A number of directors have clauses in their contracts that prohibit edits, cropping, etc. of their films without their permission.
Contracts with whom? The customer? The electronics manufacturer? I don't think so. When I bought the DVD, I don't remember signing a contract that said I had to watch the whole thing from start to finish, and neither did the electronics manufacturer.
I'm glad this law was passed, but I have a hard time understanding why it was even necessary. As far as I'm concerned, this technology is nothing more than an automatic fast-forward button. How can that be a copyright violation?????
That was Presentation Manager, not the WPS, with the single-input-queue problem. The WPS could probably be implemented on an API that supported multiple input queues.
I used to work at IBM on OS/2, and I've written a bunch of code for it. I can tell you that the ONLY code of value that isn't implemented somewhere else is the WorkPlace Shell (WPS). Technically, the WPS could probably be released as open-source. However, that wouldn't help a whole lot, for three reasons:
The WPS API is well documented and stable. It also isn't that big, since it's just a core API. The real value is in the plug-ins, and there are already plenty of open-source third-party plug-ins for the WPS. It would not be that difficult for someone to recreate the core WPS from scratch, just from looking at the API.
IBM's code is heavily tied to the Presentation Manager (PM), which is the OS/2 equivalent of the X Window API. You'd spend as much effort trying to rip out the PM dependencies as you would just rewriting the damn thing from scratch.
As powerful as the core WPS is, the current implementation is pretty weak compared to what KDE and GNOME do today. Even after porting the core WPS to Linux (or whatever), the developers would then have a lot of catching-up to do to make it more desireable than KDE or GNOME.
What a joke. Some people have been trying to get OS/2 open-sourced for years. Of course, none of these people is a large IBM customer. Instead, they've always just been a bunch of disgruntled end-users. Looking at this petition, I see that nothing has changed. This petition is no different than any of the dozens before it over the past 10 years.
There is no way this is going to happen. IBM would have nothing to gain, because they'd have to hire a whole of people to go through the code, figure out what's not protected by any IP (and OS/2 has a 20-year history, so that's a lot of possibile IP), and then release it in such a way as to make sure no one notices, since the last thing IBM wants these days is to bring attention to OS/2.
The real reason why the game runs better on your Xbox than on your PC is because the developers intended it that way. The game hasn't really been optimized for teh Xbox, they just added a bunch of CPU-hogging crap to the PC version.
It's not enough for a PC to be more powerful than an Xbox. It has to be MUCH more powerful than an Xbox. When developers create a game for the PC, they need to target people who just spent $4K on a new, top-of-the-line system. They need to make sure that every freaking electron is flying around your system like Buckaroo Bonzai's jet car.
Try lowering the resolution on your PC to 640x480, because that's what the Xbox runs at.
I would be extremely surprised if an Xbox online game required anything but Xbox Live. Even the EA games, which run on EA's servers instead of Microsoft's, still require you to connect via Xbox Live first (the connection is then transferred automatically to EA), and there are no additional charges.
What if your sexual preferences run to minor children?
The term "sexual preference" means whether you're sexually attracted to members of your sex, or to members of the opposite sex. It doesn't mean anything more than that.
The problem I have with all of this is that the license that bitkeeper used was the least free I have ever heard of. If you used it you could not not "work" on a competing program!
Have you never used commercial software? Most commercial applications have the same kind of restrictions, and they even expect you to pay to use the software! At least with BK, you didn't have to pay for it.
Botching the BitKeeper donation was hardly a bad thing, and it is what most wanted anyway.
That's ridiculous. If people didn't want to use BK, then they just wouldn't. Linus did not approve of Tridge's actions.
If BitMover ever chose to revoke all licenses to use their IP to read the format it would bar the kernel developers from retrieving the kernel source code stored in the system.
Now that's ironic. Tridge's actions are what caused BK to revoke the license. If he had done nothing, then we'd all still be happily using BK.
I also sent them a nasty email, and this is the reply I got:
Thank you for your recent inquiry to Grants.gov concerning the Pure Edge viewer.
Grants.gov has been working with Pure Edge to offer a viewer that is compatible with as many operating systems as possible. We feel that we are not too far from achieving that goal, and when we do, be sure that information will be posted on our website. In the meantime, we apologize if the viewer options we offer for your operating system are not acceptable. Our goal is to ensure the widest possible acceptance of Grants.gov and certainly not to exclude anyone from the electronic grants submission process. To that end, as a first step, we ensured that the Pure Edge viewer will work with a Windows emulator program, as described on our website.
Grants.gov employs the PureEdge Viewer 6.0 for viewing and completing application forms. The PureEdge viewer's 508 compliance is described at http://www.pureedge.com/products/products/PureEdge AccessibilityGuide.pdf. Grants.gov sponsored testing of the PureEdge viewer demonstrated the viewer's compatibility with the widely used Jaws screen reader. An enhanced version of the PureEdge Viewer that will include compatibility with a broader range of screen reader products through support for industry standard interfaces for accessibility is in the process of being tested and upon successful completion of testing will be posted to the site.
Feel free to contact us should you have further inquiries.
... is if you're not a frequently player of Halo 2 online. Memorizing the map is a great way to be a better Halo 2 player. Infrequent players, like myself, have no chance against the hard-core players, because we'll never memorize all the maps. Chances are, the more advanced the player, the more likely he'll get the new map, because he'll be bored with the current ones. This means that if you don't have the new maps, you won't be able to join games with the players that do. This improves your odds of playing against people who know as much as you do about the map you're on.
(For those of you who don't play Halo 2: when you play online in a random game, you can't choose the map.)
I don't think code is the problem, programmers might be willing to work for free but professional artists expect to get paid.
Being a professional programmer married to a professional artist, I think it's more accurate to say, "programmers are able to work for free but professional artists need to get paid."
Instead of the grassroots movement to fund the production of the show, TrekUnited should have been negotiating with Paramount to buy the rights to the show and then partner with an independent production company to continue the show.
The name of Xbox's successor is Xbox 360, we can confirm, and the design of the machine is indeed a concave shape.
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When contacted today, Microsoft simply said that it does not comment on rumours and speculation relating to next generation product.
(emphasis mine)
They have a funny definition of the word "confirm". When I want to confirm something about a product, I ask the manufacturer, not a "British source who is privy to Microsoft's marketing documents".
I would have preferred "Xbox 2", but at least they didn't pick "Xbox Next".
What are they going to call the third Xbox console? Xbox 360 2? Xbox XP? Why confuse the customer and make life difficult for the marketing department?
In either case, I won't believe any of this until I hear it straight from Microsoft, and that's probably not going to happen until May 12.
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If I fast-forward through a movie I'm watching, or press the next-chapter button, am I also creating a derivative work? Have I violated a copyright?
Contracts with whom? The customer? The electronics manufacturer? I don't think so. When I bought the DVD, I don't remember signing a contract that said I had to watch the whole thing from start to finish, and neither did the electronics manufacturer.
I'm glad this law was passed, but I have a hard time understanding why it was even necessary. As far as I'm concerned, this technology is nothing more than an automatic fast-forward button. How can that be a copyright violation?????
I think the developers of Wine would disagree with that.
Most OS/2 users these days are outside the U.S., so it was probably written by a non-native speaker.
That was Presentation Manager, not the WPS, with the single-input-queue problem. The WPS could probably be implemented on an API that supported multiple input queues.
There is no way this is going to happen. IBM would have nothing to gain, because they'd have to hire a whole of people to go through the code, figure out what's not protected by any IP (and OS/2 has a 20-year history, so that's a lot of possibile IP), and then release it in such a way as to make sure no one notices, since the last thing IBM wants these days is to bring attention to OS/2.
I keep forgetting about PSO, probably because everyone else has.
In that case, I would be extremely surprised if offline play requires Xbox Live, since no other Xbox game has that requirement.
It's not enough for a PC to be more powerful than an Xbox. It has to be MUCH more powerful than an Xbox. When developers create a game for the PC, they need to target people who just spent $4K on a new, top-of-the-line system. They need to make sure that every freaking electron is flying around your system like Buckaroo Bonzai's jet car.
Try lowering the resolution on your PC to 640x480, because that's what the Xbox runs at.
I would be extremely surprised if an Xbox online game required anything but Xbox Live. Even the EA games, which run on EA's servers instead of Microsoft's, still require you to connect via Xbox Live first (the connection is then transferred automatically to EA), and there are no additional charges.
The term "sexual preference" means whether you're sexually attracted to members of your sex, or to members of the opposite sex. It doesn't mean anything more than that.
BK isn't client/server, it's peer-to-peer.
That's not a good analogy. You forgot the part where the park is private and owned by Larry.
Have you never used commercial software? Most commercial applications have the same kind of restrictions, and they even expect you to pay to use the software! At least with BK, you didn't have to pay for it.
That's ridiculous. If people didn't want to use BK, then they just wouldn't. Linus did not approve of Tridge's actions.
If BitMover ever chose to revoke all licenses to use their IP to read the format it would bar the kernel developers from retrieving the kernel source code stored in the system.
Now that's ironic. Tridge's actions are what caused BK to revoke the license. If he had done nothing, then we'd all still be happily using BK.
Thank you for your recent inquiry to Grants.gov concerning the Pure Edge viewer.
Grants.gov has been working with Pure Edge to offer a viewer that is compatible with as many operating systems as possible. We feel that we are not too far from achieving that goal, and when we do, be sure that information will be posted on our website. In the meantime, we apologize if the viewer options we offer for your operating system are not acceptable. Our goal is to ensure the widest possible acceptance of Grants.gov and certainly not to exclude anyone from the electronic grants submission process. To that end, as a first step, we ensured that the Pure Edge viewer will work with a Windows emulator program, as described on our website.
Grants.gov employs the PureEdge Viewer 6.0 for viewing and completing application forms. The PureEdge viewer's 508 compliance is described at http://www.pureedge.com/products/products/PureEdge AccessibilityGuide.pdf. Grants.gov sponsored testing of the PureEdge viewer demonstrated the viewer's compatibility with the widely used Jaws screen reader. An enhanced version of the PureEdge Viewer that will include compatibility with a broader range of screen reader products through support for industry standard interfaces for accessibility is in the process of being tested and upon successful completion of testing will be posted to the site.
Feel free to contact us should you have further inquiries.
(For those of you who don't play Halo 2: when you play online in a random game, you can't choose the map.)
That content for SC:PT is now available for free.
Being a professional programmer married to a professional artist, I think it's more accurate to say, "programmers are able to work for free but professional artists need to get paid."
That would have cost much, much more.
Google has had this feature for a very long time. I don't see how this is news.
Tell me about it. When I show the movie to my three-year-old, I skip past that part. Rated G my ass!
When contacted today, Microsoft simply said that it does not comment on rumours and speculation relating to next generation product.
(emphasis mine)
They have a funny definition of the word "confirm". When I want to confirm something about a product, I ask the manufacturer, not a "British source who is privy to Microsoft's marketing documents".
What are they going to call the third Xbox console? Xbox 360 2? Xbox XP? Why confuse the customer and make life difficult for the marketing department?
In either case, I won't believe any of this until I hear it straight from Microsoft, and that's probably not going to happen until May 12.