One thing is clear -- the resulting disk is not a CD! This means it will not work on the millions of CD audio players in existence. So what consumer in their right mind would want this? No one... so the next step for Sony is to figure out how to FORCE it on us.
Why put the list in cyberspace at all? That's the beauty of paper, nobody online can steal a sheet of paper sitting in your home/office/dorm/loft/cave.
But I thought you said not to put it on your machine at all!?!?! So what the heck is it doing under your home directory?:-)
I took a look at your image... but the whole time I was waiting for it to appear, I thought to myself... "please don't be the goatse guy, please don't be the goatse guy."
OK, I was about to make a wise-ass remark along the lines of...
So you'd no doubt prefer to see:
83.673469387755102040816326530612% were acting weird.
85.714285714285714285714285714286% had documented grievances.
But then I realized that you had a point (other than just bitching about imprecise percentage figures). If 41 people is 84% of the total (I'm cool with that rounding), then wouldn't 42 people have to be 86%?!
The only other possible explaination (other than illnumeracy) is that 85% of the 84% that acted weird had documented grievances (i.e. 35 of them).
Below are the requirements for the Computers Merit Badge which was "updated" a few years ago: ... connect to a computer network or bulletin-board service such as Prodigy, CompuServe, or America Online.
Prodigy? CompuServe? I think they may want to consider yet another update.
Either I'm very dense, or there appears to no longer be a way to download the PDF (and yes I realize that both could be true).
There is a message under Ship To that says: We're sorry, this item is currently unavailable. Our hosting provider, Verio.com, has disabled our fulfillment system.
Fool! Mr. Burnett has revealed a crucial fact about his network -- his passwords are all over 14 charcters. This allows us to eliminate over 109 quintillion (US = 10^18) combinations! His system will be pwn3d in no time!
There is a difference between "leaving your door open" which results in someone stealing your copy of Half Life 2 and putting a CD duplicator in your room and allowing everyone in the world the ability to go into your room and copy it.
Yes! The first example is theft, the second is copyright infringement.
Which is worse? Depends on if you are the copyright holder or the CD owner.
How about this idea? Institute a maximum penalty of three years for anyone convicted of stealing CDs or DVDs from private homes or vehicles. Hold my breath on this one I shan't
Nobody is asking these people to learn MC680X0 assembly...
Actually this has been a crusade of mine for a number of years now. Sad to say, I've not had much luck. So I'm pretty much ready to throw in the towel.
Note that this is not a particularly stealthy attack, as the laptop user will notice a series of "Wireless Network unavailable" notifications in the taskbar of their desktop screen.
Oh my gosh! I see this all the time! Someone must be trying to penetrate my wireless LAN!
I suspect that HME plays a big role into the future of TiVo. It's been reported several times on slashdot (motto: if it's worth reporting, it's worth reporting repeatedly). Basically, it provides a way for a remote server to display graphics and stream media to the Tivo (think x-windows).
It's not clear exactly what apps will be compelling -- does Joe User really want to play games, view weather, or get RSS feeds on their TiVo? As currently released, HME does allow interaction with the recording/playback internals, but they promise that they will expose an interface (eventually). Once they do, then we may see some more interesting options.
So what does TiVo plan to do with this? Well, think cell phone carrier. When people download ring-tones or games to their phones, the carrier takes its cut. I can see TiVo acting as the sales/delivery agent for TiVo applets (tapplets?). This could generate a fair amount of income. (Ring tones are a $4 billion business for crying out loud!).
One problem, however, is that TiVo's don't do networking out of the box. You need to plug in a USB network adapter (wired or wireless) and configure the box accordingly. TiVo makes it fairly simple, but this really needs to be enabled out of the box (Series 3?).
Now if I just knew what the killer app for TiVo is going to be...
Some projects are based on OSS, but sold commercially...
Which brings up an interesting question. Just how far can you go selling a product that uses open source code?
Detractors of open source always like to say that if you use open source code, then your product must be open source. But we know that this isn't true (right?). To point out some examples... there's TiVo using Linux and WindRiver ARM compilers based on the GNU compilers. Both sold commercially.
But where is the dividing line? If I use an open source library (or DLL in Windows), am I obligated to make my code open source? Clearly, if I modify the library in anyway then I should feed those modifications back to the community. But shouldn't I get to choose how my separate code is marketed? I realize that this is a sore subject for some (those nasty capitalist, always trying to profit off others' hard work), but I really would like to know where the divide is.
If this little stunt gets me in trouble, you'll be the first to know.
He wasn't kidding. It appears that he is already in trouble with his ISP. The web page now says:
Your account has been suspended. We have sent you an email explaining why. This email should also contain information on how you can unsuspend your account.
While I agree with the courts decision regarding IE, I wouldn't put it into the same category as SpyWare. Perhaps resist removal isn't the right term. I have the option of not using IE (and I exercise that option regularly). Now if IE started interjecting content into my FireFox browser and there was no way to stop it -- then that would be comparable behavior.
there is no compelling reason for me to ever want a plasma tv.
Amen. While I love the large screen, the cost and lifetime issues make it a non-starter for me. Personally, I'm holding out hope for OLED TV's. But it looks like we'll need to wait until 2007... hurry up already!
Also from TFA: iSearch is a toolbar that in no way attempts to
remain hidden or evade detection.
That's an understatement! iSearch is about as in-your-face as it gets.
Personally, I've never liked the term SpyWare as it seems to focus on a very narrow aspect of the problem (i.e. gathering of personal information). A better, more encompassing term might be "HijackWare". Although AssWare is certainly accurate enough.
I think that any software that resists removal by the end user should be outlawed. True, the user may have volunarily (and probably unknowingly) installed the software. But then actively preventing them from discontinuing use is criminal (IMHO). I certainly can't think of any product that behaves similarly (except perhaps the Happy Fun Ball. Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball!).
I'm pretty sure that you're not supposed to leave the property with the chips...
I doubt that the casinos mind if you don't cash in chips. In fact, feel free to take as many $100 chip home with you as you want! How do you think these got out?
I don't know how much casinos pay for chips, but I'm sure it's much less than the face value printed on them (even the fancy RFID ones).
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One thing is clear -- the resulting disk is not a CD! This means it will not work on the millions of CD audio players in existence. So what consumer in their right mind would want this? No one... so the next step for Sony is to figure out how to FORCE it on us.
Let's hope this new drive never emits a "click, click, click" sound.
Actually, I'm shocked to see some innovation from IoMega -- I had written them off as dead. I hope it works out well for them.
Why put the list in cyberspace at all? That's the beauty of paper, nobody online can steal a sheet of paper sitting in your home/office/dorm/loft/cave.
But I thought you said not to put it on your machine at all!?!?! So what the heck is it doing under your home directory? :-)
I took a look at your image... but the whole time I was waiting for it to appear, I thought to myself... "please don't be the goatse guy, please don't be the goatse guy."
Thankfully it wasn't. Good job.
OK, I was about to make a wise-ass remark along the lines of...
So you'd no doubt prefer to see:
83.673469387755102040816326530612% were acting weird.
85.714285714285714285714285714286% had documented grievances.
But then I realized that you had a point (other than just bitching about imprecise percentage figures). If 41 people is 84% of the total (I'm cool with that rounding), then wouldn't 42 people have to be 86%?!
The only other possible explaination (other than illnumeracy) is that 85% of the 84% that acted weird had documented grievances (i.e. 35 of them).
Below are the requirements for the Computers Merit Badge which was "updated" a few years ago:
...
connect to a computer network or bulletin-board service such as Prodigy, CompuServe, or America Online.
Prodigy? CompuServe? I think they may want to consider yet another update.
Either I'm very dense, or there appears to no longer be a way to download the PDF (and yes I realize that both could be true).
There is a message under Ship To that says:
We're sorry, this item is currently unavailable. Our hosting provider, Verio.com, has disabled our fulfillment system.
Fool! Mr. Burnett has revealed a crucial fact about his network -- his passwords are all over 14 charcters. This allows us to eliminate over 109 quintillion (US = 10^18) combinations! His system will be pwn3d in no time!
There is a difference between "leaving your door open" which results in someone stealing your copy of Half Life 2 and putting a CD duplicator in your room and allowing everyone in the world the ability to go into your room and copy it.
Yes! The first example is theft, the second is copyright infringement.
Which is worse? Depends on if you are the copyright holder or the CD owner.
How about this idea? Institute a maximum penalty of three years for anyone convicted of stealing CDs or DVDs from private homes or vehicles. Hold my breath on this one I shan't
How do you feel about digital watches?
Not quite full. The first eight pages only. I guess I need to wait for things to quite down on the real site to finish reading.
Nobody is asking these people to learn MC680X0 assembly...
Actually this has been a crusade of mine for a number of years now. Sad to say, I've not had much luck. So I'm pretty much ready to throw in the towel.
From TFA:
Note that this is not a particularly stealthy attack, as the laptop user will notice a series of "Wireless Network unavailable" notifications in the taskbar of their desktop screen.
Oh my gosh! I see this all the time! Someone must be trying to penetrate my wireless LAN!
Damn. Another one of those links that end up being something other than what you think it is going to be.
I suspect that HME plays a big role into the future of TiVo. It's been reported several times on slashdot (motto: if it's worth reporting, it's worth reporting repeatedly). Basically, it provides a way for a remote server to display graphics and stream media to the Tivo (think x-windows).
It's not clear exactly what apps will be compelling -- does Joe User really want to play games, view weather, or get RSS feeds on their TiVo? As currently released, HME does allow interaction with the recording/playback internals, but they promise that they will expose an interface (eventually). Once they do, then we may see some more interesting options.
So what does TiVo plan to do with this? Well, think cell phone carrier. When people download ring-tones or games to their phones, the carrier takes its cut. I can see TiVo acting as the sales/delivery agent for TiVo applets (tapplets?). This could generate a fair amount of income. (Ring tones are a $4 billion business for crying out loud!).
One problem, however, is that TiVo's don't do networking out of the box. You need to plug in a USB network adapter (wired or wireless) and configure the box accordingly. TiVo makes it fairly simple, but this really needs to be enabled out of the box (Series 3?).
Now if I just knew what the killer app for TiVo is going to be...
Some projects are based on OSS, but sold commercially...
Which brings up an interesting question. Just how far can you go selling a product that uses open source code?
Detractors of open source always like to say that if you use open source code, then your product must be open source. But we know that this isn't true (right?). To point out some examples... there's TiVo using Linux and WindRiver ARM compilers based on the GNU compilers. Both sold commercially.
But where is the dividing line? If I use an open source library (or DLL in Windows), am I obligated to make my code open source? Clearly, if I modify the library in anyway then I should feed those modifications back to the community. But shouldn't I get to choose how my separate code is marketed? I realize that this is a sore subject for some (those nasty capitalist, always trying to profit off others' hard work), but I really would like to know where the divide is.
If this little stunt gets me in trouble, you'll be the first to know.
He wasn't kidding. It appears that he is already in trouble with his ISP. The web page now says:
Your account has been suspended. We have sent you an email explaining why. This email should also contain information on how you can unsuspend your account.
While I agree with the courts decision regarding IE, I wouldn't put it into the same category as SpyWare. Perhaps resist removal isn't the right term. I have the option of not using IE (and I exercise that option regularly). Now if IE started interjecting content into my FireFox browser and there was no way to stop it -- then that would be comparable behavior.
there is no compelling reason for me to ever want a plasma tv.
Amen. While I love the large screen, the cost and lifetime issues make it a non-starter for me. Personally, I'm holding out hope for OLED TV's. But it looks like we'll need to wait until 2007... hurry up already!
Also from TFA: iSearch is a toolbar that in no way attempts to remain hidden or evade detection.
That's an understatement! iSearch is about as in-your-face as it gets.
Personally, I've never liked the term SpyWare as it seems to focus on a very narrow aspect of the problem (i.e. gathering of personal information). A better, more encompassing term might be "HijackWare". Although AssWare is certainly accurate enough.
I think that any software that resists removal by the end user should be outlawed. True, the user may have volunarily (and probably unknowingly) installed the software. But then actively preventing them from discontinuing use is criminal (IMHO). I certainly can't think of any product that behaves similarly (except perhaps the Happy Fun Ball. Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball!).
I'm pretty sure that you're not supposed to leave the property with the chips ...
I doubt that the casinos mind if you don't cash in chips. In fact, feel free to take as many $100 chip home with you as you want! How do you think these got out?
I don't know how much casinos pay for chips, but I'm sure it's much less than the face value printed on them (even the fancy RFID ones).
Ok, I this is the second article that I've read (within 5 minutes of each other!) that, while unrelated, both contain the word steganography.
This can't be a coincidence... there must be a hidden meaning... I'll get back to you once I discover what it is...
PS: Don't wait up.
I'd be more inclined to using Ruby on Rails.
I was impressed with what I saw when... a lot of bang for very little code.
Linus is not a lawyer. ... Unlike RMS or ESR, he doesn't even hang out with lawyers or devote serious thought to legal matters.
I knew there was a reason why I liked the guy!
Just in case reading the article is too much of a burden... here's a direct link to the Parent File Scan program.
It appears to be developed by a company called "DtecNet Software ApS".