The DVD:s have for most people a "sufficient" quality.
Other items are:
Sony and the copy protection software mess.
Overly complicated technology when it comes to general copy protection measures. As if that would stop the pirates...
The storage capacity of a BD disk compared to hard disks indicates that there will be other technologies around the corner.
So essentially Blu-ray is not the big thing that the DVD was when it came, and the video on demand services from various providers are also competing with the media center at home now.
Next we'll see a law demanding that all web cameras have a flip lid that can block the vision and a non-hackable indicator that indicates when it's on.
Considering the long time of low standards when it comes to protection against forging of passports this is hardly surprising.
And turn it on it's head instead - the majority of the people traveling around the world shouldn't be needing passports or visas. It's only a select few that actually are of interest to the authorities, so maybe it's time to find a better method.
You are probably one of the bullies on the net anyway so you seem to lack any kind of emotions except hate. And complete lack of empathy is what indicates a bully.
If you have been on the receiving end of bullying then you wouldn't even have considered writing what you wrote.
And as soon as you have software and data on your computer you have copyrighted data on it. The question is more if you are breaking the copyright or not by having it there.
The suspicion is that the seizures will have more to do with MPAA and RIAA than with any materials related to terrorism.
Just go figure how much data you need in reality to perform a terrorist action and how easy it is to hide with various technologies like steganography etc. It's easier to hunt mosquitos with baseball bats than to find terrorist plans by seizure.
I would say that invasion of privacy is worse than a high tax situation.
And don't forget that the US taxes are relatively low compared to many other countries - and still a lot is wasted on actions like Iraq. Just sit down and wait for the bill to show up. It will drop in sooner or later.
You can always blame Bush - he's a valid target. The question is more if you can make it stick.
In any case - it would be easier for the customs to strike down on foreign citizens than US citizens since US citizens can get better contact with suitable lawyers. A foreigner is usually in the country for a limited time and may not have the time and resources that's needed to actually resolve the situation.
The operating system behavior with functions will be even more cloudy.
An application will reside somewhere in the cloud and it will be harder to realize if it is a legitimate application or if it is some malicious program.
Of course - there will be advantages too with an OS like that, especially for distributed computing problems.
Or as in the classic SF story with the question of "Does God exist?" - "Yes NOW there is a God" when all the computers in the net got connected. And the man trying to disable the connection got vaporized by a lightning.
And the bank may still have it's own CA or use a self-signed certificate. That will also work fine, but only if the bank provides you as a user with sufficient information regarding this.
Not really a problem, just that the self signed certificate is unknown to your browser.
Don't forget that once it is installed it is no different from a well-known certificate and SSH uses the same approach by allowing you as a first-time user to accept the server signature and barf if it has changed.
Man in the middle still imposes a directed attack on you. In many cases SSL is sufficient to just obscure information like passwords used at public sites like Slashdot.
I someone does a man in the middle on that it means that they really are out to get me and my password, but in that case they have already invested enough to also cause other problems so the Slashdot password is a minor problem. The encryption will do fine to avoid it being snooped while transferred over WLAN.
But of course - I would be pissed if someone did get my Slashdot password and abused it.
If you run a self-signed certificate you still can get the man in the middle protection.
There is no difference there, the only difference is that you don't have to pay for a certificate from a well-known root CA. The "insecurity" of not using a well-known CA is only a commercial stunt.
As a web admin you will of course also have to maintain the certificate store, but that may be very easy if you only have a handful of clients. And if you have a handful of clients you may install the root certificate in a controlled situation on the clients, so not even there you have a big problem with insecurity.
I would tell the NOAA to go and do their job instead. Pictures on a certain occasion are useless out of context - and NOAA has probably more competition from other governments than private outfits.
I would like to see a case about this in court since I think NOAA will have a hard time making it stick.
Don't grow pot in the first place. And you will get rid of the problems breaking federal law.
Anyway - these "No Trespassing" signs that are posted without giving a reasonable reason are sometimes giving me a feeling that they are in place just to hide suspicious activities.
A "No Trespassing - Shooting Range" is fairly obvious. As are the signs on construction sites. But for a non-descript piece of land it gives the feeling that there are reasons you may not want to be involved in.
Slashdot Mirror
I think that I'll go back to 8051 and Z80 coding.
The DVD:s have for most people a "sufficient" quality.
Other items are:
So essentially Blu-ray is not the big thing that the DVD was when it came, and the video on demand services from various providers are also competing with the media center at home now.
Next we'll see a law demanding that all web cameras have a flip lid that can block the vision and a non-hackable indicator that indicates when it's on.
Considering the long time of low standards when it comes to protection against forging of passports this is hardly surprising.
And turn it on it's head instead - the majority of the people traveling around the world shouldn't be needing passports or visas. It's only a select few that actually are of interest to the authorities, so maybe it's time to find a better method.
Personally I would say that it was a violation of freedom of speech - which is a different issue.
You are probably one of the bullies on the net anyway so you seem to lack any kind of emotions except hate. And complete lack of empathy is what indicates a bully.
If you have been on the receiving end of bullying then you wouldn't even have considered writing what you wrote.
I wouldn't dare use Python for any serious application, it's even worse than C.
It brings back all the strange bugs and mistakes of Basic of old ages.
It can prove to be some really interesting cases there. Are all those areas the same as Guantanamo? What rules does apply there? UN regulations?
Copywrite - it isn't, "COPYRIGHT" it is...
And as soon as you have software and data on your computer you have copyrighted data on it. The question is more if you are breaking the copyright or not by having it there.
The suspicion is that the seizures will have more to do with MPAA and RIAA than with any materials related to terrorism.
Just go figure how much data you need in reality to perform a terrorist action and how easy it is to hide with various technologies like steganography etc. It's easier to hunt mosquitos with baseball bats than to find terrorist plans by seizure.
I would say that invasion of privacy is worse than a high tax situation.
And don't forget that the US taxes are relatively low compared to many other countries - and still a lot is wasted on actions like Iraq. Just sit down and wait for the bill to show up. It will drop in sooner or later.
You can always blame Bush - he's a valid target. The question is more if you can make it stick.
In any case - it would be easier for the customs to strike down on foreign citizens than US citizens since US citizens can get better contact with suitable lawyers. A foreigner is usually in the country for a limited time and may not have the time and resources that's needed to actually resolve the situation.
And probably this is caused by an over-consumption of Midori.
Or that Microsoft will be owned by Dell because of the use of Cloud Computing.
Or a dupe generator allowing spammers to sell even more V1agra.
The operating system behavior with functions will be even more cloudy.
An application will reside somewhere in the cloud and it will be harder to realize if it is a legitimate application or if it is some malicious program.
Of course - there will be advantages too with an OS like that, especially for distributed computing problems.
Or as in the classic SF story with the question of "Does God exist?" - "Yes NOW there is a God" when all the computers in the net got connected. And the man trying to disable the connection got vaporized by a lightning.
And the bank may still have it's own CA or use a self-signed certificate. That will also work fine, but only if the bank provides you as a user with sufficient information regarding this.
See this as an analog with the SSH solution.
Not really a problem, just that the self signed certificate is unknown to your browser.
Don't forget that once it is installed it is no different from a well-known certificate and SSH uses the same approach by allowing you as a first-time user to accept the server signature and barf if it has changed.
Man in the middle still imposes a directed attack on you. In many cases SSL is sufficient to just obscure information like passwords used at public sites like Slashdot.
I someone does a man in the middle on that it means that they really are out to get me and my password, but in that case they have already invested enough to also cause other problems so the Slashdot password is a minor problem. The encryption will do fine to avoid it being snooped while transferred over WLAN.
But of course - I would be pissed if someone did get my Slashdot password and abused it.
If you run a self-signed certificate you still can get the man in the middle protection.
There is no difference there, the only difference is that you don't have to pay for a certificate from a well-known root CA. The "insecurity" of not using a well-known CA is only a commercial stunt.
As a web admin you will of course also have to maintain the certificate store, but that may be very easy if you only have a handful of clients. And if you have a handful of clients you may install the root certificate in a controlled situation on the clients, so not even there you have a big problem with insecurity.
Since they are charging more they are fueling the piracy.
Like needing a space suit to be able to spacewalk.
Like those of us that played Space Quest, Kings Quest or Leisure Suit Larry (who were looking for love in the wrong places)
I would tell the NOAA to go and do their job instead. Pictures on a certain occasion are useless out of context - and NOAA has probably more competition from other governments than private outfits.
I would like to see a case about this in court since I think NOAA will have a hard time making it stick.
Don't grow pot in the first place. And you will get rid of the problems breaking federal law.
Anyway - these "No Trespassing" signs that are posted without giving a reasonable reason are sometimes giving me a feeling that they are in place just to hide suspicious activities.
A "No Trespassing - Shooting Range" is fairly obvious. As are the signs on construction sites. But for a non-descript piece of land it gives the feeling that there are reasons you may not want to be involved in.
What about Sarbanes-Oxley? Maybe it doesn't apply?
If it applies you may well use that as a weapon to let you auto-archive your mails.
Not allowing you to save your mails in a PST file is (insert favorite expletive here) stupid...