Sending a cease-and-desist letter is the first step in that. It means you have informed the other party of their infraction, and asked them nicely to stop. When they ignore that you have a stronger case.
Start with an easy to use device that lets you store and take the data with you. Make it cheap, make it easy to use, make it secure and dependable enough for the/. crowd. While mountain climbing.
And oh, it has an output format. (Besides just reading the info off the screen.) XML over IDrA/Bluetooth, probably. Easy to use, easy to read from. Sends only on command, and encrypts to the receiver.
If the device is good enough people will start carrying it. And if they are carrying it already companies will start to see that a 'reader' device would be a good idea: it makes the clients happy (they don't have to work to fill out the forms) and it makes them happy (less chance of data entry error). Just sit back and watch as companies start to make the 'reader' ubiquitous...
There are plenty of reasons to use robots.txt besides copyright. The most common is to prevent cgi-feedback loops where a generated page links to a copy of itself at a different url. (Or just to prevent the spiders from running the resource-hungry cgi's in the first place.)
Heh, that could actually be applied here: the information in the pages changes so often the spiders would be constantly reloading the pages, and therefore overloading the server...;-)
Order away. Any PowerBook ordered from Apple after the 21st of October has Panther included. (I believe pre-installed, but it could be a CD set stuck in the box.) Don't know if that includes third party retailers, but you could call and ask.
Do get AppleCare though: the new 15" PowerBooks seem to be having a few LCD mounting issues, and AppleCare will make sure any problems are resolved with a minimum of difficulty. (Apple's warranty service is good, but AppleCare is better.)
Ok, I'm missing something here. How does any solution verify that all votes are counted? Basically that gets down to a trust issue, and the point of a recount is that you are trusting a different person to count the votes. (Therefore they would throw out different votes, and the only way for either to not get caught is to count correctly. Or collude, of course.)
The paper roll makes sure there is a record of every vote, so there is a chance of a recount, which is what verifies that the count is right. If that's not enough, please explain what else there needs to be, because I don't quite understand what you are asking for. (Obviously.)
Why bother being so complicated? How about a simple paper roll in each machine. When you vote who you voted for gets printed to the paper. You can read it then. You hit 'confirm', it scrolls out of sight. If there is a recount, just pull out the rolls and count the votes.
The only way to track voters to individual votes would be to record which order the voters used it. In a normal situation that will be random, so it doesn't matter. Each voter can verify that their vote was correct, and there is a trail. Simple.
No, it's more unfortunate than that. It will take off, despite not being done the right way, because it costs less/looks good/is progress. The public won't realize it wasn't done right until something happens. If we're lucky it'll be small. More likely the small problems will be swept under the rug and the first clue the general public has about the problem is when a presidential election is hacked. And there won't be a backup.
Not necessarily. Human dream in their sleep, or at least most do. If the AI is designed with a 'sleep' cycle where it does the equivalent of dreaming (which it may. It may even need to be designed with one.) then the hardware would have to be on.
Suspended animation would be a better analogy, but we haven't managed that with humans either. It may be that a system sufficiently complex to be an AI wouldn't be able to go into a similar state. (At least not without coming back up as a slightly different personality, which could be thought of as a form of death.)
Of course this ignores all the bits about them not being able to defend themselves in that state. Would the AI trust a human to turn it back on just because the human said they would? It's not like they can enforce it...
Ah, but his point is quite often the computers have passwords, and the serviceman's door is still unlocked. Then someone walks in the door, and in reaction the security people demand blood tests instead of passwords, but still leave the door unlocked.
What industrial spy is going to bribe the guards when he can telnet? None. But quite often he can't telnet, but he doesn't need to bribe the guards; he can walk in anyway.
It depends on who's doing the defining. I'm using the 'bank-sales' definitions, you're using the 'bank-legal' definitions. I felt that, in context, the sales definitions would be more relevant.
I do realize the differences based on lien position, but the sales department usually uses definitions based on note structure. 75% of the time the definitions overlap, and 25% of the time the only ones who are confused are the customers...
Just a quick note (from someone who just got laid off from the mortgage industry, by a firm that would *never* do that.):
A 'second' mortgage is a type of mortgage. You can have a second with no first, or multiple seconds. It gives more flexibility than a first mortgage, with a little higher rate. (And allows some fun things.)
Of course, if you don't need/want the money then you don't want one.
Places have done this, but to do it you need to design (or re-design) the heating system to do it. And then, in five years, when you upgrade the computers to newer, smaller, cooler (overall) models the entire system fails.
It's a good idea, but computer speed/heat needs to stabilize first. Which isn't going to happen anytime soon.
Now, *thats* impressive domination. Every server on that list is running either BSD/OS or FreeBSD, mostly BSD. All but three are running some version of Apache (and those three are application servers, not http servers).
Next time someone tries to tell you closed source is more stable, point them at that. Sure there are plenty of arguments against it running a server that long, but...
You know, I mostly agree with you, but I just got to thinking about this (after reading all the comments.)
This is the equivalent of the DRM on Apple's iTunes Music store: it won't stop anyone, but it puts in a step to make you think about it.
If the music industry could be persuaded that this is enough, this could be a good thing. The average user will be given a pause to think that yes, the record company wants you to be responsible, but it won't stop you. Just enough to make them think once before putting the track on Kazaa, but not enough to stop them from using it any way they want. A fairly good balance.
I grew up as an international traveler. America has an amazing postal service. I expect to get every piece of mail sent through it. I don't with (almost) any other.
One of the groups they are selling this to is travelers. Anyone who has traveled regularly overseas will learn that a postcard will likely get through, a letter may, and anything with more than two sheets of paper most likely won't. If the letter looks like it is to/from an official address (and may have personal/useful info) cut the chances of it getting through by two thirds.
This service is a less complicated system then sending a letter through multiple countries, and has a single, defined, point of failure. I'd trust it over international mail any day.
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Sending a cease-and-desist letter is the first step in that. It means you have informed the other party of their infraction, and asked them nicely to stop. When they ignore that you have a stronger case.
Actually, that shouldn't be that hard...
/. crowd. While mountain climbing.
Start with an easy to use device that lets you store and take the data with you. Make it cheap, make it easy to use, make it secure and dependable enough for the
And oh, it has an output format. (Besides just reading the info off the screen.) XML over IDrA/Bluetooth, probably. Easy to use, easy to read from. Sends only on command, and encrypts to the receiver.
If the device is good enough people will start carrying it. And if they are carrying it already companies will start to see that a 'reader' device would be a good idea: it makes the clients happy (they don't have to work to fill out the forms) and it makes them happy (less chance of data entry error). Just sit back and watch as companies start to make the 'reader' ubiquitous...
There are plenty of reasons to use robots.txt besides copyright. The most common is to prevent cgi-feedback loops where a generated page links to a copy of itself at a different url. (Or just to prevent the spiders from running the resource-hungry cgi's in the first place.)
;-)
Heh, that could actually be applied here: the information in the pages changes so often the spiders would be constantly reloading the pages, and therefore overloading the server...
Order away. Any PowerBook ordered from Apple after the 21st of October has Panther included. (I believe pre-installed, but it could be a CD set stuck in the box.) Don't know if that includes third party retailers, but you could call and ask.
Do get AppleCare though: the new 15" PowerBooks seem to be having a few LCD mounting issues, and AppleCare will make sure any problems are resolved with a minimum of difficulty. (Apple's warranty service is good, but AppleCare is better.)
Yes well... One is only our lives, health, security. The other is the advertiser's money. Which do you think is better protected?
Who is this 'them' that you speak of? In open source there is only 'us'.
Ok, I'm missing something here. How does any solution verify that all votes are counted? Basically that gets down to a trust issue, and the point of a recount is that you are trusting a different person to count the votes. (Therefore they would throw out different votes, and the only way for either to not get caught is to count correctly. Or collude, of course.)
The paper roll makes sure there is a record of every vote, so there is a chance of a recount, which is what verifies that the count is right. If that's not enough, please explain what else there needs to be, because I don't quite understand what you are asking for. (Obviously.)
Why bother being so complicated? How about a simple paper roll in each machine. When you vote who you voted for gets printed to the paper. You can read it then. You hit 'confirm', it scrolls out of sight. If there is a recount, just pull out the rolls and count the votes.
The only way to track voters to individual votes would be to record which order the voters used it. In a normal situation that will be random, so it doesn't matter. Each voter can verify that their vote was correct, and there is a trail. Simple.
No, it's more unfortunate than that. It will take off, despite not being done the right way, because it costs less/looks good/is progress. The public won't realize it wasn't done right until something happens. If we're lucky it'll be small. More likely the small problems will be swept under the rug and the first clue the general public has about the problem is when a presidential election is hacked. And there won't be a backup.
Which is why he went looking for (and found) a better solution. One that decreases the temperature of the drive.
That's fine, assuming you know you are writing a kiddie program...
Not necessarily. Human dream in their sleep, or at least most do. If the AI is designed with a 'sleep' cycle where it does the equivalent of dreaming (which it may. It may even need to be designed with one.) then the hardware would have to be on.
Suspended animation would be a better analogy, but we haven't managed that with humans either. It may be that a system sufficiently complex to be an AI wouldn't be able to go into a similar state. (At least not without coming back up as a slightly different personality, which could be thought of as a form of death.)
Of course this ignores all the bits about them not being able to defend themselves in that state. Would the AI trust a human to turn it back on just because the human said they would? It's not like they can enforce it...
Ah, but his point is quite often the computers have passwords, and the serviceman's door is still unlocked. Then someone walks in the door, and in reaction the security people demand blood tests instead of passwords, but still leave the door unlocked.
What industrial spy is going to bribe the guards when he can telnet? None. But quite often he can't telnet, but he doesn't need to bribe the guards; he can walk in anyway.
My favorite take on Linus is from a recent /. comment.
Says it all, really... (Not that I've met him.)
It depends on who's doing the defining. I'm using the 'bank-sales' definitions, you're using the 'bank-legal' definitions. I felt that, in context, the sales definitions would be more relevant.
I do realize the differences based on lien position, but the sales department usually uses definitions based on note structure. 75% of the time the definitions overlap, and 25% of the time the only ones who are confused are the customers...
Just a quick note (from someone who just got laid off from the mortgage industry, by a firm that would *never* do that.):
A 'second' mortgage is a type of mortgage. You can have a second with no first, or multiple seconds. It gives more flexibility than a first mortgage, with a little higher rate. (And allows some fun things.)
Of course, if you don't need/want the money then you don't want one.
Only semi-smart.
Places have done this, but to do it you need to design (or re-design) the heating system to do it. And then, in five years, when you upgrade the computers to newer, smaller, cooler (overall) models the entire system fails.
It's a good idea, but computer speed/heat needs to stabilize first. Which isn't going to happen anytime soon.
Now, *thats* impressive domination. Every server on that list is running either BSD/OS or FreeBSD, mostly BSD. All but three are running some version of Apache (and those three are application servers, not http servers).
Next time someone tries to tell you closed source is more stable, point them at that. Sure there are plenty of arguments against it running a server that long, but...
An original MT-32 is required to legally obtain the ROM. A working one isn't...
You know, I mostly agree with you, but I just got to thinking about this (after reading all the comments.)
This is the equivalent of the DRM on Apple's iTunes Music store: it won't stop anyone, but it puts in a step to make you think about it.
If the music industry could be persuaded that this is enough, this could be a good thing. The average user will be given a pause to think that yes, the record company wants you to be responsible, but it won't stop you. Just enough to make them think once before putting the track on Kazaa, but not enough to stop them from using it any way they want. A fairly good balance.
Not too bad. If we can get them to stop here.
Because we all wish we had the guts/pure stupidity to build one ourselves...
And this is different from Microsoft's disclaimer of all liabilities how?
Just to agree with you:
I grew up as an international traveler. America has an amazing postal service. I expect to get every piece of mail sent through it. I don't with (almost) any other.
One of the groups they are selling this to is travelers. Anyone who has traveled regularly overseas will learn that a postcard will likely get through, a letter may, and anything with more than two sheets of paper most likely won't. If the letter looks like it is to/from an official address (and may have personal/useful info) cut the chances of it getting through by two thirds.
This service is a less complicated system then sending a letter through multiple countries, and has a single, defined, point of failure. I'd trust it over international mail any day.
Here: Morse Code info.
Now all you need is a pair of headphones. I'm sure you can find a decent pair for less than $100 and make some quick money.
Try it. I'm betting it's harder than it sounds, but hey: people's hearing does vary. You might just be good at this.
Better yet, if you do that, and keep close to IBM's wording in the suit, the judge may decide to handle all the cases at once in a class action suit.
Imagine a class action suit against SCO, backed up by IBM's legal muscle.