Shall I compare thee to bits of stone?
You serve less purpose, and cause much more trouble
The stone doth stay when roughest winds are gone
But when IPs are traced, you're already on the double
Sometimes too slow the mail servers are
And often is their total bandwith dimm'd
By thine empty headers who bring far
Less money than to you it must have seemed
But thy eternal spam-fest will not pass
Nor will you lose those d4rk-IPz j00 0wn
Nor shall/dev/null contain all your tries
To make some money, since your work's really worth none
So long as l4m3rs live and traffic's free
So long lives spam, and spam gives life to thee
This is not true RDF. This is actually Rich Site Summary.
Early in the development of RSS there was a slight intermingling with RDF.
The only current remant is the shared RDF namespace that RSS 1.0 uses. Slashdot uses RSS 0.9 so I can understand the confusion.
True RDF is REALLY cool and I hope this patent gets knocked back to/dev/null where it belongs. RDF can be used to create very complex graphs which computer systems can understand.
Even if it *was* technically possible, even if the code existed today, even if it JUST required a recompile, Microsoft wouldn't provide Office for Linux.
Why?
They are SCARED of Linux! They have NO idea what to do here.
There are some political arangements between MS and Apple that allow MS to port Office to MacOSX and still save face.
Office may be ported to Linux some day, it just won't be any time soon!
I am a big fan of Java. I think my accomplishments speak for themselves. I have done a lot of work under Jakarta and founded two of its core projects.
That said. I am very upset at what SUN has done to systematically *destroy* Java's potential.
In 1995 everything was great, Java was going to change the world.
Then they decided to play games, they pulled out of the standards committees and now there will be no ECMA or IEEE standard for Java.
Not only that but they have shown that they have NO interest in EVER Open Sourcing Java.
Every new Java specification is dumped into the JVM as proprietary code.
I mean I can understand that Open Sourcing a large proprietary product like Java can be hard. Good examples are the Mozilla and Tomcat projects. Proptietary products can end up using libraries that you don't have the license too. Not only that but you have to get sign off from all the morons that think proprietary is the only way to go.
But SUN *continues* to dump code into the proprietary JVM making it bigger and more bloated than ever before.
In case Some of you don't know, SUNs MO for extending the VM is to work on a dedicated sub-project outside of the VM and then getting it targeted for the next revision.
So for example JSSE (Java Secure Socket Extension). This is a external library that can just be plugged into any VM. Instead of releasing this as an external project that has different licensing they just dump it into JDK 1.4 with the same old stupid non-OSS license.
THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO DO IT SUN!
I think it is great that FreeBSD can now distribute the JDK.
It just seems too little too late for me.
Java has real competition now. They are not the ONLY game on the block.
Python and C# are going to give you a REAL run for your money SUN.
So, they way I see it, you have two options:
1. Loose. C# is an IEEE standard as well as the CLR. When mono is successful no one is going to want to use your proprietary JVM anymore.
2. *WIN* Open Source license the JVM. Yes... I know it is scarry but this is you ONLY choice. Java still has a lot of great momentum. (*cough* Jakarta *cough*)
Clearly you aren't interested in the standards process, this is fine. I can't blame you. Standards are not a panacea! Nice to have but not really a requirement.
So just BSD license it and be over with it. MS isn't going to steal it! They aren't interested in Java anymore.
What? Aren't going to Open Source Java?
Fine. I am just going to use C#.
Sorry if this seemed like a troll. I am just sick of these stupid games:(
Most of the computer industry now calls this Refactoring.
I would HIGHLY recommend the book "Refactoring" by Martin Fowler.
There is a number of things you should do here.
1. Document your plan and come up with an official PROPOSAL document. Allow others to comment on this document and incorporate fix all relevant issues.
I started using this under the Apache Jetspeed project and now a lot of other Apache projects are accepting this practice.
It really allows the community to become involved in your changes and encourages constructive feedback and involvement.
2. Break this into phases. You should NOT attempt to do this all at once. Each phase should be isolated and should consist of one unit of work.
Each phase should be branched off of CVS, worked on, stabilized, brought back into HEAD and tagged. You should then RUN this code in a semi-deployment role for a period of time to correct all issues which WILL arise with the updated code.
After this you can then start your next phase.
3. UNIT TESTS! If management (assuming you have management) has approved the time for this type of refactor then you need to take the time and write Unit Tests for each major component.
It is important that Unit Testing can sometimes be just as hard, if not harder, than the actual development itself.
In some situations you can avoid Unit Testing, some here are going to call me crazy for saying this but it is true. In a lot of high level applications, which are NOT used as libraries by other applications, you can bypass Unit Testing in order to increase development time. This is a dangerous practice but it is often outweighed by the extra functionality you will end up with in your product.
In other news. Russia announced today their "Hacker Protection Program" loosely modeled after the US Witness Protection Plan.
The plan is designed to protect intelligent Russian Software Engineers like Dimitry Sklyarov.
When asked for comment, Directory of Foreign Technological Relations, Boris Imatrov said "The US is quickly becoming a very oppressive government. In order to protect out technological interest we created Project 20380".
The plan is to man the vessel with the top 200 "hackers" living in Russia. In exchange for near total protection from US persecution (the ship is armed to the teeth and invisible to radar), the geeks will be responsible for making sure she is always patched with the latest Linux kernel and is resistant to all but the most coordinated DDOS attacks.
I mean it is great that Open Source projects exist, and they really help out a lot of people but it is important that those who are benefited reciprocate.
It is really a tragedy of the commons.
With successful Open Source projects like Linux, you have TONS of companies which base billions of dollars of business on these products.
Yet at the same time the Engineers have NO way of making money just by writing code.
The only way they can pay the bills is by joining a larger company like IBM that can act as a patron so that they can continue their work.
There are many examples of this:
- Linus works for Transmeta
- Alan Cox works for RedHat
... etc
What we really need to see happen is the users directly supporting the developers of these products.
Instead of downloading AbiWord for free. Why not donate $2-$5 through PayPal.
This would provide the ability for a few developers to work FULL TIME on AbiWord (or whatever) without having to worry about corporate bias.
They would be directly working for the client instead of for an intermediary (like IBM or Transmeta).
The software they keep private, the software they won't let you view the source code for, the software that they have used to create a global monopoly.
For some reason they seem to have movie info MONTHS before everyone else finds out about it.
Want to find out if there will be a sequel to your favorite move? Check out IMDB. I saw the austin power sequels about 6 - 8 months (including casting) before anyone else found out.
hm... maybe Arnold will give some of his money to the EFF
It has been 10 years since quicktime, most other codecs have been around for a while (MPEG, etc).
There are a lot of misc implementations of quicktime, mpeg, etc. Most are mediocre at best. Certainly none are of the quality I expect from Open Source software.
I mean even DVD support for Linux isn't that great (hi MPAA!).
So what is the problem? Why can't we get a stable Open Source project that handles video, supports multiple codes, and is Open Source?
Do I have to rely on the crossover plugin and the proprietary QuickTime on Linux? I hope not?
The major difference is that we are reusing existing P2P protocols and will provide bindings for JXTA, Freenet, Jabber, etc.
Content is syndicated in between nodes as XML (RSS, etc). An index is kept of all the content so you can run local searches. Actually we use Hypersonic SQL so you have a very FAST in-memory index of all this stuff.
Users publish information into the system by adding a item to their local weblog. Remote users can subscribe to this channel and will receive updates via the P2P layer.
We are also working on a reputation, and distributed public key authentication model. This is obviously very tough and we have been working at it for a while...
> A realatively inexpensive device (solar maybe) for > the kids' shirt. You lose your kid? Go to the
> security desk, and they can find what AP your kid > is closest too.
Slashdot Mirror
Shall I compare thee to bits of stone?
/dev/null contain all your tries
You serve less purpose, and cause much more trouble
The stone doth stay when roughest winds are gone
But when IPs are traced, you're already on the double
Sometimes too slow the mail servers are
And often is their total bandwith dimm'd
By thine empty headers who bring far
Less money than to you it must have seemed
But thy eternal spam-fest will not pass
Nor will you lose those d4rk-IPz j00 0wn
Nor shall
To make some money, since your work's really worth none
So long as l4m3rs live and traffic's free
So long lives spam, and spam gives life to thee
This is an evil plot from the spamlords to get us to actualy read the spam we get, instead of trashing it.
What's next - magnetic spam for your refrigerator?
Way to go dude!
9 20 9&mode=thread
Another duplicate!
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/12/02/135
I hope you don't get paid for this!
wonder if this will happen before MS is actually punished for their monopolistic behavior??
I wonder if I can killfile Timothy... this way I won't get duplicate articles anymore! :)
Slashdot does not use RDF.
/dev/null where it belongs. RDF can be used to create very complex graphs which computer systems can understand.
What you are thinking of is the slashdot RSS feed.
This is not true RDF. This is actually Rich Site Summary.
Early in the development of RSS there was a slight intermingling with RDF.
The only current remant is the shared RDF namespace that RSS 1.0 uses. Slashdot uses RSS 0.9 so I can understand the confusion.
True RDF is REALLY cool and I hope this patent gets knocked back to
We are working on a distributed Reputation system and RDF graphs will probably play a major role.
Also. If you are interested in doing some cool stuff with RSS I would recommend checking out Reptile
Kevin
Could someone PLEASE answer this for me? I am confused.
Is this what Mosfet looks like? Is this him in drag? Who is that in the picture!?
I mean, if Mosfet wants to dress in drag, that is cool I don't care (heck, I live in San Francisco). I just want to find out what the deal is!
Is this just something the is into? Men dressing like crazy aggressive women?
There are some more pictures in his PixiePlus screenshots.
Anyway...
Kevin
You guys are missing the most important part.
:)
Even if it *was* technically possible, even if the code existed today, even if it JUST required a recompile, Microsoft wouldn't provide Office for Linux.
Why?
They are SCARED of Linux! They have NO idea what to do here.
There are some political arangements between MS and Apple that allow MS to port Office to MacOSX and still save face.
Office may be ported to Linux some day, it just won't be any time soon!
Of course, I don't care, I use Emacs!
Kevin
I am a big fan of Java. I think my accomplishments speak for themselves. I have done a lot of work under Jakarta and founded two of its core projects.
:(
:)
That said. I am very upset at what SUN has done to systematically *destroy* Java's potential.
In 1995 everything was great, Java was going to change the world.
Then they decided to play games, they pulled out of the standards committees and now there will be no ECMA or IEEE standard for Java.
Not only that but they have shown that they have NO interest in EVER Open Sourcing Java.
Every new Java specification is dumped into the JVM as proprietary code.
I mean I can understand that Open Sourcing a large proprietary product like Java can be hard. Good examples are the Mozilla and Tomcat projects. Proptietary products can end up using libraries that you don't have the license too. Not only that but you have to get sign off from all the morons that think proprietary is the only way to go.
But SUN *continues* to dump code into the proprietary JVM making it bigger and more bloated than ever before.
In case Some of you don't know, SUNs MO for extending the VM is to work on a dedicated sub-project outside of the VM and then getting it targeted for the next revision.
So for example JSSE (Java Secure Socket Extension). This is a external library that can just be plugged into any VM. Instead of releasing this as an external project that has different licensing they just dump it into JDK 1.4 with the same old stupid non-OSS license.
THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO DO IT SUN!
I think it is great that FreeBSD can now distribute the JDK.
It just seems too little too late for me.
Java has real competition now. They are not the ONLY game on the block.
Python and C# are going to give you a REAL run for your money SUN.
So, they way I see it, you have two options:
1. Loose. C# is an IEEE standard as well as the CLR. When mono is successful no one is going to want to use your proprietary JVM anymore.
2. *WIN* Open Source license the JVM. Yes... I know it is scarry but this is you ONLY choice. Java still has a lot of great momentum. (*cough* Jakarta *cough*)
Clearly you aren't interested in the standards process, this is fine. I can't blame you. Standards are not a panacea! Nice to have but not really a requirement.
So just BSD license it and be over with it. MS isn't going to steal it! They aren't interested in Java anymore.
What? Aren't going to Open Source Java?
Fine. I am just going to use C#.
Sorry if this seemed like a troll. I am just sick of these stupid games
I just want to change the world. Is that so bad
Most of the computer industry now calls this Refactoring.
I would HIGHLY recommend the book "Refactoring" by Martin Fowler.
There is a number of things you should do here.
1. Document your plan and come up with an official PROPOSAL document. Allow others to comment on this document and incorporate fix all relevant issues.
I started using this under the Apache Jetspeed project and now a lot of other Apache projects are accepting this practice.
It really allows the community to become involved in your changes and encourages constructive feedback and involvement.
2. Break this into phases. You should NOT attempt to do this all at once. Each phase should be isolated and should consist of one unit of work.
Each phase should be branched off of CVS, worked on, stabilized, brought back into HEAD and tagged. You should then RUN this code in a semi-deployment role for a period of time to correct all issues which WILL arise with the updated code.
After this you can then start your next phase.
3. UNIT TESTS! If management (assuming you have management) has approved the time for this type of refactor then you need to take the time and write Unit Tests for each major component.
It is important that Unit Testing can sometimes be just as hard, if not harder, than the actual development itself.
In some situations you can avoid Unit Testing, some here are going to call me crazy for saying this but it is true. In a lot of high level applications, which are NOT used as libraries by other applications, you can bypass Unit Testing in order to increase development time. This is a dangerous practice but it is often outweighed by the extra functionality you will end up with in your product.
Anyway. Good luck!
Kevin
In other news. Russia announced today their "Hacker Protection Program" loosely modeled after the US Witness Protection Plan.
The plan is designed to protect intelligent Russian Software Engineers like Dimitry Sklyarov.
When asked for comment, Directory of Foreign Technological Relations, Boris Imatrov said "The US is quickly becoming a very oppressive government. In order to protect out technological interest we created Project 20380".
The plan is to man the vessel with the top 200 "hackers" living in Russia. In exchange for near total protection from US persecution (the ship is armed to the teeth and invisible to radar), the geeks will be responsible for making sure she is always patched with the latest Linux kernel and is resistant to all but the most coordinated DDOS attacks.
>> "Pointless competition is only holding linux
>> back."
> Funny, because competition between GNOME and KDE
> is *EXACTLY* what has made both GNOME and KDE
> mature so much.
Really? Says who? You?!
I think that competition is good in some cases but there are a LOT of overlapping areas with GNOME and KDE.
We don't have to compete on EVERYTHING do we?
After all, a lot of OSS projects have no competition and they do fine. The only competition is lack of a feature set.
We don't need duplicate file formats. We don't need duplicate icon sets and teams. We don't need separate configuration mechanisms.
... etc...
I think things are stabilizing though. QT is now GPL and I it looks like the KDE and GNOME teams are cooperating.
Kevin
I wish more Open Source projects would do this.
I mean it is great that Open Source projects exist, and they really help out a lot of people but it is important that those who are benefited reciprocate.
It is really a tragedy of the commons.
With successful Open Source projects like Linux, you have TONS of companies which base billions of dollars of business on these products.
Yet at the same time the Engineers have NO way of making money just by writing code.
The only way they can pay the bills is by joining a larger company like IBM that can act as a patron so that they can continue their work.
There are many examples of this:
- Linus works for Transmeta
- Alan Cox works for RedHat
... etc
What we really need to see happen is the users directly supporting the developers of these products.
Instead of downloading AbiWord for free. Why not donate $2-$5 through PayPal.
This would provide the ability for a few developers to work FULL TIME on AbiWord (or whatever) without having to worry about corporate bias.
They would be directly working for the client instead of for an intermediary (like IBM or Transmeta).
Freenet is doing this
I just wish it would catch on...
No they don't!
:)
:)
You DO read your EULA don't you???
They claim NO WARRANTY on the software you use.
The software they keep private, the software they won't let you view the source code for, the software that they have used to create a global monopoly.
They have a LOT of nerve! huh!?
Don't like it? Donate to the EFF!
Hm. 10 pictures at ~ 500k each.
That is 5M per client !!!!
Can someone say Slashdot effect!!!???
yow @Q#$@#$%^
Kevin
Here is the link to Terminator 3 on IMDB.
For some reason they seem to have movie info MONTHS before everyone else finds out about it.
Want to find out if there will be a sequel to your favorite move? Check out IMDB. I saw the austin power sequels about 6 - 8 months (including casting) before anyone else found out.
hm... maybe Arnold will give some of his money to the EFF
OK.
I was a BIG fan of my Ricochet before they folded.
Did you know you can get 256k out of the Ricochet!?
That is right! If you have USB and big UART patch, you can get 256k in optimal conditions.
I would see 220-250kbps a LOT of the time.
Since the fell, I have been stuck using 802.11b.
There is starting to get *some* penetration in the market (mostly Starbucks) but 802.11 will not see the ubiquity that Ricochet saw.
That and the fact that 256k *with* ubiquity (in major cities) combined with 802.11 really make the two a killer combination.
So charge whatever you want! JUST GET IT WORKING AGAIN! I could seriously pay aroun $100 a month for this. Maybe more.
JUST GET IT WORKING!
Kevin
OK.
It has been 10 years since quicktime, most other codecs have been around for a while (MPEG, etc).
There are a lot of misc implementations of quicktime, mpeg, etc. Most are mediocre at best. Certainly none are of the quality I expect from Open Source software.
I mean even DVD support for Linux isn't that great (hi MPAA!).
So what is the problem? Why can't we get a stable Open Source project that handles video, supports multiple codes, and is Open Source?
Do I have to rely on the crossover plugin and the proprietary QuickTime on Linux? I hope not?
Kevin
This is slightly similar to my Reptile project which was covered a while back on slashdot
The major difference is that we are reusing existing P2P protocols and will provide bindings for JXTA, Freenet, Jabber, etc.
Content is syndicated in between nodes as XML (RSS, etc). An index is kept of all the content so you can run local searches. Actually we use Hypersonic SQL so you have a very FAST in-memory index of all this stuff.
Users publish information into the system by adding a item to their local weblog. Remote users can subscribe to this channel and will receive updates via the P2P layer.
We are also working on a reputation, and distributed public key authentication model. This is obviously very tough and we have been working at it for a while...
Hopefully we will have another release out soon.
Anyway.. check it out!
OK. I hate the DMCA.
But the court may have been right here.
I still don't like the fact that he was even threatened with a lawsuit but legal threats were present BEFORE the DMCA.
Felten did get to publish his research, he wasn't sued.
I do believe that this will fall though but we need the RIAA to actually try to use this before we can push this down through the courts....
> A realatively inexpensive device (solar maybe) for > the kids' shirt. You lose your kid? Go to the
:(
> security desk, and they can find what AP your kid > is closest too.
%shell%: ping johny.doe.disneyland.disney.com
ping: unknown host johny.doe.disneyland.disney.com
"ah... Mam... We have a problem..."
Thanks a LOT dude!
Your subject line didn't have to start with "will lost"
dork
I am very excited about this development.
Being part of generation-X. I was not born early enough to have participated in the *first* exctinction of the thylacine!
This way we get to bring it back to life, raise about 1000 of them, and then hunt them into extinction again! YAY!
And. Since we have moore's law, 18 months from now we will be able to make twice as many tigers for 1/2 the cost!
Man I love this stuff.
I want to get one as a pet! I will be getting laid BIG TIME at that point!
Imagine if you had a beowolf cluster of these things!
Kevin
Does magic lantern require a search warrant?
Does this qualify as wire tapping?
Does the international cybercrime treaty apply here?
Can they install this virus on a computer in another country ? (where US due process may not apply?)
Just some thoughts.