you could get some pretty cool windowing effects... windows out of focus could literally be "out of focus" and windows could blur as you move them. neat!
Yes, that would look kinda cool... but how practical is it? Look at windoz' attempts at an active desktop... it looked cool (at least to some people) on paper and in proposal, but in reality it sucks. It would look cool to have out of focus windows blurred (which we can already do without 3d, btw) but it would be a major pain in the ass when you're trying to compare things in separate windows. Same goes for motion blur.
I do think that 3d worlds have enormous potential to enhance computing... but let's be realistic. It must serve a purpose, because 'neat!' gets old really fast.
A reason why most people tend to shovel the snow off of their part of the sidewalk when it snows
I don't know about you, but I shovel in my home town because the law requires it within 24 hours of snowfall. Besides that, if you don't shovel and people walk on the snow it's alot harder shovel later on when you want to.
I've always been curious of this... who supports/pays for cdrom.com? Is it the people that mirror on it, or what? Do they make any money or is it purely a service? Also, what OS and how fat of a pipe do they have? Can someone give us some interesting info about them?
While it is good to see ISA finally be phased out, many would rightly argue that a POTS modem is a wast of a PCI slot. Heck, if some people still have ISA slots, why not use them for the ever shortening list of low bandwidth devices?
This is a somewhat related post, but still relevant I think.
Is it just me, or does it seem that IBM is the one of the only major corporations doing serious R&D these days?
I mean, look... copper data paths, increasing hard drive density and now this. Sure, phillips, sony and others are doing great things with displays, but that's pretty much just refining the manufacturing process for things that were developed years ago. Does anyone else see my point?
Probably not the best or most feasible solution, but you could use the spinning of the (the name escapes me right now, that thing that turns the tape while it's playing) to generate a little power. Not too much though, because if you put too much stress on it the player would stop, thinking the 'tape' is at the end.
Because he wanted to. Why do college students build cars that can average 60mph, carry one person and run strictly on solar power and a small battery for several days? Because they learn from it. Just because it's unpractical or even useless doesn't mean it's without benefit. I'm sure the gúy that made it has learned _alot_ and if not, it at least kept him busy for a while. It's these kinds of creative minds that makes technology happen.
About time someone other than the first post kiddies get the first post!
I believe using offshore anonymous bank accounts are generally used for illegal or shady purposes, therefore I don't think tax laws matter all that much. (am I wrong?) The money can't be traced and therefore can't be classified as earned income.
I think that Mark Tierno's outcome of this is a little far-fetched. I don't think Amiga will ever totally die, there's too large to a community for that to happen.
While I'm not a layer, it looks as if Gateway/Amiga and the ADA have already reached a settlement. This filing seems to only state the broken laws, define the terms of the settlement and set a date for court approval.
The argument is over Amiga's use of used parts in new computers without saying so, similar to Packard Bell a few years ago. This of course breaks a host of trade laws and treaties. It does not appear to have anything to do with a breach of promise. Furthermore, it is interesting that Gateway has not denied liability. Perhaps they really don't want to see Amiga Corp. to die? Another point... the ADA is suing that 3.9 million be put into a fund 'for the purpose of reimbursing anyone who had to make out-of-warranty repairs due to a previously used part being included in an Amiga computer sold as new.'
Section C of the filing: 'Gateway, Amiga Inc. and Amiga International Inc. have NOT denied, and continue to accept, all liability with respect to any and all of the facts or claims alleged in the Complaint, they do NOT deny that they engaged in any wrongdoing, they do not deny that they improperly concealed any assembly practices with regard to end user product returns, they do not deny that they disseminated any false or misleading information or made any misrepresentations, they do not deny that they acted improperly in any way, and they do NOT deny any liability to Plaintiffs), any Settlement Class members or any third party. Amiga Inc, Amiga International has weighed the risks and potential costs of litigation of this action against the benefits of the proposed Settlement. Gateway has also weighed the risks and potential costs of litigation of this action against the benefits of the proposed Settlement. And as of this day at www.Amiga.com and www.amiga.de website's public statements to these truths are still posted as Gateway's and Amiga's pass failures and continued deceptive and miss leading advertising of A1200 Amiga Computers and the A4000 tower Amiga Computers as being their current models offered for immediate sale.'
Like I said, I am not a lawyer. I would appreciate any feedback as to how I interpreted this.
If openBSD's code is so safe and secure because they audit their code, why doesn't Linux do the same? Is it because no one wants to initiate and maintain such a project?
I'm living in germany right now as an exchange student, and immigration laws here are lax to say the least. You can come for 3 months with just your passport, and if you've got the skills and can get a job, especially in computer/tech, then getting a residence permit is even easier. One word of caution however, make sure that the drivers liscence from the state your from is accepted here. Some states are, some states not, some states only for 6 months (mine). Best bet is probably to get an international drivers liscence.
The guys that designed DVD decided to make it encrypted so that it couldn't be simply ripped like audio off a music cd... but then again it's only a software security scheme. It's only a matter of time before there are rippers and the like so you can pirate just as easily as mp3z. DVD movies may take a bit longer to download, however.
Does anyone know if you can easily copy video DVDs with a DVD-RAM drive?
Ok, here's my system... DLD 6.0.1 (german linux distrubutoin) with kernel 2.2.10, xfree 3.3.3.1, kde 1.1.1. I am new to linux. I have a TNT2 and just downloaded and installed the drivers (v1 for glibc) from nVidia's site. X with KDE works fine, i can do 1028x768x32 no problem, everything looks great... except the small fact that I have no mouse curser. I had one before I installed the new drivers. (but then I couldn't set resolution very high) I also get one for an instant if I try do drag a link from netscape. When x loads it says something along the lines of 'using RIVATNT2 hardware curser' (I can't remember exactly as I am at a friends computer writing this)
Anyone have any ideas? Trying to navigate without knowing where the mouse points to is becoming annoying.
or if you happen to fancy yourself the intelligent type, you can always work at best buy or compusa as a tech. (I'm not sure if I'd reveal this to future employers though)
Slashdot Mirror
I just put up another mirror here.
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you could get some pretty cool windowing effects... windows out of focus could literally be "out of focus" and windows could blur as you move them. neat!
Yes, that would look kinda cool... but how practical is it? Look at windoz' attempts at an active desktop... it looked cool (at least to some people) on paper and in proposal, but in reality it sucks. It would look cool to have out of focus windows blurred (which we can already do without 3d, btw) but it would be a major pain in the ass when you're trying to compare things in separate windows. Same goes for motion blur.
I do think that 3d worlds have enormous potential to enhance computing... but let's be realistic. It must serve a purpose, because 'neat!' gets old really fast.
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A reason why most people tend to shovel the snow off of their part of the sidewalk when it snows
I don't know about you, but I shovel in my home town because the law requires it within 24 hours of snowfall. Besides that, if you don't shovel and people walk on the snow it's alot harder shovel later on when you want to.
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How, exactly, do you produce child porn without real children????
Nevermind, I really don't want to know.
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I guess they got back from dinner, now the site says: 'Everybody just chill until we've released 7.0'
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If they were hacked or not I don't know. Either way, attrition.org's server _cannot_ handle getting /.'d.
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I've always been curious of this... who supports/pays for cdrom.com? Is it the people that mirror on it, or what? Do they make any money or is it purely a service? Also, what OS and how fat of a pipe do they have? Can someone give us some interesting info about them?
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This topic has already been discussed to a brief extent here. Perhaps adaptive optics would be a good idea for a full slashdot topic?
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While it is good to see ISA finally be phased out, many would rightly argue that a POTS modem is a wast of a PCI slot. Heck, if some people still have ISA slots, why not use them for the ever shortening list of low bandwidth devices?
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This is a somewhat related post, but still relevant I think.
Is it just me, or does it seem that IBM is the one of the only major corporations doing serious R&D these days?
I mean, look... copper data paths, increasing hard drive density and now this. Sure, phillips, sony and others are doing great things with displays, but that's pretty much just refining the manufacturing process for things that were developed years ago. Does anyone else see my point?
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Happy early birthday! Thanks much for everything linus!
/.'d and still not slowing down!
on another note... look at that server fly! B-day card is getting
btw... when's alan cox's birthday?
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over 30. that means that we can still trust him until next year! either way, happy early birthday!
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Probably not the best or most feasible solution, but you could use the spinning of the (the name escapes me right now, that thing that turns the tape while it's playing) to generate a little power. Not too much though, because if you put too much stress on it the player would stop, thinking the 'tape' is at the end.
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Now that we have that answered, we can get to the important question: what does nt use to remember uptime in seconds? short integers?
(no, this is not flamebait. it's a joke. laugh.)
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Because he wanted to. Why do college students build cars that can average 60mph, carry one person and run strictly on solar power and a small battery for several days? Because they learn from it. Just because it's unpractical or even useless doesn't mean it's without benefit. I'm sure the gúy that made it has learned _alot_ and if not, it at least kept him busy for a while. It's these kinds of creative minds that makes technology happen.
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Strong encryption code that isn't supposed to get exported. thus the 'oops.'
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About time someone other than the first post kiddies get the first post!
I believe using offshore anonymous bank accounts are generally used for illegal or shady purposes, therefore I don't think tax laws matter all that much. (am I wrong?) The money can't be traced and therefore can't be classified as earned income.
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I think that Mark Tierno's outcome of this is a little far-fetched. I don't think Amiga will ever totally die, there's too large to a community for that to happen.
While I'm not a layer, it looks as if Gateway/Amiga and the ADA have already reached a settlement. This filing seems to only state the broken laws, define the terms of the settlement and set a date for court approval.
The argument is over Amiga's use of used parts in new computers without saying so, similar to Packard Bell a few years ago. This of course breaks a host of trade laws and treaties. It does not appear to have anything to do with a breach of promise. Furthermore, it is interesting that Gateway has not denied liability. Perhaps they really don't want to see Amiga Corp. to die? Another point... the ADA is suing that 3.9 million be put into a fund 'for the purpose of reimbursing anyone who had to make out-of-warranty repairs due to a previously used part being included in an Amiga computer sold as new.'
Section C of the filing:
'Gateway, Amiga Inc. and Amiga International Inc. have NOT denied, and continue to accept, all liability with respect to any and all of the facts or claims alleged in the Complaint, they do NOT deny that they engaged in any wrongdoing, they do not deny that they improperly concealed any assembly practices with regard to end user product returns, they do not deny that they disseminated any false or misleading information or made any misrepresentations, they do not deny that they acted improperly in any way, and they do NOT deny any liability to Plaintiffs), any Settlement Class members or any third party. Amiga Inc, Amiga International has weighed the risks and potential costs of litigation of this action against the benefits of the proposed Settlement. Gateway has also weighed the risks and potential costs of litigation of this action against the benefits of the proposed Settlement. And as of this day at www.Amiga.com and www.amiga.de website's public statements to these truths are still posted as Gateway's and Amiga's pass failures and continued deceptive and miss leading advertising of A1200 Amiga Computers and the A4000 tower Amiga Computers as being their current models offered for immediate sale.'
Like I said, I am not a lawyer. I would appreciate any feedback as to how I interpreted this.
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If openBSD's code is so safe and secure because they audit their code, why doesn't Linux do the same? Is it because no one wants to initiate and maintain such a project?
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I'm living in germany right now as an exchange student, and immigration laws here are lax to say the least. You can come for 3 months with just your passport, and if you've got the skills and can get a job, especially in computer/tech, then getting a residence permit is even easier. One word of caution however, make sure that the drivers liscence from the state your from is accepted here. Some states are, some states not, some states only for 6 months (mine). Best bet is probably to get an international drivers liscence.
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I'm being stupid today... how can you write a decryption code that's different but still decrypts? Duh.
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Perhaps a more interesting question is: if this is leaked code, is it legal to write different code based on this that does the same thing?
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The guys that designed DVD decided to make it encrypted so that it couldn't be simply ripped like audio off a music cd... but then again it's only a software security scheme. It's only a matter of time before there are rippers and the like so you can pirate just as easily as mp3z. DVD movies may take a bit longer to download, however.
Does anyone know if you can easily copy video DVDs with a DVD-RAM drive?
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moderators, please don't kill my karma of 1.
Ok, here's my system... DLD 6.0.1 (german linux distrubutoin) with kernel 2.2.10, xfree 3.3.3.1, kde 1.1.1. I am new to linux. I have a TNT2 and just downloaded and installed the drivers (v1 for glibc) from nVidia's site. X with KDE works fine, i can do 1028x768x32 no problem, everything looks great... except the small fact that I have no mouse curser. I had one before I installed the new drivers. (but then I couldn't set resolution very high) I also get one for an instant if I try do drag a link from netscape. When x loads it says something along the lines of 'using RIVATNT2 hardware curser' (I can't remember exactly as I am at a friends computer writing this)
Anyone have any ideas? Trying to navigate without knowing where the mouse points to is becoming annoying.
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or if you happen to fancy yourself the intelligent type, you can always work at best buy or compusa as a tech. (I'm not sure if I'd reveal this to future employers though)
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