1. Stevens, "TCP/IP Illustrated", vol I" (must have), "vols II, III" if you can...
2. Stevens, "UNIX Network Programming Vol I,II", very good.
3. Kernighan & Ritchie, "The C Programming Language." 3 copies.
4. Lippman & Lajoie, "C++ Primer", an excellent reference and tutorial.
5. Stroustrup, "The C++ Programming Language", the K&R of C++.
6. Scheifler & Gettys, "X Window System, Core Lib. and Standards", The single best book on X I've found.
7. Richter, "Advanced Windows", the *only* worthwhile book related to Win32 programming on the market.
Agree: No Way. I was a software engineer on several key projects which worked "out of the box" and performed very well. Both took 9 months to a year to complete:
Most impressive about these programs is that they incorporated "first silicon" for their technologies. So not only the software worked, but the hardware worked on the first "tape out".
Ten years? BS. That sounds like a poor excuse for crappy engineering.
Seach engines are not the basis for a democracy.
The "internet" and for-profit sites on the internet should not be confused with a public trust like RF spectrum. RF spectrum is a limited resource and therefore regulated by federal agencies (infomercials? don't get me started...).
That is exactly correct. M$FT is attempting to stereotype OpenSource projects as back-woods "Robin Hoods" and WTO anarchists. This to legitimize their claim as the only viable corporate and even home OS.
Theft of intellectual property and open source development should be measure along completely orthogonal axes.
Can someone point me to a site which ranks ISP's by size and gives subscriber size? (Thanks)
Along a similar line, WSJ reports:
http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB994285893652 451417.htm
Phone-Pole Ruling to Sway
Broadband Industry's Fate
Summary: The court will decide whether price caps on utility infrastructure will remain in place (literally a "pole" fee paid to phone companies by cable companies)...
"If the high court rules for the utilities, large cable operators, such as AT&T Corp. or AOL Time Warner Inc., will be forced to pay much higher prices for attaching their wires to utility-owned poles."
Sorry, its a fee site. So I'm not going to violate WSJ copyright../ != naptster
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Releasing under GPL does NOT prohibit commercial software companies from using, extending or simply redistributing software for profit.
The GPL is a perfect guarantee that work submitted to the public domain stays in the public domain.
It would be in our government's best interest to build upon the work which the GPL has already started. To guarantee that work which was funded by public dollars be accessible to those who funded the project (tax payers), perhaps the US government insist that the GPL apply to all projects funded with federal dollars!
I worked for Thomson, in one form or another from 1990 to 1998. I have a long, and friendly, history with their North American division.
How predictable the Slashdotter's response to this press release is: "I want my MTV and some multinational is coercing the Feds to take it away".
What is really driving Thomson's efforts in this area? Primarily it is this: Thomson has been systematically blocked from providing hardware into North American cable systems due to a lock on propreitary Conditional Access (CA) by 2 companies: General Instrument (owned by Motorola) and Scientific Atlanta.
Recently, through the efforts of CableLabs, the CA systems have been reduced to a CA "pod". A pod can be incorporated by a non-GI/SA hardware manufacturer so that their TV/STB/Appliance can play on a cable network. However, the cost of the pod to a 3rd party hardware vendor is nearly the cost of the set-top-box (STB) itself.
Given that Thomson has 10+ years of experience with smart card based CA systems and have deployed smart-card based systems in the DirecTV market and in the European DVB market. Ask yourself, what is Thomson's real motive? "To steal TV programming from those stinking Americans", that's what. They are Paris based after all, and North American television is the single most potent threat to the bastardisation of the French language.
No, Thomson is seeking to capitalize on the recent Tivo security breach (among other worries of Hollywood and appliance manufacturers) and leverage their appliance and excryption expertise into a standards process. Thomson offers a history of working within the multimeida standards bodies and providing standards based solutions. After all, the best security model is one where the algorithms are well known and the security is truly based upon algorithm integrity.
It is unlikely that permanent media (like CD's, DVD's, tape) will effectively be protected by any encryption scheme. As we have seen, the media easily outlasts the lifetime of the robustness of the encryption. (Of course, you won't hear this truth uttered by any marketeer courting Hollywood, be it Thomson or anyone else). But, it is realistic that temporary storage of content can be effectively encrypted and held secret for the lifetime of its use (i.e. the temporary storage and playback of MPEG streams for a few days or so). Traffic and authorization keys can change dynamically, new smart cards can be issued when the algorithm has effectively been attacked.
So that, IMO, is what they are selling. And their motives are to, over the long run, break the lock that GI/SA have over all cable distribution systems in NA. That and the subjugation of the English speaking world to the French. Neither of which would be all that bad.
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1. Stevens, "TCP/IP Illustrated", vol I" (must have), "vols II, III" if you can...
2. Stevens, "UNIX Network Programming Vol I,II", very good.
3. Kernighan & Ritchie, "The C Programming Language." 3 copies.
4. Lippman & Lajoie, "C++ Primer", an excellent reference and tutorial.
5. Stroustrup, "The C++ Programming Language", the K&R of C++. 6. Scheifler & Gettys, "X Window System, Core Lib. and Standards", The single best book on X I've found.
7. Richter, "Advanced Windows", the *only* worthwhile book related to Win32 programming on the market.
Agree: No Way. I was a software engineer on several key projects which worked "out of the box" and performed very well. Both took 9 months to a year to complete:
1. Thomson's 1st DirecTv satellite receiver.
2. Thomson's DOCSIS Cable Modem.
Most impressive about these programs is that they incorporated "first silicon" for their technologies. So not only the software worked, but the hardware worked on the first "tape out".
Ten years? BS. That sounds like a poor excuse for crappy engineering.
Seach engines are not the basis for a democracy.
The "internet" and for-profit sites on the internet should not be confused with a public trust like RF spectrum. RF spectrum is a limited resource and therefore regulated by federal agencies (infomercials? don't get me started...).
That is exactly correct.
M$FT is attempting to stereotype OpenSource projects as back-woods "Robin Hoods" and WTO anarchists. This to legitimize their claim as the only viable corporate and even home OS.
Theft of intellectual property and open source development should be measure along completely orthogonal axes.
Can someone point me to a site which ranks ISP's by size and gives subscriber size? (Thanks) Along a similar line, WSJ reports: http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB994285893652 451417.htm
Phone-Pole Ruling to Sway
Broadband Industry's Fate
Summary: The court will decide whether price caps on utility infrastructure will remain in place (literally a "pole" fee paid to phone companies by cable companies) ...
"If the high court rules for the utilities, large cable operators, such as AT&T Corp. or AOL Time Warner Inc., will be forced to pay much higher prices for attaching their wires to utility-owned poles."
Sorry, its a fee site. So I'm not going to violate WSJ copyright. ./ != naptster
Releasing under GPL does NOT prohibit commercial software companies from using, extending or simply redistributing software for profit. The GPL is a perfect guarantee that work submitted to the public domain stays in the public domain. It would be in our government's best interest to build upon the work which the GPL has already started. To guarantee that work which was funded by public dollars be accessible to those who funded the project (tax payers), perhaps the US government insist that the GPL apply to all projects funded with federal dollars!
I worked for Thomson, in one form or another from 1990 to 1998. I have a long, and friendly, history with their North American division. How predictable the Slashdotter's response to this press release is: "I want my MTV and some multinational is coercing the Feds to take it away".
What is really driving Thomson's efforts in this area? Primarily it is this: Thomson has been systematically blocked from providing hardware into North American cable systems due to a lock on propreitary Conditional Access (CA) by 2 companies: General Instrument (owned by Motorola) and Scientific Atlanta.
Recently, through the efforts of CableLabs, the CA systems have been reduced to a CA "pod". A pod can be incorporated by a non-GI/SA hardware manufacturer so that their TV/STB/Appliance can play on a cable network. However, the cost of the pod to a 3rd party hardware vendor is nearly the cost of the set-top-box (STB) itself.
Given that Thomson has 10+ years of experience with smart card based CA systems and have deployed smart-card based systems in the DirecTV market and in the European DVB market. Ask yourself, what is Thomson's real motive? "To steal TV programming from those stinking Americans", that's what. They are Paris based after all, and North American television is the single most potent threat to the bastardisation of the French language.
No, Thomson is seeking to capitalize on the recent Tivo security breach (among other worries of Hollywood and appliance manufacturers) and leverage their appliance and excryption expertise into a standards process. Thomson offers a history of working within the multimeida standards bodies and providing standards based solutions. After all, the best security model is one where the algorithms are well known and the security is truly based upon algorithm integrity.
It is unlikely that permanent media (like CD's, DVD's, tape) will effectively be protected by any encryption scheme. As we have seen, the media easily outlasts the lifetime of the robustness of the encryption. (Of course, you won't hear this truth uttered by any marketeer courting Hollywood, be it Thomson or anyone else). But, it is realistic that temporary storage of content can be effectively encrypted and held secret for the lifetime of its use (i.e. the temporary storage and playback of MPEG streams for a few days or so). Traffic and authorization keys can change dynamically, new smart cards can be issued when the algorithm has effectively been attacked.
So that, IMO, is what they are selling. And their motives are to, over the long run, break the lock that GI/SA have over all cable distribution systems in NA. That and the subjugation of the English speaking world to the French. Neither of which would be all that bad.
While unfortunate and predictable, there is an easy and simple solution: pay for your own ISP. Really, who goes to the library to use the computer?