I was lucky enough to do some nuclear physics reaserch at AECL (Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.) for 2 4-month work terms while in University. I worked in the TASCC (Tandem Accellerator SuperConducting Cyclotron) facility, which was pure research. We did some (very little) commmercial work, and so the entire facility cost the taxpayers of Canada 11 million CND a year. Keep in mind that
1) this was a world class research center with researchers from all over the world using those facilities, but
3) practically no one in Canada ever knew or cared or will ever know about TASCC..
Anyway, the government cut funding to this facility, (just TASCC, AECL makes and sells CANDU reactors for $$). Wondering what I would do for my next co-op job, my supervisor hooked me up with an interview with Art McDonald (director of the SNO project), who told me I could work at SNO. The catch was, almost no pay. (So now I write software. (had to pay for school somehow)) My point? Let's hope there is enough funding for this to see it through. Just imagine destroying a world class research center because of a measly (in governemt terms) price-tag. It could happen again.
Heavy water is very slightly different than standard water (very slightly higher boiling point, melting point, etc...). The body's metabolism is carefully designed around the exact physical propertied of normal water (everyone knows we are mostly water). If all the beverages and food you consumed contained ONLY heavy water, and you did this long enough for the water in you body to be replaced by entirely by heavy water, you would be dead.
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How about a "compression algorithm" who's output when "decompressing" the MPAA's threat letter is DeCSS code? That way perhaps the MPAA would have to threaten themselves.
Ahhh... but money is not the only intermediate. Surely a "reputation" can be just as handy. Take Linus for example. Do you think he'd ever have trouble finding a job? Funding for a project? Help with a project?
Probably not.
The nice thing about not using the government's intermediate for barter is that they don't charge you for using it.
Please read and think before you reply. And put your ego aside for one moment.
1. The poster of the article is not being forced to work for his boss. He agreed to it.
2. In that agreement, he gave his boss the right to be his boss.
3. At any time, for any reason, he can quit and thus retract the right that he gave up.
So what is the fucking problem?
Now to poke holes in your ramblings...
>Hey dude, even in the military soldiers are expected to refuse orders that they know are illegal.
The military is either
1. something you are forced into joining, and this, as I have mentioned, is NOT THE CASE HERE.
2. something you join voluntarily, in which case, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO JOIN.
>Hello? What planet do you live on where food, housing, transportation, etc. is FREE?
Do you think apples, houses, feet are made from pennies, quarters, and dimes?
Ever heard of Mennonites? Amish? Nomads? People who make what they need to survive? If you need food, go to a garbage can outside of McDonalds. If YOU CHOOSE that that's not good enough for you, then get a shitty job and shut up. Once again NO ONE IS FORCING YOU.
>Funny, but every time I walk out of some dipshit's office because he was trying to "boss" me, I end up getting a better job at higher pay! Maybe I'm a more valuable person for having a functioning moral compass, eh? And I don't mean being a conservative religious nut either, just knowing what is OK and what is BS and not wanting to be involved in BS.
No problem No one want's to be involved with BS. And as I've said the whole time, the author of the article is free to leave whenever he wants.
>If I was born into slavery I would be out revolutionizing.
As you should be. That is why I said that case was different. BECAUSE YOU ARE FORCED INTO IT.
>In today's society I perform that role by calling assholes like you on your bullshit.
My "bullshit"? All I've said is if you're in a situation by free choice and you don't like it then leave or shut up. And furthermore, before you accuse me of being an asshole, read and think about what I'm saying, and then study my entire fucking life history. Don't just assume I'm an asshole because I use logic I'n my arguements while you use your opinion.
I'll have you know that thinking about M$'s or the MPAA's or the AMA's or whever's abuse of morals makes me feel physically ill. I fucking hate it. I hate assholes. That has absolutely nothing to do with this arguement. If you had read what I've been saying, that should be crystal clear.
>How about this timeless classic: A gentleman does not lie, cheat, or steal; *nor tolerate those who do*.
I do not lie. I do not cheat. I do not steal. I do not tolerate those who do. But once again, you have managed to insert material which is completely out of context.
I enjoy a good debate over social/political issues, but only with someone who constructs relevent, well thought out arguements.
Please do so if you wish to continue this discussion.
>"I have just as much "right" to steal your >money, as the Canadian government has to "tax" >me." Interesting statement. Then you would think >based upon your observations and opinions, that >if you think paying taxes is the same as >stealing, that you would renounce your Canadian >citizenship now wouldn't you?
I'm saying that whoever made Canada Canada, did not ask my permission or anyone else alive today if they could. And we have not been asked if it still is ok. Therefore no-one has the right to call me a citizen of anywhere untill I choose to be a citizen in a place that I've agreed to.
I know the ratio of reality/philosophy here is very small, but it is a valid point.
>After all, if you don't like it leave right?
In a workplace yes. When the entire planet is "owned" by someone, how can I? I have no choice. I am forced into it.
>That is your right after all, right? You live in >your country by your won free will.
That's sort of like saying I live on the earth of my own free will. If there was a hospitable place on earth that was not controlled by some group of people (government, gangs, etc.) I'd probably be there now.
>Funny how our rights don't actually match what >is practical in the real world and people know >this and exploit this to their own benefit.
This I agree with completely. And it is unfortunate. But if you agree to be exploited, you can't logically complain about it.
>And this is particularly true of business, and >is to be expected to a degree. And what is even >more interesting is the "my way or the highway" >self serving trash that is so prevelant in >todays world. A company that is a success is a >success due to the sum of it's parts. Not >because of a facist individual who acts based >upon their own egotistical nature.
This I also agree with completely.
My original point however, is that by agreeing to work for someone, you give them the right to be your boss. If you were born into slavery it would be different. If someone forced you to take a job it would be different. But if you agree to take the job you can't complain.
You are confusing government with soceity.
The reason the land you are standing on is "owned" by anyone, is because it was taken and kept with force.
I for example, had no choice in being born in Canada. I never agreed to give control to any governing power of any country, and there is no place on earth I can go that is not controlled by someone. FURTHERMORE I never agreed to give any lawyer, judge, officer, or politician the power they have. (I do not vote.) So any power anyone thinks they have over me was not something I gave them EVER IN ANY WAY. They have forced it upon me.
The same way they would force it upon me if I wanted to start a business. They do not have the right. The have the power.
To summarize, no one can have the "right" to do something to a person that that person has not agreed to. I have just as much "right" to steal your money, as the Canadian government has to "tax" me. They do however have the power.
Now, if you go work for someone out of your own valition you are saying "I will work for you".
It should be the right of whoever owns a business to run
the business
and anyone who is voluntarily a member any way the owner pleases, no matter how immoral, insane or otherwise "wrong". They own the business. Period. No one has to work for them, no one has to do business with them.
The difference between insight and redundant is found in the delivery.
It was higher quality pre-1994 when the aol/webtv
masses leaped onto the net. That was before commercial
spamming too. When the net was mostly academic
the discussions were better.
or...
_______ was good until the masses and money got involved.
Try music, literature, operating systems,...
Can the Virtual Community survive adolescent flamers and the dotcom era?
Are they killing it?
I'm sure half the trolls and flamebaiters here have another account to use when they want to say something sensible.
Anyway, trolls are funny. Should we try to make the virtual community more "business-centric", or more like a bunch of friens hanging out, sometimes talking intelligently and sometimes talking shit?
Just because the gene is there does not mean it is active. Remember that every cell in your body contains the exact same genetic information. It's just that different parts of the genes are active in different cells.
The cells in your heart, hand, brain, muscle and liver are completely different in their functionality, despite being created from the same DNA.
What you (and for some reason the author of the article) fail to realize is that there is not a continuous mapping between the size of genetic data and biological complexity. Quite often evolution occurs not by increased complexity, but by shedding un-needed functionality. Some primates have tails as well as more functional feet than humans do. Certainly that requires more data. So in that case, part of the evolution towards becoming human involved the discarding or deactivation of those active genes.
We may still have that data somewhere in our DNA, it's just not switched on.
To make money, suppliers must give consumers what they want. (This does not stop suppliers by creating a false demand but that's not my point).
My point is, most shopping for technology is price oriented, not quality oriented... and the suppliers have responded.
Think about something like voice over IP. With a phone call you are not interested in bandwidth (anyone who has used a modem knows phone bandwidth is not that high), what you are interested in is priority. You don't want to say "Hi, is Bob there?" and wait 10 seconds for the message to get there.
Basically the streaming of any live data requires priority. And as the net is used for more live-data applications, priority will become more of an issue.
"Free as in beer" software is not really "free as in beer". Someone has to pay for hardware, electricity, web hosting, whatever... So there is a cost, but it's so small that the creator is absorbing it, or perhaps ad banners or sponsors.
This is hardly free either: "$800 to buy all the components needed to get hooked up". (that's US) + maintenance + time.
Here in Canada I pay 40 bucks (Canadian) a month for ADSL or Cable (I've used both). My adsl connection will actually run 2 machines straight of the ADSL-modem (with a hub) (anyone with sympatico can do this).
So at that rate, this scheme might pay for itself after 2 years, but in 2 years I'll probably have a faster and cheaper connection anyways.
I had actually read an example a while ago in some compliler book based on the information in that paper (or maybe based on the article Ken couldn't find either). It's hard to forget an example like that, but it's easy to forget what reference you got it from (I did).
Anyway, it is a good point, and thanks for pointing us to a nice paper about it.
RSA is asymetric or "public key". Since everyone in a public key cryptography system has the encrytpion key, you could just try re-encrypting the "cracked" code to see if you have the right one.
The most unbreakable cryptography scheme involves xor-ing your message with purely random data. This creates purely random data.
In this scheme, you could always create a key eqaul to the xor of the cyphtertext and any message you wanted it to be.
I'm assuming the author had the intention of making the cyphertext decodeable, and so made sure there was some pattern to it.
Take a look at it and see.
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Used to be a nickel (i think) mine. Sudbury is big for mining.
I was lucky enough to do some nuclear physics reaserch at AECL (Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.) for 2 4-month work terms while in University. I worked in the TASCC (Tandem Accellerator SuperConducting Cyclotron) facility, which was pure research. We did some (very little) commmercial work, and so the entire facility cost the taxpayers of Canada 11 million CND a year. Keep in mind that
1) this was a world class research center with researchers from all over the world using those facilities, but
3) practically no one in Canada ever knew or cared or will ever know about TASCC..
Anyway, the government cut funding to this facility, (just TASCC, AECL makes and sells CANDU reactors for $$). Wondering what I would do for my next co-op job, my supervisor hooked me up with an interview with Art McDonald (director of the SNO project), who told me I could work at SNO. The catch was, almost no pay. (So now I write software. (had to pay for school somehow)) My point? Let's hope there is enough funding for this to see it through. Just imagine destroying a world class research center because of a measly (in governemt terms) price-tag. It could happen again.
Heavy water is very slightly different than standard water (very slightly higher boiling point, melting point, etc...). The body's metabolism is carefully designed around the exact physical propertied of normal water (everyone knows we are mostly water). If all the beverages and food you consumed contained ONLY heavy water, and you did this long enough for the water in you body to be replaced by entirely by heavy water, you would be dead.
We need a brainfuck port.
Re: various ways to distribute the code.
How about a "compression algorithm" who's output when "decompressing" the MPAA's threat letter is DeCSS code? That way perhaps the MPAA would have to threaten themselves.
Ahhh... but money is not the only intermediate. Surely a "reputation" can be just as handy. Take Linus for example. Do you think he'd ever have trouble finding a job? Funding for a project? Help with a project?
Probably not.
The nice thing about not using the government's intermediate for barter is that they don't charge you for using it.
there's the power of open-source.
Please read and think before you reply. And put your ego aside for one moment.
1. The poster of the article is not being forced to work for his boss. He agreed to it.
2. In that agreement, he gave his boss the right to be his boss.
3. At any time, for any reason, he can quit and thus retract the right that he gave up.
So what is the fucking problem?
Now to poke holes in your ramblings...
>Hey dude, even in the military soldiers are expected to refuse orders that they know are illegal.
The military is either
1. something you are forced into joining, and this, as I have mentioned, is NOT THE CASE HERE.
2. something you join voluntarily, in which case, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO JOIN.
>Hello? What planet do you live on where food, housing, transportation, etc. is FREE?
Do you think apples, houses, feet are made from pennies, quarters, and dimes?
Ever heard of Mennonites? Amish? Nomads? People who make what they need to survive? If you need food, go to a garbage can outside of McDonalds. If YOU CHOOSE that that's not good enough for you, then get a shitty job and shut up. Once again NO ONE IS FORCING YOU.
>Funny, but every time I walk out of some dipshit's office because he was trying to "boss" me, I end up getting a better job at higher pay! Maybe I'm a more valuable person for having a functioning moral compass, eh? And I don't mean being a conservative religious nut either, just knowing what is OK and what is BS and not wanting to be involved in BS.
No problem No one want's to be involved with BS. And as I've said the whole time, the author of the article is free to leave whenever he wants.
>If I was born into slavery I would be out revolutionizing.
As you should be. That is why I said that case was different. BECAUSE YOU ARE FORCED INTO IT.
>In today's society I perform that role by calling assholes like you on your bullshit.
My "bullshit"? All I've said is if you're in a situation by free choice and you don't like it then leave or shut up. And furthermore, before you accuse me of being an asshole, read and think about what I'm saying, and then study my entire fucking life history. Don't just assume I'm an asshole because I use logic I'n my arguements while you use your opinion.
I'll have you know that thinking about M$'s or the MPAA's or the AMA's or whever's abuse of morals makes me feel physically ill. I fucking hate it. I hate assholes. That has absolutely nothing to do with this arguement. If you had read what I've been saying, that should be crystal clear.
>How about this timeless classic: A gentleman does not lie, cheat, or steal; *nor tolerate those who do*.
I do not lie. I do not cheat. I do not steal. I do not tolerate those who do. But once again, you have managed to insert material which is completely out of context.
I enjoy a good debate over social/political issues, but only with someone who constructs relevent, well thought out arguements.
Please do so if you wish to continue this discussion.
You missed what I was saying...
>"I have just as much "right" to steal your >money, as the Canadian government has to "tax" >me." Interesting statement. Then you would think >based upon your observations and opinions, that >if you think paying taxes is the same as >stealing, that you would renounce your Canadian >citizenship now wouldn't you?
I'm saying that whoever made Canada Canada, did not ask my permission or anyone else alive today if they could. And we have not been asked if it still is ok. Therefore no-one has the right to call me a citizen of anywhere untill I choose to be a citizen in a place that I've agreed to.
I know the ratio of reality/philosophy here is very small, but it is a valid point.
>After all, if you don't like it leave right?
In a workplace yes. When the entire planet is "owned" by someone, how can I? I have no choice. I am forced into it.
>That is your right after all, right? You live in >your country by your won free will.
That's sort of like saying I live on the earth of my own free will. If there was a hospitable place on earth that was not controlled by some group of people (government, gangs, etc.) I'd probably be there now.
>Funny how our rights don't actually match what >is practical in the real world and people know >this and exploit this to their own benefit.
This I agree with completely. And it is unfortunate. But if you agree to be exploited, you can't logically complain about it.
>And this is particularly true of business, and >is to be expected to a degree. And what is even >more interesting is the "my way or the highway" >self serving trash that is so prevelant in >todays world. A company that is a success is a >success due to the sum of it's parts. Not >because of a facist individual who acts based >upon their own egotistical nature.
This I also agree with completely.
My original point however, is that by agreeing to work for someone, you give them the right to be your boss. If you were born into slavery it would be different. If someone forced you to take a job it would be different. But if you agree to take the job you can't complain.
You are confusing government with soceity.
The reason the land you are standing on is "owned" by anyone, is because it was taken and kept with force.
I for example, had no choice in being born in Canada. I never agreed to give control to any governing power of any country, and there is no place on earth I can go that is not controlled by someone. FURTHERMORE I never agreed to give any lawyer, judge, officer, or politician the power they have. (I do not vote.) So any power anyone thinks they have over me was not something I gave them EVER IN ANY WAY. They have forced it upon me.
The same way they would force it upon me if I wanted to start a business. They do not have the right. The have the power.
To summarize, no one can have the "right" to do something to a person that that person has not agreed to. I have just as much "right" to steal your money, as the Canadian government has to "tax" me. They do however have the power.
Now, if you go work for someone out of your own valition you are saying "I will work for you".
BIG DIFFERENCE FUCKWIT.
the business
and anyone who is voluntarily a member
any way the owner pleases, no matter how immoral, insane or otherwise "wrong". They own the business. Period. No one has to work for them, no one has to do business with them.
The difference between insight and redundant is found in the delivery.
...
It was higher quality pre-1994 when the aol/webtv masses leaped onto the net. That was before commercial spamming too. When the net was mostly academic the discussions were better.
or...
_______ was good until the masses and money got involved.
Try music, literature, operating systems,
Can the Virtual Community survive adolescent flamers and the dotcom era?
Are they killing it?
I'm sure half the trolls and flamebaiters here have another account to use when they want to say something sensible.
Anyway, trolls are funny. Should we try to make the virtual community more "business-centric", or more like a bunch of friens hanging out, sometimes talking intelligently and sometimes talking shit?
Just because the gene is there does not mean it is active. Remember that every cell in your body contains the exact same genetic information. It's just that different parts of the genes are active in different cells.
The cells in your heart, hand, brain, muscle and liver are completely different in their functionality, despite being created from the same DNA.
What you (and for some reason the author of the article) fail to realize is that there is not a continuous mapping between the size of genetic data and biological complexity. Quite often evolution occurs not by increased complexity, but by shedding un-needed functionality. Some primates have tails as well as more functional feet than humans do. Certainly that requires more data. So in that case, part of the evolution towards becoming human involved the discarding or deactivation of those active genes.
We may still have that data somewhere in our DNA, it's just not switched on.
doh! I just blew 40k on a wall mount LCD. I knew I should have waited.
To make money, suppliers must give consumers what they want. (This does not stop suppliers by creating a false demand but that's not my point).
My point is, most shopping for technology is price oriented, not quality oriented... and the suppliers have responded.
Think about something like voice over IP. With a phone call you are not interested in bandwidth (anyone who has used a modem knows phone bandwidth is not that high), what you are interested in is priority. You don't want to say "Hi, is Bob there?" and wait 10 seconds for the message to get there.
Basically the streaming of any live data requires priority. And as the net is used for more live-data applications, priority will become more of an issue.
Ingredients,
friend
1 AOL cd.
Borrow your friend's favourite/most expensive CD.
Scrape up your AOL CD very badly on the data-side.
Put the AOL CD in the jewel case backwards.
When you return the CD say something like "oh.. check to make sure it's in there" so you can see the look on his/her face.
Million-dollar computers -- in l999! -- have only fractionally more power than the Play Station 2
What, like 10000/1 ?
It's evident in many industries (automotive is number 1) that if a low quality product is sold, customers have to spend more money on replacements.
"Mr. Data recovery technician, I tore another floppy-cd while removing it from the drive tray..."
"Free as in beer" software is not really "free as in beer". Someone has to pay for hardware, electricity, web hosting, whatever... So there is a cost, but it's so small that the creator is absorbing it, or perhaps ad banners or sponsors.
This is hardly free either: "$800 to buy all the components needed to get hooked up". (that's US) + maintenance + time.
Here in Canada I pay 40 bucks (Canadian) a month for ADSL or Cable (I've used both). My adsl connection will actually run 2 machines straight of the ADSL-modem (with a hub) (anyone with sympatico can do this).
So at that rate, this scheme might pay for itself after 2 years, but in 2 years I'll probably have a faster and cheaper connection anyways.
I had actually read an example a while ago in some compliler book based on the information in that paper (or maybe based on the article Ken couldn't find either). It's hard to forget an example like that, but it's easy to forget what reference you got it from (I did).
Anyway, it is a good point, and thanks for pointing us to a nice paper about it.
What do you think about Bruce Schneier saying "Security is a process, not a product." Is OpenBSD a secure product?
looks like there will be a return of metroid... (the best nes game ever) check out some gif movies here.
RSA is asymetric or "public key". Since everyone in a public key cryptography system has the encrytpion key, you could just try re-encrypting the "cracked" code to see if you have the right one.
The most unbreakable cryptography scheme involves xor-ing your message with purely random data. This creates purely random data.
In this scheme, you could always create a key eqaul to the xor of the cyphtertext and any message you wanted it to be.
I'm assuming the author had the intention of making the cyphertext decodeable, and so made sure there was some pattern to it.
Take a look at it and see.