If spammers are so good at subverting systems meant to prove humaneness(i.e. problems that are easy for the human mind but hard for computers), why not use this for some societal advantage... build complex problems from programing and cognitive-science into puzzle problems, wait for the spammers to work it out, and then buy (or better yet, just take) their methods from them.
Visual recognition of objects, faces, labeling of sounds, identifying objects, etc. etc. etc.
many artists and scientists change their work over time. Darwin had multiple editions of Origins, there are dozens of different copys of The Screem and Walt Whitman drastically changed Leaves of Grass.
Most of the best music evolves over time, especially live.
However, with movies I wouldn't want to see five different versions of Gigli
It is kind of strange that they would return the originals. I imagine that would mean there was nothing on the drives which had any value as evidence or the drive was worth more returned with the hope that someone would retreave something off the drive that was there originally or added by the FBI.
I imagine the actual drives on the computer will never again be networked, but alot of the content might.
"We have coding on the chip that's licensed from the CIA that's really hard to scrape off without permanently damaging the chip"
I feel safer already.
Its kind of funny how hard the guy is struggling to come up with some rational reasons why these tags would be any benifit to consumers at all. I meen, matching different shoe models and exchanging electronic business cards???? These things can already be done electronically (POS terminals/PDA infra-red (does anyone use this??) and doesn't really offer any benifits.
As for phones that can read RFID tags, I am sure that will be secure.
However, from a business-pragmatic sense, there is no stopping it. Walmart can fire everyone but security and the old senile people at the front door and hire monkeys with RFID chips, GPS, and electric-shock collars to stock shelves.
Bastard monkeys, come here and steal our low-paying, inhuman jobs.
I think the real risk of the interference is low, but it would actually be funny if it looked like everyone on the floor flatlined at once, as someone walks by talking on their cell phone."
Unless, of course, one of those people was flatlining.
Not sure if anyone else saw this, but a few months back I found what looked like a poor-quality leeked trailer for The Hobit on Kazaa or Bittorrent. It had most of the same characters, a few borrowed scenes, and what looked like new scenes, including CG of the dragon.
(a) The popular (as in Kazaa) filesharing apps will allow the DRM-crippled files because there will be a profit incentive for them in the deal
(b) music industry "sponcered" seeds of DRM-crippled files will appear all over the networks, many users (other then the slashdot crowd) will end up downloading crippled files
(c) this will leed to (i) users purchasing rights for songs when they stop working, or (ii) user frustration with poor quality, mis-named, and drm-crippled files on the open-networks, and may be pushed towards the legal services.
either way it seems the record industry will gain ground by destabalizing the file sharing experience and pushing people towards legal services.
And i guess that the NSA has no motives of their own in probing linux security and getting the assistance of contributing coders given that a number of foreign governments (china, etc) are moving towards adopting linux in secure environments.
Anyone have any thoughts about the ethical issues of contributing code to a government agency like the NSA?
Putting on my tin-foil-hat
Paco
Speaking as a Canadian, I apologise for inflicting both Celine Dion and Brian Adams on the world.
Now, don't you have something to say about the Backstreet Boys and Barbra Streisand?
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If spammers are so good at subverting systems meant to prove humaneness(i.e. problems that are easy for the human mind but hard for computers), why not use this for some societal advantage... build complex problems from programing and cognitive-science into puzzle problems, wait for the spammers to work it out, and then buy (or better yet, just take) their methods from them. Visual recognition of objects, faces, labeling of sounds, identifying objects, etc. etc. etc.
many artists and scientists change their work over time. Darwin had multiple editions of Origins, there are dozens of different copys of The Screem and Walt Whitman drastically changed Leaves of Grass.
Most of the best music evolves over time, especially live.
However, with movies I wouldn't want to see five different versions of Gigli
It is kind of strange that they would return the originals. I imagine that would mean there was nothing on the drives which had any value as evidence or the drive was worth more returned with the hope that someone would retreave something off the drive that was there originally or added by the FBI.
I imagine the actual drives on the computer will never again be networked, but alot of the content might.
My favorite quote...
"We have coding on the chip that's licensed from the CIA that's really hard to scrape off without permanently damaging the chip"
I feel safer already.
Its kind of funny how hard the guy is struggling to come up with some rational reasons why these tags would be any benifit to consumers at all. I meen, matching different shoe models and exchanging electronic business cards???? These things can already be done electronically (POS terminals/PDA infra-red (does anyone use this??) and doesn't really offer any benifits.
As for phones that can read RFID tags, I am sure that will be secure.
However, from a business-pragmatic sense, there is no stopping it. Walmart can fire everyone but security and the old senile people at the front door and hire monkeys with RFID chips, GPS, and electric-shock collars to stock shelves.
Bastard monkeys, come here and steal our low-paying, inhuman jobs.
I think the real risk of the interference is low, but it would actually be funny if it looked like everyone on the floor flatlined at once, as someone walks by talking on their cell phone."
Unless, of course, one of those people was flatlining.
Not sure if anyone else saw this, but a few months back I found what looked like a poor-quality leeked trailer for The Hobit on Kazaa or Bittorrent. It had most of the same characters, a few borrowed scenes, and what looked like new scenes, including CG of the dragon.
Anyone else see this, or know anything about it?
Or
(a) The popular (as in Kazaa) filesharing apps will allow the DRM-crippled files because there will be a profit incentive for them in the deal
(b) music industry "sponcered" seeds of DRM-crippled files will appear all over the networks, many users (other then the slashdot crowd) will end up downloading crippled files
(c) this will leed to (i) users purchasing rights for songs when they stop working, or (ii) user frustration with poor quality, mis-named, and drm-crippled files on the open-networks, and may be pushed towards the legal services.
either way it seems the record industry will gain ground by destabalizing the file sharing experience and pushing people towards legal services.
Paco
And i guess that the NSA has no motives of their own in probing linux security and getting the assistance of contributing coders given that a number of foreign governments (china, etc) are moving towards adopting linux in secure environments. Anyone have any thoughts about the ethical issues of contributing code to a government agency like the NSA? Putting on my tin-foil-hat Paco
Speaking as a Canadian, I apologise for inflicting both Celine Dion and Brian Adams on the world. Now, don't you have something to say about the Backstreet Boys and Barbra Streisand?