A) Electric companies are happy with their current production means. They're not likely to switch to or adopt solar energy on a mass scale.
2) It's a lot of wasted steps. Think about it. -Electric company makes eletricity (however they want) -Electricity goes to "Gas" station -"gas" station uses electricity to convert water into hydrogen -Hydrogen is stored -Car fills up w/ Hydrogen -Hydrogen combusted to create movement.
Why not just skip the middle steps and use Electricity? There's going to be lost energy all over the place every time you do another "conversion"
Is anyone else impressed just by the simple fact that these are all high school kids? This is fantastic to see high school students working with technology like this. I applaud their efforts.
Is it really a good idea in terms of safety to encourage anyone and everyone to go as high as they can as fast as they can as often as they can? I mean seriously, look at the Red Bull Flugtag (minus the umlat) and what it's done for modern aviation...
No seriously, this is really flippin' awesome. I hope it gets to be as big as they're projecting!
How the hell does you mind work? ANYONE can steal a laptop. I've seen a 13 year old in an airport try to walk away with one and you're saying that a 13 year old kid could reproduce my fingerprint accurately enough for a scanner to read it? Shut up and read the articles. Maybe even google the technology in the article so you can comment on it intelligently...
Actually, I hosted one for four years on my college campus and since it was on campus, everyone was covered under the college's insurance, just like the spectators at a basketball game or football game.
... pointing cameras onto private property such as hotels...
How exactly do spy satellites see into hotels? HOPE is (at least when I went two times ago) was INSIDE the hotel. The only ones in fear of being seen by the sats would be the smokers and the stage crew moving crap all day...
Also speaking as a pedestrian I don't think "pedestrian recognition systems" is a good idea.
So you're afraid the cars will all decide to aim for you now? I think you watched The Matrix and I, Robot a few too many times.
Besides, Just because they have 4 wheels (which happens to be incredibly stable - hence the reason they stick with it) and some doors (how else do you expect to get into and out of the damned thing?) doesn't mean that there can't be more innovation and radical ideas.
So they'll probably use this to keep pirated windows boxes from downloading windows updates... so what? You can have microsoft send you a CD with the latest patches on it for free. Granted, it takes a little longer than a 1-20 minute download, but it's still a viable solution for those of you with the urge to use pirated software.
There is always a better way to solve problems like this, but do you really think MS is going to back down? It'll get implemented just like every other bad idea they've ever had (ie. WinME) and then no one will like it or everyone will complain or (more likely) no one will use it and whatever userbase it does have gets nailed with security holes etc.
It's all about the all mighty buck. If they think this concept will make them more money than it cost to research and implement, you can bet your arse they'll implement it. They really don't care about interoperability either. They could care less if no one outside of the msn.com and hotmail.com domains can use it (or care to). That's one helluva userbase right there. Plus, they can just spout it off as another "Security" or "anti-spam" feature to get people to pay for hotmail premium accounts.
You:wanting to steal Apple's IP but not wanting Apple to steal theirs
Rob:We would be happy to cross-license our DRM and formats to Apple to enable exactly the kind of interoperability you propose.
As has been widely reported, we approached Apple about licensing their DRM several months ago. It was only after they rebuffed those initiatives that we came out with Harmony, which implemented software compatibility with their DRM as well as with Microsoft's.
Didja READ the damned article? Seriously, this guy is one of the bravest men on the planet. Can you imagine accepting the challenge to take 10 of the toughest questions from an online community that despises you and your company? While we may still dislike him and/or his company and/or his software, he clearly explained his stance on "stealing" apple's "IP" and did so in a very professional manner.
Because you're not gaining anything from option 2. If they volunteer their contact info, you send them the utility to decrypt their home directory for free. You also submit their info to the appropriate authorities. They have a choice to either pay (get computer working again with a legal copy of the software), not pay (get their computer working again w/o having that software), or ignore you (try to decrypt it themselves or format the drive and start over). I see those as three very viable and legal options. Only one of those options involves money transactions.
You don't get it... none of you do. In your example with buying a book that is banned in Germany, you're in america buying the book. You have nothign to fear. However, if you were in Germany buying the book, you would want to duct tape your arse shut first.
Would you rather the US govt let drug dealers in Mexico and Canada sell drugs to people accross the border? NO because they're effecting the US. We go after them with a vengence and rightly so. On a slightly less serious note, some of the warez in the story is from the US, made by american companies, and sold in the US. They're breaking US copyright law and somehow they got the software FROM the US. Just because they were sitting somewhere physically other than the US, why shouldn't we be able to put him to trial?
How much does it cost to insure against the possibility of your plan getting stolen then flown into a building with thousands of people in it not to mention the hundred(s) on board the plane?
WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?? Having someone pay (let alone the airline) for an act of terrorism AFTER THE FACT is NOT the point of national security. I, for one, would preffer to not have any more plane-sized bombs flying into major metropolitan areas, even if it meant $30 plan tickets.
Because politics does MATTER, you twit. How do you think things like the PATRIOT act got through? I believe that had more "geeks" to use the term liberally, gotten out and voiced their opinions that things like the PATRIOT act or new wire-tapping laws were BAD (or at least had some negative and poorly thought out sections), things may have ended up for the better.
Just because politics can be boring doesn't mean they don't matter. Get off your swivel-chair and go register then excersize your right to VOTE. Maybe if all of the US slashdot readers did the same, we wouldn't have HALF the legal problems we do now and our country wouldn't be so bass-ackwards.
No... but if for some reason I travel to those countries and decide to engage in mastubatory activities and (god forbid) get caught - yes, I should be held liable.
You're subject to extradition whenever the US government agrees to extradite you. You don't seem to understand the concept of extradition. Any country can request that you be extradited and it's up to your country to say yes or no. I highly doubt that the US would extradtie you for some written critisism in an informal discussion. Quit arguing over semantics and maybe you'll finally realize that this story is simply a story, not a hotbed for heated, misinformed debate. Get your facts right and you'll realize that one criminal gettign extradited isn't that big of a deal, it happens all the time. A lot of the/. crowd is just pissed because it happened to "one of their own."
Not necessarily. As with all laws, there are common sense rules that apply as well. My personal (heavy emphasis on that word) belief would be that you can say whatever you want (within U.S. law) here on/. because A) You're not in Saudi Arabia B) These servers aren't in Saudi Arabia and C) Any exposure of this info in Saudi Arabia is/was not caused by you. I'm no legal expert and certainly not an expert on foreign policy of any sort, this is just my $0.02.
In regards to the orginal story, his warez had a direct impact within the U.S. and this impact was caused directly by him. My point of view has always been that people shoudl not be allowed to use a country's boundary to hide beehind when performing known illegal acts in another country.
Unless you're going 50 m.p.h. in the country where the speed limit is 30... It all depends on where you are or where your actions take place and what laws are applicable there.
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A) Electric companies are happy with their current production means. They're not likely to switch to or adopt solar energy on a mass scale.
2) It's a lot of wasted steps. Think about it.
-Electric company makes eletricity (however they want)
-Electricity goes to "Gas" station
-"gas" station uses electricity to convert water into hydrogen
-Hydrogen is stored
-Car fills up w/ Hydrogen
-Hydrogen combusted to create movement.
Why not just skip the middle steps and use Electricity? There's going to be lost energy all over the place every time you do another "conversion"
Is anyone else impressed just by the simple fact that these are all high school kids? This is fantastic to see high school students working with technology like this. I applaud their efforts.
Is it really a good idea in terms of safety to encourage anyone and everyone to go as high as they can as fast as they can as often as they can? I mean seriously, look at the Red Bull Flugtag (minus the umlat) and what it's done for modern aviation...
No seriously, this is really flippin' awesome. I hope it gets to be as big as they're projecting!
How the hell does you mind work? ANYONE can steal a laptop. I've seen a 13 year old in an airport try to walk away with one and you're saying that a 13 year old kid could reproduce my fingerprint accurately enough for a scanner to read it? Shut up and read the articles. Maybe even google the technology in the article so you can comment on it intelligently...
So now, instead of the "slashdot effect", we'll have the "tceffe todhsals" when we bring down mirrordot.org too... Here goes nothing!
Actually, I hosted one for four years on my college campus and since it was on campus, everyone was covered under the college's insurance, just like the spectators at a basketball game or football game.
... pointing cameras onto private property such as hotels...
How exactly do spy satellites see into hotels? HOPE is (at least when I went two times ago) was INSIDE the hotel. The only ones in fear of being seen by the sats would be the smokers and the stage crew moving crap all day...
Except for China, they get their own semantic web with special semantic filters in place that semantically keep their citizens under semantic control.
Also speaking as a pedestrian I don't think "pedestrian recognition systems" is a good idea.
So you're afraid the cars will all decide to aim for you now? I think you watched The Matrix and I, Robot a few too many times.
Besides, Just because they have 4 wheels (which happens to be incredibly stable - hence the reason they stick with it) and some doors (how else do you expect to get into and out of the damned thing?) doesn't mean that there can't be more innovation and radical ideas.
If you suck at playing poker and write a bot to do it for you, your bot will likely suck as badly as you do...
So they'll probably use this to keep pirated windows boxes from downloading windows updates... so what? You can have microsoft send you a CD with the latest patches on it for free. Granted, it takes a little longer than a 1-20 minute download, but it's still a viable solution for those of you with the urge to use pirated software.
There is always a better way to solve problems like this, but do you really think MS is going to back down? It'll get implemented just like every other bad idea they've ever had (ie. WinME) and then no one will like it or everyone will complain or (more likely) no one will use it and whatever userbase it does have gets nailed with security holes etc.
It's all about the all mighty buck. If they think this concept will make them more money than it cost to research and implement, you can bet your arse they'll implement it. They really don't care about interoperability either. They could care less if no one outside of the msn.com and hotmail.com domains can use it (or care to). That's one helluva userbase right there. Plus, they can just spout it off as another "Security" or "anti-spam" feature to get people to pay for hotmail premium accounts.
...just cracks me up. "Mozilla's Goodger on Firefox's Future"
It just sounds DIRTY... If there was some guys Goodger in my future, I'd certainly try to do something about it...
You: wanting to steal Apple's IP but not wanting Apple to steal theirs
Rob: We would be happy to cross-license our DRM and formats to Apple to enable exactly the kind of interoperability you propose.
As has been widely reported, we approached Apple about licensing their DRM several months ago. It was only after they rebuffed those initiatives that we came out with Harmony, which implemented software compatibility with their DRM as well as with Microsoft's.
Didja READ the damned article? Seriously, this guy is one of the bravest men on the planet. Can you imagine accepting the challenge to take 10 of the toughest questions from an online community that despises you and your company? While we may still dislike him and/or his company and/or his software, he clearly explained his stance on "stealing" apple's "IP" and did so in a very professional manner.
Because you're not gaining anything from option 2. If they volunteer their contact info, you send them the utility to decrypt their home directory for free. You also submit their info to the appropriate authorities. They have a choice to either pay (get computer working again with a legal copy of the software), not pay (get their computer working again w/o having that software), or ignore you (try to decrypt it themselves or format the drive and start over). I see those as three very viable and legal options. Only one of those options involves money transactions.
To avoid extortion, give them an option.
1) Charge the same as a license would have cost for the safe retrieval of your encrypted files and a real software key.
2) Get all of their contact information, send (snail mail) them the encryption key to get their info back and then call the appropriate authorities.
You don't get it... none of you do. In your example with buying a book that is banned in Germany, you're in america buying the book. You have nothign to fear. However, if you were in Germany buying the book, you would want to duct tape your arse shut first.
Would you rather the US govt let drug dealers in Mexico and Canada sell drugs to people accross the border? NO because they're effecting the US. We go after them with a vengence and rightly so. On a slightly less serious note, some of the warez in the story is from the US, made by american companies, and sold in the US. They're breaking US copyright law and somehow they got the software FROM the US. Just because they were sitting somewhere physically other than the US, why shouldn't we be able to put him to trial?
Does China need Microsoft?
not so much...
insurance to cover any problems
How much does it cost to insure against the possibility of your plan getting stolen then flown into a building with thousands of people in it not to mention the hundred(s) on board the plane?
WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?? Having someone pay (let alone the airline) for an act of terrorism AFTER THE FACT is NOT the point of national security. I, for one, would preffer to not have any more plane-sized bombs flying into major metropolitan areas, even if it meant $30 plan tickets.
Because politics does MATTER, you twit. How do you think things like the PATRIOT act got through? I believe that had more "geeks" to use the term liberally, gotten out and voiced their opinions that things like the PATRIOT act or new wire-tapping laws were BAD (or at least had some negative and poorly thought out sections), things may have ended up for the better.
Just because politics can be boring doesn't mean they don't matter. Get off your swivel-chair and go register then excersize your right to VOTE. Maybe if all of the US slashdot readers did the same, we wouldn't have HALF the legal problems we do now and our country wouldn't be so bass-ackwards.
No, simply because the porn sites are hosted in the US (or wherever) and not forced or intentionally disseminated on to anyone in China.
No... but if for some reason I travel to those countries and decide to engage in mastubatory activities and (god forbid) get caught - yes, I should be held liable.
You're subject to extradition whenever the US government agrees to extradite you. You don't seem to understand the concept of extradition. Any country can request that you be extradited and it's up to your country to say yes or no. I highly doubt that the US would extradtie you for some written critisism in an informal discussion. Quit arguing over semantics and maybe you'll finally realize that this story is simply a story, not a hotbed for heated, misinformed debate. Get your facts right and you'll realize that one criminal gettign extradited isn't that big of a deal, it happens all the time. A lot of the /. crowd is just pissed because it happened to "one of their own."
Not necessarily. As with all laws, there are common sense rules that apply as well. My personal (heavy emphasis on that word) belief would be that you can say whatever you want (within U.S. law) here on /. because A) You're not in Saudi Arabia B) These servers aren't in Saudi Arabia and C) Any exposure of this info in Saudi Arabia is/was not caused by you. I'm no legal expert and certainly not an expert on foreign policy of any sort, this is just my $0.02.
In regards to the orginal story, his warez had a direct impact within the U.S. and this impact was caused directly by him. My point of view has always been that people shoudl not be allowed to use a country's boundary to hide beehind when performing known illegal acts in another country.
Unless you're going 50 m.p.h. in the country where the speed limit is 30... It all depends on where you are or where your actions take place and what laws are applicable there.