...the only way we will find out for sure is to actually go there in person...I doubt they'll be able to claim there's no life on mars when they're standing right on it.
Watermarking is overrated. To remove -any- watermark (defeat -any- watermarking scheme), you just have to re-watermark the media. That's it. In pretty much all cases, that will make the original watermark unretrievable (at least not in any statistical sense).
There is a very strict balance between signal power and watermark power---if you increase watermark power (make it harder to remove), you're degrading the media. There is a balance that exists between the two---and to destroy the balance, you just have to re-watermark the image the 2nd time (yes, losing some quality), and all of a sudden, the original watermark is gone.
Pretty much all papers that claim to embed their watermarks several times have either tweaked media or tweaked watermarks that specifically embed the data into different things---but if you re-apply any spread spectrum watermark to the media, all of the separate tweaked parts are gone.
The trick is `quality loss'... but then again, most of the time it's not -that- bad.
I've used Mozilla calendar for a while, until I've moved to linux on amd64... and all of a sudden, among a number of packages, Mozilla Calendar (well, Sunbird) stopped working. It just crashes outright.
I had to move over to Evolution (that has e-mail and calendar). So far so good. I'll definitely try this latest Sunbird release to see if it works on amd64 linux.
It depends on the situation and place. Near neagara falls, I needed a passport and a quarter to get into canada... on my way back, -nobody- even asked me anything. I just walked in: nobody even bothered to check who I was.
On another trip, a whole bus of people just drove into canada (no ids, nothing). On the way back, there was a guard going over the entire bus and checking everyone's id.
In short, it depends on the time/place/situation---and whether you look suspicious enough.
What a sad day for freedom on the net. Soon it will be a crime to link to bittorrent or eMule's respective homepages.
Wait till it's a crime to link to pages that link to illegal files. After all, if it's only 1 depth level that they're worried about, why not use some redirection service to bypass that `law'? tinyurl anyone?
I totally agree, and I'd like to add that folks should read some of Bill's books. Seriously. He makes a lot of sense (if he wrote them that is, etc.,)
From the books, you'd think the dude is a free software advocate, speaking against lock-in, among other things, etc. Totally not the `Bill Gates' you know from Microsoft fame.
I think the point is that in theistic view, man was a `special' creation, not something that just happened there by a series of some events. Most theists would be `ok' with evolution of animals (that's fine) but man has to be outside of it.
...but then you get into these issues of `who is observing the observer', and is there the ultimate observer (one who doesn't need to be observed to exist, etc.)
I think it was in ``Equations of Eternity'' book by someone or other. It's been a while since I read it.
Ignoring that ``they shouldn't be doing that'', etc., the question is: Who cares? I may sound like a troll, but who in the hell cares for $0.75??? I never understand people who try to save every single penny per domain---that's just stupid.
If you have a website (that makes money, or not), then even a few hundreds of dollars won't make a difference---and $0.75 cents is certainly nothing to complain about. Just look at how much taxes you're paying on your cell phone per month.
On the other hand, if you're in the business of hogging hundreds of domains in a hope of selling them... then I understand how a few bucks per domain can make a huge difference in that business model. But then I don't think those people should be in business in the first place.
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I also recommend both books titled ``Swarm Intelligence'' (search amazon), as well as most books by Dawkins.
I totally agree. In fact, I'd even say it's true for adults! When I use the computer, I found that I'm a lot more productive in text mode (linux console) than with a dozen applications open constantly distracting me (and no Mozilla!--the time killer).
It's just you and the code... (and no IM, e-mail, web, etc.)
What makes you think the code monkeys don't have an education? Better yet, what makes you think any company is going to be willing to pay American wages for this kind of research?
Ok, I admit that many code monkeys have an education---in fact, many have a far better education than most. (ie: hire a BS degree in US or a masters degree in India?). That you can't do anything about (they went to school, got an education, etc.).
The thing that you do control is your imagination, creativity, etc. Many people lack that. If you have the ability/skills to turn your ideas into reality, you can be successful.
As for companies, many are looking for precisely the research kind. Have you looked at job offers from Google? (or Microsoft Research?). Pretty much _every_ major company is still very much hiering---but they're not looking for vb coders, they're looking people who can do the currently-impossible. Show your ability to do incredible things, and I'm sure you'll have no problem in getting a job at one of these places.
In fact, I'd go as far as say there is a shortage of these jobs in the US right now.
Your speech recognition example is pretty bad; pretty much all HMM methods require training (or they don't perform well). (and all current speech recognition is based on Hidden Markov Models). Your experience might've been good 'cause your voice may be `common', but if you speak a bit too fast or a bit too slow (or there are multiple speakers in the noisy room), those things won't be able to handle it. I bet that anyone who develops a speech recognition system that can totally eliminate the need for a keyboard (ie: the computer doesn't come with a keyboard/mouse---it comes with a microphone) will be rich beyond their dreams....just because someone `has a product that does that' doesn't mean you can't make a better product. I think Microsoft proved that.
And while Segway's _wheeled_ platform is impressive, it has little to do with jointed platforms (which are very much in their infancy right now).
There are things a _good_ coder (ie: a software engineer) should be able to do that average code monkeys cannot: like being able to build a complex system (something way above the level of a `vb db app').
If you want some challenges, build a system that can recognize human speech well (no matter who's the speaker---and without training). I'm sure that will sell really well.
The Honda robot may walk, but have you seen it walk? It walks slower than a slug. Build a system that can keep its balance while running, and I'm sure that will sell.
Microsoft computer can `talk'... build something that actually sounds like a human (places emphasis in right places, etc.,) and I'm sure that will sell.
There are also a ton of things I can think of in database and information retrieval domains that haven't been done yet (but would change the world if someone managed to do it).
ie: these are things that an average code monkey that gets outsourced cannot do---but a person with good education might be able to take a good stab at these problems.
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That's way more than Knuth gives you for bugs in his books...
I'm guessing they want the same thing Knuth wants when they give you money for bugs. Nice strategy.
If allowing my browser to lie about it's identity so I can access my bank account is bloat, then I welcome bloat.
How about complaining (regularly) to the bank that their site doesn't work?
I understand what you're saying, but the problem needs to be fixed from the other end... otherwise it just causes -more- of these issues.
...the only way we will find out for sure is to actually go there in person ...I doubt they'll be able to claim there's no life on mars when they're standing right on it.
Watermarking is overrated. To remove -any- watermark (defeat -any- watermarking scheme), you just have to re-watermark the media. That's it. In pretty much all cases, that will make the original watermark unretrievable (at least not in any statistical sense).
There is a very strict balance between signal power and watermark power---if you increase watermark power (make it harder to remove), you're degrading the media. There is a balance that exists between the two---and to destroy the balance, you just have to re-watermark the image the 2nd time (yes, losing some quality), and all of a sudden, the original watermark is gone.
Pretty much all papers that claim to embed their watermarks several times have either tweaked media or tweaked watermarks that specifically embed the data into different things---but if you re-apply any spread spectrum watermark to the media, all of the separate tweaked parts are gone.
The trick is `quality loss'... but then again, most of the time it's not -that- bad.
As long as you can get it onto a computer, people are going to figure out how to make it copy it.
I think ??AA are trying to outlaw the 'mov' operation.
Well, the hashes could be real, but all p2p transmissions could be encrypted. (in short, nothing for ISPs to see).
...a reputable program like KaZaA acting as spyware? I'm shocked I tell ya. Shocked.
...That only works for Dilbert.
I've used Mozilla calendar for a while, until I've moved to linux on amd64... and all of a sudden, among a number of packages, Mozilla Calendar (well, Sunbird) stopped working. It just crashes outright.
I had to move over to Evolution (that has e-mail and calendar). So far so good. I'll definitely try this latest Sunbird release to see if it works on amd64 linux.
It depends on the situation and place. Near neagara falls, I needed a passport and a quarter to get into canada... on my way back, -nobody- even asked me anything. I just walked in: nobody even bothered to check who I was.
On another trip, a whole bus of people just drove into canada (no ids, nothing). On the way back, there was a guard going over the entire bus and checking everyone's id.
In short, it depends on the time/place/situation---and whether you look suspicious enough.
In related news... it was found that Microsoft employees don't drive Microsoft cars.
Trick is that the cars with RFIDs are usually much fancier than cars without. So yes, they might go that extra step just to steal that fancy car.
What a sad day for freedom on the net. Soon it will be a crime to link to bittorrent or eMule's respective homepages.
Wait till it's a crime to link to pages that link to illegal files. After all, if it's only 1 depth level that they're worried about, why not use some redirection service to bypass that `law'? tinyurl anyone?
...But... what if I'm running Linux on a non-x86 computer????? What then?
Xvid works just fine---none of the binary codes work. I can't even get Acrobat Reader.
Now, open source on the other hand, works just fine. Just download, recompile, and it's all up and running.
I totally agree, and I'd like to add that folks should read some of Bill's books. Seriously. He makes a lot of sense (if he wrote them that is, etc.,)
From the books, you'd think the dude is a free software advocate, speaking against lock-in, among other things, etc. Totally not the `Bill Gates' you know from Microsoft fame.
I think the point is that in theistic view, man was a `special' creation, not something that just happened there by a series of some events. Most theists would be `ok' with evolution of animals (that's fine) but man has to be outside of it.
...but then you get into these issues of `who is observing the observer', and is there the ultimate observer (one who doesn't need to be observed to exist, etc.)
I think it was in ``Equations of Eternity'' book by someone or other. It's been a while since I read it.
Ignoring that ``they shouldn't be doing that'', etc., the question is: Who cares? I may sound like a troll, but who in the hell cares for $0.75??? I never understand people who try to save every single penny per domain---that's just stupid.
If you have a website (that makes money, or not), then even a few hundreds of dollars won't make a difference---and $0.75 cents is certainly nothing to complain about. Just look at how much taxes you're paying on your cell phone per month.
On the other hand, if you're in the business of hogging hundreds of domains in a hope of selling them... then I understand how a few bucks per domain can make a huge difference in that business model. But then I don't think those people should be in business in the first place.
I also recommend both books titled ``Swarm Intelligence'' (search amazon), as well as most books by Dawkins.
I totally agree. In fact, I'd even say it's true for adults! When I use the computer, I found that I'm a lot more productive in text mode (linux console) than with a dozen applications open constantly distracting me (and no Mozilla!--the time killer).
It's just you and the code... (and no IM, e-mail, web, etc.)
What makes you think the code monkeys don't have an education? Better yet, what makes you think any company is going to be willing to pay American wages for this kind of research?
...just because someone `has a product that does that' doesn't mean you can't make a better product. I think Microsoft proved that.
Ok, I admit that many code monkeys have an education---in fact, many have a far better education than most. (ie: hire a BS degree in US or a masters degree in India?). That you can't do anything about (they went to school, got an education, etc.).
The thing that you do control is your imagination, creativity, etc. Many people lack that. If you have the ability/skills to turn your ideas into reality, you can be successful.
As for companies, many are looking for precisely the research kind. Have you looked at job offers from Google? (or Microsoft Research?). Pretty much _every_ major company is still very much hiering---but they're not looking for vb coders, they're looking people who can do the currently-impossible. Show your ability to do incredible things, and I'm sure you'll have no problem in getting a job at one of these places.
In fact, I'd go as far as say there is a shortage of these jobs in the US right now.
Your speech recognition example is pretty bad; pretty much all HMM methods require training (or they don't perform well). (and all current speech recognition is based on Hidden Markov Models). Your experience might've been good 'cause your voice may be `common', but if you speak a bit too fast or a bit too slow (or there are multiple speakers in the noisy room), those things won't be able to handle it. I bet that anyone who develops a speech recognition system that can totally eliminate the need for a keyboard (ie: the computer doesn't come with a keyboard/mouse---it comes with a microphone) will be rich beyond their dreams.
And while Segway's _wheeled_ platform is impressive, it has little to do with jointed platforms (which are very much in their infancy right now).
Thanks.
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But like I said, the best process in the world won't help you much if your people suck.
Heh. That's a given
There are things a _good_ coder (ie: a software engineer) should be able to do that average code monkeys cannot: like being able to build a complex system (something way above the level of a `vb db app').
If you want some challenges, build a system that can recognize human speech well (no matter who's the speaker---and without training). I'm sure that will sell really well.
The Honda robot may walk, but have you seen it walk? It walks slower than a slug. Build a system that can keep its balance while running, and I'm sure that will sell.
Microsoft computer can `talk'... build something that actually sounds like a human (places emphasis in right places, etc.,) and I'm sure that will sell.
There are also a ton of things I can think of in database and information retrieval domains that haven't been done yet (but would change the world if someone managed to do it).
ie: these are things that an average code monkey that gets outsourced cannot do---but a person with good education might be able to take a good stab at these problems.
Best of luck.
Sorry for being ignorant, but what the hell is `Agile Programming'?
(is it another spin on extreme programming?)