The port of Alaxendria, one of the busiest port-cities, had a law that required ships that came to port to loan all their written scrolls etc. to the library, where it was faithfully copied and archived. That's what made the library (one of) the greatest of its time.
"...one feature of TCPA is that the user can always turn it off. But then your TCPA-enabled applications won't work, or won't work as well. It will be like switching from Windows to Linux nowadays; you may have more freedom, but end up having less choice. If the applications that use TCPA / Palladium are more attractive to the majority of people, you may end up simply having to use them - just as many people have to use Microsoft Word because all their friends and colleagues send them documents in Microsoft Word...."
Not unlike IE, and how many sites will work properly only with an MS browser.
Wake up and smell the coffee burning. And be prepared to be marginalized.
Say goodbye to computing as we know it.
Cheers- raga (Not that I find anything to cheer about in Palladium.)
As user choice in controlling screen real-estate diminishes, the difference between ISPs that cost (in $) and free ones (no $) continues to blur. I wonder how different AOL/MSN will be from NetZero/Bluelight (wrt their control of user screens) in 2 years time. How will this market shakeup...?
Anyway, AOLusers can always Upgrade(Tm) to getting their internet curtesy of KMart for free!
:^>
Cyberiad better than Solaris (IMO)
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I got hooked on Stanislaw Lem after stumbling on his short story collection "The Cyberiad" (translated from the Polish by Michael Kendal). The stories deal with two constructors, Trul and Klapaucius, as they try to "out-invent" each other with their cybernetic brews (from laser-eyed beasts to poetry-spouting bards, not to mention the machine that could create anything in the universe that begins with the letter n.) Both Trul and Klapaucius are themeselves robots, living in a Universe seemingly populated only by cyber-forms. Yet they are all remarkably human in their foibles.
The stories draw on folklore, philosophy, and mathematical thought in creating a universe that is amusing and humourous, but at the same time profoundly disturbing. One cannot help draw parallels between what's happening in the pages, and current affairs (of the world in general, and the cyber-industry in particular.) These stories seem just as relavant today as they were in 1967, when they were first published. A must read for all cyber-drones
:^>
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The port of Alaxendria, one of the busiest port-cities, had a law that required ships that came to port to loan all their written scrolls etc. to the library, where it was faithfully copied and archived. That's what made the library (one of) the greatest of its time.
Cheers- raga
...and you'll be ignored.
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From the Ross Anderson FAQ (link above):
"...one feature of TCPA is that the user can always turn it off. But then your TCPA-enabled applications won't work, or won't work as well. It will be like switching from Windows to Linux nowadays; you may have more freedom, but end up having less choice. If the applications that use TCPA / Palladium are more attractive to the majority of people, you may end up simply having to use them - just as many people have to use Microsoft Word because all their friends and colleagues send them documents in Microsoft Word.
Not unlike IE, and how many sites will work properly only with an MS browser.
Wake up and smell the coffee burning. And be prepared to be marginalized.
Say goodbye to computing as we know it.
Cheers- raga
(Not that I find anything to cheer about in Palladium.)
Seems like they are 5 of them.
Using off-the-shelf AAA (!!) NiMH bateries, they get distances of 0.5 km / 45 minutes of continous operation.
Cheers
As user choice in controlling screen real-estate diminishes, the difference between ISPs that cost (in $) and free ones (no $) continues to blur. I wonder how different AOL/MSN will be from NetZero/Bluelight (wrt their control of user screens) in 2 years time. How will this market shakeup...?
Anyway, AOLusers can always Upgrade(Tm) to getting their internet curtesy of KMart for free!
:^>
I got hooked on Stanislaw Lem after stumbling on his short story collection "The Cyberiad" (translated from the Polish by Michael Kendal). The stories deal with two constructors, Trul and Klapaucius, as they try to "out-invent" each other with their cybernetic brews (from laser-eyed beasts to poetry-spouting bards, not to mention the machine that could create anything in the universe that begins with the letter n.) Both Trul and Klapaucius are themeselves robots, living in a Universe seemingly populated only by cyber-forms. Yet they are all remarkably human in their foibles.
The stories draw on folklore, philosophy, and mathematical thought in creating a universe that is amusing and humourous, but at the same time profoundly disturbing. One cannot help draw parallels between what's happening in the pages, and current affairs (of the world in general, and the cyber-industry in particular.) These stories seem just as relavant today as they were in 1967, when they were first published. A must read for all cyber-drones
:^>
...that God works with numbers in base10, and that She likes round numbers that are ridiculously small (2k ? Hah!)
hmmm....that should put Obi Wan right about my age in Episode 2.
I even got greying beard....dammit!