If you look at most of the complaints surrouding Kyoto, you will see much annoyance over the fact that the most rigorous controls were being imposed on the more developed nations. This structure was proposed largely to avoid the type of trap that you set out.
But it didn't half annoy the U.S - and some other developed nations.
On the press conference call KDE was mentioned explicitly as something that Novell was interested in as part of the technology. I don't see it going away.
Generally, I have a good feeling about this. Novell has screwed up severely in the past. But I think that people really have to recognize that this is a completely different Novell, and one that I think *does* get the whole open source ethos and really wants to embrace it.
Yes I know that 'embrace' is a slightly dubious word to use in this context
... Maybe not for cash, but its being sold nonetheless. It is being sold as a replacement for I.E or whatever, and what is eyecandy to you, sends to a lot of people messages about the care which has been taken over the project as a whole.
Make it look like a good, well planned, well designed offering and people will tend to believe you.
Oh sure, but the Apple policy *appears* at the moment to almost be 'Your OS is EOL at the moment that we launch the next one'.
Conceptually, that's even worse than the MS approach - and yes, I am something of an Apple fan.
The big problem with Apple's OS upgrade policy, and where MS is actually better inolves the whole 'end of life' saga.
Microsoft sets out very clearly how long an OS will be supported after they stop selling it, so for example you know that critical security isues will be patched in Windows 98 until a particular date (early next year, I think?).
Apple, by contrast seems to lack this formal policy. 10.1 is essentially unsupported now (no upgrade to patch the SSH bug, for example), but this has never formally be end-of-lifed.
The question is, once 10.3 comes out how long will Apple patch security holes in Jaguar? next month? next week? No-one knows.
Have a look at the Apple iTunes support forums: It appears that a number of people have fixed this problem by going into control panels and changing the sound output options.
The biggest negative, I suspect is being currently played out in http://discussions.info.apple.com. Here a number of Windows users are complaining that it doesn't work. I think Apple may get bitten with the support issues - not because iTunes is poorly coded, but for the first time Apple will find itself trying to support people with a plethora of hardware/software combinations over which it has no control.
This will be a shock to its systems and may garner it some bad publicity. Still, I'm sure the additional revenue will be worth it.
It is too easy to say that this is a transmission, not a generation problem.
I suspect that the nature of the generation market means that the transmission grid is now under greater stress transporting cheaper power from far-flung places, as opposed to using more localised sources.
Jackson has done a fair amount of tinkering with the chronology and action in other parts of the film. For the most part I think he has done a splendid job in bringing out aspects of the story which Tolkien left un-developed. It is rather like seeing the same story through the eyes of a different story teller.
In this case, I think that the tinkerage with the chronology could be rather fine - in the books the reforging of Narsil is a rather ho-hum affair. But Jackson appears to be bringing it center stage to mark out another step in Aragorn's development from ranger to King.
I really like the way he manages to stay true to the original while adapting it to the screen.
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The only part I really find fault with was the end of Fellowship. In the book Aragorn is beset with doubt - he doesn't know where Frodo has gone, whether he has been captured, or what to do.
In the film its like "Oh, there goes Frodo and Sam, well, by chaps. Lets chase after the others".
HP could equally have decided to take this action because it looked at the issue and decided that SCO had nothing and that there was zero chance of a pay-out being needed.
This is a simple cost-benefit analysis by HP. The benefit? It might marginally increase its Linux sales by removing any fear, uncertainty or doubt from prospective customers. The cost? If SCO has nothing, then the cost is nothing.
If I were a telemarketeer's customer, I would expect to pay based on results, rather than effort. I'm surprised the free market in the U.S. hasn't pushed telemarketers towards this model.
First, the logic of the judge's decision begins around page 11 - it makes fairly clear why he doesn't believe the power to run the 'Do Not Call' list is invested in the FTC.
I think the calls (sic) to harrass the judge are misplaced - you can see his workings, either he is right, in which case I've no doubt congress with tweak the legislation, or he is wrong in which case his ruling will be over-turned.
What I must admit I don't understand is why theDMA would object to this - direct marketeers in the UK are broadly supportive of the similar Telemarketing Preference Service. Using the list should allow telemarketers to get better returns, more bang-per buck for each call.
I reach for both Windows and Mac OS X updates with glee. However I am carefully checking both for DRM additions at the moment.
Hence I haven't grabbed the Windows recommended update, and I didn't grab iTunes 4.0.1
Yes folks its the 'Windows Rights Management Client 1.0', a 'recommended' upgrade if you are running XP.
What does it do?
The Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Rights Management (RM) client is required for your computer to run applications that provide functionality based on Windows RM technologies. Installing this client places software on your computer that allows RM-aware applications to work with Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) to provide licenses for publishing and consuming RM-protected information.
Now what interests me is, who is going to be the first software company to embrace this? Probably the next version of Media Player.
I think not - I've spotted at least one DHCP error
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Windows ATMs by 2005
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In the UK, I've come across at least 2 ATMs displaying a windows error indicating that the=y could not find a DHCP server, one was a Link network machine if I recall correctly. So I must admit, I assumed that the move to Windows was well advanced.
It is left as an exercise to the reader to work out the risks of dynamically allocating IPs to ATMs.
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What?! My licence specifically says that I am allowed to make one (1) copy of myself for off-site back-up.
If you look at most of the complaints surrouding Kyoto, you will see much annoyance over the fact that the most rigorous controls were being imposed on the more developed nations. This structure was proposed largely to avoid the type of trap that you set out.
But it didn't half annoy the U.S - and some other developed nations.
On the press conference call KDE was mentioned explicitly as something that Novell was interested in as part of the technology. I don't see it going away.
Generally, I have a good feeling about this. Novell has screwed up severely in the past. But I think that people really have to recognize that this is a completely different Novell, and one that I think *does* get the whole open source ethos and really wants to embrace it.
Yes I know that 'embrace' is a slightly dubious word to use in this context
But, Gardner as back-up. :-)
... Maybe not for cash, but its being sold nonetheless. It is being sold as a replacement for I.E or whatever, and what is eyecandy to you, sends to a lot of people messages about the care which has been taken over the project as a whole. Make it look like a good, well planned, well designed offering and people will tend to believe you.
Oh sure, but the Apple policy *appears* at the moment to almost be 'Your OS is EOL at the moment that we launch the next one'. Conceptually, that's even worse than the MS approach - and yes, I am something of an Apple fan.
The big problem with Apple's OS upgrade policy, and where MS is actually better inolves the whole 'end of life' saga.
Microsoft sets out very clearly how long an OS will be supported after they stop selling it, so for example you know that critical security isues will be patched in Windows 98 until a particular date (early next year, I think?).
Apple, by contrast seems to lack this formal policy. 10.1 is essentially unsupported now (no upgrade to patch the SSH bug, for example), but this has never formally be end-of-lifed.
The question is, once 10.3 comes out how long will Apple patch security holes in Jaguar? next month? next week? No-one knows.
Have a look at the Apple iTunes support forums: It appears that a number of people have fixed this problem by going into control panels and changing the sound output options.
This appears to be a one time optimization/comparison carried out when you first create the library. Let it finish and utilization sits at about 2-5%
The biggest negative, I suspect is being currently played out in http://discussions.info.apple.com. Here a number of Windows users are complaining that it doesn't work. I think Apple may get bitten with the support issues - not because iTunes is poorly coded, but for the first time Apple will find itself trying to support people with a plethora of hardware/software combinations over which it has no control.
This will be a shock to its systems and may garner it some bad publicity. Still, I'm sure the additional revenue will be worth it.
And I would never, never never visit a pub that imposed this kind of nonsense.
Hell, let's just get a cranially inserted RFID tag right now and cut to the chase.
Surely this should be modded 'inciteful'?
Are the differential effects due to differences in base station power output, frequencies used or (unlikely) the coding system.
I suspect that the nature of the generation market means that the transmission grid is now under greater stress transporting cheaper power from far-flung places, as opposed to using more localised sources.
In this case, I think that the tinkerage with the chronology could be rather fine - in the books the reforging of Narsil is a rather ho-hum affair. But Jackson appears to be bringing it center stage to mark out another step in Aragorn's development from ranger to King.
I really like the way he manages to stay true to the original while adapting it to the screen.
----
The only part I really find fault with was the end of Fellowship. In the book Aragorn is beset with doubt - he doesn't know where Frodo has gone, whether he has been captured, or what to do.
In the film its like "Oh, there goes Frodo and Sam, well, by chaps. Lets chase after the others".
This is a simple cost-benefit analysis by HP. The benefit? It might marginally increase its Linux sales by removing any fear, uncertainty or doubt from prospective customers. The cost? If SCO has nothing, then the cost is nothing.
If I were a telemarketeer's customer, I would expect to pay based on results, rather than effort. I'm surprised the free market in the U.S. hasn't pushed telemarketers towards this model.
I think the calls (sic) to harrass the judge are misplaced - you can see his workings, either he is right, in which case I've no doubt congress with tweak the legislation, or he is wrong in which case his ruling will be over-turned.
What I must admit I don't understand is why theDMA would object to this - direct marketeers in the UK are broadly supportive of the similar Telemarketing Preference Service. Using the list should allow telemarketers to get better returns, more bang-per buck for each call.
Curious.
Doesn't that make you feel good?
1. Now pay your friend for the damage you have done to her computer by unecessarilly filing, snipping and apparently bending bits of her computer.
2. Refrain from calling yourself the "Computer Guy" until you are at least moderately clueful
I reach for both Windows and Mac OS X updates with glee. However I am carefully checking both for DRM additions at the moment. Hence I haven't grabbed the Windows recommended update, and I didn't grab iTunes 4.0.1
Transputer background
Summary: Like an SUV Java code may run anywhere, but it is over-engineered for smooth roads^H^H^H^H^H^H^H simple programing problems
What does it do?
The Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Rights Management (RM) client is required for your computer to run applications that provide functionality based on Windows RM technologies. Installing this client places software on your computer that allows RM-aware applications to work with Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) to provide licenses for publishing and consuming RM-protected information.
Now what interests me is, who is going to be the first software company to embrace this? Probably the next version of Media Player.
It is left as an exercise to the reader to work out the risks of dynamically allocating IPs to ATMs.