Why hasn't someone come out with a good peer-to-peer mail system yet?
It would appear to me that this would be the best solution to the carnivore problem, and the mail could be encrypted at the same time.
Plus the added benefit of doing the handshake between the two clients could negotiate a new key everytime there was a new mail sent.
Then run a local mail server on the client, and voila, all of the current email clients are supported and its seamless. When you want to send a mail... back to the local mail server, and it will startup a P2P session to the party that you want to send a mail to...
Failing sending the mail P2P, it COULD default to 'normal' mail...
Who here thinks that slashdotting the poor Stepwise server is an April Fools joke?
So... since it's slashdotted... and I can't read the article to make any funny/amusing/trolling comments about it... I won't make any comments whatsoever...
Hmmm... the Yaesu VX-5r is able to get the cordless 900Mhz phones... and the handsets for the 48Mhz phones (the bases are blocked on the radio for some odd reason...)
Also... for that radio, you can modify the transmit frequencies via software... of course TRANSMITTING on the "extra" freqs are illegal... but the mod is fine...:)
these companies should call in the Engineers and Tech people to the PHB meetings every so often, just to make sure that they won't appear to be on crack.
Of course, that would mean that they would have to hire a few...
Again... this depends on the programming set that you get to work with... there MAY be something in the libs that won't allow sending a game that you make to your friends...
Of course this is all conjecture and pulling out of my @$$ since I don't have one... but yet we DON'T know what the Linux stuff is going to be like...
We do know that they won't allow access to a CD-R through the DVD drive... the article stated that much... what else have they hampered...
The point that I was attempting to make, was that programming USING the "Native APIs" may be different that using the "Linux APIs"... IOW, you can't just take a game that you create under the Linux version of the APIs and recompile for the "Native APIs" and you have a game...
Now, granted, I don't have one, so thats the main question that I had... do the "Linux APIs" for programming the PS2 even resemble the "Native APIs"...
If they are really really close, then its a better deal than if they aren't even similar.
Also... what performance impact will there be if you're running under Linux vs. Native?
Use it as a way to program PS2 games without paying the extraordinarily high Sony licensing fees? Yep. That's what I'm using it for.
According to the article, while it's possible to go to the metal with Linux, the major question I would ask is... Linux APIs =? Native APIs.
If so, the I would agree that this would be a fantastic way to get our feet wet.
OTOH, it may not be so great since they "turn off" access to the DVD that are not "Official". So programming a cool game under Linux will limit the distribution of that game to... you.
That's Natural Selection at its finest. Think about it... if a kid does something stupid and makes him/her self impotent (eating something, drinking something, placing crayons up their noses, etc), then nature takes her course and prevents that behavior from happening in the future...
Fortunately, play-doh is non-toxic, and makes a "perfectly good donut".
CPU 128 Bit
System Clock Frequency 294.912 MHz
Main Memory Direct RDRAM
Memory Size 32MB
Graphics "Graphics Synthesizer"
Clock Frequency 147.456MHz
etc...
Ok... since we all know that Mhz != Performance... we do need to agree that to get to 1000x performance, we need to increase the clock of the CPU... so lets assume that through the miracle of discussion that we only need to increase the CPU clock 500x...
So... 300Mhz * 500 = 150000Mhz... or 150Ghz...
Where is the stash of crack that these developers are on?
Having Legal documents "served" over the Internet is a "Bad Thing" because of several problems...
1) In the "real world", you can serve legal papers by a couple of methods. Registered (return receipt) mail (or courier), local county Sheriff, an officer of the court. This provides that the person getting the papers is actually the person that should be getting the papers. On the Internet, the person reading the email may not necessarily be the person to contact for the serving of documents.
2) E-Mail (and its address) can be faked. Though in the "real world" it can as well, it's not as easy.
3) E-Mail can be intercepted and modified. This isn't even that tricky to do... all you need is access to a mail server.
I could go on for a while here... but let me just say that because the courts said that it can be done, doesn't mean that it should.
After reading many of the responses to the article, one theme pops up every so often... if you do the work on your own time and equipment... you own it...
Ok, I have a question for all of you... I currently have an "open-ended contract" with my current "employer"... everything that we have agreed upon is verbal... IOW, I haven't signed a thing...
Since this is the case, I started early on using my equipment (laptop) at home, and now more and more at my employers' office. In fact he hasn't even offered me equipment... which is fine by me, since it takes quite a while to make sure that you have all of the tools on the machine, etc.
Granted, right now I'm too busy working on his stuff to work on anything of mine, I have several ideas for utilities that I would like to write... I even have design documents drafted up to make sure that I wasn't drunk when I typed them (and yes they still make sense)...
If I were to start on my own projects, about the only thing I would have to worry about would be that it's on "my own time"... which has never been brought up, since in the _past_ I have worked at home on his project... lately, it's been more of a 9-5ish job...
Since I don't have anything (not even a Non-Disclose) signed... should I, or do I need to be worried about starting my own projects?
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Why hasn't someone come out with a good peer-to-peer mail system yet?
It would appear to me that this would be the best solution to the carnivore problem, and the mail could be encrypted at the same time.
Plus the added benefit of doing the handshake between the two clients could negotiate a new key everytime there was a new mail sent.
Then run a local mail server on the client, and voila, all of the current email clients are supported and its seamless. When you want to send a mail ... back to the local mail server, and it will startup a P2P session to the party that you want to send a mail to ...
Failing sending the mail P2P, it COULD default to 'normal' mail ...
Can someone else mod this up as well, as we all know insightful commentary like this is what makes /. so great.
So ... since it's slashdotted ... and I can't read the article to make any funny/amusing/trolling comments about it ... I won't make any comments whatsoever ...
Now it finally comes out that I should have been buying "Slashvertisements" instead ...
But where are the explosions?
Yahoo Employee 2: Oops ... my bad ...
I don't know those hoser's down there, eh?
Also ... for that radio, you can modify the transmit frequencies via software ... of course TRANSMITTING on the "extra" freqs are illegal ... but the mod is fine ... :)
KC0MOX ...
I was going to copyright / trademark / patent this tomorrow.
Oh well ... I'll just go ahead and do it ... then sue you later for royalties ...
Of course, that would mean that they would have to hire a few ...
Nah ... not really ...
Been wrong in the past ... will be wrong again in the future ...
Hmmm .. I stand corrected ... to a point ... you must own a Linux kit in order to play any games that I would happen to create.
Well ... you know I could ... but is it really that witty?
Of course this is all conjecture and pulling out of my @$$ since I don't have one ... but yet we DON'T know what the Linux stuff is going to be like ...
We do know that they won't allow access to a CD-R through the DVD drive ... the article stated that much ... what else have they hampered ...
Now, granted, I don't have one, so thats the main question that I had ... do the "Linux APIs" for programming the PS2 even resemble the "Native APIs" ...
If they are really really close, then its a better deal than if they aren't even similar.
Also ... what performance impact will there be if you're running under Linux vs. Native?
I guess its Kernel-Hackin' time ...
According to the article, while it's possible to go to the metal with Linux, the major question I would ask is ... Linux APIs =? Native APIs.
If so, the I would agree that this would be a fantastic way to get our feet wet.
OTOH, it may not be so great since they "turn off" access to the DVD that are not "Official". So programming a cool game under Linux will limit the distribution of that game to ... you.
Ahhhh ... the magic of /. and its effect ...
my precioussss is lost, it is. ...
Nasty Opie takeses it.
Gollum will have his sweet revenge, yes preciousssss, next year preciousss will be mine again
That's Natural Selection at its finest. Think about it ... if a kid does something stupid and makes him/her self impotent (eating something, drinking something, placing crayons up their noses, etc), then nature takes her course and prevents that behavior from happening in the future ...
Fortunately, play-doh is non-toxic, and makes a "perfectly good donut".
Lara Croft will only look so good ...
Taken from the Playstation site.
PlayStation 2 Basic Specifications and Features
CPU 128 Bit ...
System Clock Frequency 294.912 MHz
Main Memory Direct RDRAM
Memory Size 32MB
Graphics "Graphics Synthesizer"
Clock Frequency 147.456MHz
etc
Ok ... since we all know that Mhz != Performance ... we do need to agree that to get to 1000x performance, we need to increase the clock of the CPU ... so lets assume that through the miracle of discussion that we only need to increase the CPU clock 500x ...
So ... 300Mhz * 500 = 150000Mhz ... or 150Ghz ...
Where is the stash of crack that these developers are on?
1) In the "real world", you can serve legal papers by a couple of methods. Registered (return receipt) mail (or courier), local county Sheriff, an officer of the court. This provides that the person getting the papers is actually the person that should be getting the papers. On the Internet, the person reading the email may not necessarily be the person to contact for the serving of documents.
2) E-Mail (and its address) can be faked. Though in the "real world" it can as well, it's not as easy.
3) E-Mail can be intercepted and modified. This isn't even that tricky to do ... all you need is access to a mail server.
I could go on for a while here ... but let me just say that because the courts said that it can be done, doesn't mean that it should.
#include <std\disclaimers.h>
These guys have a free demo for reading / writing PDF417 ...
Here is a pretty good summary of the PDF417 format ...
Here is some more information about the PDF417 standard ...
but HERE seems to be a very thorough summary of all of the 2D barcode formats ...
Ok, I have a question for all of you ... I currently have an "open-ended contract" with my current "employer" ... everything that we have agreed upon is verbal ... IOW, I haven't signed a thing ...
Since this is the case, I started early on using my equipment (laptop) at home, and now more and more at my employers' office. In fact he hasn't even offered me equipment ... which is fine by me, since it takes quite a while to make sure that you have all of the tools on the machine, etc.
Granted, right now I'm too busy working on his stuff to work on anything of mine, I have several ideas for utilities that I would like to write ... I even have design documents drafted up to make sure that I wasn't drunk when I typed them (and yes they still make sense) ...
If I were to start on my own projects, about the only thing I would have to worry about would be that it's on "my own time" ... which has never been brought up, since in the _past_ I have worked at home on his project ... lately, it's been more of a 9-5ish job ...
Since I don't have anything (not even a Non-Disclose) signed ... should I, or do I need to be worried about starting my own projects?