You know I haven't relied on doze apps on a while but wouldn't be an awesome idea to have your apps on your local NTFS show up as icons on your linux desktop? Of course not all apps may be loaded but being able to run a sanity check against applications would pine out most of the incompatible apps (which could still be shown but maybe as a greyed icon or something?)
That would be an amazing starting point for many and give an excellent point of reference for the user since they can use their familiar apps as a 'control' to get to know the OS.
I personally believe if I was to give a liveCD to a friend to try out and all of his windows icons showed up he would crap himself. Throw it on mom's computer and she would become much more comfortable with it as well (especially once you show her how to browse for games n stuff via add/remove/synaptic)
I think the point of "the Transport" parent refers to is that you do indeed need a key to access the data but once the data is on your local drive anyone with access to that data can read it with out the keys. So if you were to use scp to do a backup of non encrypted data the result on the server would be unencrypted. Unless of course you are capturing the raw encrypted session on the client and you write software for recreating the data structure from a raw ssh session.
I would have to say to the OP though to encrypt the directory structure separately with different keys and store it locally with version information, size change (delta), owner, etc... This will benefit in a few ways.
First the digest data of the structure is never publicly exposed and as well keys to either the digest of the raw data or the data structure is never transmitted over a network since you can view the contents decrypting the data locally determine the file you require using that data and download the encrypted digest over ssh/scp and again decrypt it locally. This also helps to prevent issues of having your data taken / hacked by some one via the storage center since you are strictly storing raw data that machine will never touch the keys.
Since you have a local copy you can access it and create it much easier and securely. You could even write a simple https page that could query the data and never have your queries exposed to an external network
You can chose the cipher with out any setup on the storage server, this limits the exposure to any information about version / type of cipher used to create the digest
In short this method only really gives up to brute force attacks and selecting a good cipher will help.
I don't really believe it's the exposure to the programs linux really has to worry about. Linux is unique where you have software with out much marketing (aside from word of mouth). This is a different kind of concept for most people used to. What can be done is expanding concepts like the "Add/Remove Programs" in Ubuntu/Gnome and bringing it to the Desktop environment. A basic example would be clicking on a mp3 file and a list of apps that handle that format are displayed. While this would be the principle idea expanding it to something kin to a Google search bar (something close to KDE4.2's text box in their "Start Menu") making a free form search query return software and tutorials for it off the bat rather than letting them get frustrated with it. People will judge the software by the authors explanation of the usage as well as the performance of the software. Newbie Linux users don't really have a chance to contribute because they don't google it first but their insight is extremely valuable. From using Linux on a fairly regular basis over 5 years I've come to realize forums, blogs and IRC are such a vast resources there really isn't anything you can't do. There could even be a priority set, if enough people have a similar problem it could be submitted to IRC or a popular forum, once verified by the moderator it could be relayed back to the user as well as the author/maintainers. By making these points arguable we make use of all this talent and give it a real direction. As people really start to interact with the OS and start to see it change in almost 'real time' people will definitely be more accepting and Linux will be honed the way many people want it to be:)
Some times the tree has to die to make way for a fertile field. If you think it was some act of genius that led to the idea of "reporting" then you are mistaken. This is something that has been around since the first person stood on a rock and told everyone what's going on in the area. If there was a way to record events in a very verifiable way then anyone can randomly point and shoot, the result can be commented on if not already there and we are back to where we started, the news comes back.
I believe news came to be because people wanted to be heard and I'm quite certain this is still the case. If the AP dies a slow and agonizing death many more will be able to be heard in its place. Provided we have some measures in place to verify the content we will actually be in a much better position then we are now. With digital encryption and signing parallel with GPS we could actually accomplish this.
I have to agree there with you. I bought an Asus board with an onboard ATI/AMD GPU on it, it's just for a media centre pc so graphics doesn't mean that much, so I figured with all the source released and Linux support getting a bit more press it might be ok for now.... I gotta say you've burned me before ATI and this was no exception it wasn't even a cutting edge GPU either . Ubuntu would id the card and I installed both the radeonhd and blobs both sucked pretty hard when it came to even basic desktop effects and 1080p was brutal on a Athlon x2 5000+. Switch to win7 and it all clears up and 1080p uses ~%30 CPU now.
Needless to say I'm not touching ATI again until I get solid reviews on OSS drivers.
Everyone including non-geeks know that when you call tech support you tell them there are no changes to the config and if they send someone over you swap out to the stock configuration;)
I have to agree with you on linux must be mapping out the bad areas. I have an old p3 500 with 128mb ram and running linux (slackware) it ran fine but I installed XP on it and got a BSOD "Hardware Parity Error". It's likely memtest is not lying to you and Ubuntu is just making the best out of a bad situation.
Well if you want to be like that I would get to point out that if the surface of the rover was able to effect its electrostatic properties the 'dust' would simply fall off wouldn't it?
In the case of the OS project mentioned above they are actually removing some of the software included (modified BSD subsystem files) and replacing them with unmodified files from the BSD trunk which you have rights to. Would that be considered the same thing?
I can understand your point of view and you are correct where if your hand gets stuck in the 'cookie jar' there should be no back door out of the situation. But can / should someone be able to truly rely on an ip the same way as a telephone number? Does it give the same information? Is it just as reliable to come to the same conclusions?
Would it also be reasonable for me to request everyone's phone number at a public event since a blog would be similar to this?
Would my provider be able to white/black/grey list calls to other numbers which is the case of throttling
Should I be able to expect some predefined level of quality for each call? Right now we can define a call quality as being able to hear the sound coming over the line and the quality of that transmission is relative to the amount of missed data(static/noise..etc) Should I be able to demand compensation for poor quality of service if my packets don't get through?
If the communications dealt with a party out of the jurisdiction will those authorities have to be involved in handing over the information?
Since verbal communication also reveals many more physical characteristics then digital data transmissions can police actually ascertain the actual individual using this information? I would guess the phone number is really only a 'foot in the door' where if I was an officer and I found your tel# associated with an event that may tell me somewhere to look but I still need to eaves drop to determine the physical person involved since I can listen to your voice on the line. If I was to do the same on an IP level could I determine the same?
Since your ip should be similar to a phone number doesn't email become redundant?
Should providers be able to provide some type responsibility for the security of my communications from eaves dropping?
If my 'call' is being routed by someone other than my isp (say via public hotspot) how will they know who the person involved in the call is?
Will ISP's be held to the same type of carrier status's telephone carriers are subject to?
Why is there no actual infrastructure to to actually communicate with another IP? Just because I have your IP does not mean I can use it to communicate with you since IP is mostly based on a client - server role and not ad-hoc communications it can't really be relied on as a two way communications device like phones.
Since this information is not private and obviously the public will have access to this information will this information be available retroactively? Should I be able to look up Taco's info and show up at his house because he posted a crappy article a year ago?
I can definitely see where you are coming from and realistically there is no reason to bring computers in the class room if we are just trying to carry out the mechanics of each skill using a computer rather than a piece of paper. What benefit is it to anyone that they can write down and figure out some sort of calculation on paper and the exact same procedure on a computer when neither are a significant part of learning the skill its self. Don't get me wrong writing the problem down is a very important first step but using resources to replace / augment this task is relatively unimportant rather than using the skill set which is applied using the students mind and jotting down numbers on a piece of paper.
What we do need to do is come up with methods of teaching these skills using the parallel experience of class room learning and run with it. Mearly writing down a cooking recipe using a computer does not improve the person cooking or the meal being prepared but what can we improve by having everyone who wants to learn connected to each other with interactive input and audio/visual response? Maybe a visual representation of something simple like BEDMAS or something more complex having a animation that a user can 'zoom' in on and view the vector equations at work and see how all of the variables (gravity, acceleration, etc) come into play, possibly even advanced enough to scale right down to the quark. For languages mimicking is a very strong form of learning we can take into account on-line video and online texts that can be brought to the user when they are interested in a particular word / sentence and can be played / read back to them, maybe even show quotes arranged by time in history to see how it was first used(as far as we know anyway).
I agree computers are amazing tools but using one to bang a nail into wood does not make it a tool for teaching carpentry, we need to be able to exploit all of the aspects of the computer before we can really use it as a learning tool.
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That seems fitting, I'm going to check out some recursive functions ...
Wow
You know I haven't relied on doze apps on a while but wouldn't be an awesome idea to have your apps on your local NTFS show up as icons on your linux desktop? Of course not all apps may be loaded but being able to run a sanity check against applications would pine out most of the incompatible apps (which could still be shown but maybe as a greyed icon or something?)
That would be an amazing starting point for many and give an excellent point of reference for the user since they can use their familiar apps as a 'control' to get to know the OS.
I personally believe if I was to give a liveCD to a friend to try out and all of his windows icons showed up he would crap himself. Throw it on mom's computer and she would become much more comfortable with it as well (especially once you show her how to browse for games n stuff via add/remove/synaptic)
Vista has a ton more drivers than XP
Isn't it nice when the manufacturer provides support for its own devices?
I would have to say to the OP though to encrypt the directory structure separately with different keys and store it locally with version information, size change (delta), owner, etc... This will benefit in a few ways.
In short this method only really gives up to brute force attacks and selecting a good cipher will help.
I don't really believe it's the exposure to the programs linux really has to worry about. Linux is unique where you have software with out much marketing (aside from word of mouth). This is a different kind of concept for most people used to. What can be done is expanding concepts like the "Add/Remove Programs" in Ubuntu/Gnome and bringing it to the Desktop environment. A basic example would be clicking on a mp3 file and a list of apps that handle that format are displayed. While this would be the principle idea expanding it to something kin to a Google search bar (something close to KDE4.2's text box in their "Start Menu") making a free form search query return software and tutorials for it off the bat rather than letting them get frustrated with it. People will judge the software by the authors explanation of the usage as well as the performance of the software. Newbie Linux users don't really have a chance to contribute because they don't google it first but their insight is extremely valuable. From using Linux on a fairly regular basis over 5 years I've come to realize forums, blogs and IRC are such a vast resources there really isn't anything you can't do. There could even be a priority set, if enough people have a similar problem it could be submitted to IRC or a popular forum, once verified by the moderator it could be relayed back to the user as well as the author/maintainers. By making these points arguable we make use of all this talent and give it a real direction. As people really start to interact with the OS and start to see it change in almost 'real time' people will definitely be more accepting and Linux will be honed the way many people want it to be :)
Some times the tree has to die to make way for a fertile field. If you think it was some act of genius that led to the idea of "reporting" then you are mistaken. This is something that has been around since the first person stood on a rock and told everyone what's going on in the area. If there was a way to record events in a very verifiable way then anyone can randomly point and shoot, the result can be commented on if not already there and we are back to where we started, the news comes back.
I believe news came to be because people wanted to be heard and I'm quite certain this is still the case. If the AP dies a slow and agonizing death many more will be able to be heard in its place. Provided we have some measures in place to verify the content we will actually be in a much better position then we are now. With digital encryption and signing parallel with GPS we could actually accomplish this.
So all I gotta say is "Burn baby burn!"
I have to agree there with you. I bought an Asus board with an onboard ATI/AMD GPU on it, it's just for a media centre pc so graphics doesn't mean that much, so I figured with all the source released and Linux support getting a bit more press it might be ok for now .... I gotta say you've burned me before ATI and this was no exception it wasn't even a cutting edge GPU either . Ubuntu would id the card and I installed both the radeonhd and blobs both sucked pretty hard when it came to even basic desktop effects and 1080p was brutal on a Athlon x2 5000+. Switch to win7 and it all clears up and 1080p uses ~%30 CPU now.
Needless to say I'm not touching ATI again until I get solid reviews on OSS drivers.
Isn't it about time the ISP's upgraded their networks?
Hand in your geek card at the front.
;)
Everyone including non-geeks know that when you call tech support you tell them there are no changes to the config and if they send someone over you swap out to the stock configuration
Just saying.
I have to agree with you on linux must be mapping out the bad areas. I have an old p3 500 with 128mb ram and running linux (slackware) it ran fine but I installed XP on it and got a BSOD "Hardware Parity Error". It's likely memtest is not lying to you and Ubuntu is just making the best out of a bad situation.
http://www.google.ca/search?q=Sheep-human+hybrids&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
fyi
Now that this is in the news better believe you can use this as a defense ;)
That's where Diebold comes in ....
Trust me if you were smart enough to do something like that you would know where to look ;)
You must be from the DoD.
Well if you want to be like that I would get to point out that if the surface of the rover was able to effect its electrostatic properties the 'dust' would simply fall off wouldn't it?
Don't forget, if you lock yourself up in your own home you should be fairly safe as well.
No it just means there is less we can do.
Good point ... when was the last time during a war when the enemy only fired one bullet at a time?
In the case of the OS project mentioned above they are actually removing some of the software included (modified BSD subsystem files) and replacing them with unmodified files from the BSD trunk which you have rights to. Would that be considered the same thing?
Then I guess as a private citizen I should have a resource I can look up IP's as well ?
Kinda makes you wonder how many of them got burnt since most of these high modded posts are advising legal consultation :)
I would like to know how they expect to retroactively fix all millions out there now
I can definitely see where you are coming from and realistically there is no reason to bring computers in the class room if we are just trying to carry out the mechanics of each skill using a computer rather than a piece of paper. What benefit is it to anyone that they can write down and figure out some sort of calculation on paper and the exact same procedure on a computer when neither are a significant part of learning the skill its self. Don't get me wrong writing the problem down is a very important first step but using resources to replace / augment this task is relatively unimportant rather than using the skill set which is applied using the students mind and jotting down numbers on a piece of paper.
What we do need to do is come up with methods of teaching these skills using the parallel experience of class room learning and run with it. Mearly writing down a cooking recipe using a computer does not improve the person cooking or the meal being prepared but what can we improve by having everyone who wants to learn connected to each other with interactive input and audio/visual response? Maybe a visual representation of something simple like BEDMAS or something more complex having a animation that a user can 'zoom' in on and view the vector equations at work and see how all of the variables (gravity, acceleration, etc) come into play, possibly even advanced enough to scale right down to the quark. For languages mimicking is a very strong form of learning we can take into account on-line video and online texts that can be brought to the user when they are interested in a particular word / sentence and can be played / read back to them, maybe even show quotes arranged by time in history to see how it was first used(as far as we know anyway).
I agree computers are amazing tools but using one to bang a nail into wood does not make it a tool for teaching carpentry, we need to be able to exploit all of the aspects of the computer before we can really use it as a learning tool.