BT is relatively new, I am sure within a few years some serious inadequacies will be found which will make this research from Microsoft more significant.
BT is NOT relatively new - in fact, it's relatively old, and there HAVE been a few years for any "serious inadequacies" to surface. What has happened in those years is that users of other P2P networks have flocked to BT by the millions, simply because it works much better at delivering maximal bandwidth for highly sought-after files.
The question is: is it GOOD vaporware? Can the proposed algorithms deliver the results we want? That Microsoft has the manpower to turn it into real software is a given.
Theoretically, yes. But pragmatically, some relatively simple measures taken by an ISP can greatly reduce end user vulnerability, while sufficiently educating all end users about how not to become infect is simply impossible in the face of most poeple's total lack of concern for the problem.
This special copyright provision also applies to the song "Happy Birthday".
Not true. That's just a prefectly normal copyright which will run out eventually. In theory. Unless certain US politicians bought by Disney manage to get their way.
Peter Pan, on the other hand, is in fact already protected by copyright FOREVER, at least in the UK. But there's a good reason for this: the royalty fees go to a children's hospital.
That, and they're quite a bit cheaper when you have so much data that the cost of the expensive drives is still insignificant compared to the number of tapes.
If you believe that the actual encryption is the only (or even main) problem in such an undertaking, please shut up and leave the discussion to people with at least a trace of a clue.
The question is: do we WANT that? I don't know about you, but I most certainly do NOT like the prospect of seeing classified ads to the tune of "Will pay $5,000 to anyone who kills Mr. John Doe living in 42 Generic Avenue, Somewhereville, CA" with no way at all to track the person who makes the offer.
I agree, but only partially. Fear for Padem's life was not the only hook the dark side had in Annie. Frustration with the Jedis' lack of appreciation and trust in him was another, combined with ambition. I think his turning against Windu can be justified with that - and the further disappointment of seeing Windu being ready to betray his own principles and kill Palpatine. Must've seemed mighty hypocritical to Annie.
What I can't accept is the quick jump from that to slaughtering defenseless kids.
Except for that, the process seemed believable to me, especially the later part.
Another unwelcome moment is the River of Lava scene - again physics problems mean the balancing of the actors on whatever that was they were riding on was very wrong
If you expect realistic physics, that's the smallest of the problems with that scene.
Anyone surrounded by Lava that closely and ESPECIALLY being right above it would be roasted very quickly, if not burst into flame immediately. What happened to Annie in the end should have happened to everyone right at the beginning. Lava is REALLY FRIGGIN HOT, and hot air goes upwards.
The same goes for the scene inside the Mountain of Doom in RotK, by the way.
Give an example of a technology that was kept so secret by its original inventor that it had to be rediscovered by someone else.
Greek fire would be an example. The point is also illustrated well by how the solution to the "longitude problem" (measuring the current position's longitude, very important for navigation) was delayed by decades because the inventor of the eventual solution developed it on his own and in secret, out of fear of having his invention stolen.
Lack of patents and copyright is the primary reason why absolutely nothing was invented prior to the mid-19th century.
Not as funny as you think. Stuff was invented, sure, but it was also often forgotten, because without patents, the best way for the inventor (or his sponsors) to personally benefit from the invention was to keep it secret as much as possible.
And the general speed of technological development has been MUCH faster after the introduction of patents compared with before. It's unlikely that patents were the deciding factor in that, but rather more unlikely that they had no part in it.
Being Vice World Champion ain't that worthless an achievement in my book. No, Germany is not dominating soccer right now, but it didn't do that in the past either. I wouldn't even say that Brazil is dominating soccer.
Exactly. When a car is brought from a certain speed down to 0 by crashing into a solid object, the kinetic energy has to go somewhere. Cars are designed with "crumple zones" that absorb energy through non-elastic deformation. But their ability to do that is limited, and once that limit is exceeded, it is the passengers' bodies that get to absorb some of the excess energy through non-elastic deformation...
If they look all the same to you, you didn't look at all of them. The Slammer looks radically different from all the others. Due to its tiny size and rapid mode of travel (UDP packets sent to random IP numbers), it spread extremely quickly to nearly all vulnerable systems - but only relatively few systems (those running MS SQL server) were vulnerable.
Actually, there are considerable differences in the spreading speed and ability of different computer worms, and visualizing these is what this program is all about.
1. That's exactly the point. Random corruption in files also means random curruption in executables and even swap space, which means random crashes.
2. Small delays would have no result as they are also caused by perfectly well-functioning HD hardware and eliminated by buffering. Large delays would result in noticeable skips, not "weird artifacts".
Ultimately, most artists crave nothing more than an audience. And it's far, far easier to get an audience for something based on a hugely popular work than on something original. And not just an audience; I think you're very, very wrong about getting "a lot of support" for an original story. There would be little, if any, support. I mean, ask a big Star Wars fan (of which there are millions) if they'd like to participate in something like this, and the answer is almost certainly "Of course, when do we start!", even if you point out how much work it will be. Ask someone to spend months of his free time on this really cool original story idea you have, and the answer is "Sorry, but I have better things to do".
Nowadays, success requires mainly marketing, with talent as an added bonus. And with a "fanfilm", most of the marketing has already been done and paid for by someone else.
Anyway, German courts are really screwy. A decision in one court does not necessarily influence another court at the same, higher or even lower level. Just because the high court in the state of Sachsen finds A, B and C, it doesn't mean that the Bavarian high court is bound to accept that as precedent.
Actually, I find this reasonable and the opposite screwy. If case law is binding, a single bad decision by an incompetent or even corrupt judge can fuck up lots of other cases.
Precedent don't mean dick here. Not even when the Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht, similar to SCOTUS) hands down a decision.
This is a highly misleading statement. Decisions of the Bundesverfassungsgericht are binding for the case in question, and since you can only appeal to it over questions of the conformance of laws and directives to the constitution, its decision are, in practice, binding for other cases as well since the laws or directives that it finds unconstitutional must be changed.
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BT is relatively new, I am sure within a few years some serious inadequacies will be found which will make this research from Microsoft more significant.
BT is NOT relatively new - in fact, it's relatively old, and there HAVE been a few years for any "serious inadequacies" to surface. What has happened in those years is that users of other P2P networks have flocked to BT by the millions, simply because it works much better at delivering maximal bandwidth for highly sought-after files.
The question is: is it GOOD vaporware? Can the proposed algorithms deliver the results we want? That Microsoft has the manpower to turn it into real software is a given.
We all saw the contribution NASA gave to the engineering of ink pens.
I thought everyone kew this for an urban legend by now...
If your site actually generates business then yes, you very much DO want to be accessible to AOL users.
Theoretically, yes. But pragmatically, some relatively simple measures taken by an ISP can greatly reduce end user vulnerability, while sufficiently educating all end users about how not to become infect is simply impossible in the face of most poeple's total lack of concern for the problem.
This special copyright provision also applies to the song "Happy Birthday".
Not true. That's just a prefectly normal copyright which will run out eventually. In theory. Unless certain US politicians bought by Disney manage to get their way.
Peter Pan, on the other hand, is in fact already protected by copyright FOREVER, at least in the UK. But there's a good reason for this: the royalty fees go to a children's hospital.
Wasn't it Michael Jackson who owns the rights to the Beatles songs?
He could sure use the money, if not for damage claims then to keep Neverland running.
On top of that, there's ALREADY a special UK law that means copyright to "Peter Pan" will NEVER run out (no kidding, it really exists!).
Coincidence? I THINK NOT!!
That, and they're quite a bit cheaper when you have so much data that the cost of the expensive drives is still insignificant compared to the number of tapes.
If you believe that the actual encryption is the only (or even main) problem in such an undertaking, please shut up and leave the discussion to people with at least a trace of a clue.
The question is: do we WANT that? I don't know about you, but I most certainly do NOT like the prospect of seeing classified ads to the tune of "Will pay $5,000 to anyone who kills Mr. John Doe living in 42 Generic Avenue, Somewhereville, CA" with no way at all to track the person who makes the offer.
So you believe women select guys they sleep with based on how much they TRUST them?
Stop believing what they tell you and start looking at what they're DOING...
Nothing is as good as it was when we were young.
Indeed. "The golden age of science fiction is twelve".
I agree, but only partially. Fear for Padem's life was not the only hook the dark side had in Annie. Frustration with the Jedis' lack of appreciation and trust in him was another, combined with ambition. I think his turning against Windu can be justified with that - and the further disappointment of seeing Windu being ready to betray his own principles and kill Palpatine. Must've seemed mighty hypocritical to Annie.
What I can't accept is the quick jump from that to slaughtering defenseless kids.
Except for that, the process seemed believable to me, especially the later part.
Another unwelcome moment is the River of Lava scene - again physics problems mean the balancing of the actors on whatever that was they were riding on was very wrong
If you expect realistic physics, that's the smallest of the problems with that scene.
Anyone surrounded by Lava that closely and ESPECIALLY being right above it would be roasted very quickly, if not burst into flame immediately. What happened to Annie in the end should have happened to everyone right at the beginning. Lava is REALLY FRIGGIN HOT, and hot air goes upwards.
The same goes for the scene inside the Mountain of Doom in RotK, by the way.
Give an example of a technology that was kept so secret by its original inventor that it had to be rediscovered by someone else.
Greek fire would be an example. The point is also illustrated well by how the solution to the "longitude problem" (measuring the current position's longitude, very important for navigation) was delayed by decades because the inventor of the eventual solution developed it on his own and in secret, out of fear of having his invention stolen.
Lack of patents and copyright is the primary reason why absolutely nothing was invented prior to the mid-19th century.
Not as funny as you think. Stuff was invented, sure, but it was also often forgotten, because without patents, the best way for the inventor (or his sponsors) to personally benefit from the invention was to keep it secret as much as possible.
And the general speed of technological development has been MUCH faster after the introduction of patents compared with before. It's unlikely that patents were the deciding factor in that, but rather more unlikely that they had no part in it.
Being Vice World Champion ain't that worthless an achievement in my book. No, Germany is not dominating soccer right now, but it didn't do that in the past either. I wouldn't even say that Brazil is dominating soccer.
Exactly. When a car is brought from a certain speed down to 0 by crashing into a solid object, the kinetic energy has to go somewhere. Cars are designed with "crumple zones" that absorb energy through non-elastic deformation. But their ability to do that is limited, and once that limit is exceeded, it is the passengers' bodies that get to absorb some of the excess energy through non-elastic deformation...
If they look all the same to you, you didn't look at all of them. The Slammer looks radically different from all the others. Due to its tiny size and rapid mode of travel (UDP packets sent to random IP numbers), it spread extremely quickly to nearly all vulnerable systems - but only relatively few systems (those running MS SQL server) were vulnerable.
Actually, there are considerable differences in the spreading speed and ability of different computer worms, and visualizing these is what this program is all about.
Damage caused on impact with a stationary object increases linearly with speed (well, at least, damage to you).
Wrong. Please get a grip on basic physics.
1. That's exactly the point. Random corruption in files also means random curruption in executables and even swap space, which means random crashes.
2. Small delays would have no result as they are also caused by perfectly well-functioning HD hardware and eliminated by buffering. Large delays would result in noticeable skips, not "weird artifacts".
Ultimately, most artists crave nothing more than an audience. And it's far, far easier to get an audience for something based on a hugely popular work than on something original. And not just an audience; I think you're very, very wrong about getting "a lot of support" for an original story. There would be little, if any, support. I mean, ask a big Star Wars fan (of which there are millions) if they'd like to participate in something like this, and the answer is almost certainly "Of course, when do we start!", even if you point out how much work it will be. Ask someone to spend months of his free time on this really cool original story idea you have, and the answer is "Sorry, but I have better things to do".
Nowadays, success requires mainly marketing, with talent as an added bonus. And with a "fanfilm", most of the marketing has already been done and paid for by someone else.
If anyone is delusional, it's you. I'm frequently getting 170KB/s on a 1500Mbit connection.
I'm getting about 9kB/s on a full T1 to Sprint. It's an empty connection to one of the best providers.
Maybe not so good after all? Or maybe you just misconfigured it.
BT is just too slow to use on anything other than small files.
That's double bullshit. I've downloaded DVD images with BT just fine, and in fact small files is exactly what it's NOT good for.
Anyway, German courts are really screwy. A decision in one court does not necessarily influence another court at the same, higher or even lower level. Just because the high court in the state of Sachsen finds A, B and C, it doesn't mean that the Bavarian high court is bound to accept that as precedent.
Actually, I find this reasonable and the opposite screwy. If case law is binding, a single bad decision by an incompetent or even corrupt judge can fuck up lots of other cases.
Precedent don't mean dick here. Not even when the Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht, similar to SCOTUS) hands down a decision.
This is a highly misleading statement. Decisions of the Bundesverfassungsgericht are binding for the case in question, and since you can only appeal to it over questions of the conformance of laws and directives to the constitution, its decision are, in practice, binding for other cases as well since the laws or directives that it finds unconstitutional must be changed.