Both are at fault. Kino should give a reasonable error message and suggest a solution when it can't open raw1394 (it might do this, haven't used it for awhile), and Ubuntu should either have the Kino menu entry run it with sudo. Alternatively, either of them could patch Kino to access raw1394 through a privileged, secure intermediary.
This kind of lazy, broken packaging happens a lot in Ubuntu, and probably other distributions too. It's a drawback to using volunteer labor.
If the NSA knew how to do that, would they really give the technique away for $500? Moreover, would they reveal that they could do it for $500?
You're correct, but do you seriously think the NSA is interested in what's on your hard drive? If they are, it's a good bet that the FBI will seize it before you can destroy it.
I don't understand why cryptography/data destruction discussions end up speculating on the NSA's capabilities. They're irrelevant, because if the US government truly wants information that you have, you've already lost. If you couldn't afford some senators to call off the hunt before it started, you don't have the resources to defend yourself.
Maybe I'm just being cynical, so if you have examples where destroying hard drives has kept someone out of Federal (or secret) prison I'd like to know.
HTF did that movie ever get past the script stage?
That was the real Shyamalan Twist(tm) of the movie. "I got Mel Gibson and Joaquin Pheonix to star in this steamer, and then I got you to pay me so you could watch it! Surprise!"
It's not just the military. A professor I worked with in college once started getting his entire annual salary on each monthly check. It took him and the department accountant three months of arguing with the university to get it straightened out.
I agree with the idea, but it will be much easier for special interests to buy a few state legislators than it is to buy the majority of voters in a state.
No matter how they're chosen, senators have way too much power.
Appearing in a peer-reviewed journal isn't a stamp of authoritative correctness on a paper, just that a few people thought it was worthy of some space in the journal. Peer-review is (supposed to be) just a rough initial filter to cut down the noise; if a paper is actually good and useful it will be cited often.
Who do you think is doing all the work? From my experience as a grad student, the faculty are more "outside observers" than grad students, especially in the student's thesis area. Faculty tend to deal a lot more with finances and administration than research.
I think the problem is that the OEMs that re-brand linux distros don't give credit (or money) to the distros they mooch off. Like eeePC uses Xandros or the Walmart PCs used gOS... but that money doesn't go back to Ubuntu/cannonical or Fedora/Red Hat. Hence "Linux" isn't getting a brand name, a shiny sticker customers can look for on a box.
If the distros see that as a problem they should change their licensing. I'd like to see some kind of organized Linux branding too, but WalMart and Asus aren't getting away with something sneaky here. They're expressly allowed to do this, just like you and me.
We don't have all the bugs worked out... we don't have all the questions answered
Then they are incompetent. A lot (most?) of the music services besides iTunes used Microsoft's DRM before they went to mp3. I'm pretty sure that it's built in to Windows Media Player. Microsoft has the dominant DRM scheme on non-iPod media players, which is also integrated with Windows Media Player. Microsoft has been working on these technologies for years.
Microsoft should have been in an unparalleled position to roll out a service like this. It is another incomprehensible example of one Microsoft division acting completely unaware of the products of other Microsoft divisions. The same thing happened when the Zune didn't support PlaysForSure. What the hell is going on there? If someone has a good explanation, I'd love to know it.
They get over it and pay to upgrade equipment and training. If they really cared about how their computers work, they wouldn't have been locked in to a single vendor whose entire business plan is forcing upgrades.
Well, as I remember the story, the original fundamental goal of the project was to teach kids critical thinking and self-directed learning by giving them a computer they could easily tinker with and reprogram. You were supposed to be able to push a button and see the source code for every piece of software on the thing. I think they were also using a lot of Python (or some other scripting language) so that it would be easy to experiment with the code.
First, the view source button didn't work when it shipped. When they later started offering XP it really drove home that they had abandoned the critical thinking goal, and had decided to just sell fancy ebook readers.
So originally the goal was to empower a portion of the recipients to make their world better. Now, the goal is to stay relevant.
That's what I was thinking. I've been using VMWare and VirtualBox for a long time, and I've never had to "fiddle with network bridges." I've never tried to do anything very complex though, so maybe the networking only works for common setups.
As an alternative to having one file for each note, you could just paste stuff in a new Tomboy (Voodoo Pad) page and let Beagle (Spotlight) index it so you can find it later. Better yet, install the Beagle extension for Firefox and you don't even have to copy stuff. It will take you straight to the page that had the text.
This is specific to Linux or Mac. I don't know if Windows has similar tools.
I have to wonder if Apple would be happy to dominate the market. Virtually all of their marketing is based on their position as the smug, elite minority. They succeed by making products targeted to a very specific audience, and I think that if they tried to be general and flexible they'd lose something important.
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Both are at fault. Kino should give a reasonable error message and suggest a solution when it can't open raw1394 (it might do this, haven't used it for awhile), and Ubuntu should either have the Kino menu entry run it with sudo. Alternatively, either of them could patch Kino to access raw1394 through a privileged, secure intermediary.
This kind of lazy, broken packaging happens a lot in Ubuntu, and probably other distributions too. It's a drawback to using volunteer labor.
If the NSA knew how to do that, would they really give the technique away for $500? Moreover, would they reveal that they could do it for $500?
You're correct, but do you seriously think the NSA is interested in what's on your hard drive? If they are, it's a good bet that the FBI will seize it before you can destroy it.
I don't understand why cryptography/data destruction discussions end up speculating on the NSA's capabilities. They're irrelevant, because if the US government truly wants information that you have, you've already lost. If you couldn't afford some senators to call off the hunt before it started, you don't have the resources to defend yourself.
Maybe I'm just being cynical, so if you have examples where destroying hard drives has kept someone out of Federal (or secret) prison I'd like to know.
HTF did that movie ever get past the script stage?
That was the real Shyamalan Twist(tm) of the movie. "I got Mel Gibson and Joaquin Pheonix to star in this steamer, and then I got you to pay me so you could watch it! Surprise!"
It's not just the military. A professor I worked with in college once started getting his entire annual salary on each monthly check. It took him and the department accountant three months of arguing with the university to get it straightened out.
If nothing else, it would make court transcripts more fun to read.
I agree with the idea, but it will be much easier for special interests to buy a few state legislators than it is to buy the majority of voters in a state.
No matter how they're chosen, senators have way too much power.
One time I heard a friend say "I want to get some cash out of the ATM Machine, but I can't remember my PIN Number."
He's dead now.
A good friend would have just loaned him some money to pay the ransom.
Appearing in a peer-reviewed journal isn't a stamp of authoritative correctness on a paper, just that a few people thought it was worthy of some space in the journal. Peer-review is (supposed to be) just a rough initial filter to cut down the noise; if a paper is actually good and useful it will be cited often.
You mean like grad students?
Who do you think is doing all the work? From my experience as a grad student, the faculty are more "outside observers" than grad students, especially in the student's thesis area. Faculty tend to deal a lot more with finances and administration than research.
I think the problem is that the OEMs that re-brand linux distros don't give credit (or money) to the distros they mooch off. Like eeePC uses Xandros or the Walmart PCs used gOS... but that money doesn't go back to Ubuntu/cannonical or Fedora/Red Hat. Hence "Linux" isn't getting a brand name, a shiny sticker customers can look for on a box.
If the distros see that as a problem they should change their licensing. I'd like to see some kind of organized Linux branding too, but WalMart and Asus aren't getting away with something sneaky here. They're expressly allowed to do this, just like you and me.
We don't have all the bugs worked out... we don't have all the questions answered
Then they are incompetent. A lot (most?) of the music services besides iTunes used Microsoft's DRM before they went to mp3. I'm pretty sure that it's built in to Windows Media Player. Microsoft has the dominant DRM scheme on non-iPod media players, which is also integrated with Windows Media Player. Microsoft has been working on these technologies for years.
Microsoft should have been in an unparalleled position to roll out a service like this. It is another incomprehensible example of one Microsoft division acting completely unaware of the products of other Microsoft divisions. The same thing happened when the Zune didn't support PlaysForSure. What the hell is going on there? If someone has a good explanation, I'd love to know it.
The real shame is that Doc Brown never had to get involved with terrorists after all.
Everyone knows that Apples can only be used to kill aliens.
You're about five years behind the times, bud.
They get over it and pay to upgrade equipment and training. If they really cared about how their computers work, they wouldn't have been locked in to a single vendor whose entire business plan is forcing upgrades.
Well, as I remember the story, the original fundamental goal of the project was to teach kids critical thinking and self-directed learning by giving them a computer they could easily tinker with and reprogram. You were supposed to be able to push a button and see the source code for every piece of software on the thing. I think they were also using a lot of Python (or some other scripting language) so that it would be easy to experiment with the code.
First, the view source button didn't work when it shipped. When they later started offering XP it really drove home that they had abandoned the critical thinking goal, and had decided to just sell fancy ebook readers.
So originally the goal was to empower a portion of the recipients to make their world better. Now, the goal is to stay relevant.
I really want to see Norm Abrams building GNU software.
Always wear your safety glasses while building!
what good is an iPhone if you run out of toilet paper?
I think wiping your ass with an iPhone might be like using a ball of rubber cement to pick up more rubber cement.
What kind of education would future law students get if the relevant discussions from this very forum were not archived and available?
I think you forgot to mention Xenu.
And the donations.
That's what I was thinking. I've been using VMWare and VirtualBox for a long time, and I've never had to "fiddle with network bridges." I've never tried to do anything very complex though, so maybe the networking only works for common setups.
Yes, I know that Nepomuk means "Networked Environment for Personalized, Ontology-based Management of Unified Knowledge" as stated in the article.
I assumed it was KumOpen (come open) backwards. I think the real acronym is even stupider than that.
As an alternative to having one file for each note, you could just paste stuff in a new Tomboy (Voodoo Pad) page and let Beagle (Spotlight) index it so you can find it later. Better yet, install the Beagle extension for Firefox and you don't even have to copy stuff. It will take you straight to the page that had the text.
This is specific to Linux or Mac. I don't know if Windows has similar tools.
... carpets ... are all loaded with these chemicals. Of course you don't generally eat those things ...
According to TFA, a lot more people will be munching carpet soon.
Thank you, I'll be here all week!
I have to wonder if Apple would be happy to dominate the market. Virtually all of their marketing is based on their position as the smug, elite minority. They succeed by making products targeted to a very specific audience, and I think that if they tried to be general and flexible they'd lose something important.