Ok normally I wouldn't bother but how is using pounds (already an imperial system that uses strange numbers of ounces to a pound) superior to using stone which is just the next number up in the sequence? Surely it is more non-sensical to use just pounds and not bother with the higher denomination, stone, which makes weights more readable.
Indeed the last anonymous coward has it right there - given that there is nothing in the original flamebait to suggest a British origin, why assault the British?
I know that a lot of the general public confused the RIAA with the Government in recent lawsuits brought about by the RIAA and this is an interesting case where the RIAA are shown the difference... I imagine an investigating Government body could have ignored Kazaa's terms or got a "search warrant" equivalent.
But the RIAA have no such powers... Oh except the ones where they can buy really expensive lawyers and win the case anyway. Yeah, those are handy.
I understood, American stereotype=fat, British stereotype=bad teeth, I was just making the general point of who has the more dangerous stereotype to their health;-)
Heh-heh - good quote! Maybe I should have my own category - the hacker who only really hangs around on/. and thinks everything else is a waste of time...
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I, for one, welcome our new OS-bearing hard drive overlords. Just imagine a beowulf cluster of these...
What!?!? Pre-empted? D'oh!
But yes that is pretty much the usual list of standard comments!
This made the main story on the front page of the Independent in the UK today (http://www.independent.co.uk/). Chatrooms were always a waste of time anyway imho...
The general opinion in the UK is that the EU parliament is not very democratic as though we elect MEPs, we have little control beyond that, and all it ever seems to do is churn out annoying regulations.
But then again, the UK is the only country to view the EU maximum working hours regulations as an annoyance rather than a boon...
regarding a draft Directive to legalize Software Patents
Most of the speakers emphasised that this was not about legalising software patents, and the impression from the linked article is that over half of the speakers understood what the debate was about and were against software patents.
Surely this is a good sign from the European Parliament?
When the RIP Act was released in 2000 in the UK, it contained a lot of nasty legislation including some about encryption whereby the burden was placed on people to prove that they did not still have the key. This opened up the possibility of prosecution of innocent parties who could not prove their innocence (and were therefore guilty until proven innocent).
While this law is notionally a good idea, does it not create the same problems of senders having to prove their mail was solicited or face being prosecuted? I am not advocating spam of course, just interested on the civil liberties side.
I wouldn't say it was innovation but its a step in the right direction. Its very close to the CSP model as dealt with before (http://www.wotug.org/), which should allow for efficient use of multiple processors.
So if I actually had kids who went out and copycatted these kids, could I sue the original parents/kids for inspiring these crimes and claim back all the money they sued.
It could form a chain... with the people committing the most recent crime always having the money. This is all madness...
This certainly seems to be the trend in filesystems these days, this must be at least the third slashdot posting about a database filing system I've seen recently.
Does anyone have any information on how reliable they are (which I'd imagine would be the major concern about such file systems)? I'm guessing they will not replace ext3 etc., merely be used where applicable.
What's this - a slashdot post where I can't learn everything I need to know without clicking on the links. What is the world coming to! I want to be able to rant without having to look at the content...;)
Zebbers speaks the truth... In the UK at least, many phones (made by major manufacturers such as Nokia) are sold with mechanisms that "lock" them to the network of the company selling them. Unlocking is possible but probably technically not allowed.
There are sweeping generalisations being made here about "US" comics. Although the writers are from the UK and Ireland, comics like Preacher, Transmetropolitan, Sandman, [insert name of other good comics here] were published by DC in the US, lasted for a finite amount of time, and were based on a good plot, not action.
The whole problem with the comic industry is similar to that of the movie industry, too many people paying for too much action-based tosh. Independents and innovation feature lowly, with poor distribution. Just the way of the world I guess....
I admit now I'm not really sure what I'm talking about but I thought TFTs could scale properly (i.e. not just 1 pixel is a clump of 4) to whatever resolution you wanted to set them to? Is this not the case, as I haven't really played with one up close and fiddled the resolution.
Surely technical support is also the no. 1 way for open source producing companies to make money? For example, Red Hat (while I know they didn't produce all of GNU/Linux...) supply Linux for free and charge for support.
Besides I wasn't aware that Microsoft offered good technical support anyway so what's the difference!
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Ok normally I wouldn't bother but how is using pounds (already an imperial system that uses strange numbers of ounces to a pound) superior to using stone which is just the next number up in the sequence? Surely it is more non-sensical to use just pounds and not bother with the higher denomination, stone, which makes weights more readable.
Indeed the last anonymous coward has it right there - given that there is nothing in the original flamebait to suggest a British origin, why assault the British?
But the RIAA have no such powers... Oh except the ones where they can buy really expensive lawyers and win the case anyway. Yeah, those are handy.
I understood, American stereotype=fat, British stereotype=bad teeth, I was just making the general point of who has the more dangerous stereotype to their health ;-)
All nationality disputes aside, bad teeth aren't more likely to give you heart disease and various other health problems, unlike obesity which will.
Heh-heh - good quote! Maybe I should have my own category - the hacker who only really hangs around on /. and thinks everything else is a waste of time...
* I, for one, welcome our new OS-bearing hard drive overlords. Just imagine a beowulf cluster of these... What!?!? Pre-empted? D'oh! But yes that is pretty much the usual list of standard comments!
This made the main story on the front page of the Independent in the UK today (http://www.independent.co.uk/). Chatrooms were always a waste of time anyway imho...
But then again, the UK is the only country to view the EU maximum working hours regulations as an annoyance rather than a boon...
Most of the speakers emphasised that this was not about legalising software patents, and the impression from the linked article is that over half of the speakers understood what the debate was about and were against software patents.
Surely this is a good sign from the European Parliament?
When the RIP Act was released in 2000 in the UK, it contained a lot of nasty legislation including some about encryption whereby the burden was placed on people to prove that they did not still have the key. This opened up the possibility of prosecution of innocent parties who could not prove their innocence (and were therefore guilty until proven innocent). While this law is notionally a good idea, does it not create the same problems of senders having to prove their mail was solicited or face being prosecuted? I am not advocating spam of course, just interested on the civil liberties side.
I wouldn't say it was innovation but its a step in the right direction. Its very close to the CSP model as dealt with before (http://www.wotug.org/), which should allow for efficient use of multiple processors.
At last - some good news regarding patents appears on slashdot. A step in the right direction at least for the EU...
Is this an American thing? I've never heard of this before...
So if I actually had kids who went out and copycatted these kids, could I sue the original parents/kids for inspiring these crimes and claim back all the money they sued. It could form a chain... with the people committing the most recent crime always having the money. This is all madness...
Interesting... In the UK mining was killed off, essentially completely, in the 1980s and is now rapidly becoming part of the industrial past.
This certainly seems to be the trend in filesystems these days, this must be at least the third slashdot posting about a database filing system I've seen recently. Does anyone have any information on how reliable they are (which I'd imagine would be the major concern about such file systems)? I'm guessing they will not replace ext3 etc., merely be used where applicable.
What's this - a slashdot post where I can't learn everything I need to know without clicking on the links. What is the world coming to! I want to be able to rant without having to look at the content... ;)
Zebbers speaks the truth... In the UK at least, many phones (made by major manufacturers such as Nokia) are sold with mechanisms that "lock" them to the network of the company selling them. Unlocking is possible but probably technically not allowed.
There are sweeping generalisations being made here about "US" comics. Although the writers are from the UK and Ireland, comics like Preacher, Transmetropolitan, Sandman, [insert name of other good comics here] were published by DC in the US, lasted for a finite amount of time, and were based on a good plot, not action. The whole problem with the comic industry is similar to that of the movie industry, too many people paying for too much action-based tosh. Independents and innovation feature lowly, with poor distribution. Just the way of the world I guess....
I don't use DCOM because I don't understand what it's all about. I don't use Java because I *do* understand what it's all about...
Another anonymous coward starts spouting nonsense... just another day on slashdot!
I admit now I'm not really sure what I'm talking about but I thought TFTs could scale properly (i.e. not just 1 pixel is a clump of 4) to whatever resolution you wanted to set them to? Is this not the case, as I haven't really played with one up close and fiddled the resolution.
Surely technical support is also the no. 1 way for open source producing companies to make money? For example, Red Hat (while I know they didn't produce all of GNU/Linux...) supply Linux for free and charge for support.
Besides I wasn't aware that Microsoft offered good technical support anyway so what's the difference!
Pity that will probably hit the spam filters and never get read...