Anyone actually read the bill? There's 2 things it says.
1) If they choose to, Schools can spend grant money on technologies to prevent illegal file sharing.
2) Schools must submit a description of their plan for dealing with illegal file sharing. It says nothing about what the plan must be. So a "We respond to all DMCA takedown notices." could be the extent of their plan.
If there's a piece I'm missing please let me know.
The whole "Beta" thing that google and company do is really starting to piss me off. It's getting regular users to expect "Beta" to mean "1.0" and when Beta turns out to actually mean Beta, they get all pissy.
I thought the "TickTock" process of developing a technology two different ways was a really neat innovation. Few businesses would dare double their research just to reduce their risks. I wonder if a similar method is used in other industries.
Imagine if Microsoft did it? Maybe we wouldn't end up with things like ME or Vista:)
I wonder if there's a competitive spirit between the teams.
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Are there any real-world effective laptop encryption solutions?
Encryption requiring a simple password:
They key space will be limited making for easy cracking.
Encryption requiring a sufficiently complex password to avoid above:
The password will be too hard to remember so people will write it down... on a sticky note on the laptop.
Encryption requiring an external device to supply complex key:
This will fail because many people will either attach the device to the laptop, or keep it in the same bag as the laptop.
I guess the simple password solution is the best since it would at least require a degree of technical expertise from the thief to get around.
I remember finding the erase command and doing simple animation by drawing & erasing stuff across the screen in a loop. Probably my very first "hack".
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I wonder if the planet would benefit more from a bunch of whiney bloggers posting, or from that same group of bloggers simply turning off their computers.
The test-case in the article was completely uninteresting to most of us. It was a further comment in the ruling that is "the routine addition of modern electronics to an otherwise unpatentable invention"
What this really is saying is...
If an idea isn't patentable on it's own, then simply doing it with a computer isn't enough to make it patentable.
So if an idea such as "Tell something to somebody using piglatin" isn't patentable, then "Tell something to somebody using piglatin on a computer" or "Tell something to somebody using piglatin on a PDA" is not patentable either.
I'm sure different police precints are different, but I know at least some of them consider a taser to be only slightly below a firearm and should only be used when the officer feels that either themselves or someone else is in danger. This kid was handcuffed on the floor with 3 (4?) cops on top of him, how could he be a danger to anyone?
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Anyone actually read the bill? There's 2 things it says.
1) If they choose to, Schools can spend grant money on technologies to prevent illegal file sharing.
2) Schools must submit a description of their plan for dealing with illegal file sharing. It says nothing about what the plan must be. So a "We respond to all DMCA takedown notices." could be the extent of their plan.
If there's a piece I'm missing please let me know.
I just wrote both of my Senators urging them to vote against this if and when it comes time for a senate vote. I urge everyone else to do the same.
The system can't work without feedback from citizens.
I'm sorry, I can't use that word processor. It doesn't support my video card?
This is just a Shopsafe AD.
Technical details in the article are slim and misleading.
At first, lots more macs get sold.
In the long run, a real competitor to Adobe products is born.
Sounds like a losing situation.
"It would be terrible for one bot to take out another"
So when is that event scheduled, and will it be on pay per view?
America is at war with terrorism. America has ALWAYS been at war with terrorism.
Spyware clogs up the pipes!
Maybe Google will make them never ring in public places and inform the user when they're talking too loudly :)
The whole "Beta" thing that google and company do is really starting to piss me off. It's getting regular users to expect "Beta" to mean "1.0" and when Beta turns out to actually mean Beta, they get all pissy.
I thought the "TickTock" process of developing a technology two different ways was a really neat innovation. Few businesses would dare double their research just to reduce their risks. I wonder if a similar method is used in other industries.
:)
Imagine if Microsoft did it? Maybe we wouldn't end up with things like ME or Vista
I wonder if there's a competitive spirit between the teams.
Please email me for my latest free service "Swag Removal". I will provide you with an address that you can ship all of your unwanted swag valued at over $20. I will then make sure that swag is "properly handled" to provide you with an ethical solution to the problem at no cost to you other than shipping.
Are there any real-world effective laptop encryption solutions?
Encryption requiring a simple password:
They key space will be limited making for easy cracking.
Encryption requiring a sufficiently complex password to avoid above:
The password will be too hard to remember so people will write it down... on a sticky note on the laptop.
Encryption requiring an external device to supply complex key:
This will fail because many people will either attach the device to the laptop, or keep it in the same bag as the laptop.
I guess the simple password solution is the best since it would at least require a degree of technical expertise from the thief to get around.
I was thinking "big deal", who copies that many files at once?
Then I read it's cumulative between reboots! I can imagine this will hit many servers that have any kind of auto-copy job they do on a schedule.
I remember finding the erase command and doing simple animation by drawing & erasing stuff across the screen in a loop. Probably my very first "hack".
I wonder if the planet would benefit more from a bunch of whiney bloggers posting, or from that same group of bloggers simply turning off their computers.
Also won't matter since Florida voters can't seem to figure out the whole voting thing anyways...
So what will come first for the entire US, Gay or Robot marriage?
How long after that will same sex person/robot marriages be legal?
And what will the politically correct term for a person/robot marriage be anyways? I vote for Cyber-marriage or "marriage 2.0".
How many people have missed their flight and caught a later one the same day?
Imagine being stuck 3 days before you can go home.
Maybe a better analogy would be...
A store somehow registering you so you can walk in, pick up an item and put it in your pocket to purchase, and walk out.
Is that patentable? Dunno.
The test-case in the article was completely uninteresting to most of us. It was a further comment in the ruling that is "the routine addition of modern electronics to an otherwise unpatentable invention"
What this really is saying is...
If an idea isn't patentable on it's own, then simply doing it with a computer isn't enough to make it patentable.
So if an idea such as "Tell something to somebody using piglatin" isn't patentable, then "Tell something to somebody using piglatin on a computer" or "Tell something to somebody using piglatin on a PDA" is not patentable either.
It could really limit the "dumb" patents.
And XSD with a good XML editor is better than most documentation you could produce.
Throw comments into the XSD, and it's gold.
Talk to you boss. Tell him how it's been. Ask him to let you come in late after nights you work late.
Make the overtime affect others.
Overtime is one of those things both the company and the employee has to consider when taking a job and the salary is based around those terms.
If companies suddenly had to start paying overtime, salaries would have to be adjusted.
Personally, I'd prefer to stick with the deal I have.
I'm sure different police precints are different, but I know at least some of them consider a taser to be only slightly below a firearm and should only be used when the officer feels that either themselves or someone else is in danger. This kid was handcuffed on the floor with 3 (4?) cops on top of him, how could he be a danger to anyone?