I've always said I don't mind RFID tags as long as there are no laws mandating them.
I would probably choose to buy the product without a tag. And when I buy products that have them, I remove them.
But what concerns me is a law (and I could see this happening) that forbids anyone to remove RFID tags. That would scare the crap out of me. But up until that point, I'll handle the tags myself.
Even if the evidence is admissible in court, they'd have to prove where they got it from - which would be admitting their guilt to a crime. It may or may not get you off the hook. But whoever takes the rap for violating the DMCA themselves would also be hurting. I don't think they'd be able to sustain breaking a law repeatedly.
Suppose you implemented an encryption on the network such that all files and filenames were encrypted before being sent. It would be very simple and provide little actual security. Every client would have a "patented" decryption process. It would be the same on every client and not involve actual passwords. Whoever controlled the rights to this encryption/decryption process could controll the network. Kazaa can use the method in it's clients for free for example. RIAA... no, you may not use it.
Now if the RIAA, or anyone else, tries writing a bot to search the network, they either get encrypted data, or they break the encryption... DMCA ALERT
I'm sure some better minds could improve on it. But that's my idea.
That's why I'd like to see any slim encryption put on top of P2P. It would be really easy to brea... sure. But as long as we have that stupid DMCA, the RIAA couldn't scan for stuff like this.
This way we'll either keep the bastards out of our computers... OR... have the RIAA lobby against the DMCA!
This is a complex issue. On the one hand, the space program has many more benefits than initially aparent. Innumerable medical, technological, and biological discoveries have stemmed from NASA and the space program. These have disseminated into the public and have improved our overall quality of life. Presumably, similar discoveries would take place with such a large mission.
On the other hand, you are very right about the neglect of the poor and impoverished in our country. But I think this problem is one small part of an overarching social degradation. Organizations like the Red Cross are finding it harder to fund their programs. People don't give as much of their income to the poor anymore. And we have also become callous to the needs of those near us, in our own neighborhoods. Most people will not help someone that goes crawling past their door. This is partly due to the increased risk of crime (another growing social problem). But to feed and clothe all the people in the U.S. and the world will take action by individuals like us, and have a much larger impact that a government program that throws money... although that might help.
I tried to buy an absolute rotary encoder for a hobby project I'm working on. There isn't really a hobby market for these, so all I found were industrial prices. This is a simple device that translates an angular position into a decimal value. It's a little bigger than your thumb. The cheapest ones I could find were about $50. The most expensive were well into the thousands!
This is a basic position feedback unit. There are at least five in a stardard 6DOF robotic arm. If you are paying prices like that... They add up quick.
Perhaps I am just unlucky; I have had software and synchronization problems with my boss's palm. And to top that off, after I finally got it configured, there was a hardware error, and it had to be replaced!
I suppose statistically this will happen to someone no matter how good the product. But it seems to have happened to me an aweful lot.
I hope this is USABLE! I don't have a palm pc, and I won't have one for the forseeable future. I have fixed palm pc's for my boss and friends... and they are a nightmare! I hate them so, so much.
That being said, I don't really care how fast the processor is and the like (I don't plan to use my palm for computational computing). What I would really like to see is a palm that doesn't break once a week. That would do it for me. Stability will make me a paying customer.
This is about a lot more than just the flow of money. Right now the RIAA speaks for all the major record labels... and that sucks. They present a united front to legislaters when they make demands for DRM and the like. They can fix prices. And they can make claims like "Our industry will die if... So you need to...".
Hopefully the people involved in this program understand the politics of what they're doing as well as the monetary aspect. And if they do, I don't think they'd sell out to the RIAA. You never know; some people are just greedy. But I'd hope to see these guys grow to be the advocate for lesser known bands and really make a lot of money for themselves as well as for their bands.
And it would be great to have a member of the record industry who understands what their customers want and are willing to give it to them.
Of course these are the little guys. They will have a very hard time with the big boys of the music industry trying to squash them. (They view them as a threat... like they view just about everything.)
The only thing that will decide if they can stay in the fight is if their business model pays off. If it does, small, independant producers to nudge out the bastards that run the show right now. Which brings me to my next point...
Buy music from these guys! Find something you like and buy it. If you're not sure what to buy, buy from several bands and try them all. If you don't like any of it... buy a lot anyway! Help them give the boot to the established (bully) companies out there.
SCO is gonna jump on this one so fast...Trouble is, they don't know what they're talking about. Doesn't stop their FUD campaign though...
Suse is the one distribution SCO would have the hardest time tackling. It was acquired by NOVELL. SCO can always claim some bs about how RedHat stole their code. But SCO's code was NOVELL's to begin with. That hasn't all shaken out yet. But in my humble opinion, the only thing SCO can do about Suse Linux is sit on their hands and like it.
Are they allowing you to download the ISOs yet? That's what it'll take for me to use it. I've wanted to try it for a long time, but could never get it.
On the positive side, it looks like this thing whacks any competing virus it finds on your computer. So if you have a bunch of sneaky little programs on your computer, all you have to do is "install" this program, then remove it. It's like letting a wild cat loose in a house full of mice, then catching the cat.
I agree. This isn't the first instance of such a campaign and it probably won't be the last time you see something like it. I've seen it take many forms from targetting women to minorities to old people. The whole thing is just rediculous.
The only thing I want from a marketer are specs - not pictures of happy people using the product, not warm fuzzy slogans, and certainly not a message that their product was designed for me specifically... or for "the rest of us."
Specs please. What does it do. What doesn't it do. How much does it cost. Thank you.
I can say I see your point of view, and I agree with you that it seems impossible to reply to sigs. And also let me say that I have seen several anti-religious signatures and not been able to respond to them. That is why I responded with my own signature, as you can.
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Security has been the same for a while:
Don't open unused ports.
Don't make your system unnecessarily complex.
Don't use software if you haven't inspected it.
Don't give access to those who don't need it.
Handle every exception.
Assume your user is an a**hole/dumbass who will use your system every way except the way it was intended to be used.
"Well yah see sherif, I put my Pam & Tommy Lee movies and my Paris Hilton movie on your server, just for storage. I didn't know they were accessible for download... Anyway you owe me $300,000.00 for bandwidth."
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I've always said I don't mind RFID tags as long as there are no laws mandating them.
I would probably choose to buy the product without a tag. And when I buy products that have them, I remove them.
But what concerns me is a law (and I could see this happening) that forbids anyone to remove RFID tags. That would scare the crap out of me. But up until that point, I'll handle the tags myself.
Even if the evidence is admissible in court, they'd have to prove where they got it from - which would be admitting their guilt to a crime. It may or may not get you off the hook. But whoever takes the rap for violating the DMCA themselves would also be hurting. I don't think they'd be able to sustain breaking a law repeatedly.
They take $3000 from you, you take $3000 back.
I'm just thinking out loud here...
Suppose you implemented an encryption on the network such that all files and filenames were encrypted before being sent. It would be very simple and provide little actual security. Every client would have a "patented" decryption process. It would be the same on every client and not involve actual passwords. Whoever controlled the rights to this encryption/decryption process could controll the network. Kazaa can use the method in it's clients for free for example. RIAA... no, you may not use it.
Now if the RIAA, or anyone else, tries writing a bot to search the network, they either get encrypted data, or they break the encryption... DMCA ALERT
I'm sure some better minds could improve on it. But that's my idea.
That's why I'd like to see any slim encryption put on top of P2P. It would be really easy to brea... sure. But as long as we have that stupid DMCA, the RIAA couldn't scan for stuff like this.
This way we'll either keep the bastards out of our computers... OR... have the RIAA lobby against the DMCA!
"...any suggestions of how I can get a good laptop in the New York area when I am only there for 4 days?"
Hang out outside a nice hotel (where there's sure to be a conference) with a plastic gun.
This is a complex issue. On the one hand, the space program has many more benefits than initially aparent. Innumerable medical, technological, and biological discoveries have stemmed from NASA and the space program. These have disseminated into the public and have improved our overall quality of life. Presumably, similar discoveries would take place with such a large mission.
On the other hand, you are very right about the neglect of the poor and impoverished in our country. But I think this problem is one small part of an overarching social degradation. Organizations like the Red Cross are finding it harder to fund their programs. People don't give as much of their income to the poor anymore. And we have also become callous to the needs of those near us, in our own neighborhoods. Most people will not help someone that goes crawling past their door. This is partly due to the increased risk of crime (another growing social problem). But to feed and clothe all the people in the U.S. and the world will take action by individuals like us, and have a much larger impact that a government program that throws money... although that might help.
I tried to buy an absolute rotary encoder for a hobby project I'm working on. There isn't really a hobby market for these, so all I found were industrial prices. This is a simple device that translates an angular position into a decimal value. It's a little bigger than your thumb. The cheapest ones I could find were about $50. The most expensive were well into the thousands!
This is a basic position feedback unit. There are at least five in a stardard 6DOF robotic arm. If you are paying prices like that... They add up quick.
After further investigation, the budget breakdown is as follows:
Space craft - $500 Million
Mission control &
Support crew - $2 Million
Fuel - $800 Thousand
Diebold navigation system - $20 Million
SCO license for onboard CPU's - $699 * 500
Anti Virus software to ensure Windows
based fire suppression system
isn't infected before liftoff - $200
Man hunt for someone smart enough
to operate the spacecraft yet dumb
enough to ride it to Mars - $1 Trillion
Perhaps I am just unlucky; I have had software and synchronization problems with my boss's palm. And to top that off, after I finally got it configured, there was a hardware error, and it had to be replaced!
I suppose statistically this will happen to someone no matter how good the product. But it seems to have happened to me an aweful lot.
I hope this is USABLE! I don't have a palm pc, and I won't have one for the forseeable future. I have fixed palm pc's for my boss and friends... and they are a nightmare! I hate them so, so much.
That being said, I don't really care how fast the processor is and the like (I don't plan to use my palm for computational computing). What I would really like to see is a palm that doesn't break once a week. That would do it for me. Stability will make me a paying customer.
This is about a lot more than just the flow of money. Right now the RIAA speaks for all the major record labels... and that sucks. They present a united front to legislaters when they make demands for DRM and the like. They can fix prices. And they can make claims like "Our industry will die if ... So you need to ...".
Hopefully the people involved in this program understand the politics of what they're doing as well as the monetary aspect. And if they do, I don't think they'd sell out to the RIAA. You never know; some people are just greedy. But I'd hope to see these guys grow to be the advocate for lesser known bands and really make a lot of money for themselves as well as for their bands.
And it would be great to have a member of the record industry who understands what their customers want and are willing to give it to them.
Everybody Wins!!!
Of course these are the little guys. They will have a very hard time with the big boys of the music industry trying to squash them. (They view them as a threat... like they view just about everything.)
The only thing that will decide if they can stay in the fight is if their business model pays off. If it does, small, independant producers to nudge out the bastards that run the show right now. Which brings me to my next point...
Buy music from these guys! Find something you like and buy it. If you're not sure what to buy, buy from several bands and try them all. If you don't like any of it... buy a lot anyway! Help them give the boot to the established (bully) companies out there.
There were people running around in the streets with guns last time this happened.
This time the people are a little dumber, more dependant on tv, and the special effects are a lot better...
Give me a 200 million dollar research budget and I'd be happy to tape up as many vials full of germs as you want.
SCO is gonna jump on this one so fast...Trouble is, they don't know what they're talking about. Doesn't stop their FUD campaign though...
Suse is the one distribution SCO would have the hardest time tackling. It was acquired by NOVELL. SCO can always claim some bs about how RedHat stole their code. But SCO's code was NOVELL's to begin with. That hasn't all shaken out yet. But in my humble opinion, the only thing SCO can do about Suse Linux is sit on their hands and like it.
Are they allowing you to download the ISOs yet? That's what it'll take for me to use it. I've wanted to try it for a long time, but could never get it.
On the positive side, it looks like this thing whacks any competing virus it finds on your computer. So if you have a bunch of sneaky little programs on your computer, all you have to do is "install" this program, then remove it. It's like letting a wild cat loose in a house full of mice, then catching the cat.
A simple inspection of the iPod connectors is just as revealing...
The headphones wear the pants.
And when your printer gets old and you go looking for a new one ...
Watch out!!!
I agree. This isn't the first instance of such a campaign and it probably won't be the last time you see something like it. I've seen it take many forms from targetting women to minorities to old people. The whole thing is just rediculous.
The only thing I want from a marketer are specs - not pictures of happy people using the product, not warm fuzzy slogans, and certainly not a message that their product was designed for me specifically... or for "the rest of us."
Specs please. What does it do. What doesn't it do. How much does it cost. Thank you.
I can say I see your point of view, and I agree with you that it seems impossible to reply to sigs. And also let me say that I have seen several anti-religious signatures and not been able to respond to them. That is why I responded with my own signature, as you can.
Good point.
Security has been the same for a while:
Don't open unused ports.
Don't make your system unnecessarily complex.
Don't use software if you haven't inspected it.
Don't give access to those who don't need it.
Handle every exception.
Assume your user is an a**hole/dumbass who will use your system every way except the way it was intended to be used.
Dot your i's and cross your t's.
Now... Who wants to give me a book deal?
Have you seen their website? http://www.macomb-sheriff.com/
Their new web designer should probably go to jail too.
"Well yah see sherif, I put my Pam & Tommy Lee movies and my Paris Hilton movie on your server, just for storage. I didn't know they were accessible for download... Anyway you owe me $300,000.00 for bandwidth."