Real ease of use that neither Windows XP or Linux have.
Last time I stuck a blank CD into my RH9 box, it popped up with Nautilus pointed to "burn:///", which provided an intuitive drag-and-drop CD burning interface. Just find whatever files you want, then throw 'em on there. Easy.:P
I hope the authours of this project do their homework. My impression is that most of the good search and indexing schemes have already been patented, which will make it difficult to release such a project without stepping on someone's toes.
Hmmm, I just realized something... with patents, you end up stepping on people's toes. Without patents, you get to stand on their shoulders. Which do you think is the better vantage point?
Lame pattern matching would be something like pac.*man.*. This is more like "yep, it hac 'P', 'A', 'C', 'M', 'A', and 'N' somewhere in the title, must be ours!"
Actually, the filename was "INFMapPacks123FULL-MAN.zip", so m/pac.*man/i would have matched.
Hello? This is Microsoft we're talking about. $500 million dollars is pocket change. If Billy happened to find $500 million dollars lying on the ground, he probably wouldn't bother to pick it up.
Besides, none of this matters, because software patents are EVIL! Yes, they are even more EVIL than Microsoft! And it doesn't matter that the victim is also EVIL, the patents themselves are still EVIL!
Well, the voting polls shouldn't be video monitored, and the list of voters doesn't have the time you voted marked on it, just that you voted. I guess you could be extra careful and remove all clocks/watches from the room, too. But they'd have to remove any kind of date stamps on the crypto signatures and such, as well.
One way to do this is to send everyone entitled to vote a randomly-generated private key, which they can then sign their vote with.
The problem there, of course, is that whoever is mailing out the private keys can "peek" and see who got what key.
I think the best way to do it is this: You show up at the voting place, and along with scratching your name off the list of registered voters, you pick up a private key out of a big tub of private keys (it could be stored on a USB keychain storage device or something).
You then head over to the voting booth, and plug your USB keychain storage device into the voting terminal, which then gets your private key (nobody can know which key you got, and the computer can't know who you are, only what key you have). Then you make your vote, it's signed and encrypted.
Finally, on your way out, you put your USB keychain storage device into a "used" tub, that nobody is allowed to pick from. Afterwards, all the votes are tallied, making sure that each one was signed with a different key.
I think that would be pretty foolproof... can anybody find any flaws?
"Acxiom is proud of its long-standing commitment to the security of our systems and our efforts toward continuous improvements in that area,"
As far as I can tell, this guy logged into an ftp server and downloaded some publicly accessible files, perhaps after breaking some simple encryption to get a password or something. yes, that's some impressive security they have there...
The GPL allows you to copy and redistribute the software, it's basically just the way that the author of a copyrighted piece of code gives you permission to do whatever you want with it (it sort of counteracts standard copyright law -- where copyright says you can't copy, the GPL says you can). That is all.
The GPL in no way restricts your use of a program (the way an MS EULA does), and you don't have to "agree" to the GPL to use a GPL'd program. You only have to agree to the GPL in order to distribute a GPL'd program.
I have yet to meet a single person who has read an entire book on the computer.
Just the other day, I sat down and read all of Vernor Vinge's "True Names" in one sitting, on my computer screen. It was a good book, actually, I'd reccomend it to anybody who likes computers:)
Just go on welfare, then you can program Open Source all day long.
(though, when you're on welfare they make sure that you're actively looking for a job; I don't know how well it would go over if you told them you were an Open Source programmer)
So they now want to charge fees for any restaurant that serves California burgers.
No, I would explain it more this way:
SCO has claimed IP rights to lettuce, so they are now threatening to sue anybody who has ever eaten a hamburger, regardless of whether that hamburger had lettuce in it or not (and it's likely that no hamburgers have ever had lettuce in them, but then the analogy breaks down). They're suing McDonalds (IBM), and Burger King (RedHat) is suing them.
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I used to think that a little advertising was ok, but this is just painful. So many links... so little content! blargh.
If only the world were as simple as people like you believe...
Since you're obviously omnipotent, I must apologize for my complete and utter lack of the ability to know everything that happens at all times.
I only know what I read in the papers, and on slashdot.
So Bin Laden wasn't CIA trained, but trained by people who were CIA trained. BFD.
Terrorists typicaly speaking are stupid people fueled by cause and emotion not rational.
Oh, like Osama Bin Laden, the CIA-trained Freedom Fighter?
The guy may be an innovator who sees A and sees B and says, if I used A with B, I could do C.
And where is this guy if A and B are patented and he's not allowed to use them? He's shit out of luck, is where he is.
the theory behind granting patents is that with patents, we get to stand on the shoulders of those who came before us.
The theory, yes. Theory. That's not at all what's happening in practice, though. Software patents are the perfect example here.
With any luck, thunderbird will be developed enough to be usable by more than just techies like me, and it will fill this niche, nicely.
Sounds like it's time to install Linux.
Real ease of use that neither Windows XP or Linux have.
:P
Last time I stuck a blank CD into my RH9 box, it popped up with Nautilus pointed to "burn:///", which provided an intuitive drag-and-drop CD burning interface. Just find whatever files you want, then throw 'em on there. Easy.
I hope the authours of this project do their homework. My impression is that most of the good search and indexing schemes have already been patented, which will make it difficult to release such a project without stepping on someone's toes.
Hmmm, I just realized something... with patents, you end up stepping on people's toes. Without patents, you get to stand on their shoulders. Which do you think is the better vantage point?
Proud patriot and republican voter.
You're also a moron.
I don't get why the CCPE would have such a huge problem with somebody being a "Minesweeper Consultant, Solitaire Expert".
Lame pattern matching would be something like pac.*man.*. This is more like "yep, it hac 'P', 'A', 'C', 'M', 'A', and 'N' somewhere in the title, must be ours!"
Actually, the filename was "INFMapPacks123FULL-MAN.zip", so m/pac.*man/i would have matched.
why stand up for them when they have to give some of it away?
It probably has a lot to do with the fact that I'm not a hypocrit, and I don't endorse double standards like most slashbots do.
Hello? This is Microsoft we're talking about. $500 million dollars is pocket change. If Billy happened to find $500 million dollars lying on the ground, he probably wouldn't bother to pick it up.
Besides, none of this matters, because software patents are EVIL! Yes, they are even more EVIL than Microsoft! And it doesn't matter that the victim is also EVIL, the patents themselves are still EVIL!
Well, the voting polls shouldn't be video monitored, and the list of voters doesn't have the time you voted marked on it, just that you voted. I guess you could be extra careful and remove all clocks/watches from the room, too. But they'd have to remove any kind of date stamps on the crypto signatures and such, as well.
One way to do this is to send everyone entitled to vote a randomly-generated private key, which they can then sign their vote with.
The problem there, of course, is that whoever is mailing out the private keys can "peek" and see who got what key.
I think the best way to do it is this: You show up at the voting place, and along with scratching your name off the list of registered voters, you pick up a private key out of a big tub of private keys (it could be stored on a USB keychain storage device or something).
You then head over to the voting booth, and plug your USB keychain storage device into the voting terminal, which then gets your private key (nobody can know which key you got, and the computer can't know who you are, only what key you have). Then you make your vote, it's signed and encrypted.
Finally, on your way out, you put your USB keychain storage device into a "used" tub, that nobody is allowed to pick from. Afterwards, all the votes are tallied, making sure that each one was signed with a different key.
I think that would be pretty foolproof... can anybody find any flaws?
Manager, duh!
From the article:
"Acxiom is proud of its long-standing commitment to the security of our systems and our efforts toward continuous improvements in that area,"
As far as I can tell, this guy logged into an ftp server and downloaded some publicly accessible files, perhaps after breaking some simple encryption to get a password or something. yes, that's some impressive security they have there...
Lol, I like this image: Most men are single, but most women are married. Who are they married to? :)
(yes, I know that graph doesn't represent the entire population of the planet; the married women are married to men who weren't polled)
Isn't the GPL simply a terms of contract, a EULA?
No, the GPL has nothing to do with End Users.
The GPL allows you to copy and redistribute the software, it's basically just the way that the author of a copyrighted piece of code gives you permission to do whatever you want with it (it sort of counteracts standard copyright law -- where copyright says you can't copy, the GPL says you can). That is all.
The GPL in no way restricts your use of a program (the way an MS EULA does), and you don't have to "agree" to the GPL to use a GPL'd program. You only have to agree to the GPL in order to distribute a GPL'd program.
With a computer, you can not move at all. That makes it not relaxing, but stressful.
:)
No, you just need a more comfortable chair. Preferably one that swivels and reclines
I have yet to meet a single person who has read an entire book on the computer.
:)
Just the other day, I sat down and read all of Vernor Vinge's "True Names" in one sitting, on my computer screen. It was a good book, actually, I'd reccomend it to anybody who likes computers
Homer: "Lisa, facts don't mean anything! You can use them to prove anything that's even remotely true!"
Just go on welfare, then you can program Open Source all day long.
(though, when you're on welfare they make sure that you're actively looking for a job; I don't know how well it would go over if you told them you were an Open Source programmer)
You can do that in Mozilla, as well.
So they now want to charge fees for any restaurant that serves California burgers.
No, I would explain it more this way:
SCO has claimed IP rights to lettuce, so they are now threatening to sue anybody who has ever eaten a hamburger, regardless of whether that hamburger had lettuce in it or not (and it's likely that no hamburgers have ever had lettuce in them, but then the analogy breaks down). They're suing McDonalds (IBM), and Burger King (RedHat) is suing them.