not only can you now run multiple versions of windows under windows (via line->wine) but it shouldn't be long before line gets ported to win ce, and you can *nix on the dreamcast, xbox, etc....
or run either win or *nix on various platforms strictly by emulation...
This is a great idea for a way to make money. Imagine having banners on your clothes and with the new and improved larger banners (that cover the whole body), they'll attract more attention. In addition, it'll also drive up the popularity for ugly men and women. Why? Because no one would want to remove those banners, and therefore they would generate more revenue. Whereas, the banners on pretty girls would be immediately blocked for obvious reasons.
Hey, this could begin a whole new sociological revolution!
but instead of abu or lisa, it'll be homer...then he'll sneeze and the crayon in his head will fall out...then he'll look at the cuecat and say "what the hell is this crap?" or actually, now that he is a geek, he'll say: "what, might i ask, is this utter nonsense?"
right....except that they have the resources to match information. If they have your name and address they can match a social security number to it, and they assume that you forgot to enter it. So they send you the information back with all the information.
2600 may be wrong in the article, but for the most part i have found their articles to be true.
To read it for yourself, just go to any barnes and nobles and pick up a copy for 5 bucks....the current one is blue with a picture of bellsouth on the cover.
there's an article in the current issue of 2600 on how to get anybody's credit information.
Basically the method is:
1. Get a MasterCard/Visa application, whatever.
2. Enter the target's current address into the "Previous Address" section on the application.
3. Enter your address (or the dropsite address) in the "Current Address" section.
4. Enter their name and birthday in the information section.
5. Leave the rest of the application blank. (You don't want the application accepted, and if it's accepted you'll be in a shitload of trouble.
6. The agency will match the person with their name and the "previous address" but because no income information is mentioned they'll reject the application.
7. By law, the agency is required to send a notice of rejection to you., which will have the person's social security number on it.
And once you have a social security number, you're set: Go get a driver's license, and you're a new man (or woman, if that's they way you swing:) )
Discalaimer: This is provided for informational purposes only, I do not condone any misuse of such information...yada yada
i understand that's its strictly meant to be amusing (hence satirewire) but even still, step back a moment and think about it...
Linux and corporations don't go too well together. Yes right now companies are doing great, but that's because it's still in the "fad" stage. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that Linux is a bad OS; I think it's a great OS, BUT it can't last as a commodity for long.
Why?
Because it's FREE
That's the same reason most people can't some to understand how it can make any money. It goes against the essence of true capitalism, where everything is for the money and just for the money. Linux is a great OS, and written and maintained who want just that.
Which is great for the product. But as soon as the product becomes popular (even right now it's beginning that stage) and more people begin using it, companies will start creating their own distros strictly for profit, which will result in lessened quality and eventually the birth of a new "underground" OS.
Think about it: who's to say Microsoft doesn't create their own build and release it freely, along with the source, and then write a set of free libraries that works only with their distro and wuns all of windows programs. As much as the Slashdot community would try to stay away from it, you can't stop the inevitable. People would pick that up because its a free OS AND Windows-compatible. In doing so, they'd help and kill the Linux movement in the same sweep. True, they'd be ending their Windows sales but they'd also be ending the competition. And anyways, everybody knows that their major sales are from their other products, not Windows.
nope...mpaa won't support that...you know how the internet is all digital...this'll just make it even easier for the evil hackers and linux users to steal movies...and if they play live concerts in movie theaters...guess what? all the evil hackers will steal it right off the satellite dish, and then won't even have to pay to go see concerts...
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now they just gotta finish building the rest of the body, and once we've got a bionic man and a bionic woman, there'll be a whole new meaning to cybersex... --------------
They're not trying to track you so they can shop you to the FBI for visiting porn sites, they're just making things better for you - partly because products are cheaper as it means decisions can be made more accurately, and partly because it means you get what you want.
That's what they want you to think, but...
1) Suppose I buy a computer book once a week from an online merchant. They realize that they've got a devoted customer who buys certain kinds of books. So when I visit the site, they know it's me, and they raise the price. (Hmmm...sounds kind of like what Amazon.com was charged with doing) It's one thing to offer products geared towards me, it's another thing to raise prices because chances are that i'll buy it regardless....and no, this does not fall under the laws of supply and demand, because the prices are set differently for different people.
2) Suppose I download a new program which, without my knowledge, installs a tracker on my system... Is that alright? Is that so they can better serve me?
3) When I walk into a store and they request me for my information, I can refuse to give information, or I can provide false information, and they have NO WAY of knowing it's validity. On the other hands, web sites could require cookies be enabled for service, for "security" concerns, and guess what? I have no choice but to either relent or take my business elsewhere. And I also have no way of providing false information, except by constantly clearing out cookies... --------------
1) b&w will be open-sourced. I remeber reading about this a few months ago, and the developer said it'd be free for other open-sourced games...interesting nonetheless
2) a. The weather in the game is equal to the weather of where you live.
b. Creatures dancing to random music.
c. Realtime Weather-effects.
d. Day and night cycles.
3) it will not only be released for Windows, but also BeOS, Linux, and Windows, Dreamcast, PlayStation and Gameboy Color (although, with some sytems there will obviously be a loss of features)
wonder if this will be the next Doom? --------------
i understand that the services yahoo will offer will not just be web-searching (possibly offer a net-banking ssystem, similar to Paypal/X.com, which would be viable considering how big it is...)
but if it intends on being a primarily search engine, there lies a problem: yahoo uses google's engine. can't you just go to google.com, and make the same search (minus the banners) for free? --------------
my opinion on written signatures vs digital signatures is that, in the end, they both rely on a bsic concept: trust in the sytem.
Digital signatures trust that the computer is reliable, and that no one else has access to the signature. Digital signatures can be copied.
But, so can written signatures. The articles states that a written signature guarantees contact between the signer and the document. What about forgery?
The article also mentions that public notaries are often used for important documents. Public notaries are people too; they can be bribed.
There is no truly secure method of signing a document, of encrypting information, or anything else of the sort. Anything and everything can, and will, at some point be broken.
As it stands, PGP is fairly secure. Current computers can not current perform the mathematics required to break a PGP encryption in a reasonable amount of time. However, when quantum computers are available, PGP will be useless.
Although the advent of quantum computers will also bring about quantum cryptography, which has been labelled as "unbreakable."
True, the concepts regarding quantum physics would currently render the encryption unbreakable, who knows what technologies may later emerge?
As of yet, only one encryption method has been proven to work flawlessly, and it's not even encryption: it was the translation of English into Navajo during World War II.
(For more information on these subjects, read Singh's -The Code Book-... an excellent book, i might add) --------------
"What's going on here is that the music industry establishment are absolutely terrified of the internet...and are trying to[?] force things to continue to be done as if turn-of-the-century technology was all we had to work with."
shouldn't this article be moderated -1: Redundant?
nearly every article (and at least ten comments to each article) have used this same argument... --------------
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not only can you now run multiple versions of windows under windows (via line->wine) but it shouldn't be long before line gets ported to win ce, and you can *nix on the dreamcast, xbox, etc....
or run either win or *nix on various platforms strictly by emulation...
hmm....
This is a great idea for a way to make money. Imagine having banners on your clothes and with the new and improved larger banners (that cover the whole body), they'll attract more attention. In addition, it'll also drive up the popularity for ugly men and women. Why? Because no one would want to remove those banners, and therefore they would generate more revenue. Whereas, the banners on pretty girls would be immediately blocked for obvious reasons.
Hey, this could begin a whole new sociological revolution!
but instead of abu or lisa, it'll be homer...then he'll sneeze and the crayon in his head will fall out...then he'll look at the cuecat and say "what the hell is this crap?" or actually, now that he is a geek, he'll say: "what, might i ask, is this utter nonsense?"
/. just linked to decss...dammit, now it's gonna get shut down
if i can make it small enough, i can stick it in my eye and look through guys' pants!
right....except that they have the resources to match information. If they have your name and address they can match a social security number to it, and they assume that you forgot to enter it. So they send you the information back with all the information.
2600 may be wrong in the article, but for the most part i have found their articles to be true.
To read it for yourself, just go to any barnes and nobles and pick up a copy for 5 bucks....the current one is blue with a picture of bellsouth on the cover.
there's an article in the current issue of 2600 on how to get anybody's credit information.
:) )
Basically the method is:
1. Get a MasterCard/Visa application, whatever.
2. Enter the target's current address into the "Previous Address" section on the application.
3. Enter your address (or the dropsite address) in the "Current Address" section.
4. Enter their name and birthday in the information section.
5. Leave the rest of the application blank. (You don't want the application accepted, and if it's accepted you'll be in a shitload of trouble.
6. The agency will match the person with their name and the "previous address" but because no income information is mentioned they'll reject the application.
7. By law, the agency is required to send a notice of rejection to you., which will have the person's social security number on it.
And once you have a social security number, you're set: Go get a driver's license, and you're a new man (or woman, if that's they way you swing
Discalaimer: This is provided for informational purposes only, I do not condone any misuse of such information...yada yada
only a few days ago
naw it's not just you....
welcome to america
time to pick up some stocks in that cheap sunglass company!
Linux and corporations don't go too well together. Yes right now companies are doing great, but that's because it's still in the "fad" stage. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that Linux is a bad OS; I think it's a great OS, BUT it can't last as a commodity for long.
Why?
Because it's FREE
That's the same reason most people can't some to understand how it can make any money. It goes against the essence of true capitalism, where everything is for the money and just for the money. Linux is a great OS, and written and maintained who want just that.
Which is great for the product. But as soon as the product becomes popular (even right now it's beginning that stage) and more people begin using it, companies will start creating their own distros strictly for profit, which will result in lessened quality and eventually the birth of a new "underground" OS.
Think about it: who's to say Microsoft doesn't create their own build and release it freely, along with the source, and then write a set of free libraries that works only with their distro and wuns all of windows programs. As much as the Slashdot community would try to stay away from it, you can't stop the inevitable. People would pick that up because its a free OS AND Windows-compatible. In doing so, they'd help and kill the Linux movement in the same sweep. True, they'd be ending their Windows sales but they'd also be ending the competition. And anyways, everybody knows that their major sales are from their other products, not Windows.
Ah well, that's my 2 cents...
reminds me vaguely of the dmca...
you can only play dvds on licensed players
you can only run the free version of staroffice on licensed os's
although i must say, i like SuSE's method better: they're not preventing you, it's just a law....
but makes you think nonetheless
[note: this is not meant to be a troll, but rather just a different outlook]
A First Post that is:
1) On-topic, and
2) Has no comments about Goats or Natalie Portman
Miracles Do Happen...
:)
it's all because of El Nino...
they should pick a funky little symbol, and change their name to "The Gnome Previously Known As Helix"
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so get a Russian server and wala
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force feedback....for the online sex industry
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nope...mpaa won't support that...you know how the internet is all digital...this'll just make it even easier for the evil hackers and linux users to steal movies...and if they play live concerts in movie theaters...guess what? all the evil hackers will steal it right off the satellite dish, and then won't even have to pay to go see concerts...
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now they just gotta finish building the rest of the body, and once we've got a bionic man and a bionic woman, there'll be a whole new meaning to cybersex...
--------------
They're not trying to track you so they can shop you to the FBI for visiting porn sites, they're just making things better for you - partly because products are cheaper as it means decisions can be made more accurately, and partly because it means you get what you want.
That's what they want you to think, but...
1) Suppose I buy a computer book once a week from an online merchant. They realize that they've got a devoted customer who buys certain kinds of books. So when I visit the site, they know it's me, and they raise the price. (Hmmm...sounds kind of like what Amazon.com was charged with doing) It's one thing to offer products geared towards me, it's another thing to raise prices because chances are that i'll buy it regardless....and no, this does not fall under the laws of supply and demand, because the prices are set differently for different people.
2) Suppose I download a new program which, without my knowledge, installs a tracker on my system... Is that alright? Is that so they can better serve me?
3) When I walk into a store and they request me for my information, I can refuse to give information, or I can provide false information, and they have NO WAY of knowing it's validity. On the other hands, web sites could require cookies be enabled for service, for "security" concerns, and guess what? I have no choice but to either relent or take my business elsewhere. And I also have no way of providing false information, except by constantly clearing out cookies...
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1) b&w will be open-sourced. I remeber reading about this a few months ago, and the developer said it'd be free for other open-sourced games...interesting nonetheless
2) a. The weather in the game is equal to the weather of where you live.
b. Creatures dancing to random music.
c. Realtime Weather-effects.
d. Day and night cycles.
3) it will not only be released for Windows, but also BeOS, Linux, and Windows, Dreamcast, PlayStation and Gameboy Color (although, with some sytems there will obviously be a loss of features)
wonder if this will be the next Doom?
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i understand that the services yahoo will offer will not just be web-searching (possibly offer a net-banking ssystem, similar to Paypal/X.com, which would be viable considering how big it is...)
but if it intends on being a primarily search engine, there lies a problem: yahoo uses google's engine. can't you just go to google.com, and make the same search (minus the banners) for free?
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2600 had an article about getting around blocking software....take the ip of the site, convert it into hex, and enter that as the URL: ie:
198.217.28.12 would be: C6D91C0C
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my opinion on written signatures vs digital signatures is that, in the end, they both rely on a bsic concept: trust in the sytem.
... an excellent book, i might add)
Digital signatures trust that the computer is reliable, and that no one else has access to the signature. Digital signatures can be copied.
But, so can written signatures. The articles states that a written signature guarantees contact between the signer and the document. What about forgery?
The article also mentions that public notaries are often used for important documents. Public notaries are people too; they can be bribed.
There is no truly secure method of signing a document, of encrypting information, or anything else of the sort. Anything and everything can, and will, at some point be broken.
As it stands, PGP is fairly secure. Current computers can not current perform the mathematics required to break a PGP encryption in a reasonable amount of time. However, when quantum computers are available, PGP will be useless.
Although the advent of quantum computers will also bring about quantum cryptography, which has been labelled as "unbreakable."
True, the concepts regarding quantum physics would currently render the encryption unbreakable, who knows what technologies may later emerge?
As of yet, only one encryption method has been proven to work flawlessly, and it's not even encryption: it was the translation of English into Navajo during World War II.
(For more information on these subjects, read Singh's -The Code Book-
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"What's going on here is that the music industry establishment are absolutely terrified of the internet...and are trying to[?] force things to continue to be done as if turn-of-the-century technology was all we had to work with."
shouldn't this article be moderated -1: Redundant?
nearly every article (and at least ten comments to each article) have used this same argument...
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