...then you probably shouldn't be making up ridiculously misleading headlines. If you A) actually read the patent application and B) understand ANYTHING about the terminology used, you'd realize that there's nothing about "tracking and targeting children" in it. It's about Google extending their applications of graph theory to determine demographic data about their viewers. This has been, after all, their core competency ever since they were founded.
Actually, they've managed to disable the "Save As" functionality, but you can cut and paste the displayed link and have an unprotected instance of the page
I think that would be called entrapment. They can't prove that you let anyone else download illegal content via your node. All they can prove is that either they downloaded something which they're responsible for protecting from infringement, which is not illegal, or that they downloaded something which they have no legal claim to protect, in which case they are the culpable party and could not sue for in any case.
RTFA -- the contents of the packets you are passing are encrypted. The only way to get around it would be for the RIAA to run the node hosting the file AND watch the packets reach your machine.
But if the RIAA is uploading the file, are you infringing if you download it?
An electronic voting machine which should produce a printed record. Some type of blind-numbering system should be used for identities -- crypto theory has plenty of theoretical models for this. Users should be able to pick from a drop-down menu or type in a candidate, though for other countries (i.e., rural Africa, etc) or for certain classes of handicapped people, other methods, such as picking from a set of pictures, should be available.
This is pretty strightforward, but as diebold found out, the devil is in the details...
no matter what, Linux from Sun is free and clear from litigation.
Not neccesarily. In the unlikely event that SCO were to win their case, Sun would be distributing any tainted parts of Linux without a valid license from the original copyright holder of the tainted code. For SCO to win, the GPL has to be invalidated, at least in a limited sense, which will leave everyone, including SCO and Sun, scrambling for legal cover.
Yeah, you would. Most (or I daresay, ALL) colleges have publicly accessible computers, or at least accessible to all students, and if they were paying for the services, they'd be likely to have the client installed on such computers.
One possibility, though, would be for students to waive the fee, either because of financial or moral reasons. Such an individual would need to sign a waiver of some sort, but this is the system that the Univ. of Arizona uses to put a lot of small -- but non-mandatory -- fees on all the students' bills. Students have the choice to not fund things like the Rec Center and Student Body, but virtually all of them do. It works pretty well, keeping the naysayers from making a huge issue of the fees, while still providing almost 100% of the funding that a mandatory fee would.
This could make a great entry level PC -- if scripts are used to manage installation and execution of programs, I can see a huge market for these in various areas where minimal knowledge of computers is needed, such as third world countries, schools, etc.
Another option is to look at getting your excercise before you get to work -- I ride a bike every day to and from work (~2 mi. each way, used to be 5 mi.), and it helps keep the weight off.
The problem with this (and with a lesser degree, with honeypots) is that these tokens will get accessed in legitimate ways -- for example, what if your secretarial staff is creating a mailing list, and "JFK" gets sent something? Or you have a browse function in an application that uses the database?
I don't think that the gaming industry really wants to make games for girls...yet.
"The Sims", as the article mentions, is higly popular with women -- more so than with men. But nobody in the industry really wants to quit working on Warcraft to make another game that is closer to real life.
Guys like fantasy games. Women tend to like more "realistic" games, despite the fact that really, they're fantasy as well.
There's still a huge market for fantasy games. Until developers need to market to women to survive, they probably will be very slow about it.
This should apply to other similar types of fair use -- for example, allowing snippets of reduced-rate MP3's on an online music store, or expanding Amazon's practice of sample pages -- as well.
I'm not sure that their claim that anyone who's read a "How to Learn [C|C++|Java|*] in nn Days" should be able to follow the article is correct, but it's a good intro nonetheless. The section on binary formats (ELF, etc.) is particularly useful.
As always, it sounds like this is a double egded sword -- won't this give script-kiddies a new engine for quickly scanning for possibly vulnerable targets?
Not that I'm saying this is a bad thing -- it's just one more tools that security professionals will have to use to stay ahead of the competition.
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Yeah, that's a HUGE improvement. But playing with the beta, the biggest speed enhancement seems to be in the networking code -- it's a lot cleaner, faster, and not nearly as buggy as 1.4.1
Without question 3com's products are better than Linksys, at least as far as access points go. I've had a lot more success with Compaq's APs as well, though not to the same level as with our 3com APs
Custom distros are great; "Custom" ones are probably worthless.
By that I mean that Linux very definitely has a place in schools, and will need to be customized for use anywhere, but that I (a lab manager at the University of Arizona) won't find value in the same distro as a lab manager in another department, let alone at a completely different institution.
We use Debian extensively in the College of Engineering, but I use Knoppix in my lab for a variety of reasons (yes, I know, it's a Debian variant) and other researchers in my own department have chosen to use RedHat or other distros.
I'm afraid this group probably is just trying to make a niche for themselves where one doesn't exists -- thousands do.
Yeah, it's that army of lawyers that is the only thing that scares me about this case. I get nervous whenever Boies is involved in litigation; it always turns ugly, and even the winner usually loses out.
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...then you probably shouldn't be making up ridiculously misleading headlines. If you A) actually read the patent application and B) understand ANYTHING about the terminology used, you'd realize that there's nothing about "tracking and targeting children" in it. It's about Google extending their applications of graph theory to determine demographic data about their viewers. This has been, after all, their core competency ever since they were founded.
Actually, they've managed to disable the "Save As" functionality, but you can cut and paste the displayed link and have an unprotected instance of the page
I think that would be called entrapment. They can't prove that you let anyone else download illegal content via your node. All they can prove is that either they downloaded something which they're responsible for protecting from infringement, which is not illegal, or that they downloaded something which they have no legal claim to protect, in which case they are the culpable party and could not sue for in any case.
RTFA -- the contents of the packets you are passing are encrypted. The only way to get around it would be for the RIAA to run the node hosting the file AND watch the packets reach your machine.
But if the RIAA is uploading the file, are you infringing if you download it?
An electronic voting machine which should produce a printed record. Some type of blind-numbering system should be used for identities -- crypto theory has plenty of theoretical models for this. Users should be able to pick from a drop-down menu or type in a candidate, though for other countries (i.e., rural Africa, etc) or for certain classes of handicapped people, other methods, such as picking from a set of pictures, should be available.
This is pretty strightforward, but as diebold found out, the devil is in the details...
Hmmm....OpenBSD, anyone?
no matter what, Linux from Sun is free and clear from litigation.
Not neccesarily. In the unlikely event that SCO were to win their case, Sun would be distributing any tainted parts of Linux without a valid license from the original copyright holder of the tainted code. For SCO to win, the GPL has to be invalidated, at least in a limited sense, which will leave everyone, including SCO and Sun, scrambling for legal cover.
Yeah, you would. Most (or I daresay, ALL) colleges have publicly accessible computers, or at least accessible to all students, and if they were paying for the services, they'd be likely to have the client installed on such computers.
One possibility, though, would be for students to waive the fee, either because of financial or moral reasons. Such an individual would need to sign a waiver of some sort, but this is the system that the Univ. of Arizona uses to put a lot of small -- but non-mandatory -- fees on all the students' bills. Students have the choice to not fund things like the Rec Center and Student Body, but virtually all of them do. It works pretty well, keeping the naysayers from making a huge issue of the fees, while still providing almost 100% of the funding that a mandatory fee would.
Not neccesarily. Options can go either way, and you make money by predicting which way they'll go.
hint -- research the difference between 'put' and 'call' options.
This could make a great entry level PC -- if scripts are used to manage installation and execution of programs, I can see a huge market for these in various areas where minimal knowledge of computers is needed, such as third world countries, schools, etc.
Another option is to look at getting your excercise before you get to work -- I ride a bike every day to and from work (~2 mi. each way, used to be 5 mi.), and it helps keep the weight off.
3Com WAPs hava always given me exceptional service. D-Link is a brand I would stay away from, though I use one in my house (it sucks).
I'd imagine you'll find a lot of praise for NetGear, but I've never used one.
No, it's not new. Didn't Cliff Stoll do something like this when he was tracking down hackers at LLNL?
The problem with this (and with a lesser degree, with honeypots) is that these tokens will get accessed in legitimate ways -- for example, what if your secretarial staff is creating a mailing list, and "JFK" gets sent something? Or you have a browse function in an application that uses the database?
It's a good idea, but not a panacea.
I don't think that the gaming industry really wants to make games for girls...yet.
"The Sims", as the article mentions, is higly popular with women -- more so than with men. But nobody in the industry really wants to quit working on Warcraft to make another game that is closer to real life.
Guys like fantasy games. Women tend to like more "realistic" games, despite the fact that really, they're fantasy as well.
There's still a huge market for fantasy games. Until developers need to market to women to survive, they probably will be very slow about it.
This should apply to other similar types of fair use -- for example, allowing snippets of reduced-rate MP3's on an online music store, or expanding Amazon's practice of sample pages -- as well.
I'm not sure that their claim that anyone who's read a "How to Learn [C|C++|Java|*] in nn Days" should be able to follow the article is correct, but it's a good intro nonetheless. The section on binary formats (ELF, etc.) is particularly useful.
...Now maybe we can fit GNOME onto Knoppix!
As always, it sounds like this is a double egded sword -- won't this give script-kiddies a new engine for quickly scanning for possibly vulnerable targets?
Not that I'm saying this is a bad thing -- it's just one more tools that security professionals will have to use to stay ahead of the competition.
Yeah, that's a HUGE improvement. But playing with the beta, the biggest speed enhancement seems to be in the networking code -- it's a lot cleaner, faster, and not nearly as buggy as 1.4.1
Does anyone have pics/specs?
Without question 3com's products are better than Linksys, at least as far as access points go. I've had a lot more success with Compaq's APs as well, though not to the same level as with our 3com APs
Custom distros are great; "Custom" ones are probably worthless.
By that I mean that Linux very definitely has a place in schools, and will need to be customized for use anywhere, but that I (a lab manager at the University of Arizona) won't find value in the same distro as a lab manager in another department, let alone at a completely different institution.
We use Debian extensively in the College of Engineering, but I use Knoppix in my lab for a variety of reasons (yes, I know, it's a Debian variant) and other researchers in my own department have chosen to use RedHat or other distros.
I'm afraid this group probably is just trying to make a niche for themselves where one doesn't exists -- thousands do.
It's a sad state of affairs that Linksys is at the top of the heap...there are plenty of companies that make better products.
I wish consumers would focus more of quality rather than cost...after all, if they did, we wouldn't have to deal with Wal-Mart anymore!
Yeah, it's that army of lawyers that is the only thing that scares me about this case. I get nervous whenever Boies is involved in litigation; it always turns ugly, and even the winner usually loses out.