Those would transfer the fastest, since they don't consist of bitmapped data, but just the instructions to create the image.
I wonder what equations are used to convert raw unpredictable streams of data to formulas, and how come that the formulas used aren't bigger than the sent packets themselves? They mentioned XOR, but that just sounds silly, because XOR does nothing with data except do some reversible equation on them which does neither shrink or grow data.
Does anyone have more info? It does sound interesting though...
If AV-companies will ignore the Magic Lantern trojan, what's stopping trojan/virus writers from mimicking the ML signature (or something) so that the AV package will ignore the trojan?
This will leave a gaping hole in all AV setups I think. Makes me glad I'm running everything on FreeBSD here at home:-)
Actually its not that dangerous, but you must know when to stop and make sure you do it outside or in a controlled environment so you can get the fuck out of the way when stuff goes awry. Your kitchen is definately _NOT_ a good place to do this kind of stuff in.
There are lots of cool science you can do with your microwave, like creating floating plasma balls for instance. They make cool filming/photographing material.
Check here for more wacky fun with that kitchen appliance. It has even more links to microwave science and stuff you can do with your microwave.
DANGER WILL ROBINSON, DANGER:
If you _do_ one of these experiments, make sure you get all the safety precautions right, and don't over-experiment. If you go blind and everything looks fuzzy you should stop IMMEDIATELY, since you are busy boiling your cornea and the inner fluids of your eyes solid. This is a sure sign that your microwave is leaking and you are standing too close. Luckily, his is a temporary infliction if you're out of the way quick enough, but certainly not healthy for your eyes. This same thing happened to a bud of mine who was messing with microwave antennaes and signal-amplifiers. He actually took a microwave apart to hook up to his amplifier. And yes, he was standing too close. It took a few months until he had his full vision back.
Indeed, like I said in another comment, that's like giving Bill Gates a speeding ticket.
I really really really hope they won't get away with this. It would severely damage my trust in the US gov. (not that I have a high esteem for it already, with stuff like the DMCA going on)
If they do get away with this, I will avoid the USA like the plague because of the legal climate. And my bet is that I won't be alone in this.
Nah, forcing M$ to donate money will not help. It simply doesn't faze them. Microsoft paid more fines in the past. They have enough money to laugh and pay out and still go on with their unsavoury practices. It's kind of like a millionaire that gets a speeding ticket.
No, it has to really really hurt them. Forcing them to open (some of) their code is an idea, or force them to port their products to other operating system like Linux, FreeBSD or even eComStation(OS/2) for that matter.
I think microsoft is getting off too light. They shoud absolutely not be allowed to set their own "punishment". This whole thing kinda comes off as a travesty. If they get away with this I will have a whole less regard for the US judicial system.
Microsoft is trying to squirm away and avoid every repercussion of their abuse of their monopoly status. I wish they'd quit offering "compromises". They are trying _really_ hard to get out of this unscathed...
Sorry MS, if you throw a rock in the pool, you make ripples.
>It seems to me there are two factors in the creation of open source projects:
Need/desire, and
Opportunity
>
You are forgetting one _very_ important factor: FUN
It's not a definite factor but without it nobody would program for an open source project if it was a drag, boring or something else negative?
Why do you think Linus is still plugging away at the Linux kernel? Not because he's absolutely needed, but because he likes to do it.
Prove me wrong: show me a developer who is part of a open source project who absolutely despises the project he/she's working on. My bet is you won't find one.
I bet if you meet him in person and talk over a beer or something he can explain things in more detail. Another thing that plays is that English is not his native language (nor is mine).
Most developers/hackers I know are real short and direct in their answers and explanations when they're in deep-hack mode, including myself. Why say more than needed?
People, instead of critisizing(sp?) his interviewing his interviewing skills, one should try reading his posts on LKM. That's where he's in his element (or natural habitat). I find no fault with Marcello. I hope he does a good job and I wish him success with it (and of course a lot of fun)
Not really... The real 'heel' is the tedious/irritating work that needs to be done. Documentating stuff is irritating and tedious and thus is a part of that problem. It is not *the* heel, but one of the heels:-).
One thing is writing user manuals, which is something that can be done by non-developers and is much easier solved But documentating APIs and code is something that needs to be done by developers, who rather spend time writing working code than writing up to date docs. Somehow the documentation process always gets the lowest priority.
If you were developing in your free time, what would you rather do? Write code or write docs? I guess you know the answer:-) Guess what gets done last (or when there's some time to waste)?
Same btw, goes for code reviews and bugfixing of lower priority bugs (bugs which are kind of irritating but not critical).
Otherwise, this _would_ make a nice backup medium though. For personal use it seems to expensive for me still, although CD-R/CD-RW's give me headaches sometimes (they're well... too small and stuff). Actually, I use 'em almost as floppies somewhat.
Also, the thing is that there is also an RIAA tax (am I right here?) that makes all of this even more expensive... I don't see myself switching over to DVD-R or DVD-RW just yet, nor do I see others do it, for the concerns expressed above.
Not trying to sound like a *BSD bigot here, I _like_ apt... I wouldn't mind an apt-like system for BSD packages:-)
That said, isn't it completely possible to have APT play nice with BSD ports? i.e. I know apt can compile packages from source, this is where apt can fall back to ports, for instance. BSD also has packages (.tgz form) and a database for maintaining them (/var/db/pkg I believe). So I guess it's entirely possible to wrap APT around BSD's pkg_(add|delete|whatever). The BSD pkg_* tools are very powerful as well, since you can use regexps to remove/install a whole slew of packages, and other neat munchkin tricks. It's quite underrated, but that's kinda offtopic.
So why should you Linux whippersnappers have all the APT fun?:-)
FreeBSD has lots of utils to maintain ports (like portupgrade), but that just isn't quite as nice as apt.
The only problem I see is licensing (GPL vs BSD), but that's a whole different discussion I do absolutely do not want to get into (enough flamewars on FreeBSD-Current mailinglist already).
I saw somewhere they could cram XP in 4.8 MB... Linux/BSD/QNX and other can fit in far less.
Also some of the comparisons are ludicrous. Let XP be where it belongs, on some desktop of some users. The point is that NT is not (and will never be, IMHO) embeddable material. NT is desktop/workstation material, nothing more, nothing less.
But I'd like to see Microsoft try it and still have happy developers. My bet is lots will moan after they've worked with it. AFAIK, none of the embedded app developers I know are happy with Windows CE. Why? Because windows wasn't made with embedded applications in mind. AFAICU (can understand) from these people, the windows API makes too many assumptions and flexibility is limited.
But why does *nix work in an embedded environment then? Simple, flexibility. In fact, these OSses use a kernel, and the rest can be made custom, i.e. if you don;t need all the UNIX functionality, you don't have to implement/use it of you don't want it. Try that with the MS toolchain. Very difficult indeed...
Let XP remain where it belongs. On the desktop. It has no business in an embedded environment.
Well, the approach of the parent works. As long as their From: header or Reply-to: header is set to those domains, it filters them out. It filters most spam away from me too. Not many of my friends/aquaintences use those services, and the ones that do are in a allow list.
Oh, you are right though, I don't get much AOL spam, but I filter them out anyway. I get sick of AOL people that mail me if I can teach then how to hack their hotmail box/friends aol account/neighbours website. Funny thing is I never advertise such skills on my website, nor do I condone them. But I still get those mails, so filtered they are indeed... (I got sick of putting 'em in their place as well, safest best is just ignoring such people).
The speed-dating thing sounds fun..
on
The Year In Ideas
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· Score: 2, Funny
..if you want to meet lots of people in a very short time frame.
"What did you do tonight?"
"Oh, I just had 375 dates in one evening, nothing special."
> 8. Set up a (Game Cube|XBox|PS2) or four. Have competitions.
You know, this really works. Oh, and don't let 'em play single player games. They will go back to being introvert again. I experienced it first hand with a party of which the party-goers were all geek (also some extrovert ones). Especially games in the style of "Street Fighter" and "Tekken" are good examples
Lan parties also bring introverts together though.
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I wonder what equations are used to convert raw unpredictable streams of data to formulas, and how come that the formulas used aren't bigger than the sent packets themselves? They mentioned XOR, but that just sounds silly, because XOR does nothing with data except do some reversible equation on them which does neither shrink or grow data.
Does anyone have more info? It does sound interesting though...
This will leave a gaping hole in all AV setups I think. Makes me glad I'm running everything on FreeBSD here at home :-)
Check here for schematics and other info about smartcards.
There's also source code available to drive the damn machine you can build with the info on the site. AFAIK tested on Linux and FreeBSD and it worked.
The latency must've been killer :-)
Nix that request :-)
Does someone have a local copy/mirror? It won't display right (if at all) in Konqueror...
At least, in my case, that is :-P
There are lots of cool science you can do with your microwave, like creating floating plasma balls for instance. They make cool filming/photographing material.
Check here for more wacky fun with that kitchen appliance. It has even more links to microwave science and stuff you can do with your microwave.
DANGER WILL ROBINSON, DANGER:
If you _do_ one of these experiments, make sure you get all the safety precautions right, and don't over-experiment. If you go blind and everything looks fuzzy you should stop IMMEDIATELY, since you are busy boiling your cornea and the inner fluids of your eyes solid. This is a sure sign that your microwave is leaking and you are standing too close. Luckily, his is a temporary infliction if you're out of the way quick enough, but certainly not healthy for your eyes. This same thing happened to a bud of mine who was messing with microwave antennaes and signal-amplifiers. He actually took a microwave apart to hook up to his amplifier. And yes, he was standing too close. It took a few months until he had his full vision back.
Oh, on an additional note; A friend of mine told me that nuking CD's is the official US gov way of destroying data. Somehow that makes sense...
I really really really hope they won't get away with this. It would severely damage my trust in the US gov. (not that I have a high esteem for it already, with stuff like the DMCA going on)
If they do get away with this, I will avoid the USA like the plague because of the legal climate. And my bet is that I won't be alone in this.
No, it has to really really hurt them. Forcing them to open (some of) their code is an idea, or force them to port their products to other operating system like Linux, FreeBSD or even eComStation(OS/2) for that matter.
I think microsoft is getting off too light. They shoud absolutely not be allowed to set their own "punishment". This whole thing kinda comes off as a travesty. If they get away with this I will have a whole less regard for the US judicial system.
Sorry MS, if you throw a rock in the pool, you make ripples.
Linus codes because he just has fun doing it. fun creates desire. You just parse the word "desire" differently than I do :-)
Check here or here even...
- Need/desire, and
- Opportunity
>You are forgetting one _very_ important factor:
FUN
It's not a definite factor but without it nobody would program for an open source project if it was a drag, boring or something else negative?
Why do you think Linus is still plugging away at the Linux kernel? Not because he's absolutely needed, but because he likes to do it.
Prove me wrong: show me a developer who is part of a open source project who absolutely despises the project he/she's working on. My bet is you won't find one.
I bet if you meet him in person and talk over a beer or something he can explain things in more detail. Another thing that plays is that English is not his native language (nor is mine).
Most developers/hackers I know are real short and direct in their answers and explanations when they're in deep-hack mode, including myself. Why say more than needed?
People, instead of critisizing(sp?) his interviewing his interviewing skills, one should try reading his posts on LKM. That's where he's in his element (or natural habitat). I find no fault with Marcello. I hope he does a good job and I wish him success with it (and of course a lot of fun)
One thing is writing user manuals, which is something that can be done by non-developers and is much easier solved But documentating APIs and code is something that needs to be done by developers, who rather spend time writing working code than writing up to date docs. Somehow the documentation process always gets the lowest priority.
If you were developing in your free time, what would you rather do? Write code or write docs? I guess you know the answer :-) Guess what gets done last (or when there's some time to waste)?
Same btw, goes for code reviews and bugfixing of lower priority bugs (bugs which are kind of irritating but not critical).
Otherwise, this _would_ make a nice backup medium though. For personal use it seems to expensive for me still, although CD-R/CD-RW's give me headaches sometimes (they're well... too small and stuff). Actually, I use 'em almost as floppies somewhat.
Also, the thing is that there is also an RIAA tax (am I right here?) that makes all of this even more expensive... I don't see myself switching over to DVD-R or DVD-RW just yet, nor do I see others do it, for the concerns expressed above.
That said, isn't it completely possible to have APT play nice with BSD ports? i.e. I know apt can compile packages from source, this is where apt can fall back to ports, for instance. BSD also has packages (.tgz form) and a database for maintaining them (/var/db/pkg I believe). So I guess it's entirely possible to wrap APT around BSD's pkg_(add|delete|whatever). The BSD pkg_* tools are very powerful as well, since you can use regexps to remove/install a whole slew of packages, and other neat munchkin tricks. It's quite underrated, but that's kinda offtopic.
So why should you Linux whippersnappers have all the APT fun? :-)
FreeBSD has lots of utils to maintain ports (like portupgrade), but that just isn't quite as nice as apt.
The only problem I see is licensing (GPL vs BSD), but that's a whole different discussion I do absolutely do not want to get into (enough flamewars on FreeBSD-Current mailinglist already).
Also some of the comparisons are ludicrous. Let XP be where it belongs, on some desktop of some users. The point is that NT is not (and will never be, IMHO) embeddable material. NT is desktop/workstation material, nothing more, nothing less.
But I'd like to see Microsoft try it and still have happy developers. My bet is lots will moan after they've worked with it. AFAIK, none of the embedded app developers I know are happy with Windows CE. Why? Because windows wasn't made with embedded applications in mind. AFAICU (can understand) from these people, the windows API makes too many assumptions and flexibility is limited.
But why does *nix work in an embedded environment then? Simple, flexibility. In fact, these OSses use a kernel, and the rest can be made custom, i.e. if you don;t need all the UNIX functionality, you don't have to implement/use it of you don't want it. Try that with the MS toolchain. Very difficult indeed...
Let XP remain where it belongs. On the desktop. It has no business in an embedded environment.
Oh, you are right though, I don't get much AOL spam, but I filter them out anyway. I get sick of AOL people that mail me if I can teach then how to hack their hotmail box/friends aol account/neighbours website. Funny thing is I never advertise such skills on my website, nor do I condone them. But I still get those mails, so filtered they are indeed... (I got sick of putting 'em in their place as well, safest best is just ignoring such people).
"What did you do tonight?"
"Oh, I just had 375 dates in one evening, nothing special."
Wow...
You know, this really works. Oh, and don't let 'em play single player games. They will go back to being introvert again. I experienced it first hand with a party of which the party-goers were all geek (also some extrovert ones). Especially games in the style of "Street Fighter" and "Tekken" are good examples
Lan parties also bring introverts together though.
So english isn't my native language.. Oh well...
That is the real issue. As long as nobody (read: the people on your network) don't notice, then you have nothing to worry about.