TiVo says the system is secure. I say its source code will end up on the box.
What? Huh? Guh? Buh? The source code to TiVo's software will wind up on TiVos? Why? They contribute back changes they make to the Linux kernel because it's GPL but the actual TiVo application is closed source. Why would they distribute source to their fixed platform when they can distribute binaries?
"Speedfeed" is such a useful thing, it's unfortunate that it's ultimately just very stupid.
Yeah, it is stupid, which is why most of us just call it RSS.
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It would spur IPv6 adoption, which in turn would make NAT useless once ISPs started providing enough IPs for everyone, instead of their current 1 IP per customer (and sometimes less thanks to DHCP) allotment.
Of course, since public companies are focused on short term sales they might see the IPv6 tunnel sales increase as worth cannibalizing IPv4 NAT router sales.
I don't think it's a conspiracy, but I also don't think Linksys is actively researching ways to cannibalize their home business market, much in the way Microsoft isn't contributing a lot of code to Wine. However, as I've said elsewhere I'd love for Linksys to prove me wrong:)
And I'm pretty sure IOS supports IPv6, but then again Cisco isn't known for their strong consumer market.
I think you over-estimate the general public's interest in security. I know a bunch of people who never go to Windows Update and never update the anti-virus software that come with their computer.
The reason they buy NAT routers isn't for the security they bring, that's a happy side effect. The reason they buy NAT routers is because they have 2 computers they want to get on one cable modem and the guy at Best Buy said they needed one. They won't even be asking the question once IPv6 rolls out, except for wireless base stations.
I think getting these people to turn on the software firewall in Windows or OS X would be a challenge, convincing them to spend $50 - $100 on a piece of hardware that does more or less the same thing would be a losing proposition.
Of course, I would love to be proven wrong by Linksys:)
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Basic idea - include IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling software in Linksys routers. This would allow people to run IPv6 networks in their houses and talk to IPv6 networks elsewhere. This would fix a lot of problems that NAT introduces, and would sidestep the wait for IPv6 ISPs. It would also provide enough of a user base to encourage application developers to include IPv6 support.
Of course, this would kill Linksys' NAT router sales, so they have no incentive to do so, but I like to think it's a good idea.
Yeah, but network effects cause the whole Yahoo! network to be more valuable if more people are using it. Because Yahoo! users are able to talk to Trillian users, they stay on Yahoo!. If the Trillian users suddenly are unavailable, the Yahoo! users will start exploring other networks.
Didn't they publish their search algorithms in Patent 6,285,999 "Method for node ranking in a linked database"? That's the PageRank algorithm; since it's patented it's publicly documented and available for public use 21 years later.
From the question: "I'm not seeking web-based systems, I'm seeking an integrated OO Plug-in or similar technology."
The poster is not looking for a web content management system, they're looking for a document management system. Plone is a (great) web content management system, but it's not the right tool for this job.
My point is that the article claims that XBox Live games are hosted on customer systems. When Live was announced and there was pricing involved, Microsoft had to justify that. One of the ways they did so was to say that you were paying for high performance servers to run, which guaranteed a certain level of service.
Yes, the broadband-only requirement keeps modem users from serving games, which is a Good Thing. Yes, the fact that you will be kickbanned from XBox Live if you connect with a mod chip is a Good Thing. Neither of these things require a centralized service and both can be run by publishers.
The out-of-game invites was what I meant when I wrote "Basically it's paying for developers who are too lazy to impliment Jabber as a standard presence protocol for online gaming." If they implemented an open standandard (or even a closed standard like Oscar) to provide between-game communication they could provide decentralized presence and allow out-of-game invites.
You said that the 4 factors of your purchasing decision were quality, security, invites and voice. I attacked the quality factor, but none of those need to be exclusive to XBox. Microsoft just has its online shit together more than other console platforms.
As for the $50 I guess I got ripped off when I paid $70, I probably should have checked Cheap Ass Gamer before buying. I know I felt ripped off when they announced that Crimson Skies would be bundled with the starter kit a week or two after I bought mine with Mech Assault.
Part of the deal with XBox live was that you were paying for a superior online experience. Why would I spend $70/yr to play a game on someone's laggy cable modem? I can get that for free with the PS2 online or a PC.
Basically it's paying for developers who are too lazy to impliment Jabber as a standard presence protocol for online gaming.
Try Salling Clicker if you have a Bluetooth phone. It acts as a remote for iTunes, including album cover display. You can also control other OS X apps with your phone, even your mouse.
This is a baffling approach to furthing their trusted computing platform. Why would you trust a product that isn't secure across the board? An even greater mystery is the fact that Microsoft appears to be ignoring the importance of the network effect.
One of the reasons Microsft software is so popular is because Microsoft software is so popular. In order to business, you need something that can read/write MS Office files because that's what people are going to send you. That's why Microsoft is so hung up on their proprietary file formats, because they keep people buying MS Office. Once MS Office files reached the tipping point, MS saw sales skyrocket.
The same ideas apply to network security, if there area few hosts unpatched due to ignorance they may avoid losing public trust. To do something that actively prevents people from patching their hosts, they increase the number of worms on the network. This increases the chances that Microsoft will be perceived as insecure and can only affect them negatively.
Do they really think pirates will say "Oh no, I've downloaded a possibly virus infected OS from an unknown source, and now you're saying I won't get security updates? Please take my money!"
My favorite quote? 'Experts say that while Wi-Fi hardware makers have made initial setup easy, the enabling of security is anything but. Meanwhile, average users are no longer tech savvy.' Which is to say that they at one point were?
When WiFi was just getting started only tech savvy users used it, meaning that the average WiFi user was tech savvy. Now, everyone and their mother (or at least my mother) is using WiFi, and the tech ability of the average user has gone down.
To answer the question that seems to be hanging aroudn, Slashdot is a weblog. It is a log of interesting links on the web, and it's in reverse chronological order. It has permalinks to discreet posts, and the posts are ephemeral.
So why doesn't it seem like a weblog? Slashdot doesn't have as much of the personal voice as other weblogs, but that doesn't mean it doesn't count.
Not all weblogs are online journals, and just because you don't understand that is no reason to bash weblogs.
As to bashing online journals because you think that they're boring, that's a different rant. Short story is that just because they're boring and inane to you doesn't mean that they are to people who know and care about the subject.
Slashdot Mirror
You can email your senators or fax your senators and tell them to wise up.
Or you can sit around and post comments on Slashdot that no one with the power to change things will ever read.
Right, that's what I thought. So why did the original poster say that the source code would end up on the box?
TiVo says the system is secure. I say its source code will end up on the box.
What? Huh? Guh? Buh? The source code to TiVo's software will wind up on TiVos? Why? They contribute back changes they make to the Linux kernel because it's GPL but the actual TiVo application is closed source. Why would they distribute source to their fixed platform when they can distribute binaries?
Am I completely misreading this statement?
"Speedfeed" is such a useful thing, it's unfortunate that it's ultimately just very stupid.
Yeah, it is stupid, which is why most of us just call it RSS.
It would spur IPv6 adoption, which in turn would make NAT useless once ISPs started providing enough IPs for everyone, instead of their current 1 IP per customer (and sometimes less thanks to DHCP) allotment.
Of course, since public companies are focused on short term sales they might see the IPv6 tunnel sales increase as worth cannibalizing IPv4 NAT router sales.
I don't think it's a conspiracy, but I also don't think Linksys is actively researching ways to cannibalize their home business market, much in the way Microsoft isn't contributing a lot of code to Wine. However, as I've said elsewhere I'd love for Linksys to prove me wrong :)
And I'm pretty sure IOS supports IPv6, but then again Cisco isn't known for their strong consumer market.
I think you over-estimate the general public's interest in security. I know a bunch of people who never go to Windows Update and never update the anti-virus software that come with their computer.
:)
The reason they buy NAT routers isn't for the security they bring, that's a happy side effect. The reason they buy NAT routers is because they have 2 computers they want to get on one cable modem and the guy at Best Buy said they needed one. They won't even be asking the question once IPv6 rolls out, except for wireless base stations.
I think getting these people to turn on the software firewall in Windows or OS X would be a challenge, convincing them to spend $50 - $100 on a piece of hardware that does more or less the same thing would be a losing proposition.
Of course, I would love to be proven wrong by Linksys
I posted How the Internet is broken, how to fix it, and why that's not going to happen, a rant about IPv6 adoption, to my personal site.
Basic idea - include IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling software in Linksys routers. This would allow people to run IPv6 networks in their houses and talk to IPv6 networks elsewhere. This would fix a lot of problems that NAT introduces, and would sidestep the wait for IPv6 ISPs. It would also provide enough of a user base to encourage application developers to include IPv6 support.
Of course, this would kill Linksys' NAT router sales, so they have no incentive to do so, but I like to think it's a good idea.
So when you "buy" a CD (AKA a digital "thing") you don't own it? And you can't resell it to a used CD store?
Also DRM could be considered to convey thingness to a file by preventing it from being copied.
You can figure out who is and isn't owned by an RIAA member using the RIAA Radar
Yeah, but network effects cause the whole Yahoo! network to be more valuable if more people are using it. Because Yahoo! users are able to talk to Trillian users, they stay on Yahoo!. If the Trillian users suddenly are unavailable, the Yahoo! users will start exploring other networks.
How about this - my Linux server that I ssh into is 2 timezones away.
Didn't they publish their search algorithms in Patent 6,285,999 "Method for node ranking in a linked database"? That's the PageRank algorithm; since it's patented it's publicly documented and available for public use 21 years later.
It would be nice to compare sales data with price drops, to figure out how popular a game has to be to command the $50 price tag.
Isn't "taking it with you every time you get out of the car" the whole reason for going with an iPod instead of something like a carbot?
From the question: "I'm not seeking web-based systems, I'm seeking an integrated OO Plug-in or similar technology."
The poster is not looking for a web content management system, they're looking for a document management system. Plone is a (great) web content management system, but it's not the right tool for this job.
"Whats the story, or are we all just schizophrenic?"
Yeah, we all have multiple personality disorder. Luckily we also have multiple bodies, so we dole these personalities at around 1 per body.
You're complaining about the lack of consistant thought from a crowd of random web surfers...
My point is that the article claims that XBox Live games are hosted on customer systems. When Live was announced and there was pricing involved, Microsoft had to justify that. One of the ways they did so was to say that you were paying for high performance servers to run, which guaranteed a certain level of service.
Yes, the broadband-only requirement keeps modem users from serving games, which is a Good Thing. Yes, the fact that you will be kickbanned from XBox Live if you connect with a mod chip is a Good Thing. Neither of these things require a centralized service and both can be run by publishers.
The out-of-game invites was what I meant when I wrote "Basically it's paying for developers who are too lazy to impliment Jabber as a standard presence protocol for online gaming." If they implemented an open standandard (or even a closed standard like Oscar) to provide between-game communication they could provide decentralized presence and allow out-of-game invites.
You said that the 4 factors of your purchasing decision were quality, security, invites and voice. I attacked the quality factor, but none of those need to be exclusive to XBox. Microsoft just has its online shit together more than other console platforms.
As for the $50 I guess I got ripped off when I paid $70, I probably should have checked Cheap Ass Gamer before buying. I know I felt ripped off when they announced that Crimson Skies would be bundled with the starter kit a week or two after I bought mine with Mech Assault.
Part of the deal with XBox live was that you were paying for a superior online experience. Why would I spend $70/yr to play a game on someone's laggy cable modem? I can get that for free with the PS2 online or a PC.
Basically it's paying for developers who are too lazy to impliment Jabber as a standard presence protocol for online gaming.
Try Salling Clicker if you have a Bluetooth phone. It acts as a remote for iTunes, including album cover display. You can also control other OS X apps with your phone, even your mouse.
This is a baffling approach to furthing their trusted computing platform. Why would you trust a product that isn't secure across the board? An even greater mystery is the fact that Microsoft appears to be ignoring the importance of the network effect.
One of the reasons Microsft software is so popular is because Microsoft software is so popular. In order to business, you need something that can read/write MS Office files because that's what people are going to send you. That's why Microsoft is so hung up on their proprietary file formats, because they keep people buying MS Office. Once MS Office files reached the tipping point, MS saw sales skyrocket.
The same ideas apply to network security, if there area few hosts unpatched due to ignorance they may avoid losing public trust. To do something that actively prevents people from patching their hosts, they increase the number of worms on the network. This increases the chances that Microsoft will be perceived as insecure and can only affect them negatively.
Do they really think pirates will say "Oh no, I've downloaded a possibly virus infected OS from an unknown source, and now you're saying I won't get security updates? Please take my money!"
Try FlashBlock, which will stop Flash animations from playing unless you click the Play button.
Well then why isn't it VSF-OFCDM?
When WiFi was just getting started only tech savvy users used it, meaning that the average WiFi user was tech savvy. Now, everyone and their mother (or at least my mother) is using WiFi, and the tech ability of the average user has gone down.
To answer the question that seems to be hanging aroudn, Slashdot is a weblog. It is a log of interesting links on the web, and it's in reverse chronological order. It has permalinks to discreet posts, and the posts are ephemeral.
So why doesn't it seem like a weblog? Slashdot doesn't have as much of the personal voice as other weblogs, but that doesn't mean it doesn't count.
Not all weblogs are online journals, and just because you don't understand that is no reason to bash weblogs.
As to bashing online journals because you think that they're boring, that's a different rant. Short story is that just because they're boring and inane to you doesn't mean that they are to people who know and care about the subject.