Because the lizard in the slashdot logo is facing the wrong way.
I have here right in front of me SuSE 6.2 and SuSE 6.3. On 6.2, the animal faces to the left, and on 6.3, it faces to the right. (Also, on 6.2 it's a bit darker green than on 6.3 - but hey, that's no problem:-) )
When you can play a DVD on a computer, it can be copied. Encryption or not. Just one way is to use vmware under Linux, and hack up some program that takes the screen output of the Windows DVD player and stores it.
All this encryption and Macrovision stuff is just trying to raise the bar. And they fail. Someone, somewhere *will* crack it. When that someone (anonymously) publishes the method, the DVD people are SOL.
The site you visit bills Passport, Passport bills your credit card, and the number never goes anywhere. Since each transaction is logged seperately using a different ID, you can review your transactions online (theoretically) and make certain that they were all transactions that you ordered.
That sounds exactly like what First Virtual was doing... First Virtual doesn't do this anymore, I don't know why they quit. Anyway, this isn't very new, so what I'd like to know is: are there any other companies providing such a service at the moment?
People fear that which they do not understand. If the averabe person put 10% of their NIMBY energy into learning about nuclear energy, they'd be lining up to but plant-side property.
Okay, this is the second time I see that word, and now I'm curious: what does NIMBY mean?
Sadly, there are systems that can id people quite well. When these become cost effective, and hooked into the CCTV systems widespread across much of the UK now, such an image database would let the Government monitor your movements quite effectively.
And it's already being done (in the UK). Some months ago on television there was a documentary about this issue, and it showed a system that identified criminals. It only had a success rate of 80% at that time, but that might be improved by now.
I was about to give up drinking Coke until I read this. I average about 5-10L a day and now I read its not just a waste of money but insurance into my coding future. I can now survive the radiation coming from my CRT.:)
... just be sure to have a good dentist, you'll need one with those amounts of Coke.:-)
This actually brings up another interesting subject: cordless phone monitoring. I was about 50 feet out of the range of my dinky cordless phone's receiver, standing in front of a friend's house with the phone, and all of a sudden I heard a hispanic woman talking to a saleswoman on the other side.
Cordless phones are extremely easy to eavesdrop on. Digital ones like DECT are more difficult.
Eavesdropping on analog cordless phones can happen by accident, using another cordless phone. A friend of mine once wanted to call someone, used a cordless phone, and when he switched it on, he could hear someone else's conversation, crystal clear.
Some GSM carriers' PCS offerings also run at 1.9GHz. Most CDMA carriers still operate at 800MHz (I think). However, looking further up the frequency scale, ATT owns licenses to 2.1GHz frequencies for cellular phone usage.
Here in.nl (and most of Europe) GSM is extremely popular. GSM uses 900MHz and recently 1800MHz frequencies over here. In the USA GSM is at 1900MHz. In the future, 450MHz is an option for less dense populated areas...
>>What, so we just sprang into being because of >> some divine influence? And that makes *more* >>sense? Give me a break. > >hmm, well... yes. It does make more sense. Much >more sense than saying that we are a freak of >nature.
I like the way I think Stephen Hawking described it in one of his books:
"Why do we exist?" -"Because it was possible."
... and even *if* the chances of something as complex as us (as we like to think) evolving are incredibly low: the universe is big and even small chances have a relatively high probability of happening.
(Yes, I know the last part doesn't really make sense, but it's late and I think you know what I mean)
The long term memory is open to debate but is pretty considerable. Consider how much bytes storing something like a picture takes and multiply that with all the memorable images we have in our minds.
I don't think that's a good way to look at it when you don't even know how the 'pictures' are stored.
Wagenaar did a study on long-term memory: his conclusion was that there are a lot of things you forget: even the events that are (were?) important to you.
I think it's safe to say that (long-term) memory is pretty unreliable. Sure, it works OK, but for example in court eye-witnesses are considered to be good witnesses, but in most cases they are not.
Memories get distorted, amended, forgotten, adjusted. Even the ones you're so sure about.
While we're at it, I'd add that 20/20 memory would mean memorizing much more sensory input than our brains are equipped to handle normally. The result: probalby something on the order of madness, paralysis, or even death the instant you tried to remember any event.
You can see this in autistic (sp?) people. The sensory data isn't properly processed and it's just like a giant data-flow, and the brain can't cope with that.
Slashdot Mirror
Because the lizard in the slashdot logo is facing the wrong way.
:-) )
I have here right in front of me SuSE 6.2 and SuSE 6.3. On 6.2, the animal faces to the left, and on 6.3, it faces to the right. (Also, on 6.2 it's a bit darker green than on 6.3 - but hey, that's no problem
For now, just post mirrors under this thread.
http://www.stupendous.org/
http://www.xs4all.nl/~joskam/
Plus I joined the EFF, 2600 and bought the copyleft shirt.
I'll be more interested in Amiga news when there is a product description.
Oh, the descriptions were there all the time, right since 1994: Amiga with Super DSP, MMC, PPC, whatever...
The actual *products* however..
When you can play a DVD on a computer, it can be copied. Encryption or not. Just one way is to use vmware under Linux, and hack up some program that takes the screen output of the Windows DVD player and stores it.
All this encryption and Macrovision stuff is just trying to raise the bar. And they fail. Someone, somewhere *will* crack it. When that someone (anonymously) publishes the method, the DVD people are SOL.
My DFL 0.02 (or should I say 0.01 Euro)
Isn't it a whole lot simpler to do
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=1024 count=1024
?
Then press the reset button, pop in the install CD of your choice, and go.
(Also I think it's funny that they rely on Ctrl-Alt-Del to restart the computer)
The site you visit bills Passport, Passport bills your credit card, and the number never goes anywhere. Since each transaction is logged seperately using a different ID, you can review your transactions online (theoretically) and make certain that they were all transactions that you ordered.
That sounds exactly like what First Virtual was doing... First Virtual doesn't do this anymore, I don't know why they quit. Anyway, this isn't very new, so what I'd like to know is: are there any other companies providing such a service at the moment?
People fear that which they do not understand. If the averabe person put 10% of their NIMBY energy into learning about nuclear energy, they'd be lining up to but plant-side property.
Okay, this is the second time I see that word, and now I'm curious: what does NIMBY mean?
Sadly, there are systems that can id people quite well. When these become cost effective, and hooked into the CCTV systems widespread across much of the UK now, such an image database would let the Government monitor your movements quite effectively.
And it's already being done (in the UK). Some months ago on television there was a documentary about this issue, and it showed a system that identified criminals. It only had a success rate of 80% at that time, but that might be improved by now.
YOU'RE DONE NOW GET OUT OF THE WAY!
But you do want to get your money in a safe place, in front of the ATM. You know there's a camera recording, and potential muggers know so too.
I was about to give up drinking Coke until I read this. I average about 5-10L a day and now I read its not just a waste of money but insurance into my coding future. I can now survive the radiation coming from my CRT. :)
:-)
... just be sure to have a good dentist, you'll need one with those amounts of Coke.
This actually brings up another interesting subject: cordless phone monitoring. I was about 50 feet out of the range of my dinky cordless phone's receiver, standing in front of a friend's house with the phone, and all of a sudden I heard a hispanic woman talking to a saleswoman on the other side.
Cordless phones are extremely easy to eavesdrop on. Digital ones like DECT are more difficult.
Eavesdropping on analog cordless phones can happen by accident, using another cordless phone. A friend of mine once wanted to call someone, used a cordless phone, and when he switched it on, he could hear someone else's conversation, crystal clear.
[ I seem to remember that PCS is GSM based ]
:-)
PCS == GSM, only PCS uses 1800 MHz instead of 900MHz.
Disclaimer: I could be wrong here.
Some GSM carriers' PCS offerings also run at 1.9GHz. Most CDMA carriers still operate at 800MHz (I think). However, looking further up the frequency scale, ATT owns licenses to 2.1GHz frequencies for cellular phone usage.
.nl (and most of Europe) GSM is extremely popular. GSM uses 900MHz and recently 1800MHz frequencies over here. In the USA GSM is at 1900MHz. In the future, 450MHz is an option for less dense populated areas...
Here in
>>What, so we just sprang into being because of
>> some divine influence? And that makes *more*
>>sense? Give me a break.
>
>hmm, well... yes. It does make more sense. Much
>more sense than saying that we are a freak of >nature.
I like the way I think Stephen Hawking described it in one of his books:
"Why do we exist?" -"Because it was possible."
... and even *if* the chances of something as complex as us (as we like to think) evolving are incredibly low: the universe is big and even small chances have a relatively high probability of happening.
(Yes, I know the last part doesn't really make sense, but it's late and I think you know what I mean)
The long term memory is open to debate but is pretty considerable. Consider how much bytes storing something like a picture takes and multiply that with all the memorable images we have in our minds.
I don't think that's a good way to look at it when you don't even know how the 'pictures' are stored.
Wagenaar did a study on long-term memory: his conclusion was that there are a lot of things you forget: even the events that are (were?) important to you.
I think it's safe to say that (long-term) memory is pretty unreliable. Sure, it works OK, but for example in court eye-witnesses are considered to be good witnesses, but in most cases they are not.
Memories get distorted, amended, forgotten, adjusted. Even the ones you're so sure about.
While we're at it, I'd add that 20/20 memory would mean memorizing much more sensory input than our brains are equipped to handle normally. The result: probalby something on the order of madness, paralysis, or even death the instant you tried to remember any event.
You can see this in autistic (sp?) people. The sensory data isn't properly processed and it's just like a giant data-flow, and the brain can't cope with that.
http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/Linux/m68k/Reg istration.html
(apologies if this was already known)