That would be impossibly slow. Routers are designed to forward packets as quickly as possible, at line speed. Your suggestion would make that impossible.
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Ever used a TiVo remote? I never look at the buttons on that one, since it has a very natural, ergonomic fit in my hand, and the buttons are well laid out.
I suspect that Nintendo will do something similar.
Actually, the store would be breaking the law, at least in California. The store would be fined, possibly lose its liquor license, and the offending cashier most likely fired.
What if I said I didn't believe in stealing on moral grounds? Should I be willing to die to defend that principle? If I'm willing to steal to save my own life, does that make me a hypocrite?
I would say no. There is a huge difference between being practical and a hypocrite.
I have a problem with a lot of things said in this post.
First of all, vegetarians *have* successfully altered behavior. I would argue that all humans in a civilized society have altered behavior in significant fashion over what our "instinct" tells us. Many of our laws work against basic human nature, but I think most would agree that they are in the best interest of our society. (I am not asking for a law to prohibit meat-eating, just drawing some parallels.)
Furthermore, it is hardly "hypocritical" to kill a lamb if your life depends on eating it for survival. I value my life more highly than that of the lamb's. 99% of the time, this does not come into conflict with my choosing not to eat it. If it ever does, then I will probably eat it. Would you call someone a hypocrite for valuing a single family member's life over that of a couple of strangers? To you the distinction between the two situations may seem obvious, but to others it is much more of a grey area.
I thought it was illegal to require one's Social Security number for any reason not directly linked to Social Security. These are rights that seem to be forgotten as privacy is being violated by large companies.
On any credit application or job application I've filled out, they seem to require this information (although it has been "optional" in some instances).
You may be suprised, but much of that cost is passed directly on from the telephone company.
At [large ISP I work for], our invoices show the customer exactly what the circuit charges are (exactly what we pay), and the Net services we provide. Maybe another ISP could get a better deal with the telco (and some ISP's are capable of providing the local loop themselves as they are telcos!), but the bottom line is mostly in that Net service dollar amount.
The real monopolies to be concerned with are the local concentrated telephone companies. That is where much of the problem begins. If circuits were cheaper to build to get onto the bigger pipes, then the pressure would be on the ISP's to improve their services.
The bottom line is cost. (I work in the NOC of a very large ISP)
Since a T1 costs 40 times as much, ISP's place that much more priority on issues involving a leased line than a telco line.
Since DSL lines are usually put in place by the local telco, they are considered a "consumer" service, and most likely get an SLA guaranteeing service in a matter of days, or weeks!
With a T1, most SLA's have service guarantees in a matter of hours. The ISP takes a great deal of responsibility for the circuit, with the option for many corporate services that are not (yet) offered with DSL.
Maybe in the future, once the DSL demand is reigned in by local telcos, the technology will replace more costly T1/E1 service. But until it does, the T1 will remain the best and most stable choice of businesses.
That's a good thing. I really liked a lot of Clancy novels, except...
I read one of the Net Force books (the first one?) and was so disappointed with it. It didn't make any sense, and its relevance to today's Internet was extremely stretched.
To those that didn't read it (or others), don't. It involved some sort of "virtual" Internet that involved physically "traveling" around. There were physical analogs to every aspect that the author knew about the Internet (few, luckily).
Maybe I'm being overly harsh, but there are few enough intelligent books about the Internet (without Stephenson there'd be almost none!) without drivel like this.
Unfortunately, this software could very well work. What the German group is considering is packet filtering, which is not to be confused with content filtering. Basically (as I understand it), this means that the routers will be looking to block packets from hosts or IP addresses that contain these files. Since the router will probably not dissect the packet, it will not care whether or not the information is mp3 encoded, zip encoded, or just a web site hit on a server that may also carry mp3's. It will be far more insidious than web-filtering software. Anyone have more information on the actual methodology of the filtering?
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That would be impossibly slow. Routers are designed to forward packets as quickly as possible, at line speed. Your suggestion would make that impossible.
Think about i18n!
Ever used a TiVo remote? I never look at the buttons on that one, since it has a very natural, ergonomic fit in my hand, and the buttons are well laid out.
I suspect that Nintendo will do something similar.
Actually, the store would be breaking the law, at least in California. The store would be fined, possibly lose its liquor license, and the offending cashier most likely fired.
To argue this point to death:
What if I said I didn't believe in stealing on moral grounds? Should I be willing to die to defend that principle? If I'm willing to steal to save my own life, does that make me a hypocrite?
I would say no. There is a huge difference between being practical and a hypocrite.
I have a problem with a lot of things said in this post.
First of all, vegetarians *have* successfully altered behavior. I would argue that all humans in a civilized society have altered behavior in significant fashion over what our "instinct" tells us. Many of our laws work against basic human nature, but I think most would agree that they are in the best interest of our society. (I am not asking for a law to prohibit meat-eating, just drawing some parallels.)
Furthermore, it is hardly "hypocritical" to kill a lamb if your life depends on eating it for survival. I value my life more highly than that of the lamb's. 99% of the time, this does not come into conflict with my choosing not to eat it. If it ever does, then I will probably eat it. Would you call someone a hypocrite for valuing a single family member's life over that of a couple of strangers? To you the distinction between the two situations may seem obvious, but to others it is much more of a grey area.
I thought it was illegal to require one's Social Security number for any reason not directly linked to Social Security. These are rights that seem to be forgotten as privacy is being violated by large companies.
On any credit application or job application I've filled out, they seem to require this information (although it has been "optional" in some instances).
Anyone know more about this?
You may be suprised, but much of that cost is passed directly on from the telephone company.
At [large ISP I work for], our invoices show the customer exactly what the circuit charges are (exactly what we pay), and the Net services we provide. Maybe another ISP could get a better deal with the telco (and some ISP's are capable of providing the local loop themselves as they are telcos!), but the bottom line is mostly in that Net service dollar amount.
The real monopolies to be concerned with are the local concentrated telephone companies. That is where much of the problem begins.
If circuits were cheaper to build to get onto the bigger pipes, then the pressure would be on the ISP's to improve their services.
The bottom line is cost. (I work in the NOC of a very large ISP)
Since a T1 costs 40 times as much, ISP's place that much more priority on issues involving a leased line than a telco line.
Since DSL lines are usually put in place by the local telco, they are considered a "consumer" service, and most likely get an SLA guaranteeing service in a matter of days, or weeks!
With a T1, most SLA's have service guarantees in a matter of hours. The ISP takes a great deal of responsibility for the circuit, with the option for many corporate services that are not (yet) offered with DSL.
Maybe in the future, once the DSL demand is reigned in by local telcos, the technology will replace more costly T1/E1 service. But until it does, the T1 will remain the best and most stable choice of businesses.
That's a good thing. I really liked a lot of Clancy novels, except...
I read one of the Net Force books (the first one?) and was so disappointed with it. It didn't make any sense, and its relevance to today's Internet was extremely stretched.
To those that didn't read it (or others), don't. It involved some sort of "virtual" Internet that involved physically "traveling" around. There were physical analogs to every aspect that the author knew about the Internet (few, luckily).
Maybe I'm being overly harsh, but there are few enough intelligent books about the Internet (without Stephenson there'd be almost none!) without drivel like this.
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Unfortunately, this software could very well work. What the German group is considering is packet filtering, which is not to be confused with content filtering. Basically (as I understand it), this means that the routers will be looking to block packets from hosts or IP addresses that contain these files. Since the router will probably not dissect the packet, it will not care whether or not the information is mp3 encoded, zip encoded, or just a web site hit on a server that may also carry mp3's. It will be far more insidious than web-filtering software. Anyone have more information on the actual methodology of the filtering?