Less can be more, but more is often so much more. The Chado Hall of Fame image is stunning. I'm still trying to convince myself that it's not a photograph.
"Government Entities: Microsoft intends that this product be used in accordance with applicable laws and regulations for the evaluation, use and benefit of your government agency only," Microsoft states in the note. "You may, at your discretion, return this product package to Microsoft at its expense."
Okay, sending back at Microsoft's expense is easy. Just send it via UPS SonicAir same-day service. Doing a quick quote, from Texas (for example) back to Redmond would cost at least $264.94. Also, be sure to send it in the evening so that nighttime charges apply, and from obscure locations so the extended mileage also figures into the cost. If you do it right, you could get it up into the thousands depending on location (overseas stations?) and time of day. If there aren't any commercial flights, you can have UPS charter a plane just for your CD. Oh, and send each CD back separately for maximum effect.
When you absolutely, positively, have to stick it to Microsoft.
in America's Army, I've noticed in the training missions when you are required to listen to someone talking to you, the best sound comes when you've turned your head 90 degrees to the speaker, so one "ear" is directly facing him.
You mean just like how your ear would be positioned if you were wearing headphones?
Because we all know Corporations policing is a VERY GOOD THING!tm
It's their service and you're likely violating their AUP by allowing (through ignorance) your machine to be a spamming source. They have every right to police their own network to enforce their TOS.
After all, we've seen how well relying on users to police themselves has worked.
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EU Passes Nasty IP Law
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Here's Section 8 of the FFII legislation:
Article 8 Measures for protecting evidence
1. Member States shall ensure that even before the commencement of proceedings on the merits of the case the competent judicial authorities may, on application by a party who has presented reasonably available evidence to support his claims that his intellectual property right has been infringed or is about to be infringed, order prompt and effective provisional measures to preserve relevant evidence in regard to the alleged infringement, subject to the protection of confidential information. Such measures may include the detailed description, with or without the taking of samples, or the physical seizure of the infringing goods, and, in appropriate cases, the materials and implements used in the production and/or distribution of these goods and the documents relating thereto. These measures shall be taken, if necessary without the other party having been heard, in particular where any delay is likely to cause irreparable harm to the right holder, or where there is a demonstrable risk of evidence being destroyed.
Where evidence-protection measures have been adopted without the other party having been heard, the affected parties shall be given notice immediately after the execution of the measures at the latest. A review, including a right to be heard, shall take place upon request of the affected parties with a view to deciding, within a reasonable period after the notification of the measures, whether the measures shall be modified, revoked or confirmed.
2. Member States shall ensure that the evidence-protection measures may be subject to the applicant's lodging of an adequate security or equivalent assurance intended to ensure compensation for any prejudice suffered by the defendant as provided for in paragraph 4.
3. Member States shall ensure that the evidence-protection measures shall be revoked or otherwise cease to have effect upon request by the defendant, without prejudice to the damages which may be claimed, if the applicant has not instituted legal proceedings leading to a decision on the merits of the case before the competent judicial authority within a reasonable period, to be determined by the judicial authority ordering the measures when the law of a Member State so permits or, in the absence of such determination, within a period not to exceed 20working days or 31calendar days, whichever is the longer.
4. Where the evidence-protection measures have been revoked, or where they lapse due to any act or omission by the applicant, or where it is subsequently found that there has been no infringement or threat of infringement of any intellectual property right, the judicial authorities shall have the authority to order the applicant, upon request of the defendant, to provide the defendant with appropriate compensation for any injury caused by these measures.
5. Member States may take measures to protect witnesses' identity.
So from paragraph 1, it seems as though the applicant (the one wishing to do a raid, for example) will need to demonstrate to "competent judicial authorities" that there is a clear and present danger of evidence being destroyed. Additionally, as per paragraphs 2 and 4, applicants will also need to provide assurance that, in the event the defendent is found not to be infringing, compensation for injury caused by whatever actions taken is provided.
Basically, SCO could use something like this, but it better have some significant cash on hand to reimburse any raided companies for downtime and losses incurred. Not quite as draconian as the summary would have you believe. But then, posting controversial summaries is Slashdot's hallmark.:)
This article talks about Rajan Mahadevan who memorized some 31,000+ digits of pi for the (then) world record. Another interesting article on Mahadevan if you're into that.
The first article, however, discusses what it takes to become considered "best" in your area of study. Read through it for a fascinating look at performance and intelligence and how it relates to the amount of practice. The short version, for those who are allergic to reading, is that you can reach a level considered "best" after about 10,000 hours of practice regardless of whether you start out slow or whether you're a quick study.
Want to become a killer programmer? Put in 10 solid hours a day coding (and related research activities) for 3 years (ie: 1000 days). After 18 months, you'll be at a stage where you're qualified to teach. After 2 years you'll be considered very good. And after 3 years, you'll get a call from Carmack. (Okay, maybe I made that last one up.)
I think posting in the "letters" linked article sums it up pretty well:
About the "recover unused space on your drive" article:
Working for a data-recovery company I know a thing or two about harddisks....
One is that if the vendors would be able to double the capacity for just about nothing, they would.
All this probably does is to create an invailid partition table which ends up having:
|*** new partition ***| |*** old partition ***|
overlapping partitions. So writing either partition will corrupt the other. It probably so happens that whatever situation people tried it, it just so happened that the (quick) format of the "new" partition didn't corrupt the other partition to make it unbootable.
And the 200G -> 510Gb "upgrade" probably has ended up with three overlapping partitions....
Would there be a way to have the browser display some sort of image transparency on the secure web page?
Given that the problem can be clearly stated and this is software we're talking about, yes -- such a method could easily be implemented. Alternate solutions could be changing the colors for the titlebar/statusbar, unique secure text/mouse cursor icons, flashing page borders, etc. However, if the trust is misplaced (as this article suggests) then all this notification is kind of pointless. User education on top of security-conscious software is still the best way to deal with security concerns.
... but I have a great fear the the FUD is creeping into/.
Is that anti-Linux FUD as in Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt? Or is that pro-Linux FUD as in Fanaticism and Unwavering Devotion? We should be alert for both kinds of FUD and stick to the objective, ideology-free facts.
And just so you know, $45 CDN is $34 US/month for unlimited cellular, and there's no contract to sign. All of Fido's plans are no contract. You can even (for free) transfer your home number to your cell phone. Long distance is reasonable too -- 10 cents/minute (about 7 cents US) in North America. The only drawback is roaming. You pay through the nose once you get into analog territory.
If cartridges were really overpriced, then a 3rd party would enter the market. That's capitalism 101.
Unless, of course, the cartidge connection design is patented. In which case, for the third party to enter the market they would need to negotiate a license for the patent which would essentially be equal to or greater than the profit made per unit.
And then there's his final bill... $300,000?! To offset the "huge expense" of running the website? WHAT huge expense? How much was he paying for hosting?
FWIW, his firm is Running Wolf with an IP address of 66.216.120.156 which is owned by none other than... Rackspace.com. I don't think their bandwidth is quite so expensive.
They didn't pay for TWO YEARS and he let them go on that long.
The agreement was that he would host it for free in exchange for the publicity it would generate for his firm Running Wolf. It's not that they wouldn't pay -- the agreement between them was that they didn't have to. Then the guy pulls the site, asks for $300K, and won't put it back up unless they pay? Well, that borders on extortion. As other people mentioned, he should have contacted a lawyer first since he needs one now even more.
Would this be something good to build into space suits for exploring places like MARS or the Moon?
Imagine - a single astronaut being able to carry hundreds of pounds of equipment without even noticing it! Want to move the lander? Have three astronauts pick it up and move it.
On the Moon, a 200 pound astronaut could carry 1000 pounds of gear and still end up being the same weight as he would on Earth with no gear due to the fact that the Moon has 1/6th the effective weight. But you'd still have to deal with inertia of that much mass.
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Also, it would be interesting to see the much-hyped Pixlet codec compared.
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Less can be more, but more is often so much more. The Chado Hall of Fame image is stunning. I'm still trying to convince myself that it's not a photograph.
Quoting from the article:
"Government Entities: Microsoft intends that this product be used in accordance with applicable laws and regulations for the evaluation, use and benefit of your government agency only," Microsoft states in the note. "You may, at your discretion, return this product package to Microsoft at its expense."
Okay, sending back at Microsoft's expense is easy. Just send it via UPS SonicAir same-day service. Doing a quick quote, from Texas (for example) back to Redmond would cost at least $264.94. Also, be sure to send it in the evening so that nighttime charges apply, and from obscure locations so the extended mileage also figures into the cost. If you do it right, you could get it up into the thousands depending on location (overseas stations?) and time of day. If there aren't any commercial flights, you can have UPS charter a plane just for your CD. Oh, and send each CD back separately for maximum effect.
When you absolutely, positively, have to stick it to Microsoft.
in America's Army, I've noticed in the training missions when you are required to listen to someone talking to you, the best sound comes when you've turned your head 90 degrees to the speaker, so one "ear" is directly facing him.
You mean just like how your ear would be positioned if you were wearing headphones?
Because we all know Corporations policing is a VERY GOOD THING!tm
It's their service and you're likely violating their AUP by allowing (through ignorance) your machine to be a spamming source. They have every right to police their own network to enforce their TOS.
After all, we've seen how well relying on users to police themselves has worked.
So from paragraph 1, it seems as though the applicant (the one wishing to do a raid, for example) will need to demonstrate to "competent judicial authorities" that there is a clear and present danger of evidence being destroyed. Additionally, as per paragraphs 2 and 4, applicants will also need to provide assurance that, in the event the defendent is found not to be infringing, compensation for injury caused by whatever actions taken is provided.
Basically, SCO could use something like this, but it better have some significant cash on hand to reimburse any raided companies for downtime and losses incurred. Not quite as draconian as the summary would have you believe. But then, posting controversial summaries is Slashdot's hallmark.
This article talks about Rajan Mahadevan who memorized some 31,000+ digits of pi for the (then) world record. Another interesting article on Mahadevan if you're into that.
The first article, however, discusses what it takes to become considered "best" in your area of study. Read through it for a fascinating look at performance and intelligence and how it relates to the amount of practice. The short version, for those who are allergic to reading, is that you can reach a level considered "best" after about 10,000 hours of practice regardless of whether you start out slow or whether you're a quick study.
Want to become a killer programmer? Put in 10 solid hours a day coding (and related research activities) for 3 years (ie: 1000 days). After 18 months, you'll be at a stage where you're qualified to teach. After 2 years you'll be considered very good. And after 3 years, you'll get a call from Carmack. (Okay, maybe I made that last one up.)
I think posting in the "letters" linked article sums it up pretty well:
About the "recover unused space on your drive" article:
Working for a data-recovery company I know a thing or two about harddisks....
One is that if the vendors would be able to double the capacity for just about nothing, they would.
All this probably does is to create an invailid partition table which ends up having:
|*** new partition ***|
|*** old partition ***|
overlapping partitions. So writing either partition will corrupt the other. It probably so happens that whatever situation people tried it, it just so happened that the (quick) format of the "new" partition didn't corrupt the other partition to make it unbootable.
And the 200G -> 510Gb "upgrade" probably has ended up with three overlapping partitions....
Roger
Would there be a way to have the browser display some sort of image transparency on the secure web page?
Given that the problem can be clearly stated and this is software we're talking about, yes -- such a method could easily be implemented. Alternate solutions could be changing the colors for the titlebar/statusbar, unique secure text/mouse cursor icons, flashing page borders, etc. However, if the trust is misplaced (as this article suggests) then all this notification is kind of pointless. User education on top of security-conscious software is still the best way to deal with security concerns.
I think you'd be better off asking why the existing laws against fraud and deceptive trade practicees aren't enforced.
[groan...] :)
Yeah, but what about Silbo Gomero? Will KDE ever whistle at me from 2 miles away that I have new mail?
I'm looking to post my comments after I die, posthumously.
Could this be used with a large enough pre-computed table to crack encryption? Maybe the NSA is hoping to win RSA's next challenge.
</tinfoil>
Someone's finally found Novell's killer app.
post humorously you mean..
not quite
... but I have a great fear the the FUD is creeping into /.
Is that anti-Linux FUD as in Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt? Or is that pro-Linux FUD as in Fanaticism and Unwavering Devotion? We should be alert for both kinds of FUD and stick to the objective, ideology-free facts.
And just so you know, $45 CDN is $34 US/month for unlimited cellular, and there's no contract to sign. All of Fido's plans are no contract. You can even (for free) transfer your home number to your cell phone. Long distance is reasonable too -- 10 cents/minute (about 7 cents US) in North America. The only drawback is roaming. You pay through the nose once you get into analog territory.
If cartridges were really overpriced, then a 3rd party would enter the market. That's capitalism 101.
Unless, of course, the cartidge connection design is patented. In which case, for the third party to enter the market they would need to negotiate a license for the patent which would essentially be equal to or greater than the profit made per unit.
But that's capitalism 202.
Your parents don't have a dream of looking like Captain Pike? Human washing machine, my ass! Where's the blinky light?
The book comes lightly packaged in a metaphor about the training of samurai.
First rule: know when to commit seppuku.
And then there's his final bill... $300,000?! To offset the "huge expense" of running the website? WHAT huge expense? How much was he paying for hosting?
FWIW, his firm is Running Wolf with an IP address of 66.216.120.156 which is owned by none other than... Rackspace.com. I don't think their bandwidth is quite so expensive.
They didn't pay for TWO YEARS and he let them go on that long.
The agreement was that he would host it for free in exchange for the publicity it would generate for his firm Running Wolf. It's not that they wouldn't pay -- the agreement between them was that they didn't have to. Then the guy pulls the site, asks for $300K, and won't put it back up unless they pay? Well, that borders on extortion. As other people mentioned, he should have contacted a lawyer first since he needs one now even more.
Would this be something good to build into space suits for exploring places like MARS or the Moon?
Imagine - a single astronaut being able to carry hundreds of pounds of equipment without even noticing it! Want to move the lander? Have three astronauts pick it up and move it.
On the Moon, a 200 pound astronaut could carry 1000 pounds of gear and still end up being the same weight as he would on Earth with no gear due to the fact that the Moon has 1/6th the effective weight. But you'd still have to deal with inertia of that much mass.