There is a difference between Microsoft playing a key role in the development of a technology, and something being a "Microsoft technology". An example of a "Microsoft technology" would be ActiveX or COM -- something created entirely by Redmond developers that relies on Microsoft products for effective development and use.
No Microsoft products are involved in most AJAX development, and they're certainly not a prerequisite.
Are private hospitals who honor medicare coverage subject to the same regulations as state-run hospitals?
Are homeowners and businesses who accept federal disaster relief funds considered representatives of the federal state?
Are individuals who take tax deductions impressed as state employees?
No, of course not. So there is no reason to consider a private school that merely accepts federal funds to be an arm of the state subject to the Bill of Rights' controls on state action.
Federal funding for institutions of higher education does come at the price of regulations (for example, Title IX's requirements regarding gender equity in athletic programs). That price does not include the state's annexing the university as government property, nor its faculty and staff as state employees.
Slashdot is, of course, not a blog. A blog's text is written and controlled by an individual. Slashdot's stories are collected by thousands of readers and selected by the site's staff. Contrast the blog, centered topically on its own maintainer, with Slashdot, containing discussion topics selected by its readers. They are very different, and the similarity of blogging software and Slashcode does not make Slashdot any more like a blog than a mail transport agent.
It may in fact seem that way to you, and to others out in the weblog echo chamber, furiously debating the future of itself, but try to keep in mind that to most of us, bloggers pretty much all sound the same -- and they sound pretty silly.
Sure, the software is capable> of displaying whatever content it's given, but that hardly changes the fact that the vast majority of people who use that software tend to all say basically the same thing (with appropriate liberal or conservative frosting applied, of course).
It certainly doesn't help bloggers' credibility that they seem to be quite addicted to coining new words and jargon, like "podcasting", "vorage", "blogroll", "mobjects", "blogosphere", "MSM" and so forth, usually using them in ways that betray no deeper motivation than to marginalize people who are not hip to their scene.
It sends a user-agent string that is enough to persuade most browser detection that it's IE, but it includes the word Opera -- and web log analysis tools are designed to recognize that.
This is Opera's default user-agent (from the page you linked):
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; OS) Opera X.Y
People do, in fact, understand that this user-agent refers to Opera, and they develop their log analysis tools to report that fact. I have never seen a web log analysis tool that didn't understand Opera's user-agent.
The traffic on the webservers I maintain shows Opera at around 0.09% of total hits, just behind Lynx.
Is there anything out there equivalent to windows update? Windows wins this one
Out of curiosity, have you ever used Up2date? Red Hat has, for quite a long time now, included a tool that works rather like Windows Update -- notifying you via a tray icon (or email, if you prefer) when there are new patches to apply.
The difference is that Up2date will upgrade a lot more components -- any applications you've installed, other than manual builds and unofficial RPMS -- compared to WU, which tends to be only useful for the core OS, IE, and WMP.
Debian-based distributions have Synaptic and the other APT front ends, which, honestly, outstrip Windows Update in practically every way -- even including graphical tools for managing configuration changes needed when updates are applied.
I'd say it's not so much important that people show their discontent by voting with their wallets -- but rather that people show these manufacturers that the BORE phenomenon (Break Once, Run Everywhere) is not a "loophole to be closed", but simply a fact of life in software and hardware which will not change.
For me, the commercial success or failure of the console is not the issue at all. I want these folks to see that a business plan based on selling information really just means that it's time for a new plan. Trusted computing and DRM are an opportunity for people to demonstrate that to them.
The real questions are: is there a hack that requires so little effort from the part of the user that it is worth the trouble, and if so, how long until it is discovered ?
After some analysis, I've already discovered what appears to be a critical vulnerability already in the 360's chain of trust.
The approach will not be easy. You are required to maneuver straight down this trench and skim the surface to this point. The target area is only two meters wide. It's a small thermal exhaust port, right below the main port. The shaft leads directly to the reactor system. A precise hit will start a chain reaction which should destroy the station.
Windows isn't what we should be afraid of. The technology behind Windows has already undergone two significant shifts (from 3.1 to 9x, and then to NT) -- and it will shift again. Windows is nothing to worry about. For all but a few users with specific niche needs, there are numerous other OS options which are ready to use.
The real danger is that the 360 represents some of the first real shooting in the DRM wars: a large-scale deployment of hard-wired cryptographic restrictions with the sole purpose of locking consumers out of their own property. Running Linux on this hardware is just a fun side effect of the very important and immediate need to defeat trusted computing and digital restrictions technology -- and to defeat it soundly and rapidly.
yes. ffmpeg is the tool of choice for enc/dec amr on linux. the debian-marillat packages have amr support built in; else you will need to patch it yourself.
it's as simple as:
ffmpeg -i infile.amr outfile.wav
or, if you want to get a video from your phone:
ffmpeg -i infile.3gp -ar 16000 video.avi
ffmpeg is quite flexible, and does a damn good job of "what you want it to do" when you run the minimal options.
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No Microsoft products are involved in most AJAX development, and they're certainly not a prerequisite.
Are homeowners and businesses who accept federal disaster relief funds considered representatives of the federal state?
Are individuals who take tax deductions impressed as state employees?
No, of course not. So there is no reason to consider a private school that merely accepts federal funds to be an arm of the state subject to the Bill of Rights' controls on state action.
Federal funding for institutions of higher education does come at the price of regulations (for example, Title IX's requirements regarding gender equity in athletic programs). That price does not include the state's annexing the university as government property, nor its faculty and staff as state employees.
No, that's not muddy. That's the New Journalism. It's supposed to be nonsensical and unreadable.
No, I haven't noticed this at all on RHEL 3.
Myspace Suicide
Slashdot is, of course, not a blog. A blog's text is written and controlled by an individual. Slashdot's stories are collected by thousands of readers and selected by the site's staff. Contrast the blog, centered topically on its own maintainer, with Slashdot, containing discussion topics selected by its readers. They are very different, and the similarity of blogging software and Slashcode does not make Slashdot any more like a blog than a mail transport agent.
Ah yes, of course -- other flavors of frosting. How could I forget?
Sure, the software is capable> of displaying whatever content it's given, but that hardly changes the fact that the vast majority of people who use that software tend to all say basically the same thing (with appropriate liberal or conservative frosting applied, of course).
It certainly doesn't help bloggers' credibility that they seem to be quite addicted to coining new words and jargon, like "podcasting", "vorage", "blogroll", "mobjects", "blogosphere", "MSM" and so forth, usually using them in ways that betray no deeper motivation than to marginalize people who are not hip to their scene.
No one has a problem with the software.
I can make them ALL go away!
Acid 2 is invalid CSS. Personally, I don't care what my browser does with invalid CSS.
It sends a user-agent string that is enough to persuade most browser detection that it's IE, but it includes the word Opera -- and web log analysis tools are designed to recognize that.
This is Opera's default user-agent (from the page you linked):
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; OS) Opera X.Y
People do, in fact, understand that this user-agent refers to Opera, and they develop their log analysis tools to report that fact. I have never seen a web log analysis tool that didn't understand Opera's user-agent.
The traffic on the webservers I maintain shows Opera at around 0.09% of total hits, just behind Lynx.
A blogger has a copy of wordpress and a spell checker.
Out of curiosity, have you ever used Up2date? Red Hat has, for quite a long time now, included a tool that works rather like Windows Update -- notifying you via a tray icon (or email, if you prefer) when there are new patches to apply.
The difference is that Up2date will upgrade a lot more components -- any applications you've installed, other than manual builds and unofficial RPMS -- compared to WU, which tends to be only useful for the core OS, IE, and WMP.
Debian-based distributions have Synaptic and the other APT front ends, which, honestly, outstrip Windows Update in practically every way -- even including graphical tools for managing configuration changes needed when updates are applied.
For me, the commercial success or failure of the console is not the issue at all. I want these folks to see that a business plan based on selling information really just means that it's time for a new plan. Trusted computing and DRM are an opportunity for people to demonstrate that to them.
After some analysis, I've already discovered what appears to be a critical vulnerability already in the 360's chain of trust.
The approach will not be easy. You are required to maneuver straight down this trench and skim the surface to this point. The target area is only two meters wide. It's a small thermal exhaust port, right below the main port. The shaft leads directly to the reactor system. A precise hit will start a chain reaction which should destroy the station.
The real danger is that the 360 represents some of the first real shooting in the DRM wars: a large-scale deployment of hard-wired cryptographic restrictions with the sole purpose of locking consumers out of their own property. Running Linux on this hardware is just a fun side effect of the very important and immediate need to defeat trusted computing and digital restrictions technology -- and to defeat it soundly and rapidly.
I'm intrigued -- what does the SQL query look like for "go to the value and press ctrl+0" ?
And to think there was a time when Spanish and French were called "Vulgar Latin".
I dunno, can it be done? Way to shoot for the moon!
Huh? What on earth does the retail markup have to do with MS losses per unit?
It's so cute when bloggers try to form coherent thoughts.
ctrl+f KHAAAAAAAaaaaaaN! not found
ffmpeg -i infile.amr outfile.wav
or, if you want to get a video from your phone:
ffmpeg -i infile.3gp -ar 16000 video.avi
ffmpeg is quite flexible, and does a damn good job of "what you want it to do" when you run the minimal options.
Selling drugs is another good way to make money.
Methinks it the fellows in suits the ones who are behind the times.