The real reason the internet is looked upon differently from telcos is that now any Joe/Jane Prole can put his/her opinion up for the world to see... try doing that with a voice call:-)
Finally, from reading comp.os.linux.mandrake, I heard that Mandrake actually does run on a 486, despite what some people claim. For the record, Mandrake will run on an ALi m1489 motherboard with an AMD486DX4-100 and 32MB of EDO RAM... I couldn't really tell you if I took a performance hit because KDE is slow on a 486. (Word to the wise, BlackBox is best on a 486), but it did seem to run fine.
Completely unrelated, but the Mandrake I installed defaulted to XDM/KDM which doesn't make me happy...
Somewhat related, my box is quite snappy for a 486 and KDE runs acceptably slow (no slower than Win95 OSR2) so maybe I am an exception to the rule.
I'm not sure if you're a Canadian or not, but for those who aren't, a small lesson in Canadian "Culture" (There is actually no such thing).
The 50cents for 15minutes tax is an idea from beaurocrats (sp?) that seem to think that Canadian "Culture" (of which Heritage Minister, Shiela Copps, cannot define) is in danger of being overwhelmed by US commercialism. I'm not really sure if I disagree with the notion.
Really, this law ranks up there with the 40% CanCon regulation (Broadcasters in Canada must have 40% Canadian Content) and Quebec's Bill 101 (a.k.a. The Illegal Language Law for which they have been crying "Notwithstanding Clause" forever..)
Knee jerk reactions to problems which do not exist, IMO.
Back to my point, if Canadian Content is good enough, then it should be able to stand on its own merit. I understand that when they first brought in the 40% CanCon reg it was necessary. I do not believe it is now. The same goes the for the 50cents-for-15minutes tax. I am already paying way too much tax (50%) and I don't want to pay anymore. The only difference between this tax and income tax, is that some lousy musician my be living off me when I didn't even buy their disc.
Well, I've read the article and I can safely say that AL Gore has successfully written a rather nice piece on non-talk. That is to say, He said nothing....
Well Done Al... (this is one of the few times I'm glad I'm a Canadian... oops.. Never mind, the Rt. Hon. Jean Cretien just opened his mouth again...)
It is described in terms of warped space, but the waves this article are talking about are similar to a wave in the ocean (a transverse wave) only the ocean is space/time
Perhaps his alliterations are in error, but I do have to wonder if you even read the FoF....
If you had, and you've used the "alternative" operating systems, then you'd know that MS creates an inferior product and markets it at a superior price...
BTW, it is bad form to personally attack somebody. Attack their opinions, not them.
Samba is not illegal, and nothing MS can do (well, almost anything; they could change the license to allow for only MS clients to access services) can change that...
Interesting comment here... I'd be tempted to call this commercial suicide if they did.... But they are free to do whatever they want.
On a broader scope, getting a CAL would also apply to any other OS trying to connect to W2K. This in itself may discourage people from switching.
Why do some people think that a device like this will reduce your privacy?
This is simply a chip that can "speak" multiple digital communication protocols... it isn't a chip that secretly sends your conversation to your Local RCMP detachment (which is the equivalent to your local Police Dept. and the FBI) or CSIS (CIA)...
Maybe you should consider taking an anti-psychotic or something... (BTW.. they are out to get you;-))
I'm curious if any lawyers who read this site could give a rough idea of the validity of a EULA. I'm not sure, but in Canada, I believe that EULA is superseded by law....
I just thought of something... If you buy a computer in B.C. and get MS Windows even though you don't want it, is that "Negative Option Billing" (which is illegal here by the way)?
This could be a very dangerous situation. If LT doesn't incorporate this (provided it is a superior technology) then there will be a fork...
I, personally, don't know why the core kernel team wouldn't incorporate it if it isn't superior technology.
As for Sun taking flak for partially closing the technology... They should make the APIs known and allow a OSS version of the user space software to develop. Hopefully this will come out to benifit all users.
It's really only right that the NSI not be responsible for "cybersquatting" on patented names.
When you think about it, if they had to screen every name for possible copyright (et al.) violations, then nobody would ever get a domain name... we'd all be asking for static IPs and advertising them like phone numbers!(For you free foobar... dial 192.168.6.9. extension/fscking/foobar...)
Personally, I believe that the person registering the name should be the only one responsible for copyright infringment.
As for name dispute resolution... that's a different matter
Anything mostly unintelligible will do... (translation for skript kiddies: n3th1ng m0stl33 un1nt3l1g1bl3 w1ll d0.) of course there are too many syllables in two of the words, so they may have a difficult time understanding the translation.....:-)
My question is why can't you soft load an on-board microcontroller with code to do that and then make the information available to the PCI bus as if it were an ethernet card installed?
That would arguably be the most effecient method of doing this.
My reasoning: You write one piece of code to extract the ethernet frame out of the ATM. And then if you use a common ethernet driver (ie NE2000) that every OS has a driver for, you have a product you can market to every PC user....
Slashdot Mirror
This coming from an anonymous coward.....
Yep...
:-)
It looks a lot better than the backing that was on it before
The real reason the internet is looked upon differently from telcos is that now any Joe/Jane Prole can put his/her opinion up for the world to see... try doing that with a voice call :-)
Finally, from reading comp.os.linux.mandrake, I heard that Mandrake actually does run on a 486, despite what some people claim.
For the record, Mandrake will run on an ALi m1489 motherboard with an AMD486DX4-100 and 32MB of EDO RAM... I couldn't really tell you if I took a performance hit because KDE is slow on a 486. (Word to the wise, BlackBox is best on a 486), but it did seem to run fine.
Completely unrelated, but the Mandrake I installed defaulted to XDM/KDM which doesn't make me happy...
Somewhat related, my box is quite snappy for a 486 and KDE runs acceptably slow (no slower than Win95 OSR2) so maybe I am an exception to the rule.
not much more to say than that...
Had a good chuckle, thanks guys!
I'm not sure if you're a Canadian or not, but for those who aren't, a small lesson in Canadian "Culture" (There is actually no such thing).
The 50cents for 15minutes tax is an idea from beaurocrats (sp?) that seem to think that Canadian "Culture" (of which Heritage Minister, Shiela Copps, cannot define) is in danger of being overwhelmed by US commercialism. I'm not really sure if I disagree with the notion.
Really, this law ranks up there with the 40% CanCon regulation (Broadcasters in Canada must have 40% Canadian Content) and Quebec's Bill 101 (a.k.a. The Illegal Language Law for which they have been crying "Notwithstanding Clause" forever..)
Knee jerk reactions to problems which do not exist, IMO.
Back to my point, if Canadian Content is good enough, then it should be able to stand on its own merit. I understand that when they first brought in the 40% CanCon reg it was necessary. I do not believe it is now. The same goes the for the 50cents-for-15minutes tax. I am already paying way too much tax (50%) and I don't want to pay anymore. The only difference between this tax and income tax, is that some lousy musician my be living off me when I didn't even buy their disc.
I wish him all the best!
Well, I've read the article and I can safely say that AL Gore has successfully written a rather nice piece on non-talk. That is to say, He said nothing....
Well Done Al... (this is one of the few times I'm glad I'm a Canadian... oops.. Never mind, the Rt. Hon. Jean Cretien just opened his mouth again...)
It is described in terms of warped space, but the waves this article are talking about are similar to a wave in the ocean (a transverse wave) only the ocean is space/time
perhaps Microsoft would stand a decent chance of being exonerated, as they should be.
You're kidding, right?
That is an incredible observation
I do believe that you have summed up this entire affair!
Perhaps his alliterations are in error, but I do have to wonder if you even read the FoF....
If you had, and you've used the "alternative" operating systems, then you'd know that MS creates an inferior product and markets it at a superior price...
BTW, it is bad form to personally attack somebody. Attack their opinions, not them.
I think your arguments are specious....
Firstly, this trial is about illegal monopolistic practices. (Illegal has not been determined.)
Secondly, Microsoft has consistently maintained that they are innovators in the computer industry. Linux has never claimed that.
Thirdly, KDE/Gnome borrow from may sources, not just the kludge interface in Win9x
Personally, I'm not surprised by the ruling nor am I surprised by your decision to post anonymously.
BTW, has your telephone ever given you a "GPF"? Probably not. Unix was invented to run the telephone system.
Being innovative and posting my E-mail Address: alt_at_telus.net (remove the at and put in an @)
Note to all OSS supporters... do not sink to this level and post a personal attack against anybody...
We should be bigger than that.
troll!!! Moderate this down please
Samba is not illegal, and nothing MS can do (well, almost anything; they could change the license to allow for only MS clients to access services) can change that...
Interesting comment here...
I'd be tempted to call this commercial suicide if they did.... But they are free to do whatever they want.
On a broader scope, getting a CAL would also apply to any other OS trying to connect to W2K. This in itself may discourage people from switching.
Why do some people think that a device like this will reduce your privacy?
;-))
This is simply a chip that can "speak" multiple digital communication protocols... it isn't a chip that secretly sends your conversation to your Local RCMP detachment (which is the equivalent to your local Police Dept. and the FBI) or CSIS (CIA)...
Maybe you should consider taking an anti-psychotic or something... (BTW.. they are out to get you
add'l info:
We use the same frequencies for GSM up here in Canada as the US does.
The frequencies in N.A. are different than the rest of the world.
Canadian GSM carriers: ClearNet (iDEN is a form of GSM) and MicroCell (aka FIDO)
I'm curious if any lawyers who read this site could give a rough idea of the validity of a EULA. I'm not sure, but in Canada, I believe that EULA is superseded by law....
I just thought of something... If you buy a computer in B.C. and get MS Windows even though you don't want it, is that "Negative Option Billing" (which is illegal here by the way)?
Just a thought
You can be assured that they'd look into it :-)
This could be a very dangerous situation. If LT doesn't incorporate this (provided it is a superior technology) then there will be a fork...
I, personally, don't know why the core kernel team wouldn't incorporate it if it isn't superior technology.
As for Sun taking flak for partially closing the technology... They should make the APIs known and allow a OSS version of the user space software to develop. Hopefully this will come out to benifit all users.
Anything above a ping :-)
It's really only right that the NSI not be responsible for "cybersquatting" on patented names.
/fscking/foobar...)
When you think about it, if they had to screen every name for possible copyright (et al.) violations, then nobody would ever get a domain name... we'd all be asking for static IPs and advertising them like phone numbers!(For you free foobar... dial 192.168.6.9. extension
Personally, I believe that the person registering the name should be the only one responsible for copyright infringment.
As for name dispute resolution... that's a different matter
Anything mostly unintelligible will do... (translation for skript kiddies: n3th1ng m0stl33 un1nt3l1g1bl3 w1ll d0.) of course there are too many syllables in two of the words, so they may have a difficult time understanding the translation..... :-)
My question is why can't you soft load an on-board microcontroller with code to do that and then make the information available to the PCI bus as if it were an ethernet card installed?
That would arguably be the most effecient method of doing this.
My reasoning: You write one piece of code to extract the ethernet frame out of the ATM. And then if you use a common ethernet driver (ie NE2000) that every OS has a driver for, you have a product you can market to every PC user....
Damn, I have great ideas...