Thanks, I have absolutely no knowledge of cryptology and you actually managed to teach me a lot without digressing too much from my original rights-related questions.
Now, what about setting up a unique dedicated processor (programmable-FPGA-based) that'd only execute encrypted binary code ?
I believe, at this level, only "trusted" components would be able to use it as part of a trusted network, no?
I mean: The various encryption you mentioned suggested a "passive key" (aka "data").
If the key happened to be either a program (which one could disassemble...) or a chip, then I guess we'd have something quite secure.
OK, so you mean that if I happen to break it as an algorithm, this is okay, but if I happen to break its implementation as the new killerdvd format, then I may end up in a similar cell as Dmitri Sklyarov's?
So this once again makes me wonder whether there is or not a bug in the DMCA:
If some technologies are based upon some free algorithm which get broken, (*breathe here*) why should the happy-genious-hacker be sued as he just pointed out some flaw in a "public" technology?
Actually, as he'll make the technology improve and thus get rid of the given flaw, it'd rather be the fault of the suing organization as they accepted to use a flawed1 algorithm...
I guess the DMCA seriously sucks because of its lack of consistance:
They should rather not use any protection at all than inventing some stupid placebo and whining it's been broken into by some clever hacker.
1: though this argumentation is purely 100% hypothetical, I assume there are flaws until one mathematically demonstrates there aren't...
Dope, either Genetical or chemical is a bad thing that has not actually yet been proven to enhance one's health on the long-term.
It'd actually be a good thing for these sportsmen to be respectfully treaten instead of playing some multinational's Guinea pigs.
So, if you don't watch them on TV, then
you won't watch their sponsors ads, then they won't get enough money to afford such experiments.
Sport is not supposed to be "watched" but performed.
Now, if you get stuck in front of your tv, you'll play their rules and will continue to feed such excesses.
Here, in Switzerland, no tv accepted to pay the billion bucks needed to broadcast the 2002 Soccer World Cup. Of course, in a 6million people country, it would be indecent as there are some bigger priorities than just financing new undetectable doping technologies.
Short question :
Can a Registered Developper Port something else than Linux to it ?
The PDA actually looks sexy on the hardware side, not on the software side (A friend of mine bought a Linux-iPaq from Lisa and it appears to be quite slow, lacks responsiveness and also burns its batteries in about one hour).
I think some special projects like RiscOS would be more adequate.
If we don't take the learning curve into account, you might en up with Color Forth (or any other Forth derivate, such as BigForth - for Linux and Windows - which include a breathtaking GUI RAD : Minos)...
Here's a small ColorForth program: This consists of an IDE disk driver.
Yep, the sound is fabulous, the autonomy and fault-tolerance are more than okay (I have some dusty CDs;-)...
My only cons is that I have to hide these from the frozen wind when I am biking (here in Switzerland it had some "hickups" around -5 degrees (Celsius))
This typesetting program was originally aimed at the scientist. I don't know of any other software that produces nicer documents.
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Though I am running Linux on a PentiumIII laptop, I also avoid KDE for the following reasons:
Some cryptic error messages boxes which remind me of Windows'GPF...
My laptop boot Linux in 30 seconds, then it needs 45 seconds to load KDE2.
I am now using WindowMaker too and seeing it up and running in 3 seconds (including the numerous applets I use) is really damn satisfying.
There are many good ideas behind KDE, for example it has been the best one when it came to deal accurately with furious trackpad moves while scratching over MP*s.
But I reckon it doesn't fit on a laptop which is supposed to be switched on and off quite often, hence losing some precious productive time waiting for a GUI to be up and ready.
I know I may not have understodd with question but just consider that KDE may also be problematic on "recent" hardware.
I visited the Activision web site and found the "concepts" page.
What I enjoyed most was the supersoldiers'groowth tubes... This somehow reminded me of AlienIV, when Ripley#8 finds out about Ripleys#1-7...
I hope that the W3DII scenery will finally be breakable, this time, so that you may just play in grind-core mode by exploding walls with your infinite ammo'ed bazooka (hence the subject of this mail;-) instead of wandering for hours in order to find a key/keycard/crystal or whatever amount of pixels...
This'd then be a real virtual world instead of a guided tour like most others which required you to go through several steps to a level's goal...
In RiscOS, applications are directories which contains several useful files (besides the app binaries, conf or data files):
!Sprites[mode] contains the icons to be used with the app and whichever file to be associated with after its filetype
!boot which contains directives (associations, globalvariables, etc.) to be executed the first time the Filer window that contain this app is opened (the app is "seen" by the Filer)
!run which describes any action to be associated with a double-click on the app icon
There's also a unique shared modules directory in the System folder.
This system is at least 10 to 15 years old (not sure Arthur was as modulable, though) and sure proved to be an excellent way to deal with this problem...
I then should describe my project but I am not ready to do it now...
Meanwhile, I'll just maintain what I claim.
Do not think about a classic screen. (hint)
2 facts came to my mind when I saw these screenshots :
Why is "The Next Computer Interface" supposed to be 3D?
Does it have to be used on a HUGE screen to make all of its displayed items easily readable?
My point is that these attempts at deciding the future of GUI are pathetic as they don't even take the current GUI's limitation in consideration:
(Note: if you don't agree with the following then you had to adapt yourself to these. Take anybody who doesn't use computers and just observe him.)
mono-pointer makes GUI hard to use
windows overlapping are really painful when you want to *see* the information you are dealing with.
scrollbars should be forgotten for a similar reason
Future GUI concepts should take the problem the reverse way:
We've got sitting users who don't want to follow tough learning curves to open a document.
They are *not* supposed to own a huge screen
If the GUI is 3D, then screen also has to be (or kind of...).
3D GUIs "à la" Rooms3D also have it wrong as they assert the user has enough time to wander through the modelisation instead of being productive when he wants to...
I am actually working on a GUI concept which will *not* be 3D. This will be Open Sourced.
Mame, PC-Engine but also...
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Thanks, I have absolutely no knowledge of cryptology and you actually managed to teach me a lot without digressing too much from my original rights-related questions.
Now, what about setting up a unique dedicated processor (programmable-FPGA-based) that'd only execute encrypted binary code ?
I believe, at this level, only "trusted" components would be able to use it as part of a trusted network, no?
I mean: The various encryption you mentioned suggested a "passive key" (aka "data").
If the key happened to be either a program (which one could disassemble...) or a chip, then I guess we'd have something quite secure.
(insert same *hint* as above here ;-)
OK, so you mean that if I happen to break it as an algorithm, this is okay, but if I happen to break its implementation as the new killerdvd format, then I may end up in a similar cell as Dmitri Sklyarov's?
So this once again makes me wonder whether there is or not a bug in the DMCA:
If some technologies are based upon some free algorithm which get broken, (*breathe here*) why should the happy-genious-hacker be sued as he just pointed out some flaw in a "public" technology?
Actually, as he'll make the technology improve and thus get rid of the given flaw, it'd rather be the fault of the suing organization as they accepted to use a flawed1 algorithm...
I guess the DMCA seriously sucks because of its lack of consistance:
They should rather not use any protection at all than inventing some stupid placebo and whining it's been broken into by some clever hacker.
1: though this argumentation is purely 100% hypothetical, I assume there are flaws until one mathematically demonstrates there aren't...
Excellent answer, thank you very much.
Pity, Slashdot has not given me the possibility to send you this notice in private (* hint ! * hint !* ), hence such "noise" which I apologize for.
Now, if I happen to successfully develop an AES "decryptor", may I publish its source code without infringing the DMCA?
There a big ambiguity that I couldn't really sort out while reading these web pages: Is this an Open standard or a Commercial standard ?
Will I have to pay royalties if I intend to write AES-compliant programs then sell related services?
I actually read in the facts page that the "public" helped building the algorithm and specs but in which way is that AES thing public?
What about GSMP?
Not as complete as VST butnot bad either.
Actually if Gimp is GNU's Photoshop, then GSMP should be its VST...
> There haven't been any major doping scandlas in football.
Are you sure? (11400 results, so the polemics is valid)
> 'because there are bad things going on, we shouldn't enjoy ourselves'
You are trolling. Not me.
Now, if you consider that cool to watch drugged people on telly, then how does it makes me a liberal?
Perhaps you mean Norman Jewison's Rollerball?
Dope, either Genetical or chemical is a bad thing that has not actually yet been proven to enhance one's health on the long-term.
It'd actually be a good thing for these sportsmen to be respectfully treaten instead of playing some multinational's Guinea pigs.
So, if you don't watch them on TV, then
you won't watch their sponsors ads, then they won't get enough money to afford such experiments.
Sport is not supposed to be "watched" but performed.
Now, if you get stuck in front of your tv, you'll play their rules and will continue to feed such excesses.
Here, in Switzerland, no tv accepted to pay the billion bucks needed to broadcast the 2002 Soccer World Cup. Of course, in a 6million people country, it would be indecent as there are some bigger priorities than just financing new undetectable doping technologies.
Short question :
Can a Registered Developper Port something else than Linux to it ?
The PDA actually looks sexy on the hardware side, not on the software side (A friend of mine bought a Linux-iPaq from Lisa and it appears to be quite slow, lacks responsiveness and also burns its batteries in about one hour).
I think some special projects like RiscOS would be more adequate.
If we don't take the learning curve into account, you might en up with Color Forth
(or any other Forth derivate, such as BigForth - for Linux and Windows - which include a breathtaking GUI RAD : Minos)...
Here's a small ColorForth program: This consists of an IDE disk driver.
> "you cannot skip through the tracks"
I beg your pardon ?
Press the skip button (provided you are not in lock mode...)
Yep, the sound is fabulous, the autonomy and fault-tolerance are more than okay (I have some dusty CDs ;-)...
My only cons is that I have to hide these from the frozen wind when I am biking (here in Switzerland it had some "hickups" around -5 degrees (Celsius))
BTW it can also read standard Audio CDs.
Burn your MP3 on CDs and play them in a Philips eXpanium...
10 hours of music in a Discman-like device.
And don't forget that the best game of all times (with Civilization) : Commander Keen has been ported to Game Boy Color :-)
...is TeX.
This typesetting program was originally aimed at the scientist. I don't know of any other software that produces nicer documents.
I am now using WindowMaker too and seeing it up and running in 3 seconds (including the numerous applets I use) is really damn satisfying.
There are many good ideas behind KDE, for example it has been the best one when it came to deal accurately with furious trackpad moves while scratching over MP*s.
But I reckon it doesn't fit on a laptop which is supposed to be switched on and off quite often, hence losing some precious productive time waiting for a GUI to be up and ready.
I know I may not have understodd with question but just consider that KDE may also be problematic on "recent" hardware.
I think Slashdo editors should create a dedicated icon for AtheOS as it has now become more than a simple coding-exploit for sure.
At least an Os which looks like BeOS without implying dealing with a closed structure.
I visited the Activision web site and found the "concepts" page.
;-) instead of wandering for hours in order to find a key/keycard/crystal or whatever amount of pixels...
What I enjoyed most was the supersoldiers'groowth tubes... This somehow reminded me of AlienIV, when Ripley#8 finds out about Ripleys#1-7...
I hope that the W3DII scenery will finally be breakable, this time, so that you may just play in grind-core mode by exploding walls with your infinite ammo'ed bazooka (hence the subject of this mail
This'd then be a real virtual world instead of a guided tour like most others which required you to go through several steps to a level's goal...
ROX is actually a little too far from this approach even though I reckon he follows it, hence his name : "Risc OS on X".
There's also a unique shared modules directory in the System folder.
This system is at least 10 to 15 years old (not sure Arthur was as modulable, though) and sure proved to be an excellent way to deal with this problem...
They shouldn't sell something that can't be sold butsell expertise.
The product actually doesn't matter but if it is free then we all are happier.
I then should describe my project but I am not ready to do it now...
Meanwhile, I'll just maintain what I claim.
Do not think about a classic screen. (hint)
My point is that these attempts at deciding the future of GUI are pathetic as they don't even take the current GUI's limitation in consideration:
(Note: if you don't agree with the following then you had to adapt yourself to these. Take anybody who doesn't use computers and just observe him.)
Future GUI concepts should take the problem the reverse way:
I am actually working on a GUI concept which will *not* be 3D. This will be Open Sourced.
and, BTW, how easy is this to remove the DVD region lockout from the XBox? How easy is this to run standard PC software on it?
What kind?
Here's the early history of the HP3000.
According to the FAQ, it rather ran iX, you're right, I may have been confused between my HP3000 and the HP9000 that came soon after.
BTW, HP-UX appeared in 1986