I have much better hopes for E85 fuel, which combines 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline. Any existing car can be modified to run on E85 in addition to regular gasoline,
The Chrysler Turbine car ran on a much wider variety of fuels 40 years ago -- and looked better too!
The Old Encyclopedia Trick (once famously used in a Fred Saberhagen "Berserker" story), also used by map makers and mailing list sellers, is to plant a few completely false stories (or streets, or addresses to company auditors) in your publication.
Afterwards if you suspect copyright infringement (as in they used you as their source, rather than going out and doing all the original work you had to in the first place), you take them to court as follows:
Defendant: No Your Honor, we did not use their copyrighted material to write/draw our own encyclopedia/map. We went out to the same original sources as they did.
Prosecution Attorney: Then pray tell us where you found the original data for this particular article/street.
Defendant: Uh...
Judge: Guilty!
Google has created a new, original derivative work in the process of how they created and organized their database. They should not be required to open it up to known competitors in the process.
I do really wonder however how Google can't be aware of Microsoft IP addresses recently accessing large chunks of their data. Or is MS using stealth IP's not directly registered to them?
Do you suppose Google itself has a robots.txt file?
hashcash is a clever system that requires a parameterizable amount of work on the part of a requester
I believe the article writer underestimates the power of zombies, the number of zombies, the power of a roomfull of modded XBoxes bought used once XBox2 arrives, and the arrival of FastHashCash, in whatever form someone manages to create it.
I remember how the original Unix 'crypt' function was supposed to guard against brute force password attacks by taking a significant amount of a second to return each result. fastcrypt arrived later, and rather killed that defense mechnism.
While I applaud every effort to squash spam, this seems to be no silver bullet.
A prison sentence should be sufficient to convince you to never commit that particular crime again. I doubt even 9 years will convince some of the people to stop spamming given the money involved and the (still) small likelyhood of being punished. I can only hope that by the time they do get out that the Internet has evolved beyond being able to be taken advantage of in this manner.
Just which file sharing systems are being sued these days? KaZaa obviously. dc++ at some colleges. Who else? Are some system proving more resistant than others to legal assault?
I remember downloading an MMX-optimized replacement core plugin and lighting filters when I moved Photoshop to a PIII machine
And what were you running on before? After all, MMX came out halfway through the lifespan of the original Pentium at about speed grade 166MHz. Which preceeded all the Pentium III, Pentium II, and Pentium Pro machines.
If I were Adobe (which I'm not), instead of just an Adobe user (which I am), I'd be putting more effort into porting my flagship products to AMD/PPC/Intel 64-bit platforms now for the next release. Most Adobe products are compute intensive, and run by people who can afford leading edge hardware. 64-bits has been out for over a year now in both their main markets, and that would be the compelling reason to buy the next upgrade.
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So now we know. Steve Jobs secretly posts to /. as Zebbers.
If this is the case, then how is Sun going to be able to Open Source Solaris 10?
Excuse me. Certainly we're not referring to 802.11g wireless networking here, are we?
It's statements like that one that make me doubt the entire article. Just who are these guys anyway?
Let's be precise here folks. Slower clock rate. I got the wrong impression the first time I read this, and likely others did too.
A sheet of film and a laser pointer, and before you know it you too can be counterfeiting Microsoft and Master Card logos.
The Chrysler Turbine car ran on a much wider variety of fuels 40 years ago -- and looked better too!
Afterwards if you suspect copyright infringement (as in they used you as their source, rather than going out and doing all the original work you had to in the first place), you take them to court as follows:
Defendant: No Your Honor, we did not use their copyrighted material to write/draw our own encyclopedia/map. We went out to the same original sources as they did.
Prosecution Attorney: Then pray tell us where you found the original data for this particular article/street.
Defendant: Uh...
Judge: Guilty!
Google has created a new, original derivative work in the process of how they created and organized their database. They should not be required to open it up to known competitors in the process.
I do really wonder however how Google can't be aware of Microsoft IP addresses recently accessing large chunks of their data. Or is MS using stealth IP's not directly registered to them?
Do you suppose Google itself has a robots.txt file?
And you put them in there long enough to rehabilate them sufficiently to not commit that crime -- and preferably other crimes -- again.
Or did you miss the truth in my point?
Actually yes, since I rather expect even a moderate speed DVD+-RW to under-run on my 333MHz P-II.
Or as someone said above, I upgrade when I have the money.
2004: part of an international "criminal terrorism investigation"
How can you question it? If true, and revealed openly, innocent people can die.
If false, and cover-up, heads should roll (figuratively).
I don't know about you, however all I can do is trust that the judge that releases, or holds up, the data is honest and accurate.
I believe the article writer underestimates the power of zombies, the number of zombies, the power of a roomfull of modded XBoxes bought used once XBox2 arrives, and the arrival of FastHashCash, in whatever form someone manages to create it.
I remember how the original Unix 'crypt' function was supposed to guard against brute force password attacks by taking a significant amount of a second to return each result. fastcrypt arrived later, and rather killed that defense mechnism.
While I applaud every effort to squash spam, this seems to be no silver bullet.
How long before so many webcrawlers become the dominate form of Internet congestion?
A prison sentence should be sufficient to convince you to never commit that particular crime again. I doubt even 9 years will convince some of the people to stop spamming given the money involved and the (still) small likelyhood of being punished. I can only hope that by the time they do get out that the Internet has evolved beyond being able to be taken advantage of in this manner.
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They sue the "owner" of that cable connection.
You pay for it.
You make it available to whomever your choose.
You have become responsible for whatever happens in regard to it.
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I like that quote. Nicely done.
Mind if I steal it...
Now isn't that obvious?
Just which file sharing systems are being sued these days? KaZaa obviously. dc++ at some colleges. Who else? Are some system proving more resistant than others to legal assault?
And what were you running on before? After all, MMX came out halfway through the lifespan of the original Pentium at about speed grade 166MHz. Which preceeded all the Pentium III, Pentium II, and Pentium Pro machines.
For Windows, just right-click on the icon on the task bar at the bottom (or wherever you dragged it) of your screen and select close.
For Mac, uh, no right-click, but there's probably something equally easy you can do.
If I were Adobe (which I'm not), instead of just an Adobe user (which I am), I'd be putting more effort into porting my flagship products to AMD/PPC/Intel 64-bit platforms now for the next release. Most Adobe products are compute intensive, and run by people who can afford leading edge hardware. 64-bits has been out for over a year now in both their main markets, and that would be the compelling reason to buy the next upgrade.
I think you mean 200GB.
So how long before this becomes a Windows.NET Web-Service? Then all the hackers can struggle with Visual Studio .NET 2003.
...or On the Rocks?
And all along I thought it was Mrs. Fields that was the leading supplier of cookies.
That should generate more than a little network traffic.