I was hoping they would get to 100% and still not find the key!
Now, I get to miss out on all that head scratching.:o(
Ok, so who wants to work out the electricity consumed per block, and calculate the COST of cracking RC5? Remember that as RC5 just uses idle cycles, all the used energy was energy that could have been saved by turning the computers off!
There is a world of difference between using an x86 processor, and using an x86-based PC. I suspect Apple has closely investigated hooking up an x86-64 (or two;) to a custom motherboard/infrastructure that would solve many of the interrupt/expansion complexities of PCs. For example, they could adopt HyperTransport, which would make multiprocessing affordable, easy to design around and most of all, leading edge, which is important to some people. Remember, Apple is expert at getting a lot out of a little - it would not surprise me if they tied a Hammer to a custom motherboard and created a whole new architecture. And that wouldn't be a bad thing.
Ummm, because the guy said he was an Apple user, and they have dud links for Apple users, and Apple doesn't have a fix, and the huuuuuge majority of these drives are in Apples?
You could write a "business plan" and make it your Mission Statement, and clearly state that patches or submissions that defy or distract from the core project can't be accepted to the main tree.
To allay worried of people forking your code, why not help them? Ok, so you don't want to incorporate the patch, so publish it anyway as a patch, and your code, with an extensive patch library, will be much more interesting to other users, and may actually become quite popular;o)
Well, the FAA isn't very smart. The British CAA routinely download and store flight recordings. In the event that a plane crashes, or a pilot is involved in an accident, they can then pull that aircraft and pilot's flight history, and see if there was a developing fault with the plane that could have been identified sooner. The aim is to learn what changes to look for before an accident, then start looking for it.
Of course, the FAA doesn't allow this. Like I said, the FAA isn't very smart.
The cheek of this guy! He hasn't been GRANTED the trademark. You cannot infringe a trademark that hasn't been granted yet. This one hasn't even been assigned to an examiner!
PETS WAREHOUSE Status: New Application - Record Initialized Not Assigned to Examiner Primary Class: 31 - Natural agricultural products Classes: 31 - Natural agricultural products Goods & Services: RETAIL, WHOLESALE AND E-COMMERCE SALE OF PET LIVESTOCK AND RELATED PET SUPPLIES Serial No: 76216568 Reg. No: 0000000
Filed: February 27, 2001 First Use: December 4, 1974 First Commerce: December 4, 1974
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Original Applicant Name: Novak, Robert Address: 1550 Sunrise Hwy Copiague Entity Type: Individual
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This is nothing compared to what they've done before. I used to work for a regional ISP that resold SWB's DSL. They gave us access to their prequalification tools, which we used to assess availability of services when someone enquired
It would give results as green, orange or red. Most often it came up red.
We didn't think anything of this until we started getting phone calls. It turned out almost everyone who came up red would get a postcard from SWB within two weeks telling them about this wonderful new DSL service that had just become available in their area.
We refused to sell SWB DSL after that point on principle.
I've looked at the ListStar trademark, which is:
Status: Registered
Primary Class: 9 - Computer programs, electrical and scientific apparatus
Classes: 9 - Computer programs, electrical and scientific apparatus
Goods & Services: COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR CREATING AND MAINTAINING LIST SERVER MAILING LISTS AND ELECTRONIC MAIL-ON-DEMAND SYSTEMS ALL FOR USE ON PERSONAL COMPUTERS
Serial No: 75209386
Reg. No: 2127079
Filed: December 6, 1996
First Use: March 15, 1995
First Commerce: March 15, 1995
Registration January 6, 1998
Obviously the TM was registered in 1996 before the Listar project began, and it covers precisely an area of trade covered by Listar's service/product.
Any person who was not aware there are two similar organisations with similar products, though with very different intent, could reasonably confuse the two. So yes, it's a clear TM infringement.
Sucky, eh?
You just have to register your own name, and sell one copy.
Ummm no. The only example of true asymmetric processing ever sold retail was the Acorn Risc PC, which could accept a 2nd processor of completely different architecture. Ever seen Doze running in a window on a RiscOS desktop?
..it prohibits a lecturer from making a commercial enterprises based on his own lectures. It also throws into disarray the idea of making programs for broadcast on any station that isn't explicitly not-for-profit. There isn't even a fair-use or reporting provision.
Noooo. It came in a white case, with brownish writing with a black or gray outline depending on issue. It also had the distinctive modulator hump.
The principle difference between the ZX80 and ZX81 was that the ZX81 could read the RAM to generate a video image while doing other tasks - all interrupt driven - the ZX80 couldn't, so display was suspended during processing, execution, keypresses etc.
If you think that's dodgy, you should have seen the fuss at Sinclair Research in the 6 weeks before the Sinclair QL was released. Oh the stories I could tell you!
The United Kingdom gave the Enigma technology to France, for example. They used it routinely for diplomatic and military encryption until 1973. It makes you wonder what else is to be revealed that we don't yet know...
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I was hoping they would get to 100% and still not find the key!
:o(
Now, I get to miss out on all that head scratching.
Ok, so who wants to work out the electricity consumed per block, and calculate the COST of cracking RC5? Remember that as RC5 just uses idle cycles, all the used energy was energy that could have been saved by turning the computers off!
*laffs*
What's next?
There is a world of difference between using an x86 processor, and using an x86-based PC. I suspect Apple has closely investigated hooking up an x86-64 (or two ;) to a custom motherboard/infrastructure that would solve many of the interrupt/expansion complexities of PCs. For example, they could adopt HyperTransport, which would make multiprocessing affordable, easy to design around and most of all, leading edge, which is important to some people. Remember, Apple is expert at getting a lot out of a little - it would not surprise me if they tied a Hammer to a custom motherboard and created a whole new architecture. And that wouldn't be a bad thing.
Ummm, because the guy said he was an Apple user, and they have dud links for Apple users, and Apple doesn't have a fix, and the huuuuuge majority of these drives are in Apples?
Or something...
You could write a "business plan" and make it your Mission Statement, and clearly state that patches or submissions that defy or distract from the core project can't be accepted to the main tree.
To allay worried of people forking your code, why not help them? Ok, so you don't want to incorporate the patch, so publish it anyway as a patch, and your code, with an extensive patch library, will be much more interesting to other users, and may actually become quite popular ;o)
So, my friend, call your site a "Font Library".
Libraries are exempt!
Well, the FAA isn't very smart. The British CAA routinely download and store flight recordings. In the event that a plane crashes, or a pilot is involved in an accident, they can then pull that aircraft and pilot's flight history, and see if there was a developing fault with the plane that could have been identified sooner. The aim is to learn what changes to look for before an accident, then start looking for it.
Of course, the FAA doesn't allow this. Like I said, the FAA isn't very smart.
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Support the CBDTPA!!!
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The cheek of this guy! He hasn't been GRANTED the trademark. You cannot infringe a trademark that hasn't been granted yet. This one hasn't even been assigned to an examiner!
PETS WAREHOUSE Status: New Application - Record Initialized Not Assigned to Examiner
Primary Class: 31 - Natural agricultural products
Classes: 31 - Natural agricultural products
Goods & Services: RETAIL, WHOLESALE AND E-COMMERCE SALE OF PET LIVESTOCK AND RELATED PET SUPPLIES
Serial No: 76216568
Reg. No: 0000000
Filed: February 27, 2001
First Use: December 4, 1974
First Commerce: December 4, 1974
---------------
Original Applicant
Name: Novak, Robert
Address: 1550 Sunrise Hwy
Copiague
Entity Type: Individual
Yes, it's true.
:o)
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Apple wants your input [1]
[1] Unless you're under 18, in which case, forget it.
... now I don't have to read endless postings of "Nobody ever sued over the GPL" ;)
This is nothing compared to what they've done before. I used to work for a regional ISP that resold SWB's DSL. They gave us access to their prequalification tools, which we used to assess availability of services when someone enquired
It would give results as green, orange or red. Most often it came up red.
We didn't think anything of this until we started getting phone calls. It turned out almost everyone who came up red would get a postcard from SWB within two weeks telling them about this wonderful new DSL service that had just become available in their area.
We refused to sell SWB DSL after that point on principle.
I've looked at the ListStar trademark, which is: Status: Registered Primary Class: 9 - Computer programs, electrical and scientific apparatus Classes: 9 - Computer programs, electrical and scientific apparatus Goods & Services: COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR CREATING AND MAINTAINING LIST SERVER MAILING LISTS AND ELECTRONIC MAIL-ON-DEMAND SYSTEMS ALL FOR USE ON PERSONAL COMPUTERS Serial No: 75209386 Reg. No: 2127079 Filed: December 6, 1996 First Use: March 15, 1995 First Commerce: March 15, 1995 Registration January 6, 1998 Obviously the TM was registered in 1996 before the Listar project began, and it covers precisely an area of trade covered by Listar's service/product. Any person who was not aware there are two similar organisations with similar products, though with very different intent, could reasonably confuse the two. So yes, it's a clear TM infringement. Sucky, eh? You just have to register your own name, and sell one copy.
..it prohibits a lecturer from making a commercial enterprises based on his own lectures. It also throws into disarray the idea of making programs for broadcast on any station that isn't explicitly not-for-profit.
There isn't even a fair-use or reporting provision.
Noooo. It came in a white case, with brownish writing with a black or gray outline depending on issue. It also had the distinctive modulator hump. The principle difference between the ZX80 and ZX81 was that the ZX81 could read the RAM to generate a video image while doing other tasks - all interrupt driven - the ZX80 couldn't, so display was suspended during processing, execution, keypresses etc. If you think that's dodgy, you should have seen the fuss at Sinclair Research in the 6 weeks before the Sinclair QL was released. Oh the stories I could tell you!
The United Kingdom gave the Enigma technology to France, for example. They used it routinely for diplomatic and military encryption until 1973. It makes you wonder what else is to be revealed that we don't yet know...