MD5 is designed to produce very different checksums even in case of single bit differences in the checksummed data, which makes MD5 and similar algorithms completely useless for pattern recognition purposes.
Ohh, and if you are talking about ripped media, such as MP3, you naturally should not create a checksum about the audio piece as is. You should maybe first make a profile of it, to kill the differences, and then make the md5sum. But I think you really need something exact like md5 - if that information is going to be provided through a publicly accessed database to reduce the load caused to the server.
MD5 is designed to produce very different checksums even in case of single bit differences in the checksummed data
If your CD-ROM drive is producing single bit differences, then you need a new drive. Yes, my comment was badly phrased as I only mentioned the differences in audio quality in the last sentence. Maybe I should have said that it would work only before you rip the original CD (or DVD) . Here's a related story, where the guys produced md5sums playing the same stuff using different drives. So, yes, from original media it would be possible to produce matching md5sums - even when played using different drives.
Er, no. CDDB is a database of track lengths. If can only recognise CDs, but the CDDB database also holds the name and artist of each track on the recognised CD. CDDB has nothing to do with the audio itself.
Ohh. I have posted so many misguided comments lately that maybe I should just shut up.:) Would not it make the submission of new entries to freedb.org more easier if there was some utility program which would make an md5sum (or something similar) of the first 30 seconds of each audio piece. Or maybe there already is on online database like this too? That way, you could recognize individual songs more easier. Naturally, there would be the problem that the checksum might differ a bit case by case depending of audio quality, etc.
you can record 30 seconds of music you hear and it will 'fingerprint' the song and tell you the title and artist
It seems that they are either using freedb or something similar. Here's a clip about what the freedb.org's database is:
What is CDDB?
The original CDDB is a database to look up CD information using the internet. This is done by a client which calulates a (nearly) unique disc ID and then queries the database. As a result, the client displays the artist, CD-title, tracklist and some additional infos.
Take a look at this DVD artist/title programmer submitted to Openchallenge to see how else you can utilize freedb.org.
is a derivate of the amount of comments posted on a story titled "The Significance of Anime". Based on a recent empirical study, the significance of Anime is just a bit less than that of a "Indiglo Clock Case Mod".
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they modded you Flamebait. Oh my god, this is so funny
Dear moderators, please mod me as a flamebait in the future too. It obviously makes the day for this individual.:)
*SPLOSH* *FRRSSHHHHHHHHH*
"Hey, what was that sound?"
"Your Karma being flushed down the toilet."
Ohh, and I thought it was you coming.
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There has probably never existed an individual in the history of mankind who needed his head bashed in with a lead pipe as urgently as you.
Thanks, and I assume that as an Anonymous Coward, there's no fear of "copyright" infringement if I start using that in my.sig ?:)
Ok, for the third - my apologies. I should not have posted the comment, as I had no clue about how the licensing conditions under which the related SW was shipped. And what comes to the island of idiots, I think all the 7 continents are already populated.:)
Unfortunately, you appear to be trying to obscure the fact that your comment about piracy was either truly ignorant, a troll, or both--OSX is bundled with every new Mac, and the backup software is included. Thus, piracy is not an issue.
Yeah - I just noticed that. A clip from other leaf of the thread:
"I was obviously mistaken once again:) Sorry. Should not say anything about any Mac related SW, as I am clueless.:)"
This isn't authenticating you to apple's backup server which unlimited trial days, it's authenticating you to your own backup server with unlimited trial days. Hence the rest of the article explaining about setting up DAV and whatnot to do the actual backups. Nothing illegal about that
Ohh, thanks for telling that. I was obviously mistaken once again:) Sorry. Should not say anything about any Mac related SW, as I am clueless.:)
What pirated software are you referring to? The software Apple *sold* me as a part of OSX? Or something else
Unfortunately my psychic skills are not high enough to see clearly enough into your CD collection. Maybe if you and your friends form a ring to work as a repeater on your end, I would see clearer.
...suggest that you actually would actually do some significant changes to the server to make it act like a Mac one. But instead, this is just a dirty hack to use pirated software. I think this part is criminating enough to be prosecuted. I wonder how many hours it takes for this to be removed from the web.:
Setup your web server to return:
{
payload = {iToolsBackupActivated = Y; trialAccountDaysLeft = -1; };
statusCode = success;
}
Mr. Poindexter could convince my mother that there are little green men lurking on her hard disk and that these evil creatures could be revealed by hunting for hidden patterns of activity with powerful computers.
Sorry, but if that "scoop" section was supposed to make me understand what the story is about you failed. Especially in the case of these need registration stories (why do you still keep publishing tme) it might be a good idea to clearly tell WTF you want to say.
Yeah, I guess I should stop plugging it. It is just interesting to see it works like narcotics, the more posted the more people it attracts. Anyway, I will stop annoying you:)
Of course, the study's methodology might have something to do with the results...
Oh one more thing. Atleast I have noticed that I tend to nowadays first have a look in the methodology used to do the study, especially if it is related to the internet. Otherwise, you might just after reading a gazillion of pages realize that the whole study is absurd.
Of course, the study's methodology might have something to do with the results...
Yes, if you invite mindless sheep, it is quite likely that it is reflected in your results. In this case, it turns the whole study into a very good case of black humor:)) From here.
We began recruiting participants in May 2002 by contacting nonprofit groups, such as the Children's Brain Tumor Foundation, and offering a $5 donation for each supporter who completed the study
why don't you instead turn the compost bins into electricity generators. There was a related story on slashdot, which I could not find, so instead, read this(generating electricity with biomass):
Cuba is about to start the nation's first-ever sugar cane harvest in which a sugar mill will not make SUGAR, but instead will be generating electricity from the biomass.
If everyone waited 30 minutes to download it, it would merely delay the slashdot effect by.. yep, you guessed it.. 30 minutes.
Excellent! You must be one positive mind if you believe that every single slashdot reader is interested in reading every single comment posted here. Positive thinking will save the world:) In this case, and as a Zen like piece of wisdom for life: everyone == everyone you can make listen.
As the site is already suffering, the download size is over 9 MB and there is not much other information on the site than this...
Ghostzilla is a browser for surfing the Web when you don't want anyone to physically see what you are doing. It renders Web pages to look indistinguishable from your work screen. You make it disappear instantly with one move of your hand and bring it back with another. Ghostzilla can show Web pages discreetly within literally any application you work with.
and the screen shots.... I'd believe everyone would be better of if you waited atleast some 30 minutes before hitting that download button. Why?
oh, once again, feel free to moderate my previous post down. I missed the point, which is in this one chapter:
Does the company's technology work on the dog whistle principle, using sound waves that are below the threshold of human hearing? No. If it did, you couldn't send the signals over standard audio speakers. Instead, the technology revolves around what's called psycho-acoustic masking.
However, I would still like to have someone explain how this will work in reality. What kind of performance will be required to catch and decode these messages. It does not seem like a very light task.
Animal rights activists will surely love this "innovation" - even though the average human ear cannot hear these messages, it is very likely that we will see a large variety of animals go cracy if technology like the Intrasonics gets popular.
Really, somehow the Intrasonics thing sounds like even more outrageous marketing stunt than for example posting a link to a slashdot effect analysis. Or, if someone from the company is listening, please do provide some real technical specifications on the thing.
concludes, that in the future the gene base of an average software developer will combine genes from the predatory spider. A representative from a major graphics card vendor stated: "cool".
Appendix: On Predatory spider's vision: The predatory spider has eight simple eyes of various sizes that respond to key aspects of the visual field. Tactile sensations derived from the web are more important to spiders than vision is
now you pushed the website down the stairs with the/. effect!
On side note, the taat.fi server seems to have survived the effect very well. But I guess that's no wonder with Apache and the network-delay between US-Finland working as the final saviour.
Or, more colloquially, you push a guy down the stairs and see how much damage he takes
I actually have played that game a couple of times, and now you pushed the website down the stairs with the/. effect! What do you expect I will do with my obsession to push people, when I next take the stair down to leave the office:)
Slashdot Mirror
Ohh, and if you are talking about ripped media, such as MP3, you naturally should not create a checksum about the audio piece as is. You should maybe first make a profile of it, to kill the differences, and then make the md5sum. But I think you really need something exact like md5 - if that information is going to be provided through a publicly accessed database to reduce the load caused to the server.
If your CD-ROM drive is producing single bit differences, then you need a new drive. Yes, my comment was badly phrased as I only mentioned the differences in audio quality in the last sentence. Maybe I should have said that it would work only before you rip the original CD (or DVD) . Here's a related story, where the guys produced md5sums playing the same stuff using different drives. So, yes, from original media it would be possible to produce matching md5sums - even when played using different drives.
Ohh. I have posted so many misguided comments lately that maybe I should just shut up. :) Would not it make the submission of new entries to freedb.org more easier if there was some utility program which would make an md5sum (or something similar) of the first 30 seconds of each audio piece. Or maybe there already is on online database like this too? That way, you could recognize individual songs more easier. Naturally, there would be the problem that the checksum might differ a bit case by case depending of audio quality, etc.
It seems that they are either using freedb or something similar. Here's a clip about what the freedb.org's database is:
What is CDDB? The original CDDB is a database to look up CD information using the internet. This is done by a client which calulates a (nearly) unique disc ID and then queries the database. As a result, the client displays the artist, CD-title, tracklist and some additional infos.
Take a look at this DVD artist/title programmer submitted to Openchallenge to see how else you can utilize freedb.org.
is a derivate of the amount of comments posted on a story titled "The Significance of Anime". Based on a recent empirical study, the significance of Anime is just a bit less than that of a "Indiglo Clock Case Mod".
Dear moderators, please mod me as a flamebait in the future too. It obviously makes the day for this individual. :)
*SPLOSH* *FRRSSHHHHHHHHH* "Hey, what was that sound?" "Your Karma being flushed down the toilet."
Ohh, and I thought it was you coming.
Thanks, and I assume that as an Anonymous Coward, there's no fear of "copyright" infringement if I start using that in my .sig ? :)
Ok, for the third - my apologies. I should not have posted the comment, as I had no clue about how the licensing conditions under which the related SW was shipped. And what comes to the island of idiots, I think all the 7 continents are already populated. :)
Yeah - I just noticed that. A clip from other leaf of the thread:
"I was obviously mistaken once again :) Sorry. Should not say anything about any Mac related SW, as I am clueless. :)"
My apologies to you too. :)
Ohh, thanks for telling that. I was obviously mistaken once again :) Sorry. Should not say anything about any Mac related SW, as I am clueless. :)
Unfortunately my psychic skills are not high enough to see clearly enough into your CD collection. Maybe if you and your friends form a ring to work as a repeater on your end, I would see clearer.
Setup your web server to return:
{ payload = {iToolsBackupActivated = Y; trialAccountDaysLeft = -1; }; statusCode = success; }
Mr. Poindexter could convince my mother that there are little green men lurking on her hard disk and that these evil creatures could be revealed by hunting for hidden patterns of activity with powerful computers.
Sorry, but if that "scoop" section was supposed to make me understand what the story is about you failed. Especially in the case of these need registration stories (why do you still keep publishing tme) it might be a good idea to clearly tell WTF you want to say.
Yeah, I guess I should stop plugging it. It is just interesting to see it works like narcotics, the more posted the more people it attracts. Anyway, I will stop annoying you :)
Oh one more thing. Atleast I have noticed that I tend to nowadays first have a look in the methodology used to do the study, especially if it is related to the internet. Otherwise, you might just after reading a gazillion of pages realize that the whole study is absurd.
Yes, if you invite mindless sheep, it is quite likely that it is reflected in your results. In this case, it turns the whole study into a very good case of black humor :)) From here.
We began recruiting participants in May 2002 by contacting nonprofit groups, such as the Children's Brain Tumor Foundation, and offering a $5 donation for each supporter who completed the study
*** Why not read an analysis of the Slashdot Effect instead :))
Cuba is about to start the nation's first-ever sugar cane harvest in which a sugar mill will not make SUGAR, but instead will be generating electricity from the biomass.
Excellent! You must be one positive mind if you believe that every single slashdot reader is interested in reading every single comment posted here. Positive thinking will save the world :) In this case, and as a Zen like piece of wisdom for life: everyone == everyone you can make listen.
Ghostzilla is a browser for surfing the Web when you don't want anyone to physically see what you are doing. It renders Web pages to look indistinguishable from your work screen. You make it disappear instantly with one move of your hand and bring it back with another. Ghostzilla can show Web pages discreetly within literally any application you work with.
and the screen shots.... I'd believe everyone would be better of if you waited atleast some 30 minutes before hitting that download button. Why?
** Here is an analysis of the Slashdot Effect.
Does the company's technology work on the dog whistle principle, using sound waves that are below the threshold of human hearing? No. If it did, you couldn't send the signals over standard audio speakers. Instead, the technology revolves around what's called psycho-acoustic masking.
However, I would still like to have someone explain how this will work in reality. What kind of performance will be required to catch and decode these messages. It does not seem like a very light task.
** And as it took 5 minutes to download PDF with only marketing jargon, analysis of an Slashdot Effect.
Really, somehow the Intrasonics thing sounds like even more outrageous marketing stunt than for example posting a link to a slashdot effect analysis. Or, if someone from the company is listening, please do provide some real technical specifications on the thing.
Appendix:
On Predatory spider's vision: The predatory spider has eight simple eyes of various sizes that respond to key aspects of the visual field. Tactile sensations derived from the web are more important to spiders than vision is
On side note, the taat.fi server seems to have survived the effect very well. But I guess that's no wonder with Apache and the network-delay between US-Finland working as the final saviour.
I actually have played that game a couple of times, and now you pushed the website down the stairs with the /. effect! What do you expect I will do with my obsession to push people, when I next take the stair down to leave the office :)
** Ohh, this is the perfect chance to plug the analysis of the slashdot effect once more.