December 20th 2007. Today the Protocol Freedom Information Foundation (PFIF), a non-profit organization created by the Software Freedom Law Center, signed an agreement with Microsoft to receive the protocol documentation needed to fully interoperate with the Microsoft Windows workgroup server products and to make them available to Free Software projects such as Samba. Microsoft was required to make this information available to competitors as part of the European Commission March 24th 2004 Decision in the antitrust lawsuit, after losing their appeal against that decision on September 17th 2007.
It certainly "worked", so well in fact that it was banned at my university because when we played doom we starved out all other network traffic. Didn't keep us from breaking into the comp sci labs at night to play it, though.
The parent comment needs to be moderated up. Many people are actually thanking the Conservatives for backtracking on what is, essentially, their stated policy. With the upcoming election, they are just hedging their bets that they will win another minority or even (God help us) a majority, and if that happens rest assured this policy change will go through (as well as the DMCA style copyright law waiting in the wings now).
Non-American here, just wondering if this means foreign corporations can now open shell businesses in the US and spend billions of dollars to influence US elections to favour their own companies or countries? I guess in the past they would have had to convince actual US citizens (or pay lobbyists) to do the influencing for them, they can now do so pretty much directly without the middle man. Interesting.
I use a black Unicomp space saver 104 with the "Linux" layout model #UB40V46 with the control and escape keys placed where God intended them. I've tried a lot of other keyboards, and none of them have the heft or the solid feedback that the Model M style 'boards have. With this keyboard I can type faster and more accurately than with other keyboards. Also, there is simply nothing better than capping off a line of code than a nice, solid, CLUNK on the enter key. In this respect, the Unicomp's aren't quite as good as the true Model M's, but it's close enough for me.
What is most interesting to me is that in the case of HPC, the situation between Windows and Linux is reversed. Linux has overwhelming market share in HPC, compared to Windows status as a niche player (and that is being generous). Despite this fact, Microsoft regularly gets fawning coverage in the media for their HPC efforts, far more than they should be if you consider their marketshare. It's like PC Magazine going on and on about all the latest developments in the Linux desktop market.
I guess, as per usual most people haven't even RTFA. Here's an excerpt:
The principal scientist at the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) said one of the first applications for these better performing metals would be in the wall linings of fusion reactors where temperatures would be in a similar range to those experienced in the Twin Towers' fires.
Surprise! It took a big bad nanny state government scientist to do this research. That sound you hear is ayn spinning in her grave. Maybe some government funded research lab will be able to figure out how to harness her spinning to power the grid.
IMHO the problem has nothing to do with whether an animal is self-aware but whether we can understand and classify the nature of its thoughts. It's like a european explorer watching an African dance ritual for the first time, and then deciding that because their skin is a different colour and they perform undecipherable rituals that they are not fully human. The problem is one of interpretation.
This is all just the re-animated remains of Cairo, the "revolutionary" Microsoft OS that was going to leapfrog all competitors and was due at different times during the 90's and then was never actually released. Looks like it has been dug up, renamed and is now being trotted out as the next next big thing AGAIN.
IBM was actually convicted of exactly this kind of behaviour back in the 80's and was forbidden to announce products until they were close to actually being produced. It is a fairly effective way for dominant companies to lock competitors out of the market and has been used since the early part of this century.
Furthermore, I can't imagine my mom wanting to bother trying to set up wireless in ANY Linux distro
Yes, because it is so f'ing difficult to turn on a computer, click on the little icon, select the wireless network to connect to and then enter the password. So so difficult. I had better tell my computer-phobe in-laws that they need to stop using their Linux laptop which a guy on the internets says is impossible.
When you compare the same jobs, same qualifications, same experience, same competency and same working hours, there is no meaningful difference between male and female salaries.
A solar powered flashlight (and its close cousin, the wind powered fan) make a lot of sense, so long as there is a battery in there to store the energy.
Buy one of these (or build your own). It's easy to find cool images online... just look at all the suggestions. No need to limit yourself to a couple of framed posters.
This scheme will fail just as every simplistic ideologically driven utopian fantasy has failed.
Oh I'm sure they have it all worked out. Just look at how successful they are despite being burdened with paying taxes. Now imagine how successful they will be WITHOUT taxes! How clever. How naive.
The degree of spectacularity of the failure is still to be determined, and I would guess it will be about proportional to the level to which the founding oligarchs take their commitment to the faith.
One thing is for sure... it will be hilarious to see the look on their faces when they call the US government to rescue them from some terrible thing such as cuban invaders, a stiff breeze, or worst or all... creeping statism. Naturally they will blame their failure on some list of imperfections that prevented them from having a true libertarian utopia. After all, it works so well in Ayn Rand and Vernor Vinge novels, how could it not work just as well in the real world?
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Of course what you failed to mention is that Microsoft only did this because the European Commission forced them to:
The 1984 ad wasn't a warning, it was a promise.
It certainly "worked", so well in fact that it was banned at my university because when we played doom we starved out all other network traffic. Didn't keep us from breaking into the comp sci labs at night to play it, though.
The parent comment needs to be moderated up. Many people are actually thanking the Conservatives for backtracking on what is, essentially, their stated policy. With the upcoming election, they are just hedging their bets that they will win another minority or even (God help us) a majority, and if that happens rest assured this policy change will go through (as well as the DMCA style copyright law waiting in the wings now).
Apple and Microsoft, working together against open source. How delicious.
Non-American here, just wondering if this means foreign corporations can now open shell businesses in the US and spend billions of dollars to influence US elections to favour their own companies or countries? I guess in the past they would have had to convince actual US citizens (or pay lobbyists) to do the influencing for them, they can now do so pretty much directly without the middle man. Interesting.
Hello moderators?
Slashdot in a nutshell.
I use a black Unicomp space saver 104 with the "Linux" layout model #UB40V46 with the control and escape keys placed where God intended them. I've tried a lot of other keyboards, and none of them have the heft or the solid feedback that the Model M style 'boards have. With this keyboard I can type faster and more accurately than with other keyboards. Also, there is simply nothing better than capping off a line of code than a nice, solid, CLUNK on the enter key. In this respect, the Unicomp's aren't quite as good as the true Model M's, but it's close enough for me.
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What is most interesting to me is that in the case of HPC, the situation between Windows and Linux is reversed. Linux has overwhelming market share in HPC, compared to Windows status as a niche player (and that is being generous). Despite this fact, Microsoft regularly gets fawning coverage in the media for their HPC efforts, far more than they should be if you consider their marketshare. It's like PC Magazine going on and on about all the latest developments in the Linux desktop market.
She has a cult like following that will buy up most anything she recommends.
She's the Steve Jobs of pulp novels!
I guess, as per usual most people haven't even RTFA. Here's an excerpt:
Surprise! It took a big bad nanny state government scientist to do this research. That sound you hear is ayn spinning in her grave. Maybe some government funded research lab will be able to figure out how to harness her spinning to power the grid.
I think you should be more worried about anti-hybrid nujobs who will completely destroy your car because they think you are "too smug".
IMHO the problem has nothing to do with whether an animal is self-aware but whether we can understand and classify the nature of its thoughts. It's like a european explorer watching an African dance ritual for the first time, and then deciding that because their skin is a different colour and they perform undecipherable rituals that they are not fully human. The problem is one of interpretation.
Do you honestly believe that private sector applications are written any better?
This is all just the re-animated remains of Cairo, the "revolutionary" Microsoft OS that was going to leapfrog all competitors and was due at different times during the 90's and then was never actually released. Looks like it has been dug up, renamed and is now being trotted out as the next next big thing AGAIN.
IBM was actually convicted of exactly this kind of behaviour back in the 80's and was forbidden to announce products until they were close to actually being produced. It is a fairly effective way for dominant companies to lock competitors out of the market and has been used since the early part of this century.
Furthermore, I can't imagine my mom wanting to bother trying to set up wireless in ANY Linux distro
Yes, because it is so f'ing difficult to turn on a computer, click on the little icon, select the wireless network to connect to and then enter the password. So so difficult. I had better tell my computer-phobe in-laws that they need to stop using their Linux laptop which a guy on the internets says is impossible.
When you compare the same jobs, same qualifications, same experience, same competency and same working hours, there is no meaningful difference between male and female salaries.
Source?
For reference, here is Bill Gates' email asking how they can make ACPI incompatible with Linux.
A solar powered flashlight (and its close cousin, the wind powered fan) make a lot of sense, so long as there is a battery in there to store the energy.
It's better than the American health care system, so that would be a plus compared to going to the USA.
Debunked.
Buy one of these (or build your own). It's easy to find cool images online... just look at all the suggestions. No need to limit yourself to a couple of framed posters.
This scheme will fail just as every simplistic ideologically driven utopian fantasy has failed.
Oh I'm sure they have it all worked out. Just look at how successful they are despite being burdened with paying taxes. Now imagine how successful they will be WITHOUT taxes! How clever. How naive.
The degree of spectacularity of the failure is still to be determined, and I would guess it will be about proportional to the level to which the founding oligarchs take their commitment to the faith.
One thing is for sure... it will be hilarious to see the look on their faces when they call the US government to rescue them from some terrible thing such as cuban invaders, a stiff breeze, or worst or all... creeping statism. Naturally they will blame their failure on some list of imperfections that prevented them from having a true libertarian utopia. After all, it works so well in Ayn Rand and Vernor Vinge novels, how could it not work just as well in the real world?