I think the biggest reason people are offering RSS feeds is because its a standard XML file on the webserver. No need to make additional scripts, no need to setup additional services -- just upload the XML file. When you start complicating the "Really Simple Syndication" model you start making it less simplistic.
In my opinion the easiest way to limit bandwidth is to supply the XML file on servers that support gzip compression and the "Etag" header function. This way RSS readers will only download a compressed XML file, but only when it has been modified. Larger sites could go one step further and ban polling by RSS clients that don't support the Etag lookup feature before requesting the XML file.
Then, theres always the obvious solution: cut down the number of items inside the XML file, thus lowering the amount of bandwidth per hit.
Corporations market the spyware to developers with a very biased slant. I personally get contacted by spyware companies every couple of months to embed their products into my software.
Each and every time I reply with a disgruntled message telling them to do a bit of research about my business by reading the "About" section on my site (which basically states all of my software is spyware free etc).
But, corporations send quite a convincing email. I have no debout that some developers or small businesses that are not aware of spyware may accept the offers of these companies and start embedding the spyware application into their products.
I don't think the application of this technique could be used for malicious attacks on your brain. From the sounds of things the sensors merely pick up signals from the subjects brain, not the opposite way around.
From what I read on the trillian site over the last few weeks, Trillan Pro 2.0 emulates the MSN6 protocol rather than the normal Trillian versions who emulate the basics of the old MSN protocol. (I could be wrong though).
Also, A friend of mine told me there were patches you can get for trillian to upgrade the procotol for msn6 support.
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There is an Australian based development studio who does just this. Their website is www.adamant.com.au
Yes, it tags .wav files. Including .wav files that I generated from my voice........ How dare the MPAA protect my voice!
Haha!
Wow, this is definitely some good publicity for GTA (probably the only good publicity).
I think the biggest reason people are offering RSS feeds is because its a standard XML file on the webserver. No need to make additional scripts, no need to setup additional services -- just upload the XML file. When you start complicating the "Really Simple Syndication" model you start making it less simplistic. In my opinion the easiest way to limit bandwidth is to supply the XML file on servers that support gzip compression and the "Etag" header function. This way RSS readers will only download a compressed XML file, but only when it has been modified. Larger sites could go one step further and ban polling by RSS clients that don't support the Etag lookup feature before requesting the XML file. Then, theres always the obvious solution: cut down the number of items inside the XML file, thus lowering the amount of bandwidth per hit.
Corporations market the spyware to developers with a very biased slant. I personally get contacted by spyware companies every couple of months to embed their products into my software. Each and every time I reply with a disgruntled message telling them to do a bit of research about my business by reading the "About" section on my site (which basically states all of my software is spyware free etc). But, corporations send quite a convincing email. I have no debout that some developers or small businesses that are not aware of spyware may accept the offers of these companies and start embedding the spyware application into their products.
Definitely a valid point. But then you have to wonder how much voltage would actually be going to the device?
I don't think the application of this technique could be used for malicious attacks on your brain. From the sounds of things the sensors merely pick up signals from the subjects brain, not the opposite way around.
From what I read on the trillian site over the last few weeks, Trillan Pro 2.0 emulates the MSN6 protocol rather than the normal Trillian versions who emulate the basics of the old MSN protocol. (I could be wrong though). Also, A friend of mine told me there were patches you can get for trillian to upgrade the procotol for msn6 support.