CMDRTACO: Congratulations on kicking a $4000 annual CD habit! The first step to recovery is admitting there's a problem!
Oh, gimme a break. I'm kidding. Still, it gives you a good point to look at when wondering where the RIAA gets its war chest. Doesn't Microsoft wish they could get even half that much from as many people... Oh, wait! They release a new version of Office every year! (Well, they wish they did, but it's getting closer!) That's a 2-CD set that goes for $800... close enough!
After reading the recent article about Tom's Hardware, FlaskMPEG and DVDs, I think I notice a chink in the armor.
The applications have to make use of this technology. If they don't, the Media ID doesn't mean a damn thing.
(Tangent mode for a moment here...)
Look at what's happening with piracy in the DVD market -- the pirated works aren't being distributed as DVDs. It's even a point of pride that they are in a different format with different encoding! The people doing this are using a perfectly legal copy, and extracting the information. Once it's in the new format (whatever it ends up being), there is no CSS, no Macrovision, no region coding...
nothing. You can copy it all you want now, it's not a DVD anymore!
It seems that there are enough incredibly talented people out there, and they're willing and able to write software capable of doing things like this. As long as the media is designed to be used in conjunction with computers, people are going to find ways to use it that the authors did not intend... and probably aren't going to like. LaserDiscs have phenomenal data volume, but when was the last time you saw a LaserDisc drive for your computer?
Remember how long Macrovision lasted when it first came out on Back to the Future? (At least, that was the first movie I saw it used on...) It was just a matter of months before Macrovision filter boxes showed up -- end of problem! We had control of our movies back!
(Okay, back on topic now...)
This Media ID thing really isn't going to cause any problems, I think. People are going to attack the "don't copy me" bit instead of the Media ID. People are going to use different software that ignores the ID #. I think this will be about as effective as region codes. Heck, I can even think of interesting uses for it, like as a holder for encryption keys. Imagine this:
Include the (encrypted) Media ID as part of your key. Use that in conjunction with SSH to access your systems from... wherever. If someone tries to copy your client key, it's signature won't validate because they don't have the original disk. You also have a convenient place to store a whole bunch of portable data. (MP3 collection?)
On the down side, you could lose it just like your keys.
Now back to earth. Why would these things be popular? The largest one is 1.3 GB. I can get a 10 GB hard drive for just over $50 -- why do I want one of these? What is the price-per-gig going to compete with?
This page has an article about the Crusoe processor picturebook. The text doesn't do me much good, I'm afraid... but at least you can get a look at the thing. Also, it looks like it supports the memory stick media -- for all you music clip users out there.
If you just want to look at the PII/400 next to the Crusoe version, here are some pictures: (from the same site)
Please note, I did not say "master and slave," I said "primary and secondary" (as in IDE channels).
The 'normal' IDE controllers, like the ones sitting in my humble little PII/300 right now, are dual-channel. Each IDE controller can access 4 devices. Then Asus went and added another one, for another 4 devices.
"As you know, the BX chipset itself does not support UltraDMA/66. Even so, Asus integrated an additional UltraDMA/66 IDE controller chip from CMD, adding two IDE channels. Thanks to this, the CUBX comes with a total of four IDE ports (allowing up to eight drives)."
I trust this clears things up? (Yes, I know I said ATA/66 instead of UltraDMA/66 in my original post. I switched the terms, sorry.)
The Tom's Hardware review of the Asus CUBX indicates that it has 2 IDE controllers. This means, of course, 2 primary and 2 secondary (with 2 devices on each, for a total of 8) connections!
Yes, this is an older design (Tom reviewed it in May), and it's based on the 440BX chipset. Asus apparently got around the "no ATA/66 on 440BX" by using a different chipset for the controller -- and put in two of them for good measure!! Cool.
I haven't looked around much, but with the proliferation of IDE/ATAPI Zip drives, DVD drives, CD-RW drives, and the incredible availability of cheap hard drives, I have to think this idea [of multiple IDE controllers] is going to stick around. Other motherboard manufacturers should get the clue very soon, if they haven't already.
The program is called Gnucleus. It offers the option to allow or deny a result based on:
IP address (frustrated by searches that return reserved IPs? No longer!!)
File type (don't want those damn.HTM files? No problem!)
You can sub-search or filter your search results. You can run multiple searches at once. It even lets you throttle things, although I haven't tried that feature myself. @Home throttles things just fine all by itself.;-)
So, the source is out there on SourceForge. If these features aren't in the Linux realm yet, porting should be a simple matter (I'd hope.)
Leavenworth, KS actually has four prisons. They include both a military prison and a Federal maximum security penitentiary. Be bad enough, and you too can visit there for a very long time. (Military service is optional.)
2)This is not a criminal trial.
True enough. I'm not contesting that. However, there are nasty Federal criminal penalties for violating copyright. Get someone interested in prosecuting you for that, and jail time is definitely possible. Big fines, too!
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Hosting this tool (DeCSS) shouldn't be criminal, but it sure looks as if it's headed down the road to illegality. My opinion is that the judge was caught up in the politics of 2600, and ignored the fact that it isn't breaking and entering on your own property. You purchased a physical copy of something, not a license for it, and you can use it however you want -- yes, within the limits of copyright law. That includes fair use! If I want to make a videotape to watch in my Warner Bros. Special Edition Chevy Venture, where's the switch to turn off Macrovision? It's legal, it's fair use, but I am technologically prevented from doing it. Who do I sue?
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3)Norway would piss their pants.
Norway doesn't have to extradite Jon. If he didn't commit a crime against their laws, they don't have to do a damn thing. Now... if he decided to visit the "good 'ole USA" again, all bets are off. He could be arrested by the MPPAA (Motion Picture Police Association... oh, never mind.) From what I understand, he has rather good standing in Norway, both legally and politically (from what he was put through back when this first hit the fan.) I hope Norway continues to keep it's clear head about reverse engineering.
Not to leave anything out... 4)Got any tacos?
Nope.
That is all. Thanks to Google for help in the fact finding!
I don't think the plot was bad, it just wasn't that deep. There were LOTS of references to other movies there, and catching most of them was one of those "Hey, wait... cool!" kind of feelings. It helps a PG movie appeal to a younger set, and still entertain the parents that take them.
Now, about Akira. I know I'm not the only one thinking Akima/Akira... they're only off by one letter! I own Akira. Just watched it again a couple weeks ago. Then again, even it's not the best example of anime. (Oh, well. It's still very cool -- any kid that can stop a tank shell in it's tracks... well, DAMN.) Yes, I know it's 15 years old. I think Titan's animation was much better in technical terms. We (mainstream corporate America) haven't really considered animation as mature entertainment until just recently -- Japan has a HUGE lead on us, and lots of practice.
About the Drej & their sense of direction... We know genetic steganography exists. For Pete's sake, a high school student did it! (And got a nice award from Intel in the process.) The movie reminded me of when I used to shine my dad's Mag-Lite through my hand as a kid. Not too much of a stretch to use several keys to secure the REAL map (genetic and then location based -- makes for one heck of a road trip!)
Now, if you want to get into anime...
Patlabor -- Fun with harmonic resonance
BubbleGum Crisis / Crash -- A jet turbine car with a military AI... that makes you go INSANE... wheee!splat. Guyver -- Avoid the live action one. Mark Hamill was desperate. Regeneration from a single cell is cool. Ghost in the Shell -- It's all fun until the big guy runs out of ammo. Dominion Tank Police -- Just plain silly. Battle Angel -- Three words: Rocket propelled sledgehammer. Ninja Scroll -- Blood, martial arts, and more blood.
I'm having too much fun here... time to go. You mentioned Krispy Kreme donuts (mmmmm.... donuts.) By any chance are you in/near South Carolina? (Just curious -- it's where I am at the moment.)
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"Ok guys, this movie sounds like a cheap Star Wars ripoff..."
..."Sounds like"...
See the movie, please? Yes, there's the "my planet's been destroyed, it's open season on the bad guys" theme (awful familiar, huh?), but I thought it was fun. Granted, there are things that raised questions in my mind (Pistolvs.being of pure energy... the pistol wins. What's with that??) I didn't go in there expecting an Asimov-level story, just a couple hours' diversion and some good music. I got both, and I was happy. It's a very dynamic movie, they keep things moving along, and they toss in a few good laughs. Pandering to popular cultire? Of course. Like "Shaft" isn't popular culture?
This is one movie that I'll add to my collection when it comes out -- preferably on laserdisc. (Did you know they still made those?) DVD will be my second choice, with videotape coming in a very distant third. It's how I reward the studio for making something I liked -- and the most powerful way to get them to make more! Think about that the next time you download The Matrix.
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The current Gnutella site has binaries for the "standard" builds.
The "third party" builds have both source and binaries (or links to them) available as the various authors deem fit.
Interested in helping make the next generation of Gnutella better? Join me over at the Gnutella NG site -- gnutellaNG.wego.com (Password required, but it's free. Skip all the marketing demographics... wego.com seems to behave if you tell them "don't email me.")
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It's called the Anti-CyberSquatting act (or some such nonsense).
NSI revoking the domain simply because you decided to go elsewhere (and had plenty of time left on your existing legitimate registration) would violate several areas of law (IMHO/IANAL):
Restraint of trade against you (they're taking away your ability to do business!)
Monopoly-level restraint of trade against the other domain registrars (Keeping them from attracting existing domains -- Microsoft would be proud and Janet Reno would come running!)
Cyber-Squatting (intent to sell a trademarked/copyrighted domain for a profit -- you did remember to trademark it, right?)
Think about this -- what would happen if NSI claimed ownership of Microsoft's or Yahoo's or Altavista's domain name? The intellectual-property lawyers would be all over them in seconds! The name itself has got to be the intellectual property of the company. Like a thousand people have pointed out before me, all you're paying NSI to do is
make sure there's only one of each name,
associate that name with an IP address,
and make that database reliably available to ISPs everywhere!
Simple enough, right? Now, all you need is the cash reserves to have a pack of rabid lawyers at the ready! Good luck -- there has to be a better way to do things like this.
Anyone up to putting a RFC together? (And subsequently stuffing it down ICANN's throat?)
__________________________________________________ ______________ Ever notice that MCSEs advertise the fact, but Sun & Novell certified people don't?
With as complex as the things Slashdot readers commonly deal with are, I can't believe that creating a simple, nutritionally balanced meal is beyond our capabilities...
Oh, wait... this is Heat-N-Eat(tm). Now, there's something I could could use more of -- TIME!
Now, assuming 3 of these meals a day, that would put us at 300% RDA and about 900 to 1100 calories (not including drinks & snacks). Not too many calories, but what happens when you get too many vitamins?
Ramen... ick. Too much salt.
Ever notice that MCSEs advertise the fact, but Sun & Novell certified people don't?
I remember a job posting from Industrial Light and Magic that was posted in a magazine about two years ago...
They were looking for a computer science wizard, specifically "...someone who can provide innovative solutions for the management and transfer of multi-terabyte(!) sized image data sets."
If you set your wayback machines, you'll realize that things like FibreChannel and other Really_Flipin'_Fast(tm) things are not as old as that 'help wanted' ad!
There will always be someone who wants more, faster, (and of course) cheaper!
Ever notice that MCSEs advertise the fact, but Sun & Novell certified people don't?
You know, perhaps this explains why I couldn't get to Slashdot the other night...
Now, I realize that this was a distributed attack here. But I have to wonder if it's possible to track the source of something like this by watching where the first shots are fired from, and which Tier I ISPs and MegaPOPs (as an example) experience "odd" traffic patterns. Is it a distributed attack from Europe? Russia? Millions of compromised/trojaned and unsuspecting Windows users? What about spoofed IPs?
Okay, enough speculation. I don't even know exactly what kind of attack this was. Perhaps spoofing wouldn't work -- or perhaps it worked because of spoofing...
Ah, the joys of lax security and a cable modem (or xDSL!)
Ever notice that MCSEs advertise the fact, but Sun & Novell certified people don't?
Released on VHS: That's nice. At least it's available at Blockbuster.
No DVD: You've caved to industry pressure you craven little coward! (I'm venting here.)
What about LaserDisc? Nobody is crying about unencrypted LDs, or that they (now or ever) contribute to piracy and destroy the profits of movie studios!
I, and I expect many others, own a laserdisc player. It has provided me many hours of enjoyment. In fact, I purchased it and the Star Wars Remastered Limited Edition (not the redone movies) together back in '95.
Yes, I'm the sort that likes to have a big screen and big sound.
Yes, I know it's not nearly as convenient as DVD. You can't watch one on your laptop. Or at work. Or on a plane.
Perhaps Lucas is afraid that DVD will be subject to piracy. What's he feeling when there are people selling copies of TPM -- complete with New Line Video(!!!) security stickers -- within a week of it's cinema release?
I have heard reports that Lucas is expected to rake in $1 Billion USD from all things related to TPM; Box office receipts, merchandising, other tie-ins, etc. Is the fact that DVD can now be played without Windows threatening his profits THAT much? I think not.
The fact that there is neither a LD or DVD (read: durable format that doesn't wear out) release tells me that Lucas is going to come up with a "Limited Edition Collectors Set" or some such nonsense as soon as we set some sales records for his videotape. Thanks, Lucas. Your fans are watching you!
(The highlight is obviously mine. I felt it necessary for the short-attention-span lawyers' benefit.)
Slashdot is the only instance I've bothered to look into in depth, but even this one is a gross waste of the court's time and resources. It's harrassment of a community, and I wish we -- as an entire community -- could get up in arms and have a 'DVD refund day.' Like that's going to happen any time soon!
Gives you some idea of what the NSA and Echelon are capable of... Interesting and incredibly useful if used properly, terribly frightening if used for those "black projects" our wonderful TLAs are so fond of running.
Hey, at least it'll make finding quotes and sound bites easier! The politicians will probably outlaw it, (for civilian use) of course...
Imagine what it could do if run against all the archived tape that CNN, or NBC, etc... have. Ah, the possibilities!
Many years ago, I had the good fortune to be introduced to a fellow who's livelihood revolved around particle physics. Yes, he was a PhD; no, I don't remember his name (though I do remember he was from West Germany, to give you a glimpse at the time frame.)
Being a sci-fi addicted adolescent, I asked him about time travel, and could he explain what the current thoughts about it were.
His answer was so beautifully simple, and it went something like this:
"You know that we can create particles in an accelerator with different-than-normal charges, right? (Right.) Take the positron, for example: It's an electron with a positive charge, just the opposite of what a 'normal' naturally-occuring particle would have. We can create (small) atoms that have different charges, and manipulate their electrical potential as we see fit. With me so far? Good.
Now, we theorize that the time properties of a particle behave in very much the same manner as the electrical charges. The catch is, if a particle has a different time charge than the matter that makes up our reality (and our detection equipment!), we won't be able to observe it, just the affect it has on other matter as it makes it's journey through time."
With that thought, he left me to fry my mind considering the possibilities. Stars running backward are certainly one possibility, but I think that entropy will continue to be the order of the day until the 'Big Crunch'. Even in a contracting universe, stars will shine, coffee will be spilled, and cups will be broken, all until everything is crushed out of existance. I seriously doubt that there will ever be a time when our lives look like a film run in reverse.
Remember the wizard Merlin in the King Arthur / Camelot tales? He lived his life backwards, and thus could remember what we would consider the future! That was cool.
Notice the bit in the press release about Win2K being "gigabit ready."
Oh, great. Here come more "scales better than (insert target OS here)" claims from the FUDmasters!
It also takes up space on hard drives faster than anything else on the planet!
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Perhaps Crusoe is just an interpreter that translates x86, MMX, 3DNow, SIMD, Velocity Engine, MIPS, PowerPC, (and on, and on, you get the point...) code into instructions for an as-yet-unannounced, completely new processor where it will then run at unheard-of speeds and efficiencies.
Think of it as a hardware-interpreting-coprocessor!
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Am I the only one that noticed the Heretic logos and other text are mirror-reversed? What's going on here?
As much as I hate raining on anyone's parade, this sure raises GIMP/Photoshop/whatever image-manipulation warning flags... dammit.
Say it isn't so! (If anyone has a good explanation for this, please prove me wrong...)
Oh, gimme a break. I'm kidding. Still, it gives you a good point to look at when wondering where the RIAA gets its war chest. Doesn't Microsoft wish they could get even half that much from as many people... Oh, wait! They release a new version of Office every year! (Well, they wish they did, but it's getting closer!) That's a 2-CD set that goes for $800... close enough!
Okay, enough sarcasm. I go now.
The applications have to make use of this technology. If they don't, the Media ID doesn't mean a damn thing.
(Tangent mode for a moment here...)
- Look at what's happening with piracy in the DVD market -- the pirated works aren't being distributed as DVDs. It's even a point of pride that they are in a different format with different encoding! The people doing this are using a perfectly legal copy, and extracting the information. Once it's in the new format (whatever it ends up being), there is no CSS, no Macrovision, no region coding...
- nothing. You can copy it all you want now, it's not a DVD anymore!
(Okay, back on topic now...)It seems that there are enough incredibly talented people out there, and they're willing and able to write software capable of doing things like this. As long as the media is designed to be used in conjunction with computers, people are going to find ways to use it that the authors did not intend... and probably aren't going to like. LaserDiscs have phenomenal data volume, but when was the last time you saw a LaserDisc drive for your computer?
Remember how long Macrovision lasted when it first came out on Back to the Future? (At least, that was the first movie I saw it used on...) It was just a matter of months before Macrovision filter boxes showed up -- end of problem! We had control of our movies back!
This Media ID thing really isn't going to cause any problems, I think. People are going to attack the "don't copy me" bit instead of the Media ID. People are going to use different software that ignores the ID #. I think this will be about as effective as region codes. Heck, I can even think of interesting uses for it, like as a holder for encryption keys. Imagine this:
- Include the (encrypted) Media ID as part of your key. Use that in conjunction with SSH to access your systems from... wherever. If someone tries to copy your client key, it's signature won't validate because they don't have the original disk. You also have a convenient place to store a whole bunch of portable data. (MP3 collection?)
Now back to earth. Why would these things be popular? The largest one is 1.3 GB. I can get a 10 GB hard drive for just over $50 -- why do I want one of these? What is the price-per-gig going to compete with?On the down side, you could lose it just like your keys.
If you just want to look at the PII/400 next to the Crusoe version, here are some pictures: (from the same site)
- Front view
Looks like they traded off the IrDA port (if my eyes serve me right). One of these with an 802.11 card would be great fun!Left side ports (PCMCIA, Memory Stick and 1394/iLink)
Right side ports (Video out (?), Audio, USB, power, something else, wheel-thingy, and modem)
The 'normal' IDE controllers, like the ones sitting in my humble little PII/300 right now, are dual-channel. Each IDE controller can access 4 devices. Then Asus went and added another one, for another 4 devices.
From Tom's Hardware:
- "As you know, the BX chipset itself does not support UltraDMA/66. Even so, Asus integrated an additional UltraDMA/66 IDE controller chip from CMD, adding two IDE channels. Thanks to this, the CUBX comes with a total of four IDE ports (allowing up to eight drives)."
I trust this clears things up? (Yes, I know I said ATA/66 instead of UltraDMA/66 in my original post. I switched the terms, sorry.)Yes, this is an older design (Tom reviewed it in May), and it's based on the 440BX chipset. Asus apparently got around the "no ATA/66 on 440BX" by using a different chipset for the controller -- and put in two of them for good measure!! Cool.
I haven't looked around much, but with the proliferation of IDE/ATAPI Zip drives, DVD drives, CD-RW drives, and the incredible availability of cheap hard drives, I have to think this idea [of multiple IDE controllers] is going to stick around. Other motherboard manufacturers should get the clue very soon, if they haven't already.
The program is called Gnucleus. It offers the option to allow or deny a result based on:
- IP address (frustrated by searches that return reserved IPs? No longer!!)
.HTM files? No problem!)
You can sub-search or filter your search results. You can run multiple searches at once. It even lets you throttle things, although I haven't tried that feature myself. @Home throttles things just fine all by itself.File type (don't want those damn
So, the source is out there on SourceForge. If these features aren't in the Linux realm yet, porting should be a simple matter (I'd hope.)
Guess that wasn't all, huh?
Leavenworth, KS actually has four prisons. They include both a military prison and a Federal maximum security penitentiary. Be bad enough, and you too can visit there for a very long time. (Military service is optional.)
2)This is not a criminal trial.
True enough. I'm not contesting that. However, there are nasty Federal criminal penalties for violating copyright. Get someone interested in prosecuting you for that, and jail time is definitely possible. Big fines, too!
<RANT>
Hosting this tool (DeCSS) shouldn't be criminal, but it sure looks as if it's headed down the road to illegality. My opinion is that the judge was caught up in the politics of 2600, and ignored the fact that it isn't breaking and entering on your own property. You purchased a physical copy of something, not a license for it, and you can use it however you want -- yes, within the limits of copyright law. That includes fair use! If I want to make a videotape to watch in my Warner Bros. Special Edition Chevy Venture, where's the switch to turn off Macrovision? It's legal, it's fair use, but I am technologically prevented from doing it. Who do I sue?
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3)Norway would piss their pants.
Norway doesn't have to extradite Jon. If he didn't commit a crime against their laws, they don't have to do a damn thing. Now... if he decided to visit the "good 'ole USA" again, all bets are off. He could be arrested by the MPPAA (Motion Picture Police Association... oh, never mind.) From what I understand, he has rather good standing in Norway, both legally and politically (from what he was put through back when this first hit the fan.) I hope Norway continues to keep it's clear head about reverse engineering.
Not to leave anything out...
4)Got any tacos?
Nope.
That is all. Thanks to Google for help in the fact finding!
Now, about Akira. I know I'm not the only one thinking Akima/Akira... they're only off by one letter! I own Akira. Just watched it again a couple weeks ago. Then again, even it's not the best example of anime. (Oh, well. It's still very cool -- any kid that can stop a tank shell in it's tracks... well, DAMN.) Yes, I know it's 15 years old. I think Titan's animation was much better in technical terms. We (mainstream corporate America) haven't really considered animation as mature entertainment until just recently -- Japan has a HUGE lead on us, and lots of practice.
About the Drej & their sense of direction... We know genetic steganography exists. For Pete's sake, a high school student did it! (And got a nice award from Intel in the process.) The movie reminded me of when I used to shine my dad's Mag-Lite through my hand as a kid. Not too much of a stretch to use several keys to secure the REAL map (genetic and then location based -- makes for one heck of a road trip!)
Now, if you want to get into anime...
- Patlabor -- Fun with harmonic resonance
I'm having too much fun here... time to go. You mentioned Krispy Kreme donuts (mmmmm.... donuts.) By any chance are you in/near South Carolina? (Just curious -- it's where I am at the moment.)BubbleGum Crisis / Crash -- A jet turbine car with a military AI... that makes you go INSANE... wheee!splat.
Guyver -- Avoid the live action one. Mark Hamill was desperate. Regeneration from a single cell is cool.
Ghost in the Shell -- It's all fun until the big guy runs out of ammo.
Dominion Tank Police -- Just plain silly.
Battle Angel -- Three words: Rocket propelled sledgehammer.
Ninja Scroll -- Blood, martial arts, and more blood.
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Ever notice that MCSEs advertise the fact, but Sun & Novell certified people don't?
See the movie, please? Yes, there's the "my planet's been destroyed, it's open season on the bad guys" theme (awful familiar, huh?), but I thought it was fun. Granted, there are things that raised questions in my mind (Pistol vs. being of pure energy... the pistol wins. What's with that??) I didn't go in there expecting an Asimov-level story, just a couple hours' diversion and some good music. I got both, and I was happy. It's a very dynamic movie, they keep things moving along, and they toss in a few good laughs. Pandering to popular cultire? Of course. Like "Shaft" isn't popular culture?
This is one movie that I'll add to my collection when it comes out -- preferably on laserdisc. (Did you know they still made those?) DVD will be my second choice, with videotape coming in a very distant third. It's how I reward the studio for making something I liked -- and the most powerful way to get them to make more! Think about that the next time you download The Matrix.
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Ever notice that MCSEs advertise the fact, but Sun & Novell certified people don't?
The "third party" builds have both source and binaries (or links to them) available as the various authors deem fit.
Interested in helping make the next generation of Gnutella better? Join me over at the Gnutella NG site -- gnutellaNG.wego.com (Password required, but it's free. Skip all the marketing demographics... wego.com seems to behave if you tell them "don't email me.")
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Ever notice that MCSEs advertise the fact, but Sun & Novell certified people don't?
NSI revoking the domain simply because you decided to go elsewhere (and had plenty of time left on your existing legitimate registration) would violate several areas of law (IMHO/IANAL):
- Restraint of trade against you (they're taking away your ability to do business!)
- Monopoly-level restraint of trade against the other domain registrars (Keeping them from attracting existing domains -- Microsoft would be proud and Janet Reno would come running!)
- Cyber-Squatting (intent to sell a trademarked/copyrighted domain for a profit -- you did remember to trademark it, right?)
Think about this -- what would happen if NSI claimed ownership of Microsoft's or Yahoo's or Altavista's domain name? The intellectual-property lawyers would be all over them in seconds! The name itself has got to be the intellectual property of the company. Like a thousand people have pointed out before me, all you're paying NSI to do is- make sure there's only one of each name,
- associate that name with an IP address,
- and make that database reliably available to ISPs everywhere!
Simple enough, right? Now, all you need is the cash reserves to have a pack of rabid lawyers at the ready! Good luck -- there has to be a better way to do things like this.Anyone up to putting a RFC together? (And subsequently stuffing it down ICANN's throat?)
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Ever notice that MCSEs advertise the fact, but Sun & Novell certified people don't?
Oh, wait... this is Heat-N-Eat(tm). Now, there's something I could could use more of -- TIME!
Now, assuming 3 of these meals a day, that would put us at 300% RDA and about 900 to 1100 calories (not including drinks & snacks). Not too many calories, but what happens when you get too many vitamins?
Ramen... ick. Too much salt.
Ever notice that MCSEs advertise the fact, but Sun & Novell certified people don't?
They were looking for a computer science wizard, specifically "...someone who can provide innovative solutions for the management and transfer of multi-terabyte(!) sized image data sets."
If you set your wayback machines, you'll realize that things like FibreChannel and other Really_Flipin'_Fast(tm) things are not as old as that 'help wanted' ad!
There will always be someone who wants more, faster, (and of course) cheaper!
Ever notice that MCSEs advertise the fact, but Sun & Novell certified people don't?
Now, I realize that this was a distributed attack here. But I have to wonder if it's possible to track the source of something like this by watching where the first shots are fired from, and which Tier I ISPs and MegaPOPs (as an example) experience "odd" traffic patterns. Is it a distributed attack from Europe? Russia? Millions of compromised/trojaned and unsuspecting Windows users? What about spoofed IPs?
Okay, enough speculation. I don't even know exactly what kind of attack this was. Perhaps spoofing wouldn't work -- or perhaps it worked because of spoofing...
Ah, the joys of lax security and a cable modem (or xDSL!)
Ever notice that MCSEs advertise the fact, but Sun & Novell certified people don't?
- cnet.com:
- "The episode began Christmas Eve when Chaney, a Linux consultant from Nashville, Tenn., was denied access to his Hotmail account."
- "I didn't do it to help Microsoft," he said in an interview this morning. "I did it to help the Hotmail users."
That's why.Michael Chaney:
I don't recall if I was watching CBS or not on New Year's Eve, but I'd sure like to see if I can notice what's computer inserted and what's not...
I'd immediately think about things like lighting differences, but with what's available from SGI, I think even those can be calculated out!
So... anyone know where the examples are?
No DVD: You've caved to industry pressure you craven little coward! (I'm venting here.)
What about LaserDisc? Nobody is crying about unencrypted LDs, or that they (now or ever) contribute to piracy and destroy the profits of movie studios!
I, and I expect many others, own a laserdisc player. It has provided me many hours of enjoyment. In fact, I purchased it and the Star Wars Remastered Limited Edition (not the redone movies) together back in '95.
Yes, I'm the sort that likes to have a big screen and big sound.
Yes, I know it's not nearly as convenient as DVD. You can't watch one on your laptop. Or at work. Or on a plane.
Perhaps Lucas is afraid that DVD will be subject to piracy. What's he feeling when there are people selling copies of TPM -- complete with New Line Video(!!!) security stickers -- within a week of it's cinema release?
I have heard reports that Lucas is expected to rake in $1 Billion USD from all things related to TPM; Box office receipts, merchandising, other tie-ins, etc. Is the fact that DVD can now be played without Windows threatening his profits THAT much? I think not.
The fact that there is neither a LD or DVD (read: durable format that doesn't wear out) release tells me that Lucas is going to come up with a "Limited Edition Collectors Set" or some such nonsense as soon as we set some sales records for his videotape. Thanks, Lucas. Your fans are watching you!
- Hemos linked to an
- announcement about Derek Fawcus ending his involvement with DeCSS (itself a dynamically generated, user-content discussion forum)!
In neither place is or ever was DeCSS available. Neither place is or ever was a list of mirrors where DeCSS could be obtained!The second link is another discussion thread where Jon Johansen says that he has taken the source down!
Never mind the issue of copyright... look on the bottom of any Slashdot page:
- "All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective owners.
- Comments are owned by the Poster. The Rest © 1997-99 Andover.Net."
Slashdot is the only instance I've bothered to look into in depth, but even this one is a gross waste of the court's time and resources. It's harrassment of a community, and I wish we -- as an entire community -- could get up in arms and have a 'DVD refund day.' Like that's going to happen any time soon!(The highlight is obviously mine. I felt it necessary for the short-attention-span lawyers' benefit.)
Hey, at least it'll make finding quotes and sound bites easier! The politicians will probably outlaw it, (for civilian use) of course...
Imagine what it could do if run against all the archived tape that CNN, or NBC, etc... have. Ah, the possibilities!
I wonder what Katz will have to say about this?
- "
- It's not my fault! They should have protected me from those mean evil nasty people who are out to defraud me! You should have seen it coming!"
I think I've seen this before, and I'm personally sick of people that can't take responsibility for their actions.Sheesh. What's the world coming to?
Being a sci-fi addicted adolescent, I asked him about time travel, and could he explain what the current thoughts about it were.
His answer was so beautifully simple, and it went something like this:
- "You know that we can create particles in an accelerator with different-than-normal charges, right? (Right.) Take the positron, for example: It's an electron with a positive charge, just the opposite of what a 'normal' naturally-occuring particle would have. We can create (small) atoms that have different charges, and manipulate their electrical potential as we see fit. With me so far? Good.
With that thought, he left me to fry my mind considering the possibilities. Stars running backward are certainly one possibility, but I think that entropy will continue to be the order of the day until the 'Big Crunch'. Even in a contracting universe, stars will shine, coffee will be spilled, and cups will be broken, all until everything is crushed out of existance. I seriously doubt that there will ever be a time when our lives look like a film run in reverse.Now, we theorize that the time properties of a particle behave in very much the same manner as the electrical charges. The catch is, if a particle has a different time charge than the matter that makes up our reality (and our detection equipment!), we won't be able to observe it, just the affect it has on other matter as it makes it's journey through time."
Remember the wizard Merlin in the King Arthur / Camelot tales? He lived his life backwards, and thus could remember what we would consider the future! That was cool.
Oh, great. Here come more "scales better than (insert target OS here)" claims from the FUDmasters!
It also takes up space on hard drives faster than anything else on the planet!
Think of it as a hardware-interpreting-coprocessor!