No this is not silly. Last night I had to spend 10 min explaining to an intelligent lawyer friend why suddenly sh could no longer paly CD using WinAmp. The Realplayer had registered it self for that as she hed used it to watch a Realplayer News clip on CNN. Maybe the program warns you but few reads it as they are requesting the clip. One solution would be if you could block all file registration during install and then activate inside the application you are using.
TI has a system called MSG that functioned a text based email system. I used it in 1974 in Denmark and it had been in use for more than five years in the US I was told at the time. It connected all TI sites around the world but the system was based on an IBM 360 something.
Compaq & HP, but trouble ahead for AMD if their silly merger goes ahead. Rationalizing the PC line might be bad for AMD. Second HP/ Compaq are unlikely to go with the 64 bit AMD Hammer family as they are fasttracking to IA64 / Itanium
computer manufacturers bully their suppliers down to razor thin margins
Well Intel has the highest margins in the Semiconductor business. In a very capital intensive business with low per unit delta procuction cost, volume is the key. Intel clearly understands this as does AMD. The only reason I can see Gateway has dumped AMD for now is that they are hunkering down for a few quarters and hoping "replacement" business can carry them through. The replacement business is Intel as they are the ones that got sold here a 3-4 years ago. Why try and convince someone that has been happy with Intel / Gateway for 3-4 years to try something new. The whole point with a "replacement" driven business model is making the "next" purchase an easy no-brainer decision.
it just means they won't be posting earnings of 50 cents a share each quarter for a while
They just announced they would make a 15 cent +- loss for the quarter.
You can get the Rio Jukebox with 6gig drive for $219 at Buy.com. They have a $40 car-kit available incl. Cigarette lighter adapter and Tape Connection. I belive a 20gig unit is available but I don't know the price.
I just signed it. Easier oneclickTM (Amazon.com) link here. I send a note to TiVO as well. They would have a vested interest in getting this nonsense stopped. We need to mobilize money on the other side of the SSSCA fence.
What about misuse. Unless you keep excellent log files you might find yourselves in a lot of trouble if the next CodeRed get launched from your IP number. I am not saying this is a reason not to leave it open, just a reminder that it unfortunately has a flip side.
The DOTGNU guys has already looked at it. From Carsten Kuckuk via the MAilinglist
Quote
I printed out the spec last night and read it on the commuter train back
home. The IVM team essentially created a specification for a Motorola 68000
like 32 bit processor, assigned 16 bit opcodes to instructions and
implemented an interpreter for it as well as an adoption of the gcc
compiler.
Advantages:
+ Portable
+ It works
+ Very fast
Disadvantages:
- No separation of data and code
- Interface to the underlying operating system is POSIX
- No built-in security, not even a sandbox
My assessment:
o Good piece of Engineering: It's there, it works, it solves a problem, it's
GPLed, it's tested.
o In order to be used as one of the VMs for DotGnu, security needs to be
added. As one of the rules in secure programming is that you can never add
security to a system, but that it needs to be designed into it, I don't know
if that is possible.
o For my personal taste it's too close to real untyped assembly language.
Well you can add DSPLinux to the list. I have been trying to get the code for a while but been given the run-around. DSPlinux is backed by Texas Instruments and is aimed at the ARM / TI-DSP combo chip.
I think not only was this/. 's finest hour, but it was the posters finest as well. The people close to everything from NYC to Boston to PA was a major source of information when everything was unknown.
Depends of what amount of money they ask for. If punitives is involved that have to be ruled by jury. The judge can not dispose of that unless the defendant agrees the amount.
Dedicated Linux companies are victims of Linux's success and adoption by the major players. Notably IBM. This is good and bad depending of ones view. The old camaderie feeling is unfortunately gone but the Linux as such is of little danger (Little as the danger of IBM coopting Linux is still present). For the ones that like the "old time fiddling", start playing with Linux of PDA's or Game Consoles.
Good post. The best solution is for enough people only to buy products that has Linux drivers and Linux clearly printed on the box. Second let the store personel know that that is what your are looking for and thiat is what you will buy regardless of what the specific store carries.
Have you ever tried to make a serious analysis of the statistical confidence level of the reported numbers. Factoring in the statistical bias of your sampling technigue. Second what happens when someone with an important vested interest states that the numbers can't be right and submit reasonable arguments? What is the methodology uses? and does that not constitute a bais in its own right since not all "stake holders" get to question your data before publication
Two words: Battleship Earth. I was very disappointed that Ebert and Roeper didn't vote it the worst movie of last year. That honour went to Adam Sandler. (Sorry for being off topic)
A better idea might be to impose a small licensing fee for non-free Os's to be paid back to the developers. Another question how would you handle a Virtual Machine? What a bout Linux running inside VM or Linux extensions in AIX 5l?
You are wrong. Look at their "interpretation" of the GPL. What they say is that using function calls to GPL'ed is OK as it "only" interacts with the software.
Maybe a little off topic but congress just published a report on FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center. It deems the FBI imcompetent and nothing more than a incident report function. DOS is covered in details. TheRegister has a good write up today.
The story has an example that the Answersheet had 6 wrong out of 68 questions. As incompetent as this seems its mindbuggling that they do not pareto the answers and flags where the "right" answer is not the highest ranked. Much better strategies can be devised but we are not talking rocket science here. Letting the schools have access to the data coupled with a few lines of perl would fix thes kinds of problems.
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No this is not silly. Last night I had to spend 10 min explaining to an intelligent lawyer friend why suddenly sh could no longer paly CD using WinAmp. The Realplayer had registered it self for that as she hed used it to watch a Realplayer News clip on CNN. Maybe the program warns you but few reads it as they are requesting the clip. One solution would be if you could block all file registration during install and then activate inside the application you are using.
TI has a system called MSG that functioned a text based email system. I used it in 1974 in Denmark and it had been in use for more than five years in the US I was told at the time. It connected all TI sites around the world but the system was based on an IBM 360 something.
Compaq & HP, but trouble ahead for AMD if their silly merger goes ahead. Rationalizing the PC line might be bad for AMD. Second HP/ Compaq are unlikely to go with the 64 bit AMD Hammer family as they are fasttracking to IA64 / Itanium
computer manufacturers bully their suppliers down to razor thin margins
Well Intel has the highest margins in the Semiconductor business. In a very capital intensive business with low per unit delta procuction cost, volume is the key. Intel clearly understands this as does AMD.
The only reason I can see Gateway has dumped AMD for now is that they are hunkering down for a few quarters and hoping "replacement" business can carry them through. The replacement business is Intel as they are the ones that got sold here a 3-4 years ago. Why try and convince someone that has been happy with Intel / Gateway for 3-4 years to try something new. The whole point with a "replacement" driven business model is making the "next" purchase an easy no-brainer decision. it just means they won't be posting earnings of 50 cents a share each quarter for a while
They just announced they would make a 15 cent +- loss for the quarter.
You can get the Rio Jukebox with 6gig drive for $219 at Buy.com. They have a $40 car-kit available incl. Cigarette lighter adapter and Tape Connection. I belive a 20gig unit is available but I don't know the price.
This is another excellent point. Someone with points please Mod "Back doors as legal evidence" up
I just signed it. Easier oneclickTM (Amazon.com) link here.
I send a note to TiVO as well. They would have a vested interest in getting this nonsense stopped. We need to mobilize money on the other side of the SSSCA fence.
The Head of FBI Director Mueller is reporting to the Attorney General Ashcroft, that again has cabinet rank and report to Presiden Bush.
What about misuse. Unless you keep excellent log files you might find yourselves in a lot of trouble if the next CodeRed get launched from your IP number. I am not saying this is a reason not to leave it open, just a reminder that it unfortunately has a flip side.
The DOTGNU guys has already looked at it. From Carsten Kuckuk via the MAilinglist
Quote
I printed out the spec last night and read it on the commuter train back
home. The IVM team essentially created a specification for a Motorola 68000
like 32 bit processor, assigned 16 bit opcodes to instructions and
implemented an interpreter for it as well as an adoption of the gcc
compiler.
Advantages:
+ Portable
+ It works
+ Very fast
Disadvantages:
- No separation of data and code
- Interface to the underlying operating system is POSIX
- No built-in security, not even a sandbox
My assessment:
o Good piece of Engineering: It's there, it works, it solves a problem, it's
GPLed, it's tested.
o In order to be used as one of the VMs for DotGnu, security needs to be
added. As one of the rules in secure programming is that you can never add
security to a system, but that it needs to be designed into it, I don't know
if that is possible.
o For my personal taste it's too close to real untyped assembly language.
Carsten Kuckuk
Unquote
Well you can add DSPLinux to the list. I have been trying to get the code for a while but been given the run-around. DSPlinux is backed by Texas Instruments and is aimed at the ARM / TI-DSP combo chip.
I think not only was this /. 's finest hour, but it was the posters finest as well. The people close to everything from NYC to Boston to PA was a major source of information when everything was unknown.
Depends of what amount of money they ask for. If punitives is involved that have to be ruled by jury. The judge can not dispose of that unless the defendant agrees the amount.
Dedicated Linux companies are victims of Linux's success and adoption by the major players. Notably IBM. This is good and bad depending of ones view. The old camaderie feeling is unfortunately gone but the Linux as such is of little danger (Little as the danger of IBM coopting Linux is still present). For the ones that like the "old time fiddling", start playing with Linux of PDA's or Game Consoles.
Good post. The best solution is for enough people only to buy products that has Linux drivers and Linux clearly printed on the box. Second let the store personel know that that is what your are looking for and thiat is what you will buy regardless of what the specific store carries.
the sad part is that informative is probably more accurate than funny.
Maybe KernAll would be appropiate for this effort though.
Have you ever tried to make a serious analysis of the statistical confidence level of the reported numbers. Factoring in the statistical bias of your sampling technigue. Second what happens when someone with an important vested interest states that the numbers can't be right and submit reasonable arguments? What is the methodology uses? and does that not constitute a bais in its own right since not all "stake holders" get to question your data before publication
I'm stuck on this G4 PowerBook. If you had installed YD or SuSE PowerPC version you would not have been is such a predicament ;-)
Sorry if I didn't articulate this well enough. I meant using the TrollTech system not the absolute numbers. A few $'s using PayPal or some such.
Two words: Battleship Earth. I was very disappointed that Ebert and Roeper didn't vote it the worst movie of last year. That honour went to Adam Sandler. (Sorry for being off topic)
A better idea might be to impose a small licensing fee for non-free Os's to be paid back to the developers. Another question how would you handle a Virtual Machine? What a bout Linux running inside VM or Linux extensions in AIX 5l?
You are wrong. Look at their "interpretation" of the GPL. What they say is that using function calls to GPL'ed is OK as it "only" interacts with the software.
Maybe a little off topic but congress just published a report on FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center. It deems the FBI imcompetent and nothing more than a incident report function. DOS is covered in details. TheRegister has a good write up today.
The story has an example that the Answersheet had 6 wrong out of 68 questions. As incompetent as this seems its mindbuggling that they do not pareto the answers and flags where the "right" answer is not the highest ranked. Much better strategies can be devised but we are not talking rocket science here. Letting the schools have access to the data coupled with a few lines of perl would fix thes kinds of problems.