If Apple can get the name of their internal leak, then why can't we get the name of the leak in the White House? A much more serious crime than revealing trade secrets was commited yet Robert Novak's source is protected.
In fact, it HAS been ruled that the journalists in case (not Novak, though) are liable for jailtime if they fail to fess up.
IMHO, Apple is in the right here, and the EFF are barking up the wrong tree.
I'd say that nuclear is pretty green. It could be made even more green if we didn't ban reprocessing. A recent discover (or was it wired?) had a nice article on it, pick it up, it can tell you a lot more than me.
Not sure if Discover/Wired did something on this, but PBS Frontline did an awesome show on our fear of anything "Nuclear" (IMHO, I think we're only scared of "Nukular" but whatever).
Now they're running the university as a for-profit business, cutting down on existing educational programs to fund new programs in partnerships with major businesses. The college has just partnered with Electronic Arts to open a digital media school so that EA can hire employees right out of the college. The board members decided we need a stadium, so he's trying to set up the stadium's location to trap people along a "main street" of retailers on-campus... just like Disneyland et al. The Darden CEO expects to bring his restaurants to campus and shut out existing small business owner restaurants on-campus. Money money money... they can smell it in the water. The students are just means to an end.
Sorry to hear you're a Trojan. No offense, but I met a lot of total pricks that had one common attribute: They went to USC, and loved it. I'd suggest you transfer to a different school, unless you plan on going to grad school (in that case, your grad school is what counts and what you generally care about, not your undergrad campus).
I just make up long words that are a mix of several languages (English/French/Chinese/C++/Scheme/etc), and funny types of common misspellings I've made in the past (ie, a friend in grade schoool would always mispronounce "Basilisk" as "baalisk"... always stuck with me, so I remember this...)
Mix them together and you have a fairly secure password that can't be guessed unless the attacker knows you very well or has some keylogger.
However, the problem that remains is that people are lazy and a small mistake will still invalidate the password... and as you go to 30-40 characters, its more and more likely that you make a simple speling mistake or spaceommision or s;omething. What is really needed for "passphrase" acceptance is a level of "fuzziness" so that you can make one or two minor mistakes but it still accepts your input... but then again, pass phrases are more accepted in voice input than typing.
Translated, in case something should blow up, we want to wait as long as possible before not being able to say, "Hey, it's in beta. What did you expect?"
Well, it's clear that in some cases they CANT go "gold" with a product, because they wouldn't be able to charge for it (and it's unclear what the business model would be).
Besides, they're making LOTS of dough, creating new products, and keeping their customers happy... it's that good enough?
With Apple DRM, Apple can take away your use privileges whenever it feels like it. Sure they're being "reasonable" now, but soon enough they will tighten the noose, just like TiVo is doing with ads over fast forward and blocking you from saving the Sopranos.
If you give up control, you get what you deserve.
Which I also believe in. I believing in keeping control... perhaps the JHymn creators do as well. However, ranting about how Fairplay is just like all the other DRM is counterproductive. I believe, currently, that Fairplay sets a good standard.. and that JHymn is a nice "ace in the hole" against it.
Remember, proper "diplomacy" (saying "nice doggie" with the big rock behind your back) doesn't give up control. Just because you're satisfied that other guy is doing what you want, doesn't mean you shouldn't stock up on deterrents.
Yeah, using this for graphics cards seems like an obvious and good idea. It makes me wonder why they didn't do this with RDRAM.
They did... it's called the PlayStation2. If you look closely, you'll see the main memory is Rambus RAM. Which makes sense, because the PS2 is really more of a graphics engine than a general purpose computer.
Obmission of these two giants in the industry means that the four firms realize that:
People want a single authentication mechanism
WMA and Fairplay DRM are strong and they need to band together to have any impact
They can't trust or rely on either MS or Apple to get what they want
As the BBC article points out, it's all about profits.
Unfortunately, for them, I feel that it's probably too little too late. Apple is dominant, and Microsoft has the rest. Perhaps they can get all those other sites (Walmart, Napster, BuyMusic) to switch to their DRM scheme, but so far, the only real formats supported in the industry are 1) unDRMed mp3, 2) m4p (fairplay/harmony), and 3) WMA.
These guys are late to the game, and trying, desperately, to keep their ever-shrinking marketshare and margins by playing a game they don't know how to win. I wish them luck, but I forsee Sony adopting WMA or fairplay in a few years.
Leave the accounts and passwords in your will. Seal them in a saftey deposit box.
Better yet: use a trusted password maintenance tool/software, with a master password that you don't change (often). Leave that password in you will/lock box. Leave your properly encrypted passwords file in known and accessed locations. If you update your master password, keep the secured document up to date.
Are not exactly good for high-performance computing, but they probably do great for basic computer usage (im not even talking about pseudo-power users who use office/etc)... we're talking browsing and email.
Curiously enough, this might make a great home server... think about it
runs linux... check
lowpower processor you can keep on all the time... check
Monitor and keyboard for when you need console access... check
Agruably a bit expensive, but you can probably plug in your FW or USB2 drive as a cheap NAS... to contrast with the kurobox I just got, this thing is probably more flexible and powerful, and at about only $200 more considering the drive. and take the laptop on the road for the occasional flight or two so you don't have to ever be away from your favorite roguelike:-)
If you think Apple is the worst offender look at Intel (Moore worked there)... 2 years ago the top of the line processor was the 3.0 Ghz... now it should be around a 6.0 at least, right?
But all of this misses the point. Gawd, I am so sick of this Moore's Law shit. Seriously, what was it ever other than a marketing rule to get people to buy new machines every few years? At best, it was an approximation of how fast Intel *wanted* to market chips
What really matters is the usability of your computer. Maybe Apple doesn't have to keep revving their clock speeds because they don't have to worry about viruses and spyware all that much? Maybe because after about 500-1000Ghz, computers are pretty much "fast enough" for everyday usage?
So as happy as we are about this ruling in the States, it looks like France isn't so keen on letting companies bid on their competitors' trademarks.
As grim as it sounds, I think that you first have to understand the law in that country first...
AFAIK and IANAL/JNSPUA (Je ne suis pas un avocat), but French law dictates that all advertising cannot be comparative, ie, Evian can't say they're better than Perrier, for example. They have to use non-comparative sales tactics.
So, naturally, extending this policy to the internet, when you lookup GEICO in this case, you should not expect to see their competitors (assuming search == advertising in legal terms). And cosumers in those countries would not expect to see it either.
I thought this was the company that embraced Open-Source? I think it should be "Selectively Embraced Open Source", thanks for the code guys!
Nice Troll... what part of Real's "Harmony" is open-source?
Also, you seem to think that any company that supports "open source" should now open source everything? First you ought to talk to VA, Redhat, etc before crying about Apple. They all have non-opensourced products and code as well, and that's a legitimate OSS business model.
How many ways can I parse thee?
Let me count...
1) (Usenet Psychic) Wars With Wikipedia
2) (Usenet Psychic)... (Wars With Wikipedia)
3) (Usenet): Psychic Wars with Wikipedia
4) Usenet Psychic Wars (now)... with (more) Wikipedia!
5) (Usenet Psychic): Wars with Wikipedia...
Couldn't the title be more clear like:
Self-proclaimed Psychic in spamwar with Wikipedia
Of course, then the editors couldn't sound as inane as the general media who seem all exhibit this disease...
Ok, so this is just a bit of devil's avocate, but what happens if you just *happen* to have a writing style similar to someone else who was printed before... what if you read something, and unknowingly wrote something in a similar vein in your essay? I assume you could check it yourself, but then that would just introduce extra cost to even write the essay in the first place... or worse, the plagiarists could just "tweak" their papers ensuring that they're "below the radar" by changing enough style to not be recognizeable...
How TF did the grandparent post get marked insightful? Reality is that, China has gotten ICBM technology from many countries (including the US), and has had capabilites since at least the 1980s. Grandparent post did not provide link and some paranoid yellow-hating/.'ers just ate it up like all the other anti-clinton/chinese propoganda.
Why would you merge or buy a company for something you are already good at?
To take them out of the game (although this isn't really applicable in this situation).
Correct. That's what's happening in the ORCL vs. PSFT case. It's called a hostile takeover. Watch the poison pill court case, since this will indicate how merger-friendly the rest of the market will be. It could be a massive change in corporate legal defnse against mergers if poison pills are allowed to be removed for expedience.
That's quite fair (especially from a libertarian standpoint). Why should a government institution under threat of the gun dictate that my money go to WiFi?
Usually this kind of thing is voted for.. that's why. Also, due to spectrum interference, you can't really have too many competing wifi services in place for "blanket coverage". This clearly dictates what is called a "natural monopoly", like power network, or phone lines. In that case, the best solution is usually one company that is properly regulated, with adequate transparency (look at what's goin down in Philly).
The alternative is what exists in most cities, random hotspots of "coverage" often requiring pay for use, with numerous different providers, logins, etc.
The best measure of CPU performance remains the price/performance ratio. That is, for a given amount of money, how fast will a CPU perform a given task? In other words, how much bang for the buck. AMD has consistantly been beating Intel in that department for years. Sure, you might find a chip from Intel that is 10% faster, but it will cost you 80% more.
I'm a pretty big AMD-zealot, but I think you're definition is off. CPU performance is not the only thing that dictates price, you know. Corporations buy based on total cost of ownership (well, percieved TCO). TCO includes factors like stability, cost of downtime, etc. Until now, Intel has reigned the champion of stability for x86... that is, Intel chip + Intel board is about as stable as you can get. For a few extra bucks, that's not a lot to pay for these corps. Thus the pricing and margins of Intel are nich and high... and somewhat justified.
AMD just needs to prove that they're
just ass stable or pretty close
and cost less
or have significantly higher output
I think they're starting to do so... and Intel's dominance is starting to visibly erode (aka where's the 4Ghz P4 fellas?).
Personally, I think Microsoft is happy with AMD and Intel fighting amongst each other. They they can mark up their margins and consumer prices wont suffer as much. No wonder they acted as kingmaker when they adopted AMD64/x86-64.
Out of curousity, what exactly has the Republican executive branch done in regards to global warming (or as they refer to it "climate change") in the past 4 years and what are they proposing to do in the next 4 years?
about as much as the Democrats have done.
Ah, but which party has had almost complete congressional, executive and judicial control for the past four years? Now your smart-ass remark just sounds juvenile.
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In fact, it HAS been ruled that the journalists in case (not Novak, though) are liable for jailtime if they fail to fess up.
IMHO, Apple is in the right here, and the EFF are barking up the wrong tree.
Not sure if Discover/Wired did something on this, but PBS Frontline did an awesome show on our fear of anything "Nuclear" (IMHO, I think we're only scared of "Nukular" but whatever).
Sorry to hear you're a Trojan. No offense, but I met a lot of total pricks that had one common attribute: They went to USC, and loved it. I'd suggest you transfer to a different school, unless you plan on going to grad school (in that case, your grad school is what counts and what you generally care about, not your undergrad campus).
Mix them together and you have a fairly secure password that can't be guessed unless the attacker knows you very well or has some keylogger.
However, the problem that remains is that people are lazy and a small mistake will still invalidate the password... and as you go to 30-40 characters, its more and more likely that you make a simple speling mistake or spaceommision or s;omething. What is really needed for "passphrase" acceptance is a level of "fuzziness" so that you can make one or two minor mistakes but it still accepts your input... but then again, pass phrases are more accepted in voice input than typing.
I wouldn't neccessarily compare Steve "MonkeyDance" Ballmer with Julius Ceaser. Maybe more like Nero or Caligula...
KDE users everywhere are, of course, completely outraged!
Of course, something called Kwikipedia makes me think of...
Apu: Thank you, come again!
Well, it's clear that in some cases they CANT go "gold" with a product, because they wouldn't be able to charge for it (and it's unclear what the business model would be).
Besides, they're making LOTS of dough, creating new products, and keeping their customers happy... it's that good enough?
I hear that the case is being heard in Baaaston.
If you give up control, you get what you deserve.
Which I also believe in. I believing in keeping control... perhaps the JHymn creators do as well. However, ranting about how Fairplay is just like all the other DRM is counterproductive. I believe, currently, that Fairplay sets a good standard.. and that JHymn is a nice "ace in the hole" against it.
Remember, proper "diplomacy" (saying "nice doggie" with the big rock behind your back) doesn't give up control. Just because you're satisfied that other guy is doing what you want, doesn't mean you shouldn't stock up on deterrents.
They did... it's called the PlayStation2. If you look closely, you'll see the main memory is Rambus RAM. Which makes sense, because the PS2 is really more of a graphics engine than a general purpose computer.
- People want a single authentication mechanism
- WMA and Fairplay DRM are strong and they need to band together to have any impact
- They can't trust or rely on either MS or Apple to get what they want
- As the BBC article points out, it's all about profits.
Unfortunately, for them, I feel that it's probably too little too late. Apple is dominant, and Microsoft has the rest. Perhaps they can get all those other sites (Walmart, Napster, BuyMusic) to switch to their DRM scheme, but so far, the only real formats supported in the industry are 1) unDRMed mp3, 2) m4p (fairplay/harmony), and 3) WMA.These guys are late to the game, and trying, desperately, to keep their ever-shrinking marketshare and margins by playing a game they don't know how to win. I wish them luck, but I forsee Sony adopting WMA or fairplay in a few years.
His father, Colin, is also stepping down. I wonder what this means in terms of GOP internal power struggle?
Better yet: use a trusted password maintenance tool/software, with a master password that you don't change (often). Leave that password in you will/lock box. Leave your properly encrypted passwords file in known and accessed locations. If you update your master password, keep the secured document up to date.
Curiously enough, this might make a great home server... think about it
- runs linux... check
- lowpower processor you can keep on all the time... check
- Monitor and keyboard for when you need console access... check
Agruably a bit expensive, but you can probably plug in your FW or USB2 drive as a cheap NAS... to contrast with the kurobox I just got, this thing is probably more flexible and powerful, and at about only $200 more considering the drive. and take the laptop on the road for the occasional flight or two so you don't have to ever be away from your favorite roguelikeIf you think Apple is the worst offender look at Intel (Moore worked there)... 2 years ago the top of the line processor was the 3.0 Ghz... now it should be around a 6.0 at least, right?
But all of this misses the point. Gawd, I am so sick of this Moore's Law shit. Seriously, what was it ever other than a marketing rule to get people to buy new machines every few years? At best, it was an approximation of how fast Intel *wanted* to market chips
What really matters is the usability of your computer. Maybe Apple doesn't have to keep revving their clock speeds because they don't have to worry about viruses and spyware all that much? Maybe because after about 500-1000Ghz, computers are pretty much "fast enough" for everyday usage?
As grim as it sounds, I think that you first have to understand the law in that country first...
AFAIK and IANAL/JNSPUA (Je ne suis pas un avocat), but French law dictates that all advertising cannot be comparative, ie, Evian can't say they're better than Perrier, for example. They have to use non-comparative sales tactics.
So, naturally, extending this policy to the internet, when you lookup GEICO in this case, you should not expect to see their competitors (assuming search == advertising in legal terms). And cosumers in those countries would not expect to see it either.
Parent article is an imperfect troll/offtopic/flamebait, with no valid points or links that contain any valid info. Please moderate at will.
Nice Troll... what part of Real's "Harmony" is open-source?
Also, you seem to think that any company that supports "open source" should now open source everything? First you ought to talk to VA, Redhat, etc before crying about Apple. They all have non-opensourced products and code as well, and that's a legitimate OSS business model.
Ok, so this is just a bit of devil's avocate, but what happens if you just *happen* to have a writing style similar to someone else who was printed before... what if you read something, and unknowingly wrote something in a similar vein in your essay? I assume you could check it yourself, but then that would just introduce extra cost to even write the essay in the first place... or worse, the plagiarists could just "tweak" their papers ensuring that they're "below the radar" by changing enough style to not be recognizeable...
Slashdot has really gone downhill.
To take them out of the game (although this isn't really applicable in this situation).
Correct. That's what's happening in the ORCL vs. PSFT case. It's called a hostile takeover. Watch the poison pill court case, since this will indicate how merger-friendly the rest of the market will be. It could be a massive change in corporate legal defnse against mergers if poison pills are allowed to be removed for expedience.
Usually this kind of thing is voted for.. that's why. Also, due to spectrum interference, you can't really have too many competing wifi services in place for "blanket coverage". This clearly dictates what is called a "natural monopoly", like power network, or phone lines. In that case, the best solution is usually one company that is properly regulated, with adequate transparency (look at what's goin down in Philly).
The alternative is what exists in most cities, random hotspots of "coverage" often requiring pay for use, with numerous different providers, logins, etc.
I'm a pretty big AMD-zealot, but I think you're definition is off. CPU performance is not the only thing that dictates price, you know. Corporations buy based on total cost of ownership (well, percieved TCO). TCO includes factors like stability, cost of downtime, etc. Until now, Intel has reigned the champion of stability for x86... that is, Intel chip + Intel board is about as stable as you can get. For a few extra bucks, that's not a lot to pay for these corps. Thus the pricing and margins of Intel are nich and high... and somewhat justified.
AMD just needs to prove that they're
- just ass stable or pretty close
- and cost less
- or have significantly higher output
I think they're starting to do so... and Intel's dominance is starting to visibly erode (aka where's the 4Ghz P4 fellas?).Personally, I think Microsoft is happy with AMD and Intel fighting amongst each other. They they can mark up their margins and consumer prices wont suffer as much. No wonder they acted as kingmaker when they adopted AMD64/x86-64.
about as much as the Democrats have done.
Ah, but which party has had almost complete congressional, executive and judicial control for the past four years? Now your smart-ass remark just sounds juvenile.