college. I've been programming since I was 4 years old (Commodore 64), and I can confidently say I know more and code better than the guy who's been at this company for 10 years.
Experience is really the key. You have to know your stuff and be prepared to tackle tough problems. You have to be a great problem solver.
True, Engineering courses at school help you learn how to solve problems better, but those were only 5 really helpful courses and then there is the rest of liberal arts easy A stuff
Wait!, I just RTFA and it says Bush will sign the FTA tomorrow.
PHP by itself is a superfast scripting engine, both in installation and use. Java on the otherhand requires a lot of setup and maintainance, and usually requires one machine dedicated to hosting its applications. Now tell me how they equally scale?
How exactly will citizens posting information about government officials be helpful? Most important information is usually classified as Top-Secret and many can go to jail and lose their lives to reveal it.
Look, I know you all are bitching about the RIAA and Verizon and how the government is favoring the RIAA. What is really going on here is the judge is simply complying with the DMCA. This case was never about the validity of the DMCA as much as it was a clarity on a line. The real problem here is that DMCA was the most horrible piece of legislation this country has ever passed into law, and i'm suprised it hasn't been challenged yet. All the problems we've seen over intellectual property are the result of that stupid document. It's funny too, because everyone blindly supported it when it was first being written. I think the EFF group was the only one against it and for reasons unforseen at the time.
listen, microsoft knows consumers do not want the lockdown. However, no one seems to be bringing up the real problem here, and it's not that Pd will be making it impossible for startups to get their software out (that will never happen). It's that this thing will be running in every office in the country around 2010. Everything you work on will have to be signed by the system and will only open up with that same signature. Your company will make sure it happens because they can finally keep their projects underwraps. If Apple or Linux don't play along, you can bet microsoft won't bow down to them.
.NET Passport was a distraction of them trying to rewrite Java for themselves. They're not going to stop a startup company from sending an App out on the web for you to try. Microsoft def wants developers on their side. They just want another way to rule in the OS market and by "owning the processor" they're basically locking out the other choices without directly doing it.
Microsoft is just clamping down of their OS in a way that enforces their dominance, yet they're going to market the virus protection and DRM as a market distraction, much as