Well, I guess that depends on your definition of "working"
it may be working to reduce P2P, but is it also working to reduce sales of records, or also working to alienate their customers? it has with me, i guess it remains to be seen whether thats the case with sales figures 6-12 months from now.
Thankfully, his calculations are much LESS complicated than the formulae used to compute the bowl championship series rankings.
Oddly enough, they are also more accurate, and I would be willing to bet that his formula could easily be converted over verbatim, applied to college football, and STILL come out with a better ranking system for college teams than the BCS.
whoever wrote up this article must be using really old exchange rate tables. 24.3 million euros is worth closer to 29 million US Dollars, not 17 million
just setting up a box to be hacked isnt really a good way to test hackers. 90% of "hacking" is sniffing passwords off a network and social engineering.
both of those aren't an option here on a box that isn't used by anyone, just sitting there.
FTP Timestamps are added by the FTP server. the FTP protocol only transfers the contents of the file, and then recreates that file in the native file system. since file modification dates are/not/ part of a file, but part of the file system, this information is NOT PART OF A FILE DURING FTP TRANSFER
this means that whoever put the file there, put it there during the daytime. it doesn't mean the file was transferred off a voting system during the daytime.
that said, i still have concerns about voting machines with a wireless interface.
out of hand remarks made by someone who is either 1) a zealot administrator/BOFH or a 2) uneducated user whos never adminned a system in his life.
do you realize how many ip's 1% of all ip addresses is?
1% of all ip4 ip addresses is approximately 40,000,000 ip addresses... first take that number and halve it to compensate conservatively towards a number represented the true blacklisted, and then consider the majority of blacklistings would be on server-class subnets.. now consider that each blacklisted subnet probably services 00s of individuals..
explain to me exactly how that is "such a minimal effect"
isn't calling a dell computer a "custom" computer a bit of a stretch? they're interchangable parts, its not like they are custom built.
it's henry fords interchangable parts manufacturing line, but with mcdonalds order panels telling the monkey what part to put in and where. I don't see the big innovation with so called "custom" pc's...
Did anyone stop to think about the good implications of targeted pricing?
Right now, the warez and mp3 and all of those things exist because college students and others do not have the funds to buy all of the media and copyrighted material they want access to. There is a glut of material on the market, all priced exactly the same.
Targeted pricing would allow media companies, pharmeceutical companies, and anyone else to sell to someone at the appropriate amount for their economic group, background, and other things factored into this.
theoretically, in an abuse free system, targeted pricing could be the answer to many of the current social problems in a market where everything is set at the same price.
Right now, development of drugs is funded by the pockets of rich nations. IP laws keep small and poor nations from producing these medications for their citizens. One shining example of this is aids medication. If a system were developed to encourage targeted pricing, then it could conceivably still fund R&D while providing people with what they need.
This also applies to getting what people want, with copyrighted media. Targeted pricing would allow for the college student and others to get legal access to media they want access to, and apply appropriate pricing to those with more economic power.
it really sounds ideal to me. however it has major problems.... privacy, and trusting those in charge. both of which are impossibilities.
conversely, we've already lost all of our privacy, and those in charge are corrupt anyway, so its not like we have anything to lose either way.
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Well, I guess that depends on your definition of "working"
it may be working to reduce P2P, but is it also working to reduce sales of records, or also working to alienate their customers? it has with me, i guess it remains to be seen whether thats the case with sales figures 6-12 months from now.
not true, i have a 40 GB laptop hard drive that connects and runs over USB 2.0 in a mini portable enclosure.
one important ommitance is saudi arabia.
they are the same if not worse than iran and china.
news doesn't exist to just publish the good ideas, unless you really /want/ censorship
Thankfully, his calculations are much LESS complicated than the formulae used to compute the bowl championship series rankings.
Oddly enough, they are also more accurate, and I would be willing to bet that his formula could easily be converted over verbatim, applied to college football, and STILL come out with a better ranking system for college teams than the BCS.
after reading the article, it says that the first fault happened within the last month, and that it should be fixed within the week.
these cables lie under several fathoms of ocean, they are not that easy to just fix.
don't forget to back them up on a css-encrypted dvd to ensure security~!
*sigh*
read the article on BBC and noticed they quoted it as 17 million POUNDS.
why was the pound symbol left out of the slashdot posting? weird..
whoever wrote up this article must be using really old exchange rate tables. 24.3 million euros is worth closer to 29 million US Dollars, not 17 million
just setting up a box to be hacked isnt really a good way to test hackers. 90% of "hacking" is sniffing passwords off a network and social engineering.
both of those aren't an option here on a box that isn't used by anyone, just sitting there.
oops....
linky
here's the 11.5 meg wmv format video, 25% slowmo
t .n et/serpentine5_slo_long.wmv
http://comcastchargesmetoomuchmoney.home.comcas
"Thrid, if they received ANY revenue off the advertising on your domain, aren't you entitled?
"
Maybe you already received this amount in the form of discounted registration prices.
i myself use godaddy, though. http://www.godaddy.com
FTP Timestamps are added by the FTP server. the FTP protocol only transfers the contents of the file, and then recreates that file in the native file system. since file modification dates are /not/ part of a file, but part of the file system, this information is NOT PART OF A FILE DURING FTP TRANSFER
this means that whoever put the file there, put it there during the daytime. it doesn't mean the file was transferred off a voting system during the daytime.
that said, i still have concerns about voting machines with a wireless interface.
im 23 and i can remember phone rentals /shrug
we would take them to a dropoff point to turn them in.
same reasoning used to pass DMCA, patriot act, and any of the other crap legislation.
do you support that as well, or do you only use this sort of arguement when its convenient for you to do so?
oh jesus, comparing spam to terrorism, you sound like john ashcroft, and i'll bet that your feelings on him are conflicting your own post.
won't work since a signed service also requires validating identity.
:)
not going to happen on newsgroups.. ever
out of hand remarks made by someone who is either
1) a zealot administrator/BOFH or a
2) uneducated user whos never adminned a system in his life.
do you realize how many ip's 1% of all ip addresses is?
1% of all ip4 ip addresses is approximately 40,000,000 ip addresses... first take that number and halve it to compensate conservatively towards a number represented the true blacklisted, and then consider the majority of blacklistings would be on server-class subnets.. now consider that each blacklisted subnet probably services 00s of individuals..
explain to me exactly how that is "such a minimal effect"
the death knell of a horrible service and a horrible idea led by machiavellian retards
good riddance
if anything, dvd sales will increase due to the increased exposure of their content which is/was only available to people living in england.
:P
you're forgetting about one of the major arguements in "why p2p is good", or you just don't believe it
i do, though.
too bad i can't mod +1 Hypocrit
isn't calling a dell computer a "custom" computer a bit of a stretch? they're interchangable parts, its not like they are custom built.
it's henry fords interchangable parts manufacturing line, but with mcdonalds order panels telling the monkey what part to put in and where. I don't see the big innovation with so called "custom" pc's...
Did anyone stop to think about the good implications of targeted pricing?
Right now, the warez and mp3 and all of those things exist because college students and others do not have the funds to buy all of the media and copyrighted material they want access to. There is a glut of material on the market, all priced exactly the same.
Targeted pricing would allow media companies, pharmeceutical companies, and anyone else to sell to someone at the appropriate amount for their economic group, background, and other things factored into this.
theoretically, in an abuse free system, targeted pricing could be the answer to many of the current social problems in a market where everything is set at the same price.
Right now, development of drugs is funded by the pockets of rich nations. IP laws keep small and poor nations from producing these medications for their citizens. One shining example of this is aids medication. If a system were developed to encourage targeted pricing, then it could conceivably still fund R&D while providing people with what they need.
This also applies to getting what people want, with copyrighted media. Targeted pricing would allow for the college student and others to get legal access to media they want access to, and apply appropriate pricing to those with more economic power.
it really sounds ideal to me. however it has major problems.... privacy, and trusting those in charge. both of which are impossibilities.
conversely, we've already lost all of our privacy, and those in charge are corrupt anyway, so its not like we have anything to lose either way.
better yet, i can look around me for a weather report.