Now it is looking like, not only does SCO not own the UNIX rights, they have been distributing GPL code under another license. It is appearing that fate is turning a cruel eye to SCO.
It is actually Yahoo Canada that I have my accounts with. But it seems odd that they would offer it and not yahoo.com
And I do check my e-mail in thunderbird, so it is true pop access.
Just think, if the RIAA got A/D and D/A chips banned they would no longer be able to view internet logs, because without these chips computers would not exist. No more random cases against dead people or 85 year old grandmas.
It probably has to do more with the fact that as you increase the number of nodes, your increase in performance decreases on a per node basis. To get that many nodes working together takes an incredible amount of resource management. It makes you wonder where the limit currently is for if it is worth adding an extra node, or if the resource management requirements negate the extra nodes computational power.
I'm not sure what I think of it. I have found that the smarter people tend to write the exams more quickly, and perhaps, because they know they are smart, don't bother looking over their work.
Not to be arrogant but I can agree with the article from my personal experience. All through school I have had a tendency to end up explaining all my math classes to half of the class and then they would end up doing better on exams than myself. It might not have much to do with the pressure. I've found that I take exams extremely quickly, especially math ones. Usually about 10 minutes more than the teacher said it took them. But going fast causes errors, not that I ever did poorly, but I could have done perfectly.
I find it odd that SCO can demand all this code and continue with this law suite against IBM, while the Novell case still isn't finished. It would be really embarassing, if after all the money they have spent, it was shown that they never fully owned UNIX. Just think of the law suites SCO would have to face if Novell showed that they still owned the UNIX copywrites, especially with IBM's backing for Novell.
I like the example Bill gave of song writers who want to get paid for their work. I agree that they should get paid for their work, as long as they are alive. What I don't agree with is the record labels that are making money off of bands that haven't produced a song in 20+ years, and where all the members are dead.
Wouldn't it be a bit more reasonable to put a time limiting factor on the copyright of songs... after 20 years the song goes to the public domain, so that everyone can enjoy that music.
MS only has a monopoly because people keep putting up with mediocre security and buggy programs. But really, MS's plan has worked well, back with Win 95 and 98 people go used to their computer crashing daily, so when the rolled out 2000 and XP everyone thought they had made great progress. In reality, all they did was finally put out software that is as stable as it is supposed to be.
They only mentioned evolution, because that is the only theory that is presented in modern science books. It would be kinda strange to say that 'creationism' is only a theory, when it isn't even taugh in the text book.
Well, I think this is the first post!!!
Okay, anyhow, I guess this will be the end of cheap computers from mass manufaturers. Everyone is going to be wanting to see if their system runs the Word menus better than their friends computers. Hey, Microsoft can release a graphics benchmark for windows and office.
Well, I wouldn't go complaining about the climate changes too much. On the positive side, Canada could handle being a bit warmer. And on a more positive side, at least it isn't "The Day After Tomorrow"
I think you misunderstood something. He is not going for a mssters in CS, he is going for a masters in Computer Engineering, and there is a huge difference between the two. And a masters in Comp Eng is a good idea if you can find a bit more a specialty you want to study within it.
This is an informative source of links about what happened in the last year, but the author almost sounds surprised that so much has happened in one year. I have always been of the belief that the rate of innovation has been increasing on a yearly basis. As impressed as I am with some of the things that have been developed this last year, I am not terribly surprised that this much has happened.
This poor man gave us portable mass storage, in a form previously undreampt of, and now, most people don't even know who he is.
Where is the justice in this world?
So, once we can record every thing we say, do, and see, what comes next? Will we get to the point where we can record thought processes? If so, would you really want your thoughts recorded? Or will we have a say in the matter?
I know that I think enough things that I never want recorded, that I couldn't even endorse that kind of technology. And if it is some thought process that I do want to have for future reference, what are the chances I will be able to make sense of the flow of the thought when I try to look at what I was thinking at a later time.
There is a computer which is running Windows ME, has MS Blaster, is running as a ghost spam server, and reboots every 3.452345 minutes.
What did this computer get for Christmas?
It got the crap beaten out of it by the user, because the user never took the time to upgrade to Linux.
I just access all my yahoo accounts through POP3. So as long as they don't reformat the computer, the passwords are atored there.
Now I want to know what Gmail's policy on this is, because with the information on there, they had better never give my password to anyone, not even George W. Bush.
Allowing cell phones might be a great idea on domesic, or shorter flights. But as soon as you get over the ocean, what's going to happen? Everyone is going to start yelling that they are losing reception, and then the phones will all cut out leaving a bunch of really irrate people, who were just about to close a big business deal.
In the thread above someone mentioned the possibility of a picocell. This might work, but once again, there is the need for transmitting from the aircraft that is in the middle of the Atlantic, to the closest station, which will be who knows where.
I would agree that it is the responsibility of the parents to monitor the usage of the TV, video games, computer, etc.
When I was growing up, we were not allowed to watch TV or play computer games Mon-Fri. Friday evening was fine. This may sound barbaric to some, and I may not have liked it at the time, but now I can see the vast benefit. It forced me to learn how to keep myself busy, without having to be entertained. By doing this, my creativity was fostered from an early age. I spent more hours with Construx and Lego, than most kids I knew, and it was much more fun than watching TV to me.
I still feel guilty if I watch too much TV on a weeknight. There are much better ways to spend time, go read a book.
But it is true that it all comes down to how the parents decide to raise their kids, and if the parents have control or the kids have control.
I am really disappointed in this development, though I did see the writing on the wall for WA. My main question is, what alternatives are there to WA that have a small footprint, and are able to play OGG VORBIS files. I have a lot of friends who use Real's player, or Windows Media, but I haven't been able to find OGG support for these players.
I saw the link to the three sort of alternative players, but they don't look quite polished enough for my liking. If anyone has any suggestions for a Windows based player that would suite my needs, please let me know.
Or perhaps this is the time for me to completely ditch Windows for Linux.
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Now it is looking like, not only does SCO not own the UNIX rights, they have been distributing GPL code under another license. It is appearing that fate is turning a cruel eye to SCO.
It is actually Yahoo Canada that I have my accounts with. But it seems odd that they would offer it and not yahoo.com And I do check my e-mail in thunderbird, so it is true pop access.
it is yahoo.ca so pop.mail.yahoo.ca smtp.mail.yahoo.ca
They don't offer free pop access?? That is news to me especially considering I have two yahoo addresses and access both of them with pop for free.
Just think, if the RIAA got A/D and D/A chips banned they would no longer be able to view internet logs, because without these chips computers would not exist. No more random cases against dead people or 85 year old grandmas.
It probably has to do more with the fact that as you increase the number of nodes, your increase in performance decreases on a per node basis. To get that many nodes working together takes an incredible amount of resource management. It makes you wonder where the limit currently is for if it is worth adding an extra node, or if the resource management requirements negate the extra nodes computational power.
I'm not sure what I think of it. I have found that the smarter people tend to write the exams more quickly, and perhaps, because they know they are smart, don't bother looking over their work. Not to be arrogant but I can agree with the article from my personal experience. All through school I have had a tendency to end up explaining all my math classes to half of the class and then they would end up doing better on exams than myself. It might not have much to do with the pressure. I've found that I take exams extremely quickly, especially math ones. Usually about 10 minutes more than the teacher said it took them. But going fast causes errors, not that I ever did poorly, but I could have done perfectly.
I find it odd that SCO can demand all this code and continue with this law suite against IBM, while the Novell case still isn't finished. It would be really embarassing, if after all the money they have spent, it was shown that they never fully owned UNIX. Just think of the law suites SCO would have to face if Novell showed that they still owned the UNIX copywrites, especially with IBM's backing for Novell.
Wouldn't it be a bit more reasonable to put a time limiting factor on the copyright of songs ... after 20 years the song goes to the public domain, so that everyone can enjoy that music.
MS only has a monopoly because people keep putting up with mediocre security and buggy programs. But really, MS's plan has worked well, back with Win 95 and 98 people go used to their computer crashing daily, so when the rolled out 2000 and XP everyone thought they had made great progress. In reality, all they did was finally put out software that is as stable as it is supposed to be.
They only mentioned evolution, because that is the only theory that is presented in modern science books. It would be kinda strange to say that 'creationism' is only a theory, when it isn't even taugh in the text book.
Well, I think this is the first post!!! Okay, anyhow, I guess this will be the end of cheap computers from mass manufaturers. Everyone is going to be wanting to see if their system runs the Word menus better than their friends computers. Hey, Microsoft can release a graphics benchmark for windows and office.
I do agree with that fully, my previous post was meant to be a bit more tongue in cheek than it came out as.
Well, I wouldn't go complaining about the climate changes too much. On the positive side, Canada could handle being a bit warmer. And on a more positive side, at least it isn't "The Day After Tomorrow"
I think you misunderstood something. He is not going for a mssters in CS, he is going for a masters in Computer Engineering, and there is a huge difference between the two. And a masters in Comp Eng is a good idea if you can find a bit more a specialty you want to study within it.
This is an informative source of links about what happened in the last year, but the author almost sounds surprised that so much has happened in one year. I have always been of the belief that the rate of innovation has been increasing on a yearly basis. As impressed as I am with some of the things that have been developed this last year, I am not terribly surprised that this much has happened.
This poor man gave us portable mass storage, in a form previously undreampt of, and now, most people don't even know who he is. Where is the justice in this world?
So, once we can record every thing we say, do, and see, what comes next? Will we get to the point where we can record thought processes? If so, would you really want your thoughts recorded? Or will we have a say in the matter? I know that I think enough things that I never want recorded, that I couldn't even endorse that kind of technology. And if it is some thought process that I do want to have for future reference, what are the chances I will be able to make sense of the flow of the thought when I try to look at what I was thinking at a later time.
There is a computer which is running Windows ME, has MS Blaster, is running as a ghost spam server, and reboots every 3.452345 minutes. What did this computer get for Christmas? It got the crap beaten out of it by the user, because the user never took the time to upgrade to Linux.
I just access all my yahoo accounts through POP3. So as long as they don't reformat the computer, the passwords are atored there. Now I want to know what Gmail's policy on this is, because with the information on there, they had better never give my password to anyone, not even George W. Bush.
http://www.torrentreactor.net/ This tracker is still up.
Allowing cell phones might be a great idea on domesic, or shorter flights. But as soon as you get over the ocean, what's going to happen? Everyone is going to start yelling that they are losing reception, and then the phones will all cut out leaving a bunch of really irrate people, who were just about to close a big business deal.
In the thread above someone mentioned the possibility of a picocell. This might work, but once again, there is the need for transmitting from the aircraft that is in the middle of the Atlantic, to the closest station, which will be who knows where.
I would agree that it is the responsibility of the parents to monitor the usage of the TV, video games, computer, etc.
When I was growing up, we were not allowed to watch TV or play computer games Mon-Fri. Friday evening was fine. This may sound barbaric to some, and I may not have liked it at the time, but now I can see the vast benefit. It forced me to learn how to keep myself busy, without having to be entertained. By doing this, my creativity was fostered from an early age. I spent more hours with Construx and Lego, than most kids I knew, and it was much more fun than watching TV to me.
I still feel guilty if I watch too much TV on a weeknight. There are much better ways to spend time, go read a book.
But it is true that it all comes down to how the parents decide to raise their kids, and if the parents have control or the kids have control.
I don't know how feasible a project this would be, but considering the number of people that have contributed to Linux, it might be a good way to go.
If nothing else, I would really like to see a fully functional graphics core on an FPGA.
I am really disappointed in this development, though I did see the writing on the wall for WA. My main question is, what alternatives are there to WA that have a small footprint, and are able to play OGG VORBIS files. I have a lot of friends who use Real's player, or Windows Media, but I haven't been able to find OGG support for these players. I saw the link to the three sort of alternative players, but they don't look quite polished enough for my liking. If anyone has any suggestions for a Windows based player that would suite my needs, please let me know. Or perhaps this is the time for me to completely ditch Windows for Linux.