I've seen a few episodes of JAG, and seen re-cycled footage from Top Gun, Hunt for Red October and Clear and Present Danger, and that is just the stuff that I recognised.
Probably because $3500 is small enough that they can probably pay it somehow, and large enough to scare off other people.
If the asking price gets too large, the kiddie will just say 'I don't have that' and go for bankruptcy or something - which also means bad press for RIAA. If RIAA come up with a smaller amount and it gets paid, RIAA trumpets another 'win'.
Samba was developed in Australia, where the law specifically allows for reverse engineering to allow compatibility with other products. There is no Microsoft IP in the Samba code.
The original copyright point raised by CoughDropAddict holds. The GPL is a set of rules that the author of a copyrighted work applies to other people who wish to use that work. If SCO doesn't agree to those rules, standard copyright laws apply - meaning SCO can NOT legally sell the product. It's not their IP.
They can sell Samba. They can diss the GPL. They can't do both.
I am encouraged by Larry's continued support of Java and simplifying his price schedule...
I agree. I am also encouraged by his company allowing me to freely download a very large selection of the software (RDBMS & dev tools in particular) to play with, or for development/testing. Years ago they jealously guarded any and all CD's with Oracle software on them and it was hell trying to get hold of the database for personal use - nowadays you can download and use much of it for free (you have to pay to use it in a production environment, of course).
Most of the CD's that I burn contain videos in VCD or SVCD format. When DVD burners become a bit cheaper I'll be burning to DVD instead of CD, but the label issue still applies. (Just in case MPAA is listening, these are videos that I shoot myself. No, really!).
Although I haven't tried it myself, I'm guessing the storage machine that you describe would be a little difficult to jam into the front of my DVD player.
I quite like Big Sister as well. At my last job I was using it to monitor around 50 servers, shown split into their four different functional groups.
Service failures generated emails, and we also configured it to sned an SMS to us out of office hours. The servers were mostly windows NT boxes, so when a BSOD took out a web or FTP server, we were alerted within a few minutes. The default was about 20 minutes, I had to tweak that setting. That was easy because it's all written in perl (with the exception of some of the interfaces to the windows performance counters, I think).
I also added extra links to run scripts to show network activity graphs from MRTG for the switches. I was a pretty sweet setup once I had it the way I wanted.
Big Sister can check for a response on a TCP port, check for running processes, memory or swap space, montior the run queue length, file system free space, or most other things you need, plus you can add your own easily. You can also configure thresholds so can be notified if they are reached.
It's obviously not as pretty as the many-multiple-thousands-of-dollars solutions, but it's pretty good.
No I don't, but I do remember Arnold Rimmer's vain attempts to learn Esperanto on Red Dwarf.
Lister: I hope that when you arrive the weather will be clement. Rimmer: Wrong, wrong, wrong, couldn't be wronger. Tape: I hope that when you arrive the weather will be clement.
Actually, I'd change this to 'Anything from Pixar'.
Look at their earlier short movies - Luxo Jr, Knick Knack, and particularly the baby in Tin Toy. Although the baby looks pretty ordinary by today's standards, it was incredible groundbreaking stuff when first released.
The features on the Tron 20th Anniversary edition DVD also cover quite a bit about the CGI, the companies they used and why, how they did certain things. It's very interesting, and a good insight to early CGI.
What I found ironic was that the movie didn't get an award for special effets, since the Academy considered using a computer for special effects to be 'cheating', but only a relatively small part of the movie used the CGI. All of the backlight glow effects and such that gave the movie the feel that it had were all done manually.
...what HDTV spec (there are several) are the broadcasters in your area broadcasting in?
They might be broadcasting a particular spec now, but that is not to say they will continue to do so. They might change the transmission from 720 to 1080 once more HDTV sets are out there. Or broadcast both and let you take your pick (if that is even possible).
I'd like to get a HDTV, but here in Australia it's still a bit early. The sets are too expensive and the broadcaster have only recently started pumping out a few HDTV shows. Most are not. Although I have to say I'm more inclined to get a HDTV now that the new series of Alias is in HD. Hmmmm...Jennifer Garner....
I've not compared 720p directly with 1080i, although I do understand the difference. I've been watching interlaced pictures for years and it's been OK, so 1080i can't be all that bad. Perhaps not as good as a progressive screen in comparison, but still better than SDTV.
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I played Colin McRae rally on a 3" screen
I was at a holiday home out in the bush - the TV only had a co-ax input, and the co-ax cable to go from the VCR to the TV was missing. Thus the only thing I could watch it on was the tiny weeny beeny LCD screen on my video camera. It was late when we arrived, and that's all we had.
The next day we called a friend who was on his way there to stop in town and get the co-ax cable.
Could have been worse, I suppose. Could have been a smaller LCD, or none at all. I don't think I would have even tried to play by watching in the viewfinder. OK, I probably would.
Sony make available a Linux Kit for the PS2, which allows you to do almost anything with your PS2. It's hard to argue that they're specifically restricting anything execpt illegal copying
Except for the region coding factor. If I buy LEGAL games from overseas, either by visiting those countries or by mail order, I cannot play them. This reduces consumer choice, and is exactly why the ACCC were interested in this case.
The ACCC kicked up a fuss about DVD region coding some time back, now pretty much any DVD player you buy in Oz is region free. I bought a DVD player last week, and there was a sticker on the box saying 'this product has been modified to conform to Australian regulations'. It had been de-region-ified.
So anyway, if I was to buy a console now (I currently don't have one, but I could be a potential customer within 12 months) then the Sony PS2 would definitely be OFF my list.
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I've seen a few episodes of JAG, and seen re-cycled footage from Top Gun, Hunt for Red October and Clear and Present Danger, and that is just the stuff that I recognised.
Didn't spell it wrong, just picked the wrong word. The word you were going for is 'sentiment'.
I apologise for taking the piss out of you (pun intended).
RIAA really pisses me off, which I am sure is a sediment of many here in /.
If you have sediment in your piss, I think you have bigger problems than paying too much for your CDs.
Probably because $3500 is small enough that they can probably pay it somehow, and large enough to scare off other people.
If the asking price gets too large, the kiddie will just say 'I don't have that' and go for bankruptcy or something - which also means bad press for RIAA. If RIAA come up with a smaller amount and it gets paid, RIAA trumpets another 'win'.
That'd be my guess.
Samba was developed in Australia, where the law specifically allows for reverse engineering to allow compatibility with other products. There is no Microsoft IP in the Samba code.
The original copyright point raised by CoughDropAddict holds. The GPL is a set of rules that the author of a copyrighted work applies to other people who wish to use that work. If SCO doesn't agree to those rules, standard copyright laws apply - meaning SCO can NOT legally sell the product. It's not their IP.
They can sell Samba. They can diss the GPL. They can't do both.
I am encouraged by Larry's continued support of Java and simplifying his price schedule...
I agree. I am also encouraged by his company allowing me to freely download a very large selection of the software (RDBMS & dev tools in particular) to play with, or for development/testing. Years ago they jealously guarded any and all CD's with Oracle software on them and it was hell trying to get hold of the database for personal use - nowadays you can download and use much of it for free (you have to pay to use it in a production environment, of course).
I never watched them either - the theme music at the beginning was just too scary.
... and that whiney twangy thing just freaked me out and I had to change the channel.
The deep, repetitive da-na-na-nnn, da-na-na-nnn,
From what I've heard, the props were all so bad that the theme was actually the scariest part of the show. Maybe I should have hung around.
Most of the CD's that I burn contain videos in VCD or SVCD format. When DVD burners become a bit cheaper I'll be burning to DVD instead of CD, but the label issue still applies. (Just in case MPAA is listening, these are videos that I shoot myself. No, really!).
Although I haven't tried it myself, I'm guessing the storage machine that you describe would be a little difficult to jam into the front of my DVD player.
Sometimes optical discs are the only option.
You forgot to put in the link
I quite like Big Sister as well. At my last job I was using it to monitor around 50 servers, shown split into their four different functional groups.
Service failures generated emails, and we also configured it to sned an SMS to us out of office hours. The servers were mostly windows NT boxes, so when a BSOD took out a web or FTP server, we were alerted within a few minutes. The default was about 20 minutes, I had to tweak that setting. That was easy because it's all written in perl (with the exception of some of the interfaces to the windows performance counters, I think).
I also added extra links to run scripts to show network activity graphs from MRTG for the switches. I was a pretty sweet setup once I had it the way I wanted.
Big Sister can check for a response on a TCP port, check for running processes, memory or swap space, montior the run queue length, file system free space, or most other things you need, plus you can add your own easily. You can also configure thresholds so can be notified if they are reached.
It's obviously not as pretty as the many-multiple-thousands-of-dollars solutions, but it's pretty good.
Quite correct. But they ARE allowed to post the figures for samba. Not completely useful without the MS stats, but it would be better than nothing.
No I don't, but I do remember Arnold Rimmer's vain attempts to learn Esperanto on Red Dwarf.
Lister: I hope that when you arrive the weather will be clement.
Rimmer: Wrong, wrong, wrong, couldn't be wronger.
Tape: I hope that when you arrive the weather will be clement.
'X' mark: $1
Knowing where to put 'X': $9,999
Sure, yeah, that's what I do too. I just ignore it all. Most gets caught by Mozillas filters, some gets through, I just delete it.
But when this sort of stuff shows up in my 8-year-old daughters mailbox, I can't 'just ignore it' any more.
Grow a brain. Just because it's not a 'big deal' for you doesn't mean it's not a big deal to other people.
Perhaps, but remember that Max's mini-magnet was stronger than the maxi-magnet.
I picked up the original editions of eps 4,5,6 on DVD some time ago, so I'm quite sure you are mistaken. I got them when I was visiting Malaysia...
ahem... Never mind.
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Actually, I'd change this to 'Anything from Pixar'.
Look at their earlier short movies - Luxo Jr, Knick Knack, and particularly the baby in Tin Toy. Although the baby looks pretty ordinary by today's standards, it was incredible groundbreaking stuff when first released.
The features on the Tron 20th Anniversary edition DVD also cover quite a bit about the CGI, the companies they used and why, how they did certain things. It's very interesting, and a good insight to early CGI.
What I found ironic was that the movie didn't get an award for special effets, since the Academy considered using a computer for special effects to be 'cheating', but only a relatively small part of the movie used the CGI. All of the backlight glow effects and such that gave the movie the feel that it had were all done manually.
Great for disposing of bodies, too.
Well, it might be, if the bodies were not already being used to make Soylent Green.
...what HDTV spec (there are several) are the broadcasters in your area broadcasting in?
They might be broadcasting a particular spec now, but that is not to say they will continue to do so. They might change the transmission from 720 to 1080 once more HDTV sets are out there. Or broadcast both and let you take your pick (if that is even possible).
I'd like to get a HDTV, but here in Australia it's still a bit early. The sets are too expensive and the broadcaster have only recently started pumping out a few HDTV shows. Most are not. Although I have to say I'm more inclined to get a HDTV now that the new series of Alias is in HD. Hmmmm...Jennifer Garner....
I've not compared 720p directly with 1080i, although I do understand the difference. I've been watching interlaced pictures for years and it's been OK, so 1080i can't be all that bad. Perhaps not as good as a progressive screen in comparison, but still better than SDTV.
I played Colin McRae rally on a 3" screen
I was at a holiday home out in the bush - the TV only had a co-ax input, and the co-ax cable to go from the VCR to the TV was missing. Thus the only thing I could watch it on was the tiny weeny beeny LCD screen on my video camera. It was late when we arrived, and that's all we had.
The next day we called a friend who was on his way there to stop in town and get the co-ax cable.
Could have been worse, I suppose. Could have been a smaller LCD, or none at all. I don't think I would have even tried to play by watching in the viewfinder. OK, I probably would.
Sony make available a Linux Kit for the PS2, which allows you to do almost anything with your PS2. It's hard to argue that they're specifically restricting anything execpt illegal copying
Except for the region coding factor. If I buy LEGAL games from overseas, either by visiting those countries or by mail order, I cannot play them. This reduces consumer choice, and is exactly why the ACCC were interested in this case.
The ACCC kicked up a fuss about DVD region coding some time back, now pretty much any DVD player you buy in Oz is region free. I bought a DVD player last week, and there was a sticker on the box saying 'this product has been modified to conform to Australian regulations'. It had been de-region-ified.
So anyway, if I was to buy a console now (I currently don't have one, but I could be a potential customer within 12 months) then the Sony PS2 would definitely be OFF my list.
I read about the ruling this morning in 'The West Australian' (newspaper).
Online link here.
They run it through an inverter.