This is news for people that go to Clemson. This is not news for the rest of us nerds.
There's nothing really "evil" about this. You DO have the choice of not living on campus. Or, alternatively, you can live on campus and get your own ISP access seperate from the school's network.
18 hours a day processing time means they miss 2 potential windows.
How on earth did you jump to that conclusion? You think they only have one computer at NASA AND it is doing both the data collection and the data processing AND its running a non-multitasking operating system?
What rock have you been sleeping under for the last 5-10 years? DES is totally unsuitable for anything. Even triple DES. And I'm not talking about government and major corporations, I'm talking about casual computer users who happen to have access to a cluster of fairly mid-range machines (say, at their university...or even just a high end desktop and a couple weeks to spare) or even not-for-profit orgs like EFF, which have a DES cracking machine.
ESR was worth like $38 million? or something on paper. By the time he can sell off his shares, he'll probably be worth like $10 million. ~5-6 after taxes. A nice chunk of change but a far cry from $100 billion and climbing.
In any case, the original poster is a moron, equating monetary wealth with usefulness to society.
Yeah and when Win2K's TCP stack suddenly sucks, its support for SMP is suddenly kludgey and its default filesystem is like something out of the early 70s.
So its okay to use software patents against Microsoft, but when Big Business uses them against Open Source (Apple: FreeType, etc), that's a bad thing? That's pretty hypocritical. Especially since Microsoft, while they do patent many things (for defensive purposes) don't have a history of using them to strong arm people.
If you have to pick SOME target to be up in arms with over IP abuses, pick Apple (TrueType patents, Aqua threats, etc).
Likely it would be sometime within the next couple of weeks. If they are just interviewing him now, they'll have to edit, decide what type of slant they want to take on the final story, etc.
I think some people were thrown off by the name of the show "World News Tonight", which isn't the same as a show called "World News" airing tonight.:)
If the Crusoe actually attempts to optimize sections of the code based on runtime profiling information, this could be the main reason it performs so well. There have been academic papers written on this idea before but this would be the first implementation I've heard of.
This is exactly what Sun's HotSpot for Java was designed to do. Arguments about how good (or bad) of a job their software-based runtime profiling works right now are left as an exercise for the reader.
Are you sure? The article you linked to does _not_ specifically say its Java 2. It says:
Sun announced plans to ship Java 2 Platform...
It doesn't say what version of Java *IBM* will be shipping to the Linux distro companies. The only version they have available now is based on Java 1.1...Its fast as hell (compared to other Java VMs, especially on Linux), but 1.1 nonetheless.
Its easy to target the RIAA for being a tech dinosaur or whatever, but that doesn't change the fact that the vast majority of mp3 files traded ARE in fact illegal. If you think mp3's of independent artists are the norm, and the pirate mp3s are the exception, you're incredibly naive. Just go look on Napster, which seems to be a favored service of many of the MP3 traders here, or how about the Usenet mp3 news groups? Count up the number of pirate mp3s vs legit ones. Its like 99.99% pirated stuff.
Just because technology gives you the ability to pirate music doesn't make it right. The RIAA are very often wrong, but not quite as much as the general net population gives them credit for...I mean, it IS their job, like it not, to try and protect the copyrights of their members.
The funny thing is, if there were a service like Napster (yeah this is hypothetical, don't quiz me on how such a thing would function) that was clearly created to make it easier for evil corporations to violate the GPL..but could also be used for legitimate purposes...the people here would be calling for blood.
The print version of Wired, among other magazines and media outlets, covered this technology what...6 months ago? 7? This is so far from cutting edge news its almost funny.
You forgot to mention one of the other major reasons SETI@Home is useless.....As with most of the other distributed computing projects out there, people seem interested soley in being the #1 data processor, rather than the actual science being done. Time and again, this has caused people to cheat and contaminate the results.
The university would lose out to the competing schools who are less draconian in their internet restrictions. It's a big game of chicken, the RIAA just beat the universities, so the universities want to take it out on the students.
Are there really people out there who would choose a University based on their internet usage policy? That's sad to even think about.
A lot of people on this thread seem to think this is some sort of 'freedom' issue. Its not. If it were, the Universities would likely have banned Napster long ago.
If you worked for the IT department of any majorish college, you'd realize that napster usage is growing at an insanely exponential rate and it is totally saturating the bandwidth available to all students. Such Universities HAVE to ban it -- the fact that its downloading mp3s is mostly irrelevant....If it were perfectly legal game-playing (or pretty much anything not DIRECTLY related to school-type education) that was causing the bandwidth saturation, they'd have to ban that too..There's only so much bandwidth to go around when you have thousands of users with local ethernet speeds into your outsider router.
Your logic is terribly flawed. They paid for it, they can use it as the terms of service set forth by the University sees fit. We can argue back and forth about how napster COULD be used to trade completely legal mp3s, but cmon. If you actually BELEIVE that that is the norm, you are stupid and/or haven't ever logged into napster.
I'm sure any court would (IMO rightly) see that the University is well within its rights to curtail what it views as illegal use of its network, particularly an illegal use which is sapping away bandwidth from legitimate network uses.
Also, anyone upset about this should be aware that fighting this, or spearheading massive campaigns to try to "fuck the University" could backfire with Unis drafting REALLY STRICT terms of service that disallow game playing, casual web surfing, etc (anything that isn't specifically related to school/educational activities).
This event isn't being staged for the hackers of the world. Its for investors and such. Investors don't really care about the neat hacks you can perform with your whizzbangy new CPU, they just want to know how you'll survive in a market dominated by Intel.
Give Transmeta a chance..It makes complete sense for them to focus on the x86 compatibility of the chip. If they started talking too much about the software reprogramming of the CPU it would just confuse their launch message, which is all about the benjamins, not the geek-factor of the technology.
The PTO thinks so, as they've granted Transmeta a patent on it. Of course, nobody ever accused the PTO of being on-target when it came to high-tech patents.
Landmark Decision Favors Streambox Judge's decision rules in favor of Streambox to continue sale and distribution of its most popular product, Streambox Ripper.
Decision allows consumers and content owners choice in streaming media formats.
SEATTLE - Based on the ruling by U.S. District Court in Seattle today, Streambox, Inc. (http://www.streambox.com), a start-up with leading streaming technologies for audio and video files on the Internet, may now continue selling its most popular software product, Streambox Ripper. This decision, made by the Honorable Marsha Pechman, affirmed the right of consumers and content owners to convert RealNetworks streaming media into their format of preference. Ripper enables consumers and content providers to convert RealNetworks files into Windows Media, MP3 and WAV formats.
Today's ruling repeals a restraining order filed by RealNetworks (RNWK), which alleged that Ripper caused irreparable harm to RealNetworks.
"This is a big win, not just for Streambox, but for the entire Internet community," said Robert Hildeman, chief executive officer of Streambox. "Streambox feels that the Court made the right decision to allow consumers to be able to make their own choice on how streaming content is controlled by granting Streambox permission to sell and distribute Streambox Ripper. The Internet has always been about open systems, and we're proud to be a part of this landmark ruling."
Streambox will continue sales of Streambox Ripper on its website in addition to continuing development of enjoined products (Streambox VCR and Ferret plug-in) that put the control of streaming content in the hands of copyright owners as well as consumers.
"We will formally request RealNetworks to release the specifications on their copy switch, so we can include it into Streambox VCR," said Robert Hildeman. "Streambox strongly supports copyrighted content. We trust RealNetworks will come through and release this information so that all content owners can choose whether to turn the switch on or off. Previously, Real has chosen to keep this information proprietary."
I can understand why these people are afraid. Despite what you've said in other posts, DeCSS does make easier by far for you're average warez puppy to copy movies for use on the computer. Just lower the bit rate down to VCD quality, and send it off via IRC. While it would be possible to sample the data with a Video capture card, using one that doesn't do real-time MPEG (MJPEG looks like crap at any reasonable compression rate) is pretty impractical for most. That said, I think what they are doing is wrong, in just about every sense of the word. It was there fault they didn't use decent encryption on the keys, (using deeper encryption would have made it much more difficult to brute-force the other keys after Xing's was discovered), But instead of excepting defeat, they try to pass there problem on to us, the computer using public. The sad thing is, it would not be unprecedented In a Slashdot interview with L0pht a while back, they mentioned the Cell phone industry. When they created their standards, they didn't even bother to use any encryption whatsoever. Whether this was simple laziness, attempted cost savings, or malicious government intervention, we'll never know. When the cell phone system was cracked though, rather then building a better system, they lobbied congress to ban radio scanners. And not only were radio scanners banned but the combination of a computer, ROM burner and cell phone. A friend of mine uses a hacked smart card to get free DSS dish cannels. The card is illegal. Its ridicules. Rather then building a sound system, the government caves in and banns any technology that can be used to circumvent the financial flows of the big campaign contributors. Public be damned. In a way, there are not many differences between software like DeCSS and the other wrongly banned technology. But there is one. While the other things are devices, tools, DeCSS is an idea. Sure, you can use it as a tool, in the computer sense of the word. Run file though, decrypt, enjoy. But in my mind anything that can be fully expressed in written form on a T-shirt belongs in the domain of ideas. And that, there, is the problem. The movie industry, acting in their blind desire for money, seeks to ban an idea. And not only one idea, but winning this case will open the floodgates for corporate censorship. While the idea of corporate censorship frightens me, it doesn't so much as the fact that they are doing this, that they are trying this. Surely they've figured out what this could mean for Americans, or for the world. In an era of increasing corporatism, its becoming increasingly clear that there's lack of conscious in there quest for ever higher profit margins is not only shocking, but dangerous. The corporations that control our government have no regard, whatsoever, for the health of our freedoms. (maybe I'm being naive here...) DeCSS may be a small issue, (at least, for those of us without both a DVD drive and Linux:P). But is another piece. A corporation censors a small piece of information, of knowledge. But the fact that these mega corps would break down our civil rights to cover up there own mistakes is frightening.
That post was irony. I HOPE. Otherwise that guy is deluded, as he picked out most of the current weak spots in Linux (filesystem, support for 3D standards like OpenGL, SMP, etc...All of these things are coming, soon..but not quite there yet on Linux)...
I disagree. Nobody is claiming Slashdot is in violation of any licenses, but it IS hypocritical (though not illegal) for Slashdot to give so much lip service to the benefits of Open Source while not Open Sourcing their own code.
Neoplanet is basically a browser shell that uses the IE rendering engine (a newer version can be made to use a Gecko renderer beta too I believe), and on top of it adds its own UI with support for skins and other neat features.
Slashdot Mirror
There's nothing really "evil" about this. You DO have the choice of not living on campus. Or, alternatively, you can live on campus and get your own ISP access seperate from the school's network.
How on earth did you jump to that conclusion? You think they only have one computer at NASA AND it is doing both the data collection and the data processing AND its running a non-multitasking operating system?
What rock have you been sleeping under for the last 5-10 years? DES is totally unsuitable for anything. Even triple DES. And I'm not talking about government and major corporations, I'm talking about casual computer users who happen to have access to a cluster of fairly mid-range machines (say, at their university...or even just a high end desktop and a couple weeks to spare) or even not-for-profit orgs like EFF, which have a DES cracking machine.
In any case, the original poster is a moron, equating monetary wealth with usefulness to society.
Yeah and when Win2K's TCP stack suddenly sucks, its support for SMP is suddenly kludgey and its default filesystem is like something out of the early 70s.
If you have to pick SOME target to be up in arms with over IP abuses, pick Apple (TrueType patents, Aqua threats, etc).
I think some people were thrown off by the name of the show "World News Tonight", which isn't the same as a show called "World News" airing tonight. :)
This is exactly what Sun's HotSpot for Java was designed to do. Arguments about how good (or bad) of a job their software-based runtime profiling works right now are left as an exercise for the reader.
Because they are stupid.
Sun announced plans to ship Java 2 Platform...
It doesn't say what version of Java *IBM* will be shipping to the Linux distro companies. The only version they have available now is based on Java 1.1...Its fast as hell (compared to other Java VMs, especially on Linux), but 1.1 nonetheless.
Just because technology gives you the ability to pirate music doesn't make it right. The RIAA are very often wrong, but not quite as much as the general net population gives them credit for...I mean, it IS their job, like it not, to try and protect the copyrights of their members.
The funny thing is, if there were a service like Napster (yeah this is hypothetical, don't quiz me on how such a thing would function) that was clearly created to make it easier for evil corporations to violate the GPL..but could also be used for legitimate purposes...the people here would be calling for blood.
Hypocrites.
Yes, moderate me down to hell. Thanks.
No, this isn't a hoax.
The print version of Wired, among other magazines and media outlets, covered this technology what...6 months ago? 7? This is so far from cutting edge news its almost funny.
You forgot to mention one of the other major reasons SETI@Home is useless.....As with most of the other distributed computing projects out there, people seem interested soley in being the #1 data processor, rather than the actual science being done. Time and again, this has caused people to cheat and contaminate the results.
Are there really people out there who would choose a University based on their internet usage policy? That's sad to even think about.
If you worked for the IT department of any majorish college, you'd realize that napster usage is growing at an insanely exponential rate and it is totally saturating the bandwidth available to all students. Such Universities HAVE to ban it -- the fact that its downloading mp3s is mostly irrelevant....If it were perfectly legal game-playing (or pretty much anything not DIRECTLY related to school-type education) that was causing the bandwidth saturation, they'd have to ban that too..There's only so much bandwidth to go around when you have thousands of users with local ethernet speeds into your outsider router.
Students pay for education, not for unlimited mp3-downloading bandwidth.
I'm sure any court would (IMO rightly) see that the University is well within its rights to curtail what it views as illegal use of its network, particularly an illegal use which is sapping away bandwidth from legitimate network uses.
Also, anyone upset about this should be aware that fighting this, or spearheading massive campaigns to try to "fuck the University" could backfire with Unis drafting REALLY STRICT terms of service that disallow game playing, casual web surfing, etc (anything that isn't specifically related to school/educational activities).
Give Transmeta a chance..It makes complete sense for them to focus on the x86 compatibility of the chip. If they started talking too much about the software reprogramming of the CPU it would just confuse their launch message, which is all about the benjamins, not the geek-factor of the technology.
The PTO thinks so, as they've granted Transmeta a patent on it. Of course, nobody ever accused the PTO of being on-target when it came to high-tech patents.
Here's the press release in question:
For Immediate Release
January 18, 2000
Landmark Decision
Favors Streambox
Judge's decision rules in favor of Streambox to continue sale and distribution of its most popular product, Streambox Ripper.
Decision allows consumers and content owners choice
in streaming media formats.
SEATTLE - Based on the ruling by U.S. District Court in Seattle today, Streambox, Inc. (http://www.streambox.com), a start-up with leading streaming technologies for audio and video files on the Internet, may now continue selling its most popular software product, Streambox Ripper. This decision, made by the Honorable Marsha Pechman, affirmed the right of consumers and content owners to convert RealNetworks streaming media into their format of preference. Ripper enables consumers and content providers to convert RealNetworks files into Windows Media, MP3 and WAV formats.
Today's ruling repeals a restraining order filed by RealNetworks (RNWK), which alleged that Ripper caused irreparable harm to RealNetworks.
"This is a big win, not just for Streambox, but for the entire Internet community," said Robert Hildeman, chief executive officer of Streambox. "Streambox feels that the Court made the right decision to allow consumers to be able to make their own choice on how streaming content is controlled by granting Streambox permission to sell and distribute Streambox Ripper. The Internet has always been about open systems, and we're proud to be a part of this landmark ruling."
Streambox will continue sales of Streambox Ripper on its website in addition to continuing development of enjoined products (Streambox VCR and Ferret plug-in) that put the control of streaming content in the hands of copyright owners as well as consumers.
"We will formally request RealNetworks to release the specifications on their copy switch, so we can include it into Streambox VCR," said Robert Hildeman. "Streambox strongly supports copyrighted content. We trust RealNetworks will come through and release this information so that all content owners can choose whether to turn the switch on or off. Previously, Real has chosen to keep this information proprietary."
I can understand why these people are afraid. Despite what you've said in other posts, DeCSS does make easier by far for you're average warez puppy to copy movies for use on the computer. Just lower the bit rate down to VCD quality, and send it off via IRC. While it would be possible to sample the data with a Video capture card, using one that doesn't do real-time MPEG (MJPEG looks like crap at any reasonable compression rate) is pretty impractical for most. That said, I think what they are doing is wrong, in just about every sense of the word. It was there fault they didn't use decent encryption on the keys, (using deeper encryption would have made it much more difficult to brute-force the other keys after Xing's was discovered), But instead of excepting defeat, they try to pass there problem on to us, the computer using public. The sad thing is, it would not be unprecedented In a Slashdot interview with L0pht a while back, they mentioned the Cell phone industry. When they created their standards, they didn't even bother to use any encryption whatsoever. Whether this was simple laziness, attempted cost savings, or malicious government intervention, we'll never know. When the cell phone system was cracked though, rather then building a better system, they lobbied congress to ban radio scanners. And not only were radio scanners banned but the combination of a computer, ROM burner and cell phone. A friend of mine uses a hacked smart card to get free DSS dish cannels. The card is illegal. Its ridicules. Rather then building a sound system, the government caves in and banns any technology that can be used to circumvent the financial flows of the big campaign contributors. Public be damned. In a way, there are not many differences between software like DeCSS and the other wrongly banned technology. But there is one. While the other things are devices, tools, DeCSS is an idea. Sure, you can use it as a tool, in the computer sense of the word. Run file though, decrypt, enjoy. But in my mind anything that can be fully expressed in written form on a T-shirt belongs in the domain of ideas. And that, there, is the problem. The movie industry, acting in their blind desire for money, seeks to ban an idea. And not only one idea, but winning this case will open the floodgates for corporate censorship. While the idea of corporate censorship frightens me, it doesn't so much as the fact that they are doing this, that they are trying this. Surely they've figured out what this could mean for Americans, or for the world. In an era of increasing corporatism, its becoming increasingly clear that there's lack of conscious in there quest for ever higher profit margins is not only shocking, but dangerous. The corporations that control our government have no regard, whatsoever, for the health of our freedoms. (maybe I'm being naive here...) DeCSS may be a small issue, (at least, for those of us without both a DVD drive and Linux :P). But is another piece. A corporation censors a small piece of information, of knowledge. But the fact that these mega corps would break down our civil rights to cover up there own mistakes is frightening.
No, Its GNU/Linux (R).
(Yes, this is a joke.)
That post was irony. I HOPE. Otherwise that guy is deluded, as he picked out most of the current weak spots in Linux (filesystem, support for 3D standards like OpenGL, SMP, etc...All of these things are coming, soon..but not quite there yet on Linux)...
I disagree. Nobody is claiming Slashdot is in violation of any licenses, but it IS hypocritical (though not illegal) for Slashdot to give so much lip service to the benefits of Open Source while not Open Sourcing their own code.
Neoplanet is basically a browser shell that uses the IE rendering engine (a newer version can be made to use a Gecko renderer beta too I believe), and on top of it adds its own UI with support for skins and other neat features.