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I don't know much about Arrow, but AVnet borged another distributor recently (well a year ago or so), and my contact has changed a few times of the last year, frankly I've given up on them. I was eating more in my time then I saved over CDW (for the life of me, I don't understand how either, they should be massively cheaper, as they are a distributor). That said, the line where oracle didn't want them to worry about logistics implies to me that they ARE using a pull demand model.
TBH I can't imagine they could be much worse then SUN.
and I'm sure the Americans will do that right after the EU begins collecting and redistributing all taxes for their member states. What most in Europe don't seem to fully comprehend is that the "states" in the US are granted a degree of sovereignty (even to this day each state keeps it's own armed forces, it's called the "National Guard"), originally being much like the relationship the European member states have with the EU.
Once you realize that, the mindset of the Americans between the states and federals starts to make sense.
Pragmatism.
If something ISN'T a part of my core business, but I still have to do it, it's useful for me to amortize those costs across many other companies who also have to spend them. Even if the other companies that I am working with are my competitors, I gain from them working with me as much as they gain from me working with them. we can both lower our costs, everybody wins.
I think some of the reason for the improvement may be lost in the article. Generally one one turns in a project for a class at that level, the only person who will ever see it is the instructor. To the student, it is often little more then busy-work to prevent idle hands. From the student's perspective it is not even to educate them, but for an instructor to justify their job (which may or may not be a valid criticism, probably depending on the instructor).
Now they know they are contributing something which others will use. Why would that not be more motivational? It has nothing to do with the scathing review of wackypedians, this is GENUINE taking pride in ones work, which is much easier to do when you're doing it for a reason rather then to be thrown away.
Really I'm reminded of some movie (which I can't recall) where a jailer was having inmates move rocks from one side of a field to the other side. then when they were all moved he says "you know what? I think I liked them better over there." This is alot of what classwork is to the students. I think it's lost on instructors sometimes that kids aren't little essay-producing robots, but actually people.
'Some are silly, such as "Apps that exhibit bugs will be rejected," which would, let's face it, eliminates nearly every app ever written.'
Why is this silly? There is a difference between exhibiting bugs and having bugs. If the reviewer actually notices a bug it's rejected, if they developer noticed the bug it should have been fixed, if neither do, then it's accepted. I would even go a step further and say we can pull an App if a bug comes to light until it is resolved.
I think the "oh there are bugs in all software" crowd has lulled developers into thinking they shouldn't have to test their code, and shouldn't have to worry about quality control. Is it going to take a rehash of the Therac-25 disaster before developers start taking responsibility for their code?
I wouldn't call that a loophole, I would call that reasonable notification.
"If you don't let us put cookies, our page will not work." This is a function of how many sites work. Your browser can also just reject the cookies, but the sites will not work properly. You can just clear out the cookies when you are done, many browsers can do this as well.
The reality is, for an interactive site as we have come to expect, some tracking is required, this is because the protocols we are using are stateless. Cookies are a work-around, which make the interactive web possible. That is why comments like this and, to a lesser degree, this directive silly.
The UK response is actually much better then the EU one. This is a browser problem, not a site problem.
Make all browsers default to (with the option of changing) clearing cookies every hour (even if they are not set to expire). This would limit the costs to site operators, limit inconvenience to end users, and put it squarely back in the hands of the end users (who should not have to trust a third party to ensure their privacy).
I think you are mistaken. Not only does MS provide malware support, they provide it without additional charge to end users.
http://supportservices.microsoft.com/support/services/virus_malware_removal
Now, a legitimate problem they will charge you insane fees and maybe not come up with a solution, but on malware they will support you. (full disclosure: I have never utilized this service)
but the premise that it was not serious is also ridiculous. While there is no indication that the compromise provided the attacker with elevated privileges, It is well documented that a compromised website provides a solid attack vector to many users, more over if it is a "reputable" site (meaning a large, well known corporation). Web defacings are NOT trivial, and should be delt with swiftly, removing the site, analyzing the issue and correcting it, before it is used to spread malware.
I fail to see how this is "like a mac book" any more then a mac book is "like a thinkpad"
I was so amused listening to the boss on the phone fumbeling around trying to find a dongle for ethernet for his Air (which is where it would be if I had to fumble looking for a dongle to ethernet.... flying across the room.) Somebody needs to tell apple, the 90's called, they would like their lack of a proper ethernet port back.
Other then via patents, you cannot "Own" a format. AFAIK only JPEG2000 is encumbered, which is a vary small and avoidable (albeit at a size penalty) sub section of the image format. Google's main push is because this should outperform (or at least match) JPEG2000.
Unisys never "owned" the GIF format, they owned a patent on the compression scheme used in it. All documentation I have seen indicates that Unisys was unaware of the compression scheme being used by GIF until it was already widely deployed (remember, in the compuserve days, not everyone was online all the time like now, so this is plausible at the vary least).
Oracle may be being a dick, but SUN always said that the Java patents where to guard against incompatible Java implementations. In fact, SUN used this identical tactic when Microsoft was pushing an incompatible Java implementation. Their perspective (which seems to be somewhat accurate) is that Google is pushing an incompatible implementation. The 600lb guerrilla is that Oracle won't permit them to run the certification suite, which is the only problem I have with oracle in this case (although there are other reasons to dislike Oracle)
I'm not aware of anything going on with MySQL, other then one of it's former creators who in retrospect finds the GPL not permissive enough. Also not something I can blame oracle for.
Bingo!
they could just argue that baidu is directly acting as an arm of the US government, but without a connection to the US government this 1st amendment is not being violated. I'm guessing these yahoos haven't talked to a real lawyer.
I don't disagree with you.
I just am pointing out, the actual physical part (not just the networking part) of building a fiber network does require training. We are not talking about basic community service like collecting litter or scrubbing the work of vandals, we are talking about operating heavy machinery. I think that has been lost on many here.
I would not want someone not properly trained running a trencher or a boaring machine. The company I work for has paid (properly trained) people to run both, for the purpose of running both fiber and copper.
This is not a comment on intelligence either, it's a matter of training. I'm not qualified to operate that equipment either.
but that's also not what we are talking about.
They are patenting NOT paying when you sell it to them, but later when want to use it. Kinda like how Qlogic sells FC switches. You buy an "8-port" switch which is the same as a 24 port, except it has 16 ports shut off. Then you buy a license for the others as you need them.
In fairness though, I still fail to see how this is patentable.
Patent law, also badgers.
wow... this post is almost completely wrong, and where is't not wrong, it's a non-sequitor.
Copyrights do not require registration. In every Berne-convention country, they exist at the time of creation (or something smiler, "committed to fixed media" is one such term). Registration only permits additional damages, and I'm not even sure that is true of all Berne-signatories.
McDonalds does not have a copyright on the name, they have a trademark. Finding anything does not change the copyright claim, because they don't have one.
And no, you cannot get a copyright because someone "associated something with your product." If you could, I'm fairly sure the estate of Phillip K Dick would be pretty pissed when they lose copyrights to "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" because of Google's OS.
In the US somebody associating something with your product, does not make a trademark either. You (as the maker of the product) have to create the association. If anyone making the association, think of the number of companies who would be vying for "Crap." To boot, the application of European law is in no way, shape, or form relevant. This is before a US court, between entities operating in the US. US courts don't really care about european law, and even if they did, they wouldn't be properly qualified to make any decisions about it.
Genericness in the public mind is actually a valid test for a trademark, and as a test, it's not even based on when the trademark was used. There is no "prior art" type requirement in TM law, like their is in patent law.
TMs can be taken away if they fall into generic usage, this actually happened with Asperin, Freeware, Petrol, and Videotape. All of these where trademarks at one time, but fell into generic useage. Based on this, even *IF* Apple coined the term, AND there are not previous usages, if it is a generic term in the eyes of a lay-person, it can be taken away.
Both of those are huge "ifs"
Actually, most commercial licenses of MSO include a provision for the worker to use it at home or on a laptop, as well as one desktop. I think that provision is ONLY in volume licenses and even then there are multiple tiers, not all may have it.
But that is not necessarily piracy.
did that say I have to pay about 400USD for a netbook, then a 24USD/mo to keep using it? If it where just the 24USD/mo. That was moderately appealing, but if i have to buy the thing, then rent it again.... I don't think so.
It also depends on the terms of the contract. If it's just the 24/mo, and they are willing to replace it every time it fails... that's actually a pretty good deal.
"oops, i overheated on my bed again. oops it was raining, again. oops the dog peed on it, again"
Beer, oops...
It implies the FBI thinks these ISPs are doing something of dubious legality. And it more then implies the FBI are not doing what they get tax money for.
It also begs the question, "What, exactly, *IS* the FBI doing with the tax dollars it gets?" Clearly it isn't prosecuting illegal wiretaps.
A well-visioned leader in a small company like this can structure an IPO to still retain enough control to emphasize his vision. Also, I think the people inclined to invest in SpaceX are going to be people who share his vision, to most others it's going be we viewed as mostly wishful thinking.
Initially a license key dongle for one of their packages was an issue, but in the latest release VMWare corrected the problem for us. These thing are getting better.
You should certainly start with a VARY small, committed group to migrate and slowly expand the system, fixing the new problems that show up as you add people.
And ignore the hype, your hardware savings isn't where the benefit is, It's in improved maintainability. Nothing like having a user completely MUNG their desktop, punch up "delete" in the admin client, and telling them to just log back in. Although you really have to have a locked down environment to make it work well.
I can't speak to Citrix's Xen based solutions. I have had enough trouble with their Licensing server randomly destroying itself, and then trying to call their tech support is utter hell. I wouldn't even recommend their logo to piss on.
google does browser sniffing and sends a different page to Opera then to "first tier" browsers. Google specifically feeds Opera crap, and there really isn't anything else Opera can do about it. If you set the page to Firefox, it renders just fine.
Personally I think this is like if ford bought BP and started started selling higher quality petrol, but only to Ford owners. Would ford suddenly be the best automobile? Google (and anyone else using UA detection) are asshats who need bound and quartered.
Generally, with 2d you are, in effect, manipulating a framebuffer. normally the OS would provide you some primitives (which it can sanity check) or a framebuffer ("Canvas" if you prefer) and not actually provide you with direct access to the hardware. (at least insofar as what is provided to a web browser is concerned)
With 3D, OTOH performance becomes a much larger issue. We generally offload that to a GPU, shaders get written to run on GPUs. Because we pass the code to the GPU, to run directly on on the concern that it could be used as an attack vector to a system is solid one. For example, something like a shader which gets random chunks of memory looking for private keys. The OS is not designed (can it even be?) to protect against a processor on a compromised peripheral as an attack vector. It basicly allows anyone to do a "drive-by hacking" using, essentially, the same attack vector as the usb-dma vector.
http://www.google.com/search?q=USB+DMA+Attack
So, you don't think the front end changes are significant.
So, you don't think the back end changes are significant.
Can you tell me, exactly WHAT do you think is significant? Personally I blame all of you who want to blame someone else for not creating what you think is significant change, rather then taking some damn initiative and writing it your selves.
flash is aweinspreingly expensive per TB for primary storage of mass data, Tape has the speed issue (and I question the article's price-point for it). The reality is you use the flash for a cache for the subset of your data you are actually using, the "slow" hard drives for bulk-storage of near-line but not active data, and I suppose tape for offline backups.
I don't see drives dying in the enterprise for a while.
I wonder how he computed hit number of programmer hours on each platform.
For example did he use the programmer hours used on the product for all platforms? That wouldn't be right as UI APIs might make some platform use more developer-hours then another.
Maybe they track the number of developer-hours each project uses, but that would lead to the platform in which some common elements are developed being penalized, as it would be counted agains those platforms, rather then being equally spaced amongst the platforms.
I could go on, but I think you get the idea... Lies, damned lies, and statistics.
the design is utilitarian. What shape other then a "rectangle with rounded corners" would you suggest making a cell phone? Hell, RIM has been using that shape since since the 6210 (2003). if you are willing to count the pages it goes back to 850 (1998).
That's not even counting all the cellular phones made using that shape since we stopped using bag-phones. Basically everything but the flip-phones. Next they are going to be claiming trademark on the letter 'i'.
"Sure, it may seem like an obvious device to an electronics engineer building a computer"
To put it another way, "Obvious to a person have ordinary skill in the art." Strangely enough, that just so happens to be the definition of what you are not supposed to be able to patent. Seems like Woz isn't the only one who needs to shut up.