Doing something at a loss to get ahead somewhere else is a common plan.
Grocery stores do it on "staples" Sell bread, eggs, milk, butter really cheap, almost give it away. Then the consumer might buy other stuff, meat, vegetables, and they end up coming out profitable overall.
Car dealerships might subsidize oil changes to keep you coming back to them for bigger service.
Video game consoles might sell the console below cost because they think they'll make it back in games.
This is standard business practice.
Revenue - Expenses = Profit or Loss Profit if it is positive, loss if it is negative This is a simple equation.
If the RIAA or another group knows more about how p2p works then everyone else they will have an advantage.
If other groups do research at least it will be a fair fight.
Maybe if looking at different types of attacks methods to protect against them will be found. If effective means can be found to validate requests this could go a long way to reducing all types of DOS attacks.
Attacking defending p2p networks is just a special case. This sort of research may be widely applicable.
I think shooting feces into a crowd of dancing kids is a statement. In fact such a statement would be a rather humourous expression of "your music is shit", this could even be considered an artful (yet offensive) way of expressing your opinion.
As to your disapproval, I think it would be interesting to know what sort of things you did that the previous generation didn't agree with.
You can see people dancing and moving and getting emotionally attached to it. That is music, that is art.
The fact that it is candy coated, semi-rebellious crap doesn't make it any less musical then it was in the 80's, 70's, 60's, 50's.......
Music is the voice of the generation, not surprising many don't want to listen, they'd rather dismiss it as garbage. Myself, I'll just live in the past. (And I'm in my 20's)
Well if you can't make it run full speed, and they didn't tell you, return it. The article says they clearly state this is the case, maybe they changed something, or you didn't look very hard.
Either way I'd return it, and ask for one that runs full speed.
I think this is generally a good idea, the way I use a laptop it would work well. When I am at a proper desk, I do the serious "work" that takes more CPU power, and I'm generally plugged in. When I'm using batteries, it would typically be less demanding applications (reading email, simple quick work in ofice software) and I don't need all that speed. Realistically most computers are overpowered for the work they need to do. Here at work I have a 350MHz Pentium machine, and it works fine.
When you distribute GPL code, you must make the source available to those you distribute the code to, not anyone else.
If you sell the company, and the software being critical is part of that company, you are required to give THEM the source. However you don't have to give the source or binaries to anyone else.
The GPL was crafted with this exact situation in mind, you don't have to share with others, but if you do, you must do so under the terms of the GPL.
Dressing neatly shows you have respect for others. It does make it clean and more professional looking.
Wearing outlandish shirts, or ripped jeans shows or suggests that you don't care about your appearance.
Wearing some nice pants, or jeans and a polo shirt (what I wear) can have you neat, somewhat professional looking and still be comfortable. Actually I find polo shirts more comfortable because the nice ones tend to be higher quality.
Wearing a suit for a suits sake isn't good, I've seen some nasty suits where they would have been better off without it.
By looking as though you take your job seriously, and make an effort to appear neat, clean and professional. People do react differently depending on your appearance.
If you did something illegal you may have to face the consequences. Being a member of the press does not allow nor should it permit you to violate laws that apply to all other people.
Arrest shouldn't be construed or used (it is) as a penalty.
It is merely a tool to hold a person suspected of a crime, that is all it should be.
If for ANY reason you are in an area you generally shouldn't be, getting arrested until a court can determine if a crime was in fact committed is fair. Making statements that cause damage without any evidence to support them is wrong, and you should be punished for this.
Being a journalist doesn't change this, however it may give weight to your defence.
I was a coop student, I moved every 4 months for 5 years.
Make an overnight bag of what you need, and the few items you will need within the first 24 hours. Unpack the rest as you go.
Don't unpack for the sake of unpacking, wait till you need it. Throw stuff out, if you don't need it chuck it, if it stayed in your moving boxes for a full year you probaly don't need it.
Liquor boxes (ask your local store) are good. Strong and smaller then the boxes from a grocery store. I used them for textbooks.
Rubbermaid containers are great, pack up, put in storage.
Like another poster said try to move over a few weeks, much less hectic, after I got married the extra months rent was more then worth it.
Box everything up, then bribe friends to carry it, don't expect them to pack, they won't stick around to carry stuff.
Yes, because you need to be 21 to be old enough to drink. It is much more important that you are that old to drink. Stuff like the following really doesn't require that much responsiblity. Vote Join the army Drive a car Have sex (and children) Work Pay taxes Own a gun
So what they patent the gene, I'm not copying it, or even using it (by choice), I'm just checking to see if it is there.
Since when is it a violation of a patent to see if the patented "invention" is located in a certain area?
Now if the patent is for a specific test to check for that gene, as opposed to the gene itself, that would make sense, but the articles seam not to point it that way.
I hope my government wises up and just disallows the patenting of preexisting 'inventions'
Lift is a function of speed, at high speeds you don't need such a large lifting area.
Look at a gliders weight to wing area, compare it to a high speed aircraft.
Use the wings for stability and direction control. Secondly fighter type aircraft have really big engines, they can keep you up, and you don't get the areodynamic drag from the lifting surfaces. It isn't efficient, but it will perform better.
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but if you haven't read the book, why do you care about the movie?
Because most people don't read.
Actually most people CAN'T read. Look anywhere for literacy stats, it is disgusting.
Some stats show that
High school graduates tend to have public school reading levels. Adults out of school are even worse.
Doing something at a loss to get ahead somewhere else is a common plan.
Grocery stores do it on "staples"
Sell bread, eggs, milk, butter really cheap, almost give it away.
Then the consumer might buy other stuff, meat, vegetables, and they end up coming out profitable overall.
Car dealerships might subsidize oil changes to keep you coming back to them for bigger service.
Video game consoles might sell the console below cost because they think they'll make it back in games.
This is standard business practice.
Revenue - Expenses = Profit or Loss
Profit if it is positive, loss if it is negative
This is a simple equation.
Think about it, if Linus Torvalds writes an article about Linux it will get a certain response.
If that Linus isn't "The Linux Linus", it might be misleading not to mention that in some way.
If the RIAA or another group knows more about how p2p works then everyone else they will have an advantage.
If other groups do research at least it will be a fair fight.
Maybe if looking at different types of attacks methods to protect against them will be found. If effective means can be found to validate requests this could go a long way to reducing all types of DOS attacks.
Attacking defending p2p networks is just a special case. This sort of research may be widely applicable.
I don't reboot my computer, might as well have a ram drive. Heck with something like tmpfs being able to swap out it would be MUCH better.
All we need is motherboards that accept more then a gig or two of memory.
I think shooting feces into a crowd of dancing kids is a statement. .
In fact such a statement would be a rather humourous expression of "your music is shit", this could even be considered an artful (yet offensive) way of expressing your opinion
As to your disapproval, I think it would be interesting to know what sort of things you did that the previous generation didn't agree with.
I don't like lots of the music today.
.......
That doesn't mean it is devoid of musical value.
You can see people dancing and moving and getting emotionally attached to it. That is music, that is art.
The fact that it is candy coated, semi-rebellious crap doesn't make it any less musical then it was in the 80's, 70's, 60's, 50's
Music is the voice of the generation, not surprising many don't want to listen, they'd rather dismiss it as garbage. Myself, I'll just live in the past. (And I'm in my 20's)
I don't think it would be unfair for Speedvision to not subsidise GolfTV.
Actually I think it is unfair that a Speedvision viewer would have to subsidize GolfTV.
Avril Lavignes CD rips just fine, now the CD is collecting dust in a box, and my xmms playlist is another few songs longer.
PDF is published.
There are free interpreters.
I thought Apple was using Display Postscript, not PDF. Didn't gnustep make a Display Ghostscript?
Well if you can't make it run full speed, and they didn't tell you, return it.
The article says they clearly state this is the case, maybe they changed something, or you didn't look very hard.
Either way I'd return it, and ask for one that runs full speed.
I think this is generally a good idea, the way I use a laptop it would work well. When I am at a proper desk, I do the serious "work" that takes more CPU power, and I'm generally plugged in. When I'm using batteries, it would typically be less demanding applications (reading email, simple quick work in ofice software) and I don't need all that speed. Realistically most computers are overpowered for the work they need to do. Here at work I have a 350MHz Pentium machine, and it works fine.
Excellent, prices will drop, I can upgrade my computer even more cheaply.
If MS windows went away today, something would step in fast. Why? because they can make a profit, that is how the free market works.
Yes, that is a common misconception.
When you distribute GPL code, you must make the source available to those you distribute the code to, not anyone else.
If you sell the company, and the software being critical is part of that company, you are required to give THEM the source. However you don't have to give the source or binaries to anyone else.
The GPL was crafted with this exact situation in mind, you don't have to share with others, but if you do, you must do so under the terms of the GPL.
Circumvention of an effective access control device.
Having a "secret" URL could be considered an access control, if it is secret and sufficiently non-obvious, it would also be effective.
By determining that secret URL, they have bypassed the access control, despite the trivial method, this could be considered unlawful access.
Poor security is not equivalent to permission. But not taking reasonable means to protect yourself is irresponsible.
For example some insurance companys don't cover stolen cars if the owner left the keys in the car.
Dressing neatly shows you have respect for others.
It does make it clean and more professional looking.
Wearing outlandish shirts, or ripped jeans shows or suggests that you don't care about your appearance.
Wearing some nice pants, or jeans and a polo shirt (what I wear) can have you neat, somewhat professional looking and still be comfortable. Actually I find polo shirts more comfortable because the nice ones tend to be higher quality.
Wearing a suit for a suits sake isn't good, I've seen some nasty suits where they would have been better off without it.
By looking as though you take your job seriously, and make an effort to appear neat, clean and professional. People do react differently depending on your appearance.
Hitler was elected.
Saddam was elected.
Bush wasn't elected.
Just a thought.
If you did something illegal you may have to face the consequences.
Being a member of the press does not allow nor should it permit you to violate laws that apply to all other people.
Arrest shouldn't be construed or used (it is) as a penalty.
It is merely a tool to hold a person suspected of a crime, that is all it should be.
If for ANY reason you are in an area you generally shouldn't be, getting arrested until a court can determine if a crime was in fact committed is fair. Making statements that cause damage without any evidence to support them is wrong, and you should be punished for this.
Being a journalist doesn't change this, however it may give weight to your defence.
Concorde is French. (It only crashed once) Actually the french have quite a history of science and math.
Britney Spears and Natalie Portman (well this _is_ slashdot)
Beer is food right?
I bought my car to go places.
I don't know why you'd rather push your car then ride in it, but that's your choice.
I was a coop student, I moved every 4 months for 5 years.
Make an overnight bag of what you need, and the few items you will need within the first 24 hours.
Unpack the rest as you go.
Don't unpack for the sake of unpacking, wait till you need it.
Throw stuff out, if you don't need it chuck it, if it stayed in your moving boxes for a full year you probaly don't need it.
Liquor boxes (ask your local store) are good. Strong and smaller then the boxes from a grocery store. I used them for textbooks.
Rubbermaid containers are great, pack up, put in storage.
Like another poster said try to move over a few weeks, much less hectic, after I got married the extra months rent was more then worth it.
Box everything up, then bribe friends to carry it, don't expect them to pack, they won't stick around to carry stuff.
Yes, does anyone know of a way to determine what your power needs are?
Why buy a beast of a 500W supply if all you're using is 300W, much better to invest it in a quality 300W.
Yes, because you need to be 21 to be old enough to drink.
It is much more important that you are that old to drink. Stuff like the following really doesn't require that much responsiblity.
Vote
Join the army
Drive a car
Have sex (and children)
Work
Pay taxes
Own a gun
Yeah good thing we don't let those kids drink.
So what they patent the gene, I'm not copying it, or even using it (by choice), I'm just checking to see if it is there.
Since when is it a violation of a patent to see if the patented "invention" is located in a certain area?
Now if the patent is for a specific test to check for that gene, as opposed to the gene itself, that would make sense, but the articles seam not to point it that way.
I hope my government wises up and just disallows the patenting of preexisting 'inventions'
Lift is a function of speed, at high speeds you don't need such a large lifting area.
Look at a gliders weight to wing area, compare it to a high speed aircraft.
Use the wings for stability and direction control.
Secondly fighter type aircraft have really big engines, they can keep you up, and you don't get the areodynamic drag from the lifting surfaces. It isn't efficient, but it will perform better.