I'm sick and tired of science related articles being written by journalists with no clue about the science they're writing about
Perhaps you should clarify your argument with the
journalist's statement, and post your own facts to
illustrate the point for those who don't know any
better. Who knows, you may even help educate a future journalist.
I used to kill myself trying to strip a few lines
of code from my programs... in my mind, I was
trying to emulate the PDP hackers of the 60s (my
heros) by finding the one "Right Thing" for each
program.
Soon I realized that smaller programs are not
the end-all goal of programming. If a slightly
bigger program is easier to understand for the
next person who modifies/maintains it, then that
is the new "Right Thing" for that application... and I realized the efficient progamming of the PDP days was a biproduct of necessity more than anything else. It's seldom needed with today's
blazing hardware capabilities.
This isn't to say that many of today's programs
are over-bloated, but just to reinforce the
trade-off between small and easy to understand.
It's illegal. This company figured a way to stop it.
So, you can't download the latest Lord Of the Rings DiVX? Cry me a river.
Personally, I'd don't give a shit. In fact, I all but boycot the motion picture industry. I was simply pointing out something maybe nobody immediately thought of: how expensive is this jamming technology, and how much "cost" will really be recovered by it? I'm betting the answer is "exteremely" and "little", respectively.
Software like this
may help combat this in the future. Imagine your own
computerized voice mail system... give you friends
an access code (31337? *laugh*) and all other
calls get diverted to a "Remove me from you list"
type message.
"We've always seen this case as protecting the Nissan brand and not about money," he said. "What we are saying is the word Nissan by itself is our registered trademark and we're the only ones with the right to use the name Nissan by itself."
Interesting. I wonder if they'll be requiring Uzi Nissan to change his last name as well... after all, Nissan owns it...
Also, it bear mentioning that Uzi has spent well in excess of one million dollars defending his own last name from these assholes who didn't even use the name "Nissan" in the States until well after Uzi had registerred the domain and used it for his own business.
The corporate swines have also been using dirty tricks like filing suit across the county from where Uzi lives, in an attempt to sap his finances so he can't defend himself. (These are things Uzi himself talked about at H2K2, if you're curious about my sources)
DeCSS is just proof of concept code. libdvdcss accomplishes the same end-result, and it actually works. It's embarassing how many people involved in the DeCSS issue don't realize this fact. libdvdcss is just as illegal (according to the MPAA's gestapo) as DeCSS was/is. Maybe it's a good thing that nobody realizes it...
Okay, the first ten posts are crying about how illegal this is and how it shouldn't be on Slashdot. I'd just like to say STFU, it's interesting, compared to most of the crap that gets posted here. Most people can buy a cheap PIX from Ebay anyway, so the article is more interesting from a technical standpoint than anything else.
1. There are new 'developing artist' price points. A lot of pretty big name artists first came out at this pricepoint (Limp Bizkit's first album did, Godsmack's first, Avril Lavigne)... We (record stores) end up selling them for about 5.99 - 6.99 and they cost us about 5.75 to 6.50.
2. The superstar pricepoints cost us big bucks. The new springsteen album, for instance, costs just a tiny bit shy of 12 bucks. So we all sold it for 9.99 on the first day and, I'm not kidding, we lost about 2 bucks per CD sold.
Dude, I'd like to know where your store is. I've never bought an album like this that was under 15 bucks. $5.99 for a new album? In my dreams... not here, anyway.
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To the one who reviewed the social engineering panel:
the Starbucks guy didn't read the whole number, Emannuel stopped him before he got to the end...
Re:Cryptome Friday AM?
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I was able to catch the last half of the talk, and as soon as I got there I realized I should have gotten there at the beginning.Very interesting talk regarding Cryptome itself, and some examples of "controversial" information, for instance, WTC site details that the authorities didn't really want publicized... I'm looking forward to streaming the talk when it's posted so I can hear the whole thing.
Eater
Re:Robert Steel- A Great Speaker?
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He was a bit evasive on some questions, and his public intelligence idea was questionable (yet interesting). However, don't totally discount his insight into the CIA and other intel agencies... even if you don't like his solutions, the problems he identifies are nonetheless critical and deserving of attention.
On a similar note, I'd love to see a debate between Robert Steel and Jello Biafra.:-)
Eater
Re:Some of the tech was nice...
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... but the politics was waaaaaaay overdone.
Actually, most of the tech-talk was stuff you could figure out on your own time, anyway. The political talk, however, was a rare experience, and sorely needed in the hacker culture. I suppose it just depends on what you're trying to get out of it. If you really need somebody to demonstrate how a lock mechanism works, or how to use kizmet, or how to do an op-redirect, etc... h2k2 probably isn't for you anyway.
The ISP's software package CD-ROM usually goes directly into the trash soon after I receive it. If I'm not mistaken, most of the Slashdot crowd probably does the same thing. Why would I want to use the ISP's decorative version of IE? I use Linux anyway, so I guess it's a moot point. Lame story, Slashdot.
The article points out some interesting points why yEnc shouldn't be adopted... none of which will probably keep the community from adopting it, however. If it's here, and being used, that is a whole lot more intertia than common sense can usually gain. Er, betamax, anybody?
I couldn't find how they plan on interconnecting the nodes... I've always thought setups like this were rather hindered by their ability to pass messages quickly between nodes. If it's just standard slow WAN link like a T1, I suppose this would end up becoming more like a distributed.net model, and less an actual 'supercomputer' like the headlines imply. If I'm correct, there's a rather large difference in the applications.
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Perhaps you should clarify your argument with the journalist's statement, and post your own facts to illustrate the point for those who don't know any better. Who knows, you may even help educate a future journalist.
Perhaps you should concentrate on tcpdump logs instead of trying to reverse engineer the code itself. I've considered tackling this project myself.
Debian's installer isn't any more difficult than any other distribution, IMHO. Why do people freeze up as soon as they see a text-based installer?
...coming to a construct near you.
Soon I realized that smaller programs are not the end-all goal of programming. If a slightly bigger program is easier to understand for the next person who modifies/maintains it, then that is the new "Right Thing" for that application... and I realized the efficient progamming of the PDP days was a biproduct of necessity more than anything else. It's seldom needed with today's blazing hardware capabilities.
This isn't to say that many of today's programs are over-bloated, but just to reinforce the trade-off between small and easy to understand.
Just when I thought I was 1337 with fluxbox, now this. Oh well, back to the drawing board.
More likely, look at the caller id so I can call them back at a more convenient time. I'd sooner die than have a phone converstation in the movies.
Or (and you probably didn't think of this) see which one of my servers is down and decide if it's urgent enough for me to leave.
Not that I go very often... fuck Hollywood, bunch of mindless trash anyway.
It's illegal. This company figured a way to stop it.
So, you can't download the latest Lord Of the Rings DiVX? Cry me a river.
Personally, I'd don't give a shit. In fact, I all but boycot the motion picture industry. I was simply pointing out something maybe nobody immediately thought of: how expensive is this jamming technology, and how much "cost" will really be recovered by it? I'm betting the answer is "exteremely" and "little", respectively.
Now, a screaming baby jammer, that I can agree with.
..because we all know how those high-quality camcorder-bootlegs are robbing millions from the movie producers.
Software like this may help combat this in the future. Imagine your own computerized voice mail system... give you friends an access code (31337? *laugh*) and all other calls get diverted to a "Remove me from you list" type message.
Interesting. I wonder if they'll be requiring Uzi Nissan to change his last name as well... after all, Nissan owns it...
Also, it bear mentioning that Uzi has spent well in excess of one million dollars defending his own last name from these assholes who didn't even use the name "Nissan" in the States until well after Uzi had registerred the domain and used it for his own business.
The corporate swines have also been using dirty tricks like filing suit across the county from where Uzi lives, in an attempt to sap his finances so he can't defend himself. (These are things Uzi himself talked about at H2K2, if you're curious about my sources)
DeCSS is just proof of concept code. libdvdcss accomplishes the same end-result, and it actually works. It's embarassing how many people involved in the DeCSS issue don't realize this fact. libdvdcss is just as illegal (according to the MPAA's gestapo) as DeCSS was/is. Maybe it's a good thing that nobody realizes it...
I've been eye-balling a similar system over at Soekris. Same idea, but with 2 or 3 NICs integrated.
Okay, the first ten posts are crying about how illegal this is and how it shouldn't be on Slashdot. I'd just like to say STFU, it's interesting, compared to most of the crap that gets posted here. Most people can buy a cheap PIX from Ebay anyway, so the article is more interesting from a technical standpoint than anything else.
Dude, I'd like to know where your store is. I've never bought an album like this that was under 15 bucks. $5.99 for a new album? In my dreams... not here, anyway.
To the one who reviewed the social engineering panel: the Starbucks guy didn't read the whole number, Emannuel stopped him before he got to the end...
Eater
On a similar note, I'd love to see a debate between Robert Steel and Jello Biafra. :-)
Eater
... but the politics was waaaaaaay overdone.
Actually, most of the tech-talk was stuff you could figure out on your own time, anyway. The political talk, however, was a rare experience, and sorely needed in the hacker culture. I suppose it just depends on what you're trying to get out of it. If you really need somebody to demonstrate how a lock mechanism works, or how to use kizmet, or how to do an op-redirect, etc... h2k2 probably isn't for you anyway.
Eater
This will only apply to RIAA music.
Eater
The ISP's software package CD-ROM usually goes directly into the trash soon after I receive it. If I'm not mistaken, most of the Slashdot crowd probably does the same thing. Why would I want to use the ISP's decorative version of IE? I use Linux anyway, so I guess it's a moot point. Lame story, Slashdot.
Just because somebody is dextrous with their thumb doesn't mean they are mutated... duh. News for nerds, yeah whatever.
The article points out some interesting points why yEnc shouldn't be adopted... none of which will probably keep the community from adopting it, however. If it's here, and being used, that is a whole lot more intertia than common sense can usually gain. Er, betamax, anybody?
I couldn't find how they plan on interconnecting the nodes... I've always thought setups like this were rather hindered by their ability to pass messages quickly between nodes. If it's just standard slow WAN link like a T1, I suppose this would end up becoming more like a distributed.net model, and less an actual 'supercomputer' like the headlines imply. If I'm correct, there's a rather large difference in the applications.