Cornell University, the George Washington University, Middlebury College, University of Miami, the University of Southern California and the Wright State University (Ohio) have all pledged to have Napster up and running in the near future
Two years ago, who could have possibly imagined such a quote from a serious news article?
For fun trivia, Which "slash-and-burn" Sherman was more agressive... (A) --or-- (B)?
We are pleased to resolve this litigation on terms that make business sense for all parties
Although speculation, it's hard to imagine a settlement scenario that didn't include either (1) Microsoft's ability to throw around insane amounts of cash, (2) Lindows' reckoning with a legal juggernaut via Redmond, or a combination thereof.
That said, I'm glad to see the end of this as an issue... until Sunbean sues Linspire over their trademark... crap!
Across the OECD's 30 industrialized member countries, music accounted for 48.6 percent of files shared online, compared with 62.5 percent in 2002, according to excerpts of the report seen by The Associated Press.
Interesting. I wonder if the fact that Hollywood tends to distribute movies in the US first--coupled with the storm of global entertainment coverage--contributes to this? If I lived in Germany, for example, awaiting the release of Spider-Man 2 I might want to see what all the hype was about and download the movie.
Not really. The bug history began immediately afterward and for quite some time it was moved between FIX and WONTFIX but received a lot of attention. Here are some of the comments from the bug report at http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167475:
------- Additional Comment #2 From Jesse Ruderman 2002-09-11 16:58 PDT [reply] ------- It's not hard for a malicious site to get a visitor to click a link. Requiring a click or an equivalent keyboard action can be useful for limiting how much a web site can annoy you (pop-up windows, etc.) but I don't think it's useful for larger security issues.
------- Additional Comment #3 From Daniel Veditz 2002-09-11 17:25 PDT [reply] ------- I agree, WONTFIX. Other bugs are already discussing blocking external protocol handlers, we don't need to do additional work to base the decision on context.
------- Additional Comment #5 From Daniel Veditz 2002-09-12 11:35 PDT [reply] ------- re-opening for reconsideration. This doesn't solve the problem of untrusted protocols, but even for trusted ones it doesn't make much sense in these kinds of places.
The Mozilla Foundation has confirmed the problem and issued a fix
This incident underscores why many use or have switched to Firefox: vulnerabilities discovered and promptly fixed. Not weeks and months from their publication--and not by another vendor--this exploit was addressed by those who have made available Mozilla's code for public scrutiny.
FYI, in case you didn't read the article, you can download the fix here.
Starbucks will install individual music-listening stations, with CD-burning capabilities, in 10 existing Starbucks locations in Seattle
Starbucks, with their deployment of wireless APs in their stores, and now with the music concept, is really working hard to keep customers sitting down longer in their stores, consuming their products.
Unfortunately, the breed of company that will ask you to pay for your own equipment will probably also penalize your advancement opportunities because you don't put in a 60-hour work week like the rest of the "committed" employees.
It's an awful lot of energy wasted trying to dislike something
Shady business tactics aside, Microsoft does produce some excellent server management tools, and great productivity software. I've learned that although I'm a huge F/OSS fan, it's hard to beat Visio.
Sometimes, they win because they deserved to. And if MCE eventually falls into that category, I might just buy it...
Not at all. The problem, as I mentioned, is the complex application of CDMA in LEO systems. You are correct that in the physical layer, distance overcomes latencies inherent in GEO/MEOs. However, the time differential in high-velocity LEOs requires a multiplexing protocol like S-ALOHA CDMA (sorry, pdf).
To integrate these stat pattern multiplexing applications into the heavy traffic of a dense system creates its own latency.
That's exactly the point I was making; these "Strattelites" are interesting because they are designed to overcome the latency (and other) problems inherent in LEOs.
A Stratellite is similar to a satellite, but is stationed in the stratosphere rather than in orbit
Sounds like an attempt to overcome the runaway expenditures of Teledesic's failed LEO project. The problem with these high-altitude sender/receivers is that--while they offer a technology solution--there is a corresponding weakness in application.
For example, latency in these systems make it unattractive for many internet applications (who wants to play FPS's over a spread-slotted Aloha CDMA system?).
And then there is the monstrous launch and maintenance expense...
old versions of Civ and Sim City... are not American centric
In Uganda "Sim City" would be an extremely unfamiliar game, completely out-of-step with the realities of life even in Kampala.
There is no concept of "urban planning" in most African countries; it might not be "American-centric" but the game is highly prejudiced toward a western mindset.
Years ago I set up a punch-card scanner for a correspondence school in Kumasi, Ghana. The staff had never really worked with a computer much; I was suprised at their level of interest in the computer itself (just a P3).
I had loaded a copy of Microsoft Encarta on the PC and they absolutlely loved that!
The 17-digit codes that identify the origin, make, model and attributes of cars, trucks, buses -- even trailers -- worldwide will be exhausted by the end of the decade.
How about extending the allowable characters in a VIN to include certain ASCII or Unicode symbols? Perhaps make them case-sensitive? That would preserve uniqueness--at least for awhile longer--although it might make the codes harder to verbalize (i.e. to an insurance agent).
The Mono project has also sparked a lot of interest in developing C#-based components, libraries and frameworks
Yes it has. In our company's roadmap, we considered C# and Mono, but the controversial elements of their licensing (ASP.NET, ADO.NET, and Windows Forms subsets) gave us pause until we researched it further. Most of it is covered under the ECMA/ISO and the other technologies developed on top of it.
Looks like the Mono strategy is to work around the patent issues by using a different technique that retains the API but changes the mechanism.
Slashdot Mirror
(It pays to use Splint)
For fun trivia, Which "slash-and-burn" Sherman was more agressive... (A) --or-- (B)?
That said, I'm glad to see the end of this as an issue... until Sunbean sues Linspire over their trademark
Now that's using "motions and contortions".
FYI, in case you didn't read the article, you can download the fix here.
Just ask that other famous Seattle company about how that's working out for 'em
And what other "Seattle company" are you referring to? The one with the $40 billion cash reserve?
Oh yeah, Starbucks wouldn't want to be like them.
and I also don't put as many hours in at night
Unfortunately, the breed of company that will ask you to pay for your own equipment will probably also penalize your advancement opportunities because you don't put in a 60-hour work week like the rest of the "committed" employees.
It's an awful lot of energy wasted trying to dislike something
Shady business tactics aside, Microsoft does produce some excellent server management tools, and great productivity software. I've learned that although I'm a huge F/OSS fan, it's hard to beat Visio.
Sometimes, they win because they deserved to. And if MCE eventually falls into that category, I might just buy it...
I mean, Linus is the creator of Linux, not the "writer of Linux", am I correct? I know I'm being picky (I "write" code) but I see this alot.
You are confusing LEO (Low Earth Orbit) and GEO
Not at all. The problem, as I mentioned, is the complex application of CDMA in LEO systems. You are correct that in the physical layer, distance overcomes latencies inherent in GEO/MEOs. However, the time differential in high-velocity LEOs requires a multiplexing protocol like S-ALOHA CDMA (sorry, pdf).
To integrate these stat pattern multiplexing applications into the heavy traffic of a dense system creates its own latency.
A Stratellite is similar to a satellite, but is stationed in the stratosphere rather than in orbit
Sounds like an attempt to overcome the runaway expenditures of Teledesic's failed LEO project. The problem with these high-altitude sender/receivers is that--while they offer a technology solution--there is a corresponding weakness in application.
For example, latency in these systems make it unattractive for many internet applications (who wants to play FPS's over a spread-slotted Aloha CDMA system?).
And then there is the monstrous launch and maintenance expense...
Sony is ... opening retail stores to showcase Sony products
Wow, I hope that tactic works better than it did for Gateway.
old versions of Civ and Sim City ... are not American centric
In Uganda "Sim City" would be an extremely unfamiliar game, completely out-of-step with the realities of life even in Kampala.
There is no concept of "urban planning" in most African countries; it might not be "American-centric" but the game is highly prejudiced toward a western mindset.
Years ago I set up a punch-card scanner for a correspondence school in Kumasi, Ghana. The staff had never really worked with a computer much; I was suprised at their level of interest in the computer itself (just a P3).
I had loaded a copy of Microsoft Encarta on the PC and they absolutlely loved that!
Linux copies Windows
I think it's the reverse; Windows seems to be getting more POSIX-like with each release.
The 17-digit codes that identify the origin, make, model and attributes of cars, trucks, buses -- even trailers -- worldwide will be exhausted by the end of the decade.
How about extending the allowable characters in a VIN to include certain ASCII or Unicode symbols? Perhaps make them case-sensitive? That would preserve uniqueness--at least for awhile longer--although it might make the codes harder to verbalize (i.e. to an insurance agent).
The true benefit of projects such as this is their independence from the big brother corporations
You mean like Sun and HP funding the Apache group?
Or Novell and Ximian underwriting the Mono Project?
Or IBM contributing to F/OSS?
Do you think these and other projects would be where they are today without the backing of serious money/resources?
From the FAQ:
The Mono project has also sparked a lot of interest in developing C#-based components, libraries and frameworks
Yes it has. In our company's roadmap, we considered C# and Mono, but the controversial elements of their licensing (ASP.NET, ADO.NET, and Windows Forms subsets) gave us pause until we researched it further. Most of it is covered under the ECMA/ISO and the other technologies developed on top of it.
Looks like the Mono strategy is to work around the patent issues by using a different technique that retains the API but changes the mechanism.