Man that might be a good idea. Hold the company responsible for the code they produce, but the responsibility can be waived (like now), if they open up the source.
Yes. If you do a HRTF measurement of your head+ears, plug that into the algorithm that generates the sound and put on heaphones, you will be unable to distinguish sounds from the headphones vs. sounds from outside (provided the environmental processing is realistic too).
The only problem is in doing the HRTF measurement. There are generic ones, that are currently used in sound cards, but since everyone's heads are different the generic ones won't match perfectly to most people.
Simply put: you have two ears. Thus you only need to provide two signals to get a perfect simulation of a real environment.
Where are these focus-on-mouseover window managers you speak of? The default behaviour these days is to have this turned off. And frankly, it makes sense. Focus-on-mouseover would be nice in Gimp, but not in the rest of the system.
There was an analogy with a bridge earlier. Bridges are designed with redundant security, you can (usually) put a lot more weight on them than what they are rated for.
In the same vein, instead of trying to make every part of the code perfect, how about designing some redundancy into the code?
I leave it as an exercise for the reader to figure out what the hell that means.
I conclude that the average information content of the entire universe is roughly zero, with a more or less uniform distribution. I have already indexed all of this on a blank piece of paper in my pocket. Do we really need more precision than that?
Knoppix is very good at detecting hardware that is part of the computer. It doesn't detect hardware that is not part of the computer, however.
In other words, just because there's one box, doesn't mean there's only one cmputer inside it, tehre can be several, all of the listening to voltage changes on wires. Now, you will only ever see one of these, the one you think is the only one, but there are actually 2 more, listening to the wires from the keyboard, and the usb port.
Bonus points if the video card independently records everything that occurs on-screen (i.e. changes in the video memory).
Full points if the main CPU identifies as a plain vanilla AuthenticAMD whatever, but actually comes with added spyware.
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I have a Zaurus c860. It contains some flash ram, ram, ports for adding extra flash ram or wireless cards, a 640x480 lcd screen, a keyboard, and linux.
Knoppix can only read what the hardware tells it to read. Try running Knoppix in VMWare, you'll notice that you can make it believe anything about your computer. Knoppix cannot detect if there is a keylogger installed in the keyboard. It cannot detect if the signals coming from the USB-key are really from the key, or rather from a device in between, reading the key, and generating the proper response while recording everything. The electronics for both of these can easily be hidden, inside a regular-looking keyboard, and a regular-looking usb port.
In short, Knoppix is a good solution for plain vanilla commodity hardware, as long as you know what it is. But if you have some sensitive data that someone wants, perhaps the hotel you're staying in provides some black-market services you're not aware of?
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Whoa.. flashback time.
I haven't wasted any time with this article yet. It's the first time I've seen it. Do you find you read slashdot too often?
When has any hospital done that?
Man that might be a good idea. Hold the company responsible for the code they produce, but the responsibility can be waived (like now), if they open up the source.
Google for HRTF.
The only problem is in doing the HRTF measurement. There are generic ones, that are currently used in sound cards, but since everyone's heads are different the generic ones won't match perfectly to most people.
Simply put: you have two ears. Thus you only need to provide two signals to get a perfect simulation of a real environment.
Where are these focus-on-mouseover window managers you speak of? The default behaviour these days is to have this turned off. And frankly, it makes sense. Focus-on-mouseover would be nice in Gimp, but not in the rest of the system.
Perhaps you used extrans (html to text)? I tried previewing with plain old text, but it still accepts html code. Must be a recent bug.
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The what?
On second thought.. it'd be great to have an accelerator connected to all the fans in the case. Especially the 120x120mm ones. WhhhooOOOmmmm!
Should I get a vaccine? I've heard they can carry a contagious strain of MS.
Let's try:
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Yeah, I think it kind of works... Mum, I found a new meme!
16 oz? A pocket full of one pound coins would surely weigh at least one pound, right?
Put your wallet in your front pants pocket.
As I understand it, making paper from old paper requires a fraction of the energy required for making paper from fresh, dead trees.
On fire.
In the same vein, instead of trying to make every part of the code perfect, how about designing some redundancy into the code?
I leave it as an exercise for the reader to figure out what the hell that means.
Well, ok. For a pure software solution, a modchip is out of place. But maybe a modchip will be possible now that some devkits are out in the wild.
I conclude that the average information content of the entire universe is roughly zero, with a more or less uniform distribution. I have already indexed all of this on a blank piece of paper in my pocket. Do we really need more precision than that?
In other words, just because there's one box, doesn't mean there's only one cmputer inside it, tehre can be several, all of the listening to voltage changes on wires. Now, you will only ever see one of these, the one you think is the only one, but there are actually 2 more, listening to the wires from the keyboard, and the usb port.
Bonus points if the video card independently records everything that occurs on-screen (i.e. changes in the video memory).
Full points if the main CPU identifies as a plain vanilla AuthenticAMD whatever, but actually comes with added spyware.
M'kay, time to go to sleep..
Of course not, they have a precious reputation to guard. But what about the cleaning maid that cleaned your room?
Do I get a prize now?
In Soviet Russia, USB drives you!
In short, Knoppix is a good solution for plain vanilla commodity hardware, as long as you know what it is. But if you have some sensitive data that someone wants, perhaps the hotel you're staying in provides some black-market services you're not aware of?