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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliocentrism
The oldest estimates for the Antikythera Mechanism are 205 BC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism
So it is very well possible, if not likely, that the builders of the Antikythera Mechanism were aware of the heliocentric model.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interspecific_pregnancy#Causes...
> Some are. Maybe even most. But definitely not a universally true statement, particularly in areas where teacher pay is dramatically out of line with industry wages.
So you say that if we find out which teachers are incompetent and actually kick them out, we would need to raise teacher wages to the point of being competitive with the industry?
Sounds like a win-win to me.
https://mashable.com/2017/08/06/fish-antibiotics-america-hea...
The question is, would additional incentives promote good behavior or just lead to more measurement dysfunction. Some people think that just giving the "right" incentives is needed, but actual research shows otherwise.
No. If you increase rewards for uncovering bad science, it will just lead to false accusations.
> If you're not seeing the right incentives in place
Some people think that the very existence of incentives is the problem here. https://hbr.org/1993/09/why-incentive-plans-cannot-work
Much like a mathematical theorem, which of course has been true all the time since someone formulated the axioms, but when someone proves it for the first time it is "new".
You still don't get it. There is no disagreement in matters of law. Eric Lundgren even pleaded guilty to counterfeiting Dell restore discs. The only question that Microsoft was involved was how hard the punishment should be, because that is based on the value of the pirated goods.
Given that the restore disc images can be freely downloaded from the Internet and burned to disc by anyone, their value is negligible. Microsoft however lied to the court by saying that the value of the software on the restore discs is the same $25 as the value of the software and the refurbisher license. Nevermind that you need a valid license key to successfully install and activate Windows which didn't come with the restore disc.
And the court believed Microsoft's lies, and calculated the damages and prison term based on them. And this is why I stand by my original statement that Microsoft was "Having a man sent to prison for making Windows Restore DVDs from ISO images that you could download freely from the Internet"
And if you even in the face of the facts still claim that it is non-sense, then I am sorry to say: It is you who denies reality and parrots Microsoft apologism.
I know that Microsoft told egregious untruths to the courts about the value of the recovery CDs. They claimed with a straight face that the value of such a recovery CD (burned from an ISO image that could be downloaded freely from the Internet) was identical to the value of a Windows OEM license. And the courts have believed their statements.
You haven't bothered to check any of the facts besides what Microsoft purports. Your distorted view of reality seems to be entirely shaped by Microsoft PR.
> I'd suggest you link to a lawyer disputing the results of the case. Not a guy who fixes laptops for a living.
The facts speak for themselves. There is even an hour+ long interview with Eric Lundgren where he clearly describes his actions and motives and what he expected to accomplish.
The "guy who fixes laptops for a living" has probably more insight into the reality of repair/refurbishing/reuse of computers and electronics than you will ever have.
> you're just such an MS hater you're going to deny reality.
Where do I deny reality? All the seven points that I listed are verified by independent observers and media.
No matter if you believe whether Eric Lundgren deserved punishment or not, it was Microsoft's testimony that was critical in convincing the court and sending him to prison for 15 months.
Please stop the Microsoft apologism.
It is not nonsense. Microsoft testified against the man in court. They wanted him to go to prison.
And yes, what they did is lie to the court in order to achieve that goal. The sentencing is based on Microsoft testimony.
Louis Rossmann has some choice words for Microsoft:
Microsoft should come clean, admit their wrongdoings and recant doing from the following unethical practices:
1. Bullying the competition with software patents
2. Hijacking the ISO standardization process when they pushed through their OOXML specification
3. Having a man sent to prison for making Windows Restore DVDs from ISO images that you could download freely from the Internet
4. Lobbying lawmakers to block laws which promote open standards and free software for use in the government
5. Preventing users from running their own software using draconian DRM on closed devices (Windows 10 Mobile and S)
6. Enacting restrictive Marketplace policies against GPL-3 software
7. Launching misinformation campaigns ("Get the facts" etc.), Astroturfing and other ways of spreading lies, especially against Linux
So now they basically stopped #1 after already having more or less stopped #7, and while technically still on sale, the market laughed them out of #5. But they have still not owned up on anything, so someone mistrusting might think they could start at any time again.
I mean, Apple sued a business and wanted property confiscated. But Microsoft actually had someone sent to prison.
Louis Rossmann who became famous with his Apple repair videos, and is otherwise very critical of Apple repair policies, had some choice words for Microsoft in this case.
The Signal protocol is public, but not open. It is a proprietary protocol which is controlled entirely by the company behind Signal.
But lack of ECC support is a problem if you want to use virtualization for security, as Rowhammer can be used for attacking other VMs and ECC is often the last line of defense against Rowhammer.
https://fahrplan.events.ccc.de/congress/2016/Fahrplan/events...
So far, none of the modern ones are confirmed to support ECC.
For socket AM1 there are reports that it may be ECC capable, however no actual products exist that implement this support.
https://events.ccc.de/congress/2013/Fahrplan/events/5380.htm...