quite apart from the risk of loss in a court, the real risk is something that happens whether you win or lose, and in fact whether you go to court or just threaten: the loss of community, and in particular exactly the kind of community that can (and does) help. You lose your friends."
Lawsuits always create divisions and force people to take sides. It can be really fun. But it's also probably something you shouldn't do to colleagues and friends because computer science is a small world.
Their claim was that the Java API was copyrightable (judge ruled it isn't). But, I get the claim. Should you be able to copyright a protocol, like TCP/IP? Cryptographic algorithms are even patentable.
But what's a hacker? I usually think of it as the poor man/woman's EECS degree. People with an intrinsic interest in computers but without academic resources or direction. Computers are a really new and unexplored invention.
I thought the answer to speech you don't like was more speech. Not if you're Peter Thiel. He used his money and power to destroy a website because they called him a homo.
Had nothing to do with free speech. The website published a porno without permission of those in it. The website ignored a judge's order to take it down. The website destroyed itself. Mr. Thiel just helped that along. Think of that the next time you donate to the ACLU to do your bidding.
B) EFF doesn't need to worry about this thing becoming sentient and starting Skynet. It's certainly a predefined set of common system flaws which, at best, use machine learning for their implementation.
The lab's initial research has found that Microsoft's Office suite for OS X, for example, is missing fundamental security settings because the company is using a decade-old development environment to build it, despite using a modern and secure one to build its own operating system, Mudge says
hahah I went to undergrad with one of the developers. Good to know he hasn't been asked to update it since then. Seriously though, that's kind of the problem with the corporate form and fiduciary duty: companies will nicely box and sell a turd as a wholesome source of fiber if it's the only way they can figure out how to increase profit.
The problem is public key algorithms are too computationally expensive to do, so they're left, usually, with AES (symmetric -- pre-exchanged key). But the key-exchange for AES is hard/impossible to do without adding something else into the solution. In the end, yeah, they don't want to pay to do all that (and most buyers don't really care).
Are both Google and Apple really developing self-driving cars? I can see the allure: if it works perfect, it'll sell and they'll make trillions in profit. But it just seems so afar from consumer electronics to start developing mechanical systems. I helped perform electronic analysis in a major automotive case once, and what surprised me was the/interaction/ between electronics and mechanics created its own system which failed (i.e., neither independently failed). This is something automotive manufacturers have dealt with for a long time. Also, I don't see how machine learning alone could really lead to self-driving cars in unprepared environments -- that's kind of the point of statistics, you need "training data" and anything not within or near that training it can't handle.
Oh-em-gee. Good thing there was a news story telling people about it or the only thing people would've noticed was the marginal less spam on the Internet.
bleh. that's exactly the attitude I've encountered from the older guys and gals. basically, our economy is Windows 95. a bunch of hyped up promises that constantly crashes. you can't blame the individual programmers for accidentally making one of the worst operating systems ever developed, likewise the older generation probably feels they struggled and earned what's theirs but don't feel individually responsible for this work of art.
The only thing fancy about the Nest was its case. The electronics were from like 2000s and never updated (https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/nest-thermostat-teardown-), it never bothered to research any other types of semiconductors besides thermometers, and the software didn't have that many features. I think Google was considering being a hardware company like Apple or Oracle for awhile but drifted back into the mass advertising/spying business. Google's profit margin on the Nest was probably somewhere around $150 per unit. Highway robbery for that electronic turd.
“IoT devices are capable of collecting, transmitting, and sharing highly sensitive information.”
"these devices also create new opportunities for unauthorized persons to exploit vulnerabilities."
“The massive volume of granular data collected by IoT devices enables those with access to the data to perform analyses that would not be possible with less rich data sets,”
And it is probably a requirement for getting promoted to higher levels. And anyway, they probably have some of the meanest bad-assed M* F* patent attorneys from Hell working for them, who know how to push a patent through.
This is true. Most big tech corps get their employees to get patents for them (as do a lot of universities). Apple, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Google, etc. The # of patents each has is staggering in proportion to their actual products. Also true that attorneys from hell (aka patent attorneys) file for them: the USPTO calls it a "patent prosecution" for a reason (i.e., you have to defend your thesis from undergrads with B.S. degrees who are reading your patent application)!
http://patft.uspto.gov/ Patents cover a wide swath of things (bio to math to physics). As for tech patents, some of them are hardware stuff (e.g., some assholes currently own all of the 802.11 patents for silicon fabrication; like methods of reducing SNR or power consumption, etc which is, partially, why IoT chips are so expensive) and some are software (e.g., Amazon.com really has a patent on "a process of one-click checkout" and Apple really does pay them patent royalties for enabling one-click purchasing in iTunes).
Patent lawsuits are over wrongful profiting: you stole an idea, made something with it, and then sold it for $$$. Hire a lawyer before step 2.
hahaha big, beautiful women get love too <3
True story: I used to work with the woman who fought her case to the Supreme Court of California and won, making it illegal in California to discriminate against someone based upon their weight when their obesity problem is due to an underlying medical problem for employment purposes (http://scholarship.law.berkeley.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1429&context=californialawreview). I think it's incredibly unfair to simply write off their weight problem as a lack of work ethic or hedonistic desire for food regardless of its health impact (which, actually, aren't that bad https://www.nih.gov/news-event... in the grand scheme of things -- smokers, alcoholics, drug abusers, etc I'm sure are far worse off).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
*rolling eyes* I have no idea what the submitter's implication is... IMO, there aren't enough highly skilled people period. That's why special talent is shipped in from all over the world to work here. No time for bigotry. Tech hires on merit. EEOC are the biggest trolls ever; every case they litigate is the flameyest mofo ever. If it's that bigoted then how did Tim Cook and Satya Nadella make it to CEO by climbing the ranks of these companies?
Slashdot Mirror
I want investor fun money.
quite apart from the risk of loss in a court, the real risk is something that happens whether you win or lose, and in fact whether you go to court or just threaten: the loss of community, and in particular exactly the kind of community that can (and does) help. You lose your friends."
Lawsuits always create divisions and force people to take sides. It can be really fun. But it's also probably something you shouldn't do to colleagues and friends because computer science is a small world.
Their claim was that the Java API was copyrightable (judge ruled it isn't). But, I get the claim. Should you be able to copyright a protocol, like TCP/IP? Cryptographic algorithms are even patentable.
I like Oracle. They do innovative computer engineering and research.
But what's a hacker? I usually think of it as the poor man/woman's EECS degree. People with an intrinsic interest in computers but without academic resources or direction. Computers are a really new and unexplored invention.
I thought the answer to speech you don't like was more speech. Not if you're Peter Thiel. He used his money and power to destroy a website because they called him a homo.
Had nothing to do with free speech. The website published a porno without permission of those in it. The website ignored a judge's order to take it down. The website destroyed itself. Mr. Thiel just helped that along. Think of that the next time you donate to the ACLU to do your bidding.
It's a league game, Smokey.
Or in the Hulkster's own words:
A) It's not that intelligent and certainly doesn't reason. There was a framework to the competition, so it wasn't a wild goose chase within the x86 ISA. For example, https://github.com/CyberGrandChallenge/samples/blob/master/examples/CADET_00001/src/service.c. This code has a 'bug" that's only found by brute forcing ASCII characters on input to that function.
B) EFF doesn't need to worry about this thing becoming sentient and starting Skynet. It's certainly a predefined set of common system flaws which, at best, use machine learning for their implementation.
https://www.cybergrandchallenge.com/tech
Actually, the government intervenes in your private affairs quite frequently. A relevant case comes directly from Silicon Valley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pruneyard_Shopping_Center_v._Robins
The lab's initial research has found that Microsoft's Office suite for OS X, for example, is missing fundamental security settings because the company is using a decade-old development environment to build it, despite using a modern and secure one to build its own operating system, Mudge says
hahah I went to undergrad with one of the developers. Good to know he hasn't been asked to update it since then. Seriously though, that's kind of the problem with the corporate form and fiduciary duty: companies will nicely box and sell a turd as a wholesome source of fiber if it's the only way they can figure out how to increase profit.
Upmod parent. Please.
Google needs to look up the definition of Technical Debt:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_debt
The problem is public key algorithms are too computationally expensive to do, so they're left, usually, with AES (symmetric -- pre-exchanged key). But the key-exchange for AES is hard/impossible to do without adding something else into the solution. In the end, yeah, they don't want to pay to do all that (and most buyers don't really care).
Netflix's April 1st, 2016 video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucz3JpvDQjk
Are both Google and Apple really developing self-driving cars? I can see the allure: if it works perfect, it'll sell and they'll make trillions in profit. But it just seems so afar from consumer electronics to start developing mechanical systems. I helped perform electronic analysis in a major automotive case once, and what surprised me was the /interaction/ between electronics and mechanics created its own system which failed (i.e., neither independently failed). This is something automotive manufacturers have dealt with for a long time. Also, I don't see how machine learning alone could really lead to self-driving cars in unprepared environments -- that's kind of the point of statistics, you need "training data" and anything not within or near that training it can't handle.
Oh-em-gee. Good thing there was a news story telling people about it or the only thing people would've noticed was the marginal less spam on the Internet.
"Go to Blue Alert!"
"Sir, are you absolutely sure? That does mean changing the bulb."
Red Dwarf: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa_gZ_7sdZg
And it won't be us, we've got ours.
bleh. that's exactly the attitude I've encountered from the older guys and gals. basically, our economy is Windows 95. a bunch of hyped up promises that constantly crashes. you can't blame the individual programmers for accidentally making one of the worst operating systems ever developed, likewise the older generation probably feels they struggled and earned what's theirs but don't feel individually responsible for this work of art.
Apple invents mindfulness and mental well-being. Think Better.
The only thing fancy about the Nest was its case. The electronics were from like 2000s and never updated (https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/nest-thermostat-teardown-), it never bothered to research any other types of semiconductors besides thermometers, and the software didn't have that many features. I think Google was considering being a hardware company like Apple or Oracle for awhile but drifted back into the mass advertising/spying business. Google's profit margin on the Nest was probably somewhere around $150 per unit. Highway robbery for that electronic turd.
“IoT devices are capable of collecting, transmitting, and sharing highly sensitive information.”
"these devices also create new opportunities for unauthorized persons to exploit vulnerabilities."
“The massive volume of granular data collected by IoT devices enables those with access to the data to perform analyses that would not be possible with less rich data sets,”
Isn't political ideology a protected class from discrimination? They wouldn't be allowed to formulate suspicion based upon religious practices would they? Idk... this scares me for some reason.
And it is probably a requirement for getting promoted to higher levels. And anyway, they probably have some of the meanest bad-assed M* F* patent attorneys from Hell working for them, who know how to push a patent through.
This is true. Most big tech corps get their employees to get patents for them (as do a lot of universities). Apple, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Google, etc. The # of patents each has is staggering in proportion to their actual products. Also true that attorneys from hell (aka patent attorneys) file for them: the USPTO calls it a "patent prosecution" for a reason (i.e., you have to defend your thesis from undergrads with B.S. degrees who are reading your patent application)!
http://patft.uspto.gov/ Patents cover a wide swath of things (bio to math to physics). As for tech patents, some of them are hardware stuff (e.g., some assholes currently own all of the 802.11 patents for silicon fabrication; like methods of reducing SNR or power consumption, etc which is, partially, why IoT chips are so expensive) and some are software (e.g., Amazon.com really has a patent on "a process of one-click checkout" and Apple really does pay them patent royalties for enabling one-click purchasing in iTunes).
Patent lawsuits are over wrongful profiting: you stole an idea, made something with it, and then sold it for $$$. Hire a lawyer before step 2.
hahaha big, beautiful women get love too <3 True story: I used to work with the woman who fought her case to the Supreme Court of California and won, making it illegal in California to discriminate against someone based upon their weight when their obesity problem is due to an underlying medical problem for employment purposes (http://scholarship.law.berkeley.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1429&context=californialawreview). I think it's incredibly unfair to simply write off their weight problem as a lack of work ethic or hedonistic desire for food regardless of its health impact (which, actually, aren't that bad https://www.nih.gov/news-event... in the grand scheme of things -- smokers, alcoholics, drug abusers, etc I'm sure are far worse off). https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
*rolling eyes* I have no idea what the submitter's implication is... IMO, there aren't enough highly skilled people period. That's why special talent is shipped in from all over the world to work here. No time for bigotry. Tech hires on merit. EEOC are the biggest trolls ever; every case they litigate is the flameyest mofo ever. If it's that bigoted then how did Tim Cook and Satya Nadella make it to CEO by climbing the ranks of these companies?
http://vignette2.wikia.nocooki... and https://metrouk2.files.wordpre...