Did anyone stop to think of the global (military) ramification with regard to Governmental adoption of "A" software license?
The powerhouse that be (the holder of the largest software library collection, one of the most software patents, and most complex software network in the world) that resides in the largest economic engine of the world (guess anyone? clue: it isn't MS nor IBM and certainly it isn't a corporation)
Federal Government of the United States of America, that is.
It would be critical for such a nation (or any nation) to retain such technological edge in order to remain globally competitive.
IANAPDF (Public Domain Fan, not!), but there is a certain logic to supporting VARIOUS license as the licenser deems fit (however... does anyone agree that government makes good decision most of the time?)
For trivial logics, it should be FSF LGNU or GNU.
For medium-scale logic, it should be public domain.
For denser logic, it should be closed-domain (or worst, classified).
The rest of the argument is left as an exercise to the reader.
If anyone ask me to fire my Civil War-circa U.S. Grand Army Republic Colt revolver, they'll face several problems:
1. I don't have any bullet for this antique anymore 2. The revolver barrel just MIGHT explode this time (and reduce the value by $12000) 3. They gotta pry it from my cold dead hand!
The way the programmer thinks is also a value-added skill-set to today's rapid-prototyping startup company.
Such an example would be to ask the Programmer what steps he/she would take to write the code for "Fermat's Algorithm."
Then listen carefully as to how the problem is solved (preferably step-by-step). If the candidate says "google it," firstly, its a pretty good start.
Second would be how the algorithm is ported to C (or C++).
Thirdly would be how the code is organized.
Fourthly, how it would be tested.
and if you're extremely lucky, he'll start writing the algorithm in C on the whiteboard.
Really... the person may not have a clue what Fermat's algorithm is, but the strong-willed, articulated and attention-to-detail programmer will show how to accomplish the problem.
As a former Yooper (U.P.er), I can vouch for the tough winter blizzard and bothersome rain storm as well as the VASTNESS of the pine forest with NO CIVILIZATION in between towns.
This is as rural as Virginia purported to be back in 1710.
Wireless is out. First snowstorm will not only knock the Pringle cans, but the sturdiest Yagi antenna also, unless you buy those "Octogonal Radar Dome" to protect the elements from the elements.
Cable is out. no cable company in their right business mind will touch such an incredible low-density of a rural area that even makes Montana rural community look like bustling cities.
DSL is out. More than 90% of the customer lives outside of the CO radii (and that is using the best SHDSL technology)
I wouldn't say S.O.L., yet.
This would be an excellent time for taking advantage of local railway's right-of-way for dropping fiber lines and setting up multiple Point of Access.
Marquette is a good starting place for OC-3 vector point.
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, via microwave, might get you a decent DS-3 link.
I don't think there is any decent speed left by going across the Mackinaw Bridge, unless someone lights a fiber up to Mackinaw City and then Microwave them over. Then, I was pretty sure they've laid fiber across the bridge but not sure if they are lit yet.
1. No analysis given for unlimited unadministered radio bands. Usually, the ones who devises the most effective use of band over the din of the rice crispies (noises) wins. Pure Darwinism.
2. Historically, as more users crowds the bandwidth, the less oversights occurs. USA bandwidth was easily monitored by its FRC (now FCC) back in the 1930s. Now it is just a fraction of 1%. Conclusion: Wild-west redux.
3. In light of increasingly wild-west bandwidth usages, licenses infrastructure will be minimized by the use of spread-spectrum variations of its needed frequency/strength capabilities.
4. Government regulations has historically stifles market growth, even toward mobile phones. Mobile R&D has managed to squeeze tremendous amount of capacity out of existing bandwidth.
5. Recent regulations are heavily influenced by heavy-capitalized company.
Conclusion:
1. Throw out the AM/FM/SSB and roll in Direct-Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) or even Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS) for any frequency spectrum with little or no power limitation.
2. Zero governmental regulation is ulimately desired. Wireless Market force will surely explode in usage, robustness and functionality.
3. No regulation, means no one getting fat by corporate peddling for favorable and often unsavorable regulations.
4. Mankind now has the technology and the means to convert the spectrum into an all digital "Ethernet-like" smart usage, noise-compensating, radio waves.
Biggest mystery that is ever documented in all four-corner of this earth, is the spontaneous human combustion. Next would be Tesla's coil and the urgent bowel movements.
Some of you may recall eerie pair of boots with charred stumps of the legs stick out. Of the ones I've seen photos of are: in front of the toilet in Appalachian Mtn, at the base of the maple tree (somewhere in Europe), and oddly, Ural mountain camping retreat by the gate entrance.
this particle would explain LOTS if they actually perform quantum-level micro-thermonuclear chain reaction explosion around celluar clusters.
In Redmond, Washington, 14 Microsoft executives were arrested by the Dept. of Justice under the RICO Act.
DoJ Attorney General announced that due to a tribe of typing monkeys hammering out random Visual Basic macros. One of the VB Macro bore the title "Melissa II", in ONLY ten lines, infecting 43.8 million Windows platforms world-wide in under four hours.
DoJ AG announced that since the monkeys are not fit for trial, the U.S. Code "Deep Pocket" kicks in, and that Windows O/S is next to be blame.
The maximum sentence possible for 14 executives totals 2,651 years.
Given a very few places on Earth that emulates Mars, this likely press scenario could play out:
"MT. EVEREST GOES RED" Exo-Aresteria, newly deployed Martian-based bacteria, infects the Himalayas region, leaving deep red tints throughout the mountain snow cap surface, inflaming all mountaineers and sherpas' lung with TB-like bleeding breaths. Barring any genetic permutation, the epidemic is contained within the thin atmosphere of the barren range.
Does anyone have any idea what it will do if it reaches the Yukon territory of Canada?
During my employment at Efficient Networks, there were many internal battles to implement and deliver Linux drivers for the 3060/3061 DSL PCI adapter cards.
The battle was barely won (or lost asoundly, depending on whose perspectives). Efficient decided to implement DSL drivers on 2.4.0-pre8 (or something close to that revision thereof) and release them as closed source.
Back then, legal department(s) did not have thorough understanding of the GNU license, much less BSD license and err'd on the side of caution.
Management wasn't innovative enough to move forward. Business model was geared on large scale, high-ROI, and high profit: only large business customers (and at the mercy of a handful of large business customers). Pity, for a 100K of development, one could have garnered name-brand recognition and spawn untold low-cost mini-DSLAMs for Bell-uncharted neighborhoods.
Can't fault them for their decision. Perhaps a strong undercurrent and loyal following is missing from their mantra.
Linux (and FreeBSD) user-base is a force to reckon with and was ignored completely here.
Why not enforce a 0.0001% tax on all outbound email, much like any country's postal system?
And have the U.S. Postal enforce the port 25 usage/filtering and collect the money for all US-bound email receiptent? Block all email until SPAMMER (and legitimate) emailers open an account with the G O V E R N M E N T.
No more Free-SPAM.
Oh, the pain of having a libertarian/republican complex.
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Did anyone stop to think of the global (military) ramification with regard to Governmental adoption of "A" software license?
The powerhouse that be (the holder of the largest software library collection, one of the most software patents, and most complex software network in the world) that resides in the largest economic engine of the world (guess anyone? clue: it isn't MS nor IBM and certainly it isn't a corporation)
Federal Government of the United States of America, that is.
It would be critical for such a nation (or any nation) to retain such technological edge in order to remain globally competitive.
IANAPDF (Public Domain Fan, not!), but there is a certain logic to supporting VARIOUS license as the licenser deems fit (however... does anyone agree that government makes good decision most of the time?)
For trivial logics, it should be FSF LGNU or GNU.
For medium-scale logic, it should be public domain.
For denser logic, it should be closed-domain (or worst, classified).
The rest of the argument is left as an exercise to the reader.
(bending mah ears): "Huh...?"
Rudimentary research should also include impacts of electronic equipments (laptops, GPS, flashlight?)
Such impact would be but not limited to gamma ray, humidity, pressure, element exposure.
Easy.
Tis' to the eye of the beholder.
If anyone ask me to fire my Civil War-circa U.S. Grand Army Republic Colt revolver, they'll face several problems:
1. I don't have any bullet for this antique anymore
2. The revolver barrel just MIGHT explode this time (and reduce the value by $12000)
3. They gotta pry it from my cold dead hand!
Another attempt at Microsoft's 3rd tier monopoly?
First was muscling into distribution of vanilla PC boxens with DOS/Windows?
Second was Web Browser war against Mosaic/Netscape?
GNU/Linux?
Any tips to the future warez'ers?
1. how does one avoid DoJ detection?
2. how does one obfuscate the software package for plausible deniability?
3. what common techniques are used in obfuscation?
Gee, this topic isn't generating much rave.
I wonder if it is because of us engineers' aversion to NET2 or Microsoft isn't pumping enough money into the marketing blitz.
Go ahead, mod me anyway for this (after all there were 6 or 7 postings to this topci).
Does this mean we split the Darwinism Award for our cousins?
I can't imagine what the apes can do that us human frequently and stupidly do?
The way the programmer thinks is also a value-added skill-set to today's rapid-prototyping startup company.
Such an example would be to ask the Programmer what steps he/she would take to write the code for "Fermat's Algorithm."
Then listen carefully as to how the problem is solved (preferably step-by-step). If the candidate says "google it," firstly, its a pretty good start.
Second would be how the algorithm is ported to C (or C++).
Thirdly would be how the code is organized.
Fourthly, how it would be tested.
and if you're extremely lucky, he'll start writing the algorithm in C on the whiteboard.
Really... the person may not have a clue what Fermat's algorithm is, but the strong-willed, articulated and attention-to-detail programmer will show how to accomplish the problem.
Self-starter... are management's best asset.
As a former Yooper (U.P.er), I can vouch for the tough winter blizzard and bothersome rain storm as well as the VASTNESS of the pine forest with NO CIVILIZATION in between towns.
This is as rural as Virginia purported to be back in 1710.
Wireless is out. First snowstorm will not only knock the Pringle cans, but the sturdiest Yagi antenna also, unless you buy those "Octogonal Radar Dome" to protect the elements from the elements.
Cable is out. no cable company in their right business mind will touch such an incredible low-density of a rural area that even makes Montana rural community look like bustling cities.
DSL is out. More than 90% of the customer lives outside of the CO radii (and that is using the best SHDSL technology)
I wouldn't say S.O.L., yet.
This would be an excellent time for taking advantage of local railway's right-of-way for dropping fiber lines and setting up multiple Point of Access.
Marquette is a good starting place for OC-3 vector point.
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, via microwave, might get you a decent DS-3 link.
I don't think there is any decent speed left by going across the Mackinaw Bridge, unless someone lights a fiber up to Mackinaw City and then Microwave them over. Then, I was pretty sure they've laid fiber across the bridge but not sure if they are lit yet.
0 ^ 0 = 1
Why can't we apply this to solve our financial dire strait?
We don't want the terrorist to get their hands on these seemingly unlimited U235 supply.
Although, they may have to dig deep; I'd say, let them stay busy digging (keeps them out of circulation)
1. No analysis given for unlimited unadministered radio bands. Usually, the ones who devises the most effective use of band over the din of the rice crispies (noises) wins. Pure Darwinism.
2. Historically, as more users crowds the bandwidth, the less oversights occurs. USA bandwidth was easily monitored by its FRC (now FCC) back in the 1930s. Now it is just a fraction of 1%. Conclusion: Wild-west redux.
3. In light of increasingly wild-west bandwidth usages, licenses infrastructure will be minimized by the use of spread-spectrum variations of its needed frequency/strength capabilities.
4. Government regulations has historically stifles market growth, even toward mobile phones. Mobile R&D has managed to squeeze tremendous amount of capacity out of existing bandwidth.
5. Recent regulations are heavily influenced by heavy-capitalized company.
Conclusion:
1. Throw out the AM/FM/SSB and roll in Direct-Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) or even Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS) for any frequency spectrum with little or no power limitation.
2. Zero governmental regulation is ulimately desired. Wireless Market force will surely explode in usage, robustness and functionality.
3. No regulation, means no one getting fat by corporate peddling for favorable and often unsavorable regulations.
4. Mankind now has the technology and the means to convert the spectrum into an all digital "Ethernet-like" smart usage, noise-compensating, radio waves.
CONCLUSION, CONCLUSION.
Let it go.
So, if hackers can disable anyone's MS Windows XP, what is to prevent hackers from disabling your Replay "permanently."?
The mere fact that such capability of "disabling" Replay will only go to backfire against Replay, the omnipotent and clueless, Inc.
Biggest mystery that is ever documented in all four-corner of this earth, is the spontaneous human combustion. Next would be Tesla's coil and the urgent bowel movements.
Some of you may recall eerie pair of boots with charred stumps of the legs stick out. Of the ones I've seen photos of are: in front of the toilet in Appalachian Mtn, at the base of the maple tree (somewhere in Europe), and oddly, Ural mountain camping retreat by the gate entrance.
this particle would explain LOTS if they actually perform quantum-level micro-thermonuclear chain reaction explosion around celluar clusters.
In Redmond, Washington, 14 Microsoft executives were arrested by the Dept. of Justice under the RICO Act.
DoJ Attorney General announced that due to a tribe of typing monkeys hammering out random Visual Basic macros. One of the VB Macro bore the title "Melissa II", in ONLY ten lines, infecting 43.8 million Windows platforms world-wide in under four hours.
DoJ AG announced that since the monkeys are not fit for trial, the U.S. Code "Deep Pocket" kicks in, and that Windows O/S is next to be blame.
The maximum sentence possible for 14 executives totals 2,651 years.
Given a very few places on Earth that emulates Mars, this likely press scenario could play out:
"MT. EVEREST GOES RED"
Exo-Aresteria, newly deployed Martian-based bacteria, infects the Himalayas region, leaving deep red tints throughout the mountain snow cap surface, inflaming all mountaineers and sherpas' lung with TB-like bleeding breaths. Barring any genetic permutation, the epidemic is contained within the thin atmosphere of the barren range.
Does anyone have any idea what it will do if it reaches the Yukon territory of Canada?
Next thing RIAA wants for their new IP police is:
more jackboots (made in China)
more insignias/badges (made in Hong Kong)
more uniforms (made in Korea)
more weapons (made in good ol' USA)
The very same countries that is undermining the RIAA's goal.
Good grief.
During my employment at Efficient Networks, there were many internal battles to implement and deliver Linux drivers for the 3060/3061 DSL PCI adapter cards.
The battle was barely won (or lost asoundly, depending on whose perspectives). Efficient decided to implement DSL drivers on 2.4.0-pre8 (or something close to that revision thereof) and release them as closed source.
Back then, legal department(s) did not have thorough understanding of the GNU license, much less BSD license and err'd on the side of caution.
Management wasn't innovative enough to move forward. Business model was geared on large scale, high-ROI, and high profit: only large business customers (and at the mercy of a handful of large business customers). Pity, for a 100K of development, one could have garnered name-brand recognition and spawn untold low-cost mini-DSLAMs for Bell-uncharted neighborhoods.
Can't fault them for their decision. Perhaps a strong undercurrent and loyal following is missing from their mantra.
Linux (and FreeBSD) user-base is a force to reckon with and was ignored completely here.
This company makes wirespeed "bump-in-the-wire" IDS/firewall (and I think virus checking) up to 2.1 Gbps.
No point of attack to aim at.
DoS, something we could all laugh about (soon).
I bet the guy is afraid to get fired for not working on the job ;-)
If you have a Cyrix III 1Ghz and a VIA southbridge controller, you must have the -rc4 .
Why not enforce a 0.0001% tax on all outbound email, much like any country's postal system?
And have the U.S. Postal enforce the port 25 usage/filtering and collect the money for all US-bound email receiptent? Block all email until SPAMMER (and legitimate) emailers open an account with the G O V E R N M E N T.
No more Free-SPAM.
Oh, the pain of having a libertarian/republican complex.