I am reading alot of posts that are talking about how its difficult to implement a rating system and how its impossible when you can't trust the client and the client is the server, so you cant trust anyone. well, heres an idea of how to do it that would eliminate that.
to start out, the only person you trust is yourself, and you consider every other host as neutral. well, you start downloading files from people and as you get them you rank them (good, bad, etc) and you build up your own personal list of good hosts. now while you are ranking files individually, you are really rating the host on their quality. now, how do you apply this local trusted list to a whole net? simple... you route your searches through people you list as trusted, and hope that the people they trust are good. if not, you rate that host down, and the net gets stronger.
one thing that would have to be implemented (if its not already) is that each host has a private/public key that they use to uniquely identify themselves, otherwise someone could possibly hijack their name and rank... then use their high trust rating to seed bad files!! oh no!
that could be bad... imagine if you are walking through the mall with your g/f (i know, its a stretch here) and you look at a hot model in the window and all of a sudden the breasts light up. uuuh, i swear i wasnt looking at them honey!
True, all people do appreciate clothes, but what the missonaries bring along with them is their culture which they force upon the natives along with the clothes. Its like someone coming up to you with a handhold beowulf cluster and saying.. you can have this, but you have to abandon all of your old beliefs and now follow the new way. If you don't, you can't have this mega-fast computer and you are going to be tormented in severe fire for eternity. Have a nice day! (please keep in mind that the natives up to that point would not have much contact with modern technology and could be 'wowed' by the missionaries stuff)
It's about improving the human being, through any means possible. One of those main means is technology. You might be thankful for your worthless organic eyes, but I want zoom damnit!!
ISS's RealSecure platform will evolve to use software agents that apply patches automatically to both servers and clients as new vulnerabilities appear. Today, administrators need to apply patches manually. ISS plans to manage the platform centrally, drawing on the terabyte of attack data that it gathers every month. It will behave in much the same way as the human immune system: When an attack is sensed, "antibodies" will deploy to meet the threat. Perhaps this cue from nature will work as effectively on network data.
lets see here....applys patches automatically, located on a central server. Hmm...sounds *Real*Secure. All you'd have to do is hack the central server, and have it apply your patch to 1000's of servers. Duh!
actually there is a program out there called Streamripper for both linux and windows. It's very nice, it will download a stream...play it to a relay server so you can listen to it too. On top of that, it will rename each file into a separate file complete with artist name, title, etc. It's very nice and a good way to get music if you find a station you like.
Try reading the positive comments...they're hilarious. A sample:
"Superb! Just like CDex, but with spyware"
I love this program. I used to use CDex, but I was annoyed at the lack of useless spyware included in the download. Since I switched to NeoAudio, all those troubles have gone away. I now have way more spyware and adware than I know what to do with. Thanks, NeoNapster!"
The four, $40,000 prototypes -- Hermes, Professor, Thing and Fester -- can hold up to 12 cameras, a grenade launcher and a 12-gauge shotgun. The robots operate on a sensor system and by wireless desktop control. They are fitted with a Global Positioning System ( news - web sites), and can see themselves and each other on a map, ensuring more efficient searches. They run on 2, 6-pound rechargeable batteries that run one hour each.
Yeomans then watched as the stories (with his cautious quotes often subordinated to others) spun out of control, begetting more reporters' calls and flooding JPL's online asteroid pages to the extent that at one point even he couldn't view them.
umm... i doubt that was reporters doing that. awww yea, slashdot victim #456,363
"Pseudomonas, while a member of a family of significant human pathogens, is also one of the most versatile biochemical factories on earth. It has more different chemical reactions that it can do than almost any other organism and could handle a variety of toxic waste," it added.
Does anyone else see the danger in applying mutations to a human pathogen?
Your 100GHz machine though would almost certainly be able to throw a primitive polygon-based version in realtime.
have you ever played any FPS? hmm, they're realtime and a *little* bit more advanced than primitive polygons.
Damn! The only question i really cared about, didnt get answered. I just wanted to know how many servers they ran, specs, raw computing power, how much traffic, etc.
Oh well.
Slashdot Mirror
I'm gonna take the bait, its simple...
Bigger = Better
I am reading alot of posts that are talking about how its difficult to implement a rating system and how its impossible when you can't trust the client and the client is the server, so you cant trust anyone. well, heres an idea of how to do it that would eliminate that.
to start out, the only person you trust is yourself, and you consider every other host as neutral. well, you start downloading files from people and as you get them you rank them (good, bad, etc) and you build up your own personal list of good hosts. now while you are ranking files individually, you are really rating the host on their quality. now, how do you apply this local trusted list to a whole net? simple... you route your searches through people you list as trusted, and hope that the people they trust are good. if not, you rate that host down, and the net gets stronger.
one thing that would have to be implemented (if its not already) is that each host has a private/public key that they use to uniquely identify themselves, otherwise someone could possibly hijack their name and rank... then use their high trust rating to seed bad files!! oh no!
you'd be better off waiting a few years and buying a HDTV projector for $400-900 on ebay. much larger picture, easier to move.
I'm sorry, but this seems to be such blatant advertising that its no wonder that the icon is a dollar bill.
that could be bad... imagine if you are walking through the mall with your g/f (i know, its a stretch here) and you look at a hot model in the window and all of a sudden the breasts light up. uuuh, i swear i wasnt looking at them honey!
True, all people do appreciate clothes, but what the missonaries bring along with them is their culture which they force upon the natives along with the clothes. Its like someone coming up to you with a handhold beowulf cluster and saying.. you can have this, but you have to abandon all of your old beliefs and now follow the new way. If you don't, you can't have this mega-fast computer and you are going to be tormented in severe fire for eternity. Have a nice day! (please keep in mind that the natives up to that point would not have much contact with modern technology and could be 'wowed' by the missionaries stuff)
move to germany
not only that, but it also has properties such as appetite suppression and acne fighting...no lie...this would be a very wonderful drug.
i think this should be renamed 'warflying' considering you dont drive a plane =)
It's called Transhumanism
It's about improving the human being, through any means possible. One of those main means is technology. You might be thankful for your worthless organic eyes, but I want zoom damnit!!
that and its not front page either.
From the article on security:
ISS's RealSecure platform will evolve to use software agents that apply patches automatically to both servers and clients as new vulnerabilities appear. Today, administrators need to apply patches manually. ISS plans to manage the platform centrally, drawing on the terabyte of attack data that it gathers every month. It will behave in much the same way as the human immune system: When an attack is sensed, "antibodies" will deploy to meet the threat. Perhaps this cue from nature will work as effectively on network data.
lets see here....applys patches automatically, located on a central server. Hmm...sounds *Real*Secure. All you'd have to do is hack the central server, and have it apply your patch to 1000's of servers. Duh!
actually there is a program out there called Streamripper for both linux and windows. It's very nice, it will download a stream...play it to a relay server so you can listen to it too. On top of that, it will rename each file into a separate file complete with artist name, title, etc. It's very nice and a good way to get music if you find a station you like.
Try reading the positive comments...they're hilarious. A sample:
"Superb! Just like CDex, but with spyware" I love this program. I used to use CDex, but I was annoyed at the lack of useless spyware included in the download. Since I switched to NeoAudio, all those troubles have gone away. I now have way more spyware and adware than I know what to do with. Thanks, NeoNapster!"
RTFA!
The four, $40,000 prototypes -- Hermes, Professor, Thing and Fester -- can hold up to 12 cameras, a grenade launcher and a 12-gauge shotgun. The robots operate on a sensor system and by wireless desktop control. They are fitted with a Global Positioning System ( news - web sites), and can see themselves and each other on a map, ensuring more efficient searches. They run on 2, 6-pound rechargeable batteries that run one hour each.
pretty fscking sweet if you ask me.
Yeomans then watched as the stories (with his cautious quotes often subordinated to others) spun out of control, begetting more reporters' calls and flooding JPL's online asteroid pages to the extent that at one point even he couldn't view them.
umm... i doubt that was reporters doing that. awww yea, slashdot victim #456,363
its a little thing called sarcasm!
"Pseudomonas, while a member of a family of significant human pathogens, is also one of the most versatile biochemical factories on earth. It has more different chemical reactions that it can do than almost any other organism and could handle a variety of toxic waste," it added. Does anyone else see the danger in applying mutations to a human pathogen?
Your 100GHz machine though would almost certainly be able to throw a primitive polygon-based version in realtime. have you ever played any FPS? hmm, they're realtime and a *little* bit more advanced than primitive polygons.
::insert microsoft sucks rant here::
Damn! The only question i really cared about, didnt get answered. I just wanted to know how many servers they ran, specs, raw computing power, how much traffic, etc. Oh well.