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I've been cranking on this idea for a while and it may be possible to thwart the RIAA. Some really smart encryption heads/programmers could tweak the current file sharing protocols to switch port numbers, route the data to dead end/non-existent IP addresses using some complicated algoerithm. Yeah, it might take a little longer to get your file (MP3, let's be honest), but the DOS attacks wouldn't be able to go through since your IP address would "flicker" in and out of existence. From the perspective of the network, there would be periodic and unpredictable breaks in the network. A LimeWire-type P2P would be pretty cool, switching port numbers, and periodically breaking connection (for a finite amount of time, then reconnecting). With everyone's computer running this program, the network would be a virtual Christmas Tree of flickering IP addresses and port numbers. It would even be cool if a series of virtual or decoy IP address existed, making life very complicated for the RIAA DOS attacks. Gah-ah-lly, my imagine runs wild, I just wish I had the programming knowledge to make his work. It sounds so fun. Of course, this assumes that the stupod law passes through Congress. Is Joe Smith transferring files illegally or not? I'm sure some Ivy-League Geek will figure this out. The RIAA doesn't have a chance.
I'm no UNIX head (I just got Mac OSX a while back), and I recently remember reading about the RIAA wanting to sabotage our computers if they're running XNap, LimeWire, Kaaza, Morpheus [insert your favorite file sharing program here]. Would it be theoretically possible with UNIX/Linux/Mac OS X to take whatever DOS attacks the RIAA initiates, and somehow pipe them through right back at their own machines (using different port numbers, etc...)? I don't think it would be difficult to set up a port scanning program to detect "what was going on" and send DOS attack back right at them. They'd bring their own systems down very quickly that way if it works.
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Don't forget to check out the Seiko Kinetic Watch - it doesn't require a battery. Here's how they work: http://www.seiko-kinetic-watches.com/seiko_kinetic _watches_wk.htm
There is something you can do to stop this, IN RELATION TO YOU! Killing yourself by any method will make this whole gravity thing irrelevant to you since your consciousness will cease to exist. Space-time will no longer plague your consciousness, everything will be irrelevant, your life, your ideas, your past, your existence. This whole SPACE-TIME thing can be CURED in one fell swoop - BANG! A one-way trip to the BIG BLACK VOID! See? Simple, isn't it?
Since the 1970s, we've lost around 20 seconds in the day. The loss of time throughout the day has not been linear through the years, suggesting that there are complex systems at work that need further study and modeling.
What's the point of creating a machine that has minimal impact on the terrain of the forest? It's cutting down the damn forest, freakin' idiots. The forest is going to be a god damn barren field when they're done with it. Who cares if there are tread marks in the ground? Does anyone think the logging industry is concerned about environmental impact of the forest they are destroying? Yeah, I thought so...
In the event of a serious accident, these little black boxes can serve to determine who may have been at fault for an accident. This can directly translate in either you getting thousands of dollars in settlement money or owing thousands of dollars. My 1992 Saturn SL2 has something close to the black box found in all Saturn models now. The service technician/mechanic showed me on an IBM PC what my top speed was (128mph), my average highway speed (87mph) and acceleration, my average city speed (37mph) and acceleration, how I brake, and whether or not I use a seatbelt. The black box in my car doesn't keep track of the last 5 seconds of driving habits like the newer ones do, but I was impressed that they had this technology in 1992. He said the insurance companies and the government will use the data for accident investigations exclusively. I this this is a good idea for all around fairness. It's about time people are held accountable for driving like idiots. You cause and accident and kill someone, you pay the price, and here's the evidence to substantiate your poor driving habits...see you in 20 years!
Does this report take into account current population dynamics? Completely? I just read within the past week the HIV/AIDS infection rate is something like 20X the U.S.A. infection rate. If the governments of those nations can't support the infected population now, how will they provide for a larger infected population? Eventually the population will be so infected with HIV/AIDS that it will collapse. And this is just one catastophic disease not including Ebola in this scenerio.
The world has three language-universal methods to communicate: 1. Mathematics, 2. Music, and 3. Time. Changing the time system would be worse than trying to get all the computer code in the world, not to mention other devices, to prevent Y2K. It's too costly to convert, then you have to convince the entire world that the current system is inadequate, which has worked fine for centuries. Our sense of time is engrained into ou brains from childhood. We "know" how long an hour is. Changing that is not realistic. I can just see it now....my daily scheduled work time is 3.33 decidays. Ain't gonna happen.
Apple's rack-mount XServe has redundant power supplies, redundant cooling fans, and redundant hard drives. While this is not the low cost PC compatible that you're probably looking for, it is an option to consider if keeping a system up and running is important to you. As far as I know, Apple's XServe can even notify you through email if and when a component fails or will potentially fail. You can even keep tabs on the RPM's of the cooling fans if that is a concern for you.
Not trying to be a troll, but everyone keeps mentioning that Microsoft gets bashed for security updates while Apple doesn't. Why is this? Because Apple generally takes care of the problem with one or two fixes whereas M$ seems to continue introducing security bugs & holes with every patch. Almost every M$ program (and operating system) associated with internet access seems to have serious security holes, time and time again...Internet Exploder, Internet Information Server, MSN Messenger, Outlook Express, Entourage, Visual Basic, even Office apps....Shall I continue? For all the money that M$ brings in from sales, extortion, bribery, etc...you'd think they would hire the BEST programmers money could buy to write their software. But Oh, slap my fae, the current business model keeps the tech industry gainfully employed.
This is right in my back yard, since I LIVE in Monclova. As for why people here on/. are questioning why the FBI is involved, most people wouldn't hack a cable modem to get ultra high bandwidth unless they were moving metric ass loads of information. The cable company just got pissed because they suspected the purpetraitors might be moving MP3, illegal copies of movies (DVD, TiVo, or whatever), child porn, or in the snow ball's chance in hell, terrorist plans - but I doubt it. The FBI's just there for when the REALLY illegal stuff is discovered. Stupid scare tactics that cost tax payers money.
Then I'll have to figure out a way to use these calculations make me wealthy and get me a gorgeous wife. This is in reference to someone else's comment about "socially handicapped computer geeks here on slashdork".
If you've got the extra cash, buy the low end Xserve from Apple, set up a local area network connecting all the computers, and store all your files on Xserve. You already have a Mac OS X computer, you can control the Xserve with that. And if Apple's Xserve is really as easy to use and administer as they claim it to be, it would probably be worth the money for you. My suggestion only applies if you don't know enough about setting up servers and you want the quick and easy way out of your dilema. Hope this helps.
I hope he has some kind of environmental suit with OXYGEN because there certainly isn't enough up there to survive even in free fall at 30 miles altitude. Why stop at 30 miles? He should go 90 miles up, now THAT would be ONE HELL OF A VIEW. WANNA TAKE A RIDE?...
We can rebuild them, we have the technology....
Da da da da, da da da da da da da da da...(repeat)
OR perhaps,
this is the beginning of the BORG!
Resistance is futile, you will be assimilated. You will have cybernetic devices implanted throughout your body, you will have M$ Windows installed to network those devices. You will lose your individuality, blah, blah, blah....
We're entering a new era in dealing with terrorists and this is now a necessity. While I don't particularly like the idea of Uncle Sam listening to the conversions on my cell phone, I'd rather have the U.S. Govt. do that than to see another terrorist atrocity that would make the twin towers collapse pale incomparison. Then again, come to think of it, I'm a law-abiding citizen, I have nothing to hide from Uncle Sam. I hope they catch some more bastards trying to kill innocent people.
Impossible! If you have access to a university library, there is a series of books titled "The Porhyrin Handbook". The fact is chlorophylls are a class of porphyrins with very distinctive UV-vis spectra that no other molecule mimicks AFAIK. There is typically one or two soret bands around 400nm and several Q-bands between 500nm and 800nm. The soret band has significantly higher amplitude than the Q-bands. This spectra is indicative of conjugated pi-electrons of the porphyrin ring system. No mineral or inorganic substance can mimick this. The really intersting part of porphyrins is that they have VERY high extinction coefficients. It doesn't take much material (porphyrins) to detect it. And AFAIK, if chlorophylls or any other porphyrin are found on Mars, life would probably exist there, either independently, or if found on or near the Pathfinder Spacecraft, it was likely brought there by contamination from NASA. Bacteria (some with chlorophylls) have so far been found in every place humans have explored on Earth, including VERY deep and dry salt mines.
I don't see this being much of a problem as most people who purchase a Macintosh with an IDE drive aren't likely going to be tapping out the system like a professional would. The average Mac user cruises the internet, writes an occasional letter, and plays games. A professional would order the Mac with SCSI160 drives that has transfer rates at 320MB/second. Apple had to use IDE to lower cost and compete with PC's. How is the average user going to fill up 137GB on an IDE drive? By the time s/he fills that much space up it would be time for a new computer. For the professional, there is always the build-to-order option. I will say that my 12GB IDE drive at 5400 RPM is slower than molasses compared to the 18GB UltraSCSI at 7200 RPM. You get what you pay for.
An analog mechanical watch will last longer than most electronic watches, both digital or analog electronic. I have a Seiko auntomatic watch with 17 jewels, a sweeping second hand, and date indicator. It does all this without a battery and I never have to wind it. Moving as I do through out the day keeps it going for 2 days. I purchased it at Sam's Club for $120.00 several years ago. The case and movement are stainless steel, and the face has glow-in-the-dark dots to tell time. If you can afford a good Swiss analog mechanical watch, get it, one of your grandchildren will probably end up wearing it as they are very good time pieces. You get what you pay for. Also, there is a book is published every year ("Complete Price Guide to Watches 2002, 22nd Ed." by Cooksey Shugart, Tom Engle, Richard E. Gilbert - AMAZON.COM) that details watches such as manufacturers, movements, serial numbers, antique watches, etc.. You can't go wrong with an analog mechanical watch. For the UberGeek with exceptional appreciation to detail, here is my favorite analog mechanical watch: http://www.macosx.com/forums/showthread.php?s=c493 9b6d4d6b93ab5922d90ace7a888c&threadid=13548
The article predicts the possible rise of an American dictator by the year 2000. Yes, we already have one: Bill Gates. A dictator isn't necessarily elected, and he controls those around him with money and politics, just as our ELECTED politicians do. This is not intended to be flamebait. It is sincere opinion. Microsoft simply controls too much of the consumer's digital experience and corporate computing experience. In fact, this has international implications as well. Every politician has two things in mind: control and money. Bill Gates fits that profile rather well, and being as unliked as he is, he keeps a rather low profile as does Saddam Hussein [no comparision intended between the two other than simple dictatorship].
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for every offense, I could probably download MP3's from LimeWire and XNap faster with the decreased internet traffic.
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Motion Picture Association (MPA)
15503 Ventura Blvd.
Encino, California 91436
(818) 995-6600
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I've been cranking on this idea for a while and it may be possible to thwart the RIAA. Some really smart encryption heads/programmers could tweak the current file sharing protocols to switch port numbers, route the data to dead end/non-existent IP addresses using some complicated algoerithm. Yeah, it might take a little longer to get your file (MP3, let's be honest), but the DOS attacks wouldn't be able to go through since your IP address would "flicker" in and out of existence. From the perspective of the network, there would be periodic and unpredictable breaks in the network. A LimeWire-type P2P would be pretty cool, switching port numbers, and periodically breaking connection (for a finite amount of time, then reconnecting). With everyone's computer running this program, the network would be a virtual Christmas Tree of flickering IP addresses and port numbers. It would even be cool if a series of virtual or decoy IP address existed, making life very complicated for the RIAA DOS attacks. Gah-ah-lly, my imagine runs wild, I just wish I had the programming knowledge to make his work. It sounds so fun. Of course, this assumes that the stupod law passes through Congress. Is Joe Smith transferring files illegally or not? I'm sure some Ivy-League Geek will figure this out. The RIAA doesn't have a chance.
I'm no UNIX head (I just got Mac OSX a while back), and I recently remember reading about the RIAA wanting to sabotage our computers if they're running XNap, LimeWire, Kaaza, Morpheus [insert your favorite file sharing program here]. Would it be theoretically possible with UNIX/Linux/Mac OS X to take whatever DOS attacks the RIAA initiates, and somehow pipe them through right back at their own machines (using different port numbers, etc...)? I don't think it would be difficult to set up a port scanning program to detect "what was going on" and send DOS attack back right at them. They'd bring their own systems down very quickly that way if it works.
Don't forget to check out the Seiko Kinetic Watch - it doesn't require a battery. Here's how they work: http://www.seiko-kinetic-watches.com/seiko_kinetic _watches_wk.htm
There is something you can do to stop this, IN RELATION TO YOU! Killing yourself by any method will make this whole gravity thing irrelevant to you since your consciousness will cease to exist. Space-time will no longer plague your consciousness, everything will be irrelevant, your life, your ideas, your past, your existence. This whole SPACE-TIME thing can be CURED in one fell swoop - BANG! A one-way trip to the BIG BLACK VOID! See? Simple, isn't it?
Since the 1970s, we've lost around 20 seconds in the day. The loss of time throughout the day has not been linear through the years, suggesting that there are complex systems at work that need further study and modeling.
What's the point of creating a machine that has minimal impact on the terrain of the forest? It's cutting down the damn forest, freakin' idiots. The forest is going to be a god damn barren field when they're done with it. Who cares if there are tread marks in the ground? Does anyone think the logging industry is concerned about environmental impact of the forest they are destroying? Yeah, I thought so...
In the event of a serious accident, these little black boxes can serve to determine who may have been at fault for an accident. This can directly translate in either you getting thousands of dollars in settlement money or owing thousands of dollars. My 1992 Saturn SL2 has something close to the black box found in all Saturn models now. The service technician/mechanic showed me on an IBM PC what my top speed was (128mph), my average highway speed (87mph) and acceleration, my average city speed (37mph) and acceleration, how I brake, and whether or not I use a seatbelt. The black box in my car doesn't keep track of the last 5 seconds of driving habits like the newer ones do, but I was impressed that they had this technology in 1992. He said the insurance companies and the government will use the data for accident investigations exclusively. I this this is a good idea for all around fairness. It's about time people are held accountable for driving like idiots. You cause and accident and kill someone, you pay the price, and here's the evidence to substantiate your poor driving habits...see you in 20 years!
Does this report take into account current population dynamics? Completely? I just read within the past week the HIV/AIDS infection rate is something like 20X the U.S.A. infection rate. If the governments of those nations can't support the infected population now, how will they provide for a larger infected population? Eventually the population will be so infected with HIV/AIDS that it will collapse. And this is just one catastophic disease not including Ebola in this scenerio.
The world has three language-universal methods to communicate: 1. Mathematics, 2. Music, and 3. Time. Changing the time system would be worse than trying to get all the computer code in the world, not to mention other devices, to prevent Y2K. It's too costly to convert, then you have to convince the entire world that the current system is inadequate, which has worked fine for centuries. Our sense of time is engrained into ou brains from childhood. We "know" how long an hour is. Changing that is not realistic. I can just see it now....my daily scheduled work time is 3.33 decidays. Ain't gonna happen.
Apple's rack-mount XServe has redundant power supplies, redundant cooling fans, and redundant hard drives. While this is not the low cost PC compatible that you're probably looking for, it is an option to consider if keeping a system up and running is important to you. As far as I know, Apple's XServe can even notify you through email if and when a component fails or will potentially fail. You can even keep tabs on the RPM's of the cooling fans if that is a concern for you.
Not trying to be a troll, but everyone keeps mentioning that Microsoft gets bashed for security updates while Apple doesn't. Why is this? Because Apple generally takes care of the problem with one or two fixes whereas M$ seems to continue introducing security bugs & holes with every patch. Almost every M$ program (and operating system) associated with internet access seems to have serious security holes, time and time again...Internet Exploder, Internet Information Server, MSN Messenger, Outlook Express, Entourage, Visual Basic, even Office apps....Shall I continue? For all the money that M$ brings in from sales, extortion, bribery, etc...you'd think they would hire the BEST programmers money could buy to write their software. But Oh, slap my fae, the current business model keeps the tech industry gainfully employed.
This is right in my back yard, since I LIVE in Monclova. As for why people here on /. are questioning why the FBI is involved, most people wouldn't hack a cable modem to get ultra high bandwidth unless they were moving metric ass loads of information. The cable company just got pissed because they suspected the purpetraitors might be moving MP3, illegal copies of movies (DVD, TiVo, or whatever), child porn, or in the snow ball's chance in hell, terrorist plans - but I doubt it. The FBI's just there for when the REALLY illegal stuff is discovered. Stupid scare tactics that cost tax payers money.
Then I'll have to figure out a way to use these calculations make me wealthy and get me a gorgeous wife. This is in reference to someone else's comment about "socially handicapped computer geeks here on slashdork".
If you've got the extra cash, buy the low end Xserve from Apple, set up a local area network connecting all the computers, and store all your files on Xserve. You already have a Mac OS X computer, you can control the Xserve with that. And if Apple's Xserve is really as easy to use and administer as they claim it to be, it would probably be worth the money for you. My suggestion only applies if you don't know enough about setting up servers and you want the quick and easy way out of your dilema. Hope this helps.
I hope he has some kind of environmental suit with OXYGEN because there certainly isn't enough up there to survive even in free fall at 30 miles altitude. Why stop at 30 miles? He should go 90 miles up, now THAT would be ONE HELL OF A VIEW. WANNA TAKE A RIDE?...
We can rebuild them, we have the technology.... Da da da da, da da da da da da da da da...(repeat) OR perhaps, this is the beginning of the BORG! Resistance is futile, you will be assimilated. You will have cybernetic devices implanted throughout your body, you will have M$ Windows installed to network those devices. You will lose your individuality, blah, blah, blah....
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We're entering a new era in dealing with terrorists and this is now a necessity. While I don't particularly like the idea of Uncle Sam listening to the conversions on my cell phone, I'd rather have the U.S. Govt. do that than to see another terrorist atrocity that would make the twin towers collapse pale incomparison. Then again, come to think of it, I'm a law-abiding citizen, I have nothing to hide from Uncle Sam. I hope they catch some more bastards trying to kill innocent people.
Impossible! If you have access to a university library, there is a series of books titled "The Porhyrin Handbook". The fact is chlorophylls are a class of porphyrins with very distinctive UV-vis spectra that no other molecule mimicks AFAIK. There is typically one or two soret bands around 400nm and several Q-bands between 500nm and 800nm. The soret band has significantly higher amplitude than the Q-bands. This spectra is indicative of conjugated pi-electrons of the porphyrin ring system. No mineral or inorganic substance can mimick this. The really intersting part of porphyrins is that they have VERY high extinction coefficients. It doesn't take much material (porphyrins) to detect it. And AFAIK, if chlorophylls or any other porphyrin are found on Mars, life would probably exist there, either independently, or if found on or near the Pathfinder Spacecraft, it was likely brought there by contamination from NASA. Bacteria (some with chlorophylls) have so far been found in every place humans have explored on Earth, including VERY deep and dry salt mines.
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...an interesting read.I don't see this being much of a problem as most people who purchase a Macintosh with an IDE drive aren't likely going to be tapping out the system like a professional would. The average Mac user cruises the internet, writes an occasional letter, and plays games. A professional would order the Mac with SCSI160 drives that has transfer rates at 320MB/second. Apple had to use IDE to lower cost and compete with PC's. How is the average user going to fill up 137GB on an IDE drive? By the time s/he fills that much space up it would be time for a new computer. For the professional, there is always the build-to-order option. I will say that my 12GB IDE drive at 5400 RPM is slower than molasses compared to the 18GB UltraSCSI at 7200 RPM. You get what you pay for.
An analog mechanical watch will last longer than most electronic watches, both digital or analog electronic. I have a Seiko auntomatic watch with 17 jewels, a sweeping second hand, and date indicator. It does all this without a battery and I never have to wind it. Moving as I do through out the day keeps it going for 2 days. I purchased it at Sam's Club for $120.00 several years ago. The case and movement are stainless steel, and the face has glow-in-the-dark dots to tell time. If you can afford a good Swiss analog mechanical watch, get it, one of your grandchildren will probably end up wearing it as they are very good time pieces. You get what you pay for. Also, there is a book is published every year ("Complete Price Guide to Watches 2002, 22nd Ed." by Cooksey Shugart, Tom Engle, Richard E. Gilbert - AMAZON.COM) that details watches such as manufacturers, movements, serial numbers, antique watches, etc.. You can't go wrong with an analog mechanical watch. For the UberGeek with exceptional appreciation to detail, here is my favorite analog mechanical watch: http://www.macosx.com/forums/showthread.php?s=c493 9b6d4d6b93ab5922d90ace7a888c&threadid=13548
The article predicts the possible rise of an American dictator by the year 2000. Yes, we already have one: Bill Gates. A dictator isn't necessarily elected, and he controls those around him with money and politics, just as our ELECTED politicians do. This is not intended to be flamebait. It is sincere opinion. Microsoft simply controls too much of the consumer's digital experience and corporate computing experience. In fact, this has international implications as well. Every politician has two things in mind: control and money. Bill Gates fits that profile rather well, and being as unliked as he is, he keeps a rather low profile as does Saddam Hussein [no comparision intended between the two other than simple dictatorship].