Nope, you're wrong. Linux version refers to the Kernel version. Redhat Version number refers to their distribution. Redhat is currently using Kernel 2.4.18. (See Here)
It is Redhat that is behind not Linus. Secondly, you wouldn't expect Redhat to release the latest kernel with their package because they need to be able to test and support it before they package it.
First, when the DVD player breaks it is cheap enough to replace.
YMMV, but how often does a typical DVD player break? Sure, if you buy the $50 ones that I see on sale now a days, it may break more often, such as the Apex model that people are snatching up. Also, these cheap DVD players rarely have any digital out interfaces. But a quality Sony one hardly breaks and is in the upwards of $150-250. So for that price, it's the equivalent of a modded XBox.
Second, 10 GB is not enough to really store a CD collection.
I agree 10 GB is not enough. But you fail to recognize to key advances in XBox hacking: upgrading the hard drive and also streaming off the network. I'm assuming, if you're on Slashdot, that you have a nice computer setup with a huge hard drive and probably a home network. You can just plug the XBox into the network and access the files off of your file server. So that 10GB limit is non-existant.
So why not just by a somewhat portable MP3 player which, in a 5gb version, can be had for $200.
First of all, a portable MP3 player will not be able to produce quality sound that comes out of a home theatre setup or stereo speakers. Secondly, you're saying for $200, you can get a MP3 player. For that $200, you can get an Xbox. For the $75 more (from the DVD player you mention), you can get it modded and have a home theatre setup.
To me, things such as this are just taunting the bear.
I agree. MS is going to wake up one of these days and realize the monster that they've created and how they can't control it anymore. I think, however, this was part of their future plans: to merge their TIVO investment with the XBox. At that point, you have ubiquitous computing. However, I just think the public beat them to it.
I'm using DirecPC at home. It's the one way version where the upstream goes through the phone line. I was able to setup a proxy server to get my home lan online. But I don't think you can just directly hook it into a router.
Well..the fine print of DMCA is that the "victim" has to send a cease and desist letter to the service provider (in this case FatWallet). The administrator then sends a cease and desist letter to the poster. The poster can then either remove it (or tell the admin to remove it) or sign a waiver saying they will take full responsibility of their actions.
So, one advice that has been going on FatWallet is to let the people with offshore accounts post the info. The DMCA cannot reach someone offshore.
AOL does not have to pay royalty to the artists or promote the "album". However, CDs typically need to cover the cost. AOL CDs are given out at a lost (rather small, but still a lost). [Although, I do agree that the price of CDs are extremely high.]
It is quite unlikely that a CD will cost less than a blank CDR. However, lowering the price by half will make CDs more affordable. I would be willing to pay $7 or less for a CD
This has been mentioned many times since this whole debate started.
Although it sounds the same, the recording through Line-In is being degraded from Digital to Analog. At this point, you are not really "ripping" or creating an exact copy of the CD. This is pretty much the same as recording a song off the radio. RIAA does not really care when you do this. However, they do care when you create a digital copy. As a digital copy will never degrade because it is an exact bit-for-bit duplication.
But again, to the common person, there is no or very little detectable difference between digital copy or analog copy.
Well. The people that are affected by this are the people that are NOT buying it in the first place. The people that ARE buying it don't care much and/or are not affected by this change. In effect, this IS what the companies are trying to achieve.
I think he was talking along the lines of the thing that alladvantage had a couple years ago where it was a program that ran at the bottom of the screen with banner ads. This would communicate with the server to block or allow web access.
However, to answer your question, it is possible to add code to web pages (ie for banner ads). The WWW requests are going through his gateway/proxy. It is possible to detect an HTTP stream and ad the banner ad code.
But my TV is going on 12 years old, and I have no intention on upgrading it digital or no. Its a sweet TV and the only thing that is going on it is the remote (which is replaceable.)
Sad to tell you, but you will either have to upgrade within the next couple of years or buy a digital converter. There's a regulation that requires all broadcasters to broadcast in digital by a certain date. After which, all current tvs are obsolete.
In the ZDNet Article, they said "Microsoft said it plans to disclose 385 bits of computer code and internal operating rules, previously kept secret, that outside software developers can use to write programs to run on Windows."
This is exactly what they will be releasing (from an inside source)
the secret code to Microsoft Windows XP is......
MS actually lied...they only released 384 bits (48 Bytes). The last bit is just null
In addition, it is up to the implementers choice of whether and/or how to implement the wireless infrastructure. The government should not be telling the industry to stop producing such devices because of poor implementation.
that's like saying the car industry should stop producing cars because there are a number of bad drivers on the road...
In an earlier speech at the same conference, President Bush's top cybersecurity adviser, Richard Clarke, said the technology industry was acting irresponsibly by selling wireless tools such as computer network devices that remain remarkably easy for hackers to attack.
The industry's most common data-scrambling technique designed to keep out eavesdroppers, called the wireless encryption protocol, can be broken -- usually in less than five minutes -- with software available on the Internet.
"It is irresponsible to sell a product in a way that can be so easily misused by a customer in a way that jeopardizes their confidential and proprietary and sensitive information," Clarke said.
I think that is the dumbest analysis ever. Everyone that has to worry about confidential data and has the know-how of setting up a wireless network already knows that the medium is insecure. The industry never promised a secure network. I mean, if he wants to take this route, why don't we say that it was irresponsible that they developed the internet because TCP/IP is also rather insecure.
Also, why don't they use the same line with guns. "The gun industry is inherently irresponsible because guns are inherently dangerous and insecure" or "The airline industry is acting irresponsibly because they don't have locks on the cockpit doors."
I think what many people fail to see is that originally, the internet was based on a trust system. It was more important to get data through then to protect them. That however has changed. However, we shouldn't tell the industry to stop innovating because of the potential for misuse. Wireless devices are a great leap from the wired networks of prior. And it is widely known that anything going over a public network is inherently insecure.
I would argue that this "cybersecurity advisor" really has no idea what he's talking about.
I think most of what you said is very accurate and I agree with most of them. The only thing that I don't agree with is your analogy:
Some businesses may not care about the 5 - 10% of the traffic that can't view their pages. I find that strange. That would be like 711 not allowing some people into the store and basically throwing money away.
Large business cannot fulfill the needs of every single user. For one thing, it may be too cost prohibitive to do so. At one point in the growth of a business, you have to decide which majority you will satisfy and which you just cannot fulfill the needs of. In your 7-11 example, I would say an equivalent analogy is that by having shelves over 5 feet high, they are limiting the number of people that can purchase the items on the top shelf. 7-11 could lower all the shelves, but in doing so they cut down on the amount of space that they can sell products.
In the same way, if you're a large company and you are designing a website that is usuable for all, you are cutting down your potential to the common denominator. Is it cost effective to have two production teams do the same thing? Should the majority customers have to lower their user experience for the sake of cross browser compatibility?
I agree with you. Developers should design pages for all. In an ideal world, all browsers will view the same page the same way. However, in this environment, you have to work with what you have. And what you have now is the the majority of users worldwide use MS products.
No. Basically this would spur on the "Animal Free" PC industry. However, the Animal Free PCs would be much hated and protested by environmental protection groups because of the harmful chemicals found within instead of biodegradable chicken feathers. Now the people that are both are going to be very confused.
Remember a while back at the height of the Internet boom, Swatch tried to get everyone to accept Swatch Time
How long is a Swatch.beat? In short, we have divided up the virtual and real day into 1000 ".beats". One Swatch beat is the equivalent of 1 minute 26.4 seconds. That means that 12 noon in the old time system is the equivalent of @500 Swatch.beats.
How is this possible? We are not just creating a new way of measuring time, we are also creating a new meridian in Biel, Switzerland, home of Swatch.
Biel MeanTime (BMT) is the universal reference for Internet Time. A day in Internet Time begins at midnight BMT (@000 Swatch.beats) (Central European Wintertime). The meridian is marked for all to see on the façade of the Swatch International Headquarters on Jakob-Staempfli Street, Biel, Switzerland. So, it is the same time all over the world, be it night or day, the era of time zones has disappeared.
If you look at the market, the demographics of the people that buy XBox and PS2s are late teens to early 30s. These are people in college, or just out of college and in a small apartment of some sorts. Video games have come a long way since the Nintendo that 8 year olds used to play back in my younger days..
FYI: Everyone does this, including PS2 and Gamecube. Both of those are sold below cost. In addition, this happens in a number of other industries. Cellphones in particular are sold WAY below cost so that that can make it up on the service agreement. Razor handles are also sold below cost and made up on the razor blades. MS isn't the only ones to do this. This isn't something new.
Ohio State graduates threatened with expulsion/arrest if they "demonstrate or heckle" during Bush's speech - "But immediately before class members filed into the giant football stadium, an announcer instructed the crowd that all the university's speakers deserve to be treated with respect and that anyone demonstrating or heckling would be subject to expulsion and arrest. The announcer urged that Bush be greeted with a "thunderous" ovation.
Of course Tivo is supportive of the hacking community. They make more money as the grassroot campaign leads people to buy more and more of their products. The people that don't like the addons are the copyright owners that don't want to allow easy transfer of their property. But for Tivo, it leads to greater interest in their product.
Also, I've heard it is a VERY difficult field to get into. You either have to know someone in the industry or proven yourself. I talked to one of the recruiters at EA Games and they actually scout the online community forums for people that have modded games and have been successful at doing so.
I remember a while back that people wanted to pass a law requiring that all cellphones broadcast their locations to 911 systems. It also requires that the phone companies be able to open up their systems to FBI and other law enforcement agencies.
Quite close, but you missed on a rather small point. With GPS, they don't send Pings in the same way that you would ping a server.
How it works is that all GPS's are synched time-wise. Now, every millisecond (or smaller fractions) all of them broadcast their times. Now the GPS device takes the times broadcasted from 3 or 4 GPS satellites and calculates the time differentials.
The way that you mentioned, simplified the complexity of the system, however, your method will not SCALE at all nor work at all. First of all, as more and more GPS devices are used, the satellite will be bogged down by requests. It will turn into a DDoS to the GPS sat. Secondly, your way would require that the GPS device not only receive but also broadcast. That would require a significant amount of energy and add to the cost. Lastly, when you are worried about a signal going to and from the satellite, you introduce a number of possible sources of errors. In addition, it would take more time to get to a satellite that you're farther away than the one that you are closer to. This would require that it takes longer to calculate your triangulation due to the fact that you have to wait for the slowest response.
But yes, you did make it understandable to a layman.
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Nope, you're wrong. Linux version refers to the Kernel version. Redhat Version number refers to their distribution. Redhat is currently using Kernel 2.4.18. (See Here)
It is Redhat that is behind not Linus. Secondly, you wouldn't expect Redhat to release the latest kernel with their package because they need to be able to test and support it before they package it.
I agree 10 GB is not enough. But you fail to recognize to key advances in XBox hacking: upgrading the hard drive and also streaming off the network. I'm assuming, if you're on Slashdot, that you have a nice computer setup with a huge hard drive and probably a home network. You can just plug the XBox into the network and access the files off of your file server. So that 10GB limit is non-existant.
First of all, a portable MP3 player will not be able to produce quality sound that comes out of a home theatre setup or stereo speakers. Secondly, you're saying for $200, you can get a MP3 player. For that $200, you can get an Xbox. For the $75 more (from the DVD player you mention), you can get it modded and have a home theatre setup.
I agree. MS is going to wake up one of these days and realize the monster that they've created and how they can't control it anymore. I think, however, this was part of their future plans: to merge their TIVO investment with the XBox. At that point, you have ubiquitous computing. However, I just think the public beat them to it.
I'm using DirecPC at home. It's the one way version where the upstream goes through the phone line. I was able to setup a proxy server to get my home lan online. But I don't think you can just directly hook it into a router.
Well..the fine print of DMCA is that the "victim" has to send a cease and desist letter to the service provider (in this case FatWallet). The administrator then sends a cease and desist letter to the poster. The poster can then either remove it (or tell the admin to remove it) or sign a waiver saying they will take full responsibility of their actions.
So, one advice that has been going on FatWallet is to let the people with offshore accounts post the info. The DMCA cannot reach someone offshore.
I agree to an extent.
AOL does not have to pay royalty to the artists or promote the "album". However, CDs typically need to cover the cost. AOL CDs are given out at a lost (rather small, but still a lost). [Although, I do agree that the price of CDs are extremely high.]
It is quite unlikely that a CD will cost less than a blank CDR. However, lowering the price by half will make CDs more affordable. I would be willing to pay $7 or less for a CD
This has been mentioned many times since this whole debate started.
Although it sounds the same, the recording through Line-In is being degraded from Digital to Analog. At this point, you are not really "ripping" or creating an exact copy of the CD. This is pretty much the same as recording a song off the radio. RIAA does not really care when you do this. However, they do care when you create a digital copy. As a digital copy will never degrade because it is an exact bit-for-bit duplication.
But again, to the common person, there is no or very little detectable difference between digital copy or analog copy.
Well. The people that are affected by this are the people that are NOT buying it in the first place. The people that ARE buying it don't care much and/or are not affected by this change. In effect, this IS what the companies are trying to achieve.
I think he was talking along the lines of the thing that alladvantage had a couple years ago where it was a program that ran at the bottom of the screen with banner ads. This would communicate with the server to block or allow web access.
However, to answer your question, it is possible to add code to web pages (ie for banner ads). The WWW requests are going through his gateway/proxy. It is possible to detect an HTTP stream and ad the banner ad code.
Isn't the backdrop to the Pentagon Memorial Ceremony the completed wing? They could have just done the outside and have not finished the interior
This is exactly what they will be releasing (from an inside source)
MS actually lied...they only released 384 bits (48 Bytes). The last bit is just null
So in theory..you can shop around for judges until you find one that will see your side? Interesting..
Second thought.
In addition, it is up to the implementers choice of whether and/or how to implement the wireless infrastructure. The government should not be telling the industry to stop producing such devices because of poor implementation.
that's like saying the car industry should stop producing cars because there are a number of bad drivers on the road...
Also, why don't they use the same line with guns. "The gun industry is inherently irresponsible because guns are inherently dangerous and insecure" or "The airline industry is acting irresponsibly because they don't have locks on the cockpit doors."
I think what many people fail to see is that originally, the internet was based on a trust system. It was more important to get data through then to protect them. That however has changed. However, we shouldn't tell the industry to stop innovating because of the potential for misuse. Wireless devices are a great leap from the wired networks of prior. And it is widely known that anything going over a public network is inherently insecure.
I would argue that this "cybersecurity advisor" really has no idea what he's talking about.
Already available: http://www.spammimic.com/ and talked about here: Wired
In the same way, if you're a large company and you are designing a website that is usuable for all, you are cutting down your potential to the common denominator. Is it cost effective to have two production teams do the same thing? Should the majority customers have to lower their user experience for the sake of cross browser compatibility?
I agree with you. Developers should design pages for all. In an ideal world, all browsers will view the same page the same way. However, in this environment, you have to work with what you have. And what you have now is the the majority of users worldwide use MS products.
No. Basically this would spur on the "Animal Free" PC industry. However, the Animal Free PCs would be much hated and protested by environmental protection groups because of the harmful chemicals found within instead of biodegradable chicken feathers. Now the people that are both are going to be very confused.
If you look at the market, the demographics of the people that buy XBox and PS2s are late teens to early 30s. These are people in college, or just out of college and in a small apartment of some sorts. Video games have come a long way since the Nintendo that 8 year olds used to play back in my younger days..
FYI: Everyone does this, including PS2 and Gamecube. Both of those are sold below cost. In addition, this happens in a number of other industries. Cellphones in particular are sold WAY below cost so that that can make it up on the service agreement. Razor handles are also sold below cost and made up on the razor blades. MS isn't the only ones to do this. This isn't something new.
- 60 of 98 FBI Terrorism Cases were thrown out because of lack of evidence - The article even has a quote from an FBI spokesman admitting to arresting and trying to prosecute people knowing that it would never go through.
- Village Voice Analysis - It's the Village Voice, take it with a grain of salt. (I'm just adding it to this list because it is quite insightful.
- Business Week Article discussing the various infringement of civil rights
- NYTime Editorial on naming an American citizen as an illegal combatant
- Ohio State graduates threatened with expulsion/arrest if they "demonstrate or heckle" during Bush's speech - "But immediately before class members filed into the giant football stadium, an announcer instructed the crowd that all the university's speakers deserve to be treated with respect and that anyone demonstrating or heckling would be subject to expulsion and arrest. The announcer urged that Bush be greeted with a "thunderous" ovation.
- Federal Courts strike down Bush Administrations attempt to prevent people from challenging censorship laws
- Justice Department raising questions about case on John Lindh
- Another NYTimes article on illegally detaining American Citizens
Also if you think this and the USA/PATRIOT Act is unfair, sign the petition to get it repealedOf course Tivo is supportive of the hacking community. They make more money as the grassroot campaign leads people to buy more and more of their products. The people that don't like the addons are the copyright owners that don't want to allow easy transfer of their property. But for Tivo, it leads to greater interest in their product.
Also, I've heard it is a VERY difficult field to get into. You either have to know someone in the industry or proven yourself. I talked to one of the recruiters at EA Games and they actually scout the online community forums for people that have modded games and have been successful at doing so.
I remember a while back that people wanted to pass a law requiring that all cellphones broadcast their locations to 911 systems. It also requires that the phone companies be able to open up their systems to FBI and other law enforcement agencies.
Quite close, but you missed on a rather small point. With GPS, they don't send Pings in the same way that you would ping a server.
How it works is that all GPS's are synched time-wise. Now, every millisecond (or smaller fractions) all of them broadcast their times. Now the GPS device takes the times broadcasted from 3 or 4 GPS satellites and calculates the time differentials.
Click here to see a very good flash demo of GPS Triangulation
The way that you mentioned, simplified the complexity of the system, however, your method will not SCALE at all nor work at all. First of all, as more and more GPS devices are used, the satellite will be bogged down by requests. It will turn into a DDoS to the GPS sat. Secondly, your way would require that the GPS device not only receive but also broadcast. That would require a significant amount of energy and add to the cost. Lastly, when you are worried about a signal going to and from the satellite, you introduce a number of possible sources of errors. In addition, it would take more time to get to a satellite that you're farther away than the one that you are closer to. This would require that it takes longer to calculate your triangulation due to the fact that you have to wait for the slowest response.
But yes, you did make it understandable to a layman.