OTOH, why invent a new protocol for sending meeting invitations? Why not use email?
But if you're set against the idea, one of the good things about Mozilla calendar is that it can be used standalone (Sunbird) or integrated (Lightning).
Intel is pushing a technology called Treacherous Computing, which will prevent unsigned code from running on their hardware. So even if you have the source code, if you try to remove the DRM restrictions, the hardware will refuse to run the modified binary.
This actually isn't correct. You'll be able to run whatever you want, but if you run unapproved binaries you won't be able to download certain stuff (e.g. legal music/movie downloads) and may not be able to play certain online games. This is trickier than just banning unsigned code, because such a computer running free software will appear to work fine, but over time it may be gradually locked out of more and more Web sites/services. (How do you boil a user?)
Trusted computing is bad, but you should attack it based on what it is.
Maybe I should have been more specific. I maintain my claim that VIIV 1.0 is just a sticker. Those East Fork features may be coming in future versions of VIIV, but I don't want to spend time analyzing vaporware.
BTW, have you seen my analysis of LaGrande? Most of the IDF press coverage seems to have ignored LaGrande.
VIIV is just a sticker, so of course it doesn't prevent anything. But it doesn't really enable anything, either. A "regular" Windows Media Center Edition PC can do anything a VIIV PC can do. Also remember that just because VIIV doesn't add its own DRM, it also doesn't take away the DRM that is already present in Windows.
GoogleFS does not support Unix semantics, so if you mounted it (which you can't anyway) some apps would not behave correctly. Also, GoogleFS uses smart storage server nodes, while GPFS runs on a block-based SAN. Also, you can buy GPFS.
As I explained yesterday, the TPM is not actually in the processor, but the processor has a few new features that allow it to cooperate with the TPM. If you buy a motherboard with a LaGrande-enabled processor but no TPM, LaGrande will not be able to work its evil magic on you.
Isn't there already talk about releasing a player that supports both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray?
No, but there have been rumors about how such a universal player would be difficult (due to incompatible lenses/lasers), expensive (due to having to license both formats), and maybe just plain illegal (licensing again). This format war will be with us for a while.
Find out if there are any professors at your school who also work in your industry, then take their classes and make yourself known to them. This can open doors to internships and real jobs.
Getting an internship after freshman year could be tough. I got one based on my connections and work from high school, but if you're starting now it may be too late. (I already hired my interns for this summer.) As other posters said, maybe start working on some personal projects that will make your resume stand out in later summers.
Also check out IBM Extreme Blue; it's a lot of fun. (You can guess where I work...)
You use encryption and locked-down client software/hardware like iTunes or Akimbo. (Of course, anything can be cracked, so your system only has to be more secure than DVDs.)
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A few companies tried this about five years ago, but it turns out the idle time on a random PC is worth less than the overhead cost of using it.
That's why the grid nodes are not connected to the Internet.
Sounds like Sun Grid isn't for you. Consider the economics if you need the results of your job tomorrow, not in a year.
If you RTFM, you upload apps and data in zip files (limited to 100MB each and 10GB total).
I think the 10GB disk space limit kills that for now.
OTOH, why invent a new protocol for sending meeting invitations? Why not use email?
But if you're set against the idea, one of the good things about Mozilla calendar is that it can be used standalone (Sunbird) or integrated (Lightning).
No, I think he meant "poorer".
You're probably better off using your existing burner to burn HD-DVD-9 or BD-9 discs.
Intel is pushing a technology called Treacherous Computing, which will prevent unsigned code from running on their hardware. So even if you have the source code, if you try to remove the DRM restrictions, the hardware will refuse to run the modified binary.
This actually isn't correct. You'll be able to run whatever you want, but if you run unapproved binaries you won't be able to download certain stuff (e.g. legal music/movie downloads) and may not be able to play certain online games. This is trickier than just banning unsigned code, because such a computer running free software will appear to work fine, but over time it may be gradually locked out of more and more Web sites/services. (How do you boil a user?)
Trusted computing is bad, but you should attack it based on what it is.
Maybe I should have been more specific. I maintain my claim that VIIV 1.0 is just a sticker. Those East Fork features may be coming in future versions of VIIV, but I don't want to spend time analyzing vaporware.
BTW, have you seen my analysis of LaGrande? Most of the IDF press coverage seems to have ignored LaGrande.
VIIV is just a sticker, so of course it doesn't prevent anything. But it doesn't really enable anything, either. A "regular" Windows Media Center Edition PC can do anything a VIIV PC can do. Also remember that just because VIIV doesn't add its own DRM, it also doesn't take away the DRM that is already present in Windows.
The inevitable Woodcrest-based Xserves should satisfy those people who only care about performance. Or they could just buy Opteron servers today.
How can they match iTunes if iTunes doesn't even sell movies?
Oh, and you forgot to ask for a pony.
GoogleFS does not support Unix semantics, so if you mounted it (which you can't anyway) some apps would not behave correctly. Also, GoogleFS uses smart storage server nodes, while GPFS runs on a block-based SAN. Also, you can buy GPFS.
As I explained yesterday, the TPM is not actually in the processor, but the processor has a few new features that allow it to cooperate with the TPM. If you buy a motherboard with a LaGrande-enabled processor but no TPM, LaGrande will not be able to work its evil magic on you.
xnu/x86 is still missing, and Apple appears to be answering all questions about it with total silence.
There's a catch in all those stories; Ferguson figured out how to crack HDCP, but he didn't actually crack it and figure out the master key.
Precisely which "ideals" and "important issues" do you suspect have been so "enthusiastically" abandoned?
User privacy.
User control over upgrades/downgrades/UI changes.
Ability to switch applications while preserving data.
etc.
That's not quite the case here. Intel apparently paid Skype to put this AMD lockout in their software.
the fact that blu-ray's overboard drm scheme supposedly requires me to connect to the internet to watch a video
That is not correct.
and will reject home-made disks which lack the "digital imprimature".
Nope, that's also wrong. Several companies have announced "consumer" Blu-ray authoring software.
Isn't there already talk about releasing a player that supports both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray?
No, but there have been rumors about how such a universal player would be difficult (due to incompatible lenses/lasers), expensive (due to having to license both formats), and maybe just plain illegal (licensing again). This format war will be with us for a while.
Find out if there are any professors at your school who also work in your industry, then take their classes and make yourself known to them. This can open doors to internships and real jobs.
Getting an internship after freshman year could be tough. I got one based on my connections and work from high school, but if you're starting now it may be too late. (I already hired my interns for this summer.) As other posters said, maybe start working on some personal projects that will make your resume stand out in later summers.
Also check out IBM Extreme Blue; it's a lot of fun. (You can guess where I work...)
You use encryption and locked-down client software/hardware like iTunes or Akimbo. (Of course, anything can be cracked, so your system only has to be more secure than DVDs.)
Or you could combine the two to create a sort of "push VOD" like Akimbo, MovieBeam, etc.
No, the dark fiber does not cover the last mile which is where the problem is.