Yeah, this machine is a 1.3GHz Athlon,
266MHz frontside bus, PC2100 DDR Memory, GeForce 3.
And it runs about the same speed as my dual 500 [G4]. So,
on a dual 800, we're going to crush the fastest PC. Oh, and
also I only have a GeForce 2 MX in here.
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Are you aware that a Mac can already render MPEG-2 video in real time? Steve demonstrated it in iDVD 2 at Macworld.
7). Enforced openness. Force MS to publish all their file formats, APIs, protocols, etc, and forbid MS to break compatibility with or deprecate any existing ones. This would destroy the embrace-and-extend strategy, make Office vulernable to real competition since your documents are no longer hostage (anyone can download the specs and write a converter, or add that support to their competing apps), remove a huge number of problems plaguing mixed networks, and so on.
What is probably behind this is that Steve was using Mac OS X Server, not Mac OS X Consumer. Only OS X Server (which was not, at the time, a fork off of OS X Consumer) can be used as a netboot server.
The server would not have to run a copy of OS X for each machine, the machines run it locally. They are merely loading the OS off the server's remote disk.
The point is that there is no marginal
increase in the production cost of the system for the system operators due to one more person
decoding the signal correctly, rather than just letting the signal pass directly through their body.
You're looking at it from the wrong direction. Suppose nobody payed for DirectTV?
I just don't think that I have a requirement to not decode this freely-published transmission just because DirecTV said so.
It's not freely published, it's published for the use of their subscribers. I bet you could remotely read the electromagnetic fields of coaxial cable with the right equipment, does that make stealing cable OK? What about looking at someone's magazine with a telescope? At some point there is a line where "it is freely available" can no longer be reasonably believed, and I think that by altering the hardware which you purchased and signed a contract governing the use of you have crossed pretty far into the unreasonable side (not to mention tht said equipment was illegal resold, which is what the major pirates were arrested for in the first place- RTFA). If you built a DirecTV receiver from scratch, more power to you.
If you ignore the amount of technology needed, it is possible to remotely obtain any information from any place. Would you object to my use of a laser to eavesdrop on your house? Your vibrating windows are visible from my property.
Ah yes, the good old "if it's in plain sight you should expect it to be stolen" defense. I guess I'll just help myself to your car (parked on a public street no less!) and the contents of your mailbox. And it was your fault for not keeping these items inside your house.
I assume the "lousy" part of their business model is that they have something you want and you aren't allowed to get it for free. Tough shit. They have to pay for the satellite, so they charge the people who use it. You want to watch their content, so you pay them for its percieved value. What's wrong with that?
And you know what? He's right. The fact that 13-year-old kid with "off-the-shelf" script-kiddying tools can cultivate an army of bots and anonymously attack any site he wants is a very large flaw in the world of computing and deserves a lot of attention. Scare tactics, while somewhat repugnant, are effective, and Gibson sometimes uses his powers for good as well as evil.
Actually, of all those, the mobile phone is the only one that's really "here". All the others are either prototypes or inferior versions. I can't point to any sci-fi novel and say "They have better mobile phones than us".
I believe I saw this poster as well... Even better: Right under "The BSA Is Targeting NYC" is the image of the back of a man's shaved head with a bullseye painted on it. How long until using Linux is a thoughtcrime?
Why do open relays exist? Is there some beneficial use for them that I'm not aware of? Is this a relay's default state and the sysadmin is too busy or dumb to lock it down? Why doesn't everyone just secure their mail servers and cut off spam before it gets out?
The answer to this is in the article linked by the post immediately above you (right now). All undersea cables are clearly marked on standard navigation charts. You are supposed to own and follow those charts if you run a ship, which includes not knowingly dropping your anchor near delicate cables. If you do snag one it is therefore entirely your own fault and the telecom company will now hurl a lawsuit at you.
It's the "have not previously been readily available" bit that's the clincher; this stipulates that reverse-engineering is only allowed as a last resort for interoperability. If there was any authorized program that could read encrypted PDFs on the platform on which Sklyarov's software runs (regardless of how much you had to pay to use it, I assume), and it was "readily available", then he is in violation of this section.
Put a machine in the record store. This machine would have a high-speed secure net connection to a large library of music and a built-in CD burner. It would allow me to log into the music library, pick 10-20 of my favorites, and burn a CD while I wait. It would charge maybe $1 per song for the disc, on the spot (make it take cash or credit cards). This would eliminate the album system, and with it the practice of charging $17 for two good songs and eight bad ones, and would be a far better distribution system than the existing record stores.
I've always seen script kiddie as a noun and blackhat as an adjective, and this sort of correlates with the usage in the article ("blackhat" as a noun for "attacker").
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It's called gatoring because it's usually done through an ActiveX plugin distributed by Gator.com.
Are you aware that a Mac can already render MPEG-2 video in real time? Steve demonstrated it in iDVD 2 at Macworld.
Among the unexpected features Mac OS X 10.1 will include: A built-in SMB client. I wonder what effect that had on MS's decision.
Marathon is #44! It deserves number 1! Or at least number 7...
7). Enforced openness. Force MS to publish all their file formats, APIs, protocols, etc, and forbid MS to break compatibility with or deprecate any existing ones. This would destroy the embrace-and-extend strategy, make Office vulernable to real competition since your documents are no longer hostage (anyone can download the specs and write a converter, or add that support to their competing apps), remove a huge number of problems plaguing mixed networks, and so on.
I think I know where the AC adapter would have to be plugged in. Gimme betteries to eat any day.
What is probably behind this is that Steve was using Mac OS X Server, not Mac OS X Consumer. Only OS X Server (which was not, at the time, a fork off of OS X Consumer) can be used as a netboot server.
The server would not have to run a copy of OS X for each machine, the machines run it locally. They are merely loading the OS off the server's remote disk.
I hate it when the boss walks in to check up on me and I have to frantically close all my Slashdot windows.
If you ignore the amount of technology needed, it is possible to remotely obtain any information from any place. Would you object to my use of a laser to eavesdrop on your house? Your vibrating windows are visible from my property.
Oh, and first post
Ah yes, the good old "if it's in plain sight you should expect it to be stolen" defense. I guess I'll just help myself to your car (parked on a public street no less!) and the contents of your mailbox. And it was your fault for not keeping these items inside your house.
I assume the "lousy" part of their business model is that they have something you want and you aren't allowed to get it for free. Tough shit. They have to pay for the satellite, so they charge the people who use it. You want to watch their content, so you pay them for its percieved value. What's wrong with that?
Or put them together, and get a REAL telephone voice changer... What celebrity do you want to pretend to be your secretary?
And you know what? He's right. The fact that 13-year-old kid with "off-the-shelf" script-kiddying tools can cultivate an army of bots and anonymously attack any site he wants is a very large flaw in the world of computing and deserves a lot of attention. Scare tactics, while somewhat repugnant, are effective, and Gibson sometimes uses his powers for good as well as evil.
No, the best one is the supervillains' meeting.
"Look, I just want some pants! A decent pair of pants!"
Actually, of all those, the mobile phone is the only one that's really "here". All the others are either prototypes or inferior versions. I can't point to any sci-fi novel and say "They have better mobile phones than us".
I believe I saw this poster as well... Even better: Right under "The BSA Is Targeting NYC" is the image of the back of a man's shaved head with a bullseye painted on it. How long until using Linux is a thoughtcrime?
Why do open relays exist? Is there some beneficial use for them that I'm not aware of? Is this a relay's default state and the sysadmin is too busy or dumb to lock it down? Why doesn't everyone just secure their mail servers and cut off spam before it gets out?
The answer to this is in the article linked by the post immediately above you (right now). All undersea cables are clearly marked on standard navigation charts. You are supposed to own and follow those charts if you run a ship, which includes not knowingly dropping your anchor near delicate cables. If you do snag one it is therefore entirely your own fault and the telecom company will now hurl a lawsuit at you.
If no one had figured out their format until now they had some serious job security :P
It's the "have not previously been readily available" bit that's the clincher; this stipulates that reverse-engineering is only allowed as a last resort for interoperability. If there was any authorized program that could read encrypted PDFs on the platform on which Sklyarov's software runs (regardless of how much you had to pay to use it, I assume), and it was "readily available", then he is in violation of this section.
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(I Am Less Of A Lawyer than You)
Of course this is irrelevant until the law is actually declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, which hasn't happened yet.
Put a machine in the record store. This machine would have a high-speed secure net connection to a large library of music and a built-in CD burner. It would allow me to log into the music library, pick 10-20 of my favorites, and burn a CD while I wait. It would charge maybe $1 per song for the disc, on the spot (make it take cash or credit cards). This would eliminate the album system, and with it the practice of charging $17 for two good songs and eight bad ones, and would be a far better distribution system than the existing record stores.
I've always seen script kiddie as a noun and blackhat as an adjective, and this sort of correlates with the usage in the article ("blackhat" as a noun for "attacker").
If you want an economist to pay attention to you, use the terms positive and normative instead of descriptive and prescriptive, respectively.