I actually think that I have help the music industry. I download a lot of MP3s, and if I like a few song from the new record, I go out and buy the record. If I don't like the song, or songs, I won't go out and buy that record, and I can spend that money on another record. Granted, now I don't buy as many records as I used to, because I don't buy the new one, because I liked the old one, and i am hoping the new one is as good. I think that there is no way to stop the piracy, and any thing that they do will just be circumvented, be it, encryption, or whatever.
In the US, one must be 18 years old or over to enter a binding agreement. But, i think it has been said some where, sorry i dont have a link, that license agreements are not binding. They might just want to make sure that people will follow the license. Or they might just have a lot of of porn in the distrobution =). Im 16, but this would not stop me from getting the distrobution and using it, and I think that alot of other people would agree with me.
It seems that the person that instructed the computer to work on a given problem would hold the patent. The person that put the computer on a task does not have to be the inventor of the software/hardware, nor whould the inventor, if it is not the person using the device, get the patent. It just seems to me that this is the most logical "solution".
Im not an expert at all, but ill relay what i know, or think that i know. The idea behind quantum encryption, which i think that is what you are talking about, is that the key is sent bit by bit, and you can not see what that bit is unless you disturb it. So, if Bob and Joe were to need to exchange data, Bob, the sender, would randomly creat a key. he would then, while randomly switching between the different polarizing filters, pass the, in this case a photon, but i think it can be almost any particle, through the polarizing filter. If some thing passes though the filter, then Bob "writes down" what filter he was using, and thus knows what that the spin on the photon was. As the single photon passes down the fiber to Joe, if some one were to try and eavesdrop on the transmission, say Mike, he would have to put a filter in the path of the photon. The filter would no have to be random, but using the same filter would only test for the same spin on the photon. Im not sure how many different spins a photon can have, i remember reading it has 2. If by chance Mike, the eavesdropper, uses the right filter he can "write down" what the spin of that photon was. By using thw right filter, neither Bob nore Joe would know that some one is listening. The photon then keeps going untill Joe gets it, and then he puts a filter in front of the photon, if it passes through he writes down the filter being used and he knows what the spin is. If the photon is blocked by Bob, then he just sends another, and uses a different filter. If Mike blocks it, then Bob and Joe will know that there is some one listening in. If the photon gets to Joe, he uses a filter, if it is blocked, he tells Bob to resend the photon. There is no way to intercept the transmission of the key being used to encrypt the message, and then resend it without anyone knowing that the photon has been changed. Using this method, it would be safe to exchange the key, because any interception would alter it. The message, encrypted with, im guessing, any encryption algorithm, could be sent non-quantomly, ie. on paper of in an email. The second way to send the message would be to encrypt it, as stated, and then send the encrypted message as the kay was, with the same use of filters....But this is where i get confused, if all I have stated is true, why cant Mike, just sit using his filter, and get they key used? If Mike spends long enough he will, by probability get the correct filter for each photon(way #1 would be him sitting there as each blocked one is resent, or #2 by pure luck he uses the cortrect filter, and he never blocks a photon, which is very unlikely, but possible). If i understand this crrectly, then the photon has 2 spins, and thus Mike would have a 1 in 4 chance of using the right filter, if he selects filters randomly. I think i read about this in Scientific American, in the past 3-4months i think, but im not sure. Im not not an expert on this at all, so if any one knows if i am correct please tell me.
I would love a case that is painted with the Matrix Code. I would probly pay some one to paint that for me, then again im a total Matrix freak. I have the Matrix Code backround on my desktop, and all colors match the backround. Off topic but, does any one know anything about the next two Matrix moves that are comming out? And if they will be sequle and prequle or what?
IMO, being a geek entails the use of a computer while totaly piss ass drunk. but there are also other qualities, such as going 3 days without sleep, forgetting to sleep, forgetting to eat... but also being under the influence of other subtances, controled and illegal, while using a computer. but i may also be wrong about that. who knows, but if ur willing to drag your self home at 3am, and then get on the computer for 2-3more hours while totally fucked up, it think u will qualify as a geek. i think i am a geek, but maybe im not...ill have a nervous breakdown now...
As the artical said, SGI had so much resources going into R&D that they dont have enough money to put into other areas. The R&D is needed to stay on top of the marked with new improvements in technology, and if they cant keep up there they will lose some of that market. But that is only my oppinion.
That is a nice ass chair....seeing that it costs $3,500 it beter be nice. but there might be a down side to that chair....up to 4-5am, out of soda, too lazy to drive and get more, i might fall asleep!! sleep is some thing Iu cant have!! but for playing some Q2, Q3 or HL networked it wouls kick ass....now all i need is to get $3,500...can any one help me out?? come on i know some of you out there have some extra money. =)
sorry about my post, got VERY excited when i saw no one had posted anything concerning this artical. im glad many companys are offering applications and support for linux. i run win98(ewww) and Red Hat 6.0, im new to linux but i love it. the only thing that i feel is holding linux back is applications and hardware support. with more and more companies taking notice of linux and developing products and suporting it i feel that it will become a major competitor in the mainstream OS markes for not only servers and workstations, but also family desktops. hmmmm, mow if i could only get my hands on a copy of IRIS Performer, i might get into cool new stuff...who knows....and sorry bout the post again.
i love that magazine SO much!!!! i will truely miss not reading it every month. getting wired in the mail always made my day, and i would read that magazine till another one came the next month... those were the good ol days....i wish that they would still produce the magazine as it esists now, but i know that isnt going to happen. i will miss u wired =)
im sorry but all of this is total bull shit!! In my oppinion , which some of you may find wrong, the internet should be totaly free. Totally free speach, press... there sghould be ABSOTUELY no control over the internet by any form of government. the only thinks that shoulf be controled are attacks on servers. there should be totaly free access without any type of blocking or filtering devices of any sort to all information that any one wants, including code, compiled code, porn, pireted software and music , educational information, and so on... the internet should be viewed as the information storage center of the world, "any thing" any one knows should be available to any one. you should be allowed to do any thing u want aslong as it doesnt hurt any one else. and people have to losten up about protecting the children from the "harm" that exists on the internet, i have never encountered anything harmful in my 5 years on the net. we shelter our children from this "danger" that does not realy exist. i do know that there are pedophiles and sick people like that but i dont see that it is very wide spread. i may be totaly wrong but that is what i see... that is just my oppinion...
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I actually think that I have help the music industry. I download a lot of MP3s, and if I like a few song from the new record, I go out and buy the record. If I don't like the song, or songs, I won't go out and buy that record, and I can spend that money on another record. Granted, now I don't buy as many records as I used to, because I don't buy the new one, because I liked the old one, and i am hoping the new one is as good. I think that there is no way to stop the piracy, and any thing that they do will just be circumvented, be it, encryption, or whatever.
In the US, one must be 18 years old or over to enter a binding agreement. But, i think it has been said some where, sorry i dont have a link, that license agreements are not binding. They might just want to make sure that people will follow the license. Or they might just have a lot of of porn in the distrobution =). Im 16, but this would not stop me from getting the distrobution and using it, and I think that alot of other people would agree with me.
It seems that the person that instructed the computer to work on a given problem would hold the patent. The person that put the computer on a task does not have to be the inventor of the software/hardware, nor whould the inventor, if it is not the person using the device, get the patent. It just seems to me that this is the most logical "solution".
I hate this sig, but im too lazy to change it.
Im not an expert at all, but ill relay what i know, or think that i know. The idea behind quantum encryption, which i think that is what you are talking about, is that the key is sent bit by bit, and you can not see what that bit is unless you disturb it. So, if Bob and Joe were to need to exchange data, Bob, the sender, would randomly creat a key. he would then, while randomly switching between the different polarizing filters, pass the, in this case a photon, but i think it can be almost any particle, through the polarizing filter. If some thing passes though the filter, then Bob "writes down" what filter he was using, and thus knows what that the spin on the photon was. As the single photon passes down the fiber to Joe, if some one were to try and eavesdrop on the transmission, say Mike, he would have to put a filter in the path of the photon. The filter would no have to be random, but using the same filter would only test for the same spin on the photon. Im not sure how many different spins a photon can have, i remember reading it has 2. If by chance Mike, the eavesdropper, uses the right filter he can "write down" what the spin of that photon was. By using thw right filter, neither Bob nore Joe would know that some one is listening. The photon then keeps going untill Joe gets it, and then he puts a filter in front of the photon, if it passes through he writes down the filter being used and he knows what the spin is. If the photon is blocked by Bob, then he just sends another, and uses a different filter. If Mike blocks it, then Bob and Joe will know that there is some one listening in. If the photon gets to Joe, he uses a filter, if it is blocked, he tells Bob to resend the photon. There is no way to intercept the transmission of the key being used to encrypt the message, and then resend it without anyone knowing that the photon has been changed. Using this method, it would be safe to exchange the key, because any interception would alter it. The message, encrypted with, im guessing, any encryption algorithm, could be sent non-quantomly, ie. on paper of in an email. The second way to send the message would be to encrypt it, as stated, and then send the encrypted message as the kay was, with the same use of filters....But this is where i get confused, if all I have stated is true, why cant Mike, just sit using his filter, and get they key used? If Mike spends long enough he will, by probability get the correct filter for each photon(way #1 would be him sitting there as each blocked one is resent, or #2 by pure luck he uses the cortrect filter, and he never blocks a photon, which is very unlikely, but possible). If i understand this crrectly, then the photon has 2 spins, and thus Mike would have a 1 in 4 chance of using the right filter, if he selects filters randomly. I think i read about this in Scientific American, in the past 3-4months i think, but im not sure. Im not not an expert on this at all, so if any one knows if i am correct please tell me.
Im missing 2 episodes of Geeks In Space, #7 and #8. Does any one know where i can find them at, or does any one have a mirror of them up??
I would love a case that is painted with the Matrix Code. I would probly pay some one to paint that for me, then again im a total Matrix freak. I have the Matrix Code backround on my desktop, and all colors match the backround. Off topic but, does any one know anything about the next two Matrix moves that are comming out? And if they will be sequle and prequle or what?
IMO, being a geek entails the use of a computer while totaly piss ass drunk. but there are also other qualities, such as going 3 days without sleep, forgetting to sleep, forgetting to eat... but also being under the influence of other subtances, controled and illegal, while using a computer. but i may also be wrong about that. who knows, but if ur willing to drag your self home at 3am, and then get on the computer for 2-3more hours while totally fucked up, it think u will qualify as a geek. i think i am a geek, but maybe im not...ill have a nervous breakdown now...
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As the artical said, SGI had so much resources going into R&D that they dont have enough money to put into other areas. The R&D is needed to stay on top of the marked with new improvements in technology, and if they cant keep up there they will lose some of that market.
But that is only my oppinion.
That is a nice ass chair....seeing that it costs $3,500 it beter be nice. but there might be a down side to that chair....up to 4-5am, out of soda, too lazy to drive and get more, i might fall asleep!! sleep is some thing Iu cant have!! but for playing some Q2, Q3 or HL networked it wouls kick ass....now all i need is to get $3,500...can any one help me out?? come on i know some of you out there have some extra money. =)
sorry about my post, got VERY excited when i saw no one had posted anything concerning this artical. im glad many companys are offering applications and support for linux. i run win98(ewww) and Red Hat 6.0, im new to linux but i love it. the only thing that i feel is holding linux back is applications and hardware support. with more and more companies taking notice of linux and developing products and suporting it i feel that it will become a major competitor in the mainstream OS markes for not only servers and workstations, but also family desktops. hmmmm, mow if i could only get my hands on a copy of IRIS Performer, i might get into cool new stuff...who knows....and sorry bout the post again.
i love that magazine SO much!!!! i will truely miss not reading it every month. getting wired in the mail always made my day, and i would read that magazine till another one came the next month... those were the good ol days....i wish that they would still produce the magazine as it esists now, but i know that isnt going to happen. i will miss u wired =)
im sorry but all of this is total bull shit!! In my oppinion , which some of you may find wrong, the internet should be totaly free. Totally free speach, press... there sghould be ABSOTUELY no control over the internet by any form of government. the only thinks that shoulf be controled are attacks on servers. there should be totaly free access without any type of blocking or filtering devices of any sort to all information that any one wants, including code, compiled code, porn, pireted software and music , educational information, and so on... the internet should be viewed as the information storage center of the world, "any thing" any one knows should be available to any one. you should be allowed to do any thing u want aslong as it doesnt hurt any one else. and people have to losten up about protecting the children from the "harm" that exists on the internet, i have never encountered anything harmful in my 5 years on the net. we shelter our children from this "danger" that does not realy exist. i do know that there are pedophiles and sick people like that but i dont see that it is very wide spread. i may be totaly wrong but that is what i see... that is just my oppinion...