This article only points to their claim of having found the super-duper encryption method. Where is the method described? They also say in their announcement that "other methods have been compromised". Aha? When did *that* happen? This is just bullshit.
Owns all the radio stations in America? You mean the US? And you surely don't mean it actually OWNS ALL RADIO STATIONS?
As for the question that the article raises (how can they record them so fast) - well, they say they'll have multiple CD burners, by burning at 1x speed they'd have a batch of CD ready at the end of the concert. Even if they record on HD first, they can have the first batch ready in 5 minutes with a 12x burner.
yeah, and I guess it makes sense in general to wrap stuff like that in objects so that you can change the implementation more easily. But you can also do that in ANSI C, in at least two ways:
1) OO-style
typedef struct String_ {
void* string;//the method knows the *real* type
int (*printf) (struct String_* string); } String;
then call mystring->printf(mystring);
2) Function pointers again, but without the Object concept
typedef StringFunctions_ {
int (*printf) (void* string); } StringFunctions;
which can then be binded statically or at run-time
StringFunctions str_null_term = {
int (*printf_null_term) (void* string); };
3) With MACROS (however, varargs are not permitted)
The SVGs would be most useful for widgets I guess. Now that I think of it, they would be extremely useful for widgets and buttons.
On the other hand, the SVG would have to be yet another library to have installed on your system, with all the problems associated with having yet another library:/
Well, had it *been* a universal library, it would have had indexed sections on the books, relating to language, country, year of publication and 'genre'.
Well, in order to receive calls in your Linux box you either have to use a provider with that capabilitry, such as perhaps MicroTelco, or perhaps wait for the integration of all services and addresses under ATM.
(Asynchronous Transfer Mode is now used extensively, especially now that ADSL, which directly links with ATM, is in fashion. But it has not really made it to the consumer end yet.)
This applies also to the comment concerning cuting off the revenue from providers. If services are integrated like this there will be some other way of passing costs, depending on the service used, since there would be multiple service-providers sharing infrastructure.
Erm, this is not a US-only law. It was demanded by the World Trade Organization. All countries members of the WTO will implement similar legislation. The WTO rules the world. Get over it.
Who cares about this global crap? Movie entertainment.... horrible.. why not support your local script-writers, actors and directors by visiting the theatre?
I don't know, but when I order something from another country (say X), I pay the tax according to the laws of X and the money goes to the goverment of X. That is how it had always been. In some cases you might have to pay an import tax.
(This is not true for the EU zone, but in switzerland I once ordered some books and software from amazon and I had to pay an import tax for the software.)
But of course, perhaps an extra internet tax is meant??? Since the US laws are a bit convoluted with all those 'nexus' shit, I guess the simplest model is to have the location of the business determine the tax.
Consider for example that you send someone in Cairo, Egypt to buy a carpet for you. The man will pay the tax according to Egyptian taxation laws, which will go to the Egyptian goverment. Then, upon entering the country the goods will be inspected and perhaps an extra levy shall be imposed for importation. As this article is about the US states, which cannot tax on imports from other states, the answer is extremely simple. Just pay the tax of the state that the business is based in, to the state the business is based in.
But this is just common sense, and common sense does not apply to panicking politicians, which are at best boingering idiots when sober, which only happens when they are hungover.
Some of this is definitely over my head... but I get the gist of it I guess. I have no time or money to do even simple mods on my toyota, so I'll keep out of it.. unless I get a 2nd car, so I can experiment on the old one:P
This is usually because some of the participants hold patents on some of the standard's components. For example if you look at any ITU-T standard (which are downloadable for a modest price) they always have a warning that there may be enforceable patents that would have to be licensed in order for someone to implement this standard in an actual device.
A lot of people here say "Oh, great, the dudes do it better than the automotive industry themselves" or "wow, I got a 5% increase in HP! Damn!" - Engine longevity is important, however and I think those people that set up the system envelope for the engine electronics take that into account very seriously. You'd normally want your car to work for 5 years faultlessly with perhaps a minor repair before the 10 years. Using modded engines means extra wear and tear, also on the supporting components. How long can it last for? Perhaps a year?
Why do we need to simulate human intelligence? It is not useful. There are already enough humans to behave humanly, if you would like. A human-like intelligence will incorporate all aspects of humanity (and animals), including emotions, autonomy insticts for self-preservation etc.
Do you really think that robots would be something like Data in Star Trek? I think this is really a cliche that will never be true. We need systems that behave intelligently, but whose needs will not be as our own. Intelligence may not be separated from the underlying biological mechanisms that constitute the organism as a whole.
In the end, we shall be seeing a lot of intelligent systems that perform interesting, useful, but very specific tasks. Already some have emerged. As for human-like intelligence, recent advancements in neurobiology and computational learning theory seem to indicate that it is at least theoretically possible right now. However, as I said before, creation of a human-like intelligence is of purely academic interest and has no practical purpose. This is why we might never see it happen.
Erm, this has nothing to do with water/land and stuff.
The difference is that theories said self-replicating molecules came first, cells came later. This theory says that cells have to come first, before self-replicating molecules have a chance to be created..
Damn, the point of the research is NOT whether life originated in air or water! The point is that cells would have to be formed first, before self-replicating molecules had had a chance to be created! This title is very misleading.. wake up timothy!
I thought it was a well-known fact by now that the DMCA is not just a US law anymore. Europe is jumping on the bandwagon and this is because of WTO mandates. All WTO countries *will* have to follow suit. Please do get prove me wrong if you can.
Are you being sarcastic? I certainly hope so. Traditionally, people have been building their houses in valleys! I don't know why, maybe perhaps it is easier to travel there - going up hill every day is not very easy when you have to walk. Remember that most communities had been established before the advent of the automobile.
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This article only points to their claim of having found the super-duper encryption method. Where is the method described? They also say in their announcement that "other methods have been compromised". Aha? When did *that* happen? This is just bullshit.
Owns all the radio stations in America? You mean the US? And you surely don't mean it actually OWNS ALL RADIO STATIONS?
As for the question that the article raises (how can they record them so fast) - well, they say they'll have multiple CD burners, by burning at 1x speed they'd have a batch of CD ready at the end of the concert. Even if they record on HD first, they can have the first batch ready in 5 minutes with a 12x burner.
yeah, and I guess it makes sense in general to wrap stuff like that in objects so that you can change the implementation more easily. But you can also do that in ANSI C, in at least two ways:
//the method knows the *real* type
1) OO-style
typedef struct String_ {
void* string;
int (*printf) (struct String_* string);
} String;
then call
mystring->printf(mystring);
2) Function pointers again, but without the Object concept
typedef StringFunctions_ {
int (*printf) (void* string);
} StringFunctions;
which can then be binded statically or at run-time
StringFunctions str_null_term = {
int (*printf_null_term) (void* string);
};
3) With MACROS (however, varargs are not permitted)
Yes, because the preprocessor does this translation:
. ..) {
for (int i;..) {
}
blah;
>>>>>>>>>>>>>.
int i;
for (i;
}
Instead of
{
int i;
for (i;...) {
}
}
Hm, so null-terminated strings are
DATA\0
There are also prefix-strings
with DATA or strings with both prefix and termination.
C++ strings are simply object-wrapped versions of either of those types of strings, is not that correct?
... all a publicity stunt by Apple. :P
The SVGs would be most useful for widgets I guess. Now that I think of it, they would be extremely useful for widgets and buttons.
:/
On the other hand, the SVG would have to be yet another library to have installed on your system, with all the problems associated with having yet another library
Well, this place does offer something in that respect
Well, had it *been* a universal library, it would have had indexed sections on the books, relating to language, country, year of publication and 'genre'.
Well, in order to receive calls in your Linux box you either have to use a provider with that capabilitry, such as perhaps MicroTelco, or perhaps wait for the integration of all services and addresses under ATM.
(Asynchronous Transfer Mode is now used extensively, especially now that ADSL, which directly links with ATM, is in fashion. But it has not really made it to the consumer end yet.)
This applies also to the comment concerning cuting off the revenue from providers. If services are integrated like this there will be some other way of passing costs, depending on the service used, since there would be multiple service-providers sharing infrastructure.
But to use the audio fingerprint you have to have donwloaded the whole file first in order to compare..
So suppose you do a search for 'Band XYZ'
and you get results
BAND XYZ - I can't write a song (md5=12345)
BAND XYZ - I cant write a song (md5=91283)
One of them is the real and the other is the decoy. Which one is which?
Or if they are ripped from analogue sources, they would be different.
The md5 thing only works if all files are exactly the same.
Erm, this is not a US-only law. It was demanded by the World Trade Organization. All countries members of the WTO will implement similar legislation. The WTO rules the world. Get over it.
Who cares about this global crap? Movie entertainment.... horrible.. why not support your local script-writers, actors and directors by visiting the theatre?
Why not join a troupe, even?
I don't know, but when I order something from another country (say X), I pay the tax according to the laws of X and the money goes to the goverment of X. That is how it had always been. In some cases you might have to pay an import tax.
(This is not true for the EU zone, but in switzerland I once ordered some books and software from amazon and I had to pay an import tax for the software.)
But of course, perhaps an extra internet tax is meant??? Since the US laws are a bit convoluted with all those 'nexus' shit, I guess the simplest model is to have the location of the business determine the tax.
Consider for example that you send someone in Cairo, Egypt to buy a carpet for you. The man will pay the tax according to Egyptian taxation laws, which will go to the Egyptian goverment. Then, upon entering the country the goods will be inspected and perhaps an extra levy shall be imposed for importation. As this article is about the US states, which cannot tax on imports from other states, the answer is extremely simple. Just pay the tax of the state that the business is based in, to the state the business is based in.
But this is just common sense, and common sense does not apply to panicking politicians, which are at best boingering idiots when sober, which only happens when they are hungover.
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Some of this is definitely over my head... but I get the gist of it I guess. I have no time or money to do even simple mods on my toyota, so I'll keep out of it.. unless I get a 2nd car, so I can experiment on the old one :P
This is usually because some of the participants hold patents on some of the standard's components. For example if you look at any ITU-T standard (which are downloadable for a modest price) they always have a warning that there may be enforceable patents that would have to be licensed in order for someone to implement this standard in an actual device.
do those things last? :)
A lot of people here say "Oh, great, the dudes do it better than the automotive industry themselves" or "wow, I got a 5% increase in HP! Damn!" - Engine longevity is important, however and I think those people that set up the system envelope for the engine electronics take that into account very seriously. You'd normally want your car to work for 5 years faultlessly with perhaps a minor repair before the 10 years. Using modded engines means extra wear and tear, also on the supporting components. How long can it last for? Perhaps a year?
Why do we need to simulate human intelligence? It is not useful. There are already enough humans to behave humanly, if you would like. A human-like intelligence will incorporate all aspects of humanity (and animals), including emotions, autonomy insticts for self-preservation etc.
Do you really think that robots would be something like Data in Star Trek? I think this is really a cliche that will never be true. We need systems that behave intelligently, but whose needs will not be as our own. Intelligence may not be separated from the underlying biological mechanisms that constitute the organism as a whole.
In the end, we shall be seeing a lot of intelligent systems that perform interesting, useful, but very specific tasks. Already some have emerged. As for human-like intelligence, recent advancements in neurobiology and computational learning theory seem to indicate that it is at least theoretically possible right now. However, as I said before, creation of a human-like intelligence is of purely academic interest and has no practical purpose. This is why we might never see it happen.
Do goverments now use something else apart from paper, carbon and photocopiers to propagate information?
I must be in the 21st century!
Erm, this has nothing to do with water/land and stuff.
The difference is that theories said self-replicating molecules came first, cells came later. This theory says that cells have to come first, before self-replicating molecules have a chance to be created..
Also look at the author's web pages!
(Something that might be hard if you never rtfa)
Damn, the point of the research is NOT whether life originated in air or water! The point is that cells would have to be formed first, before self-replicating molecules had had a chance to be created! This title is very misleading.. wake up timothy!
I thought it was a well-known fact by now that the DMCA is not just a US law anymore. Europe is jumping on the bandwagon and this is because of WTO mandates. All WTO countries *will* have to follow suit. Please do get prove me wrong if you can.
Are you being sarcastic? I certainly hope so. Traditionally, people have been building their houses in valleys! I don't know why, maybe perhaps it is easier to travel there - going up hill every day is not very easy when you have to walk. Remember that most communities had been established before the advent of the automobile.