> The point of XML is that it can be made easily human readable
True, but neither embedded binary information nor obfuscated tags are irrelevant since we are discussing whether opening up the XML formats will actually result in an open standard which can be implemented by competitors.
The point I tried to make is that there is a large number of tricks (binary data, links to external data in proprietary formats, patents, obfuscation, writing non-compliant documents, "extending" the standard, etc) which can be utilized to create non-interoperable file formats even if they are based on XML...creating a good and genuinely open XML format requires the will to do so...and somehow I have the feeling that the will of some parties is not that strong.
It might be interesting to note that in this newspaper article (sorry, only in Swedish), the Swedish CEO of Sony states that the copy protection is not used for CD:s sold in Europe and that "no copy protection will be introduced before it works well both for consumers and copyright owners" (which can of course be interpreted in many ways).
If "share a copy" == "loan them your CD" then you shouldn't be penalized for that and nothing is wrong with it.
Not true...there are many countries in the world, and I know that in least one (Sweden) where it is perfectly legal to copy music and give to your "family and close friends" [*]. On the other hand I agree that there doesn't seem to be any convincing argument as to why you should remove your identification details from the file...but it's hardly illegal (in my country...yet).
[*] For those who know Swedish, the original term is "närmaste familje- och vänskapskretsen" and the information is based on the current copyright laws - SFS 1960:729, "Lag (1960:729) om upphovsrätt till litterära och konstnärliga verk", Chapter 2, paragraph 12 and also the work that led up to the current law ("förarbeten") and subsequent verdicts from the supreme court.
if the law is anything similar to the European database directive, you do not benefit from a direct copytight on all of the facts contained in the database.
Rather the law recognizes that a lot of effort goes into making a proper crosslinked, searchable and enhanced DB, even if it only contains facts.
For instance, try searching an academic paper on CiteSeer , now isn't that much better than doing it the the old way.
CiteSeer doesn't claim to own copyright of all those documents but the DB, it's layout, structure and organization sure is copyrighted (and rightfully so IMHO).
Well..I might be damaged from working in the field of intellectual property (and everything I wrote is of course only my personal opinion by the way) =)
I'm buying new so the FX5200, as an AC said elsewhere in this thread "..is OK if you're buying new since it's in the sweet spot for price".
It also makes the box more versatile since it means it has VGA, DVI and regular video as output sources. Some plasma screens have DVI connectors and a lot of projectors have VGA connectors.
Yes maybe but the processor choice was made with these considerations:
1) My company has a deal with a large computer parts dealer. Buying trough them gives me a really good price and they only have Intel and AMD processors.
2) I have no experience at all with VIA processors and I tend to be hesitant to hardware I haven't tried previously (yes, I know it's a "chicken and the egg" kind of problem).
3) The processor comes in really handy when ripping DVD to MPEG4 (MPEG2 -> MPEG4 transcoding) since that takes alot of processing power if you want it to finish in a reasonable time. And that is something that I plan to alot...
I think MythTV as mentioned in the article would be something for you. It's got a web control interface as an optional module.
Your processor may be a problem though as the computer needs to do coding and decoding on the fly (to enable the "pause" features).
You best bet may be the Hauppage 350 card since it can do both decoding and encoding in hardware, thereby offloading the processor. It also has a remote control if you need one.
The reasoning for the different items are as follows:
A similar model of the motherboard got good reviews by Toms Hardware Guide (yes, I know some people in/. hate Tom). The integrated sound on this board was recommended to me by an ALSA developer. It's also got SATA, LAN, USB and Firewire and, as a nice bonus, both coax and optical digital sound outputs.
Samsung...didn't matter much as long as it had DVD and CD-RW capabilities, black front was a nice touch though.
WAG311GE, one of few cards that support A, B and G wireless networking. Supported in Linux by the MadWifi drivers, unfortunately not truly open source, but neither are any other ABG card drivers.
Intel processor, I usually like Athlons but temperature (and thereby cooling requirements) is much more important in this box than speed.
Hauppage, well supported by MythTV and able to do MPEG2 recording and playback in hardware.
MSI GeForce, has VGA, DVI and TV-Out, also fanless and really cheap. Closed drivers but that's kinda hard to avoid.
Maxtor drive, I really wanted a more quiet Seagate but the SATA models were kind of impossible to find in any nearby store for decent prices. Also most stores seemed to have the ones with the least storage capacity.
Coolermaster, the case isn't "designed" to be a HTPC case (such as this one) which means it doesn't have the same silly price tag. It was also the exact same width as my stereo components (well, 3mm wider) and similar color.
No, reread the article, mail is forwarded to a real server to do more processing (let the 2 mails per connection trough for instance).
2. This will delivery 50,000 X 2 free test emails
Big deal, no spammer today counts on sending 100.000 mails to make a living. Up the amount by a few orders of magnitude. Also, the extra time required to find and use all those servers isn't exactly negligible (sp?)
Yes, and if you read the article the relay does let the first 2 messages or so trough in order to convince the spammers that the relay is actually working
...has anyone been the target of a spammers affection?
I guess that as soon as they decide that your mail server is open to relaying they will pump their mails as quickly as possible trough to the server...
Wouldn't the bandwidth consumed while pumping all those pr0n mails trough to your server slow your xDSL (or whichever connection you have) to a grinding halt and thus make the project more suited towards those with a fat connection and something to prove?
Suppose that the stock of company FooBar is worth $80 today.
I buy the *option* of selling that stock at $80 in one weeks time (this of course cost me something since there is a risk involved for the entity that I buy this option from).
Let's say that priviledge costs me $1 (since everybody considers company FooBars stock prices to be quite stable).
Now, one week later IBM has barbecued company FooBar royally, the stock has plunged to $40.
The option of selling one stock at $80 is now worth $40 since the stock is currently priced at 40$. I don't even have to own the stock since someone who does can buy the option from me instead.
In total I've made 39$ on an investment of 1$ in one weeks time.
Alternative 2 - Buying short
This requires that you are in a position to do investments for others, such as being a bank.
Customer Bob calls you and want to buy FooBar stock, you say "sure Bob...uh...it costs $80". Bob agrees. You don't actually buy the stock until a week later when the price has fallen to $40, Bob will pay you $80 and you've earned $40.
Now, if the stock price has gone up, you will have to buy at the higher price instead and your boss will call you into his office for a short conversation...
Actually you have 4 distros (well kind of) to choose between with Debian. Last time I checked, Debian has more than 10.000 packages in unstable, making it quite likely that your favourite software is there (and if it's not, theres always unofficial sources).
As for PostgreSQL, you have the following choices:
Release..........Version
stable...........7.2.1
testing..........7.3.2r1-5
unstable.........7.3.4-8
experimental.....7.3.99.7.4beta5-1
Quote: "using a Soyuz-Fregat out of Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan"
They've obviously encrypted the name of the equipment and launch location, could this be due to the tired old parole of "national security"?
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Put option quick explaination:
Suppose that the stock of company FooBar is worth $80 today.
I buy the *option* of selling that stock at $80 in one weeks time (this of course cost me something since there is a risk involved for the entity that I buy this option from).
Let's say that priviledge costs me $1 (since everybody considers company FooBars stock prices to be quite stable).
Now, one week later the "bomb" has blown up their computer system and the stock has plunged to $40.
The option of selling one stock at $80 is now worth $40 since the stock is currently priced at 40$. I don't even have to own the stock since someone who does can buy the option from me instead.
In total I've made 39$ on an investment of 1$ in one weeks time.
It's a bit weird, it seems that Fortron is the maker of the PSU that THG refers to as the Verax PSU.
But just to make things harder they refer to it as a Verax PSU sometimes and a Fortron PSU sometimes so even the manufacturers seems to be a bit confused:-)
Verax has a list of vendors on their website (check the left frame for different countries)
I just did a quick check but some of the retailers they list had the FSP300-60ATV. Here is an example.
FYI: The swedish law council (Lagrådet) is currently looking at it. Predictions by the law professors I've asked at Stockholm University is that we will get something like class action lawsuits in a few years.
I don't think the problem is the lack of ideas, I think it's the lack of any code. Btw, I agree that XML + Schema is probably the way to go. Then having a frontend which makes a text version of the XML file, runs vi/emacs on the text file and converts back to XML is just one of the ways to do it when you want to edit text files. But why stop there, why not have the file format pluggable as well, values could be stored in anything from XML to LDAP to a registry;-) Only *standard* that's needed is for apps to supply a scheme for their config file(s).
All ideas remain "vapourware" until someone dedicates enough time to writing a library that ties all odd ends together and gives a simple to use API to the developers. At the same time this system should take into consideration many of the good points made here on/. and elsewhere.
First, such a library must exist, *then* developers can start thinking about switching their apps over to it. It's also much easier to discuss ideas and changes once there is a basis for the discussion.
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Most CF-IDE cards I've used only support PIO, not DMA. Try booting with "ide=nodma"
> The point of XML is that it can be made easily human readable
True, but neither embedded binary information nor obfuscated tags are irrelevant since we are discussing whether opening up the XML formats will actually result in an open standard which can be implemented by competitors.
The point I tried to make is that there is a large number of tricks (binary data, links to external data in proprietary formats, patents, obfuscation, writing non-compliant documents, "extending" the standard, etc) which can be utilized to create non-interoperable file formats even if they are based on XML...creating a good and genuinely open XML format requires the will to do so...and somehow I have the feeling that the will of some parties is not that strong.
XML is just a language, you can make the documents as incomprehensible as you want....
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<legalnote>
<warning>This document scheme is patented, copyright protected and trademarked</warning>
<uspto>US1234567</uspto>
</legalnote>
<blob type="binary" encryption="proprietary 40-bit">
<key type="public" enc="hex">
e5e9fa1ba31ecd1ae84f75caaa474f3a663f05f4
bd30361aa855686bde0eacd7162fef6a25fe97bf
</key>
<data enc="hex">
2bb80d537b1da3e38bd30361aa855686bde0eacd
7162fef6a25fe97bf527a25bb1da3e38bd30361a
</data>
</blob>
<blob type="image" codec="proprietary">
<data enc="hex">
30361aa855686bde0eacd7162fef6a25fe97bf527a25b
2bb80d537b1da3e38bd30361aa855686bde0eacd30361
</data>
</blob>
It might be interesting to note that in this newspaper article (sorry, only in Swedish), the Swedish CEO of Sony states that the copy protection is not used for CD:s sold in Europe and that "no copy protection will be introduced before it works well both for consumers and copyright owners" (which can of course be interpreted in many ways).
The filing with the ECJ is here and previous documents can be found here.
Note that FSF Europe (among others) is listed as a supporting party to the commission in some of the earlier documents which is quite amusing.
You might be looking for this.
If "share a copy" == "loan them your CD" then you shouldn't be penalized for that and nothing is wrong with it.
Not true...there are many countries in the world, and I know that in least one (Sweden) where it is perfectly legal to copy music and give to your "family and close friends" [*]. On the other hand I agree that there doesn't seem to be any convincing argument as to why you should remove your identification details from the file...but it's hardly illegal (in my country...yet).
[*] For those who know Swedish, the original term is "närmaste familje- och vänskapskretsen" and the information is based on the current copyright laws - SFS 1960:729, "Lag (1960:729) om upphovsrätt till litterära och konstnärliga verk", Chapter 2, paragraph 12 and also the work that led up to the current law ("förarbeten") and subsequent verdicts from the supreme court.
dont you mean "the Exchange server wrote my email"?
if the law is anything similar to the European database directive, you do not benefit from a direct copytight on all of the facts contained in the database.
Rather the law recognizes that a lot of effort goes into making a proper crosslinked, searchable and enhanced DB, even if it only contains facts.
For instance, try searching an academic paper on CiteSeer , now isn't that much better than doing it the the old way.
CiteSeer doesn't claim to own copyright of all those documents but the DB, it's layout, structure and organization sure is copyrighted (and rightfully so IMHO).
Well..I might be damaged from working in the field of intellectual property (and everything I wrote is of course only my personal opinion by the way) =)
I'm buying new so the FX5200, as an AC said elsewhere in this thread "..is OK if you're buying new since it's in the sweet spot for price".
It also makes the box more versatile since it means it has VGA, DVI and regular video as output sources. Some plasma screens have DVI connectors and a lot of projectors have VGA connectors.
Yes maybe but the processor choice was made with these considerations:
1) My company has a deal with a large computer parts dealer. Buying trough them gives me a really good price and they only have Intel and AMD processors.
2) I have no experience at all with VIA processors and I tend to be hesitant to hardware I haven't tried previously (yes, I know it's a "chicken and the egg" kind of problem).
3) The processor comes in really handy when ripping DVD to MPEG4 (MPEG2 -> MPEG4 transcoding) since that takes alot of processing power if you want it to finish in a reasonable time. And that is something that I plan to alot...
I think MythTV as mentioned in the article would be something for you. It's got a web control interface as an optional module.
Your processor may be a problem though as the computer needs to do coding and decoding on the fly (to enable the "pause" features).
You best bet may be the Hauppage 350 card since it can do both decoding and encoding in hardware, thereby offloading the processor. It also has a remote control if you need one.
The reasoning for the different items are as follows:
A similar model of the motherboard got good reviews by Toms Hardware Guide (yes, I know some people in /. hate Tom). The integrated sound on this board was recommended to me by an ALSA developer. It's also got SATA, LAN, USB and Firewire and, as a nice bonus, both coax and optical digital sound outputs.
Samsung...didn't matter much as long as it had DVD and CD-RW capabilities, black front was a nice touch though.
WAG311GE, one of few cards that support A, B and G wireless networking. Supported in Linux by the MadWifi drivers, unfortunately not truly open source, but neither are any other ABG card drivers.
Intel processor, I usually like Athlons but temperature (and thereby cooling requirements) is much more important in this box than speed.
Hauppage, well supported by MythTV and able to do MPEG2 recording and playback in hardware.
MSI GeForce, has VGA, DVI and TV-Out, also fanless and really cheap. Closed drivers but that's kinda hard to avoid.
Maxtor drive, I really wanted a more quiet Seagate but the SATA models were kind of impossible to find in any nearby store for decent prices. Also most stores seemed to have the ones with the least storage capacity.
Coolermaster, the case isn't "designed" to be a HTPC case (such as this one) which means it doesn't have the same silly price tag. It was also the exact same width as my stereo components (well, 3mm wider) and similar color.
Now all I have to do is wait...
For all those that are looking for a filesystem comparison, I found this story to be quite interesting...or go here for the test details and results.
1. I've now lost my IP port 25 mail server.
No, reread the article, mail is forwarded to a real server to do more processing (let the 2 mails per connection trough for instance).
2. This will delivery 50,000 X 2 free test emails
Big deal, no spammer today counts on sending 100.000 mails to make a living. Up the amount by a few orders of magnitude. Also, the extra time required to find and use all those servers isn't exactly negligible (sp?)
Yes, and if you read the article the relay does let the first 2 messages or so trough in order to convince the spammers that the relay is actually working
...has anyone been the target of a spammers affection?
I guess that as soon as they decide that your mail server is open to relaying they will pump their mails as quickly as possible trough to the server...
Wouldn't the bandwidth consumed while pumping all those pr0n mails trough to your server slow your xDSL (or whichever connection you have) to a grinding halt and thus make the project more suited towards those with a fat connection and something to prove?
Alternative 1 - Put option
Suppose that the stock of company FooBar is worth $80 today.
I buy the *option* of selling that stock at $80 in one weeks time (this of course cost me something since there is a risk involved for the entity that I buy this option from).
Let's say that priviledge costs me $1 (since everybody considers company FooBars stock prices to be quite stable).
Now, one week later IBM has barbecued company FooBar royally, the stock has plunged to $40.
The option of selling one stock at $80 is now worth $40 since the stock is currently priced at 40$. I don't even have to own the stock since someone who does can buy the option from me instead.
In total I've made 39$ on an investment of 1$ in one weeks time.
Alternative 2 - Buying short
This requires that you are in a position to do investments for others, such as being a bank.
Customer Bob calls you and want to buy FooBar stock, you say "sure Bob...uh...it costs $80". Bob agrees. You don't actually buy the stock until a week later when the price has fallen to $40, Bob will pay you $80 and you've earned $40.
Now, if the stock price has gone up, you will have to buy at the higher price instead and your boss will call you into his office for a short conversation...
Actually you have 4 distros (well kind of) to choose between with Debian. Last time I checked, Debian has more than 10.000 packages in unstable, making it quite likely that your favourite software is there (and if it's not, theres always unofficial sources). As for PostgreSQL, you have the following choices:
Release..........Version
stable...........7.2.1
testing..........7.3.2r1-5
unstable.........7.3.4-8
experimental.....7.3.99.7.4beta5-1
You can always go to:
http://packages.debian.org/<package-name>
for the latest info.
Quote: "using a Soyuz-Fregat out of Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan"
They've obviously encrypted the name of the equipment and launch location,
could this be due to the tired old parole of "national security"?
Put option quick explaination:
Suppose that the stock of company FooBar is worth $80 today.
I buy the *option* of selling that stock at $80 in one weeks time (this of course cost me something since there is a risk involved for the entity that I buy this option from).
Let's say that priviledge costs me $1 (since everybody considers company FooBars stock prices to be quite stable).
Now, one week later the "bomb" has blown up their computer system and the stock has plunged to $40.
The option of selling one stock at $80 is now worth $40 since the stock is currently priced at 40$. I don't even have to own the stock since someone who does can buy the option from me instead.
In total I've made 39$ on an investment of 1$ in one weeks time.
But Linux *is* a trademark, see linuxmark.org for details...
It's a bit weird, it seems that Fortron is the maker of the PSU that THG refers to as the Verax PSU.
:-)
But just to make things harder they refer to it as a Verax PSU sometimes and a Fortron PSU sometimes so even the manufacturers seems to be a bit confused
Verax has a list of vendors on their website (check the left frame for different countries)
I just did a quick check but some of the retailers they list had the FSP300-60ATV. Here is an example.
FYI: The swedish law council (Lagrådet) is currently looking at it. Predictions by the law professors I've asked at Stockholm University is that we will get something like class action lawsuits in a few years.
I don't think the problem is the lack of ideas, I think it's the lack of any code. Btw, I agree that XML + Schema is probably the way to go. Then having a frontend which makes a text version of the XML file, runs vi/emacs on the text file and converts back to XML is just one of the ways to do it when you want to edit text files. But why stop there, why not have the file format pluggable as well, values could be stored in anything from XML to LDAP to a registry ;-) Only *standard* that's needed is for apps to supply a scheme for their config file(s).
/. and elsewhere.
All ideas remain "vapourware" until someone dedicates enough time to writing a library that ties all odd ends together and gives a simple to use API to the developers. At the same time this system should take into consideration many of the good points made here on
First, such a library must exist, *then* developers can start thinking about switching their apps over to it. It's also much easier to discuss ideas and changes once there is a basis for the discussion.