So as an Undergrad Psych student, I took a class called Deception, Brain and Behavior with a noted expert in the field, Travis Seymour.
We went over the so called Micro-expression system developed by Paul Ekman, who helped create the TSA system, known as SPOT.
Some notes: Ekman's system depends on expressions occuring in 1/15th of a second. Trained observers who worked with Ekman for years still disagree on expressions, even when using slowed down film from high speed cameras.
And as best as I can find, the TSA does 7 days of training to use it, 4 in class and 3 on the job.
Oh and Ekman himself thinks the current SPOT system sucks, though that may just be covering his ass because he helped develop it.
A review of the law indicates that the secretary of commerce only has statutory authority to require licenses for private remote sensing. The relevant passage is:
"In the case of a private space system that is used for remote sensing and other purposes, the authority of the Secretary under this subchapter shall be limited only to the remote sensing operations of such space system."
While land remote sensing is defined, the statutory authority is limited to private remote sensing, which is not defined. A clear english reading would seem to indicate space tourists snapping pictures with their cameras are not engaging in remote sensing.
Even if land remote sensing, and private remote sensing are ruled to the be the same, land remote sensing is defined in terms of satellites, which means any space vehicle which does not enter into orbit does not require any license.
Of course the main argument for ruling that land remote sensing and private remote sensing are the same is to speak to the intent of Congress. The whole point of the licensing is to provide for commercial competition to the LandSat system, which tourists don't seem to qualify for.
The act, in any case, allows, in the case of adverse action, for people to ask the secretary of commerce to review the matter, and to bring it to the courts after he gives his final opinion, if they still don't like it.
First off, they have no idea what this gene does. It's related to brain size, in that some different mutations lead brain problems. So Neanderthals making us smarter? That's bullshit.
Then they suggest that this gene was introduced into the population by interbreeding with Neanderthals. No reason to think it was Neanderthals except the general timing. That's an illusory correlation. We could have developed this mutation, and then went and killed all the Neanderthals at the same time. Possibly with our now giant heads.
So it was from a population not a mutation in an individual? Why? because that wouldn't have spread before dying out. However is it so hard to imagine thousands of years ago, a tribe of humans living is semi-isolation, interbreeding for a couple hundred years so this gene becomes popular, then moving, or being joined by other tribes, and interbreeding? That would satisfy all the facts.
So gene makes brain bigger? maybe? Gene from Neanderthals, probably not. So why say it is? Because it generates press and interest. That's basically grant money. They don't even have to lie, just tell the press the possibility, and the press will go crazy.
Don't buy the Hype. Your granny wasn't a quarter Neanderthal, and Africans do no have smaller brains because white people had cave-men sex with Thog. Any questions?
This Lawsuit does not set a strong precedent for the two Google Book lawsuits. At least that's what I think, I encourage people who know differently to tell me I'm wrong.
Maybe it's just me, but I've always felt that numbers were the natural access key for web applications.
International reach? You know any keyboards that DON'T use arabic numerals in the same place on the keyboard?
As for program conflicts, You need to make the site distinguish between firefox on linux and on other systems, since I believe the default on linux to switch between tabs is alt-(number key). You also need to give users the option to turn it off if they are using windows readers such as JAWS. But other then that, there are no conflicts.
Apparently the company doesn't have that great opinion of kids, the elderly or outdoor sports enthusiasts.
From the article (italics are mine)
"Sturdy and slobber-resistant, the PetCell isn't just for dogs. PetsMobility's parent company, On4 Communications, is simultaneously rolling out models for kids, the elderly and outdoor sports fanatics who enjoy snowboarding and kayaking."
First of all, the problem with GM is not with malicious user scripts, or at least that's only as much of a problem as malicious extensions, and user scripts may even be less so so they are easier to read.
The problem lies in the interaction between certain API's and the DOM. They aren't seperated, and a malicious page can use the API's to execute remove commands, including accessing local files.
That seems like a big problem, until you realize, as the people working on this do, that a malicious webpage must be in the included list to utilize this exploit.
In other words, site specific user scripts, what GM was designed to impliment, are only vulnerable if that site passes malicious javascript.
Non-site specific user scripts, like Linkify, are the issue. They can easily be disabled in Tools>Manage User Scripts. They can generally be identified because they have a "*" or other general includes instead of a specific site url.
Don't believe me? test it yourself, here, with the example exploit. If all you see is a blank page, then congratulations your GM is probably still secure.
The beta doesn't even go public to non-aol subscribers until later in 2005. Currently it is limited to the 100MB given to AOL users, and they haven't given any indication that will change.
Considering Hotmail and Yahoo mail have upgraded to 250MB, about the only thing going for it is the AIM integration.
The book, The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag has "They" which is probably my favorite Heinlein short.
It's incredibly tight, almost Lovecraftian, work that seems to be based around the idea that you are not really paranoid if they really are coming to get you.
Probably the best exploration of paranoia in Sci Fi ever.
Gryftir
"Slashdot? is that some sort of internet thing?"
The difference? Dean for America stopped working with the spamming company the same day. Did Bush-Cheney '04 Inc. ? No, However, after cryptome posted the e-mail, the email used in the spam was unsubscribed from the list, and an automatic confirmatory e-mail sent. This despite the fact that John, who runs Cryptome, never subscribed, and never sent in an e-mail requesting to be unsubscribed. There is no evidence that the unsolicited e-mailing has been stopped.
It's easy to say Dean for America isn't net-savvy. I mean they sent out some unsolicted e-mail right? But how many companies stop using spam once they realize what their marketing department was doing?
How many do it the same day? Bush, despite a record breaking campaign warchest still is soliciting by spam. Dean isn't. That tells me who is savvy.
"Far better to lean back, look up at the sky and blast off a few bolts in pleasure where they can do little harm. Be careful of airborne wildlife though - it's not only gratuitous and irresponsible to incinerate fowl in the throes of passion, but it's also something of a passion-killer when frying avian corpses begin to land on you. Be warned: this may even develop into a perverse requirement for gratification if done often enough at the vital moments.
Stories abound, however, that on Targus IV the course of battle was turned fortuitously by a gouging scoutwalker giving so much pleasure that its virginal recipient quite unknowingly blasted three entire attack wings of Targan Light Cruisers - on their way to defend the crumbling front line - clean out of the sky as they shot overhead."
I haven't purchased a Wi-Fi card. Wi-Fi is a great idea, but frankly to me it is only a stop gap measure. What I am waiting for, and will probably continue to wait for, is software driven radio. It's all well and good to have linux support for existing technology, but frankly I'd like something to come out on linux or a BSD that has to have windows drivers created, rather then vica-versa, something so bold, inventive, and paradigm shifting that it can't be ignored. To me, the GNU radio project looks like a good candidate.
hmm... this is rather late... but I meant to say I was NOT personally involved with the scanning. That was a typo. I apologize to any scanners who read that and went WTF? Who is this guy.
But aren't there user forums for these sort of questions? I mean I'm all for helping people, but this seems more like a technical problem then something that really benefits from the/. community.
That said, you should try some of the palm forums. There are a lot of Palm Geeks who have probably explored this, and would love a chance to show off.
I watched the development of the 5th book being scanned for distribution over an irc book trading channel.
On Friday Night/Saturday Morning: First Chapter scanned and proofed. The whole book has reportedly been scanned, and is being proofed. Scans are available of both versions of the cover.
Saturday Afternoon (I wake up) Told the proofed version will be ready by 8 pm. Rough versions of all the chapters are available. people looking for the book are being send to a seperate channel. A website has been established where one individual has taken the rough chapters and has been proofing them himself, and posting them online.
Sunday Afternoon book has been proofed and is combined into a html file with the cover images. This is turned into a.rar archive and available for download.
This comment doesn't really have a point. I will say I purchased a copy of the book, and I was personally involved with the scanning. I just want people to be aware of the existence of scanned books, in the hope that it will enhance this discussion.
Well it's missing features. But the website updated after 2:00 am to link to this thread. And a developer (who's user name I won't reveal) spent some time chatting with me, before my computer crashed. So I'm cautiously optimistic.
Gryftir
P.S. the program didn't crash my computer, Mozilla reading slashdot crashed my computer. Stupid scrollbar bugs.
If the Oracle can intuit what everyone is going to do (including Neo), then perhaps she passed on this information to the Architect. He in turn could create another level of virtual reality for Neo to enter. So everything after Neo makes his choice could in fact be another Matrix. I think this is unlikely, as it makes revolutions somewhat pointless. Yet it would explain the sentinels being stopped.
This seems asinine to me. Don't free lyrics serve to enhance the listening experience? It seems to me that they are most likely to increase music sales.
I mean isn't this fair use? I'll admit I'm still a bit hazy on the concept as it relates to this sort of non-commercial use, so would some kindly slashdotter explain how it would apply in this situation? Or are they talking about commercial lyrics sites? (I suppose such exist). I know I personally use a russian server for most of my lyric searches, and I'm aware Russian intelectual property law is or was rather spotty.
Slashdot Mirror
http://webreprints.djreprints....
http://www.murrayc.com/permalink/2012/06/22/rygel-for-a-dlna-player/
a simple
sudo apt-get install rygel will install on Mint, and there are other packages for preference settings and such. It's what I use, and it works.
So as an Undergrad Psych student, I took a class called Deception, Brain and Behavior with a noted expert in the field, Travis Seymour.
We went over the so called Micro-expression system developed by Paul Ekman, who helped create the TSA system, known as SPOT.
Some notes: Ekman's system depends on expressions occuring in 1/15th of a second. Trained observers who worked with Ekman for years still disagree on expressions, even when using slowed down film from high speed cameras.
And as best as I can find, the TSA does 7 days of training to use it, 4 in class and 3 on the job.
Oh and Ekman himself thinks the current SPOT system sucks, though that may just be covering his ass because he helped develop it.
A review of the law indicates that the secretary of commerce only has statutory authority to require licenses for private remote sensing. The relevant passage is:
"In the case of a private space system that is used for remote sensing and other purposes, the authority of the Secretary under this subchapter shall be limited only to the remote sensing operations of such space system."
While land remote sensing is defined, the statutory authority is limited to private remote sensing, which is not defined. A clear english reading would seem to indicate space tourists snapping pictures with their cameras are not engaging in remote sensing.
Even if land remote sensing, and private remote sensing are ruled to the be the same, land remote sensing is defined in terms of satellites, which means any space vehicle which does not enter into orbit does not require any license.
Of course the main argument for ruling that land remote sensing and private remote sensing are the same is to speak to the intent of Congress. The whole point of the licensing is to provide for commercial competition to the LandSat system, which tourists don't seem to qualify for.
The act, in any case, allows, in the case of adverse action, for people to ask the secretary of commerce to review the matter, and to bring it to the courts after he gives his final opinion, if they still don't like it.
First off, they have no idea what this gene does. It's related to brain size, in that some different mutations lead brain problems. So Neanderthals making us smarter? That's bullshit.
Then they suggest that this gene was introduced into the population by interbreeding with Neanderthals. No reason to think it was Neanderthals except the general timing. That's an illusory correlation. We could have developed this mutation, and then went and killed all the Neanderthals at the same time. Possibly with our now giant heads.
So it was from a population not a mutation in an individual? Why? because that wouldn't have spread before dying out. However is it so hard to imagine thousands of years ago, a tribe of humans living is semi-isolation, interbreeding for a couple hundred years so this gene becomes popular, then moving, or being joined by other tribes, and interbreeding? That would satisfy all the facts.
So gene makes brain bigger? maybe? Gene from Neanderthals, probably not. So why say it is? Because it generates press and interest. That's basically grant money. They don't even have to lie, just tell the press the possibility, and the press will go crazy.
Don't buy the Hype. Your granny wasn't a quarter Neanderthal, and Africans do no have smaller brains because white people had cave-men sex with Thog. Any questions?
Both the Author's Guild and the American Association of Publishers lawsuits were filed in New York Federal Courts, while this was in California.
Maybe it's just me, but I've always felt that numbers were the natural access key for web applications.
International reach? You know any keyboards that DON'T use arabic numerals in the same place on the keyboard?
As for program conflicts, You need to make the site distinguish between firefox on linux and on other systems, since I believe the default on linux to switch between tabs is alt-(number key). You also need to
give users the option to turn it off if they are using windows readers such as JAWS. But other then that, there are no conflicts.
From the article (italics are mine)
"Sturdy and slobber-resistant, the PetCell isn't just for dogs. PetsMobility's parent company, On4 Communications, is simultaneously rolling out models for kids, the elderly and outdoor sports fanatics who enjoy snowboarding and kayaking."
Why do I go to stores?
To flip through books, see if there is something interesting that I want to buy.
To see if there is a new game I might play.
To post advertisements for my game, and look at other people's adverts to see if I want to play in theirs.
To buy dice by the scoop.
First of all, the problem with GM is not with malicious user scripts, or at least that's only as much of a problem as malicious extensions, and user scripts may even be less so so they are easier to read.
The problem lies in the interaction between certain API's and the DOM. They aren't seperated, and a malicious page can use the API's to execute remove commands, including accessing local files.
That seems like a big problem, until you realize, as the people working on this do, that a malicious webpage must be in the included list to utilize this exploit.
In other words, site specific user scripts, what GM was designed to impliment, are only vulnerable if that site passes malicious javascript.
Non-site specific user scripts, like Linkify, are the issue. They can easily be disabled in Tools>Manage User Scripts. They can generally be identified because they have a "*" or other general includes instead of a specific site url.
Don't believe me? test it yourself, here, with the example exploit. If all you see is a blank page, then congratulations your GM is probably still secure.
The beta doesn't even go public to non-aol subscribers until later in 2005. Currently it is limited to the 100MB given to AOL users, and they haven't given any indication that will change.
Considering Hotmail and Yahoo mail have upgraded to 250MB, about the only thing going for it is the AIM integration.
The book, The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag has "They" which is probably my favorite Heinlein short. It's incredibly tight, almost Lovecraftian, work that seems to be based around the idea that you are not really paranoid if they really are coming to get you. Probably the best exploration of paranoia in Sci Fi ever. Gryftir "Slashdot? is that some sort of internet thing?"
Technically it is possible to schedule files to download while you aren't at your computer.
The MIT student could have scheduled the files to download at a certain time, though I'm not aware of a specific program that does this.
Of course it would be damn hard to prove that he did so, especially if they haven't gotten a chance to look at the computer.
My friends and I are part of a LARP in Santa Cruz, (here if you are interested.) We were discussing the similarities, and this came up.
Interestingly, White Wolf is destroying the World of Darkness as part of a final wrap up of the meta plot.
You notice they aren't trying to stop the movie's release with an injunction, they just want a cut of the profits.
Suprise, the Bush II relection machine also spammed. You can see it here on Cryptome.
The difference? Dean for America stopped working with the spamming company the same day. Did Bush-Cheney '04 Inc. ? No, However, after cryptome posted the e-mail, the email used in the spam was unsubscribed from the list, and an automatic confirmatory e-mail sent. This despite the fact that John, who runs Cryptome, never subscribed, and never sent in an e-mail requesting to be unsubscribed. There is no evidence that the unsolicited e-mailing has been stopped.
It's easy to say Dean for America isn't net-savvy. I mean they sent out some unsolicted e-mail right? But how many companies stop using spam once they realize what their marketing department was doing?
How many do it the same day? Bush, despite a record breaking campaign warchest still is soliciting by spam. Dean isn't. That tells me who is savvy.
Gryftir
"Far better to lean back, look up at the sky and blast off a few bolts in pleasure where they can do little harm. Be careful of airborne wildlife though - it's not only gratuitous and irresponsible to incinerate fowl in the throes of passion, but it's also something of a passion-killer when frying avian corpses begin to land on you. Be warned: this may even develop into a perverse requirement for gratification if done often enough at the vital moments.
Stories abound, however, that on Targus IV the course of battle was turned fortuitously by a gouging scoutwalker giving so much pleasure that its virginal recipient quite unknowingly blasted three entire attack wings of Targan Light Cruisers - on their way to defend the crumbling front line - clean out of the sky as they shot overhead."
from The Gouging Bull, under the Oral sex link
I haven't purchased a Wi-Fi card. Wi-Fi is a great idea, but frankly to me it is only a stop gap measure. What I am waiting for, and will probably continue to wait for, is software driven radio. It's all well and good to have linux support for existing technology, but frankly I'd like something to come out on linux or a BSD that has to have windows drivers created, rather then vica-versa, something so bold, inventive, and paradigm shifting that it can't be ignored. To me, the GNU radio project looks like a good candidate.
hmm... this is rather late... but I meant to say I was NOT personally involved with the scanning. That was a typo. I apologize to any scanners who read that and went WTF? Who is this guy.
Gryftir
But aren't there user forums for these sort of questions? I mean I'm all for helping people, but this seems more like a technical problem then something that really benefits from the /. community.
That said, you should try some of the palm forums. There are a lot of Palm Geeks who have probably explored this, and would love a chance to show off.
Gryftir
I watched the development of the 5th book being scanned for distribution over an irc book trading channel.
.rar archive and available for download.
On Friday Night/Saturday Morning: First Chapter scanned and proofed. The whole book has reportedly been scanned, and is being proofed. Scans are available of both versions of the cover.
Saturday Afternoon (I wake up) Told the proofed version will be ready by 8 pm. Rough versions of all the chapters are available. people looking for the book are being send to a seperate channel. A website has been established where one individual has taken the rough chapters and has been proofing them himself, and posting them online.
Sunday Afternoon book has been proofed and is combined into a html file with the cover images. This is turned into a
This comment doesn't really have a point. I will say I purchased a copy of the book, and I was personally involved with the scanning. I just want people to be aware of the existence of scanned books, in the hope that it will enhance this discussion.
Gryftir
Apparently it wasn't just a developer, it was the CEO.
Well it's missing features. But the website updated after 2:00 am to link to this thread. And a developer (who's user name I won't reveal) spent some time chatting with me, before my computer crashed. So I'm cautiously optimistic.
Gryftir
P.S. the program didn't crash my computer, Mozilla reading slashdot crashed my computer. Stupid scrollbar bugs.
Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler
Spoilet Spoilet Spoiler
If the Oracle can intuit what everyone is going to do (including Neo), then perhaps she passed on this information to the Architect. He in turn could create another level of virtual reality for Neo to enter. So everything after Neo makes his choice could in fact be another Matrix. I think this is unlikely, as it makes revolutions somewhat pointless. Yet it would explain the sentinels being stopped.
End Spoiler
End Spoiler
Do CEO's really decide who they should sue? I mean I think it is more likely they set up general guidelines based on recommendations from Legal.
Gryftir
This seems asinine to me. Don't free lyrics serve to enhance the listening experience? It seems to me that they are most likely to increase music sales.
I mean isn't this fair use? I'll admit I'm still a bit hazy on the concept as it relates to this sort of non-commercial use, so would some kindly slashdotter explain how it would apply in this situation? Or are they talking about commercial lyrics sites? (I suppose such exist). I know I personally use a russian server for most of my lyric searches, and I'm aware Russian intelectual property law is or was rather spotty.