Vacant emptiness? Oookay, well... let's just skip over that for now. I didn't take it personally. I simply can't quite understand his.. ummm.. unique way of doing poetry.
Finally I can ignore those annoying people who drive with their high-beams on or use colored headlights. As a sidenote - this will also enable you to see people walking down the side of the road - a definite safety plus. I rather wonder though what it looks like - engines generate lots of heat, plus in the winter you have all that heat energy in the passenger compartment - wouldn't that make it rather difficult to distinguish between two cars driving next to each other in different lanes? Hmmm, well... time will tell. Either way that's pretty cool. I wonder how long until it makes it into the hands of the less fortunate souls that don't have a spare 100k lying around to get a car...
It's just one guy who keeps posting those comments - not a small group. There's only about 5 people on/. that have had a problem with my posts and only one or two of them are trying to overwhelm people by posting multiple times to anything I post. It's jealousy, plain and simple. Rob has recently turned off karma scores on personal pages for this reason, so hopefully this kind of crap will come to an end. Just ignore them for now, or go here and post some flames to him instead of bothering the general readership...
Great! Let's just hope none of them have been listening to the ACs here on slashdot or they'll try to build it out of iMacs running linux or palm pilots....
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I got the distinct impression from reading your post that you think that only "elites" can wield power. I disagree with that. The power base, atleast in the US, is dominated by the upper middle class right now - NOT the established social elite. Right now computer geeks are holding that position, however brief it may last. If we all shut down the servers we care from and called in sick tomorrow the stock market would crash, no planes would fly, and e-commerce.. well, it wouldn't be "e", and there would be no "commerce".
I do have to wonder how we can effect a change given this power.. and perhaps you could reply with an answer as I have none right now!
If the NSA has found a shortcut to dramatically reduce those times, then they would allow 128 bit encryption through because it is now trivial for them to crack it. Incase you haven't been paying attention the NSA hasn't been licensing anything above 56 bit until today. That means that they've either given up on trying to keep encryption from spreading, or they've found a shortcut.
Don't assume that just because *you* don't have the resources *they* don't.
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Bingo. Now sir, please hand over the mouse - it's illegal to carry a concealed pointing device online.
Most of the things you point out lead to a much bigger question - Whom do you trust? Do you trust the FDA to keep your personal health as the highest priority... above that of a corporation's pressure to get their product on the market in a hurry. Or the political pressures of congressmen representing their district?
Do you trust your software to be free from defects, or if defects are found that the vendor will respond in a timely and effective manner?
Do you trust that your government and it's law enforcement are acting in your best interests - to protect you from harm and allow you to excercise the maximum freedom afforded to you under the constitution?
Is the WTO the problem... or a symptom of the problem?
The article makes several good points but I think it's ignoring the root issue here. As computer geeks we often can fully understand the implications of a new law passed restricting online access or a piece of technology with a way to uniquely and globally identify you. As such, we also have the ability to circumvent, limit, or work-around those things to maintain our own personal freedom and privacy. This is why most geeks, while upset over these developments, are not rioting in the streets. We can work around it, defeat it, or be aware of it and alter our actions accordingly.
Let me give you a common example - mp3 ripping and software "piracy". With a few exceptions (you may have one or two at work who are well known for it), most geeks don't have an issue with copying software or other information (audio) for personal use. It's a non-issue. So how come the average joe, after watching an SPA commercial is scared that the cops are already on their way to his house to bust him because he borrowed a windows 98 CD from a friend of his at work? Because he doesn't know that isn't going to happen. We have more information that he does. I know atleast 30 people off the top of my head that freely exchange their software with each other. Photoshop 5, ask john. Need Back Office, go to david. You get the idea. Am I a criminal? Yeah, probably. I simply happen to know the probability of the SPA even caring about my meager collection are about as good as MS winning the trial. You'll also note I'm posting with my e-mail address attached. I dare the SPA or RIAA to come over to my house. I know it would cost local law enforcement more in transportation and manpower than they would hope to gain by "busting" me.
This is the reason why the WTO is dangerous - we already have ways to circumvent it. Talks of creating digital havens outside of US or WTO control are already underway and servers are doubtless being setup as we speak. Information does not want to be free - it already is. The problem is getting the non-geeks to understand this. And that, my friends, is the heart of the issue.
Wasn't Nolo press by the same guy who was later sued for practicing law without a license? This isn't to say the information found therein isn't useful... but it is worth mentioning...
You'll note virtually all my comments over the past week have had various AC replies to my posts along those lines. He's just trying to get attention by attaching himself to someone who's well-known on/. Just ignore him. Eventually he'll either go away, or I'll code a perl script to make the mandatory "karma whore!!!!" post to everyone who gets a +3 or better and make him obsolete.:)
I know about DGA - but it's buggy and usually requires a patch to your server to enable it. My experiences so far have been a dismal failure. As Also, it's only on one other UN*X - Solaris.
It's a simple question, but a good one - has XF86 figured out an API set for direct video access? We're still lumbering about with unix domain sockets and tcp/ip - it's been brought up *alot* lately that performance could be dramatically improved if we were to create a standard X API set to do direct hw access.
Okay, so the condensed version of this article is basically that computer geeks use the same tools and methods to communicate with each other as they do with mainstream, and that leads to them not being taken seriously?
Okay, in this community it's assumed you have enough technical prowness to differentiate between "marketing hype" and technical specs. This means that when you talk with somebody, it's gonna get pretty boring if you just quote the specs. That means you provide anecdotal evidence. For example, I have had nothing but problems with Fujitsu drives. I had one crash horribly, and the other one wouldn't work correctly when it was installed with a tape drive. Word of mouth, in effect. This is dismissed, but a movie critic's views are accepted as a reason to, or not to, go see a movie? I could be wrong, but that sounds like a double standard to me.
Sounds like the media doesn't take outsiders seriously. Strangely enough, technicians don't take non-techies seriously in their area of trade either. Arrogance, or common sense?
I'm willing to undertake the effort, but I'd like to know how many people could help - I think there are a few generous admins out there that would host a root server out there. I'd like to make it as distributed as possible and keep costs down. It would be very cool.
I posted this exact idea about 4 months ago about so-called "smart cards". The problem is that unless they have built-in circuitry to limit the information being extracted, it's up to the reader to determine what information gets sent, and how secure it is. Client-side security, in other words. Smart cards can't be cards - not yet anyway. We need something with a UI, whether it be a keypad with an LCD display or a palm pilot.. to control information being sent.
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Vacant emptiness? Oookay, well... let's just skip over that for now. I didn't take it personally. I simply can't quite understand his.. ummm.. unique way of doing poetry.
Finally I can ignore those annoying people who drive with their high-beams on or use colored headlights. As a sidenote - this will also enable you to see people walking down the side of the road - a definite safety plus. I rather wonder though what it looks like - engines generate lots of heat, plus in the winter you have all that heat energy in the passenger compartment - wouldn't that make it rather difficult to distinguish between two cars driving next to each other in different lanes? Hmmm, well... time will tell. Either way that's pretty cool. I wonder how long until it makes it into the hands of the less fortunate souls that don't have a spare 100k lying around to get a car...
Hmmm. So I can't reply if something is stupid or attacks my position? Hmm... that's going to put a serious damper on debating...
Well, it *was* off two days ago. *sigh* I was really rather hoping that would put an end to karma envy.
It's just one guy who keeps posting those comments - not a small group. There's only about 5 people on /. that have had a problem with my posts and only one or two of them are trying to overwhelm people by posting multiple times to anything I post. It's jealousy, plain and simple. Rob has recently turned off karma scores on personal pages for this reason, so hopefully this kind of crap will come to an end. Just ignore them for now, or go here and post some flames to him instead of bothering the general readership...
Great! Let's just hope none of them have been listening to the ACs here on slashdot or they'll try to build it out of iMacs running linux or palm pilots....
I got the distinct impression from reading your post that you think that only "elites" can wield power. I disagree with that. The power base, atleast in the US, is dominated by the upper middle class right now - NOT the established social elite. Right now computer geeks are holding that position, however brief it may last. If we all shut down the servers we care from and called in sick tomorrow the stock market would crash, no planes would fly, and e-commerce.. well, it wouldn't be "e", and there would be no "commerce".
I do have to wonder how we can effect a change given this power.. and perhaps you could reply with an answer as I have none right now!
You're speaking ISO-8559-7 to me. I only speak ISO-8559-1.
Don't assume that just because *you* don't have the resources *they* don't.
Bingo. Now sir, please hand over the mouse - it's illegal to carry a concealed pointing device online.
Paranoid amongst us: take note. The NSA no longer considers 128 bit encryption secure enough to trouble them.
Do you trust your software to be free from defects, or if defects are found that the vendor will respond in a timely and effective manner?
Do you trust that your government and it's law enforcement are acting in your best interests - to protect you from harm and allow you to excercise the maximum freedom afforded to you under the constitution?
Is the WTO the problem... or a symptom of the problem?
Geez. That sounds kinda like something I might have said. Are you sure you aren't a Signal 11-speak perl generator? =)
Let me give you a common example - mp3 ripping and software "piracy". With a few exceptions (you may have one or two at work who are well known for it), most geeks don't have an issue with copying software or other information (audio) for personal use. It's a non-issue. So how come the average joe, after watching an SPA commercial is scared that the cops are already on their way to his house to bust him because he borrowed a windows 98 CD from a friend of his at work? Because he doesn't know that isn't going to happen. We have more information that he does. I know atleast 30 people off the top of my head that freely exchange their software with each other. Photoshop 5, ask john. Need Back Office, go to david. You get the idea. Am I a criminal? Yeah, probably. I simply happen to know the probability of the SPA even caring about my meager collection are about as good as MS winning the trial. You'll also note I'm posting with my e-mail address attached. I dare the SPA or RIAA to come over to my house. I know it would cost local law enforcement more in transportation and manpower than they would hope to gain by "busting" me.
This is the reason why the WTO is dangerous - we already have ways to circumvent it. Talks of creating digital havens outside of US or WTO control are already underway and servers are doubtless being setup as we speak. Information does not want to be free - it already is. The problem is getting the non-geeks to understand this. And that, my friends, is the heart of the issue.
Wasn't Nolo press by the same guy who was later sued for practicing law without a license? This isn't to say the information found therein isn't useful... but it is worth mentioning...
You'll note virtually all my comments over the past week have had various AC replies to my posts along those lines. He's just trying to get attention by attaching himself to someone who's well-known on /. Just ignore him. Eventually he'll either go away, or I'll code a perl script to make the mandatory "karma whore!!!!" post to everyone who gets a +3 or better and make him obsolete. :)
I know about DGA - but it's buggy and usually requires a patch to your server to enable it. My experiences so far have been a dismal failure. As Also, it's only on one other UN*X - Solaris.
It's a simple question, but a good one - has XF86 figured out an API set for direct video access? We're still lumbering about with unix domain sockets and tcp/ip - it's been brought up *alot* lately that performance could be dramatically improved if we were to create a standard X API set to do direct hw access.
Okay, in this community it's assumed you have enough technical prowness to differentiate between "marketing hype" and technical specs. This means that when you talk with somebody, it's gonna get pretty boring if you just quote the specs. That means you provide anecdotal evidence. For example, I have had nothing but problems with Fujitsu drives. I had one crash horribly, and the other one wouldn't work correctly when it was installed with a tape drive. Word of mouth, in effect. This is dismissed, but a movie critic's views are accepted as a reason to, or not to, go see a movie? I could be wrong, but that sounds like a double standard to me.
Sounds like the media doesn't take outsiders seriously. Strangely enough, technicians don't take non-techies seriously in their area of trade either. Arrogance, or common sense?
Anything starting with i, e, or X.
Oh for christ's sake, this is offtopic?! It's about *Quake*! I'm trying to have alittle fun here, and it gets -1'd? Jeez....
I'm willing to undertake the effort, but I'd like to know how many people could help - I think there are a few generous admins out there that would host a root server out there. I'd like to make it as distributed as possible and keep costs down. It would be very cool.
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I posted this exact idea about 4 months ago about so-called "smart cards". The problem is that unless they have built-in circuitry to limit the information being extracted, it's up to the reader to determine what information gets sent, and how secure it is. Client-side security, in other words. Smart cards can't be cards - not yet anyway. We need something with a UI, whether it be a keypad with an LCD display or a palm pilot.. to control information being sent.
How does it feel, wichert, to have accomplished something previously thought to be impossible to accomplish on slashdot?