Every time I hear this argument I think, "You know, you're right" - but then I realize that it isn't a black and white, win or lose situation. The RIAA can win by preventing another Napster--if they can keep filesharing down to the techies then they have won. After all, we certainly aren't the ones that share Britney Spears albums. Half the time what we're sharing isn't even illegal--classical music or unlicensed anime. But the technology that we use is what makes it easy for Joe Schmoe to pick up a piece of software and pirate RIAA-affiliated artists. So the RIAA's "win condition" doesn't include us, though I'm sure they'd love to see P2P vanish completely--rather, they chalk up a win if they can just get the numbers of filesharers down to eliminate all but the most dedicated users.
No, you can still work on the optimal golomb ruler project (OGR), which is an interesting distributed project that becomes exponentially more difficult for each added mark. Currently they are working on a 25-mark ruler, and verifying the 24-mark ruler. From the linked page: "OGR's have many applications including sensor placements for X-ray crystallography and radio astronomy. Golomb rulers can also play a significant role in combinatorics, coding theory and communications, and Dr. Golomb was one of the first to analyze them for use in these areas."
Thank you so much for making this program. It's exactly what I needed for window transparency and nothing more. Put Winamp/Trillian at 30% and always on top. I can't think of anything else that I would want in a program like this.
Maybe I'm totally missing this, but _how_ was that offtopic? These universities want to create a system that stores redundant data on several servers, thus decentralizing that data and ensuring that if one server dies, the data is still available. Freenet (http://freenetproject.org/) is the exact same thing, on a larger scale. From the webpage: "Freenet is a large-scale peer-to-peer network which pools the power of member computers around the world to create a massive virtual information store open to anyone to freely publish or view information of all kinds."
If everyone's computer were a router, then password-sniffing would get a LOT easier. What the internet most desperately needed was the new fiberoptic backbones, which were put in a while ago.
Sounds exactly like freenet to me, except with larger university servers and less peers, which could mean either a more stable or less stable system, depending on how you look at it.
The reason is probably that they stipulated that all experiments were to be so simple that they could be done by anyone with a slide rule or calculator (and a creative mind). The Michelson-Morley experiment, IIRC, required several expensive mirrors or a great deal of mercury which was used as a mirror. That's one reason why Morley was involved, I think; to obtain all that mercury. I could be wrong with this, but that's how I remember it.
Their attempt to buy out Nintendo could be a message - "take the money or we'll blow you out of the market." I don't know if that's possible, but Microsoft has money to burn with this effort. Unlike any of the other console manufacturers with the exception of Sony, Microsoft's success is not linked to its XBox console or game sales - they can pour in money to push other companies out and recoup their losses after monopolizing the industry. They've got income from their software division to help them do just that.
MS is a scary beast. It'll be interesting to see what happens with them in the future. I know the future I'm rooting for involves them being forced out of the software biz (with the exception of Windows - that'll never get bullied out) by open source, and turned into a consumer electronics manufacturer (a darn good mouse company).
If Microsoft bought Sega it would tip the scales away from PS2 for me. Right now PS2 has Square firmly in their pocket, but Microsoft buying Sega for XBox would more than make up for that. Sonic Team makes some of the best games I've ever played. Their NiGHTS, while launched on a doomed platform (Saturn), was way ahead of its time, IMO. Not to mention Sonic or all the other sweet games that were out on Dreamcast before it also folded. I still play my DC regularly. Not bad for a dead console.
If it had any sort of a keylogger in it, which is what you're suggesting, I would see the text I'm typing show up in my packet sniffer. It hasn't. So, KaZaA lite does not have the type of spyware that you describe. And for those who don't use a packet sniffer on occasion, you can rest assured that things like this are tested on a regular basis by those who do. If you're seriously that worried about it, then don't use it. I don't see why you've got to be so up in arms about it.
now that I go back to check your post again...distributing child porn? That's not spyware. Spyware to me is rather one-way (aside from the ads)--sending information on your browsing habits or other information from your PC to somewhere else.
Unfortunately, no. If you try to remove the adware from KaZaA it will either redownload it or refuse to work. I'm not sure which yet. To the best of my knowledge the adware is linked to the kazaa executable so your firewall probably wouldn't be able to distinguish its traffic. Besides, they're sneaky.
I'd love to see a multi-platform, open source program like Access out there. Something of a light database, but with a nice frontend to it for editing. Anybody know of anything like this (to save me some time searching SourceForge)?
I don't see this happening with 802.11a. The range for a is MUCH shorter than the range for b, and even b is rather short. There would need to be some way to put out a much stronger signal with a to make this effective. Simply put, I don't see a government nationwide wireless network happening for another year or two. The technology still is not there yet. Of course, the rate of change is getting faster by the month now, so my prediction may be more out of date than 640k in 6 months, but time will tell.
The article wasn't so much about how it's new and cool, but how they're new to Thailand, and very cheap and effective for the task at hand (mostly, training). Rubber bullets don't fly as far and are thus effective for training exercises in Thailand, where space is at a premium. The Howitzer shells they used to use cost over $200, but now they use rubber shells that are under $10.
I mean, just looking at the "armored tuk tuk"...it's not like anyone's saying this is something amazingly cutting edge. Though it did remind me slightly of the "elite military vehicle" from Stripes...
Not if it's a grazing shot to begin with. Besides, even if you're right, mild brain damage or a hemmorrage (chance of death) is preferable to a bullet in the skull (you're dead before you know what hit you).
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I like the fact that it can use a compact flash card as a hard drive--this means less moving parts to be damaged if it's mounted in a car. The small size would be put to good use in a car unit as well.
Well you hit upon one good way, you just forgot to post the link...of course if you did you'd be more worried about your server overloading than your web frontends not working correctly...
If I'm interested in doing research in this field someday, and I'm currently a computer engineering major, what are some good electives that I might take? Aside from general programming necessities, what sort of signal processing courses are necessary to understand the underlying aspects of software-defined radio?
Make sure you post a link to your website in ID3 tags of MP3s/OGGs you distribute. That or make sure a search for your band's name turns up your website on google--provide sales through your site and I think your albums will sell (provided you don't suck).
So he took out this patent a long, long time ago. Did he do anything with his patent or is he just trying to make a buck by stifling other companies' innovation? I have sympathy for a patent-holder if they develop the business, and then are pushed out by someone who is using their patented technology. But if this guy is just pulling ideas out of the sky and hoping someone uses them, I have no sympathy for him. He deserves to get counter-sued, and the patent system should be changed based on the craziness of cases like this.
Well for me the choice is simple--if iRiver decides to make their players OGG compatible, then I'll buy one (I've certainly been drooling over it long enough)--if not, I'll stick with my Nomad II MG, which is none the worse for wear, considering it's going on 2 years old now.
I am fairly sure that they will add support, considering how friendly the people at Xiph are being with offering help to put the format in their players...
The player controls the robot by issuing commands.
The Move command moves the robot to an adjacent square, in one of the four directions north, east, south or west.
The Pick command is used to pick packages. Packages are initially available from home bases. Packages may not be picked up if they are too heavy, or if there are no packages available when the robot gets to execute its command (for example if it got pushed).
The Drop command is used to drop packages. Packages are always dropped.
So what button is the "Strafe" command? Are there "quad" packages?
...credit cards are accepted, the machines can be monitored through the web...
Somehow the closeness of these two functionalities worries me. I'm sure it will be secure...but you won't see me using my credit card in the machines until it's in wide use.
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Every time I hear this argument I think, "You know, you're right" - but then I realize that it isn't a black and white, win or lose situation. The RIAA can win by preventing another Napster--if they can keep filesharing down to the techies then they have won. After all, we certainly aren't the ones that share Britney Spears albums. Half the time what we're sharing isn't even illegal--classical music or unlicensed anime. But the technology that we use is what makes it easy for Joe Schmoe to pick up a piece of software and pirate RIAA-affiliated artists. So the RIAA's "win condition" doesn't include us, though I'm sure they'd love to see P2P vanish completely--rather, they chalk up a win if they can just get the numbers of filesharers down to eliminate all but the most dedicated users.
You'd be better off playing the lottery, statistically. I know it was supposed to be funny, but thought I had to point that out.
No, you can still work on the optimal golomb ruler project (OGR), which is an interesting distributed project that becomes exponentially more difficult for each added mark. Currently they are working on a 25-mark ruler, and verifying the 24-mark ruler. From the linked page: "OGR's have many applications including sensor placements for X-ray crystallography and radio astronomy. Golomb rulers can also play a significant role in combinatorics, coding theory and communications, and Dr. Golomb was one of the first to analyze them for use in these areas."
Thank you so much for making this program. It's exactly what I needed for window transparency and nothing more. Put Winamp/Trillian at 30% and always on top. I can't think of anything else that I would want in a program like this.
Maybe I'm totally missing this, but _how_ was that offtopic? These universities want to create a system that stores redundant data on several servers, thus decentralizing that data and ensuring that if one server dies, the data is still available. Freenet (http://freenetproject.org/) is the exact same thing, on a larger scale.
From the webpage: "Freenet is a large-scale peer-to-peer network which pools the power of member computers around the world to create a massive virtual information store open to anyone to freely publish or view information of all kinds."
If everyone's computer were a router, then password-sniffing would get a LOT easier. What the internet most desperately needed was the new fiberoptic backbones, which were put in a while ago.
Sounds exactly like freenet to me, except with larger university servers and less peers, which could mean either a more stable or less stable system, depending on how you look at it.
The reason is probably that they stipulated that all experiments were to be so simple that they could be done by anyone with a slide rule or calculator (and a creative mind). The Michelson-Morley experiment, IIRC, required several expensive mirrors or a great deal of mercury which was used as a mirror. That's one reason why Morley was involved, I think; to obtain all that mercury. I could be wrong with this, but that's how I remember it.
Their attempt to buy out Nintendo could be a message - "take the money or we'll blow you out of the market." I don't know if that's possible, but Microsoft has money to burn with this effort. Unlike any of the other console manufacturers with the exception of Sony, Microsoft's success is not linked to its XBox console or game sales - they can pour in money to push other companies out and recoup their losses after monopolizing the industry. They've got income from their software division to help them do just that.
MS is a scary beast. It'll be interesting to see what happens with them in the future. I know the future I'm rooting for involves them being forced out of the software biz (with the exception of Windows - that'll never get bullied out) by open source, and turned into a consumer electronics manufacturer (a darn good mouse company).
If Microsoft bought Sega it would tip the scales away from PS2 for me. Right now PS2 has Square firmly in their pocket, but Microsoft buying Sega for XBox would more than make up for that. Sonic Team makes some of the best games I've ever played. Their NiGHTS, while launched on a doomed platform (Saturn), was way ahead of its time, IMO. Not to mention Sonic or all the other sweet games that were out on Dreamcast before it also folded. I still play my DC regularly. Not bad for a dead console.
If it had any sort of a keylogger in it, which is what you're suggesting, I would see the text I'm typing show up in my packet sniffer. It hasn't. So, KaZaA lite does not have the type of spyware that you describe. And for those who don't use a packet sniffer on occasion, you can rest assured that things like this are tested on a regular basis by those who do. If you're seriously that worried about it, then don't use it. I don't see why you've got to be so up in arms about it.
now that I go back to check your post again...distributing child porn? That's not spyware. Spyware to me is rather one-way (aside from the ads)--sending information on your browsing habits or other information from your PC to somewhere else.
Unfortunately, no. If you try to remove the adware from KaZaA it will either redownload it or refuse to work. I'm not sure which yet. To the best of my knowledge the adware is linked to the kazaa executable so your firewall probably wouldn't be able to distinguish its traffic. Besides, they're sneaky.
I'd love to see a multi-platform, open source program like Access out there. Something of a light database, but with a nice frontend to it for editing. Anybody know of anything like this (to save me some time searching SourceForge)?
I don't see this happening with 802.11a. The range for a is MUCH shorter than the range for b, and even b is rather short. There would need to be some way to put out a much stronger signal with a to make this effective. Simply put, I don't see a government nationwide wireless network happening for another year or two. The technology still is not there yet. Of course, the rate of change is getting faster by the month now, so my prediction may be more out of date than 640k in 6 months, but time will tell.
The article wasn't so much about how it's new and cool, but how they're new to Thailand, and very cheap and effective for the task at hand (mostly, training). Rubber bullets don't fly as far and are thus effective for training exercises in Thailand, where space is at a premium. The Howitzer shells they used to use cost over $200, but now they use rubber shells that are under $10.
I mean, just looking at the "armored tuk tuk"...it's not like anyone's saying this is something amazingly cutting edge. Though it did remind me slightly of the "elite military vehicle" from Stripes...
Not if it's a grazing shot to begin with. Besides, even if you're right, mild brain damage or a hemmorrage (chance of death) is preferable to a bullet in the skull (you're dead before you know what hit you).
I like the fact that it can use a compact flash card as a hard drive--this means less moving parts to be damaged if it's mounted in a car. The small size would be put to good use in a car unit as well.
for those that don't get this joke, watch Monty Python or see this script. You really should see the clip itself though...it's PRICELESS.
Well you hit upon one good way, you just forgot to post the link...of course if you did you'd be more worried about your server overloading than your web frontends not working correctly...
If I'm interested in doing research in this field someday, and I'm currently a computer engineering major, what are some good electives that I might take? Aside from general programming necessities, what sort of signal processing courses are necessary to understand the underlying aspects of software-defined radio?
Make sure you post a link to your website in ID3 tags of MP3s/OGGs you distribute. That or make sure a search for your band's name turns up your website on google--provide sales through your site and I think your albums will sell (provided you don't suck).
So he took out this patent a long, long time ago. Did he do anything with his patent or is he just trying to make a buck by stifling other companies' innovation? I have sympathy for a patent-holder if they develop the business, and then are pushed out by someone who is using their patented technology. But if this guy is just pulling ideas out of the sky and hoping someone uses them, I have no sympathy for him. He deserves to get counter-sued, and the patent system should be changed based on the craziness of cases like this.
Well for me the choice is simple--if iRiver decides to make their players OGG compatible, then I'll buy one (I've certainly been drooling over it long enough)--if not, I'll stick with my Nomad II MG, which is none the worse for wear, considering it's going on 2 years old now.
I am fairly sure that they will add support, considering how friendly the people at Xiph are being with offering help to put the format in their players...