Wouldn't it be posisble for malware to intententionally slow down many random bits of ram so that the detector would think that this is just latency?
I mean, malware could divert the checksum of his own memory bytes to the hard-drive and then divert many other bytes there too just to confuse the detector.
Well, according to the wikipedia article linked, they HAVE made that decision some times before. They have already said NO to it, it's just that people keep reopening the case for them to consider with "new evidence".
In my opinion, they're just giving a fair and thorough consideration of every bit of information given to them... before they say No a fourth time, hopefully.
Wouldn't something like this be an amazing tool for dislexic people?
Perhaps they can figure out exactly what's going wrong with their brain wiring if a computer can have direct access to the signals it's giving out and actually understand them.
You wouldn't be able to share your dream-videos of you smashing the RIAA headquarters with your friends, as that'd be infringing on intellectual property.
When they go to your OWN website and take down your own copyright material because it might infringe some non-specified third party's intellectual property, then you can complain about free speech and whatever.
If you want to open your arsenal to the public -with legally owned weapons-, I certainly hope you WILL be punished if one of those guns is to kill somebody, even if it's in the hands of an ignorant teenager who just grabbed it and started shooting.
This is a stretch, an exaggeration, obviously, but that's the kind of logic they're using.
Now the question is: are they going to punish you, the owner of the open WiFi as if you had personally commited the crime or are you going to get away with a milder penalty? I vote for the latter.
So you expect a big company to develop brand new technology, which would imply a lot of research money, building new plants (or completely revamping the current ones), expending loads and loads of money to finally release a product that they would be forced to sell for the same price as the old one? They would much rather put bows and whistles to the old stuff until they ran out of adhesive tape.
Of course, there's a vast difference between the Computer industry and more basic things like food and transportation, which is where your example fits.
The problem is that big corporations have the resources and the hired great minds. They completely control the market and are the ones shaping the future and all they seem to want is for us to keep buying their old black and green CRTs so that they don't have spend money to build new plants.
They want to keep us in 1990's technology for their own benefit! They're hampering technological advance just to buy a new pair of shoes.
I wonder if there is going to be some sort of unbiased, uncorrupted, unidiotic government organism regulating this.
I mean, if the Industry is going to have complete control of this, it'll mean cheaper and more effective way for organisms such as the RIAA to terrorize customers. They won't even need lawyers anymore!
If companies don't hestitate to pollute rivers, seas, air and pretty much everything that could very well kill us right now, why would they think twice before polluting something we, as a civilization, have no regard for?
Personally, I'd rather see them stop polluting Earth than low-orbit space.
Windows 7 is sucking up your system memory to make Windows appear faster.
So windows has a feature which makes everything run faster and yet it only "makes Windows appear faster", instead of making it actually faster?
It seems to me that windows is only using hardware in a rather intelligent way: if it's not being otherwise used or needed, it uses it to boost performance.
Linux does the same thing, as far as I know, and you don't see anybody calling Linux a memory hogging OS.
... that idiotic parents, that go out and buy their kids GTA I thru IV and then complain about videogame violence, are causing this kind of reactions all over the world. I mean sure, for now it's only 2 countries, but then others will follow the example.
Those parents need to be dealt with, because I agree that mature games are bad for kids! Parents need to learn about ratings and age restrictions! They need to THINK before buying their 8yo a game with hookers, violence and drugs. Make it mandatory to present an ID to buy mature games, just like with alcohol, cigarrettes and pornography. After that, it's all the parent's fault and they should be held responsible.
Good figures, but Copyright enforcement has nothing to do with the quality of music (or quantity, for that matter) but rather with how much money the musician makes out of it.
After all, we all want to make more money with less work.
I'm a highschool teacher. Sometimes I'm in a bad, homicidal, don't-even-talk-to-me humour and that has NEVER made me fail a student or even treat them poorly.
I can be angry without being biased. I can do my job in a respectful, fair manner, no matter what my mood is.
So now what? Any policeman having a bad day is biased? Should they be sent home just because they had a rough day?
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I would just LOVE to see the government remove the patent and make the technology free for all.
At least it'd be consistent with the jury's ruling!
I hope you're being sarcastic, 'cause health has ALWAYS been for people with money.
Wouldn't it be posisble for malware to intententionally slow down many random bits of ram so that the detector would think that this is just latency?
I mean, malware could divert the checksum of his own memory bytes to the hard-drive and then divert many other bytes there too just to confuse the detector.
Well, according to the wikipedia article linked, they HAVE made that decision some times before. They have already said NO to it, it's just that people keep reopening the case for them to consider with "new evidence".
In my opinion, they're just giving a fair and thorough consideration of every bit of information given to them... before they say No a fourth time, hopefully.
Wouldn't something like this be an amazing tool for dislexic people?
Perhaps they can figure out exactly what's going wrong with their brain wiring if a computer can have direct access to the signals it's giving out and actually understand them.
You wouldn't be able to share your dream-videos of you smashing the RIAA headquarters with your friends, as that'd be infringing on intellectual property.
I wonder if it'll work as a TV remote.
We would also need some drug addiction emulation.
When they go to your OWN website and take down your own copyright material because it might infringe some non-specified third party's intellectual property, then you can complain about free speech and whatever.
No wait... that is already happening. Moving on.
If you want to open your arsenal to the public -with legally owned weapons-, I certainly hope you WILL be punished if one of those guns is to kill somebody, even if it's in the hands of an ignorant teenager who just grabbed it and started shooting.
This is a stretch, an exaggeration, obviously, but that's the kind of logic they're using.
Now the question is: are they going to punish you, the owner of the open WiFi as if you had personally commited the crime or are you going to get away with a milder penalty? I vote for the latter.
So you expect a big company to develop brand new technology, which would imply a lot of research money, building new plants (or completely revamping the current ones), expending loads and loads of money to finally release a product that they would be forced to sell for the same price as the old one? They would much rather put bows and whistles to the old stuff until they ran out of adhesive tape.
Of course, there's a vast difference between the Computer industry and more basic things like food and transportation, which is where your example fits.
Why? Do you drink water out of that lake?
The problem is that big corporations have the resources and the hired great minds. They completely control the market and are the ones shaping the future and all they seem to want is for us to keep buying their old black and green CRTs so that they don't have spend money to build new plants.
They want to keep us in 1990's technology for their own benefit! They're hampering technological advance just to buy a new pair of shoes.
... ok, never mind that.
They'll still require lawyers to coerce judges to give out orders like they're candy.
I wonder if there is going to be some sort of unbiased, uncorrupted, unidiotic government organism regulating this. I mean, if the Industry is going to have complete control of this, it'll mean cheaper and more effective way for organisms such as the RIAA to terrorize customers. They won't even need lawyers anymore!
No no, you can't let those pesky open source lads win!
If companies don't hestitate to pollute rivers, seas, air and pretty much everything that could very well kill us right now, why would they think twice before polluting something we, as a civilization, have no regard for? Personally, I'd rather see them stop polluting Earth than low-orbit space.
Windows 7 is sucking up your system memory to make Windows appear faster.
So windows has a feature which makes everything run faster and yet it only "makes Windows appear faster", instead of making it actually faster?
It seems to me that windows is only using hardware in a rather intelligent way: if it's not being otherwise used or needed, it uses it to boost performance.
Linux does the same thing, as far as I know, and you don't see anybody calling Linux a memory hogging OS.
... that idiotic parents, that go out and buy their kids GTA I thru IV and then complain about videogame violence, are causing this kind of reactions all over the world. I mean sure, for now it's only 2 countries, but then others will follow the example.
Those parents need to be dealt with, because I agree that mature games are bad for kids! Parents need to learn about ratings and age restrictions! They need to THINK before buying their 8yo a game with hookers, violence and drugs. Make it mandatory to present an ID to buy mature games, just like with alcohol, cigarrettes and pornography. After that, it's all the parent's fault and they should be held responsible.
Good figures, but Copyright enforcement has nothing to do with the quality of music (or quantity, for that matter) but rather with how much money the musician makes out of it. After all, we all want to make more money with less work.
50 replies already and not a single "your momma's so fat.." joke! Jeez!
That's ridiculous.
I'm a highschool teacher. Sometimes I'm in a bad, homicidal, don't-even-talk-to-me humour and that has NEVER made me fail a student or even treat them poorly.
I can be angry without being biased. I can do my job in a respectful, fair manner, no matter what my mood is.
So now what? Any policeman having a bad day is biased? Should they be sent home just because they had a rough day?
This is going to piss off every fanboy in the house, but frankly Microsoft has higher standards to beat than your comparisons.
Were you asleep while the whole Vista business came around?
It means that we're a step closer to Mr. Fusion.
http://www.xkcd.com/552/