This is something really nice about Sage. There's a strong community that does a lot of hand-holding, and we frequently convene at "Sage Days" where there are always a few new developers. We set 'em up with an account on trac, teach them how to use mercurial queues, build Sage, etc. Most importantly, we mark tickets as "beginner" tickets that don't require deep knowledge of the project.
FWIW, these are monetary sanctions. So, the patent troll is extorting companies, and the state profits. If the lawyer got disbarred, that'd be one thing. But this validates patent trolling to some extent: now, they just charge a little more to pay off the man.
Why don't you believe it would work? The steganography itself is encrypted: it can only be detected by one holding the private key. Chat-enabled gmail produces enough https traffic that if Google installed Telex servers, there'd be plenty of capacity for legitimate use (that is, not downloading gigabytes of kiddie porn). If this had government / ISP backing, it'd be highly effective: the "message in a bottle" problem goes away if you know your destination will catch the message.
The only problem I see so far is that it appears that the user needs to trust the Telex server operators. For example, if a curious American citizen uses Telex to obscure their visits to al-qaeda websites, it can likely be traced back to them. Am I missing something?
Actually, contrary to the article, summary, title, etc., the prosecution was not harshly criticized. Both the prosecution and the defense were commended for their professionalism. The judge harshly criticized the executive branch, and complained at length about the fact that he didn't know who was responsible. Apparently, none of the reporters actually read the transcript, or perhaps the original did, and the re-bloggers just took the spin for fact, and spun harder themselves.
Having read the court's statement, the prosecutors were *not* blasted. The judge spoke very critically about the executive branch, but commended the prosecution for their professionalism. Poor reporting all around.
Shaving is for losers who are ashamed of their neck beards. Go Unix or go home. This is slashdot. You goddamned kids better get off my lawn, or I'm going to seize control of your botnets by exploiting a hole I wrote into the IRC protocol before you were born.
That's because we're currently on top. We're on top largely because of how our grandparents acted during WW2, and the vast natural resources available to us. So, the cultures that equate respect, money, and power (like Korea) want to be like us. The best thing in their minds is to go to an American school and bring back some of the brilliance we're supposed to be full of. So, they model their education systems after ours because that's what American schools require to accept foreign applicants. Staying on top is going to be increasingly difficult, unless we bamboozle all other first-world nations into adopting our education practices.
Waitaminute... a knot is an arc-minute, right? This makes sense at sea level... but does a craft traveling at 1 knot at elevation keep up with a craft traveling at 1 knot at sea level? Or, is an aeronautical knot just 1.151 miles regardless of elevation?
That's a beautifully idealistic idea. In the best case, I'd likely end up like these guys, getting tried for espionage. No thanks. I'd rather go work for the banking industry, where in the worst case, I'd end up stinking rich. As it stands, I'm applying for education jobs: I intend to use my skills for good, not for evil with an eye towards diminishing the evil a little bit.
Actually, this is fairly common among recent graduates with PhDs in math. A handful of my friends/colleagues are also in this boat, and two have chosen to work for the man.
Actually, you can use moderation (and a bit of graph theory) to do just that. At first, you shouldn't put stock in any user. But, when you have a large group who usually agree, and (here's the key point) usually agree with the professional moderators, you should trust that large group. This can easily be reduced to an eigenvalue problem, similar to PageRank.
The problem I see with this idea as a whole is teens posting naked pictures of themselves and others. Then, this moderation scheme turns into a portal for child porn. Whether or not you think teens should have the right to take and distribute naked pictures of themselves, setting up a website to intentionally distribute such material is illegal.
It's easy to sue Zeus. I hear he never pays up, even when you win. I mean, what are you going to do, send collections after him? If they even find his contact info, he'll just throw lightning at them, or damn them to some inventive eternal punishment in hades.
Hah. You have a funny definition of "free". Know those ever-increasing fees that don't get added onto your your plane ticket cost until you're about to pay? That's the compulsory gratuity for your freedom pat.
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This is something really nice about Sage. There's a strong community that does a lot of hand-holding, and we frequently convene at "Sage Days" where there are always a few new developers. We set 'em up with an account on trac, teach them how to use mercurial queues, build Sage, etc. Most importantly, we mark tickets as "beginner" tickets that don't require deep knowledge of the project.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
FWIW, these are monetary sanctions. So, the patent troll is extorting companies, and the state profits. If the lawyer got disbarred, that'd be one thing. But this validates patent trolling to some extent: now, they just charge a little more to pay off the man.
I, too, like silent protests. I like them so much, I applaud when I show up to one.
Why don't you believe it would work? The steganography itself is encrypted: it can only be detected by one holding the private key. Chat-enabled gmail produces enough https traffic that if Google installed Telex servers, there'd be plenty of capacity for legitimate use (that is, not downloading gigabytes of kiddie porn). If this had government / ISP backing, it'd be highly effective: the "message in a bottle" problem goes away if you know your destination will catch the message.
The only problem I see so far is that it appears that the user needs to trust the Telex server operators. For example, if a curious American citizen uses Telex to obscure their visits to al-qaeda websites, it can likely be traced back to them. Am I missing something?
Actually, contrary to the article, summary, title, etc., the prosecution was not harshly criticized. Both the prosecution and the defense were commended for their professionalism. The judge harshly criticized the executive branch, and complained at length about the fact that he didn't know who was responsible. Apparently, none of the reporters actually read the transcript, or perhaps the original did, and the re-bloggers just took the spin for fact, and spun harder themselves.
Having read the court's statement, the prosecutors were *not* blasted. The judge spoke very critically about the executive branch, but commended the prosecution for their professionalism. Poor reporting all around.
Just read slashdot.
Who are you calling really old? Death Track is still the best racing game ever made.
What? That kinda crazy talk can get you locked away in Gitmo! Of course, your post was hours ago... so you probably already know this.
Shaving is for losers who are ashamed of their neck beards. Go Unix or go home. This is slashdot. You goddamned kids better get off my lawn, or I'm going to seize control of your botnets by exploiting a hole I wrote into the IRC protocol before you were born.
Well, you can use * in some banking systems, but wildcard matching really doesn't add as much security as the developers expected.
That's because we're currently on top. We're on top largely because of how our grandparents acted during WW2, and the vast natural resources available to us. So, the cultures that equate respect, money, and power (like Korea) want to be like us. The best thing in their minds is to go to an American school and bring back some of the brilliance we're supposed to be full of. So, they model their education systems after ours because that's what American schools require to accept foreign applicants. Staying on top is going to be increasingly difficult, unless we bamboozle all other first-world nations into adopting our education practices.
Waitaminute... a knot is an arc-minute, right? This makes sense at sea level... but does a craft traveling at 1 knot at elevation keep up with a craft traveling at 1 knot at sea level? Or, is an aeronautical knot just 1.151 miles regardless of elevation?
That's a beautifully idealistic idea. In the best case, I'd likely end up like these guys, getting tried for espionage. No thanks. I'd rather go work for the banking industry, where in the worst case, I'd end up stinking rich. As it stands, I'm applying for education jobs: I intend to use my skills for good, not for evil with an eye towards diminishing the evil a little bit.
Actually, this is fairly common among recent graduates with PhDs in math. A handful of my friends/colleagues are also in this boat, and two have chosen to work for the man.
Yep... this is why I don't work for the NSA, despite being fully qualified and in need of a job.
Actually, you can use moderation (and a bit of graph theory) to do just that. At first, you shouldn't put stock in any user. But, when you have a large group who usually agree, and (here's the key point) usually agree with the professional moderators, you should trust that large group. This can easily be reduced to an eigenvalue problem, similar to PageRank.
The problem I see with this idea as a whole is teens posting naked pictures of themselves and others. Then, this moderation scheme turns into a portal for child porn. Whether or not you think teens should have the right to take and distribute naked pictures of themselves, setting up a website to intentionally distribute such material is illegal.
Imagine... a beowulf cluster of kinect predators!
Sorry. it had to be done, for old time's sake if nothing else.
Go into your account settings page, and play around some. The only reason you see /. as a 2.0 website is because you haven't disabled those features.
If you RTFA (and the full legal opinion it links to), you might begin to suspect that they're illegally distributing GPL2 code as "uncopyrightable".
It's easy to sue Zeus. I hear he never pays up, even when you win. I mean, what are you going to do, send collections after him? If they even find his contact info, he'll just throw lightning at them, or damn them to some inventive eternal punishment in hades.
Hah. You have a funny definition of "free". Know those ever-increasing fees that don't get added onto your your plane ticket cost until you're about to pay? That's the compulsory gratuity for your freedom pat.
I've heard a lot of music which was a product of "human creativity", and not even a little bit pleasing.
Indeed. If I were among these 84,000 site owners, I would be talking to a lawyer about a very large libel suit.