Certain keywords seem to throw errors; for example if you use the keyword oracle, the search throws an error (after some time), however, if you use the keyword google, the results are instantanous!
would be to have all pending patents go through a Request For Comment phase. Basically the patent will be posted on a website, to the public, available for feedback on prior art, etc. Information gleened in this manner can then be used by the patent examiner to make more informed descisions.
This process will provide the public with the tools necessary to thwart any bad/damaging patents prior to them being approved.
The upside is, if he pulls it off, it'll give the RIAA a hell of a time trying to subpoena ISPs for information based on IP. They'd have no way to know who owns which address
Actually not true since your IP will now be "static" and can be almost guaranteed to point to you. If anything this will make the RIAA's life easier since they will only need to do a name lookup against the DNS (or whatever protocol gets created to manage this) to find out who owns the IP.
If you really believe in the crap you just said then you are only fooling yourself.
Laws do not apply to outlaws. If a terrorist cannot aquire the rockets premade, then they will make them themselves (infact they'd probably make them themselves anyway) and then what do you do ?
The simplest solution is often the best, and on that note, I suggest getting a really powerful laser.
Have the laser mounted so that the grass height can be adjusted and then have the laser sweep the yard, cutting any pieces of grass longer than the pre-adjusted height.
Of course this will only work on a flat, small area.
You can take a modified version of this that will work in a fixed square area mounted on wheels. Have the robot move over the area that needs to be cut, settle the frame against the ground, for reference and then sweep the laser to cut. The robot can then get up and move to the next square area to be cut. Moving like this, you can cut the lawn in square areas. Cutting curved areas, however, will be a challenge.
Anyone who attempts to return software must be a pirate anyway. Nevermind the fact that you could have tried to install the software and despite the fact that the box says it will work on your machine, it doesn't. Once you break that seal, forget getting your money back.
IANAL, but according to the EULA, if you don't agree with the licence agreement, you should be able to return the item to the manufacturer for a refund, possibly minus a re-stocking fee. Because most EULAs are within the packaging itself, there isn't a damn thing they can do about it. I believe there was a lawsuit in CA regarding this with MS products.
Atleast you won't have to re-build your machine every 6-12 months due to registry issues, etc.
You won't have to spend hours downloading and installing updates every or so, when a new virus is released or a vulnerability in the OS is found. Worst yet, you don't have to worry about bouncing your box for almost every item the update includes *cough* Win 98 *cough*.
Nope, personally I can wait the extra 10 or so seconds for that kind of stability. Besides RAM is cheap these days, why not go out and pick up an extra 256Mb ? - And if you are running an older box (ie. P200), it's probably about time to upgrade.
Personally, the reason I switched off windows was because I didn't want to have to shell out $200+ for another upgrade to a shitty piece of software. I stopped at W2K and permanently switched over to SUSE 8.2, at first, followed by Fedora Core 1 and now Fedora Core 2.
The last time I paid for my OS was when I bought SUSE (which, I might add was well worth the price and a fraction of the cost of Windows XP). Now I just download ISOs over a 24hr period, burn using K3B and load the OS, first onto a test hard disk and finally over to my main disk.
I can still do my work related tasks (which are Win XP based), using a VNC session to my work machine via VPN and have the ability to write my own software using C, C# or Java without having to pay ridiculous fees.
Whoever says that Linux is not ready for the desktop is just plain afraid or ignorant. Sure it's not easy, but then again, neither is Windows, in certain situations.
Another nice thing is that most updates (99% IMO) on Linux do not require a reboot and those that do, like a kernal upgrade, can be done at your leisure.
Lastly, I like having my system running 24/7, with remote accessibility (through SSH) and not having to worry about it slowing down or crashing.
I think it has more to do with the fact that it looks more like Windows than other WMs.
I feel the same way, unfortunately, I found earlier versions of Gnome (= 2.2) to be worst than KDE and therefore didn't make the switch until 2.4, and I have loved it since. Although, I wouldn't mind them putting in an option to turn off the spatial crap without having to go into gconf.
You must be running it on windows.
I have run Oracle on both W2K and Linux (RH9) and there is a HUGE performance difference (btw. I have a celeron 800 w/t 512Mb). Oracle just plain sucks on Windows.
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I don't know where you got your info from but Java is NOT ECMA standardized and as for .net, only the CLR and C# langauge are ECMA standardized.
Certain keywords seem to throw errors; for example if you use the keyword oracle, the search throws an error (after some time), however, if you use the keyword google, the results are instantanous!
Go see GotMono.COM
This process will provide the public with the tools necessary to thwart any bad/damaging patents prior to them being approved.
Actually not true since your IP will now be "static" and can be almost guaranteed to point to you. If anything this will make the RIAA's life easier since they will only need to do a name lookup against the DNS (or whatever protocol gets created to manage this) to find out who owns the IP.
To break in and steal the source code for Duke Nukem Forever ?
Laws do not apply to outlaws. If a terrorist cannot aquire the rockets premade, then they will make them themselves (infact they'd probably make them themselves anyway) and then what do you do ?
Whereabouts are they located in Sydney ? - I don't remember there being such a store...
Have the laser mounted so that the grass height can be adjusted and then have the laser sweep the yard, cutting any pieces of grass longer than the pre-adjusted height.
Of course this will only work on a flat, small area.
You can take a modified version of this that will work in a fixed square area mounted on wheels. Have the robot move over the area that needs to be cut, settle the frame against the ground, for reference and then sweep the laser to cut. The robot can then get up and move to the next square area to be cut. Moving like this, you can cut the lawn in square areas. Cutting curved areas, however, will be a challenge.
If the screen absorbs the color white, how well would it work when the image being projected has white colors in it ? - Am I missing something ?
Why not use the google bar that comes with Mozilla/Firefox ?
developers, developers, developers...
IANAL, but according to the EULA, if you don't agree with the licence agreement, you should be able to return the item to the manufacturer for a refund, possibly minus a re-stocking fee. Because most EULAs are within the packaging itself, there isn't a damn thing they can do about it. I believe there was a lawsuit in CA regarding this with MS products.
forgot the i in the product name.
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You won't have to spend hours downloading and installing updates every or so, when a new virus is released or a vulnerability in the OS is found. Worst yet, you don't have to worry about bouncing your box for almost every item the update includes *cough* Win 98 *cough*.
Nope, personally I can wait the extra 10 or so seconds for that kind of stability. Besides RAM is cheap these days, why not go out and pick up an extra 256Mb ? - And if you are running an older box (ie. P200), it's probably about time to upgrade.
The last time I paid for my OS was when I bought SUSE (which, I might add was well worth the price and a fraction of the cost of Windows XP). Now I just download ISOs over a 24hr period, burn using K3B and load the OS, first onto a test hard disk and finally over to my main disk.
I can still do my work related tasks (which are Win XP based), using a VNC session to my work machine via VPN and have the ability to write my own software using C, C# or Java without having to pay ridiculous fees.
Whoever says that Linux is not ready for the desktop is just plain afraid or ignorant. Sure it's not easy, but then again, neither is Windows, in certain situations.
Another nice thing is that most updates (99% IMO) on Linux do not require a reboot and those that do, like a kernal upgrade, can be done at your leisure.
Lastly, I like having my system running 24/7, with remote accessibility (through SSH) and not having to worry about it slowing down or crashing.
Hardware vendors use this technolog to bring us a truely "instant on" feature to our laptops and PCs ?
McGyver would ony have to look in the episode script to find the password!
Will/Does the NVidia or ATI drivers work in x.org ? Will NVidia/ATI support future x.org upgrades, or will they continue to support xfree ?
I feel the same way, unfortunately, I found earlier versions of Gnome (= 2.2) to be worst than KDE and therefore didn't make the switch until 2.4, and I have loved it since. Although, I wouldn't mind them putting in an option to turn off the spatial crap without having to go into gconf.
You must be running it on windows. I have run Oracle on both W2K and Linux (RH9) and there is a HUGE performance difference (btw. I have a celeron 800 w/t 512Mb). Oracle just plain sucks on Windows.
Since a cut down version of this is supposed to be running WinFS right ?
Guess you can't call it the mile high club - It's probably be more like the 50 mile high club (Just doesn't have the same ring to it!)
Yeah... but what if you have Amnesia and the only thing that can bring your memory back is something that is password protected ?