What's the future of distributed computing?
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Ask Donald Becker
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What do you see as the future of distributed computing? Will it be massive P2P distributed networks for the masses? Or will it be large commercial distributed networks?
What tools exist that will be used to create this future? What tools still need to be invented?
Yet again, we find an article that points to the significant number of Linux bugs going through BugTrack. The turn-around time for the patch in Linux is usually quite fast. Commercial software makers are starting to sue individuals for disclosing security vulnerabilities.
How many bugs for Windows have been swept under the rug? How many software vendors out there have patch security holes, and requested that their customers download the latest 'maintenance' patch?
Just ask some of the truly gifted individuals in security what they think of security through obfuscation.
Check out their site, www.arentfox.com. You'll find info on the sections of law that they cover. One such section is E-Commerce. As you can see from the info on their site, they are representing the interests of AOL in conjunction with Network Solutions. Since providing false information about client representation would be frowned upon by the Bar, it does appear to be legit.
Of course, the fact that the above info falls under E-Commerce on their site shows that they may still be stuck operating under the old E-conomy.
The RIAA has bet the farm on DRM! It's obvious from the post that they feel they have the solution to their problems. Even worse, they have declared their own customers to be the enemy. So much for all the times I've been told, "The customer is always right."
So, when you call up the RIAA and don't mention that you are contacting them on the behalf of a commercial entity, they assume you are a customer. Would most people give their sworn enemies the time of day if they called? No way.
Based on this attitude, the only choice is to push DRM. Sure they label it Digital Rights Management, but we all know it stands for Digital Restrictions Management. They honestly think that they have the right to police and search their customers private property.
I can't wait until DRM falls flat on it's face. Of course they'll just be blaming their customers for that as well--which is what they've done for a long time.
Ebay can and should cooperate and contact law enforcement agencies. Fraud is illegal. Really, it is.
Just take the stamps, for example. The criminal penalties of messing with the US Post Office are insane! Don't suspend people, just drop a note to the feds. Yes, the feds... E-Bay is interstate commerce, so it's easy. Then, simply have ebay indicate whether a seller legitimately falls under US Federal Jurisdiction.
This is exactly what most internet commerce sites are unwilling to do. They have the impression that they have to do all the policing themselves. A large portion of the US government is devoted to consumer protection. As screwed up as I often feel the US government is, I shudder to think of big business completely running the show.
You are absolutely correct! The slacker nomenclature was applied time and time again without just cause.
There are plenty of very hard working people in the workforce right now. Just look at the productivity numbers. Our productivity is so high, that we are only hurting ourselves.
Higher worker productivity increases economic strength at a high price--no new jobs. We are working ourselves right into what analysts call a "Jobless Recovery". That basically means that the economy gets better for everyone but the working stiffs.
Of course, we all know what the baby-boomer execs do. They take credit for the increased productivity as a result of their management skills, and caller us slackers for not increasing productivity more.
Go back to the goal of the GPL briefly: foster software development. It seems fairly obvious that if a game with "spark" was nothing more than source code that is compiled and executed, then the GPL would indeed foster development.
Unfortunately, the largest component of games with "spark" is artwork. Just take a look at the credits of your favorite game. There were probably half a dozen software developers recognized as creating the game. There are likely a hundred other names in there of people who didn't write a single line of code: artists, animators, musicians, actors, etc. The actually software development plays a small part in the whole of creating a game. Based on a division of labor, it isn't a wonder why the GPL hasn't fostered many games with "spark".
Further, the GPL is a software license. It applies to code. It does not transend to works of art. The models, textures, movies, and sounds of the modern video game are all works of art with substantial copyright protection. Unless a individual or group to create an open-license that covers general works of art that becomes as popular and enforcable as the GPL, proprietary game development will have the advantages.
How long has the industry known that the easiest way to hack most networks is through social engineering?
Despite warnings from everyone--from government to researchers--social engineering continues to work.
Posting a warning to employees will at most protect the company from the unpracticed social engineering tricks. Social engineering is nothing more than the practiced con-job that has been around since one caveman had something another caveman wanted.
This would work perfectly for an OS. Just make sure that the advertising company providing the funding has to run the OS as well. Lets see just how long they can stand the popup banners until they throw the computer out the window!
It is obvious from you post that you are willing to put in time on your own to understand the material. Your best bet would be to call a local university or high school and find a math tutor. A tutor would provide you someone who already knows the answers without having to waste time sitting in a lecture hall or watching a teacher at the blackboard.
I have tutored several older students who had decided to go back to school. Some were furthering their education, others were completing it after an extended absence. Whatever the case, they needed a person who knew the answers to their questions and had the patience to sit down with them.
If you really do have the motivation, a couple of hours every other weekend with a tutor would start you on your way to a better understanding of mathematics.
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What do you see as the future of distributed computing? Will it be massive P2P distributed networks for the masses? Or will it be large commercial distributed networks?
What tools exist that will be used to create this future? What tools still need to be invented?
Yet again, we find an article that points to the significant number of Linux bugs going through BugTrack. The turn-around time for the patch in Linux is usually quite fast. Commercial software makers are starting to sue individuals for disclosing security vulnerabilities.
How many bugs for Windows have been swept under the rug? How many software vendors out there have patch security holes, and requested that their customers download the latest 'maintenance' patch?
Just ask some of the truly gifted individuals in security what they think of security through obfuscation.
Doesn't _every_ college that provides high-speed internet to students already know this!?
Sounds more like they are sending letters to colleges as a message to somebody else. Not the administrations, not the students, that's for sure.
Check out their site, www.arentfox.com. You'll find info on the sections of law that they cover. One such section is E-Commerce. As you can see from the info on their site, they are representing the interests of AOL in conjunction with Network Solutions. Since providing false information about client representation would be frowned upon by the Bar, it does appear to be legit.
Of course, the fact that the above info falls under E-Commerce on their site shows that they may still be stuck operating under the old E-conomy.
The RIAA has bet the farm on DRM! It's obvious from the post that they feel they have the solution to their problems. Even worse, they have declared their own customers to be the enemy. So much for all the times I've been told, "The customer is always right."
So, when you call up the RIAA and don't mention that you are contacting them on the behalf of a commercial entity, they assume you are a customer. Would most people give their sworn enemies the time of day if they called? No way.
Based on this attitude, the only choice is to push DRM. Sure they label it Digital Rights Management, but we all know it stands for Digital Restrictions Management. They honestly think that they have the right to police and search their customers private property.
I can't wait until DRM falls flat on it's face. Of course they'll just be blaming their customers for that as well--which is what they've done for a long time.
Ebay can and should cooperate and contact law enforcement agencies. Fraud is illegal. Really, it is.
Just take the stamps, for example. The criminal penalties of messing with the US Post Office are insane! Don't suspend people, just drop a note to the feds. Yes, the feds... E-Bay is interstate commerce, so it's easy. Then, simply have ebay indicate whether a seller legitimately falls under US Federal Jurisdiction.
This is exactly what most internet commerce sites are unwilling to do. They have the impression that they have to do all the policing themselves. A large portion of the US government is devoted to consumer protection. As screwed up as I often feel the US government is, I shudder to think of big business completely running the show.
You are absolutely correct! The slacker nomenclature was applied time and time again without just cause.
There are plenty of very hard working people in the workforce right now. Just look at the productivity numbers. Our productivity is so high, that we are only hurting ourselves.
Higher worker productivity increases economic strength at a high price--no new jobs. We are working ourselves right into what analysts call a "Jobless Recovery". That basically means that the economy gets better for everyone but the working stiffs.
Of course, we all know what the baby-boomer execs do. They take credit for the increased productivity as a result of their management skills, and caller us slackers for not increasing productivity more.
Go back to the goal of the GPL briefly: foster software development. It seems fairly obvious that if a game with "spark" was nothing more than source code that is compiled and executed, then the GPL would indeed foster development.
Unfortunately, the largest component of games with "spark" is artwork. Just take a look at the credits of your favorite game. There were probably half a dozen software developers recognized as creating the game. There are likely a hundred other names in there of people who didn't write a single line of code: artists, animators, musicians, actors, etc. The actually software development plays a small part in the whole of creating a game. Based on a division of labor, it isn't a wonder why the GPL hasn't fostered many games with "spark".
Further, the GPL is a software license. It applies to code. It does not transend to works of art. The models, textures, movies, and sounds of the modern video game are all works of art with substantial copyright protection. Unless a individual or group to create an open-license that covers general works of art that becomes as popular and enforcable as the GPL, proprietary game development will have the advantages.
This patent bread of Creationism is a riot.
Leave it to people to take their "all powerfull, all knowing" God, and place all kinds of restictions on what God is capable.
It's a "What If..."
What if God, when he created the earth, created not only most of what we see now, but all the evidence of the evolutionary process.
What if He created all sorts of things to through off the use of carbon dating?
What if He created all the dinosaur bones--already fossilized and all?
What if He has a sense of humor, and is laughing his ass off at us right now?
How fast can someone actually type on one of these things?
I'm not about to give up the ability to bang out 80+ words a minute.
Precautions? Ha!
How long has the industry known that the easiest way to hack most networks is through social engineering?
Despite warnings from everyone--from government to researchers--social engineering continues to work.
Posting a warning to employees will at most protect the company from the unpracticed social engineering tricks. Social engineering is nothing more than the practiced con-job that has been around since one caveman had something another caveman wanted.
This would work perfectly for an OS. Just make sure that the advertising company providing the funding has to run the OS as well. Lets see just how long they can stand the popup banners until they throw the computer out the window!
--Was I supposed to attach a sig?
It is obvious from you post that you are willing to put in time on your own to understand the material. Your best bet would be to call a local university or high school and find a math tutor. A tutor would provide you someone who already knows the answers without having to waste time sitting in a lecture hall or watching a teacher at the blackboard.
I have tutored several older students who had decided to go back to school. Some were furthering their education, others were completing it after an extended absence. Whatever the case, they needed a person who knew the answers to their questions and had the patience to sit down with them.
If you really do have the motivation, a couple of hours every other weekend with a tutor would start you on your way to a better understanding of mathematics.