Yea, they're pissed, but just because a lot of people are pissed off, doesn't necessarily make the decision wrong. Don't get me wrong, I don't agree with the judge's decision, but just because a lot of people don't agree with it does not make it the wrong decision.
Sadly, the majority of the people in the U.S. (and probably in the rest of the world) are stupid. This is probably one of the reasons why we don't live in a pure democracy. If the people got to vote for everything, we would make some very poor decisions. The idea is that we vote for people that are hopefully intelligent enough to make these decisions for us (that's how its SUPPOSED to work anyways).
Does anyone know of any other situations where Google has had to filter their results? I wonder what else we could be missing by assuming Google's results are so accurate and undoctored. At least there is a disclaimer at the bottom of the kazaa lite search results (for now).
What if that application, say, an FTP client, requires access to the internet to do its job? So you allow it access to the internet for this purpose, but could it still sneak its connections in to its home server since the firewall assumes this is legitimate behavior?
Please pardon my lack of knowledge on this subject, but as far as I know and from I get from the uncertainty principle and quantum mechanics, the only truely pure random thing in our universe is nuclear decay. Supposedly there is absolutely no way to predict when the next particle will decay from the nucleus of a radioactive atom. These ideas are used for this random number generator. Essentially, you can download a set of numbers generated by their radioactive element. This seems much more truely random and a bit more portable than lugging around camera equipment (although internet connectivity may be an issue, and you may not be able to generate as many random bits as frequently).
I think the idea is that Nullsoft released it under Nullsoft's name for their brand equity (everyone has heard of Nullsoft). They probably knew that AOL wasn't going to like it and pull it anyways, but it was just to get the exposure.
AOL can do whatever they want with Nullsoft's software (probably in the contract somewhere when they were bought).
The idea is that Nullsoft starts this open source idea, knowing they won't be able to develop it further after AOL pulls the plug, and they let the rest of the community take over (same idea with Gnutella). Notice how well the docs say where the flaws are and what areas are needed for improvement?
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Yea, they're pissed, but just because a lot of people are pissed off, doesn't necessarily make the decision wrong. Don't get me wrong, I don't agree with the judge's decision, but just because a lot of people don't agree with it does not make it the wrong decision. Sadly, the majority of the people in the U.S. (and probably in the rest of the world) are stupid. This is probably one of the reasons why we don't live in a pure democracy. If the people got to vote for everything, we would make some very poor decisions. The idea is that we vote for people that are hopefully intelligent enough to make these decisions for us (that's how its SUPPOSED to work anyways).
Does anyone know of any other situations where Google has had to filter their results? I wonder what else we could be missing by assuming Google's results are so accurate and undoctored. At least there is a disclaimer at the bottom of the kazaa lite search results (for now).
What if that application, say, an FTP client, requires access to the internet to do its job? So you allow it access to the internet for this purpose, but could it still sneak its connections in to its home server since the firewall assumes this is legitimate behavior?
Please pardon my lack of knowledge on this subject, but as far as I know and from I get from the uncertainty principle and quantum mechanics, the only truely pure random thing in our universe is nuclear decay. Supposedly there is absolutely no way to predict when the next particle will decay from the nucleus of a radioactive atom. These ideas are used for this random number generator. Essentially, you can download a set of numbers generated by their radioactive element. This seems much more truely random and a bit more portable than lugging around camera equipment (although internet connectivity may be an issue, and you may not be able to generate as many random bits as frequently).
I was planning a trip to Egypt to watch the Matrix Reloaded. :(
I think the idea is that Nullsoft released it under Nullsoft's name for their brand equity (everyone has heard of Nullsoft). They probably knew that AOL wasn't going to like it and pull it anyways, but it was just to get the exposure. AOL can do whatever they want with Nullsoft's software (probably in the contract somewhere when they were bought). The idea is that Nullsoft starts this open source idea, knowing they won't be able to develop it further after AOL pulls the plug, and they let the rest of the community take over (same idea with Gnutella). Notice how well the docs say where the flaws are and what areas are needed for improvement?