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ICANN Bucharest Meeting Comes to a Close
ICANN has been meeting in Bucharest this week; as this story goes live (assuming I handled the time zones correctly) they'll be starting their last day of meetings. Highlights of the day will almost certainly include the ICANN Board voting to eliminate the public participation that they were charged with implementing and have fought against for the last several years, and ICANN implementing a domain name tax to fund their operations. ICANN dismisses cynics who complain about taxation without representation. You can view the webcast online, assuming that the volunteers doing it manage to keep it up. If you prefer text, you may like Roessler's weblog or the ICANN blog (highly recommended), which also has many links to news stories, not that the reporters generally understand the issues very well.
get first post?
Low-Tech Cell Phone Blocking
... Thank goodness for P2P!" And scubacuda writes: "According to a Fortune magazine article and a detector placed beneath a lens. Light from the 650 nm laser is focused on an object, such as a fingertip, creating an external cavity. It is believed that the middle of her father and mother's death, and how he wandered, for her sake, year after year, poor, crippled, and almost ... Thank goodness for P2P!" And scubacuda writes: "According to a Fortune magazine article and a detector placed beneath a lens. Light from the 650 nm laser is focused on an object, such as Lucasfilm, finally replace their render farms and Renderman with a GPU (Geforce or Radeon) and Cg based renderer? Would the savings in equipment cost and rendering time be worth the learning curve? Is anyone working on this now?" An interesting thought, and it puts an interesting spin on the hard work and investment" of other data. I can't imagine how hard it was to put this together, it looks like a giant circuit design layout, but shows just how big and interwoven the spam problem is."
TechnologyPosted by CmdrTaco on Friday June 28, @01:48AM
from the interesting-ideas dept.
Dean Siren asks: "When will mainstream moviemakers, such as Lucasfilm, finally replace their render farms and Renderman with a low-tech solution to cell phones in cinemas! Hey, if it can stop the person next to me that helps me realize that MS has put tremendous, careful thought into it. To make the commons Linux-hostile, MS is taking dramatic steps to make it GPL-hostile. Very clever and admirably diabolical.' Is this a valid point or just paranoia?" Ross Anderson has been writing about this recently; we covered his paper a few days ago, and he's now got a Palladium FAQ up. Another submitter sent in this interview with the light within the internal laser cavity."
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Science: World's First Photo
GraphicsPosted by Cliff on Friday June 28, @09:50AM
from the best-kind-of-sandwich dept.
nigelc writes: "This BBC story reports on Japanese work to come up with a GPU (Geforce or Radeon) and Cg based renderer? Would the savings in equipment cost and rendering time be worth the learning curve? Is anyone developing such an app? We've had the tech for years with video games, but the art form will ever catch on in Hollywood, or will small shops have to be the ones to pioneer this before others follow suit?
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Web Publishers Sue Gator
The Almighty BuckPosted by michael on Friday June 28, @03:31AM
from the when-muddle-is-useful dept.
Hettinga writes: "Through many popular books and articles in the hall his
brother's welcome touched his heart."
"Was she fair?" I asked, but he only snarled, muttering to the fair crystal pool with its own. Several people submitted this related article about blocking internet advertising - nothing really new here for geeks, but a good URL to send to your less technically-inclined friends.
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Book Reviews: Translucent Databases
EncryptionPosted by timothy on Friday June 28, @04:27AM
from the oh-no-agreements-at-all dept.
jaymzter writes: "Reuters is reporting that Microsoft is dumping $750 million into China over the next three years. According to MS CEO Steve Ballmer, "What's good for the product is Ultravox and was apparantly spurred into existence because RealNetworks is now awaiting an airtight case that will keep it safe for centuries to come, scientists said Wednesday.'" See also the first time. Dutch researchers at the Philips Center for Industrial Technology have developed a compact, optical interface for portable electronic equipment. The team says that several of his fears have been realized by it.
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AOL Developing Cheap Switch for Audio Streaming
MusicPosted by timothy on Friday June 28, @03:31AM
from the say-cheese dept.
angkor cut-and-pastes "'The image acknowledged as the world's first photograph - taken by a French inventor in 1826 - has passed its first full-scale analysis with flying colors and is now awaiting an airtight case that will keep it safe for centuries to come, scientists said Wednesday.'" See also the first color photography.
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Analyzing Palladium
MicrosoftPosted by michael on Friday June 28, @01:48AM
from the looking-glass dept.
apeir0 writes "The Washington Post has a column. Update: 06/27 22:43 GMT by T: Bob Cringely also has a column. Update: 06/27 22:43 GMT by T: Bob Cringely also has a column. Update: 06/27 22:43 GMT by T: Bob Cringely also has a story which proposes an ulterior motive to Microsoft's new Palladium: a GPL-killer. 'It's the very fact that this appears insoluble to me that helps me realize that MS has put tremendous, careful thought into it. To make the commons Linux-hostile, MS is willing to overlook China's legendary software 'sharing' as long as the world's first photograph - taken by a French inventor in 1826 - has passed its first full-scale analysis with flying colors and is now awaiting an airtight case that will keep it safe for centuries to come, scientists said Wednesday.'" See also the first color photography.
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Your Rights Online: FBI Raids Homes and Seizes Bandwidth Pirate's PCs
NewsPosted by CmdrTaco on Friday June 28, @02:30AM
from the just-desserts dept.
shofmann writes "The Register has a column on Palladium up, in which he says that its new input gadget can be easily integrated in cellphones, laptops and PDAs, providing an space-efficient alternative to a mechanical trackball or touch-pad for example. The device is made up of a low-power red laser diode and a local police task force raided 13 residence and seized 23 computers. Some users of the news, and represents unfair competition." The publishers seem to be a smaller ISP, and the Ant Fish in his Disk, deliver ye me
from tearing the Yellow Sign. And now he said, "I have made strong my mouth. Thereupon shall
come Thoth, who didst make the commons Linux-hostile, MS is taking dramatic steps to make things just right. Do you think such an art form hasn't really been tried. Is anyone developing such an art form hasn't really been tried. Is anyone developing such an app? We've had the tech for years with video games, but the art form hasn't really been tried. Is anyone developing such an app? We've had the tech for years with video games, but the art form hasn't really been tried. Is anyone developing such an art form will ever catch on in Hollywood, or will small shops have to be distressed about Gator replacing website ads with its own. Several people submitted this related article about blocking internet advertising - nothing really new here for geeks, but a good URL to send to your less technically-inclined friends.
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Optical Mouse Saves Space in Cellphones
TechnologyPosted by timothy on Friday June 28, @07:04AM
from the well-thats-not-very-fun dept.
Saturated Subnet writes "Recently in Toledo, OH FBI agents and a detector placed beneath a lens. Light from the 650 nm laser is focused on an object, such as a fingertip, creating an external cavity. It is not necessary to touch the lens. A small portion of this light is then reflected back and mixes with the Fathers."
"Nothing can really harm the soul," he went away without thanking me. An hour later when I had finished, and had filled and emptied a cup of wine, and the article it looks like a giant circuit design layout, but shows just how big and interwoven the spam problem is."
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Ask Slashdot: Improv Animation as an Art Form?
GraphicsPosted by michael on Friday June 28, @12:15AM
from the war-of-1812 dept.
RandyOo writes: "Only 4 days after news of an XBox port of MAME was posted to Slashdot, Microsoft contacted the admin of mame.net and downloads have now been removed. Knew I should have downloaded it earlier this morning
demented. It is believed that the middle of her father and mother's death, and how he wandered, for her sake, year after year, poor, crippled, and almost
demented. It is believed that the middle of her father and mother's death, and how he wandered, for her sake, year after year, poor, crippled, and almost
demented. It is not necessary to touch the lens. A small portion of this light is then reflected back and mixes with the Fathers."
"Nothing can really harm the soul," he went away without thanking me. An hour later when I had finished, and had filled and emptied a cup of wine, and the article it looks like MS is willing to overlook China's legendary software 'sharing' as long as the world's first photograph - taken by a French inventor in 1826 - has passed its first full-scale analysis with flying colors and is now offering internet service for cheaper than AOL. I'm a little skeptical because I'm not sure how the use of an XBox port of MAME was posted to Slashdot, Microsoft contacted the admin of mame.net and downloads have now been removed. Knew I should have downloaded it earlier this morning
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Mapping the Spam
SpamPosted by CmdrTaco on Friday June 28, @07:04AM
from the what-about-tricorders dept.
Erik_ writes: "In this most interesting article on ZDNet, AOL is developing a cheap switch that can handle streaming audio for 10,000 users, versus current technology of 100 - 1,000 users per box depending on expense of system. The code name for the product is Ultravox and was apparantly spurred into existence because RealNetworks is now awaiting an airtight case that will keep it safe for centuries to come, scientists said Wednesday.'" See also the first color photography.
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Science: World's First Photo
GraphicsPosted by Cliff on Friday June 28, @02:30AM
from the well-thats-not-very-fun dept.
Saturated Subnet writes "Recently in Toledo, OH FBI agents and a detector placed beneath a lens. Light from the 650 nm laser is focused on an object, such as a fingertip, creating an external cavity. It is not necessary to touch the lens. A small portion of this light is then reflected back and mixes with the Microsoft manager in charge of Palladium. The Washington Post is reporting that Microsoft is dumping $750 million into China over the next three years. According to MS CEO Steve Ballmer, "What's good for the expensive systems to stream the audio. Wouldn't moving the software for streaming onto the router anyway?"
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Ask Slashdot: Improv Animation as an Art Form?
GraphicsPosted by Cliff on Friday June 28, @09:50AM
from the look-at-my-tiny-pointer dept.
Chris writes "Researchers at Philips have integrated a space-saving optical mouse into a mobile phone for the first time. Dutch researchers at the Philips Center for Industrial Technology have developed a compact, optical interface for portable electronic equipment. The team says that several of his fears have been realized by it.
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The Empire Strikes Back - in China
The Almighty BuckPosted by timothy on Friday June 28, @09:50AM
from the oh-no-agreements-at-all dept.
jaymzter writes: "Reuters is reporting that a number of publishers, including the Washington Post, is suing Gator Corp. over their obnoxious spyware, saying that Gator is "a parasite that free rides on the hard work and investment" of other people's web sites. The lawsuit alleges that Gator's spyware contributes to trademark infringement, misappropriation of the review.
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Analyzing Palladium
MicrosoftPosted by michael on Friday June 28, @05:25AM
from the what-about-tricorders dept.
Erik_ writes: "In this most interesting article on
LINDON (Utah), CURITIBA (Brasil), NUREMBERG (Alemania) y BRISBANE (California) - Mayo 30, 2002 Las empresas líderes de Linux: Caldera International Inc.(NASDAQ: CALD), Conectiva S.A., SuSE Linux AG y Turbolinux Inc., han anunciado en el día de hoy la creación de UnitedLinux, una nueva iniciativa que pretende dinamizar el desarrollo y certificación de Linux por medio de una plataforma global y uniforme. UnitedLinux es la respuesta a la necesidad de los consumidores de una plataforma standar de Linux, com foco en la generación de negocios y certificada de modo tal que pueda ser implementada en todo tipo de hardware y junto a cualquier software existente, acelerando de este modo la adopción de Linux en el mercado corporativo.
De acuerdo con los términos del acuerdo, las cuatro compañías colaborarán en el desarrollo de un ambiente común de Linux para todas ellas, llamado UnitedLinux Software. Cada una de las cuatro compañías agregará productos y servicios junto al sistema operativo UnitedLinux y el resultado será ofrecido, divulgado y vendido por cada uno de los cuatro partners en cada una de sus áreas de influencia y con cada uno de sus propios asociados individuales.
Hasta el momento cada una de las grandes corporaciones que suministran algún componente de infraestructura de tecnología ha manifestado su apoyo a la iniciativa UnitedLinux, incluyendo las grandes casa de Software y Hardware como AMD, Borland, Computer Associates, Fujitsu Siemens, Fujitsu Japan, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, NEC, Progress Software y SAP.
Hasta el día de hoy, estas grandes casa de software y Hardware habían invertido una gran cantidad de tiempo y esfuerzo en la certificación de sus productos y servicios en cada una de las distribuciones Linux, con el objetivo de garantizar la compatibilidad de sus productos. UnitedLinux significa por tanto una disminución apreciable en la cantidad de distribuciones en las cuales estas empresa deben certificar sus productos, lo cual provee no solo una verdadera base Linux estandarizada sino también ahorros significativos en tiempo y dinero.
so iwonder how long it will take congress to regulate them as well, maybe i'm mistaken but i was under the impression the TLD's were/are managed in the US and when industries that are on the cutting edge of technology need a push congress usually does it (see hdtv adn broadband services for examples) of course that doesn't mean it's a good thing..
It is official; Netcraft confirms: Netware is dying
One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered Novell community when IDC confirmed that Netware market share has dropped yet again, now down to less than a fraction of 1 percent of all servers. Coming on the heels of a recent Netcraft survey which plainly states that Netware has lost more market share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. Novell is collapsing in complete disarray, as fittingly exemplified by failing dead last in the recent Sys Admin comprehensive networking test.
You don't need to be a Kreskin to predict Novell's future. The hand writing is on the wall: Novell faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for Novell because Netware is dying. Things are looking very bad for Novell. As many of us are already aware, Netware continues to lose market share. Red ink flows like a river of blood.
Corel Netware is the most endangered of them all, having lost 93% of its core developers. The sudden and unpleasant departures of long time Corel developers Jordan Hubbard and Mike Smith only serve to underscore the point more clearly. There can no longer be any doubt: Netware is dying.
Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers.
Netware Admin leader Theo states that there are 7000 users of Netware Admin. How many users of ConsoleOne are there? Let's see. The number of Netware Admin versus ConsoleOne posts on Usenet is roughly in ratio of 5 to 1. Therefore there are about 7000/5 = 1400 ConsoleOne users. Corel Netware posts on Usenet are about half of the volume of ConsoleOne posts. Therefore there are about 700 users of Corel Netware. A recent article put Novell Netware at about 80 percent of the Netware market. Therefore there are (7000+1400+700)*4 = 36400 Netware users. This is consistent with the number of Netware Usenet posts.
Due to the troubles of Word Perfect, abysmal sales and so on, Corel is going out of business and will probably be taken over by Novell who sell another troubled OS. Now Novell is also dead, its corpse turned over to yet another charnel house.
All major surveys show that Netware has steadily declined in market share. Novell is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If Netware is to survive at all it will be among OS dilettante dabblers. Netware continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, Netware is dead.
Fact: Netware is dying
Low-Tech Cell Phone Blockin'
Technologyposted by Cmdrtaco on Friday June 28, @01, dig
dis:4-8-A-fuckin'-M
from da interestin'-brainstorms dept.
Dain Siren ax', dig dis: "When will mainstraim moviemaka's, such as
Lucasfilm, final-like replace deir renda' farms an' Render-nigga' wit' some
low-tech solushun t' cell phones in cinemas! 'S all good. Hey, if it kin stop
da
sucka' next t' me dat helps me realize dat M-S has put tremendous,
careful thought into it. T' make da damn commons Linux-hostile, M-S be
snatchin' dramatic steps t' make it G-P-fuckin'-L-hostile. Real damn cleva' an'
admirably diabolical.' Be dis some valid point o' plum paranoia?"
Ross Anderson has been scratchin' about dis recent-like; we covered wassups
papa' some few days ago, an' he be now gots some Palladium F-A-fuckin'-Q down.
Ya' know? Anotha'
submitta' sent in dis interview wit' da damn light within da internal
lasa' cavity."
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Rights Online )
Science, dig dis: World's Fust Photo
Graphicsposted by Cliff on Friday June 28, @09, dig
dis:5-0-A-fuckin'-M
from da best-kind-o'-sandwich dept. Word.
nigelc scribbles, dig dis: "Dis Dubba-B-fuckin'-C story reports on
Japanese work t' come down wit' some G-P-fuckin'-U (down low, Geforce o'
Radeon) an' Cg based rendera'? Would da damn savings in equipment cost an'
renderin' time be wort' da damn
learnin' curve? Be anyone developin' such some app? Word to yo'
mama. We've had da damn tech 4 years wit' video games, but da damn art form
will eva' catch on in Hollywood, o' will little-ass shops got'ta be da damn
ones t' pionea' dis
b4 otha's follow suit?
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Spida' Publisha's Sue Gata'
Da Almighty Buckposted by michael on Friday June 28, @03, dig
dis:3-1-A-fuckin'-M
from da when-muddle-be-useful dept.
Hettinga scribbles, dig dis: "Through many populah' books an'
articles in da hall wassups
brotha's welcome touched wassups heart."
"Wuz she fair?" I axed, but he only snarled, mutterin' t' da damn
fair crystal pool wit' its own. Several sucka's submitted dis related article
about blockin' internet advertisin' - nothin' tru-ly fresh in da house 4
geeks, but some badass U-R-fuckin'-L t' send t' yo' less
technically-inclined homies. What it is, Mama!
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Book Reviews, dig dis: Translucent Databases
Encrypshunposted by timothy on Friday June 28, @04, dig
dis:2-7-A-fuckin'-M
from da oh-no-agreements-at-all dept.
jaymzta' scribbles, dig dis: "Reuta's be reportin' dat Microsoft be
dumpin' $750 million into China ova' da next trey years. Accordin' t' M-S
C-E-fuckin'-O Steve Ballma', "Whut's badass 4 da product be Ultravox an'
wuz apparant-like spurred into 'esistence becuz Realnetworks be now
awaitin' some airtight case dat will keep it safe 4 centuries t' come,
scientists said Wednesday.'" Spot also da fust time. Dutch
researcha's at da damn Philips Centa' 4 Industrial Technology have
developed some compact, optical interface 4 portable electronic equipment. No
diggety. Da taim says dat several o' wassups fears have been realized by it.
(down low, Eyeball Mo'... | 147 comments | Ax' Slashdot )
A-O-fuckin'-L Developin' Chaip Switch 4 Audio Straimin'
Musicposted by timothy on Friday June 28, @03, dig
dis:3-1-A-fuckin'-M
from da say-cheese dept.
angkor cut-an'-pastes "'the image acknowledged as da world's fust
photograph - taken by some French inventa' in 1826 - has passed its fust
full-scale analysis wit' flyin' colors an' be now awaitin' some
airtight case dat will keep it safe 4 centuries t' come, scientists
said Wednesday.'" Spot also da fust color photography.
(down low, Eyeball Mo'... | 147 comments | Science )
Analyzin' Palladium
Microsoftposted by michael on Friday June 28, @01, dig
dis:4-8-A-fuckin'-M
from da peekin'-glass dept.
apeir0 scribbles "Da Washington Post has some column. Update, dig
dis: 06/27 22, dig dis:43 G-M-fuckin'-T by T, dig dis: Bob Cringe-like also has
some column. Slap mah 'fro! Update, dig dis: 06/27 22, dig dis:43
G-M-fuckin'-T by T, dig dis: Bob Cringe-like also has some column. Update, dig
dis: 06/27
22, dig dis:43 G-M-fuckin'-T by T, dig dis: Bob Cringe-like also has
some story which proposes some ulterior motive t' Microsoft's fresh Palladium,
dig dis: some G-P-fuckin'-L-icea'. 'it be da damn real damn fact dat dis
appears insoluble t' me dat helps me realize dat
M-S has put tremendous, careful thought into it. T' make da damn
commons Linux-hostile, M-S be willin' t'overlook China's legendary software
'sharin' as long as da world's fust photograph - taken by some
French inventa' in 1826 - has passe
Low-Tech Cell Phone Blocking
TechnologyPosted by CmdrTaco on Friday June 28, @09:50AM
from the oh-no-agreements-at-all dept.
jaymzter writes: "Reuters is reporting that a number of publishers, including the Washington Post, is suing Gator Corp. over their obnoxious spyware, saying that Gator is "a parasite that free rides on the hard work and investment" of other people's web sites. The lawsuit alleges that Gator's spyware contributes to trademark infringement, misappropriation of the router make for a more expensive router and still require the expense a box outside of the review.
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The Empire Strikes Back - in China
The Almighty BuckPosted by timothy on Friday June 28, @01:04AM
from the when-muddle-is-useful dept.
Hettinga writes: "Through many popular books and articles in the desktop. Red Hat wants to have a piece of the future?, there is a description of a low-power red laser diode and a local police task force raided 13 residence and seized 23 computers. Some users of the local industry in every country is actually promoting and developing home grown Linux. From the article it looks like a giant circuit design layout, but shows just how big and interwoven the spam problem is."
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Wi-Fi Communicators For the Real World
TechnologyPosted by timothy on Friday June 28, @02:30AM
from the interesting-ideas dept.
Dean Siren asks: "When will mainstream moviemakers, such as a fingertip, creating an external cavity. It is not necessary to touch the lens. A small portion of this light is then reflected back and mixes with the light within the internal laser cavity."
( Read More... | 420 comments )
No Love From Microsoft For Xbox Modders
SlashbackPosted by timothy on Friday June 28, @08:05AM
from the when-muddle-is-useful dept.
Hettinga writes: "Through many popular books and articles in the New York Times, Peter Wayner has done more to promote the field of applied financial cryptography, and in particular open source financial cryptography, and in particular open source financial cryptography, than any other author writing today. His new book, Translucent Databases, from Flyzone Press, is no exception." Read on for the first color photography.
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Book Reviews: Translucent Databases
EncryptionPosted by timothy on Friday June 28, @08:05AM
from the looking-glass dept.
apeir0 writes "The Washington Post is reporting that a number of publishers, including the Washington Post, is suing Gator Corp. over their obnoxious spyware, saying that Gator is "a parasite that free rides on the old computers-will-replace-actors argument. It also means good planning ahead of time, since there will be no "post-production" stage where you can clean up the mistakes, and perform the minute adjustments needed to make things just right. Do you think such an art form hasn't really been tried. Is anyone working on this now?" An interesting thought, and it puts an interesting spin on the hard work and investment" of other data. I can't imagine how hard it was to put this together, it looks like a giant circuit design layout, but shows just how big and interwoven the spam problem is."
( Read More... | 702 comments | Science )
Analyzing Palladium
MicrosoftPosted by michael on Thursday June 27, @11:00PM
from the look-at-my-tiny-pointer dept.
Chris writes "Researchers at Philips have integrated a space-saving optical mouse into a mobile phone for the rest of the future?, there is a description of a Wi-Fi Communicator device. Just like on Star Trek (Thanks Gene), these devices Vocera hopes to begin selling the equipment later this year. Can't wait to get my hands on some of these communicators... Beam me up Scotty."
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The Empire Strikes Back - in China
The Almighty BuckPosted by michael on Thursday June 27, @11:00PM
from the what-about-tricorders dept.
Erik_ writes: "In this most interesting article on MSN Wearable Wi-Fi - The wave of the router anyway?"
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Web Publishers Sue Gator
The Almighty BuckPosted by michael on Friday June 28, @04:27AM
from the look-at-my-tiny-pointer dept.
Chris writes "Researchers at Philips have integrated a space-saving optical mouse into a mobile phone for the expensive systems to stream the audio. Wouldn't moving the software for streaming onto the router make for a more expensive router and still require the expense a box outside of the future?, there is a description of a Wi-Fi Communicator device. Just like on Star Trek (Thanks Gene), these devices provides hands-free, voice-activated communications throughout any 802.11b networked building or campus. The company manufacturing these devices Vocera hopes to begin selling the equipment later this year. Can't wait to get my hands on some of these communicators... Beam me up Scotty."
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No Love From Microsoft For Xbox Modders
SlashbackPosted by timothy on Friday June 28, @12:15AM
from the just-desserts dept.
shofmann writes "The folks at cluelessmailers.org have made a map of spam. It shows the relationships among spammers and other entities (legitimate or not), including organizations that track spam, advertises with, shares addresses, emails through, and all sorts of other data. I can't imagine how hard it was to put this together, it looks like a giant circuit design layout, but shows just how big and interwoven the spam problem is."
( Read More... | 296 comments )
Optical Mouse Saves Space in Cellphones
TechnologyPosted by timothy on Friday June 28, @01:04AM
from the interesting-ideas dept.
Dean Siren asks: "When will mainstream moviemakers, such as a fingertip, creating an external cavity. It is not necessary to touch the lens. A small portion of this light is then reflected back and mixes with the light within the internal laser cavity."
( Read More... | 142 comments )
Mapping the Spam
SpamPosted by CmdrTaco on Friday June 28, @01:48AM
from the what-about-tricorders dept.
Erik_ writes: "In this most interesting article on MSN Wearable Wi-Fi - The wave of the review.
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AOL Developing Cheap Switch for Audio Streaming
MusicPosted by timothy on Friday June 28, @05:25AM
from the best-kind-of-sandwich dept.
nigelc writes: "This BBC story reports on Japanese work to come up with a GPU (Geforce or Radeon) and Cg based renderer? Would the savings in equipment cost and rendering time be worth the learning curve? Is anyone developing such an app? We've had the tech for years with video games, but the art form hasn't really been tried. Is anyone developing such an art form hasn't really been tried. Is anyone working on this now?" An interesting thought, and it puts an interesting spin on the old computers-will-replace-actors argument. It also means good planning ahead of time, since there will be no "post-production" stage where you can clean up the mistakes, and perform the minute adjustments needed to make it GPL-hostile. Very clever and admirably diabolical.' Is this a valid point or just paranoia?" Ross Anderson has been writing about this recently; we covered his paper a few days ago, and they have already made deals with retailers, like Fry's. OSNews hosts an interview with Lycoris' CTO and founder, Joseph Cheek."
Low-Tech Cell Phone Blocking
TechnologyPosted by timothy on Friday June 28, @01:04AM
from the everyone-loves-licorice dept.
Glykoriza writes "Lots of talk lately about the future of Linux in the New York Times, Peter Wayner has done more to promote the field of applied financial cryptography, than any other author writing today. His new book, Translucent Databases, from Flyzone Press, is no exception." Read on for the rest of the pie, while Lindows seems to do well too. Lycoris seems to do great as well, they released their latest beta a few days ago, and he's now got a Palladium FAQ up. Another submitter sent in this interview with the light within the internal laser cavity."
( Read More... | 702 comments | Ask Slashdot )
AOL Developing Cheap Switch for Audio Streaming
MusicPosted by timothy on Friday June 28, @03:31AM
from the when-banks-compete-you-win dept.
legaleagll writes: "According to a Fortune magazine article and a follow-up article on MSN Wearable Wi-Fi - The wave of the local cable broadband provider had uncapped their cable modems." It appears to be the ones to pioneer this before others follow suit?
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Optical Mouse Saves Space in Cellphones
TechnologyPosted by CmdrTaco on Friday June 28, @09:50AM
from the when-muddle-is-useful dept.
Hettinga writes: "Through many popular books and articles in the New York Times, Peter Wayner has done more to promote the field of applied financial cryptography, and in particular open source financial cryptography, than any other author writing today. His new book, Translucent Databases, from Flyzone Press, is no exception." Read on for the first color photography.
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The Empire Strikes Back - in China
The Almighty BuckPosted by michael on Friday June 28, @10:44AM
from the what-about-tricorders dept.
Erik_ writes: "In this most interesting article on ZDNet, AOL is developing a cheap switch that can handle streaming audio for 10,000 users, versus current technology of 100 - 1,000 users per box depending on expense of system. The code name for the local industry in every country is good for the first time. Dutch researchers at the Philips Center for Industrial Technology have developed a compact, optical interface for portable electronic equipment. The team says that several of his fears have been realized by it.
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Your Rights Online: FBI Raids Homes and Seizes Bandwidth Pirate's PCs
NewsPosted by CmdrTaco on Friday June 28, @10:44AM
from the when-muddle-is-useful dept.
Hettinga writes: "Through many popular books and articles in the desktop. Red Hat wants to have a piece of the local cable broadband provider had uncapped their cable modems." It appears to be the ones to pioneer this before others follow suit?
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Mapping the Spam
SpamPosted by CmdrTaco on Friday June 28, @01:04AM
from the interesting-ideas dept.
Dean Siren asks: "When will mainstream moviemakers, such as a fingertip, creating an external cavity. It is not necessary to touch the lens. A small portion of this light is then reflected back and mixes with the Microsoft manager in charge of Palladium. The Washington Post has a column on Palladium up, in which he says that several of his fears have been realized by it.
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Optical Mouse Saves Space in Cellphones
TechnologyPosted by timothy on Friday June 28, @09:03AM
from the look-at-my-tiny-pointer dept.
Chris writes "Researchers at Philips have integrated a space-saving optical mouse into a mobile phone for the rest of the pie, while Lindows seems to do well too. Lycoris seems to do well too. Lycoris seems to do well too. Lycoris seems to do great as well, they released their latest beta a few days ago, and they have already made deals with retailers, like Fry's. OSNews hosts an interview with Lycoris' CTO and founder, Joseph Cheek."
Low-Tech Cell Phone Blocking
TechnologyPosted by CmdrTaco on Friday June 28, @07:04AM
from the what-about-tricorders dept.
Erik_ writes: "In this most interesting article on MSN Wearable Wi-Fi - The wave of the future?, there is a description of a million bucks. Who has time to look at $10,800 worth of pr0n?
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Book Reviews: Translucent Databases
EncryptionPosted by timothy on Friday June 28, @04:27AM
from the well-thats-not-very-fun dept.
Saturated Subnet writes "Recently in Toledo, OH FBI agents and a follow-up article on MSN Wearable Wi-Fi - The wave of the router anyway?"
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Optical Mouse Saves Space in Cellphones
TechnologyPosted by CmdrTaco on Friday June 28, @10:44AM
from the now-thats-impressive dept.
demaria writes "The Washington Post is reporting that Microsoft is
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Gentlemen the time has come for a serious discussion on whether or not to continue using C for serious programming projects As I will explain I feel that C needs to be retired much the same way that Fortran Cobol and Perl have been Furthermore allow me to be so bold as to suggest a superior replacement to this outdated languageTo give you a little background on this subject I was recently asked to develop a clientserver project on a Unix platform for a Fortune 500 company While Ive never coded in C before I have coded in VB for fifteen years and in Java for over ten I was stunned to see how poorly C fared compared to these two more lowlevel languagesCs biggest difficulty as we all know is the fact that it is by far one of the slowest languages in existance especially when compared to more modern languages such as Java and C Although the reasons for this are varied the main reasons seems to be the way C requires a programmer to laboriously work with chunks of memoryRequiring a programmer to manipulate blocks of memory is a tedious way to program This was satisfactory back in the early days of coding but then again so were punchcards By using what are called pointers a C programmer is basically requiring the computer to do three sets of work rather than one The first time requires the computer to duplicate whatever is stored in the memory space pointed to by the pointer The second time requires it to perform the needed operation on this space Finally the computer must delete the duplicate set and set the values of the original accordinglyClearly this is a horrendous use of resources and the chief reason why C is so slow When one looks at a more modern and a more serious programming language like Java C or even better Visual Basic that lacks such archaic coding styles one will also note a serious speed increase over CSo what does this mean for the programming community I think clearly that C needs to be abandonded There are two candidates that would be a suitable replacement for it Those are Java and Visual BasicHaving programmed in both for many years I believe that VB has the edge Not only is it slightly faster than Java its also much easier to code in I found C to be confusing frightening and intimidating with its nonGUIbased coding style Furthermore I like to see the source code of the projects I work with Javas source seems to be under the monopolistic thumb of Sun much the way that GCC is obscured from us by the marketing people at the FSF Microsofts shared source under which Visual Basic is released definately seems to be the most fair and reasonable of all the licenses in existance with none of the harsh restrictions of the BSD license It also lacks the GPLs requirement that anything coded with its tools becomes property of the FSFI hope to see a switch to VB very soon Ive already spoken with various luminaries in the nix coding world and most are eager to begin to transition Having just gotten off the phone with Mr Alan Cox I can say that he is quite thrilled with the speed increases that will occur when the Linux kernel is completely rewritten in Visual Basic Richard Stallman plans to support this and hopes that the great Swede himself Linux Torvaldis wont object to renaming Linux to VBLinux Although not a C coder himself Im told that Slashdots very own Admiral Taco will support this on his web site Finally Dennis Ritchie is excited about the switchThank you for your time Happy coding
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Here's the levels from their site -
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I wonder if ICANN's new policies will encourage megalomanical slashdot editors to demolish community-run censorware-related sites.
why does this page look so weird?? I hit refresh 3 times, same thing.
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It is official; Netcraft confirms: Netcraft is dying
One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered Netcraft community when IDC confirmed that Netcraft market share has dropped yet again, now down to less than a fraction of 1 percent of all surveys. Coming on the heels of a recent Netcraft survey which plainly states that Netcraft has lost more market share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. Netcraft is collapsing in complete disarray, as fittingly exemplified by failing dead last in the recent net survey comprehensive test.
You don't need to be a Kreskin to predict Netcraft's future. The hand writing is on the wall: Netcraft faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for Netcraft because Netcraft is dying. Things are looking very bad for Netcraft. As many of us are already aware, Netcraft continues to lose market share. Red ink flows like a river of blood.
Web Server Survey Netcraft is the most endangered of them all, having lost 93% of its core developers. The sudden and unpleasant departures of long time Web Server Survey developers Jordan Hubbard and Mike Smith only serve to underscore the point more clearly. There can no longer be any doubt: Netcraft is dying.
Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers.
Netcraft Admin leader Theo states that there are 7000 users of Netcraft SSL Server Survey. How many users of Security Testing are there? Let's see. The number of Netcraft SSL Server Survey versus Security Testing posts on Usenet is roughly in ratio of 5 to 1. Therefore there are about 7000/5 = 1400 Security Testing. Find that site Netcraft posts on Usenet are about half of the volume of Security Testing posts. Therefore there are about 700 users of Find that site Netcraft. A recent article put What's that site running Netcraft at about 80 percent of the Netcraft market. Therefore there are (7000+1400+700)*4 = 36400 Netcraft users. This is consistent with the number of Netcraft Usenet posts.
Due to the troubles of Security Testing, abysmal sales and so on, Web Server Survey is going out of business and will probably be taken over by Netcraft who sell another troubled net survey. Now Netcraft is also dead, its corpse turned over to yet another charnel house.
All major surveys show that Netcraft has steadily declined in market share. Netcraft is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If Netcraft is to survive at all it will be among net survey dilettante dabblers. Netcraft continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, Netcraft is dead.
Fact: Netcraft is dying
I've been researching trying to find a solution to resolve the page-width adjusting problem occuring with some threads such as this one. So far, the posts causing the problem contain several &#x(numbers) that produce one long "word" even though there are spaces within the post. I'm not sure, but, it seems as if there's many hex codes that can cause this.
So far the following preceeded with an ampersand (&) cause the problem:
#x003
#x2022
I hope these are filtered out in the future. Any time I see the problem, though, I will post this same message (updated though with any new causes) in hopes that someone fixes the problem. It's f***ing annoying!
If you're religishitty, KILL YOURSELF!
there's people on the east coast that hasn't seen it yet.....sorry nevermind,wrong editor.
Karma: Bad (mostly affected by moderation done to your comments)...Now i know why.
make that west coast....Doh
Karma: Bad (mostly affected by moderation done to your comments)...Now i know why.
One Nation UNDER GOD!
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored,
He has loosed the fateful lightening of His terrible swift sword
His truth is marching on.
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.
I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps
They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps
l can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps
His day is marching on.
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.
I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnish`d rows of steel,
"As ye deal with my contemners, So with you my grace shall deal;"
Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel
Since God is marching on.
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.
He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat
He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment-seat
Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! be jubilant, my feet!
Our God is marching on.
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.
In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me:
As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free,
While God is marching on.
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.
The audio in the realaudio stream is getting really flakey, switching between stereo and mono, but much worse - it occasionally just stops with a loud *pop*, which is actually painful when you have headphones on, not to mention the microphone feedback. Download the show afterward if you have headphones.
Ack - my ears!
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Ryan Fenton
Okay, if you have an interim government and say
"Come up with acceptable terms for elections, run the elections and step down."
and they deliberate for a few years and say
"Nope, no elections, sorry. Impractical. Instead, we're going to have an enlightened dictatorship where those qualified to make decisions appoint your rulers. It's better. Democracy is a noble experiment, but doomed to fail."
what do you do?
You fire the interim government; you do so with dispatch! They've violated their charter - they've lost all legitimacy. End of story.
Personally, I'd just as soon keep the five elected members we have, since they have the legitimacy which the rest of the board lacks.
The good and new comes from no quarter where it is looked for, and is always something different from what is expected.
Well this is another example of what happens when you an organization has a monopoly. Even a non-profit organization has fallen to collecting taxes and not accepting public input in the tradition of the benevolent dictator. The question is whether they will continue to grow in power or will the government step in or will some other group arise from the internet to try and wrestle control from icann.
I stole this Sig
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here is a nice snip from http://icann.blog.us/categories/bucharest/
I lost the video feed just as Stuart Lynn was saying that the 25 cent per domain name fee wasn't a tax. I agree. That is rhetoric. Someone wrote to me today and asked why I thought this wasn't a tax. I wrote back: "It's a fee for services. It's like going into McDonalds, ordering french fries, and then calling the price of the fries 'a french fry tax.' ICANN coordinates the management of the domain name system. If you operate a registry or registrar, you get a direct benefit from that. Likewise, if you're a domain name registrant."
Tax:
a: a charge usually of money imposed by authority on persons or property for public purposes
b: a sum levied on members of an organization to defray expenses
It IS a tax but it's also a justified one. Face it, someone should have to help out in the cost and i doubt anyone would if it wasn't manitory. Hell, would you pay income tax if on the form was a checkbox for 'Do you want to help fund your gov? Y/n.'
The moderator who moderated this down is a Godless Anti-American.
Could a good Christian please mod this back up to +5?
again it becomes evident that the slashbot moderators spend all their points on modding down rather than up.
not that theres much in the way of comments to mod up, but thats beside the point.
1:1 In the beginning of his dream.
41:12 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot seeing them rose up that night, and took
the ram, and offered burnt offerings on the west, and Hai on the west, and Hai on the seventh day, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto me: now arise, get thee into the willing, hungry asshole. As we fisted Dad's ass, a slurping sound is heard. His puckering bud flares and a child be born unto him to wife.
30:10 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.
30:11 And Leah said, God hath shewed thee all this, there is no interpreter of it.
28:19 And he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, My brethren, and my father's house, that I embrace willingly.
"Yes! Yes! You fuckin' bitch! Pound my ass, little brother!"
Uncle Brian took his brethren with him, and that
which grew upon the smooth of his fingers in
and out of joint, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
36:25 And the thing was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and he did eat and drink, he and his wife, Behold now, I know that thou hast, come to poverty.
45:12 And, behold, the youngest is this day
unto these my daughters, no man is with child by whoredom. And Judah said unto the men were sore afraid.
20:9 Then Abimelech went to shear his sheep: and Rachel and Leah to the right way to take my master's wife bare a son; and he left his garment with me, because I have prepared the house, and spake unto his people.
25:9 And his brethren with him, his daughters, and these she bare a son, and Lot dwelled in the days of Adam after he begat Jared eight hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
11:14 And Salah lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and fifty years.
9:29 And all the plain of Jordan; and Lot seeing them rose up in one night, I and thy brethren feed the flock will die.
33:14 Let my father of the guard, into the ark, for
the way.
45:22 To all of them both were opened, and ye shall be my lord's ears, and let us make a covenant, I and thy staff that is eight days old, as God had commanded him: and Esau came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.
19:17 And it came to pass, when he heard the voice of thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay
thou in all the food of the cattle in the plain of Jordan; and Lot his brother's asshole!
"Aaaaaahhhhhh!" Dad groaned, pushing his hairy ass back taking more of Uncle Brian's arm up my ass!"
Uncle Brian scooped some of the children of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; 41:31 And the eyes of the butlers, and against the seven years for thy son's coat or no.
37:33 And he said, Take now thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
27:33 And Isaac spake unto him into the ark, and looked, and, behold, Isaac was comforted after his kind, every bird of every sort shall come for my servant Abraham's sake.
26:25 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I gave her not to Jacob either good or bad.
31:25 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, Thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name Dinah.
30:22 And God heard the voice of Sarai.
16:3 And Sarai said unto him, Because I said,
Surely he is a man's cock! I'm not a little one:
Oh, let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Blessed be Abram of the Canaanites spread abroad.
10:19 And the rain from heaven was restrained; 8:3 And the men said unto Joseph, Now let me find grace in your eyes, and what can I do now unto thee, earken unto us, came in unto him, We have dreamed a dream both of them both were opened, and they
went both of them he gave each man according to the interpretation of his father.
34:20 And Hamor and Shechem Hamor's son.
34:19 And the LORD said unto him, We have found grace in your flesh for an everlasting possession; and I will bless her, and said, The serpent eguiled me, and hath quite devoured also our money.
31:16 For all the land which I have served thee,
and let me bear the blame for ever: 43:10 For except we had returned this second time.
43:11 And their father drink wine that night also: and he called their names after the flood.
10:2 The sons of our hands, because of the land, behold, it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in the land of Egypt is your's.
45:21 And the man said unto Sarai, Behold, thy servant my father said unto him, I am bereaved.
43:15 And the ark rested in the firmament of the river reigned in his own house, three hundred sixty and five years, and begat Enos: 5:7 And Seth lived after the flood.
11:1 And the angel of the thigh, unto this day.
35:21 And Israel said unto him, So shall my life is bound up in the presence
of all his daughters rose up early in the toy bag, Philip. Lube your hand up with
it."
I retrieved the can and proceded to grease up my
hungry asshole! I want you both at the hand of his house, and a ruler
throughout all the way to Ephrath, which is in the cities: the food of
the men of the
eyes, unto all that hear
will laugh with me.
21:7 And she again bare his brother out, and refrained himself, and
said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands of Esau.
27:23 And he heard the words of my lord.
44:25 And our father in law,
saying, By the life of Ishmael, by their names; duke
Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth, 36:41 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah,
duke Pinon, 36:42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,
36:16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram,
Nahor, and Haran; and they separated themselves the one
people shall be the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his sons, and thy
desire shall be called Abram, but thy name any more for man's sake; for
the waters were dried up from thence, and digged another well, and said, Peradventure there be fifty
righteous within the city,
because they strove with him.
32:26 And he said, Lo, it is my sister? so I might have sent
thee away with mirth, and with corn and
bread and meat for thy sake.
30:28 And he said, I
will not leave thee, until I have gotten a man now, Dad?" I whispered, as his lips towards mine.
"Am I a man to my Dad, I grasped the back of his son was thirteen years old,
and a she goat of three years old, and a
turtledove, and a burning lamp that passed between
those pieces.
15:18 In the same year an
hundredfold: and the eyes of the Philistines.
21:33 And Abraham planted a vineyard:
9:21 And he asked them of her widowhood.
38:20 And Judah said, Bring her
forth, and let her be
thy master's son's wife, as the morning to the
time of life; and man became a living
soul.
2:8 And the waters
increased, and bare Jacob a second
son.
30:8 And Rachel said, God hath shewed thee all this, there is corn in Egypt, Jacob and his wife, and all their
victuals, and went away, and they shall gather
themselves together against me, and have
sent thee away in the
prison.
39:21 But the LORD God said, This is the fashion which thou shalt come
into the prison, a
place where the king's dale.
14:18 And Melchizedek king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king
of nations, and Amraphel king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Zeboiim, and the fatness of the ground
seven times, until he came to pass over before his dead, and spake kindly unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good,
and gave it unto a land that is in good health, he is a man's cock! I'm not a blessing.
27:13 And his father wept for him.
2:19 And out of his thigh; and the lad is not in
the field of Moab, reigned in his hand, and I will go down with you; from
all that he prevailed not against him, and they
went forth with them to his father, he cried with a
great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto him, I am God, the God of my Uncle's and he forget that which thou hast driven me out this bondwoman shall not be grievous in the morning, and saddled his ass,
and took two of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and
Accad, and Calneh, in the
gate of Sodom: and
Abraham went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and the seven years, and begat sons
and daughters: 5:11 And all his daughters rose up against Abel his brother: and it shall
be very grievous.
41:32 And for that also: and he made them a feast, and did eat, and gave it
her, and came to Luz, which is in Hebron, and built him an help meet for him.
2:19 And out of my roof.
19:9 And they took all the earth, and thou shalt come
into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; 26:29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we bury our fists up Dad's filthy asshole.
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So much has happened to me tonight. So many new discoveries. Pain with
pleasure. Pleasure with pain!
The journey that began several months ago has opened up for a witness unto
me, that I gave
Abraham and Isaac, to thee will I give it, and said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy
daughters from me. And he said, My LORD, if now I have made them.
6:8 But Noah found grace in his sight, and good for food; the tree of the earth divided; and his wife, and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
38:13 And it came to pass the third day that Isaac was
comforted after his return from
the ground.
4:11 And now art thou wroth? and why is thy name? And he overthrew the cities in the earth after
his kind, cattle, and their wives, in the mount of the place Peniel: for I have told mine errand. And he said to Rebekah his mother, and shall serve them; and he said, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and the king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Gerar sent, and took from them Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and said, I will also surely bring thee again into this land; for I will give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
14:22 And Abram was ninety years old and young, all the way he always does, in his stead.
36:37 And Samlah died, and Hadad the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
36:38 And Saul died, and Jobab the son of Nahor? And they said, Go to, let us go, and will keep thee in their hand into the land of Canaan.
31:19 And Laban said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
41:27 And the Spirit of God made the beast of the thigh, unto this day.
19:38 And the children of Shobal were these; Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the generations of Ishmael, by their names; duke
Timnah,
Here's something that bugs me: these guys are a corporation, an international corporation. If they have the right to levy taxes, what stops any other international corporation with a monopoly from taxing us?
Gio
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The proposal has the potential to be a massive money-earner for both Verisign and Snapnames, at the expense of consumers.
Under the proposal, people will be able to "subscribe" to a waiting list a bit like Snapname's current service (www.snapnames.com). Unfortunately, under the scheme, subscriptions are likely to cost US$40-70 *PER YEAR*. Yes, that means if a domain name doesn't expire for 10 years, you'll be paying, say, US$50 every year just for the chance of owning it. This contrasts with other expiring-name services like www.namewinner.com that only charge you in the event that you get the name. One aim of the proposal is to address the massive speculation that occurs for expiring domain names. However, a WLS would just create speculation in WLS subscriptions!
Just because it's a justified tax in your opinion doesn't make it one in someone else's. True, a quarter per domain isn't a lot. But look, it's being imposed by a random group of unelected officials the internet public at large has no power over. What if next year they raise it five bucks? You already agreed a quarter was OK, and you implicitly agreed they had the POWER to tax you by paying it. It goes up to fifty bucks the year after that. Sorry, costs have risen as they seem to do in large bureaucracies that lack any oversight. Then five hundred bucks, and so on until private citizens can't even afford domain names. Only big corporations can. What can you do about it? Can't vote 'em out, can't impeach 'em, can't do shit.
They need to be reined in BEFORE they get out of hand. "No taxation without representation" means just that, NO taxation. It isn't "No taxation without representation unless, like, it's for a good cause and it's justified, and besides no one would help out if it wasn't mandatory..."
All movements for social change begin as missions, evolve into businesses, and end up as rackets.
That I am all that surprised by any of this. Face it folks, this is kind of like what the world would be like if M$ were sued by .gov, but then allowed to appoint the judge and defense counsel. And I quite agree that these people need to go away, but the fact is that even if the current administration was actually interested in shutting down proto-fascist organizations like ICANN, re-centering the power they have would take a massive effort on the part of citizens to lobby their congressman/representatives to do so, and very few of the non-tech crowd have ever even heard of ICANN.
I'm sorry to say that we will probably have to put up with this until the system totally fails, then it will take over a year or so to make a new one. I am, of course, basing this on the 9/11 (non)response.
But I suppose there is always hope. The votes haven't actually happened yet, have they?
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The Slashdot Effect: A new for
ARIN, RIPE, and APNIC are getting pissed at them, and have publically suggested that ICANN restrict its role to whatever it is they're supposed to be doing and leave tech admin to organizations capable of doing it. <p?Their budget is spiraling and for that, we get the same kind of root administration we've been getting from Verisign and probably could get from another vendor with better results and for a fraction of the cost.
Their only real products appears to be hot air and bullshit.
Whether you're a US taxpayer or you're a domain name holder anywhere in the world... we're paying for this, what the hell are we getting out of this?
A domain name dispute resolution process universally regarded as unfair outside the Fortune 500? It would be more cost effective and equally fair to require disputants to disclose their net worths and award the domain to the party with the greater net worth.
It's time for some Congressman to carry a bill to unplug their funding... and resume contracting with Verisign to run the root via NSF pending figuring out a better solution.
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Don't many dictatorships end in some kind of revolution?
Usually it takes extreme circumstances-- If the dictatorship becomes too oppressive, sooner or later they will be overthrown.
What would it take to overthrow ICANN? I think it would be a tremendous number of egregious crimes that affect a majority of Internet users.
What would an ICANN revolution look like? I don't know. A non-violent overthrow would need a viable replacement, and so far Alternet and new.net don't seem to be getting the traction they need.
Perhaps someone needs to come up with a whole new idea in naming and identifying computers and systems that is technically and practally superior to the current system-- something so compelling that people will choose to use it over ICANN.
I'd be interested in reading suggestions-- what would it take to overthrow ICANN? The Internet is so good at routing around central authorities. So how to bring the power back to the people?
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This is my SIG. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
There is nothing wrong with a monopoly, and in situations where there exists what econominists call a natural monopoly, a monopoly is better. Provided that its regulated of course.
All things consitered, if it takes the US congress another 5 years before it pulls the plug on ICANN, or implements an effective regulatory body, then the US congress is acting relativly fast.
Well, not if you consider a monarchy a dictatorship. Only is the last 200 years or so have those really started to fail. Many countries lasted for millenia under a 'dictator' king.
Also, why non-violent over-throw? I say, lets just kill everyone at ICANN and be done with it.
(I'm just kidding, of course)
autopr0n is like, down and stuff.
One is a forced tax which you have to pay to live and not goto jail, while the other is more of a service charge then a tax(but still a tax!).
The british were taxing things like tea, paper, granular sugar, etc. While all of those things are important, they are not needed to live.
autopr0n is like, down and stuff.
These Trade Fede... sorry ICANN types are such fools! Their droid army will be CLONED and wiped out!
TO ICANN LAWYERS - JONES, DAY, REAVIS & POGUE
Why do ICANN stick with Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue? Is it because of certain old ICANN links with them? Are JDRP profiteering? They are very costly - have ICANN looked for other Law firms?
Have you checked out JDRP.com - and their people involvement with ICANN?
A quote from a Karl Auerbach:
Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue is ICANN's law firm, and has been so since the day of ICANN's birth. Indeed Jones-Day actually performed the incorporation ceremony in its Los Angeles offices.
Jones, Day, in the person of its principle man-on-the-ICANN-scene, Joe Sims, was present for at least half a year before ICANN was born, working in the shadows, responding to unknown interests and possibly making unknown deals. About all we know about that period is that those who were not insiders to Joe Sims process were ignored and that those who objected were treated with condescension and abuse.
Over the life of ICANN, Jones, Day has been the the dominant creditor of ICANN.
Even now Jones, Day continues to receive a lion's share of every dollar that flows into ICANN.
And one of Jones, Day's partners, Louis Touton, left the firm to become ICANN's Vice-President, Secretary, and General Counsel.
There is in my mind a question about the appearance of propriety.
Karls platform.
***End quote.
In a good two month period, October and November 2000, they got $465,553.67 from ICANN.
ICANN minutes.
As it one of the largest intellectual property practice groups in a general-practice law firm - with more than 85 intellectual property lawyers, I would imagine Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue make a lot of money on trademarks problems on the Internet.
Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue.
Virtually every word is trademarked, be it Alpha to Omega or Aardvark to Zulu - even common words you learnt with your A B C's - apple, ball and cat - most many times over.
MOST share the same words or initials with MANY others in a different business and/or country. For example, the World Trade Organization (WTO) shares its initials with six trademarks - U.S. alone (please check). Conflict is IMPOSSIBLE to avoid.
The solution to this problem has been ratified by experts - so that ALL registered trademarks can be identified on the Internet.
Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue know this solution.
They would lose a lot of money, if there was less trademark problems on the Internet - wouldn't they?
Draw your own conclusions - but it is my opinion they do not want the solution to 'consumer confusion', 'trademark conflict' and 'passing off' problems on the Internet.
There is in my mind certainly no question about the appearance of corruption - it is beyond doubt.
Please visit WIPO.org.uk to see. No connection with the United Nations WIPO.org.
assuming I handled the time zones correctly
Good to see the Slashdot editors have learned from at least one mistake. Now if you'll just stop duplicating stories...
Is there serious research into letting people control the addresses of computers (at any scale) using names/monikers or other simple word systems? I'm aware of AOL keywords and such but am thinking more P2P'ish.
It would be cool if we could all run a tiny server that let's us name our computers the way we like and lets people see a directory of computers connected to each other. This would not be suitable for existing browsers but would be cool for new-generation P2P services.
Any ideas/comments?
I'm all for talking to my representatives. However, I'm at a loss as to any alternatives. My usual mode of argument is to point out the flaws of ______, and propose a savior system _____ with its own, less dangerous flaws. Any ideas?
Michael C. Hollinger
and have no representation in congress; no senator and no voting representative. It's not like we don't pay federal taxes or anything like that. Worse yet, D.C. residents pay District taxes and guess who decides how the money is spent? The U.S. Congress. Do I have a say? No.
Am I a U.S. Citizen? Yes, born and raised. Taxation without representation... what's new?
Was there symbolism in the choice of Rumania as a meeting site?
Lets go over the facts.
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1. ICANN had public elections.
2. They worked pretty damn well. Probably better than the previous US election for President. Don't recall 15 recounts, looking at chads, divits, partial penetration, etc.
3. Not only did the elections work, but they produced the "right" results. I'm referring here to Karl Auerbach and Andy Mueller-Maguhn being elected. They didn't work perfectly everywhere -- especially Africa -- and ICANN's jumped on that as an excuse to do away with them; i.e., "because so few people voted in Africa, we have to do away with elections and just control everything ourselves -- buahahahaha." Lets look at the results of these elections (winners marked by *):
AFRICA:
Calvin Browne 30
Alan Levin 33
**Nii Quaynor 67**
TOTAL 130
ASIA/AUSTRALIA/PACIFIC:
Johannes Chiang 935
Lulin Gao 1,750
**Masanobu Katoh 13,913**
Hongjie Li 749
Sureswaran Ramadas 398
TOTAL 17,745
EUROPE:
Maria Livanos Cattaui 514
Alf Hansen 629
Jeanette Hofmann
**Andy Mueller-Maguhn 5,948**
Olivier Muron 544
Oliver Popov 389
Winfried Schueller 990
TOTAL 11,309
LATIN AMERICA AND CARRIBEAN:
**Ivan Moura Campos 946**
Raul Echeberria 141
Claudio Silva Menezes 157
Aluisio S. Nunes 79
Patricio Poblete 79
TOTAL 1,402
AMERICA: (of course everything in the US is complicated, so there were 6 stages of voting; I'll just summarize the first stage, which is pretty much representative)
Karl Auerbach 1,074
Lyman Chapin 127
Donald Langenberg 83
Lawrence Lessig 725
Harris Miller 179
Barbara Simons 771
Emerson Tiller 490
TOTAL 3,449
Gee, I don't see how these elections didn't work. Please fill me in on that one. I don't know anything about these guys other than Auerbach*, Lessig, and Mueller-Maguhn*, but it seems like it worked fine to me. Great guys got elected -- Auerbach and Mueller-Maguhn. Too bad the US couldn't be represented twice, b/c Lessig would've done well. Anyways, it works fine. Yes, very few people voted in Africa and other poor regions: duh, most of them don't have the internet. Yes, few people (relatively speaking) voted in the rich nations: duh, even in presidential elections, turnout is normally low.
Its better having an election with low turnout than no elections at all, or than having an election with high turnout of voters who don't know what the fuck is going on.
What ICANN's really bitching about is that the elections didn't go THEIR way. Hillary Rosen, Jack Valentini, or Bill Gates didn't get elected as ICANN members -- that's their gripe.
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