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Unless I am realllllly far off the mark, wont having 2x(rgb+cym vs rgb alone) the number of Pel's mean the effective resolution is 1/2 what could be achieved with RGB alone.
In just the same way that an RGB monitor is 3x lower resolution than an equivilent greyscale one could be.
(along those lines, I actually want a very hi res greyscale - anyone know whether i can get one? - i want to drive the outputs of 3 adjacent pixels with RGB data?)
I certainly hope you dont analise anything of mine - certainly not with a double edged sword!!!
Your right about somebody being able to clone my sig by copying the strokes. All it does is add an extra layer, as with most things, deter the casual criminal.
Somebody else pointed out that this is all useless anyway - what with digital sigs and photocopies etc.
whilst your actual stroke path may be different for every signature, the order of your strokes and the pressure at different points means the paper is imprinted in a certain order.
For instance, as I draw a capital B, i do my downstroke first, then sweep back up, to the left slightly, and then around for the 3 portion from top to bottom.
Even if somebody had my signature as an example, they would not be able to match my drawing style.
it would take a video of me performing the signature as well as paper samples, making it much much more difficult to achieve, and easier to detect.
This is one of the key elements of a signature that to this point has not been able to be utilised.
I love being left handed - it is my security by obscurity;)
No individual person or organisation is in charge of organising the path a packet takes across the internet.
If a (for instance) major english-american link goes down, the packets should be rerouted automatically via a different path, possibly likely at a much lower rate, and causing more lag, but the packets just keep on trucking.
I just read the CNN article (I had previously followed around his website only), and your right, it does appear to be the case.
I still cannot find any direct evidence of it though, and wonder why it wasn't made so clear on the website?
It could be that now as donars and recipients are getting closer and closer in time, and the importance of matching pairs is growing, it may become more and more that the families are brought together and have the chance to know the intended recipient.
Perhaps because of blood matching and position in the list his prospective donar knew they would be giving it away and had everything prepared so that a speedy donation could occur.
We only think of donations as coming from car accidents or instant death, but sometimes donations come from people who know they are dying, perhaps they themselves are waiting on the donar list for another organ.
This was the exact thing that worried me when I was reading up about SP2.
The Win32 API *does* have an entry point in that ANY application can call *prior* to any connection attempt being made. It registers that application as either accepted or denied access.
A well written program is supposed to ask the user at installation time whether to allow connections, and update this result whether true or false.
This was a glaringly open thing to put into the system, and a file obtained from any source can simply modify this value and have instant, unrestricted access without user intervention.
Mind you, in mitigation, you are correct about simply stopping whichever firewall service is running.
Both methods however require a user to be running under an Administrative account, as I recall the default for xp, users under a regular account could not perform either action.
Your right, I don't think he can personally "buy" an organ, but by him driving a campaign forward and raising awareness of the issues,they will hopefully allow more people to become donars. More donars means more organs, and hopefully the list will get shorter.
It does not say on his website exactly how he became the recipient, but I find it hard to believe it came from a direct donation specifically to him.
I believe simply his age and other attributes made him a better donar recipient than (say) a 98 year old guy with other chronic problems, but I may be wrong.
From the "Donatealife" website, they say the following:
While donated organs and tissue are shared at the national level, the laws that govern donation vary from state to state. Therefore, it is important for you to know what you can do to ensure your decision to be a donor is carried out.
He has certainly raised awareness, and I wish him the best of luck in the (now much brighter) future!
I personally feel better knowing that it was a flawed human process that caused the fatal accident.
Had it been a random unknown event, then we could not learn from our mistakes, and potentially leave other things to cause problems later.
This will have refocused every member of the team, and there is the potential for this mishap to make Nasa even stronger, and make space travel safer for us all, and if that occurs, then those 7 heroes will not have died in vein.
I would still be concerned with how effectively you can manage copyright issues.
If as you say you supply me with a number (say 15) keys so that I can upload an album of my homegrown music (1 key per file if I understand you correctly).
What is to stop me from uploading 1 of my tracks, and 14 tracks from (insert_popstar_here)? What if I am not the only one doing it?
100 users seeding illicit info with 90% of the keys you supply.
It will be very tricky and time consuming from your end to manage.
Even if you went and added a "Report this file" style link to every file, and automate the removal process, you just introduce a whole other set of dynamics.
I'm not saying your job is impossible, and you do seem to have reasonably practical, accountable measures in place to at least restrict the flow, but its going to be an uphill struggle.
(ps, I think the best solution to most of the issues I have raised is to impliment a karma/moderation type system for your uploaders. Look around slash for some ideas)
I write software, and license it under the GPL, so it is legal and above board.
What happens when I release version 1.1 of my software, do I have to have my software evaluated?
What about nightly builds, or patches?
does EVERY byte sequence need cataloguing and logging to check for previous infringement.
Copyright infringement checking cannot be implimented in a 100% foolproof manner, and this will be the problem if they demand it before seeding the files.
I could quite simply upload the source code for windows and claim it as my own, only after the fact can copyright violations be captured.
I like the idea of a superduper server running the trackers - a system on par with the hardware infrastructure of microsofts. (Before you complain, think how much bandwidth/tech they must have to run windows update daily for millions of installs for the last few years)
I truly understand your point, and your preaching to the choir
BUT
Things like a popup blocker are Tasks, so is Norton. The CWS and gator are also not applications if i remember rightly.
They ABVIOUSLY cant block tasks, since a windows XP installation requires at least 20 or 30 things (on a std install) running, what they are stopping are the items listed in the "Applications" tab of Task manager - right at this moment, I have 3 things there, my Firefox window, Visual Basic (I know, I know!) and an instance of the Application I am currently developing.
I have 33 running tasks, which include all the standard MS ones as well as Popup blockers, Messenger, virus checker, winvnc, proxomitron and a few other random things.
I will only be restricted now if I wanted to do something else, but I know lots of people who just won't open anything else, the idea of having 2 browser windows open at the same time is as alien as watching 2 tv channels at once.
What would be a VERY cunning ploy from Microsoft would be to restrict it to 3 NONE Microsoft programs, and let the user go silly with hundreds of calculators, office windows and solitaire games and still not intefere with the limit, but then again, that would land them in even more hot water.
I'm sure MS wont release this without some form of upgrade path, but your absolutely right, this plan could easily backfire on MS.
As for limitations, for the kind of slashdot crowd, 3 full applications will be completely inadequate, but for Grandma Jones, who just reads email, browses the web a little, and plays minesweeper it may be perfect.
Remember, people don't complain that they can't watch more than one tv channel at once. Multitasking is a fairly recent development,
I've lost count of the number of people with 3ghz home machines used excusively for browsing.
Whilst I'm not in favour of this restricted chopped down version, and can see (as I noted in original posting) absolutely no way for a computer professional to use it, I can see the marketing reasons behind it.
I haven't even touched on the reduction in support calls this simplistic version will achieve, everything is fixed and stable - its almost like a game console version of the OS.
If microsoft CAN put out a cheap version of windows, no matter how crippled, then at least *some* people will buy it, and instead of getting $0.00 * 0 revenue from that country, they get $small_amount * x customers.
However, by limiting the functionality, people in the more developed (read: stupid idiots for paying so much) countries which actually are forced to buy the full sized version will not look on this and say "Hey MS why cant we get OUR windows cheap".
This kind of cut down OS would appear to me to be perfect for OEM distributers, supply this cut down MS "product" and pay less M$ tax without losing buddy status.
True, noone on the street who knows the difference would touch it with a bargepole, but for the computer newbie this maybe just the price point they are expecting ("ahhh look, I can save $50 by getting xp-lite").
They sent a mailshot out with vague warnings on it of the consequences.
It was not like the police giving you 14days to produce your documents.
The individual company concerned was never audited, and the software licenses were never checked.
The guy who was sent the same mailing, despite being an open source person indicates that its nothing more than a targeted advert compaign.
Having said all that, I believe in every aspect of a business being 100% above board, from software licensing to billable hours, and recommend wherever possible that being licensed up is the smart thing to do:)
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I use Lynx you insensitive clod!
Unless I am realllllly far off the mark, wont having 2x(rgb+cym vs rgb alone) the number of Pel's mean the effective resolution is 1/2 what could be achieved with RGB alone.
In just the same way that an RGB monitor is 3x lower resolution than an equivilent greyscale one could be.
(along those lines, I actually want a very hi res greyscale - anyone know whether i can get one? - i want to drive the outputs of 3 adjacent pixels with RGB data?)
I certainly hope you dont analise anything of mine - certainly not with a double edged sword!!!
Your right about somebody being able to clone my sig by copying the strokes. All it does is add an extra layer, as with most things, deter the casual criminal.
Somebody else pointed out that this is all useless anyway - what with digital sigs and photocopies etc.
whilst your actual stroke path may be different for every signature, the order of your strokes and the pressure at different points means the paper is imprinted in a certain order.
;)
For instance, as I draw a capital B, i do my downstroke first, then sweep back up, to the left slightly, and then around for the 3 portion from top to bottom.
Even if somebody had my signature as an example, they would not be able to match my drawing style.
it would take a video of me performing the signature as well as paper samples, making it much much more difficult to achieve, and easier to detect.
This is one of the key elements of a signature that to this point has not been able to be utilised.
I love being left handed - it is my security by obscurity
The internet is self sustaining isn't it?
No individual person or organisation is in charge of organising the path a packet takes across the internet.
If a (for instance) major english-american link goes down, the packets should be rerouted automatically via a different path, possibly likely at a much lower rate, and causing more lag, but the packets just keep on trucking.
perhaps thats where his secret inspiration comes from...
All this x prize nonesense is just a smokescreen, he's really trying to get his dog back to its home planet!
I just read the CNN article (I had previously followed around his website only), and your right, it does appear to be the case.
I still cannot find any direct evidence of it though, and wonder why it wasn't made so clear on the website?
It could be that now as donars and recipients are getting closer and closer in time, and the importance of matching pairs is growing, it may become more and more that the families are brought together and have the chance to know the intended recipient.
Perhaps because of blood matching and position in the list his prospective donar knew they would be giving it away and had everything prepared so that a speedy donation could occur.
We only think of donations as coming from car accidents or instant death, but sometimes donations come from people who know they are dying, perhaps they themselves are waiting on the donar list for another organ.
This was the exact thing that worried me when I was reading up about SP2.
The Win32 API *does* have an entry point in that ANY application can call *prior* to any connection attempt being made. It registers that application as either accepted or denied access.
A well written program is supposed to ask the user at installation time whether to allow connections, and update this result whether true or false.
This was a glaringly open thing to put into the system, and a file obtained from any source can simply modify this value and have instant, unrestricted access without user intervention.
Mind you, in mitigation, you are correct about simply stopping whichever firewall service is running.
Both methods however require a user to be running under an Administrative account, as I recall the default for xp, users under a regular account could not perform either action.
Your right, I don't think he can personally "buy" an organ, but by him driving a campaign forward and raising awareness of the issues,they will hopefully allow more people to become donars. More donars means more organs, and hopefully the list will get shorter.
It does not say on his website exactly how he became the recipient, but I find it hard to believe it came from a direct donation specifically to him.
I believe simply his age and other attributes made him a better donar recipient than (say) a 98 year old guy with other chronic problems, but I may be wrong.
From the "Donatealife" website, they say the following:
While donated organs and tissue are shared at the national level, the laws that govern donation vary from state to state. Therefore, it is important for you to know what you can do to ensure your decision to be a donor is carried out.
He has certainly raised awareness, and I wish him the best of luck in the (now much brighter) future!
I personally feel better knowing that it was a flawed human process that caused the fatal accident.
Had it been a random unknown event, then we could not learn from our mistakes, and potentially leave other things to cause problems later.
This will have refocused every member of the team, and there is the potential for this mishap to make Nasa even stronger, and make space travel safer for us all, and if that occurs, then those 7 heroes will not have died in vein.
Thanks for the response Dave.
I would still be concerned with how effectively you can manage copyright issues.
If as you say you supply me with a number (say 15) keys so that I can upload an album of my homegrown music (1 key per file if I understand you correctly).
What is to stop me from uploading 1 of my tracks, and 14 tracks from (insert_popstar_here)?
What if I am not the only one doing it?
100 users seeding illicit info with 90% of the keys you supply.
It will be very tricky and time consuming from your end to manage.
Even if you went and added a "Report this file" style link to every file, and automate the removal process, you just introduce a whole other set of dynamics.
I'm not saying your job is impossible, and you do seem to have reasonably practical, accountable measures in place to at least restrict the flow, but its going to be an uphill struggle.
(ps, I think the best solution to most of the issues I have raised is to impliment a karma/moderation type system for your uploaders. Look around slash for some ideas)
Good Luck!
COnsider this:
I write software, and license it under the GPL, so it is legal and above board.
What happens when I release version 1.1 of my software, do I have to have my software evaluated?
What about nightly builds, or patches?
does EVERY byte sequence need cataloguing and logging to check for previous infringement.
Copyright infringement checking cannot be implimented in a 100% foolproof manner, and this will be the problem if they demand it before seeding the files.
I could quite simply upload the source code for windows and claim it as my own, only after the fact can copyright violations be captured.
I like the idea of a superduper server running the trackers - a system on par with the hardware infrastructure of microsofts. (Before you complain, think how much bandwidth/tech they must have to run windows update daily for millions of installs for the last few years)
The recent HDTV images I've seen floating around are entirely comparable with hi quality dvd rips.
The file size is also smaller.
I would gladly cut off my cable tv access and share my entire subscription fee between the programs I actually download and watch.
I loath paying money for tv channels I don't even watch.
That, my friend is the power of Open source ;)
:D
If this was a closed source site, the Bug would have remained up for months
Pah! anything less that 3 billion hits is dead.
Since, I don't like C#, and think c++ is too advanced, heck, even C and b completely confuse me, I think I'm gonna call my language "a"
Results 1 - 10 of about 3,610,000,000 for "a"
no, but his domain is cso.com ;)
Create payload which does the following:
Reads all Internet explorer addresses, and notes anything dodgy or illegal.
1) Takes a snapshot of the screen and some further info.
2) Automatically emails this snapshot to the authorities, and everyone in addressbook.
3) Profit! (well actually this bit is spread to other clients)
this would remove a lot of wrongs from the world in one easy manner.
I truly understand your point, and your preaching to the choir
BUT
Things like a popup blocker are Tasks, so is Norton. The CWS and gator are also not applications if i remember rightly.
They ABVIOUSLY cant block tasks, since a windows XP installation requires at least 20 or 30 things (on a std install) running, what they are stopping are the items listed in the "Applications" tab of Task manager - right at this moment, I have 3 things there, my Firefox window, Visual Basic (I know, I know!) and an instance of the Application I am currently developing.
I have 33 running tasks, which include all the standard MS ones as well as Popup blockers, Messenger, virus checker, winvnc, proxomitron and a few other random things.
I will only be restricted now if I wanted to do something else, but I know lots of people who just won't open anything else, the idea of having 2 browser windows open at the same time is as alien as watching 2 tv channels at once.
What would be a VERY cunning ploy from Microsoft would be to restrict it to 3 NONE Microsoft programs, and let the user go silly with hundreds of calculators, office windows and solitaire games and still not intefere with the limit, but then again, that would land them in even more hot water.
shhhhhhhh dont tell MS ;)
I'm sure MS wont release this without some form of upgrade path, but your absolutely right, this plan could easily backfire on MS.
As for limitations, for the kind of slashdot crowd, 3 full applications will be completely inadequate, but for Grandma Jones, who just reads email, browses the web a little, and plays minesweeper it may be perfect.
Remember, people don't complain that they can't watch more than one tv channel at once. Multitasking is a fairly recent development,
I've lost count of the number of people with 3ghz home machines used excusively for browsing.
Whilst I'm not in favour of this restricted chopped down version, and can see (as I noted in original posting) absolutely no way for a computer professional to use it, I can see the marketing reasons behind it.
I haven't even touched on the reduction in support calls this simplistic version will achieve, everything is fixed and stable - its almost like a game console version of the OS.
if they have already put the work in, but nobody is paying for it, then its a loss limitation excersize.
that is exactly the point.
If microsoft CAN put out a cheap version of windows, no matter how crippled, then at least *some* people will buy it, and instead of getting $0.00 * 0 revenue from that country, they get $small_amount * x customers.
However, by limiting the functionality, people in the more developed (read: stupid idiots for paying so much) countries which actually are forced to buy the full sized version will not look on this and say "Hey MS why cant we get OUR windows cheap".
This kind of cut down OS would appear to me to be perfect for OEM distributers, supply this cut down MS "product" and pay less M$ tax without losing buddy status.
True, noone on the street who knows the difference would touch it with a bargepole, but for the computer newbie this maybe just the price point they are expecting ("ahhh look, I can save $50 by getting xp-lite").
They sent a mailshot out with vague warnings on it of the consequences.
:)
It was not like the police giving you 14days to produce your documents.
The individual company concerned was never audited, and the software licenses were never checked.
The guy who was sent the same mailing, despite being an open source person indicates that its nothing more than a targeted advert compaign.
Having said all that, I believe in every aspect of a business being 100% above board, from software licensing to billable hours, and recommend wherever possible that being licensed up is the smart thing to do
from a technical standpoint, I think its best describing Internet Explorer as an old prostitute.
You can shove anything you like into it, but your not certain you won't catch anything.
ActiveX allows basically anything you can code and produce an interface for, there isn't really any restrictions.
Great Service, Fast delivery, High quality data. A++++++++++++++++++++ ;)