We should block full nudity the old fashoned way!!
With clothing...
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We're not talking firewall in any sense
Sorry that is incorrect.
Here is the definition of firewall:
Courtesy of dictionary.com firewall n. 1.A fireproof wall used as a barrier to prevent the spread of fire. 2.Computer Science. Any of a number of security schemes that prevent unauthorized users from gaining access to a computer network or that monitor transfers of information to and from the network.
Courtesy of Merriam-Webster Main Entry: fire wall Function: noun Date: 1759 1 : a wall constructed to prevent the spread of fire 2 usually firewall/'fIr-"wol/ : a computer or computer software that prevents unauthorized access to private data (as on a company's local area network or intranet) by outside computer users (as of the Internet)
What Icrave.com was talking about would most likely be software. That seems to fit the definition perfectly. What you are looking at is the underlying technology that would enable a firewall to work on a regional basis. That alone would not necessarily fit the definition.
Every increase in technology can be misused. I won't argue that. But I swear Jon, you're becoming a luddite, and I really have to question the need for a luddite on a board that advertises itself as "News for Nerds".
Are you saying that differing viewpoints are not welcome? The topic was about technology patents. Jon just added his opinion to the report to start off the conversation. (for better or worse)
Don't you even know what a firewall is Jon? You have a lot of gall to post articles on/. when you appear to know so little about computers.
What a horrible little troll. Perhaps you should look up firewall in a dictionary. Jon had used the term correctly thereby making your statement look incredibly uninformed, and eliminating all credibility of the rest of what you said. What baffles me is how you can make a statement as wreckless and idiotic as that, and still have made well recevied posts like this.
So you may be better informed next time:
Courtesy of dictionary.com firewall n. 1.A fireproof wall used as a barrier to prevent the spread of fire. 2.Computer Science. Any of a number of security schemes that prevent unauthorized users from gaining access to a computer network or that monitor transfers of information to and from the network.
Courtesy of Merriam-Webster Main Entry: fire wall Function: noun Date: 1759 1 : a wall constructed to prevent the spread of fire 2 usually firewall/'fIr-"wol/ : a computer or computer software that prevents unauthorized access to private data (as on a company's local area network or intranet) by outside computer users (as of the Internet)
What Icrave.com was talking about would most likely be software. That seems to fit the definition perfectly.
I still like the experiments in quantum entanglement where you can separate two photons that are linked somehow. Modify(ie- observe) one, and the other instantly (not delay at all) matches state with the modified (observed) one, regardless of the distance in between.
If only you can figure out how to reliably change the state as desired of the particles (create a particle stream) you can have instantaneous communication.
This would be great for interplanetary real time controlled missions. (The process of moving the ship to the destination would guarantee an instantaneous link from the get-go.)
At the very least, it should be clear that if the authors of creative or intellectual works are not given the means to claim due compensation for their labor, it will undermine industries based on intellectual work. Ah, that's what it all boils down to.
Noone want's to deprive the artist of money for what they produce (okay mabey a few idiots). The part I liked t read was "due compensation". How much is a song worth? A movie?
Supposedly the artist gets a small percentage of the proceeds from a ticket sale or the sale of an album. Where does the rest go?
Fair market value is what the population is willing to pay for a product or service. Supposedly we pay this when we make a cd or ticket purchase. Unfortunately it is jimmied by a few factors. First the studios are essentially vertical businesses. They control the content, manufacturing, marketing, distribution, and price of the product. We can't just go to another record label to get the artist we want cheaper. (note: i'll be curious to see if the outcome of the msft antitrust trial could have an effect on the business model of the entertainment industry)
Now (and probably for a while now) the studios have been trying to figure out ways to force the consumer into paying as much as possible for their wares. Regional encoding, playback method monpolies, and other more subtle methods(encryption from the source to the display) are now in their arsenal.
Monopolies are formed by companies that have nowhere else to go. Corporations are expected to increase profits every year. If they don't the stockholders sell their shares. (note: with the expansion of the stock market into a more consumer realm might this change? or at least might the companies be more answerable to the general public as opposed to the weathier subset currently in control? or will it get worse) Once a company has reached market saturation, the only places to go are either charging higher prices from the consumers for an existing product(which reqires the prevention of competition to help determine fair market value), or elimiating the exitsing competition via whatever methods, or entering a new market. From what it looks like they are tring all three (first two are foremost though)
To sum it up it looks like people are just sick and tired of the middleman(person if you insist)(i.e.- movie/record studios) in the process. The net is helping to elimiate them (or at least reduce their importance), and they aren't going quietly.
Man, and I thought this was going to be a short post...
First of all most kids who grew up playing Doom, did not grow up around guns. For whatever reason guns have beome a taboo of sorts, kept hidden away by the adults. I'm willing to bet that most of these kids (and adults) who use guns in senseless shootings were not taken ou to the range and taught by a responsible adult the power and irrevocability of them (its like pandora's box). (Guns used while commiting another crime is another story).
A game does not carry the desensitization power as a video segment of the same use of violence (via new or otherwise). Unless we all looked like huge walking sprites(the graphics term).
Movies and news have consience free ends to them. You see the violence then its over. The big bad oppressor is threatening the hero (don't forget that most movies mean to have the audience put themselves in his/her place). The hero pulls the trigger, bam! The oppressor is gone. A scene or two (or seconds) later he is out of the story. No cops, no guilty consience, just happy music, alot of money and the good life. I think this might be what is being picked up by the kids watching that type of movie.
IIRC the per capita incidents of youth violence has declined steadily(possibly with minor spikes (or major if you include the youth in the world wars)) over the past centuries. One thing to keep in mind is the ability in a wired world to disseminate these occurrences. A few hundred years ago (beyond parents having more control over teir children) an incident of violence of any kind would make it to a few surrounding bouroughs. Now, within minutes, much of what transpires is transmitted around the world. We are no longer looking at our direct environment. We are looking at the entire world and perceiving it as our direct environment. Like a magnifying glass. The sheer quantity of stuff we hear about, without taking into acocunt the sheer size of society, and the size of the population, makes it seem as if all hell was breaking loose.
Well, thats my opinion. Feel free to differ, just don't do it before trying to see where I was coming from. (else I would have to think that you aren't trying)
P.S.- the columbine kids were probably RE-acting. Not acting.
Actually it shouldn't be copyrightable as facts are not. Perhaps with the new database protection legislation pending you could copyright the entire genome (as a compilation)
Then why did they register openssh.com a week before openssh.org was registered? Didn't they want openssh.org? The letter put up here on slashdot is a lie (at least that part).
It is on his site, so if you worry about what was said: "This is more than just a request to boycott: there could be privacy issues, possibly data mining or building a mailing list of security conscious users. We simply don't know Mr. de Joode's motives, and we recommend caution."
Personally I find the letter from Louis Bertrand a bit reckless, and the use of Slashdot as a tool to apply political pressure in bad taste.
It is similar to how etoy manipulated public opinion to influence the courts to get one over on etoys. There is no representation from the other side, and the wording in Louis Bertrand's letter is inflammatory, and unduly fear causing. (at least on the surface)
This thing is being handled very poorly by slashdot. They should have written up something with links to both sides of the story (i'm guessing personal politics got in the way).
This is not news for nerds, it is an electronic soapbox for friends and family of slashdot.
(Just because the message it comes from a developer of a respectable project, does not mean the developer is respectable himself.)
Actually, IIRC they rank pages by pages that link to them. Content on the pages linking to the returned pages of the search will also be matched up against the search terms. (I'm betting the link text is given a high priority.)
First off, the couch predates the patent system, so prior art kills that one form the door.
The physical chip can be purchased. It is what is known as a field programmable gate array. Essentially a "field" of gates (transistors). With the development software you can organize (program) the gates to do specific things.
Actually thats not very hard to reach. Intel's ASCI Red has 9632 processors, and IIRC there are publicly known supercomputers that are at least 3 times as fast as it now.
This might initially look like a harmless, and somewhat humorous, joke, but if it becomes popular, I think it could end up harming the efforts of those who want to watch DVDs.
One thing. DeCSS is only an enabling technology for a DVD player. The final programs will probably not ba called DeCSS. (then again after all this some might)
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I'll run it through the text-2-speech processor that I have (festival) tonight. I'll post a link to it if I can. (Look for responses to this post over the next few days.)
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Um, actually you could market a chocolate bar under the name "Marijuana" it just wouldn't sell.
HTe issures arise if the name is protected via trade/servce make law. Or is a registered business name, and even then only if it is in a similar enough market to cause confusion to the consumer.
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Well, if you managed to just sit there without screaming/moving/anything (a la buddhist monks during ww2) i would be greatly impressed. Not necessarily intelligent, but enlightened possibly.
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You forgot two:
Waxed Cylinder, MP3s
i.e. - Waxed Cylinder, 78rpm, 33 1/3rpm, reel-to-reel, 8-track, casette, CDs, MP3s
Um, next time you post anonymously, you might not want to leave your calling card. (Unless its' not yours.)
Wow, I must be tired. First time I read that I thought it said:
VOTE WITH YOUR MONKEY!
I was really confused.
With clothing...
Sorry that is incorrect.
Here is the definition of firewall:
Courtesy of dictionary.com
firewall n.
1.A fireproof wall used as a barrier to prevent the spread of fire.
2.Computer Science. Any of a number of security schemes that prevent unauthorized users from gaining access to a computer network or that monitor transfers of information to and from the network.
Courtesy of Merriam-Webster /'fIr-"wol/ : a computer or computer software that prevents unauthorized access to private data (as on a company's local area network or intranet) by outside computer users (as of the Internet)
Main Entry: fire wall
Function: noun
Date: 1759
1 : a wall constructed to prevent the spread of fire
2 usually firewall
What Icrave.com was talking about would most likely be software. That seems to fit the definition perfectly. What you are looking at is the underlying technology that would enable a firewall to work on a regional basis. That alone would not necessarily fit the definition.
Every increase in technology can be misused. I won't argue that. But I swear Jon, you're becoming a luddite, and I really have to question the need for a luddite on a board that advertises itself as "News for Nerds".
Are you saying that differing viewpoints are not welcome? The topic was about technology patents. Jon just added his opinion to the report to start off the conversation. (for better or worse)
What a horrible little troll. Perhaps you should look up firewall in a dictionary. Jon had used the term correctly thereby making your statement look incredibly uninformed, and eliminating all credibility of the rest of what you said. What baffles me is how you can make a statement as wreckless and idiotic as that, and still have made well recevied posts like this.
So you may be better informed next time:
Courtesy of dictionary.com
firewall n.
1.A fireproof wall used as a barrier to prevent the spread of fire.
2.Computer Science. Any of a number of security schemes that prevent unauthorized users from gaining access to a computer network or that monitor transfers of information to and from the network.
Courtesy of Merriam-Webster /'fIr-"wol/ : a computer or computer software that prevents unauthorized access to private data (as on a company's local area network or intranet) by outside computer users (as of the Internet)
Main Entry: fire wall
Function: noun
Date: 1759
1 : a wall constructed to prevent the spread of fire
2 usually firewall
What Icrave.com was talking about would most likely be software. That seems to fit the definition perfectly.
What I want to know is how rigid could one be produced, taking into account the law of dimishing returns.
If only you can figure out how to reliably change the state as desired of the particles (create a particle stream) you can have instantaneous communication.
This would be great for interplanetary real time controlled missions. (The process of moving the ship to the destination would guarantee an instantaneous link from the get-go.)
The phrase "No taxation without representation" sticks in my mind...
Noone want's to deprive the artist of money for what they produce (okay mabey a few idiots).
The part I liked t read was "due compensation".
How much is a song worth? A movie?
Supposedly the artist gets a small percentage of the proceeds from a ticket sale or the sale of an album. Where does the rest go?
Fair market value is what the population is willing to pay for a product or service. Supposedly we pay this when we make a cd or ticket purchase. Unfortunately it is jimmied by a few factors. First the studios are essentially vertical businesses. They control the content, manufacturing, marketing, distribution, and price of the product. We can't just go to another record label to get the artist we want cheaper. (note: i'll be curious to see if the outcome of the msft antitrust trial could have an effect on the business model of the entertainment industry)
Now (and probably for a while now) the studios have been trying to figure out ways to force the consumer into paying as much as possible for their wares. Regional encoding, playback method monpolies, and other more subtle methods(encryption from the source to the display) are now in their arsenal.
Monopolies are formed by companies that have nowhere else to go. Corporations are expected to increase profits every year. If they don't the stockholders sell their shares. (note: with the expansion of the stock market into a more consumer realm might this change? or at least might the companies be more answerable to the general public as opposed to the weathier subset currently in control? or will it get worse)
Once a company has reached market saturation, the only places to go are either charging higher prices from the consumers for an existing product(which reqires the prevention of competition to help determine fair market value), or elimiating the exitsing competition via whatever methods, or entering a new market. From what it looks like they are tring all three (first two are foremost though)
To sum it up it looks like people are just sick and tired of the middleman(person if you insist)(i.e.- movie/record studios) in the process. The net is helping to elimiate them (or at least reduce their importance), and they aren't going quietly.
Man, and I thought this was going to be a short post...
First of all most kids who grew up playing Doom, did not grow up around guns. For whatever reason guns have beome a taboo of sorts, kept hidden away by the adults. I'm willing to bet that most of these kids (and adults) who use guns in senseless shootings were not taken ou to the range and taught by a responsible adult the power and irrevocability of them (its like pandora's box). (Guns used while commiting another crime is another story).
A game does not carry the desensitization power as a video segment of the same use of violence (via new or otherwise). Unless we all looked like huge walking sprites(the graphics term).
Movies and news have consience free ends to them. You see the violence then its over. The big bad oppressor is threatening the hero (don't forget that most movies mean to have the audience put themselves in his/her place). The hero pulls the trigger, bam! The oppressor is gone. A scene or two (or seconds) later he is out of the story. No cops, no guilty consience, just happy music, alot of money and the good life. I think this might be what is being picked up by the kids watching that type of movie.
IIRC the per capita incidents of youth violence has declined steadily(possibly with minor spikes (or major if you include the youth in the world wars)) over the past centuries.
One thing to keep in mind is the ability in a wired world to disseminate these occurrences. A few hundred years ago (beyond parents having more control over teir children) an incident of violence of any kind would make it to a few surrounding bouroughs. Now, within minutes, much of what transpires is transmitted around the world. We are no longer looking at our direct environment. We are looking at the entire world and perceiving it as our direct environment. Like a magnifying glass. The sheer quantity of stuff we hear about, without taking into acocunt the sheer size of society, and the size of the population, makes it seem as if all hell was breaking loose.
Well, thats my opinion. Feel free to differ, just don't do it before trying to see where I was coming from. (else I would have to think that you aren't trying)
P.S.- the columbine kids were probably RE-acting. Not acting.
Actually it shouldn't be copyrightable as facts are not. Perhaps with the new database protection legislation pending you could copyright the entire genome (as a compilation)
If you don't believe me check the whois records.
It is on his site, so if you worry about what was said: "This is more than just a request to boycott: there could be privacy issues, possibly data mining or building a mailing list of security conscious users. We simply don't know Mr. de Joode's motives, and we recommend caution."
Personally I find the letter from Louis Bertrand a bit reckless, and the use of Slashdot as a tool to apply political pressure in bad taste.
It is similar to how etoy manipulated public opinion to influence the courts to get one over on etoys. There is no representation from the other side, and the wording in Louis Bertrand's letter is inflammatory, and unduly fear causing. (at least on the surface)
This thing is being handled very poorly by slashdot. They should have written up something with links to both sides of the story (i'm guessing personal politics got in the way).
This is not news for nerds, it is an electronic soapbox for friends and family of slashdot.
(Just because the message it comes from a developer of a respectable project, does not mean the developer is respectable himself.)
Just a warning...
Actually I was talking about the Opencores processor.
Actually, IIRC they rank pages by pages that link to them. Content on the pages linking to the returned pages of the search will also be matched up against the search terms. (I'm betting the link text is given a high priority.)
The physical chip can be purchased. It is what is known as a field programmable gate array. Essentially a "field" of gates (transistors). With the development software you can organize (program) the gates to do specific things.
Here are other fpga processor articles:
Article Article
If I read correctly the processor used a 106k gate fpga.
Add special purpose processors and the efficiency and speed goes through the roof.
He should exhaust technological solutions before resorting to legal ones.
You got me, perhaps it was the vietnam war (~1964) I was never too big on dates.
One thing. DeCSS is only an enabling technology for a DVD player. The final programs will probably not ba called DeCSS. (then again after all this some might)
I'll run it through the text-2-speech processor that I have (festival) tonight. I'll post a link to it if I can. (Look for responses to this post over the next few days.)
HTe issures arise if the name is protected via trade/servce make law. Or is a registered business name, and even then only if it is in a similar enough market to cause confusion to the consumer.
Well, if you managed to just sit there without screaming/moving/anything (a la buddhist monks during ww2) i would be greatly impressed. Not necessarily intelligent, but enlightened possibly.