Maybe for the same reason that it's more fun to fly an airplane than to fly MS Flight Simulator, even if you're not flying an F-16.
Ah, but there's an important difference. A flight simulator is not functionally equivalent to flying a plane. Flying a plane can get you from A to B much quicker than driving. It is a form of transportation. A flight simulator will get you nowhere.
A software enigma however is functionally equivalent to the real thing. Both can encrypt and decrypt the same messages. One runs in a computer, the other on mechanical systems.
A better analogy that yours would thus be flying a conventional plane with mechanical linkages from the flight controls to flight surfaces, and flying a newer plane with "fly-by-wire" systems where an intervening computer reads the control positions and controls the flight surfaces for you.
ELCB's measure the current between active and neutral and trip if difference exceeds a set level, about 30mA normally - if half your neutral current is returning via the earth wire it'll trip pretty quick.
No. These will only trip if a device plugged into them is malfunctioning or if someone is using a device with wet hands and touching a faucet or something with the other hand causing some current to leak. It will not respond to wiring problems in the house. It trips if the current in the hot and neutral aren't balanced, which is a function of what's plugged into the outlet, not what happens beyond the outlet.
I don't understand why in the US it is such an issue with having a gap in your resume?
Very simple reason. During that "gap" you might have had a job and make a complete pig's breakfast out of it. By accounting for all your time, your prospective employer has a chance to track down all your past employers and find out if you screwed up in a major way. If you have gaps all over the place, you may have just included those jobs where you didn't screw up, and left out the ones where you bankrupted the company by doing something monumentally stupid. Or you might have been in jail, rehab, or something equally unappealing to a prospective employer. So if you do choose to bum around Europe for a year, be damn sure to keep hotel and travel receipts!
What's more likely, however, is that the system detects patterns that the bill includes (i'm sure there is some nonrandom distribution of dots or lines or something).
Honestly, I don't see why people would be too up in arms about this.
Because devices (hardware and software) that I buy and pay for should be working for me, not the government. My computer's CPU cycles should not be utilized against my will to ensure that I am complying with the law. Let the Secret Service buy computers to do their work, and let me use my computers to do my work.
The U.S. Supreme Court overruled this a year or so ago. I don't have a reference handy, but I think it was a 6-3 decision, ruling that virtual kidde porn is protected by the First Amendment. Justice Thomas did say in a separate concurring opinion that if virtual kiddie porn ever became indistinguishable from the real thing that perhaps that rule should change, but the rest of the majority (5-4) didn't even leave that option open.
Maybe DRM actually makes sense in this context. I would rather be unable to get porn at all than be prosecuted for planted porn. (the OS could be programmed to reject any files that have porno-like meta-data in their headers, or however DRM works).
This is so obviously a troll, I'm tempted not to respond, but in case anyone takes this seriously, I'll pose the following obvious question. If someone were making kiddie porn for the purpose of selling or distributing it, why would they include metadata tags which would render the images unviewable on anyone's PC? So, we have yet another good reason for DRM: Think of the children!
"The US" is not benefiting from cheap labor - the benefits a corporation gains from outsourcing is passed mainly to the executives of the corporation through non-salary compesentation (options, bonuses, etc.), and to a lesser extent to the shareholders of said corporations.
In the short term, that might happen to some extent, but in the longer term, those companies that don't pass the savings along to the consumers will not be able to compete with those that do, and thus will be weeded out of existence by the very free market capitalist system which many here seem to be criticizing despite the fact that every comment posted talks about how wonderful capitalism is!
This whole story seems to have sparked a "I don't trust the US government, the Chinese government or any other government" reaction from most people. But how many Internet users trust an American corporation?
Ah, but the Internet is not under the control of any one private corporation. There are many corporations, which do things such as running parts of the backbone, name registration, ISP services to businesses and individuals, search engines, etc. If any particular corporation was slack in its duty to provide a service, customers would move elsewhere. Sure there are instances where you might have a beef with your local cable company or name registrar, but basically, the Internet works, which is quite a miracle in and of itself. If control is placed in the Government's hands, then consumers would have no choice but to move to a different country if the service wasn't adequate, or free speech rights weren't sufficiently observed. This is why it is in general dangerous to allow government too much power. They are the ultimate monopoly!
Like so many anti-open source people, Mr. McBride is confusing Open Source Software and the GPL. The fact is, there are many open source products released under much less restrictive licenses, such as the BSD license. Also, the "Open Source Community" (whatever that is) does not equal The Free Software Foundation. The FSF has stated as one of its goals the elimination of the commercial software model. There are many programmers who contribute to open source products that do not believe in the goals of the FSF and do believe that commercial and open source software can peacefully coexist.
People with bad credit ratings aren't the ones who are going to be flagged by this system. It's the people with little or no credit ratings. It's not the people who are late with car payments, but rather the people who paid cash for their car that are in trouble.
it seems like you would have access to the cameras private key and ritzs public key. Which seems pretty dubiously secure to me if I recall my crypto.
You don't. The camera wouldn't need a private key. The camera would have Ritz's public key and only Ritz would have their private key. Camera encrypts images with Ritz's public key. No key stored in the camera could be used to decrypt it.
So I plan on doing the same thing, simply ignoring the flags (or whatever they end up being), manufacturing my units in some country the US can't touch (say China), and making a fortune...
I think the laws cover importation as well, so here's a better idea:
Sell TVs and digital VCRs etc., which obey the broadcast flag according to government specs. But design all your units with flash upgradable firmware. Then leak modified firmware which ignores the broadcast flag on the Net via anonymous channels to make it widely available. Next thing you know, your products will outsell everyone else's, and you'll not be breaking the law.
What is to keep me from building a device to mask out the broadcast bit and then passing it through?
That's actually an excellent question. Since the signals aren't encrypted this wouldn't be a DMCA violation, just potentially an FCC regulation violation. And what is the scope of FCC's authority to regulate such devices, especially if they are not sold as communication devices? Without congressional legislation to back it up, I'm not sure the FCC's authority extends that far. Any experts care to comment?
Yeah, and they say "Economy East Asian Edition. Not for sale in the US or Canda," so everyone will know that you're a cheapskate.
Yeah, the most devistating thing in the world for me would be for someone to find out I spent only a few dollars on books that I could have had for over $50. That would be so embarrassing. Guess I'll just stick with amazon.com.
Good lord! Have you ever used a Scantron? I once worked for a professor who used to give out five bonus points on each exam to students who clearly filled in bubbles and erased mistakes completely, so the paper wouldn't be rejected or miscounted by the Scantron. The funny part was, even though this policy was clearly explained to the class beforehand, less than 30% used to get the bonus points.
Here's a question: What OS do you prefer to use today?
I use both Linux and Windows. I prefer the Linux environment, but I use Windows when I have to run applications that don't exist for Linux (mainly QuarkXPress and Photoshop.) The fact that I'm still running Windows 98 probably tells you that I'm really not interested in Windows. But I think the main reason I use Linux is that I had an account on a Unix system before I even started using DOS, so to me DOS seemed somewhat crippled by comparison. It was really exciting when I could run a Unix-like operating system at home. Everything just seems so much more convenient.
It was the last computer I ever programmed that you could understand top to bottom.
Yep. Me too. Largely because the Programmer's Reference Manual included detailed chapters on each of the major chips inside, as well as a full schematic of the entire computer, which I actually took the time to understand completely. I was not a very good programmer back then, so I mostly played games, but I felt I really understood the system. When I replaced it with an XT clone a few years later, I never really felt comfortable with the new machine. I always felt like I didn't completely understand what was going on.
Right. You'd need only 2 bits per side to keep track of whether or not castling was still allowed. (The bit would be cleared if you move either the king or rook. Two bits are needed because moving one rook doesn't eliminate the possibility of castling on the other side.)
I don't understand the comment about keeping track of whether or not pawns have moved. If a pawn is still in the player's second rank, it hasn't moved. If it isn't, then it has moved. (Pawns can only move forward.)
There may be certain states that must be kept track of to determine draws due to the same pattern occurring 3 or more times, and that sort of thing though, but I can't imagine the decision tree allowing such things in a perfect game anyway. Is there any other state information, besides piece positions and who plays next that I'm missing?
Tax based on where the custommer lives, and you have a complex system.
Tax based on where the customer is and you'll have remailing services set up in states with no sales tax. People will get their goods shipped there, pay no tax, and the remailing services will ship products to the consumer. This would only work on big ticket items where the potential sales tax would far outweigh the extra shipping and service fee, but it could effectively foil the system.
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Ah, but there's an important difference. A flight simulator is not functionally equivalent to flying a plane. Flying a plane can get you from A to B much quicker than driving. It is a form of transportation. A flight simulator will get you nowhere.
A software enigma however is functionally equivalent to the real thing. Both can encrypt and decrypt the same messages. One runs in a computer, the other on mechanical systems.
A better analogy that yours would thus be flying a conventional plane with mechanical linkages from the flight controls to flight surfaces, and flying a newer plane with "fly-by-wire" systems where an intervening computer reads the control positions and controls the flight surfaces for you.
No. These will only trip if a device plugged into them is malfunctioning or if someone is using a device with wet hands and touching a faucet or something with the other hand causing some current to leak. It will not respond to wiring problems in the house. It trips if the current in the hot and neutral aren't balanced, which is a function of what's plugged into the outlet, not what happens beyond the outlet.
Very simple reason. During that "gap" you might have had a job and make a complete pig's breakfast out of it. By accounting for all your time, your prospective employer has a chance to track down all your past employers and find out if you screwed up in a major way. If you have gaps all over the place, you may have just included those jobs where you didn't screw up, and left out the ones where you bankrupted the company by doing something monumentally stupid. Or you might have been in jail, rehab, or something equally unappealing to a prospective employer. So if you do choose to bum around Europe for a year, be damn sure to keep hotel and travel receipts!
You're right. It's called the Eurion Constellation.
Because devices (hardware and software) that I buy and pay for should be working for me, not the government. My computer's CPU cycles should not be utilized against my will to ensure that I am complying with the law. Let the Secret Service buy computers to do their work, and let me use my computers to do my work.
We don't all live in Australia.
I thought it was Jorel who sent his son to Earth. Wasn't Kalel the son's (i.e. Superman's) name?
This is so obviously a troll, I'm tempted not to respond, but in case anyone takes this seriously, I'll pose the following obvious question. If someone were making kiddie porn for the purpose of selling or distributing it, why would they include metadata tags which would render the images unviewable on anyone's PC? So, we have yet another good reason for DRM: Think of the children!
In the short term, that might happen to some extent, but in the longer term, those companies that don't pass the savings along to the consumers will not be able to compete with those that do, and thus will be weeded out of existence by the very free market capitalist system which many here seem to be criticizing despite the fact that every comment posted talks about how wonderful capitalism is!
Ah, but the Internet is not under the control of any one private corporation. There are many corporations, which do things such as running parts of the backbone, name registration, ISP services to businesses and individuals, search engines, etc. If any particular corporation was slack in its duty to provide a service, customers would move elsewhere. Sure there are instances where you might have a beef with your local cable company or name registrar, but basically, the Internet works, which is quite a miracle in and of itself. If control is placed in the Government's hands, then consumers would have no choice but to move to a different country if the service wasn't adequate, or free speech rights weren't sufficiently observed. This is why it is in general dangerous to allow government too much power. They are the ultimate monopoly!
Can you name any? The only one I'm aware of is the District of Columbia, which technically isn't a state.
So it would be better to have unelected people, accountable to no one to decide the fate of defendants?
You don't. The camera wouldn't need a private key. The camera would have Ritz's public key and only Ritz would have their private key. Camera encrypts images with Ritz's public key. No key stored in the camera could be used to decrypt it.
I think the laws cover importation as well, so here's a better idea: Sell TVs and digital VCRs etc., which obey the broadcast flag according to government specs. But design all your units with flash upgradable firmware. Then leak modified firmware which ignores the broadcast flag on the Net via anonymous channels to make it widely available. Next thing you know, your products will outsell everyone else's, and you'll not be breaking the law.
That's actually an excellent question. Since the signals aren't encrypted this wouldn't be a DMCA violation, just potentially an FCC regulation violation. And what is the scope of FCC's authority to regulate such devices, especially if they are not sold as communication devices? Without congressional legislation to back it up, I'm not sure the FCC's authority extends that far. Any experts care to comment?
Yeah, the most devistating thing in the world for me would be for someone to find out I spent only a few dollars on books that I could have had for over $50. That would be so embarrassing. Guess I'll just stick with amazon.com.
Good lord! Have you ever used a Scantron? I once worked for a professor who used to give out five bonus points on each exam to students who clearly filled in bubbles and erased mistakes completely, so the paper wouldn't be rejected or miscounted by the Scantron. The funny part was, even though this policy was clearly explained to the class beforehand, less than 30% used to get the bonus points.
The North American Marlon Brando Look-Alikes? What's wrong with supporting them?
I use both Linux and Windows. I prefer the Linux environment, but I use Windows when I have to run applications that don't exist for Linux (mainly QuarkXPress and Photoshop.) The fact that I'm still running Windows 98 probably tells you that I'm really not interested in Windows. But I think the main reason I use Linux is that I had an account on a Unix system before I even started using DOS, so to me DOS seemed somewhat crippled by comparison. It was really exciting when I could run a Unix-like operating system at home. Everything just seems so much more convenient.
Yep. Me too. Largely because the Programmer's Reference Manual included detailed chapters on each of the major chips inside, as well as a full schematic of the entire computer, which I actually took the time to understand completely. I was not a very good programmer back then, so I mostly played games, but I felt I really understood the system. When I replaced it with an XT clone a few years later, I never really felt comfortable with the new machine. I always felt like I didn't completely understand what was going on.
I don't understand the comment about keeping track of whether or not pawns have moved. If a pawn is still in the player's second rank, it hasn't moved. If it isn't, then it has moved. (Pawns can only move forward.)
There may be certain states that must be kept track of to determine draws due to the same pattern occurring 3 or more times, and that sort of thing though, but I can't imagine the decision tree allowing such things in a perfect game anyway. Is there any other state information, besides piece positions and who plays next that I'm missing?
Tax based on where the customer is and you'll have remailing services set up in states with no sales tax. People will get their goods shipped there, pay no tax, and the remailing services will ship products to the consumer. This would only work on big ticket items where the potential sales tax would far outweigh the extra shipping and service fee, but it could effectively foil the system.