Eventually, this type of forum is going to gain credibility in matters that matter This forum has already gained credibility. Period. Read the news.
By filling the low end with fire and venom, you detract from the other average non-participant who may have something intelligent to say Thats your opinion, to which your entitled. Are you implying that because of my angry defense of my perceived right to free speach, that I have not only said nothing of intelligence, but have had a detrimental effect on all the other posts in this forum? Please, think about that for a second.
If this was a direct line to congress Sorry, couldn't help laughing at this point. Is this even really worth pointing out? Does this have anything to do with the point your trying to make? Actually, I dont even see your point, so perhaps it does.
are you going to start screaming that your opinions are not being read? I don't care if they are read or not. My only concern is that I am able to STATE my opinion in the first place. That is the whole essence of this argument, which you conviently overlook in favor of your belief that only content that is calm, non offensive, and aggreable to you is deemed intelligble.
And would you be surprised to learn that dear old granny next door refuses to participate because she has to wade through waste deep crap such as your own? Please, granny has seen more fucked up shit than you im sure. And if she cant skip over or moderate down some posts which she feels are inapropriate then that is HER problem to deal with. That should not, i repeat should NOT be a reason to deny posts of any nature. Again, thats censorship.
Oh, and in keeping with the spirit of your post...asshole. Let the degenerate name-calling begin.
Sorry, my only name calling is a big FUCK YOU to censorship.
The fact that some people would never participate if they couldn't do so anonymously is probably related, indirectly if not directly, to fear of reprisal (flames).
I disagree 100%. I beleive that fear of flame is the last reason people would post anonymously.
First being a desire for their comments to stand on their own, regardless of any comment history, good or bad, or pre conceived notions about the poster.
And second being security or personal issues.
The last reason I could see anyone posting anonymously would be fear of flame.
Perhaps this would be a good/. poll? (perhaps I need to check the poll history)
Damnit, my english teacher would kill me if she saw me now..
that last paragraph should read:
So, while anon posting may not e the end of ALL free speach, it would ABOSULTELY be the end of SOME free speach. So, is the right of those few worth the cost of anon posting abuse? I would say YES, they are worth it. Long live anonymous cowards.
In some cases anonymous speach is the ONLY way in which some individuals can enjoy their right to free and open expressions of personal opinion.
End of story.
So, while anon posting may be the end of ALL free speach, it would ABOSULTELY be the end of SOME free speach. So, is the right of those few worth the cost of anon posting abuse? I'd say no. But thats just my opinion.
Feel free to do whatever you wish with your moderation, your reading habits, etc. That is the way it SHOULD be. But to say we should remove anonymous posting, remove so called open forums, your denying free speach, advocating censorship, and attempting to force your view on content upon us all.
So, in love of my free speach, I say FUCK YOU! and I'll even leave my name on this...
Never before has a journalist been so publicly and quickly denounced for mis conceptions, and skewed observations. Of course he hates hostile environments, because as his writings show, he attracts hostile comments.
Now, a truly unbiased writer would view this as an assest. So what if every reader doesnt prepare a long eloquent and witty retort to your content. Perhaps they prefer the raw and cutting distilation of pure feeling they feel when reading (what they perceive to be) trash or worthless ramble? It is none the less feedback, which is obviously ignored by Katz.
Katz has grown old and inflexible in his years. No longer is he willing to take a variety of view points at a subject, or consider the feedback he gets with an unbiased eye. If they are angry about his work, then, by god, they are WRONG. Let me write an article about how these angry young punks are ruining the net.
Well Katz, its only going to get worse. The march of technological progess will only continue to make communication easier, and much more pervasive. However, this is a good thing. The very fact that there is so much anger on the net is because such wide and varying groups of people are coming head to head in discussion. Sure, there are more effective ways to express a point or feeling, but violent flame is still an expression of views. Perhaps even an indicator as to the level of feeling involved with such a topic.
If you want sane, calm discussion, go round up a group of fellow journalists Katz, make sure they fit the mental profile of the views you hold, and I promise you, all you will get is pleasant, agreeable conversation.. And worthless conversation devoid of all but one viewpoint.
Think of all the wide array of feedback you receive as different angles on the same subject. It is all benificial to some degree or another, so make use of it, and quit trying to preach to the young punks about manners with your ears closed.
And for good reason. They have les bugs in their code. Nature built us men with raging hormones and fierce tempers for good reason.. however, those reasons are rapidly becoming moot. No longer must we hunt our food, defend our families, and beat wild grizzzlies to death with our bare hands. Unfortunately natural selection and evolution are rather long processes which do not respond quickly to changes in environment.
But change does occur. All those brutal males will slowly die off, their main form of procreation is rape, and I will kill them if they try this method. The rest will probably prey on the insecure, and lonely. But majority rules, and as society continues to progress, anger and violence and natural animal male behavior will become increasingly unfit.
So you horny young males full of spit and piss, when your sitting there in front of your monitor yanking your chod to some online pr0n, wondering when you'll ever get a peice of some real ass that isnt a farm animal, reflect back upon that grunting face reflected before you, and the person that lies within. For soon, you too may become extinct.
Lets assume that the current trend of rapid increases in computing power continues a decade or two.
The most interesting problems crunched on today (IMHO) with computers are simulation and complex problem solving. The latter meaning various algorithms for finding optimal solutions to combinatorial problems.
Simulation meaning the ability to predict the behavior of physical structures, chemicals, processes, etc.
Combinatorial optimization solving traveling salesman, design - VLSI, chemical engineering, etc. using algorithms such a simulated annealing, genetic or eveolutionary, nueral networks, etc.
These types of processing will continue to grow in power and flexibility to a point where we can design incredibly complex systems entirely in silico.
Once this is accomplished, the majority of human 'work' will consist of manual labors, or 'creative' tasks. The engineering types of processes, VLSI, CAD/CAM, structure design, will be crunched out by computers at a fraction of the cost, using incredibly powerful eveolutionary processes to find solutions no human could dream of.
This is already happening in quite a few fields of expertise.
Thus, we will be the eternal dreamers, searching for the endless areas of which to apply our computing power, and provide direction for its use. The rest will be done by the black box brutes.
A copy of the DeCSS software source code for linux and a zip file of the dll's for doze are available here for those interested: http://cubicmetercrystal.com/decss/ Fight for copyright / patent sanity. Perhaps once companies realize that strong arm tactics to silence information will not work on the net, all of these intimidating law suits will stop.
Well, one day we will have our nano assembled cubic meter crystals of super conducting solid FPGA like computational powerhouses churning out trillions or teraflops with ease and having more L1 type memory at clock speed (10-50 gigahertz) than all of the information on the internet as a whole at this point. When that day comes, well, I will be one happy geek. So, anyone care to calculate according to mores law when this point will be reached? Its sooner than you think.. try it.
The company I work for uses OSS software (Linux, PERL, Samba, etc.) as the company standard for servers, as well as laptop OS for the coders (Most of us would have loaded Linux anywayz;) They recognize the power and felxibility (not to mention low cost) of using OSS software.
What if I am a psycho killer and i have a site listing the 101 'good' ways to dismember someone? Or maybee im a sicko porno freak and have 101 'good' pics of transgender bestiality pics? Or if im a satanist with 101 'good' ways to barbecue homosapien? Good may be much more prevalent than evil on the web, but who's good are we talking about anyway?
When we get nano tech computers ready for mass production, the fastest super computers today will look ridiculously under powered. I hope everyone with an interest in nano tech has read Diamond Age by Stephenson... an entertaining view into the posibilites of the technology.
The 'dictionay' you are talking about to store all keys would be prohibitively large. It is not possible for even a fraction of the 2^128 keys possible with 128 bit encryption.
As for elliptic curve cryptography, this is a relatively new type of public key crypto. These algorithms are thought to be more resitant to cryptanalysis than RSA, which is used in PGP. Specificaly index calculus discrete logarithm attacks will not work. Also, they tend to be faster and require smaller key sizes than comparable public key cyphers like RSA.
strong encryption (128 bit+ for block cyphers, 2048 bit+ for asymetric - like PGP) should be adequate to protect any data from evesdropping. Even our US goverment with all the crays and clusters in the world could not brute force keys this big with much success. Cyptanalysis attacks are different, but good cyphers are resistant to this type of breaking. FreeSWAN and PGP would be a good, quite secure solution. Learn about cyptography if you are truly interested in this subject (Applied Cyrptography - second edition by Bruce Schneier is a great book) And remember, cyphers are only a part of your security solution. Your security is only as strong as the weakest link, and if you have other security problems (key management, training, etc) it wont matter how good your cyphers are.
So, how 'damaging' are all the Unix specific features of PERL? Did these features fragment PERL? Are you confused by the Unix features? If you are going to bash OS specific features of PERL be thorough!
Personally, I dont care what Microshaft does with PERL as long as any added 'features' are open source and under the same license. I think they should use modules (CPAN?) for any type of extra functionality they want, but I guess they will do it their way.
Slashdot Mirror
download http://cubicmetercrystal.com/decss/mirror.tar.gz and $ tar -zxf mirror.tar.gz
Your mirror is decss/index.html
They can only take the freedom if you let them.
http://cubicmetercrystal.com/decss/
*sigh* you missed the point entirely.
Eventually, this type of forum is going to gain credibility in matters that matter
This forum has already gained credibility. Period. Read the news.
By filling the low end with fire and venom, you detract from the other average non-participant who may have something intelligent to say
Thats your opinion, to which your entitled. Are you implying that because of my angry defense of my perceived right to free speach, that I have not only said nothing of intelligence, but have had a detrimental effect on all the other posts in this forum? Please, think about that for a second.
If this was a direct line to congress
Sorry, couldn't help laughing at this point. Is this even really worth pointing out? Does this have anything to do with the point your trying to make? Actually, I dont even see your point, so perhaps it does.
are you going to start screaming that your opinions are not being read?
I don't care if they are read or not. My only concern is that I am able to STATE my opinion in the first place. That is the whole essence of this argument, which you conviently overlook in favor of your belief that only content that is calm, non offensive, and aggreable to you is deemed intelligble.
And would you be surprised to learn that dear old granny next door refuses to participate because she has to wade through waste deep crap such as your own?
Please, granny has seen more fucked up shit than you im sure. And if she cant skip over or moderate down some posts which she feels are inapropriate then that is HER problem to deal with. That should not, i repeat should NOT be a reason to deny posts of any nature. Again, thats censorship.
Oh, and in keeping with the spirit of your post...asshole. Let the degenerate name-calling begin.
Sorry, my only name calling is a big FUCK YOU to censorship.
The fact that some people would never participate if they couldn't do so anonymously is probably related, indirectly if not directly, to fear of reprisal (flames).
/. poll?
I disagree 100%. I beleive that fear of flame is the last reason people would post anonymously.
First being a desire for their comments to stand on their own, regardless of any comment history, good or bad, or pre conceived notions about the poster.
And second being security or personal issues.
The last reason I could see anyone posting anonymously would be fear of flame.
Perhaps this would be a good
(perhaps I need to check the poll history)
Cause they charge tha ever lovin shit outta the hardware people for a license. Thats why..
It all boils down to greedy corprate bastards and their little bitch lawyers.
*deep breath*
Dont take away my freedom.
http://CubicMeterCrystal.com/decss/
Its been there for weeks. wheres my letter?
*grin*
Thank god the first time that laser hits the disc it will be in my DVD drive spooling to hard disk through my DeCSS decryption filter.
Then I proceede to burn a DVD on non degradable media.
Enjoy.
Damnit, my english teacher would kill me if she saw me now..
that last paragraph should read:
So, while anon posting may not e the end of ALL free speach, it would ABOSULTELY be the end of SOME free speach. So, is the right of those few worth the cost of anon posting abuse? I would say YES, they are worth it. Long live anonymous cowards.
But that's just my opinion.
In some cases anonymous speach is the ONLY way in which some individuals can enjoy their right to free and open expressions of personal opinion.
End of story.
So, while anon posting may be the end of ALL free speach, it would ABOSULTELY be the end of SOME free speach. So, is the right of those few worth the cost of anon posting abuse? I'd say no. But thats just my opinion.
Bullshit, fuck you.
Feel free to do whatever you wish with your moderation, your reading habits, etc. That is the way it SHOULD be. But to say we should remove anonymous posting, remove so called open forums, your denying free speach, advocating censorship, and attempting to force your view on content upon us all.
So, in love of my free speach, I say FUCK YOU!
and I'll even leave my name on this...
Never before has a journalist been so publicly and quickly denounced for mis conceptions, and skewed observations. Of course he hates hostile environments, because as his writings show, he attracts hostile comments.
Now, a truly unbiased writer would view this as an assest. So what if every reader doesnt prepare a long eloquent and witty retort to your content. Perhaps they prefer the raw and cutting distilation of pure feeling they feel when reading (what they perceive to be) trash or worthless ramble? It is none the less feedback, which is obviously ignored by Katz.
Katz has grown old and inflexible in his years. No longer is he willing to take a variety of view points at a subject, or consider the feedback he gets with an unbiased eye. If they are angry about his work, then, by god, they are WRONG. Let me write an article about how these angry young punks are ruining the net.
Well Katz, its only going to get worse. The march of technological progess will only continue to make communication easier, and much more pervasive. However, this is a good thing. The very fact that there is so much anger on the net is because such wide and varying groups of people are coming head to head in discussion. Sure, there are more effective ways to express a point or feeling, but violent flame is still an expression of views. Perhaps even an indicator as to the level of feeling involved with such a topic.
If you want sane, calm discussion, go round up a group of fellow journalists Katz, make sure they fit the mental profile of the views you hold, and I promise you, all you will get is pleasant, agreeable conversation.. And worthless conversation devoid of all but one viewpoint.
Think of all the wide array of feedback you receive as different angles on the same subject. It is all benificial to some degree or another, so make use of it, and quit trying to preach to the young punks about manners with your ears closed.
Id say it means small kernel and system overhead (efficient use of memory, and small executables) as well as efficient use of other system resources.
So in that sense it would be similar to the design of the PalmOS, i wont even mention WinCE as its such a pile of crap...
Cant wait to see the code released so we can know exactly wot was changed / optimized / added.
And for good reason. They have les bugs in their code. Nature built us men with raging hormones and fierce tempers for good reason.. however, those reasons are rapidly becoming moot. No longer must we hunt our food, defend our families, and beat wild grizzzlies to death with our bare hands. Unfortunately natural selection and evolution are rather long processes which do not respond quickly to changes in environment.
But change does occur. All those brutal males will slowly die off, their main form of procreation is rape, and I will kill them if they try this method. The rest will probably prey on the insecure, and lonely. But majority rules, and as society continues to progress, anger and violence and natural animal male behavior will become increasingly unfit.
So you horny young males full of spit and piss, when your sitting there in front of your monitor yanking your chod to some online pr0n, wondering when you'll ever get a peice of some real ass that isnt a farm animal, reflect back upon that grunting face reflected before you, and the person that lies within. For soon, you too may become extinct.
"Just check the nat portman posts on any thread.." Katz
.. cock.
In the interest of all those females that had to put up with nat portman posts:
-= Brad Pit! =-= Nekked =-= and Petrified =-
I see his shlong..
it is so long and hard.
It is petrified.
I feel his rock
It brings me joy and pleasure.
Thank god for KY.
Nat portman? no way...
I need something more i say.
Brad pit, petrified.
For a data transfer layer between fully automated intelligent agent systems distrubted world wide over high end computing clusters..
just in case you handt heard...
Lets assume that the current trend of rapid increases in computing power continues a decade or two.
;)
The most interesting problems crunched on today (IMHO) with computers are simulation and complex problem solving. The latter meaning various algorithms for finding optimal solutions to combinatorial problems.
Simulation meaning the ability to predict the behavior of physical structures, chemicals, processes, etc.
Combinatorial optimization solving traveling salesman, design - VLSI, chemical engineering, etc. using algorithms such a simulated annealing, genetic or eveolutionary, nueral networks, etc.
These types of processing will continue to grow in power and flexibility to a point where we can design incredibly complex systems entirely in silico.
Once this is accomplished, the majority of human 'work' will consist of manual labors, or 'creative' tasks. The engineering types of processes, VLSI, CAD/CAM, structure design, will be crunched out by computers at a fraction of the cost, using incredibly powerful eveolutionary processes to find solutions no human could dream of.
This is already happening in quite a few fields of expertise.
Thus, we will be the eternal dreamers, searching for the endless areas of which to apply our computing power, and provide direction for its use. The rest will be done by the black box brutes.
At least, that's my opinion...
i think this is the real course of study, meticulously camiflauged...
You do the math...
A copy of the DeCSS software source code for linux and a zip file of the dll's for doze are available here for those interested: http://cubicmetercrystal.com/decss/ Fight for copyright / patent sanity. Perhaps once companies realize that strong arm tactics to silence information will not work on the net, all of these intimidating law suits will stop.
Well, one day we will have our nano assembled cubic meter crystals of super conducting solid FPGA like computational powerhouses churning out trillions or teraflops with ease and having more L1 type memory at clock speed (10-50 gigahertz) than all of the information on the internet as a whole at this point. When that day comes, well, I will be one happy geek. So, anyone care to calculate according to mores law when this point will be reached? Its sooner than you think.. try it.
The company I work for uses OSS software (Linux, PERL, Samba, etc.) as the company standard for servers, as well as laptop OS for the coders (Most of us would have loaded Linux anywayz ;) They recognize the power and felxibility (not to mention low cost) of using OSS software.
What if I am a psycho killer and i have a site listing the 101 'good' ways to dismember someone? Or maybee im a sicko porno freak and have 101 'good' pics of transgender bestiality pics? Or if im a satanist with 101 'good' ways to barbecue homosapien? Good may be much more prevalent than evil on the web, but who's good are we talking about anyway?
When we get nano tech computers ready for mass production, the fastest super computers today will look ridiculously under powered. I hope everyone with an interest in nano tech has read Diamond Age by Stephenson... an entertaining view into the posibilites of the technology.
The 'dictionay' you are talking about to store all keys would be prohibitively large. It is not possible for even a fraction of the 2^128 keys possible with 128 bit encryption.
As for elliptic curve cryptography, this is a relatively new type of public key crypto. These algorithms are thought to be more resitant to cryptanalysis than RSA, which is used in PGP.
Specificaly index calculus discrete logarithm attacks will not work. Also, they tend to be faster and require smaller key sizes than comparable public key cyphers like RSA.
Reference: Applied Cryptography Vol2
strong encryption (128 bit+ for block cyphers, 2048 bit+ for asymetric - like PGP) should be adequate to protect any data from evesdropping. Even our US goverment with all the crays and clusters in the world could not brute force keys this big with much success. Cyptanalysis attacks are different, but good cyphers are resistant to this type of breaking. FreeSWAN and PGP would be a good, quite secure solution. Learn about cyptography if you are truly interested in this subject (Applied Cyrptography - second edition by Bruce Schneier is a great book) And remember, cyphers are only a part of your security solution. Your security is only as strong as the weakest link, and if you have other security problems (key management, training, etc) it wont matter how good your cyphers are.
So, how 'damaging' are all the Unix specific features of PERL? Did these features fragment PERL? Are you confused by the Unix features? If you are going to bash OS specific features of PERL be thorough!
Personally, I dont care what Microshaft does with PERL as long as any added 'features' are open source and under the same license. I think they should use modules (CPAN?) for any type of extra functionality they want, but I guess they will do it their way.