So might this mean that Copyright "protection" mechanisms (those which DMCA makes it illegal to circumvent in the USA) might be ruled illegal in Canada (and maybe other states)?
When Kdeinit was using all the CPU, everything else ran so slowly that it took about 5min to switch betweeen X and a text-mode screen. Also it slowed the X applications. Running Gnome, everything is responsive and the processor idle time is more reasonable.
If it is then I haven't managed to find it yet. Prior to release the SuSe people on the suse-e mailing list kept saying that the new "improved" Yast2 would make the need for Yast1 redundant, but I cannot see how to use Yast2 to (for example) install packages from the "supplementary" directories on ftp.suse.com, which could be done with Yast1.
Yes. You can buy the update edition, which contains the same 7 CDs and 1 DVD as the professional edition but with only an "update" paper manual. (The other manuals are still provided in electronic format in various languages.)
the geek contempt for anyone who isn't a geek is overwhelming and obvious. But not as bad as most radio & TV presenters who are almost proud that they do not understand anything technical (and assume likewise for the audience) while have no hesitation about assuming that the audience is knowledgeable about the arts and culture.
Conceptually there is little difference between html's '' and traditional references/citations in paper journals and books. The practical difference is that the web allows to "go there" immediately rather than have to go to the stacks, fetch the referenced publication and turn to the appropriate page. So should the law not treat them in the same way?
It plays fine on my Linux system at home (in the DVD drive). Occasionally when it loads it claims that all the tracks are data with length 0, but re-inserting the CD cures this. But it will not play on my standalone DVD player.
I don't where it originates but most of the spam I receive (in the UK) is either in some asian script I cannot read or is "advertising" a US product. So even if the spam is not sent from the USA it seems to be on behalf someone in the USA.
One difference is that an errant Windows app can, and does, hang the whole system whereas errant Linux apps rarely crash or hang the system (X maybe but not the whole system.)
I have often thought it strange that you get retired people who cannot find enough time to do all they want, and at the same time unemployed young people who cannot find enough to do with their time.
Why would long call times justify per-minute pricing? Isn't the marginal cost (to the teleco) of local calls not almost zero? Nearly all of the cost is in providing the infrastructure, which is the same irrespective of whether the phone is never used or used continuously. Also, even for the cost of providing a call, isn't the cost of establishing the call far greater than that for keeping the call connected? This is why some telecos in some countries have per-call charges irrespective of the length of the call.
As Titanium is a metal, would the airline/airport authorities be able to sue the maker of the metal detector if a terrorist were to hijack a 'plane using titanium weapons which had passed, undetected, through the metal detectors?
#2 would also outlaw DVD region coding. So that you would be able to purchase a DVD while on vacation or business trip (to where is currently a different region) and view it on your return.
Why restrict it to just protecting "entertainment" content? If digital rights management is to be introduced then should every file creator and copyright owner, not just entertainment corporations, not have the right to set the "digital rights"? While, personally, I do not like the idea of mandatory "rights management", if it is to be forced on us should we not campaign for a system which everyone can use to their advantage?
For example, self erasing emails were discussed on Slashdot a short while ago. A properly implemented digital rights management system could enable this by the originator setting a mandatory expiry date and setting the "no archive, no cut 'n' paste, no print" permissions on the email. Or a document sent (electronically) to a company could have "rights" set so that it could be viewed within the recipient company, but not forwarded outside that company.
Why does the DMCA come into it? The DMCA covers circumvention of mechanisms which effectively protect access to copyright works. In the case of software vulnerabilities, the software is the copyright work but what is the "effective access protection mechanism" which is being circumvented?
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So might this mean that Copyright "protection" mechanisms (those which DMCA makes it illegal to circumvent in the USA) might be ruled illegal in Canada (and maybe other states)?
Why not let the default paper size depend on the locale? That way you would get Letter with en_US and A4 with en_GB etc.
When Kdeinit was using all the CPU, everything else ran so slowly that it took about 5min to switch betweeen X and a text-mode screen. Also it slowed the X applications. Running Gnome, everything is responsive and the processor idle time is more reasonable.
I am seeing the same problem, with kdeinit taking all the CPU, with the released 8.0. So, I decided to use Gnome instead.
If it is then I haven't managed to find it yet. Prior to release the SuSe people on the suse-e mailing list kept saying that the new "improved" Yast2 would make the need for Yast1 redundant, but I cannot see how to use Yast2 to (for example) install packages from the "supplementary" directories on ftp.suse.com, which could be done with Yast1.
Yes. You can buy the update edition, which contains the same 7 CDs and 1 DVD as the professional edition but with only an "update" paper manual. (The other manuals are still provided in electronic format in various languages.)
the geek contempt for anyone who isn't a geek is overwhelming and obvious.
But not as bad as most radio & TV presenters who are almost proud that they do not understand anything technical (and assume likewise for the audience) while have no hesitation about assuming that the audience is knowledgeable about the arts and culture.
Conceptually there is little difference between html's '' and traditional references/citations in paper journals and books. The practical difference is that the web allows to "go there" immediately rather than have to go to the stacks, fetch the referenced publication and turn to the appropriate page. So should the law not treat them in the same way?
amazon.co.uk plainly state that it does not work on PCs.
It does not have the logo.
It plays fine on my Linux system at home (in the DVD drive). Occasionally when it loads it claims that all the tracks are data with length 0, but re-inserting the CD cures this. But it will not play on my standalone DVD player.
Luckily for Sony, the Celine Dion "CD" does not not carry the CDDA logo on either the case or on the "CD".
Not only is it on the wrapper, it is printed on the case (and on the CD)
I don't where it originates but most of the spam I receive (in the UK) is either in some asian script I cannot read or is "advertising" a US product. So even if the spam is not sent from the USA it seems to be on behalf someone in the USA.
One difference is that an errant Windows app can, and does, hang the whole system whereas errant Linux apps rarely crash or hang the system (X maybe but not the whole system.)
It also removes the requirement to dual boot in order to run office.
I have often thought it strange that you get retired people who cannot find enough time to do all they want, and at the same time unemployed young people who cannot find enough to do with their time.
I thought that it was corned beef not spam that was the staple during WW2.
Why would long call times justify per-minute pricing? Isn't the marginal cost (to the teleco) of local calls not almost zero? Nearly all of the cost is in providing the infrastructure, which is the same irrespective of whether the phone is never used or used continuously. Also, even for the cost of providing a call, isn't the cost of establishing the call far greater than that for keeping the call connected? This is why some telecos in some countries have per-call charges irrespective of the length of the call.
Wasn't it that very situation (with manual telephone operators) that prompted the undertaker Mr Strowger to develop an automatic telephone exchange?
Isn't it call fraud?
As Titanium is a metal, would the airline/airport authorities be able to sue the maker of the metal detector if a terrorist were to hijack a 'plane using titanium weapons which had passed, undetected, through the metal detectors?
#2 would also outlaw DVD region coding. So that you would be able to purchase a DVD while on vacation or business trip (to where is currently a different region) and view it on your return.
Why restrict it to just protecting "entertainment" content? If digital rights management is to be introduced then should every file creator and copyright owner, not just entertainment corporations, not have the right to set the "digital rights"? While, personally, I do not like the idea of mandatory "rights management", if it is to be forced on us should we not campaign for a system which everyone can use to their advantage?
For example, self erasing emails were discussed on Slashdot a short while ago. A properly implemented digital rights management system could enable this by the originator setting a mandatory expiry date and setting the "no archive, no cut 'n' paste, no print" permissions on the email. Or a document sent (electronically) to a company could have "rights" set so that it could be viewed within the recipient company, but not forwarded outside that company.
Why does the DMCA come into it? The DMCA covers circumvention of mechanisms which effectively protect access to copyright works. In the case of software vulnerabilities, the software is the copyright work but what is the "effective access protection mechanism" which is being circumvented?