I'm glad that Bruce has an opinion about this. Good lord, I don't know how I would make it through monday without hearing what Bruce thinks about something.
Yeah, but you have to realize this is driven by greed, not necessity. Logic flies out the window. What I love is the double standard. They claim the levy is to offset piracy, then claim that piracy should be illegal. Well can't have it both ways.
To me this is the patent and DRM situations. It has to become completely ridiculous before the average layperson [re: 99% of the population] will start to give a damn. In the meantime, every hack in a suit will try to slice a bit of the illegitimate pie for themselves.
Shh, you're not supposed to point that out. Someone has to be blamed for "lax CD sales" [though I've been told they're doing better, who to trust, who to trust....] and it can't possibly be the complete and utter lack of talent.
I think if any artists wants to test their bones they should set up an escrow. Give the world an ultimatum, "put $X dollars in an escrow or I won't release my next album." Once they decrease $X a few times they might stop thinking they walk on water. Though K-Fed's recent tour cancellations are funny as hell. Now the fucker is on WWE challenging wrestlers? Go white boy go!
Levies get shot down entirely, music industry goes and sits on their thumbs. Why should I pay SOCCAN [or whatever] money for DVD-Rs that I use to backup my HD with?
Or they pass this and add to the madness that is corporate greed. Cuz you know not one dime will go to indy arties.
god and all that is holy and sacred on the planet...
Free Software is not, repeat NOT, about cost. It's about liberties that accompany the software. For instance, in these poorer countries they're free to choose the hardware/software combos that suit their budget and economy, and not what Redmond wants them to use.
It also gives them access to the formats and internal workings. Meaning local jobs supporting the tools [ports, language packs, addons] are possible organically without having to first sign your soul over to msft [or whomever].
I own a Dell, even run Gentoo on it [re: frequent builds] and it has yet to catch fire. Likely this laptop was in disrepair [re: frayed wires] or otherwise not treated well, or not the cause of the fire.
Millions of people own Dell laptops, and their houses don't burn down.
My projects are public domain. I stand to lose nothing if they stopped using them.
Note I should have been clearer. I said they use them, I didn't mean specifically they end up in actual fielded projects (because I don't know about the latter). But logically from the logs and support emails I get from various organizations they're at least using it for something. I do know that some folk at NIST used the projects testing CCM implementations. Heard that from former employees.
No, as in my company is doing the test so we can get a cert and listed on the perdy website. We've already done it for our hardware crypto, this time around it's the software crypto.
I think you don't actually know what goes on in validation. Because if you had the slightest clue you'd just say "so what?"
Hi, I'm the author of the LibTom Projects. I know for a *fact* that they're used within the government (USA). None of my projects have 800 or 140 series validation.
Thanks for playing the "OMG there is a diff between policy and reality" game. You lose.
Given that I'm doing NIST certification right now, I can assure you it's meaningless. They basically throw a bunch of vectors at you, you reply, if you get it right they give you a cert # and list you on some website.
The only reason ANYONE does this is so they can get on that website. Getting a compliant AES routine isn't hard. There are dozens of implementation under BSD, MIT, GPL, and various other FLOSS [including public domain]. That you picked an AESVS certified implementation doesn't mean you're application is "better".
In fact, AESVS does not mandate any implementation details other than it outputs the right ciphertext.
The FIPS-140 series are a bit diff, but overall it's still a meaningless gesture.
Actually the few 2600 games I liked [back when they were new] were things like Enduro, Frogger, and Asteroids because the gameplay wasn't bad, even if the graphics sucked bad. Games like E.T. and the few "RPG" were horrible because the game play was not fun, not because the audio visual was bad. To this day I still play a lot of NES games, albeit on a Gameboy through PocketNES.
Maybe you're just young and you never learned that life is about the character and story, not about the glitter. I feel sorry for you.
His comment that he can never find time to play is most likely false. For most, they just don't *make* the time.
As for whether 1080p is a selling feature, my comment about RL is spot on. If you're obsessed with your FANTASY VIDEO GAMES looking like real life... go play or watch a real life game.
I'm not against playing video games. I'm just questioning the thought process that leads people to say things like "this game would be better if it was in ridiculously higher def, running on a console that takes 10x the power to run and wastes naturally resources!"
w00t no moving parts. Now make the battery user accessible, and make it play mp3/aac/ogg/flac off directories and not itunes databases and we're all set.... yes I know you can use things like gnupod to put your own tunes on. It's just a pain in the arse.
Get your evil ISPs to mirror movie collections and download locally. The way I see it, if we have huge monopolies for telco/isp/etc they might as well be useful.
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The trick like SPEs is finding way to efficiently use them in as many tasks as they can.
I'm glad to see Intel is using their size for more than x86 core production though.
Tom
I'm glad that Bruce has an opinion about this. Good lord, I don't know how I would make it through monday without hearing what Bruce thinks about something.
NEXT!
Tom
Nice to know people with ideals, generosity, and curiosity are naive and to be looked down upon.
Ah, to not have a purpose in life. So brave, so alone, so pathetic.
Tom
Yeah, but you have to realize this is driven by greed, not necessity. Logic flies out the window. What I love is the double standard. They claim the levy is to offset piracy, then claim that piracy should be illegal. Well can't have it both ways.
To me this is the patent and DRM situations. It has to become completely ridiculous before the average layperson [re: 99% of the population] will start to give a damn. In the meantime, every hack in a suit will try to slice a bit of the illegitimate pie for themselves.
Tom
Shh, you're not supposed to point that out. Someone has to be blamed for "lax CD sales" [though I've been told they're doing better, who to trust, who to trust....] and it can't possibly be the complete and utter lack of talent.
I think if any artists wants to test their bones they should set up an escrow. Give the world an ultimatum, "put $X dollars in an escrow or I won't release my next album." Once they decrease $X a few times they might stop thinking they walk on water. Though K-Fed's recent tour cancellations are funny as hell. Now the fucker is on WWE challenging wrestlers? Go white boy go!
Tom
Levies get shot down entirely, music industry goes and sits on their thumbs. Why should I pay SOCCAN [or whatever] money for DVD-Rs that I use to backup my HD with?
Or they pass this and add to the madness that is corporate greed. Cuz you know not one dime will go to indy arties.
Tom
No big loss. NFS is easier to use, has real file permissions, etc.
... oh wait ... I get it.
Just another "innovation" from MSFT [smb] that they'll try to horde instead of playing the "let's weigh in on technical merits" game.
And for fuck sake, why doesn't Windows support NFS? It makes mixing boxes on a lan such a bitch
Tom
And that's the largest failing of the FSF and FLOSS as a whole.
If the message was more about "hey you can really do what you want with this" and not "hey it's cheaper than Windows lol!" they'd be better off.
Tom
god and all that is holy and sacred on the planet ...
Free Software is not, repeat NOT, about cost. It's about liberties that accompany the software. For instance, in these poorer countries they're free to choose the hardware/software combos that suit their budget and economy, and not what Redmond wants them to use.
It also gives them access to the formats and internal workings. Meaning local jobs supporting the tools [ports, language packs, addons] are possible organically without having to first sign your soul over to msft [or whomever].
Tom
Don't think of yourself as a victim of viral marketing. Think of yourself as their bitch. :-)
... isn't really that interesting at all. Go read a book or something...
Sometimes that "really interesting video on youtube"
Nice trolling.
Cuz your locked properly stowed handgun will defend you WHILE YOU SLEEP.
Gotcha.
Note: that's not an argument AGAINST gun ownership. It's an argument against "omg it defends me from the bad [re: black] people!"
Tom
YouTube [re: google] is a not the government. They do *not* have to host any of your videos. They have the *right* to remove any video they see fit.
Yeah, it sucks that they're singling out a type of video, but that's their right. Go start your own YouTube if you feel so slighted.
Tom
I own a Dell, even run Gentoo on it [re: frequent builds] and it has yet to catch fire. Likely this laptop was in disrepair [re: frayed wires] or otherwise not treated well, or not the cause of the fire.
Millions of people own Dell laptops, and their houses don't burn down.
Tom
My projects are public domain. I stand to lose nothing if they stopped using them.
Note I should have been clearer. I said they use them, I didn't mean specifically they end up in actual fielded projects (because I don't know about the latter). But logically from the logs and support emails I get from various organizations they're at least using it for something. I do know that some folk at NIST used the projects testing CCM implementations. Heard that from former employees.
Point is, non-validated code is used to do work.
Tom
What?
No, as in my company is doing the test so we can get a cert and listed on the perdy website. We've already done it for our hardware crypto, this time around it's the software crypto.
I think you don't actually know what goes on in validation. Because if you had the slightest clue you'd just say "so what?"
Tom
And the game being in 1080p, consuming more electricity somehow fights cancer?
Gotcha.
Hi, I'm the author of the LibTom Projects. I know for a *fact* that they're used within the government (USA). None of my projects have 800 or 140 series validation.
Thanks for playing the "OMG there is a diff between policy and reality" game. You lose.
Tom
Given that I'm doing NIST certification right now, I can assure you it's meaningless. They basically throw a bunch of vectors at you, you reply, if you get it right they give you a cert # and list you on some website.
The only reason ANYONE does this is so they can get on that website. Getting a compliant AES routine isn't hard. There are dozens of implementation under BSD, MIT, GPL, and various other FLOSS [including public domain]. That you picked an AESVS certified implementation doesn't mean you're application is "better".
In fact, AESVS does not mandate any implementation details other than it outputs the right ciphertext.
The FIPS-140 series are a bit diff, but overall it's still a meaningless gesture.
Tom
Actually the few 2600 games I liked [back when they were new] were things like Enduro, Frogger, and Asteroids because the gameplay wasn't bad, even if the graphics sucked bad. Games like E.T. and the few "RPG" were horrible because the game play was not fun, not because the audio visual was bad. To this day I still play a lot of NES games, albeit on a Gameboy through PocketNES.
Maybe you're just young and you never learned that life is about the character and story, not about the glitter. I feel sorry for you.
Tom
Validation is meaningless. It's how you use the tools that matters.
I can write an insecure application with OpenSSL just as easily as with say CryptLib or Botan or whatever.
Tom
that's what editors are for.
If you're only response is to correct some grammar I think I've made my point. Thanks for confirming it.
His comment that he can never find time to play is most likely false. For most, they just don't *make* the time.
... go play or watch a real life game.
As for whether 1080p is a selling feature, my comment about RL is spot on. If you're obsessed with your FANTASY VIDEO GAMES looking like real life
I'm not against playing video games. I'm just questioning the thought process that leads people to say things like "this game would be better if it was in ridiculously higher def, running on a console that takes 10x the power to run and wastes naturally resources!"
Tom
w00t no moving parts. Now make the battery user accessible, and make it play mp3/aac/ogg/flac off directories and not itunes databases and we're all set. ... yes I know you can use things like gnupod to put your own tunes on. It's just a pain in the arse.
Tom
Send sexually open folks with their tubes tied.
That way they can sex up whenever, nobody is left out, and no babies come back to earth being the first offworlders.
Tom
all about the distribution model.
Get your evil ISPs to mirror movie collections and download locally. The way I see it, if we have huge monopolies for telco/isp/etc they might as well be useful.
Tom