Yeah, their press release also contains a link to Google Safe Browsing info that clears them of any wrongdoing. If I were them, I'd also wait some time for peoples defenses to come down, for them to add a NoScript exception for this page, before inserting anything malicious into the code.
It might be they're simply rooting for WikiLeaks, but I wouldn't bet on it. This press release in which they come very close to impersonating the WikiLeaks team is rather damning.
The news reached me just after I finished reading an enlightening (for me) essay on the motivation behind WikiLeaks. In short, it explains, quoting from Assange's previous writings (pdf), that his goal is no less than creating a worldwide environment in which the costs of securing information exchange in a conspiracy, governmental, corporational or any other, are driven so high as to render it uncompetitive as an information processing entity.
The increased transparency will have the effect of raising the government accountability and lowering the competitiveness of unethical companies (by raising the reputational costs, see also this Forbes interview).
And, as the author of the essay writes: if the diplomats quoted by Le Monde are right that “we will never again be able to practice diplomacy like before,” he's already succeeding.
RTFA on the x264 blog. While simple sequence of events isn't proof, the dev seems to be sure enough his case has merit to accuse Tandberg and Endresen personally of stealing code in the past and provides corroborating evidence in the form of a functionality that lacks from the patent description and was added to the original algorithm two days after the patent was filed.
If I create FaceciWCzerni (that's Men In Black in Polish), a social network for Polish Catholic priests, will I have problems? I mean, of course I will, but will I additionally have to face litigation for trademark infringement?
In seventh grade I actually threw quite heavy chair made of steel tubes and plywood at a guy who managed to get under my skin. So there's no need to dismantle anything.
Two affordable, low tech technologies that can save considerable $$ (and CO2) in an average household are flexible solar panels for heating water (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_water_heating) and ground source heat pumps (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geothermal_heat_pump).
I suppose Mr Iwinski used this term without realizing its implications. That's because I believe he has a tendency to slightly overrate his command of the English language. He gives interviews in English and if they are not edited afterwards, things like that happen.
Another maturing technology in desperate need of new, denser energy storage device. The pressure is building - I wonder how many years before we finally see the really new new battery. Three? Five? Ten? Something that makes the concept of changing batteries in consumer devices obsolete, as they age faster than the battery is depleted...
I had my ports scanned several minutes after I visited MPAA site (and told NoScript to allow the script to run). It's not something that happens to me everyday, in fact, I recall only a few other detected port scans this year.
And a few minutes after that, I logged another port scan. The IP addresses were 221.195.73.68 and 216.34.181.51 but I don't think they are real somehow.
The Beebs posted a link somewhere in this story, I just can't see it, right? Right? Tell me they're not that dumb. The whole point is that the records are released ONLINE.
Of course it can be beaten by a human but for quite a while it should deter the automatons:
http://spamfizzle.com/CAPTCHA.aspx
Oh, and I can't believe I'm the first to post this. It's been mentioned recently here or on Wired.
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I have a distinct feeling I've heard about thisrecently.
Yeah, their press release also contains a link to Google Safe Browsing info that clears them of any wrongdoing. If I were them, I'd also wait some time for peoples defenses to come down, for them to add a NoScript exception for this page, before inserting anything malicious into the code. It might be they're simply rooting for WikiLeaks, but I wouldn't bet on it. This press release in which they come very close to impersonating the WikiLeaks team is rather damning.
Eat! Them! Eat! Them! Eat! Them!
The news reached me just after I finished reading an enlightening (for me) essay on the motivation behind WikiLeaks. In short, it explains, quoting from Assange's previous writings (pdf), that his goal is no less than creating a worldwide environment in which the costs of securing information exchange in a conspiracy, governmental, corporational or any other, are driven so high as to render it uncompetitive as an information processing entity. The increased transparency will have the effect of raising the government accountability and lowering the competitiveness of unethical companies (by raising the reputational costs, see also this Forbes interview). And, as the author of the essay writes: if the diplomats quoted by Le Monde are right that “we will never again be able to practice diplomacy like before,” he's already succeeding.
RTFA on the x264 blog. While simple sequence of events isn't proof, the dev seems to be sure enough his case has merit to accuse Tandberg and Endresen personally of stealing code in the past and provides corroborating evidence in the form of a functionality that lacks from the patent description and was added to the original algorithm two days after the patent was filed.
If I create FaceciWCzerni (that's Men In Black in Polish), a social network for Polish Catholic priests, will I have problems? I mean, of course I will, but will I additionally have to face litigation for trademark infringement?
In seventh grade I actually threw quite heavy chair made of steel tubes and plywood at a guy who managed to get under my skin. So there's no need to dismantle anything.
Two affordable, low tech technologies that can save considerable $$ (and CO2) in an average household are flexible solar panels for heating water (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_water_heating) and ground source heat pumps (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geothermal_heat_pump).
I suppose Mr Iwinski used this term without realizing its implications. That's because I believe he has a tendency to slightly overrate his command of the English language. He gives interviews in English and if they are not edited afterwards, things like that happen.
Another maturing technology in desperate need of new, denser energy storage device. The pressure is building - I wonder how many years before we finally see the really new new battery. Three? Five? Ten? Something that makes the concept of changing batteries in consumer devices obsolete, as they age faster than the battery is depleted...
I had my ports scanned several minutes after I visited MPAA site (and told NoScript to allow the script to run). It's not something that happens to me everyday, in fact, I recall only a few other detected port scans this year. And a few minutes after that, I logged another port scan. The IP addresses were 221.195.73.68 and 216.34.181.51 but I don't think they are real somehow.
Whew. Thanks!
The Beebs posted a link somewhere in this story, I just can't see it, right? Right? Tell me they're not that dumb. The whole point is that the records are released ONLINE.
Of course it can be beaten by a human but for quite a while it should deter the automatons: http://spamfizzle.com/CAPTCHA.aspx Oh, and I can't believe I'm the first to post this. It's been mentioned recently here or on Wired.