Gnutella uses SHA1 but they also verify swarmed downloads using THEX. I think this should defeat their attempt at spamming though it will consume processing and bandwidth cycles.
I definitely agree with what you are saying, but I do not think it will be all bad for small companies. Some small companies (e.g., Eolas) will patent an idea the Big Boys need, and then the war will begin. In the end, I think there is only two scenarios: 1) the patent system blows up and no one cares about who owns a patent, or 2) licensing fees drop precipitously so that innovation is as easy as a few micropayments. Lets hope for the latter!
Shareaza is definitely no better than Gnutella (LimeWire performs much better). Shareaza has a nice interface but downloads are iffy and the client is very buggy. Seems like the move to GPL is a desperate attempt to catch up to LimeWire (which has been open source for a while and making amazing strides).
i'm going to 'have a little faith' and trust gosling and mcnealy. we haven't even seen what Sun's next move is yet hoards of/.'ers are freaking out. lets give these guys a chance before we dismiss them.
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Or you can use your magnet enabled P2P client (e.g. LimeWire).
not only does this guy not understand how to monetize free (as in speech) software, but his arguments are terrible. how the hell did this get slashdotted? does bill gates have the reins today?
hopefully they'll revise the cost figures too....
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one good thing is that the price of the PSP at launch probably goes down as the launch date is delayed. i really hope sony doesn't try to throw the kitchen sink into the PSP - it should be a videogame system and nothing else. there is no need for an N-Gage 2.
the reasoning in the lower-court case is so solid (well reasoned, backed by precedent) that i'd be surprised if the opinion is reversed. either way, i'm sure the RIAA will attempt to take the case all the way to the supreme court.
unless google has something innovative up their sleeve, i urge them to avoid making the standard portal play. look where yahoo is today. google has an amazing brand and great technology - they should leverage these resources when they think of something truly innovative....
Has this guy ever worked for Accenture or PWC Tech Consulting? Those guys essentially have a few people do the design, write some high level code documents, and then hand it off to some code monkeys for assembly (oftentimes recent college graduates who didn't know squat about programming until their corporate training kicked in). So his argument isn't good - companies can still keep the design close to home and then outsource the assembly to India or China.
FYI - I worked for Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) so I know how those guys do business. I left after two months:) .
Um, no. (IMHO) For distributed, collaborative projects e-mail is indispensible. How could a potentially unbounded set of people collaborate if they had to keep open a IM window per discussion group? Also, IM is great for simple conversations, but if I want to get detailed, e-mail is the way to go....
You are making an incorrect analogy. US courts have found that 'warehouse-owners' that set up piracy rings are liable for contributory/vicarious copyright infringement. Yet where is the warehouse in the Kazaa (or Gnutella, any decentralized p2p) example? What property does Kazaa own that is used to set up a piracy ring? P2P programs are disintermediated from the piracy transactions. So your analogy fails.
Suing users, though absolutely idiotic and comtemptible, is the correct legal remedy.
I totally agree and I'm prepared to be modded down. The movies lack the gravity and emotion of the books. The first movie was cool because it was nice seeing all the book's elements realized visually, but the second and third movies just bored me. There is humor in the books, but it is never as idiotic as the movie's humor.
Probably not - I bet the agreement hinges on IBM not being able to divulge any of the information during the court proceedings.
Don't get me wrong - it isn't a big deal. SCO's claims, alleged evidence, and legal arguments have increasingly been shown to be one big wad of suckypoo, so no worries.
if the article is accurate, MS says the trusted computing feature can be optionally enabled/disabled. glad to hear this. what is more relevant is whether the user will have the option to run certain applications in untrusted mode. i fear that software makers will bind users hands.
the jury is still out, but jackson's loosely-based movie saga has gotten progressively worse. i could stand fellowship because of the newness of it all, but two towers, besides being hardly related to the source, was pretty boring. i'll see ROTK but i'm going in with super low expectations.
Wired has an interesting article related to this story. Summary: Open-Source as a design philosophy will be applied to an increasingly diverse set of disciplines.
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Shouldn't the title be "LimeWire may Block Copyrighted Work"? These branches haven't been committed to the main trunk, after all.
I guess it is a slow news day....
Gnutella uses SHA1 but they also verify swarmed downloads using THEX. I think this should defeat their attempt at spamming though it will consume processing and bandwidth cycles.
Every undergraduate CS program should integrate some secure coding standards. Something like this:
link
No doubt - but suppose even if I don't willingly release my music on the internet, I can get a cut of the file-sharing pie?
http://www.eff.org/share/collective_lic_wp.php
Sounds a little like radio.
I definitely agree with what you are saying, but I do not think it will be all bad for small companies. Some small companies (e.g., Eolas) will patent an idea the Big Boys need, and then the war will begin. In the end, I think there is only two scenarios: 1) the patent system blows up and no one cares about who owns a patent, or 2) licensing fees drop precipitously so that innovation is as easy as a few micropayments. Lets hope for the latter!
this company has seen a 200% increase in software purchases because of P2P.
Shareaza is definitely no better than Gnutella (LimeWire performs much better). Shareaza has a nice interface but downloads are iffy and the client is very buggy. Seems like the move to GPL is a desperate attempt to catch up to LimeWire (which has been open source for a while and making amazing strides).
Isn't that a Sunday? That can't be right....
if freecache can't even handle the slashdot effect, what does that say about its advertised service :) ?
i'm going to 'have a little faith' and trust gosling and mcnealy. we haven't even seen what Sun's next move is yet hoards of /.'ers are freaking out. lets give these guys a chance before we dismiss them.
Or you can use your magnet enabled P2P client (e.g. LimeWire).
freeculture.zip
not only does this guy not understand how to monetize free (as in speech) software, but his arguments are terrible. how the hell did this get slashdotted? does bill gates have the reins today?
one good thing is that the price of the PSP at launch probably goes down as the launch date is delayed. i really hope sony doesn't try to throw the kitchen sink into the PSP - it should be a videogame system and nothing else. there is no need for an N-Gage 2.
Swarm the oral argument from here:
20040203_oral_arg.mp3
Should work if you have a magnet handler like LimeWire or Kazaa installed.
the reasoning in the lower-court case is so solid (well reasoned, backed by precedent) that i'd be surprised if the opinion is reversed. either way, i'm sure the RIAA will attempt to take the case all the way to the supreme court.
unless google has something innovative up their sleeve, i urge them to avoid making the standard portal play. look where yahoo is today. google has an amazing brand and great technology - they should leverage these resources when they think of something truly innovative....
This is all good and well, but I'm looking forward to Mozilla 2.0, which will integrate the superior FireBird and ThunderBird.
Has this guy ever worked for Accenture or PWC Tech Consulting? Those guys essentially have a few people do the design, write some high level code documents, and then hand it off to some code monkeys for assembly (oftentimes recent college graduates who didn't know squat about programming until their corporate training kicked in). So his argument isn't good - companies can still keep the design close to home and then outsource the assembly to India or China.
:) .
FYI - I worked for Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) so I know how those guys do business. I left after two months
Um, no. (IMHO)
For distributed, collaborative projects e-mail is indispensible. How could a potentially unbounded set of people collaborate if they had to keep open a IM window per discussion group? Also, IM is great for simple conversations, but if I want to get detailed, e-mail is the way to go....
You are making an incorrect analogy. US courts have found that 'warehouse-owners' that set up piracy rings are liable for contributory/vicarious copyright infringement. Yet where is the warehouse in the Kazaa (or Gnutella, any decentralized p2p) example? What property does Kazaa own that is used to set up a piracy ring? P2P programs are disintermediated from the piracy transactions. So your analogy fails.
Suing users, though absolutely idiotic and comtemptible, is the correct legal remedy.
I totally agree and I'm prepared to be modded down. The movies lack the gravity and emotion of the books. The first movie was cool because it was nice seeing all the book's elements realized visually, but the second and third movies just bored me. There is humor in the books, but it is never as idiotic as the movie's humor.
Probably not - I bet the agreement hinges on IBM not being able to divulge any of the information during the court proceedings.
Don't get me wrong - it isn't a big deal. SCO's claims, alleged evidence, and legal arguments have increasingly been shown to be one big wad of suckypoo, so no worries.
if the article is accurate, MS says the trusted computing feature can be optionally enabled/disabled. glad to hear this. what is more relevant is whether the user will have the option to run certain applications in untrusted mode. i fear that software makers will bind users hands.
the jury is still out, but jackson's loosely-based movie saga has gotten progressively worse. i could stand fellowship because of the newness of it all, but two towers, besides being hardly related to the source, was pretty boring. i'll see ROTK but i'm going in with super low expectations.
Wired has an interesting article related to this story. Summary: Open-Source as a design philosophy will be applied to an increasingly diverse set of disciplines.