If anyone's interested in going to a local Best Buy on 9/19/09 with CDs and flyers and encouraging people to try gnu/linux on their laptops before they buy, visit http://trygnulinux.com/sfd09 [trygnulinux.com]
If Microsoft thinks it's a worthy battleground, perhaps we should as well.
While this sounds like a good idea at first glance, it sounds like it's also a good way to get the cops called on you... Are you coordinating this event so Best Buy knows you're coming and is ok with it?
The employer told the employee to do something completely legal. The employee refused. The employer fired the employee. Whistleblower protections do not apply - there was no whistle to be blown.
1) In our country a judge is not required to make a ruling solely based upon laws that are on the books.
2) Whistleblower protections also include "threats to the public interest" - which is certainly true in this case.
You, and obviously many judges, forget the purpose of a justice system. The purpose is to meter out justice, not blindly follow a fucking rulebook.
(Of course we've accepted this for a long time for 'major' software like operating systems, where Windows is valid for one install. Arguably I would say that it is a different situation from entertainment media where you have traditionally had some rights before.)
This situation is even worse though, this would be like requiring a separate purchase of Windows for each login account on the computer.
No, they haven't. You can't have 2 of the same keys online at the same time, but you can log into your own "account" from someone elses computer, with someone elses key.
This is wholly different. One account, one key.
Which absolutely sucks if you have more than one person in your household that plays the game, now you'll need to have a separate copy of the game for each person.
I've read (and saw once) that the Netbooks with Atom processors have issues with having enough processing power to handle HD video. (though basical video played fine) Whats the point of the HDMI video out if it has issues with HD video?
Because it's the only reasonable choice of connector if you want to interface your laptop to a modern TV.
I seriously have to ask : what does a 1-Dimensional wave look like????
A compression wave. Think of a sound wave traveling along a very slender rod, after a hammer hits the end.
If you want to demonstrate this phenomenon visually in the real world you can use a slinky. Just tape down one end and confine it to a track with a couple of boards, push the free end and watch the compression wave travel down the slinky.
... But the difference between Chrome OS and Ubuntu, Debian, Slackware, Mandriva or whatever is that it's going to be Google Chrome OS. The whole thing is a marketing game, and it's there that Google may be able to penetrate.
While I agree that they are "bringing something new to the table" with their marketing capability, the problem is that I do not expect them to actually do a good job of making a distro. They may have good programmers, but it's not their focus - their focus is advertising. If they said they were teaming up with Canonical, Red Hat, or even Novell then I'd have a lot more confidence that they'd actually turn out a quality distro. I am willing to reserve judgment until they actually release something, but I am concerned that they will not be able to produce a quality product (when compared to other distros).
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Both are very mainline FPGAs, both have full devkits, references designs, include the tools, linux support on Xilinx at least (not sure on Altera), and are both at your price point.
You need a full license from Altera to use their Linux version, if you are at a University you can usually get this license for free.
Well, if you need any assistance when the time comes you can reach me by email as compholio at gmail dot com. Personally, I would probably look into the possibility of creating a small "personal" apt database for users without a debian package manager and have the update-checker just use apt (why reinvent the wheel if you don't have to?).
No problem, if you're not familiar with SSH it's also possible to create an SSH key that you can distribute "in reverse" (to all of your clients instead of collecting a key from each one of them). I don't have an article for that on hand, but if you need details I can give them to you (while this is easier to distribute there is the obvious disadvantage that this technique does not allow you to "discontinue" a customer).
Have lunch together with your colleagues, instead of eating a sandwich at your desk.
That makes you seem more like a human than a utility.
I'll agree with that and add - when they treat you poorly pretend it's a joke and do your best to come up with a funny retort. I found that people are much nicer to you in IT positions if they think you have a good sense of humor.
As I understand it, however, there's no way to protect that application against non-authenticated users. Can you have an APT repository that, say, requires a login and password?
Does Ubtunu, or any other Linux distro, provide a way to keep proprietary applications patched or updated? Exactly.
Indeed, create your own repository and have your installer add that repository to the list when your application is installed (though you should ask permission or people will get angry with you). From that point on the customer's PC will update your software automatically, it'll even warn the customer to install it quickly if you flag it as a security update.
... Sue me if I want to automate stuff in bash script, or demo stuff in BASIC because it's quick and easy, or write stuff in C because I can see what's damn well going on....
I agree with you for the most part, but I've found that in C it is really difficult to do keep track of large numbers of different physically-representable constructs. If you end up doing this you get to have a lot of "fun" with structures within structures, especially if you decide to change something at a fundamental level. So, for that kind of purpose I tend to switch over to C++ for it's C-like OOP goodness.
However, I strongly believe that OOP languages are frequently used inappropriately. I believe Java is a perfect example of this, as you pointed out it is not necessary to represent the concept of "output data to the console" as several different layers of objects. On a side note, switching to C++ pisses me off in some applications since C++ doesn't include support for C99 complex numbers (representing these numbers w/ classes is, IMHO, stupid).
Well he could also have purchased additional insurance for a premium, or insurance for excess valuation,... And as to the other types of insurances, the ones with your credit card, travel insurance, etc,...
It depends on the type of card he used, but he can probably challenge the charge and get the credit card company to force the airline to eat the cost of his flight until they've compensated him.
We've also all seen the classical antidepressant commercial. Some guy "hurts everywhere" and "everyone". Then he pops a couple cute little pills and "everywhere" and "everyone" magically stops hurting - whatever problems he may have had with his health or his career or his relationships or his dog are magically cured by those cute little pills.
What? You guys really get ads like that in the States? I can't remember ever seeing an ad for prescription drugs - the very notion of advertising anti-depressants directly to consumers (particularly over the boob tube) is insane!
Oh yeah, lots of them - they probably make up about 30% of the advertising time now. Ever since the pharmaceutical companies figured out that there was no penalty for violating the restrictions on advertising for prescription medication they've flooded our airwaves with this crap.
Thank you. I'm getting sick and tired of hearing people drop the 'T' word without any idea of what it actually means. It's this kind of stupidity that makes me think the Framers were correct to define Treason within the Constitution so it couldn't be used for political purposes.....
Maybe some people consider those that threaten our liberties to be our enemies... Seems reasonable to me.
More seriously, since slashdot comments are never deleted (like many news sites) you could conceivably make a pretty good system to take advantage of encoding data and posting it anonymously to such sites. Doing so would allow you to hide downloading/uploading in the background of normal posting. The real trick would be coming up with a "good" system for locating desired resources.
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While this sounds like a good idea at first glance, it sounds like it's also a good way to get the cops called on you... Are you coordinating this event so Best Buy knows you're coming and is ok with it?
1) In our country a judge is not required to make a ruling solely based upon laws that are on the books.
2) Whistleblower protections also include "threats to the public interest" - which is certainly true in this case.
You, and obviously many judges, forget the purpose of a justice system. The purpose is to meter out justice, not blindly follow a fucking rulebook.
No. That was not possible before either, the new system means that you cannot have two people use the same software product at a different time.
This situation is even worse though, this would be like requiring a separate purchase of Windows for each login account on the computer.
Which absolutely sucks if you have more than one person in your household that plays the game, now you'll need to have a separate copy of the game for each person.
Buy a TV with a DVI input, they do exit.
If you want to demonstrate this phenomenon visually in the real world you can use a slinky. Just tape down one end and confine it to a track with a couple of boards, push the free end and watch the compression wave travel down the slinky.
While I agree that they are "bringing something new to the table" with their marketing capability, the problem is that I do not expect them to actually do a good job of making a distro. They may have good programmers, but it's not their focus - their focus is advertising. If they said they were teaming up with Canonical, Red Hat, or even Novell then I'd have a lot more confidence that they'd actually turn out a quality distro. I am willing to reserve judgment until they actually release something, but I am concerned that they will not be able to produce a quality product (when compared to other distros).
malfonian?
You need a full license from Altera to use their Linux version, if you are at a University you can usually get this license for free.
Well, if you need any assistance when the time comes you can reach me by email as compholio at gmail dot com. Personally, I would probably look into the possibility of creating a small "personal" apt database for users without a debian package manager and have the update-checker just use apt (why reinvent the wheel if you don't have to?).
No problem, if you're not familiar with SSH it's also possible to create an SSH key that you can distribute "in reverse" (to all of your clients instead of collecting a key from each one of them). I don't have an article for that on hand, but if you need details I can give them to you (while this is easier to distribute there is the obvious disadvantage that this technique does not allow you to "discontinue" a customer).
I'll agree with that and add - when they treat you poorly pretend it's a joke and do your best to come up with a funny retort. I found that people are much nicer to you in IT positions if they think you have a good sense of humor.
Yes, there are other ways but a couple easy methods are in this article: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/513
Indeed, create your own repository and have your installer add that repository to the list when your application is installed (though you should ask permission or people will get angry with you). From that point on the customer's PC will update your software automatically, it'll even warn the customer to install it quickly if you flag it as a security update.
I agree with you for the most part, but I've found that in C it is really difficult to do keep track of large numbers of different physically-representable constructs. If you end up doing this you get to have a lot of "fun" with structures within structures, especially if you decide to change something at a fundamental level. So, for that kind of purpose I tend to switch over to C++ for it's C-like OOP goodness.
However, I strongly believe that OOP languages are frequently used inappropriately. I believe Java is a perfect example of this, as you pointed out it is not necessary to represent the concept of "output data to the console" as several different layers of objects. On a side note, switching to C++ pisses me off in some applications since C++ doesn't include support for C99 complex numbers (representing these numbers w/ classes is, IMHO, stupid).
Inconceivable!
Is the video done over USB or just the touch capability?
It depends on the type of card he used, but he can probably challenge the charge and get the credit card company to force the airline to eat the cost of his flight until they've compensated him.
Oh yeah, lots of them - they probably make up about 30% of the advertising time now. Ever since the pharmaceutical companies figured out that there was no penalty for violating the restrictions on advertising for prescription medication they've flooded our airwaves with this crap.
Maybe some people consider those that threaten our liberties to be our enemies... Seems reasonable to me.
Really? Down with those guys!
Project page?
More seriously, since slashdot comments are never deleted (like many news sites) you could conceivably make a pretty good system to take advantage of encoding data and posting it anonymously to such sites. Doing so would allow you to hide downloading/uploading in the background of normal posting. The real trick would be coming up with a "good" system for locating desired resources.
We could probably get away with that if we convict them of treason.