If you release anything without explicit consent from your company, you're going to be sued for copyright infringement and damages like no other.
The do not "technically" own it. They own it. They're paying you to develop stuff for them. Although you created/modified it, you have no rights at all to it.
And what exactly did you expect from a game that was release SEVERAL YEARS after it's original release date?
People originally suggested the game was fake, because they'd only seen screen shots (mock ups?) When the box showed up at CompUSA I was shocked, but it was only pre-order. It took them several more months to actually get it out the door.
businesses won't be able to send legitimate automated email(shipping notifications, confirmations, etc.) because everyone will be using different challenge-response systems. You think the average earthlink user is going to be smart enough to even REALIZE they need to whitelist a business, much less what address?
There's no need to whiltelist whole domains, etc. The Mailblocks (and Earthlink) impelementation allows you to create alias addresses to give out. You can give them to companies and e-mail coming to those aliases will bypass your whitelist. If you see an alias is being abused or distributed it's a very simple matter to remove it and you'll never see spam coming from them again. They also suggest them for 1 shot e-mails where you need to provide an e-mail to receive registration info, but don't want future e-mail from them.
You get the convenience to receive all your e-mail in one box without the risk of giving out that e-mail address to unkown / untrusted parties. And the ability to cut them off if they get out of hand. Seems like a great idea to me. I hate checking 3 separate e-mail accounts because I don't want to give out my personal address to corporations who might just decided to change their privacy policy and opt you into a bunch of things you don't want without your consent. (a la Yahoo!)
I wonder when they'll finally realize that you can't make a thinking machine. It doesn't have a a soul, a consiousness. It just follows some programming. At the most basic level, it's just a binary program. It follows whatever instructions it was given.
I honestly don't think we understand what makes a human consious or what makes someone be that person well enough to try to replicate it in software. You can make the logic more sophisticated, but I doubt we'll ever make them truly "think." And even if we did, how could we prove it? If you think about it, how can you prove anyone other than yourself is consious?
Gotta call you on this one because you're talking out your ass.
It's obvious you don't understand how the operating systems handle memory on MacOS, MacOS X, and Windows NT/2K/XP.
First of all when something says NULL, it does not always mean zero. It's true that many systems use zero as an alias for NULL, but NULL can be defined as anything (read your C/C++ language definitions... that's why that have something called null and NULL defined.)
Secondly, Mac OS is not a protected memory operatating system. So yeah, it will let you write to any address you give it. WHICH IS VERY VERY BAD. It will let you write to the memory space whether or not you own it. And it's the reason why Mac OS when it crashes, crashes hard.
However, attempting to read from or write to NULL even on Mac OS will cause it to terminate your program. It's not valid to access the NULL identifier.
In Windows and Mac OS X, where protected memory is implemented... it will generate a Segmentation Fault for trying to access memory outside of your program and thus terminate your program.
If you really want to see how fast you can crash a Mac by writting to null this simple C program will demonstrate:
int main(int argc, char** argv) {
int *a;
a = (int*)NULL;
*a = 5;
return 0; }
And it's not explorer itself that causes the crash on Windows, it's a specific DLL it's accessing, SHLWAPI.DLL. I imagine whatever the Mac version of Explorer uses in it's place is implemented correctly. So go read the RTFA yourself, then go read some books on Computer and OS architecture before you make a post about something you don't understand again, because I'm sure a lot of people are nodding their heads at you saying "yeah, that makes sense." when its a bunch of BS.
Actually, what Red Hat can do is what other Open Source companies have done. They can copyright the CD itself, and distribute the source / binaries on an FTP server that make it difficult to obtain and actually use. OpenBSD and SuSE are two examples... You cannot download official ISOs for these distros.
I know someone will probably be quick to point out they have limited exposure, but Red Hat may end up taking this strategy if they can't derive any revenues from their work any other way.
Stop and think for a second how much more difficult with would be to set up a Linux system with out their tools before you decide not to buy a copy of their CDs or pay for RHN. Not hard? Then why are you downloading them? How about downloading Debian instead? Or brewing your own distro?
Most of these "protection" schemes just involve writting invalid TOCs on the disc so a computer can't read them properly. Give me five minutes with a few CD recovery utilities and I'll burn a proper CD-R from it...
Or hell, at that point, just extract WAV straight from the recovery image.
"So, let's all go use this sucky thing because it's standard" is the best you can say about XML? That's like saying let's all use Windows because it's the "standard" on 94% of computers...
I for one am glad there are people out there who aren't falling in line.
"So let's all use a sucky standard" is the best you can say about XML? That's like saying let's all go use Windows because it's the "standard" on 94% of computers...
I for one am glad there are some people out there who aren't falling in line.
People like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, etc. can be counted on one hand. While they're nice examples of where you can go without finishing school, or going the drug route and trancendental meditation... *ahem* They are 2 people of roughly 6 billion. (or 250 million-ish in the US alone)
While you can get somewhere without a good education, I can tell you as an engineer, and as a college recruiter we do look at transcripts and resumes. I can also tell you the school that you come from matters. If you went to a Tier 3 state supported school, you better do significantly better than someone who comes from a Tier 1 school. The academic programs are generally much tougher in the Tier 1 schools, and we expect slighly lower grades from those applicants on average. And this is not just generalization.
After I finished undergrad and moved to my first apartment, I started taking classes at the local university. It was a farce. Compared to the work I did in my undergraduate classes it was nothing. I took graduate classes before leaving undergrad and they involved quite a bit work. The classes I took at the local university were mostly memorization and had very little to do with learning concepts and theories. ie: Memorizing details of the 8086->Pentium processors does not a Computer Architecture class make. That lasted for two classes, as I thought I chose a bad class. The next semester I transfered to the arch-rival of the Tier 1 I went to as undergrad (they have a local campus) and things were more like I would expect.
Also, low grades don't always reflect inability to learn the subject. Sometimes it's from laziness, an unwillingness to work, or not caring about the work. This is the last kind of person we want to hire. You don't have to have straight A's and participate in 50 activities. But you do have to demonstrate a healthy like for this type of work, and a willingness to...well, work. Involvment in extra-curricular projects or practical experience is a nice plus.
For academic positions, research, publications, etc. take a more prominent position. But either way, what managers/professors look for is that you really are interested in the field, and that you don't want to get a degree just to have the paper.
Motivation and skill are key. Poor academic performance is a good indicator one of them is missing. Success at a more challenging university generally indicates you have more of both.
How does monitoring someone help protect their freedom. If anything it would limit them for fear of expressing the wrong idea.
Look at what happened with Tivo
and Amazon. I can just imagine the kind of things that will happen if the government started looking at all our packets. You go to look up a roach bomb on google and suddenly the FBI is at the door arresting you as a suspected terrorist.
The reason CDs and DVDs are more expensive is the recording quality. Not the media cost.
Re:Why does everybody rip on Star Trek V?
on
Critics Pan Nemesis
·
· Score: 2, Interesting
Star Trek: Nemesis is like Mission Impossible 2... It's a decent movie. They just gave it the wrong name. Other than the fact that they used characters from STNG... the feel of the movie is completely different from the TV show. And if you pay attention to the technology...it's more akin to what we have now..than any future. A 4-Wheel Offroad vehicle. The tools Crusher uses in sick bay... The pop up computer panel in Picard's office...
It's all 20th/21st Century Tech. Even the computer displays look like stuff out of the recent Star Trek video games. Maybe it's just me...but it doesn't feel like "Star Trek." The mood is dark, and the main characters seem way to jovial...
But we're talking about two institutions (government and corporations) that are generally considered to be somewhat corrupt and untrustworthy. Then you throw in money. Politicians have power... they want money to get more power. Corporations have money... they want power so they can make more money... Seems like there's supply and demand here. Two groups have what each other want, and they're making agreements to facilitate the transfer.
Do I agree with it? No. Do I think it's right? No. But in a society where the acquisition of wealth and power are your primary goals, and things like charity, scholarship, helping others, doing the right thing, etc. are back burnered...what do you really expect? Those organizations are doing exactly what they're expected to do. I'm afraid we need more than a few laws to fix this one.
After our semi-intelligent voice recognition car breaks down on the side of the road:
Driver: "This car is a piece of shit!" Car: "The nearest restroom is 200 miles down route 54." Driver : "God I hate this car, I want to kick it's ass." Car: "The nearest brothel is located 4,364 miles away in the state of of Nevada." Driver: "That's it, I've had enough of this you fucking car. I'm going to kill you!" Car: "Security system activated. Electrifiying body frame." Driver: Bzzwaaaarrrrrrzzzwaaaaaaaaaaa
Alot of the things on Slashdot are interesting only to a certain group of people.
But then things like this come along. Sure, a new Linux kernel is interesting and useful. Copyright violations they impact people. Hell, even some off the wall things like the recent listening to network traffic *might* have some usefullness.
But someone running music through a standard converter with usless parameters (24 hours of stretch) is not news worthy... That's like if I posted how to make all the text white on a white background in Microsoft Word. Wow you can send secret messages! Whatever....
Umm... you're also about 3 years (maybe 4?) behind in technology... So yeah, it's about time for an upgrade if you want to play the latest and greatest games.
Slashdot Mirror
If you release anything without explicit consent from your company, you're going to be sued for copyright infringement and damages like no other.
The do not "technically" own it. They own it. They're paying you to develop stuff for them. Although you created/modified it, you have no rights at all to it.
Sounds like someone threatened to sue for defamation or libel...
And what exactly did you expect from a game that was release SEVERAL YEARS after it's original release date?
People originally suggested the game was fake, because they'd only seen screen shots (mock ups?) When the box showed up at CompUSA I was shocked, but it was only pre-order. It took them several more months to actually get it out the door.
I think people should have seen this one coming.
I'm waiting for the obligatory blame the hackers will most certainly place on Bruce Almighty for making them do this.
But mom, Jim Carey did it!
businesses won't be able to send legitimate automated email(shipping notifications, confirmations, etc.) because everyone will be using different challenge-response systems. You think the average earthlink user is going to be smart enough to even REALIZE they need to whitelist a business, much less what address?
There's no need to whiltelist whole domains, etc. The Mailblocks (and Earthlink) impelementation allows you to create alias addresses to give out. You can give them to companies and e-mail coming to those aliases will bypass your whitelist. If you see an alias is being abused or distributed it's a very simple matter to remove it and you'll never see spam coming from them again. They also suggest them for 1 shot e-mails where you need to provide an e-mail to receive registration info, but don't want future e-mail from them.
You get the convenience to receive all your e-mail in one box without the risk of giving out that e-mail address to unkown / untrusted parties. And the ability to cut them off if they get out of hand. Seems like a great idea to me. I hate checking 3 separate e-mail accounts because I don't want to give out my personal address to corporations who might just decided to change their privacy policy and opt you into a bunch of things you don't want without your consent. (a la Yahoo!)
I wonder when they'll finally realize that you can't make a thinking machine. It doesn't have a a soul, a consiousness. It just follows some programming. At the most basic level, it's just a binary program. It follows whatever instructions it was given.
I honestly don't think we understand what makes a human consious or what makes someone be that person well enough to try to replicate it in software. You can make the logic more sophisticated, but I doubt we'll ever make them truly "think." And even if we did, how could we prove it? If you think about it, how can you prove anyone other than yourself is consious?
Here.
Gotta call you on this one because you're talking out your ass.
It's obvious you don't understand how the operating systems handle memory on MacOS, MacOS X, and Windows NT/2K/XP.
First of all when something says NULL, it does not always mean zero. It's true that many systems use zero as an alias for NULL, but NULL can be defined as anything (read your C/C++ language definitions... that's why that have something called null and NULL defined.)
Secondly, Mac OS is not a protected memory operatating system. So yeah, it will let you write to any address you give it. WHICH IS VERY VERY BAD. It will let you write to the memory space whether or not you own it. And it's the reason why Mac OS when it crashes, crashes hard.
However, attempting to read from or write to NULL even on Mac OS will cause it to terminate your program. It's not valid to access the NULL identifier.
In Windows and Mac OS X, where protected memory is implemented... it will generate a Segmentation Fault for trying to access memory outside of your program and thus terminate your program.
If you really want to see how fast you can crash a Mac by writting to null this simple C program will demonstrate:
int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
int *a;
a = (int*)NULL;
*a = 5;
return 0;
}
And it's not explorer itself that causes the crash on Windows, it's a specific DLL it's accessing, SHLWAPI.DLL. I imagine whatever the Mac version of Explorer uses in it's place is implemented correctly. So go read the RTFA yourself, then go read some books on Computer and OS architecture before you make a post about something you don't understand again, because I'm sure a lot of people are nodding their heads at you saying "yeah, that makes sense." when its a bunch of BS.
Moving the noise heat generators away from the humans eh? You can get the same effect using ethernet... and considerably cheaper I might add.
I'd think a local ethernet running through your walls would be more secure as well.
Actually, what Red Hat can do is what other Open Source companies have done. They can copyright the CD itself, and distribute the source / binaries on an FTP server that make it difficult to obtain and actually use. OpenBSD and SuSE are two examples... You cannot download official ISOs for these distros.
I know someone will probably be quick to point out they have limited exposure, but Red Hat may end up taking this strategy if they can't derive any revenues from their work any other way.
Stop and think for a second how much more difficult with would be to set up a Linux system with out their tools before you decide not to buy a copy of their CDs or pay for RHN. Not hard? Then why are you downloading them? How about downloading Debian instead? Or brewing your own distro?
Most of these "protection" schemes just involve writting invalid TOCs on the disc so a computer can't read them properly. Give me five minutes with a few CD recovery utilities and I'll burn a proper CD-R from it...
Or hell, at that point, just extract WAV straight from the recovery image.
"So, let's all go use this sucky thing because it's standard" is the best you can say about XML? That's like saying let's all use Windows because it's the "standard" on 94% of computers... I for one am glad there are people out there who aren't falling in line.
"So let's all use a sucky standard" is the best you can say about XML? That's like saying let's all go use Windows because it's the "standard" on 94% of computers...
I for one am glad there are some people out there who aren't falling in line.
The money is to develop an 'operating system for consumer electronics goods'.
Hmm... I wonder who invented^H^H^H^H^H^H already owns the patent on this one.
People like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, etc. can be counted on one hand. While they're nice examples of where you can go without finishing school, or going the drug route and trancendental meditation... *ahem* They are 2 people of roughly 6 billion. (or 250 million-ish in the US alone)
While you can get somewhere without a good education, I can tell you as an engineer, and as a college recruiter we do look at transcripts and resumes. I can also tell you the school that you come from matters. If you went to a Tier 3 state supported school, you better do significantly better than someone who comes from a Tier 1 school. The academic programs are generally much tougher in the Tier 1 schools, and we expect slighly lower grades from those applicants on average. And this is not just generalization.
After I finished undergrad and moved to my first apartment, I started taking classes at the local university. It was a farce. Compared to the work I did in my undergraduate classes it was nothing. I took graduate classes before leaving undergrad and they involved quite a bit work. The classes I took at the local university were mostly memorization and had very little to do with learning concepts and theories. ie: Memorizing details of the 8086->Pentium processors does not a Computer Architecture class make. That lasted for two classes, as I thought I chose a bad class. The next semester I transfered to the arch-rival of the Tier 1 I went to as undergrad (they have a local campus) and things were more like I would expect.
Also, low grades don't always reflect inability to learn the subject. Sometimes it's from laziness, an unwillingness to work, or not caring about the work. This is the last kind of person we want to hire. You don't have to have straight A's and participate in 50 activities. But you do have to demonstrate a healthy like for this type of work, and a willingness to...well, work. Involvment in extra-curricular projects or practical experience is a nice plus.
For academic positions, research, publications, etc. take a more prominent position. But either way, what managers/professors look for is that you really are interested in the field, and that you don't want to get a degree just to have the paper.
Motivation and skill are key. Poor academic performance is a good indicator one of them is missing. Success at a more challenging university generally indicates you have more of both.
How does monitoring someone help protect their freedom. If anything it would limit them for fear of expressing the wrong idea.
Look at what happened with Tivo and Amazon. I can just imagine the kind of things that will happen if the government started looking at all our packets. You go to look up a roach bomb on google and suddenly the FBI is at the door arresting you as a suspected terrorist.
mmmmm pie! me like pie!
You like pie?
The reason CDs and DVDs are more expensive is the recording quality. Not the media cost.
Star Trek: Nemesis is like Mission Impossible 2... It's a decent movie. They just gave it the wrong name. Other than the fact that they used characters from STNG... the feel of the movie is completely different from the TV show. And if you pay attention to the technology...it's more akin to what we have now..than any future. A 4-Wheel Offroad vehicle. The tools Crusher uses in sick bay... The pop up computer panel in Picard's office...
It's all 20th/21st Century Tech. Even the computer displays look like stuff out of the recent Star Trek video games. Maybe it's just me...but it doesn't feel like "Star Trek." The mood is dark, and the main characters seem way to jovial...
Decent story. Wrong name.
But we're talking about two institutions (government and corporations) that are generally considered to be somewhat corrupt and untrustworthy. Then you throw in money. Politicians have power... they want money to get more power. Corporations have money... they want power so they can make more money... Seems like there's supply and demand here. Two groups have what each other want, and they're making agreements to facilitate the transfer.
Do I agree with it? No. Do I think it's right? No. But in a society where the acquisition of wealth and power are your primary goals, and things like charity, scholarship, helping others, doing the right thing, etc. are back burnered...what do you really expect? Those organizations are doing exactly what they're expected to do. I'm afraid we need more than a few laws to fix this one.
After our semi-intelligent voice recognition car breaks down on the side of the road:
Driver: "This car is a piece of shit!"
Car: "The nearest restroom is 200 miles down route 54."
Driver : "God I hate this car, I want to kick it's ass."
Car: "The nearest brothel is located 4,364 miles away in the state of of Nevada."
Driver: "That's it, I've had enough of this you fucking car. I'm going to kill you!"
Car: "Security system activated. Electrifiying body frame."
Driver: Bzzwaaaarrrrrrzzzwaaaaaaaaaaa
Alot of the things on Slashdot are interesting only to a certain group of people.
But then things like this come along. Sure, a new Linux kernel is interesting and useful. Copyright violations they impact people. Hell, even some off the wall things like the recent listening to network traffic *might* have some usefullness.
But someone running music through a standard converter with usless parameters (24 hours of stretch) is not news worthy... That's like if I posted how to make all the text white on a white background in Microsoft Word. Wow you can send secret messages! Whatever....
Why do people do shit like this? And why does it keep getting posted on Slashdot.
It's like "Yay! I made something completely useless, let's go post it on slashdot!" WTF?
A company once sued for copyright infringement (for alledgedly copying the IBM BIOS) now becomes the one suing...
Umm... you're also about 3 years (maybe 4?) behind in technology... So yeah, it's about time for an upgrade if you want to play the latest and greatest games.