My Motorola E378i has a little joystick-ish thing that you can move in all 4 directions as well as push like a button. For playing Tetris, its pretty good (with left and right to move the piece, down to drop it and press to rotate)
Just buy the Motorola E1 ROKR with built-in Fairplay DRM (or do as some hackers have done and buy the e398 and "upgrade" it to the E1 with a firmware downlaod:)
If this was to happen, would it mean that the disney back catalog (with all those movies & tv shows you cant get anymore like The Little Mermaid) would be available on the ITMS? Or would it be like it is now with content being available for a limited time/limited print run?
I think it should be changed so that if the copyrighted work is generally available (e.g. available for download or available for purchase), you dont have to file, you would only have to file if you want to keep copyright on a work you no longer distribute (this would encourage companies like Disney to keep their old stuff available so they dont have to pay filing fees on it)
Basicly, they are saying in GPL v3 that if you release code under GPL v3, you cannot sue someone else for looking at your code and using either the code or the information to read, write, encode, decode, encrypt, decrypt or otherwise work with the data files your code works with.
The place I work at (large multinational) is using the http://www.doro.com.au/ doro congress 100 phones as desk phones which dont appear to be VOIP (although they might be)
This reminds me of a short story I read somewhere where the IRS wanted the tax records of some company and the company didnt want to comply so it put all the records onto a huge pile of floppy disks and gave them to the IRS. The IRS had what it wanted (the tax records) but good luck to them trying to read them.
Also, unlike the yanks, we actually retired the old notes when the new ones were released.
Every time I see one of those shows on TV (or an article online) about how the US has added x or y security feature to the new $ bill, I wonder why they bother since the old bills are still legal tender so the counterfiters will just counterfit those. And, there will probobly be enough bills in circulation that it would be difficult to say "anytime you see an old bill, check carefully to be sure its not counterfit"
Here in australia on pay TV we have the main Discovery Channel (with the shows like Mythbusters, American Chopper etc) on it, we have Animal Planet which is full of (IMO boring) nature programs then we have Discovery Travel (some good things on there and some crap), Discovery Health (total garbage on there IMO) and then Discovery Science (which has a lot of good stuff on it).
I suspect lots of the "good" discovery content has moved to channels like Discovery Science (or whatever similar channels your provider covers)
National Geographic Channel and History Channel (shows like Mail Call, Tales Of The Gun, also have good stuff but they arent owned by Discovery:)
Any company large enough that doesnt use windows software update services to automatically push patches (and only the patches IT actually wants to push) to the machines automatically is stupid.
My bank charges me pretty much nothing if I use their ATMs or if I use EFTPOS but if I use another banks ATM, I get charged a small fee. Therefore, I try to use my banks ATMs (not always easy, there arent that many around) or EFTPOS when I can.
Basicly, you would be the commander of a ship (be it Constitution class, Galaxy class, NX class or whatever else, you could even have the option to pick a klingon ship or whatever else).
Exactly what missions you carry out would depend on which race you pick. For example, Starfleet missions would either be missions of exploration or missions of war (e.g. you might get involved in a war with the romulan star empire or you might decide to make first contact with a new species). Missions for races like the Borg would be missions of assimilation. Missions for races like the Ferengi would be missions of aquisition. and so on.
As the game progressed, you would get "experience" which would translate into for example, better abillity to repair damage to the ship. (much like how characters such as Scotty and Trip got better at engineering on the Enterprise as the relavent series went on) You would also get items (for example, a warp coil upgrade that increases your maximum speed), information and supplies. Actions you carry out might have an effect on the "world space" (for example "give some supplies to this damaged ship" vs "blow it to bits with a photon torpedo" which would affect how friendly the owners of that ship are with your race)
If the open source hacker has the keys necessary to sign/hash new binaries AND the keys are available to anyone with the source code (e.g. the open source hacker has figured out the keys somehow and posts them), then that would be ok (because the keys are available to anyone with the source code)
So basicly, the clause I am talking about prevents distributing GPL source code that runs on systems where binaries must be signed/encrypted/protect unless you also provide a way to recompile and replace that GPL source code (for example, the keys if you have them or instructions on whatever security hole you used if you dont)
1.Viruses, Spyware and Trojans. What they are and why they are bad. Talk about Internet Explorer and the security holes therein and why you should consider a more secure browser like Firefox. Talk about how this stuff will make your computer slower and more likely to crash and why you dont need to buy a new computer just because it has started to feel slugish.
2.CD autorun, how to disable it and why you would want to. Talk about the Suncomm MediaMax and First4Internet rootkits and what they can do to your computer.
3.Spam. What it is. How to recognize it. How to avoid being suckered in.
4.Scams (including Phishing). How to recognize a scam. How to recognize phishing scams and identity theft (i.e. "Your bank, ebay, paypal, amazon etc will never send you an email asking for your personal details, any such emails should be ignored) Use an analogy like this "If someone phoned you claiming to be from your bank and asking for your account number and pin number, would you just hand them over without checking further first? Probobly not. So, doing the same thing in response to emails claiming to be from your bank is the same"
5.Identity Theft, credit card fraud & online security. When it is and isnt ok to post your personal details online. How to recognize that a site is secure vs not secure. (with the little padlock icon in the corner) Who to give passwords for sites like banks to. (i.e. no-one)
6.Firewalls. What a firewall is. Why you would want one. How to get & install one (talk about broadband routers and firewall boxes as well as software firewalls including the built-in XP firewall)
7.Security patches. How to install security fixes and software updates. Talk about Windows Update and how to use it to keep your system fully patched. Also mention Windows XP Service Pack 2 and why you should install it (security upgrades to IE, better firewall etc). Mention updates for anti-virus and anti-spyware programs (with tips on how to find & run the auto-updaters most of these have).
8.Buying stuff online. Tips on making sure you get what you pay for. How to recgonize possible fraudulent auctions on sites like ebay and avoid getting ripped off. (this could cover stuff about paypal and similar sites too)
This is my list of topics that I consider important for a non-geek to know about and which arent immediatly obvious to a non-geek. (and which could be harmfull to the computer or its user). Not sure if that is exactly what the OP is looking for but a book like this to educate the masses would be a great book to see. Something that helps novice computer users avoid or fix those things that can harm them or their computer. (there may be more topics but this is all I can think of right now:)
The intention of my proposal is not to prevent GPL applications from being used in an environment where applications are encrypted or signed, only from being used in an environment where they are encryped or signed and the owner or administrator/root user/superuser of the device is unable to re-sign and run binaries of their choice. For example, it would make it against the GPL to put GPL software on a digital PVR or set top box and then requiring a manufacturer signed kernel on the machine. The Playstation 2 linux kit does not count because you can recompile the kernel and replace it without needing to get it signed or go through sony. The special bootloader is the only part of the system that you cannot change and that is not released under the GPL.
Something I think is essential for the new GPL is a provision that makes it illegal to use GPL software if, in order to run, the software requires being digitally signed or otherwise protected unless the keys are available (this would target trusted computing)
Most cell phones I have seen (including my Motorola e378i) dont use Java. They use something native to whatever processor is in it (I believe mine has an ARM of some kind although I have no idea of which one), probobly C & C++ with assembler for low-level bits.
Some cell phones (like mine) DO have a Java VM on them & can run Java apps but I doubt that the core OS of any good phone runs JAVA as its core OS.
Any law which gives someone other than the copyright holders any power to control distribution is lame, broken and flawed.
Its the same with the laws that were proposed that basicly give the TV channels the power to decide what copy control flags to add to content instead of the copyright holder having that right.
It is up to the copyright holder to decide what distribution licence to apply to any material, including webcasts.
What I want to know is, why do the web portals want this power anyway? And, also, what is an example of the sort of content covered by this proposal?
I think that getting normal windows users to use Open Source software is the way to go.
I see all sorts of ads in the local paper for local computer shops and resellers selling those "all-in-one" packages (the ones that have printer, scanner, internet and a big pile of software). They almost always include some funky office suite and other programs (generally something I have never heard of outside the ads). Why not include OpenOffice instead of this other one (which probobly costs them money they could save by shipping OpenOffice). Since whatever they ship is not Microsoft Office, many of the MS-vs-OO arguments dont apply (e.g. "I use MS because I know exactly where all the buttons and features are" or "I use MS because I dont trust any other suite to get the rendering right")
What is OpenOffice missing that these other commercial office suites have?
The same could be said of other areas. For example, instead of using a commercial/shareware/for-pay/adware/etc FTP client like WS-Ftp, Bulletproof FTP or Cute FTP, use FileZilla (there may be others but FileZilla is what I use and it does everything) Instead of a for-pay/adware/etc Multi-IM client like Trillian, you can use Miranda IM, GAIM or another Open Source Multi-IM client. Instead of a for-pay/adware/etc download manager like GetRight, you can use TrueDownloader (or another Open Source alternative)
Linux on the desktop of non-geeks/non-engineers/etc is an unobtainable goal at this point (even for a lot of geeks, dual-booting is still the norm)
If ReactOS ever matures enough to be a viable replacement for windows, great. Until then, we are stuck with Windows for all kinds of reasons. However, it should be more than possible to get more people using Open Source software on windows. Every piece of Open Source software that an OEM ships with the system is one less piece of software they have to pay for (and add on to the price of the new computer).
Re the first comment, there are games listed that are more complex than DKC3. Also, SNES emulation is not exactly rocket science (especially for Nintendo who would probobly have all sorts of information in their archives including scematics, design documents, source code for various games etc etc)
I wonder if this nintendo thing is true emulation. Judging by the list of games under "SNES", it looks like they seem to be supporting quite a number of the special chips (like the DSP1, FX chip and SA-1). I wonder what they are going to do about gun games like Super Scope 6 and Duck Hunt, maybe there is something in that wierd revolution controler that will be used for this without actually being a gun per se.
Also notable is the ommissions from the list. Why Donkey Kong Country and DKC2 but not DKC3? Which game are they talking about for "Zelda" under N64? Majoras Mask? Ocarina of Time? Where are the Mario Kart games? Super Smash Bros? (actually, I suspect the problem with the latter 2 is that if they were available on the download service, there would be much less reason to buy the newer versions)
If you want Mono so you can run windows based.NET applications on a UNIX box, you need System.Windows.Forms. And you need the implementation of Systems.Windows.Forms to have an underlying native win32 api implementation so that when a.NET application uses PInvoke to call a user32.dll function on a "managed" System.Windows.Forms window (I dont know if you can get the HWND of a System.Windows.Forms window or not), things will function correctly.
If you want Mono because the idea of programming in C# or programming to the common language runtime is a good thing and you dont care about running windows based.NET applications, you can get away just fine with GTK# or something similar.
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My Motorola E378i has a little joystick-ish thing that you can move in all 4 directions as well as push like a button.
For playing Tetris, its pretty good (with left and right to move the piece, down to drop it and press to rotate)
Just buy the Motorola E1 ROKR with built-in Fairplay DRM (or do as some hackers have done and buy the e398 and "upgrade" it to the E1 with a firmware downlaod :)
Say what you will about how crappy microsoft software is but their mice are the BEST I have ever used.
If this was to happen, would it mean that the disney back catalog (with all those movies & tv shows you cant get anymore like The Little Mermaid) would be available on the ITMS?
Or would it be like it is now with content being available for a limited time/limited print run?
I like this idea.
I think it should be changed so that if the copyrighted work is generally available (e.g. available for download or available for purchase), you dont have to file, you would only have to file if you want to keep copyright on a work you no longer distribute (this would encourage companies like Disney to keep their old stuff available so they dont have to pay filing fees on it)
Basicly, they are saying in GPL v3 that if you release code under GPL v3, you cannot sue someone else for looking at your code and using either the code or the information to read, write, encode, decode, encrypt, decrypt or otherwise work with the data files your code works with.
The place I work at (large multinational) is using the http://www.doro.com.au/ doro congress 100 phones as desk phones which dont appear to be VOIP (although they might be)
This reminds me of a short story I read somewhere where the IRS wanted the tax records of some company and the company didnt want to comply so it put all the records onto a huge pile of floppy disks and gave them to the IRS. The IRS had what it wanted (the tax records) but good luck to them trying to read them.
Also, unlike the yanks, we actually retired the old notes when the new ones were released.
Every time I see one of those shows on TV (or an article online) about how the US has added x or y security feature to the new $ bill, I wonder why they bother since the old bills are still legal tender so the counterfiters will just counterfit those. And, there will probobly be enough bills in circulation that it would be difficult to say "anytime you see an old bill, check carefully to be sure its not counterfit"
Here in australia on pay TV we have the main Discovery Channel (with the shows like Mythbusters, American Chopper etc) on it, we have Animal Planet which is full of (IMO boring) nature programs then we have Discovery Travel (some good things on there and some crap), Discovery Health (total garbage on there IMO) and then Discovery Science (which has a lot of good stuff on it).
:)
I suspect lots of the "good" discovery content has moved to channels like Discovery Science (or whatever similar channels your provider covers)
National Geographic Channel and History Channel (shows like Mail Call, Tales Of The Gun, also have good stuff but they arent owned by Discovery
Any company large enough that doesnt use windows software update services to automatically push patches (and only the patches IT actually wants to push) to the machines automatically is stupid.
My bank charges me pretty much nothing if I use their ATMs or if I use EFTPOS but if I use another banks ATM, I get charged a small fee.
Therefore, I try to use my banks ATMs (not always easy, there arent that many around) or EFTPOS when I can.
Basicly, you would be the commander of a ship (be it Constitution class, Galaxy class, NX class or whatever else, you could even have the option to pick a klingon ship or whatever else).
Exactly what missions you carry out would depend on which race you pick. For example, Starfleet missions would either be missions of exploration or missions of war (e.g. you might get involved in a war with the romulan star empire or you might decide to make first contact with a new species). Missions for races like the Borg would be missions of assimilation.
Missions for races like the Ferengi would be missions of aquisition.
and so on.
As the game progressed, you would get "experience" which would translate into for example, better abillity to repair damage to the ship. (much like how characters such as Scotty and Trip got better at engineering on the Enterprise as the relavent series went on) You would also get items (for example, a warp coil upgrade that increases your maximum speed), information and supplies. Actions you carry out might have an effect on the "world space" (for example "give some supplies to this damaged ship" vs "blow it to bits with a photon torpedo" which would affect how friendly the owners of that ship are with your race)
Just ask the people behind Netscape/Mozilla what happens when you try to re-write a rendering engine & browser from the ground up.
If the open source hacker has the keys necessary to sign/hash new binaries AND the keys are available to anyone with the source code (e.g. the open source hacker has figured out the keys somehow and posts them), then that would be ok (because the keys are available to anyone with the source code)
So basicly, the clause I am talking about prevents distributing GPL source code that runs on systems where binaries must be signed/encrypted/protect unless you also provide a way to recompile and replace that GPL source code (for example, the keys if you have them or instructions on whatever security hole you used if you dont)
1.Viruses, Spyware and Trojans. What they are and why they are bad. Talk about Internet Explorer and the security holes therein and why you should consider a more secure browser like Firefox. Talk about how this stuff will make your computer slower and more likely to crash and why you dont need to buy a new computer just because it has started to feel slugish.
:)
2.CD autorun, how to disable it and why you would want to. Talk about the Suncomm MediaMax and First4Internet rootkits and what they can do to your computer.
3.Spam. What it is. How to recognize it. How to avoid being suckered in.
4.Scams (including Phishing). How to recognize a scam. How to recognize phishing scams and identity theft (i.e. "Your bank, ebay, paypal, amazon etc will never send you an email asking for your personal details, any such emails should be ignored)
Use an analogy like this "If someone phoned you claiming to be from your bank and asking for your account number and pin number, would you just hand them over without checking further first? Probobly not. So, doing the same thing in response to emails claiming to be from your bank is the same"
5.Identity Theft, credit card fraud & online security. When it is and isnt ok to post your personal details online. How to recognize that a site is secure vs not secure. (with the little padlock icon in the corner) Who to give passwords for sites like banks to. (i.e. no-one)
6.Firewalls. What a firewall is. Why you would want one. How to get & install one (talk about broadband routers and firewall boxes as well as software firewalls including the built-in XP firewall)
7.Security patches. How to install security fixes and software updates. Talk about Windows Update and how to use it to keep your system fully patched. Also mention Windows XP Service Pack 2 and why you should install it (security upgrades to IE, better firewall etc). Mention updates for anti-virus and anti-spyware programs (with tips on how to find & run the auto-updaters most of these have).
8.Buying stuff online. Tips on making sure you get what you pay for. How to recgonize possible fraudulent auctions on sites like ebay and avoid getting ripped off. (this could cover stuff about paypal and similar sites too)
This is my list of topics that I consider important for a non-geek to know about and which arent immediatly obvious to a non-geek. (and which could be harmfull to the computer or its user). Not sure if that is exactly what the OP is looking for but a book like this to educate the masses would be a great book to see. Something that helps novice computer users avoid or fix those things that can harm them or their computer. (there may be more topics but this is all I can think of right now
The intention of my proposal is not to prevent GPL applications from being used in an environment where applications are encrypted or signed, only from being used in an environment where they are encryped or signed and the owner or administrator/root user/superuser of the device is unable to re-sign and run binaries of their choice. For example, it would make it against the GPL to put GPL software on a digital PVR or set top box and then requiring a manufacturer signed kernel on the machine.
The Playstation 2 linux kit does not count because you can recompile the kernel and replace it without needing to get it signed or go through sony. The special bootloader is the only part of the system that you cannot change and that is not released under the GPL.
Something I think is essential for the new GPL is a provision that makes it illegal to use GPL software if, in order to run, the software requires being digitally signed or otherwise protected unless the keys are available (this would target trusted computing)
Most cell phones I have seen (including my Motorola e378i) dont use Java.
They use something native to whatever processor is in it (I believe mine has an ARM of some kind although I have no idea of which one), probobly C & C++ with assembler for low-level bits.
Some cell phones (like mine) DO have a Java VM on them & can run Java apps but I doubt that the core OS of any good phone runs JAVA as its core OS.
Any law which gives someone other than the copyright holders any power to control distribution is lame, broken and flawed.
Its the same with the laws that were proposed that basicly give the TV channels the power to decide what copy control flags to add to content instead of the copyright holder having that right.
It is up to the copyright holder to decide what distribution licence to apply to any material, including webcasts.
What I want to know is, why do the web portals want this power anyway? And, also, what is an example of the sort of content covered by this proposal?
I think that getting normal windows users to use Open Source software is the way to go.
I see all sorts of ads in the local paper for local computer shops and resellers selling those "all-in-one" packages (the ones that have printer, scanner, internet and a big pile of software). They almost always include some funky office suite and other programs (generally something I have never heard of outside the ads).
Why not include OpenOffice instead of this other one (which probobly costs them money they could save by shipping OpenOffice). Since whatever they ship is not Microsoft Office, many of the MS-vs-OO arguments dont apply (e.g. "I use MS because I know exactly where all the buttons and features are" or "I use MS because I dont trust any other suite to get the rendering right")
What is OpenOffice missing that these other commercial office suites have?
The same could be said of other areas.
For example, instead of using a commercial/shareware/for-pay/adware/etc FTP client like WS-Ftp, Bulletproof FTP or Cute FTP, use FileZilla (there may be others but FileZilla is what I use and it does everything)
Instead of a for-pay/adware/etc Multi-IM client like Trillian, you can use Miranda IM, GAIM or another Open Source Multi-IM client.
Instead of a for-pay/adware/etc download manager like GetRight, you can use TrueDownloader (or another Open Source alternative)
Linux on the desktop of non-geeks/non-engineers/etc is an unobtainable goal at this point (even for a lot of geeks, dual-booting is still the norm)
If ReactOS ever matures enough to be a viable replacement for windows, great. Until then, we are stuck with Windows for all kinds of reasons.
However, it should be more than possible to get more people using Open Source software on windows. Every piece of Open Source software that an OEM ships with the system is one less piece of software they have to pay for (and add on to the price of the new computer).
Dont forget the seeds of both the Cocane plant and the Cola tree so we can still get that caffene hit :)
Re the first comment, there are games listed that are more complex than DKC3.
Also, SNES emulation is not exactly rocket science (especially for Nintendo who would probobly have all sorts of information in their archives including scematics, design documents, source code for various games etc etc)
I wonder if this nintendo thing is true emulation.
Judging by the list of games under "SNES", it looks like they seem to be supporting quite a number of the special chips (like the DSP1, FX chip and SA-1).
I wonder what they are going to do about gun games like Super Scope 6 and Duck Hunt, maybe there is something in that wierd revolution controler that will be used for this without actually being a gun per se.
Also notable is the ommissions from the list.
Why Donkey Kong Country and DKC2 but not DKC3?
Which game are they talking about for "Zelda" under N64? Majoras Mask? Ocarina of Time?
Where are the Mario Kart games?
Super Smash Bros?
(actually, I suspect the problem with the latter 2 is that if they were available on the download service, there would be much less reason to buy the newer versions)
The question is why you want Mono.
.NET applications on a UNIX box, you need System.Windows.Forms. And you need the implementation of Systems.Windows.Forms to have an underlying native win32 api implementation so that when a .NET application uses PInvoke to call a user32.dll function on a "managed" System.Windows.Forms window (I dont know if you can get the HWND of a System.Windows.Forms window or not), things will function correctly.
.NET applications, you can get away just fine with GTK# or something similar.
If you want Mono so you can run windows based
If you want Mono because the idea of programming in C# or programming to the common language runtime is a good thing and you dont care about running windows based