If you are lucky enough to find the GPS enabled can, please send it to us along with a stamped, self-addressed envelope and we will magically mail the prize to your location - GPS Rocks !
Um, I certainly hope you are not suggesting the Lamo is a terrorist or is aiding terrorists ? No more than than the NC man running a meth lab is a terrorist. It's misleading to suggest that these actions are somehow related to terrorist investigations, it's just the FBI using the USA PATRIOT ACT to circumvent the normal checks and balances.
You sound like one of those "trade liberty for security" folks... If you are really worried about the end of The American Way don't fear the terrorists, watch the government and stand up for the rights of all Americans.
They have a good overview of the USA PATRIOT ACT on their site and in the most recent EPIC Alert newsletter, there is this interesting paragraph (item 4):
The White House's push for greater Patriot Act powers follows in the
wake of allegations that law enforcement agencies increasingly use
Patriot Act tools to capture and punish run-of-the-mill criminals
rather than terrorists.
The Justice Department concedes that it has
applied its expanded powers to smugglers, defrauders, bookies, con
artists, and drug dealers.
Anyone here know a good place (other then Google) to find the laws regarding a citizen's rights to inspect an election process ? I'm curious, because I'm a resident and registered voter of the great state of Maryland. By the way, I'm a bit surprised my the state's reactions... JHU is especially highly regarded here...
Did anyone else read this and "hear" the name of this material as BUBBLE BOY ???
(Episode 47): Jerry is spotted at a restaurant and asked to visit a boy who lives inside a plastic bubble. Jerry, Elaine, George, and his girlfriend, Susan, are supposed to spend the weekend at Susan's father's cabin. Since the cabin is near the boy's home, Jerry agrees to stop by. Arriving early, George quarrels with the bubbleboy while playing Trivia Pursuit, almost killing him. Kramer and Jerry's girlfriend go swimming near the cabin while they wait for the others. He leaves a cigar burning that sets the cabin on fire. Air Date: 10/7/92
I guess I spend too much time playing with this stuff...
I wish that there were CEO polls for every company... thank you - this is the most interesting link I've seen in quite a while !!!
Steve Ballmer is at 7% LOL !
Toynbee Mystery
Mysterious plaques with a prophetic message have been appearing all along the Eastern seaboard. Tonight, Bill O'Neill, the foremost expert in this phenomenon, joins us via netcam from Atlanta to talk about who or what is leaving these plaques and shed some light on their meaning. The plaques read:
"Toynbee Ideas
In Kubrick's 2001
Ressurect Dead
On Planet Jupiter"
Plenty of interesting posts out there on the topic (DRM, Apple, eBay bashing excluded)..
But the point I think many are missing is that this is explicitly an Experiment to see where it goes. I have to admit, selling an iTune on eBay sounds like some sort of smart-assed reply on/.
and this guy is actually doing it !
(of course, all proceeds if any going to EFF). Kudos ! and kudos to timothy for posting it.
Thanks for the thoughtful reply, you made several very good observations !
I'm still of the mind that this is just a big marketing/buzzword thing. It's only a (very) lightweight solution to the document management/security issue, and yet requires a fair amount of capital costs, is an administrative nightmare (God forbid the untrained masses actually start using the thing), locks your content into M$ forever (see Subscription Model), and will probably generate more problems in the real world than it solves.
I can imagine a couple very specific uses (HR forms) but no broad appeal. In fact, I would be very surprised if you don't see them adverstising to Enterprise customers that there is a way to prevent it's use (which I'm certain our finacial services co. would require).
this caught me on a slow day, so here it goes...
your comments or criticisms are appreciated !
Think about:
The system is ultimately ineffective (screen shots anyone?, hand made copies?, pocket cell-phone cameras?), and false security is worse than none
It requires additional infrastructure (cost) and software upgrades (cost) then locks you in to the M$ implementation
Companies (financial) will have to manage (cost) the new documents to meet compliance issues (ie: you can NOT have documents that are required to be kept for compliance be protected from copying or have them expire - and how do you stop it?)
Single point of failure:What if the DRM server is down (temporary downtime company-wide for M$ Office)
What if the DRM server crashes and can't be restored (permanent loss of important data)
Will M$ provide a backdoor (for Law Enforcement, PATRIOT ACT, etc), what if it's leaked ?
THIS IS A DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT ISSUE - not a security problem, people need EDM/ECM not more gimmicks !
'Hacking' into the document to provide interoperability or to recover data may be a FEDERAL OFFENSE under DMCA
What about search/rescue for the users who screw up and lock themselves or others out of documents accidentally ???
Forced upgrades (al la Win2K) just to continue to use YOUR OWN (DRMed) corporate assets
Louts Notes has had a (less user-friendly) version of this since R2, and very few shops use it (encryption keys)
On the bright side:
There are a huge number of users/customers/vendors/partners who will not be able to use the DRM documents (requires upgrade), so it will take years to even marginally implement for external communications (which is one of the main items people want it for in the first place)
The Michigan NMA did it, and I believe there was one on the Washington D.C. Beltway...
They simply organized a group of drivers to 'convoy' together and maintain the exact speed limit (55MPH). This unsurprisingly caused major havoc for the short period of time it was demonstrated. Also, I've seen stories on usenet, etc. of angry drivers trying to prove a point after getting a few tickets by doing the speed limit in residential areas (25MPH often) in which they were pulled over for impeding traffic by going exactly the limit.
Perhaps if the UK institutes (or considers instituting) this hair-brained scheme, a demonstration would be in order. Hell, London traffic is famously horrid - imagine a Beowulf Cluster of slow drivers !!!
Nanotechnology Now interviews on Ethics/Safety
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Ministry of NanoEthics?
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· Score: 3, Informative
This one is from Jeff Harrow (formerly of "The Rapidly Changing Face of Computing" when he was at Compaq Research).
It's an interview with some interesting names including a Senator, some techies, and a bunch of Nano/NBIC people. It's free trial for the whole thing on the magazine site, but Jeff has reprinted his discussion on his site.
Oh, and I highly recommend the Harrow Report newsletter to everyone here on/. - Jeff always has interesting info and insight.
From the site:
"
Nanotechnology Now" magazine recently interviewed twelve people (including myself) who are involved with the emerging world of nanotechnology. They've now published the results of the interviews in Issue 2 of their "NanoNews" newsletter. All twelve of the participants' responses are available in that publication, which you can find through http://www.nanotech-now.com/newsletter/. Issue 2 specifically is available at no cost as part of their free trial subscription.
The participants include (with partial affiliations shown here):
* Sen. George Allen, U.S. Senator (R.-Va.)
* Morten Bogedal, CEO, Nordic Nanotech
* A.S. Daar, Professor of Public Health Sciences and of Surgery, University of Toronto
* Neil Gordon, Partner, Nanotechnology, with Sygertech
* Tim Harper, Founder & President, CMP Cientifica
* Jeffrey Harrow, Principal and Technologist, The Harrow Group
* Lerwen Liu, President, ABACUS Partners
* Cathy Murphy, Guy F. Lipscomb Professor of Chemistry, Univ. of S. Carolina
* Vic Pena, Co-founder & CEO, nanoTitan Inc.
* Ottilia Saxl, Ion European Board & Founding Director, The Institute of Nanotechnology
* Bo Varga, Principal and Strategic Consultant, The Strategic Synergy Group
* Dennis Wilson, Chief Technology Officer, Chairman of the Board, and Founder, Nanotechnologies, Inc.
However, if you don't wish to register on their site, you'll find the questions plus my answers (one-twelfth of the content) below, in this "Harrow Technology Report" Special Report.
The following twelve interview questions were developed by "Nanotechnology Now" Editor Rocky Rawstern, Chris Phoenix of the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology (CRN), and Tim Harper of Cientifica.
"
Godwin's Law is a natural law of Usenet named after Mike Godwin
(godwin@eff.org) concerning Usenet "discussions". It reads, according to
the Jargon File:
As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison
involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.
6.8 million people voted, so 1.7 million signatures is equivalent to 25% of the number of active voters !
By the way, there are 34.5 million people in California now of which, there are 15.3 million registered voters. That 1.7 million is 5% of the population and around 11% of registered voters.
sorry... but if you are arguing that perception of energy = "time", what things like about the regular rate of nuclear decay, the acceleration of mass due to gravity, which don't depend on any perceptions ?
I think you may be confusing the human experience with physics. Try reading some Kant, and perhaps Locke if you are interested in that topic. Also, check out why 60 hertz is important to human sight
Ok, so a Ronco "Mr. Microphone", or an iMrMicrophone would be illegal... should Karaoke in general be outlawed ? I wouldn't want that one put to a vote !
And what about those McDonalds drive-thrus, I think they us FM band ? So do garage door openers and baby monitors !
Is the auto-quote generator using PageRank to determine the content of the discussion or something ?
Bottom quote from this story page: Federal grants are offered for... research into the recreation potential of interplanetary space travel for the culturally disadvantaged.
but the real question is, if space is curved, and Kansas is flatter than a pancake, do interplanetary travelers need maple syrup ?
;)
I hear ya jazman! But I'm more interested to see how a multiple award winning customer service organization responds to the problem... I'm giving them a week or two before I pass judgement (yes, very un-slash like I know!)
Definitely worth watching. You can find it on BBCA Channel 264. The DirectTV website has an online programming guide that will help you find your favorite shows.
Slashdot Mirror
I wonder if they realize that they just wireless-enabled a 2600 Meeting ?
Should be plenty of fun this friday !
You obviously have a limited ability to detect humor... There were several posts about how a "GPS enable soda can" would work, it's a joke.
From the Coke site...
Oh, *that* BCRVM1. Too cool... I still know a person or two that use OS/2, one guy is a fanatic. I'm sure you've heard the old joke 1,000 times
"How many programmers does it take to reboot an OS/2 box?"
"None, they never go down."
Classic.
By the way, you look like a hardware level guy, do you mess around with any of the Domino stuff ?
Weird, it looks like Verisign bought that company ?
www.bcrvm1.com
No mention of ol' Dr Dave though...
I wonder what it means ?
Um, I certainly hope you are not suggesting the Lamo is a terrorist or is aiding terrorists ? No more than than the NC man running a meth lab is a terrorist. It's misleading to suggest that these actions are somehow related to terrorist investigations, it's just the FBI using the USA PATRIOT ACT to circumvent the normal checks and balances.
You sound like one of those "trade liberty for security" folks... If you are really worried about the end of The American Way don't fear the terrorists, watch the government and stand up for the rights of all Americans.
They have a good overview of the USA PATRIOT ACT on their site and in the most recent EPIC Alert newsletter, there is this interesting paragraph (item 4):
Anyone here know a good place (other then Google) to find the laws regarding a citizen's rights to inspect an election process ? I'm curious, because I'm a resident and registered voter of the great state of Maryland. By the way, I'm a bit surprised my the state's reactions... JHU is especially highly regarded here...
Did anyone else read this and "hear" the name of this material as
BUBBLE BOY ???
(Episode 47): Jerry is spotted at a restaurant and asked to visit a boy who lives inside a plastic bubble. Jerry, Elaine, George, and his girlfriend, Susan, are supposed to spend the weekend at Susan's father's cabin. Since the cabin is near the boy's home, Jerry agrees to stop by. Arriving early, George quarrels with the bubbleboy while playing Trivia Pursuit, almost killing him. Kramer and Jerry's girlfriend go swimming near the cabin while they wait for the others. He leaves a cigar burning that sets the cabin on fire. Air Date: 10/7/92
I guess I spend too much time playing with this stuff...
Just look at what you can do now !
verisign sucks
alternative to verisign
domain hosting -verisign
trust betrayal broken internet verisign"
bind patch
Wow: 91% NO at 10:15AM EST 2003-09-17
I wish that there were CEO polls for every company... thank you - this is the most interesting link I've seen in quite a while !!!
Steve Ballmer is at 7% LOL !
TechTV did a thing on it about a month ago...
Toynbee Mystery
Mysterious plaques with a prophetic message have been appearing all along the Eastern seaboard. Tonight, Bill O'Neill, the foremost expert in this phenomenon, joins us via netcam from Atlanta to talk about who or what is leaving these plaques and shed some light on their meaning. The plaques read:
"Toynbee Ideas
In Kubrick's 2001
Ressurect Dead
On Planet Jupiter"
Plenty of interesting posts out there on the topic (DRM, Apple, eBay bashing excluded)..
But the point I think many are missing is that this is explicitly an Experiment to see where it goes. I have to admit, selling an iTune on eBay sounds like some sort of smart-assed reply on
and this guy is actually doing it !
(of course, all proceeds if any going to EFF). Kudos ! and kudos to timothy for posting it.
Thanks for the thoughtful reply, you made several very good observations !
I'm still of the mind that this is just a big marketing/buzzword thing. It's only a (very) lightweight solution to the document management/security issue, and yet requires a fair amount of capital costs, is an administrative nightmare (God forbid the untrained masses actually start using the thing), locks your content into M$ forever (see Subscription Model), and will probably generate more problems in the real world than it solves.
I can imagine a couple very specific uses (HR forms) but no broad appeal. In fact, I would be very surprised if you don't see them adverstising to Enterprise customers that there is a way to prevent it's use (which I'm certain our finacial services co. would require).
Thanks again, Dave
Think about:
The system is ultimately ineffective (screen shots anyone?, hand made copies?, pocket cell-phone cameras?), and false security is worse than none
It requires additional infrastructure (cost) and software upgrades (cost) then locks you in to the M$ implementation
Companies (financial) will have to manage (cost) the new documents to meet compliance issues (ie: you can NOT have documents that are required to be kept for compliance be protected from copying or have them expire - and how do you stop it?)
Single point of failure:What if the DRM server is down (temporary downtime company-wide for M$ Office)
What if the DRM server crashes and can't be restored (permanent loss of important data)
Will M$ provide a backdoor (for Law Enforcement, PATRIOT ACT, etc), what if it's leaked ?
THIS IS A DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT ISSUE - not a security problem, people need EDM/ECM not more gimmicks !
'Hacking' into the document to provide interoperability or to recover data may be a FEDERAL OFFENSE under DMCA
What about search/rescue for the users who screw up and lock themselves or others out of documents accidentally ???
Forced upgrades (al la Win2K) just to continue to use YOUR OWN (DRMed) corporate assets
Louts Notes has had a (less user-friendly) version of this since R2, and very few shops use it (encryption keys)
On the bright side:
There are a huge number of users/customers/vendors/partners who will not be able to use the DRM documents (requires upgrade), so it will take years to even marginally implement for external communications (which is one of the main items people want it for in the first place)
Some obvious possibilities for abuse include:
Stopping Whistleblowers (Enron, Pentagon, Worldcom/Arthur Anderson, Whitewater)
Erasing potential evidence: stockbroker send you bad advice in a doc that expires in 30 days
Erasing potential evidence: boss tells you to do something unusual that gets you into trouble
Erasing potential evidence: employees colluding to do things detrimental to a company (embezzle?)
Mafia can us it for betting slips, other low-level secure comms
Word/Excel macro viruses could be set to self-destruct to protect the guilty
Restricting fair-use rights
The Terrorists could use it !
See Also:
http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/165
First meeting to be held next week, see the website for more info.
http://www.dyslexics.rog.uk/
The Michigan NMA did it, and I believe there was one on the Washington D.C. Beltway...
They simply organized a group of drivers to 'convoy' together and maintain the exact speed limit (55MPH). This unsurprisingly caused major havoc for the short period of time it was demonstrated. Also, I've seen stories on usenet, etc. of angry drivers trying to prove a point after getting a few tickets by doing the speed limit in residential areas (25MPH often) in which they were pulled over for impeding traffic by going exactly the limit.
Perhaps if the UK institutes (or considers instituting) this hair-brained scheme, a demonstration would be in order. Hell, London traffic is famously horrid - imagine a Beowulf Cluster of slow drivers !!!
This one is from Jeff Harrow (formerly of "The Rapidly Changing Face of Computing" when he was at Compaq Research).
It's an interview with some interesting names including a Senator, some techies, and a bunch of Nano/NBIC people. It's free trial for the whole thing on the magazine site, but Jeff has reprinted his discussion on his site.
Oh, and I highly recommend the Harrow Report newsletter to everyone here on
From the site:
For those very few people left here who don't know what I'm talking about...
Godwin's Law is a natural law of Usenet named after Mike Godwin (godwin@eff.org) concerning Usenet "discussions". It reads, according to the Jargon File: As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.
Just check out the turnout figures from the last election there in California...
6.8 million people voted, so 1.7 million signatures is equivalent to 25% of the number of active voters !
By the way, there are 34.5 million people in California now of which, there are 15.3 million registered voters. That 1.7 million is 5% of the population and around 11% of registered voters.
sorry... but if you are arguing that perception of energy = "time", what things like about the regular rate of nuclear decay, the acceleration of mass due to gravity, which don't depend on any perceptions ?
I think you may be confusing the human experience with physics. Try reading some Kant, and perhaps Locke if you are interested in that topic. Also, check out why 60 hertz is important to human sight
Ok, so a Ronco "Mr. Microphone", or an iMrMicrophone would be illegal... should Karaoke in general be outlawed ? I wouldn't want that one put to a vote !
And what about those McDonalds drive-thrus, I think they us FM band ? So do garage door openers and baby monitors !
Is the auto-quote generator using PageRank to determine the content of the discussion or something ?
Bottom quote from this story page:
Federal grants are offered for... research into the recreation potential of interplanetary space travel for the culturally disadvantaged.
but the real question is, if space is curved, and Kansas is flatter than a pancake, do interplanetary travelers need maple syrup ?
I hear ya jazman! But I'm more interested to see how a multiple award winning customer service organization responds to the problem... I'm giving them a week or two before I pass judgement (yes, very un-slash like I know!)
Definitely worth watching. You can find it on BBCA Channel 264. The DirectTV website has an online programming guide that will help you find your favorite shows.