For those of you interested in the car side of this issue, here's a link to a different company which is making fuel cells in connection with automobile companies. One thing of interest: California will be requiring 10% of all car's sold to be Zero Emission Vehicles in the year 2004. I, for one, can't wait.
Sounds interesting, but the fuel (O2,H2) for fuels cells is inherently dangerous (ie, explosive). Plus the by-product, water, needs a place to go. (I guess you could drink it.)
So, I'm not sure fuel cells go well with being directly attached to a person's body (heat issues also). However, fuel cells in cars is another issue entirely.
In a car, the potential for explosion is negligibly equal to gasoline. The by-product of water is much cleaner than anything to date. The heat can be expelled to the environment with making the passengers uncomfortable.
I wonder how Xybernaut & DCH Tech will deal with these issues.
Yes, but will they open the source to Internet Explorer (since it is an integral part of their OS)?
Also, what about all the previous iterations of the Windows OS? I think some competitors would like to see the various tricks Microsoft has used in the Windows code to disable competing products?
And, if they open the source & competitors can resell it, how is Microsoft going to make any money?
I expect that MS will only do this with an immunity agreement & a retention of the full rights to the software made from the source code. I doubt Microsoft's license will be remotely compatible with the GNU GPL.
Right now Simpsons are going to be on the big screen ala IMAX, but it won't be a full-length feature; the tree-house of horror halloween episode instead.
Simpsons to the Big Screen By Jouni Paakkinen (jouni@snpp.com) - January 27, 2000
Several studios have teamed up with IMAX to bring famous animated charactes, including The Simpsons, to the company's giant screens in a compilation film called "Cyberworld." "Cyberworld", which is to be comprised of eight animated sequences, will ultimately include the computer-generated "Homer3" segment from "Treehouse of Horror VI," in which Homer is sucked into the third dimension. Also to be included are scenes from DreamWorks' "Antz," Sony's "Monkey Brain Sushi," and a new Pet Shop Boys video. Dharma & Greg's Jenna Elfman will provide the voice of Phig, cyber-hostess of the film, which takes place in a futuristic museum. "Cyberworld" will be released to IMAX theaters worldwide in October of 2000.
Um, Maggie has spoken. Not going to take the time to look it up, but it was a much hyped episode probably during the 4th/5th season timespan. Bette Midler did the voice, IIRC.
Here's the unofficial repository of all that is Simpson's if someone hasn't already mentioned it:
Italian philosopher who used Copernican principles in formulating his cosmic theory of an infinite universe. Condemned by the Inquisition for heresy, immoral conduct, and blasphemy, he was burned at the stake.
and encyclopedia:
Bruno, Giordano
1548-1600, Italian philosopher. A Dominican, Bruno was accused of heresy, left the order (c.1576), and became a wandering scholar. His works were regarded as heretical, and he was arrested (1591), tried before the INQUISITION, and burned at the stake. His major metaphysical works, On the Infinite Universe and Worlds and The Infinite (both 1584), drew heavily from Hermetic gnosticism and other works on magic and the occult. His defense of Copernicus was based not on mathematics but on animist and religious grounds. Bruno held that there are many possible modes of viewing the world, because we cannot postulate absolute truth. He was the first to state what is now called the cosmic theory: that the physical world is composed of irreducible elements (monads) in constant motion, and that the universe is infinite in scope. This view, reflected in the works of LEIBNIZ and SPINOZA, accounts for Bruno's position as a forerunner of modern science.
I actually looked it up 'cause I thought it'd be an easy prank to pull, making someone up out of thin air and seeing if/.-ers would catch on. Still might be figment of our collective imagination or a time traveller, but he's probably from the future in the latter case.
Tesla also deserves a lot more credit than he's received. (Probably came in from another dimension.)
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And then those lonely people will find more social interaction on the 'Net than they had in their lives before. I think it's a good thing. You can actually make friends in chat rooms and develop relationships this way.
I use the net mainly for news and information gathering, kind of like hanging out in a giant library with to-the-minute updates of magazines & newspapers, plus a reference section like you wouldn't believe. The other primary purpose is email to keep in touch and make arrangements with other people to go out, have meetings, get together, etc.
Of course, the entertainment on the 'Net isn't all that bad either.
Funny, that stuff about dogs. I haven't seen my dogs in over a month (they live at home with my parents), but I do have pictures of them up on the net. I found out in email from my dad that one of them's sick, so I'm going home this weekend where I'll have tons of social interaction (of the researcher-acceptable kind).
Actually, they already have. Apple Records has no recourse though except when Apple Computers makes products in the same market. They coexist peacefully now.
The wireless is, like HeghmoH says, fully 802.11 compliant. It runs at 11 Mbps instead of bluetooth's paltry 1 Mbps, and yet Apple's airport tech is still compatible with this & all IEEE standard wireless devices.
Firewire (IEEE 1394) devices which I can think of off-hand: external, internal, & network hard drives, CD-RW drives, scanners, video cameras, VCRs, hi-fi digital speakers, etc.:
One thing to do, wrt to the DVD issue, is convince a local newspaper or magazine -- something printed -- to publish the DeCSS source code (do it without them knowing the significance). Once this is done, the judges in the various DVD cases will no longer be entitled with any legitimacy to continue harasssing the poor individuals who chose to exercise their free expression by linking to & posting DeCSS.
He did not do anything drastic or to make a statement. He created with the help of a few others the code neccessary to play his DVDs on his computer. Then he used it. And then, in the spirit of the open-source community, he released it.
If you had read the interview linked to in this article (Linu xWorld), you would know that the door for pirating was open long before Jon Johansen showed up.
[The] tools to [copy DVDs] had already been available on the Internet, long before DeCSS, which was also a complete digital solution which gave you the same quality. So DeCSS didn't introduce anything new for pirating and had already been available.
This is an important point: DeCSS didn't introduce anything new for pirating.
Imagine that the police have the right to seize your property -- your home, your car, your business, your cash -- and you haven't even been arrested, charged or convicted of a crime.
Then stop imagining, because such conduct by the police is perfectly legal under the law of civil asset forfeiture.
I don't really see a need to boycott DVD stuff, per se. I think I'll personally avoid buying any DVD-related stuff until after the lawsuit ends, though (I've already got a DVD player). It will end in our favor, I am sure (I think my De-CSS shirt can attest to that), so then I'll go out and buy my DVD stuff and, in doing so, contribute to (what will hopefully be) a nice upward spike on the DVD sales charts.
Stop harassing lawsuits, get more sales. That should be the bottomline.:-)
So, doesn't the DMCA have a legal obligation to provide you with de-CSS so that you can make "fair use" of what you've purchased? Seems to me that the DCMA is contravening my right to 'fair use' by not providing me the ability to de-encrypt the contents of my property. They did, after all, claim they were selling me a movie. So why won't they allow me to de-encrypt into a movie in the way I want (e.g., playing inside a window under my current OS, Linux).
If your answer is that DCMA provides licensed DVD players which have (some variation on) the de-CSS code built into them so I may view the movie, then haven't they sold me a piece of property containing (some variation on) de-CSS , and thus don't I have the right to write an interpretation of how what is now in my possesion works? Namely, hasn't the DCMA given me the right to possess a copy of de-CSS by having sold me a DVD player. Why can't I make a description of how something I own works?
Why does the DCMA insist on prohibiting me from writing about what I own?
I haven't signed an NDA with them, have I?
So, why am I prohibited from speaking about how a possession of mine works?
Please show me where this patent exists? De-CSS is *not* patented. A trade secret is *not* secret if it is patented 'cause anyone can look at any patent. Patents are open for public viewing always. The plaintiffs could not be sueing over the publishing of the De-CSS if it were patented because the publishing of patented information is totally legal.
anatoli, show me where you got this information. try a search at http://www.patents.ibm.com/ and let me know what you turn up
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For those of you interested in the car side of this issue, here's a link to a different company which is making fuel cells in connection with automobile companies. One thing of interest: California will be requiring 10% of all car's sold to be Zero Emission Vehicles in the year 2004. I, for one, can't wait.
www.ballard.com
www.drivingthefuture.org
What is a Fuel Cell?
Here's DCHT Tech's explanation of their fuel cell technology:
http://www.dcht.com/prod/pem.htm
It should answer some of your questions, but it doesn't appear to be all worked out.
Sounds interesting, but the fuel (O2,H2) for fuels cells is inherently dangerous (ie, explosive). Plus the by-product, water, needs a place to go. (I guess you could drink it.)
So, I'm not sure fuel cells go well with being directly attached to a person's body (heat issues also). However, fuel cells in cars is another issue entirely.
In a car, the potential for explosion is negligibly equal to gasoline. The by-product of water is much cleaner than anything to date. The heat can be expelled to the environment with making the passengers uncomfortable.
I wonder how Xybernaut & DCH Tech will deal with these issues.
If music's what you want: here's some sizzlin' unreleased tracks in .mp3 format courtesy of Yellow Album.
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Yes, but will they open the source to Internet Explorer (since it is an integral part of their OS)?
Also, what about all the previous iterations of the Windows OS? I think some competitors would like to see the various tricks Microsoft has used in the Windows code to disable competing products?
And, if they open the source & competitors can resell it, how is Microsoft going to make any money?
I expect that MS will only do this with an immunity agreement & a retention of the full rights to the software made from the source code. I doubt Microsoft's license will be remotely compatible with the GNU GPL.
Here it is in all its glory -- Pulp Simpsons!.
http://www.jinxworld.com/bonus.htm
Oh, and I was wrong. Elizabeth Taylor is the special guest voice for Maggie.
Here you go. 4th season/8th episode. Maggie says... (you'll have to check it out yourself)
http://www.snpp.com/episodes/9F08.html
Right now Simpsons are going to be on the big screen ala IMAX, but it won't be a full-length feature; the tree-house of horror halloween episode instead.
http://www.snpp.com/news.html#imax
If you're lazy:
Simpsons to the Big Screen By Jouni Paakkinen (jouni@snpp.com) - January 27, 2000
Several studios have teamed up with IMAX to bring famous animated charactes, including The Simpsons, to the company's giant screens in a compilation film called "Cyberworld." "Cyberworld", which is to be comprised of eight animated sequences, will ultimately include the computer-generated "Homer3" segment from "Treehouse of Horror VI," in which Homer is sucked into the third dimension. Also to be included are scenes from DreamWorks' "Antz," Sony's "Monkey Brain Sushi," and a new Pet Shop Boys video. Dharma & Greg's Jenna Elfman will provide the voice of Phig, cyber-hostess of the film, which takes place in a futuristic museum. "Cyberworld" will be released to IMAX theaters worldwide in October of 2000.
Um, Maggie has spoken. Not going to take the time to look it up, but it was a much hyped episode probably during the 4th/5th season timespan. Bette Midler did the voice, IIRC.
Here's the unofficial repository of all that is Simpson's if someone hasn't already mentioned it:
http://www.snpp.com/
He is in the online dictionary:
/.-ers would catch on. Still might be figment of our collective imagination or a time traveller, but he's probably from the future in the latter case.
Bruno, Giordano. 1548?-1600.
Italian philosopher who used Copernican principles in formulating his cosmic theory of an infinite universe. Condemned by the Inquisition for heresy, immoral conduct, and blasphemy, he was burned at the stake.
and encyclopedia:
Bruno, Giordano
1548-1600, Italian philosopher. A Dominican, Bruno was accused of heresy, left the order (c.1576), and became a wandering scholar. His works were regarded as heretical, and he was arrested (1591), tried before the INQUISITION, and burned at the stake. His major metaphysical works, On the Infinite Universe and Worlds and The Infinite (both 1584), drew heavily from Hermetic gnosticism and other works on magic and the occult. His defense of Copernicus was based not on mathematics but on animist and religious grounds. Bruno held that there are many possible modes of viewing the world, because we cannot postulate absolute truth. He was the first to state what is now called the cosmic theory: that the physical world is composed of irreducible elements (monads) in constant motion, and that the universe is infinite in scope. This view, reflected in the works of LEIBNIZ and SPINOZA, accounts for Bruno's position as a forerunner of modern science.
I actually looked it up 'cause I thought it'd be an easy prank to pull, making someone up out of thin air and seeing if
Tesla also deserves a lot more credit than he's received. (Probably came in from another dimension.)
And then those lonely people will find more social interaction on the 'Net than they had in their lives before. I think it's a good thing. You can actually make friends in chat rooms and develop relationships this way.
I use the net mainly for news and information gathering, kind of like hanging out in a giant library with to-the-minute updates of magazines & newspapers, plus a reference section like you wouldn't believe. The other primary purpose is email to keep in touch and make arrangements with other people to go out, have meetings, get together, etc.
Of course, the entertainment on the 'Net isn't all that bad either.
Funny, that stuff about dogs. I haven't seen my dogs in over a month (they live at home with my parents), but I do have pictures of them up on the net. I found out in email from my dad that one of them's sick, so I'm going home this weekend where I'll have tons of social interaction (of the researcher-acceptable kind).
Actually, they already have. Apple Records has no recourse though except when Apple Computers makes products in the same market. They coexist peacefully now.
We already had an aticle about this on Slashdot back in January:
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http://slashdot.org/articles/00/01/13/073206.shtm
Try http://www.maccpu.com/ for a quick and easy upgrade fix. There are many upgrade CPU/upgrade card vendors available for basically any Mac you might have. You can even upgrade your iMac to 466 MHz if you want.
Please stop with the FUD, okay?
The wireless is, like HeghmoH says, fully 802.11 compliant. It runs at 11 Mbps instead of bluetooth's paltry 1 Mbps, and yet Apple's airport tech is still compatible with this & all IEEE standard wireless devices.
Firewire (IEEE 1394) devices which I can think of off-hand: external, internal, & network hard drives, CD-RW drives, scanners, video cameras, VCRs, hi-fi digital speakers, etc.:
http://www.firewireworld.com/
http://www.apple.com/firewire/
http://www.softacoustik.com/
http://www.sel.sony.com/clubvaio/new s0024.html
http://www.1394ta.org/
One thing to do, wrt to the DVD issue, is convince a local newspaper or magazine -- something printed -- to publish the DeCSS source code (do it without them knowing the significance). Once this is done, the judges in the various DVD cases will no longer be entitled with any legitimacy to continue harasssing the poor individuals who chose to exercise their free expression by linking to & posting DeCSS.
Yes, it had to be said because some people continue to delude themselves into thinking that microsoft is capable of making a superior product.
Here's another article on the same topic.
RNA Harnessed As Molecular Computer Tests Well
From the same people (UniSci) that brought you Quantum Evolution.
He did not do anything drastic or to make a statement. He created with the help of a few others the code neccessary to play his DVDs on his computer. Then he used it. And then, in the spirit of the open-source community, he released it.
If you had read the interview linked to in this article (Linu xWorld), you would know that the door for pirating was open long before Jon Johansen showed up.
[The] tools to [copy DVDs] had already been available on the Internet, long before DeCSS, which was also a complete digital solution which gave you the same quality. So DeCSS didn't introduce anything new for pirating and had already been available.
This is an important point: DeCSS didn't introduce anything new for pirating.
The above should be moderated up because, contrary to what many United States citizens believe, it is true.
Here are some examples from the aclu:
Unconstitutional Vehicle Seizure Ordinance
Mayor's Authority to Seize Property
and
A License to Steal !!
Imagine that the police have the right to seize your property -- your home, your car, your business, your cash -- and you haven't even been arrested, charged or convicted of a crime.
Then stop imagining, because such conduct by the police is perfectly legal under the law of civil asset forfeiture.
I'll probably get my ass kicked by moderators for saying this, but you can get a nice cheap DVD player for around $150 buck at:
:-)
http://dealnews.com/articles/20 000128/32/11270.html
I don't really see a need to boycott DVD stuff, per se. I think I'll personally avoid buying any DVD-related stuff until after the lawsuit ends, though (I've already got a DVD player). It will end in our favor, I am sure (I think my De-CSS shirt can attest to that), so then I'll go out and buy my DVD stuff and, in doing so, contribute to (what will hopefully be) a nice upward spike on the DVD sales charts.
Stop harassing lawsuits, get more sales. That should be the bottomline.
So, doesn't the DMCA have a legal obligation to provide you with de-CSS so that you can make "fair use" of what you've purchased? Seems to me that the DCMA is contravening my right to 'fair use' by not providing me the ability to de-encrypt the contents of my property. They did, after all, claim they were selling me a movie. So why won't they allow me to de-encrypt into a movie in the way I want (e.g., playing inside a window under my current OS, Linux).
If your answer is that DCMA provides licensed DVD players which have (some variation on) the de-CSS code built into them so I may view the movie, then haven't they sold me a piece of property containing (some variation on) de-CSS , and thus don't I have the right to write an interpretation of how what is now in my possesion works? Namely, hasn't the DCMA given me the right to possess a copy of de-CSS by having sold me a DVD player. Why can't I make a description of how something I own works?
Why does the DCMA insist on prohibiting me from writing about what I own?
I haven't signed an NDA with them, have I?
So, why am I prohibited from speaking about how a possession of mine works?
Please show me where this patent exists? De-CSS is *not* patented. A trade secret is *not* secret if it is patented 'cause anyone can look at any patent. Patents are open for public viewing always. The plaintiffs could not be sueing over the publishing of the De-CSS if it were patented because the publishing of patented information is totally legal.
anatoli, show me where you got this information. try a search at http://www.patents.ibm.com/ and let me know what you turn up