FWIW the code.png is 591x19 pixels. 19 is prime, and 591 is a multiple of primes 197 and 3.
A histogram of code.png shows all values concentrated at 8 locations, making me think this is digital information, not something meant to be viewed as an image.
Nothing interesting from "strings code.png"
That's all I have to contribute. Off to do something else now...
Winston sprang to attention in front of the telescreen, upon which the image of a youngish woman, scrawny but muscular, dressed in tunic and gym-shoes, had already appeared.
'Arms bending and stretching!' she rapped out. 'Take your time by me. One, two, three, four! One, two, three, four! Come on, comrades, put a bit of life into it! One, two, three, four! One, two, three, four!'
[......]
'Smith!' screamed the shrewish voice from the telescreen. '6079 Smith W.! Yes, you! Bend lower, please! You can do better than that. You're not trying. Lower, please! That's better, comrade. Now stand at ease, the whole squad, and watch me.'
A sudden hot sweat had broken out all over Winston's body. His face remained completely inscrutable. Never show dismay! Never show resentment! A single flicker of the eyes could give you away. He stood watching while the instructress raised her arms above her head and -- one could not say gracefully, but with remarkable neatness and efficiency -- bent over and tucked the first joint of her fingers under her toes.
'There, comrades! That's how I want to see you doing it. Watch me again. I'm thirty-nine and I've had four children. Now look.' She bent over again. 'You see my knees aren't bent. You can all do it if you want to,' she added as she straightened herself up. 'Anyone under forty-five is perfectly capable of touching his toes.
Since when can the State Secret privilege be used to keep secret a program that is probably illegal? That's an enormous conflict of interest. The president doesn't (or at least shouldn't) have the "privilege" to cover up what are probably illegal actions.
I mean seriously, did anyone think otherwise? Let's see... You've got at your disposal a giant database of every person in the country, their financial activities, their social security numbers, their purchases, their personal tastes, their locations, their income, their interests, their criminal records, their political leanings, their emails, IMs, personal communications, and most importantly their RELATIONSHIPS-- who they call, who their family is, where they travel, etc.
Amazon and lastfm use this kind of thing to figure what kind of music you're likely to like and/or what items you're gonna be most interested in. Do you really think with all this tasty information the government isn't going to use it for ALL KINDS of purposes?
They'll be able to do searches using probability and relationships to identify all kinds of commonalities between "undesirables"... who knows what it might be that puts you on the wrong list... maybe you share the same taste in "music PLUS shoes size PLUS income PLUS you leave too close to a mosque" and BAM, you light up as a 97% potential political dissident. Oh, and look, you're having an affair too. How convenient.
This shit is scary. I'm not surprised they're using this information for domestic crimes (which of course they're not allowed to do, not that it could possibly be admissible. How could a court accept evidence from a nationally secretive/illegal spying program? That is, unless they're getting tips from anonymous gov't sources that never show up in a courtroom...).
I AM worried about what else they're using it for (breaking up political adversaries, busting government bids, economic manipulations, blackmail, etc.) that we won't find out about for 50 years, if at all.
The fabulously energetic Princeton theoretical physicist Leonard Susskind and one the founders of string theory returns with an encore presentation about his disagreement with Stephen Hawking: whether collapsing stars which form black holes not only make matter disappear but all information as well. Does it matter? It's one of the major battle lines among people who think about what makes the universe tick.
With all the discussion about whether or not you can copyright a forgery, I'm more concerned for the information contained on the legit ID/forged ID itself. We can see they contain a name, address, birth date, driver's license #, physical description, photo, and signature.
Leaving aside the possibility that it is a valid ID, let's look at a hypothetical-- say only the picture has been forged. Say a legit ID was stolen/copied and someone slapped their face (or the face of someone else) on it. Or maybe it's an innocent "borrowed" big brother's ID or a picture with a similar enough face for the scammer to get by. The rest of the info is valid, and now the innocent cardholder has not only had their ID taken, but now their personal info has been posted on the Internet too!
How many of you have been asked for your birthdate, street name, or driver's license in lieu of a password as a kind of phone verification? I've had credit card companies and others do this all the time.
Even assuming the IDs ARE faked, forget shaming- is it not vigilante justice to violate the suspected faker's information online and subject them (or their victims) to an increased likelihood of identity theft? Does this violate state or federal privacy laws?
I wanted to watch the GOP debate, but my Linux (Gentoo/GNOME) box would not load video from the MSNBC page. I was told that I needed Firefox (which I had) and Flash (which I had). I tried in OS X with Firefox and Flash. No dice. I tried with Safari (which it said would work) and Flash on my Mac. Same message.
I used the latest version of Firefox, Safari, OS X, and the Flash plugin on both machines. STILL was unable to watch on Microsoft's site. On OS X I also had the Microsoft WMV Quicktime plugins.
Just a quick poll-- has anyone ever had video working on MSNBC with a non-Windows machine? If so, what was your configuration?
Microsoft penalizes competitors in mysterious ways. Take this recently released strategic email from Bill Gates:
From: Bill Gates Sent: Sunday, January 24, 1999 8:41 AM [...] Subject: ACPI extensions
One thing I find myself wondering about is whether we shouldn't try and make the "ACPI" extensions somehow Windows specific.
It seems unfortunate if we do this work and get our partners to do the work and the result is that Linux works great without having to do the work. Maybe there is no way to avoid this problem but it does bother me.
Maybe we could define the APIs so that they work well with NT and not the others even if they are open.
Or maybe we could patent something related to this. This is clear evidence that they (at least) considered using patents and deliberately creating incompatibility to hurt competitors, even under the guise of being "open". Don't you think this virtualization pricing thing just might be less a concern about security (?) and more an attempt to do something similar via the EULA?
if I take a picture of a public building, the choice should be mine as to whether I provide it to the world without restriction or if I try to make some money for my efforts.
...except, of course, when the building (or other structure) in question is trademarked, in which case you may not make money from your photo without getting sued by the building's trademark owner.
I haven't heard about all those Mac exploits he's referring to, have you?
He's referring to the Month of Apple Bugs. As I understand it, however, many of those bugs are not in Apple products and do not necessarily compromise the entire system.
Damn, you're absolutely right. I was looking at the macrumors live feed too and got the info mixed up. Anyway, yeah, still curious about standby and whether the estimate is realistic or not, not to mention if they'll be unlockable (guess it doesn't matter if you're tied into a Cingular plan, unless you can pay to break the contract)
I read the article.. it's actually 5 hours of VIDEO playback time.. 16 hrs of "audio" time. What I want to know, genius, is whether this is #1 a realistic estimate, #2 reflects phone call audio or ipod playback audio #3 is acceptable for everyday use, and #4 what standby time (how long the battery holds its charge when it's waiting for a call) is.
Also, I'm interested in this 2 year Cingular plan you need to get. I wonder how hard it would be to unlock the phone for travel overseas and/or using domestic (USA) T-Mobile? Will non-USA phones be locked to their provider? It may make more sense/be cheaper to buy this at a higher initial price and not be locked to Cingular. (I understand some features like the non-linear message recovery may be dependent on the carrier, but it may be worth it).
So I wonder-- is 5 hours of battery time (which is probably a "best case" estimate) practical, and will I be able to use this w/any SIM card when traveling...
It does use the Apple menu bar. The only issue is that some of the dialogue boxes are still OpenOffice.org dialogues, not OS X style. I believe this is mainly an issue when you print.
Nope. The print and file open/save dialogues are all native now too.
I wonder if your fear #3 is grounds for challenging current patent law. I mean, the constitution says the congress shall have power:
To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
I believe at this point paranoia is not only rational but optimistic and gin and tonic are my only defense
If it can be demonstrated that the current law is HAMPERING the progress of science, would that not make overreaching patent law unconstitutional? That may be a hard case to make, but I bet there is a ton of evidence to support the premise, from scientists who are afraid to invent or publish, programmers who are afraid to release code, corporations which sit on inventions rather than exploit them, etc. Would not a climate of fear engendered amongst Authors and Inventors not be hampering the progress of science and the useful arts?
Incidentally, I note that the constitution specifically refers to "writings and discoveries." What is the "discovery" related to this particular patent?
porting ZFS to OSX is not a simple matter as, for example, porting UFS or EXT2 would be*
Actually, early released versions of OS X (10.0 for sure) ran on either HFS+ *or* UFS. UFS wasn't used so much and I think had some issues (case sensitivity & classic OS 9 support), and I believe at some point (10.2?) UFS-based installation was dropped.
Funny you should mention it. I was just reading this fascinating account by Steve Wozniak about how he invented the Apple I (semi-technical), and he talks a bit about the Altair.
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FWIW the code.png is 591x19 pixels. 19 is prime, and 591 is a multiple of primes 197 and 3.
A histogram of code.png shows all values concentrated at 8 locations, making me think this is digital information, not something meant to be viewed as an image.
Nothing interesting from "strings code.png"
That's all I have to contribute. Off to do something else now...
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I was about to recommend the same thing.
here's the channel 4 site, as well as videos, part one and two.
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--George Orwell, "1984"
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100+ replies and not one mention of Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada, which was only 3 years ago.
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Since when can the State Secret privilege be used to keep secret a program that is probably illegal? That's an enormous conflict of interest. The president doesn't (or at least shouldn't) have the "privilege" to cover up what are probably illegal actions.
Since at least April 28, 2006.
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"Surprise, surprise surprise!"
I mean seriously, did anyone think otherwise? Let's see... You've got at your disposal a giant database of every person in the country, their financial activities, their social security numbers, their purchases, their personal tastes, their locations, their income, their interests, their criminal records, their political leanings, their emails, IMs, personal communications, and most importantly their RELATIONSHIPS-- who they call, who their family is, where they travel, etc.
Amazon and lastfm use this kind of thing to figure what kind of music you're likely to like and/or what items you're gonna be most interested in. Do you really think with all this tasty information the government isn't going to use it for ALL KINDS of purposes?
They'll be able to do searches using probability and relationships to identify all kinds of commonalities between "undesirables"... who knows what it might be that puts you on the wrong list... maybe you share the same taste in "music PLUS shoes size PLUS income PLUS you leave too close to a mosque" and BAM, you light up as a 97% potential political dissident. Oh, and look, you're having an affair too. How convenient.
This shit is scary. I'm not surprised they're using this information for domestic crimes (which of course they're not allowed to do, not that it could possibly be admissible. How could a court accept evidence from a nationally secretive/illegal spying program? That is, unless they're getting tips from anonymous gov't sources that never show up in a courtroom...).
I AM worried about what else they're using it for (breaking up political adversaries, busting government bids, economic manipulations, blackmail, etc.) that we won't find out about for 50 years, if at all.
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The description:
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With all the discussion about whether or not you can copyright a forgery, I'm more concerned for the information contained on the legit ID/forged ID itself. We can see they contain a name, address, birth date, driver's license #, physical description, photo, and signature.
Leaving aside the possibility that it is a valid ID, let's look at a hypothetical-- say only the picture has been forged. Say a legit ID was stolen/copied and someone slapped their face (or the face of someone else) on it. Or maybe it's an innocent "borrowed" big brother's ID or a picture with a similar enough face for the scammer to get by. The rest of the info is valid, and now the innocent cardholder has not only had their ID taken, but now their personal info has been posted on the Internet too!
How many of you have been asked for your birthdate, street name, or driver's license in lieu of a password as a kind of phone verification? I've had credit card companies and others do this all the time.
Even assuming the IDs ARE faked, forget shaming- is it not vigilante justice to violate the suspected faker's information online and subject them (or their victims) to an increased likelihood of identity theft? Does this violate state or federal privacy laws?
Just a consideration that occurred to me..
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I wanted to watch the GOP debate, but my Linux (Gentoo/GNOME) box would not load video from the MSNBC page. I was told that I needed Firefox (which I had) and Flash (which I had). I tried in OS X with Firefox and Flash. No dice. I tried with Safari (which it said would work) and Flash on my Mac. Same message.
I used the latest version of Firefox, Safari, OS X, and the Flash plugin on both machines. STILL was unable to watch on Microsoft's site. On OS X I also had the Microsoft WMV Quicktime plugins.
Just a quick poll-- has anyone ever had video working on MSNBC with a non-Windows machine? If so, what was your configuration?
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Here is NeoOffice's official statement.
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Sent: Sunday, January 24, 1999 8:41 AM
[...]
Subject: ACPI extensions
One thing I find myself wondering about is whether we shouldn't try and make the "ACPI" extensions somehow Windows
specific.
It seems unfortunate if we do this work and get our partners to do the work and the result is that Linux works great without
having to do the work. Maybe there is no way to avoid this problem but it does bother me.
Maybe we could define the APIs so that they work well with NT and not the others even if they are open.
Or maybe we could patent something related to this. This is clear evidence that they (at least) considered using patents and deliberately creating incompatibility to hurt competitors, even under the guise of being "open". Don't you think this virtualization pricing thing just might be less a concern about security (?) and more an attempt to do something similar via the EULA?
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Rumours also abound over the amount of cocaine in 'coke'. There may be no mountains or dew in Mountain Dew and no pepper in Dr Pepper.
So long as I'm getting my daily minimum of grapes and nuts from Grape Nuts, I don't see the problem...
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It's like what's the difference between a freedom fighter and a militant rebel?
Which was Luke Skywalker again?
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I haven't heard about all those Mac exploits he's referring to, have you?
He's referring to the Month of Apple Bugs. As I understand it, however, many of those bugs are not in Apple products and do not necessarily compromise the entire system.
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Are you sure you read the article?
Damn, you're absolutely right. I was looking at the macrumors live feed too and got the info mixed up. Anyway, yeah, still curious about standby and whether the estimate is realistic or not, not to mention if they'll be unlockable (guess it doesn't matter if you're tied into a Cingular plan, unless you can pay to break the contract)
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I read the article.. it's actually 5 hours of VIDEO playback time.. 16 hrs of "audio" time. What I want to know, genius, is whether this is #1 a realistic estimate, #2 reflects phone call audio or ipod playback audio #3 is acceptable for everyday use, and #4 what standby time (how long the battery holds its charge when it's waiting for a call) is.
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That can't be right, can it?
Also, I'm interested in this 2 year Cingular plan you need to get. I wonder how hard it would be to unlock the phone for travel overseas and/or using domestic (USA) T-Mobile? Will non-USA phones be locked to their provider? It may make more sense/be cheaper to buy this at a higher initial price and not be locked to Cingular. (I understand some features like the non-linear message recovery may be dependent on the carrier, but it may be worth it).
So I wonder-- is 5 hours of battery time (which is probably a "best case" estimate) practical, and will I be able to use this w/any SIM card when traveling...
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in 64-bit Gentoo, try this:
That should let you use the 32-bit flash in 64-bit firefox.
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It does use the Apple menu bar. The only issue is that some of the dialogue boxes are still OpenOffice.org dialogues, not OS X style. I believe this is mainly an issue when you print.
Nope. The print and file open/save dialogues are all native now too.
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There's something especially gratifying about this graph flipping us all the bird.
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I believe at this point paranoia is not only rational but optimistic and gin and tonic are my only defense
If it can be demonstrated that the current law is HAMPERING the progress of science, would that not make overreaching patent law unconstitutional? That may be a hard case to make, but I bet there is a ton of evidence to support the premise, from scientists who are afraid to invent or publish, programmers who are afraid to release code, corporations which sit on inventions rather than exploit them, etc. Would not a climate of fear engendered amongst Authors and Inventors not be hampering the progress of science and the useful arts?
Incidentally, I note that the constitution specifically refers to "writings and discoveries." What is the "discovery" related to this particular patent?
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porting ZFS to OSX is not a simple matter as, for example, porting UFS or EXT2 would be*
Actually, early released versions of OS X (10.0 for sure) ran on either HFS+ *or* UFS. UFS wasn't used so much and I think had some issues (case sensitivity & classic OS 9 support), and I believe at some point (10.2?) UFS-based installation was dropped.
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Funny you should mention it. I was just reading this fascinating account by Steve Wozniak about how he invented the Apple I (semi-technical), and he talks a bit about the Altair.
//gs?
Anyone have a "Woz"
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