The wayback machine goes back to 1998. Upon searching, the slashdot search engine goes back to 25558. Here's a link. Problem is, with the older slashdot archive articles, there's NO YEAR.:-( I don't wanna go back through each page marking every december month, trying to figure out about where they occur, counting the years backwards.. someone else maybe?
You're on! but.. you need to give me a six pack in advance since you won't be able to then. Then, I'll tell them to keep it in good condition, and in (6 or so * 25).. 150 years or so, they could sell it as a collector's item and get a lot of money:-)
Ok, Red Hat's going to be the next microsoft at this rate.. right? I mean.. patents.. didn't they have odd licensing and odd software in there somewhere? A big company for the whole desktop thing and such.. least, I could see it going there. That's right. Competitive upgrades from other linux distros. That was bashed a bit on the register, I believe..
But now all are complaining about how it's patenting things.. Well, that may be, but going by the title of the patents, they look like they could be actual legitimate patents. Nothing like the whole wheel thing that went on.
So.. they might be on the way to proprietary code, closed source, and all that.. Well, GNU will keep it open. and we all like open because, unlike how Micro$oft does it, it allows people to fix bugs and work with the code they're given. So.. it's not bad there, either, imo. Or at least it can't be.
So.. give Redhat a break. They have to make money some way, and this may be what works on their end. Even doing what it's doing, it seems to be being nice.
This is somewhat what I was thinking. You can share a lawyer; you'd be using the same info for every case. Perhaps a calss action suit? dunno how those work, if it can go that way. Also, just take in all the people that haven't been sued and accuse the company of not enforcing their patents.. that is a possibility for trademarks (Lindows was going to use it), and I think it is here, too.
I dunno about other/.ers around here, but I read the domain name and the thing that instantly came to mind was "cruel-intentions".. the movie. Then I eventually caught on that it didn't have the s on it. I agree with his comments about litigation, and with how trademark-sue-happy companies are nowadays.. I'm surprised the makers of that movie haven't already contacted verisign (that's where the contact was.)
I really do hope versign gets dealt a heavy blow for their tactics lately.
I wonder if schools would take up this technology. I'm sure we've all had the loud classrooms, from constant heaters in the hallway and other ventilation, and who knows what else. Such noises often drive me crazy. I'd love schools to add this about 5 years ago:-)
I've thought this for a long time. Scientists are looking for known life, in a way. Life based on carbon.. requires water, etc. I consider this shit. Look at startrek -- Voyager had an example of photonic life.. while this is an extreme example, it's one form of what could be that scientists don't even consider.
Then, they said since no sun could get to the bottom of oceans. They said nothing could possibly survive down there... then they get there and see a completely independant ecosystem (I believe it is, anyway). They feed off shrimp, which feed off sulfur from geizers on the ocean floor. Another example of something scientists thought couldn't exist. We've been proven wrong so many times.. I think it's time to rethink our thoughts on requirements for life.
Personally, I think it's just plain selfish to think earth contains the only (intelligent?) life in the universe.
I can really see microsoft as proposing that uninstalling IE would require taking out IE, and all DLL's it depends on. That, or it makes a few little GUI elements use IE DLL's to read gif/jpg files. Something like they did with explorer for active desktop..
Well, I was in #gbadev on efnet a week or two ago when someone came in commenting on how bright his new GBA's screen was compared to the old one. He had received a new one from Lik Sang that was made in Japan, over the one he bought at a retail store that was made in China. He took a screenshot showing the difference between the two, and I must say it was absolutely amazing (I don't want to paste the address because I think it'd be kinda mean to slashdot his images). I can only hope newer GBA's will have the same brighter screen.. and I definitely know where I'm buying mine if/when I get a gba (lik sang!). For all the other GBA's out there though, there's always Portable Monopoly.
"Are computer games not considered art simply because of its nature as an entertainment medium, or can video games be considered art precisely because they can be thought of as combinations of graphics and code?"
You can look at the source of this game, as well as the graphics. But under no circumstances can you play the game.
I guess this will put the requirement on hardware reviewers to tell the consumers at least approximates of the processor's speed. If no place else, they should be able to, and some even get + give the speed of the processors before they come out.
And, what will this do to overclocking? if you don't know how much you're OCing it...... (note: I haven't really done any overclocking, so I don't know if most do it by mhz, frequencies, or whatever else.)
Now, laws like the DMCA can be taken to the supreme court and declared unconstitutional and we can be rid of them. Now for a somewhat basic question for some:
Can the same be done for signed treaties? or are with stuck with them even if they are determined unconstitutional?
I've heard that the US and most other nations ignore a lotta the things that the UN does, but I don't know if we could ignore something like this, nor get out of it.
that's kinda my point.. only use old computers to diassemble them to their bases so you wouldn't have to re.. "make" all the kinda of materials you'd need to reconstruct newer computers. the gray goo, though.. the thing where you produce a bunch of self-reproducing nano robots, that just make more and more, etc... It's been mentioned on slashdot a few times. I was just thinking rather than that sorta goo, why not give it a bit of control? maybe only allow it to disassemble certain things, then throw them in a glass jar which it'll leave alone.
Gray goo... nano machines tearing apart things and rebuilding stuff.. old, junked computers..
Could there be some way to feed gray goo sort of stuff old computers, and it sit there and break it down and sort out the individual elements? Could be a good source of silicon, lead, iron, plastics, and many other things that computers are made from (granted I don't think plastic is an element, but still... customizeable gray goo), while recycling at the same time.
-Andrew
(well, at least nobody can patent this process now..)
As for expression, you could do happy + sad + other things.. not so much in the code itself, but (www.)messagemates(.com) manage to present a kind of story with their programs. Just a thought..
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The wayback machine goes back to 1998. Upon searching, the slashdot search engine goes back to 25558. Here's a link. Problem is, with the older slashdot archive articles, there's NO YEAR. :-( I don't wanna go back through each page marking every december month, trying to figure out about where they occur, counting the years backwards.. someone else maybe?
-DrkShadow
You're on! but.. you need to give me a six pack in advance since you won't be able to then. Then, I'll tell them to keep it in good condition, and in (6 or so * 25).. 150 years or so, they could sell it as a collector's item and get a lot of money :-)
-DrkShadow
Ok, Red Hat's going to be the next microsoft at this rate.. right? I mean.. patents.. didn't they have odd licensing and odd software in there somewhere? A big company for the whole desktop thing and such.. least, I could see it going there. That's right. Competitive upgrades from other linux distros. That was bashed a bit on the register, I believe..
But now all are complaining about how it's patenting things.. Well, that may be, but going by the title of the patents, they look like they could be actual legitimate patents. Nothing like the whole wheel thing that went on.
So.. they might be on the way to proprietary code, closed source, and all that.. Well, GNU will keep it open. and we all like open because, unlike how Micro$oft does it, it allows people to fix bugs and work with the code they're given. So.. it's not bad there, either, imo. Or at least it can't be.
So.. give Redhat a break. They have to make money some way, and this may be what works on their end. Even doing what it's doing, it seems to be being nice.
Just my few pennies. But what do I know.
-DrkShadow
following a school shooting by a student who apparently trained by playing CS.
So THAT"S what it's called nowadays...
-DrkShadow
This is somewhat what I was thinking. You can share a lawyer; you'd be using the same info for every case. Perhaps a calss action suit? dunno how those work, if it can go that way. Also, just take in all the people that haven't been sued and accuse the company of not enforcing their patents.. that is a possibility for trademarks (Lindows was going to use it), and I think it is here, too.
-DrkShadow
Uses at school:
Sorry. You're depressed. You may be concealing a weapon with the intent to kill masses, so we won't let you in.
or angry, with the intent to kill one..
or who knows what people may think of.
-DrkShadow
I dunno about other /.ers around here, but I read the domain name and the thing that instantly came to mind was "cruel-intentions".. the movie. Then I eventually caught on that it didn't have the s on it. I agree with his comments about litigation, and with how trademark-sue-happy companies are nowadays.. I'm surprised the makers of that movie haven't already contacted verisign (that's where the contact was.)
I really do hope versign gets dealt a heavy blow for their tactics lately.
-DrkShadow
I wonder if schools would take up this technology. I'm sure we've all had the loud classrooms, from constant heaters in the hallway and other ventilation, and who knows what else. Such noises often drive me crazy. I'd love schools to add this about 5 years ago :-)
-DrkShadow
Senior, graduating in June.
I've thought this for a long time. Scientists are looking for known life, in a way. Life based on carbon.. requires water, etc. I consider this shit. Look at startrek -- Voyager had an example of photonic life.. while this is an extreme example, it's one form of what could be that scientists don't even consider.
Then, they said since no sun could get to the bottom of oceans. They said nothing could possibly survive down there... then they get there and see a completely independant ecosystem (I believe it is, anyway). They feed off shrimp, which feed off sulfur from geizers on the ocean floor. Another example of something scientists thought couldn't exist. We've been proven wrong so many times.. I think it's time to rethink our thoughts on requirements for life.
Personally, I think it's just plain selfish to think earth contains the only (intelligent?) life in the universe.
-DrkShadow
If blizzard has nothing else against it, why can't they just reach an agreement to not allow beta software to be supported on bnetd?
-DrkShadow
I can really see microsoft as proposing that uninstalling IE would require taking out IE, and all DLL's it depends on. That, or it makes a few little GUI elements use IE DLL's to read gif/jpg files. Something like they did with explorer for active desktop..
the main point, will this show cover ALL the super bowl commercials? or only a select few? I wanna see them all..
;-)
Also, will it be commercial free?
-DrkShadow
I hope there'd be a way to turn these off. Otherwise you drive through a large city and GPS msgs will be going off everywhere.
"Eat at Joes!"
"Clothing 50% off!"
"Sale sale sale!!"
-DrkShadow
Well, I was in #gbadev on efnet a week or two ago when someone came in commenting on how bright his new GBA's screen was compared to the old one. He had received a new one from Lik Sang that was made in Japan, over the one he bought at a retail store that was made in China. He took a screenshot showing the difference between the two, and I must say it was absolutely amazing (I don't want to paste the address because I think it'd be kinda mean to slashdot his images). I can only hope newer GBA's will have the same brighter screen.. and I definitely know where I'm buying mine if/when I get a gba (lik sang!). For all the other GBA's out there though, there's always Portable Monopoly.
-DrkShadow
Merrian Webster: trebuchet: noun, a medieval military engine for hurling heavy missiles (as rocks)
So, they upgraded his service... for free. He requested UPS Ground and he gets air. wow..
-DrkShadow
"Are computer games not considered art simply because of its nature as an entertainment medium, or can video games be considered art precisely because they can be thought of as combinations of graphics and code?"
You can look at the source of this game, as well as the graphics. But under no circumstances can you play the game.
-DrkShadow
"And that's truly what the RIAA's interest in Napster was about: not money, but control."
Their interest isn't control; it's money. Control is just what's required to get there (or at least the fastest way).
-DrkShadow
I can't help but wonder... who pays for all the bandwidth used by this?
Surely not the ISP...
Profiling is mentioned.
ooo goody. Passport for your TV. wanna watch? gotta log...
-DrkShadow
I guess this will put the requirement on hardware reviewers to tell the consumers at least approximates of the processor's speed. If no place else, they should be able to, and some even get + give the speed of the processors before they come out.
And, what will this do to overclocking? if you don't know how much you're OCing it...... (note: I haven't really done any overclocking, so I don't know if most do it by mhz, frequencies, or whatever else.)
-DrkShadow
Now, laws like the DMCA can be taken to the supreme court and declared unconstitutional and we can be rid of them. Now for a somewhat basic question for some:
Can the same be done for signed treaties? or are with stuck with them even if they are determined unconstitutional?
I've heard that the US and most other nations ignore a lotta the things that the UN does, but I don't know if we could ignore something like this, nor get out of it.
-DrkShadow
Even if not it'll still outlast Windows...
-DrkShadow
that's kinda my point.. only use old computers to diassemble them to their bases so you wouldn't have to re.. "make" all the kinda of materials you'd need to reconstruct newer computers. the gray goo, though.. the thing where you produce a bunch of self-reproducing nano robots, that just make more and more, etc... It's been mentioned on slashdot a few times. I was just thinking rather than that sorta goo, why not give it a bit of control? maybe only allow it to disassemble certain things, then throw them in a glass jar which it'll leave alone.
-DrkShadow
Kinda off topic, but one must think...
Gray goo... nano machines tearing apart things and rebuilding stuff.. old, junked computers..
Could there be some way to feed gray goo sort of stuff old computers, and it sit there and break it down and sort out the individual elements? Could be a good source of silicon, lead, iron, plastics, and many other things that computers are made from (granted I don't think plastic is an element, but still... customizeable gray goo), while recycling at the same time.
-Andrew
(well, at least nobody can patent this process now..)
As for expression, you could do happy + sad + other things.. not so much in the code itself, but (www.)messagemates(.com) manage to present a kind of story with their programs. Just a thought..
-DrkShadow