Why don't all these robots communicate through a wireless network, compare their experiences and change themselves with the help of neural networks? (or maybe it was this in TFA?) That would be my obvious solution...
Unless TCPA involves some kind of new, enhanced cryptographic algorithm unknown to man (given to Bill Gates by aliens from another planet), there will be no increased security. I have ssh and it's still good for the moment.
We just have to wait for someone to crack the security through obscurity part and hope that my standard Linux/BSD (without all this DRM/TCPA shit) will still boot on future hardware.
If you want Japanese cartoons before they're released in English, learn Japanese.
No, I just want my japanese cartoons with subtitles. The problem is only 5% of all new cartoons are officially released on DVD in Europe, what can we do for the 95% left?
Actually something I hate with Google is the automatic redirection to another version of the site: when I try google.com, Google detects that I have some kind of Swedish IP and gives me google.se (sorry, but I'm not Swedish...)
is the lack of drm. It's a neccesity now, not an option.
I DO NOT and NEVER will buy DRMed stuff, and I sincerely hope people won't buy it either.
The good thing is we can warn our friends into refusing every copy-protection: my mother wanted to buy a new CD and I told her it was copy-protected. She was very angry when I explained her she could not listen to this CD in her car or on any computer.
Actually DVDs are an exception: I have never seen prices so low for entertainment (in France for example). There are more and more movies sold for less than $9, which is something I don't understand when audio CDs are copy-protected as well and 3 times the price of DVDs.
There is still something I can do: add Panasonic, Philips, Samsung and Sony to my never-to-buy-again-from list. If everyone were to do that, they would blame it on piracy, but they would still suffer financially (which is a good thing). I always thought it was stupid to vote with my money, but as our rights are raped every day, it's becoming essential now.
And don't forget Hobix, a blogging software written by the same guy. You can install it with a one-liner: ruby -ropen-uri -e 'eval(open("http://go.hobix.com/").read)'
What if tomorrow DVD's are replaced by some other technology?
There is a problem already happening right now: I still use old programs on my 386, programs I can't use anymore on Windows 9X or even XP (shared-memory, not enough EMS...). I have to install emulators to use them and even "crack" their copy protection just to launch them.
but if people were simply introduced to one of these languages early on,...
I'm sorry but I have to blame people on this: there are actually more than a thousand good free books on the Internet to learn such languages. All these books almost reach the quality and depth of dead tree versions. If you're too lazy to learn (or at least be curious about) new languages, I predict a dark future for you...
Here is a link for all the CS n00bs: Google (a very good site;)
But what happens if someone creates a huge file of random bytes and zip it with a password? More stupid: we could write a server that upload garbage in real time instead of storing fake files. Will they have to crack every archive of the internet?
Why do we have "access" to light-weight mangas? Do you mean the anime that are translated and shown to the public? In Europe, I can go in any japanese library and buy the same comics they have in Japan. There is no selection or censorship. It is the same thing with american comics. Of course it has absolutely no impact on our culture like it is in Japan.
Off-topic but when I hear the word "basic-computing", it reminds me of something I do when someone asks me to teach basic-computing to their kid: I grab my copy of The Art of Computer Programming and say "Look, this is basic-computing", and in the end, you understand that little johnny doesn't really want a computer, he just needed a PS2 or a GameCube.
When I'm on hold, I always sing a stupid childish song so that people listening to the conversation after may have some entertainment during their hard work.
I've discovered Peercast almost two years ago, it's nothing new at all. It's very buggy at the moment but when it works, you have access to a lot of good radios (sometimes real radios are streamed) which are different from the usual american music you can hear on Shoutcast (not that I dislike US music, but you won't listen to a real japanese radio on Shoutcast).
Of course, the choice is very limited, but it will grow up I'm sure of it!
I always agree with this sentence: "Do it with your passion for CS."
But I'm just a student and wonder: if you do it for free how will you eat? And then someone always comes and say: "if doesn't matter, you'll always find a way to get money out of your work."
But WHAT is this way to make a living? And please, don't tell me it's "support", I don't believe it anymore... I agree that you can write OSS in your spare time, but I haven't met anyone who wrote OSS for a living (and I don't want answers like Alan Cox or RMS).
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Do you really want to remove Slashdot from Google's database?
Why don't all these robots communicate through a wireless network, compare their experiences and change themselves with the help of neural networks? (or maybe it was this in TFA?) That would be my obvious solution...
Puh-lease! I only compile GenRobotoo on my robots: they are 10% faster with the optimizations.
Unless TCPA involves some kind of new, enhanced cryptographic algorithm unknown to man (given to Bill Gates by aliens from another planet), there will be no increased security. I have ssh and it's still good for the moment.
We just have to wait for someone to crack the security through obscurity part and hope that my standard Linux/BSD (without all this DRM/TCPA shit) will still boot on future hardware.
If you want Japanese cartoons before they're released in English, learn Japanese.
No, I just want my japanese cartoons with subtitles. The problem is only 5% of all new cartoons are officially released on DVD in Europe, what can we do for the 95% left?
Actually something I hate with Google is the automatic redirection to another version of the site: when I try google.com, Google detects that I have some kind of Swedish IP and gives me google.se (sorry, but I'm not Swedish...)
is the lack of drm. It's a neccesity now, not an option.
I DO NOT and NEVER will buy DRMed stuff, and I sincerely hope people won't buy it either.
The good thing is we can warn our friends into refusing every copy-protection: my mother wanted to buy a new CD and I told her it was copy-protected. She was very angry when I explained her she could not listen to this CD in her car or on any computer.
You already have Azureus (the Bittorrent client) but it requires a lot of RAM to work properly...
Actually DVDs are an exception: I have never seen prices so low for entertainment (in France for example). There are more and more movies sold for less than $9, which is something I don't understand when audio CDs are copy-protected as well and 3 times the price of DVDs.
There is still something I can do: add Panasonic, Philips, Samsung and Sony to my never-to-buy-again-from list. If everyone were to do that, they would blame it on piracy, but they would still suffer financially (which is a good thing). I always thought it was stupid to vote with my money, but as our rights are raped every day, it's becoming essential now.
And don't forget Hobix, a blogging software written by the same guy. You can install it with a one-liner: ruby -ropen-uri -e 'eval(open("http://go.hobix.com/").read)'
Because we (the citizen) haven't been asked to vote whether for or against it?
I'll give some beer to my kid before he opens the box. You can't be too careful...
What if tomorrow DVD's are replaced by some other technology?
There is a problem already happening right now: I still use old programs on my 386, programs I can't use anymore on Windows 9X or even XP (shared-memory, not enough EMS...). I have to install emulators to use them and even "crack" their copy protection just to launch them.
But what happen when 10 years from now I want to listen to my copy-protected CD and can't do it anymore because it is protected?
I don't want unlimited rights to the content, I want unlimited rights to listening to the content, and this is what I bought...
but if people were simply introduced to one of these languages early on, ...
;)
I'm sorry but I have to blame people on this: there are actually more than a thousand good free books on the Internet to learn such languages. All these books almost reach the quality and depth of dead tree versions. If you're too lazy to learn (or at least be curious about) new languages, I predict a dark future for you...
Here is a link for all the CS n00bs: Google (a very good site
The calculator on my desk was purchased in 1972.
It's not fast enough anymore. You'll soon have to buy a new one...
But what happens if someone creates a huge file of random bytes and zip it with a password? More stupid: we could write a server that upload garbage in real time instead of storing fake files. Will they have to crack every archive of the internet?
Why do we have "access" to light-weight mangas? Do you mean the anime that are translated and shown to the public? In Europe, I can go in any japanese library and buy the same comics they have in Japan. There is no selection or censorship. It is the same thing with american comics. Of course it has absolutely no impact on our culture like it is in Japan.
More information here (a Nokia ad can be downloaded from the same site).
Off-topic but when I hear the word "basic-computing", it reminds me of something I do when someone asks me to teach basic-computing to their kid: I grab my copy of The Art of Computer Programming and say "Look, this is basic-computing", and in the end, you understand that little johnny doesn't really want a computer, he just needed a PS2 or a GameCube.
When I'm on hold, I always sing a stupid childish song so that people listening to the conversation after may have some entertainment during their hard work.
Animesuki is legitimate? I don't think so, it's just tolerated by japanese companies but it might have to shut down one day...
I've discovered Peercast almost two years ago, it's nothing new at all. It's very buggy at the moment but when it works, you have access to a lot of good radios (sometimes real radios are streamed) which are different from the usual american music you can hear on Shoutcast (not that I dislike US music, but you won't listen to a real japanese radio on Shoutcast).
Of course, the choice is very limited, but it will grow up I'm sure of it!
I always agree with this sentence: "Do it with your passion for CS."
But I'm just a student and wonder: if you do it for free how will you eat? And then someone always comes and say: "if doesn't matter, you'll always find a way to get money out of your work."
But WHAT is this way to make a living? And please, don't tell me it's "support", I don't believe it anymore... I agree that you can write OSS in your spare time, but I haven't met anyone who wrote OSS for a living (and I don't want answers like Alan Cox or RMS).