Don't get on Caldera's ass because they don't want to pay to have the stuff stored. They're willing to turn them over. Bug the EFF or someone to go pick 'em up. I'm sure they'll turn out to be very interesting.
If these patches are applied when they aren't really needed, how much does it impact the system's performance and stability? I read in the thread shown that it conflicts with SMP, so you'd want it turned off for installs on multiprocessor systems, but aside from that, why can't it be turned on by default?
Work (sub rosa) to put together a package of emulators for all the machines your product supports (or as many as you can find), make 'em compatible with your hardware, and have it put up on a server outside the US. Spread word about the package surreptitiously. It'll be an enormous help for driving sales.
I figure, if they used cool water from the Hudson for the cold side, and warm, um, liquid from the urinals for the hot side, they could get the lighting for night games for free!
Though they might want to lower the prices on soda and beer, just to keep things flowing.
Microsoft, like many other industries, is under attack by government. Microsoft, like many other industries, is trying to buy off the US government by lobbying Congress. It's a slimy, immoral thing to do, and I'd expect just that of Microsoft. But it's not illegal.
Ya know, everyone thinks corporations have too much power over the government. Thing is, everyone blames the corporations. Me, I blame the GOVERNMENT. What, they make bribery legal, and you blame people and organizations for taking advantage of the fact?
Everyone pisses and moans about the US being ravaged by capitalism and the free market. But the United States doesn't run under a capitalist system. It runs under a MERCANTILIST system, which is a very different animal. A truly free market can't exist when the government meddles with it, with taxes and tax credits, and regulations and licenses... A large corporation is very happy to have regulations placed on it; those rules may decrease its profits a little, but a smaller business will wither and die under that chilly wind. Do you wonder why small companies are disappearing?
An article at Cato.org tells that yes, the ice cap has been shrinking during periods of global warming. But surprise, surprise -- it has also been shrinking during periods of global COOLING. Therefore, any cause/effect relationship has been disproved.
If I buy a Japanese DVD, and find I can't play it on my machine, and I try a utility like this one to be able to watch something I purchased, am I stealing? Some movie companies think so. I strongly disagree with them. What about you?
Getting hardware cheap isn't going to be your problem. What will give you the biggest headaches will be getting appropriate software. There's very little free stuff out there appropriate for little kids, and I doubt you'll be able to get discounts on the commercial stuff. I personally found it all mediocre.
You may be able to get somewhere by having the kids visit some of the children-topical websites that are up. As for their making presentations, and doing coursework online... I think you'll run into problems.
I strongly suggest that before embarking on this ambitious project you get ONE computer, and try to set it up so it'll be capable of everything you want. That way you won't wind up with kids working around the big, useless boxes sitting on their desks.
When I dial a number that's in my area code but outside my local calling area, I have to prefix my call with "1" and my area code. Won't this take place for cell phones, too? Won't this alert people that calling that phone will result in an additional charge?
Yup. Considering what salaries are there, I think that'd be optimal.
I'd suggest a couple of changes, though... Instead of special constructions for housing the TVs, just put all the DVD decks in back of the counter. Have some shelving with the DVD boxes out front, much like a rental place; then when you bring a box to the counter, instead of handing you the DVD, the clerk sticks it in a player and directs you to the matching TV.
Now it's not just the DMCA we're up against; we also have to worry about the ADA. If you don't buy one of these copy-protected CDs you may be sued for discriminating against the handicapped.
I wasn't thinking about how nice *nix is at managing files... Just check the binary's last changed date. No need to parse through it to calculate the CRC on each execution.
This WOULD be easier for a hacker with root to spoof, but that wouldn't be its main purpose.
> Some African rivers have already seen a decrease > in volume...
Uhm. If the ice cap is in the process of melting, those rivers should be seeing an INCREASE in volume. The fact that the volume is going down indicates either:
(1) That ice cap has been melting for a LONG time, and is only now running out, putting a crack in the theory that global warming has recently become significant, or
(2) The rivers are decreasing in volume for some other reason, most likely drought; that drought might also be responsible for the decrease in the size of the ice cap, since melt would not be replenished as quickly. The drought is definitely a change in climate, but blaming it on "global warming" is about as unscientific as the argument, "ice melts because things get hotter. Must be global warming."
I suppose some people would like it, but I don't usually carry around a briefcase. So for me, this PC is too big to carry in my pocket, but too small to fit the features I want in a main machine. Sorry Sony, I'll stick with the full-sized Vaio I bought last year.:-)
Very good point; and a new feature might require a new privilege setting, which would cause errors until the policy was redone.
The policy also doesn't protect against exploits which use privileges that were already authorized, though it's still an improvement over SUID/SGID.
It would be nice to add a CRC-32 to the policy file, and check the CRC each time the code is run. If a difference is discovered, indicating either a hacked executable or an upgrade, a warning could be given that the policy might need to be changed.
I would recommend you go with a wireless/carrier solution only if you have no other choice. Run UTP out the windows, under the carpets, wherever. A wired connection will be orders of magnitude superior to any other solution. Those other methods not only result in a slow link, they often wind up slowing the rest of your network down. I tried wireless and it's quite annoying.
And I'm telling you, if taggants would work in cartridge propellant, manufacturers would already be adding them; they're pretty inexpensive. It's adding a tag to the bullet that would be the expensive part. And tagging the bullets in factory ammo won't help against people who melt down fishing weights and cast their bullets themselves. You'd also be introducing a whole new level of control to the market; there are currently no regulations against selling bullets, only complete cartridges.
Well, we were talking about a whole 'nother fingerprinting technology before.
But there are problems with your suggestion; the temperature and pressure present inside a cartridge case when it fires is much higher than in most explosive detonations, and making a tag that can survive is problematic. Designing a tag to be added to a bullet that will survive travel through the barrel and impact with the target is also a problem.
There's also a problem with expense. Raising the cost per round may not affect people who barely touch their gun, or who only use it for hunting, but for people who try to keep proficient and use up a lot of ammo in target practice, it could become prohibitively costly. This is especially true with law enforcement, and if you exempted them from using marked rounds, you'd have a huge potential untraceable supply and problems controlling its distribution.
True. On the other hand, forensics would probably be able to tell which bullet that was, and in combination with analysis of the case and propellant residue, might serve to identify a particular individual, or at least to increase suspicion.
I'm sure you're right. I'm not sure where you get the notion that the US has a duty to depose them -- especially with an undeclared war. I personally think communism is stupid and oppressive too, but that doesn't mean I would've advocated the US going into Korea and Vietnam to fight the red menace.
It's these muddy justifications for attacking another country that threaten to make the US look like -- or even turn it into -- an empire to rival Rome. If we are to go to war with another country, we'd better have good solid justification to do so -- and a real declaration of war to go with it.
Well, actually whether a round is reloaded or not doesn't change the sort of fingerprint we're talking about. In fact, a reloaded round might be more likely to point to a single person than factory ammo.
Fingerprinting the bullets won't work, even considering the noraml wear of the barrel, because with a small amount of work you can completely change the way the barrel makes marks on the bullet.
Fingerprinting the marks on the brass cartridges is even worse; not only can that be changed, but if you shoot your gun at a public range, anyone could grab a case you've left behind and frame you with it, taking attention away from themselves.
I think it's New Jersey that's instituted a program for fingerprinting the cartridge cases; they've spent a godawful amount of money on the program, and the end result has been no useful information towards making arrests.
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Don't get on Caldera's ass because they don't want to pay to have the stuff stored. They're willing to turn them over. Bug the EFF or someone to go pick 'em up. I'm sure they'll turn out to be very interesting.
If these patches are applied when they aren't really needed, how much does it impact the system's performance and stability? I read in the thread shown that it conflicts with SMP, so you'd want it turned off for installs on multiprocessor systems, but aside from that, why can't it be turned on by default?
Work (sub rosa) to put together a package of emulators for all the machines your product supports (or as many as you can find), make 'em compatible with your hardware, and have it put up on a server outside the US. Spread word about the package surreptitiously. It'll be an enormous help for driving sales.
I figure, if they used cool water from the Hudson for the cold side, and warm, um, liquid from the urinals for the hot side, they could get the lighting for night games for free!
Though they might want to lower the prices on soda and beer, just to keep things flowing.
Microsoft, like many other industries, is under attack by government. Microsoft, like many other industries, is trying to buy off the US government by lobbying Congress. It's a slimy, immoral thing to do, and I'd expect just that of Microsoft. But it's not illegal.
Ya know, everyone thinks corporations have too much power over the government. Thing is, everyone blames the corporations. Me, I blame the GOVERNMENT. What, they make bribery legal, and you blame people and organizations for taking advantage of the fact?
Everyone pisses and moans about the US being ravaged by capitalism and the free market. But the United States doesn't run under a capitalist system. It runs under a MERCANTILIST system, which is a very different animal. A truly free market can't exist when the government meddles with it, with taxes and tax credits, and regulations and licenses... A large corporation is very happy to have regulations placed on it; those rules may decrease its profits a little, but a smaller business will wither and die under that chilly wind. Do you wonder why small companies are disappearing?
An article at Cato.org tells that yes, the ice cap has been shrinking during periods of global warming. But surprise, surprise -- it has also been shrinking during periods of global COOLING. Therefore, any cause/effect relationship has been disproved.
If I buy a Japanese DVD, and find I can't play it on my machine, and I try a utility like this one to be able to watch something I purchased, am I stealing? Some movie companies think so. I strongly disagree with them. What about you?
Hillary Rosen's womanhood was never seriously in question.
I do have serious doubts about Janet Reno, though...
Getting hardware cheap isn't going to be your problem. What will give you the biggest headaches will be getting appropriate software. There's very little free stuff out there appropriate for little kids, and I doubt you'll be able to get discounts on the commercial stuff. I personally found it all mediocre.
You may be able to get somewhere by having the kids visit some of the children-topical websites that are up. As for their making presentations, and doing coursework online... I think you'll run into problems.
I strongly suggest that before embarking on this ambitious project you get ONE computer, and try to set it up so it'll be capable of everything you want. That way you won't wind up with kids working around the big, useless boxes sitting on their desks.
When I dial a number that's in my area code but outside my local calling area, I have to prefix my call with "1" and my area code. Won't this take place for cell phones, too? Won't this alert people that calling that phone will result in an additional charge?
Yup. Considering what salaries are there, I think that'd be optimal.
I'd suggest a couple of changes, though... Instead of special constructions for housing the TVs, just put all the DVD decks in back of the counter. Have some shelving with the DVD boxes out front, much like a rental place; then when you bring a box to the counter, instead of handing you the DVD, the clerk sticks it in a player and directs you to the matching TV.
Now it's not just the DMCA we're up against; we also have to worry about the ADA. If you don't buy one of these copy-protected CDs you may be sued for discriminating against the handicapped.
Coders everywhere can always use more R&R. This means we won't have to offer additional vacation time.
I wasn't thinking about how nice *nix is at managing files... Just check the binary's last changed date. No need to parse through it to calculate the CRC on each execution.
This WOULD be easier for a hacker with root to spoof, but that wouldn't be its main purpose.
> Some African rivers have already seen a decrease
> in volume...
Uhm. If the ice cap is in the process of melting, those rivers should be seeing an INCREASE in volume. The fact that the volume is going down indicates either:
(1) That ice cap has been melting for a LONG time, and is only now running out, putting a crack in the theory that global warming has recently become significant, or
(2) The rivers are decreasing in volume for some other reason, most likely drought; that drought might also be responsible for the decrease in the size of the ice cap, since melt would not be replenished as quickly. The drought is definitely a change in climate, but blaming it on "global warming" is about as unscientific as the argument, "ice melts because things get hotter. Must be global warming."
That may be true security-wise, but the CRC check would still add some convenience.
I suppose some people would like it, but I don't usually carry around a briefcase. So for me, this PC is too big to carry in my pocket, but too small to fit the features I want in a main machine. Sorry Sony, I'll stick with the full-sized Vaio I bought last year. :-)
Very good point; and a new feature might require a new privilege setting, which would cause errors until the policy was redone.
The policy also doesn't protect against exploits which use privileges that were already authorized, though it's still an improvement over SUID/SGID.
It would be nice to add a CRC-32 to the policy file, and check the CRC each time the code is run. If a difference is discovered, indicating either a hacked executable or an upgrade, a warning could be given that the policy might need to be changed.
I would recommend you go with a wireless/carrier solution only if you have no other choice. Run UTP out the windows, under the carpets, wherever. A wired connection will be orders of magnitude superior to any other solution. Those other methods not only result in a slow link, they often wind up slowing the rest of your network down. I tried wireless and it's quite annoying.
And I'm telling you, if taggants would work in cartridge propellant, manufacturers would already be adding them; they're pretty inexpensive. It's adding a tag to the bullet that would be the expensive part. And tagging the bullets in factory ammo won't help against people who melt down fishing weights and cast their bullets themselves. You'd also be introducing a whole new level of control to the market; there are currently no regulations against selling bullets, only complete cartridges.
Well, we were talking about a whole 'nother fingerprinting technology before.
But there are problems with your suggestion; the temperature and pressure present inside a cartridge case when it fires is much higher than in most explosive detonations, and making a tag that can survive is problematic. Designing a tag to be added to a bullet that will survive travel through the barrel and impact with the target is also a problem.
There's also a problem with expense. Raising the cost per round may not affect people who barely touch their gun, or who only use it for hunting, but for people who try to keep proficient and use up a lot of ammo in target practice, it could become prohibitively costly. This is especially true with law enforcement, and if you exempted them from using marked rounds, you'd have a huge potential untraceable supply and problems controlling its distribution.
True. On the other hand, forensics would probably be able to tell which bullet that was, and in combination with analysis of the case and propellant residue, might serve to identify a particular individual, or at least to increase suspicion.
I'm sure you're right. I'm not sure where you get the notion that the US has a duty to depose them -- especially with an undeclared war. I personally think communism is stupid and oppressive too, but that doesn't mean I would've advocated the US going into Korea and Vietnam to fight the red menace.
It's these muddy justifications for attacking another country that threaten to make the US look like -- or even turn it into -- an empire to rival Rome. If we are to go to war with another country, we'd better have good solid justification to do so -- and a real declaration of war to go with it.
Well, actually whether a round is reloaded or not doesn't change the sort of fingerprint we're talking about. In fact, a reloaded round might be more likely to point to a single person than factory ammo.
Fingerprinting the bullets won't work, even considering the noraml wear of the barrel, because with a small amount of work you can completely change the way the barrel makes marks on the bullet.
Fingerprinting the marks on the brass cartridges is even worse; not only can that be changed, but if you shoot your gun at a public range, anyone could grab a case you've left behind and frame you with it, taking attention away from themselves.
I think it's New Jersey that's instituted a program for fingerprinting the cartridge cases; they've spent a godawful amount of money on the program, and the end result has been no useful information towards making arrests.