You can't stop scammers by "are you a human" tests, because the scammers proxy the test on to a cheaply purchased human. So no, you can't "improve" on CAPTCHAs by making them "more difficult". You have to get clever, instead. Cryptographically clever.
Physical pain also happens all in your head. That doesn't make it any less real. I think what you're trying to say is that depression is a mental condition. However, in actual fact, there are forms of depression which have neurochemical causes.
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Feed meh! 7:30 am
Feed me again. 7:40 am
No, not that, get me treats. 7:41 am
Feed me. 8:00 am
URGENT: Litterbox is full. 8:15 am
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HI! HI! WELCOME BACK! PET ME! 6:02 pm
Feed meh. 6:03 pm
URGENT: Litterbox is REALLY rank. 6:04 pm
I did not knock that over. 6:05 pm
Why you always can has blame me? I are too cute. 6:06 pm
Piss off. 6:10 pm
(sleeping) 6:11 pm
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Believe it or not, sometimes the law considers your time worthless. For example, in tax law, you are not allowed to deduct anything for your time spent on goods or services donated to a nonprofit. >:(
I think the point of the list was to point out skills that everyone in that field knew, but is not broadly necessary anymore. In the 1800s, everyone who wrote had to know how to use a fountain pen. Today, it's limited to a few (proportionally speaking) FP enthusiasts.
Although I have to agree -- for people who sew, how do you get by without knowing how to thread a needle?
However more importantly, what good does the source really do you? I mean I can get the Truecrypt source, and I can look at it, but it really isn't going to tell me anything other than that I'm not very good at C++. I'm not a programmer by trade, so I certainly can't trace through all the complicated code that makes up a program like Truecrypt (it even includes assembly).
Yes, but that's not the point of openness. You may not be able to understand the code, but a few hundreds, if not thousands, of others can. And all it takes is one person to notice something and shenanigans gets called.
Heck, it only took one person to expose this closed AES "misimplementation".
In short, the money in this networked economy does not follow the path of the copies. Rather it follows the path of attention, and attention has its own circuits.
If I reworded this as:
In short, the money in a networked economy does not go to the people doing the work. Rather it follows the path of who controls the view, and that path has its own circuits.
it would sound a lot less benign.
Granted. However I think the point of the article was that the content creator is also the one that controls the view. For example, Radiohead created the content and controlled the view by setting up the site where you could download the song.
He posits eight areas where value can be added. I think some are more futuristic than others, which makes sense because we are in a transition period. Let's try an example. Suppose I want to write a book. Assume the text is free, because it gets on, say, IRC.
Immediacy: Well, you can't get every book immediately on IRC. So fans would be willing to pay to get early copies, maybe even drafts, of your novel.
Personalization: This is one of the futuristic scenarios. In essence, you wouldn't be writing a book, but an algorithm with data that generates a book given various inputs -- and you're the one controlling the input data. So I might want a book that emphasizes character, while someone else might want a book that emphasizes woowoo physics. Yes, it's very futuristic.
Interpretation: I'm not even sure how to apply this to a novel. Suggestions?
Authenticity: There's nothing stopping you from selling copies of your work -- guaranteed, as-the-author-intended -- copies.
Accessibility: I don't think the content creator makes money off of this. I see this more as some piece of software which holds your data for you.
Embodiment: Leather-bound edition. Perhaps even personalized. Sell mugs and T-shirts with the book's designs, concepts, whatever on it.
Patronage: Two types, a-posteriori and a-priori. A-posteriori patronage is simply paying for a copy, like with Radiohead. You pay because it makes you feel good to reward the creator. A-priori patronage could be commissioned short stories set in the same universe, or maybe an escrow fund to guarantee a sequel.
Findability: Again, not the creator's job, but the creator must ensure the work is findable.
So I think there's something to be said about the eight points. Again, perhaps they are not all applicable today, or not applicable to a particular concept, but they are apropos.
I know many pros who only shoot in "manual" modes because the internal computers on modern digital cameras inpart too much delay (ANY is too much for a Pro).
Even halfway knowledgeable amateurs should know not to use auto mode, and not primary for the delay. Why?
1. Manual focus: Because you know where you want to focus. The camera chooses a default. Especially on video cameras, where auto focus results in your subject going in and out of focus.
2. Manual aperture: Because you know how bright your subject is. The camera chooses an overall brightness level. Also, you know how much of the background and foreground around your subject you want to be in focus. The smaller the aperture, the more in-focus everything gets, and v.v.
3. Manual white balance: Because you know what looks white in your light.
4. Manual shutter speed: Maybe not used so much, but useful because you know how fast your subject is moving.
The solution is to replace the brain, not to copy the brain. Imagine taking half the brain, copying it, hooking it up to the other half of the (original) brain, then destroying the copied half. Your copy-death argument might work then. However, now let's take half of that half instead, and so on. Eventually we reach a point where the copying argument doesn't make sense -- perhaps at the level of individual neurons, cytoskeleta, what have you. At this point what you have is replacing individual parts, not copying the thing wholesale.
That's a whole lot of verbiage which repeats the old argument "If you've done nothing wrong, you've got nothing to be afraid of." I think this has been answered in great detail elsewhere.
Either we all find a new way of measuring what people "deserve" (and good luck with that), or we stop being big babies and accept that many people will earn more than what we personally believe they "deserve".
Or, we all work towards the Singularity and do away with "deserve" and "earn" completely. But I admit, I'm biased:)
Admittedly, they do this because of their believe that people can be converted to Mormonism after they are dead, which means people can retroactively convert their ancestors. But it makes us amateur and pro genealogists happy:)
Lord knows I love all things Apple-y, but not the MBA. That being said, perhaps the MBA is a showcase machine, not really designed to be practical, but to show off new technologies for light laptops. And, unlike concept cars, you can drive this one home with you.
Me: I'm lost. Can you help me find the bread?
Robot: It's by the stairs.
Me: Where are the stairs?
Robot: I will push you to the stairs.
Robot 2: Do not trust the pusher robot. He is malfunctioning.
Robot: Please go stand by the stairs.
Robot 2: I will shove the bread down your throat.
Robot: Do not listen to the shover robot. I will protect you at the bottom of the stairs.
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Sure, if he spoke out against the merger, he'd be biting the hand that feeds him. But his third choice was to remain silent.
--Rob
It's even worse than that. Did you see what "people patents projects" was the object of? "Made in IBM labs". People! Made in IBM labs!
I also kind of liked the IBM logo in the beginning and end that faded to black to the sound of electrical discharge.
--Rob
There's just one problem with your version. People are actively researching and working on nanotechnology. They're doing piss-all about magic dragons.
:)
--Rob
You can't stop scammers by "are you a human" tests, because the scammers proxy the test on to a cheaply purchased human. So no, you can't "improve" on CAPTCHAs by making them "more difficult". You have to get clever, instead. Cryptographically clever.
--Rob
Physical pain also happens all in your head. That doesn't make it any less real. I think what you're trying to say is that depression is a mental condition. However, in actual fact, there are forms of depression which have neurochemical causes.
Try TomTom MapShare.
Wake up. 5:30 am
I said, wake up. 5:31 am
Feed me. 6:30 am
Feed meh! 7:30 am
Feed me again. 7:40 am
No, not that, get me treats. 7:41 am
Feed me. 8:00 am
URGENT: Litterbox is full. 8:15 am
Piss off. 8:30 am
URGENT: Litterbox is rank. 8:31 am
Hey, where are you going? 8:32 am
Why are you going out the front door? 8:33 am
Feed me? 8:34 am
Feed me? 8:36 am
(sleeping) 8:38 am
(sleeping) 12:01 pm
(sleeping) 4:30 pm
(sleeping) 6:00 pm
HI! HI! WELCOME BACK! PET ME! 6:02 pm
Feed meh. 6:03 pm
URGENT: Litterbox is REALLY rank. 6:04 pm
I did not knock that over. 6:05 pm
Why you always can has blame me? I are too cute. 6:06 pm
Piss off. 6:10 pm
(sleeping) 6:11 pm
(sleeping) 9:00 pm
(sleeping) 12:10 am
Knockin' stuff off the countertops. 1:05 am
(sleeping) 2:00 am
Believe it or not, sometimes the law considers your time worthless. For example, in tax law, you are not allowed to deduct anything for your time spent on goods or services donated to a nonprofit. >:(
--Rob
You forgot to add: ...on the Internet.
--Rob
I think the point of the list was to point out skills that everyone in that field knew, but is not broadly necessary anymore. In the 1800s, everyone who wrote had to know how to use a fountain pen. Today, it's limited to a few (proportionally speaking) FP enthusiasts.
Although I have to agree -- for people who sew, how do you get by without knowing how to thread a needle?
--Rob
Yes, but that's not the point of openness. You may not be able to understand the code, but a few hundreds, if not thousands, of others can. And all it takes is one person to notice something and shenanigans gets called.
Heck, it only took one person to expose this closed AES "misimplementation".
--Rob
...oooh! Those pesky activist judges!
Granted. However I think the point of the article was that the content creator is also the one that controls the view. For example, Radiohead created the content and controlled the view by setting up the site where you could download the song.
He posits eight areas where value can be added. I think some are more futuristic than others, which makes sense because we are in a transition period. Let's try an example. Suppose I want to write a book. Assume the text is free, because it gets on, say, IRC.
Immediacy: Well, you can't get every book immediately on IRC. So fans would be willing to pay to get early copies, maybe even drafts, of your novel.
Personalization: This is one of the futuristic scenarios. In essence, you wouldn't be writing a book, but an algorithm with data that generates a book given various inputs -- and you're the one controlling the input data. So I might want a book that emphasizes character, while someone else might want a book that emphasizes woowoo physics. Yes, it's very futuristic.
Interpretation: I'm not even sure how to apply this to a novel. Suggestions?
Authenticity: There's nothing stopping you from selling copies of your work -- guaranteed, as-the-author-intended -- copies.
Accessibility: I don't think the content creator makes money off of this. I see this more as some piece of software which holds your data for you.
Embodiment: Leather-bound edition. Perhaps even personalized. Sell mugs and T-shirts with the book's designs, concepts, whatever on it.
Patronage: Two types, a-posteriori and a-priori. A-posteriori patronage is simply paying for a copy, like with Radiohead. You pay because it makes you feel good to reward the creator. A-priori patronage could be commissioned short stories set in the same universe, or maybe an escrow fund to guarantee a sequel.
Findability: Again, not the creator's job, but the creator must ensure the work is findable.
So I think there's something to be said about the eight points. Again, perhaps they are not all applicable today, or not applicable to a particular concept, but they are apropos.
--Rob
I know that the animal-type RFID's do not use crypto. They just spit back a serial number.
I'm sure that an RFID that can do crypto would be more expensive, though, since it would need much more power.
--Rob
Even halfway knowledgeable amateurs should know not to use auto mode, and not primary for the delay. Why?
1. Manual focus: Because you know where you want to focus. The camera chooses a default. Especially on video cameras, where auto focus results in your subject going in and out of focus.
2. Manual aperture: Because you know how bright your subject is. The camera chooses an overall brightness level. Also, you know how much of the background and foreground around your subject you want to be in focus. The smaller the aperture, the more in-focus everything gets, and v.v.
3. Manual white balance: Because you know what looks white in your light.
4. Manual shutter speed: Maybe not used so much, but useful because you know how fast your subject is moving.
--Rob
The solution is to replace the brain, not to copy the brain. Imagine taking half the brain, copying it, hooking it up to the other half of the (original) brain, then destroying the copied half. Your copy-death argument might work then. However, now let's take half of that half instead, and so on. Eventually we reach a point where the copying argument doesn't make sense -- perhaps at the level of individual neurons, cytoskeleta, what have you. At this point what you have is replacing individual parts, not copying the thing wholesale.
--Rob
That's a whole lot of verbiage which repeats the old argument "If you've done nothing wrong, you've got nothing to be afraid of." I think this has been answered in great detail elsewhere.
--Rob
So... what? We hold the moral high ground so we're allowed to stoop a little?
--Rob
Nice... and what if the scientific research requires the use of undegraded (i.e. lossless) source files?
--Rob
Or, we all work towards the Singularity and do away with "deserve" and "earn" completely. But I admit, I'm biased :)
--Rob
Serial numbers.
:(
--Rob
LDS has the largest collection of genealogical records on microfilm. They go into cities and small villages around the world and microfilm their records.
Admittedly, they do this because of their believe that people can be converted to Mormonism after they are dead, which means people can retroactively convert their ancestors. But it makes us amateur and pro genealogists happy :)
--Rob
They could call it the Alzheimer's Subcranial Stimulation hat. Otherwise known as the... nah, I'm not going there.
--Rob
Lord knows I love all things Apple-y, but not the MBA. That being said, perhaps the MBA is a showcase machine, not really designed to be practical, but to show off new technologies for light laptops. And, unlike concept cars, you can drive this one home with you.
I guess that's positive enough spin :)
--Rob
Me: I'm lost. Can you help me find the bread?
Robot: It's by the stairs.
Me: Where are the stairs?
Robot: I will push you to the stairs.
Robot 2: Do not trust the pusher robot. He is malfunctioning.
Robot: Please go stand by the stairs.
Robot 2: I will shove the bread down your throat.
Robot: Do not listen to the shover robot. I will protect you at the bottom of the stairs.