Now is NOT the time to write your congresspeople! The article was saying that this COULD be considered illegal under a ridiculous interpretation of existing law. Not exactly something to get angry about.
Playing Chicken Little in these forums somehow means that you rack up incredible karma.
If everyone lived this cautiously, we'd never leave our houses for fear of getting sued.
...like the article is actually saying that you could be sued if a hacker used your honeypot machine to hack into another machine that's not on your network. The argument is that you set up a machine to be hacked, and it got hacked, and was then used to hack others...kind of like saying that you've become an accomplice in hacking. So the lesson is to secure your honeypot machine, so it can't be used for evil.
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I'm watching the "caught prebroadcasts" page on the web interface, and there's a channel called "TEST Kubrik movies" that's sending a new Kubrick movie out every, oh, 3 seconds. How is this possible? Did I misunderstand how the system works?
...and I'm bored. Now I've got a web page that tells me that I haven't received anything yet. Exciting!
I wish someone would make something like AudioGalaxy again. That was sweet. I could search for files that I wanted while I was at work and when I got home, they'd be there on my computer. It was simple, and it worked well. Is anyone working on a project like that?
Re:$336 gets you a complete system from Dell.
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This is true, but as an emulator box, it's hard to beat a game system that was build as a game system. I like playing original NES games more on my DreamCast than on my PC, just because it feels more like playing the original NES.
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Homer: Here's good news! According to this eye-catching article, SAT scores are declining at a slower rate! Lisa: Dad, I think this paper is a flimsy hodgepodge of pie graphs, factoids and Larry King. Homer: Hey, this is the only paper in America that's not afraid to tell the truth, that everything is just fine.
Re:The most interesting quote from the article?
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Did you actually read the article?
That quote is attributed to a kid who runs an XBox hacking site. What you're doing here is akin to saying "someone on Slashdot said that Microsoft is going to lock down PCs! How is Microsoft denying this?!?"
Not that I don't agree with the sentiment, but this quote doesn't come from anyone associated with Microsoft.
Why not? It's the very same weather you Segway your way to school in, and a bicycle can move faster than a Segway, shortening your time outside.
Apparently you've never ridden a bike 5 miles in 90 degree weather. You tend to get sweaty and smelly. This kid has some valid reasons for getting a Segway instead of a car. It's not a toy for him, it's a genuine car replacement, and it seems odd that you're berating him for it.
I'm wondering who will be willing to stand next to a payphone, attnetion focused on a laptop, in the middle of a major city. It seems like an open invitation for muggers.
I don't think that Verizon actually needs to do this. They don't really have an interest in keeping the payphones viable; they're phasing them out anyway. This is just an interesting new way to use existing infrastructure that would have otherwise been sent to the scrap heap.
Just think of the world's first conscious, intelligent computer claiming that we can't possibly be conscious because we're merely the products of neurons firing.
Not to be disagreeable here, but I think that you're looking at this from too high of a level.
What does "learning from mistakes" imply? Well, what is a mistake? It's when our plan of action failed to achieve its goal. A computer can easily simulate this, given a goal (that doesn't even have to be very well-defined).
Say I want to drive to work. I have a choice of roads to go down. At first, they all seem equal to me, but eventually I learn which ones are heavily trafficked and which ones run smoothly. I then bias my trips towards the roads with less traffic. I have learned from both my mistakes and my successes.
Comprably, a computer is in state A, and wants to get to state B. The computer tries all its available methods to get from state A to state B, and weights them according to the (utility per resources) that they provide. In the future, it uses this information to choose the best path.
It's the same process, effectively. AI Planning is all about this stuff, especially Reinforcement Learning and Iterative Repair.
In a situation where there aren't predefined rules, how does a human react?
We judge what the situation most resembles from our experience, and we react accordingly. We act like a case-based learning AI program. We use heuristics to weight our decisions...we just call our heuristics "common sense."
Computers act more like humans, and humans act more like computers, than many people are comfortable to admit. Computers just don't have the mechanisms to experience as wide a variety of stimuli as us.
Take a look at the work of Douglas Hofsteader (sp?). His book, "Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies," shows relatively simple programs demonstrating surprisingly human-like behaviors.
I'm no script kiddie. I'm barely a hacker. So I want to know: how exactly do they plan on freezing a computer?
I mean, I would understand it if most people weren't behind firewalls or routers, but it seems like today, most people have some form of protection (or are on NAT'ed addresses). And, AFAIK, you can't encode anything executable in an MP3.
Reading this story got me interested in what kinds of railroad simulators are available online. BVE is a cab-view simulator that has a decent collection of real-world trains and tracks for you to try out (sorry, it's windows only). If you've ever wanted to drive a train on the London Underground, here's your chance.
You agree not to use the Software to:
2.1 Transmit or communicate any data that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, invasive
of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise
objectionable.
Well, how's this then:
In the RIAA's case, most of their victims are actually doing something illegal.
In America, we are SCARED into not breaking the law, by the threat of going to jail. That's why we don't break the law.
The RIAA is trying to scare you into not sharing their members' songs. If you get scared of going to jail and stop sharing the songs, then their goal is accomplished.
Slashdot Mirror
...that MySQL will now simulcast in Spanish?
That is the coolest thing I've learned in a long time. Thank you.
As a physicist and a biologist, I can confirm that it will fuck them up.
When ants take over the earth, we'll all wish that we had listened to you.
Now is NOT the time to write your congresspeople! The article was saying that this COULD be considered illegal under a ridiculous interpretation of existing law. Not exactly something to get angry about.
Playing Chicken Little in these forums somehow means that you rack up incredible karma.
If everyone lived this cautiously, we'd never leave our houses for fear of getting sued.
...like the article is actually saying that you could be sued if a hacker used your honeypot machine to hack into another machine that's not on your network. The argument is that you set up a machine to be hacked, and it got hacked, and was then used to hack others...kind of like saying that you've become an accomplice in hacking. So the lesson is to secure your honeypot machine, so it can't be used for evil.
Joke. But thanks anyway.
What the hell is a "mainframe"?
I'm watching the "caught prebroadcasts" page on the web interface, and there's a channel called "TEST Kubrik movies" that's sending a new Kubrick movie out every, oh, 3 seconds. How is this possible? Did I misunderstand how the system works?
...and I'm bored. Now I've got a web page that tells me that I haven't received anything yet. Exciting!
I wish someone would make something like AudioGalaxy again. That was sweet. I could search for files that I wanted while I was at work and when I got home, they'd be there on my computer. It was simple, and it worked well. Is anyone working on a project like that?
This is true, but as an emulator box, it's hard to beat a game system that was build as a game system. I like playing original NES games more on my DreamCast than on my PC, just because it feels more like playing the original NES.
Homer: Here's good news! According to this eye-catching article, SAT scores are declining at a slower rate!
Lisa: Dad, I think this paper is a flimsy hodgepodge of pie graphs, factoids and Larry King.
Homer: Hey, this is the only paper in America that's not afraid to tell the truth, that everything is just fine.
Did you actually read the article?
That quote is attributed to a kid who runs an XBox hacking site. What you're doing here is akin to saying "someone on Slashdot said that Microsoft is going to lock down PCs! How is Microsoft denying this?!?"
Not that I don't agree with the sentiment, but this quote doesn't come from anyone associated with Microsoft.
Why not? It's the very same weather you Segway your way to school in, and a bicycle can move faster than a Segway, shortening your time outside.
Apparently you've never ridden a bike 5 miles in 90 degree weather. You tend to get sweaty and smelly. This kid has some valid reasons for getting a Segway instead of a car. It's not a toy for him, it's a genuine car replacement, and it seems odd that you're berating him for it.
I'm wondering who will be willing to stand next to a payphone, attnetion focused on a laptop, in the middle of a major city. It seems like an open invitation for muggers.
I don't think that Verizon actually needs to do this. They don't really have an interest in keeping the payphones viable; they're phasing them out anyway. This is just an interesting new way to use existing infrastructure that would have otherwise been sent to the scrap heap.
Just think of the world's first conscious, intelligent computer claiming that we can't possibly be conscious because we're merely the products of neurons firing.
What does "learning from mistakes" imply? Well, what is a mistake? It's when our plan of action failed to achieve its goal. A computer can easily simulate this, given a goal (that doesn't even have to be very well-defined).
Say I want to drive to work. I have a choice of roads to go down. At first, they all seem equal to me, but eventually I learn which ones are heavily trafficked and which ones run smoothly. I then bias my trips towards the roads with less traffic. I have learned from both my mistakes and my successes.
Comprably, a computer is in state A, and wants to get to state B. The computer tries all its available methods to get from state A to state B, and weights them according to the (utility per resources) that they provide. In the future, it uses this information to choose the best path.
It's the same process, effectively. AI Planning is all about this stuff, especially Reinforcement Learning and Iterative Repair.
We judge what the situation most resembles from our experience, and we react accordingly. We act like a case-based learning AI program. We use heuristics to weight our decisions...we just call our heuristics "common sense."
Computers act more like humans, and humans act more like computers, than many people are comfortable to admit. Computers just don't have the mechanisms to experience as wide a variety of stimuli as us.
Take a look at the work of Douglas Hofsteader (sp?). His book, "Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies," shows relatively simple programs demonstrating surprisingly human-like behaviors.
They send you a CueCat(tm), see, and for every MP3 on your computer, you have to scan the ISBN of the album that it came from.
They'll probably just assume that you stole the CDs. It makes life so much easier when you believe the worst of people...
I mean, I would understand it if most people weren't behind firewalls or routers, but it seems like today, most people have some form of protection (or are on NAT'ed addresses). And, AFAIK, you can't encode anything executable in an MP3.
This still seems like scare tactics to me.
Reading this story got me interested in what kinds of railroad simulators are available online. BVE is a cab-view simulator that has a decent collection of real-world trains and tracks for you to try out (sorry, it's windows only). If you've ever wanted to drive a train on the London Underground, here's your chance.
You agree not to use the Software to:
2.1 Transmit or communicate any data that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable.
So they cancel each other out!
In the RIAA's case, most of their victims are actually doing something illegal.
In America, we are SCARED into not breaking the law, by the threat of going to jail. That's why we don't break the law.
The RIAA is trying to scare you into not sharing their members' songs. If you get scared of going to jail and stop sharing the songs, then their goal is accomplished.