So called highly critical patch installed itself yesterday on my iBook.
For those of us who need it, Apple update takes care of it.
If there was an exploit that meant we should click on "Software Update" instead of waiting for it to cycle round, great but this is just Apple-bashing. Is this a microsofty going "look! other OS's have security updates too" while there are many many exploits in the wild for them?
Anyway it's a day late. This is "internet time", if you can remember that far back:-)
Dear Mr Balmer,
We at the European Commission are dismayed to see that despite many years of negotiation and our continuing discussions you are still treating other regions/customers better than the European Union.
We insist that you treat the European Union in the same way as South Korea and withdraw Windows from sale here too. We cannot afford to give our Korean competitors an advantage like this in the world economy. Withdrawing Windows from sale would give an enourmous boost to software jobs inside Europe, especially in the fast-growing and SME-friendly open source arena.
Yours sincerely,
THe European Commission
Correct: MS follows the money HD-DVD spec has Microsoft IPR in it, Blu-Ray does not. Hence if HD-DVD wins, MS gets more cash than if Blu-Ray does, its as simple as that.
Sure. Nielson is tracking Tivo usage http://www.koeppeldirect.com/infomercial-media-res ources-pvr-article.htm
OpenTV, the middleware used by DirecTV has audience measurement code http://www.opentv.com/products/middleware_products .html
For IPTV services, the "tuning" is done at the DSLAM end, not in the consumers home, so if they log it, they have every zap you ever make at any time. The best case is a reference in the ToS where they promise (like Tivo) to only use this information anonymously.
So far, there are no consequenses made public for this, but the technology is in place already for the most part.
...with bloody obvious patents that just mirror the real world on a computer screen or embedded device. Patent the way you select music? How do you think DJs used to organise things when they had boxes of records? Some did it by artist, some by album title and some by genre... How the f**k else would you do it?
Somebody shoot the patent office for this. Patents are supposed to be non-obvious. This seems to be as obvious as you can get. It's hard to think of other ways to do it at all.
Wait a minute... maybe I can get a patent on showing lists of things in alphabetical order... then I can sue everyone...
I just installed Firefox for my Mum (doesn't have a clue how to install or configure software - calls us if a dialogue box pops up), and not only does she love Tabs, but she likes "Mouse Gestures" as well! My software engineer brother and I were *astounded*.
Mandrake Linux uses BitTorrent as it's main method for downloading for Mandrake Club members.
To quote them directly from http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/club/
"Early and privileged access is provided, before public release, to ISO images of the latest Mandrakelinux, using the fast BitTorrent technology."
However I sould strongly suggest being able to substantiate the legal use before you start a discussion with your University.
For instance, Asimov's or Analog science fiction magazines. Available on yearly subscription just like the print copy but I can carry it in my Palm. Look on the fictionwise web site for Multiformat books - there are a lot of encrypted too but you can sort so you only see Multuformat.
This is exactly why I only buy unencrypted e-books and sci-fi magazines from Fictionwise
Their Multiformat books are available as:
Adobe Acrobat (PDF) for Macintosh and PCs
Palm DOC (PDB) for Palm compatible devices
Palm iSilo (PDB) for Palm compatible devices
Microsoft Reader (LIT) for PC and PocketPC devices
Franklin eBookman (FUB) for Franklin eBookMan devices
Hiebook (KML) for Hiebook devices
Mobipocket (PRC) (currently available for Palm, PocketPC, and Franklin eBookman devices)
Rocket (RB) for Rocket and REB/1100
I think I have a faily good chance of being able to read at least one of those formats in a few years time, and unencrypted Acrobat files can be transcoded into html easily.
Please note: Even though these books are not protected I have bought over a hundred books and short stories here and mysteriously failed to put them on kazaa or even give copies to my friends.
I am (shock horror for SCO, RIAA etc) both an open source programmer and I support copyright. Without copyright the GPL is meaningless.
What is there to stop Samba or even GCC from checking to see if they are being run or compiled on a SCO OS and refusing to continue (exit with an error message explaining why)?
This would be fully above board, as it is open source, but SCO would be unable to fix the problem without having to abide by the terms of the GPL that they hate so much.
Started on Linux kernel 0.99 pl 14, back in the days when you had to make a bunch of floppies from the single-speed CD and really work at it... Not like these namby pamby graphical installer things today.
Oh God, am I really only 34?
More seriously, being based in Europe and paying per-minute charges for internet access I couldn't afford to spend time surfing slashdot until I got broadband a few years back, then I got my sadly large-numbered slashdot id.:-(
I do not run *BSD, as I know Linux and am comfortable with at after some 9 years of use. However, it is a great testament to the power of the open source concept that this is possible at all. I am tremendously impressed with the BSD guys for achieving this.
Remember, it is a Good Thingtm to have a computing infrastructure made of diverse systems. So the more code that can be run on Linux , *BSD, Hurd, OSX and others the better.
Today, Wine is probably no less compatible with a random version of windows than any other random version of windows.
This site has the terrific and very active VDR project. It has full DVB support, full PVR support, and plugins for DVD playback, DivX, MPEG-4, MP3, LCD displays and more... If you want GPL Digital TV this is the place to go. Sign up to the mailing lists and contribute to this fantastic example of open source working well.
the BPDG group, whose bill to allow broadcasters to control your living room is being introduced into the senate http://judiciary.senate.gov/special/content_protec tion.pdf
Slashdot Mirror
That is exactly what I was about to say: well said!
So called highly critical patch installed itself yesterday on my iBook.
:-)
For those of us who need it, Apple update takes care of it.
If there was an exploit that meant we should click on "Software Update" instead of waiting for it to cycle round, great but this is just Apple-bashing. Is this a microsofty going "look! other OS's have security updates too" while there are many many exploits in the wild for them?
Anyway it's a day late. This is "internet time", if you can remember that far back
I have long thought that a web tablet would sell well if it was
:-)
a) cheap enough
b) light enough (i.e. not glass)
and (more importantly)
c) flexible and robust enough to han dle being dropped on the floor (i.e. not glass)
This looks like it could meet that criteria. Please may I have one
I was about to say this exact same thing, so I am absolutely with you.
I want a global campaign "I am not a consumer".
Dear Mr Balmer, We at the European Commission are dismayed to see that despite many years of negotiation and our continuing discussions you are still treating other regions/customers better than the European Union. We insist that you treat the European Union in the same way as South Korea and withdraw Windows from sale here too. We cannot afford to give our Korean competitors an advantage like this in the world economy. Withdrawing Windows from sale would give an enourmous boost to software jobs inside Europe, especially in the fast-growing and SME-friendly open source arena. Yours sincerely, THe European Commission
Yeah, because Switzerland, as a country where the people vote directly on many issues is a great example of democracy gone bad, wheras the USA...
Oh wait.
Correct: MS follows the money
HD-DVD spec has Microsoft IPR in it, Blu-Ray does not. Hence if HD-DVD wins, MS gets more cash than if Blu-Ray does, its as simple as that.
Sure. Nielson is tracking Tivo usage http://www.koeppeldirect.com/infomercial-media-res ources-pvr-article.htm
OpenTV, the middleware used by DirecTV has audience measurement code http://www.opentv.com/products/middleware_products .html
For IPTV services, the "tuning" is done at the DSLAM end, not in the consumers home, so if they log it, they have every zap you ever make at any time. The best case is a reference in the ToS where they promise (like Tivo) to only use this information anonymously.
So far, there are no consequenses made public for this, but the technology is in place already for the most part.
Umm, you do realise that many Digital TV services and ALL IPTV services do this already, right?
...with bloody obvious patents that just mirror the real world on a computer screen or embedded device. Patent the way you select music? How do you think DJs used to organise things when they had boxes of records? Some did it by artist, some by album title and some by genre... How the f**k else would you do it? Somebody shoot the patent office for this. Patents are supposed to be non-obvious. This seems to be as obvious as you can get. It's hard to think of other ways to do it at all. Wait a minute... maybe I can get a patent on showing lists of things in alphabetical order... then I can sue everyone...
I just installed Firefox for my Mum (doesn't have a clue how to install or configure software - calls us if a dialogue box pops up), and not only does she love Tabs, but she likes "Mouse Gestures" as well! My software engineer brother and I were *astounded*.
Mandrake Linux uses BitTorrent as it's main method for downloading for Mandrake Club members. To quote them directly from http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/club/ "Early and privileged access is provided, before public release, to ISO images of the latest Mandrakelinux, using the fast BitTorrent technology." However I sould strongly suggest being able to substantiate the legal use before you start a discussion with your University.
I'd mod you +1 funny, but I can't post & mod :)
Get the f*** out of the way. Let private enterprise take us into space. You are slowing down the human race.
For instance, Asimov's or Analog science fiction magazines. Available on yearly subscription just like the print copy but I can carry it in my Palm. Look on the fictionwise web site for Multiformat books - there are a lot of encrypted too but you can sort so you only see Multuformat.
This is exactly why I only buy unencrypted e-books and sci-fi magazines from Fictionwise
Their Multiformat books are available as:
Adobe Acrobat (PDF) for Macintosh and PCs
Palm DOC (PDB) for Palm compatible devices
Palm iSilo (PDB) for Palm compatible devices
Microsoft Reader (LIT) for PC and PocketPC devices
Franklin eBookman (FUB) for Franklin eBookMan devices
Hiebook (KML) for Hiebook devices
Mobipocket (PRC) (currently available for Palm, PocketPC, and Franklin eBookman devices)
Rocket (RB) for Rocket and REB/1100
I think I have a faily good chance of being able to read at least one of those formats in a few years time, and unencrypted Acrobat files can be transcoded into html easily.
Please note: Even though these books are not protected I have bought over a hundred books and short stories here and mysteriously failed to put them on kazaa or even give copies to my friends.
I am (shock horror for SCO, RIAA etc) both an open source programmer and I support copyright. Without copyright the GPL is meaningless.
Just a thought.
What is there to stop Samba or even GCC from checking to see if they are being run or compiled on a SCO OS and refusing to continue (exit with an error message explaining why)?
This would be fully above board, as it is open source, but SCO would be unable to fix the problem without having to abide by the terms of the GPL that they hate so much.
Anyone see a problem with this?
Started on Linux kernel 0.99 pl 14, back in the days when you had to make a bunch of floppies from the single-speed CD and really work at it... Not like these namby pamby graphical installer things today. Oh God, am I really only 34?
:-(
More seriously, being based in Europe and paying per-minute charges for internet access I couldn't afford to spend time surfing slashdot until I got broadband a few years back, then I got my sadly large-numbered slashdot id.
I do not run *BSD, as I know Linux and am comfortable with at after some 9 years of use. However, it is a great testament to the power of the open source concept that this is possible at all. I am tremendously impressed with the BSD guys for achieving this.
Remember, it is a Good Thing tm to have a computing infrastructure made of diverse systems. So the more code that can be run on Linux , *BSD, Hurd, OSX and others the better.
Today, Wine is probably no less compatible with a random version of windows than any other random version of windows.
Look at the distributers: 499 euros with delivery scheduled for 10th November
This site has the terrific and very active VDR project. It has full DVB support, full PVR support, and plugins for DVD playback, DivX, MPEG-4, MP3, LCD displays and more... If you want GPL Digital TV this is the place to go. Sign up to the mailing lists and contribute to this fantastic example of open source working well.
No they're not! The license agreement to sign and send back so you can get access to the specifications is there. Open Source it is not.
OK. Try looking at http://www.fcc.gov/headlines.html
c h/ DOC-225221A1.pdf for the first ruling. 100% digital products by 2007
n m/ 20020919/tc_nm/media_digitaltv_dc_3
c tion.pdf
U TF -8&q=digital+television+BPDG
or
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmat
or
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/
or
digitalconsumer.org
or
the BPDG group, whose bill to allow broadcasters to control your living room is being introduced into the senate http://judiciary.senate.gov/special/content_prote
http://www.digitalconsumer.org/faq4.html#bpdg
or just search at google...
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=
and don't forget to check who is paying the politicians introducing those anti-consumer bills at http://opensecrets.org.
I'm sorry, the fact that this stuff has been discussed all over the worldwide press has obviously not made it easy to find.
Read the FCC ruling idiot. Analog outputs to be phased out from 2005 onwards on all digital equipment.
They intend to make your VCR obsolete too. No analog outputs.