The Term Killer is just wrong , how about Competitor.
I hate the terminology as much as you do, but is it not an accurate description of how big businesses act? As long as some other business does choose to resort to pathological competitiveness, is there any other way of ensuring survival than to rise^Wstoop to the same level? I mean, you can't make others play nicely, can you?
Just because a business has no obligation to do right doesn't mean that they are off the hook. No government should regulate what a business can do elsewhere (selling to the enemy in times of war notwithstanding), but let them receive all the bad PR they deserve.
Of course, when you look at the history of the current copyrights, you'll see that the Berne Convention was written at the behest of one author, Victor Hugo, who was displeased that other people could publish his works outside of France, because copyright was not recognized internationally.
I agree that copyright should be recognized internationally, and it should be bestowed upon creation of a work, but I also think that the life + 50 was a completely unnecessary unilateral money grab (even then), unopposed by anyone, because no one knew how important this would all become.
If anybody could give some cited insight into the history of copyright pre-Berne, or even point us to something peer-reviewed, that would be very helpful.
I would like to point out that in modern versions of glibc, large malloc()s are implemented with anonymous mmap()s (the threshold is configurable). And OpenBSD's malloc() doesn't use sbrk() at all. I suspect that they combine small allocations into the same page, so that you don't have to allocate a whole page for every small bit of memory.
I will say one thing: at least we still have enough rule of law to fight to preserve the rule of law. When was the last time you heard about the Chinese government not being legally able to implement a domestic policy?
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Here's the deal:
If you want to watch any commercial video that is "hi-def" in full resolution, you must have an HDCP-compliant monitor. No exceptions.
If you do not have an HDCP-compliant monitor, you are at the mercy of whoever created the video. If they are generous, then they will instruct the codec to downsample the video to at least DVD-quality, if not lower. If they are assholes, they will flat-out prevent the video from playing.
These limitations are absolutely 0% technical.
It seems stupid, but it's all part of plugging every single hole they can find. It works together with the "Trusted Computing" requirements (encrypted and obscured I/O and memory) that are continually on the verge of being brought into force.
D3D9 works on vanilla WINE, but not very well yet. If you want to play a D3D9 game that is framerate sensitive, get Cedega. There are a million other things that the WINE devs have to attend to before 1.0.
It's called "conflict of interest"; and while that concept is not legally binding or anything in this case, it is still a very good standard for conduct that one should not run afoul of lightly.
If it ever is included in Windows as a standard part of the OS, it's going to be the first target of opportunity. I mean, what malware writer wouldn't love to have a security-utility monoculture in which to amply hide his program? Once you root a machine, you can have an anti-virus scanner, firewall, or whatever lie all you want to an unsuspecting user.
One reason for the lackluster support on many chips is that apparently US companies are bound by FCC regulations not to allow the TX power on their adapters to be boosted beyond a certain threshold
Then shouldn't we stop bitching at the companies for just one moment, and start bitching at the FCC?
Oh, look who's at the root of the problem once again.
But seriously, unless this is one of those instances where I have managed to manufacture the memories, I gather the first item from someone who had no motive to lie about it, and the second one from a very unscientific sampling of very unscientific assessments by those who have owned both.
So if you are looking for provable, concrete facts, the above might as well have come from my ass.
Really, I should have been less precise. The two ideas I was trying to convey are 1) Turion adoption was slow; and 2) while Turion laptops get slightly less battery life than Pentium M laptops, they get much more than e.g. my Athlon XP laptop, which is a low-voltage model even.
I heard from someone that the Pentium-M is better than any of AMD's offerings for mobile CPUs; is there any truth to this?
Yes
You don't say in what way, so I will. IIRC, The Pentium M is ever-so slightly better in integer ops, but it gets creamed in floating point. Yes, this is fixable.
I know that the new MacBook is running on the Core Duo line, and I understand that's a whopper of a mobile CPU, but I thought that AMD had a strong competitor to the Pentium-M?
No
You are giving a very incomplete answer. AMD has a line of very low voltage K8 chips called Turion (yes, the name's questionable, but that's nothing new when it comes to brands in the processor world). The most efficient run at about 25W, but unlike with the P-M, this figure includes AMD's on-die memory controller, while Intel defers that extra power cost onto the board logic. Also, one of them (I can't remember which) reports wattage at peak value, and the other at typical value.
The only way you are at all correct is that Turion adoption was slow, because IIRC laptop manufacturers, for whatever reason, do their redesigns at the beginning of the year, and they missed this opportunity last year (or the year before, whichever) because they couldn't introduce the Turion in time.
Roughly, Turion laptops get 3:30 to a comparable Pentium M laptop's 4:00.
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I'll pay two bucks for Steamboat Willie on my iPod
NO! NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!
Thoughts like this will lead to Disney convincing Congress to retroactively extend copyright for another 20 years.
Where did I say or imply anything exclusive about the GPL w.r.t. Free Software? The GPL existing to support Free Software does not mean that other licenses cannot also support Free Software.
As for adding more restrictions, here we renew the age-old argument about the scope of "free". Free for whom? The GPL restricts potential developers that they not restrict the user. If you want freedom for the developer, you should use a different license.
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Gentoo's default editor is nano. Nano is for pussies. Proof? My college roommate used nano and he was a pussy.
This one was good for a hearty laugh.
The Term Killer is just wrong , how about Competitor .
I hate the terminology as much as you do, but is it not an accurate description of how big businesses act? As long as some other business does choose to resort to pathological competitiveness, is there any other way of ensuring survival than to rise^Wstoop to the same level? I mean, you can't make others play nicely, can you?
Good God, how many times are you going to refer to "theft" of copyright? Do you have any idea where you are?
Just because a business has no obligation to do right doesn't mean that they are off the hook. No government should regulate what a business can do elsewhere (selling to the enemy in times of war notwithstanding), but let them receive all the bad PR they deserve.
Of course, when you look at the history of the current copyrights, you'll see that the Berne Convention was written at the behest of one author, Victor Hugo, who was displeased that other people could publish his works outside of France, because copyright was not recognized internationally.
I agree that copyright should be recognized internationally, and it should be bestowed upon creation of a work, but I also think that the life + 50 was a completely unnecessary unilateral money grab (even then), unopposed by anyone, because no one knew how important this would all become.
If anybody could give some cited insight into the history of copyright pre-Berne, or even point us to something peer-reviewed, that would be very helpful.
I would like to point out that in modern versions of glibc, large malloc()s are implemented with anonymous mmap()s (the threshold is configurable). And OpenBSD's malloc() doesn't use sbrk() at all. I suspect that they combine small allocations into the same page, so that you don't have to allocate a whole page for every small bit of memory.
What would you say about the argument given by the author, that depending on your usage pattern, a processor may spend more time idle than active?
I will say one thing: at least we still have enough rule of law to fight to preserve the rule of law. When was the last time you heard about the Chinese government not being legally able to implement a domestic policy?
Here's the deal:
If you want to watch any commercial video that is "hi-def" in full resolution, you must have an HDCP-compliant monitor. No exceptions.
If you do not have an HDCP-compliant monitor, you are at the mercy of whoever created the video. If they are generous, then they will instruct the codec to downsample the video to at least DVD-quality, if not lower. If they are assholes, they will flat-out prevent the video from playing.
These limitations are absolutely 0% technical.
It seems stupid, but it's all part of plugging every single hole they can find. It works together with the "Trusted Computing" requirements (encrypted and obscured I/O and memory) that are continually on the verge of being brought into force.
D3D9 works on vanilla WINE, but not very well yet. If you want to play a D3D9 game that is framerate sensitive, get Cedega. There are a million other things that the WINE devs have to attend to before 1.0.
It's called "conflict of interest"; and while that concept is not legally binding or anything in this case, it is still a very good standard for conduct that one should not run afoul of lightly.
WoW is not a discussion board, where speech is expected to be on-topic; Slashdot is.
If it ever is included in Windows as a standard part of the OS, it's going to be the first target of opportunity. I mean, what malware writer wouldn't love to have a security-utility monoculture in which to amply hide his program? Once you root a machine, you can have an anti-virus scanner, firewall, or whatever lie all you want to an unsuspecting user.
Security through diversity. Remember that.
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I need sleep.
It's not the number of features that's important; it's whether you implement the important ones well.
Only MS's office is 100% compatible with MS .doc format.
Only if you're using the same version that the file was created in. And there are many different versions of Word, etc. still in use.
Please, it might be better than anyone else's, but don't try to claim 100% compatability in such a general sense.
I believe that the quote is "Gee, let me think... Um, sure."
</pedantic>
One reason for the lackluster support on many chips is that apparently US companies are bound by FCC regulations not to allow the TX power on their adapters to be boosted beyond a certain threshold
Then shouldn't we stop bitching at the companies for just one moment, and start bitching at the FCC?
Oh, look who's at the root of the problem once again.
Yes, there is an 802.11 stack in the kernel. However, some argue that stack does not suit their driver or hardware.
That page is a mess, and it is not updated very often. It would probably be more useful as a wiki.
When I first saw them use the term, I nearly threw up.
Seeing it still makes me nauseous.
My own ass.
But seriously, unless this is one of those instances where I have managed to manufacture the memories, I gather the first item from someone who had no motive to lie about it, and the second one from a very unscientific sampling of very unscientific assessments by those who have owned both.
So if you are looking for provable, concrete facts, the above might as well have come from my ass.
Really, I should have been less precise. The two ideas I was trying to convey are 1) Turion adoption was slow; and 2) while Turion laptops get slightly less battery life than Pentium M laptops, they get much more than e.g. my Athlon XP laptop, which is a low-voltage model even.
You don't say in what way, so I will. IIRC, The Pentium M is ever-so slightly better in integer ops, but it gets creamed in floating point. Yes, this is fixable.
No
You are giving a very incomplete answer. AMD has a line of very low voltage K8 chips called Turion (yes, the name's questionable, but that's nothing new when it comes to brands in the processor world). The most efficient run at about 25W, but unlike with the P-M, this figure includes AMD's on-die memory controller, while Intel defers that extra power cost onto the board logic. Also, one of them (I can't remember which) reports wattage at peak value, and the other at typical value.
The only way you are at all correct is that Turion adoption was slow, because IIRC laptop manufacturers, for whatever reason, do their redesigns at the beginning of the year, and they missed this opportunity last year (or the year before, whichever) because they couldn't introduce the Turion in time.
Roughly, Turion laptops get 3:30 to a comparable Pentium M laptop's 4:00.
I'll pay two bucks for Steamboat Willie on my iPod
NO! NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!
Thoughts like this will lead to Disney convincing Congress to retroactively extend copyright for another 20 years.
Where did I say or imply anything exclusive about the GPL w.r.t. Free Software? The GPL existing to support Free Software does not mean that other licenses cannot also support Free Software.
As for adding more restrictions, here we renew the age-old argument about the scope of "free". Free for whom? The GPL restricts potential developers that they not restrict the user. If you want freedom for the developer, you should use a different license.