Anyway, my key point to the quote is - circumvention is an act of having something to hide. And if one has something to hide, chances are, whatever one is hiding is likely to be more valuable information.
You see, there are people that lives thinking they have nothing to hide, so they do not see any need to circumvent. And these are the group of people that will be unfortunate target of this legislation if they unwittedly performed petty criminal act.
So, the tricky thing is.. while such legislation is targeted at big crimelords and terrorists, it is more likely that the data will instead be used against those who commit petty crimes. I am not saying that these petty criminals don't deserve it though.
I rather have my privacy respected, than encrypted.
Already it's easy to see how existing technologies could be used to effortlessly circumvent the proposals.
The tricky thing is.. while such legislation is targeted at big crimelords and terrorists, it is more likely that the data will instead be used against the civilians with petty crimes. I am not saying that the petty criminals don't deserve it though.
In my opinion... both - Linux model and JCP model - are good and bad bazaars in their own strength (and weaknesses)
Linux model - with Linus as a benevolent dictator - is really about dynamic - where decision making cannot lies with Linus alone. The decisions have to be supported. In simple sense - Linus can be overruled - he is there only because he is wanted by the community to be there.
JCP, on the other hand, is more about processes and organisation, and less tolerant towards maverick style approach - which is more catheral like, than bazaar like. JCP bazaar strength lies in its ability to canvass industy players together to do specification work in a structured manner.
Apple already has that covered http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2004/jul/26motorol a.html
The problems with such a partnership between Motorola phone and iPod are, the phone will
1. be as bulky as iPod
2. drain phone battery life very fast
3. has stripped down functionalities, as it is quite difficult to imagine Motorola Linux phone - A760's next gen equipvalent - working alike an iPod
Nevertheless, it would be interesting to see this phone when it is out.
The kernel has been forking since its early days - consider the even numbered versions running concurrently.
The key is - will there be enough following and momentum behind each fork to push each fork into the mainstream as a focus and concentration point.
In my mind, for each fork to be successful, it requires some single reliable individual to hand hold things - focal person roles pretty much like those of Alan, Marcelo, and Andrew.
We must not forget that there are also special Linux kernels forked for varying purposes - like firewall, small devices, high availability, etc.
All said, fragmentation - an unhealhty kind of forking, is definitely not desirable.
At the end of the day - it is about price point, if it is technically feasible in the first place - like waiting time to download, and comparable to rival method to download music.
Up take for niche services like these requires very low entry requirements - like low price, little registration hazzles, ultra convenient - in order to gain momentum.
And btw, if wireless internet over cellular ever gets realistically cheap - it should just kill off this phonebooth music downloading idea easily.
In addition, I'll just like to point out that some web pages with bad links are due to dynamically form hyperlinks - in order to generate dynamic content.
In such cases, a bad link might actually be more useful, rather than having a tool that replace bad links and potentially leads to confusion.
Besides, if this tool acts on 404, it would not be hard to imagine that there would be prior arts.
The improvement is impressive - but I would credit the overall architecture, rather than some single specific factors - like Oracle10g+Redhat or DBA or systems consolidation.
I mean, every part of the architecture has its role.
Some other contributing factors not mentioned, I suspect, would includes - focused performance requirements, specific purpose optimised query framework.
Can someone point to some public material on the architecture? It would be a interesting read.
From the article: "... can play songs encoded in the popular MP3 and Windows Media formats on the computer. However, the program has to convert songs to Sony's proprietary Atrac3 format, the only file type the portable players will support."
I think this is will be a challenge for this device to pick up speed.
The additional effort and time needed to convert MP3 to Atrac3 format might not be a popular.
"The problem is they are a company at war with itself. So because they want to own everything, they end up owning nothing."
Indeed, the grey area of what consitute a spam will send shivers down the spine.
For example, a manager and the team uses Yahoo mail (cheapskate). And this manager always forward fyi messages that the receipients never read. Does this consitute a spam if reported?
I think you should qualify Korea further - South or North Korea. Anyway, I think both North and South Korea is a bad example for your statement - where the normal people cant afford a computer.
The price of cybercafe hourly rate is only one of the indicator, and this hourly rate alone is definitely not enough to provide a complete picture.
For example, a cybercafe charging $0.50 per hour might be subsidised with other cost. Other considerations like the bandwidth/connection speed has a role too.
Imagine using the internet connection in Starbuck free of charge - because one has paid a hifty amount for a cup of nothing-so-special-expresso.
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On similar note.
Instead of showing the possible results and its score as you type, I would rather it return the most probable exact single match.
Anyway, as I tried to type some of the terms I used to search for, they do not appear on the list.
So, it will be interesting to see how slow it might get if google is to index every single terms out there.
Yucks! Click submit instead of preview. *yawn*
Anyway, my key point to the quote is - circumvention is an act of having something to hide. And if one has something to hide, chances are, whatever one is hiding is likely to be more valuable information.
You see, there are people that lives thinking they have nothing to hide, so they do not see any need to circumvent. And these are the group of people that will be unfortunate target of this legislation if they unwittedly performed petty criminal act.
So, the tricky thing is.. while such legislation is targeted at big crimelords and terrorists, it is more likely that the data will instead be used against those who commit petty crimes. I am not saying that these petty criminals don't deserve it though.
I rather have my privacy respected, than encrypted.
The tricky thing is.. while such legislation is targeted at big crimelords and terrorists, it is more likely that the data will instead be used against the civilians with petty crimes. I am not saying that the petty criminals don't deserve it though.
In my opinion... both - Linux model and JCP model - are good and bad bazaars in their own strength (and weaknesses)
Linux model - with Linus as a benevolent dictator - is really about dynamic - where decision making cannot lies with Linus alone. The decisions have to be supported. In simple sense - Linus can be overruled - he is there only because he is wanted by the community to be there.
JCP, on the other hand, is more about processes and organisation, and less tolerant towards maverick style approach - which is more catheral like, than bazaar like. JCP bazaar strength lies in its ability to canvass industy players together to do specification work in a structured manner.
Leads one to ponder about the relative computing powess against the counterpart in those times.
Just how far the computing differences were, considering that a probable computation error caused the machine to orbit incorrectly.
The problems with such a partnership between Motorola phone and iPod are, the phone will
1. be as bulky as iPod
2. drain phone battery life very fast
3. has stripped down functionalities, as it is quite difficult to imagine Motorola Linux phone - A760's next gen equipvalent - working alike an iPod
Nevertheless, it would be interesting to see this phone when it is out.
I am of similar opinion.
The kernel has been forking since its early days - consider the even numbered versions running concurrently.
The key is - will there be enough following and momentum behind each fork to push each fork into the mainstream as a focus and concentration point.
In my mind, for each fork to be successful, it requires some single reliable individual to hand hold things - focal person roles pretty much like those of Alan, Marcelo, and Andrew.
We must not forget that there are also special Linux kernels forked for varying purposes - like firewall, small devices, high availability, etc.
All said, fragmentation - an unhealhty kind of forking, is definitely not desirable.
I mean - it sounds stupid if every profit seeking software vendor have to state this indemnity explicitly to its customer.
Up take for niche services like these requires very low entry requirements - like low price, little registration hazzles, ultra convenient - in order to gain momentum.
And btw, if wireless internet over cellular ever gets realistically cheap - it should just kill off this phonebooth music downloading idea easily.
The candidates I am looking at are
Nokia Observation camera that can send a MMS picture taken on request.
Another one is the Nokia remote camera, with better picture quality but not release yet.
I think there are probably other stuffs out there. But I am looking for something that I can monitor from my mobile essentially. Other ideas welcome!
Good insight.
In addition, I'll just like to point out that some web pages with bad links are due to dynamically form hyperlinks - in order to generate dynamic content.
In such cases, a bad link might actually be more useful, rather than having a tool that replace bad links and potentially leads to confusion.
Besides, if this tool acts on 404, it would not be hard to imagine that there would be prior arts.
This is pretty cool, especially for some geeks that are high on gardening.
Would like to try this myself.
In my opinion, education, energy and hygiene are important social indicators, and it should be impossible to drop 1 at the expense of another.
The main puzzle I see from this report is - why solar energy?!
Specifically, have solar energy reach the stage where it is more efficient than other energy option? (Think methane gas, natural gas)
A report on India's energy situation in 2002
I think Freeciv is a very good counter example.
However, I do agree that open source model does not encourage games that are graphic intensive that involves a lot of artwork.
How would one verify that an archive is correct, or packaged from a reliable source, if the md5sum differs?
In my opinion, the cons outweight the pros for doing so.
Don't you sense a huge unspoken mutual interest between Google and Playboy?
Unfortunately, it is unlikely that Thunderbird will support Netscape mail, being proprietory.
The improvement is impressive - but I would credit the overall architecture, rather than some single specific factors - like Oracle10g+Redhat or DBA or systems consolidation.
I mean, every part of the architecture has its role.
Some other contributing factors not mentioned, I suspect, would includes - focused performance requirements, specific purpose optimised query framework.
Can someone point to some public material on the architecture? It would be a interesting read.
I think this is will be a challenge for this device to pick up speed.
The additional effort and time needed to convert MP3 to Atrac3 format might not be a popular.
"The problem is they are a company at war with itself. So because they want to own everything, they end up owning nothing."
For example, a manager and the team uses Yahoo mail (cheapskate). And this manager always forward fyi messages that the receipients never read. Does this consitute a spam if reported?
What are the kind of penalties these spammers are staring at, if any?
When we think about PPP (Purchasing Power Parity), this hourly rate internet access is definitely a poorer form of comparison than Big Mac.
The Big Mac everywhere is the same (in content, in shape, etc) - so Big Mac is a good indicator for PPP, ceteris paribus.
But hourly rate across different type of internet cafe, different type of service, is well definitely not ceteris paribus.
I think you should qualify Korea further - South or North Korea. Anyway, I think both North and South Korea is a bad example for your statement - where the normal people cant afford a computer.
South Korea is actually one of the most connected place on earth. Read here :South Korea: Broadband blues
North Korea, on the other hand, is a very closed and restricted place, where internet access is likely controlled - even if it is affordable.
The price of cybercafe hourly rate is only one of the indicator, and this hourly rate alone is definitely not enough to provide a complete picture.
For example, a cybercafe charging $0.50 per hour might be subsidised with other cost. Other considerations like the bandwidth/connection speed has a role too.
Imagine using the internet connection in Starbuck free of charge - because one has paid a hifty amount for a cup of nothing-so-special-expresso.