Interesting... If they had any real evidence
against E-Gold, they'd attack directly. But
since they don't, they attack one of the weaker
(and by appearances, less professional) associates
and try to intimidate them into turning state's
evidence. Sounds like they didn't crack, though.
Wonder who's next?
Actually, it won't. Since the standard defrag tool won't touch the area currently occupied by swap, when you reboot and recreate the swap file, it'll probably re-use the same (fragmented) space the old one was in.
So here's the fix: Defrag it twice. Once in regular mode, then set min & max to zero, reboot into safe mode, and defrag again. Then set your min & max to around 3 X Physical RAM and it'll be contiguous.
Maybe it's just my setup. I always lose a line or two of text between pages. The actual formatting is okay; it just can't seem to anticipate page boundaries very well.
The GPL also requires that when you redistribute GPL'd software, that you do so without any additional restrictions. (Clause 6.) If that is not possible (Clause 7), you immediately lose all rights to copy, modify, or redistribute the software. (also see clause 4.) Since AMD's license is obviously more restrictive than GPL (it forbids user-modification, and commercial use), then AMD has already lost the right to redistibute GPL'd software.
According to the GPL, the FSF can sue them and win, simply by virtue of them hosting GPL'd software on their website.
Now, please don't misunderstand me -- I'm not trying to cast AMD as the bad guys. Personally, I prefer their products to Intel's. But they are in violation of GPL license, and somebody should inform them of that error, so that they may correct it.
IANAL, but don't they have a huge licensing conflict?
Reading from their legal statement (link is at the bottom of their page), I see them simultaneously requiring me to adhere to the GPL attached to their "experimental versions of GCC and binutils",
and also forbidding me from (2) modifying them, (3) using them for commercial purposes, or (4) decompiling/reverse-engineering/disassembling them.
Sounds like RMS should give them a call...
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ("AMD") hereby grants you permission to use, copy and distribute documents, related graphics and software delivered from this AMD Web Server ("Materials") provided that you:
include both the above copyright notice and this permission notice in all copies;
do not modify the Materials;
use the Materials for non-commercial purposes within your organization only; and
with respect to software Materials, that you comply with a relevant agreement associated with such software Materials and, at a minimum, do not decompile, reverse engineer, or disassemble such software.
I think I would have done told the customer that
company policy forbids me to give out this information except by court order, then I'd have told her exactly how to procure that court order.
Any supervisor who fires me for giving out that kind of information is a supervisor that I didn't want to work for, anyway.
It's not like they definitely found a probe and now they're wondering which one it might be.
Probably the only thing they see is a rectangular smudge against a muddy background, and if it's the polar lander, then the width and height of the smudge would be consistent with it standing up, but not consistent with it laying on its side. I really doubt they're getting good enough image clarity to see individual landing legs.
'Course, if the Martians really are playing with us, it might be standing on its head...
Probably they see a rectangular smudge of a slightly different color than the surrounding smudges, and if it's the polar lander, then the width and height of the smudge would be consistent with it standing up, but not consistent with it laying on its side.
'Course, if the Martians really are playing with us, it might be standing on its head...
Therefore, honest men must enter politics, despite the scorn and cynical attitudes heaped upon them by the public.
Honest men (and women) do enter politics. And almost to a man (or woman), they either quit early, or they heed the advice of the wise old American proverb:
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Personally, I'm waiting for the third American Revolution to start. Where can I sign up?
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What possible commonality can social behavior have with logic?
Not to bash Python, but you haven't talked to anybody who has tried to port Zope from 1.5.2 to 2.0.
After a number of fits and starts, I gave up trying.
The earlier poster is right; Python suffers from lack of an exact specification of the language. Pointing to other languages who share the problem doesn't make it go away.
And I love Python! I'm just not fanatical enough to think it can't get better.
This is the kind a thing that class-action lawsuits were made for.
If everybody (within the jurisdiction of the alleged patent) was a plaintiff, surely the cumulative damages would cause TechSearch to go under.
Maybe sue them under anti-trust laws. That'd be a switch, using anti-trust for the common good!
OTOH, even if you accept this absurd "patent" at face value, why would owning a website violate patent law?
If somebody patents an improved wheelbarrow, and a competitor copies (or independently re-develops) the design, and somebody buys one for their personal use, who violated patent law? Was it the buyer, or the seller, or both?
In the unlikely event that this is true, it wouldn't stand up in court.
Contract law says that in order for me to be bound by a contract, I must:
See it.
Understand it.
Agree to it.
If my employer agrees to a contract on my behalf, and does it without my knowledge or agreement, then I'm not bound by it. Not according to contract law, anyway.
OTOH, if you've already signed a "non-compete" agreement with your employer, then you've got bigger problems...
I've used both Cold Fusion and PHP. There are many differences between the two:
In PHP it is possible to store more than one function per file. It is not possible to store more than one Cold Fusion "custom tag" per file.
In PHP you can access Oracle, MS-SQL, Postgres, and MySQL with equal ease. Cold Fusion is designed mainly to interface with MS-SQL.
PHP can be integrated into Apache or IIS, but it is also small enough to be launched as a script interpreter. Cold Fusion runs as a server-side process, and tends to bog down a Pentium-3 550 with 256 meg of ram.
PHP is free software; Cold Fusion is not.
PHP is available for a much wider variety of hardware and operating systems, and may be ported to others if it's worth your time. Cold Fusion is only available from Allaire; if they go under or don't want to develop for your system, you're out of luck.
PHP has had a slightly better track record of being upwardly compatible through version changes.
Both languages have
an IDE available, but I haven't used either one.
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Typical ploy, worthy of the SS name.
Actually, it was posted yesterday.
(couldn't resist the flamebait; moderators please forgive me...)
Actually, it won't. Since the standard defrag tool won't touch the area currently occupied by swap, when you reboot and recreate the swap file, it'll probably re-use the same (fragmented) space the old one was in.
So here's the fix: Defrag it twice. Once in regular mode, then set min & max to zero, reboot into safe mode, and defrag again. Then set your min & max to around 3 X Physical RAM and it'll be contiguous.
Maybe it's just my setup. I always lose a line or two of text between pages. The actual formatting is okay; it just can't seem to anticipate page boundaries very well.
If it would only print nicely. I still switch to Netscape when I want to print something.
According to the GPL, the FSF can sue them and win, simply by virtue of them hosting GPL'd software on their website.
Now, please don't misunderstand me -- I'm not trying to cast AMD as the bad guys. Personally, I prefer their products to Intel's. But they are in violation of GPL license, and somebody should inform them of that error, so that they may correct it.
Reading from their legal statement (link is at the bottom of their page), I see them simultaneously requiring me to adhere to the GPL attached to their "experimental versions of GCC and binutils", and also forbidding me from (2) modifying them, (3) using them for commercial purposes, or (4) decompiling/reverse-engineering/disassembling them.
Sounds like RMS should give them a call...
No wonder they're taking so long to get to market...
Glad I wasn't the only one who did a double-take on the name.
Any supervisor who fires me for giving out that kind of information is a supervisor that I didn't want to work for, anyway.
BTW, is that ADSL or SDSL?
Or are you just pulling numbers out of your back belt-loop?
It's usually referred to in the history books as "The Civil War".
Probably the only thing they see is a rectangular smudge against a muddy background, and if it's the polar lander, then the width and height of the smudge would be consistent with it standing up, but not consistent with it laying on its side. I really doubt they're getting good enough image clarity to see individual landing legs.
'Course, if the Martians really are playing with us, it might be standing on its head...
'Course, if the Martians really are playing with us, it might be standing on its head...
Honest men (and women) do enter politics. And almost to a man (or woman), they either quit early, or they heed the advice of the wise old American proverb:
Personally, I'm waiting for the third American Revolution to start. Where can I sign up?
What possible commonality can social behavior have with logic?
Not to bash Python, but you haven't talked to anybody who has tried to port Zope from 1.5.2 to 2.0.
After a number of fits and starts, I gave up trying.
The earlier poster is right; Python suffers from lack of an exact specification of the language. Pointing to other languages who share the problem doesn't make it go away.
And I love Python! I'm just not fanatical enough to think it can't get better.
If everybody (within the jurisdiction of the alleged patent) was a plaintiff, surely the cumulative damages would cause TechSearch to go under.
Maybe sue them under anti-trust laws. That'd be a switch, using anti-trust for the common good!
OTOH, even if you accept this absurd "patent" at face value, why would owning a website violate patent law?
If somebody patents an improved wheelbarrow, and a competitor copies (or independently re-develops) the design, and somebody buys one for their personal use, who violated patent law? Was it the buyer, or the seller, or both?
Cloned , not ported.
Careful with your terms, you don't want to get the xscreensaver developers sued or anything, do you?
In the unlikely event that this is true, it wouldn't stand up in court.
Contract law says that in order for me to be bound by a contract, I must:
If my employer agrees to a contract on my behalf, and does it without my knowledge or agreement, then I'm not bound by it. Not according to contract law, anyway.
OTOH, if you've already signed a "non-compete" agreement with your employer, then you've got bigger problems...
More like apple seeds and banana-cream pies.
Apparently, PHP-GTK gets by with linking to version 4 because GTK is released under the LGPL.
I'm surprised Richard Stallman hasn't released a blistering condemnation of the project yet.
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In PHP it is possible to store more than one function per file. It is not possible to store more than one Cold Fusion "custom tag" per file.
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In PHP you can access Oracle, MS-SQL, Postgres, and MySQL with equal ease. Cold Fusion is designed mainly to interface with MS-SQL.
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PHP can be integrated into Apache or IIS, but it is also small enough to be launched as a script interpreter. Cold Fusion runs as a server-side process, and tends to bog down a Pentium-3 550 with 256 meg of ram.
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PHP is free software; Cold Fusion is not.
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PHP is available for a much wider variety of hardware and operating systems, and may be ported to others if it's worth your time. Cold Fusion is only available from Allaire; if they go under or don't want to develop for your system, you're out of luck.
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PHP has had a slightly better track record of being upwardly compatible through version changes.
Both languages have an IDE available, but I haven't used either one.