No, you're thinking of the theme music from the TV show. I was talking about the organ music that is played durring the intermission and at the very end when the screen is black.
The company just launched their new embedded project and units are now on their way from the manufacturing center in Singapore. The software is free and comes with source code. The software is not upset or consumed with low self-esteem because of its free-ness. Always stable and open to inspection.
Even "normal" logo should be fun. It is available on a wide range of platforms from Apple IIs to macs to Linux machines. I remmeber learning this on the Apple II. The instructor showed me a version of the eliza program in logo and challenged me to see if I could figure out how it works. It is a much better way to teach structured programming than BASIC, which is an unnecessary crutch to learning programming IMHO.
I think I had to use their software a few times to record CDs from iso images. Unfortunately, the version I had didn't have a verify option, so I had to just assume that all the bits were going on right.
Maybe they should have Linus on "car talk". They could have a computer segment where people call in with questions about "Wy won't my computer start?" "Why does it make that funny noise?" and the ever popular "What is that funny smell and black smoke coming from?"
I think they will have more traditional engines as well in order to get up to speed. In some plans I have seen, this is actually a seperate chamber within the same engine. You use the traditional jets and then close a flap to seal off the turbine and enable the scramjet. Still a tricky proposition.
So why do we need to be able to fly from New York city to Tokyo in 2 hours anyway? Why can't people just learn to be hapy where they are?
The slipery slope comes when you are talking about research at state universities. Should a grad student be able to release his/her research software under GPL, or should they be forced to use a BSD-style license? Of course, the stipends and cost of computer time for a few CS grad students doesn't add up to much in the grand scheme of things..
The MPAA claims in their brief: "The trial testimony was unanimous (from both sides) that DeCSS performs two functions: it decrypts an
encrypted DVD movie file and then copies it to the user's computer hard drive or other storage device." In which to my reading sais that they claim it CAN'T be used for streaming (ie to play a DVD to the screen) - of course they are full of it and their
brief misrepresents reality....
I take a slightly different read from this. MPAA claims that because you have access to the unencrypted signal, this violates the CSS agreement. They have collusion with the hardware and closed software players not to allow the user to redirect the unencrypted signal, but the problem is that I could buy a DVD and a drive for my computer without ever signing away my rights to use the two on a Linux machine. In this case, I hope common sense will prevail in that if you buy DVDs and a DVD drive, then you can watch said DVDs at home without any other strings attached.
If reverse engineering software for the purposes of compatibility is legal and
If the contents of a DVD can be considered a piece of software.
Then it follows that reverse engineering a DVD in order to assure compatibility with a Linux system is also legal. Unlike a celuloid film, a DVD movie cannot be held up to the light and viewed by a person. Unlike a VHS tape, it cannot be decoded into a video signal through a bit of analog circuitry. It requires a computer (usually embedded in a DVD player) in order to produce the signal that can be viewed by the user.
Since it is a set of instructions for creating a video and audio signal, that requires the use of a computer to view, I submit that the contents of a DVD constitute a piece of software.
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To play devil's advocate for a minute. Most companies don't care how a software problem gets solved. If this program allows the company to quickly fix a bug in MS product XXX, then it should be a good deal for the company. It is unfortunate that individual users are excluded from this arrangement, but that is Microsoft's perogative (sp?).
I wouldn't worry too much because:
a) in their own way, Microsoft has acknowleged the power of open source/free software.
b) if nobody thinks it is a good idea to contribute fixes back to Microsoft, it won't happen. It's not as if Microsoft is forcing its users to "fix X bugs or we yank your license".
Another interesting wrinkle in the stereo broadcast scenario. The baseband (unmodulated signal) is actually R+L, while the modulated signal is R-L. This way, a monaural receiver plays both channels and a stereo reciever can seperate the right and left signals.
Even better, just modulate it until it is out of the audio frequency range. This is how stereo signals are broadcast, and I think this is also how the additional two tracks are recorded on quadrophonic (sp?) records.
Perhaps it uses some sort of pseudo random number generator. If sender and receiver use the same generator, pulses could be sent and the receiver would know when to expect them. Now how one would go about syncing this up and making sure that the receiver doesn't start following another transmitter is another story.
Almost every computer language I've ever come across has some form of comments. If computer language were purely functional, then comments would not be needed. In fact they don't (usually) affect the functionality of the program.
Another idea along these lines is that programming lanuages are a human construction just like any other language. They make it easier for us humans to express our ideas to computers, but the computer doesn't need them in the same way we do.
The computer is just another tool, useful for shuffling data around, but it does nothing on its own. It is only when it is used to implement the programs designed by human programmers that it ceases to be just an expensive space heater.
RedHat, Caldera, or someone should capitalize on this by offering a giant penguin made of Lego to the company that can demonstrate the most PCs running with non-Microsoft OSses.
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Why don't they go after mame as well? I mean, in speech, don't "maim" and "mame" sound the same?
No, you're thinking of the theme music from the TV show. I was talking about the organ music that is played durring the intermission and at the very end when the screen is black.
Hopefully it isn't 24 more seconds of that annoying intermission music that is played at the end. Do do do do do do de. du ta du du de de de do...
The company just launched their new embedded project and units are now on their way from the manufacturing center in Singapore. The software is free and comes with source code. The software is not upset or consumed with low self-esteem because of its free-ness. Always stable and open to inspection.
Even "normal" logo should be fun. It is available on a wide range of platforms from Apple IIs to macs to Linux machines. I remmeber learning this on the Apple II. The instructor showed me a version of the eliza program in logo and challenged me to see if I could figure out how it works. It is a much better way to teach structured programming than BASIC, which is an unnecessary crutch to learning programming IMHO.
What makes this lasing unusual is it occurs without the use of mirrors.
But I thought it was all done with smoke and mirrors
that new cd R/W units will have a coin slot?
I think I had to use their software a few times to record CDs from iso images. Unfortunately, the version I had didn't have a verify option, so I had to just assume that all the bits were going on right.
So when exactly is the 10 year anniversary of linux anyway?
Maybe they should have Linus on "car talk". They could have a computer segment where people call in with questions about "Wy won't my computer start?" "Why does it make that funny noise?" and the ever popular "What is that funny smell and black smoke coming from?"
I think they will have more traditional engines as well in order to get up to speed. In some plans I have seen, this is actually a seperate chamber within the same engine. You use the traditional jets and then close a flap to seal off the turbine and enable the scramjet. Still a tricky proposition.
So why do we need to be able to fly from New York city to Tokyo in 2 hours anyway? Why can't people just learn to be hapy where they are?
The slipery slope comes when you are talking about research at state universities. Should a grad student be able to release his/her research software under GPL, or should they be forced to use a BSD-style license? Of course, the stipends and cost of computer time for a few CS grad students doesn't add up to much in the grand scheme of things..
Once again, a knife-weilding maniac has shown us the way.
DECSS is not a weapon, Marge. It's a tool. Like a butcher knife, or a
harpoon, or...uh, a...an alligator.
with apologies to Homer Simpson.
The MPAA claims in their brief: "The trial testimony was unanimous (from both sides) that DeCSS performs two functions: it decrypts an encrypted DVD movie file and then copies it to the user's computer hard drive or other storage device." In which to my reading sais that they claim it CAN'T be used for streaming (ie to play a DVD to the screen) - of course they are full of it and their brief misrepresents reality ....
I take a slightly different read from this. MPAA claims that because you have access to the unencrypted signal, this violates the CSS agreement. They have collusion with the hardware and closed software players not to allow the user to redirect the unencrypted signal, but the problem is that I could buy a DVD and a drive for my computer without ever signing away my rights to use the two on a Linux machine. In this case, I hope common sense will prevail in that if you buy DVDs and a DVD drive, then you can watch said DVDs at home without any other strings attached.
I have a similar idea.
If reverse engineering software for the purposes of compatibility is legal and
If the contents of a DVD can be considered a piece of software.
Then it follows that reverse engineering a DVD in order to assure compatibility with a Linux system is also legal. Unlike a celuloid film, a DVD movie cannot be held up to the light and viewed by a person. Unlike a VHS tape, it cannot be decoded into a video signal through a bit of analog circuitry. It requires a computer (usually embedded in a DVD player) in order to produce the signal that can be viewed by the user.
Since it is a set of instructions for creating a video and audio signal, that requires the use of a computer to view, I submit that the contents of a DVD constitute a piece of software.
To play devil's advocate for a minute. Most companies don't care how a software problem gets solved. If this program allows the company to quickly fix a bug in MS product XXX, then it should be a good deal for the company. It is unfortunate that individual users are excluded from this arrangement, but that is Microsoft's perogative (sp?).
I wouldn't worry too much because:
a) in their own way, Microsoft has acknowleged the power of open source/free software.
b) if nobody thinks it is a good idea to contribute fixes back to Microsoft, it won't happen. It's not as if Microsoft is forcing its users to "fix X bugs or we yank your license".
Another interesting wrinkle in the stereo broadcast scenario. The baseband (unmodulated signal) is actually R+L, while the modulated signal is R-L. This way, a monaural receiver plays both channels and a stereo reciever can seperate the right and left signals.
Never be afraid to try something new. Remeber, Amateurs build the Ark, professionals built the Titanic.
Even better, just modulate it until it is out of the audio frequency range. This is how stereo signals are broadcast, and I think this is also how the additional two tracks are recorded on quadrophonic (sp?) records.
Perhaps it uses some sort of pseudo random number generator. If sender and receiver use the same generator, pulses could be sent and the receiver would know when to expect them. Now how one would go about syncing this up and making sure that the receiver doesn't start following another transmitter is another story.
Almost every computer language I've ever come across has some form of comments. If computer language were purely functional, then comments would not be needed. In fact they don't (usually) affect the functionality of the program.
Another idea along these lines is that programming lanuages are a human construction just like any other language. They make it easier for us humans to express our ideas to computers, but the computer doesn't need them in the same way we do.
The computer is just another tool, useful for shuffling data around, but it does nothing on its own. It is only when it is used to implement the programs designed by human programmers that it ceases to be just an expensive space heater.
Cool, I misspelled 'legend' and still got a 4 :)
will we have a video game version of "Ledgend of the Overfiend"?
RedHat, Caldera, or someone should capitalize on this by offering a giant penguin made of Lego to the company that can demonstrate the most PCs running with non-Microsoft OSses.