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You may want to do what I did - rip the DVD with DeCSS, rip it to a VCD, and watch it in your DVD player. I found that this particular title suffered almost zero quality loss through the whole process.

Disclaimer: by doing this you are violating copyright law and can be prosecuted. Consider yourself forewarned.

No it couldn't. If you read to the end of Tom's page, you would see:

3. Embed is not a "circumvention device" as defined under 17 U.S.C.

3A. Embed is exempt under 1201(a)(2)(B), because it has substantial commercially significant use other than circumvention....

3B. Embed is not "primarily designed or produced" for the purpose of circumvention....

4. Embed has substantial non-infringing use

4A. Because Embed has substantial non-infringing uses (see above paragraph), it is outside the reach of 1201(a)(2)....

So, something has to be *primarily* designed and used to circumvent, before it comes under DMCA.

From Tom's page:

I wrote embed in 1997, after discovering that all of my fonts disallowed embedding in documents. Since my fonts are free, this was silly -- but I didn't want to take the time to open up each one in Fontographer, change the flag, and then reset all of the extended font properties with a separate program

I've copied the program and the pages containing Tom's email correspondance to my website.

I think it would be really funny if lots of people mirror the program and suddenly AGFA Monotype finds that it is all over the net!

Anyway, in case you're curious, I've been pushing their buttons a little bit, with the help of Dave Touretzky , and my current guess is that they have given up on me. (I haven't heard back since the letter I sent them that's on that page.) But I will be happy to go to court over this retarded case, and the EFF has informally offered to help if I do. ( Donate! )

In case you're interested, my fonts, which I've been making since 1993 (and which are free for you to use for practically anything) are at fonts.tom7.com .

See, for example, TOM Conversion Service seems to get the most linkage.

Here's a link to a terribly useful site for converting your postscripts and word docs into pdf or jpeg.

Just click here (Converting postscript to pdf).

You mean these movies.

(Note: I'm sitting in a RoboCup lab right now, so IMNSHO:)

I don't think the favorite is going to be Iran this year, but more likely the Phillips professional team, which won the German Open this year. That said, I wish people would realize there are 4 leagues, not just the middle size league, with different robots and different favorites in each. In the Sony Legged league, UNSW has dominated, though we came in second :) There are a lot of strong teams in the league though so we'll have to see...

In the small size, I'd say the favorites are last year's winner LuckyStar II from Singapore, and Big Red from Cornell University. FU-Fighters is also a pretty strong team. Our team (CMU) hopes to do a lot better this year in the small size league. We won in '97 and '98, but haven't done too well since then.

I don't know to much about the simulation league so I won't bother to comment. Finally, a personal plug: See a video from the vision system of a Sony legged robot here. It'll give you more respect for how hard a problem this is :) It sure did that for me, even though I've been programming them for several years.

(Note: I'm sitting in a RoboCup lab right now, so IMNSHO:)

I don't think the favorite is going to be Iran this year, but more likely the Phillips professional team, which won the German Open this year. That said, I wish people would realize there are 4 leagues, not just the middle size league, with different robots and different favorites in each. In the Sony Legged league, UNSW has dominated, though we came in second :) There are a lot of strong teams in the league though so we'll have to see...

In the small size, I'd say the favorites are last year's winner LuckyStar II from Singapore, and Big Red from Cornell University. FU-Fighters is also a pretty strong team. Our team (CMU) hopes to do a lot better this year in the small size league. We won in '97 and '98, but haven't done too well since then.

I don't know to much about the simulation league so I won't bother to comment. Finally, a personal plug: See a video from the vision system of a Sony legged robot here. It'll give you more respect for how hard a problem this is :) It sure did that for me, even though I've been programming them for several years.

Playing soccer DOES involve solving problems of vision and cognition. Sure there is some hacking involved but work of scientific work gets done in the process.

I had a chance to attend a great presentation by Prof. Manuela Veloso of CMU just a few weeks ago and I found that that Robot Soccer is pushing a lot of advances in Multi Agent learning and planning.

The coolest part is when she played video of what the robots(these were AIBOs) were seeing when they were playing soccer. The camera was jerking all over the place, the perspective was topsy turvy, upside down, sideways, yet they still managed to find and hit the ball.Even she was surprised that they were able to work with such "dirty" data.

People are always knocking this work, but its not as trivial as it may seem at first.

My university, Carnegie Mellon, competes in this competition. We usually do very well, I think second last year or the year before. But if anyone would like to see a video of the action, here's one here. Very cool stuff.

Here is a converted PDF from that website http://wheel.compose.cs.cmu.edu:8001/cgi-bin/brows e/objreal/BPtemp4701.1019671810,0

Right Click and Save as PDF it has a temp File name

Here's a link to a terribly useful site for converting your postscripts and word docs into pdf or jpeg.

Alice is primarily a scripting and prototyping environment for 3D object behavior, not a 3D modeler, so Alice is much more like LOGO than AutoCAD. By writing simple scripts, Alice users can control object appearance and behavior, and while the scripts are executing, objects respond to user input via mouse and keyboard.

I see an opportunity here for a free (as in speech) version. It could go a long way in the acceptance of Linux at the elementary school level.

This is a good idea. In a similar vein,
this group at Carnegie Mellon have created an online agent that schedules events for users, with a plug-in for outlook that communicates with the agent.

Is Coda pure research? Seems pretty useful to me...

Because they are a "threat to something," and the Federal Government has known it for quite some time, having spent millions to put various heads of the Co$ behind bars.

How is what they do different than what Christianity and Islam do?

While there are frequent horrific actions performed in the U.S. by adherents or even senior authorities of Christianity and Islam (e.g. the recent revelations about Cardinal Bernard Law in Boston), I am not aware of large-scale illegal operations authorized and performed by heads of those respective churches. As just one example, this Time Magazine article notes massive wiretapping and burglary operations aimed at Federal agencies, for which a large number of top-level authorities of the Co$ (including Hubbard's wife) were sent to prison.

That's silly. Of course they do. There are many different shades of Christianity, but the evangelical crowd would be quite happy to see the United States become a Christian nation, and frequently espouse their wish for laws that would establish this. More frequently than not, their tactics are just as unethical as the Scientologists are. From stealth candidates [ifas.org] to pushing for so-called "intelligent design" [world-of-dawkins.com] theories, they are well versed in using the political system to achieve religious ends.

Read up on the rise and fall of the Christian Coalition for more information on this.

And you may wish to read up on the history of the Co$ as well. See, for instance, this Time magazine article. While it's true that other religious organizations have been known to use the legal process to further their ends, I don't think it's sane to compare the two, at least in the U.S. I would not be at all surprised if the number of lawsuits filed in the U.S. by the Co$ and its related organizations within the last ten years were larger than all lawsuits filed by all.other recognized religious organizations in the U.S. added together.

Carnegie Mellon University has been working on the ulib project for a number of years now.

This is also a shameless plug for one of my IRC friends responsible for this. Hi Latinum.

No need for new projects -- already good distributed filesystems that you can set up big servers with
afs? (or here)
coda?
intermezzo?

CMU, for example, uses AFS campus-wide. Your login scripts and dotfiles and whatnot all reside in your home directory (on AFS) so preferences migrate with you.

You can make things world-readable, and because AFS has a global namespace, anyone can see them. If I do research at MIT as well, I just need to grab a Kerberos ticket from their KDC and start using my files over there.

Just plonk a server in place, put an array of 100GB drives in place, make things readable by whomever you want, and you're good to go.

If you want a system designed with fancy automated caching that people can use without dicking around with Kerberos, freenet's a good choice. Of course, there's no guarantee that the data will stay around, but cest la vie.

And if you want to read it (I did, very eye-opening and amusing as hell) the text is fully available on line. Here.

David Touretzky can help you in this regard with his page. He's got links to many of the major things.

i should think that human computer interaction research by definition applies to real-world applications. by making real live humans central, obviously any research must be geared towards things humans will use, thus being applicable to the "real world". while a lot it may not all be useful today and now (e.g., his reference to "unworkable, esoteric 3-d browsers") it still has applications (military, etc) and most will probably eventually filter down to the mainstream, not to mention the ton of more "real world" hci research going on, especially in corporations whose focus is on the usability of their products (e.g. nokia hardware/software, microsoft, etc).

in terms of the best labs, i'm biased coming from cmu, but i can say we have quite a repertoire of "real world" research projects like computer based tutoring, safer cars (with gm), the use of the internet in american homes, and making programming accessible to all in addition to the more far off stuff like command post of the future, visual copresence, and everybody's favorite, wearable computing

i should think that human computer interaction research by definition applies to real-world applications. by making real live humans central, obviously any research must be geared towards things humans will use, thus being applicable to the "real world". while a lot it may not all be useful today and now (e.g., his reference to "unworkable, esoteric 3-d browsers") it still has applications (military, etc) and most will probably eventually filter down to the mainstream, not to mention the ton of more "real world" hci research going on, especially in corporations whose focus is on the usability of their products (e.g. nokia hardware/software, microsoft, etc).

in terms of the best labs, i'm biased coming from cmu, but i can say we have quite a repertoire of "real world" research projects like computer based tutoring, safer cars (with gm), the use of the internet in american homes, and making programming accessible to all in addition to the more far off stuff like command post of the future, visual copresence, and everybody's favorite, wearable computing

i should think that human computer interaction research by definition applies to real-world applications. by making real live humans central, obviously any research must be geared towards things humans will use, thus being applicable to the "real world". while a lot it may not all be useful today and now (e.g., his reference to "unworkable, esoteric 3-d browsers") it still has applications (military, etc) and most will probably eventually filter down to the mainstream, not to mention the ton of more "real world" hci research going on, especially in corporations whose focus is on the usability of their products (e.g. nokia hardware/software, microsoft, etc).

in terms of the best labs, i'm biased coming from cmu, but i can say we have quite a repertoire of "real world" research projects like computer based tutoring, safer cars (with gm), the use of the internet in american homes, and making programming accessible to all in addition to the more far off stuff like command post of the future, visual copresence, and everybody's favorite, wearable computing

i should think that human computer interaction research by definition applies to real-world applications. by making real live humans central, obviously any research must be geared towards things humans will use, thus being applicable to the "real world". while a lot it may not all be useful today and now (e.g., his reference to "unworkable, esoteric 3-d browsers") it still has applications (military, etc) and most will probably eventually filter down to the mainstream, not to mention the ton of more "real world" hci research going on, especially in corporations whose focus is on the usability of their products (e.g. nokia hardware/software, microsoft, etc).

in terms of the best labs, i'm biased coming from cmu, but i can say we have quite a repertoire of "real world" research projects like computer based tutoring, safer cars (with gm), the use of the internet in american homes, and making programming accessible to all in addition to the more far off stuff like command post of the future, visual copresence, and everybody's favorite, wearable computing

i should think that human computer interaction research by definition applies to real-world applications. by making real live humans central, obviously any research must be geared towards things humans will use, thus being applicable to the "real world". while a lot it may not all be useful today and now (e.g., his reference to "unworkable, esoteric 3-d browsers") it still has applications (military, etc) and most will probably eventually filter down to the mainstream, not to mention the ton of more "real world" hci research going on, especially in corporations whose focus is on the usability of their products (e.g. nokia hardware/software, microsoft, etc).

in terms of the best labs, i'm biased coming from cmu, but i can say we have quite a repertoire of "real world" research projects like computer based tutoring, safer cars (with gm), the use of the internet in american homes, and making programming accessible to all in addition to the more far off stuff like command post of the future, visual copresence, and everybody's favorite, wearable computing

i should think that human computer interaction research by definition applies to real-world applications. by making real live humans central, obviously any research must be geared towards things humans will use, thus being applicable to the "real world". while a lot it may not all be useful today and now (e.g., his reference to "unworkable, esoteric 3-d browsers") it still has applications (military, etc) and most will probably eventually filter down to the mainstream, not to mention the ton of more "real world" hci research going on, especially in corporations whose focus is on the usability of their products (e.g. nokia hardware/software, microsoft, etc).

in terms of the best labs, i'm biased coming from cmu, but i can say we have quite a repertoire of "real world" research projects like computer based tutoring, safer cars (with gm), the use of the internet in american homes, and making programming accessible to all in addition to the more far off stuff like command post of the future, visual copresence, and everybody's favorite, wearable computing

Then again, you don't necessarily need a degree in HCI, CS, or psych at all. For example, if you're coming from the programming side (as I suspect many here on /. are :) ), you could get a job building user interfaces, which is mostly programming with some HCI component. Then you could migrate pretty smoothly to doing higher-level, design type work, which would be more HCIish and less CSish.

As far as books, here are a few I like:

• The Design of Everyday Things, by Don Norman.
• Programming As If People Mattered, by Nathaniel Borenstein.

If you want to see what the cutting edge of HCI is, check out proceedings and journals, such as the ACM conference on HCI (Human Factors in Computing Systems, a.k.a. SIGCHI) or the ACM Symposium on User Interfaces Software and Technology (UIST).

CMU's Human Computer Interaction Institute (http://www.hcii.cmu.edu/ )is worth a look - B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees are offered.

Amway hates people that do that.

Amway also hate people who expose them for what they try and get away with.

Amway is not a scam, and the right people can make a really good living.

Amway is much more than a scam - it borders on being a religious cult. Same methods, indoctrination, literature, motivational techniques - everything.

Amways products are more expensive, but they are all top quality.

Spoken like a true Amserf. They are more expensive and they suck according to independent tests.

Amway also contribute a lot of money to local orginizations, and foundations.

Which makes it all OK I suppose...

Amway hates people that do that.

Amway also hate people who expose them for what they try and get away with.

Amway is not a scam, and the right people can make a really good living.

Amway is much more than a scam - it borders on being a religious cult. Same methods, indoctrination, literature, motivational techniques - everything.

Amways products are more expensive, but they are all top quality.

Spoken like a true Amserf. They are more expensive and they suck according to independent tests.

Amway also contribute a lot of money to local orginizations, and foundations.

Which makes it all OK I suppose...

...check out the Nursebot Project here at CMU. Not only will these robots provide companionship, but they are intended to provide basic health monitoring and assistance with activities of daily living. The prototype robots have already gone into nursing homes and interacted with residents, and in general the response has been very positive.

There may be commercially available solid state technology in a couple of years, but for now, you have to be a Carnegie Mellon grad to get your hands on one

There may be commercially available solid state technology in a couple of years, but for now, you have to be a Carnegie Mellon grad to get your hands on one

I've been trained in that stuff. It's wonderful in theory. In practice? All the metrics only work if you are doing the same stuff you've done before. If you are doing something new, then they don't work. Which is why few people actually use them.

Looks good on a resume, though.

I've been trained in that stuff. It's wonderful in theory. In practice? All the metrics only work if you are doing the same stuff you've done before. If you are doing something new, then they don't work. Which is why few people actually use them.

Looks good on a resume, though.

But Carnegie Mellon (also mentioned in the article) does: Entertainment Technology Center

The Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) at Carnegie Mellon University offers a two-year Masters of Entertainment Technology degree, jointly conferred by Carnegie Mellon University's College of Fine Arts and School of Computer Science. Carnegie Mellon is relatively unique among U.S. Universities in being able to offer this kind of degree, as we have both top-quality fine arts and top-quality technology programs.

The ETC also has an undergraduate course called Building Virtual Worlds - check out the class's final project.

But Carnegie Mellon (also mentioned in the article) does: Entertainment Technology Center

The Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) at Carnegie Mellon University offers a two-year Masters of Entertainment Technology degree, jointly conferred by Carnegie Mellon University's College of Fine Arts and School of Computer Science. Carnegie Mellon is relatively unique among U.S. Universities in being able to offer this kind of degree, as we have both top-quality fine arts and top-quality technology programs.

The ETC also has an undergraduate course called Building Virtual Worlds - check out the class's final project.

Then they upgraded to Windows 2000, which runs games like Starcraft just fine. They did break the sound drivers, but that's okay.

What's even nicer is that the G3s and G4s that they buy have very gamer-friendly specs. One organization on campus has reserved computer clusters during off-peak times to play games like UT in there. Runs great.

One of the unintended side effects of the CBDTPA that has not been explored
is the negative impact on many ongoing high-tech DoD programs vital for national
defense.

In these days, especially, no politician will want to be perceived as obstructing
the "war on terrorism" to benefit Hollywood and Disney.

In general, one part of the argument you should develop is that CBDTPA will
increase complexity and costs of all programmable COTS hardware and associated
software. It should be an easy task to point out the benefit of using
low-cost COTS solutions to the national defense. This SEI
Monograph discusses various laws and regulations that encourage or mandate
use of COTS technology in DoD programs. Note that the term "COTS" refers
to open source as well as proprietary software, and is meant only to exclude
custom, one-off type software.

As far as the negative effect of the CBDTPA on open source software, and
the resulting impact on national defense, you need only do some research
on the wide use of open source solutions in ongoing DoD programs and operations
to prove your point. Here is a link to a presentation
(pdf) prepared by MITRE that discusses general use of open source software
by the military. A couple of specific programs I would point to: Linux
is a supported platform for the OneSAF testbed, and is
practice is the platform of choice for ModSAF. These
are especially important because much of the development for these packages
is centered in the Modeling and Simulation industry concentrated around the
Florida I-4 high-tech corridor (especially in Orlando).

Which brings me to a second argument that is likely to carry weight with
a politician: the CBDTPA is bad for business (especially local business).
Here I would emphasize the detrimental effect of the CBDTPA on
the efforts of the High Tech Corridor
Council. I would recommend that you contact CEOs of hardware and
software companies located throughout Florida, and suggest that you are willing
to lobby the senator on their behalf against the CBDTPA. It will take
a lot of weight to counter Disney, but you may get more support than you
imagine. One very pro-linux Florida software company that I am familar
with is I.D.E.A.L. Corp,
you should contact their CEO and start to network outwards from there.

I wrote something like this two years ago (though i was unaware of Sims's paper) based on the image generation ideas from this 1999 Slashdot piece, referring to the apparently still active Gallery of Random Art. My stuff allows you pick a size, though, so you can make desktop backgrounds :) You act as the environment, selecting images that you would like to see mutated. The mutations are frequently fairly subtle, so it can take several iterations. Sadly, there is no cross-breeding yet.

With some trepidation, I'll point to my server which is running this. Be gentle, it's just one box and it's on a cheap DSL line (128Kb upload). You can see and download some examples of what it's produced on my server and also on WebShots here and here.

On the odd chance that you'd like to see my code, email me. I don't have the ego to presume that this stuff is so interesting to people to have published it myself.

mahlen

My company does some "pervasive computing" research. In many situations it's convenient to use an iPAQ because they're quite powerful, even though the UI sucks. (Occasionally we've even done prototypes by hiding an iPAQ running Linux *inside* another piece of plastic.)

We've found that the Zaurus actually runs Java better than the iPAQ (the widgets come out nicer and it seems to suffer fewer drawing bugs). I also think the UI is marginally nicer than Pocket PC.

But these are all just in situations where we need a lot of horsepower and a really nice screen. For day to day use a Palm gets the job done best.

P.S. If you're curious, here are some pages about two projects that we've used iPAQs for:

Personal Information Portal (very out of date)

Personal Universal Controller (with CMU) We've tried the Zaurus on the latter and it works much better.

The eBook software is still available. Obviously you shouldn't click on the links or you might accidentally download it.

This product was based on the research of Roger Dannenberg, who had auto-accompaniment working years ago. Send him an email if you're interested in working on something similar; he has lots of code he can throw at you and he might want to collaborate.

I like to use emacs M-x spook to insert "keywords" in my emails. This must really piss off the Carnivore folks...

You can get my comprehensive spook.lines file at http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~tom7/spook/. They're included below for your terrorist-finding pleasure.

$400 million 1 October 15 May 1600 Pennsylvania Ave 17 November 3rd October 747 757 767 ACLU ADF AES AIDS AIIB AK-47 ALIR ANO ARD ARN ASALA ASG Abu Dis Abu Nidal Abu Sayyaf Aceh Merdeka Aden-Abyan Afghanistan Ahl-e-Hadees Air Force One Al Qaeda Al Quaida Al-Fatah Al-`Asifa Alamo Albanian Alex Boncayao Brigade Alliance of Eritrean National Force Alliance pour la resistance democratique Allied Democratic Forces American American Airlines Amn Araissi Arab Revolutionary Brigades Arab Revolutionary Council Arafat Area 51 Aum Shinrikyo Aum Supreme Truth Avtomat Kalasnikov BATF Babbar Khalsa Baghdad Berlin Bhinderanwala Tiger Force Black September Brigate Rosse CERT CIA CIRA CNDD CNRM CNRT Catholic Reaction Force Cessna China Chukaku-Ha Clinton Cocaine Communist Conseil Cuba DCS1000 DDoS DES DFLP DNA DXM Dal Khalsa Dayak Delta Airlines Delta Force Dev Sol Devrimci Sol DoS EFF ELF-RC ESSA EZLN Eastern Shan State Army Eiffel Tower Ejercito Popular Boricua Ejercito Popular Revolucionario Ellalan Force Eritrean Euzkadi Ta Askatasuna FALINA FALINTIL FALN FBI FMLN FRETILIN FROLINA FSF Farabundo Marti Fatah Force 17 Free Aceh Ft. Bragg Ft. Meade GHB GIA GRAPO George Bush George W Bush Gerakin Aceh Merdeka Grey Wolves H2O2 HAMAS Hague Conference Harakat ul-Ansar Hawari Hitler Hizb-i Wahdat Hizb-i-Islami Hizb-ul-Mujahideen Hizballah Hizbullah Honduras ICBM IIS 5.0 IRA IRA Ikhwan-ul-Mussalmin Interahamwe Iparretarrak Islamic Israel JKLF Jamaat ul-Fuqra Jamat-e-Islami Jamiat-e-Ahl-e-Hadees John Dillinger KGB KKK Kach Kahane Chai Kashmir Kennedy Khaddafi Khalistan Khmer Rouge Komala Kosovo Kurdish Kurdistan Kuwait LSD LSD LTTE La Cosa Nostra Lakshar-e-Taiba Lautaro Legion of Doom Lenin Les mongoles MAPU/L MD5 MDMA MI6 MILF MNLF Macheteros Macheteros Mafia Maktab al-Khidamat Mantis Manuel Rodriguez Marxist Maubere Resistance Mayfly Mayi-Mayi Middle-Core Mohajir Qaumi Mong Tai Morazanist Mossad Mothaidda Quami Mujahedin-e Khalq Myanmar NORAD NSA Navy Nazi Nellis Range Noriega North Korea Oklahoma City Ortega Osama Bin Laden PALIPEHUTU PCP PETN PGP PLO Pakistan Panama Pearl Harbor Peking Provos Qaddafi RC5 RDX RENAMO RSA Reno Rijndael Romania Rule Psix SCUBA SDI SEAL Team 6 SHA SWAT Saddam Hussein Saheed Khalsa Scientology Semtex Serbian Shora-e-Jehad Sivi Vukovi South Africa Soviet Steyr Students of the Engineer TATP TEMPEST THC TNT Tal Al Za'atar Talaa' al-Fateh Tamil Eelam Teamsters Terra Lliure Treasury Tupac Amaru U-235 UN US Airways Usama Bin Laden Uzi WTO Waco White House World Trade Center World Trade Organization Zapatistas airframe airport al-Gama'at al-Islamiyya al-Jihad al-Qa'ida algorithm amatol ambush ambush ammo ammunition anonymous anti-tank archives armada armor armor-piercing arms arrangements assassinate assassination assassination assault atomic bomb bank account biological blowfish bomb bomb boobytrap border broken arrow c4 camera carnivore carnivore charcoal chemical child pornography chinese class struggle claymore cocaine cockpit codebook colonel commando composition b conspiracy constitution cordite corporate corrupt council counter-intelligence crack-cocaine cracking cray credit card cryptographic czar d-day data haven defcon defenses democratie detcord detonate detonators dictionary disruption dissent divers doctrine domestic doomsday double agent e-bola echelon ecstasy efnet embassy embassy embassy empire encrypt enigma espionage explosion explosive face recognition faction fertilizer fissionable flight 800 football freedom freemasons fuselage genetic gold bullion government grenades gun gunpowder guns h-bomb hack harbor heroin hijack hostage hostages hydrogen bomb hydrogen peroxide illuminati impulse incendiaries infiltration infosec infrastructure initiators insurgent intel international internet internet worm interpol ireland jihad kamikazi kampuchea ketamine kibo kill kill kill kill launch codes lead azide lead styphante liberate liberation limousine lockpick loyalist main charge man-in-the-middle marijuana martyr massive DDoS maverick mercury fulminate mescaline microfiche microfilm minefield mines motorcade motorola mouvement munitions napalm nationalist negotiation negotiatior nitric acid nitrocellulose nuclear nuclear nukes olympics oppressed orthodox outlook express password picric acid pipe-bomb plague platter charge plutonium plutonium policy political pornography pre-teen president president primers private key propaganda psyops public key pulse detonation engine radar rail gun rebel remailer resistance revolucionario rijndael robotic rocket fuel rockets root-servers.net rubella salt peter sanctions satelliate satellite satellite phone secret secret key secret service secure security sequence shaped charge shoe bomb shotgun smallpox smuggle sniper sniper socialist space station special k spy steganography strategic submarine subsonic suicide suicide bombing suitcase suitcase nuke sulfur supercomputer supersonic surveillance tear gas teflon bullets terminate terrorism terrorist theater missile defense thermite thermonuclear timers triacetone triperoxide tunneling undercover undernet underwater united nations uranium violence virus virus warfare wargames warrant weapons white house white noise generator windows XP wiretap zenith

The CERIAS program at Purdue University is one of the recipients of this NSF grant. Other recipients include: CMU, and the Naval Post Graduate School. But this isn't necessarily a slam dunk, you still have to be admitted to the program at the school you apply to.

A free education is nothing to sneeze at. Talk to a current grad student who is either teaching a class or picking up his prof's dry cleaning to pay the bills and they will tell you how they wish they could find a funding source like this.

The institutions that received this grant do cutting-edge research in security that will influence the field for years to come. Heck, I'd do it just to go and study w/Spaf.

Mail over NFS?

Don't do that.

Often people say that "GPG needs a frontend before non-geeks can use it". That point is probably true, but even though NAI PGP has had a "mature" GUI based front end for several revisions, normal users are still incapable of getting their head around creating keys, the difference between public and private keys, the difference between signing and encryption etc etc.

A usability study was undertaken by researchers at Carnegie Mellon in which they found that virtually 0 non geeks managed to use PGP successfully anyway.

Sure, OpenPGP based programs need to achieve better reach, but simply copying the NAI PGP design won't achieve this goal....