I really wonder how they ever expect to have this idea profit
Seriously: when it's cheaper, faster, and more feasible to distribute movies using a grey-market P2P system, then you know the "industry" is in trouble. In fact, they's screwed! 'Cause what they want to do can't be commercialized!
What if you want to listen to classics like this? No, that's not meant to be funny, this 500K file demonstrates what you can do with MOD for sampling, loops, etc;)
Where does Winamp kick in? Are you kidding? To give you an idea of how useful this free software is, I have used it since the 1990s to play all audio (WAV, WMV, MP3, OGG, etc.) and these days I also use it to play all video. I prefer it to Windows Media, there is no reason to not use Winamp.
I think this is an excellent move. As an anti-spam activist, I frequently report blatantly invalid WHOIS contact info to both the registrar and to ICANN -- and never hear back from anyone. It's amazing when you see spammers' domains with fake cities (in the wrong country), blatantly invalid email addresses, etc.
I can understand that some people have reservations about posting their private information in public databases, but options such as PO Boxes are available (I use a PO Box myself). Also think of it in context: if someone knows your name and wants to find your address, they can easily do so anyway. You can also give a cell phone number instead of a home phone, of course.
I did use WordPerfect (I guess it was version 8) back when a Linux version was available. It worked great for me, and I still think WP is the best word processor.
People seem to complain when it looks like the GUI is hacked to work with Linux or whatever... sounds like something like this calls for wxWidgets (formerly wxWindows), since this toolset provides native GUI elements on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.
Oh, did I mention that it's 10 times easier to create a presentation in Keynote than in PowerPoint, and Keynote looks better to boot!
Not only does Keynote look better, but I'd say it's at a different level altogether. I recently watched a bunch of Engineering presentations and everyone had the same style PowerPoint slideshow. One guy pulled out some futuristic thing that looked like it was out of a goddam movie. Turns out it was a Mac, and the thing was beautiful. It left PowerPoint looking like Paintbrush.
I'm no artist but, yeah, Macs have style. I want to code for Macs.
I think the comment that UNIX folk are switching to Mac OS is partially correct... personally, I think that OS X finally gives a "beautiful face" to *NIX that it has needed for a very long time. I really want to code for MacOS now, and I definitely don't have the same thing to say about Windows.
By the way, if you're a developer like me who wants to write GUIs in a cross-platform manner (Windows, Linux, *NIX including Mac OS X) then check out wxWidgets. The license is the most lenient available, AFAIK, so it allows both commercial and free software development for a range of platforms. I haven't tried this yet myself but wx can make native-looking GUIs on all platforms. Pretty slick.
Could the US encourage democracy by placing a fixed limit on political donations from corporations? This would minimize corporate control of our government. Don't say it's impossible to do... I believe some legislation to do exactly this was introduced in Canada as the previous Prime Minister, Chretien was retiring (LOL... that's the only time a politician could pull off something like that).
DMCA... PIRATE... Who do you think owns your country? I don't mean to offend you geeks in the US and EU, but your governments perpetually place the interests of large corporations above citizens. Your government is not acting in your best interest. Tell your elected officials that you disagree with what they are supporting, and command them to stop.
Office provides innovative security on three levels to protect your business environment, data and intellectual property:
Application Threat: attachment blocking, anti-virus API, code signing
Data Loss: Auto recovery and application recovery tool
Data Access: Digital signatures and encryption, IRM, file access controls
Yeah, MS Office + Outlook has been doing a fantastic job at blocking dangerous attachments, NOT automatically executing malicious scripts and NOT infecting machines simply by previewing emails. The tight integration of mail and word processor also helps ensure highly secure operation.
File access controls? Yeah, I'm sure that works great at the application layer (use your OS's damn filesystem for access rights).
And encryption? MS Word passwords are trivial to break (search the Internet for password breaking tools). OpenOffice.org, on the other hand encrypts documents with Blowfish in CFB mode and SHA1 hashing for crypto-quality integrity checking. This is as good as using GPG in symmetric mode.
My personal advice to you: don't be afraid. You see, America is getting caught up in mass hysteria. Be brave and sensible... there are not terrorists lurking behind every corner.
Why do I bother posting this? Am I drunk? No. I want to encourage you to consider your civil responsibility/duty to keep America sane: encourage your fellow Americans to relax. Don't get so wound up; don't reach for your gun. Let's get the population calmed down... turn OFF the TV news channel, go outside and get some fresh air, and think sensibly about what kind of America you want to live in.
I'll wager that you want your country to be strong and free. So do I! If everyone can calm down a bit, we can avoid doing some stupid things that are going to hurt Freedom.
I've got a bit of a surprise for y'all... have you tried the incredible 'Internet TV' (real-time video streaming) available in the Media Library feature in winamp? The quality is really good; the streams are relatively low bitrate, and they stream beautifully. Well, Nullsoft's NSV format is really just MP3 + VP3. So that's what VP3 looks like, and I think it's pretty damn good -- this is by far the best streaming video I have ever experienced. If Theora is an improvement on this, looks like they're heading in the right direction for streaming video.
Even if you're on Windows, you can still use something like JBMail to view emails in plaintext (it strips HTML). If the mail client has no mechanism to execute scripts etc. then obviously you can't get infected in this fashion.
Fade to intro: granny is sipping tea while working on the computer. She's checking some new recipes online and sending an e-mail to grandson jimmy. She hits the 'Send' button in Outlook and WHA-ZAM! that email is sent so fast by her new Intel 64-bit Nacona that it's almost illegal.. Wowza.
I guess this is like the approach taken by bleep (Warp Records DRM-free music downloads)... seems like a good approach in general, because instead of limiting your users to those using Windows Media (or whatever 'compliant' player) suddenly every computer user becomes a potential customer.
The problem isn't broadband, but rather too many clueless users. It sounds awful to say it, but there are too many uneducated people with powerful computer connected to the Internet.
My guess is that a new Internet will appear (possibly using VPN or IP-over-IP tunneling) that will re-establish the Internet as we knew it. Possibly comprising of academics, hippies, and techno geeks. Sweet.
I want more spam. I'm not kidding you, I seriously need to find a way to get more spam. I already post my address on USENET, slashdot, on web sites. And I use unsubscribe links in spam I receive.
Yet despite doing all this I still only receive about 150 spams/day. Any idea how I can get more? I bet this guy knows the secret... if only he could share!
I will admit that as a general nerd and space geek (I own a telescope) I am concerned about the possibility of the human population getting wiped out by a large space-borne impact.
But isn't it sad that governments throw billions of dollars towards defense (from other humans) yet nobody is willing to invest in defense of the earth at large?
This is the kind of shit that makes us look awfully silly when the aliens come inspect the rubble after the impact.
On Friday I was tinkering with a student LAN I help maintain... swapping in new switches, trying to sort out a mess of identical ethernet cables.
I was about to leave, satisfied that the network was back to running as normal, but people started complaining that they couldn't reach hotmail. That seemed weird since hotmail is typically rock solid... I got kinda stressed by this, thought maybe I was dealing with a bizarre netmask thru DHCP or perhaps a DNS failure.
What a relief... hotmail was broken:)
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According to the DSPAM website, there is another project called the SBL (Streamlined Blackhole List) which is similar to what you're talking about
Sounds neat... anything of this nature can be very useful for the community because it introduces distributed spam detection. I strongly support any similar efforts!
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DSPAM is one of these statistical filters (like spamprobe and CRM114) that can perform virtually perfect filtering of spam/non-spam you receive.
Now that you are free of spam yourself, may I suggest that you take it one step further and share your data with the anti-spam community; the WPBL project lets many users report the IPs sending them spam and non-spam in realtime using a couple simple scripts installed in procmail.
Our central database then publishes a real-time list of spam sources (the IP blocklist). Unlike spamcop, WPBL is entirely based upon automatic decisions made by statistical filters, 24/7. The resulting blocklist is already used by many ISPs; and you can also use it to block spamming IPs at your own server.
What we need is a simple and fast encryption method for VoIP
I wish I could post more details but I'm holding back because of potential patent issues. Anyway, my colleagues and I have implemented an entirely peer to peer VoIP system that uses Blowfish with its maximum 448 bit keys. It works great, and modern PCs have enough processing power to handle it.
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... to build and maintain those robots!
(simpsons writers had it right)
What if you want to listen to classics like this? No, that's not meant to be funny, this 500K file demonstrates what you can do with MOD for sampling, loops, etc ;)
Where does Winamp kick in? Are you kidding? To give you an idea of how useful this free software is, I have used it since the 1990s to play all audio (WAV, WMV, MP3, OGG, etc.) and these days I also use it to play all video. I prefer it to Windows Media, there is no reason to not use Winamp.
I think this is an excellent move. As an anti-spam activist, I frequently report blatantly invalid WHOIS contact info to both the registrar and to ICANN -- and never hear back from anyone. It's amazing when you see spammers' domains with fake cities (in the wrong country), blatantly invalid email addresses, etc.
I can understand that some people have reservations about posting their private information in public databases, but options such as PO Boxes are available (I use a PO Box myself). Also think of it in context: if someone knows your name and wants to find your address, they can easily do so anyway. You can also give a cell phone number instead of a home phone, of course.
I did use WordPerfect (I guess it was version 8) back when a Linux version was available. It worked great for me, and I still think WP is the best word processor.
People seem to complain when it looks like the GUI is hacked to work with Linux or whatever... sounds like something like this calls for wxWidgets (formerly wxWindows), since this toolset provides native GUI elements on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.
I'm no artist but, yeah, Macs have style. I want to code for Macs.
I think the comment that UNIX folk are switching to Mac OS is partially correct... personally, I think that OS X finally gives a "beautiful face" to *NIX that it has needed for a very long time. I really want to code for MacOS now, and I definitely don't have the same thing to say about Windows.
By the way, if you're a developer like me who wants to write GUIs in a cross-platform manner (Windows, Linux, *NIX including Mac OS X) then check out wxWidgets. The license is the most lenient available, AFAIK, so it allows both commercial and free software development for a range of platforms. I haven't tried this yet myself but wx can make native-looking GUIs on all platforms. Pretty slick.This is one of those situations I wish I was actually studying something like history or politics, because I've often wondered the same thing as you.
Could the US encourage democracy by placing a fixed limit on political donations from corporations? This would minimize corporate control of our government. Don't say it's impossible to do... I believe some legislation to do exactly this was introduced in Canada as the previous Prime Minister, Chretien was retiring (LOL... that's the only time a politician could pull off something like that).
DMCA... PIRATE... Who do you think owns your country? I don't mean to offend you geeks in the US and EU, but your governments perpetually place the interests of large corporations above citizens. Your government is not acting in your best interest. Tell your elected officials that you disagree with what they are supporting, and command them to stop.
File access controls? Yeah, I'm sure that works great at the application layer (use your OS's damn filesystem for access rights). And encryption? MS Word passwords are trivial to break (search the Internet for password breaking tools). OpenOffice.org, on the other hand encrypts documents with Blowfish in CFB mode and SHA1 hashing for crypto-quality integrity checking. This is as good as using GPG in symmetric mode.
My personal advice to you: don't be afraid. You see, America is getting caught up in mass hysteria. Be brave and sensible... there are not terrorists lurking behind every corner.
Why do I bother posting this? Am I drunk? No. I want to encourage you to consider your civil responsibility/duty to keep America sane: encourage your fellow Americans to relax. Don't get so wound up; don't reach for your gun. Let's get the population calmed down... turn OFF the TV news channel, go outside and get some fresh air, and think sensibly about what kind of America you want to live in.
I'll wager that you want your country to be strong and free. So do I! If everyone can calm down a bit, we can avoid doing some stupid things that are going to hurt Freedom.
I've got a bit of a surprise for y'all... have you tried the incredible 'Internet TV' (real-time video streaming) available in the Media Library feature in winamp? The quality is really good; the streams are relatively low bitrate, and they stream beautifully. Well, Nullsoft's NSV format is really just MP3 + VP3. So that's what VP3 looks like, and I think it's pretty damn good -- this is by far the best streaming video I have ever experienced. If Theora is an improvement on this, looks like they're heading in the right direction for streaming video.
Even if you're on Windows, you can still use something like JBMail to view emails in plaintext (it strips HTML). If the mail client has no mechanism to execute scripts etc. then obviously you can't get infected in this fashion.
Fade to intro: granny is sipping tea while working on the computer. She's checking some new recipes online and sending an e-mail to grandson jimmy. She hits the 'Send' button in Outlook and WHA-ZAM! that email is sent so fast by her new Intel 64-bit Nacona that it's almost illegal.. Wowza.
I guess this is like the approach taken by bleep (Warp Records DRM-free music downloads)... seems like a good approach in general, because instead of limiting your users to those using Windows Media (or whatever 'compliant' player) suddenly every computer user becomes a potential customer.
The problem isn't broadband, but rather too many clueless users. It sounds awful to say it, but there are too many uneducated people with powerful computer connected to the Internet.
My guess is that a new Internet will appear (possibly using VPN or IP-over-IP tunneling) that will re-establish the Internet as we knew it. Possibly comprising of academics, hippies, and techno geeks. Sweet.
I want more spam. I'm not kidding you, I seriously need to find a way to get more spam. I already post my address on USENET, slashdot, on web sites. And I use unsubscribe links in spam I receive.
Yet despite doing all this I still only receive about 150 spams/day. Any idea how I can get more? I bet this guy knows the secret... if only he could share!
I will admit that as a general nerd and space geek (I own a telescope) I am concerned about the possibility of the human population getting wiped out by a large space-borne impact.
But isn't it sad that governments throw billions of dollars towards defense (from other humans) yet nobody is willing to invest in defense of the earth at large?
This is the kind of shit that makes us look awfully silly when the aliens come inspect the rubble after the impact.
On Friday I was tinkering with a student LAN I help maintain... swapping in new switches, trying to sort out a mess of identical ethernet cables.
:)
I was about to leave, satisfied that the network was back to running as normal, but people started complaining that they couldn't reach hotmail. That seemed weird since hotmail is typically rock solid... I got kinda stressed by this, thought maybe I was dealing with a bizarre netmask thru DHCP or perhaps a DNS failure.
What a relief... hotmail was broken
DSPAM is one of these statistical filters (like spamprobe and CRM114) that can perform virtually perfect filtering of spam/non-spam you receive.
Now that you are free of spam yourself, may I suggest that you take it one step further and share your data with the anti-spam community; the WPBL project lets many users report the IPs sending them spam and non-spam in realtime using a couple simple scripts installed in procmail.
Our central database then publishes a real-time list of spam sources (the IP blocklist). Unlike spamcop, WPBL is entirely based upon automatic decisions made by statistical filters, 24/7. The resulting blocklist is already used by many ISPs; and you can also use it to block spamming IPs at your own server.