Rather than use the "Request Policy, No Script" combo I switched to uMatrix because it has an awesome matrix UI that really makes sense. I also moved to the uBlock Origin ad blocker as it's lighter on the resource usage.
I'd like to see a source for that. More radiation than a properly functioning nuclear plant, maybe.
[ To copy a post from myself from 2005. ]
I find this interesting. It's a little old (1982), but the summary is:
For the year 1982, assuming coal contains uranium and thorium concentrations of 1.3 ppm and 3.2 ppm, respectively, each typical plant released 5.2 tons of uranium (containing 74 pounds of uranium-235) and 12.8 tons of thorium that year. Total U.S. releases in 1982 (from 154 typical plants) amounted to 801 tons of uranium (containing 11,371 pounds of uranium-235) and 1971 tons of thorium. These figures account for only 74% of releases from combustion of coal from all sources. Releases in 1982 from worldwide combustion of 2800 million tons of coal totaled 3640 tons of uranium (containing 51,700 pounds of uranium-235) and 8960 tons of thorium.
And that's just for one year. The projected cumulative stats for year 2040 (100 years of coal burning):
U.S. release (from combustion of 111,716 million tons):
Uranium: 145,230 tons (containing 1031 tons of uranium-235)
Thorium: 357,491 tons
Worldwide release (from combustion of 637,409 million tons):
Uranium: 828,632 tons (containing 5883 tons of uranium-235)
Thorium: 2,039,709 tons
Personally, I'd rather use nuclear power and know where all the radioactive material is than burn coal and have it dispersed into the atmosphere.
Omen
I'd rather have something that is a bit more Mac like. When I compile UNIX stuff on OS X, I configure it with --prefix=/opt/{package_name}. I can then uninstall it by just deleting the package directory and copy it to a new machine by just copying that directory. I'd love to see a simple package manager built around this idea.
"GNU Stow is a program for managing the installation of software packages, keeping them separate (/usr/local/stow/emacs vs./usr/local/stow/perl, for example) while making them appear to be installed in the same place (/usr/local). "
I refuse to buy e-Books until the prices come down to lower than paperbacks [snip]. And I'm certainly not going to buy them if they are locked to a device or a certain company's devices.
Baen books from http://www.webscription.net/ satisfy both of your requirements. If you purchase the monthly Webscription pack you get 6 - 8 books for $18 (use to be $15, they just raised the price). The books are completely DRM free, available in multiple formats, and can be downloaded over and over if you change devices which require different formats. Or just download the ePub format and use Calibre (mentioned above) to convert it to any format you need.
Probably no chance anyone will see this, this late after the fact, but I work in a college Data Center in the security group. We had a DMCA violation notice sent against our honeypot. This is a machine that listens on a bunch of networks and records when others connect to it. That's it. It NEVER opens a connection on its own (not even sure the software is capable of opening a connection), only listens. They even named a specific song that our honeypot had supposedly been "sharing". Maybe all of the ISPs and other large networks should start a database of totally bogus DMCA notices. Seems like it could be useful in a defense.
TCPA means LOCK-down, LOCK-out, LOCK-up enabler. Avoid getting anything with TCPA.
[ Disclaimer, I'm one of the primary developers. ]
Score: -3 Mis-informative
You are assuming that TCPA is being used to enforce DRM, and that that is the only valid use of TCPA. Have you looked at what we have done? We are using TCPA, but not for DRM. We are providing a way for the admin to use TCPA to help secure their computer against outside attack. Again, check out the IBM white papers: http://www.research.ibm.com/gsal/tcpa/.
The long term problem with IBM's model of the TCPA is exactly the same with that of clipper chip encryption, the owner of the PC does NOT control the attestation master keys.
[ Disclaimer, I'm one of the primary developers. ]
That is blatantly not true. Whoever does the "Take Ownership" command of the TPM controls the master key. In the case of the Enforcer, the admin is the one that owns the TPM.
People should not use TCPA, they should not accept it's presense in their hardware or software,
[ Disclaimer, I'm one of the primary developers. ]
It's like a gun, you can use it for good, or you can use it for evil. We are trying to use it for good, to help the owner of the computer protect their computer from outside attacks. TCPA != DRM.
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Rather than use the "Request Policy, No Script" combo I switched to uMatrix because it has an awesome matrix UI that really makes sense. I also moved to the uBlock Origin ad blocker as it's lighter on the resource usage.
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I'd like to see a source for that. More radiation than a properly functioning nuclear plant, maybe.
[ To copy a post from myself from 2005. ] I find this interesting. It's a little old (1982), but the summary is:
For the year 1982, assuming coal contains uranium and thorium concentrations of 1.3 ppm and 3.2 ppm, respectively, each typical plant released 5.2 tons of uranium (containing 74 pounds of uranium-235) and 12.8 tons of thorium that year. Total U.S. releases in 1982 (from 154 typical plants) amounted to 801 tons of uranium (containing 11,371 pounds of uranium-235) and 1971 tons of thorium. These figures account for only 74% of releases from combustion of coal from all sources. Releases in 1982 from worldwide combustion of 2800 million tons of coal totaled 3640 tons of uranium (containing 51,700 pounds of uranium-235) and 8960 tons of thorium.
And that's just for one year. The projected cumulative stats for year 2040 (100 years of coal burning):
U.S. release (from combustion of 111,716 million tons): Uranium: 145,230 tons (containing 1031 tons of uranium-235) Thorium: 357,491 tons Worldwide release (from combustion of 637,409 million tons): Uranium: 828,632 tons (containing 5883 tons of uranium-235) Thorium: 2,039,709 tons
Personally, I'd rather use nuclear power and know where all the radioactive material is than burn coal and have it dispersed into the atmosphere. Omen
Funny enough, around Davis it is known as "The People's Republic of Davis".
I'd rather have something that is a bit more Mac like. When I compile UNIX stuff on OS X, I configure it with --prefix=/opt/{package_name}. I can then uninstall it by just deleting the package directory and copy it to a new machine by just copying that directory. I'd love to see a simple package manager built around this idea.
You're after stow http://www.gnu.org/software/stow/
"GNU Stow is a program for managing the installation of software packages, keeping them separate (/usr/local/stow/emacs vs. /usr/local/stow/perl, for example) while making them appear to be installed in the same place (/usr/local). "
I refuse to buy e-Books until the prices come down to lower than paperbacks [snip]. And I'm certainly not going to buy them if they are locked to a device or a certain company's devices.
Baen books from http://www.webscription.net/ satisfy both of your requirements. If you purchase the monthly Webscription pack you get 6 - 8 books for $18 (use to be $15, they just raised the price). The books are completely DRM free, available in multiple formats, and can be downloaded over and over if you change devices which require different formats. Or just download the ePub format and use Calibre (mentioned above) to convert it to any format you need.
Probably no chance anyone will see this, this late after the fact, but I work in a college Data Center in the security group. We had a DMCA violation notice sent against our honeypot. This is a machine that listens on a bunch of networks and records when others connect to it. That's it. It NEVER opens a connection on its own (not even sure the software is capable of opening a connection), only listens. They even named a specific song that our honeypot had supposedly been "sharing". Maybe all of the ISPs and other large networks should start a database of totally bogus DMCA notices. Seems like it could be useful in a defense.
[ Disclaimer, I'm one of the primary developers. ]
Thanks, we think so too. ;-)
Omen
[ Disclaimer, I'm one of the primary developers. ]
Score: -3 Mis-informative
You are assuming that TCPA is being used to enforce DRM, and that that is the only valid use of TCPA. Have you looked at what we have done? We are using TCPA, but not for DRM. We are providing a way for the admin to use TCPA to help secure their computer against outside attack. Again, check out the IBM white papers: http://www.research.ibm.com/gsal/tcpa/.
Omen
[ Disclaimer, I'm one of the primary developers. ]
That is blatantly not true. Whoever does the "Take Ownership" command of the TPM controls the master key. In the case of the Enforcer, the admin is the one that owns the TPM.
Omen
[ Disclaimer, I'm one of the primary developers. ]
It's like a gun, you can use it for good, or you can use it for evil. We are trying to use it for good, to help the owner of the computer protect their computer from outside attacks. TCPA != DRM.
I would recommend you read the white papers linked on the http://www.research.ibm.com/gsal/tcpa/ site. They have quite a bit of insight.
Omen
[ Disclaimer, I'm one of the primary developers. ]
We were not aware of that project, thanks for the info.
You haven't heard my 12 year old on the drums. ;-)
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