The World gives me a unix shell which I can dial up in the Northeastern US or ssh in from anywhere.
A bit pricy but I personally trust owner/founder Barry Shein to do an upstanding job and do the Right Thing(TM). He is One Of Us and has been doing this for 11 years. I've been a customer for 6 years.
Apparently the first got mangled by the Preview routine. What's displayed in the "Comment" area got changed when it was redisplayed. Sigh...
A Proposal to replace the Domain Name System
on
The Battle for .Web
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In the words of one of theconference The workshop [I organized] was designed to encourage programmers, systems architects, and usability
experts to produce software which directly enhanced civil liberties. One proposal of mine, in particular,
has garnered a lot of interest -- specifically, a project to replace the domain name system because of its
current poor political properties, which encourage land-grabs, coercion, lawsuits, and other antisocial
behavior. The replacement suggests, among other things, that a system in which all names are not
guaranteed unique until further disambiguated might solve some of these problems, without (one hopes)
insurmountable technical or sociologic problems taking their place.
A Proposal to replace the Domain Name System
on
The Battle for .Web
·
· Score: 1
In the words of one of the conference The workshop [I organized] was designed to encourage programmers, systems
architects, and usability experts to produce software which directly enhanced civil liberties. One proposal of mine, in
particular, has garnered a lot of interest -- specifically, a project to replace the domain name system because of its
current poor political properties, which encourage land-grabs, coercion, lawsuits, and other antisocial behavior. The
replacement suggests, among other things, that a system in which all names are not guaranteed unique until further
disambiguated might solve some of these problems, without (one hopes) insurmountable technical or sociologic
problems taking their place.
First, it forbids sharing beyond the original author: ((page 37))
"Section 1201(f)(3) permits information acquired through reverse engineering to be made available to others only
by the person who acquired the information."
Second, it forbids modification beyond the scope of the initial program.((page 18))
Although Mr. Johansen testified at trial that he created DeCSS in order to make a DVD player that would operate
on a computer running the Linux operating system, DeCSS is a Windows executable file; that is, it can be executed
only on computers running the Windows operating system. Mr. Johansen explained the fact that he created a
Windows rather than a Linux program by asserting that Linux, at the time he created DeCSS, did not support the
file system used on DVDs. Hence, it was necessary, he said, to decrypt the DVD on a Windows computer in order
subsequently to play the decrypted files on a Linux machine. Assuming that to be true, however, the fact remains
that Mr. Johansen created DeCSS in the full knowledge that it could be used on computers running Windows rather
than Linux. Moreover, he was well aware that the files, once decrypted, could be copied like any other computer
files.
The Conventions used to be a place of real debate.
Then, once massive press coverage started the real
decisions and king-making moved to "Smoke filled Rooms."
Today we have "Shadow Conventions." But even they have
too much spotlight to have any real debate.
I've proposed to my techie friends that the entire
legislative process could be utterly transparent in
real time using web technology. They thought it was
a good idea but would only force law-making even
further into back rooms than it is now.
It's like what a Teamster once said, "You don't want
to elect the leaders ot the Teamsters Union-- You
wouldn't know who was running the place!"
First, it forbids sharing beyond the original author: ((page 37))
"Section 1201(f)(3) permits information acquired through reverse engineering
to be made available to others only by the person who acquired the information."
Second, it forbids modification beyond the scope of the initial program.((page 18))
Although Mr. Johansen testified at trial that he created DeCSS in order to make a
DVD player that would operate on a computer running the Linux operating system, DeCSS is a
Windows executable file; that is, it can be executed only on computers running the Windows
operating system. Mr. Johansen explained the fact that he created a Windows rather than a Linux
program by asserting that Linux, at the time he created DeCSS, did not support the file system used
on DVDs. Hence, it was necessary, he said, to decrypt the DVD on a Windows computer in order
subsequently to play the decrypted files on a Linux machine. Assuming that to be true, however,
the fact remains that Mr. Johansen created DeCSS in the full knowledge that it could be used on
computers running Windows rather than Linux. Moreover, he was well aware that the files, once
decrypted, could be copied like any other computer files.
Slashdot Mirror
Kirk RULES!
And just don't get me started with Voyager.
"Borg babies"
The World gives me a unix shell which I can dial up in the Northeastern US or ssh in from anywhere.
A bit pricy but I personally trust owner/founder Barry Shein to do an upstanding job and do the Right Thing(TM). He is One Of Us and has been doing this for 11 years. I've been a customer for 6 years.
Like they say: The First and the Best.
Apparently the first got mangled by the Preview routine. What's displayed in the "Comment" area got changed when it was redisplayed. Sigh...
In the words of one of theconference
The workshop [I organized] was designed to encourage programmers, systems architects, and usability experts to produce software which directly enhanced civil liberties. One proposal of mine, in particular, has garnered a lot of interest -- specifically, a project to replace the domain name system because of its current poor political properties, which encourage land-grabs, coercion, lawsuits, and other antisocial behavior. The replacement suggests, among other things, that a system in which all names are not guaranteed unique until further disambiguated might solve some of these problems, without (one hopes) insurmountable technical or sociologic problems taking their place.
In the words of one of the conference
The workshop [I organized] was designed to encourage programmers, systems architects, and usability experts to produce software which directly enhanced civil liberties. One proposal of mine, in particular, has garnered a lot of interest -- specifically, a project to replace the domain name system because of its current poor political properties, which encourage land-grabs, coercion, lawsuits, and other antisocial behavior. The replacement suggests, among other things, that a system in which all names are not guaranteed unique until further disambiguated might solve some of these problems, without (one hopes) insurmountable technical or sociologic problems taking their place.
Way, WAY, beyond Moore's Law.
Here is truly, The Last Computer
* "Admittedly, it might be a bit inconvenient putting a nuclear fireball on your desk."
Good News: Recent technological breakthroughs have restored
you to full and perfect health. You say, "Yea!"
Bad News: Teenagers have cracked your hospital's security and
you now look like a Pokemon. You say, "Pikachu! Pikachu!"
First, it forbids sharing beyond the original author: ((page 37))
"Section 1201(f)(3) permits information acquired through reverse engineering to be made available to others only by the person who acquired the information."
Second, it forbids modification beyond the scope of the initial program.((page 18))
Although Mr. Johansen testified at trial that he created DeCSS in order to make a DVD player that would operate on a computer running the Linux operating system, DeCSS is a Windows executable file; that is, it can be executed only on computers running the Windows operating system. Mr. Johansen explained the fact that he created a Windows rather than a Linux program by asserting that Linux, at the time he created DeCSS, did not support the file system used on DVDs. Hence, it was necessary, he said, to decrypt the DVD on a Windows computer in order subsequently to play the decrypted files on a Linux machine. Assuming that to be true, however, the fact remains that Mr. Johansen created DeCSS in the full knowledge that it could be used on computers running Windows rather than Linux. Moreover, he was well aware that the files, once decrypted, could be copied like any other computer files.
The Conventions used to be a place of real debate. Then, once massive press coverage started the real decisions and king-making moved to "Smoke filled Rooms."
Today we have "Shadow Conventions." But even they have too much spotlight to have any real debate.
I've proposed to my techie friends that the entire legislative process could be utterly transparent in real time using web technology. They thought it was a good idea but would only force law-making even further into back rooms than it is now.
It's like what a Teamster once said, "You don't want to elect the leaders ot the Teamsters Union-- You wouldn't know who was running the place!"
tribs
Your home internet gateway appliance
DSL or Cable Modem or POTS Modem to your LAN connection.
Connects to your LAN, TV, phone, Stereo System, etc...
Typical "Portal-type" applications (email, calendar, news ticker, etc...)
Simultaneous TV & Web surfing
And the kicker...
IM/Chat overlaid onto live TV
But hey, don't take just MY word for it.
Check out what Bob Metcalfe has to say about the Ucentric's System.
--tribs
First, it forbids sharing beyond the original author: ((page 37))
"Section 1201(f)(3) permits information acquired through reverse engineering to be made available to others only by the person who acquired the information."
Second, it forbids modification beyond the scope of the initial program.((page 18))
Although Mr. Johansen testified at trial that he created DeCSS in order to make a DVD player that would operate on a computer running the Linux operating system, DeCSS is a Windows executable file; that is, it can be executed only on computers running the Windows operating system. Mr. Johansen explained the fact that he created a Windows rather than a Linux program by asserting that Linux, at the time he created DeCSS, did not support the file system used on DVDs. Hence, it was necessary, he said, to decrypt the DVD on a Windows computer in order subsequently to play the decrypted files on a Linux machine. Assuming that to be true, however, the fact remains that Mr. Johansen created DeCSS in the full knowledge that it could be used on computers running Windows rather than Linux. Moreover, he was well aware that the files, once decrypted, could be copied like any other computer files.