The schools basically rely on the teachers to "admin" these windows boxen, so what happens when the teachers no longer have the ability to keep the linux boxen running properly. I would assume it would at least take a little while until they were capable.
lets say that a sufficient amount of teachers needed to do this job, could find the spare time from their teaching to learn it all in 1 year...
how many unix admins would you need for 25,000 boxen, i assume that first year admin bill would be pretty hefty
there's nothing wrong with playing a MUD or any of the other simple games that we used to play, but there is also nothing wrong with really cutting edge graphics that get better every year either.
I just disagree with our current "we have the resources to waste!
i disagree that the programs which will be designed to push newer cards are a "waste" of resources, but then again i do enjoy gaming... if you are happy with the graphics of older games you certainly dont have to upgrade. You have to face it though, if you plan on playing the latest games on your box you have to upgrade occasionally. It's the same in the console market, every once in a while you have to upgrade if you want to play the new stuff. If you're happy with the old stuff, then stick with it... and enjoy that extra money you save on something else;)
I grew up with Star Wars (was 12 when the first movie came out.) but I don't see the interest anymore
TPM is very high on the list of top grossing movies of all time... #4 i believe, so i would hardly say interest has faded. Heck have you seen the hype in regards to the online trailers alone, the Apple.com website was practically dead the first few days the trailer was up in QT.
Clones will be a huge draw even if it isn't great... if it is great the sky is the limit, it will have a bit more pressure on the film, to achieve the heights of the first 4 Star Wars films due to a bit of bad press with TPM. Rest assured however that it will gross plenty either way.
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Norwegian teenager, Jon Johansen, and Writers of DeCSS (which makes it possible to play encrypted DVD movies on a Linux machine). Because of the corporation-protective and person-abusive provisions of the DMCA Act, he was advised not to risk arrest by coming to the U.S. for the ceremony
guess the U.S will start having to ask for extradition on foreigners who seek to allow fair-use now.
But there *are* checksums to do with the spyware already implimented. During the Kazaa-lite install, it warns you that it's going to plunk down a.dll file that AdAware will pick up as part of a type of spyware, because the Kazaa servers do a checksum-type-thingamy on it, but that it's been crippled
I'm aware that it leaves "neutered" versions of the.dll files, which leads me to believe that kazaa checks for the *presence* of the.dll's and not checksums of them, after all if the.dll is different, the checksums would be as well
any checksum-type solution doesn't necessarily work, because how do you make sure it's the connected executable whose checksum you're getting?
excellent point, however i dont suppose they really care if you are running their client... they only really care if you are running the damm crapware that comes with it which makes them money. so if the checksums were performed on the crapware to make sure it was un-altered?
i've been wondering how they would block access for a few minutes myself.
First of all it would certainly have to involve a new client, i think that much is a given. Wonder if they could work out some sort of check when you request a file that would compare a MD5 of their files or something. Certainly would take a fair bit of coding to pull off, but i would guess that they could figure out something if they are willing to spend the time coding it.
i loved this line: Consumers are being deceived with ripped off and highly suspect code, and we are determined that their rights, enjoyment and machines are not prejudiced
sounds like they described their own code pretty well right there
According to this this article Sharman Networks is planning on taking action against Kazaa Lite...i figure it wont be long till their network wont work properly with the program (much like Morpheous).
Oh well im sure those fun-loving Russians will fight back when it happens, should be fun to watch
when reading the magazine reviews of the concept ran across some really cool stories about turbine experiments, but this one was great
Vince Granatelli, Andy's son, built a turbine-powered Corvette in 1979. The engine for this conversion was originally designed to power an oil-field generator. It developed 880 bhp and delivered 1,160 lb./ft. of torque. Rpm was so high that at idle the Corvette was running 60 mph, and the only way it could be slowed in city traffic was with the brakes. Needless to say, performance was a little hairy
that sucker musta been something to drive in traffic, guess he didnt plan on spending much time in the city in it, or else he would have to carry a case of brakepads around with him... bet it was fun on a track though;)
What kind of parent actually files a patent, to teach about the patent process?
A lawyer of course!
I bet the kid did learn a lot about how the whole process works though, he probably knows more about patent laws than your typical high school grad, at the age of 7. Would be especially cool if his dad used it to show him ridiculous patent laws can be... never know
it appears that Sharman Networks now knows about Kazaa Lite, and is determined to shut it down.
I have a feeling there will be a interesting series of modifications to their network like the ones that eliminated Morpheous soon. It seems a better plan than the legal action hinted at here
the one really cool feature is that they offer tons of free funny email re-directs (but they charge a 1 time fee for pop), but i havent tested any of em just cause im pretty carefull about who i ever give an email addy too... got a feeling they are safe from what i have heard but i just take no chances on spam.
if you go thru their news archive you can find plenty of fun stuff though im sure;)
used books have been available thru small stores forever, now that they are available on the internet, its bad?
when i was in college i lived soloely on used books, it made classes much more affordable... i come from a fairly upper-middle class family that supported me. I can't imagine how hard it would have been for a kid of lesser means to get by, even with a grant to help pay.
the letter mentions that this group has advocated charging royalties of libraries as well, that ones just ridiculous.
it sure sounds to me that theese guys ideas would hurt the people with less cash a lot more than the wealthy... and imo thoose people deserve every chance they can get.
publishers will still plenty of new books, the idea of used books being available is nothing new
i have read plenty of articles at MSNBC lately that have definite anti MS slants to em. they really do seem to be fairly un-biased about their journalism in general.
lots of people give em hell because they are partly ran by microsoft, but i give em even more credit because of the fact they are ran partially by MS and still try to remain objective about their parent company... that takes a lil bit of chutzpah
I guess a game tester is analogous to being, say, "a vagina tester" for porn movies
I used to think that game testers had it good, but if you know of a job available as a vagina tester (that does not require you to have responded to thoose penis enlargement spams)..i would sure love to hear about em!
"If Gateway truly believed that illegal copying hurts all artists and labels who make the music we enjoy, they'd be working with us to find a solution to the piracy problem," Rosen added"
there is no reason Gateway should feel compelled to worry about the RIAA's interests, especially when doing so would decrease their profits.
Gateways advertising campaign, is not in support of the Napster's, Kazaa's etc of the world, it's trying to show how poor a bill the CDBTPA is...if the RIAA wants to protect material they should be responsible for it themselves, not at the expense of hardware manufacturers...
you have to expect them to fight copying somehow though, they just wont stand pat on this subject, the big question is:
can they come up with a anti-copying technology which also allows for fair use (ie. backup copies, loadable to a mp3 player, etc)... if they can do it, it would be the first isssue i agree with the RIAA on, because if it's possible they do deserve at least that much
You do precisely that anytime you tune into a commercially supported television or radio signal.
commercially supported radio and television pay to broadcast, they recoup the money (plus profit) through that commercially supported revenue system you so easily dismiss.
it may be free to me, but there is quite a bit of difference between that and downloading mp3's off Kazaa, p2p users certainly aren't paying anything to the artists whoose material they re-distribute.
If you want to make comparisons to something totally unrelated you will have to try a little harder, because this one doesn't quite work.
The first MP3 wave hit hard. Most technical savvy people have a large MP3 collection. When the second wave hits and MOST OF AMERICA uses MP3s, the US population will believe it's their *RIGHT* to download free music, and the MP3 revolution will be complete. Until that time, the MP3 revolution is vulnerable. Bottom line: Don't get too happy about the rejection of this copyright bill.
this may not be a popular view here, but i dont believe that it is anyones right to download copyrighted material for free.
I am very much against the CBDTPA however, it places the burden of protection on the wrong people, and could potentially have some devastating effects on technology in general. Thats the real problem with this bill, even someone like myself with a fairly mainstream view that piracy truly is wrong could not possibly fathom this as a real solution to it, and thats why the campaign against it has a lot of momentum...
i dont support the CBDTPA, but it's not because of support for your p2p netowrks which violate copyright holders interests... its because the bill is pure garbage
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The schools basically rely on the teachers to "admin" these windows boxen, so what happens when the teachers no longer have the ability to keep the linux boxen running properly. I would assume it would at least take a little while until they were capable.
lets say that a sufficient amount of teachers needed to do this job, could find the spare time from their teaching to learn it all in 1 year...
how many unix admins would you need for 25,000 boxen, i assume that first year admin bill would be pretty hefty
there's nothing wrong with playing a MUD or any of the other simple games that we used to play, but there is also nothing wrong with really cutting edge graphics that get better every year either.
;)
I just disagree with our current "we have the resources to waste!
i disagree that the programs which will be designed to push newer cards are a "waste" of resources, but then again i do enjoy gaming... if you are happy with the graphics of older games you certainly dont have to upgrade. You have to face it though, if you plan on playing the latest games on your box you have to upgrade occasionally. It's the same in the console market, every once in a while you have to upgrade if you want to play the new stuff. If you're happy with the old stuff, then stick with it... and enjoy that extra money you save on something else
I grew up with Star Wars (was 12 when the first movie came out.) but I don't see the interest anymore
TPM is very high on the list of top grossing movies of all time... #4 i believe, so i would hardly say interest has faded. Heck have you seen the hype in regards to the online trailers alone, the Apple.com website was practically dead the first few days the trailer was up in QT.
Clones will be a huge draw even if it isn't great... if it is great the sky is the limit, it will have a bit more pressure on the film, to achieve the heights of the first 4 Star Wars films due to a bit of bad press with TPM. Rest assured however that it will gross plenty either way.
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EFF Pioneer Awards
Norwegian teenager, Jon Johansen, and Writers of DeCSS (which makes it possible to play encrypted DVD movies on a Linux machine). Because of the corporation-protective and person-abusive provisions of the DMCA Act, he was advised not to risk arrest by coming to the U.S. for the ceremony
guess the U.S will start having to ask for extradition on foreigners who seek to allow fair-use now.
But there *are* checksums to do with the spyware already implimented. During the Kazaa-lite install, it warns you that it's going to plunk down a .dll file that AdAware will pick up as part of a type of spyware, because the Kazaa servers do a checksum-type-thingamy on it, but that it's been crippled
.dll files, which leads me to believe that kazaa checks for the *presence* of the .dll's and not checksums of them, after all if the .dll is different, the checksums would be as well
I'm aware that it leaves "neutered" versions of the
any checksum-type solution doesn't necessarily work, because how do you make sure it's the connected executable whose checksum you're getting?
excellent point, however i dont suppose they really care if you are running their client... they only really care if you are running the damm crapware that comes with it which makes them money. so if the checksums were performed on the crapware to make sure it was un-altered?
i've been wondering how they would block access for a few minutes myself.
First of all it would certainly have to involve a new client, i think that much is a given. Wonder if they could work out some sort of check when you request a file that would compare a MD5 of their files or something. Certainly would take a fair bit of coding to pull off, but i would guess that they could figure out something if they are willing to spend the time coding it.
i loved this line: Consumers are being deceived with ripped off and highly suspect code, and we are determined that their rights, enjoyment and machines are not prejudiced
sounds like they described their own code pretty well right there
According to this this article Sharman Networks is planning on taking action against Kazaa Lite...i figure it wont be long till their network wont work properly with the program (much like Morpheous).
Oh well im sure those fun-loving Russians will fight back when it happens, should be fun to watch
interesting reading, thanks for the URL.
;)
when reading the magazine reviews of the concept ran across some really cool stories about turbine experiments, but this one was great
Vince Granatelli, Andy's son, built a turbine-powered Corvette in 1979. The engine for this conversion was originally designed to power an oil-field generator. It developed 880 bhp and delivered 1,160 lb./ft. of torque. Rpm was so high that at idle the Corvette was running 60 mph, and the only way it could be slowed in city traffic was with the brakes. Needless to say, performance was a little hairy
that sucker musta been something to drive in traffic, guess he didnt plan on spending much time in the city in it, or else he would have to carry a case of brakepads around with him... bet it was fun on a track though
Let's see 80 minutes of CD-quality music now uses 700 MB of space. How exactly does 300 minutes of CD-quality music fit on 500 MB?
.WAV files.
they say they use a compression format "similar" to MP3...
to my mind a lossy compression technique does not equal CD-quality either, but i guess they dont care about people who like nice clear
no guts no glory
wait till we see the stuff he spouts from the witness stand next week when he takes the stand for the first time in the 4 year trial
What kind of parent actually files a patent, to teach about the patent process?
A lawyer of course!
I bet the kid did learn a lot about how the whole process works though, he probably knows more about patent laws than your typical high school grad, at the age of 7. Would be especially cool if his dad used it to show him ridiculous patent laws can be... never know
and the article does mention things like "The first market is corporate jets, but the builders hope to sell the system to airlines, too"
so, no most of us aint gonna be surfing the web in flight just yet, but the article does lead me to believe that it's coming
it appears that Sharman Networks now knows about Kazaa Lite, and is determined to shut it down.
I have a feeling there will be a interesting series of modifications to their network like the ones that eliminated Morpheous soon. It seems a better plan than the legal action hinted at here
things like Jimson Weed, Psillocybin, and numerous other "natural drugs" are used by many as well... that doesnt mean they are necessarily safe.
;)
At least i know the biochemist's stuff will have at least some modicum of testing by the FDA before im allowed to use it
well it's not exactly what you seek, but they do report MS screwups even more vehemently than /. (yes that is quite a feat)
;)
fuckmicrosft.com
the one really cool feature is that they offer tons of free funny email re-directs (but they charge a 1 time fee for pop), but i havent tested any of em just cause im pretty carefull about who i ever give an email addy too... got a feeling they are safe from what i have heard but i just take no chances on spam.
if you go thru their news archive you can find plenty of fun stuff though im sure
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/.'d before they figured that one out
yes that truly may be the answer, wonder how many times they got
good thing my childhood tire swing was suspended by rope since his method only patents suspension by chains...
hey maybe i could go patent the rope/tire method and become a millionaire!
used books have been available thru small stores forever, now that they are available on the internet, its bad?
when i was in college i lived soloely on used books, it made classes much more affordable... i come from a fairly upper-middle class family that supported me. I can't imagine how hard it would have been for a kid of lesser means to get by, even with a grant to help pay.
the letter mentions that this group has advocated charging royalties of libraries as well, that ones just ridiculous.
it sure sounds to me that theese guys ideas would hurt the people with less cash a lot more than the wealthy... and imo thoose people deserve every chance they can get.
publishers will still plenty of new books, the idea of used books being available is nothing new
i have read plenty of articles at MSNBC lately that have definite anti MS slants to em. they really do seem to be fairly un-biased about their journalism in general.
lots of people give em hell because they are partly ran by microsoft, but i give em even more credit because of the fact they are ran partially by MS and still try to remain objective about their parent company... that takes a lil bit of chutzpah
I guess a game tester is analogous to being, say, "a vagina tester" for porn movies
I used to think that game testers had it good, but if you know of a job available as a vagina tester (that does not require you to have responded to thoose penis enlargement spams)..i would sure love to hear about em!
"If Gateway truly believed that illegal copying hurts all artists and labels who make the music we enjoy, they'd be working with us to find a solution to the piracy problem," Rosen added"
there is no reason Gateway should feel compelled to worry about the RIAA's interests, especially when doing so would decrease their profits.
Gateways advertising campaign, is not in support of the Napster's, Kazaa's etc of the world, it's trying to show how poor a bill the CDBTPA is...if the RIAA wants to protect material they should be responsible for it themselves, not at the expense of hardware manufacturers...
you have to expect them to fight copying somehow though, they just wont stand pat on this subject, the big question is:
can they come up with a anti-copying technology which also allows for fair use (ie. backup copies, loadable to a mp3 player, etc)... if they can do it, it would be the first isssue i agree with the RIAA on, because if it's possible they do deserve at least that much
You do precisely that anytime you tune into a commercially supported television or radio signal.
commercially supported radio and television pay to broadcast, they recoup the money (plus profit) through that commercially supported revenue system you so easily dismiss.
it may be free to me, but there is quite a bit of difference between that and downloading mp3's off Kazaa, p2p users certainly aren't paying anything to the artists whoose material they re-distribute.
If you want to make comparisons to something totally unrelated you will have to try a little harder, because this one doesn't quite work.
The first MP3 wave hit hard. Most technical savvy people have a large MP3 collection. When the second wave hits and MOST OF AMERICA uses MP3s, the US population will believe it's their *RIGHT* to download free music, and the MP3 revolution will be complete. Until that time, the MP3 revolution is vulnerable. Bottom line: Don't get too happy about the rejection of this copyright bill.
this may not be a popular view here, but i dont believe that it is anyones right to download copyrighted material for free.
I am very much against the CBDTPA however, it places the burden of protection on the wrong people, and could potentially have some devastating effects on technology in general. Thats the real problem with this bill, even someone like myself with a fairly mainstream view that piracy truly is wrong could not possibly fathom this as a real solution to it, and thats why the campaign against it has a lot of momentum...
i dont support the CBDTPA, but it's not because of support for your p2p netowrks which violate copyright holders interests... its because the bill is pure garbage