There are other low-tech technologies that could accomplish the same thing:
Faraday cage (ie metal mesh) around the building Polarizing filters
There have been some companies in the US that have experimented with active signal jamming, but, as I recall these technologies were prohibited by FCC regulations. Magnetized wood paneling doesn't seem to violate any of these:-)
What kind of market does this technology have? Frankly, I love to go to the movies, but I don't think I, personally, would frequent one theatre over another, ceterus parabus, if they had this special panelling. Additionally, if it was quite expensive, I'm sure it wouldn't be included in new construction, much less retrofitting. I can't remember the last time I heard a cell phone in a theater; I'm sure as time goes on and these devices proliferate, there may be a demand for such technology.
From college CS on, I have worked best from about 11PM to about 4AM with blaring techno (Richie Hawtin, Cari Lekebusch, Christian Vogel, etc). However, I will never be able to reconcile these habits with my current employer. So, I estimate my schedules given my current productivity, and if needed I work during the day, and then work later at night. I'm certainly comforatable with that.
Working those odd hours does not enable the company to manage me effectively, and I can't be a resource for my fellow employees. If I signed my paychecks it would be a different story.
* First, how are they going to disseminate this? Anyone that opens "foo.vbs" or "foo.exe" etc. from an e-mail attachment deserves to be locked up:-) Just don't run scripts or executables and you are safe. Additionally, this has to be targted for a specific system. Are they going to keep different revisions of Magic Lantern for different OSs. Sounds like a development/maintenence nightmare to me.
* Second what firewall software isn't going to be able to block undesirable IP traffic. Magic Lantern is not an original idea.
* Third, I seriously question the claim that all variants will be detected. You would have to have very accurate profiling to detect all variants, and I doubt that AV software makers will be able to get a copy of Magic Lantern to play with. Additionally, what's to stop "133+ ]-[4X0Rz" from using an UNMODIFIED version of Magic Lantern. This thing is going out into the wild.
I haven't seen the code, so I don't know what the magic is. Around here, any code that is termed "magic" usually gets a code-reveiw;-)
I had a bad experience with UPS too. I used them to ship my Sun box to college. They dropped the monitor, and the plastic housing cracked. It was such a hassle trying to get them to pay up (I had everything insured at ~twice the value of the whole system). Fortunately my dad does quite a bit of business w/ UPS, and he got them to pay for the whole system, and I still have it to this day; It's just fine, except there is ducktape on the monitor (which makes it look rugged). So all's well... Bottom line UPS smashes parcels, despite their ample unity.
All of the Xbox demos I have seen at various Targets (Midwest equivalent of Wal-Mart) have been locked up. Thiw was as of a couple of weeks ago. As an embedded engineer, I have always been surprised at the MTBF (is that metric work for consoles too?) of console systems. The XBox really is just Windoze and a Pentium, with some proprietary hardware thrown in; What does that equation add up to? Of course, Dreamcast was a Super-H + Windows box, and I don't remember it having painfully evident problems.
This technology would be great for rave parties. Inflatable speakers would transport easily, and be easy to leave behind. And you could shoot lasers and lights through them;)
What evildoer or malcontent is going to use semi-secure crypto?
Crypto systems are relatively easy to implement, why not just use RSA with large keys, or some other method.(I would submit that even significantly large RSA is not secure, but that's a matter for another discussion; There are methods other than brute force that aren't in the literature).
The only entities that are going to submit to such a policy would be law-abiding.
Implementing and enforcing such a policy will be practically impossible without significant resources in the first place!
I will have to disagree with the Eben Moglen's conclusions regarding free software. He certainly presents a logical and cogent argument, but, Microsoft and other commercial entities will always have the best software irrespective of the underlying business practices; They simply have more money to throw at developers, development resources, and research. The future of software is not free, it belongs to those with the resources to devote to research and development. Capitalism is, for the most part, more powerful than altruism. Why would any developer worth their salt work on free software when they can get paid? Therefore, the best developers will naturally be working on the developments that make the most $, and that != free source. There is certainly the trend of deriving revenue from free software (consulting fees, hybrid licenses (ie. Sistina's SPL), etc.), but I think recent history proves that this revenue is marginal at best. Closed source is how I put food on my family's table (I have some code in Xp), so I am a little biased.
Here's a log for the fire;): IMHO, Open source / free software is only good for "clean-rooming" into a closed source product;)
I have the first three volumes (the dedication is classic), but looking in the jacket I saw more than just the first 3 volumes listed. I recall seeing a volume on parsing (volume 5) (?) Maybe it was in a nightmare b/c I have a CLI project coming up:P
I like where Telkom is going with this one...
I'm thinking calling card, and I'm thinking about back in the day when the going rate (bulk) for AT&T numbers was about 20-30 cents.
Can't wait to start ordering off tresorberlin.de:)
Am I to understand that Microsoft is becoming and application service provider with its.NET offering? I may not fully understand.
Certainly the value proposition makes sense, write once in Java and your software is available on every platform with a JVM. Easy updates, more payment options, etc, etc, etc, etc.
An implication of this would be that billions of dollars of annual productivity (ie, productivity created by Microsoft.NET products) would become vulnerable to hackers (via DOS), documents would be snoopable (esp. by Microsoft:) etc.
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There are other low-tech technologies that could accomplish the same thing:
:-)
Faraday cage (ie metal mesh) around the building
Polarizing filters
There have been some companies in the US that have experimented with active signal jamming, but, as I recall these technologies were prohibited by FCC regulations. Magnetized wood paneling doesn't seem to violate any of these
What kind of market does this technology have? Frankly, I love to go to the movies, but I don't think I, personally, would frequent one theatre over another, ceterus parabus, if they had this special panelling. Additionally, if it was quite expensive, I'm sure it wouldn't be included in new construction, much less retrofitting. I can't remember the last time I heard a cell phone in a theater; I'm sure as time goes on and these devices proliferate, there may be a demand for such technology.
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Wider is better...
The next challenge should involve preventing their site from being "slashdotted"...
fp
Let's hear it for FR; First reply!
I too am a developer (for 8 years).
From college CS on, I have worked best from about 11PM to about 4AM with blaring techno (Richie Hawtin, Cari Lekebusch, Christian Vogel, etc). However, I will never be able to reconcile these habits with my current employer. So, I estimate my schedules given my current productivity, and if needed I work during the day, and then work later at night. I'm certainly comforatable with that.
Working those odd hours does not enable the company to manage me effectively, and I can't be a resource for my fellow employees. If I signed my paychecks it would be a different story.
I didn't know so much karma could be whored from a single .jpg.
devastating...
You should become spelling savvy.
* First, how are they going to disseminate this? Anyone that opens "foo.vbs" or "foo.exe" etc. from an e-mail attachment deserves to be locked up :-) Just don't run scripts or executables and you are safe. Additionally, this has to be targted for a specific system. Are they going to keep different revisions of Magic Lantern for different OSs. Sounds like a development/maintenence nightmare to me.
;-)
* Second what firewall software isn't going to be able to block undesirable IP traffic. Magic Lantern is not an original idea.
* Third, I seriously question the claim that all variants will be detected. You would have to have very accurate profiling to detect all variants, and I doubt that AV software makers will be able to get a copy of Magic Lantern to play with. Additionally, what's to stop "133+ ]-[4X0Rz" from using an UNMODIFIED version of Magic Lantern. This thing is going out into the wild.
I haven't seen the code, so I don't know what the magic is. Around here, any code that is termed "magic" usually gets a code-reveiw
I had a bad experience with UPS too. I used them to ship my Sun box to college. They dropped the monitor, and the plastic housing cracked. It was such a hassle trying to get them to pay up (I had everything insured at ~twice the value of the whole system). Fortunately my dad does quite a bit of business w/ UPS, and he got them to pay for the whole system, and I still have it to this day; It's just fine, except there is ducktape on the monitor (which makes it look rugged). So all's well... Bottom line UPS smashes parcels, despite their ample unity.
All of the Xbox demos I have seen at various Targets (Midwest equivalent of Wal-Mart) have been locked up. Thiw was as of a couple of weeks ago. As an embedded engineer, I have always been surprised at the MTBF (is that metric work for consoles too?) of console systems. The XBox really is just Windoze and a Pentium, with some proprietary hardware thrown in; What does that equation add up to? Of course, Dreamcast was a Super-H + Windows box, and I don't remember it having painfully evident problems.
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This technology would be great for rave parties. Inflatable speakers would transport easily, and be easy to leave behind. And you could shoot lasers and lights through them ;)
Good for clubs, and gigging in general, I guess.
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This is a common practice in the closed source software arena. I cleanroom open-source all the time.
It's amusing to see how long this went unnoticed in the open source arena. I wonder how much of the kernel has been "inspired" from commercial code.
I love that they even used the word "assimilated" when describing self-configuration.
What evildoer or malcontent is going to use semi-secure crypto?
Crypto systems are relatively easy to implement, why not just use RSA with large keys, or some other method.(I would submit that even significantly large RSA is not secure, but that's a matter for another discussion; There are methods other than brute force that aren't in the literature).
The only entities that are going to submit to such a policy would be law-abiding.
Implementing and enforcing such a policy will be practically impossible without significant resources in the first place!
I will have to disagree with the Eben Moglen's conclusions regarding free software. He certainly presents a logical and cogent argument, but, Microsoft and other commercial entities will always have the best software irrespective of the underlying business practices; They simply have more money to throw at developers, development resources, and research. The future of software is not free, it belongs to those with the resources to devote to research and development. Capitalism is, for the most part, more powerful than altruism. Why would any developer worth their salt work on free software when they can get paid? Therefore, the best developers will naturally be working on the developments that make the most $, and that != free source. There is certainly the trend of deriving revenue from free software (consulting fees, hybrid licenses (ie. Sistina's SPL), etc.), but I think recent history proves that this revenue is marginal at best. Closed source is how I put food on my family's table (I have some code in Xp), so I am a little biased.
;): IMHO, Open source / free software is only good for "clean-rooming" into a closed source product ;)
Here's a log for the fire
There are some big drawbacks to the Itanium platform in general :
:)
1. Runs really hot
2. Uses a lot of juice
3. Usually requires a large form factor to house all of the fans it needs
You can get a better bang / buck ratio with a Sun box for example.
I've used Itanium boxes w/ XP beta (some of my code is on the CD), and I didn't notice a huge performance increase (that may be because of WoW).
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Where internet connections are moving! (TM) :)
Yes; Volume 5 contents : 9. Lexical scanning (includes also string search and data compression) 10. Parsing techniques Thanks :)
I have the first three volumes (the dedication is classic), but looking in the jacket I saw more than just the first 3 volumes listed. I recall seeing a volume on parsing (volume 5) (?) Maybe it was in a nightmare b/c I have a CLI project coming up :P
Has anyone seen upnp.org ?
I like where Telkom is going with this one... I'm thinking calling card, and I'm thinking about back in the day when the going rate (bulk) for AT&T numbers was about 20-30 cents. Can't wait to start ordering off tresorberlin.de :)
Am I to understand that Microsoft is becoming and application service provider with its .NET offering? I may not fully understand.
.NET products) would become vulnerable to hackers (via DOS), documents would be snoopable (esp. by Microsoft :) etc.
Certainly the value proposition makes sense, write once in Java and your software is available on every platform with a JVM. Easy updates, more payment options, etc, etc, etc, etc.
An implication of this would be that billions of dollars of annual productivity (ie, productivity created by Microsoft
Am I correct in my assumptions?
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