A customer's reason for paying for a service is irrelevant to the fact that they are paying for it.
The fact that the provider has insufficient security does not grant tacit permission to anyone to violate said security.
Money changed hands for a service that was denied / interrupted by a third party. The victims' motives for providing and/or using the service have no real bearing on the legality of the actions of the intruders.
Finally, sure -- the world needs people who "look up and wonder how it all works and have a play with it." Sure, rules need to be broken from time to time. The price of having that fun is the punishment one risks for doing it. Don't like it? Break your own toys.
If those investors step in and assume all legal liabilities of the tobacco company, sure.
Well, as someone who has been across the table from both VC's and reporters on numerous occasions, as well as being a strong believer in Occam's Razor, I assumed, assume, and will continue to assume that the "legal liabilty" assumption by HW is just plain wrong. VC contracts tend to go the exact opposite direction, up to and including the "if you get sued, we get our money back first!" type of term. Sorry, barring evidence / term sheets to the contrary, I'm not going to take one sub-clause in a news article as definitive of HW's legal liability.
Hummer Winblad are the people who are legally responsible for Napster. They're the ones to sue.
Like I said above, I doubt it... but for the sake of argument, I'll assume they did assume control of Napster. Guess what? Napster doesn't exist anymore! They went buh-bye! Chapter 7! Liquidation of assets for creditors! No more legal entity! See the problem here? This is kind of like suing the high-school sweetheart of the guy who murdered someone, AFTER the murderer has been executed!
What about the "other stuff" in {vodka | whiskey | gin | etc}? Do the extraneous bits collect over time to gunk up the works? Do these things need cleaning from time to time?
The Apache Compile HOWTO gives a reliable process for building mod_ssl into Apache, including dependencies, creating a server cert, etc. It also contains references & links to more information.
-ZK
A company may invest millions of dollars in a work. Those dollars would be lost on the sudden and unexpected death of an author as other companies (seeing the millions invested) would quickly jump to rush a product out.
There's this thing called "key man" life insurance... which seems a better method of protecting "those with whom the artist would create a contract" as that term doesn't appear in any copy of the Constitution I can find...
Quite correct and thank you for clarifying my pre-caffeinated statement (passphrase + "access to passphrase protected private key" = private key is what I meant).
Of course, one could keep the private key on some form of removable media... but in the real world, that never seems to work out, does it... Speaking of which, do any widely used mailers support tokens (like the Dallas Semiconductor iButton) for key storage?
Not in California, which has law on the books that specifically states that anything produced entirely without company resources (time, materials, etc) is the sole property of the employee. It should be part of any Proprietary Rights and Invention Agreement you signed.
I guess I was fortunate in that my wife doesn't care for diamonds. She is, however, fond of tradition, so we found one that worked well from that perspective -- a claddagh.
A Claddagh is a traditional Irish design: hands supporting a heart topped by a crown. Depending on how it is worn (left hand / right hand, heart or crown "worn in"), it can specify friendship to engagement to marriage.
There are many, many jewelers and artists who offer claddaghs, so you're sure to find one that will suit style and budget. As it happened, we chose a simple rose-gold claddagh from MacManus and Sons.
Or, as the post says, just toss it in the glove box. I spent an awful lot of time in cabs in NY last year, and it seemed every driver did that... coming up to the booth? Pull it out and wave it near the windshield. Then back in the glove box it went.
-ZK-
Check out the mjpeg tools -- mjpeg.sf.net... although originally created for cards like the Buz & the Matrox Marvels / Gx00, it has a software-encoding flag that works well with the WinTV card (assuming you have a decent processor).
I use the toolset to cap several shows a week with my G400-TV, edit them, clean them up, and encode them to SVCD. The results are great.
the Hauppage 'PVR' is just a standard TV card bundled with additional encoding software for Windows. As long as you have a codec like DivX or VP3, 'vcr' for Linux can do the exact same thing with commodity hardware. I'm surprised noone has pointed this out yet.
??? The WinTV-PVR PCI has a hardware MPEG2 encoder on it... it's most definitely not the same... perhaps you're thinking of the ATI AIW? That *does* do software encoding.
Know of any open source projects trying to do this?
There are several in various stages. Hit freshmeat and search for "PVR". Also check out the mjpegtools for enough of the basic kit (recording, editing, etc) to get going (lacks only a nice integration with a scheduler).
The last bit of kit I'm looking for is something to do the "pause live TV" thing. I suppose one could tweak lavrec (part of the aforementioned mjpegtools) to record to a circular buffer, and dump it as needed...
If you are happy with the hardware, keep bugging Hauppauge support for better software/drivers.
And good luck, too! I had a horrible time with their support staff. Very unresponsive and unhelpful. I eventually gave up on my WinTV-PVR (PCI card) and got a Matrox G400-TV. It runs nicely under Linux now.:)
The Tivo records at full D1 resolution (720x480, actually, which is cropped from "true" D1 of 720x486, but close enough). The Hauppauge product records at half that resolution. It is necessary because of the limited bandwidth of USB
Brzt. Thanks for playing! Oh, well, partial credit -- I don't know what the USB does I admit. But the PCI version recorded at full NTSC D1 (which tends to be 704x480 in actual use) in multiple bitrates.
if you want to record things and watch things later at the best quality, you should save for a Tivo.
Or get any of the cards supported by the Marvel drivers for linux and use the mjpegtools to make your own PVR. That's what I did, and I'm quite pleased.
what exactly would we have to do to make the next Privacy Chernobyl?
Beyond mass theft of credit cards, shopping habits, medical information, information on children?
I said that "[we] were waiting..." (emphasis added). I'm no longer convinced that event of sufficient magnitude could occur. Which means that waiting for a fear-based opportunity won't work.
I now think the best way to do it is... well, the way we geeks do things best -- subvert the paradigm. Get it in at the ground floor. Work features into products that enhance privacy without degrading the user experience. Because while people won't spend money for privacy itself (as a general rule), they will choose a more privacy protecting product over a less privacy protecting one, all else being equal.
Also, realize that the concerns of the average person are not the same as the concerns of the average/. reader. We tend to be more worried about the dangers from Big Brother, whereas the average consumer is more worried about the thousands of "Little Brothers" in business, which is a hugely different issue to deal with. For one thing, things like mixmaster remailers and strong crypto-based identity guarding / generators (like alas, the defunct Privada's Incognito set and Zero Knowledge's Freedom) aren't necessarily essential.
--ZK
I bet if i asked them to name one complaint about the Internet, it would be spam.
No bet there. For the last three years, the number one online consumer concern in study after study has been privacy. The last one I read had 85% of the people polled rating the loss of control over their personal information as the top issue.
Yet you know what? The simple fact is that privacy is (or at least has been to now), an issue that people talk about, but don't do anything about.
No one does anything about it because they have no idea how.
It's a red herring to claim user ignorance here. There have been numerous attempts to solve the privacy problem -- with technology, with policy, and with law. But none of that changes the simple fact that for all the talk of concern, all it takes is a $0.20 coupon off a hamburger, and people will share their entire life's history. This isn't a problem of technology, policy, or law. It's a social problem... and the problem with social problems is that they depend on everyone agreeing -- through their actions -- that it is a problem. Talk isn't enough.
A few years ago (and yes, this is turning into a ramble, so what?), I and many others were waiting for the (next) big "Privacy Chernobyl" to hit, because surely that would be the one to make people wake up. But folks never did.
Until individual consumers stop giving up their personal information for a free toy or a discount on an item they may never use, the situation simply won't change. Privacy is a personal responsibility.
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The fact that the provider has insufficient security does not grant tacit permission to anyone to violate said security.
Money changed hands for a service that was denied / interrupted by a third party. The victims' motives for providing and/or using the service have no real bearing on the legality of the actions of the intruders.
Finally, sure -- the world needs people who "look up and wonder how it all works and have a play with it." Sure, rules need to be broken from time to time. The price of having that fun is the punishment one risks for doing it. Don't like it? Break your own toys.
-ZK
A Beowulf cluster of... people?
Well, that will give the people who plastered their cars with "Free Kevin" bumper stickers a renewed purpose...
Well, as someone who has been across the table from both VC's and reporters on numerous occasions, as well as being a strong believer in Occam's Razor, I assumed, assume, and will continue to assume that the "legal liabilty" assumption by HW is just plain wrong. VC contracts tend to go the exact opposite direction, up to and including the "if you get sued, we get our money back first!" type of term. Sorry, barring evidence / term sheets to the contrary, I'm not going to take one sub-clause in a news article as definitive of HW's legal liability.
Hummer Winblad are the people who are legally responsible for Napster. They're the ones to sue.
Like I said above, I doubt it... but for the sake of argument, I'll assume they did assume control of Napster. Guess what? Napster doesn't exist anymore! They went buh-bye! Chapter 7! Liquidation of assets for creditors! No more legal entity! See the problem here? This is kind of like suing the high-school sweetheart of the guy who murdered someone, AFTER the murderer has been executed!
-ZK
What about the "other stuff" in {vodka | whiskey | gin | etc}? Do the extraneous bits collect over time to gunk up the works? Do these things need cleaning from time to time?
I'm assuming you're being rhetorical here, and that you are aware that Hotmail puts the IP address of the user in every outbound mail header.
-ZK
The Apache Compile HOWTO gives a reliable process for building mod_ssl into Apache, including dependencies, creating a server cert, etc. It also contains references & links to more information. -ZK
As someone who was there when AOL started connecting to Usenet, allow me to say.
No.
More AOL content = less reason for AOL users to stray out onto the 'net at large...
-ZK-
There's this thing called "key man" life insurance... which seems a better method of protecting "those with whom the artist would create a contract" as that term doesn't appear in any copy of the Constitution I can find...
-ZK-
Hmmm... I took several Sun courses some 8 or 9 years ago, and if memory serves, 500:1 was the system:admin ratio they were claiming for Solaris 2.4...
-ZK-
See here for details.
-ZK-
Of course, one could keep the private key on some form of removable media... but in the real world, that never seems to work out, does it... Speaking of which, do any widely used mailers support tokens (like the Dallas Semiconductor iButton) for key storage?
-ZK
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-ZK-
A Claddagh is a traditional Irish design: hands supporting a heart topped by a crown. Depending on how it is worn (left hand / right hand, heart or crown "worn in"), it can specify friendship to engagement to marriage.
There are many, many jewelers and artists who offer claddaghs, so you're sure to find one that will suit style and budget. As it happened, we chose a simple rose-gold claddagh from MacManus and Sons.
Good luck, hope this helps, and congrats!
-ZK-
Or, as the post says, just toss it in the glove box. I spent an awful lot of time in cabs in NY last year, and it seemed every driver did that... coming up to the booth? Pull it out and wave it near the windshield. Then back in the glove box it went.
-ZK-
I use the toolset to cap several shows a week with my G400-TV, edit them, clean them up, and encode them to SVCD. The results are great.
-ZK-
"Bruce... I just broke three of your ribs."
??? The WinTV-PVR PCI has a hardware MPEG2 encoder on it... it's most definitely not the same... perhaps you're thinking of the ATI AIW? That *does* do software encoding.
-ZK-
There are several in various stages. Hit freshmeat and search for "PVR". Also check out the mjpegtools for enough of the basic kit (recording, editing, etc) to get going (lacks only a nice integration with a scheduler).
The last bit of kit I'm looking for is something to do the "pause live TV" thing. I suppose one could tweak lavrec (part of the aforementioned mjpegtools) to record to a circular buffer, and dump it as needed...
-ZK-
And good luck, too! I had a horrible time with their support staff. Very unresponsive and unhelpful. I eventually gave up on my WinTV-PVR (PCI card) and got a Matrox G400-TV. It runs nicely under Linux now. :)
The Tivo records at full D1 resolution (720x480, actually, which is cropped from "true" D1 of 720x486, but close enough). The Hauppauge product records at half that resolution. It is necessary because of the limited bandwidth of USB
Brzt. Thanks for playing! Oh, well, partial credit -- I don't know what the USB does I admit. But the PCI version recorded at full NTSC D1 (which tends to be 704x480 in actual use) in multiple bitrates.
if you want to record things and watch things later at the best quality, you should save for a Tivo.
Or get any of the cards supported by the Marvel drivers for linux and use the mjpegtools to make your own PVR. That's what I did, and I'm quite pleased.
-ZK-
Beyond mass theft of credit cards, shopping habits, medical information, information on children?
I said that "[we] were waiting..." (emphasis added). I'm no longer convinced that event of sufficient magnitude could occur. Which means that waiting for a fear-based opportunity won't work.
I now think the best way to do it is ... well, the way we geeks do things best -- subvert the paradigm. Get it in at the ground floor. Work features into products that enhance privacy without degrading the user experience. Because while people won't spend money for privacy itself (as a general rule), they will choose a more privacy protecting product over a less privacy protecting one, all else being equal.
Also, realize that the concerns of the average person are not the same as the concerns of the average /. reader. We tend to be more worried about the dangers from Big Brother, whereas the average consumer is more worried about the thousands of "Little Brothers" in business, which is a hugely different issue to deal with. For one thing, things like mixmaster remailers and strong crypto-based identity guarding / generators (like alas, the defunct Privada's Incognito set and Zero Knowledge's Freedom) aren't necessarily essential.
--ZK
No bet there. For the last three years, the number one online consumer concern in study after study has been privacy. The last one I read had 85% of the people polled rating the loss of control over their personal information as the top issue.
Yet you know what? The simple fact is that privacy is (or at least has been to now), an issue that people talk about, but don't do anything about.
No one does anything about it because they have no idea how.
It's a red herring to claim user ignorance here. There have been numerous attempts to solve the privacy problem -- with technology, with policy, and with law. But none of that changes the simple fact that for all the talk of concern, all it takes is a $0.20 coupon off a hamburger, and people will share their entire life's history. This isn't a problem of technology, policy, or law. It's a social problem... and the problem with social problems is that they depend on everyone agreeing -- through their actions -- that it is a problem. Talk isn't enough.
A few years ago (and yes, this is turning into a ramble, so what?), I and many others were waiting for the (next) big "Privacy Chernobyl" to hit, because surely that would be the one to make people wake up. But folks never did.
Until individual consumers stop giving up their personal information for a free toy or a discount on an item they may never use, the situation simply won't change. Privacy is a personal responsibility.
Okay, off the soap box.
--ZK
I would be shocked -- SHOCKED -- if these don't show up in alt.binaries.multimedia or .vcd shortly after they arrive on the air. Look there.
--Zk