I think that our Belgian friends could simply bypass this using protocol encryption for bitorrent. Since bittorrent can work on any port, portblocking filters are useless. Packet sniffers would have a tough time detecting encrypted traffic. The major bittorrent clients all support protocol encryption. For a guide on how to get it working with your client check out: TorrentFreak's guide to protocol encrpytion
In my opinion, this society is too concerned with escapism, weather chemically or through entertainment. The general population is highly enthralled in things like nightclubs, alcohol and expensive luxuries all primarily used to escape from the problems that they face or the insecurities that they feel.
People who undergo traumatic events cannot escape the painful memories through a chemical solution. While this drug probably can induce some sort of semi-comatose happy state, it really won't solve the original problem, that being the trauma suffered. I'm not a psychologist but I don't see how a chemical that supresses feelings that need to be felt is going to be at all beneficial to a trauma victim.
D
The article talks about software/hardware combos being used to alleviate road traffic jams. I think this is a very interesting advancement in the use of our road infrastructure. Currently, where I live (Ottawa) there is a huge problem associated with road usage and a non-scalable transit system. Here there is exclusively busses used as public transit. When the busses are using common traffic roads, there is often a pileup of busses arriving at once or no busses at all when they're stuck in traffic. If we were somehow able to analyze traffic patterns in real-time it would probably be possible to divert or add additional bussing to busy routes and avoid congested areas, thereby alleviating the current situation where there is no possibility for rail or subway and our bus system can't get any bigger.
D
The signal you describe, not centered around 0Hz is a bandpass signal. Broadband just refers to the width of that bandpass signal and is totally relative.
This multiple format business is a mess. Look at the problems with SACD and DVD-A. Nobody is buying them (and if the music industry stopped suing people and promoted those formats that are so much better than downloaded music they would actually make more money because there is new value there.)
But back to the topic at hand: The industry would benefit more from having ONE SINGLE TRUE UNIFIED STANDARD as opposed to a couple of standards, which would confuse people. The public at large (Joe Sixpack) gets all confused with this 2-format thing. They want to buy a movie and play it, not worry about if this disc will play on their type of player. When we have one unified standard, confusion is reduced, people can just buy and make the industry happy. The the industry focus can be put on actually releasing content and worthwhile stuff, as opposed to teaching consumers that they need a different player for their Fox releases versus some other studio and then wondering why people don't buy any of these confusing and conflicting products.
This is likely no more than an economic advantage, its obvious that the Cubans could care less about freedom of anything
Cuba is cracking down on internet access, make sure you bring a few copies of various Linux distros inside your "music" CD holder when you visit.
Its good that linux is being adopted in these countries but the whole freedom thing RMS is on is being avoided.
Also, am i the only one who noticed "Tony Montana" in the sidebar there? Absolutely Genius.:)
Ok, those look damn smoooooth if I say so myself BUT are those in-game shots or the dreaded "let's show the incredibly breath taking cinematic art and make it LOOK in-game even though we will soon find out after dropping 50 bones that the in-game graphics are as bad as ET the Extra Terrestial on the Atari 2600!"
No where is it written that the next XBox will play current XBox games.
According to the title the Xbox 360 will play current XBox games. No where does the article provide any supporting evidence to this claim, and in fact largely runs counter to it. Nvidia says all but no, an unknown independent analyst agrees, ATI says that it is statistically possible, and some other unknown agrees with them. Microsoft says... Nothing. According to other sources Microsoft is "not guaranteeing" backwards compatibility, and if they decide not to include a hard drive such compatibility may not be possible at all.
nVidia may very well be playing to the press, but that doesn't mean such a thing wouldn't be difficult or expensive. Most systems achieve backwards compatibility by finding uses for the extra hardware. Software emulation for compatibility has never been attempted professionally in the console arena, but amature software emulation tends to lag two systems behind. You can push an XBox to do a meaningful SNES, but Dreamcast emulation is right out. With the right software the SNES could emulate the 2600, but not the NES.
Personally, I don't see why they don't just include a detachable Xbox chipset as a free add-on with an overpriced "premium" system with two controllers, and sell a regular setup with one controller for 100 dollars less.
But, as I mentioned before, no such thing has been announced yet.
Its probably best to think of Apple's WebCore as a fork of KHTML; they are no longer one and the same.
Apple has already changed WebCore enough that backporting changes to KHTML is very non-trivial. As usual, they are starved for developers, especially when the task is simply porting someone else's code, rather than solving problems for yourself. Many devs would much rather do the latter, even if "results" come more slowly.
Back in university, we had a similar project except for aircraft simulation and they needed computer engineers to co-ordinate the output of MS flight sim to the various controls/acelerometers and actuators but a significant problem that was encountered was the delay of the actuators and controls to the output on the screen. When you're in such an immersive environment, even slight delays will make you crazily sick after a very short amount of time. Hopefully they have some sort of system to ensure the delay isn't excessive.
I'm not certain about the US but here in canada, we already have this biotechnology engineering at least at Ottawa University, many of my co-workers are in this field. Apparently it takes 6 years to complete and you need to do a bio degree and an engineering degree, and its very difficult to get into.
Here
At Waterloo University you can already do BioInformatics, I think its like Bio Engineering.
Is this something different?
Why don't they just recycle it into newer, better computers? who cares about old technology, I mean sure Old computers are fun too look at, but they should just melt em down so they can serve a real purpose.
Whats so great about prime numbers? why do they need really big ones? can't they just use small ones?...why is there an expiry date on bottled water? why oh why!!?
A computer forensics guy came to talk to my computer crime class last year. He showed us this windows tool they use to look at confiscated drives. Pretty much first they make a bit for bit copy of a drive onto a drive of equal or greater size using a hardware device. Then they put the original drive away in the evidence box without touching it again.
Then they use this software tool, which I forget the name of, which is the only tool that holds water in a court of law. It examines the whole drive one piece at a time to recreate every file on all partitions and filesystems even if the files are "deleted". His example was how he caught a bunch of kiddy porn perverts.
Well that's great for catching those guys, but against someone using out of the ordinary stuff this guy is screwed. I've got serial ATA drives and reiser4 and xfs file systems. I'm willing to bet that he doesn't have a hardware drive copier that supports SATA. And his software doesn't recognize reiser4 or xfs. He would either need a different tool or he would have to send the drive someone higher up to be examined. And if the case is too small they wont bother. The real problem is that the average nerds and the hackers are so far ahead of the forensics guys in terms of knowledge about modern technology and software that they can't keep up. Hackers will always have bleeding edge tools, and police budgets can't
Yo linux-ppl!
I got a question, With fedora core 3 goodness out, would you guys recommend it above SuSe?? SuSe was nice, but had some buggy GUI problems, I dunno if thats related to KDE specifically or to SuSe in general, but what advantages/disadvantages does fedora have compared to SuSe?
Or should i grab a copy of this novell thing that was released earlier today?
What should the un-informed do!!!?! hahaha
thanx.
Jerk, listen up!
Just because the people you're fighting aren't constrained by the geneva conventions, doesn't mean you arent....by your logic, the geneva convention or ANY measure for that matter would be totally ineffective because if anyone were to challenge it, it would immediately die...you dig?
Americans are constrained by the geneva convention, the insurgents are not...don't like it? don't go to iraq.
See, with gaim...
I use Suse 9.1 and I've tried like 3 different ways to get the damn thing to install...I figure its just broken.
The RPMs have dependencies you can't satisfy because they supposedly conflict with other RPMs and then you can't get all the RPMs you need, the versions don't match...so i was like fuck that!
So i decide to compile it!....try to run./configure and GLIB ISN"T THE RIGHT VERSION, JESUS CHRIST! so i run around looking for GLIB rpms or an update of some sort...only to find that i already have GLIB 2.0 but for some (unknown) reason, the./configure thingy refuses to acknowledge its presence.
"Try using GAIM"...yes...i tried...i failed.
I wonder if this will actually change anything, because Microsoft still dominates the market. I bet i'm still going to end up having to go file->save as. and then convert it to.doc all the time i want to share anything with anyone else. Sure they can make it a standard, Microsoft won't care, as witnessed by their screw-ups with DHTML and CSS. and i heard about them messing with standards in C# or something too.
Question: Is the IETF allowed to adopt patent-encumbered standards? I mean, wouldn't that grant some sort of monopoly license in effect for MS, seeing as if you want to adopt a standard, you need to pay somebody? Shouldn't standards be free, and people can make money off the implementation of said standards? I don't know how these things work, nor am I a lawyer of any capacity.
Slashdot Mirror
Anyone got some video of the keynote?
I think that our Belgian friends could simply bypass this using protocol encryption for bitorrent. Since bittorrent can work on any port, portblocking filters are useless. Packet sniffers would have a tough time detecting encrypted traffic. The major bittorrent clients all support protocol encryption. For a guide on how to get it working with your client check out:
TorrentFreak's guide to protocol encrpytion
If you can't sit for 21 minutes and watch the .avi you seriously need to up the ritalin. Or maybe simplify your life.
In my opinion, this society is too concerned with escapism, weather chemically or through entertainment. The general population is highly enthralled in things like nightclubs, alcohol and expensive luxuries all primarily used to escape from the problems that they face or the insecurities that they feel.
People who undergo traumatic events cannot escape the painful memories through a chemical solution. While this drug probably can induce some sort of semi-comatose happy state, it really won't solve the original problem, that being the trauma suffered. I'm not a psychologist but I don't see how a chemical that supresses feelings that need to be felt is going to be at all beneficial to a trauma victim.
D
The article talks about software/hardware combos being used to alleviate road traffic jams. I think this is a very interesting advancement in the use of our road infrastructure. Currently, where I live (Ottawa) there is a huge problem associated with road usage and a non-scalable transit system. Here there is exclusively busses used as public transit. When the busses are using common traffic roads, there is often a pileup of busses arriving at once or no busses at all when they're stuck in traffic. If we were somehow able to analyze traffic patterns in real-time it would probably be possible to divert or add additional bussing to busy routes and avoid congested areas, thereby alleviating the current situation where there is no possibility for rail or subway and our bus system can't get any bigger. D
Neither can you,
The signal you describe, not centered around 0Hz is a bandpass signal. Broadband just refers to the width of that bandpass signal and is totally relative.
Punk'd.
Tom talks about the sale Here
Apparently he's one rich dude now!
Heh.
This multiple format business is a mess. Look at the problems with SACD and DVD-A. Nobody is buying them (and if the music industry stopped suing people and promoted those formats that are so much better than downloaded music they would actually make more money because there is new value there.)
But back to the topic at hand: The industry would benefit more from having ONE SINGLE TRUE UNIFIED STANDARD as opposed to a couple of standards, which would confuse people. The public at large (Joe Sixpack) gets all confused with this 2-format thing. They want to buy a movie and play it, not worry about if this disc will play on their type of player. When we have one unified standard, confusion is reduced, people can just buy and make the industry happy. The the industry focus can be put on actually releasing content and worthwhile stuff, as opposed to teaching consumers that they need a different player for their Fox releases versus some other studio and then wondering why people don't buy any of these confusing and conflicting products.
This is likely no more than an economic advantage, its obvious that the Cubans could care less about freedom of anything Cuba is cracking down on internet access, make sure you bring a few copies of various Linux distros inside your "music" CD holder when you visit. Its good that linux is being adopted in these countries but the whole freedom thing RMS is on is being avoided. Also, am i the only one who noticed "Tony Montana" in the sidebar there? Absolutely Genius. :)
Ok, those look damn smoooooth if I say so myself BUT are those in-game shots or the dreaded "let's show the incredibly breath taking cinematic art and make it LOOK in-game even though we will soon find out after dropping 50 bones that the in-game graphics are as bad as ET the Extra Terrestial on the Atari 2600!"
No where is it written that the next XBox will play current XBox games.
According to the title the Xbox 360 will play current XBox games. No where does the article provide any supporting evidence to this claim, and in fact largely runs counter to it. Nvidia says all but no, an unknown independent analyst agrees, ATI says that it is statistically possible, and some other unknown agrees with them. Microsoft says... Nothing. According to other sources Microsoft is "not guaranteeing" backwards compatibility, and if they decide not to include a hard drive such compatibility may not be possible at all.
nVidia may very well be playing to the press, but that doesn't mean such a thing wouldn't be difficult or expensive. Most systems achieve backwards compatibility by finding uses for the extra hardware. Software emulation for compatibility has never been attempted professionally in the console arena, but amature software emulation tends to lag two systems behind. You can push an XBox to do a meaningful SNES, but Dreamcast emulation is right out. With the right software the SNES could emulate the 2600, but not the NES.
Personally, I don't see why they don't just include a detachable Xbox chipset as a free add-on with an overpriced "premium" system with two controllers, and sell a regular setup with one controller for 100 dollars less.
But, as I mentioned before, no such thing has been announced yet.
Its probably best to think of Apple's WebCore as a fork of KHTML; they are no longer one and the same. Apple has already changed WebCore enough that backporting changes to KHTML is very non-trivial. As usual, they are starved for developers, especially when the task is simply porting someone else's code, rather than solving problems for yourself. Many devs would much rather do the latter, even if "results" come more slowly.
But seriously,
Too bad their server couldn't 'dodge' a slashdotting!
Mozilla.org will probably get hammered!! Here's a google cache of the Firefox Mirror List
And while you're at it don't forget those extensions:
FoxyTunes: http:www.iosart.com/foxytunes/firefox/
AdBlock: http://adblock.mozdev.org/
Or you can just go get more at: update.mozilla.org
Happy Browsing!
Back in university, we had a similar project except for aircraft simulation and they needed computer engineers to co-ordinate the output of MS flight sim to the various controls/acelerometers and actuators but a significant problem that was encountered was the delay of the actuators and controls to the output on the screen. When you're in such an immersive environment, even slight delays will make you crazily sick after a very short amount of time. Hopefully they have some sort of system to ensure the delay isn't excessive.
I'm not certain about the US but here in canada, we already have this biotechnology engineering at least at Ottawa University, many of my co-workers are in this field. Apparently it takes 6 years to complete and you need to do a bio degree and an engineering degree, and its very difficult to get into. Here At Waterloo University you can already do BioInformatics, I think its like Bio Engineering. Is this something different?
Why don't they just recycle it into newer, better computers? who cares about old technology, I mean sure Old computers are fun too look at, but they should just melt em down so they can serve a real purpose.
Whats so great about prime numbers? why do they need really big ones? can't they just use small ones? ...why is there an expiry date on bottled water? why oh why!!?
A computer forensics guy came to talk to my computer crime class last year. He showed us this windows tool they use to look at confiscated drives. Pretty much first they make a bit for bit copy of a drive onto a drive of equal or greater size using a hardware device. Then they put the original drive away in the evidence box without touching it again. Then they use this software tool, which I forget the name of, which is the only tool that holds water in a court of law. It examines the whole drive one piece at a time to recreate every file on all partitions and filesystems even if the files are "deleted". His example was how he caught a bunch of kiddy porn perverts. Well that's great for catching those guys, but against someone using out of the ordinary stuff this guy is screwed. I've got serial ATA drives and reiser4 and xfs file systems. I'm willing to bet that he doesn't have a hardware drive copier that supports SATA. And his software doesn't recognize reiser4 or xfs. He would either need a different tool or he would have to send the drive someone higher up to be examined. And if the case is too small they wont bother. The real problem is that the average nerds and the hackers are so far ahead of the forensics guys in terms of knowledge about modern technology and software that they can't keep up. Hackers will always have bleeding edge tools, and police budgets can't
Yo linux-ppl! I got a question, With fedora core 3 goodness out, would you guys recommend it above SuSe?? SuSe was nice, but had some buggy GUI problems, I dunno if thats related to KDE specifically or to SuSe in general, but what advantages/disadvantages does fedora have compared to SuSe? Or should i grab a copy of this novell thing that was released earlier today? What should the un-informed do!!!?! hahaha thanx.
Jerk, listen up! Just because the people you're fighting aren't constrained by the geneva conventions, doesn't mean you arent....by your logic, the geneva convention or ANY measure for that matter would be totally ineffective because if anyone were to challenge it, it would immediately die...you dig? Americans are constrained by the geneva convention, the insurgents are not...don't like it? don't go to iraq.
See, with gaim... I use Suse 9.1 and I've tried like 3 different ways to get the damn thing to install...I figure its just broken. The RPMs have dependencies you can't satisfy because they supposedly conflict with other RPMs and then you can't get all the RPMs you need, the versions don't match...so i was like fuck that! So i decide to compile it!....try to run ./configure and GLIB ISN"T THE RIGHT VERSION, JESUS CHRIST! so i run around looking for GLIB rpms or an update of some sort...only to find that i already have GLIB 2.0 but for some (unknown) reason, the ./configure thingy refuses to acknowledge its presence.
"Try using GAIM"...yes...i tried...i failed.
I wonder if this will actually change anything, because Microsoft still dominates the market. I bet i'm still going to end up having to go file->save as. and then convert it to .doc all the time i want to share anything with anyone else. Sure they can make it a standard, Microsoft won't care, as witnessed by their screw-ups with DHTML and CSS. and i heard about them messing with standards in C# or something too.
Question: Is the IETF allowed to adopt patent-encumbered standards? I mean, wouldn't that grant some sort of monopoly license in effect for MS, seeing as if you want to adopt a standard, you need to pay somebody? Shouldn't standards be free, and people can make money off the implementation of said standards? I don't know how these things work, nor am I a lawyer of any capacity.