Take a look at how mature the strategic alignment between IS/IT and the business is. Unless your business is actually IT, IT and the business usually sit on opposite sides of a fence. It seems to be a reasonable way to rate both IT and the business. http://cais.aisnet.org/articles/default.asp?vol=4& art=14
I don't know the law in the UK (or the US for that matter), but wouldn't it make logical sense to just have the police install a hardware keylogger on the computer in question? Why break open an operating and file system and make it vulnerable when they could JUST as easily record the key's passphrase when it is used?
As many others here have stated, it looks like this machine is just running a modified version of the SlimServer software. I was shopping for wireless MP3 players last year and I got myself a Linksys WMLS11B. This MP3beamer says that certain media receivers can play the content stored on it, and it shows a picture of the WMLS11B.
My question is, how are they doing that? The server component I need to use currently is MusicMatch, which sucks. I need to run Windows on a seperate computer for it and it's very unreliable. I'd like to switch to a Linux based server but I'm not going to shell out $400 when I've got 100's of gigs of music already. How can I get SlimServer (or any other software) to broadcast to my media player?
So is the 2.4Ghz band not public in Japan like it is in the US (and I would assume Europe)? Or, does their equivilent of the FCC just encourage this kind of thing?
Sounds to me like somebody decided that there's a big pot o' gold waiting for them if they can tax the numerous WiFi operators. It also sounds to me like they didn't think it through one bit. What an effective way to kill a technology like this.
"Meanwhile, Nintendo seems set to play to its strengths and emphasise game quality and innovation over processor horsepower."
It's interesting they should say that...the Gamecube's games look consistently better than PS2 games in no small part due to the additional power the Gamecube has over the PS2, and the relative ease of developing games on the Gamecube. Then, the article goes on to say Nintendo emphasizes game quality over power, which they already have plenty of!
If this isn't a ringing endorsement for Nintendo, I don't know what is.
is designed more to ease the minds of worried parents and suspicious bosses than to enable unauthorised spying."
And Kazaa is really just designed to transfer information back and forth. It's not Sharman Network's fault that it gets used to infringe on an incredible number of copyrights.
Let's face it, just because it was designed to ease parents and bosses, that's no guarantee whatsoever that they will not be used to violate one's civil liberties. RFIDs are designed to help stores keep inventory and make checkouts easier, but they can be easily abused to "see" what someone is wearing on his person.
We champion the right to use products in nonstandard ways all the time here at/., we say it's alright to use the Xbox as a home PC even though that's not what it was designed for. For that very reason alone, I am 100% sure that this will be used to infringe on at least one person's privacy.
(5) In addition, many of the computer users drawn to the convenience of peer-to-peer systems do not realize that these systems pose serious security and privacy threats to their personal computers or company networks. Recent studies reveal that the majority of the users of these systems are unable to tell what files they are sharing and sometimes incorrectly assume they were not sharing any files when in fact they were sharing all files on their hard drive.
Of all the P2P sharing software I've ever seen, none of them had defaulted to sharing my entire hard drive. It's not the software's fault that it's user has no idea what he/she is doing.
(6) The security and privacy threats posed by peer-to-peer networks extend beyond users inadvertently enabling a hacker to access files. Millions of copies of one of the most popular peer-to-peer networks contain software that could allow an independent company to take over portions of users' computers and Internet connections and has the capacity to keep track of users' online habits.
I'm going to take a wild guess and say that this is referring to KaZaA and the spyware it installs. What makes this interesting is that, given the above quote, the good representatives seem to favor non-binding EULAs.
(8) In addition, the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security has the authority to act against infringements of copyrighted works, including those works protected under the Berne Convention and the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property of the World Trade Organization...
I think the Department of Father^H^H^H^H^H^HHomeland Security has more important things to worry about than worrying about people distributing copyrighted music, don't you?
Exactly how clean will this thing be? Honestly, it sounds completely disgusting. There's a reason they made the keyboard waterproof, and that alone would be a good reason not to use it. I don't think I need to go into any more detail here.
Perhaps a better, cleaner idea would be to have a machine with voice recognition built in and no keyboard. One might have to limit the types of pages someone could view because of the limited environment, but I'd much more readily use that then ever pick up one of those disgusting keyboards.
This is just a plan to let President Bush take care of all those PETA wackos. You see, by making oil from turkeys, he'll surely upset any self-righteous PETA member. They'll boycott the new oil and continue to use oil from the middle East, and consequently they'll be supporting terrorism. Thankfully, the Patriot Act will allow the government to lock up these proponents of terrorism for an indefinite amount of time at an undisclosed location.
Now finally, we may all eat meat without fearing harrassment.
While perhaps technically inaccurate as to the difference between TCPA and Palladium, I think the spirit of the attacks made against the platform are valid. While yes, perhaps TCPA doesn't directly enable all the horrible things we Slashbots complain about, but the paper is just passing the blame.
IBM says "this has nothing to do with DRM. In fact, it doesn't protect it from owner-tampering so it's not any great DRM replacement." Of course, they don't mention that it's more than likely that in the near future, a version of Windows will take advantage of it. Maybe the OS will encode all recorded music with your public key so it's unplayable on any other machine? Who knows, the possibilites really are limitless.
I wonder how many TCPA computers will be running Windows with Palladium enabled. Neither paper seemed to be catering to a very tech-head audience, so why make needlessly complicated distinctions between TCPA, Palladium, databuses, etc?
Only IBM offers select ThinkPad® and NetVista(TM) systems with the IBM Embedded Security Subsystem, a hardware- and software-based solution. Select models now feature the TCPA-compliant IBM Embedded Security Subsystem 2.0 to provide the highest level of industry-standard PC security.
I'd like to know what was in v1.0, what's changed and how many products with v1.0 have already been sold to (perhaps unwitting) customers?
I'm not sure how well that'll work. She isn't very technically inclined, although there might be a good visual TeX editor out there somewhere. Thanks for the suggestion.
Does anyone know of any GPL page layout programs, a la QuarkXPress, that have a decent, stable Win32 port? I've got a friend who's looking for a cheap solution that works on Windows (so everyone can play with it, I guess).
What's going to happen when residential customers are hit by a DDoS attack? If I were to launch an attack (a la grc.com) on my "friend" and saturate his 1.5MBps downstream, I could easily put him over any sort of monthly cap. Could you then imagine a worm whose single purpose in life is to charge huge bandwidth bills to those infected with it?
Such a worm would be a godsend in the sense that after someone is hit with a $100+ cable modem bill, they're going to make sure they're up to date on bugfixes for their OS/mail client. This could lead to less use of Outlook and other vulnerable platforms which could reduce the worm's effectiveness. However, the immediate result would be a public outcry for being charged for bandwidth that they claim they didn't use.
I saw it suggested earlier in the thread, but in my opinion the most effective way to deal with bandwidth hogs would be to throttle them and the commonly used P2P ports. The content is still available and you still have the speed and "unlimited transfer rate" that makes broadband such a wonderful service.
Sony (as well as Nintendo and Microsoft) make money by selling software. They all take a hit when it comes to selling the hardware. If Sony just sells more systems and no more games, they lose money and 3rd party developers will note that. From that, I can only assume that there are some serious limitations placed on the hardware. According to the article, you cannot use home-made CD-R's in the system. That seems to limit some of its usefulness and value to anyone looking to use.
I too have that same board by Shuttle and would highly recommend it as well. I picked it up for about $80 2 weeks ago, making it a VERY good deal even though Tom calls its performance and presentation "lackluster."
FYI: The XBox requires an addon to play DVD movies. Nintendo decided not to go with the DVD format for a couple of reasons.
1) Piracy. Even though the format will be cracked in the future, by using smaller media and being small enough not to allow a standard size DVD or CD in the system, piracy will most likely require a modification to the actual case. The mini-DVDs have additional anti-piracy strips burned into the disks, and I haven't seen mini-DVDs retail anywhere.
2) Price. The DVD consortium charges $20 per unit that has DVD capabilities. That's why the XBox won't play DVDs without a $30 addon, they wanted to keep the price down.
The only downside I see for the format is that it only holds 1.5 gigabytes of data. However, when you consider that fact that on the N64 they fit Resident Evil 2 into a 512MBit cart, videos and all, I don't think that this is a limitation. Plus, how many multi disk games are there for the Playstation? That was never a big deal, Nintendo can do the same thing.
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(I picked up a nasty pedantic habit in college from a professor, so sorry I just have to throw this in :)
Bandwidth is the capacity of a communications channel and is measured in Hz and Mhz. kbit/s and Mbit/s are data rates, not bandwidth.
Take a look at how mature the strategic alignment between IS/IT and the business is. Unless your business is actually IT, IT and the business usually sit on opposite sides of a fence. It seems to be a reasonable way to rate both IT and the business. http://cais.aisnet.org/articles/default.asp?vol=4& art=14
I don't know the law in the UK (or the US for that matter), but wouldn't it make logical sense to just have the police install a hardware keylogger on the computer in question? Why break open an operating and file system and make it vulnerable when they could JUST as easily record the key's passphrase when it is used?
My father still has a New Jersey driver's license without his picture on it.
Hmm, thanks a lot. I'll give that a shot.
As many others here have stated, it looks like this machine is just running a modified version of the SlimServer software. I was shopping for wireless MP3 players last year and I got myself a Linksys WMLS11B. This MP3beamer says that certain media receivers can play the content stored on it, and it shows a picture of the WMLS11B.
My question is, how are they doing that? The server component I need to use currently is MusicMatch, which sucks. I need to run Windows on a seperate computer for it and it's very unreliable. I'd like to switch to a Linux based server but I'm not going to shell out $400 when I've got 100's of gigs of music already. How can I get SlimServer (or any other software) to broadcast to my media player?
So is the 2.4Ghz band not public in Japan like it is in the US (and I would assume Europe)? Or, does their equivilent of the FCC just encourage this kind of thing?
Sounds to me like somebody decided that there's a big pot o' gold waiting for them if they can tax the numerous WiFi operators. It also sounds to me like they didn't think it through one bit. What an effective way to kill a technology like this.
"Meanwhile, Nintendo seems set to play to its strengths and emphasise game quality and innovation over processor horsepower."
It's interesting they should say that...the Gamecube's games look consistently better than PS2 games in no small part due to the additional power the Gamecube has over the PS2, and the relative ease of developing games on the Gamecube. Then, the article goes on to say Nintendo emphasizes game quality over power, which they already have plenty of! If this isn't a ringing endorsement for Nintendo, I don't know what is.
Well he said that he broke up with her not too much longer after that, so I think he's doing just that ;).
is designed more to ease the minds of worried parents and suspicious bosses than to enable unauthorised spying."
/., we say it's alright to use the Xbox as a home PC even though that's not what it was designed for. For that very reason alone, I am 100% sure that this will be used to infringe on at least one person's privacy.
And Kazaa is really just designed to transfer information back and forth. It's not Sharman Network's fault that it gets used to infringe on an incredible number of copyrights.
Let's face it, just because it was designed to ease parents and bosses, that's no guarantee whatsoever that they will not be used to violate one's civil liberties. RFIDs are designed to help stores keep inventory and make checkouts easier, but they can be easily abused to "see" what someone is wearing on his person.
We champion the right to use products in nonstandard ways all the time here at
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world.
"I must say that your decision to file legal action does not seem conducive to the long-term survivability of Linux," McBride wrote.
Pot. Kettle. Black.
(5) In addition, many of the computer users drawn to the convenience of peer-to-peer systems do not realize that these systems pose serious security and privacy threats to their personal computers or company networks. Recent studies reveal that the majority of the users of these systems are unable to tell what files they are sharing and sometimes incorrectly assume they were not sharing any files when in fact they were sharing all files on their hard drive.
Of all the P2P sharing software I've ever seen, none of them had defaulted to sharing my entire hard drive. It's not the software's fault that it's user has no idea what he/she is doing.
(6) The security and privacy threats posed by peer-to-peer networks extend beyond users inadvertently enabling a hacker to access files. Millions of copies of one of the most popular peer-to-peer networks contain software that could allow an independent company to take over portions of users' computers and Internet connections and has the capacity to keep track of users' online habits.
I'm going to take a wild guess and say that this is referring to KaZaA and the spyware it installs. What makes this interesting is that, given the above quote, the good representatives seem to favor non-binding EULAs.
(8) In addition, the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security has the authority to act against infringements of copyrighted works, including those works protected under the Berne Convention and the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property of the World Trade Organization...
I think the Department of Father^H^H^H^H^H^HHomeland Security has more important things to worry about than worrying about people distributing copyrighted music, don't you?
Exactly how clean will this thing be? Honestly, it sounds completely disgusting. There's a reason they made the keyboard waterproof, and that alone would be a good reason not to use it. I don't think I need to go into any more detail here.
Perhaps a better, cleaner idea would be to have a machine with voice recognition built in and no keyboard. One might have to limit the types of pages someone could view because of the limited environment, but I'd much more readily use that then ever pick up one of those disgusting keyboards.
You're VERY right. 3DRealms showed off Duke Nukem Forever (still running on the Quake 2 engine) at E3 in 1998. And yes, it is still not out.
This is just a plan to let President Bush take care of all those PETA wackos. You see, by making oil from turkeys, he'll surely upset any self-righteous PETA member. They'll boycott the new oil and continue to use oil from the middle East, and consequently they'll be supporting terrorism. Thankfully, the Patriot Act will allow the government to lock up these proponents of terrorism for an indefinite amount of time at an undisclosed location.
Now finally, we may all eat meat without fearing harrassment.
X10 enters the firearm business.
While perhaps technically inaccurate as to the difference between TCPA and Palladium, I think the spirit of the attacks made against the platform are valid. While yes, perhaps TCPA doesn't directly enable all the horrible things we Slashbots complain about, but the paper is just passing the blame.
IBM says "this has nothing to do with DRM. In fact, it doesn't protect it from owner-tampering so it's not any great DRM replacement." Of course, they don't mention that it's more than likely that in the near future, a version of Windows will take advantage of it. Maybe the OS will encode all recorded music with your public key so it's unplayable on any other machine? Who knows, the possibilites really are limitless.
I wonder how many TCPA computers will be running Windows with Palladium enabled. Neither paper seemed to be catering to a very tech-head audience, so why make needlessly complicated distinctions between TCPA, Palladium, databuses, etc?
I would really feel terrible if this guy has any epileptic neighbors!
Only IBM offers select ThinkPad® and NetVista(TM) systems with the IBM Embedded Security Subsystem, a hardware- and software-based solution. Select models now feature the TCPA-compliant IBM Embedded Security Subsystem 2.0 to provide the highest level of industry-standard PC security.
I'd like to know what was in v1.0, what's changed and how many products with v1.0 have already been sold to (perhaps unwitting) customers?
I'm not sure how well that'll work. She isn't very technically inclined, although there might be a good visual TeX editor out there somewhere. Thanks for the suggestion.
Does anyone know of any GPL page layout programs, a la QuarkXPress, that have a decent, stable Win32 port? I've got a friend who's looking for a cheap solution that works on Windows (so everyone can play with it, I guess).
What's going to happen when residential customers are hit by a DDoS attack? If I were to launch an attack (a la grc.com) on my "friend" and saturate his 1.5MBps downstream, I could easily put him over any sort of monthly cap. Could you then imagine a worm whose single purpose in life is to charge huge bandwidth bills to those infected with it?
Such a worm would be a godsend in the sense that after someone is hit with a $100+ cable modem bill, they're going to make sure they're up to date on bugfixes for their OS/mail client. This could lead to less use of Outlook and other vulnerable platforms which could reduce the worm's effectiveness. However, the immediate result would be a public outcry for being charged for bandwidth that they claim they didn't use.
I saw it suggested earlier in the thread, but in my opinion the most effective way to deal with bandwidth hogs would be to throttle them and the commonly used P2P ports. The content is still available and you still have the speed and "unlimited transfer rate" that makes broadband such a wonderful service.
Sony (as well as Nintendo and Microsoft) make money by selling software. They all take a hit when it comes to selling the hardware. If Sony just sells more systems and no more games, they lose money and 3rd party developers will note that. From that, I can only assume that there are some serious limitations placed on the hardware. According to the article, you cannot use home-made CD-R's in the system. That seems to limit some of its usefulness and value to anyone looking to use.
I too have that same board by Shuttle and would highly recommend it as well. I picked it up for about $80 2 weeks ago, making it a VERY good deal even though Tom calls its performance and presentation "lackluster."
FYI: The XBox requires an addon to play DVD movies. Nintendo decided not to go with the DVD format for a couple of reasons.
1) Piracy. Even though the format will be cracked in the future, by using smaller media and being small enough not to allow a standard size DVD or CD in the system, piracy will most likely require a modification to the actual case. The mini-DVDs have additional anti-piracy strips burned into the disks, and I haven't seen mini-DVDs retail anywhere.
2) Price. The DVD consortium charges $20 per unit that has DVD capabilities. That's why the XBox won't play DVDs without a $30 addon, they wanted to keep the price down.
The only downside I see for the format is that it only holds 1.5 gigabytes of data. However, when you consider that fact that on the N64 they fit Resident Evil 2 into a 512MBit cart, videos and all, I don't think that this is a limitation. Plus, how many multi disk games are there for the Playstation? That was never a big deal, Nintendo can do the same thing.