This initiative by Vietnam seems like a great one. It will/should reduce piracy, enforce the notion opensource applications and operating systems are viable MS replacements on servers and on desktops.
One thing concerns me though.
I'm just worried that the situation will move from one form of infringement to the next.
I mean, what if GPL isn't respected? Will the Vietnamese government act? If they couldn't control the piracy in the first place, doesn't that raise any doubt with their ability to uphold the GPL?
Or, will Vietnam abandon GPL'd software for "truly free" (bsd-style licensed) software later on?... like they're doing now by abandoning MS software for opensource (The article says they're going to use mainly linux, which is GPL)?
"So a reader could choose to print out all the fish recipes from a cookbook in the program. Or the section on Tuscany from a travel book. We believe readers will do this, and the perplexing question is whether the additional exposure for a title -- and the presumptive increase in sales -- offsets sales lost from those who just use the Amazon system to look up the section of a book when they need it."
I really don't understand his point.
This guy clearly needs to get into the mindframe of the customer. Customers aren't going to buy a recipe book simply because the book has *one* good recipe. It happens in the music industry when people buy cd's - but they hate it!
I mean, if I wanted to purchase a book for JDBC stuff, I wouldn't get a book with a JDBC section, I'd look for a book on JDBC! Likewise, why would a person who wants fish recipes so badly go through the trouble of fishing through a *single cookbook* for fish recipes and printing 100+ pages of that book using amazon search? Wouldn't it be easier, and more efficient to just search for a fish cookbook?
I mean yeah, people *could* go through all that trouble, but just because someone *can*, it doesn't mean that they *will*.
And, if a person goes through *that much trouble* to get a free recipe... amazon.com/ca would never be able to sell to them anyway if they didn't have the search!
People who search for stuff on amazon WANT BOOKS, not just information. If information was all people wanted, they'd just use google... and get their recipes for free.
If you read the article you would know that the range of 100 miles was the range of the vehicle with some older battery. With a 'new li-ion' one, the range was increased to 280 to 300 miles.
Many of you are complaining that the quality of your work is not reflected in the way you dress.
But how many of you pick the best can of beef chunky stew when you're in the grocery store? Dented can? Nope... unacceptable. You buy a can with no dents. Sure a dented can has nothing to do with the quality of beef inside your can of chunky beef stew... but you must admit... you still do it.
When you have no way of guaging the quality of the product you're buying, your mind tries to find something it can rate quality with.
Quality of the can of chunky beef stew... quality of dress as perceived by your company's clients... or managers.
You both want the most for your money.
Will they be able to compete with lcd in 2 years?
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Kodak says the 15-inch screen is a prototype and won't be on the market for two or three years.
I wonder how cheap 15 inch lcd screens will be in 2 to 3 years. They're already falling pretty drastically already. And once these OLED monitors come to market, will kodak and sanyo be able to make a profit if these lcd screens continue to drop for 2 years? They could always make them bigger i guess.
Actually, there's an online news broadcast site thenakednews.com based in Toronto where the anchors slowly take all their clothes off while they report news.
Tsunami's are actually *very* fast-moving waves, only becoming slow-moving waves when they reach shallow waters. Then they turn into slow-moving BIG waves.
How odd that the first human voice any aliens who could work the disc will hear is the voice of a former Nazi alleged to have taken part in war crime atrocities in the then Yugoslavia
Just as odd as the first television broadcast they'll receive will be of the Olympics being hosted in Germany with Adolf Hitler sitting in the front row.
I think you're missing the point. Wearable computers aren't going to replace the common computer. Its function will be entirely different. Slashdotters constantly complain about being spammed with email, and also in real life with advertising (billboards, etc). With wearable computers, you'll be able to choose what *you* want to see.
You might be able to have a subroutine that replaces all billboard advertisements of pictures of your kids, or wife, or gf, or whathaveyou. Golfers will be able to 'see' the exact yardage to the hole, or 'map out' the green for a putt.
Parents might be able to keep track of their children at a crowded mall by having their kids 'highlighted' in their vision, or have a digital "big flag" hover above their kids.
Campers, forestfire firefighters might slap on a pair have have a GPS grid superimposed overhead to help them navigate a forest.
Or, just hook yourself up to a gps receiver, and navigate yourself in a foreign city with a digital map superimposed on the clouds. If you need to see where you are... just look up and find your red dot (you) among red roads and street names.
These are just a few examples that came off the top of my head. I'm sure with some more thinking, you'd be able to come up with more.
These things wouldn't be used for compiling your programs, or playing real-life quake3, or typing up your next report in msword. Those are just retarded applications. The wearable computer isn't going to be another 'platform' on which you do your everday computing... it's going to spawn a new area of experience... a new purpose... in which technology aids those who want to do more than obtain frags while walking down Main Street.
In his testimony, Sanders argued that Microsoft's dominance in PC operating systems fosters diversity rather than limits consumer choice. He compared the situation to "proprietary operating systems that run only on specific hardware designed and manufactured by the same vendor," such as Apple Computer's Mac OS or Sun Microsystems' Solaris. "Microsoft's Windows operating systems run on computers manufactured by thousands of different companies," he stated.
For some reason, I can't help but think amd's ceo has a valid point here. Would (almost) every home have a pc if microsoft didn't exist? What if the market share were split evenly between mac/solaris/*nix/*bsd/etc? Would game developers pump millions into development of a game for something like... 25% market share?
Seriously... just wondering... (no this isn't a troll... )
.... get the Seattle 1000 for as little as $19.7 million.
Subsequently we would sign a manufacturing contract that would require a 10% initial payment followed by four 20% payments made at easily verifiable milestones in the construction process with the final 10% on delivery. The price of the Seattle 1000 is $19.7 million. Construction time would be 24 months.
Do we believe we can defeat any audio protection scheme? Certainly, the technical details of any scheme will become known publicly through reverse engineering. Using the techniques we have presented here, we believe no public watermark-based scheme intended to thwart copying will succeed. Other techniques may or may not be strong against attacks. For example, the encryption used to protect consumer DVDs was easily defeated. Ultimately, if it is possible for a consumer to hear or see protected content, then it will be technically possible for the consumer to copy that content.
Even more impressive is that comet Hale-Bopp and Hyakutake appeared within a year of each other.
I took some pretty cool shots of comet hyakutake back in my amateur days. Just staring up in the sky and seeing a big cloudy star that seemed like it was BLAZING through space, but frozen in time... just made my jaw drop and made my heart skip a beat.
Can't wait until this comet rounds the sun for a better view in April. Hopefully I'll have my 8 inch reflector by then.
.... and all free!
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Wiecking has built his network through a coalition of educators, researchers, and nonprofit organizations; with the right equipment and passwords, anyone who wants to tap in can do so, at no charge.
Wow, what this guy is doing is pretty amazing. Everyone can benefit from a little generosity and ambition, if everyone gives a little.
Conventional 802.11 networks have a range of no more than 300 feet, but by using a hodgepodge of cheap amplifiers, antennas, and other gear, Wiecking has been able to stoke up the range of some of his base stations to more than 26 miles.
26 miles?? This is pretty impressive. Have any ISP's in any city considered doing this as an option of giving broadband internet access?
Also, I bet if 802.11 were implemented into cell phones, or RIM blackberry devices, wireless plan rates would drop like a stone. Here in Toronto, for $25/month (cdn dollars) and a RIM blackberry, you're only allowed to send or receive 75Kbytes a month. I bet this crazy monthly rate would drop like crazy if Bell Canada did something in Toronto like what this guy is doing in Hawaii (heck... we can even use the CN Tower to transmit!).
Of course there is a problem of sniffing the packets right out of the air, but that can be solved if pgp were used.
Good stuff... good stuff... I like what this guy is doing... and support his vision.
Question: Are there exceptions that allow the circumvention of technological protection systems?
Answer: There are seven exemptions built into section 1201 of the DMCA, some of which permit the circumvention of access and copy controls for limited purposes, some of which allow for the limited distribution of circumvention tools in particular circumstances. These seven exemptions are for:
Libraries, archives, and educational institutions for acquisition purposes; [1201(d)]
Law enforcement and intelligence gathering activities; [1201(e)]
Reverse engineering in order to develop interoperable programs;
This is something i feel would be a strong argument for all things decss. I was a bit weary of defending 'fair use' of a dvd by descrambling it... but this exception in the DMCA just seals the deal. If they had only developed a dvd player for *nix, then the *nix guys would have no chance in hell for defending the development and use of stuff like decss. But since they didn't, they left this gaping hole available for the *nix guys and decss supporters to come crashing through.
They ignored a chunk of their customers, and now those customers are going to use this claus to bite them in the ass for their ignorance.
Oh well.... more power to the people!
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Your analogy is incorrect.
I more correct analogy would be:
"I have 100 dollars at Macy's" == paypal
"I have 100 'Macy's dollars'" == macy's
These two are *very* different...
If you have $100 credit at Macy's, and can cash in on that credit and get that money back as cash at anytime... then you'd be a fool to value your $100 credit at $80. Heck, I'll buy your Macy's credit right now!
However, if you *can't* get that money back as cash and HAVE to use that $100 at Macy's, then it would be reasonable to value *those* $100 at $80. $100 Macy dollars can only be used at macy's, then the money has lost value because it's not useful to you (ie. not as useful as $100 real dollars). That loss of usefulness translates (to you) a 20% decrease in its value.
This situation is *not* paypal... as you can redeem your "paypal dollars" at anytime for $1USD.
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It will/should reduce piracy, enforce the notion opensource applications and operating systems are viable MS replacements on servers and on desktops.
One thing concerns me though.
I'm just worried that the situation will move from one form of infringement to the next.
I mean, what if GPL isn't respected? Will the Vietnamese government act? If they couldn't control the piracy in the first place, doesn't that raise any doubt with their ability to uphold the GPL?
Or, will Vietnam abandon GPL'd software for "truly free" (bsd-style licensed) software later on?
I mean, if I wanted to purchase a book for JDBC stuff, I wouldn't get a book with a JDBC section, I'd look for a book on JDBC! Likewise, why would a person who wants fish recipes so badly go through the trouble of fishing through a *single cookbook* for fish recipes and printing 100+ pages of that book using amazon search? Wouldn't it be easier, and more efficient to just search for a fish cookbook?
I mean yeah, people *could* go through all that trouble, but just because someone *can*, it doesn't mean that they *will*.
And, if a person goes through *that much trouble* to get a free recipe... amazon.com/ca would never be able to sell to them anyway if they didn't have the search!
People who search for stuff on amazon WANT BOOKS, not just information. If information was all people wanted, they'd just use google... and get their recipes for free.
Makes the sub mentioned in the article look like a rusted-out go cart!
- Ben
If you read the article you would know that the range of 100 miles was the range of the vehicle with some older battery. With a 'new li-ion' one, the range was increased to 280 to 300 miles.
Many of you are complaining that the quality of your work is not reflected in the way you dress.
But how many of you pick the best can of beef chunky stew when you're in the grocery store? Dented can? Nope... unacceptable. You buy a can with no dents. Sure a dented can has nothing to do with the quality of beef inside your can of chunky beef stew... but you must admit... you still do it.
When you have no way of guaging the quality of the product you're buying, your mind tries to find something it can rate quality with.
Quality of the can of chunky beef stew... quality of dress as perceived by your company's clients... or managers.
You both want the most for your money.
Kodak says the 15-inch screen is a prototype and won't be on the market for two or three years.
I wonder how cheap 15 inch lcd screens will be in 2 to 3 years. They're already falling pretty drastically already. And once these OLED monitors come to market, will kodak and sanyo be able to make a profit if these lcd screens continue to drop for 2 years? They could always make them bigger i guess.
Hmm... super-cheap wall-to-wall flat panel displays.
Yum!
Actually, there's an online news broadcast site thenakednews.com based in Toronto where the anchors slowly take all their clothes off while they report news.
I |-|4x0r j00r ReL4x0r!
Tsunami's are actually *very* fast-moving waves, only becoming slow-moving waves when they reach shallow waters. Then they turn into slow-moving BIG waves.
http://www.science.sakhalin.ru/Tsunami/
How odd that the first human voice any aliens who could work the disc will hear is the voice of a former Nazi alleged to have taken part in war crime atrocities in the then Yugoslavia
Just as odd as the first television broadcast they'll receive will be of the Olympics being hosted in Germany with Adolf Hitler sitting in the front row.
If someone hacks into this thing, can they make you type what they want? Or make you tickle girls where they don't want to be tickled?
"I swear Sharon! It wasn't me! It was my hand! Someone hacked into my hand!"
[exeunt]
Prof. Mann at the Univeristy of Toronto has been working on stuff like this.
His most recent stuff looks completely normal.
Pictures are here
I think you're missing the point.
... in which technology aids those who want to do more than obtain frags while walking down Main Street.
Wearable computers aren't going to replace the common computer. Its function will be entirely different. Slashdotters constantly complain about being spammed with email, and also in real life with advertising (billboards, etc). With wearable computers, you'll be able to choose what *you* want to see.
You might be able to have a subroutine that replaces all billboard advertisements of pictures of your kids, or wife, or gf, or whathaveyou. Golfers will be able to 'see' the exact yardage to the hole, or 'map out' the green for a putt.
Parents might be able to keep track of their children at a crowded mall by having their kids 'highlighted' in their vision, or have a digital "big flag" hover above their kids.
Campers, forestfire firefighters might slap on a pair have have a GPS grid superimposed overhead to help them navigate a forest.
Or, just hook yourself up to a gps receiver, and navigate yourself in a foreign city with a digital map superimposed on the clouds. If you need to see where you are... just look up and find your red dot (you) among red roads and street names.
These are just a few examples that came off the top of my head. I'm sure with some more thinking, you'd be able to come up with more.
These things wouldn't be used for compiling your programs, or playing real-life quake3, or typing up your next report in msword. Those are just retarded applications. The wearable computer isn't going to be another 'platform' on which you do your everday computing... it's going to spawn a new area of experience... a new purpose
PLEASE tell me the XP stands for Xtra Portman
Anybody got a mirror?
This is somewhat offtopic, but for those of you who liked Thundercats you can download mp3's of Thundercats outtakes.
http://www.claws-and-paws.com/thundercats/
"thunder..... Thunder... THUNDER... THUNDER... Thunderca@#%#$^$#%^ shit! [laughing in background]"
For some reason, I can't help but think amd's ceo has a valid point here.
Would (almost) every home have a pc if microsoft didn't exist? What if the market share were split evenly between mac/solaris/*nix/*bsd/etc?
Would game developers pump millions into development of a game for something like... 25% market share?
Seriously... just wondering... (no this isn't a troll... )
... that just cracks me up...
Sure it's half as small, but it's 1/4th the cost.
Conclusion at the end of the paper:
Even more impressive is that comet Hale-Bopp and Hyakutake appeared within a year of each other.
... just made my jaw drop and made my heart skip a beat.
I took some pretty cool shots of comet hyakutake back in my amateur days. Just staring up in the sky and seeing a big cloudy star that seemed like it was BLAZING through space, but frozen in time
Can't wait until this comet rounds the sun for a better view in April. Hopefully I'll have my 8 inch reflector by then.
Wow, what this guy is doing is pretty amazing. Everyone can benefit from a little generosity and ambition, if everyone gives a little.
26 miles?? This is pretty impressive. Have any ISP's in any city considered doing this as an option of giving broadband internet access?
Also, I bet if 802.11 were implemented into cell phones, or RIM blackberry devices, wireless plan rates would drop like a stone.
Here in Toronto, for $25/month (cdn dollars) and a RIM blackberry, you're only allowed to send or receive 75Kbytes a month. I bet this crazy monthly rate would drop like crazy if Bell Canada did something in Toronto like what this guy is doing in Hawaii (heck... we can even use the CN Tower to transmit!).
Of course there is a problem of sniffing the packets right out of the air, but that can be solved if pgp were used.
Good stuff... good stuff...
I like what this guy is doing... and support his vision.
Your analogy is incorrect.
... then you'd be a fool to value your $100 credit at $80. Heck, I'll buy your Macy's credit right now!
I more correct analogy would be:
"I have 100 dollars at Macy's" == paypal
"I have 100 'Macy's dollars'" == macy's
These two are *very* different...
If you have $100 credit at Macy's, and can cash in on that credit and get that money back as cash at anytime
However, if you *can't* get that money back as cash and HAVE to use that $100 at Macy's, then it would be reasonable to value *those* $100 at $80. $100 Macy dollars can only be used at macy's, then the money has lost value because it's not useful to you (ie. not as useful as $100 real dollars). That loss of usefulness translates (to you) a 20% decrease in its value.
This situation is *not* paypal... as you can redeem your "paypal dollars" at anytime for $1USD.