or, if the equivalent amount of money went into real infrastructure investment, he'd be eating now, and maybe generating increased income at the same time. Then, in 20 years, his children might already have an actual education...
depends on the terms of his contract with the publisher, and whether he retained right to copy (did he transfer the copyright, or just give the publisher license to copy, was it exclusive...). From the 'publisher getting mad' description, I would assume not, but hard to tell from the summary.
It is typically the duty of the writer, not the reader, to explain the meaning of terms in technical contexts. Using google, and with the above comment about some rendering software, I could have very easily googled myself to the wrong meaning of the word. Just criticizing editorial laziness is all.
Please give that man some Mod Points. Had to get this far down the page till anyone made any attempt to clue in the clueless as to what the heck DTrace actually does.
just an addendum (and to bring up another 'evil'): what about pseudo-DRM for off-shored manufacturing? Security of IP's a big issue for any company who set up manufacturing in Asia and doesn't want to see cheap knockoffs on the street corner right away (you know, at least delay things a week or two.) If it can be done, I guarantee you there's a business market for that type of solution. Is there an open source method for this? In theory, can DRM even be done open source? Public key technology can, because open source doesn't equal giving everyone the key to the house. But with DRM, is that implied?
the only creationism testing I can imagine would involve scientifically fixing the timeline to match the creationist theory. So, if you could scientifically support the life at 6000BC or whatever, then you'd be on to something. Just remember that you cannot typically prove something conclusively, you can only show evidence either supporting or not supporting it. Right now, evolution has genetics, carbon dating, and resulting fossil records on its side. Creationism, typically has misinterpreted genetic tracking (all humans tracking back to 4000AD in the MidEast being 'proof' of the Noah deal), and...? Now, disproving carbon dating (showing that the decay rates are wayyyy misinterpreted), or, something, would be the scientific method of trying to support creationism. All I've seen to this point are half-baked efforts to take partial data and twist them to make creationism seem possible. (the t-rex seems to have been a plant-eater. surely it could have coexisted with man only 6000 years ago...)
Adams was a great sketch writer. If you pick apart the books, and look at what's really good, it's the individual sketches that play out brilliantly. In short bursts, the whole thing is good. But overall, the story/plot really aren't that great. Going to a 2 hour movie, that's what kills you. You have to hack apart all of what was really good about the books (the individual sketches), and try to make a mass-market appealing plot, which the books didn't really have. The radio and TV shows could take their time portraying all the sketches in nice chunks, and so were able to showcase Adams' talents.
ummm... they do do stories that way. But they're called quests. And they have no real impact on the game world. And everybody goes through them. and they turn into just one more aspect of 'the grind'.
FYI:
Toy name: Shining Stars
website: www.shiningstars.com
some international astronomy society: International Star Registry
yup, the same guys that have been letting people buy star names for the past decade or so for about $50. The new $15 stuffed toy is a bargain. It even gives you a cheap Webkinz knockoff website to play on. Took my 6 year old less than a half hour to get thoroughly disgusted with it and request playing Webkinz next time. The toy itself is half decent though.
in this case though (the rent-a-core plan) all cores must be fully functional. you're paying for a processor with the potential for using X number of cores. If they aren't all good, they've sold you a defective chip, not a downgraded one. Also, if it's a rental scheme, it can't be a one-way change to upgrade or downgrade. Apparently the process must be fully reversible. Sounds to me like all of that makes it a much more appealing hack target.
but remember, the bland white computers replaced the standard beige/offwhite desktop of the 90's. they'll get on top of this current issue. next stop: translucent. the invisiMac!
yeah, definitely j/k. I read the MSDS on SF6 once when we had to set up some lab equipment. The long and short of it was that it will only kill you if you proceed to breathe it and only it long enough to lose consciousness from lack of oxygen, and then die from asphyxiation.
The Do Not Call list was one thing. It regulated who could make solicitations over a well regulated medium, where it's (relatively) easy to hold the caller responsible for their actions. You weren't trying to control information (all phone numbers are known, and most are published publicly in the phone book.), you were trying to control actions on that information.
Now they want to regulate the transfer of information. Information with value. Such regulation is only worthwhile until that information gets 'into the wild'. At that point, further attempts to protect it become useless. As there is value in getting that information into 'the wild', efforts will be made to do so. Some efforts will be legit, others will be the equivalent to black market. It will be utterly useless I'm afraid.
The only value might be in how they hold corporations responsible for violations of said regulation. That's what's currently lacking. Not regulation on how they can use it, but specific, punitive penalties on misusing it.
Slashdot Mirror
or someone tapping into the undersea cable cut a bit too deep...
... and Windows 98SE would be like LUDICROUS SPEED!! ... and MS-DOS 5.0 would be ...
or, if the equivalent amount of money went into real infrastructure investment, he'd be eating now, and maybe generating increased income at the same time. Then, in 20 years, his children might already have an actual education...
depends on the terms of his contract with the publisher, and whether he retained right to copy (did he transfer the copyright, or just give the publisher license to copy, was it exclusive...). From the 'publisher getting mad' description, I would assume not, but hard to tell from the summary.
no, you just have to show it the hammer...
step one, download the kubuntu iso...
It is typically the duty of the writer, not the reader, to explain the meaning of terms in technical contexts. Using google, and with the above comment about some rendering software, I could have very easily googled myself to the wrong meaning of the word. Just criticizing editorial laziness is all.
Please give that man some Mod Points. Had to get this far down the page till anyone made any attempt to clue in the clueless as to what the heck DTrace actually does.
slightly longer is a very relative term. My commute: ~30-45 minutes. Bus: 75 minutes plus 2 miles by foot.
just an addendum (and to bring up another 'evil'): what about pseudo-DRM for off-shored manufacturing? Security of IP's a big issue for any company who set up manufacturing in Asia and doesn't want to see cheap knockoffs on the street corner right away (you know, at least delay things a week or two.) If it can be done, I guarantee you there's a business market for that type of solution. Is there an open source method for this? In theory, can DRM even be done open source? Public key technology can, because open source doesn't equal giving everyone the key to the house. But with DRM, is that implied?
the only creationism testing I can imagine would involve scientifically fixing the timeline to match the creationist theory. So, if you could scientifically support the life at 6000BC or whatever, then you'd be on to something. Just remember that you cannot typically prove something conclusively, you can only show evidence either supporting or not supporting it. Right now, evolution has genetics, carbon dating, and resulting fossil records on its side. Creationism, typically has misinterpreted genetic tracking (all humans tracking back to 4000AD in the MidEast being 'proof' of the Noah deal), and ...? Now, disproving carbon dating (showing that the decay rates are wayyyy misinterpreted), or, something, would be the scientific method of trying to support creationism. All I've seen to this point are half-baked efforts to take partial data and twist them to make creationism seem possible. (the t-rex seems to have been a plant-eater. surely it could have coexisted with man only 6000 years ago...)
Adams was a great sketch writer. If you pick apart the books, and look at what's really good, it's the individual sketches that play out brilliantly. In short bursts, the whole thing is good. But overall, the story/plot really aren't that great. Going to a 2 hour movie, that's what kills you. You have to hack apart all of what was really good about the books (the individual sketches), and try to make a mass-market appealing plot, which the books didn't really have. The radio and TV shows could take their time portraying all the sketches in nice chunks, and so were able to showcase Adams' talents.
please never ever again mention the film.
ummm... they do do stories that way. But they're called quests. And they have no real impact on the game world. And everybody goes through them. and they turn into just one more aspect of 'the grind'.
FYI: Toy name: Shining Stars website: www.shiningstars.com some international astronomy society: International Star Registry yup, the same guys that have been letting people buy star names for the past decade or so for about $50. The new $15 stuffed toy is a bargain. It even gives you a cheap Webkinz knockoff website to play on. Took my 6 year old less than a half hour to get thoroughly disgusted with it and request playing Webkinz next time. The toy itself is half decent though.
in this case though (the rent-a-core plan) all cores must be fully functional. you're paying for a processor with the potential for using X number of cores. If they aren't all good, they've sold you a defective chip, not a downgraded one. Also, if it's a rental scheme, it can't be a one-way change to upgrade or downgrade. Apparently the process must be fully reversible. Sounds to me like all of that makes it a much more appealing hack target.
but remember, the bland white computers replaced the standard beige/offwhite desktop of the 90's. they'll get on top of this current issue. next stop: translucent. the invisiMac!
yeah, definitely j/k. I read the MSDS on SF6 once when we had to set up some lab equipment. The long and short of it was that it will only kill you if you proceed to breathe it and only it long enough to lose consciousness from lack of oxygen, and then die from asphyxiation.
or a crosswalk!
or join the DFLA to stop being a GOP "prolife" hypocrite.
Actually, they probably see the large PC-CDROM or PC-DVDROM icon in the corner, and assume it can play on their brand new PC...
The Do Not Call list was one thing. It regulated who could make solicitations over a well regulated medium, where it's (relatively) easy to hold the caller responsible for their actions. You weren't trying to control information (all phone numbers are known, and most are published publicly in the phone book.), you were trying to control actions on that information.
Now they want to regulate the transfer of information. Information with value. Such regulation is only worthwhile until that information gets 'into the wild'. At that point, further attempts to protect it become useless. As there is value in getting that information into 'the wild', efforts will be made to do so. Some efforts will be legit, others will be the equivalent to black market. It will be utterly useless I'm afraid.
The only value might be in how they hold corporations responsible for violations of said regulation. That's what's currently lacking. Not regulation on how they can use it, but specific, punitive penalties on misusing it.
um, no, that's called sarcasm.
or crossing the streams
Well in MYYY day you'd walk that 20 miles up hill... both ways! And it would actually be 50 miles. And you had no shoes.