Comments about YouOS often fall into one of the following buckets:
1) "feh, what's the point."
2) "feh, it doesn't manage hardware, it's not really an OS."
Regarding #1, I'd say that the point is to have fun working on a neat idea, and see where it leads. If it doesn't strike you as fun or interesting, move on an keep looking for something that is.
Regarding #2, you're right, it's not really an OS. However the metaphor still applies, as the vast majority of computer users think of the OS as "the screen that runs my programs."
fwiw, I built the Bitty Browser that's available from within YouOS (you can see Bitty in YouOS here -- though YouOS seems to be/dotted right now.)
I don't quite see how sellers can use the Checkout API to hide the fact that Google is processing transactions if buyers need an account with Google (see here).
Google's API certainly may be more flexible that PayPal's, but it can't be as flexible as using your own merchant account through a gateway.
And I just don't think sellers will be happy about Google hiding them from their buyers' email addresses...
Google Checkout lets buyers hide their email addresses from sellers -- but, it seems fair that sellers should get buyers' email addresses (PayPal doesn't similarly hide emails).
It also seems like hiding the email address from the seller may also encourage more fraud (especially for digially distributed works).
So, at first glance, Google Checkout seems worse than PayPal from the seller's perspective -- it'll be interesting to see if sellers choose to stick with PayPal for reasons such as these...
You might also be interested in my app, Bitty Browser -- for example, you can also use it the other way around (ie, to embed mobile content within regular Web pages). -Scott
I didn't learn about Little Britain until after I launched Bitty -- coincidentally, my choice of the name Bitty was inspired by my new baby girl -- so, at least it seems breast feeding is still on-topic...;)
AdSense only prohibits *contextual* ads from other networks appearing on the same page as AdSense, and the Yahoo ads in Bitty aren't contextual.
But I don't like those Yahoo ads anyway, so I'll likely take them out. I'm getting close to releasing the next version of Bitty, and it'll be *lots* better.
Any/.'er interested can feel free to email me via the Bitty site... -Scott
"it's not like there are any losses or damages as a result of this"
ah, but what if the NYC MTA (the metropolitan transit authority) licenses use of the subway map image to 3rd party organizations, such as travel books, t-shirt vendors, etc?
btw, I think there's also a trademark issue here, and not just copyright.
Your Visa Card number is:
4364-3343-1203-3096 (exp. 10, 2006)
Sometimes security through obscurity isn't necessarily a bad thing -- it isn't always the case that just because an exploit exists, that it necessarily should be publicized.
"My name is Derek Slater. I'm 21, and I'm a senior at Harvard College. I'm also a fellow at the Berkman Center, working on the Digital Media Project. The last three summers, I've worked at the EFF, Creative Commons, and the Samuelson Clinic."
If that's not hard-working, I'd like to know what is.
fwiw, the DRM guide was written party/mostly (I don't know) by hard working blogger, Derek Slater.
Oddly, I couldn't seem to find credits on that EFF page.
Shifting types & saving content to a remote se
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Steganography with Flickr
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· Score: 4, Interesting
Seems the blog post is partly about saving one file type within other, which reminds me of Baudio, a goofy script I made that converts any file to a.WAV
Also, if part of the point is simply to save non-image file types into a seemingly unlimited Flickr storage space, what happens if you simply change the file extension to something like filename.pdf.jpg and upload that? Does Flickr actually validate file contents?
Rather than dwell on the dupe thing, here's something new to check out...
PBS Nova is offering online playback of a really neat series called Science Now.
The second episode included a neat profie of researcher Naomi Halas who studies nanoshells -- spheres rather than tubes. One potential appication is as a treatment for cancer.
Then skip to the bottom and click Continue -- on the next page you'll see a preview embedded Bitty Browser with Slashdot. If you Continue again from there, you can copy/paste a snip of HTML to embed Slashdot into any Web page.
"Your preference suffers from the flawed (although typically wide-spread) assumtion that only one person is smart enough to discover the flaw."
And your preference suffers from the flawed (although typically wide-spread) assumption that having thousands of people with knowledge to exploit a flaw is no different than having one person with that knowledge.
"Actually, yes I would. I'd much rather they fix or at least stopgap the issue instead of it sitting there wide open for all to see and/or exploit for months."
But it only became "wide open" with the public disclosure of exactly how to exploit it.
Would you similarly welcome the disclosure of a security flaw at your bank, hospital, etc. that granted access to your private/personal records?
Personally, I'd probably rather the bank/hospital had a few weeks to establish a plan, rather than have to bang something out in an emergency, and whilst the records have already been made much more vulnerable.
"Do you really think corporations enjoy throwing money away on advertising that isn't reaching their target audience or is otherwise ignored?"
Actually, that's wrong for a few reasons, most notably Goggle now offers AdSense for feeds. So, for example, that's just a pay-per-click model.
You'll *definitely* see more ads in feeds as others like Yahoo (nee Overture) offer similar services.
(disclosure: my new project Bitty Browser works with feeds)
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The widespread availability of "machine readable" syndicated feeds was very useful for my new app Bitty.
What I find interesting is the ease with which you can put feeds to other purposes -- for example, some people use Bitty to "broadcast" their feeds to other sites...
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1) "feh, what's the point."
2) "feh, it doesn't manage hardware, it's not really an OS."
Regarding #1, I'd say that the point is to have fun working on a neat idea, and see where it leads. If it doesn't strike you as fun or interesting, move on an keep looking for something that is.
Regarding #2, you're right, it's not really an OS. However the metaphor still applies, as the vast majority of computer users think of the OS as "the screen that runs my programs."
fwiw, I built the Bitty Browser that's available from within YouOS (you can see Bitty in YouOS here -- though YouOS seems to be /dotted right now.)
-Scott
I don't quite see how sellers can use the Checkout API to hide the fact that Google is processing transactions if buyers need an account with Google (see here).
Google's API certainly may be more flexible that PayPal's, but it can't be as flexible as using your own merchant account through a gateway.
And I just don't think sellers will be happy about Google hiding them from their buyers' email addresses...
Google Checkout lets buyers hide their email addresses from sellers -- but, it seems fair that sellers should get buyers' email addresses (PayPal doesn't similarly hide emails).
It also seems like hiding the email address from the seller may also encourage more fraud (especially for digially distributed works).
So, at first glance, Google Checkout seems worse than PayPal from the seller's perspective -- it'll be interesting to see if sellers choose to stick with PayPal for reasons such as these...
For more info, see here...
Netvibes
Pageflakes
Live.com
Google IG
and, fwiw, my web-app Bitty Browser works as a module/widget/gadget for them (and some others)... -Scott
You might also be interested in my app, Bitty Browser -- for example, you can also use it the other way around (ie, to embed mobile content within regular Web pages). -Scott
I didn't learn about Little Britain until after I launched Bitty -- coincidentally, my choice of the name Bitty was inspired by my new baby girl -- so, at least it seems breast feeding is still on-topic... ;)
But I don't like those Yahoo ads anyway, so I'll likely take them out. I'm getting close to releasing the next version of Bitty, and it'll be *lots* better.
Any /.'er interested can feel free to email me via the Bitty site... -Scott
fwiw, you can also use Google Mobile from within regular pages -- you can see what I mean via my new Web-doodad, Bitty Browser.
ah, but what if the NYC MTA (the metropolitan transit authority) licenses use of the subway map image to 3rd party organizations, such as travel books, t-shirt vendors, etc? btw, I think there's also a trademark issue here, and not just copyright.
And your Social Security number is:
103-56-2245
Your mother's maiden name is:
Greene
Your Visa Card number is:
4364-3343-1203-3096 (exp. 10, 2006)
Sometimes security through obscurity isn't necessarily a bad thing -- it isn't always the case that just because an exploit exists, that it necessarily should be publicized.
My guess: R. Kelly
"My name is Derek Slater. I'm 21, and I'm a senior at Harvard College. I'm also a fellow at the Berkman Center, working on the Digital Media Project. The last three summers, I've worked at the EFF, Creative Commons, and the Samuelson Clinic."
If that's not hard-working, I'd like to know what is.
I guess you didn't bother to check the about page on his site.
Oddly, I couldn't seem to find credits on that EFF page.
Also, if part of the point is simply to save non-image file types into a seemingly unlimited Flickr storage space, what happens if you simply change the file extension to something like filename.pdf.jpg and upload that? Does Flickr actually validate file contents?
PBS Nova is offering online playback of a really neat series called Science Now.
The second episode included a neat profie of researcher Naomi Halas who studies nanoshells -- spheres rather than tubes. One potential appication is as a treatment for cancer.
That's the part that really interests me, and I've been doing that in my new app, Bitty Browser.
If interested, try this:
1) go to http://www.bitty.com/editor
2) Choose "RSS feed URL" (2nd in the scrolling list)
3) Enter http://slashdot.org/index.rss (that's Slashdot's RSS)
4) Enter Slashdot for the title
Then skip to the bottom and click Continue -- on the next page you'll see a preview embedded Bitty Browser with Slashdot. If you Continue again from there, you can copy/paste a snip of HTML to embed Slashdot into any Web page.
Would you consider 5 people with this knowledge "wide open"? 5000?
And your preference suffers from the flawed (although typically wide-spread) assumption that having thousands of people with knowledge to exploit a flaw is no different than having one person with that knowledge.
But it only became "wide open" with the public disclosure of exactly how to exploit it.
Personally, I'd probably rather the bank/hospital had a few weeks to establish a plan, rather than have to bang something out in an emergency, and whilst the records have already been made much more vulnerable.
Actually, that's wrong for a few reasons, most notably Goggle now offers AdSense for feeds. So, for example, that's just a pay-per-click model.
You'll *definitely* see more ads in feeds as others like Yahoo (nee Overture) offer similar services.
(disclosure: my new project Bitty Browser works with feeds)
What I find interesting is the ease with which you can put feeds to other purposes -- for example, some people use Bitty to "broadcast" their feeds to other sites...
Actually, not quite right -- in all likelihood, the per-case settlement amount is less than the per-case legal expenses.