Well, the problem with the older sun license, according to the Open Source Nazis, was that SUN could, at any time, kill this great product, or even charge much money for it! OH NO! I believe that the older license also restricted distribution of the software to internal distribution. Redistribution was also not allowed.
I purchased one of the "Model A" iopeners back in march and just this week unlazied myself to order the cables necessary to make the iopener function as a normal computer.. after installing Linux on it.... it's amazing! Netpliance can do more with this..and they are, even though they are not a "hardware company".. it would be great if NPLI could someday offer up the plans to the unit so that others could manufacture these nifty devices!
My Mysql and mSQL book from Oreilley suggested that the mysql team was working on making features more modular to compromise speed for features to those who want them. It's well known that the mysql team has always shot for speed.. often leaving out many advanced features that might slow it down considerably.
This was a legitimately obtained patent based on the developments of rambus. Just because the world doesn't work as you people would like it to is no cause to yell "FIRE!"
RamBus developed these technologies and patented them.. they then allowed others to freely use this technology. If they had enforced their patent at first do you think such technologies would be so common? So, now that it is more common, they intend to slap everybody with royalty fees. This makes everybody reading slashdot piss in their pants because they can't have $5 RAM, but oh well.. this is the "real world" and it's the way it works.. if you really must, create your own RAM technology.. i'm sure there are many people with knowledge enough to develop even more superior technology. I suppose I'm saying what _many_ (definately not all, so no flames;) Open Source developers say "Quit your bitching.. if you don't like it, improve it yourself!
I failed to mention that this only has to do with credit reports and not background checks.. but i figured it was relevant in that the article in consumer reports offered information that may be useful to both credit checks and background checks..
Some people might want to check out the July, 2000 issue of Consumer Reports. It features a section on Credit Reports.. it does a good job of explaining what creditors look for. It suggests you audit your credit reports anually from _each_ of the three major credit bureaus: Equifax: www.equifax.com ; Experian: www.experian.com ; Trans Union: www.transunion.com. Some even offer online and instantly emailed credit reports, while others offer online ordering. It is seriously reccomended that you purchase July's Consumer Reports!
The article is also available online. If you'd rather not pay for the paper version of consumer reports, you may subscribe to their online information (US$3.95/month) at http://www.consumerreports.org. What I like best about them is that they are unbiased and use their income to purchase products and accept no advertising or donations of products or anything. Consumer reports is published by the Consumers Union <http://www.consumer.org/>:
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WinAmp *is* AOL and thus it *is* corporate America. These are the people who own Netscape yet license MSIE for their AOL software.
Though I do realize it is the nature of Slashdot, I am seriously disappointed in Slashdot. I find the statement "C|Net Patents Banner Advertisements" to be slanderous to C|Net. They did not patent banner advertisement, specifically, but a method used for banner advertising.
Slashdot editors have a habbit of repackaging the information presented and thus slandering many.
Let's imagine, for instance, I am walking down the street when I happen upon somebody walking in the opposite direction. I stop and say hello. The stranger says nothing. He removes a stick of chalk from his pocket and procedes by drawing a circle around me.
Puzzled, I ask him why he is doing such, as it certainly is peculiar behavior. He responds to my request by saying "By exiting outside of this circle, you agree to pay me One Million Dollars." Now, if this were legally binding, I would think much about it. But since it is not, I would walk away thinking this man to be a lunatic deserving of a straight jacket.
The point is that such laws allow those who can to change them without so much as bothering congress. These companies will be lobbying for their own laws, laws which give them the power to change the laws themselves. I don't much like dynamic contracts, and it seems as though this is where the industry is headed. I can understand for such sites that provide free services to have some sort of dynamic contract, but within reason. To have software accompanied by a dynamic contract would be all too cruel.
The mayor of my town, Oak Lawn, Illinois, our mayor for many, many years, had helped to prevent the local company from carrying the Playboy channel many years ago, even if subscribed to.
In other news, just the other day, residents in an unincorporated part of Cook County complained about a billboard advertising the Mancow radio show on the Chicago Q101 (WKXQ) channel. Many neighboring, and incorporated, cities have such policies regarding billboard content. In fact, many people had complained to the surrounding cities, who have no jurisdiction in their areas. The billboard features three naked men (from the waist up) as well as one naked woman covering her breasts.
I don't think congress should be enforcing any such censorship upon the whole of the United States. Such should be left up to the individual cities, where the moral values of those in that particular city is more understood by themselves. Our country is too diverse to enforce upon everyone in the US such a morality ban on certain propaganda.
"If we don't do something, this technology is going to destroy the record industry," said Nathan Davis, vice-president of Atlantic Records, Kid Rock's label.
As far as I am concerned, technology will not destroy the record industry. If anything, the record industry will make attempts to destroy technology -- to beat technology until it complies with its current business model! The recording industry absolutely must change their business model to survive in this new world. Their traditional business model is no longer effective and is aging quickly.
The Open Source world is searching for the most effective business model. The Music world should be spending more time embracing such technologies and adapting their business model, instead of pursuing traditionalism.
IMHO, NOTHING will prevent consumers from getting what they'd like if they have the tools (decss) and the materials (the DVD stuff). The record industry must not deny this because this IS the future. Well, I can't say much more than this, as I think I've made my point:-)
My local newspaper carried this story from the Associated Press. The article read that some nonstandard hardware/software combination compression method was used to attain this speed. Just a bit of information not mentioned in the article.
Wasn't the RSA Algorithm developed with federal funds, as well? IIRC, Government Agencies can use such an Algorithm free of charge, but anybody else can't.
I believe that if any such thing is the case, developed using the taxpayers' money, then
the government shouldn't be required to pay licensing fees
individual taxpayers, and only individual taxpayers, should not be required to pay licencing fees
Corporate users should be required to license such a product for a nominal fee.
apt-get upgrade - Upgrades _all_ packages to the latest version (if available)
apt-get install foo - Installs package "foo" and all packages it depends on
As you can see, this certainly allows joe-user to install or upgrade anything, without much knowledge of the system compatibility specifics. Debian's packaging system takes care of checking the dependancies. There are even many frontends such as gnome-apt and console-apt.
Register.com charges nothing for the transfer but requires the owner extend the length of the registration by at least one year. Ie. if your registration term expires in 10 months, you must register for one more year, in which case you will be guaranteed (to the extent their policies provide) 1 year 10 months before your domain must extend your term, like any domain. Not too bad:-)
a few weeks ago, i had visited the copyright office. i need to look up some information. Basically, you can't just take something one person has written and slap a copyright on it.. It must be a legal transfer of rights -- on paper. Also, what ever happened to Comments are owned by the poster? hmm.......
Obviously there have been a few mail bombing incidents over the years. Most of these packages in the US have been carried by either UPS or the United States Postal Sevice.
If ISPs are responsible for the activities of their users if they fail to stop them, then I see no reason why the USPS is not responsible for the assisted distribution of mail bombs. Face it. Corruption is everywhere... it all starts here:)
My friend had created such a player using that one thing that was featured on slashdot a while ago -- "the world's smallest webserver". The MP3s are placed on their own individual tracks and the computer data is converted to analogue on the cd player. The audio output is connected to the small device, which converts it back to digital and pipes it through an mp3 player. The small device then outputs the audio through the device's audio port. Though i don't like the analog->digital->analog idea..
this is a link to a local Illinois newspaper editorial on the Illinois State's Attourney commenting on this to various policing bodies. He presents some interesting points. Check it out..
If we were to shield ourselves from gravity, while on earth, we would not float into the air! We would be flung from the earth by centripital force, not unlike having a ball at the end of a rope and twirling it around my head and then letting go.
Consider the speed at which the earth is spinning AND the speed at which the earth is revolving around the sun (about 18000miles/second).
Was the airplane not created to aid people in getting from point A to point B easily (not to mention human curiosity with flight)? It has also been used as a war vehicle
Was nuclear technology not created to create an unlimited supply of fuel or to end World War II? It has started a few wars, as well.
I am all for such technology. But we, as humans, have proven that our curiosity very much will have the best of us.
It would be great if such inventions would be used for their intended purpose/s. But the overall risks are such that these tools can and will get into the hands of those who are able and willing to exploit the potential of such tools fo their own selfish desires.
Get used to it -- it's human nature. (WHERE WERE YOU THE PAST 5.7 MILLION YEARS?) As children, we want every toy and stuffed animal. As adults, we want everything that mattrs most.
I am not as frightened of the potential for bettering mankind, but the potential for destroying it.
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Well, the problem with the older sun license, according to the Open Source Nazis, was that SUN could, at any time, kill this great product, or even charge much money for it! OH NO! I believe that the older license also restricted distribution of the software to internal distribution. Redistribution was also not allowed.
I purchased one of the "Model A" iopeners back in march and just this week unlazied myself to order the cables necessary to make the iopener function as a normal computer .. after installing Linux on it .... it's amazing! Netpliance can do more with this ..and they are, even though they are not a "hardware company" .. it would be great if NPLI could someday offer up the plans to the unit so that others could manufacture these nifty devices!
My Mysql and mSQL book from Oreilley suggested that the mysql team was working on making features more modular to compromise speed for features to those who want them. It's well known that the mysql team has always shot for speed .. often leaving out many advanced features that might slow it down considerably.
I don't much like commercialism taking over our lives any more than you. But that's how it is. Would you care to change that?
This was a legitimately obtained patent based on the developments of rambus. Just because the world doesn't work as you people would like it to is no cause to yell "FIRE!"
RamBus developed these technologies and patented them .. they then allowed others to freely use this technology. If they had enforced their patent at first do you think such technologies would be so common? So, now that it is more common, they intend to slap everybody with royalty fees. This makes everybody reading slashdot piss in their pants because they can't have $5 RAM, but oh well.. this is the "real world" and it's the way it works .. if you really must, create your own RAM technology .. i'm sure there are many people with knowledge enough to develop even more superior technology. I suppose I'm saying what _many_ (definately not all, so no flames ;) Open Source developers say "Quit your bitching .. if you don't like it, improve it yourself!
I failed to mention that this only has to do with credit reports and not background checks .. but i figured it was relevant in that the article in consumer reports offered information that may be useful to both credit checks and background checks ..
Some people might want to check out the July, 2000 issue of Consumer Reports. It features a section on Credit Reports .. it does a good job of explaining what creditors look for. It suggests you audit your credit reports anually from _each_ of the three major credit bureaus: Equifax: www.equifax.com ; Experian: www.experian.com ; Trans Union: www.transunion.com. Some even offer online and instantly emailed credit reports, while others offer online ordering. It is seriously reccomended that you purchase July's Consumer Reports!
The article is also available online. If you'd rather not pay for the paper version of consumer reports, you may subscribe to their online information (US$3.95/month) at http://www.consumerreports.org. What I like best about them is that they are unbiased and use their income to purchase products and accept no advertising or donations of products or anything. Consumer reports is published by the Consumers Union <http://www.consumer.org/>:
WinAmp *is* AOL and thus it *is* corporate America. These are the people who own Netscape yet license MSIE for their AOL software.
Though I do realize it is the nature of Slashdot, I am seriously disappointed in Slashdot. I find the statement "C|Net Patents Banner Advertisements" to be slanderous to C|Net. They did not patent banner advertisement, specifically, but a method used for banner advertising.
Slashdot editors have a habbit of repackaging the information presented and thus slandering many.
Let's imagine, for instance, I am walking down the street when I happen upon somebody walking in the opposite direction. I stop and say hello. The stranger says nothing. He removes a stick of chalk from his pocket and procedes by drawing a circle around me.
Puzzled, I ask him why he is doing such, as it certainly is peculiar behavior. He responds to my request by saying "By exiting outside of this circle, you agree to pay me One Million Dollars." Now, if this were legally binding, I would think much about it. But since it is not, I would walk away thinking this man to be a lunatic deserving of a straight jacket.
The point is that such laws allow those who can to change them without so much as bothering congress. These companies will be lobbying for their own laws, laws which give them the power to change the laws themselves. I don't much like dynamic contracts, and it seems as though this is where the industry is headed. I can understand for such sites that provide free services to have some sort of dynamic contract, but within reason. To have software accompanied by a dynamic contract would be all too cruel.
The mayor of my town, Oak Lawn, Illinois, our mayor for many, many years, had helped to prevent the local company from carrying the Playboy channel many years ago, even if subscribed to.
In other news, just the other day, residents in an unincorporated part of Cook County complained about a billboard advertising the Mancow radio show on the Chicago Q101 (WKXQ) channel. Many neighboring, and incorporated, cities have such policies regarding billboard content. In fact, many people had complained to the surrounding cities, who have no jurisdiction in their areas. The billboard features three naked men (from the waist up) as well as one naked woman covering her breasts.
I don't think congress should be enforcing any such censorship upon the whole of the United States. Such should be left up to the individual cities, where the moral values of those in that particular city is more understood by themselves. Our country is too diverse to enforce upon everyone in the US such a morality ban on certain propaganda.
As far as I am concerned, technology will not destroy the record industry. If anything, the record industry will make attempts to destroy technology -- to beat technology until it complies with its current business model! The recording industry absolutely must change their business model to survive in this new world. Their traditional business model is no longer effective and is aging quickly.
The Open Source world is searching for the most effective business model. The Music world should be spending more time embracing such technologies and adapting their business model, instead of pursuing traditionalism.
IMHO, NOTHING will prevent consumers from getting what they'd like if they have the tools (decss) and the materials (the DVD stuff). The record industry must not deny this because this IS the future. Well, I can't say much more than this, as I think I've made my point :-)
My local newspaper carried this story from the Associated Press. The article read that some nonstandard hardware/software combination compression method was used to attain this speed. Just a bit of information not mentioned in the article.
Wasn't the RSA Algorithm developed with federal funds, as well? IIRC, Government Agencies can use such an Algorithm free of charge, but anybody else can't.
I believe that if any such thing is the case, developed using the taxpayers' money, then
- apt-get update - Updates package lists
- apt-get upgrade - Upgrades _all_ packages to the latest version (if available)
- apt-get install foo - Installs package "foo" and all packages it depends on
As you can see, this certainly allows joe-user to install or upgrade anything, without much knowledge of the system compatibility specifics. Debian's packaging system takes care of checking the dependancies. There are even many frontends such as gnome-apt and console-apt.oh, and how about this .. we'll email you prior to it passing the reregistration period ..
Register.com charges nothing for the transfer but requires the owner extend the length of the registration by at least one year. Ie. if your registration term expires in 10 months, you must register for one more year, in which case you will be guaranteed (to the extent their policies provide) 1 year 10 months before your domain must extend your term, like any domain. Not too bad :-)
- Home Director, by Home Director, Inc. is a nifty set of tools much like X10's.
- HomeToys Home Automation Links many links to various products having to do with home automation -- even has some things on voice recognition.
- Linux Home Automation
- DMOZ's Home Automation Section
- There are many more, so I'll just point you to Google (Home Automation Search)
That's all, not much, but a starta few weeks ago, i had visited the copyright office. i need to look up some information. Basically, you can't just take something one person has written and slap a copyright on it.. It must be a legal transfer of rights -- on paper. Also, what ever happened to Comments are owned by the poster? hmm.......
Obviously there have been a few mail bombing incidents over the years. Most of these packages in the US have been carried by either UPS or the United States Postal Sevice.
If ISPs are responsible for the activities of their users if they fail to stop them, then I see no reason why the USPS is not responsible for the assisted distribution of mail bombs. Face it. Corruption is everywhere ... it all starts here :)
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My friend had created such a player using that one thing that was featured on slashdot a while ago -- "the world's smallest webserver". The MP3s are placed on their own individual tracks and the computer data is converted to analogue on the cd player. The audio output is connected to the small device, which converts it back to digital and pipes it through an mp3 player. The small device then outputs the audio through the device's audio port. Though i don't like the analog->digital->analog idea ..
this is a link to a local Illinois newspaper editorial on the Illinois State's Attourney commenting on this to various policing bodies. He presents some interesting points. Check it out ..
Consider the speed at which the earth is spinning AND the speed at which the earth is revolving around the sun (about 18000miles/second).
Was the airplane not created to aid people in getting from point A to point B easily (not to mention human curiosity with flight)? It has also been used as a war vehicle
Was nuclear technology not created to create an unlimited supply of fuel or to end World War II? It has started a few wars, as well.
I am all for such technology. But we, as humans, have proven that our curiosity very much will have the best of us.
It would be great if such inventions would be used for their intended purpose/s. But the overall risks are such that these tools can and will get into the hands of those who are able and willing to exploit the potential of such tools fo their own selfish desires.
Get used to it -- it's human nature. (WHERE WERE YOU THE PAST 5.7 MILLION YEARS?) As children, we want every toy and stuffed animal. As adults, we want everything that mattrs most.
I am not as frightened of the potential for bettering mankind, but the potential for destroying it.