Design a search engine which learns and emulates the searching patterns of a user and then goes out and searches for new content after the initial query. For example, if I am searching for how to cool my overclocked athlon using water cooling, it should know (eventually) that I need a radiator, a compressor, and a few other items.. and have it go out and put together a list of pages that myself, or people searching similiarily, would be interested in.
I think a search engine that could use its inputs to figure out what pages are "crap" and what's "good" would have such a profound impact on the web.. I can't imagine a bigger advance.
Lovely. I've done both.. I had a friend use the, uhh, "golden oratory" of "karma whoring" for a month and it worked as expected.. you probably know him. And I previously did alittle experiment over karma.. which earned me the title "karma whore" as a result.
Yea, still people remember the man and not the message.
I don't think that phrase fits linux very well. If anything, it would be "Think Fast!" With the kernel internals and libraries shifting faster than the sands in the sahara desert, programmers need to keep on their toes if they want to stay compatible. That isn't to say linux is hard to keep current with - it's usually a compile away, but upgrading from libc to glibc, from the 2.0 to 2.2 kernels, from a.out to ELF, etc., it can certainly be a challenge!
Thanks for actually looking into standing up to them - most people have neither the resources, will, or wherewithall to do so. Secondly, I agree completely - Microsoft by and far consists of computer geeks, just like us. It is management you must be wary of.
Third, should slashdot decide the odds are legally against them on this and back down, I won't fault you for it - you gave it a good, hard look. Last, while you are fighting censorship against you, don't forget that it is a two-sided sword - do not censor people here on slashdot, lest ye be considered hypocritical.
Not only will their server be slashdotted, but the enormous demand for anti-spam tactics will likely get them "spamdotted" as well. I can only imagine the response come monday when the techies get to work and get their right-click *forward* fingers goin'.
..which contradicts this ruling. Now, you probably aren't aware of how the courts are structured, so I'll give you a quick breakdown. The current US court system is setup in a hierarchal(sp?) structure starting at the county, or local level. There may also be an administrative court below this - traffic violations typically use administrative courts for the initial appearance. Above the local level you have the state level. Then you have a state supreme court. The state supreme court is in charge of affirming/overturning/interpreting the laws of that state - it has no authority to contravene or interpret federal laws. Still with me?
If an issue being contested is for a state law, then the state courts have initial jurisdiction - it goes through the hierarchy I just described. If, however, you are being charged with a *federal* offense, or a civil matter involving federal legislation or the constitution, then it is put into the federal court system. These are arranged in "districts", of which I believe there are 9. Districts are pretty much geographically cut up sections of the US. Above the district courts you have appellate courts, which are designed to handle the appeals from lower courts. Finally, at the very top, you have the US Supreme Court, and as I'm sure you already know, they deal with constitutional issues and federal law. They are the "last stop" in our legal system.
I may have made some minor factual errors in the above, as IANAL. I did, however, take state & local politics and get a "B", so I think I got the important details down. Now, there is one remaining detail...
Federal courts, like state courts, are on the same level relative to each other. A Minnesota court may rule that, say, the UCITA legislation passed by it's legislative arm is in violation of Minnesota's consitution. A Oregon court may take the same legislation, and allow it. Hence, depending on where you live, the legislation may or may not impact you. Federal courts are the same way - District 5 decisions do not directly impact District 6 decisions, so both decisions will stand (and yes, in conflict) until a higher court resolves the issue by setting a precident. At this point, all courts below it should adhere to that precident where it applies.
So, the issue is hardly resolved.. my original post stands.
Seems to go against another court ruling holding that people's domain names can be considered property. In light of this, I think it would be wise for people to consider a class-action lawsuit against Network Solution's for selling them a bill of goods - what exactly are you paying them for if you are not getting anything in return? I happen to have registered a domain under Network Solutions. I wish it was easier to switch registars, but it is not - there is a window of mis-opportunity where your domain is "available" should you wish to switch.
Any lawyers care to comment on what my options might be? Can I sue them, and if so, for what? This is a definate consumer-rights issue.
You finally posted taco.. wow, I thought you'd never link those articles. I think it's a show of support - just like how the NYT linked directly to the DeCSS mirror list when 2600.com was attacked by the RIAA for providing links to DeCSS. You guys should be proud - don't back down - fight them. Time to show them Slashdot is more than just another webzine out to make a buck.
But the quarter of the worlds population who earn less yearly than MS Word's monetary cost are not going to care about the internet or access to information when their children are starving while they assemble sports equipment.
I hear this alot - "movement X is wrong because it puts itself above feeding the hungry." Let me put some rationale behind this: You need to pick things big enough to matter and small enough to win. I like RMS' statement on that, which I will paraphrase - "there were already plenty of people trying to feed the hungry". I pick my battles carefully - I want to make a difference.. I want to be able to point to something and say "I did that". Ensuring freedom of information is something I can do that will make a difference.. and is something which matters to alot of people whether they know it or not.
I'm gonna sue you bastards, that's a net.geek trade secret! Now in a week Katz will write something about it and it'll be all over. =)
That aside, this is quite abit like stating the obvious. In so many words, you can say that "information is power". All geeks I know instinctively know this and have a sense of duty in sharing both their knowledge of computers, and the information that travels through that medium. I'd go as far as to say it is a conscious and active attack against the "intellectual property" pillars of modern society - it is anti-ethical to geeks to lock information up. This is borne out through a reflex that most of us have to be peers amongst each other - nobody is superior. In light of that, it is obvious that information must be shared to ensure everybody remains equal.
So while research doesn't add anything new to the table, it may be helpful in convincing our less-enlightened "normals" out in the Real World. I think we've made it over the first hurdle - most people got a taste of free information with the various free news sites - nytimes, cnn, c|net, the "freer" online shopping - no taxes, and free music courtesy of napster, amongst other things that have since become integrated into their lives. I know it has gone mainstream.. my mom uses Napster now and reads her morning news and traffic online. Amazing the progress we have made...
He even proudly proclaims he is the "greatest karma whore of all times"
Thanks but no thanks.. I have no done that for some time now: what I post is what I *really* *do* *believe*. Please judge me on my content, and not who I am. As part of this, I usually do not use my +2 bonus.. all I ask is that if people do want to moderate that they do so on what I'm saying.. and not who I am.
He looks like that comic-book seller in The Simpsons!
Here's the dead giveaway that he's not a geek: flourescent lighting. Every geek I know who works in an office has poked out the lighting above their cubes (light.. pain.. bad!), myself included. Real Geeks use lava lamps, candlelight, or even the Glow Of the Blessed CRT Monitor.. but flourescent? Man.. no way.
Yes, but imagine if you rewrote parts of the TCP stack to twiddle the outgoing bytes of "regular" packets. In that case, it wouldn't be nearly as detectable.
There was an SSH trojan which was documented on BugTraq about 6 months ago that utilized this technique, as well as several others. It also had the ability to detect and bypass firewalls automatically from the remote site to establish a "reverse" connection with the attacker's proxy.
In short - this has been going on for a long time.
actually, no. DSL is the same price as cable out here, it's just that the phone company can't (won't) deploy to my neighborhood. As a result, I'm left with no choice but oversubscribed cable. It costs the same, but I'm getting less for my money. I'm NOT happy.
Well, I'm sure Metallica will be calling you up soon to protest how you could use this to potentially interfere with their copyright and cause them to lose sales.. and then they'll sue you for damages that haven't yet occurred...
Given the nature of this community, I suspect this is more of a "tip of the iceberg" sample, and has a high error rate. There's alot of projects that helped create (enable for you buzzword people!) more projects - I doubt many people would have gotten in on the free software scene if not for the GNU C Compiler. Comparing authors by quantity instead of quality is a poor way of judging progress. So take this report with a grain of salt - they make no claims of this being comprehensive or telling, and neither should you. Already I see people proclaiming that this is the metric by which contributors should be judged. Sigh.
Secondly, most of this community, by its very nature, is distributed, decentralized, and hard to account for. That's not a coincidence - many of us like remaining anonymous.. the man behind the scenes. As anecotal(sp?) evidence look at the.sig blocks on slashdot - how many famous people note their OSS accomplishments in their sig? Very few. And as Linus himself said.. it's not like girls are throwing their underwear at him. Many people don't *want* to be counted.. an anonymous patch here and there is sufficient.. "I just want it to work".
So before people start using this report as a metric of people's contributions, remember two things: Even small contributions count, and this is an inclusive rather than exclusive community - you are welcome here whether you contribute source or not. People who write documentation, help the newbies, and convince management to put their company printers on linux (3Com anyone?) ought to be commended too. There's alot more here than code!
Sounds like politics was involved in this arrest more than the actual crime. I think it is amazing that someone can be arrested for creating macro viruses at all - the mere creation of them should not place liability on the creator.. only the person who maliciously spreads it. Why does this apply only to the digital world? If somebody leaves their lunch out at their desk and I steal it, eat it, and then get food poisoning.. should I be able to sue them?
Secondly, has anyone noticed how much more quickly our legal system moves when money'd interests get annoyed.. as opposed to the average person? Had my system been compromised by somebody in the phillipines, do you think I would have any recourse? Of course not! But, because it affected "e-commerce" companies.. *blamo* hundreds of agents are assigned to the case. Sigh. What happened to equal justice and protection under the law?
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I think a search engine that could use its inputs to figure out what pages are "crap" and what's "good" would have such a profound impact on the web.. I can't imagine a bigger advance.
That is *too* funny! I wish I had mod points..
Yea, still people remember the man and not the message.
It was meant as a tongue-in-cheek joke... I was poking alittle fun at the fact that linux seems to suck differently with each release.
I don't think that phrase fits linux very well. If anything, it would be "Think Fast!" With the kernel internals and libraries shifting faster than the sands in the sahara desert, programmers need to keep on their toes if they want to stay compatible. That isn't to say linux is hard to keep current with - it's usually a compile away, but upgrading from libc to glibc, from the 2.0 to 2.2 kernels, from a.out to ELF, etc., it can certainly be a challenge!
Lusting for those new boxes? My only advice - it won't hurt as long as you don't fall off them.
Third, should slashdot decide the odds are legally against them on this and back down, I won't fault you for it - you gave it a good, hard look. Last, while you are fighting censorship against you, don't forget that it is a two-sided sword - do not censor people here on slashdot, lest ye be considered hypocritical.
Not only will their server be slashdotted, but the enormous demand for anti-spam tactics will likely get them "spamdotted" as well. I can only imagine the response come monday when the techies get to work and get their right-click *forward* fingers goin'.
Smartass. =)
I have a Smith & Wesson, which is the original point and click interface. The results are also quite graphical when the system is loaded.
Then how can NSI claim to own them?
It's easy, try this: I own the United States!. There, I made my claim. Now, uhh.. comes the hard part - taking it over.
If an issue being contested is for a state law, then the state courts have initial jurisdiction - it goes through the hierarchy I just described. If, however, you are being charged with a *federal* offense, or a civil matter involving federal legislation or the constitution, then it is put into the federal court system. These are arranged in "districts", of which I believe there are 9. Districts are pretty much geographically cut up sections of the US. Above the district courts you have appellate courts, which are designed to handle the appeals from lower courts. Finally, at the very top, you have the US Supreme Court, and as I'm sure you already know, they deal with constitutional issues and federal law. They are the "last stop" in our legal system.
I may have made some minor factual errors in the above, as IANAL. I did, however, take state & local politics and get a "B", so I think I got the important details down. Now, there is one remaining detail...
Federal courts, like state courts, are on the same level relative to each other. A Minnesota court may rule that, say, the UCITA legislation passed by it's legislative arm is in violation of Minnesota's consitution. A Oregon court may take the same legislation, and allow it. Hence, depending on where you live, the legislation may or may not impact you. Federal courts are the same way - District 5 decisions do not directly impact District 6 decisions, so both decisions will stand (and yes, in conflict) until a higher court resolves the issue by setting a precident. At this point, all courts below it should adhere to that precident where it applies.
So, the issue is hardly resolved.. my original post stands.
Any lawyers care to comment on what my options might be? Can I sue them, and if so, for what? This is a definate consumer-rights issue.
You finally posted taco.. wow, I thought you'd never link those articles. I think it's a show of support - just like how the NYT linked directly to the DeCSS mirror list when 2600.com was attacked by the RIAA for providing links to DeCSS. You guys should be proud - don't back down - fight them. Time to show them Slashdot is more than just another webzine out to make a buck.
I hear this alot - "movement X is wrong because it puts itself above feeding the hungry." Let me put some rationale behind this: You need to pick things big enough to matter and small enough to win. I like RMS' statement on that, which I will paraphrase - "there were already plenty of people trying to feed the hungry". I pick my battles carefully - I want to make a difference.. I want to be able to point to something and say "I did that". Ensuring freedom of information is something I can do that will make a difference.. and is something which matters to alot of people whether they know it or not.
That aside, this is quite abit like stating the obvious. In so many words, you can say that "information is power". All geeks I know instinctively know this and have a sense of duty in sharing both their knowledge of computers, and the information that travels through that medium. I'd go as far as to say it is a conscious and active attack against the "intellectual property" pillars of modern society - it is anti-ethical to geeks to lock information up. This is borne out through a reflex that most of us have to be peers amongst each other - nobody is superior. In light of that, it is obvious that information must be shared to ensure everybody remains equal.
So while research doesn't add anything new to the table, it may be helpful in convincing our less-enlightened "normals" out in the Real World. I think we've made it over the first hurdle - most people got a taste of free information with the various free news sites - nytimes, cnn, c|net, the "freer" online shopping - no taxes, and free music courtesy of napster, amongst other things that have since become integrated into their lives. I know it has gone mainstream.. my mom uses Napster now and reads her morning news and traffic online. Amazing the progress we have made...
Sounds like they've managed to duplicate the intelligence of an average AOLer. What an advance in artificial stupidity - I'm impressed!
Thanks but no thanks.. I have no done that for some time now: what I post is what I *really* *do* *believe*. Please judge me on my content, and not who I am. As part of this, I usually do not use my +2 bonus.. all I ask is that if people do want to moderate that they do so on what I'm saying.. and not who I am.
Here's the dead giveaway that he's not a geek: flourescent lighting. Every geek I know who works in an office has poked out the lighting above their cubes (light.. pain.. bad!), myself included. Real Geeks use lava lamps, candlelight, or even the Glow Of the Blessed CRT Monitor.. but flourescent? Man.. no way.
Yes, but imagine if you rewrote parts of the TCP stack to twiddle the outgoing bytes of "regular" packets. In that case, it wouldn't be nearly as detectable.
In short - this has been going on for a long time.
actually, no. DSL is the same price as cable out here, it's just that the phone company can't (won't) deploy to my neighborhood. As a result, I'm left with no choice but oversubscribed cable. It costs the same, but I'm getting less for my money. I'm NOT happy.
*cough*
Secondly, most of this community, by its very nature, is distributed, decentralized, and hard to account for. That's not a coincidence - many of us like remaining anonymous.. the man behind the scenes. As anecotal(sp?) evidence look at the .sig blocks on slashdot - how many famous people note their OSS accomplishments in their sig? Very few. And as Linus himself said.. it's not like girls are throwing their underwear at him. Many people don't *want* to be counted.. an anonymous patch here and there is sufficient.. "I just want it to work".
So before people start using this report as a metric of people's contributions, remember two things: Even small contributions count, and this is an inclusive rather than exclusive community - you are welcome here whether you contribute source or not. People who write documentation, help the newbies, and convince management to put their company printers on linux (3Com anyone?) ought to be commended too. There's alot more here than code!
Secondly, has anyone noticed how much more quickly our legal system moves when money'd interests get annoyed.. as opposed to the average person? Had my system been compromised by somebody in the phillipines, do you think I would have any recourse? Of course not! But, because it affected "e-commerce" companies.. *blamo* hundreds of agents are assigned to the case. Sigh. What happened to equal justice and protection under the law?