I bet Nintendo has new management which are trying to look like they add valuable by making 'moves.' This is a decidedly US style manover which to me is surprising from a Japanese company.
Kids play nintendo. Adults use palm.
They do not mix. To be sure, I am an adult and I do both. But never at the same time...
In an industry with so much parallelism and distributed computing, they need to find some way to prevent 1 license from being run across 10 CPUs in a matrix. Since they make their money on selling the license, they paint themselves into this corner.
If they sold 'support' they wouldnt have this problem. Not saying support contract with free software is better. Just that they wouldn't have this problem.
I have seen something related. I work with lots of engineers. Most want to be told what to do. They seem to want to put a high level of thinking on a very focused task. When the thinking becomes broad, they tend shy away.
People seem to need rules to break.
In my experience with engineering, the more you can work _without_ information the more valuable you are. But engineers always want to get all the information before they begin...
True. These dual core CPUS are an indication that they are having difficulty increasing their CPU throughput.
As with dual CPU motherboards, you go to dual, when you cant get anything else out of the single...
10GHz CPU, lol. Why not release one that requires a 100GHz clock? If its only processing every 30th cycle, whats the big deal? Oversimplification I know, but that is the essence of Intels laughable strategy. Consumer ignorance vs. product innovation. Well take the ignorance. How long can it last with AMD spankin them year after year, technologically.
The software 'warranty' should expire, not you right to use it. My mother has always used products past their expiration such as Milk, Cider, and bread. Im surprised anyone would have bought the idea of the software itself expiring!?
The first thing that came to my mind as well was conflict of interest. It just makes no sense. A virus detector is essentially a flaw detector. How can MS be in that business?
I absolutely lothe teeny weeny phones. That is why I like my PDA/phone Handspring Treo. But it looks like they did away with this because the rest of the world likes holding their fragile phone with a pair of tweesers.
I used to carry a Palm V, and I had a phone and pager. The Treo does all 3 of those jobs without sacrificing any of them. Bugs notwithstanding...
Now I carry a Treo and an iPod. That is the next natural evolution. Just add music to it. I dont need any video games, chess is enough and I only play that on the pot.
Yep, that is how I have worked on every open project so far. I see enough bugs with a particular function and complain on bugzilla. End up in small debate about the issue in bugzilla. Offer my time if he/she will explain how to setup a build environment. I do, fix the bug, and send in the patch file to the developer on bugzilla.
Then the next bug I simply file the report, ask if its valid, and if so submit the patch to bugzilla again. Once this happens a few times it becomes more time consuming to manage my contributions than to let me contribute directly, and I usually get requested to commit directly to cvs. I actually prefer not to have that burdeon/responsibility:P
yes, i exported mine last year. but 2 years ago turbo tax did not do this. And last year i was using Tax Cut due to intuit head-ass syndrome.
Funny thing is i bought tax cut, but bought it online. Then lost the download. They want me to pay like $10 to be able to download this now useless software again. Jerks. The lot of em.
No, there is nothing vague about the LGPLs definitions. To put it simply for Java, if you need the class in your classpath to compile, then you are a derivative work, as far as the (L)GPL is concerned. The difference for the LGPL is;
1. They give special provisions to some code even if it is a derivative work.
2. Its not 'viral' like the GPL. You can protect code by putting it under the LGPL. Then you can unprotect the parts you want people to connect with by putting the interfaces, abstract classes, etc. under something like the BSD or simply unlicensed.
Apache may/may not be correct that they can not use any LGPLed code. But whatever theyr reason is for not using the LGPL code is certainly applies to the EPL. What should happen is the architects of the software should put their code under different licenses depending on the purpose of the code. This dual licnesing is only possible under non-viral licenses like the LGPL.
If you had read the article you would know that nothing has been cracked. And certainly not utterly...
They just brute forced it. Thats not called cracking. Windows has numbers you can enter to authorize it. We don't call it cracked when you 'brute force' your way into ONE of those numbers, we call it cracked when you can generate them at will.
1. "...by testing all 1,099,511,627,776 possible encryption keys..."
2. "...The greatest distance that his company's engineers have managed in the laboratory is 12 inches, and then only with large antennas that require a power source."
Some guy walks up next to you and follows you around for about 1/2 an hour with a load of strong electrical equipment. If you could employ such a team you would have no need to steal a car;)
This article is a sham. Brute force can never be considered "cracking." Its cracked when you don't need to try all possible combinations to get the desired result.
I have not see this mechanical for electronic security trade you speak of in passive anti theft systems. this is only seen in passive entry vehicles. Though they do use the same underlying technology.
First point is you have to steal the key before you can copy the key. So this does not sound like something a car theft would do, considering he already has the key in hand...Valet perhaps.
I have worked on these systems first hand. The systems i worked on did not use 30bit keys but 48 bits.
Nevertheless, this brute force attack is certainly possible. What I find ironic is that this should only be practical in the USA. Europeans have some specifications about auto-security that should make the system inject some time after the failed attempts. I worked on the module side here in the US and we made sure we followed this spec. This article however is about cracking the car keys, which are engineered mostly in Germany. Its a real shame if us US folks are following the European spec, but the Europeans are not...
Also, most car theft is high tech. Smash and grab is a very very small portion of auto theft. That is why we keep failing at security. We think its street thugs doing it and fail to see its the people who designed the systems that leak the information on how to crack them in the first place...
I have similar issues with the CPL and the EPL from IBM. Not about patents. The EPL/CPL hinges upon whether or not your code is a derivative work. Yet it neglects to describe the conditions underwhich you code becomes a derivative work. That is, they dont describe the term 'derivative work' as it applies to the license.
My analysis of the EPL helped me to see what is so good about the GPL and the LGPL. They do exactly what they appear to do on the surface, no surprises.
well layoffs is a sure way to get profits up. For the next few quarters at least, then you gotta pay the pipper. Of course the CEO will probably have graduated onto bigger and better things...
You can find anybody to work for any amount you wish to pay. The "best ones" != the ones that work the longest hours. Someone once said if you can't get it done in 35 hours a week you are not qualified for the job. Insane job description notwithstanding.
Yea, I think they want to tread media like software. If they can claim repeat customers in that fasion I believe they can move their stock into a different category of profitability.
In the USA, any phrase issued by a company including the word 'freeze' immediately red-lines my bullshitometer. Its just another way of saying, were only giving it to our friends and relatives now.
The market is not free because the governments are not equal. And unequal governments put different fees and bonuses on the companies in the form of labor laws, which the WTO does not seem to want to address.
Word. Makes you wonder what was really going on after World War II.
I find it ironic how George W. Bush gave a half hearted effort to protect the US Steel industry, then cited the WTO as why he couldn't do anything. But on every other international issue he does not seem to care what the world's opinion is. That is one time I expected to enjoy my president's bad attitude. I was disappointed.
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decisions are not made in the companies best interest but in managements best interest. They use the 'shareholders' as their lame excuse.
I bet Nintendo has new management which are trying to look like they add valuable by making 'moves.' This is a decidedly US style manover which to me is surprising from a Japanese company.
Kids play nintendo.
Adults use palm.
They do not mix. To be sure, I am an adult and I do both. But never at the same time...
You presuppose that the lottery companies don't manage the 'winnings' before the balls roll...
Why should they care.
In an industry with so much parallelism and distributed computing, they need to find some way to prevent 1 license from being run across 10 CPUs in a matrix. Since they make their money on selling the license, they paint themselves into this corner.
If they sold 'support' they wouldnt have this problem. Not saying support contract with free software is better. Just that they wouldn't have this problem.
I have seen something related. I work with lots of engineers. Most want to be told what to do. They seem to want to put a high level of thinking on a very focused task. When the thinking becomes broad, they tend shy away.
People seem to need rules to break.
In my experience with engineering, the more you can work _without_ information the more valuable you are. But engineers always want to get all the information before they begin...
True. These dual core CPUS are an indication that they are having difficulty increasing their CPU throughput.
As with dual CPU motherboards, you go to dual, when you cant get anything else out of the single...
10GHz CPU, lol. Why not release one that requires a 100GHz clock? If its only processing every 30th cycle, whats the big deal? Oversimplification I know, but that is the essence of Intels laughable strategy. Consumer ignorance vs. product innovation. Well take the ignorance. How long can it last with AMD spankin them year after year, technologically.
The software 'warranty' should expire, not you right to use it. My mother has always used products past their expiration such as Milk, Cider, and bread. Im surprised anyone would have bought the idea of the software itself expiring!?
The first thing that came to my mind as well was conflict of interest. It just makes no sense. A virus detector is essentially a flaw detector. How can MS be in that business?
I absolutely lothe teeny weeny phones. That is why I like my PDA/phone Handspring Treo. But it looks like they did away with this because the rest of the world likes holding their fragile phone with a pair of tweesers.
I used to carry a Palm V, and I had a phone and pager. The Treo does all 3 of those jobs without sacrificing any of them. Bugs notwithstanding...
Now I carry a Treo and an iPod. That is the next natural evolution. Just add music to it. I dont need any video games, chess is enough and I only play that on the pot.
Yep, that is how I have worked on every open project so far. I see enough bugs with a particular function and complain on bugzilla. End up in small debate about the issue in bugzilla. Offer my time if he/she will explain how to setup a build environment. I do, fix the bug, and send in the patch file to the developer on bugzilla.
:P
Then the next bug I simply file the report, ask if its valid, and if so submit the patch to bugzilla again. Once this happens a few times it becomes more time consuming to manage my contributions than to let me contribute directly, and I usually get requested to commit directly to cvs. I actually prefer not to have that burdeon/responsibility
Well you don't want the news to break until you get your stock portfolio properly situated.
Java is written in C/c++, so your suggestion to 'just write it in c' makes no sense.
yes, i exported mine last year. but 2 years ago turbo tax did not do this. And last year i was using Tax Cut due to intuit head-ass syndrome.
Funny thing is i bought tax cut, but bought it online. Then lost the download. They want me to pay like $10 to be able to download this now useless software again. Jerks. The lot of em.
No, there is nothing vague about the LGPLs definitions. To put it simply for Java, if you need the class in your classpath to compile, then you are a derivative work, as far as the (L)GPL is concerned. The difference for the LGPL is;
1. They give special provisions to some code even if it is a derivative work.
2. Its not 'viral' like the GPL. You can protect code by putting it under the LGPL. Then you can unprotect the parts you want people to connect with by putting the interfaces, abstract classes, etc. under something like the BSD or simply unlicensed.
Apache may/may not be correct that they can not use any LGPLed code. But whatever theyr reason is for not using the LGPL code is certainly applies to the EPL. What should happen is the architects of the software should put their code under different licenses depending on the purpose of the code. This dual licnesing is only possible under non-viral licenses like the LGPL.
If you had read the article you would know that nothing has been cracked. And certainly not utterly...
They just brute forced it. Thats not called cracking. Windows has numbers you can enter to authorize it. We don't call it cracked when you 'brute force' your way into ONE of those numbers, we call it cracked when you can generate them at will.
1. "...by testing all 1,099,511,627,776 possible encryption keys..."
;)
2. "...The greatest distance that his company's engineers have managed in the laboratory is 12 inches, and then only with large antennas that require a power source."
Some guy walks up next to you and follows you around for about 1/2 an hour with a load of strong electrical equipment. If you could employ such a team you would have no need to steal a car
This article is a sham. Brute force can never be considered "cracking." Its cracked when you don't need to try all possible combinations to get the desired result.
I have not see this mechanical for electronic security trade you speak of in passive anti theft systems. this is only seen in passive entry vehicles. Though they do use the same underlying technology.
First point is you have to steal the key before you can copy the key. So this does not sound like something a car theft would do, considering he already has the key in hand...Valet perhaps.
I have worked on these systems first hand. The systems i worked on did not use 30bit keys but 48 bits.
Nevertheless, this brute force attack is certainly possible. What I find ironic is that this should only be practical in the USA. Europeans have some specifications about auto-security that should make the system inject some time after the failed attempts. I worked on the module side here in the US and we made sure we followed this spec. This article however is about cracking the car keys, which are engineered mostly in Germany. Its a real shame if us US folks are following the European spec, but the Europeans are not...
Also, most car theft is high tech. Smash and grab is a very very small portion of auto theft. That is why we keep failing at security. We think its street thugs doing it and fail to see its the people who designed the systems that leak the information on how to crack them in the first place...
I have similar issues with the CPL and the EPL from IBM. Not about patents. The EPL/CPL hinges upon whether or not your code is a derivative work. Yet it neglects to describe the conditions underwhich you code becomes a derivative work. That is, they dont describe the term 'derivative work' as it applies to the license.
My analysis of the EPL helped me to see what is so good about the GPL and the LGPL. They do exactly what they appear to do on the surface, no surprises.
well layoffs is a sure way to get profits up. For the next few quarters at least, then you gotta pay the pipper. Of course the CEO will probably have graduated onto bigger and better things...
You can find anybody to work for any amount you wish to pay. The "best ones" != the ones that work the longest hours. Someone once said if you can't get it done in 35 hours a week you are not qualified for the job. Insane job description notwithstanding.
My mother always told me not to ride in stolen cars. I assumed that meant stolen Ferraris as well.
Yea, I think they want to tread media like software. If they can claim repeat customers in that fasion I believe they can move their stock into a different category of profitability.
In the USA, any phrase issued by a company including the word 'freeze' immediately red-lines my bullshitometer. Its just another way of saying, were only giving it to our friends and relatives now.
Not really. He just miffed his argument.
The market is not free because the governments are not equal. And unequal governments put different fees and bonuses on the companies in the form of labor laws, which the WTO does not seem to want to address.
Word. Makes you wonder what was really going on after World War II.
I find it ironic how George W. Bush gave a half hearted effort to protect the US Steel industry, then cited the WTO as why he couldn't do anything. But on every other international issue he does not seem to care what the world's opinion is. That is one time I expected to enjoy my president's bad attitude. I was disappointed.
Sometimes law schools provide this type of thing through the local state agencies. Students will review a case for free or a small fee at times.