In fact, there are very good reasons to have both Firewire and USB on the same machine as well as both SCSI and IDE (in the former case, technology, in the latter, price).
Having multiple bus connectors won't be such a bad thing if they pull it off; I'm still waiting for internal USB modems...
Actually, I'm in Canada and we have laws against campaign contributions like that. We often comment on corruption but look south of the border for examples of it en-masse in this form.
I'm sorry that these corporations have these rigths in the USA, but why not work to change that instead of trying to change the big companies themselves?
HTML's design wasn't shortsighted so much as those who wanted to do more layout-oriented stuff shouldn't have used HTML at all.
They should've innovated (real innovation) and brought out a protocol that was similar to the web but had real-time two-way communications for web applications (instead of relying on cookies and POSTs, etc.) as well as layout mechanisms and colour matching, etc.
HTML would have stayed a raw data form or moved to XHTML eventually with CSS but would've have been used for things like this.
Umm, XHTML and HTTP 1.1 are not the problem; the fact that Microsoft doesn't simply step off and allow you to visit the site with any browser you like is the problem.
No it doesn't require anything of the sort. In fact, MAPS' site has information on how to configure your Internet routers to use the RBL to block all IP traffic from RBL-listed networks.
If you remember, just over a year ago Macromedia's network got listed on the RBL and subscribers to a number of ISPs were unable to download Flash plugins, etc.
MAPS promotes this type of behavious behind a thin screen of "don't blame us if it blows up in your face". I agree with some of what they do, but RBL on BGP is bad and so is the DUL.
Is anyone doing a good job of tracking these DMCA violations and the protests associated with them? It would be nice if a professionally maintained site could be presented to lawmakers to show them the number of actual persons were affected by these legal decisions.
You still have time to prevent this from happening in Canada. We have similar connectivity to the USA and are very close in proximity. Our laws prohibit personal weapons but are much more lax in digital expression at this time.
Check out this article on ITBusiness.ca or the government's submissions page on the issue. We're engaging in "Copyright Reform" -- submit your opinions.
Actually, you're wrong. The reason glibc segfaults is because the C specs state that the results are 'undefined'. Personally, if they're undefined, we should return the standard error condition for these functions (return NULL) instead of segfaulting.
I know, "if (!c) return NULL;" is a lot of code to add to a string function...
That's not true at all; that's just one way (the FreeS/WAN way) it is being handled.
x509 certificates allow you to do opportunistic encryption without using DNS (and works between Windows VPN clients and patched Linux FreeS/WAN too). It works _now_.
I appreciate your comments, but please also note that I'm canadian and we have a much higher rate of immigrants to citizens than the USA last I checked.
Lets hope we don't submit to the pressure for a N-A security border...
Ok, so start installing IPSec software on your computer and/or buying internet routers for other OSs that can't be modified easily (you _do_ use a little box between your Windows box and your DSL line, right?) that support IPSec.
Then, start pushing content servers to support opportunistic encryption (spontaneously set up a VPN tunnel between you and the target when you start communicating)... so much for evesdropping.
How many people are still fetching their E-mail from remote machines without using secure POP3 or IMAP?
FWIW, and I haven't read the actual text of the bill yet, it seems that most of the freedom-smashing sections are specifically against aliens and non-residents.
There are plenty of people who prefer to write English (or their own native tongue) than code. The people who document current interfaces in the Linux kernel, for example, are often not those who wrote them. This might not be ideal, but it happens.
Welcome to the bazaar.
PS, I often _only_ document projects I dream up and allow those who are able to hack them together in a week to do so.
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You could always complain to Microsoft and have the person who sold the software to you suffer a while ...
Ends and Means ... the constitution defends you against the means ... that is, having your private conversations listened to.
The Ends of those listeners is irrelevant to whether you have the right to private conversation with your lawyer.
In fact, there are very good reasons to have both Firewire and USB on the same machine as well as both SCSI and IDE (in the former case, technology, in the latter, price).
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Having multiple bus connectors won't be such a bad thing if they pull it off; I'm still waiting for internal USB modems
How do you like bladeenc compared to lame at higher bitrates? (192, 256, etc. kbits)
I find that bladeenc encoded MP3s sound better than lame MP3s at 192+ kbit/s, but it might just be me.
Actually, I'm in Canada and we have laws against campaign contributions like that. We often comment on corruption but look south of the border for examples of it en-masse in this form.
I'm sorry that these corporations have these rigths in the USA, but why not work to change that instead of trying to change the big companies themselves?
You mean I'm not allowed to purchase tickets to a movie by WB or Disney but not like the fact that they take my rights away with the profits?
... regulate what they could and could not do with the money they make off making good movies.
I thought thats what laws were for
PS, yes, I do think they make good movies.
There are several database systems that do not scale well. The point the poster was trying to make was probably that it does scale well.
An XQL has been proposed by MS if I'm not mistaken. You'd have to search for it though.
We use XML as the format that is returned by the database.
Requesting a list of clients and their sales will return an XML file that describes this list and sublists.
We definately would not use XML as the actual storage format.
HTML's design wasn't shortsighted so much as those who wanted to do more layout-oriented stuff shouldn't have used HTML at all.
They should've innovated (real innovation) and brought out a protocol that was similar to the web but had real-time two-way communications for web applications (instead of relying on cookies and POSTs, etc.) as well as layout mechanisms and colour matching, etc.
HTML would have stayed a raw data form or moved to XHTML eventually with CSS but would've have been used for things like this.
Umm, XHTML and HTTP 1.1 are not the problem; the fact that Microsoft doesn't simply step off and allow you to visit the site with any browser you like is the problem.
Assuming your @home.com address means that you're from N-A, who do you think founded our countries? How about militant freedom fighters?
... just make spam illegal then prosecute -- blocking IPs isn't necessary.
They've improved quality of life for a long time
No it doesn't require anything of the sort. In fact, MAPS' site has information on how to configure your Internet routers to use the RBL to block all IP traffic from RBL-listed networks.
If you remember, just over a year ago Macromedia's network got listed on the RBL and subscribers to a number of ISPs were unable to download Flash plugins, etc.
MAPS promotes this type of behavious behind a thin screen of "don't blame us if it blows up in your face". I agree with some of what they do, but RBL on BGP is bad and so is the DUL.
Is anyone doing a good job of tracking these DMCA violations and the protests associated with them? It would be nice if a professionally maintained site could be presented to lawmakers to show them the number of actual persons were affected by these legal decisions.
You still have time to prevent this from happening in Canada. We have similar connectivity to the USA and are very close in proximity. Our laws prohibit personal weapons but are much more lax in digital expression at this time.
Check out this article on ITBusiness.ca or the government's submissions page on the issue. We're engaging in "Copyright Reform" -- submit your opinions.
I have a feeling you don't know what a light-year is. I'll let you look it up on Dictionary.com.
Do some research on ReiserFS for how OSS projects should be run in this respect. PS, companies don't always want 'exciting' they just want results.
Actually, you're wrong. The reason glibc segfaults is because the C specs state that the results are 'undefined'. Personally, if they're undefined, we should return the standard error condition for these functions (return NULL) instead of segfaulting.
...
I know, "if (!c) return NULL;" is a lot of code to add to a string function
Trust me, I'm aware of that.
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Secure SMTP using TLS and SMTP-AUTH should be the norm but it isn't
That's not true at all; that's just one way (the FreeS/WAN way) it is being handled.
x509 certificates allow you to do opportunistic encryption without using DNS (and works between Windows VPN clients and patched Linux FreeS/WAN too). It works _now_.
I appreciate your comments, but please also note that I'm canadian and we have a much higher rate of immigrants to citizens than the USA last I checked.
...
Lets hope we don't submit to the pressure for a N-A security border
Actually, I just pulled a fast one on our Squid proxy server:
;-)
fake_user_agent Mozilla/6.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98; Gecko on Linux)
anonymize_headers deny User-Agent
... look, MSN works again.
Ok, so start installing IPSec software on your computer and/or buying internet routers for other OSs that can't be modified easily (you _do_ use a little box between your Windows box and your DSL line, right?) that support IPSec.
... so much for evesdropping.
Then, start pushing content servers to support opportunistic encryption (spontaneously set up a VPN tunnel between you and the target when you start communicating)
How many people are still fetching their E-mail from remote machines without using secure POP3 or IMAP?
FWIW, and I haven't read the actual text of the bill yet, it seems that most of the freedom-smashing sections are specifically against aliens and non-residents.
You make too many assumptions.
There are plenty of people who prefer to write English (or their own native tongue) than code. The people who document current interfaces in the Linux kernel, for example, are often not those who wrote them. This might not be ideal, but it happens.
Welcome to the bazaar.
PS, I often _only_ document projects I dream up and allow those who are able to hack them together in a week to do so.