This is also a smart move by apple since lots of cellphones are starting to offer MP3 playback. If they can make enough hype to surround the ipod cellphones they could end up being a big player in the cellphone industry.
Not really. you write the requirements but having the requirements AND a bunch of certs can get that HR person to think "Hey, this one seems to have a few more qualifications, lets put them through". It would seem that that's what certs are for.
I have to agree though, anyone who thought an MSCE was a good idea probably needs weeding out;-)
People seem to think that higher educations is just about a career. It's not, it's about doing something you really like. Career qualifications can be picked up later (even at a night class).
IIRC the FSF already has a bunch of lawyers. The main problem with patenting things is money. You have to cough up the cash everytime you wish to patent something and people generally don't have this pool of money to work with. Unfortunatly, while a patent pool would be a start it's an expensive start.
Unfortunatly many of us are also fairly well adapted to a cushier lifestyle. Survival skills are something that we haven't practiced for a good long time. I just hope that if the worst happens our technology is enough.
While I respect the fact you have your own tastes and windows is the best for you I have to point out one error in your thinking:
'"compile your own damn Kernel, biatch" way in the Linux world.'
I've used linux for many years now and the only time I've ever compiled my own kernel was to streamline it specifically for my hardware (i.e. removing parts and modules that were not needed). I've never actually had to do a recompile for any compelling reason other than experimentation:)
But can't they then use this service to validate any random email addresses they've produced? It seems like a great way for them to start generating email addresses and finding out if they actually exist.
If a hashed database is made then I really hope they put a time delay on it so spammers can only check X amount of addresses at a time.
"Whoa. Okay. We are being Slashdotted. And our server is getting owned. You can register for free and download the game here. Please try not to use the rest of the site too much for now."
If you would like to perform another test go right ahead. Just make sure you publisise your findings. It'd be interesting to see another (independant) set of results.
Oh, and if you were serious about thinking MS Office is superior to OO.org please make sure you state that bias in the report (like the author appeared to do).
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"HMM I smell more violations of the rights of the people"
Yes, but just remember, it might not be american law enforcement doing the violating. AFAIK ECHELON (search google for it) exists and is working. If say the british government did the searching through american email it would not actually be the american government spying on their own citizens and vice versa.
"How much more of this are we willing to accept."
I'm hoping not a lot more.
"This will NOT be effective for the worst thieves or tererorists."
True, it looks more like an excuse to infringe upon people's privacy than an effective method of law enforcement.
Ok, so it's just ONE application that's been making some waves. However, microsoft appear to be getting more and more irritated by these OSS applications because the general public is becoming that little bit more aware of them. OSS apps don't have to make huge inroads on microsofts market share to make them threatening. After all, microsoft are a corporation out to make money. Having little competitors start to get a little attention is a dangerous thing. They *might* just get more popular...
LFS has always been aimed at people who wish to build their own linux system from the ground up. It's never been (and I shouldn't have thought it ever will be) aimed at people who just want a working system.
Don't worry, I don't think the guys who write the LFS book will ever get the idea into their heads that promoting this to general users would be a good idea.
How about getting rid of pure software patents and letting copyright (software licenses etc) do it's work? There's plenty of protection for software outside of patenting it.
Don't get me wrong, I've no problems with patents in general but being allowed to patent pure software is silly and unnessessary. If the software is a part of a bigger invention (perhaps an interface between the user and the actual machinary of the invention) then that's not so much of a problem; it's not just the software that's being protected in that case.
I don't think they were going to make it the only option. It's just a method they could use *if* a person wants to take a book out anonymously. You could probably have a regular old library card aswell for when you're not trying to read something that you don't want your name linked to.
How about the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights? The US *is* still part of the UN right?
But I think the GP is correct in saying that the article isn't about privacy. As far as I can tell the authorities used the proper channels to get these guys.
" You forget that not only wouldn't they have bought it, but they wouldn't have that giant collection of music/movies/whatever to enjoy either." No they would not. And they probably wouldn't be going out to concerts and shows either because they hadn't heard the band in question.
"If someone is selling a product, and you use and enjoy that product without the compensation that the producer is due, that's a lost sale." Not really. Otherwise going around to my friends house and listening to music would also mean a "lost sale".
"Stop trying to nitpick to justify illegal and unethical greediness." It's not nitpicking. It's a very valid argument that you seem to have no actual response to. I myself disagree with piracy. I think that somebody who bothers to create something that I enjoy should be rewarded (in this case with money). I also think that jacking up prices, adding unwanted restrictions and abusing copyright laws (as the **AA have been doing) is just as bad as ripping off the artists. If the **AA were smart they would stop all of this DRM nonsense and go back to basic business stratergies: giving some value for money. Give the buyers a proper incentive and they'll stop getting the product from elsewhere.
Currently keywords are used to search for relevant matches and yes, this seems to work ok for lots of things but imagine if you could add context:
Imagine searching for the title of a peice of music that you heard in a certain film. Currently this could involve some digging but a semantic search engine could very quickly narrow this search. Have a look at this (theres a demo somewhere on the site). It's a research project run by Southampton Uni. It's pretty basic but hopefully you'll get the idea.
So they can test the waters to see how far they can bully the public into giving the Government their private data?
So they can sneek in extra police powers to "effectively use the power of the new ID cards to counter terrorism" that would otherwise get laughed out of the house?
So they can make new friends in the private sector ("We'll give you this contract if you do something for us")?
To make themselves look useful?
So they can get their hands on a whole load of information (fingerprints, DNA, etc) that they would otherwise have to get consent from the owner to gather or a court order?
Just to note, I havn't quite got my tin foil hat ordered just yet but it's starting to look like a nice idea.
...to have my entire brain moved into a biomechanical body (in 50 years or so it may well be possible). This way I get to be sure that I'm still me and also, that I won't be left kicking around some computer system in storage until somebody finds me a proper body. Barring any issues surrounding brain damage this seems like a much nicer idea to me.
But what about people copying CD's and giving them to friends?! We should ban all computers right now so that these pesky pirates won't keep making copies!
How about eliminating unhealthy foods from schools? Sure, the kids can get it elsewhere but why spend a load of money (taxpayers money) on a scheme that has so many obvious holes it's unlikely to DO anything?
Glasgow's in Scotland not England. A large percentage of British people are not english so if you want to throw around rubbish insults please try and get it right.
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This is also a smart move by apple since lots of cellphones are starting to offer MP3 playback. If they can make enough hype to surround the ipod cellphones they could end up being a big player in the cellphone industry.
Not really. you write the requirements but having the requirements AND a bunch of certs can get that HR person to think "Hey, this one seems to have a few more qualifications, lets put them through". It would seem that that's what certs are for.
;-)
I have to agree though, anyone who thought an MSCE was a good idea probably needs weeding out
People seem to think that higher educations is just about a career. It's not, it's about doing something you really like. Career qualifications can be picked up later (even at a night class).
IIRC the FSF already has a bunch of lawyers. The main problem with patenting things is money. You have to cough up the cash everytime you wish to patent something and people generally don't have this pool of money to work with. Unfortunatly, while a patent pool would be a start it's an expensive start.
Unfortunatly many of us are also fairly well adapted to a cushier lifestyle. Survival skills are something that we haven't practiced for a good long time. I just hope that if the worst happens our technology is enough.
It isn't really worth the threat of legal action either. IIRC a few of SCO's existing (at the time) customers were sued by them.
'"Sorry sir, no chip, no entry"'
"Screw you then, I'm going to the corner store that can't afford a reader"
While I respect the fact you have your own tastes and windows is the best for you I have to point out one error in your thinking:
:)
'"compile your own damn Kernel, biatch" way in the Linux world.'
I've used linux for many years now and the only time I've ever compiled my own kernel was to streamline it specifically for my hardware (i.e. removing parts and modules that were not needed).
I've never actually had to do a recompile for any compelling reason other than experimentation
But can't they then use this service to validate any random email addresses they've produced? It seems like a great way for them to start generating email addresses and finding out if they actually exist.
If a hashed database is made then I really hope they put a time delay on it so spammers can only check X amount of addresses at a time.
I *do* like your nice little message though!
"Whoa. Okay. We are being Slashdotted. And our server is getting owned. You can register for free and download the game here. Please try not to use the rest of the site too much for now."
If you would like to perform another test go right ahead. Just make sure you publisise your findings. It'd be interesting to see another (independant) set of results.
Oh, and if you were serious about thinking MS Office is superior to OO.org please make sure you state that bias in the report (like the author appeared to do).
"HMM I smell more violations of the rights of the people"
Yes, but just remember, it might not be american law enforcement doing the violating. AFAIK ECHELON (search google for it) exists and is working. If say the british government did the searching through american email it would not actually be the american government spying on their own citizens and vice versa.
"How much more of this are we willing to accept."
I'm hoping not a lot more.
"This will NOT be effective for the worst thieves or tererorists."
True, it looks more like an excuse to infringe upon people's privacy than an effective method of law enforcement.
Heard of firefox?
Ok, so it's just ONE application that's been making some waves. However, microsoft appear to be getting more and more irritated by these OSS applications because the general public is becoming that little bit more aware of them. OSS apps don't have to make huge inroads on microsofts market share to make them threatening. After all, microsoft are a corporation out to make money. Having little competitors start to get a little attention is a dangerous thing. They *might* just get more popular...
Perhaps they should stop developing dvd decryption in the US. US law doesn't apply to other countries and they'll have a hard time stopping it.
LFS has always been aimed at people who wish to build their own linux system from the ground up. It's never been (and I shouldn't have thought it ever will be) aimed at people who just want a working system.
Don't worry, I don't think the guys who write the LFS book will ever get the idea into their heads that promoting this to general users would be a good idea.
How about getting rid of pure software patents and letting copyright (software licenses etc) do it's work? There's plenty of protection for software outside of patenting it.
Don't get me wrong, I've no problems with patents in general but being allowed to patent pure software is silly and unnessessary. If the software is a part of a bigger invention (perhaps an interface between the user and the actual machinary of the invention) then that's not so much of a problem; it's not just the software that's being protected in that case.
I don't think they were going to make it the only option. It's just a method they could use *if* a person wants to take a book out anonymously. You could probably have a regular old library card aswell for when you're not trying to read something that you don't want your name linked to.
How about the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights? The US *is* still part of the UN right? But I think the GP is correct in saying that the article isn't about privacy. As far as I can tell the authorities used the proper channels to get these guys.
" You forget that not only wouldn't they have bought it, but they wouldn't have that giant collection of music/movies/whatever to enjoy either."
No they would not. And they probably wouldn't be going out to concerts and shows either because they hadn't heard the band in question.
"If someone is selling a product, and you use and enjoy that product without the compensation that the producer is due, that's a lost sale."
Not really. Otherwise going around to my friends house and listening to music would also mean a "lost sale".
"Stop trying to nitpick to justify illegal and unethical greediness."
It's not nitpicking. It's a very valid argument that you seem to have no actual response to. I myself disagree with piracy. I think that somebody who bothers to create something that I enjoy should be rewarded (in this case with money). I also think that jacking up prices, adding unwanted restrictions and abusing copyright laws (as the **AA have been doing) is just as bad as ripping off the artists. If the **AA were smart they would stop all of this DRM nonsense and go back to basic business stratergies: giving some value for money. Give the buyers a proper incentive and they'll stop getting the product from elsewhere.
One word: Context.
Currently keywords are used to search for relevant matches and yes, this seems to work ok for lots of things but imagine if you could add context:
Imagine searching for the title of a peice of music that you heard in a certain film.
Currently this could involve some digging but a semantic search engine could very quickly narrow this search. Have a look at this (theres a demo somewhere on the site). It's a research project run by Southampton Uni. It's pretty basic but hopefully you'll get the idea.
"Conspiracy theorists, please go nuts."
How about:
So they can test the waters to see how far they can bully the public into giving the Government their private data?
So they can sneek in extra police powers to "effectively use the power of the new ID cards to counter terrorism" that would otherwise get laughed out of the house?
So they can make new friends in the private sector ("We'll give you this contract if you do something for us")?
To make themselves look useful?
So they can get their hands on a whole load of information (fingerprints, DNA, etc) that they would otherwise have to get consent from the owner to gather or a court order?
Just to note, I havn't quite got my tin foil hat ordered just yet but it's starting to look like a nice idea.
...to have my entire brain moved into a biomechanical body (in 50 years or so it may well be possible). This way I get to be sure that I'm still me and also, that I won't be left kicking around some computer system in storage until somebody finds me a proper body. Barring any issues surrounding brain damage this seems like a much nicer idea to me.
But what about people copying CD's and giving them to friends?! We should ban all computers right now so that these pesky pirates won't keep making copies!
How about eliminating unhealthy foods from schools? Sure, the kids can get it elsewhere but why spend a load of money (taxpayers money) on a scheme that has so many obvious holes it's unlikely to DO anything?
Glasgow's in Scotland not England. A large percentage of British people are not english so if you want to throw around rubbish insults please try and get it right.