EXACTLY! My photoshop-created GIFs were not disrespecting any patents or laws. They were fully and completely licensed. That fact that the license for the GIF code wasn't free didn't make it any less legal. It was merely commercial software.
But now that it's returning to the public domain finally, I have found that I prefer PNG and its alpha transparency to GIFs. It seems that Unisys' actions provided an incentive to innovate rather than stifling creation.
I completely agree. I typically only donate to charitable organizations that allow me to deduct the donation from my tax bill. I'm generous with my donations, but I'd like to get a little off of my taxes in return. It's very nice to know that I can now donate to the Moz Foundation in this manner.
Exactly. I sent an invite to a Yahoo user last week. She contacted me today asking where her invite was. The invitation did contain a custom message from me.
When I forwarded a copy of the invite back to her today, it went through just fine.
I still haven't gotten a message on my hotmail account that I sent to myself from Gmail. I think the Hotmail block is in effect in full force.
I've had 0.9 open for a few days on my XP box right now. It's currently using 101MB, but that's understandable, as I have about 40 tabs open. What's odd is the Peak Mem Usage: 472MB!! Ouch! But at least it cleaned things up afterwards. (Or did it?)
I drove the hell out of a 2002 Toyota Prius. This was the previous generation model, but Toyota still claimed 50mpg+ city. In all of my crazy driving, I still averaged 42mpg for the 20,000 miles that I had the car. Sure, the EPA numbers aren't completely accurate for practical purposes, but that was the best mileage that I have ever gotten from a car. Yeah, I know that some diesels get better mileage, but this car was also classified as ULEV (ultra-low emissions vehicle). Will a ULEV diesel beat 42mpg in a mid-sized passenger car?
Thankfully we do have 1 MBit "Reach" (Paradyne Hotwire MVL) SDSL!:) I can't complain about 768/768 that works fine 8 miles from the telco shed.
I live in Austin, Texas, approximately 2 miles from the center of the city, and I can't get anything close to this from a DSL connection. I get great cable modem service, but DSL would be 256K downstream at best. It often seems that America has forgotten the urban areas lately.
I get the same thing. I don't see the vulnerability in my WRT54g. Maybe my firmware isn't current enough, but I just bought it a couple of months ago. Maybe my firmware is too current. Who knows. Either way, I finally changed my admin password. I'll be installing EWRT soon anyhow. Then I'll be able to forget about this Linksys trash.
I had never even heard of Asterisk, so this link collection was quite valuable to me. And that $16.99 FXO card that is compatible with Asterisk is extremely interesting. It looks like I may need to look into gettin an Asterisk system up at the house in the next few weeks.
I can't even get Quartz Extreme to work on my G4. Well, I hacked it to run, but it was slower than without QE running. It has PCI video as a limitation. Now if you're running this on an emulated processor, there's no way you're going to come close to getting the full 64-bit PCI throughput that I'm getting on my G4. QE is a waste of time in this arena.
The cheapest software I could find to work around the problem was $80.
I bought a PCI ATA-133 card for around $75 that solved this problem quite well. You might want to look into that option if you still have the B&W. (Mine's been upgraded to a G4 now)
1600x1200 has been looking VERY nice on my 15" Thinkpad that I purchased 2.5yrs ago. Perhaps that size is just too small for your vision, but for me, it's perfect. At 17", I think I would start seeing pixels again (something which I'd rather not happen).
Funny that you mention DOCSIS. Vyyo already makes a DOCSIS-compatible high-speed wireless broadband modem that operates in the 700MHz range. This is perfect for the new unlicensed spectrum.
And I'll be right behind you in that line. 802.11 is just too high freq/too low power for my needs. I'd prefer to have one AP that can light up my entire house and lawn. 802.11 with consumer-grade equipment can't do that.
I haven't tried bumping an 802.11 AP up to the 200mW legal limit yet, but that might do the job. But why bother with hacking my AP when I'll soon be able to just go out and buy some ~700MHz hardware.
This won't be standard IEEE 802.11b operating in these frequency ranges. It will be something different. From what I've read about this matter recently, 6MHz chunks of spectrum will be used. Adding that info in with what you've just posted here, it sounds like they are freeing up unused TV channels for new wireless channels.
So, in my area, say VHF channels 4, 6, and 8 are used. 5 and 7 (along with everything below 4 and above 8) would now be unlicensed wireless spectrum.
Disclaimer: I am not any kind of engineer whatsoever--I'm just a wifi nut. This is just my basic understanding from a bit of reading I've been doing about this new spectrum opening up.
While I agree completely that Apple is learning fast, Microsoft is, too. They've just release a couple of projects to SourceForge, where a true Open Source license is required. They're learning--very slowly--but they're learning. They have a long way to go, but Microsoft is still a company to be feared in this market.
You had to pay a minimum of $20 to get the Recently Updated List feature in the past. No commercial usage was ever allowed with the free version.
You could, however, have unlimited blogs and authors. You can still do this with the new version, but you are now in violation of the license, which operates on the honor system (i.e. no limits are hard-coded, even in the free version).
Nothing has been crippled. The price has just gone up.
If I was an agent, I would want a second person there on my side.
Same here. If nothing else, it's totally a safety issue. I wouldn't want to be involved in any kind of law enforcement out in the world without a partner by my side.
It may not be in your XP Pro box, but it's just a free download away from being on your desktop. And sure, there's not free Xcode on XP, but there are other free IDEs for Win out there.
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EXACTLY! My photoshop-created GIFs were not disrespecting any patents or laws. They were fully and completely licensed. That fact that the license for the GIF code wasn't free didn't make it any less legal. It was merely commercial software.
But now that it's returning to the public domain finally, I have found that I prefer PNG and its alpha transparency to GIFs. It seems that Unisys' actions provided an incentive to innovate rather than stifling creation.
I completely agree. I typically only donate to charitable organizations that allow me to deduct the donation from my tax bill. I'm generous with my donations, but I'd like to get a little off of my taxes in return. It's very nice to know that I can now donate to the Moz Foundation in this manner.
Exactly. I sent an invite to a Yahoo user last week. She contacted me today asking where her invite was. The invitation did contain a custom message from me. When I forwarded a copy of the invite back to her today, it went through just fine. I still haven't gotten a message on my hotmail account that I sent to myself from Gmail. I think the Hotmail block is in effect in full force.
I've had 0.9 open for a few days on my XP box right now. It's currently using 101MB, but that's understandable, as I have about 40 tabs open. What's odd is the Peak Mem Usage: 472MB!! Ouch! But at least it cleaned things up afterwards. (Or did it?)
I drove the hell out of a 2002 Toyota Prius. This was the previous generation model, but Toyota still claimed 50mpg+ city. In all of my crazy driving, I still averaged 42mpg for the 20,000 miles that I had the car. Sure, the EPA numbers aren't completely accurate for practical purposes, but that was the best mileage that I have ever gotten from a car. Yeah, I know that some diesels get better mileage, but this car was also classified as ULEV (ultra-low emissions vehicle). Will a ULEV diesel beat 42mpg in a mid-sized passenger car?
I get the same thing. I don't see the vulnerability in my WRT54g. Maybe my firmware isn't current enough, but I just bought it a couple of months ago. Maybe my firmware is too current. Who knows. Either way, I finally changed my admin password. I'll be installing EWRT soon anyhow. Then I'll be able to forget about this Linksys trash.
Thanks for the MUCH-needed clarification. ;-)
T-Mobile is merely buying spectrum from Cingular on the West Coast.
I had never even heard of Asterisk, so this link collection was quite valuable to me. And that $16.99 FXO card that is compatible with Asterisk is extremely interesting. It looks like I may need to look into gettin an Asterisk system up at the house in the next few weeks.
I can't even get Quartz Extreme to work on my G4. Well, I hacked it to run, but it was slower than without QE running. It has PCI video as a limitation. Now if you're running this on an emulated processor, there's no way you're going to come close to getting the full 64-bit PCI throughput that I'm getting on my G4. QE is a waste of time in this arena.
Right. That basically sums up the post you just replied to. ;-)
1600x1200 has been looking VERY nice on my 15" Thinkpad that I purchased 2.5yrs ago. Perhaps that size is just too small for your vision, but for me, it's perfect. At 17", I think I would start seeing pixels again (something which I'd rather not happen).
Yes, but these aren't really editors here. They're merely buffoons who randomly choose an article to post.
Funny that you mention DOCSIS. Vyyo already makes a DOCSIS-compatible high-speed wireless broadband modem that operates in the 700MHz range. This is perfect for the new unlicensed spectrum.
And I'll be right behind you in that line. 802.11 is just too high freq/too low power for my needs. I'd prefer to have one AP that can light up my entire house and lawn. 802.11 with consumer-grade equipment can't do that.
I haven't tried bumping an 802.11 AP up to the 200mW legal limit yet, but that might do the job. But why bother with hacking my AP when I'll soon be able to just go out and buy some ~700MHz hardware.
This won't be standard IEEE 802.11b operating in these frequency ranges. It will be something different. From what I've read about this matter recently, 6MHz chunks of spectrum will be used. Adding that info in with what you've just posted here, it sounds like they are freeing up unused TV channels for new wireless channels.
So, in my area, say VHF channels 4, 6, and 8 are used. 5 and 7 (along with everything below 4 and above 8) would now be unlicensed wireless spectrum.
Disclaimer: I am not any kind of engineer whatsoever--I'm just a wifi nut. This is just my basic understanding from a bit of reading I've been doing about this new spectrum opening up.
While I agree completely that Apple is learning fast, Microsoft is, too. They've just release a couple of projects to SourceForge, where a true Open Source license is required. They're learning--very slowly--but they're learning. They have a long way to go, but Microsoft is still a company to be feared in this market.
You had to pay a minimum of $20 to get the Recently Updated List feature in the past. No commercial usage was ever allowed with the free version.
You could, however, have unlimited blogs and authors. You can still do this with the new version, but you are now in violation of the license, which operates on the honor system (i.e. no limits are hard-coded, even in the free version).
Nothing has been crippled. The price has just gone up.
Ever heard of PGP? GnuPG?
There are a ton of tools out there that can be used to defeat such simple limitations.
I've gotten plenty of spam on my Gmail account.
Like you, I got an invite from a Google employee and received two invites. But I've heard other stories...
It may not be in your XP Pro box, but it's just a free download away from being on your desktop. And sure, there's not free Xcode on XP, but there are other free IDEs for Win out there.