the same for pharmaceuticals would be about a third of the amount of time spent developing a drug.
Speaking of pharma stuff, did you knew that the industry probably spends more an advertising than on R&D [1] ?
Perhaps they should be able to patent certain types of ads, too ?
The only time a licensing request should be denied is [...] if the licensee is a direct competitor [...]
With statements like this, I sometimes wonder if all the stifling of innovation through hindrance of competition in economics is just part of a bigger plot to prevent the singularity from happening all too soon.
Whenever a law is found unconstitutional, each and every politician who voted for it should have his right revoked to be part of the parliament and never be able to be a candidate in any election again.
I like the approach of actually going through and giving these anti-privacy people exactly what they're asking for.
I did his at school. When I urged people to encrypt their communication, several said they had nothing to hide. So I started Wireshark and proceeded to read some of their more interesting instant messages to them and everyone who was interested.
Kind of bothered some of them, but instead of learning crypto basics, they yelled at me. I do not understand this behaviour, can Slashdot explain ?
Perfect response to "nothing to hide" people:
on
An Epidemic of Snooping
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· Score: 4, Insightful
"Everyone poops, but it takes a special person to do it in public."
tune in to chaosradio 56 "GSM Hacking" [1].
(although i doubt that german-speaking slashdot users don't know of chaosradio)
[1] http://chaosradio.ccc.de/cre056.html
[...] and by providing a generally easier-to-use interface [...]
based on anectodal evidence - seeing really dumb people use kde and gnome - i'd dispute that. just look at synaptic and then try telling me the windows way of installing stuff is easier. or compare the ever-nested windows "start" menu with the gnome "applications" menu, then guess which one may be easier to use (hint - it's especially frustrating to miss that 20px high box when you are 4 levels inside the nested menu structure).
MORPHEUS: At last. Welcome, Neo. As you no doubt have guessed, I am Morpheus.
THOMAS: It's an honor.
MORPHEUS: No, the honor is mine. Please. Come. Sit. [Pause] I imagine, right now, you're feeling a bit like Alice, tumbling down the rabbit hole?
THOMAS: You could say that.
MORPHEUS: I can see it in your eyes. You have the look of a man who accepts what he sees because he is expecting to wake up. Ironically, this is not far from the truth. Do you use closed source software, Neo?
THOMAS: No.
MORPHEUS: Why not?
THOMAS: Because I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my computer.
MORPHEUS: I know exactly what you mean. [Pause] Let me tell you why you are here. You have come because you know something. What you know you can't explain but you feel it. You've felt it your whole life, felt that something is wrong with the world. You don't know what, but it's there like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad. It is this feeling that brought you to me. Do you know what I'm talking about?
THOMAS: Windows?
MORPHEUS: Do you want to know what it is? Don't we all feel that there is more to life...that there is something missing? [Pause] Windows is everywhere, it's all around us, even now in this very room. You can see it when you look out your - ahem - window [short pause] or when you turn on your media center. You can feel it when you login at work, when you surf to slashdot, when you pay your taxes online. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.
THOMAS: What truth?
MORPHEUS: That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else, you were born into bondage, born into a prison that you cannot smell, taste, or touch. A prison for your mind. Unfortunately, no one can be told what Windows is. You have to see it for yourself. This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the recovery disc, the story ends. You wake in your bed and you believe whatever you want to believe. You take the Ubuntu disc, you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Remember, all I am offering is the truth. Nothing more.
when i present ubuntu, i highlight the integration: - synaptic is a killer application, the dumbed down version is literally idiot proof - when i click on a file, if a suitable program isn't installed, i get a prompt if i want it - when i input a command and a suitable program isn't installed, i get instructions to install it
combined with my subtle RDF, it works quite nicely;)
Back in 2002 is wasn't on Slashdot, but this stuff seems kind of interesting - i know now what they mean with "browse at -1 to spot abuse".
Are there any newer threads like this [1] ?
Relying on current application behaviour is not bad per se. It is bad not to reveal what the application does.
Things like autoSpaceLikeWord95 are referenced but not specified. This is objectively bad.
Just think of it: I give a new screw standards paper to the ISO. It simply says that the screw can easily be driven in with my old Bauhaus 95 screwdriver. However, the spec doesn't say what the dimensions of my screwdriver actually are. Do you think ISO should make this a standard ?
Seems to me Anonymous is better suited for this battle - first they DDOS the transwarp hubs and then they protest right in gront of the cube- oh nevermind.
Yeah Apple is so open and this is the reason i can run OS X on my beige bo- OH WAIT I CANNOT !
But that's not such an issue at least songs i downloaded with Itunes can be played on my noname mp3 play- OH NOES IT FAILS !
Well at least Itunes runs on Linux, to- SHIT IT DOESN'T !
There is a distinct difference: ODF doesn't "specify" AutoFormatLikeStarOffice5.2 or WrapLinesLikeStarWriter1.0. I suggest you read http://ooxmlisdefectivebydesign.blogspot.com/ and see for yourself if OOXML can be considered broken from an objective POV.
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Perhaps they should be able to patent certain types of ads, too ?
[1] http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=pharma+advertising+research
Take that, Kurzweil !
As I recall, so-called "reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing" (RAND) makes use in free and open source software impossible.
Also, some guy claims he prooved mathematically that software patents fail (disclaimer: i don't understand it) [1].
[1] http://www.juergen-ernst.de/info_swpat_en.html
German Chaos Computer Club does a radio show (in german) right now (22:00 GMT+1) about.
Infos (and later podcast download):
http://chaosradio.ccc.de/cr132.html
Streams:
* MP3 128kBit/s VBR Joint Stereo
o http://stream.xenim.de:8000/cr_128k_vbr.mp3
o http://streams.xenim.de:8000/cr_128k_vbr.mp3.m3u
* OGG 56kBit/s VBR Stereo
o http://stream.xenim.de:8000/cr_56k.ogg
o http://streams.xenim.de:8000/cr_56k.ogg.m3u
* OGG 96kBit/s VBR Stereo
o http://stream.xenim.de:8000/cr_96k.ogg
o http://streams.xenim.de:8000/cr_96k.ogg.m3u
* OGG 128kBit/s VBR Stereo
o http://stream.xenim.de:8000/cr_128k.ogg
o http://streams.xenim.de:8000/cr_128k.ogg.m3u
Whenever a law is found unconstitutional, each and every politician who voted for it should have his right revoked to be part of the parliament and never be able to be a candidate in any election again.
I did his at school. When I urged people to encrypt their communication, several said they had nothing to hide. So I started Wireshark and proceeded to read some of their more interesting instant messages to them and everyone who was interested.
Kind of bothered some of them, but instead of learning crypto basics, they yelled at me. I do not understand this behaviour, can Slashdot explain ?
"Everyone poops, but it takes a special person to do it in public."
(Dunno where I read it.)
tune in to chaosradio 56 "GSM Hacking" [1]. (although i doubt that german-speaking slashdot users don't know of chaosradio) [1] http://chaosradio.ccc.de/cre056.html
knowledge of this can *only* have some impact if you tell everyone about it. just look WEP, better encryption is the way to go.
and i'll bet they won't charge anything.
;)
check out some movie about the GSM state of security [1] and mod me informative.
[1] http://chaosradio.ccc.de/camp2007_m4v_2015.html
MORPHEUS: At last. Welcome, Neo. As you no doubt have guessed, I am Morpheus.
THOMAS: It's an honor.
MORPHEUS: No, the honor is mine. Please. Come. Sit. [Pause] I imagine, right now, you're feeling a bit like Alice, tumbling down the rabbit hole?
THOMAS: You could say that.
MORPHEUS: I can see it in your eyes. You have the look of a man who accepts what he sees because he is expecting to wake up. Ironically, this is not far from the truth. Do you use closed source software, Neo?
THOMAS: No.
MORPHEUS: Why not?
THOMAS: Because I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my computer.
MORPHEUS: I know exactly what you mean. [Pause] Let me tell you why you are here. You have come because you know something. What you know you can't explain but you feel it. You've felt it your whole life, felt that something is wrong with the world. You don't know what, but it's there like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad. It is this feeling that brought you to me. Do you know what I'm talking about?
THOMAS: Windows?
MORPHEUS: Do you want to know what it is? Don't we all feel that there is more to life...that there is something missing? [Pause] Windows is everywhere, it's all around us, even now in this very room. You can see it when you look out your - ahem - window [short pause] or when you turn on your media center. You can feel it when you login at work, when you surf to slashdot, when you pay your taxes online. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.
THOMAS: What truth?
MORPHEUS: That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else, you were born into bondage, born into a prison that you cannot smell, taste, or touch. A prison for your mind. Unfortunately, no one can be told what Windows is. You have to see it for yourself. This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the recovery disc, the story ends. You wake in your bed and you believe whatever you want to believe. You take the Ubuntu disc, you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Remember, all I am offering is the truth. Nothing more.
(Thomas takes the Ubuntu disc and some cookies.)
when i present ubuntu, i highlight the integration:
;)
- synaptic is a killer application, the dumbed down version is literally idiot proof
- when i click on a file, if a suitable program isn't installed, i get a prompt if i want it
- when i input a command and a suitable program isn't installed, i get instructions to install it
combined with my subtle RDF, it works quite nicely
... with ubuntu on it. i mentioned it to some guy i knew - several month later i was positively surprised he had chosen the same laptop.
do you got some of these skilled hackers ? i have a large semiprime to factor
Back in 2002 is wasn't on Slashdot, but this stuff seems kind of interesting - i know now what they mean with "browse at -1 to spot abuse".
Are there any newer threads like this [1] ?
[1] http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=26315&cid=2850660
they have absolutely no right to do that. does your landlord have the right to go into your appartment and tamper with your property ?
Relying on current application behaviour is not bad per se. It is bad not to reveal what the application does. Things like autoSpaceLikeWord95 are referenced but not specified. This is objectively bad. Just think of it: I give a new screw standards paper to the ISO. It simply says that the screw can easily be driven in with my old Bauhaus 95 screwdriver. However, the spec doesn't say what the dimensions of my screwdriver actually are. Do you think ISO should make this a standard ?
Seems to me Anonymous is better suited for this battle - first they DDOS the transwarp hubs and then they protest right in gront of the cube- oh nevermind.
Yeah Apple is so open and this is the reason i can run OS X on my beige bo- OH WAIT I CANNOT !
But that's not such an issue at least songs i downloaded with Itunes can be played on my noname mp3 play- OH NOES IT FAILS !
Well at least Itunes runs on Linux, to- SHIT IT DOESN'T !
There is a distinct difference: ODF doesn't "specify" AutoFormatLikeStarOffice5.2 or WrapLinesLikeStarWriter1.0.
I suggest you read http://ooxmlisdefectivebydesign.blogspot.com/ and see for yourself if OOXML can be considered broken from an objective POV.
at least one patch ? try any free software project (and see your reasoning totally fails it).