But Linux may be percieved to be illegal. Microsoft would claim the IP as their own, and market their "Linux" product as the only trustworthy (as far as IP) version of Linux available.
I am not talking about actuallities, but rather the publics perception.
What I do, is find an email address of a party associated with the spam (wheather it be the company selling a product, or if you are lucky enough to find an email address associated with the spammer). I use that email address at another site which will use it to spam. It is possible, in some circumstances, that they will both be spamming each other.
Just a crazy thought. I think it's far fetched, but let's entertain it.
Remember the article about M$ starting a Linux Lab to investigate Linux? What if M$ plans are to fund SCO (or buy SCO). Throw money at a bunch of layers. Get a court of law to "prove" that SCO owns the "IP" in question.
M$ makes their own version of Linux. Claim that no-one else has the rights to it. The can advertise their Linux as the only "legal" Linux (or something like that). Alternately, they could sit on their "IP" and not distribute Linux at all. Hence Linux would be effectively "illegal".
Now I know that's a big conspiracy theory. But entertain it. Would M$ do something like that?
This "paradox" only considers one half of the equation. They cut space in half, but mke no mention of time. To move one meter in one second (from point A to point B) you must fist move half a meter in half a second, and before that one quarter of a meter in one quarter of a second.....
Now that you put time in, it makes sense and is not a paradox at all.
Obviously it would be secure if people could trust (via their own verification) it. I meant that being secure, does not mean that people can trust it. In order to trust it, people most be able to verify that it is accurate.
Actually, it was advertised as a "Kodak digital disposable carmera", although I didn't get the details. I guess it was false advertising to claim that it was digital.
They only have to release the source code if they are distributing the software. In this case, it is embedded in a product (firmware). I don't know how the GPL would be interpretted in this case (are they distibuting this software).
I would say that in this case a company should not have to release their source. I think it is quite petty to be making this into a big deal. They've adopted linux in their firmware. It's been modified to work with their hardware, so how are these modifications going to be useful to people who haven't bought their router?
I do agree that in most that when you distribute modified GPL software you should release the source, but in this case the software is hidden inside a product. The only thing obvious to the user is the FUNCTION of the firmware, not the architecture of the firmware. So are they really distributing GPL'd software? Not in the traditional way.
Yes, in general Security through Obscurity is a bad idea
Actually, obsurity is a neccessity for security.
Although the whole system need not be obscure, at the very least passwords and private encryption keys need to be obscure.
but in one-off systems like electronic voting, it is the best method of keeping the system secure short of armed guards and video cameras.
I wrote a paper for University on this very matter. It does not matter if the system is secure. It matters only that people can trust that it is secure. People need to be able to see how the system works so that they can trust the voting system.
Open Sourcing the e-voting system is good idea. A better idea would not use e-voting, since the average person could not understand how it works.
Of course just putting money on a war, maybe enough to set one off. G.W. Bush would take pre-emptive action against a country who has obviously done something wrong since "we the people..." (or more accurately thats what the money says) believe it.
His explaination might be "Country X is clearly acting in it's own economic interest and against ours. We must these evil people who are threatening our economy through acts inovation."
It is based on the observed fact that the aggregate answers of a large number of people sufficiently knowlegeable to understand a question seem, empirically, to be more accurate than the anwers of any one expert.
Yes, because the average Windows user could explain to you how a disk drive stores information better than an expert can.
I don't know. I never learned Morse code when I was a kid, yet here I am about to get my computer science degree. I think something the is a little more easy to use and tangible will get kids interested in technology (and yes, I am a command line Linux user, so don't take that easy to use comment the wrong way).
Don't get me wrong, Morse code is a good hobby if that's what you like. Hey, some people collect stamps. But I do not think that getting involve with Morse code is a good gateway to getting involved with technology.
Crashing twice a day or more !!? So that's at least two times everyday.
I remember when I had 98SE and it would crash maybe once a week, and I thought THAT was bad. Even my Dad (who knows nothing about computers) didn't think it acceptable when his computer crashed once in a blue moon.
So if 5% crash twice a day (absolutely horrible): How many crash once a day (still absolutely horrible)? How many crash once a week (unacceptable)? How many crash once a month (tolerable)?:w!
The 5% number is just skewed heavily by the fact that any poorly written app that crashes is counted.
Yes, but the statistics are furthur skewed by the fact that they only include computers that crash twice or more a day, which is fairly rare (relatively). If 5% is "fairly rare", then I'd like to see crash statistics for all windows Machine. Break it down by OS version. Provide average hours to crash. Provide other useful statistics as well.
Ya this is off topic, but i think this is important to Open Source.
How does one go about getting Tux models?
I have started a project on sourceforge called Sound Orgy. I am rendering the logo in povray. I was wonder if there were any povray models of tux out there that I could use in my logo? (while my project is cross-platform, i'd like to promote the fact that it is developed for Linux).
This country is totally going down the crapper, when there's all this ridiculous, unfair, unjust stuff going on and people are organizing these pointless stand ins.
Think of it as a testing ground for more smart spontaneous protests.
Will anyone organise a flash mob to boo an RIAA lawyer?
Maybe if music weren't a multi-billion dollar business, true musicians would again gain prominence.
I doubt it. It is really hard to rase funds for equipment (Guitars, PAs, Drums, Proper mics, mixing boards etc.. despite the fact the the computer makes recording cheaper, you still need all of the above equipment plus a decent sound room) by working at a Grocery store.
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In effect, you test all possible combinations of bits for a solution to your problem at the same time.
Mmmm. Prolog would work really well on this computer.
I understand what you are saying.
But Linux may be percieved to be illegal. Microsoft would claim the IP as their own, and market their "Linux" product as the only trustworthy (as far as IP) version of Linux available.
I am not talking about actuallities, but rather the publics perception.
What I do, is find an email address of a party associated with the spam (wheather it be the company selling a product, or if you are lucky enough to find an email address associated with the spammer). I use that email address at another site which will use it to spam. It is possible, in some circumstances, that they will both be spamming each other.
Just a crazy thought. I think it's far fetched, but let's entertain it.
Remember the article about M$ starting a Linux Lab to investigate Linux? What if M$ plans are to fund SCO (or buy SCO). Throw money at a bunch of layers. Get a court of law to "prove" that SCO owns the "IP" in question.
M$ makes their own version of Linux. Claim that no-one else has the rights to it. The can advertise their Linux as the only "legal" Linux (or something like that). Alternately, they could sit on their "IP" and not distribute Linux at all. Hence Linux would be effectively "illegal".
Now I know that's a big conspiracy theory. But entertain it. Would M$ do something like that?
You can't get drunk off of American beer either.
This "paradox" only considers one half of the equation. They cut space in half, but mke no mention of time. To move one meter in one second (from point A to point B) you must fist move half a meter in half a second, and before that one quarter of a meter in one quarter of a second.....
Now that you put time in, it makes sense and is not a paradox at all.
Obviously it would be secure if people could trust (via their own verification) it. I meant that being secure, does not mean that people can trust it. In order to trust it, people most be able to verify that it is accurate.
Actually, it was advertised as a "Kodak digital disposable carmera", although I didn't get the details. I guess it was false advertising to claim that it was digital.
They only have to release the source code if they are distributing the software. In this case, it is embedded in a product (firmware). I don't know how the GPL would be interpretted in this case (are they distibuting this software).
I would say that in this case a company should not have to release their source. I think it is quite petty to be making this into a big deal. They've adopted linux in their firmware. It's been modified to work with their hardware, so how are these modifications going to be useful to people who haven't bought their router?
I do agree that in most that when you distribute modified GPL software you should release the source, but in this case the software is hidden inside a product. The only thing obvious to the user is the FUNCTION of the firmware, not the architecture of the firmware. So are they really distributing GPL'd software? Not in the traditional way.
Why does a web server even serve up files outside of /var/www or /home/*/public_html?
This isn't news. I saw an ad for it a few months ago.
Yes, in general Security through Obscurity is a bad idea
Actually, obsurity is a neccessity for security.
Although the whole system need not be obscure, at the very least passwords and private encryption keys need to be obscure.
but in one-off systems like electronic voting, it is the best method of keeping the system secure short of armed guards and video cameras.
I wrote a paper for University on this very matter. It does not matter if the system is secure. It matters only that people can trust that it is secure. People need to be able to see how the system works so that they can trust the voting system.
Open Sourcing the e-voting system is good idea. A better idea would not use e-voting, since the average person could not understand how it works.
Of course just putting money on a war, maybe enough to set one off. G.W. Bush would take pre-emptive action against a country who has obviously done something wrong since "we the people..." (or more accurately thats what the money says) believe it.
His explaination might be "Country X is clearly acting in it's own economic interest and against ours. We must these evil people who are threatening our economy through acts inovation."
It is based on the observed fact that the aggregate answers of a large number of people sufficiently knowlegeable to understand a question seem, empirically, to be more accurate than the anwers of any one expert.
Yes, because the average Windows user could explain to you how a disk drive stores information better than an expert can.
Well since the stock market says G.W. Bush will win, I'll put money on G.W. Bush and go vote for him. I don't really care for the guy though.
Hmmm, I guess financial powers do not influence a democracy.....
or mabey someone will come up with a scheme to collect the money (or think they have).
Or mabey someone will inform their mother to make a particular bet before they drive that truck loaded with explosives through a sky scrapper.
I don't know. I never learned Morse code when I was a kid, yet here I am about to get my computer science degree. I think something the is a little more easy to use and tangible will get kids interested in technology (and yes, I am a command line Linux user, so don't take that easy to use comment the wrong way).
Don't get me wrong, Morse code is a good hobby if that's what you like. Hey, some people collect stamps. But I do not think that getting involve with Morse code is a good gateway to getting involved with technology.
Could the next must-have computer input device be a morse key?
[Manic Laughter]
Next week, we'll discuss the trend towards rotary keyboards.
Recycle. I am sure there will be a way to use the matterials from something you no longer need.
I am patenting sqrt(x^2 + y^2) - 1 right now!
Crashing twice a day or more !!? So that's at least two times everyday.
:w!
I remember when I had 98SE and it would crash maybe once a week, and I thought THAT was bad. Even my Dad (who knows nothing about computers) didn't think it acceptable when his computer crashed once in a blue moon.
So if 5% crash twice a day (absolutely horrible): How many crash once a day (still absolutely horrible)? How many crash once a week (unacceptable)? How many crash once a month (tolerable)?
The 5% number is just skewed heavily by the fact that any poorly written app that crashes is counted.
Yes, but the statistics are furthur skewed by the fact that they only include computers that crash twice or more a day, which is fairly rare (relatively). If 5% is "fairly rare", then I'd like to see crash statistics for all windows Machine. Break it down by OS version. Provide average hours to crash. Provide other useful statistics as well.
Ya this is off topic, but i think this is important to Open Source.
How does one go about getting Tux models?
I have started a project on sourceforge called Sound Orgy. I am rendering the logo in povray. I was wonder if there were any povray models of tux out there that I could use in my logo? (while my project is cross-platform, i'd like to promote the fact that it is developed for Linux).
This country is totally going down the crapper, when there's all this ridiculous, unfair, unjust stuff going on and people are organizing these pointless stand ins.
Think of it as a testing ground for more smart spontaneous protests.
Will anyone organise a flash mob to boo an RIAA lawyer?
Maybe if music weren't a multi-billion dollar business, true musicians would again gain prominence.
I doubt it. It is really hard to rase funds for equipment (Guitars, PAs, Drums, Proper mics, mixing boards etc.. despite the fact the the computer makes recording cheaper, you still need all of the above equipment plus a decent sound room) by working at a Grocery store.