As far as I'm concern, on every computer, even a Mac, you have to fight when you want to do something unusual. The problem with Linux is that you also have to fight to do some of the usual things. But the good thing about that is when you want to do the unusual stuff, you probably already know how to fight.
Actually, you can also bring 4 onces of water, as long as you bought the water after the security checkpoint.... You can also probably buy a snow globe in the boutique after the security checkpoint and bring it in the plane...
1) Most the DRM is not on the drive, but on the host (ie: your x86 proc) 2) Whatever needs to be done on the drive is just software that can be run on a micro-controller. Not much bigger than the one that already handle the ATA interface.
So the answer would be: NO.
It is probably just mechanical issues that might not be very difficult to solve but just take more time.
This could be of great interest for very low cost PCs or small form factor boxes. Or even auto-PC.
Today you can buy a motherboard with integrated audio, video, network, sata, usb, etc... the next step is to have everything on 1 System-on-Chip (SoC) rather than multiple chips.
The motherboard would only have two chips: 1 x86 SoC, 1 flash for your bios. Thats it, then its just a bunch of slot for your DRAM some connectors and your done.
Maybe they dont define innovation by smart, cool and interesting stuff.
Maybe innovation is not just in the desktop, on the shinny slick button, or on the usability side of things.
Maybe the fact Microsoft didnt sink yet is that they do "innovative" stuff on other spaces such as Enterprise stuff, IT shit and Server crap...
I wouldn't say they are innovative though. I would just say they are pretty good at navigating their huge tanker in shallow waters. This might be more business sense, or the fact that they know how to be practical rather than innovative. In any case, even though i loathe their guts, i cant help but admire at least part of what Microsoft is: A powerhouse of Software Engineering...
Competing technologies are good for innovations in some cases.
It seems to me that improvement in Firewire speed didnt really happen until USB 2 came along, and that now there is a speed-contest between USB and Firewire that cause the technologies to improve rapidly.
By contrast, the pace at which ethernet speeds evolved seems rather low...
"One qubit can be in two possible states, two qubits can be in four, three qubits in eight, and so on," explained Professor Andrew White from the University of Queensland, who works on the project. Thus in a quantum computer every additional quantum bit will double computing power. I might be missing something but isnt the same just true for regular bits? You know: 1 bit, 2 states; n bits, 2^n states... Are the Aussies playing a joke on DARPA... and still getting funding ? That would be neat...
If my PC does not boot, it is completely inoperable, hence a "brick".
Sure you need to define "operable" in that... and that might varies based on your technical expertise. But for most of the affected people, operating a PC means booting windows, and being able to click around.
Sure, you have way to "unbrick", you always have a way, even for "bricked" iphone. But until you "unbrick" it, it is still a "brick".
> You cannot charge an insane amount of money just for the content.
You mean, like they do for movies ?
Movies are indeed reaching the insane $10 amount in mainstream theaters nowadays...
Pay $10 for a movie to watch (once) - Pay $15 for a movie on a DVD you own. Pay $10 for a novel to read (many times) - Pay $15 for a novel in a book you own.
Different medium, different attributes, different prices... nothing very shocking.
Does: "hanging out at the mall hoping to run into some friend" qualify as "search" ? If you reply yes, then I'm sure you can equal "Social Networking" with Search. But I guess most people would answer No.
Does: "hanging out at the bar hoping to run into your next girlfriend, wife" qualify as "search"? Not very different, but a few more people might qualify this as "Searching". Some people might just think that's a lazy (loosy?) way to search. I would also assume many people go to the bar to "have fun", rather than "search".
Does: "browsing match.com hoping to find your next wife" qualify as "search"? Just a step further from the bar scene, yet I assume a lot more people would qualify this as search. Purpose makes all the difference.
As I said, I'm not clear what "Social Networking" is. But if it was search, wtf didnt they call it "Social Search"? It seems to be that the primary purpose of MySpace and such is to have some fun. Sometime having fun means meeting people and friends. But I dont think you can make many friends by "Searching" for them anyway...
Actually, there is a huge metal disc in my dad's basement, about 2ft or 3ft diameter, golden color, maybe copper or something else, that is supposedly a very old hard drive coming from Bull Computers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupe_Bull). This is a old hard "disc" for sure, cant say for sure how old or if there was ever any thing stored on it...
On the other hand the first hard drive turned 51 this year... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_305)
Hum... I'm not so sure what "Social Networking" is, but I'm pretty sure its not Search. I mean, I dont think people go on MySpace or Facebook to search for information... They might well find stuff while they are "networking/socializing" but then finding and searching are different things...
I often find things I was not searching for... but normally not thanks to a Search Engine. While using a Social Networking tool maybe...
I often search for thing I cant find... Search Engine can help... but even there, if it doesnt exist a search engine wont find it. (Ideally, the perfect search engine would tell you, "what you are looking for doesnt exist" instead of "No page found"... but I guess you can dream...)
Did you start hiring those people to help you improve the free program yet? I like free software too... But apparently, nobody else think its worth it to support GIMP with developers and/or money.
They just check their spam folder to find where the botnet is!
More seriously, they just need to keep a few ip addresses from botnet host. I would do something like that: - Try to connect to one host I know of. If it does not work, try another one in my list. - Connect to that host, gather a new list of botnet host for next time. - Use the host as the starting point to do your evil deed. - When done, disconnect that bot from the network, erase all traces.
Next time use another host.
Obviously, a criminal would probably try to make sure he is not connecting to a host that is monitored, or that is in his own country. He might also connect using various dial-up connections, free wi-fi hotspot while changing his MAC address everytime so as not to be tracked...
Theoretically, it should be possible to track it, but you would have to be looking at the right place at the right time...
They dont have 4096 colors devices in college anymore... remember the time when our device could only simultaneously display 16 color out of 4096 possible choice ?
But anyway, the article mention something about it being a 2 color device, so it might well be 6 bits per color.
I dont see anything in this license that would restrict you to use it as you see fit. Granted you have to accept the license before you use, but I have no problem with that if what i have to agree to amount to nothing unless I distribute...
How can they be attacking Open Source projects on one hand, and seeking not only to use open source methods, but even to use the OSI Approved Open Source trademark? Nobody knows for sure except Microsoft. No, not even Microsoft itself...
MSFT is a huge corporation. Nobody, not even Ballmer and Gates controls or dictates fully the company actions. Many people inside the company might have different motives to push for OSI. Maybe some push it because they (in some way) believe in open source. Maybe some push it because they just want to give MSFT a better image. Maybe some think its a way to fight open source. Probably some other though it is a bad idea...
Actually, usenet.com (like any host taking part of the usenet network) is actually hosting the content.
Many usenet host (in universities or ISP) do not store binary groups (just because it take too much space on their servers). But some ISP do, and just turn a blind eye on the piracy, because they know they will attract more customers.
Thats what make it so attractive for pirated content: this are professional grade servers on the other side.
I'm surprised it took RIAA/MPAA so long to go after them.
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As far as I'm concern, on every computer, even a Mac, you have to fight when you want to do something unusual. The problem with Linux is that you also have to fight to do some of the usual things. But the good thing about that is when you want to do the unusual stuff, you probably already know how to fight.
The Wheel = UNIX
Now, the Wheel doesnt help you build the future flying transportation device, or a teleportation device
That might just be the point of TFA. But really I don't know.
That said I dont think you can equate The UNIX world with FOSS... So maybe a good point about UNIX and Linux but irrelevant to FOSS.
Somebody is bound to point to a few event related to trains:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Madrid_train_bombings
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Islamist_terror_bombings_in_France
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarin_gas_attack_on_the_Tokyo_subway
Terrorist will try to strike your infrastructure no matter if its rail or planes...
Now, the real difference is that Europeens and Japanese were not scared so much that they did impose stupid restrictions on train and subway travel.
Actually, you can also bring 4 onces of water, as long as you bought the water after the security checkpoint....
You can also probably buy a snow globe in the boutique after the security checkpoint and bring it in the plane...
Aww man...!!
One more thing that is going to lead to another Bruce Schneier article on how stupid the TSA is, instead of some interesting crypto stuff...
1) Most the DRM is not on the drive, but on the host (ie: your x86 proc)
2) Whatever needs to be done on the drive is just software that can be run on a micro-controller. Not much bigger than the one that already handle the ATA interface.
So the answer would be: NO.
It is probably just mechanical issues that might not be very difficult to solve but just take more time.
This could be of great interest for very low cost PCs or small form factor boxes. Or even auto-PC.
Today you can buy a motherboard with integrated audio, video, network, sata, usb, etc... the next step is to have everything on 1 System-on-Chip (SoC) rather than multiple chips.
The motherboard would only have two chips: 1 x86 SoC, 1 flash for your bios. Thats it, then its just a bunch of slot for your DRAM some connectors and your done.
Maybe they dont define innovation by smart, cool and interesting stuff.
Maybe innovation is not just in the desktop, on the shinny slick button, or on the usability side of things.
Maybe the fact Microsoft didnt sink yet is that they do "innovative" stuff on other spaces such as Enterprise stuff, IT shit and Server crap...
I wouldn't say they are innovative though. I would just say they are pretty good at navigating their huge tanker in shallow waters. This might be more business sense, or the fact that they know how to be practical rather than innovative. In any case, even though i loathe their guts, i cant help but admire at least part of what Microsoft is: A powerhouse of Software Engineering...
Competing technologies are good for innovations in some cases.
It seems to me that improvement in Firewire speed didnt really happen until USB 2 came along, and that now there is a speed-contest between USB and Firewire that cause the technologies to improve rapidly.
By contrast, the pace at which ethernet speeds evolved seems rather low...
It is going to be interesting to see how the GPL is applied to RTL code.
For example, what constitutes derivatives and what can be considered mere-aggregation.
Also can I license an RTL block from another vendor and combine the two in a new chip ?
If my PC does not boot, it is completely inoperable, hence a "brick".
Sure you need to define "operable" in that... and that might varies based on your technical expertise. But for most of the affected people, operating a PC means booting windows, and being able to click around.
Sure, you have way to "unbrick", you always have a way, even for
"bricked" iphone. But until you "unbrick" it, it is still a "brick".
> You cannot charge an insane amount of money just for the content.
You mean, like they do for movies ?
Movies are indeed reaching the insane $10 amount in mainstream theaters nowadays...
Pay $10 for a movie to watch (once) - Pay $15 for a movie on a DVD you own.
Pay $10 for a novel to read (many times) - Pay $15 for a novel in a book you own.
Different medium, different attributes, different prices... nothing very shocking.
Does: "hanging out at the mall hoping to run into some friend" qualify as "search" ? If you reply yes, then I'm sure you can equal "Social Networking" with Search. But I guess most people would answer No.
Does: "hanging out at the bar hoping to run into your next girlfriend, wife" qualify as "search"? Not very different, but a few more people might qualify this as "Searching". Some people might just think that's a lazy (loosy?) way to search. I would also assume many people go to the bar to "have fun", rather than "search".
Does: "browsing match.com hoping to find your next wife" qualify as "search"? Just a step further from the bar scene, yet I assume a lot more people would qualify this as search. Purpose makes all the difference.
As I said, I'm not clear what "Social Networking" is. But if it was search, wtf didnt they call it "Social Search"? It seems to be that the primary purpose of MySpace and such is to have some fun. Sometime having fun means meeting people and friends. But I dont think you can make many friends by "Searching" for them anyway...
Actually, there is a huge metal disc in my dad's basement, about 2ft or 3ft diameter, golden color, maybe copper or something else, that is supposedly a very old hard drive coming from Bull Computers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupe_Bull). This is a old hard "disc" for sure, cant say for sure how old or if there was ever any thing stored on it...
On the other hand the first hard drive turned 51 this year... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_305)
Hum... I'm not so sure what "Social Networking" is, but I'm pretty sure its not Search. I mean, I dont think people go on MySpace or Facebook to search for information... They might well find stuff while they are "networking/socializing" but then finding and searching are different things...
I often find things I was not searching for... but normally not thanks to a Search Engine. While using a Social Networking tool maybe...
I often search for thing I cant find... Search Engine can help... but even there, if it doesnt exist a search engine wont find it. (Ideally, the perfect search engine would tell you, "what you are looking for doesnt exist" instead of "No page found"... but I guess you can dream...)
Just make it as good as Flickr is now and give unlimited upload for free... Thats the only thing I miss on Flickr
Did you start hiring those people to help you improve the free program yet? I like free software too... But apparently, nobody else think its worth it to support GIMP with developers and/or money.
How the botnet owner figures out how to connect ?
They just check their spam folder to find where the botnet is!
More seriously, they just need to keep a few ip addresses from botnet host. I would do something like that:
- Try to connect to one host I know of. If it does not work, try another one in my list.
- Connect to that host, gather a new list of botnet host for next time.
- Use the host as the starting point to do your evil deed.
- When done, disconnect that bot from the network, erase all traces.
Next time use another host.
Obviously, a criminal would probably try to make sure he is not connecting to a host that is monitored, or that is in his own country. He might also connect using various dial-up connections, free wi-fi hotspot while changing his MAC address everytime so as not to be tracked...
Theoretically, it should be possible to track it, but you would have to be looking at the right place at the right time...
They dont have 4096 colors devices in college anymore... remember the time when our device could only simultaneously display 16 color out of 4096 possible choice ?
But anyway, the article mention something about it being a 2 color device, so it might well be 6 bits per color.
Thats just a liquidity issue....
I dont see anything in this license that would restrict you to use it as you see fit. Granted you have to accept the license before you use, but I have no problem with that if what i have to agree to amount to nothing unless I distribute...
Actually, usenet.com (like any host taking part of the usenet network) is actually hosting the content.
Many usenet host (in universities or ISP) do not store binary groups (just because it take too much space on their servers). But some ISP do, and just turn a blind eye on the piracy, because they know they will attract more customers.
Thats what make it so attractive for pirated content: this are professional grade servers on the other side.
I'm surprised it took RIAA/MPAA so long to go after them.
Still dont get it.
They rotate the IP, but the name stays the same ? Why cant the registrar just shut them down ?