Well, if your TV is being controlled by the same computer (e.g., MythTV), then shouldn't the voice command be able to mask out anything the microphone picks up that matches the output sound? If there software to filter audio input to filter out what is currently being played? I'm sure it's a bit tricky to get right, but it would be very useful for a range of applications including this topic and speakerphones.
Isn't the set of rules of a game essentially an invention? As such, shouldn't it be possible to patent the rules of a game?
Of course, patents don't last nearly as long as copyrights, so most of the games in question wouldn't be covered (and it's too late to file for existing games, in any case).
So for point 2, you want encrypted wi-fi for your home systems and open unencrypted wi-fi for guests. Is that even possible without two separate access points?
This is an ethics by analogy situation. Everyone arguing over whether it is right to use unsecured wi-fi connections bases their arguments on analogies, and depending on the analogy, reaches a different conclusion.
As I see it, if someone left their wi-fi open, then either it was intentional, or they're too clueless to notice (or care) that I'm reading my email.
That assumes you have a static port knocking system.
The variation that I've liked best is one where you send a single UDP packet with a payload that is an encrypted request to open up a specific port for a specific IP address at a specific time. I suppose that's not technically port knocking, but it's the same idea--you send a magic knock first, then you can use the port. It's just that the knock is an encrypted command instead of a secret sequence.
Of course, you can use a sequence where the sequence is determined based on the source IP and time, so that a replay won't help.
No, but the BBC is funding the project in the hopes that it can pick up reflected signals from 20+ light years away so that they can recover all the TV recordings that they tossed out thinking that they had no value.
Isn't this essentially the same as port knocking? Actually, it's not as good, as you can get lucky with this. With port knocking, you have to send a secret sequence of packets (possibly one that changes with time) before the port is available for your host to connect to. And you send UDP packets, so there's no indication from the server that the machine is even powered up unless you are successful. And, of course, there's the variation where you send a single UDP packet with an encrypted payload that instructs the server to open up a port for you.
So while this is a little different, it's inferior.
They don't need to hold the dictionary. Anything that doesn't fit can be downloaded on demand. Most access points have access to the Internet, and residential access points are almost always outside of any firewall (they're usually the firewall themselves).
It's being developed for use in drug rehab programs. For people who want to quit, but are having difficulty, or have quit, but might relapse, this could be incredibly helpful. Of course, most of the discussion is around the potential to use this as a preventative measure, which is a very different issue.
How would this work as an alternative to drug testing? If the vaccines for various drugs were easily obtained (say, 10 years from now), then could potential employers, private schools, and such require the vaccines instead of requiring testing as they do now? Would this be better or worse?
Ahh, I hadn't read the bill, but was basing my comment on reporting that I had heard. What they should do is set standards based on foot-candles per watt, and not mention technology at all.
This is a case of legislation done right. Instead of banning specific technologies that are inefficient, or mandating specific technologies that are better, the law simply set efficiency standards. While this currently appears to force a shift from incandescents to fluorescents, it leaves the door open for any other technology that comes along, from high-efficiency incandescents to LEDs.
Right. And the reason virtualization leads to increased use of SAN storage is that when you virtualize a bunch of logical servers onto a small number of physical servers, it suddenly becomes much more practical to use higher-end storage, as you don't have to have separate expensive HBAs, switches, and whatnot to connect to your fancy storage systems.
I wonder if this has any implications for Dell's partnership with EMC. Will Dell not be pushing EMC's low-end iSCSI storage now that they have their own? Or do the offerings from this new acquisition not compete at the same level as the EMC products?
Disclaimer: I work at EMC, but have no inside knowledge concerning Dell or this acquisition.
There's not a big abuse problem with addresses and phone numbers in whois, but there is a big problem with the email addresses. Simply removing the email addresses would be a huge benefit.
No. You are a thief from the moment you commit the crime. The media will say "alleged" because they don't want to make a judgement, especially if doing so can get them sued.
Further, if there was a theft, then it was committed by a thief. Since they haven't accused someone, there is no alleged thief, but since someone did it, there is a thief.
Of course, some have said that it is an alleged theft, because it may have been an authorized publicity stunt, so it may not have been stealing. (Though there would be an issue with filing a false police report or something like that.)
Most HDTV recording options require access to the compressed data. In other words, an ATSC broadcast, unencrypted QAM, or encrypted QAM with a cable card. If this device takes decompressed HDTV (e.g., component inputs) and compresses it in real time, then that's the part of this device that's really interesting.
The hardware described in the article is a Blu-Ray player that also records HDTV on DVD media. They could just as easily make an HD-DVD player that does the same thing, I suppose, but the point is that this particular device plays Blu-Ray.
You mention an application that uses cellphone triangulation to calculate your location on the map. I haven't run into those before. Where can I find them?
The rates should not be per-performance, but per-minute. So if the station plays a given song, it will pay based on the length of the song times the number of listeners. This matches well with advertising being a consistent amount for a given amount of time, so it should track with the revenue that the webcaster would be seeing.
I do agree with the argument that the webcasters should be providing more detailed information on what is being played. That would give more accurate distribution back to the artists (well, if they actually were to do so; I suspect they only want the data for marketing reasons).
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Well, if your TV is being controlled by the same computer (e.g., MythTV), then shouldn't the voice command be able to mask out anything the microphone picks up that matches the output sound? If there software to filter audio input to filter out what is currently being played? I'm sure it's a bit tricky to get right, but it would be very useful for a range of applications including this topic and speakerphones.
Isn't the set of rules of a game essentially an invention? As such, shouldn't it be possible to patent the rules of a game?
Of course, patents don't last nearly as long as copyrights, so most of the games in question wouldn't be covered (and it's too late to file for existing games, in any case).
So for point 2, you want encrypted wi-fi for your home systems and open unencrypted wi-fi for guests. Is that even possible without two separate access points?
This is an ethics by analogy situation. Everyone arguing over whether it is right to use unsecured wi-fi connections bases their arguments on analogies, and depending on the analogy, reaches a different conclusion.
As I see it, if someone left their wi-fi open, then either it was intentional, or they're too clueless to notice (or care) that I'm reading my email.
That assumes you have a static port knocking system.
The variation that I've liked best is one where you send a single UDP packet with a payload that is an encrypted request to open up a specific port for a specific IP address at a specific time. I suppose that's not technically port knocking, but it's the same idea--you send a magic knock first, then you can use the port. It's just that the knock is an encrypted command instead of a secret sequence.
Of course, you can use a sequence where the sequence is determined based on the source IP and time, so that a replay won't help.
No, but the BBC is funding the project in the hopes that it can pick up reflected signals from 20+ light years away so that they can recover all the TV recordings that they tossed out thinking that they had no value.
Isn't this essentially the same as port knocking? Actually, it's not as good, as you can get lucky with this. With port knocking, you have to send a secret sequence of packets (possibly one that changes with time) before the port is available for your host to connect to. And you send UDP packets, so there's no indication from the server that the machine is even powered up unless you are successful. And, of course, there's the variation where you send a single UDP packet with an encrypted payload that instructs the server to open up a port for you.
So while this is a little different, it's inferior.
They don't need to hold the dictionary. Anything that doesn't fit can be downloaded on demand. Most access points have access to the Internet, and residential access points are almost always outside of any firewall (they're usually the firewall themselves).
It's being developed for use in drug rehab programs. For people who want to quit, but are having difficulty, or have quit, but might relapse, this could be incredibly helpful. Of course, most of the discussion is around the potential to use this as a preventative measure, which is a very different issue.
How would this work as an alternative to drug testing? If the vaccines for various drugs were easily obtained (say, 10 years from now), then could potential employers, private schools, and such require the vaccines instead of requiring testing as they do now? Would this be better or worse?
Ahh, I hadn't read the bill, but was basing my comment on reporting that I had heard. What they should do is set standards based on foot-candles per watt, and not mention technology at all.
This is a case of legislation done right. Instead of banning specific technologies that are inefficient, or mandating specific technologies that are better, the law simply set efficiency standards. While this currently appears to force a shift from incandescents to fluorescents, it leaves the door open for any other technology that comes along, from high-efficiency incandescents to LEDs.
That's the idea behind the movie Cherry 2000.
Right. And the reason virtualization leads to increased use of SAN storage is that when you virtualize a bunch of logical servers onto a small number of physical servers, it suddenly becomes much more practical to use higher-end storage, as you don't have to have separate expensive HBAs, switches, and whatnot to connect to your fancy storage systems.
I wonder if this has any implications for Dell's partnership with EMC. Will Dell not be pushing EMC's low-end iSCSI storage now that they have their own? Or do the offerings from this new acquisition not compete at the same level as the EMC products?
Disclaimer: I work at EMC, but have no inside knowledge concerning Dell or this acquisition.
There's not a big abuse problem with addresses and phone numbers in whois, but there is a big problem with the email addresses. Simply removing the email addresses would be a huge benefit.
The C7 processor doesn't use much power, so unless they put in an extra-noisy fan, this should be both a low-power and quiet system.
No. You are a thief from the moment you commit the crime. The media will say "alleged" because they don't want to make a judgement, especially if doing so can get them sued.
Further, if there was a theft, then it was committed by a thief. Since they haven't accused someone, there is no alleged thief, but since someone did it, there is a thief.
Of course, some have said that it is an alleged theft, because it may have been an authorized publicity stunt, so it may not have been stealing. (Though there would be an issue with filing a false police report or something like that.)
Most HDTV recording options require access to the compressed data. In other words, an ATSC broadcast, unencrypted QAM, or encrypted QAM with a cable card. If this device takes decompressed HDTV (e.g., component inputs) and compresses it in real time, then that's the part of this device that's really interesting.
The hardware described in the article is a Blu-Ray player that also records HDTV on DVD media. They could just as easily make an HD-DVD player that does the same thing, I suppose, but the point is that this particular device plays Blu-Ray.
You mention an application that uses cellphone triangulation to calculate your location on the map. I haven't run into those before. Where can I find them?
If you want to save your child's stem cells for their own use later, don't you preserve the umbilical cord?
Yup:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbilical_cord (warning: some not-so-pretty pictures)
Check out the section on cord blood.
Looks fine to me. Are you reading this at a computer in a pvblic library?
So how far does this leave us from growing a whole heart? Or other organs?
At some point, transplants from donors will be for emergencies only, and the shortages and wait lists will be a thing of the past.
The rates should not be per-performance, but per-minute. So if the station plays a given song, it will pay based on the length of the song times the number of listeners. This matches well with advertising being a consistent amount for a given amount of time, so it should track with the revenue that the webcaster would be seeing.
I do agree with the argument that the webcasters should be providing more detailed information on what is being played. That would give more accurate distribution back to the artists (well, if they actually were to do so; I suspect they only want the data for marketing reasons).