I'm sure Mr. Gates' point is that since high-bandwidth network connectivity will be ubiquitous, there will be no point in *any* physical media. I mean, in normal circumstances, you wouldn't even think of saving a web site to a disk to show it to someone on another computer with internet access. So, assuming that network storage is fast and 'net access pervasive in 10 years, isn't it reasonable to assume that people will choose the path of least resistance, and store their items in such a way that they can be accessed from anywhere? This is certainly an idea that people have been talking about forever, and that we are starting to see now.
For example: http://del.icio.us/ is a site dedicated to storing bookmarks and there is iDisk, and all sorts of photo sites.
I don't think the article says anything new, the author just tries to make it sound controversial.
--------------------- Freedom or Evil: Freevil.net G. W. Bush says, "You decide!"
Aside from the obviously frightening implications of this, how does it make sense? Are Japanese school children disappearing left and right? I thought Japan was an incredibly safe country.
On the other hand, if the kids are smart enough, think of the opportunity to play hookie: simply leave your RFID tag *within* the school, and sneak out! Go play video games all day, with an electronic alibi!
I am going to see if I can get work to start using these...
--------------------- Freedom or Evil: freevil.net G. W. Bush says, "You decide!"
Now if only there's a straightforward way to share your customized distro with other people; as in, I make a distro that runs on some embedded processor, say a 486 clone, that a ton of people use. Is there an easy way for me to simply share my configuration with other people in the same community?
It seems like if this is done right, you could create automagically updating distrubtions easily enough that 'customer bases' even in the 100s or 1000s can simply support themselves.
---------------- Freedom or Evil: www.freevil.net GWB says, "You decide!"
I live around Boston, MA, and my roommate has been trying to get rid of an aging VGA monitor he bought on eBay for like 12 cents. After he found out it wouldn't fit on the shelf he wanted to use, he dumped it on the curb, only to learn the city wouldn't take it; they told him to take it to the dump. So of course, a week or so later, he goes to the dump, expecting to have to pay them to take it. The dump people tell him, "no, the city will take it for free; just leave it on the curb. We *can't* take it here." So this Monday, he leaves it on the curb, a little bit frustrated but happy to see it go.
What do I see while walking to my car this morning? His monitor, lying alone on the sidewalk, the only item left behind after the garbagemen visited.
Obviously anyone who hasn't made all their Windows 'friends' switch to FireFox needs to do so now. Just point them to the download site and send them this article, which nicely explains the benefits of FireFox, and why you have nothing to lose by trying it: http://slate.msn.com/id/2103152
That is a fair point, but adding security at L2 at least limits the number of listeners to your conversation.
Realistically, users are going to connect to whatever AP they can reach. I don't see how you deal with attacker APs other than by encrypting at higher levels, or adding L2 authentication/certs. The latter seems pretty undesirable.
11i is the solution to not quite the right problem.
>Here is the problem: Most people *still* aren't going to turn on encryption, and 802.11i doesn't address one of the biggest regions people don't turn on encryption:
Here is the problem: Most people *still* aren't going to turn on encryption, and 802.11i doesn't address one of the biggest regions people don't turn on encryption:
Encryption makes configuring your wireless network 10x harder for the average person.
As the article recognizes, "the lack of a single, universally accepted standard will inevitably lead to implementation and interoperability challenges."
Encrypted wlan communication needs to be so straightforward that end users can connect to *any* access point and be assured of privacy without any additional configuration.
So what is the average user supposed to do? Just keep waiting, I guess...
The article poster stated that "the dubbed version is being shown in traditional film," and implied that only the sub-titled version was being shown digitally. This is incorrect, as I saw the dubbed version (which was done very well, less than a handful of noticeable oddities) in digital (Loew's, Boston). The movie, by the way, is amazing, despite the Disney ending:/
I think you misunderstood what they meant by "large developers." They were clearly referring to width and not height. So I wonder: as a skinny, tall developer, what are my rights?
</TONGUEINCHEEK>
Jackson mentions again and again that he and Willis are "part of the same scale;" he is talking about how "breakable" they are. Someone (Jackson or his mother) says that you can always recognize the villain because they are the exact opposite of everything the hero is.
There are a couple of conflicting conclusions to draw from this: since Jackson and Willis are on the same scale, Samuel L is not the villain. I don't think this is correct. The other conclusion is easy; Jackson is "breakable" and Willis is his opposite, "unbreakable;" Jackson is black and Willis is white; Jackson had found his life's calling and Willis had not.
I see one flaw in this argument, not all expression is protected by the first amendment! I can not say certain words and broadcast them over the television.
Except that it's not against the law, as such, to swear over TV/Radio, it's just against (in the US) FCC regulations (Which in theory reflect social values, and so attempt to enforce certain standards of "appropriate" behavior.)
I think that the example given in the article more accurately reflects the nature of the DVD code; that is:
Analogy: DeCSS:DVDs as ability to open up and read a book:books.
And so telling people how to access information is (or should be) protected speech, regardless of its form.
My favorite part of the NY Times article: [S]ome people in the debate see it as a fundamental change -- as if the law now made it illegal not only to photocopy and sell a copyrighted book, but also to simply tell someone how to open and read that book without the publisher's authorization.
There are/were certainly not any plans to put a Radeon in an iMac; the R128s are soldered to various parts of the iMac. The Radeon will most likely be a BTO option on the G4 (non-cube) line.
I suppose I should clarify one thing. Contrary to what that evolution article claims, the Elephant is not the largest creature on earth. Think whales. How do they support their weight? They live in water.
Except that the author explicitly stated that there is no evidence that they did live in the water, and there is significant evidence that they lived outside of the water (ie, wear marks on the teeth indicate a diet consisting of land-based plants, as opposed to soft water plants).
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I'm sure Mr. Gates' point is that since high-bandwidth network connectivity will be ubiquitous, there will be no point in *any* physical media. I mean, in normal circumstances, you wouldn't even think of saving a web site to a disk to show it to someone on another computer with internet access. So, assuming that network storage is fast and 'net access pervasive in 10 years, isn't it reasonable to assume that people will choose the path of least resistance, and store their items in such a way that they can be accessed from anywhere? This is certainly an idea that people have been talking about forever, and that we are starting to see now.
For example:
http://del.icio.us/ is a site dedicated to storing bookmarks
and there is iDisk, and all sorts of photo sites.
I don't think the article says anything new, the author just tries to make it sound controversial.
---------------------
Freedom or Evil: Freevil.net
G. W. Bush says, "You decide!"
Aside from the obviously frightening implications of this, how does it make sense? Are Japanese school children disappearing left and right? I thought Japan was an incredibly safe country.
On the other hand, if the kids are smart enough, think of the opportunity to play hookie: simply leave your RFID tag *within* the school, and sneak out! Go play video games all day, with an electronic alibi!
I am going to see if I can get work to start using these...
---------------------
Freedom or Evil: freevil.net
G. W. Bush says, "You decide!"
Now if only there's a straightforward way to share your customized distro with other people; as in, I make a distro that runs on some embedded processor, say a 486 clone, that a ton of people use. Is there an easy way for me to simply share my configuration with other people in the same community?
It seems like if this is done right, you could create automagically updating distrubtions easily enough that 'customer bases' even in the 100s or 1000s can simply support themselves.
----------------
Freedom or Evil: www.freevil.net
GWB says, "You decide!"
I live around Boston, MA, and my roommate has been trying to get rid of an aging VGA monitor he bought on eBay for like 12 cents. After he found out it wouldn't fit on the shelf he wanted to use, he dumped it on the curb, only to learn the city wouldn't take it; they told him to take it to the dump. So of course, a week or so later, he goes to the dump, expecting to have to pay them to take it. The dump people tell him, "no, the city will take it for free; just leave it on the curb. We *can't* take it here." So this Monday, he leaves it on the curb, a little bit frustrated but happy to see it go.
What do I see while walking to my car this morning? His monitor, lying alone on the sidewalk, the only item left behind after the garbagemen visited.
So, thanks, Office Depot!
P.S. Go Earth.
Link:
Are the Browser Wars Back?
Obviously anyone who hasn't made all their Windows 'friends' switch to FireFox needs to do so now. Just point them to the download site and send them this article, which nicely explains the benefits of FireFox, and why you have nothing to lose by trying it:
http://slate.msn.com/id/2103152
That is a fair point, but adding security at L2 at least limits the number of listeners to your conversation.
Realistically, users are going to connect to whatever AP they can reach. I don't see how you deal with attacker APs other than by encrypting at higher levels, or adding L2 authentication/certs. The latter seems pretty undesirable.
11i is the solution to not quite the right problem.
>Here is the problem: Most people *still* aren't going to turn on encryption, and 802.11i doesn't address one of the biggest regions people don't turn on encryption:
regions ==> reasons
Here is the problem: Most people *still* aren't going to turn on encryption, and 802.11i doesn't address one of the biggest regions people don't turn on encryption:
Encryption makes configuring your wireless network 10x harder for the average person.
As the article recognizes, "the lack of a single, universally accepted standard will inevitably lead to implementation and interoperability challenges."
Encrypted wlan communication needs to be so straightforward that end users can connect to *any* access point and be assured of privacy without any additional configuration.
So what is the average user supposed to do? Just keep waiting, I guess...
This color will keep me and probably others from the page. Could it be changed?
The article poster stated that "the dubbed version is being shown in traditional film," and implied that only the sub-titled version was being shown digitally. This is incorrect, as I saw the dubbed version (which was done very well, less than a handful of noticeable oddities) in digital (Loew's, Boston). The movie, by the way, is amazing, despite the Disney ending :/
>That joke keeps getting funnier the more people misadapt it!!!
Speaking of getting funnier, imagine a beowulf cluster made up...oh...
If one read the original article, one would know that they make $5-$10 per title, and are eating the bar big time.
I think you misunderstood what they meant by "large developers." They were clearly referring to width and not height. So I wonder: as a skinny, tall developer, what are my rights?
</TONGUEINCHEEK>
So the neutrino was the last of the leptons and quarks for which there was not experimental evidence. Now what?
:)
Good history (although the translation from French is kind of amusing) here
and this background info is a little better (also, there is more yellow on the page
http://www.ps.uci.edu/~superk/neutrino.html
Here is a good intro to the pliocene, with photographs(!)
It was 5.4 - 2.4 million years ago, and is the cooling period before the ice ages.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/tertiary/pli.html
Jackson mentions again and again that he and Willis are "part of the same scale;" he is talking about how "breakable" they are. Someone (Jackson or his mother) says that you can always recognize the villain because they are the exact opposite of everything the hero is.
There are a couple of conflicting conclusions to draw from this: since Jackson and Willis are on the same scale, Samuel L is not the villain. I don't think this is correct. The other conclusion is easy; Jackson is "breakable" and Willis is his opposite, "unbreakable;" Jackson is black and Willis is white; Jackson had found his life's calling and Willis had not.
Looking at their web cam, it doesn't appear that they live on campus. As an RPI student, I say crank it.
Why don't we get someone to hack the dnet client to turn the temp. up in their apartment.
I see one flaw in this argument, not all expression is protected by the first amendment! I can not say certain words and broadcast them over the television.
Except that it's not against the law, as such, to swear over TV/Radio, it's just against (in the US) FCC regulations (Which in theory reflect social values, and so attempt to enforce certain standards of "appropriate" behavior.)
I think that the example given in the article more accurately reflects the nature of the DVD code; that is:
Analogy:
DeCSS:DVDs
as
ability to open up and read a book:books.
And so telling people how to access information is (or should be) protected speech, regardless of its form.
My favorite part of the NY Times article:
[S]ome people in the debate see it as a fundamental change -- as if the law now made it illegal not only to photocopy and sell a copyrighted book, but also to simply tell someone how to open and read that book without the publisher's authorization.
here's a pretty excellent web page which keeps track of LINEAR/has images (though it doesn't seem to have the explosion images quite yet).
l inear_2000_sr.html
http:// www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/comet_
There are/were certainly not any plans to put a Radeon in an iMac; the R128s are soldered to various parts of the iMac. The Radeon will most likely be a BTO option on the G4 (non-cube) line.
There's a bit more info available at IGN:
http://psx.ign.com/news/20603.html
for those of you who don't know,
http://www.google.com/linux
and
http://www.google.com/mac
and maybe some others give you neat little custom google frontends (what a cute penguin).