My question may seem weird due to my ignorance. Is it possible to use such a microscope to find the structure of say.. the HIV virus and its chemical composition? Secondly, how are such small structures located/found due to the huge spatial distances involved?
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Considering that the software in your distributions are made to a great extent (atleast over 50% of it) due to the efforts of the community, and the name "Red Hat" has achieved its recognition, not only due to its quality but also due to the testing and good-mouthing of members of the community, don't you think it is unethical of you to lock out the quality Linux distribution from Red Hat from that community?
The GNU movement recommends charging for service. You could provide the ISOs and package updates to mirrors who'll gladly host it for the community.
Think about it. You block out people from using their own hard work, and make it available to only some exclusive money-based segment which is out of the reach of many, you will eventually lose the community's support and popularity.
I don't want to sound like a troll:-). If Bill Gates said "perfect software" isn't necessary, he's somewhat on the lines we are at today because no software out there can be declared perfect or bug free. There is no such thing. But whenever bugs are found, it is good practise to patch software. We do this under Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. And having a good firewall configuration helps keep out the dirty world.
I wanted Slashdot to run the poll as the O'Reilly one needs an account there.
On hindsight, the Slashdot poll would just allow for vote on one project only, whereas I would really like to vote for over 3 projects in the O'Reilly poll. Good set of software projects there.
It would be nice if Slashdot ran this poll. Internet polls like this are not so useful I suppose, but still it would be cool to see how various projects rank out. The three leaders could be the chosen ones.
My choices in the O'Reilly list are Subversion, OpenOffice.org and SpamAssassin. None of these projects have known patent issues or issues with 3rd parties such as MSN, AOL, Yahoo (the related projects such as mplayer and GAIM do an *excellent* job however).
Microsoft may have done a lot of bad things, but this patent applies to every browser out there. They are fighting, trying to find a way. It is a better idea to support this fight.
I work at a longtime Linux server vendor in UK. We have many many man-years of driver and performance related experience with Linux and storage hardware. I can attest to the fact that 3ware make some of the best trouble-free well-supported ATA RAID controllers for use under Linux. (Please take this as a personal opinion -- do your own research before you buy and use these controllers.)
I think the.org always worked, but the whois software's configuration which theregister.co.uk uses may be outdated and is still asking the Verisign servers for.org information.
With a new whois installation, PIR's servers are contacted instead (whois.publicinterestregistry.net).
With an old configured version of whois, one might try:
I support your view that Mr. Taylor shouldn't have delivered his opinion without consulting recognized free and open source software bodies.
I do not support your view on generally opening up patents for public use, or the way you say Mozilla can't display GIF due to the Terry Welch patent. This is frankly cause I can't make up my own mind on the question of patents. Reasonable patents are valid IP. If Mozilla cannot license them or defend its use, it should stop using them and perhaps drop support for GIF. People will either adopt this decision and stop using GIF, or reject it and stay with a popular browser which supports GIF. A lot of people like me, who do not have a choice will use Mozilla, and avoid using GIF on our websites.
This is similar to copyrights in certain ways. The author of said IP decides and controls what is reasonable and what is unreasonable for use of such IP. An intelligent algorithm like LZW takes clever minds nurtured over a lifetime to create. It is an invention and if the author wants compensation for it, that is reasonable. Doesn't the FSF raise a cry when companies steal free software and close it? It works only because copyright works. The GNU GPL itself wouldn't work but for copyright law.
We do not live in a communist society. Reasonable IP which is registered as patent is done so because the author of such IP wants his work protected against commercial gain. Commercial is a two-sided coin. If Mozilla affects Opera Software's business, then of course it is a commercial player, regardless of whether it is free software or not.
Please do not misunderstand my views. I support free software and have contributed code to various popular projects. I do have to do closed source non-free work as well. I do not support IP to be distributed freely unless the author of such IP decides to do so.
The abstract of the paper suggests that the attacks largely fail when the data is compressed before encryption. From the GNU Privacy Guard manpage of version 1.0.7, the default is to use RFC1950 compression (which is ZLIB compressed data format) and the default compression level of the zlib library (normally 6). Note that all this applies to GNU Privacy Guard 1.0.7. According to the same manpage, the NAI PGP implementation uses RFC1951 compression, which is the DEFLATE compressed data format.
Fractint was fast with integer operations, cause in those days, integer operations were traditionally much faster than floating point operations on the x86 platform.
The fixed point implementation of Vorbis would be very useful for embedded hardware where floating point support is usually not available on its CPUs.
From my web logs, I see that a lot of HTTP bots don't care crap about/robots.txt. Another thing which happens is that they read robots.txt only once and cache it forever in the lifetime of accessing that site, and do not use a newer robots.txt when it's available. It'd be useful to update what a bot knows of a site's/robots.txt from time to time.
HTTP bot writers should adhere to using information in/robots.txt and restricting their access accordingly. In a lot of occasions, webmasters may setup/robots.txt to actually help stop bots from feeding on junk information which they don't require.. or things which change regularly and need not be recorded.
Please take the time to investigate, before posting arguments.
It uses patented technology. The MPEG-4 standard collectively as a whole is not patented. Various algorithms which form the MPEG-4 visual FCD are patented. OpenDivX uses these algorithms. Go through the source code, if you want proof. MPEG-4 AAC Audio also contains many patented processes. FAAC (a similar but audio project) stopped distribution after Dolby complained.
FYI, Microsoft's source code is available as a reference implementation from CSELT. Divx;-) isn't a binary hack. It's a full plugin, made from modified Microsoft code.
MoMuSys's code is a reference implementation, which is one among two reference implementations of the MPEG-4 FCD (the other one is Microsoft's). Both are copyrighted (please go through the comment headers of files in the source code for proof). FYI, the dist10 "sample code" reference implementation which started LAME was also copyrighted, which is why LAME was distributed as a patch for so long.
"Hunh? No patent, no fees. If they were walking on someone else, you better bet they'd have been sued by now." Maybe you haven't been paying attention. Project Mayo is a commercial company, and they intend to release OpenDivX as "DivX Deux" (a formal product), once the quality of source code reaches a certain stage. They might license the patented technology involved. Still, DivX;-) was not paid for.
ProjectMayo is a wrong project for an opensource developer to spend time on. It is plagued with various issues.
DivX is not legit. It uses patented technology, which needs per-copy license fees which haven't been paid by anyone. The MPEG-4 standard is full of patented methods (which is what DivX;-) and OpenDivX is based on). Besides, DivX;-) used copyrighted code, which further makes it illegal. I don't know how far Project Mayo got with replacing all of Microsoft and MoMuSys's code with their own. There're lots of posts on their forums with people questioning how the heck they started off with the copyrighted code.
This's yet another idiot trying to prove that "it can be done".
A few points will be learned. Move on. You can't really prevent
a compromise however hard you try, as long as there are so many
points of failure. And poeple like this idiot will exist and keep
proving that it can be done over and over. The idiot got his
day in the sun. Read his t.o post. The idiot sounds with
authority as if he's teaching and has done something big.
If it was a guy with ethics, he'd have informed the VA staff
of such a breach which could happen. I'm sure there are a *lot*
of people who do that. But he'd have done it if he wasn't an idiot.
The sad thing is, however hard sysadmins try to keep their
network secure, it can still be vulnerable. If they're *informed*
about the vulnerabilities instead, it'd do a world of good.
Nobody wants yet another it-can-be-done. Cracking sites is a
cowardly act. It's not l33t. If you want to be l33t, inform
the concerned people of such vulnerabilities if they exist.
Another thing. All those with accounts on any OSDN sites (including
Themes.org, Slashdot, etc.), please change your passwords anyway -
not only on the OSDN sites, but also elsewhere if you use the
same passwords.
i don't think this is the first CPU. as far as i know, i was taught some japanese companies were working at the same time on a competitive CPU. and some company selected the 4004 for its calculator or something. no this is not a fairy tale. this is how i was taught.
Sites like Crosswinds.net have their own updates page where they give up-to-date information on what's right and wrong about their service. I haven't seen any other websites/services which give such up-to-date information.
On a related note, I'd like to add that managing your own mail is the cleanest solution, rather than depending on different ISPs' POP3 and SMTP servers. This of course requires a permanent connection in most cases, but is the best. This way you manage your own e-mail, and move it around, when you move. You obviously need to know how to setup and manage such a server yourself at home/office, but it pays you back.
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My question may seem weird due to my ignorance. Is it possible to use such a microscope to find the structure of say.. the HIV virus and its chemical composition? Secondly, how are such small structures located/found due to the huge spatial distances involved?
Here's the company which created the first computer virus for the PC architecture. Interesting story on this page.
Considering that the software in your distributions are made to a great extent (atleast over 50% of it) due to the efforts of the community, and the name "Red Hat" has achieved its recognition, not only due to its quality but also due to the testing and good-mouthing of members of the community, don't you think it is unethical of you to lock out the quality Linux distribution from Red Hat from that community? The GNU movement recommends charging for service. You could provide the ISOs and package updates to mirrors who'll gladly host it for the community. Think about it. You block out people from using their own hard work, and make it available to only some exclusive money-based segment which is out of the reach of many, you will eventually lose the community's support and popularity.
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux /core/1/i386/os/images/boot.iso
I don't want to sound like a troll :-). If Bill Gates said "perfect software" isn't necessary, he's somewhat on the lines we are at today because no software out there can be declared perfect or bug free. There is no such thing. But whenever bugs are found, it is good practise to patch software. We do this under Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. And having a good firewall configuration helps keep out the dirty world.
I wanted Slashdot to run the poll as the O'Reilly one needs an account there. On hindsight, the Slashdot poll would just allow for vote on one project only, whereas I would really like to vote for over 3 projects in the O'Reilly poll. Good set of software projects there.
It would be nice if Slashdot ran this poll. Internet polls like this are not so useful I suppose, but still it would be cool to see how various projects rank out. The three leaders could be the chosen ones.
My choices in the O'Reilly list are Subversion, OpenOffice.org and SpamAssassin. None of these projects have known patent issues or issues with 3rd parties such as MSN, AOL, Yahoo (the related projects such as mplayer and GAIM do an *excellent* job however).
"That makes for 12 million images covering everything from the Boer War to the Beatles available on their web site!"
... the website which is not available anymore thanks to /.
This is a very good argument.
I don't like the way they do their business.
Microsoft may have done a lot of bad things, but this patent applies to every browser out there. They are fighting, trying to find a way. It is a better idea to support this fight.
I work at a longtime Linux server vendor in UK. We have many many man-years of driver and performance related experience with Linux and storage hardware. I can attest to the fact that 3ware make some of the best trouble-free well-supported ATA RAID controllers for use under Linux. (Please take this as a personal opinion -- do your own research before you buy and use these controllers.)
if (company_trusts_microsoft_code())
{
use_windows_OS();
allow_auto_updates();
}
else
use_some_other_OS();
/*
junk code
bitch();
moan();
flail_arms_wildly();
*/
I think the .org always worked, but the whois software's configuration which theregister.co.uk uses may be outdated and is still asking the Verisign servers for .org information.
With a new whois installation, PIR's servers are contacted instead (whois.publicinterestregistry.net).
With an old configured version of whois, one might try:
whois -h whois.publicinterestregistry.net domain.org
I support your view that Mr. Taylor shouldn't have delivered his opinion without consulting recognized free and open source software bodies.
I do not support your view on generally opening up patents for public use, or the way you say Mozilla can't display GIF due to the Terry Welch patent. This is frankly cause I can't make up my own mind on the question of patents. Reasonable patents are valid IP. If Mozilla cannot license them or defend its use, it should stop using them and perhaps drop support for GIF. People will either adopt this decision and stop using GIF, or reject it and stay with a popular browser which supports GIF. A lot of people like me, who do not have a choice will use Mozilla, and avoid using GIF on our websites.
This is similar to copyrights in certain ways. The author of said IP decides and controls what is reasonable and what is unreasonable for use of such IP. An intelligent algorithm like LZW takes clever minds nurtured over a lifetime to create. It is an invention and if the author wants compensation for it, that is reasonable. Doesn't the FSF raise a cry when companies steal free software and close it? It works only because copyright works. The GNU GPL itself wouldn't work but for copyright law.
We do not live in a communist society. Reasonable IP which is registered as patent is done so because the author of such IP wants his work protected against commercial gain. Commercial is a two-sided coin. If Mozilla affects Opera Software's business, then of course it is a commercial player, regardless of whether it is free software or not.
Please do not misunderstand my views. I support free software and have contributed code to various popular projects. I do have to do closed source non-free work as well. I do not support IP to be distributed freely unless the author of such IP decides to do so.
The abstract of the paper suggests that the attacks largely fail when the data is compressed before encryption. From the GNU Privacy Guard manpage of version 1.0.7, the default is to use RFC1950 compression (which is ZLIB compressed data format) and the default compression level of the zlib library (normally 6). Note that all this applies to GNU Privacy Guard 1.0.7. According to the same manpage, the NAI PGP implementation uses RFC1951 compression, which is the DEFLATE compressed data format.
Fractint was fast with integer operations, cause in those days, integer operations were traditionally much faster than floating point operations on the x86 platform.
The fixed point implementation of Vorbis would be very useful for embedded hardware where floating point support is usually not available on its CPUs.
From my web logs, I see that a lot of HTTP bots don't care crap about /robots.txt. Another thing which happens is that they read robots.txt only once and cache it forever in the lifetime of accessing that site, and do not use a newer robots.txt when it's available. It'd be useful to update what a bot knows of a site's /robots.txt from time to time.
HTTP bot writers should adhere to using information in /robots.txt and restricting their access accordingly. In a lot of occasions, webmasters may setup /robots.txt to actually help stop bots from feeding on junk information which they don't require.. or things which change regularly and need not be recorded.
old Slashdot stories.
There is a big dust storm happening on Mars right now, which's covered the whole planet. You can find more info and pictures on the linked website.
It uses patented technology. The MPEG-4 standard collectively as a whole is not patented. Various algorithms which form the MPEG-4 visual FCD are patented. OpenDivX uses these algorithms. Go through the source code, if you want proof. MPEG-4 AAC Audio also contains many patented processes. FAAC (a similar but audio project) stopped distribution after Dolby complained.
FYI, Microsoft's source code is available as a reference implementation from CSELT. Divx
MoMuSys's code is a reference implementation, which is one among two reference implementations of the MPEG-4 FCD (the other one is Microsoft's). Both are copyrighted (please go through the comment headers of files in the source code for proof). FYI, the dist10 "sample code" reference implementation which started LAME was also copyrighted, which is why LAME was distributed as a patch for so long.
"Hunh? No patent, no fees. If they were walking on someone else, you better bet they'd have been sued by now."
Maybe you haven't been paying attention. Project Mayo is a commercial company, and they intend to release OpenDivX as "DivX Deux" (a formal product), once the quality of source code reaches a certain stage. They might license the patented technology involved. Still, DivX
ProjectMayo is a wrong project for an opensource developer to spend time on. It is plagued with various issues.
Regards,
Mukund
DivX is not legit. It uses patented technology, which needs per-copy license fees which haven't been paid by anyone. The MPEG-4 standard is full of patented methods (which is what DivX ;-) and OpenDivX is based on). Besides, DivX ;-) used copyrighted code, which further makes it illegal. I don't know how far Project Mayo got with replacing all of Microsoft and MoMuSys's code with their own. There're lots of posts on their forums with people questioning how the heck they started off with the copyrighted code.
If it was a guy with ethics, he'd have informed the VA staff of such a breach which could happen. I'm sure there are a *lot* of people who do that. But he'd have done it if he wasn't an idiot.
The sad thing is, however hard sysadmins try to keep their network secure, it can still be vulnerable. If they're *informed* about the vulnerabilities instead, it'd do a world of good. Nobody wants yet another it-can-be-done. Cracking sites is a cowardly act. It's not l33t. If you want to be l33t, inform the concerned people of such vulnerabilities if they exist.
Another thing. All those with accounts on any OSDN sites (including Themes.org, Slashdot, etc.), please change your passwords anyway - not only on the OSDN sites, but also elsewhere if you use the same passwords.
Linux.com took a glance at the Tribes 2 Linux beta a while ago. It is available here.
i don't think this is the first CPU. as far as i know, i was taught some japanese companies were working at the same time on a competitive CPU. and some company selected the 4004 for its calculator or something. no this is not a fairy tale. this is how i was taught.
Sites like Crosswinds.net have their own updates page where they give up-to-date information on what's right and wrong about their service. I haven't seen any other websites/services which give such up-to-date information.
On a related note, I'd like to add that managing your own mail is the cleanest solution, rather than depending on different ISPs' POP3 and SMTP servers. This of course requires a permanent connection in most cases, but is the best. This way you manage your own e-mail, and move it around, when you move. You obviously need to know how to setup and manage such a server yourself at home/office, but it pays you back.
This stuff isn't new. Haven't you seen this before in your fortune cookies? Go run: /usr/games/fortune -m "penguin"