One interesting challenge is how the scientists are going to query so many *different* distributed databases (which they're leaving in their respective places to avoiding clogging network bandwidth).
This is just me, but, wouldn't leaving the databases where they are clog network bandwidth, as opposed to say, having them on one local LAN?
Lawyers for the state of Arizona reported today that the city of Phoenix received a threatening later, stating that the city's name is infringing on a trademark. Although the city has been around for much longer than the trademark, and has nothing to do with it, a lawyer none only as X (as it can not be trademarked), said "Well, in light of recent rulings, anyone with a trademark has the right to control anything remotely related to that trademark! If it's written in the same language, they own it." Calls to the mayor seemed to be redirected to Phoenix Technologies, and were not returned.
First of all, Microsoft will not lose. Their economic power is so great is stretches into political power. A few bribes here and there, and they win. If the government itself cannot win a lawsuit against them, well, it's not going to happen.
Secondly, even if they do win, doesn't anyone find it a little unsettling that some company we havn't heard of suddenly controls all the browsers in the world? Patents - blah.
I know for instance that my isp has no agreements or TOS involving uncapping a modem. Is there some general law against using your own configuration files on devices you own, or is this monopolistic power in use again?
Always goto the developer. If you have to, just email the developer and ask where to submit bugs. Remember that RedHat is most likely not going to fix a bug themselves for say, gaim, unless there is a large vulnerability or something that requires an immediate patch, and the developer is unable to be contacted. In saying such, most (large) projects have a link on their website to a bug database, mailing list, or are hosted on sourceforge.
I am starting to think that I should change my major. One of the great things about computers is the infinite computing time available for the cost of buying it (and maintainence). Bandwidth is unreasonably expensive, I can only imagine it happening to computers.
2010, AD. You buy a brand new computer from Dell. You walk to your uni-display device, and enter the information from Dell. You can now access your new "computer", which is really part of some huge super computer. Although the initial price (storage, etc) is low, you pay for cpu time AND bandwidth, which easily will exceed the original cost of a "legacy" computer.
I realize that's not exactly what the article is saying, but the possibility scares me.
I think most of Debian's defaults and config generators work well. XFree86 has always been a problem of distros. XFree86 4 has matured somewhat however, unlike 3, so I think the Debian conversion should have been more like "Run xf86cfg."
Better late than never;) My only real complaint with Debian is that sometimes to get full functionality you have to run unstable, or use an unstable package. Debian's unstable branch is usually just as stable if not more stable than other distro's stable branches.
Unfortunately, debian planet is/.d already. That was fast! Only 22 comments:) Anyway, here are my thoughts on what they said.
Debian is NOT for first time linux users! Unfortunately, the reviewer(s) definitely sounded like they were anyway. Aside from dselect being a little daunting the first time you use it, the install is very easy. Dselect is very easy to use, after you hit ? and read the help page. Otherwise, don't bother.
I'm not really sure why the people at Linuxwatch need a Debian config generator.. XFree86 4 has included two generators that work fine for me. Oh, and I have a rather odd dual head system. Geforce2 and a Voodoo 3. XFree86 -configure, and xf86cfg. Is it really so hard to type those out?
For anyone with a clue, Debian is great! There are so many things that just *make sense* and are missing from other distros. For instance, the reason KDE's application menu was so hard to use as the review stated is because applications from DEB packages are automagically shared between window managers.
Debian is something that you either love or hate. I love it. Everything from the directory structure to the logs to the default application settings are wonderful. How many distros ship sendmail with smtp auth and TLS enabled?:) If you are an advanced user don't let the review fool you. Give it a chance!
We realize that this means slow downloads; however, the P2P traffic is not "Educational" by its very nature.
How is that? Does P2P stand for "not educational"? I was under the impression it stood for "peer to peer", which can very easily be used for educational purposes.
Peer to peer is (partly) so popular because there is no centralized server, meaning bandwidth is split from the clients. This means more bandwidth for downloaders in general. It's a shame that ISPs are putting limits on it.
Sun's JRE isn't that great either.. I must use Microsoft's, because Sun's has a number of annoying problems. The main java program I use is mindterm, and Sun's JRE doesn't bind tab. Why? I have no idea.
This particular copy protection will fail, miserably. Why? First of all, not everyone is going to buy a Sony (In fact, I'm never buying anything from them again, including a PS2) player. This basically means that the only company that will use this technology is well... Sony.
Now, if Sony really wants this to suceed, they'll have to open their standards out to other companies. But, as soon as they do that, someone will make a "watermark-free player".
Let's sue the people who made the fiber, the people who made the network cards, the people what made the computers, the people that made the operating system, the people that patented the processes of which computers are made, the inventor of the semiconductor, the inventor of the circuit, the inventor of the keyboard, the inventor of the monitor, the inventor of DC power, and God (why not?) After all, according to the RIAA's beliefs they are guilty too.
HP, Dell and Gateway give tons of crap when you buy a computer. 7 cds and two hours is pretty reasonable for a fairly new computer.
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That's interesting. At Macworld they usually have a fairly large booth, have presentations and give away lots of stuff. One year they were giving away free sidewinders (keep in mind this was when USB was first being used in Macs, and the joysticks were ADB). I guess they didn't want to risk embarassing themselves/pissing off any geeks, so they layed low:)
I've been thinking about what impact Palladium is going to have on the computer world. While I'm sure Microsoft wants everyone to switch to Palladium at the same time, so they can control everything, I think companies like Dell have shown that they won't bend under M$'s pressure. I believe they will still sell "normal" computers once the secure ones are released. However, how much would you like to bet that Palladium is going to have horrible compatibility with old versions of Windows? While average home users will probably just buy secure computers as they don't know any better, corporations will probably not upgrade, or upgrade to an alternate OS, like Linux, at the advice or their network administrators.
I hope that everyone does their best to stop the invasion of our rights. There have been enough rights taken away since 9/11, we don't need any more.
For not being able to put open source products in commercial software, Microsoft did a good job of using zlib. I'm sure they are using a number of other libs that we've yet to find.
"This isn't about trying to get people to move from Unix to Microsoft products, it's about offering ways for both systems to peacefully coexist," Houston stressed.
Microsoft has offered services to 'peacefully coexist' for Netware, and Appletalk. While both are not dead, Netware is nowhere as near as popular as it once was. Don't be fooled! Keep your unix machines! As in typical Microsoft fashion, the 'standards' will change to only support Microsoft, or support them better.
The reason most people think installing Linux is harder is because they make it harder. Most people starting with Linux have used Windows first, and therefore want to dual boot, which requires repartitioning and other fun stuff. Now, if you were going to Windows from Linux and wanted to do this, you would have the same problem.
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This is just me, but, wouldn't leaving the databases where they are clog network bandwidth, as opposed to say, having them on one local LAN?
Lawyers for the state of Arizona reported today that the city of Phoenix received a threatening later, stating that the city's name is infringing on a trademark. Although the city has been around for much longer than the trademark, and has nothing to do with it, a lawyer none only as X (as it can not be trademarked), said "Well, in light of recent rulings, anyone with a trademark has the right to control anything remotely related to that trademark! If it's written in the same language, they own it." Calls to the mayor seemed to be redirected to Phoenix Technologies, and were not returned.
Is there a video anywhere? Reading german articles isn't really that fun to me..
Secondly, even if they do win, doesn't anyone find it a little unsettling that some company we havn't heard of suddenly controls all the browsers in the world? Patents - blah.
I know for instance that my isp has no agreements or TOS involving uncapping a modem. Is there some general law against using your own configuration files on devices you own, or is this monopolistic power in use again?
Always goto the developer. If you have to, just email the developer and ask where to submit bugs. Remember that RedHat is most likely not going to fix a bug themselves for say, gaim, unless there is a large vulnerability or something that requires an immediate patch, and the developer is unable to be contacted. In saying such, most (large) projects have a link on their website to a bug database, mailing list, or are hosted on sourceforge.
2010, AD. You buy a brand new computer from Dell. You walk to your uni-display device, and enter the information from Dell. You can now access your new "computer", which is really part of some huge super computer. Although the initial price (storage, etc) is low, you pay for cpu time AND bandwidth, which easily will exceed the original cost of a "legacy" computer.
I realize that's not exactly what the article is saying, but the possibility scares me.
I think most of Debian's defaults and config generators work well. XFree86 has always been a problem of distros. XFree86 4 has matured somewhat however, unlike 3, so I think the Debian conversion should have been more like "Run xf86cfg."
Better late than never ;) My only real complaint with Debian is that sometimes to get full functionality you have to run unstable, or use an unstable package. Debian's unstable branch is usually just as stable if not more stable than other distro's stable branches.
Debian is NOT for first time linux users! Unfortunately, the reviewer(s) definitely sounded like they were anyway. Aside from dselect being a little daunting the first time you use it, the install is very easy. Dselect is very easy to use, after you hit ? and read the help page. Otherwise, don't bother.
I'm not really sure why the people at Linuxwatch need a Debian config generator.. XFree86 4 has included two generators that work fine for me. Oh, and I have a rather odd dual head system. Geforce2 and a Voodoo 3. XFree86 -configure, and xf86cfg. Is it really so hard to type those out?
For anyone with a clue, Debian is great! There are so many things that just *make sense* and are missing from other distros. For instance, the reason KDE's application menu was so hard to use as the review stated is because applications from DEB packages are automagically shared between window managers.
Debian is something that you either love or hate. I love it. Everything from the directory structure to the logs to the default application settings are wonderful. How many distros ship sendmail with smtp auth and TLS enabled? :) If you are an advanced user don't let the review fool you. Give it a chance!
Why would you want AOL to stop sending free cds? Free cd cases! Especially the dvd style ones, they are nice :)
How is that? Does P2P stand for "not educational"? I was under the impression it stood for "peer to peer", which can very easily be used for educational purposes.
Peer to peer is (partly) so popular because there is no centralized server, meaning bandwidth is split from the clients. This means more bandwidth for downloaders in general. It's a shame that ISPs are putting limits on it.
Sun's JRE isn't that great either.. I must use Microsoft's, because Sun's has a number of annoying problems. The main java program I use is mindterm, and Sun's JRE doesn't bind tab. Why? I have no idea.
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So the primary purpose of Xvid developing their software is so that Sigma will GPL their codec? There's a flaw in your analogy.
Anything "just works" if you are running on proprietary hardware. Linux runs without problems on Macs, why? The hardware is not very different.
Now, if Sony really wants this to suceed, they'll have to open their standards out to other companies. But, as soon as they do that, someone will make a "watermark-free player".
Let's sue the people who made the fiber, the people who made the network cards, the people what made the computers, the people that made the operating system, the people that patented the processes of which computers are made, the inventor of the semiconductor, the inventor of the circuit, the inventor of the keyboard, the inventor of the monitor, the inventor of DC power, and God (why not?) After all, according to the RIAA's beliefs they are guilty too.
HP, Dell and Gateway give tons of crap when you buy a computer. 7 cds and two hours is pretty reasonable for a fairly new computer.
That's interesting. At Macworld they usually have a fairly large booth, have presentations and give away lots of stuff. One year they were giving away free sidewinders (keep in mind this was when USB was first being used in Macs, and the joysticks were ADB). I guess they didn't want to risk embarassing themselves/pissing off any geeks, so they layed low :)
I hope that everyone does their best to stop the invasion of our rights. There have been enough rights taken away since 9/11, we don't need any more.
For not being able to put open source products in commercial software, Microsoft did a good job of using zlib. I'm sure they are using a number of other libs that we've yet to find.
Microsoft has offered services to 'peacefully coexist' for Netware, and Appletalk. While both are not dead, Netware is nowhere as near as popular as it once was. Don't be fooled! Keep your unix machines! As in typical Microsoft fashion, the 'standards' will change to only support Microsoft, or support them better.
The reason most people think installing Linux is harder is because they make it harder. Most people starting with Linux have used Windows first, and therefore want to dual boot, which requires repartitioning and other fun stuff. Now, if you were going to Windows from Linux and wanted to do this, you would have the same problem.
Dude you're gettin' a Dell! Too bad you can't order without Windows...