The submitter:...the Patent Office sure hasn't got a copy.
and from the article:The Patent and Trademark Office recently issued Patent 6,362,718 for a physically impossible motionless electromagnetic generator, which is supposed to snatch free energy from a vacuum.
Really, if this was all they were handing out patents for we would not be in the mess we are in now.
Dude, check your email. There are programmers in India and Asia who are more than willing to build your website or application with "much quality programmatic work to enhance your business presence on the world wide web". Ten years wil seem like two months in no time flat.
I'm glad to see he added a few extra power supplies. When I first read 17 drives in one std PC all I could think of were 34 power cable y splitters daisy chained together.
All I see this doing is allowing the RIAA to determine which songs should be invested in and which shouldn't be.
The RIAA does not "invest" in song promotion or is in anyway involved in the day to day operations of it's clients, the record labels. Nor has the RIAA ever claimed to be representing musicians. I hate their tactics as much as the next guy but they represent recording labels while BMI and ASCAP have some incentive to represent the artist's interests in licensing deals. How effectively they represent them could easily be up for debate however. BMI and ASCAP also represent the publishers (AKA the labels) interests with regard to performance rights and that undoubtedly leads to conflicts of interest. If there is a lobbying/trade organization that represents artists only I am not aware of it and sadly they are not as well known and as powerful as the RIAA.
How about a breech of their settlement with the federal government? They are not allowed to have any undocumented APIs in their Windows and Office products. Not that the Resident in Thief and his trusty sidekick AG AssCrack will do anything about it mind you...
Microsoft changed the TOS for the entire Win Update site about 6 months ago and on Win ME as well as Win2K you no longer see that piece about not sending info back home to Fuhrer Gates. I doubt this is limited to Win XP.
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...except for the crappy I/O on the SD card interface (not sure if that is due to the card/design/etc) and the lack of good case choices. Lots o' power with that OMAP1510 though. I run mapping software and it runs well, at least from the builtin memory;-(
Patents and copyright are two different things. Just because no code is shared between the two does not mean that the method one employs for accomplishing x is not infringing on a patent.
You encrypt the data, then encode it so it fits within an ascii document and presto, you can protect the contents of the document as it is transfered from user to user. Protecting it when it is edited/printed/viewed et al; is a totally different beast and has nothing to do with the underlying file format.
Actually, Verizon (The biggest of all those 400 lb babies) is actually at the forefront of protecting the privacy rights of someone the RIAA desperately wants to get their hands on.
And a paper trail? Will we visit everyone who voted to check their voting stub? And won't that identify who I voted for specifically in a way that can be checked and directly tied to me, defeating the purpose of a voting booth?
No. The machine needs to print out two copies on thermal paper (think Mobil Speed Pass reciepts) with the voting tally on it. This recipt also contains the UID of the voter's record in the DB (no ident info tagged to this). The voter verifies their selection and one copy goes home with them and the other into a box guarded by an independent auditor. The auditor then simply does a statistical sample of the box's contents (and all others around the election district) and compares the results to the population of votes by the machine. You can also use the UID to ensure DB integrity. Presto! Closed/open source, it does not matter. Verified election results.
The Carter Foundation uses exit polling to determine the validity of watched elections all of the time. It is an extremely effective means of detecting fraud and this will be even better. The exit polling requires people tell the truth and for all who are asked to participate. Neither of which happens. This paper trail solves those two problems.
Well for example, I just installed the latest Mandrake distro and any service I installed was turned on by default. In RH 8.0 you can install any service/package available but nothing is enabled unless you choose to after install. That is one of the cornerstones of security. Only turn on what you need. Just because I want something installed does not mean I want it turned on right now. I should not have to remember to go through and turn off everything just to have stuff sit on my drive until I am ready to configure and harden it.
Anyhow, all these distro's really have in common is the kernel code which makes them linux. The rest of the software (FTP, wm's, editors) bundled is up to the bundler. It is these choices that can make a distro more secure from another. EX: ssh v. telnet, std ftpd v. vsftpd, vi v. emacs (Sorry, I just had to;-}) et al; The DOD is going to certify the whole bundle and not just individual pieces. Basically, they don't trust their admins (contractors mostly) to pick the right pieces on their own, so they will find a good bundle and certify that with special instructions.
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and from the article:The Patent and Trademark Office recently issued Patent 6,362,718 for a physically impossible motionless electromagnetic generator, which is supposed to snatch free energy from a vacuum.
Really, if this was all they were handing out patents for we would not be in the mess we are in now.
Maybe, but one thing is for sure, Karma whores will need a subscription to be the first to post mirror sites.
Yeah, kinda' like the /. crowd...
Dude, check your email. There are programmers in India and Asia who are more than willing to build your website or application with "much quality programmatic work to enhance your business presence on the world wide web". Ten years wil seem like two months in no time flat.
Sadly, this [parent post] will likely be the funniest post on this story. There aren't even typo's in the writeup. *sigh*
here.
I'm glad to see he added a few extra power supplies. When I first read 17 drives in one std PC all I could think of were 34 power cable y splitters daisy chained together.
The RIAA does not "invest" in song promotion or is in anyway involved in the day to day operations of it's clients, the record labels. Nor has the RIAA ever claimed to be representing musicians. I hate their tactics as much as the next guy but they represent recording labels while BMI and ASCAP have some incentive to represent the artist's interests in licensing deals. How effectively they represent them could easily be up for debate however. BMI and ASCAP also represent the publishers (AKA the labels) interests with regard to performance rights and that undoubtedly leads to conflicts of interest. If there is a lobbying/trade organization that represents artists only I am not aware of it and sadly they are not as well known and as powerful as the RIAA.
How about a breech of their settlement with the federal government? They are not allowed to have any undocumented APIs in their Windows and Office products. Not that the Resident in Thief and his trusty sidekick AG AssCrack will do anything about it mind you...
Microsoft changed the TOS for the entire Win Update site about 6 months ago and on Win ME as well as Win2K you no longer see that piece about not sending info back home to Fuhrer Gates. I doubt this is limited to Win XP.
The following pages are restricted to users of our Premium service. If you are not member you can buy the complete article as a PDF-file for Euro 1.99. Included you will find a complementary copy of the tools we used to find out what is going on with Windows Update.
I am reading it right now. Click here http://www.tecchannel.de/betriebssysteme/1126/inde x.html and click on [Weiter >>]. It may be a teaser but I have gotten to the end yet.
...around. I think that is more importatant than the interface.
...except for the crappy I/O on the SD card interface (not sure if that is due to the card/design/etc) and the lack of good case choices. Lots o' power with that OMAP1510 though. I run mapping software and it runs well, at least from the builtin memory ;-(
Patents and copyright are two different things. Just because no code is shared between the two does not mean that the method one employs for accomplishing x is not infringing on a patent.
You encrypt the data, then encode it so it fits within an ascii document and presto, you can protect the contents of the document as it is transfered from user to user. Protecting it when it is edited/printed/viewed et al; is a totally different beast and has nothing to do with the underlying file format.
Do you read bugtraq? It came out on there 2 days ago? Tom
Actually, Verizon (The biggest of all those 400 lb babies) is actually at the forefront of protecting the privacy rights of someone the RIAA desperately wants to get their hands on.
You forgot:
x) Profit!
No. The machine needs to print out two copies on thermal paper (think Mobil Speed Pass reciepts) with the voting tally on it. This recipt also contains the UID of the voter's record in the DB (no ident info tagged to this). The voter verifies their selection and one copy goes home with them and the other into a box guarded by an independent auditor. The auditor then simply does a statistical sample of the box's contents (and all others around the election district) and compares the results to the population of votes by the machine. You can also use the UID to ensure DB integrity. Presto! Closed/open source, it does not matter. Verified election results.
The Carter Foundation uses exit polling to determine the validity of watched elections all of the time. It is an extremely effective means of detecting fraud and this will be even better. The exit polling requires people tell the truth and for all who are asked to participate. Neither of which happens. This paper trail solves those two problems.
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Sounds so much more interesting in Bork!
Do you file a complaint with your state or the FTC about it? These laws are only as effective as the citizens are good about filing complaints.
and
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/8.0/en/os/i3 86/RedHat/RPMS/emacs-21.2-18.i386.rpm
Anyhow, all these distro's really have in common is the kernel code which makes them linux. The rest of the software (FTP, wm's, editors) bundled is up to the bundler. It is these choices that can make a distro more secure from another. EX: ssh v. telnet, std ftpd v. vsftpd, vi v. emacs (Sorry, I just had to ;-}) et al; The DOD is going to certify the whole bundle and not just individual pieces. Basically, they don't trust their admins (contractors mostly) to pick the right pieces on their own, so they will find a good bundle and certify that with special instructions.
Actually, he is but not for long.