No, the logic would extend to any invention in the history of computing not just things being done today. Any research from Bell Labs or PARC or any other such research institute was just mundane and not novel because according to the GP's stupid logic that it's all just "interacting with a computer".
Yeah. That sounds fine by me! The patent system is pathetic. This would clearly be an improvement. (btw... whoosh.)
According to this logic no invention in the history of computing has ever been novel because it can all just be broken down to "interacting with a computer".
To me that seems more fair than the current Patent system.
Oh you mean in a similar way that O2 (a UK mobile company) started doing in the UK recently with their Cash Manager card?
O2 Cash Manager - "You load money onto the card, (using your phone or other methods) then whenever you use it you'll receive a free real time text alert. This will tell how much money you've loaded, spent or withdrawn, and how much you've got left. Simple."
What's weird is the Digital Britain report said they should NOT cut people off, and European Parliament said it might be against human rights.
It's Sith Mandelson that's trying to introduce this. Strangely it was reported in some newspapers that he was caught having a meeting last week with some Record companies. Wonder if they bought him a iPod or something?
another government agency could make the request for the entire database encrypted and loaded unto a DVD (or a couple of DVDs), and that would count as just *one* request
That would be a governmental issue. If he's legally storing the data, he can legally charge up to £10 for online record access, or up to £50 for paper records.
If someone knows that a person's personal data has been breached, he's obligated under the current law to notify each potential victim of that breach
As I understand it, he's bought the data. It's not really his problem where the data has come from if he's following the DPA. You might have different rules in the US, but it might be useful to read the DPA to see how different the rules are here.
Amazingly the UK is quite stringent on data, and even teaches the Data Protection Act in schools.
If you're in the UK then as long as the data isn't held securely by him then yes. The UK's data protection act requires that all information that can be used to personally identify an individual is held securely.
It is the Data Protection Act you use, not the Freedom of Information Act. FOI applies to non-personal information held by public bodies, and no fee is payable.
Wouldn't really work. This isn't true steganography; it just generates an image based on the torrent file. tag should be "!steganography" not "steganography"
It's more steganography than it is "renaming a.torrent file to a.png", that some people seem to think it is. Sure it's just some nice, but fairly simple encoding of a file into an image, but it's quite a neat idea. Give the guy some credit.
What does the code do except from change the filetype extension from.torrent to.png and back and what is stopping me from doing that manually? Renaming manually 'example.torrent' to 'example.png' isn't exactly a hassle.
That's not what this does, otherwise forum software would reject it for not being an image. This software actually makes an IMAGE which is composed of the contents of the torrent, and can be converted back to a torrent file. It's nost just a rename of the file extension.
It's not lying - it IS actually an image, it just so happens to contain other data, if you look at it the right way. Try reading up on Steganography (no, it's not really steganography, because its obvious it contains other day) - but hopefully you'll understand.
Couldn't you just use the comments section of a.tif file instead? At least then the picture could still look like kittens instead of a broken magic eye.
Most forums only allow PNG and JPEG, not TIFF. Nice thought though.
It's not lying - it IS actually an image, it just so happens to contain other data, if you look at it the right way. Try reading up on Steganography and hopefully you'll understand.
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I could probably install Gentoo in that amount of time! By hand. Without my fingers.
No, the logic would extend to any invention in the history of computing not just things being done today. Any research from Bell Labs or PARC or any other such research institute was just mundane and not novel because according to the GP's stupid logic that it's all just "interacting with a computer".
Yeah. That sounds fine by me! The patent system is pathetic. This would clearly be an improvement. (btw... whoosh.)
According to this logic no invention in the history of computing has ever been novel because it can all just be broken down to "interacting with a computer".
To me that seems more fair than the current Patent system.
Since when is your deliberate miscorrection of spelling deserving of a wHooosh? Oh, and yeah. its wHoosh, not woosh...
*ironic woosh*
Very cool, thanks! I was really impressed until you said "1GHz ethernet". That seems... unlikely =D
That's an Americanism. We're talking about Australia. The summary even spells it Defence, and how could that be wrong!?
Even their website is defence.gov.au...
Oh you mean in a similar way that O2 (a UK mobile company) started doing in the UK recently with their Cash Manager card?
O2 Cash Manager - "You load money onto the card, (using your phone or other methods) then whenever you use it you'll receive a free real time text alert. This will tell how much money you've loaded, spent or withdrawn, and how much you've got left. Simple."
"The all-new Windows 7! What's in the box? "
Disappointment.
What's weird is the Digital Britain report said they should NOT cut people off, and European Parliament said it might be against human rights.
It's Sith Mandelson that's trying to introduce this. Strangely it was reported in some newspapers that he was caught having a meeting last week with some Record companies. Wonder if they bought him a iPod or something?
as someone else said; how many crimes did it prevent? A lot less now that criminals know they have a 1 in 1000 chance of getting caught.
At least with video cameras you cover a wide area and can rewind the footage to identify the asshole.
Um, check the summary? It's saying that only ONE CRIME is being solved for 1,000 cameras.
If 1,000 cameras cost the same as one police officer, and a police officer only solves one crime a year, you'd be right.
A 621 mile circle and a pretty big tape measure?
Nope, the curvature of the earth would be very noticeable at that point
Who said anything about it being on Earth? :)
You asked for a solution, there's one! =D
So... random honest question. How do they know the program (or its output) is correct?
A 621 mile circle and a pretty big tape measure?
I bet I could get decent results with about $5-10,000
I can afford $5!!
That's a widely ranged price there...
There's a metric fuck-ton on Secunia.com, not least of all the emf file handling.
> OK: if you do raid5 ... .. you deserve to be shot.
There's nothing wrong with RAID5 in the right circumstances (large home server?), but if you use it instead of a backup you deserve to be shot.
this former cop is not a public body, so this doesn't apply to him
From the site: The Data Protection Act requires all organisations which handle personal information to comply with a number of important principles regarding privacy and disclosure. The Act states that anyone who processes personal information must comply with eight principles. Also, if he's 'selling' or even storing this data, he's no longer a private individual. Any company or organisation is held to the DPA. It specifically says: The Act will usually apply unless you are an individual holding personal information for your own domestic use, eg an address book.
another government agency could make the request for the entire database encrypted and loaded unto a DVD (or a couple of DVDs), and that would count as just *one* request
That would be a governmental issue. If he's legally storing the data, he can legally charge up to £10 for online record access, or up to £50 for paper records.
If someone knows that a person's personal data has been breached, he's obligated under the current law to notify each potential victim of that breach
As I understand it, he's bought the data. It's not really his problem where the data has come from if he's following the DPA. You might have different rules in the US, but it might be useful to read the DPA to see how different the rules are here. Amazingly the UK is quite stringent on data, and even teaches the Data Protection Act in schools.
If you're in the UK then as long as the data isn't held securely by him then yes. The UK's data protection act requires that all information that can be used to personally identify an individual is held securely.
FYI (why is no-one linking to the DPA?) - it also says anyone who processes personal information must comply with eight principles, which make sure that personal information is fairly and lawfully processed
It is the Data Protection Act you use, not the Freedom of Information Act. FOI applies to non-personal information held by public bodies, and no fee is payable.
It IS the Data Protection Act but a fee of up to £10 can be charged per request
Wouldn't really work. This isn't true steganography; it just generates an image based on the torrent file. tag should be "!steganography" not "steganography"
It's more steganography than it is "renaming a .torrent file to a .png", that some people seem to think it is. Sure it's just some nice, but fairly simple encoding of a file into an image, but it's quite a neat idea. Give the guy some credit.
What does the code do except from change the filetype extension from .torrent to .png and back and what is stopping me from doing that manually? Renaming manually 'example.torrent' to 'example.png' isn't exactly a hassle.
That's not what this does, otherwise forum software would reject it for not being an image. This software actually makes an IMAGE which is composed of the contents of the torrent, and can be converted back to a torrent file. It's nost just a rename of the file extension.
It's not lying - it IS actually an image, it just so happens to contain other data, if you look at it the right way. Try reading up on Steganography (no, it's not really steganography, because its obvious it contains other day) - but hopefully you'll understand.
Couldn't you just use the comments section of a .tif file instead? At least then the picture could still look like kittens instead of a broken magic eye.
Most forums only allow PNG and JPEG, not TIFF. Nice thought though.
It's not lying - it IS actually an image, it just so happens to contain other data, if you look at it the right way. Try reading up on Steganography and hopefully you'll understand.
Try using just the voice if you live in the UK.
Every time you hit a roundabout, you've gotta trust that TomTom gets the number of exits right. Looking at the map makes this easy.
I keep a compass and a paper map in my car
Yeah GPS users will notice! North and South would be the opposite way around...