I think your 'single bit' analogy is a bit off-the-mark. There a variety of digital watermarking schemes which can be used to 'hide' a signature in the audio source itself. In the same way that most folks don't mind the imperfections in highly compressed (lossy) audio, the effects of digital watermarking are not noticable to most folks.
I've switched jobs a few times, and have never regretted it. However, I've always viewed it as an opportunity to move towards something I wanted to do versus running from something I didn't like.
You line of reasoning makes good sense. What struck me as odd (especially during the recent election) was the premise that somehow #7 didn't apply to Democrats (or folks opposed to Bush). It would be helpful (to me, anyway) if some one could explain how access to oil helps only Bush. Or, more generally, how his economic interest are being served exclusively.
Excellent use of specifics in your comments - oh, wait that was _exactly_ like the entire Kerry campaign in short. "We have to do something different. But I'm not going to tell you what it is."
Where I grew up, the guy doing the right thing always got targetted. It was only if you pretended to go along 'with the flow' that confrontation was avoided.
The only alternative (to the icky situation we've got right now) would seem to be to greatly decrease our dependance on the middle-east in general. So long as we pump $B's of gas money into a pre-industrial culture, bad stuff will continue to breed there.
(Note - this is my first critical post at slashdot; however, I just don't see anything 'imformative' about your comment.)
It does exactly what I expected it to do. No more, no less. The only 'issue' here is that folks don't understand how much information they have sitting around on their PC's
A coworker and I are playing with this right now. He mapped his 'My Documents' folder to a mapped network share, and it got indexed. That's the only way we've gotten it to work so far...
I was about to order last night. When I checked this morning (just refreshed the browser), the offer changed. I don't know where you saw $20/month, though. Even yesterday (Sept 30), it was $29/month for 6 months ($35/month thereafter)
A guy calls me on my business line - a really miffed guy. He claims (based on his caller ID) that I've been berating him with a sales pitch of some kind. The more I try to explain that he's found the wrong guy, the angrier he becomes.
I called my provided to verify that his number had never been called from my account. I call the guy back (using my caller ID, of course) and explain that the number of his caller ID is wrong. Although he calmed down a bit, I just don't think he's prepared to accept the possibliity of his phone 'lying' to him.
My point - people have a much higher expectation of their phone service than they do of e-mail. A quick google for articles like 'phone spoof' will yeild a variety of articles about the dangers of VOIP hacking. You might also consider that fact that we're used to land-lines that survive power outages - as the telocs tend to own pretty serious UPS systems.
DAB doesn't work in the US, because a) technically, it would interfer with frequencies assigned to the military b) US broadcasters (in threory) are independant, and quite fond of the frequency they're on. In Europe, you have national broadcasters. (Entities like ClearChannel certainly blur this distinction, of course.)
The version of terrestrial, digital radio emerging in the US is branded as 'HD Radio'. Technically, it is IBOC (In-Band On-Channel) DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting)
I've been using DansGaurdian for a year or so now (what's good for my kids is good for me, I figure...) Anyway, it blocked access to these very comments (see below). Irony.
ACCESS HAS BEEN DENIED -
Access to the page:
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Really? You really see no similarity between Dynamic Configuration of IPv4 Link-Local Addresses (the 1st element of Rendevous) and this patent? I only spent a minute or two searching the USPTO, but they certainly both seem to involve a non-centralized means of determining a node's IP address on a single segment (non-routed) address space.
In any event, my original quesiton remains. Has any one determined if a patent already exists for this technology? It's great for apple to share the info, but pretty useless if Foo, Inc. is goingn to sue anybody who uses it, eh?
I know the standards our open for us to see, but the techniques used seem to be patentable. I think a concept like this (in order to be successful) would require a solid understanding of who plans to lay claim to the IP.
Digital-mono on FM band? What's the advantage over digital stereo? Excellent reply, by the way. Definately one of the most insightful replies I've received at slashdot!
However, the current 'hybrid' digital signal currently utilizes 'blend' between the digital and analog signals. If the digital signal isn't processed similar to the analog, this transition becomes noticable. Thus, until we transition to a 100% digital broadcast system (> 10 years), we will always have processed audio.
At best, we're taking about 96kbps audio. However, many stations (e.g., NPR) are pursuing dual-program configurations in which the 'main' audio would be transmitted at only 64kbps.
The RIAA is afraid of us recording 96 (or likely, 64) kbps (highly compressed) audio. With a good signal at a stationary location, some would argue that current FM sounds as good (if not better) than the compressed version. (At the end of the day, it's a subjective issue.) It would seem the RIAA is attempting to make radio more restrictive than it currently is.
I'd agree with you _if_ I didn't have to read about amazing (and expensive) resuces in the deep wilderness (e.g., helicopters, multi-person multi-day rescue efforts, etc.) Enjoy the danger but accept the respnosibility. If you're endangering yourself somewhere that my tax dollars may have to be spent resucing you, I say add some technology like these proposed sensors to the fray.
With LPFM, it's doubtful that you'll tune in from your car - or any other mobile platform - unless you like changing content every minute or so. The range is just too small. In fact, I would claim LPFM would only work well for stationary receivres (i.e., if you want to here a complete song/speech/etc).
Having said that, most of our stationary time is spent at home or at work - where we already have Internet access....
Those of you conncerned about interfarence should note that the LPFM channel alotment typically exists in the guard-bands (i.e., between the commercial stations). The new IBOC (digital AM/FM) signal exists in these guard bands as well...
I use Windows (XP) at home primarily because I'm not prepared to make the ($) switch to a Mac yet. Our current software investment includes a lot of educational games passed down from child to child. Most of my childrens' games require XP compatability mode - which only works for Admin users.
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I think your 'single bit' analogy is a bit off-the-mark. There a variety of digital watermarking schemes which can be used to 'hide' a signature in the audio source itself. In the same way that most folks don't mind the imperfections in highly compressed (lossy) audio, the effects of digital watermarking are not noticable to most folks.
I've switched jobs a few times, and have never regretted it. However, I've always viewed it as an opportunity to move towards something I wanted to do versus running from something I didn't like.
Just my $.02
Free means 'at no cost'. 'For at no cost' makes little or no sense.
You line of reasoning makes good sense. What struck me as odd (especially during the recent election) was the premise that somehow #7 didn't apply to Democrats (or folks opposed to Bush). It would be helpful (to me, anyway) if some one could explain how access to oil helps only Bush. Or, more generally, how his economic interest are being served exclusively.
Excellent use of specifics in your comments - oh, wait that was _exactly_ like the entire Kerry campaign in short. "We have to do something different. But I'm not going to tell you what it is."
Where I grew up, the guy doing the right thing always got targetted. It was only if you pretended to go along 'with the flow' that confrontation was avoided.
The only alternative (to the icky situation we've got right now) would seem to be to greatly decrease our dependance on the middle-east in general. So long as we pump $B's of gas money into a pre-industrial culture, bad stuff will continue to breed there.
(Note - this is my first critical post at slashdot; however, I just don't see anything 'imformative' about your comment.)
I guess that makes it spyware...
It does exactly what I expected it to do. No more, no less. The only 'issue' here is that folks don't understand how much information they have sitting around on their PC's
A coworker and I are playing with this right now. He mapped his 'My Documents' folder to a mapped network share, and it got indexed. That's the only way we've gotten it to work so far...
I was about to order last night. When I checked this morning (just refreshed the browser), the offer changed. I don't know where you saw $20/month, though. Even yesterday (Sept 30), it was $29/month for 6 months ($35/month thereafter)
is that the solicitor was using VOIP or some other means to spoof his phone number. Unfortunatley, the number he chose was mine.
I just lived this yesterday:
A guy calls me on my business line - a really miffed guy. He claims (based on his caller ID) that I've been berating him with a sales pitch of some kind. The more I try to explain that he's found the wrong guy, the angrier he becomes.
I called my provided to verify that his number had never been called from my account. I call the guy back (using my caller ID, of course) and explain that the number of his caller ID is wrong. Although he calmed down a bit, I just don't think he's prepared to accept the possibliity of his phone 'lying' to him.
My point - people have a much higher expectation of their phone service than they do of e-mail. A quick google for articles like 'phone spoof' will yeild a variety of articles about the dangers of VOIP hacking. You might also consider that fact that we're used to land-lines that survive power outages - as the telocs tend to own pretty serious UPS systems.
I'll keep my land-line for now...
DAB doesn't work in the US, because
a) technically, it would interfer with frequencies assigned to the military
b) US broadcasters (in threory) are independant, and quite fond of the frequency they're on. In Europe, you have national broadcasters. (Entities like ClearChannel certainly blur this distinction, of course.)
The version of terrestrial, digital radio emerging in the US is branded as 'HD Radio'. Technically, it is IBOC (In-Band On-Channel) DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting)
Perhaps you're confusing DAB with IBOC-DAB (aka HD Radio) in the US?
I've been using DansGaurdian for a year or so now (what's good for my kids is good for me, I figure...) Anyway, it blocked access to these very comments (see below). Irony.
/ 15 48255&mode=thread&tid=126&tid=153&tid=95&tid=99&th reshold=2 ... has been denied for the following reason:
ACCESS HAS BEEN DENIED -
Access to the page:
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/01
Weighted phrase limit exceeded.
Really? You really see no similarity between Dynamic Configuration of IPv4 Link-Local Addresses (the 1st element of Rendevous) and this patent? I only spent a minute or two searching the USPTO, but they certainly both seem to involve a non-centralized means of determining a node's IP address on a single segment (non-routed) address space.
In any event, my original quesiton remains. Has any one determined if a patent already exists for this technology? It's great for apple to share the info, but pretty useless if Foo, Inc. is goingn to sue anybody who uses it, eh?
I only had time for a quick check of the www.uspto.gov), but I found this: Patent 6,532,217
I know the standards our open for us to see, but the techniques used seem to be patentable. I think a concept like this (in order to be successful) would require a solid understanding of who plans to lay claim to the IP.
Digital-mono on FM band? What's the advantage over digital stereo? Excellent reply, by the way. Definately one of the most insightful replies I've received at slashdot!
However, the current 'hybrid' digital signal currently utilizes 'blend' between the digital and analog signals. If the digital signal isn't processed similar to the analog, this transition becomes noticable. Thus, until we transition to a 100% digital broadcast system (> 10 years), we will always have processed audio.
At best, we're taking about 96kbps audio. However, many stations (e.g., NPR) are pursuing dual-program configurations in which the 'main' audio would be transmitted at only 64kbps.
The RIAA is afraid of us recording 96 (or likely, 64) kbps (highly compressed) audio. With a good signal at a stationary location, some would argue that current FM sounds as good (if not better) than the compressed version. (At the end of the day, it's a subjective issue.) It would seem the RIAA is attempting to make radio more restrictive than it currently is.
I mean, that's what most home computers are used for, right?
How come none of the younger croud are asking about the whole bork bork thing. I haven't seen The Muppet Show in years (at least 10).
My recollection of the song:
e bork urstay
oom ba dinky doo
e bork urstay
oom be um bork bork bork
I'd agree with you _if_ I didn't have to read about amazing (and expensive) resuces in the deep wilderness (e.g., helicopters, multi-person multi-day rescue efforts, etc.) Enjoy the danger but accept the respnosibility. If you're endangering yourself somewhere that my tax dollars may have to be spent resucing you, I say add some technology like these proposed sensors to the fray.
LPFM has defined spectrum. It has nothing to do with clobbering police, medics, firemen, etc. That's total FUD.
With LPFM, it's doubtful that you'll tune in from your car - or any other mobile platform - unless you like changing content every minute or so. The range is just too small. In fact, I would claim LPFM would only work well for stationary receivres (i.e., if you want to here a complete song/speech/etc).
Having said that, most of our stationary time is spent at home or at work - where we already have Internet access....
Those of you conncerned about interfarence should note that the LPFM channel alotment typically exists in the guard-bands (i.e., between the commercial stations). The new IBOC (digital AM/FM) signal exists in these guard bands as well...
I use Windows (XP) at home primarily because I'm not prepared to make the ($) switch to a Mac yet. Our current software investment includes a lot of educational games passed down from child to child. Most of my childrens' games require XP compatability mode - which only works for Admin users.