But does it pass the drop test?
The last time I got an organizer it broke after a measley 3 ft drop. Anything which you carry around should be able to survive a drop from at least your height.
Bradley
"OK, just what exactly is this talking about: specifically, are they going to, say, buy a copy of Red Hat, change some strings, add some apps, and call it "AIX RL"? Are they "rebranding" the Linux kernel? Are they calling their linux distro AIX RL? I'm confused here, but its been a long day. "
Sorry but linux isn't quite ready to take over for AIX yet, for example it can't scale nearly as far (SMP wise). So IBM is going to try to at first emulate linux under AIX and then later merge the codebases to take the best features from both.
"It looks like they got those DB/2 results on a system with 128 Xeon CPUs and a system price tag of just $14,232,696! I wonder how well DB/2 would do on the same hardware as the Postgres tests."
Conversly I'd like to see how well Postgres would do on that hardware.
Only in Louisiana can you pull a gun to protect property in every other state you have to have reasonable belief that your, or someone else's, life is endangered in order to use deadly force.
"I've read twenty or so of the cases from the link supplied by ekmo above, and I still haven't found a decision that I disagree with.
Most of the transfers happened because the current owner of the domain failed to respond to the dispute notice. "
I don't see why not responding should be automatic proof of guilt. It seems to me the burden of proof (and a heavy burden at that) should be but upon the complainant.
"4. If Neither of the solutions in 3 is implementable you have to open wide you wallet and buy informix for Intel or DB2 for intel. Both of them work and are ANSI compliant. In btw DB2 for Intel linux developer edition is free. Free period. No expiration. So you can actually see if the database will work. And they match Oracle on some benchmarks and DB2 beats the crap out of it when it comes to real scalability and clustering."
Ah slight modification - Personal Developer's Edition is free. This lets you develop when you want to deploy on Personal Edition. DB2 Universal Developer's Edition is $499 (currently on sale - normally $999) not a ton of money but the point needs to be made.
"For example, I do not regard a pro-lifer who blockades an abortion clinic as morally superior to a pro-lifer who works within the law to effect change. But Kohlberg's scale puts such an action clearly at level 6, while the law-abiding pro-lifer gets stuck at level 5. This seems backwards to me. "
I think this is probably because your not pro-life. I think the thing that makes abortion such a divisive issue is because people on opposite sides of the issue are completly incapable of seeing the world the way the others do. Substitute in the above sentence infanticide (or any other crime that in your view is horrific) that's _exactly_ what people belive this is. These people honestly belive that they are the equivelent of germans who smuggled Jews out of germany during the holocaust. ignoring or belittling this point of view is not going to make it go away.
"If they are, it's not for the reason you think. Radio stations pay assocations like SOCAN for the right to play music, and that money goes back to the artists. So as an example of artists getting publicity but no money, this is pretty lousy."
That's a facetious argument - someone pays for the original cd from which the mp3 is derived also. The point is that radio like online music distribution takes control of the music out of the direct control of the artist. Once its broadcast over the airwaves you don't know what's going to happen to it - 1 person could be listning or a million people. People could record it and play it later, or share it with thier friends.
"Incorrect. This is a specific case of violating trade secrets, which people indeed have been sued and put to jail for. Didn't you follow the Avant! vs. Cadence case a couple of years ago? "
I'm not familiar with that particular case, but how is a trade secret if you never told me - I figured it out on my own? Bradley
"If the artists want to sell their music in your little paradise, then great.
Otherwise what you are promoting is Marxism, pure and simple... whereby we take away the property of the people and redistribute it per state doctrine. "
It's actually a little more complicated than that. This issue is heavily dependant on your definition of property. I would argue that there is a 'natural' definition of property which deals with things that are physical - if I 'own' a house then I decide who may live there - if it were given to someone else then I would no longer be able to use it. 'Intellectual Property' on the other hand is a legal construct. An example of a society without the concept of intellectual property was ancient Greece. Storytellers in that culture told variations on the same stories - no one owned these stories - anyone could retell them, either in exactly the same way, or variations on a theme. This took place long before Karl Marx was born, and I think that you would find few people who would call it a Marxist society. The concept of ownership of idea's can, and in my opinion should, be debated separately from the concept of ownership of physical things. Bradley
All these discussions about music neglect one of the largest music distribution systems - radio. Are there artists who are opposed to being played on the radio for anyone to to listen to for free? Do they have a choice under the current system? How about recording songs off the radio -is this as great an evil as mp3's? You make it sound as if musicians get to control thier own music - and for some I expect this is true. But realisticaly the recording industry will eventually make there peace with electronic music - and when they do I wonder where all the outraged voices will be then. Bradley
"Rating a random number generator requires careful analysis to check that it is decent, and I'm don't think that you can prove that a string of bits is random. It is basically the same problem as proving an encryption system unbreakable"
Isn't any string of digits from an irrational, transandental constant, such as PI, provably random?
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You say "computer science" in response to a poster who talks about programming and later include "computer science" as an engineering discipline. I think we all need to be more clear on what we mean. From a teaching perspective I think there are three area's whose needs can be addresses separately.
1) Computer Science - Note the word science; this is where you deal with set theory, computability, and all the other abstract idea's that justify a department which is separate from the math department. This category does not require a language at all - in fact you probably don't even need a computer. And it is certainly a dereliction of duty for a professor who is purportedly teaching computer science to instead teach programming. (see below)
2) Software Engineering Just as chemical engineers use chemistry to solve specific problems software engineers should learn how to use computers to solve problems. The same methodologies apply - engineering is engineering, and a strong cross discipline engineering curriculum should be required. Just as civic engineers do not spend there time learning to lay bricks software engineers should not get bogged down in the actual implementation of their designs (although 1 or 2 lab courses certainly wouldn't hurt). Which language is taught is of little relevance - what's key is the ability to use whatever tools are available to solve a given problem.
3) Programming This discipline is strictly mercantile and is probably more appropriate to a local or technical college. Quite simply the objective of a programming curriculum is to enable the graduate to be hired as a programmer. Esoteric languages aren't going to help. Being bigoted about one particular style is not going to help. The curriculum should teach whatever the hot language is and should emphasize the use of that language to solve commercially useful problems. In order to enable the programmer to have some upward mobility some software engineering (see above) should be thrown in.
The major problem with this idea is the same problem as the UN - how do you justify 1 country 1 vote? Do each of the countries pay equal fees? Do each of the countries represent the same number of people? of internet users? I have yet to see a cogent defense of the one country one vote principal.
EB2 are difficult/impossible to get in a reasonable amount of time if your from india or china (becuase the quota is per country) but otherwise this is a viable alternative to H1B that leads to permanent residence instead of just temporary permission to work. As for NIW, unless you are a nuclear scientist I wouldn't hold your breath, a better bet is RIR - reduction in recruitment which we let you bypass full labor certification. None of these solutions are trivial - it is well worth your time and money to find a good immigration attorney - try to get a personal recommendation, or if you are desperate email me. (bradley#DON'T SPAM ME#@lisolutions.com)
"What nvidia needs to do is release the source of the module into which they incorporated the GPL'd code. That is the only solution.
In order to edge nvidia in the right direction, should they continue to indicate they are not going to follow the GPL (Rich Black has pretty much said in corporate-speak, we will not be releasing any code ever -- that's what 'might' means in the context he uses it), the fsf can let nvidia know that ALL violation of the GPL which do not become fixed are prosecuted.
It truly sounds as though nvidia is _not_ going to fix its GPL violation (no source code release). Instead nvidia appears to want to sweep the incident under the rug and merely remove the gpl code in the next release.
Sorry, nvidia, that's not good enough."
Unless you are the author of the code in question you have no tort against nvidia and therefor no standing to sue (This includes the almighty fsf). In other words butt out. Bradley
>>Hmm... And did you read that article that said >>that scientists have reduced light speed to >>aroung 50 miles per hour - yes photons traveled >>there abouts (I think that it was either 40 >>something or 60 something, but her...) the >>point is, that most of the time that people are >>exposed to light, it is not in a vacume and so >>is slowed, as you put it "by the friction >>encountered by passing atoms"
>Yes, but that means that everything else moves >slower than that (even an electron). >It doesn't matter how slow (or fast) light >moves. Everything else has to go slower than >that.
>I guess I just don't understand the point you're >trying to make.
Not quite true, massive matter can be propelled to velocities exceeding the local speed of light. When they do so they give off chernov radiation.
"I have another question: do you realize that in Europe a plan such as yours would raise much concern, so much as to throw hundreds of thousands of protesters in the street? Do you realize that anonymously denouncing people has been only used by the harshest dictatorships in this century? Do KGB, Stasi, Gestapo and Sekuritat ring a bell to you? Ever heard of the concept of yellow star?"
Curious that all those examples are from Europe... but of course Europe is _different_ now nothing like that could happen _now_.
---- Once all the Germans were warlike and mean, But that couldn't happen again. We taught them a lesson in 1918 And they've hardly bothered us since then. --MLF Lullaby
When we looked into PostgreSQL our biggest concern was the hard row limit size, and consequently we decided not to go with it. Does anyone know the status of this problem? Bradley
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http://store1.europe.yahoo.com/microwarehouse/e239 228.html
5,869.13 pounds sterling = $8,600
Ouch
But does it pass the drop test?
The last time I got an organizer it broke after a measley 3 ft drop. Anything which you carry around should be able to survive a drop from at least your height.
Bradley
780 nme t.HTM
http://www.airfiber.com/products/faq/Html/helps
As for saftey if meets IEC Class 1 requirments.
The FAQ seems very comprehensive.
"OK, just what exactly is this talking about: specifically, are they going to, say, buy a copy of Red Hat, change some strings, add some apps, and call it "AIX RL"? Are they "rebranding" the Linux kernel? Are they calling their linux distro AIX RL? I'm confused here, but its been a long day. "
Sorry but linux isn't quite ready to take over for AIX yet, for example it can't scale nearly as far (SMP wise). So IBM is going to try to at first emulate linux under AIX and then later merge the codebases to take the best features from both.
(nt)
"It looks like they got those DB/2 results on a system with 128 Xeon CPUs and a system price tag of just $14,232,696! I wonder how well DB/2 would do on the same hardware as the Postgres tests."
Conversly I'd like to see how well Postgres would do on that hardware.
Only in Louisiana can you pull a gun to protect property in every other state you have to have reasonable belief that your, or someone else's, life is endangered in order to use deadly force.
"I've read twenty or so of the cases from the link supplied by ekmo above, and I still haven't found a decision that I disagree with.
Most of the transfers happened because the current owner of the domain failed to respond to the dispute notice. "
I don't see why not responding should be automatic proof of guilt. It seems to me the burden of proof (and a heavy burden at that) should be but upon the complainant.
Bradley
"4. If Neither of the solutions in 3 is implementable you have to open wide you wallet and buy informix for Intel or DB2 for intel. Both of them work and are ANSI compliant. In btw DB2 for Intel linux developer edition is free. Free period. No expiration. So you can actually see if the database will work. And they match Oracle on some benchmarks and DB2 beats the crap out of it when it comes to real scalability and clustering."
Ah slight modification - Personal Developer's Edition is free. This lets you develop when you want to deploy on Personal Edition. DB2 Universal Developer's Edition is $499 (currently on sale - normally $999) not a ton of money but the point needs to be made.
"For example, I do not regard a pro-lifer who blockades an abortion clinic as morally superior to a pro-lifer who works within the law to effect change. But Kohlberg's scale puts such an action clearly at level 6, while the law-abiding pro-lifer gets stuck at level 5. This seems backwards to me. "
I think this is probably because your not pro-life. I think the thing that makes abortion such a divisive issue is because people on opposite sides of the issue are completly incapable of seeing the world the way the others do. Substitute in the above sentence infanticide (or any other crime that in your view is horrific) that's _exactly_ what people belive this is. These people honestly belive that they are the equivelent of germans who smuggled Jews out of germany during the holocaust. ignoring or belittling this point of view is not going to make it go away.
"If they are, it's not for the reason you think. Radio stations pay assocations like SOCAN for the right to play music, and that money goes back to the artists. So as an example of artists getting publicity but no money, this is pretty lousy."
That's a facetious argument - someone pays for the original cd from which the mp3 is derived also. The point is that radio like online music distribution takes control of the music out of the direct control of the artist. Once its broadcast over the airwaves you don't know what's going to happen to it - 1 person could be listning or a million people. People could record it and play it later, or share it with thier friends.
The court of origination is the trier of fact - they decide what happend. Appeal is only for matters of law.
"Incorrect. This is a specific case of violating trade secrets, which people indeed have been sued and put to jail for. Didn't you follow the Avant! vs. Cadence case a couple of years ago? "
I'm not familiar with that particular case, but how is a trade secret if you never told me - I figured it out on my own?
Bradley
"If the artists want to sell their music in your little paradise, then great.
Otherwise what you are promoting is Marxism, pure and simple... whereby we take away the property of the people and redistribute it per state doctrine. "
It's actually a little more complicated than that. This issue is heavily dependant on your definition of property. I would argue that there is a 'natural' definition of property which deals with things that are physical - if I 'own' a house then I decide who may live there - if it were given to someone else then I would no longer be able to use it.
'Intellectual Property' on the other hand is a legal construct. An example of a society without the concept of intellectual property was ancient Greece. Storytellers in that culture told variations on the same stories - no one owned these stories - anyone could retell them, either in exactly the same way, or variations on a theme.
This took place long before Karl Marx was born, and I think that you would find few people who would call it a Marxist society. The concept of ownership of idea's can, and in my opinion should, be debated separately from the concept of ownership of physical things.
Bradley
All these discussions about music neglect one of the largest music distribution systems - radio. Are there artists who are opposed to being played on the radio for anyone to to listen to for free? Do they have a choice under the current system? How about recording songs off the radio -is this as great an evil as mp3's?
You make it sound as if musicians get to control thier own music - and for some I expect this is true. But realisticaly the recording industry will eventually make there peace with electronic music - and when they do I wonder where all the outraged voices will be then.
Bradley
"Rating a random number generator requires careful analysis to check that it is decent, and I'm don't think that you can prove that a string of bits is random. It is basically the same problem as proving an encryption system unbreakable"
Isn't any string of digits from an irrational, transandental constant, such as PI, provably random?
You say "computer science" in response to a poster who talks about programming and later include "computer science" as an engineering discipline. I think we all need to be more clear on what we mean. From a teaching perspective I think there are three area's whose needs can be addresses separately.
1) Computer Science
- Note the word science; this is where you deal with set theory, computability, and all the other abstract idea's that justify a department which is separate from the math department. This category does not require a language at all - in fact you probably don't even need a computer. And it is certainly a dereliction of duty for a professor who is purportedly teaching computer science to instead teach programming. (see below)
2) Software Engineering
Just as chemical engineers use chemistry to solve specific problems software engineers should learn how to use computers to solve problems. The same methodologies apply - engineering is engineering, and a strong cross discipline engineering curriculum should be required. Just as civic engineers do not spend there time learning to lay bricks software engineers should not get bogged down in the actual implementation of their designs (although 1 or 2 lab courses certainly wouldn't hurt). Which language is taught is of little relevance - what's key is the ability to use whatever tools are available to solve a given problem.
3) Programming
This discipline is strictly mercantile and is probably more appropriate to a local or technical college. Quite simply the objective of a programming curriculum is to enable the graduate to be hired as a programmer. Esoteric languages aren't going to help. Being bigoted about one particular style is not going to help. The curriculum should teach whatever the hot language is and should emphasize the use of that language to solve commercially useful problems. In order to enable the programmer to have some upward mobility some software engineering (see above) should be thrown in.
The major problem with this idea is the same problem as the UN - how do you justify 1 country 1 vote? Do each of the countries pay equal fees? Do each of the countries represent the same number of people? of internet users?
I have yet to see a cogent defense of the one country one vote principal.
EB2 are difficult/impossible to get in a reasonable amount of time if your from india or china (becuase the quota is per country) but otherwise this is a viable alternative to H1B that leads to permanent residence instead of just temporary permission to work.
As for NIW, unless you are a nuclear scientist I wouldn't hold your breath, a better bet is RIR - reduction in recruitment which we let you bypass full labor certification.
None of these solutions are trivial - it is well worth your time and money to find a good immigration attorney - try to get a personal recommendation, or if you are desperate email me.
(bradley#DON'T SPAM ME#@lisolutions.com)
"What nvidia needs to do is release the source of the module into which they incorporated the GPL'd code. That is the only solution.
In order to edge nvidia in the right direction, should they continue to indicate they are not going to follow the GPL (Rich Black has pretty much said in corporate-speak, we will not be releasing any code ever -- that's what 'might' means in the context he uses it), the fsf can let nvidia know that ALL violation of the GPL which do not become fixed are prosecuted.
It truly sounds as though nvidia is _not_ going to fix its GPL violation (no source code release). Instead nvidia appears to want to sweep the incident under the rug and merely remove the gpl code in the next release.
Sorry, nvidia, that's not good enough."
Unless you are the author of the code in question you have no tort against nvidia and therefor no standing to sue (This includes the almighty fsf). In other words butt out.
Bradley
>>Hmm... And did you read that article that said >>that scientists have reduced light speed to >>aroung 50 miles per hour - yes photons traveled >>there abouts (I think that it was either 40 >>something or 60 something, but her...) the >>point is, that most of the time that people are >>exposed to light, it is not in a vacume and so >>is slowed, as you put it "by the friction >>encountered by passing atoms"
>Yes, but that means that everything else moves >slower than that (even an electron).
>It doesn't matter how slow (or fast) light >moves. Everything else has to go slower than >that.
>I guess I just don't understand the point you're >trying to make.
Not quite true, massive matter can be propelled to velocities exceeding the local speed of light. When they do so they give off chernov radiation.
"i think most sane people would concede that the shuttle launches are the most successful NASA endeavours"
They're very succesful at being useless and setting back the development of a real space program by at least 20 years.
Bradley
"I have another question: do you realize that in Europe a plan such as yours would raise much concern, so much as to throw hundreds of thousands of protesters in the street? Do you realize that anonymously denouncing people has been only used by the harshest dictatorships in this century? Do KGB, Stasi, Gestapo and Sekuritat ring a bell to you? Ever heard of the concept of yellow star?"
... but of course Europe is _different_ now nothing like that could happen _now_.
Curious that all those examples are from Europe
----
Once all the Germans were warlike and mean,
But that couldn't happen again.
We taught them a lesson in 1918
And they've hardly bothered us since then.
--MLF Lullaby
If I recall correctly ...
When we looked into PostgreSQL our biggest concern was the hard row limit size, and consequently we decided not to go with it. Does anyone know the status of this problem?
Bradley