Its not just $50. You're paying for Lindows too when you buy a Lindows computer. Anyone have a clue how much Lindows charges its partners per copy?
Also, if you are a game fan, I doubt that the current crop of Lindows PCs with 128/256 MB ram, 10-20 GIG hard drives and Durons/Celerons at 1-2 Ghz would be much use to you.
I also wonder what edition of XP is being offered at that price. If its the home edition then IMHO $50 is way too high a price.
The basic steps of the Security Vulnerability Reporting and Response Process are:
# Discovery. The Finder discovers what they consider to be a security vulnerability (the Potential Flaw).
# Notification. The Finder notifies the Vendor and advises it of the Potential Flaw, and the Vendor confirms that it has received the notification.
# Investigation. The Vendor investigates the Finderâ(TM)s report in an attempt to verify and validate the Finderâ(TM)s claims, and works collaboratively with the Finder as it does so.
# Resolution. If the Potential Flaw is confirmed, the Vendor identifies where the Flaw resides, then develops a remedy (in the form of a software change or a procedure) that eliminates or reduces the risk of the vulnerability.
# Release. In a coordinated fashion, the Vendor and the Finder publicly release information about the vulnerability, along with its resolution.
Now look at this under the context of the recent MS Passport Vulnerability to see how effective this process is.
As an aside, this draft is backed by MS and SCO, amongst other companies. It'll be interesting to read the amount of bashing this gets over the weekend.
Re:What consumer privacy concerns? Answer: Choice
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That is what bar codes or any point of sale inventory tracking systems do. And those are used pretty much everywhere. How are RFIDs any different as far as privacy issues are concerned? Because someone standing outside the store with an RFID reciever can scan your bags from a distance and see what you are purchasing? AFAIK they'd need a pretty strong and bulky scanner for that. And if somone is concerned they can just tear off the RFID tag after they pay for their purchase.
This tech is an awesome, easy to implement and cheap tool for SCM. Which ideally would lead to lower costs to the consumer and if not that, better service (fewer stockouts). Labelling it a privacy concern is just trolling, IMHO.
How do RFIDs infringe on consumer privacy any more than checkout registers which track your purchases to calculate how much you need to pay the store and then link that to credit/debit cards? If somone is that concerned about their privacy then they need to pay in cash. Or shoplift.
AFAIK SCO is only contesting a few lines of code at a few places in both systems, and it is entirely possible that the code was the same without being copied. So isn't it possible that SCO copied comments from the Linux code into their own code, thus making up 'compelling evidence'. Do comments affect the compiled checksums? I don't know, but I would think not.
I'm not saying they did it, I don't think they would be that dumb/desperate. But is it possible?
Granted, robotic/computer/AI tech has advanced and is advancing at a very decent rate, but IMHO it still hasn't reached a level where manned missions can be given up alltogether. I doubt that projects like the ISS can be undertaken without the human element being on hand to oversee the robotic/computer/AI elements.
In any case, future of space exploration does ideally lead to human settlements on other planets; giving up manned space exploration only delays that goal.
Agreed. But if a company releases code (or works on code that is) under an open source license (say GPL) that allows anyone to use, modify, distribute, etc. the software, can they bar their own ex-employees from doing that by invoking a non compete agreement? Would that not be against the license?
Donno about the people complaining that its only showing up users who aren't regional at all, a lot (about 30%)of people on my list ARE around where I am. The article says that they only have about 6000 registered users currently, so I would assume that as this userbase grows the results would be more and more regional. The slashdotting should help, if their server can take it that is.
Now if Kazaa or eDonkey had something like this. I wouldn't have to spend hours downloading stuff. Would just walk across the street to someone who has it and copy it.
Laptop mods anyone?
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This is certainly one of the best mods I've seen. Awesome detail. I have to wonder though, what is the point of putting in so much work to something that very few people besides the owner will see. The whole purpose of case mods is to show them off, innit? This sort of stuff would be so much cooler on laptops. However I haven't seen any of those. A quick search on google didn't yield much either. Does anyone know of a site that showcases laptop case mods?
So I assume you would be ok with your clients taking your code, using it as they please and not paying you for it? And even if you weren't ok with it, it would still be right for them to do it?
Yeah, I wish that my landlady would think that way:-).
Can't say that your example applies here though. These buildings mentioned here were abandoned. Which would make them the equivalent of a work whose copyright has expired. Don't see much of an issue being made about sharing those. Occupy some prime real estate (the equivalent of at least some new music and movies that are being shared on fasttrack and such) without paying the rent, however, and no leeway is made even to the people who deserve at least some.
Uh, dude, the house replication was a hypothetical example. Take it easy:-). And if someone does invent a machine that does that, yeah, I'd probably agree with what you hypothesized about the hypothesis. And I definitely agree with you about the Matrix and publishers trying to amass all the profits that they can by doing whatever they can, even if the profits wouldn't really be there if they did succeed (meaning you download ten songs today just cos they are easily available off the net. Would you buy all 10 in a record store if they weren't available that way? Probably not)
But I do disagree with people trying to argue that just because a company is big, they should be denied the right to protect their investments. That's what this is about, RIGHTS. And not just the rights of the company, but also those of the individual artists themselves. They are as much a part of a viable democracy as anyone else; you can't deny someone a right as basic as that without denying them some equivalent responsibility (letting them steal things from other people in the real world without any repercussions).
Sure, some people would say that the artists don't care, they hardly get any royalties anyway, they only allied themselves with the RIAA because they had no choice cos that's the way the system works. Bullshit. Everyone has a choice. They could've gone with independent labels, made their music open source, etc. etc. They choose not to. They had the right to do that. And they should also have the right to protect their intellectual property. I agree that the DRM solutions being proposed today do not do that because they in turn violate someone else's fundamental rights. But to propose that DRM is a crime against humanity is just plain balderdash.
If your lease stipulates that you can't paint without explicit permission from your landlord, you will nevertheless patch up the scratches made by your yappy little dog on the bottom of the front door. If the high-priced industry analyst's report warns you on every page against duplicating, you'll still hand out at your weekly sales meeting copies of a page with a relevant chart. You'd snicker at the very suggestion of doing otherwise.
The high priced report is high priced because your company is paying for it. So its not a big deal to photocopy it and give it to people in your company. That might go against the letter of the law, but not the spirit. Try passing it out for free to your friend who works for the competition who doesn't subscribe to said report, and see who gets you first, the analyst firm or your boss (assuming they know about it of course).
The painting your house example doesn't even qualify here. File sharing of copyrighted material happening today is akin to someone creating an exact replica of a house thats up for rent and living in it rent free. Doesn't harm the landlord? Yes it does, cos now he/she/it will never get any rent. So logically, its akin to squatting. I live in NYC, and I've seen people try squatting the best they can, but I don't see much leeway given by the law there.
I do not support the RIAA, MPAA or any other Association of Assholes, and no, I don't deny using P2P networks in a manner that would violate the spirit of the law; but lets not get hypocritical here. Its stealing, and we (meaning us folk who do use P2P) need to see it as that. I am frankly surprised to see so many posts that try to portray it as otherwise on Slashdot. I would've thought that programmers and other techies who sell ideas for a living would've respected the rights of others that do the same to protect their livelihood.
Like many fun hacks, GlyphChess has paid off in unexpected ways. First, testing DataGlyph software and algorithm changes is a lot more engaging. It is hard to get excited about 99.98% vs. 99.97% decode rates in testsuite #73, but if a rook disappears, well that is simply unacceptable! We've found GlyphChess an excellent diagnostic and quality assurance motivator that inspires rapid bug hunting and closure. Second, it turns out some of the software technology refined for GlyphChess is applicable to more boring, but commercially important domains. Finally, GlyphChess is a compelling demonstration vehicle for DataGlyph Toolkit technical capabilities, including our DataGlyph location routines, our ability to decode arbitrarily rotated DataGlyphs, and our very high tolerance of variation in scan resolutions and positioning. GlyphChess works and it works well.
We also gained valuable experience about DataGlyph application building.
just a thought: how many corporate (or otherwise) IT admins would actually trust a system that enables someone beyond their control to remotely wipe their hard drive clean?
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Also, if you are a game fan, I doubt that the current crop of Lindows PCs with 128/256 MB ram, 10-20 GIG hard drives and Durons/Celerons at 1-2 Ghz would be much use to you.
I also wonder what edition of XP is being offered at that price. If its the home edition then IMHO $50 is way too high a price.
Imagine, all you will need for you own photon ray gun/torpedo is a network cable with signal. Looks like the geek shall inherit the earth after all.
2.2 Phases
The basic steps of the Security Vulnerability Reporting and Response Process are:
# Discovery. The Finder discovers what they consider to be a security vulnerability (the Potential Flaw).
# Notification. The Finder notifies the Vendor and advises it of the Potential Flaw, and the Vendor confirms that it has received the notification.
# Investigation. The Vendor investigates the Finderâ(TM)s report in an attempt to verify and validate the Finderâ(TM)s claims, and works collaboratively with the Finder as it does so. # Resolution. If the Potential Flaw is confirmed, the Vendor identifies where the Flaw resides, then develops a remedy (in the form of a software change or a procedure) that eliminates or reduces the risk of the vulnerability.
# Release. In a coordinated fashion, the Vendor and the Finder publicly release information about the vulnerability, along with its resolution.
Now look at this under the context of the recent MS Passport Vulnerability to see how effective this process is.
As an aside, this draft is backed by MS and SCO, amongst other companies. It'll be interesting to read the amount of bashing this gets over the weekend.
This tech is an awesome, easy to implement and cheap tool for SCM. Which ideally would lead to lower costs to the consumer and if not that, better service (fewer stockouts). Labelling it a privacy concern is just trolling, IMHO.
How do RFIDs infringe on consumer privacy any more than checkout registers which track your purchases to calculate how much you need to pay the store and then link that to credit/debit cards? If somone is that concerned about their privacy then they need to pay in cash. Or shoplift.
Don't browse too much pron or you'll have trouble getting that safe to validate your fingerprints.
I'm not saying they did it, I don't think they would be that dumb/desperate. But is it possible?
In any case, future of space exploration does ideally lead to human settlements on other planets; giving up manned space exploration only delays that goal.
Having said that, the pic on the CNN story is so much cooler.
Agreed. But if a company releases code (or works on code that is) under an open source license (say GPL) that allows anyone to use, modify, distribute, etc. the software, can they bar their own ex-employees from doing that by invoking a non compete agreement? Would that not be against the license?
How can a company have no-competes for open source development (or consulting)? That would go against the open source license, wouldn't it?
I have set up a cache in my trashcan. Feel free to treat it as a hitchhiker. Thank you.
Donno about the people complaining that its only showing up users who aren't regional at all, a lot (about 30%)of people on my list ARE around where I am. The article says that they only have about 6000 registered users currently, so I would assume that as this userbase grows the results would be more and more regional. The slashdotting should help, if their server can take it that is. Now if Kazaa or eDonkey had something like this. I wouldn't have to spend hours downloading stuff. Would just walk across the street to someone who has it and copy it.
This is certainly one of the best mods I've seen. Awesome detail. I have to wonder though, what is the point of putting in so much work to something that very few people besides the owner will see. The whole purpose of case mods is to show them off, innit? This sort of stuff would be so much cooler on laptops. However I haven't seen any of those. A quick search on google didn't yield much either. Does anyone know of a site that showcases laptop case mods?
So I assume you would be ok with your clients taking your code, using it as they please and not paying you for it? And even if you weren't ok with it, it would still be right for them to do it?
Can't say that your example applies here though. These buildings mentioned here were abandoned. Which would make them the equivalent of a work whose copyright has expired. Don't see much of an issue being made about sharing those. Occupy some prime real estate (the equivalent of at least some new music and movies that are being shared on fasttrack and such) without paying the rent, however, and no leeway is made even to the people who deserve at least some.
But I do disagree with people trying to argue that just because a company is big, they should be denied the right to protect their investments. That's what this is about, RIGHTS. And not just the rights of the company, but also those of the individual artists themselves. They are as much a part of a viable democracy as anyone else; you can't deny someone a right as basic as that without denying them some equivalent responsibility (letting them steal things from other people in the real world without any repercussions).
Sure, some people would say that the artists don't care, they hardly get any royalties anyway, they only allied themselves with the RIAA because they had no choice cos that's the way the system works. Bullshit. Everyone has a choice. They could've gone with independent labels, made their music open source, etc. etc. They choose not to. They had the right to do that. And they should also have the right to protect their intellectual property. I agree that the DRM solutions being proposed today do not do that because they in turn violate someone else's fundamental rights. But to propose that DRM is a crime against humanity is just plain balderdash.
If your lease stipulates that you can't paint without explicit permission from your landlord, you will nevertheless patch up the scratches made by your yappy little dog on the bottom of the front door. If the high-priced industry analyst's report warns you on every page against duplicating, you'll still hand out at your weekly sales meeting copies of a page with a relevant chart. You'd snicker at the very suggestion of doing otherwise.
The high priced report is high priced because your company is paying for it. So its not a big deal to photocopy it and give it to people in your company. That might go against the letter of the law, but not the spirit. Try passing it out for free to your friend who works for the competition who doesn't subscribe to said report, and see who gets you first, the analyst firm or your boss (assuming they know about it of course).
The painting your house example doesn't even qualify here. File sharing of copyrighted material happening today is akin to someone creating an exact replica of a house thats up for rent and living in it rent free. Doesn't harm the landlord? Yes it does, cos now he/she/it will never get any rent. So logically, its akin to squatting. I live in NYC, and I've seen people try squatting the best they can, but I don't see much leeway given by the law there.
I do not support the RIAA, MPAA or any other Association of Assholes, and no, I don't deny using P2P networks in a manner that would violate the spirit of the law; but lets not get hypocritical here. Its stealing, and we (meaning us folk who do use P2P) need to see it as that. I am frankly surprised to see so many posts that try to portray it as otherwise on Slashdot. I would've thought that programmers and other techies who sell ideas for a living would've respected the rights of others that do the same to protect their livelihood.
From the article:
Why
Like many fun hacks, GlyphChess has paid off in unexpected ways. First, testing DataGlyph software and algorithm changes is a lot more engaging. It is hard to get excited about 99.98% vs. 99.97% decode rates in testsuite #73, but if a rook disappears, well that is simply unacceptable! We've found GlyphChess an excellent diagnostic and quality assurance motivator that inspires rapid bug hunting and closure. Second, it turns out some of the software technology refined for GlyphChess is applicable to more boring, but commercially important domains. Finally, GlyphChess is a compelling demonstration vehicle for DataGlyph Toolkit technical capabilities, including our DataGlyph location routines, our ability to decode arbitrarily rotated DataGlyphs, and our very high tolerance of variation in scan resolutions and positioning. GlyphChess works and it works well.
We also gained valuable experience about DataGlyph application building.
If they get rid of dedicated circuits then how am I going to get out of the Matrix anymore?
just a thought: how many corporate (or otherwise) IT admins would actually trust a system that enables someone beyond their control to remotely wipe their hard drive clean?
If this or any of the other methods to curb spam condone censorship, then so do the 'OFF' buttons on my radio and television.
Seriously, how is this news? Did anyone expect anything else?