This may not be the case with the current versions of MySQL but previously the Windows version of MySQL at least did have wide open root with no password by default.
What was the rationale of storing the data in XML? Were you planning on using XSLT to transform it? Were you planning on hand editing it and using an XSD schema to make sure it was still valid?
There's nothing wrong with XML, XML is an extensible markup language that allows you to write schemas that define your own subset of the language and write transforms that convert it into something presentable. Databases support outputing XML so that you can have the results of a query tranformed into something else (like XHTML).
If you're dealing with bulk data, by all means use what ever method is fast and reliable.
The economic constraits of development? Linus and his merry band of programmers did put untold millions of hours into Linux development, for "free", because they wanted to, not because someone else said they to.
id, Epic, Valve, et al make a tidy sum licensing their game engines to other companies, so they must have some value otherwise no one would pay for them, much like car manufacturers license engine designs to each other.
If a group of developers want to get together and put the time into making a game for free because they want to, that's great. There's seems to be a perception that there could be a single game engine for everything and you can just 'plug the art/design in' to make any game. Games using licenced game engines usually end up being remarkably similar to the game from where the engine was created. The configurablilty of a piece of software is not independent to performance and stability, otherwise every car would have the same engine in it:)
Are you suggesting that ANY proprietery companion service is illegal and should be abolished or only if the market share exceeds some threshold?
Yes, Apple has a monopoly on portable hard drive based MP3 players, but not because they have used illegal tactics to drive out the competition, I believe its because currently they offer the best product. There's nothing stopping another company starting exactly the same business. May the best product win. Apple does nothing to prevent you from doing this, unless they've signed a deal with record companies along the lines of, "if you sell any content to another online music store we will refuse to carry your product" which would be a monopolistic practice (which is EXACTLY what Microsoft did to drive out their competition).
The difference is that you see iTMS and the iPod as two different products in two different markets, whereas I see iTMS as a software feature of the iPod itself. The same goes for consoles and portable game units.
Couldn't agree more. Companies that have nothing but a patent portfolio and use it to extort money from others are amongst the lowest forms of life. The big fish don't need to have patents (other than to protect themselves from leeches who do), they can compete head to head. May the best product, or marketing campaign, win. If its something really new, the competition will lag by however long it takes them to reverse engineer your invention and develop their own, once it hits the market. The little fish either need to get some investors to see them through to market or just sell out to a big fish. I must be missing something here, what's the point of patents again? To fund research with no intention of production?
Even though no red blooded Mac user would ever switch to WinXP on PPC, one would have to imagine that this is exactly what MS is going to do. - The NT kernel was once maintained on PPC so its not like they'd be starting from scratch porting WinXP to PPC - Who owns Virtual PC again?
DVDs in different regions are sold for different prices. If DVDs were regionless then via the magic that is the Internet and FedEx, everyone would start buying DVDs from the cheapest marketplaces. Content producers would then be faced with a tough decision which would most likely result in DVDs not being sold in cheaper markets to protect their profits in the lucrative markets, or they'd sell them at full price in the cheaper markets which would just result in more piracy in those markets.
Personally I hate region codes (having friends/relatives in other region really sucks) but DVDs aren't the only thing subjected to the non-level playing field that is the global marketplace.
It is easy for Apple to change QuickTime to make this app useless, but it is nevertheless an interesting approach.
So what if Apple updates Quicktime? Unless they change the AAC format to break the current version what's the incentive to update if you have a version which allows removal of DRM from AAC?
the licence itself makes clear that if the conditions can't be fulfilled or the licence is found to be unenforceable, standard copyright law applies
Sure, but isn't this SCO's goal? They could care less about selling their own version of Linux, they just want to get paid for the components of Linux they're asserting ownership of.
There are a lot of peers sitting at 100% and occasionally some peers are getting as much as 700k/sec download speeds, but it looks like everyone is setup to not allow inbound connections (and with the current set of worms on the lose who could blame them). Time for some temporary firewall adjustments.
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"A method or apparatus to redundantly have every variable name indicate its type in a strongly typed language."
...
oddly enough the patent included a reference to another patent
"A method of apparatus to search and replace for variable prefixes."
This may not be the case with the current versions of MySQL but previously the Windows version of MySQL at least did have wide open root with no password by default.
What was the rationale of storing the data in XML?
Were you planning on using XSLT to transform it? Were you planning on hand editing it and using an XSD schema to make sure it was still valid?
There's nothing wrong with XML, XML is an extensible markup language that allows you to write schemas that define your own subset of the language and write transforms that convert it into something presentable. Databases support outputing XML so that you can have the results of a query tranformed into something else (like XHTML).
If you're dealing with bulk data, by all means use what ever method is fast and reliable.
The economic constraits of development? Linus and his merry band of programmers did put untold millions of hours into Linux development, for "free", because they wanted to, not because someone else said they to.
:)
id, Epic, Valve, et al make a tidy sum licensing their game engines to other companies, so they must have some value otherwise no one would pay for them, much like car manufacturers license engine designs to each other.
If a group of developers want to get together and put the time into making a game for free because they want to, that's great. There's seems to be a perception that there could be a single game engine for everything and you can just 'plug the art/design in' to make any game. Games using licenced game engines usually end up being remarkably similar to the game from where the engine was created. The configurablilty of a piece of software is not independent to performance and stability, otherwise every car would have the same engine in it
And the practical use of computer games (when compared to art and music) is?
I don't see any difference between music, art, software. All three are creative expressions, just the canvas is different.
Are you suggesting that ANY proprietery companion service is illegal and should be abolished or only if the market share exceeds some threshold?
Yes, Apple has a monopoly on portable hard drive based MP3 players, but not because they have used illegal tactics to drive out the competition, I believe its because currently they offer the best product. There's nothing stopping another company starting exactly the same business. May the best product win. Apple does nothing to prevent you from doing this, unless they've signed a deal with record companies along the lines of, "if you sell any content to another online music store we will refuse to carry your product" which would be a monopolistic practice (which is EXACTLY what Microsoft did to drive out their competition).
The difference is that you see iTMS and the iPod as two different products in two different markets, whereas I see iTMS as a software feature of the iPod itself. The same goes for consoles and portable game units.
all work and no play makes jack a dull boy ...
Couldn't agree more. Companies that have nothing but a patent portfolio and use it to extort money from others are amongst the lowest forms of life.
The big fish don't need to have patents (other than to protect themselves from leeches who do), they can compete head to head. May the best product, or marketing campaign, win. If its something really new, the competition will lag by however long it takes them to reverse engineer your invention and develop their own, once it hits the market. The little fish either need to get some investors to see them through to market or just sell out to a big fish. I must be missing something here, what's the point of patents again? To fund research with no intention of production?
Perhaps Infinium is pissed off that a google search for phantom console hits HardOCP before it hits the official site.
Even though no red blooded Mac user would ever switch to WinXP on PPC, one would have to imagine that this is exactly what MS is going to do.
- The NT kernel was once maintained on PPC so its not like they'd be starting from scratch porting WinXP to PPC
- Who owns Virtual PC again?
DVDs in different regions are sold for different prices. If DVDs were regionless then via the magic that is the Internet and FedEx, everyone would start buying DVDs from the cheapest marketplaces. Content producers would then be faced with a tough decision which would most likely result in DVDs not being sold in cheaper markets to protect their profits in the lucrative markets, or they'd sell them at full price in the cheaper markets which would just result in more piracy in those markets.
Personally I hate region codes (having friends/relatives in other region really sucks) but DVDs aren't the only thing subjected to the non-level playing field that is the global marketplace.
Do not install this, its horribly broken and a pain to get rid of.
It is easy for Apple to change QuickTime to make this app useless, but it is nevertheless an interesting approach.
So what if Apple updates Quicktime? Unless they change the AAC format to break the current version what's the incentive to update if you have a version which allows removal of DRM from AAC?
... this was announced before Reloaded was released in theatres.
the licence itself makes clear that if the conditions can't be fulfilled or the licence is found to be unenforceable, standard copyright law applies
Sure, but isn't this SCO's goal?
They could care less about selling their own version of Linux, they just want to get paid for the components of Linux they're asserting ownership of.
Virus which only affects cats and dogs, somehow gets out of the lab and wipes them all out. We then start using apes for pets and ... oh crap.
Might work if the telemarketers didn't put themselves on the DNC
According to this roadmap it _is_ out today :)
it only needs the higher ports if it fails on the first one, but it could hardly hurt :)
Try opening up (temporarily of course) 6881 so that peers can connect to you. My download speed went from 1k/sec to over 100k/sec.
Sure enough download speed went from 1k/sec to over 100k/sec after opening 6881 (the default listening port for BT)
:)
PS. Yes I know the difference between lose and loose, I just think faster than I type
There are a lot of peers sitting at 100% and occasionally some peers are getting as much as 700k/sec download speeds, but it looks like everyone is setup to not allow inbound connections (and with the current set of worms on the lose who could blame them). Time for some temporary firewall adjustments.
"But in education, diversity costs more."
lmao. Why is education different from any other industry? Do you than that Dell/MS will be giving out educational discounts if there's no competition?
zlib is completely free (and hence is used in a LOT of comercial software)
Hold down Alt :)