The most promising video conferencing app I've seen is qVIX which is GPL'd and written by some guys at Cornell. It looks great and doesn't even require a ton of CPU.
Why give props to MS for their flightsim, when there is a great open flightsim available? Flightgear generates its scenery from terrain maps generated by the U. S. Geological Survey.
Their CEO, Jean-Louis Gassée desperately wants the BeOS to be used as an internet appliance, and he is trying to sell his internet appliance as the perfect platfrom for content-controlled media.
JLG calls this mis-feature a "secure digital music" platform, but a computer does not know the difference between a music file, a movie file or a text file. So Be, Inc. is attempting to become the favored distributor of all content controlled media.
Perhaps it is best that they go out of business now, so we only have one OS vendor to worry about: MS.
"Content Control" not "Copy Protection"
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It seems like only a minor sematic difference, but the meaning is very significant. I know it is easy to forget the difference, as I have done so in the past myself.
"Content Control" is what Microsoft, IBM, et al are trying to achieve. They want be able to control any and all information on programmable computers.
The term "copy protection" simply reflects a symptom of the control; just like a cough is a symptom of a cold. The fact that they want to be able to "protect" certain articles of intellectual property reflects on the deeper truth that they will be controlling this property.
So let's please call CPRM and son-of-CPRM what it is: Content Control.
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2001-04-03 01:21:36 Apple, Maxtor, WD and others support Consumers' Rights (articles,money) (rejected)
2001-04-03 01:21:36 Apple, Maxtor, WD and others s
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That other unamed submitter was me!
An article in The Register reveals which companies have voted against introducing "Generic Functionality" for CPRM-like features into the ATA standard. Companies voting against content protection were "Apple, Adaptec, ST Micro, Western Digital, Maxtor, LSI Logic and... Hale Landis." Companies voting for content protection were "IBM, Toshiba (4C members), Hitachi, Iomega, Microsoft, Phoenix, Absolute Software, and Circuit Assembly." So now we know who our friends and enemies are, and which companies to support with our dollars.
Yep. During '98 and early '99 it seemed possible that NT was going to wipe *nix off the face of the planet in the corporate world. I'm glad the scales are tipping the other way now.
The DMCA prohibits "circumvention of technological measures." It doesn't specify that the measures must be encryption. So, this pig-latin scheme seems like a tchnological measure to me.
Normally I agree with FSF philosophies, but I don't understand why their lawyer would openly advocate the flagrant misuse of copyrighted music when we depend on campanies to abide by our own "offensive" copyright: the GPL.
According to Exigent's web page on OS/COMET, the software has a wide range of uses besides military, such as Iridium. Installed base of over 1000. So, not only is the GPS system at risk, but probably a great deal of our communication systems. Way to go security via obscurity.
I am astounded that many people are upset that taxes are being lowered, and as a consequence their pet government projects might be canceled.
There is nothing stopping any group of people from getting together to donate to the government project of their choice. I would hope that any democrats who are against the tax cut are going to do so with the extra money they get to keep. And I further hope that democrats who are for incrased taxes lead by example in donating even more of their money to the government.
When I hear of large percentage of democrats undertaking such action, I will consider take their views seriously.
I've been checking out video conferencing software for linux, and found qVIX by some Cornell dudes. Apparently does 30fps over low bandwidth and much better quality than Netscape's thing.
That's exactly how I felt after reading www.gnu.org for a while and watching news developments. Suddenly the light bulb clicked *bing*. It's great to see more people getting it.
You are really a dummy and so are the moderators. *Most* people in the world are not familiar with the concepts of free software and how they differ from open source philosophy. Thus RMS must explain the differences.
For chissake, Allchin called the GPL "opensource." He obviously knows nothing about the fsf ideals!
And RMS did address Allchins concerns quite well. He pointed out that the beliefs of the fsf are not un-american, but have their roots in the same ideas of many great past American leaders.
It may be "the same tired argument and same tired distinctions" to you, but you obviously do not care about these ideals. And these ideals are why the fsf was founded. Thus, you have no business suggesting what direction the fsf take.
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The most promising video conferencing app I've seen is qVIX which is GPL'd and written by some guys at Cornell. It looks great and doesn't even require a ton of CPU.
Why give props to MS for their flightsim, when there is a great open flightsim available? Flightgear generates its scenery from terrain maps generated by the U. S. Geological Survey.
I disagree.
For a long time, there were noticable improvements in *normal* application usage from increased processor speed. Around 1999, that stopped.
Microsoft Word/Excel/LookOut open fast enough for anyone now.
Navigator/IE/Konqueror/blah all render as fast as content can be delivered.
We can all play full motion video/Listen to compressed audio.
What else does the Average Joe need? Remember: Average Joe drive the economy. Not academics or some other small niche.
Another one: Scientific Applications on Linux
Microsoft is not the only vendor that wants to sell out consumers' rights in order to distribute controlled media.
They are in company with Be, Inc.
Their CEO, Jean-Louis Gassée desperately wants the BeOS to be used as an internet appliance, and he is trying to sell his internet appliance as the perfect platfrom for content-controlled media.
JLG calls this mis-feature a "secure digital music" platform, but a computer does not know the difference between a music file, a movie file or a text file. So Be, Inc. is attempting to become the favored distributor of all content controlled media.
Perhaps it is best that they go out of business now, so we only have one OS vendor to worry about: MS.
It seems like only a minor sematic difference, but the meaning is very significant. I know it is easy to forget the difference, as I have done so in the past myself.
"Content Control" is what Microsoft, IBM, et al are trying to achieve. They want be able to control any and all information on programmable computers.
The term "copy protection" simply reflects a symptom of the control; just like a cough is a symptom of a cold. The fact that they want to be able to "protect" certain articles of intellectual property reflects on the deeper truth that they will be controlling this property.
So let's please call CPRM and son-of-CPRM what it is: Content Control.
2001-04-03 01:21:36 Apple, Maxtor, WD and others support Consumers' Rights (articles,money) (rejected)
That other unamed submitter was me!
An article in The Register reveals which companies have voted against introducing "Generic Functionality" for CPRM-like features into the ATA standard. Companies voting against content protection were "Apple, Adaptec, ST Micro, Western Digital, Maxtor, LSI Logic and... Hale Landis." Companies voting for content protection were "IBM, Toshiba (4C members), Hitachi, Iomega, Microsoft, Phoenix, Absolute Software, and Circuit Assembly." So now we know who our friends and enemies are, and which companies to support with our dollars.
april fools!
I think their online storage is going to have a hard time competing with streamload.com, which is unlimited.
70GB compressed means 35GB of real data.
Tape marketers are scammers.
Here Here!
Switching to UTF-8 should not be a big deal. Many programs already support it and it's supported by glibc.
ISC keeps bragging about how cool Bind9 is. Well show us by making a simple change to UTF-8.
Because so many moderators are massively retarded beyond comprehension (+3!?), I'm going to expend as little energy as possible, and just say this.
If this is the way you feel, then you (and all of Slashdot) should be selective in what you "pirate."
For example, if you think copyright should only be good for 20 years, you should make it clear that you are only going to pirate songs pre-1980.
Otherwise, you have anarchy with no clear message. And you will lose.
No... we don't want unsolicited commercial email.
There's no expression of free speech there, it's just crap. And they hide their origins. No commercial company should have to hide there identity.
Yeah, man! Anarchy rules doodZ!
Shit. I think I'm going to "pirate" some GPL'd code and put it in my proprietary product!
It's not like the author was making money anyway. Now we all win!
Yep. During '98 and early '99 it seemed possible that NT was going to wipe *nix off the face of the planet in the corporate world. I'm glad the scales are tipping the other way now.
The DMCA prohibits "circumvention of technological measures." It doesn't specify that the measures must be encryption. So, this pig-latin scheme seems like a tchnological measure to me.
Normally I agree with FSF philosophies, but I don't understand why their lawyer would openly advocate the flagrant misuse of copyrighted music when we depend on campanies to abide by our own "offensive" copyright: the GPL.
According to Exigent's web page on OS/COMET, the software has a wide range of uses besides military, such as Iridium. Installed base of over 1000. So, not only is the GPS system at risk, but probably a great deal of our communication systems. Way to go security via obscurity.
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/. should ban the "See hot sexy women..." ad
Someone's been watching Die Hard II lately ;)
I am astounded that many people are upset that taxes are being lowered, and as a consequence their pet government projects might be canceled.
There is nothing stopping any group of people from getting together to donate to the government project of their choice. I would hope that any democrats who are against the tax cut are going to do so with the extra money they get to keep. And I further hope that democrats who are for incrased taxes lead by example in donating even more of their money to the government.
When I hear of large percentage of democrats undertaking such action, I will consider take their views seriously.
I've been checking out video conferencing software for linux, and found qVIX by some Cornell dudes. Apparently does 30fps over low bandwidth and much better quality than Netscape's thing.
That's exactly how I felt after reading www.gnu.org for a while and watching news developments. Suddenly the light bulb clicked *bing*. It's great to see more people getting it.
You are really a dummy and so are the moderators. *Most* people in the world are not familiar with the concepts of free software and how they differ from open source philosophy. Thus RMS must explain the differences.
For chissake, Allchin called the GPL "opensource." He obviously knows nothing about the fsf ideals!
And RMS did address Allchins concerns quite well. He pointed out that the beliefs of the fsf are not un-american, but have their roots in the same ideas of many great past American leaders.
It may be "the same tired argument and same tired distinctions" to you, but you obviously do not care about these ideals. And these ideals are why the fsf was founded. Thus, you have no business suggesting what direction the fsf take.