This is off topic, but cool nonetheless. In the Police song Wrapped Aroung Your Finger. The line goes "You'll be wrapped around my finger." The "you'll be" part in the song sounds exactly like sting is saying the japanese word "yubi" which means both ring and finger.
the level of difficulty one has immigrating to the USA, even on the H1 visa program.
What makes it hard is that there are a 2 billion indians and chinese competing for a (relatively) small number of visas. Unfortunately, the number of visas is significant when compared to the number of IT jobs and out of work workers. I don't care how hard it is to get an H1 visa. The fact is that far too many have them.
Therefor, the person aquired possession of the ownership and distribution rights without permission of the rightful owners (RIAA.)
And in the process, deprived the RIAA of that right! huh? I think what a lot of people are pointing out is that the generally accepted definition of theft requires that the original owner lose ownership of the item. That clearly isn't happening here because art is intangible. Whether you believe that sharing is right or wrong, you have to accept that an mp3 isn't the same thing as a car or some other object you can hold in your hand. This is grey. And the fight going on now is to determine which shade of grey this is.
ok, I will! oh wait. This is a representative government with corrupt representatives. How do I go about changing this law? I know! Vote! oh wait, I did and this law still got passed. Maybe I should call my senator! I'm sure he would be willing to suddenly stop listening to the lobbyist sitting across from him at the $100 a plate restaurant just to listen to me. After all, the lobbyist is speaking his language (dollars) I'm just one of those strange people who understands those contraptions. Injustice is the sign of an unhealthy government. If you ask me, this government's on it's death bed.
Sorry to reply to my own post, but here's the machine. It was a cray-2:
http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/Shustek/ShustekTo ur -03.html
Cray's next machine, uncreatively called the "Cray-2," Photo by Michael Dubinsky solved the cooling/plumbing problem another way: the boards themselves were swimming in a non-conducting liquid called "Fluorinert," a blood plasma substitute used in surgery that happens to have the right thermal, mechanical, and electrical properties. Changing out a defective board within the 30-minute "mean time to repair" requirement was a challenge, though, since the Fluorinert had to be pumped into a holding tank, the board replaced, and the liquid pumped back.
I remember reading a story about one of the Crays (Y-MP?) that was cooled by a synthetic aproximation of human blood plasma. I think it was used to cool the memory. I also seem to remember a picture of the plasma flowing over a fountain type thing.
I can't think of a better way to get people to switch to DVD Audio. You can't say they sound better, because most people won't notice the difference. People will be much more willing to move if there's a perceived quality difference. So why not spend five years slowly reducing the quality of sound on CDs, then make the DVD audios perfect. Then people will hear the difference and switch.
Yeah, it will keep them away from your files after your computer has been siezed. Too little too late. They already got your list before they ever filed. Chances are they don't need the computer anyway. The only thing that will stop the RIAA for good is the next generation of p2p.
ok, I've had it. Someone please write this software I'm about to describe. I'm capable but with five kids, i don't have the time:
I've heard of various distributed file system software out there, but I don't think any have caught on/go this far. We need a p2p client that dedicates 20 gig (for example) and a certain percentage of your bandwidth to an internet wide distributed file system. Your disk contains small fragments of many files. The contstant connection is always active passing file fragments back to the network to keep the system alive. When you download a file, that file is streamed from dozens of computers simultaneously. Required upload quotas with public key encryption to feed the beast. a skulker to delete old files. an automated management system to keep the directory tree in order. a percentage of computer time that goes to searching. an easy to use, hard to hack voting system so normal people can vote the kiddie porn or brittney spears (her music, not nude pictures) off the system. hardened against viruses and network attacks from the riaa. The riaa will have no idea who to sue.
everyone gets paid what they're actually worth as opposed to what they think they're worth.
I had one project where I was paid $45,000 a year. I worked on this project (mostly alone) for 15 months. They sold it for $750,000 to the first customer. Then I've had many other projects where I was paid much more, but the project was archived and deleted at the end. So what is the real problem here? That I thought I was paid too much? or that management is clueless?
HAL: Dave, although you took thorough precautions in the pod against my hearing you, I could see your lips move. And I just wish you would spend more time with me, talking and laughing and crying. You don't bring me flowers anymore.
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This is off topic, but cool nonetheless. In the Police song Wrapped Aroung Your Finger. The line goes "You'll be wrapped around my finger." The "you'll be" part in the song sounds exactly like sting is saying the japanese word "yubi" which means both ring and finger.
My favorite mouse is Rocky. Bullwinkle is cool too. I hate that Mickey bastard.
the level of difficulty one has immigrating to the USA, even on the H1 visa program.
What makes it hard is that there are a 2 billion indians and chinese competing for a (relatively) small number of visas. Unfortunately, the number of visas is significant when compared to the number of IT jobs and out of work workers. I don't care how hard it is to get an H1 visa. The fact is that far too many have them.
At the risk of sounding like a troll, did anyone else notice the slant to the left?
Therefor, the person aquired possession of the ownership and distribution rights without permission of the rightful owners (RIAA.)
And in the process, deprived the RIAA of that right! huh? I think what a lot of people are pointing out is that the generally accepted definition of theft requires that the original owner lose ownership of the item. That clearly isn't happening here because art is intangible. Whether you believe that sharing is right or wrong, you have to accept that an mp3 isn't the same thing as a car or some other object you can hold in your hand. This is grey. And the fight going on now is to determine which shade of grey this is.
if you don't like it, *change it*!
ok, I will! oh wait. This is a representative government with corrupt representatives. How do I go about changing this law? I know! Vote! oh wait, I did and this law still got passed. Maybe I should call my senator! I'm sure he would be willing to suddenly stop listening to the lobbyist sitting across from him at the $100 a plate restaurant just to listen to me. After all, the lobbyist is speaking his language (dollars) I'm just one of those strange people who understands those contraptions. Injustice is the sign of an unhealthy government. If you ask me, this government's on it's death bed.
Yeah, my legs used to get tired all the time. Then they upgraded to carrier pigeon and man was that fast. Where do you think "no carrier" came from?
Sorry to reply to my own post, but here's the machine. It was a cray-2:
o ur -03.html
http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/Shustek/ShustekT
Cray's next machine, uncreatively called the "Cray-2," Photo by Michael Dubinsky solved the cooling/plumbing problem another way: the boards themselves were swimming in a non-conducting liquid called "Fluorinert," a blood plasma substitute used in surgery that happens to have the right thermal, mechanical, and electrical properties. Changing out a defective board within the 30-minute "mean time to repair" requirement was a challenge, though, since the Fluorinert had to be pumped into a holding tank, the board replaced, and the liquid pumped back.
I remember reading a story about one of the Crays (Y-MP?) that was cooled by a synthetic aproximation of human blood plasma. I think it was used to cool the memory. I also seem to remember a picture of the plasma flowing over a fountain type thing.
I for one welcome SCO's new IBM overlords ...
In Soviet Russia, I for one welcome a beowulf cluster of all our new overlords are belong to us...
Did I get them all? good, now knock it off.
Why not just go wireless? oh wait...
I suggest a different strategy R2. Let the bookie win.
All power is out across all 5 boros.
Good thing all my burros are powered by oats.
I can't think of a better way to get people to switch to DVD Audio. You can't say they sound better, because most people won't notice the difference. People will be much more willing to move if there's a perceived quality difference. So why not spend five years slowly reducing the quality of sound on CDs, then make the DVD audios perfect. Then people will hear the difference and switch.
Yeah, it will keep them away from your files after your computer has been siezed. Too little too late. They already got your list before they ever filed. Chances are they don't need the computer anyway. The only thing that will stop the RIAA for good is the next generation of p2p.
Just tell them about Wi-Fi startups in the middle east and they'll throw money at it...
What a great plan! I heard that muslims are allowed up to four Wifi's each!
It says you are in trouble if you provide the ability for the public to copy more than 10 copies at a value of more than $2,500.
It's a good thing most music these days is worthless. 10 x 0 = 0!
Bittorrent and freenet don't have all these features. maybe one or the other could grow to be this.
ok, I've had it. Someone please write this software I'm about to describe. I'm capable but with five kids, i don't have the time:
I've heard of various distributed file system software out there, but I don't think any have caught on/go this far. We need a p2p client that dedicates 20 gig (for example) and a certain percentage of your bandwidth to an internet wide distributed file system. Your disk contains small fragments of many files. The contstant connection is always active passing file fragments back to the network to keep the system alive. When you download a file, that file is streamed from dozens of computers simultaneously. Required upload quotas with public key encryption to feed the beast. a skulker to delete old files. an automated management system to keep the directory tree in order. a percentage of computer time that goes to searching. an easy to use, hard to hack voting system so normal people can vote the kiddie porn or brittney spears (her music, not nude pictures) off the system. hardened against viruses and network attacks from the riaa. The riaa will have no idea who to sue.
everyone gets paid what they're actually worth as opposed to what they think they're worth.
I had one project where I was paid $45,000 a year. I worked on this project (mostly alone) for 15 months. They sold it for $750,000 to the first customer. Then I've had many other projects where I was paid much more, but the project was archived and deleted at the end. So what is the real problem here? That I thought I was paid too much? or that management is clueless?
HAL: Dave, although you took thorough precautions in the pod against my hearing you, I could see your lips move. And I just wish you would spend more time with me, talking and laughing and crying. You don't bring me flowers anymore.
Oh God! My wife is a HAL 9000 computer!
Yeah, but if he says "I'm getting to old for this shit" I may have to shoot him...
It's ok. One round with Calista Flockhart will cure him faster than that cup he chose wisely.
What if there were a beowulf cluster of the top 500 supercomputers?
You'd still be modded down.
Big racks with cold water on them? I'd like to see that!
How long until SCO claim that SCO IP was stolen and put into plan9?
That's impossible. Plan 9 is from outer space.