With the net result of getting a couple of hundred votes at the next election? I don't want to sound too cynical, but sadly, creating a minor party with a political founding on a small number of policy points won't win you an election.
It just shows how extending copyright, for one, really has no benefits for the general public. The only reason for enacting these sorts of copyright laws is to ensure that Australia is still in the "good books" with the US and the vested parties will get their royalties/fees...
One interesting point is that in Aus, since the copyright laws are (as yet, still) different, Project Gutenberg of Australia can host certain texts, including some Australian texts which would be public domain, but if this agreement goes ahead, some of these texts would be illegal to distribute...
You don't actually know the context here, though? The words "don't care" can have different connotations, for example, "we don't care what this function returns, since we don't depend on it", and not just "don't care if this function causes mayhem"...
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These things are called continued fractions. You can do this sort of thing with any quadratic irrational. For example 2 = 1+1/(2+1/(2+...
Because the system calls under Linux will be different than the system calls/interrupts under DOS or Windows. In DOS you have int 21h, which you do not have in Linux, for example.
No it isn't, because the system calls talk to the kernel, while if you're doing things with C++ or any other language they get fed through a standard library first.
I agree with the sentiment that knowing assembly language maketh a programmer, in some circumstances. It allows a deeper understanding of how certain languages work "under the hood", and how to debug errors that may not be so easily detected by than just staring at code. Knowing C and assembler, for instance, is a good match in my eyes.
It may not be so important though, if you're a database programmer, or if you're dealing with high-level languages such as Java or something.
I think what is meant is programming in assembly under Linux. Programming in assembly under Linux is different than say programming in assembly under DOS/Windows, for example.
With a thousand eyes, all bugs/errors/vandalism/junk is shallow...
There's always someone watching out for junk. There's a Recent Changes page which shows all edits made, so one can monitor from there.
This is an argument that could apply to any part of a computer, yet we have standard USB devices that even work across several OS and hardware platforms and these haven't been the doom of the computer industry, either.
Because you can't have vendor lock-in with a device - for example if you have a HP USB printer and if it fails and you want to buy a new one you can buy a Canon USB printer if you want to. The interface doesn't matter - standardized interfaces help drive competition.
Apple, IBM et. al. do not manufacture and sell batteries, they manufacture and sell computers. It is an unnecessary burden for them to sell and stock batteries for their products.
Perhaps, but then they get to charge prices they desire for them. Just like the iPod and the iPod batt.
There is little business sense for the vendor in that form of vendor lock-in. The vendor has to stock a large pile of batteries, these will age while waiting to be sold and eventually, he will have lots of batteries to throw away once this battery's particular product isn't on the market anymore.
Not really. They store as many batteries as they need for the products + a small surplus and if the consumer may want a battery they will have to wait for the company to order them in.
The vendor has to sell a product he isn't good in and this raises prices, which makes his customers unhappy.
Yes, of course. Maybe there'll be a swing in future to standardization. But not now. Batteries are often as finely crafted to voltage and current ratings that mean that you may be hard pressed to find replacements for certain products that don't match the ratings of the device.
The consumer electronics gadget market hasn't this kind of vendor lock-in - they use standard AA batteries and the market is still alive "despite" the fact that the businesses do not have "pricing and control" of their products' batteries at their own hands.
The difference is an AA battery costs almost nothing to produce. The batteries we're talking about are much more compelx - and much more expensive.
Because it takes pricing and control out of the hands of the businesses that depend on their products having batteries. If there's a standard form of battery, then you have interoperability, and you then don't have vendor lock-in, and then the business loses out because the users are buying their batteries from somewhere else...
So I guess one can't use the computer without being stuck with XP. Perhaps this might be sort of useful for Mom and Pop computer users, but to get any real use out of the computer...
If she developed some new techniques in solving the problem or made some advance into solving the problem, then that's important enough. Math is a collaborative science, too, in any case...if she's not right, someone could build on her work and improve it.
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With the net result of getting a couple of hundred votes at the next election? I don't want to sound too cynical, but sadly, creating a minor party with a political founding on a small number of policy points won't win you an election.
It just shows how extending copyright, for one, really has no benefits for the general public. The only reason for enacting these sorts of copyright laws is to ensure that Australia is still in the "good books" with the US and the vested parties will get their royalties/fees...
One interesting point is that in Aus, since the copyright laws are (as yet, still) different, Project Gutenberg of Australia can host certain texts, including some Australian texts which would be public domain, but if this agreement goes ahead, some of these texts would be illegal to distribute...
UUNet and Abovenet record a massive surge in the number of new accounts registered with their ISPs...
Wouldn't it be cheaper just to tell these people quickly in person? Considering the cost of a text message in some places...
want to charge you through the nose for it. I think we're going to see something like what happened with Windows ME...
Good point :) But I guess when you use it on radio I suppose it's aural...
It's as many Morse instructors say, Morse is an aural language, not a visual one. The dots and dashes are really only aids to learning the sounds...
Oh but you can! ---... -.--.- is :) and -.-.-. -.--.- is ;)
Take a look at some examples of the Q code for some TLAs that were commonly used, along with a whole lot of casual abbreviations, for example...
You don't actually know the context here, though? The words "don't care" can have different connotations, for example, "we don't care what this function returns, since we don't depend on it", and not just "don't care if this function causes mayhem"...
(that should be the SQUARE ROOT of 2...)
These things are called continued fractions. You can do this sort of thing with any quadratic irrational. For example 2 = 1+1/(2+1/(2+...
Because the system calls under Linux will be different than the system calls/interrupts under DOS or Windows. In DOS you have int 21h, which you do not have in Linux, for example.
It's a reference to an old proverb. Manners maketh the man..
No it isn't, because the system calls talk to the kernel, while if you're doing things with C++ or any other language they get fed through a standard library first.
Uhh, the system calls will be different if you're coding assembly under anything else than Linux.
I agree with the sentiment that knowing assembly language maketh a programmer, in some circumstances. It allows a deeper understanding of how certain languages work "under the hood", and how to debug errors that may not be so easily detected by than just staring at code. Knowing C and assembler, for instance, is a good match in my eyes.
It may not be so important though, if you're a database programmer, or if you're dealing with high-level languages such as Java or something.
I think what is meant is programming in assembly under Linux. Programming in assembly under Linux is different than say programming in assembly under DOS/Windows, for example.
With a thousand eyes, all bugs/errors/vandalism/junk is shallow... There's always someone watching out for junk. There's a Recent Changes page which shows all edits made, so one can monitor from there.
Ye page by Method of Design, is hencewith left Without Content...?
I wonder whether Mitnick will have to edit and typeset some of his work on a typewriter, since he can't touch a computer...
Because it takes pricing and control out of the hands of the businesses that depend on their products having batteries. If there's a standard form of battery, then you have interoperability, and you then don't have vendor lock-in, and then the business loses out because the users are buying their batteries from somewhere else...
So I guess one can't use the computer without being stuck with XP. Perhaps this might be sort of useful for Mom and Pop computer users, but to get any real use out of the computer...
If she developed some new techniques in solving the problem or made some advance into solving the problem, then that's important enough. Math is a collaborative science, too, in any case...if she's not right, someone could build on her work and improve it.