So then, the person who acquires a bootleg CD, rips it to mp3, and stores it on a personal hard drive, is not in violation, as long as the copy is not shared. Only the person who distributes (shares) said bootleg CD is in violation. Correct?
I wonder. If the multi-gigabyte mp3 collection of such a music collector was subpoenaed, would it constitute prima-facie evidence of copyright violation? Is "intent to distribute" a prosecutable offense under copyright law?
Of course, the practical answer is, when the authorities seize computer equipment as "evidence", they seldom give it back, even if the owner is not charged with any crime.
(sigh!) Imagine a world without hypothetical situations...
Gee, wonder how they defeated the lockouts that prevent you from aiming the equipment at your own ship? Removing safety-lockouts is a court-marshallable offense. Or used to be. (I've been out since '88.)
... when I saw the first 68000 datasheet... nice instruction set... plenty of registers, plenty of indexed addressing modes, and a hardware integer multiplier/divider.
Amen, brother! I remember attending a trade conference where Motorola was unveiling the MC68020 the same day that Intel was sporting their 80386. The '020 is SOOOOoooo much nicer to code for. I mean, who needs C when Assembly is so beautiful?
...I won't even open up the case of an existing CRT.
Oh, my goodness, you clueless weenie.
They're not that much different from TV's,
and I've opened up (and repaired) dozens
of TV's, with no formal education.
I bet you never opened up a radio, or a
clock, or changed the oil in your car, either.
Back in my day I had to write games in BASIC, on a 4.7Mhz computer with no hard disk and 128K of RAM. And I was grateful
Mine ran at about 1 Mhz, with 2k of RAM, and the maximum graphic resolution was something like 160x90 pixels in your choice of black or white.
I love this industry. Here I am, not yet 40, and I can swap stories with the old-timers. Unfortunately, I didn't have the opportunity to build an Altair, where you programmed it in binary by flipping switches and pressing a latch button. My 25-cents-per-week allowance just didn't stretch far enough.
Do you think the DOD has never used a piece of software the creator discontinued?
Yup. Personal experience in that area. A suprisingly large amount of DOD software was written for Clipper Summer '87.
To protect against that I am sure they always manage to get the source code up front (to say nothing of the security issues that require them to get closed source)
Sure, blue-laser DVD's will hold more. And by the time you can get a 50 GB blue-laser writer, you will be able to buy a 500 GB hard drive for less money. Probably a lot less.
The actual numbers may vary; I'm too lazy to look up how much blue-laser DVD's are supposed to be able to hold when they're available, but my point still holds. The cheapest backup in terms of Storage/Cost is removable hard drives.
Especially if Cost is figured as:
Cost of drive system + Cost of media + Cost of my time = TOO MUCH!
On DVDs it would be closer to 160 discs than 1600. That's (barely) manageable, but I still wouldn't want to hang around a computer long enough to swap out 160 discs. I've come to the conclusion that the best solution for automated backups is cheap removeable hard drives.
... if I had a TB at my disposal,... I could just use... (CDRs)... as backups.
1 Terabyte = roughly 1,600 CDR's.
I once did a backup of my (relatively small) system onto CDR's. Took over 40 discs.
Imagining how long it would take to backup a terabyte, I can only say,
Was pretty happy with spamassassin, but our mailserver was crumbling under the load.
Switched to bogofilter and, after a training period, we're now getting better accuracy (97.6%) with spam recognition than we did with SpamAssassin, with MUCH reduced server load.
... Well, at least it's a step up from the fridge.
Or rather, a step down.
Actually, I can see where this might possibly pay for itself, in a business environment, if it manages to keep the delinquents so preoccupied that they forget to deface the walls.
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Sounds like it's high time for another revolution.
So then, the person who acquires a bootleg CD, rips it to mp3, and stores it on a personal hard drive, is not in violation, as long as the copy is not shared. Only the person who distributes (shares) said bootleg CD is in violation. Correct?
I wonder. If the multi-gigabyte mp3 collection of such a music collector was subpoenaed, would it constitute prima-facie evidence of copyright violation? Is "intent to distribute" a prosecutable offense under copyright law?
Of course, the practical answer is, when the authorities seize computer equipment as "evidence", they seldom give it back, even if the owner is not charged with any crime.
(sigh!) Imagine a world without hypothetical situations...
Gee, wonder how they defeated the lockouts that prevent you from aiming the equipment at your own ship? Removing safety-lockouts is a court-marshallable offense. Or used to be. (I've been out since '88.)
Sounds like you answered your own question.
Perhaps "baited" would have been a better term. Anyway, I greatly appreciated the joke.
Why, oh why does the above gets past the lameness filter?
(Especially when a couple of lines of perl typically don't)
You sir, have just been (oh, so deliciously) trolled.
Easy. That's the classic 15-puzzle.
who above all, wanted a reliable o/s for their SpaceWar game.
Amen, brother! I remember attending a trade conference where Motorola was unveiling the MC68020 the same day that Intel was sporting their 80386. The '020 is SOOOOoooo much nicer to code for. I mean, who needs C when Assembly is so beautiful?
Oh, my goodness, you clueless weenie. They're not that much different from TV's, and I've opened up (and repaired) dozens of TV's, with no formal education.
I bet you never opened up a radio, or a clock, or changed the oil in your car, either.
Mine ran at about 1 Mhz, with 2k of RAM, and the maximum graphic resolution was something like 160x90 pixels in your choice of black or white.
I love this industry. Here I am, not yet 40, and I can swap stories with the old-timers. Unfortunately, I didn't have the opportunity to build an Altair, where you programmed it in binary by flipping switches and pressing a latch button. My 25-cents-per-week allowance just didn't stretch far enough.
At least I can't find it at their website anymore.
(doing a google search...)
Ah, there it is.
From their site:
From the above-mentioned website:
You're obviously not paying taxes in the U.S.
Yup. Personal experience in that area. A suprisingly large amount of DOD software was written for Clipper Summer '87.
BWAAAAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! (thunk!)
(/me gets back on chair.)
(sniffle!)
Oh, that's RICH!
You almost had me fooled for a minute there.
Sure, blue-laser DVD's will hold more. And by the time you can get a 50 GB blue-laser writer, you will be able to buy a 500 GB hard drive for less money. Probably a lot less.
The actual numbers may vary; I'm too lazy to look up how much blue-laser DVD's are supposed to be able to hold when they're available, but my point still holds. The cheapest backup in terms of Storage/Cost is removable hard drives.
Especially if Cost is figured as:
Cost of drive system
+ Cost of media
+ Cost of my time
= TOO MUCH!
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On DVDs it would be closer to 160 discs than 1600. That's (barely) manageable, but I still wouldn't want to hang around a computer long enough to swap out 160 discs. I've come to the conclusion that the best solution for automated backups is cheap removeable hard drives.
1 Terabyte = roughly 1,600 CDR's. I once did a backup of my (relatively small) system onto CDR's. Took over 40 discs. Imagining how long it would take to backup a terabyte, I can only say,
Here we go...
Thanks, but you're a bit late. I just searched for "cyclomatic complexity" and followed the first link.
Your link looks pretty interesting, too.
Which brings up another question:
Are there any Open Source programs which measure cyclomatic complexity?
(off to google again...)
Now I gotta look up "cyclomatic complexity."
(sigh) I guess I DO have free time to burn; I'm reading Slashdot, aren't I?
Yup, my HS art teacher used that one. First time in my life I drew a realistic-looking portrait.
Too much effort though. And I didn't see any rich portrait artists, so I went back to hacking.
I had the same problem.
Was pretty happy with spamassassin, but our mailserver was crumbling under the load.
Switched to bogofilter and, after a training period, we're now getting better accuracy (97.6%) with spam recognition than we did with SpamAssassin, with MUCH reduced server load.
Or rather, a step down.
Actually, I can see where this might possibly pay for itself, in a business environment, if it manages to keep the delinquents so preoccupied that they forget to deface the walls.