有意思的新闻，license的问题貌似越来越复杂了。

[url]http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2005/11/10/outlaw_software/[/url]

A new market has opened for second-hand Microsoft software licences by exploiting British insolvency laws and a clause within many Microsoft licences that permits disused or unwanted volume licences to be transferred. Microsoft says the business model is legal.

Discount-licensing.com, the trading name of Staffordshire-based Disclic Ltd, says it is the first and so far the only reseller of its kind.

The company, which launched its service this week, finds insolvent or downsizing firms and makes their multiple-user licences available to buyers – growing organisations or those with too few licences for an existing user base. CDs do not necessarily change hands, although they are available if required; what matters more is the transfer of a right to use the software for a set number of users.

The concept is of obvious benefit to the buyer. Discounts of 20 per cent – 50 per cent below the prices of any authorised Microsoft reseller are promised. But it also helps insolvency practitioners, letting them realise a new asset for their creditors. Discount-licensing.com acts as the middleman, taking a commission on each sale.

The transfer of second-hand corporate software is a complicated process. The licences usually state how and when they can be transferred. If transferred in breach of these conditions, the new user will be using the software illegally. Until now, however, the issue has only arisen in transfers between active companies in, for example, acquisitions, mergers or divestments.

Discount-licensing.com says its business model is compliant with Microsoft’s own transfer terms and conditions. It excludes operating system licences, such as those of Windows XP, because of transfer restrictions in these licences; but popular applications like Office XP and server-based software like Windows Server 2000 are available.

The company first approached Microsoft with its plan over 14 months ago and a Microsoft spokeswoman confirmed to OUT-LAW today that "the offerings from this company do meet Microsoft’s terms and conditions."

The frustration surrounding the principle that businesses are obligated to upgrade or purchase the most up to date versions of software at a premium price is coming to an end, according to discount-licensing.com, in much the same way, it suggests, that the first second-hand car market began.

The supply is not unlimited. Discount-licensing.com estimates that around 14,000 or 15,000 companies will be insolvent this year. Of them, only around 10 per cent may have licence agreements that are suitable for transfer. So Microsoft is not about to suffer a revenue crash.

Co-founder Jonathan Horley told OUT-LAW that he sees his first challenge as one of education. "Everybody said that licences don't have a value," he said. "Education is going to take some time."

It began last year when Horley contributed an article to the Recovery Journal, a publication of the Association of Business Recovery Professionals. He explained to insolvency practitioners that perpetual software licences are an intangible asset that can be realised, provided the licence terms do not prohibit a transfer. His point was in telling the insolvency practitioners what to look for at the start of an insolvency process, i.e. how to identify a multiple user licence, even if the PCs themselves are being sold. The details must then be cross-referenced with the software manufacturer. If the licences pass the test, they represent an asset that has a value that can be realised.

Horley pointed out that his service can help with compliance. Around one-third of business software is believed to be unlicensed in the UK, putting companies at risk of action from the Business Software Alliance. This is often because companies have purchased some licences but not enough for their number of users. Now companies that become aware of a licence shortfall can become compliant more cheaply through discount-licensing.com.

The website gives examples of job lots that can be bought – one offer is for 150 copies of Office Professional XP, 10 copies of Project 2000 Standard, one copy of FrontPage 2002 and seven copies of Visio Professional 2002. From a reseller, that collection might cost around £53,000. From discount-licensing.com, the cost is under £37,000.

Horley explained that customers have to buy licences in batches according to what is made available by each transferor. Licences cannot be divided. At the moment, for instance, Horley can offer a batch of 220 user licences for Office 2003. But if you need licences for just 150 users, unless another batch more closely suits your needs, you might want to compare Horley's price with the price from a regular reseller. But he points out that companies will take a view on their anticipated growth when deciding what presents the best deal - and that his prices are much lower than those from the established competition.

这个风格看起来还不错。直接在网页上写代码真tm累。

现在投票~~以前的黑色页面和现在的白色页面，你喜欢哪个?

A. 以前的

B.现在的

模板调整了半天还是没搞定，下回接着改。

这是Sasha的:





这是小关的:



你看，她们的姿势都很漂亮，但是小关的动作给人一种说不出的感觉。我想我会用优雅来形容小关，而不是Sasha。

   * Best of Show

         Mauro Persano - Animated GIF of rotating torus knots
         Country unknown

         sample (2.5 Mb)

   * Best Emulator

         Stephen Sykes - Commodore PET emulator
         Helsinki, Finland

   * Best 2D puzzle

         Gil Dogon - Block moving puzzle solver
         Jerusalem, Israel

   * Most circuitous walk

         Daniel Vik - X Windows 3D maze renderer
         La Jolla, CA USA

   * Best Game

         Oscar G. Toledo - Chess program
         Mexico

注意看鞋子， 有的是三轮的，可以缩短刀架长度利于旋转，而且都有前点冰器。

以下是引用Stanly在2005-10-11 14:04:27的发言：

第一張名為辛佳玲 教練為 單排花樣副主席杜旭昇 ,她是我小師妹,去年世界排名第七名,男孩世界排名第四,五名分別楊嘉祥與黃信縱,在此沒圖片,這些選手們的單排底座大多數來自 Artistic

这个好像不是冰刀的跳跃分级，所以三周跳已经是顶级了。

CLASS A JUMPS A级跳跃       
    1.Triple Mapes 三周点跳   
     2.Triple Toe-walley三周点华利跳   
     3.Triple Salchow三周沙克跳    
     4.Triple Flip三周菲利普跳    
     5.Triple Loop三周套跳     
     6.Triple Lutz三周勒兹跳
     7.Triple Axel Paulsen三周半艾克索跳
     8.Triple Boeckl三周跳  

 CLASS B JUMPS B级跳跃       
     1.Double Mapes二周点跳   
     2.Double Toe-walley二周点华利跳   
     3.Double Salchow二周沙克跳   
     4.Double Flip二周菲利普跳    
     5.Double Loop二周套跳    
     6.Double Lutz二周勒兹跳
     7.Double Axel Paulsen二周半艾克索跳
     8.Double Boeckl二周 跳
     9.Split Flip分跃菲利普
     10.Split Lutz分跃勒兹
    
CLASS C JUMPS C级跳跃       
     1. 1 1/2 Flip一周半菲利普跳
     2. 1 1/2 Lutz一周半勒兹跳  
     3.Wilson威尔逊跳     
     4.Lutz without toe无点勒兹  
     5.Boeckl
     6.Axel Paulsen周半艾克索跳
     7.Colledge
     8.Loop-IF or OF前内或前外套跳
     9.Split Mapes分跃点跳  
     10.Split Toe Walley周点华利跳

CLASS D JUMPS D级跳跃       
     1.Euler(Half loop)尤勒   
     2.Split or stag Waltz分跃   
     3.Walley 华利跳    
     4.Lutz 勒兹跳      
     5.Pat lowe      
     6. 1 1/2 Mapes一周半点跳
     7. 1 1/2 Toe Walley一周半点华利跳
     8.Combination Jump(3 jumps including 1 full-turn jump) 组合跳(含三种一周)
    
CLASS E JUMPS E级跳跃       
     1.Salchow沙克跳    
     2.Mapes or toe Walley点华利跳  
     3.Waltz jump华尔兹跳     
     4.Flip菲利普跳     
     5.Stag鹿跃      
     6.Split(1/2 rev)分跃(半周)
     7.Mazurka(1/2 rev)马兹卡跳(半周)
     8.Loop-OB or IB后外或后内套跳

CLASS F JUMPS F级跳跃       
     1.Bunny Hop兔跳     
     2.Split 分跳     
     3.Stag leap鹿跳    
     4.Flying Turns(3''s,Bracket,Rockers, Counters,1 of 16)飞转跳
     5.Mohawk摩和克跳
     6.Choctaw巧克特跳     
     7.Half Flip半周菲利普
     8.Half Lutz半周勒兹跳
     9.Half Mapes半周点跳

这些天疯狂的练习单排。似乎每天都是我第一个杀到图书馆，每天也是我最后一个离开。练习什么呢，练习跳跃，练习力量。前几天研究出两种过图书馆前面花坛的方法，一种是单脚跨步跨过去，还有一种是双脚跳上花坛的边缘，再立定跳远跳过去。据我自己yy还是第二种方法比较帅 - 因为我看不到自己跳过去的样子，就只能yy了。其实还可以在空中转体180度，会更有观赏性，有机会试试看。

除了跳花坛，还练习跳图书馆上面的五层楼梯。发现跳楼梯真的需要技术。如果你不用力跳，估计会撞到最下层的楼梯；如果你用力跳，由于脚是滑动的，根本无法发力；据老夫研究，最佳的方法应该是用第二个和第三个轮子卡住楼梯的边缘，双脚一蹬跳出去，这样能够发力，跳的远，可以安全跃过楼梯宽度，落下来的时候就看你的基本功了。但是这种方法也有一个难点，就是跳楼梯的时候一般会先加速一段再跳，在有一定速度的情况下是很难把握住轮子刚好卡住楼梯的那一瞬间的。我可以在立定的时候用这种方法跳过四层楼梯，但我确信要跳过五层楼梯一定需要一个初速度才行。我跳了一次五层楼梯，没有抓住那一瞬间，虽然还是凭自己猛力一蹬跳了出去，但是身体的平衡也失去了，落地的时候大大的摇晃几下，差点挂掉。

另外一种跳跃是华尔兹跳，今天一个人练了很久。现在的我已经能够把腿荡开漂亮的甩出去，然后转体180度换腿落下站住，但问题是站住以后的姿势不好看。因为我的韧带根本没有拉开，雁式平衡做成一陀屎，腿的开度不够，非常非常不好看。

唉，太不爽了。每天都是一个人练，没有人一起玩。要是有一个志同道合的朋友一起练就好了，可以互相交流。现在只能一个人来blog上jjww。刷版现在的人没几个是真正喜欢平花或者FSK的，每天来练的几乎没有，真怀念大四下的时候，每天都有一大帮朋友一起去刷湖。

继续等吧。

Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 08:40:04 -0700
From: Scott Long <scottl@FreeBSD.org>
To: freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.org
Subject: [FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD 6.0 Released

It is my great pleasure and privilege to announce the availability of FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE. This release is the next step in delivering the high performance and enterprise features that have been under development in the FreeBSD 5.x series for that last several years. Some of the many changes since 5.4 include:

Significant performance improvements to the filesystem and direct disk access layers of the OS. The filesystem is now multithreaded and can take full advantage of multiple CPU systems.

Expanded support for wireless networking adapters and new support for the WPA wireless security protocol.

Experimental support for the PowerPC platform.

For a complete list of new features and known problems, please see the release notes and errata list, available at:

http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/6.0R/relnotes.html
http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/6.0R/errata.html

For more information about FreeBSD release engineering activities, please see:

http://www.FreeBSD.org/releng

Availability
FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE supports the i386, pc98, alpha, sparc64, amd64, powerpc, and ia64 architectures and can be installed directly over the net using bootable media or copied to a local NFS/FTP server. Distributions for all architectures are available now.

Please continue to support the FreeBSD Project by purchasing media from one of our supporting vendors. The following companies will be offering FreeBSD 6.0 based products:

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If you can't afford FreeBSD on media, are impatient, or just want to use it for evangelism purposes, then by all means download the ISO images. We can't promise that all the mirror sites will carry the larger ISO images, but they will at least be available from the following sites. MD5 and SHA256 checksums for the release images are included at the bottom of this message.

有一天，柏拉图问老师苏格拉底什么是爱情？老师就让他先到到麦田里去，摘
一棵全麦田里最大最金黄的麦穗来，期间只能摘一次，并且只可向前走，不能回头
。

   柏拉图于是按照老师说的去做了。结果他两手空空的走出了田地。老师问他为
什么摘不到？

　　他说：因为只能摘一次，又不能走回头路，期间即使见到最大最金黄的，因为
不知前面是否有更好的，所以没有摘；走到前面时，又发决总不及之前见到的好，
原来最大最金黄的麦穗早已错过了；于是我什么也没摘。

　　老师说：这就是“爱情”。

　　之后又有一天，柏拉图问他的老师什么是婚姻，他的老师就叫他先到树林里，
砍下一棵全树林最大最茂盛、最适合放在家作圣诞树的树。其间同样只能砍一次，
以及同样只可以向前走，不能回头。

　　柏拉图于是照着老师的说话做。今次，他带了一棵普普通通，不是很茂盛，亦
不算太差的树回来。老师问他，怎么带这棵普普通通的树回来，他说：“有了上一
次经验，当我走到大半路程还两手空空时，看到这棵树也不太差，便砍下来，免得
错过了后，最后又什么也带不出来。”　　老师说：“这就是婚姻！”

http://research.microsoft.com/os/singularity/
ftp://ftp.research.microsoft.com/pub/tr/TR-2005-135.pdf

感觉M$最近积极了很多，不再是以前那幅半死不活的样子了，和大英图书馆合作，live.com之类的。都是Google的功劳啊。越来越有趣了。