I know folks here must have dealt with this before: Linksys, SCO, Castle Technology, United Linux, and others."
I wonder if FSF would aim their gun at KISS technology regarding thier GPL violation (MPlayer). I hope they will, and beat a crap out of Kiss' ass. It appears GPL is regarded very lightly in some part of the world, while it has presence in the US (except some part of Utah). If Kiss can get away with their GPL violation, others may follow. FSF shouldn't let this happen...
well, these "predictions" are by those who call themselves journalist and/or analyst, so no one should take their words seriously. they belong to the species responsible for last year's SCO share boosts, made possible by irresponsible comments on everything they could come up with. their job is to make smoke out of nothing. fuck 'em.
"I'd hate to see what would happen the moment divvying the donations up among project members goes awry."
If contributors of a project fight over distribution of money, then that project is already a history. I don't expect any projects run by people with no coordination with each other or common goals to be successful.
For fairness to all members involved, however, the information regarding to given donation has to be available to all members. Otherwise only a few close to the source *can* take advantage. If contributors' only motivation becomes donation money, this mentality may distort the look of open source in general. Open Source exists to produce better programs, alternative to commonly used low quality software that was written only to make money.
Donation is rewards to their work, not salary. That said, IMO SourceForge's program will help projects to survive and offer what the contributors deserve.
"... umm, now the time has come. Finally. I have to do something about this. First I will have to fight with them in court...goddamn BayStar... what else should I,.... oh! I should write letters. A nice Christmas card to Ms. DiDio and Rob Enderle!! They can save my ass again and salvage my company. Let's write a note to PR..."
--sound from one anonymous executive office in Lindon, UT
A buddy of mine burnt several DVD+Rs for me. After I came back home, they became coasters as I found out none of the PCs I own read them. My laptop is less than a year old for god's sake. Despite its hype, DVD+R format is useless unless you have a compatible drive(players should be ok).
Also, new 8x recorders are coming.
Also, new double-layer recorders are coming.
The target is constantly moving...
As far as the next generation high capacity DVD format is concerned, Blue-ray is currently under development, headed by Sony, Matsushita(panasonic) and phillips. Meanwhile, (oh what a surprise) there is another high-cap DVD standard using blue-laser technology, headed by Toshiba and NEC. It is called HD-DVD and it stores 5 times more data than current DVD+/-Rs can hold. Needless to say they are incompatible to one another.
while neither of new DVD standards is available in the market yet, it is a matter of time that they will replace the current standards. Then again, we will face incompatibility issues between Blue-Ray and HD DVD. Competition is good, but consumers have got enough of those with VHS/Beta, LaserDisc/Videodisc, Win/Mac, yada yada yada.
Despite its hype and promises, DVD+R may live a short life (maybe 10 years) IMO.
from the article:... allows moviegoers to make a citizen's arrest if they see someone in a theater with a recording device.
A short range video transmitter with a mini 3CCD (or even one chip) camera is *not* a recording device. Recording video image from the receiver outside theater can be morally questionable. Some good people in CA might be thinking that they can finally make a good use of X10 security cam.
This is where tablet pc's should be heading. that I agree but...
I don't mean to rant, but with laptop becoming more powerful and versatile, I am a little skeptical about the future of this type of device unless there is cost benefit.
Let's face it, even if you can carry a monitor around, you will still need keyboard and mouse (or good hand writing recognition) to input. I think the reason tablet PCs are having tough time in the market (except for package carriers) is that people are so used to using conventional input devices. Some people prefer to have keyboard even on PDAs. On the other side, there are a lot of laptops that are smaller, more powerful and capable than the smart LCD.
I tried to come up with a senario where a wireless LCD become essential, and I couldn't think of one. It is neither as small as PDAs (and remember PDAs nowadays are powerful), nor as capable as a laptop. History tells that this kind of in-between products rarely make success in the market.
that means FAT 32 with long file name is no-no, while old FAT (16) with 8 chars and 3 letter file extension is just fine. MS has no ground to charge for old FAT, as its patent (even if they have one) must have been expired long time ago.
Great! Now I can make good use out of "Progra~1" folder and "Docume~1" folder in the FAT partition of my HDD. I can still save files with long names like "Paris Hilton video (this is real).wmv" in ext3 or raiser.
They didn't file any till 1995. Kinda clever, really
oh wait, as far as I remember you can't file patents on any invention after certain amount of time (12 months, I believe) since any products using the said invention are sold. Have I been misinformed?
US Patent office (don't know about non-us) has such restrictions on patent filings, as I recall. If MS filed patent on FAT in 95, it's definitely void. I wouldn't be surprised if M$ lawyers somehow made this possible...
according to zdnet japan (sorry link in japanese), DoCoMo added Linux as an option for manufacturers to choose from, by setting standardized specs for Linux on 3G. apparently DoCoMo doesn't want to limit choices of OS on 3G. The article says that they have specs (requirement) for Symbian OS available also.
As Japan's largest provider, DoCoMo's relaxed stance on choice of OS may benefit manufacturers and consumers in a long run. Obviously people at DoCoMo can't care less about the OS that will soon be running inside of every car.
Learning to use a computer is just like learning a new language!
The only difference is that language will not change over a decade as much as technology around computers will. I was typing with WordPerfect 5.1 a decade ago. Have you heard WP lately? What does this tell you?
If kids need computer skills, high school may be a good starting point. Unless you are teaching 5th graders command lines to admin Unix machines, becoming a "computer literate" won't take much time. That's what GUI's are for. Computers in grade schools are not used to teach real "languages," programming in C++ or Java. The article mentions some negative consequences from using PowerPoint-like program, which ironically restricts children from creating what they want.
Applications are designed in a way which even dummies can use them. But at the same time, as long as you have only a keyboard and monitor to interact with a computer, there are restrictions on what a computer can do. Maybe this will change (keyboard and monitor become obsolete?) by the time these kids become adult. Who knows?
either way, why did the thief log on to AOL using the laptop he just stole? did he steal it to use AOL??? besides it's a laptop. he could've logged on NOT from his nifty home(built with Home Depot goods), but from elsewhere. is he Beavis or Butthead?
I guess this "38-year-old Home Depot clerk" wasn't aware of the data this laptop contained, and never understood seriousness of the crime until feds knocked on the door. had he known how serious it was, he shouldn't have made such a stupid mistake (and sold the laptop on ebay).
"SCO said last week that it would sue within 90 days. The Linux community thinks SCO's bluffing and won't make its self-imposed February 17 deadline. McBride said he'd like to play that number in Vegas."
put a big red mark on your calender everyone! if a suit *ever* happens, it's time for developers, the REAL copyrights holders to stand up and show Darl what "protecting IP" under copyrights law means. "misappropriation of IP" will not feed them; it will hunt them down. too bad darl has no ammo (he never have) to scare everyone off. he only has a handful of empty shells.
in translation the two most powerful mafia in the entertainment industry are requesting immunization from any request for breakup so that no one with sound mind won't stop their *activities*. if you have an army of lawyers standing behind, you can exploit all the "entertainers" and extort peepers, blaming them for watching free shows.
RI@@ + MP@@ should be disband, just like hollywood studios were ordered to break up their vertically integrated film distribution system in the past. both organizations gives no benefit whatsoeveer to artists and/or consumers. their only interest is their profits only. fsck them.
how about good ol' newsgroups? sounds like ICA-R-US works only on P2P file sharing. or does it detect alt.binaries.****s? I doubt it does.
you know, sometimes it's a good idea to step backwards, live in the old style, and survive well in this world controlled by a few in power. I'm talking about "school," of course.:p
DVD-R vs DVD+R
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is as sticky competition as VHS vs Beta. No matter how fast they are I won't buy a burner until either of them becomes de facto standard....oh yeah, I know a lot of burners burn both formats, but it doesn't matter to me. I mean, what happened to DVD-ROM drives nowadays? Does anyone even remember?
lindows costs more money but it's still was built on OSS so why would i donate it to the FSF and possibly not get a freePC?
because Lindows Co. does have a revenue source, while FSF depends heavily on donations to keep their operations running. Lindows is selling commercial OS which *happen* to be based on OSS and/or free software. Also consider the fact that thanks to the billioneire-turned-entrepreneur, Lindows has enough budget to promote their products.
personally I have no craving for a half-ass freePC. Would Debian-based Lindows be successful (not commercially, but as an OS) as it is now without OSS/free software? I doubt it. donating MS settlement $$$ to keep OpenSource and free software movement alive is not a bad idea, imo.
Oh well, I have Photoshop running under wine on my laptop, and more importantly, I have GIMP that does the same job in a similar fashion. But realistically how many home users know that Linux desktop can offer what they want/need? Average users gets information primarily from media outlets, from advertising and reviews in particular. Unless they get to know what Linux is, average users will keep using what they are offered by retailers.
What Linux needs to become more popular actually is advertisement and marketing. Average users should be informed of presence and benefit of Linux. At this moment, Linux has little-to-none presence in media, except for IT news. But things are changing finally, and it is happening rapidly (have you seen IBM spot?).
With all big names standing behind, the penguin may fly in the air in the very near future.
Rather than spending more money on MS funded studies to undermine OpenSource and $5mil to play "bounty hunter game" just to ward off criticisms toward your swiss cheese OS, you might want to spend the same money to improve code in your products. Needless to say, I am very aware that my suggestion will be disregarded, as you do not agree a very common notion that better coding will improve security of an operating system.
It doesn't matter, really, as the amount of money you are spending for all these FUD tactics, marketing, settlements and donations to politicians is nothing significant in your bank account. But from my perspective, all your FUD attempts to undermine OSS is making you look like a biggle clown. You look good when you are with this fella.
Will Shrek 2 live up to the original, or will it be a dissapointment like most sequels?
I thought a sequel to Shrek was already released this summer and it sure was a dissapointment. I'm sure it was a sequel, I saw the same green guy in it.
... oh wait, the title was 'hulk' or something, so maybe it was a different film. my bad...
if there is any dialogue in the final version of the script. I mean, it's great to see Hollywood films becoming more Hollywood film, not bothering human elements or cheesy *drama* in a movie, allowing audience with no language skills or hearing impediment to appreciate their art. They don't even need subtitles when they release this sorta films in foreign countries. I guess this is all because today's Hollywood --unlike some years ago-- can't make any movie with real drama in it. "Let's put more special effects and get rid of all human characters." Oh yeah, that sells. Smart move...
that SuSE is partially (30%...!?)owned by the German government. Obviously Germany is betting their future on open source. Watch your steps Mr. Ballmer. Not to mention coalition of Asian governments to develop a new OS. Maybe his Frequent Flyers Miles will go up high with trips to Germany and Asian countries. (oh wait, there's no such thing as FFM for a private jet, are there?)
With 50% of the company owned by the German government and ("reportedly") IBM, who owns the rest of SuSE? I'm just curious.
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I know folks here must have dealt with this before: Linksys, SCO, Castle Technology, United Linux, and others."
I wonder if FSF would aim their gun at KISS technology regarding thier GPL violation (MPlayer). I hope they will, and beat a crap out of Kiss' ass. It appears GPL is regarded very lightly in some part of the world, while it has presence in the US (except some part of Utah). If Kiss can get away with their GPL violation, others may follow. FSF shouldn't let this happen...
well, these "predictions" are by those who call themselves journalist and/or analyst, so no one should take their words seriously. they belong to the species responsible for last year's SCO share boosts, made possible by irresponsible comments on everything they could come up with. their job is to make smoke out of nothing. fuck 'em.
I rather believe what Miss Cleo says.
"I'd hate to see what would happen the moment divvying the donations up among project members goes awry."
If contributors of a project fight over distribution of money, then that project is already a history. I don't expect any projects run by people with no coordination with each other or common goals to be successful.
For fairness to all members involved, however, the information regarding to given donation has to be available to all members. Otherwise only a few close to the source *can* take advantage. If contributors' only motivation becomes donation money, this mentality may distort the look of open source in general. Open Source exists to produce better programs, alternative to commonly used low quality software that was written only to make money.
Donation is rewards to their work, not salary. That said, IMO SourceForge's program will help projects to survive and offer what the contributors deserve.
... since this article came on. it was fine until 5mins ago. (was $14.??, some 5% down from yesterday, if my memory serves)
"... umm, now the time has come. Finally. I have to do something about this. First I will have to fight with them in court...goddamn BayStar... what else should I, .... oh! I should write letters. A nice Christmas card to Ms. DiDio and Rob Enderle!! They can save my ass again and salvage my company. Let's write a note to PR..."
--sound from one anonymous executive office in Lindon, UT
don't worry, US congress will buy a bunch of this by 2004.
A buddy of mine burnt several DVD+Rs for me. After I came back home, they became coasters as I found out none of the PCs I own read them. My laptop is less than a year old for god's sake. Despite its hype, DVD+R format is useless unless you have a compatible drive(players should be ok).
Also, new 8x recorders are coming.
Also, new double-layer recorders are coming.
The target is constantly moving...
As far as the next generation high capacity DVD format is concerned, Blue-ray is currently under development, headed by Sony, Matsushita(panasonic) and phillips. Meanwhile, (oh what a surprise) there is another high-cap DVD standard using blue-laser technology, headed by Toshiba and NEC. It is called HD-DVD and it stores 5 times more data than current DVD+/-Rs can hold. Needless to say they are incompatible to one another.
while neither of new DVD standards is available in the market yet, it is a matter of time that they will replace the current standards. Then again, we will face incompatibility issues between Blue-Ray and HD DVD. Competition is good, but consumers have got enough of those with VHS/Beta, LaserDisc/Videodisc, Win/Mac, yada yada yada.
Despite its hype and promises, DVD+R may live a short life (maybe 10 years) IMO.
from the article: ... allows moviegoers to make a citizen's arrest if they see someone in a theater with a recording device.
A short range video transmitter with a mini 3CCD (or even one chip) camera is *not* a recording device. Recording video image from the receiver outside theater can be morally questionable. Some good people in CA might be thinking that they can finally make a good use of X10 security cam.
This is where tablet pc's should be heading.
that I agree but...
I don't mean to rant, but with laptop becoming more powerful and versatile, I am a little skeptical about the future of this type of device unless there is cost benefit.
Let's face it, even if you can carry a monitor around, you will still need keyboard and mouse (or good hand writing recognition) to input. I think the reason tablet PCs are having tough time in the market (except for package carriers) is that people are so used to using conventional input devices. Some people prefer to have keyboard even on PDAs. On the other side, there are a lot of laptops that are smaller, more powerful and capable than the smart LCD.
I tried to come up with a senario where a wireless LCD become essential, and I couldn't think of one. It is neither as small as PDAs (and remember PDAs nowadays are powerful), nor as capable as a laptop. History tells that this kind of in-between products rarely make success in the market.
that means FAT 32 with long file name is no-no, while old FAT (16) with 8 chars and 3 letter file extension is just fine. MS has no ground to charge for old FAT, as its patent (even if they have one) must have been expired long time ago.
Great! Now I can make good use out of "Progra~1" folder and "Docume~1" folder in the FAT partition of my HDD. I can still save files with long names like "Paris Hilton video (this is real).wmv" in ext3 or raiser.
As always, thanks Bill for innovations.
They didn't file any till 1995. Kinda clever, really
oh wait, as far as I remember you can't file patents on any invention after certain amount of time (12 months, I believe) since any products using the said invention are sold. Have I been misinformed?
US Patent office (don't know about non-us) has such restrictions on patent filings, as I recall. If MS filed patent on FAT in 95, it's definitely void. I wouldn't be surprised if M$ lawyers somehow made this possible...
according to zdnet japan (sorry link in japanese), DoCoMo added Linux as an option for manufacturers to choose from, by setting standardized specs for Linux on 3G. apparently DoCoMo doesn't want to limit choices of OS on 3G. The article says that they have specs (requirement) for Symbian OS available also.
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As Japan's largest provider, DoCoMo's relaxed stance on choice of OS may benefit manufacturers and consumers in a long run. Obviously people at DoCoMo can't care less about the OS that will soon be running inside of every car
Freedom of choice is a blessing these days...
from NSA log...
North Korea has launched an email service that "guarantees the privacy of correspondence"
"Hi everyone. Since Hotmail is infamous for its backdoor and security holes, I'm switching my email. Please update your address book!
old address: KimJongIl@hotmail(REMOVE).com
new address: tyrant@hackers.no-korea(REMOVE).gov
Yours,
Kimmy"
Learning to use a computer is just like learning a new language!
The only difference is that language will not change over a decade as much as technology around computers will. I was typing with WordPerfect 5.1 a decade ago. Have you heard WP lately? What does this tell you?
If kids need computer skills, high school may be a good starting point. Unless you are teaching 5th graders command lines to admin Unix machines, becoming a "computer literate" won't take much time. That's what GUI's are for. Computers in grade schools are not used to teach real "languages," programming in C++ or Java. The article mentions some negative consequences from using PowerPoint-like program, which ironically restricts children from creating what they want.
Applications are designed in a way which even dummies can use them. But at the same time, as long as you have only a keyboard and monitor to interact with a computer, there are restrictions on what a computer can do. Maybe this will change (keyboard and monitor become obsolete?) by the time these kids become adult. Who knows?
either way, why did the thief log on to AOL using the laptop he just stole? did he steal it to use AOL??? besides it's a laptop. he could've logged on NOT from his nifty home(built with Home Depot goods), but from elsewhere. is he Beavis or Butthead?
I guess this "38-year-old Home Depot clerk" wasn't aware of the data this laptop contained, and never understood seriousness of the crime until feds knocked on the door. had he known how serious it was, he shouldn't have made such a stupid mistake (and sold the laptop on ebay).
"SCO said last week that it would sue within 90 days. The Linux community thinks SCO's bluffing and won't make its self-imposed February 17 deadline. McBride said he'd like to play that number in Vegas."
put a big red mark on your calender everyone! if a suit *ever* happens, it's time for developers, the REAL copyrights holders to stand up and show Darl what "protecting IP" under copyrights law means. "misappropriation of IP" will not feed them; it will hunt them down. too bad darl has no ammo (he never have) to scare everyone off. he only has a handful of empty shells.
in translation the two most powerful mafia in the entertainment industry are requesting immunization from any request for breakup so that no one with sound mind won't stop their *activities*. if you have an army of lawyers standing behind, you can exploit all the "entertainers" and extort peepers, blaming them for watching free shows.
RI@@ + MP@@ should be disband, just like hollywood studios were ordered to break up their vertically integrated film distribution system in the past. both organizations gives no benefit whatsoeveer to artists and/or consumers. their only interest is their profits only. fsck them.
how about good ol' newsgroups? sounds like ICA-R-US works only on P2P file sharing. or does it detect alt.binaries.****s? I doubt it does.
:p
you know, sometimes it's a good idea to step backwards, live in the old style, and survive well in this world controlled by a few in power. I'm talking about "school," of course.
is as sticky competition as VHS vs Beta. No matter how fast they are I won't buy a burner until either of them becomes de facto standard. ...oh yeah, I know a lot of burners burn both formats, but it doesn't matter to me. I mean, what happened to DVD-ROM drives nowadays? Does anyone even remember?
lindows costs more money but it's still was built on OSS so why would i donate it to the FSF and possibly not get a freePC?
because Lindows Co. does have a revenue source, while FSF depends heavily on donations to keep their operations running. Lindows is selling commercial OS which *happen* to be based on OSS and/or free software. Also consider the fact that thanks to the billioneire-turned-entrepreneur, Lindows has enough budget to promote their products.
personally I have no craving for a half-ass freePC. Would Debian-based Lindows be successful (not commercially, but as an OS) as it is now without OSS/free software? I doubt it. donating MS settlement $$$ to keep OpenSource and free software movement alive is not a bad idea, imo.
Photoshop.
Oh well, I have Photoshop running under wine on my laptop, and more importantly, I have GIMP that does the same job in a similar fashion. But realistically how many home users know that Linux desktop can offer what they want/need? Average users gets information primarily from media outlets, from advertising and reviews in particular. Unless they get to know what Linux is, average users will keep using what they are offered by retailers.
What Linux needs to become more popular actually is advertisement and marketing. Average users should be informed of presence and benefit of Linux. At this moment, Linux has little-to-none presence in media, except for IT news. But things are changing finally, and it is happening rapidly (have you seen IBM spot?).
With all big names standing behind, the penguin may fly in the air in the very near future.
Dear Mr. Gates and Mr. Ballmer:
Rather than spending more money on MS funded studies to undermine OpenSource and $5mil to play "bounty hunter game" just to ward off criticisms toward your swiss cheese OS, you might want to spend the same money to improve code in your products. Needless to say, I am very aware that my suggestion will be disregarded, as you do not agree a very common notion that better coding will improve security of an operating system.
It doesn't matter, really, as the amount of money you are spending for all these FUD tactics, marketing, settlements and donations to politicians is nothing significant in your bank account. But from my perspective, all your FUD attempts to undermine OSS is making you look like a biggle clown. You look good when you are with this fella.
Yours,
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Will Shrek 2 live up to the original, or will it be a dissapointment like most sequels?
I thought a sequel to Shrek was already released this summer and it sure was a dissapointment. I'm sure it was a sequel, I saw the same green guy in it.
... oh wait, the title was 'hulk' or something, so maybe it was a different film. my bad...
if there is any dialogue in the final version of the script. I mean, it's great to see Hollywood films becoming more Hollywood film, not bothering human elements or cheesy *drama* in a movie, allowing audience with no language skills or hearing impediment to appreciate their art. They don't even need subtitles when they release this sorta films in foreign countries. I guess this is all because today's Hollywood --unlike some years ago-- can't make any movie with real drama in it. "Let's put more special effects and get rid of all human characters." Oh yeah, that sells. Smart move...
that SuSE is partially (30%...!?)owned by the German government. Obviously Germany is betting their future on open source. Watch your steps Mr. Ballmer. Not to mention coalition of Asian governments to develop a new OS. Maybe his Frequent Flyers Miles will go up high with trips to Germany and Asian countries. (oh wait, there's no such thing as FFM for a private jet, are there?)
With 50% of the company owned by the German government and ("reportedly") IBM, who owns the rest of SuSE? I'm just curious.