From the end of page 14:
"Rooms where a significant amount of the ambient light comes from displayed sensitive information should be shielded appropriately, for example by avoiding Windows."
...this will have on the piracy of Adobe products?
I am under the impression that English-language versions will just be pirated instead of the localized Chinese/Korean/whatever versions.
Granted, there will be a fair amount of users who will have difficulty using the pirated English versions of the products, but I'm sure that a good percentage of technically trained people have sufficient English skills to use the latest version of Photoshop.
Yes, DNS servers do significant amounts of caching. When I worked at a small ISP a few years ago, they cached DNS lookups for a week. I believe that almost everyone caches for 48 hours or less nowadays.
Plus, I'm sure that at least 10% of normal web browsing comes straight from the user's cache on their hard drive, so the internet isn't accessed at all.
If I were a betting man, I would guess that Apple's stock will jump a little bit tomorrow. And if I hadn't lost so much money in 2000-01 in the @#$&!^ stock market, I'd dump some into AAPL at the beginning of the day Monday just to see where it goes...
The ACLU attacks face recognition when it is used to find criminals among the general public. (In other words, the system flags an individual as "suspect" if their face is found in a database of images).
I think a much better use would be in an access-control situation-- flag someone as suspicious if their face is NOT in the database.
It isn't too difficult to socially engineer your way into a building if you don't work there. But if employees were required to look at a camera for a split second before passing by the security desk, it would be much easier to identify those who don't belong (especially in large companies).
No, I don't think face recognition is accurate enough yet, but there are legit and non-privacy-invading uses for this technology.
From the article: "You quickly finish and rush to his office, reading the e-mail while simultaneously calling his secretary to let the boss know you will be at his office in 10 minutes."
Riiiiiiight. Walking and talking at the same time. I'll believe it when I see it.
I've had my Celeron 333 for at least 2.5 years. Because I've overclocked it to 416MHz (that's 25% more clock cycles per second), I've managed to avoid upgrading to a faster CPU. I only use a standard CPU heatsink and fan-- no lapping, no special thermal grease, etc. (Ah, those were the days...)
Maybe it doesn't make *that* much of a difference, but if I can run my circuit simulations for class 25% faster, that means more time to do things besides run simulations for class!
Given the recent shakeout of the warez scene, I can see many benefits to running a topsite on a hacked satellite. (Assuming, of course, it were possible to conceal the transmitter/receiver antennae required to interface with it).
Or you could just install the latest distro of Slackware on it and post a link to slashdot. Then we could have the first ever slashdotting of a LEO device!
Okay, I agree that this technology is cool, but I think I would still opt for a traditional LCD display. I'm red-green colorblind, so I am most sensitive to blue, rather than red or green as this display assumes.
I'm surprised that nobody else has posted about colorblindness yet-- I was under the impression that more of us engineering types were affected!
I was at the Exploratorium in August of this year, and they did have a ferrofluid table upstairs (on the far side of the entrance).
A (micro?)computer was attached to the display, and you could switch on various magnets to make different patterns, have them turn on and off at a few frequencies, etc. Very very cool!
Until recently, I worked as an intern programmer for a web design house in Boulder, CO. It was a small company (~15 employees), and my desk was right next to the CEO's desk. (No windows, partitions, or anything like that).
So, one afternoon, the CEO leans over and tells me that he's leaving to demo a client's new website for them (at their office). He also tells me that he has just "accidently altered" some significant CFML code on their site, and that he didn't have time to finish adding a few graphics and other niceties.
The conversation pretty much went like this:
CEO: I will be in a meeting in 20-30 minutes. I just broke our client's website. Your job is to fix it so we don't all look like nimrods.
Me: Ummm....
CEO: Don't worry, I'm sure you'll figure it out!
And he scooted out the door. Somehow, I fixed the broken code, made some graphics, and threw it all on the Internet before he made the presentation. Phew.
Most people here seem worried about quality if Napster becomes a subscription service. I really don't think there is any way of addressing that issue without rethinking how Napster operates.
How about this: instead of Joe Sixpack serving partial 96kbps Mp3s off a 56k modem, why can't just the artists run their own mp3 servers off of T3s? This has a few advantages:
1. Artists can publish high-quality (192kbps-320kbps) MP3s.
2. Indie artists can be compensated for their music (your account is automatically charged, say $.40 for each song, and that money goes to the artist's account)
3. Artists maintain control over their intellectual property.
4. Artists pay some percentage of their online sales-- 8% or something-- to Napster. (They're still making more money than with a record label)
Yes, the plan requires more thought, but I'd be much happier paying the indie artists directly for music rather than trusting Napster to pay them correctly.
Slashdot Mirror
We don't know if there is a 5th repulsive force in nature.
;-)
You are forgetting lawyers, my friend... they are most definitely a repulsive force!
From the end of page 14:
"Rooms where a significant amount of the ambient light comes from displayed sensitive information should be shielded appropriately, for example by avoiding Windows."
Ha! Take that, Microsoft!
--Cam
...this will have on the piracy of Adobe products?
I am under the impression that English-language versions will just be pirated instead of the localized Chinese/Korean/whatever versions.
Granted, there will be a fair amount of users who will have difficulty using the pirated English versions of the products, but I'm sure that a good percentage of technically trained people have sufficient English skills to use the latest version of Photoshop.
What do the rest of you think?
Yes, DNS servers do significant amounts of caching. When I worked at a small ISP a few years ago, they cached DNS lookups for a week. I believe that almost everyone caches for 48 hours or less nowadays.
Plus, I'm sure that at least 10% of normal web browsing comes straight from the user's cache on their hard drive, so the internet isn't accessed at all.
...can it run linux?
If I were a betting man, I would guess that Apple's stock will jump a little bit tomorrow. And if I hadn't lost so much money in 2000-01 in the @#$&!^ stock market, I'd dump some into AAPL at the beginning of the day Monday just to see where it goes...
Cam
I bet the DOJ is ROFL right now.
It's like Wynona Rider walking into a jewlery store wearing a trenchcoat and cargo pants... just asking for trouble.
The ACLU attacks face recognition when it is used to find criminals among the general public. (In other words, the system flags an individual as "suspect" if their face is found in a database of images).
I think a much better use would be in an access-control situation-- flag someone as suspicious if their face is NOT in the database.
It isn't too difficult to socially engineer your way into a building if you don't work there. But if employees were required to look at a camera for a split second before passing by the security desk, it would be much easier to identify those who don't belong (especially in large companies).
No, I don't think face recognition is accurate enough yet, but there are legit and non-privacy-invading uses for this technology.
...a system for encapsulating and transporting oxygen and carbon dioxide through an extensive network of branching tubes of diverse sizes.
US Patent Office, here I come!(Next on my list: convince a venture capitalist that my pet rat qualifies as a proof-concept model...)
We can only hope that the members of NSync will be forgotten immediately after we see them in Attack of the Clones...
...a system for encapsulating and transporting oxygen and carbon dioxide through an extensive network of branching tubes.
:-\
The sad thing is, the US Patent Office just might indulge me.
"Gartner predicts that by 2010, 40% of adults and 75% of teenagers will be utilizing wearable devices"
For some reason, that just sounds dirty to me...
Then they started talking about their "Research thrusts." Sheesh, you'd think a little subtlety would be in order...
From the article: "You quickly finish and rush to his office, reading the e-mail while simultaneously calling his secretary to let the boss know you will be at his office in 10 minutes."
Riiiiiiight. Walking and talking at the same time. I'll believe it when I see it.
I've had my Celeron 333 for at least 2.5 years. Because I've overclocked it to 416MHz (that's 25% more clock cycles per second), I've managed to avoid upgrading to a faster CPU. I only use a standard CPU heatsink and fan-- no lapping, no special thermal grease, etc. (Ah, those were the days...)
Maybe it doesn't make *that* much of a difference, but if I can run my circuit simulations for class 25% faster, that means more time to do things besides run simulations for class!
Well, if the satellite has a few GB of storage...
Given the recent shakeout of the warez scene, I can see many benefits to running a topsite on a hacked satellite. (Assuming, of course, it were possible to conceal the transmitter/receiver antennae required to interface with it).
Or you could just install the latest distro of Slackware on it and post a link to slashdot. Then we could have the first ever slashdotting of a LEO device!
Muwahahaha... er... nevermind.
Okay, I agree that this technology is cool, but I think I would still opt for a traditional LCD display. I'm red-green colorblind, so I am most sensitive to blue, rather than red or green as this display assumes.
I'm surprised that nobody else has posted about colorblindness yet-- I was under the impression that more of us engineering types were affected!
I was at the Exploratorium in August of this year, and they did have a ferrofluid table upstairs (on the far side of the entrance).
A (micro?)computer was attached to the display, and you could switch on various magnets to make different patterns, have them turn on and off at a few frequencies, etc. Very very cool!
Aren't the royalties/piracy taxes only on the "Audio" CD-Rs? (i.e. the ones intended for standalone audio cd recorders)
In that case, all legit backups should be done on data CD-Rs, and all piracy should be done with "Audio" discs. That's ethical, eh?
Okay... I love FPS games as much as the next guy, but to omit Myst???
C'mon! Was there anyone who didn't have their proverbial socks blown off when they first saw that game back in 1994?
The exquisite soundtrack, the skillful 3D art... Pure pre-rendered beauty!
Until recently, I worked as an intern programmer for a web design house in Boulder, CO. It was a small company (~15 employees), and my desk was right next to the CEO's desk. (No windows, partitions, or anything like that).
... and that's the story.
So, one afternoon, the CEO leans over and tells me that he's leaving to demo a client's new website for them (at their office). He also tells me that he has just "accidently altered" some significant CFML code on their site, and that he didn't have time to finish adding a few graphics and other niceties.
The conversation pretty much went like this:
CEO: I will be in a meeting in 20-30 minutes. I just broke our client's website. Your job is to fix it so we don't all look like nimrods.
Me: Ummm....
CEO: Don't worry, I'm sure you'll figure it out!
And he scooted out the door. Somehow, I fixed the broken code, made some graphics, and threw it all on the Internet before he made the presentation. Phew.
Most people here seem worried about quality if Napster becomes a subscription service. I really don't think there is any way of addressing that issue without rethinking how Napster operates.
How about this: instead of Joe Sixpack serving partial 96kbps Mp3s off a 56k modem, why can't just the artists run their own mp3 servers off of T3s? This has a few advantages:
1. Artists can publish high-quality (192kbps-320kbps) MP3s.
2. Indie artists can be compensated for their music (your account is automatically charged, say $.40 for each song, and that money goes to the artist's account)
3. Artists maintain control over their intellectual property.
4. Artists pay some percentage of their online sales-- 8% or something-- to Napster. (They're still making more money than with a record label)
Yes, the plan requires more thought, but I'd be much happier paying the indie artists directly for music rather than trusting Napster to pay them correctly.
Just my 2cents
Cam