I've been using the same basic web site access control algorithm for years. A description of my code reads very similar to the abstract.
My system maintains a database of Internet files, (not sites, though I don't know what the difference would be...) My system does not limit the number of visits to a category a limited number of times, however, it does limit to download links once per user, which is (probably the same thing). My system allows users to request access, and then have access granted. I don't log which pages/sites users visit, but I know many apps that do (like nuke).
I'm not a patent attorney, does this mean that my access control code violates the patent?
I don't know if this is reincarnated PICS, but here's what I do know:
1. ICRA is using PICS in their labels.
2. The same people that run RSAC run ICRA
3. PICS is a w3 standard
4. There's another system out there called: Safesurf
There is one really cool benefit to all this. You can disallow the banner ad hosts. It's awesome for that.
Actually jet fuel is very explosive. We used to use it for making *large* fire balls (150' dia) for an air show in N. Idaho. 15 gallons was enough to make a huge fire ball that you could feel 200 - 300 feet away. And the subsequent smoke ring was large enough for airplanes to fly through without cutting or damaging the ring.
Virtual community is any place groups of people talk together on the Internet -- in mailing lists, in newsgroups, in chat rooms, or on Web sites. Virtual community can also cover more specialized situations, such as long-distance education or shared project work spaces. And it can describe some communications that aren't discussions, such as posting customer evaluations or answering opinion polls. Whenever people are aware of each other's presence on the Internet, they're likely to consider themselves part of a community.
You've got to be kidding. That last battle was at best comical. Let me see if I can explain myself. (disclosure: I haven't read the book, I have seen both movies.
Premise 1: The Fremen become masters of the weirding way.
Premise 2: There are no military forces available to the Emperor that can use the weirding way.
Premise 3: The Emperor employes the best soldiers available to him, as a standing army.
Premise 4: The Emperor's army would naturally use the best weapons available to them.
Premise 5: The weirding way only works if you've got a knife.
Premise 6: The space ships are equipped with planetary bombardment weapons.
Setting: flat ground with very few obstructions, maximum visibilty, no strategic advantage for either side and no strategic buildings. No buildings that can't be destroyed. On one side the emperors army, knowing that they're about to be attacked.
Strategy:
Fremen:
The Fremen ride worms into the battlefield, jump off and stab the other guys. They don't use the worms to a tactical advantage. They don't use the weirding way to a tactical advantage. In fact they just don't use the weirding way at all.
Bad guys:
The Emperor's army doesn't shoot at the incoming Fremen, as the guns they've got only work in very close range (read sawed off shot guns), and they don't bother getting other guns. They don't call for air strikes against the Fremen or the worms. They don't force the evacuation of the Emperor. Basically they wait until the Fremen get close enough to bludgen with their gun stocks.
Conclusion:
I'm sorry but this is too all over the map and internally inconsistent for me. There are movies with "realistic" battles, (Saving Private Ryan), I don't think Dune succeeded at all. The way the cards were dealt in the movie, the emperor should have shredded the Fremen, the fact that he doesn't implies to me that there were constraints described in the book that were not depicted in the movie. It could have been a really cool battle, pitting guns against knives and the tactics and strategy that is employed by the Fremen to win.
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I've been using the same basic web site access control algorithm for years. A description of my code reads very similar to the abstract.
My system maintains a database of Internet files, (not sites, though I don't know what the difference would be...)
My system does not limit the number of visits to a category a limited number of times, however, it does limit to download links once per user, which is (probably the same thing).
My system allows users to request access, and then have access granted.
I don't log which pages/sites users visit, but I know many apps that do (like nuke).
I'm not a patent attorney, does this mean that my access control code violates the patent?
Truly bizarre.
I don't know if this is reincarnated PICS, but here's what I do know:
1. ICRA is using PICS in their labels.
2. The same people that run RSAC run ICRA
3. PICS is a w3 standard
4. There's another system out there called: Safesurf
There is one really cool benefit to all this. You can disallow the banner ad hosts. It's awesome for that.
Actually jet fuel is very explosive. We used to use it for making *large* fire balls (150' dia) for an air show in N. Idaho. 15 gallons was enough to make a huge fire ball that you could feel 200 - 300 feet away. And the subsequent smoke ring was large enough for airplanes to fly through without cutting or damaging the ring.
then, yes, Slashdot is a virtual community.
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You've got to be kidding. That last battle was at best comical. Let me see if I can explain myself. (disclosure: I haven't read the book, I have seen both movies. Premise 1: The Fremen become masters of the weirding way. Premise 2: There are no military forces available to the Emperor that can use the weirding way. Premise 3: The Emperor employes the best soldiers available to him, as a standing army. Premise 4: The Emperor's army would naturally use the best weapons available to them. Premise 5: The weirding way only works if you've got a knife. Premise 6: The space ships are equipped with planetary bombardment weapons. Setting: flat ground with very few obstructions, maximum visibilty, no strategic advantage for either side and no strategic buildings. No buildings that can't be destroyed. On one side the emperors army, knowing that they're about to be attacked. Strategy: Fremen: The Fremen ride worms into the battlefield, jump off and stab the other guys. They don't use the worms to a tactical advantage. They don't use the weirding way to a tactical advantage. In fact they just don't use the weirding way at all. Bad guys: The Emperor's army doesn't shoot at the incoming Fremen, as the guns they've got only work in very close range (read sawed off shot guns), and they don't bother getting other guns. They don't call for air strikes against the Fremen or the worms. They don't force the evacuation of the Emperor. Basically they wait until the Fremen get close enough to bludgen with their gun stocks. Conclusion: I'm sorry but this is too all over the map and internally inconsistent for me. There are movies with "realistic" battles, (Saving Private Ryan), I don't think Dune succeeded at all. The way the cards were dealt in the movie, the emperor should have shredded the Fremen, the fact that he doesn't implies to me that there were constraints described in the book that were not depicted in the movie. It could have been a really cool battle, pitting guns against knives and the tactics and strategy that is employed by the Fremen to win.