"The study indicates that dozens of companies are discovered each year to have violated the terms of GPL, and if they are public companies, they are violating Sarbanes-Oxley."
I know a person who doesn't have his copy of Windows registered. His PC got infested by spyware, so my deduction is that his computer was probably used to send SPAM, spread viruses and whatnot. When He called me for tech support, I told him to download the Microsoft Anti-spyware from Windows update, but his answer was that it required a registered copy.
My question is this: If Windows updates make the Internet SAFER from hackers, spyware and viruses, why limit them to registered copies of Windows? (IMHO this is analogous to not giving the vaccine of the bird flu to illegal aliens)
Um, is there something "ok" with licking a keyboard that is yours?
Just for the sake of the argument, the bacteria you're commonly in touch with (eew), is most probably already identified by your own immune system, whereas the bacteria in other keyboards is most probably not.
In any case, I wouldn't dare to test, my keyboard is all stained with dust, and I can see occasional eyelashes and tiny strands of clothes in-between the keys.
But I wouldn't worry too much about bacteria, but what about DUST MITES?:( eeeeeew!!
Do not confuse this feature with spyware. Tracking cookies have always been used by advertising companies, yet they can be disabled. But I'd rather stick with tracking cookies than having to navigate through sites with embedded flash because the sponsors require them to. This "cookies = spyware" is just paranoia to me.
Anyway, if a website gives you a "ping" attribute, what prevents the same site from obfuscating the link and doing some redirections? It's EXACTLY THE SAME! If there can be any abuse, it's because the attribute is provided BY THE WEBSITE'S CONTENT. And who controls the website content?
One major abuse I could see are phishing sites, but if you already entered a phishing site it's your own fault, and I *REALLY* doubt a bank site would add ping attributes to their website.
In comparison, SPYWARE steals resources, bandwith, CPU and Memory, and makes your system unstable, stealing also YOUR VALUABLE TIME.
So, no, the ping attribute is NOT SPYWARE. I think the article submitter was too sensationalist by putting this in the headline.
but I can after 5 years on EQ1, I can pretty much predict that anyone who will only group with people who can type 2 complete sentences without mistakes is doomed to a lifetime of soloing.
Class: Grammar Nazi.
Description: A sage, specialized in the subtleties of language. Common jobs: Deciphering ancient runes, translator for diplomacy Bonuses: Intelligence +5, +5 bonus against chaotic enemies. Penalties: Charisma -10, they don't use to get along with characters of age Alignment: Good, neutral or evil, but always lawful. Common phrases: "Grammar tip of the day". Very annoying.
One thing is filtering search results, and a very different thing is shutting down your website. It's like building a wall to prevent people from getting EASILY to a library, versus burning down the library so NOBODY can read its contents EVER.
Yep. Google are finally becoming a normal company.
As compared to...?
See, all companies start by making something new. And Google is still innovative in that it wants targetted ads into the mainstream media. But they never were sisters of charity, i've read comments of people complaining about Google charging them extra for clicks they got (pay-per-click is EVIL!), and similar stuff. If you fantasized about Google being some geek heroes, perhaps you needed to research more.
Anyway, take a look at this, and see how many companies fit into it.
1. Set up search engine^H^Hpopular technology-based service 2. Collect sponsors 3. Profit!!
The device in the Congo movie used a sign language => speech converter. The japanese story is about a speech => sign language converter.
If we consider the gestures as a series of movements produced by predetermined actuators (junctions), they can be quantized and stored in a vector, it's just numerical input, and could be classified as a different kind of speech.
Training the a gesture reader would be equivalent to searching inside a soundwave database (find the closest match, reject if there's any significant difference).
However, speech is more than soundwaves, they have to be interpreted thru various phases, i.e. recognizing the phonemes, generating a soundex, then searched against predetermined words to find a match, AND determining the exact word based on the previous textual context.
In other words, the japanese speech recognition (whether it has a robotic arm or not) is technologically superior to the (ficticious?) gesture reader in the Congo movie.
"Distribution of the Corresponding Source in accord with this section must be in a format that is publicly documented, unencumbered by patents, and must require no special password or key for unpacking, reading or copying."
I like this one, specially the 'unencumbered by patents' part, but I'm not sure if this was already present in GPL v2.
"This License gives unlimited permission to privately modify and run the Program, provided you do not bring suit for patent infringement against anyone for making, using or distributing their own works based on the Program.
Propagation of covered works is permitted without limitation provided it does not enable parties other than you to make or receive copies. Propagation which does enable them to do so is permitted, as "distribution", under the conditions of sections 4-6 below."
DRM:
"As a free software license, this License intrinsically disfavors technical attempts to restrict users' freedom to copy, modify, and share copyrighted works. Each of its provisions shall be interpreted in light of this specific declaration of the licensor's intent. Regardless of any other provision of this License, no permission is given to distribute covered works that illegally invade users' privacy, nor for modes of distribution that deny users that run covered works the full exercise of the legal rights granted by this License."
The only thing i didn't like was the "illegally invade users' privacy". It's the 'illegally' that concerns me, what if DRM is made legal? I can see a loophole in there. The 'nor for modes of distribution'... does it include 'illegally', too?
Perhaps they should be more explicit, I'm not sure...
The name means nothing. It's the facts that matter. Whether he is a one-day hacker or some looney, he discovered that for Length==1, (a completely invalid value that makes no sense for WMF's), Windows creates a new thread and starts executing the code.
IMHO your "debunking steve gibson" site is nothing but a smokescreen to divert the attention from Microsoft's vulnerabilities and backdoors.
Thanks for your support. Apparently the mod's quantum was spinning on the wrong side:P
Anyway, my point is, we'd need quantum encryption BEFORE quantum decryption, otherwise the crackers would start eavesdropping like they do with zero-day exploits today.
But how are we supposed to do that? We'd need to regulate the quantum cryptography hardware, perhaps even with some DRM to protect the general public's privacy (who'd have thought?). Then, when the encryption is regulated enough, quantum encryption chips can go mainstream and be distributed regularly.
This would look something like the govt's policy on encryption, with the exception that quantum boxes can decrypt unknown data (SSL i mean), whereas SSL algorithms today cannot decrypt unknown SSL data.
Yes, the arrival of quantum cryptography hardware would be a complete revolution, if not chaos. It'd be interesting to write a sci-fi paper about what would happen when that day arrives.
Not that I think it's a problem, but it's absolutely trivial to get a list of kids' addresses in this scenario. I send this list to the sanitation group:
They clean it and send me the "allowable email list" back:
How about sending the e-mail along with the list, so you don't get ANYTHING back, but a "mail sent" message? In other words, why not make OFFICIAL SMTP servers which filter the e-mails?
Just make a database of hashes (i.e. SHA256) of e-mail addresses. Everyone can check if your particular e-mail is listed there, but nobody can find out your particular e-mail from the list.
A few years ago we bought some ham. There was a green spot on it, after i looked closer it was a tiny green worm-like thing with black eyes, all curled up. I don't want to imagine what would happen if a thing like that entered my system.
If the ham is green, how are we supposed to spot this stuff?
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"The study indicates that dozens of companies are discovered each year to have violated the terms of GPL, and if they are public companies, they are violating Sarbanes-Oxley."
This applies only to GPL VIOLATORS.
Move along, move along.
That's not the point, the point is Microsoft's negligence regarding the welfare of the net, and what they're planning to do about it.
Dear Microsoft Security VP:
I know a person who doesn't have his copy of Windows registered. His PC got infested by spyware, so my deduction is that his computer was probably used to send SPAM, spread viruses and whatnot. When He called me for tech support, I told him to download the Microsoft Anti-spyware from Windows update, but his answer was that it required a registered copy.
My question is this: If Windows updates make the Internet SAFER from hackers, spyware and viruses, why limit them to registered copies of Windows? (IMHO this is analogous to not giving the vaccine of the bird flu to illegal aliens)
What do you plan to do about this?
That was a typo. I typed < instead of < .
:P. I lose 5000 experience points :)
I meant to say:
Charisma -10, they don't use to get along with characters of age < 18. OK, that "use" was my mistake
Um, is there something "ok" with licking a keyboard that is yours?
:( eeeeeew!!
Just for the sake of the argument, the bacteria you're commonly in touch with (eew), is most probably already identified by your own immune system, whereas the bacteria in other keyboards is most probably not.
In any case, I wouldn't dare to test, my keyboard is all stained with dust, and I can see occasional eyelashes and tiny strands of clothes in-between the keys.
But I wouldn't worry too much about bacteria, but what about DUST MITES?
Do not confuse this feature with spyware. Tracking cookies have always been used by advertising companies, yet they can be disabled. But I'd rather stick with tracking cookies than having to navigate through sites with embedded flash because the sponsors require them to. This "cookies = spyware" is just paranoia to me.
Anyway, if a website gives you a "ping" attribute, what prevents the same site from obfuscating the link and doing some redirections? It's EXACTLY THE SAME! If there can be any abuse, it's because the attribute is provided BY THE WEBSITE'S CONTENT. And who controls the website content?
One major abuse I could see are phishing sites, but if you already entered a phishing site it's your own fault, and I *REALLY* doubt a bank site would add ping attributes to their website.
In comparison, SPYWARE steals resources, bandwith, CPU and Memory, and makes your system unstable, stealing also YOUR VALUABLE TIME.
So, no, the ping attribute is NOT SPYWARE. I think the article submitter was too sensationalist by putting this in the headline.
For reference only, and to aid the future submitters?
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It doesn't need to include hyperlinks, just underline the "link" and after it we see [the_original_domain.org], as if it were a normal
but I can after 5 years on EQ1, I can pretty much predict that anyone who will only group with people who can type 2 complete sentences without mistakes is doomed to a lifetime of soloing.
Class: Grammar Nazi.
Description: A sage, specialized in the subtleties of language.
Common jobs: Deciphering ancient runes, translator for diplomacy
Bonuses: Intelligence +5, +5 bonus against chaotic enemies.
Penalties: Charisma -10, they don't use to get along with characters of age Alignment: Good, neutral or evil, but always lawful.
Common phrases: "Grammar tip of the day". Very annoying.
"My grammer is definately very good, i swear i live in teh US!"
BUZZZ - REJECTED!
One thing is filtering search results, and a very different thing is shutting down your website. It's like building a wall to prevent people from getting EASILY to a library, versus burning down the library so NOBODY can read its contents EVER.
Yep. Google are finally becoming a normal company.
As compared to...?
See, all companies start by making something new. And Google is still innovative in that it wants targetted ads into the mainstream media. But they never were sisters of charity, i've read comments of people complaining about Google charging them extra for clicks they got (pay-per-click is EVIL!), and similar stuff. If you fantasized about Google being some geek heroes, perhaps you needed to research more.
Anyway, take a look at this, and see how many companies fit into it.
1. Set up search engine^H^Hpopular technology-based service
2. Collect sponsors
3. Profit!!
Can you spell "Yahoo"?
The device in the Congo movie used a sign language => speech converter. The japanese story is about a speech => sign language converter.
If we consider the gestures as a series of movements produced by predetermined actuators (junctions), they can be quantized and stored in a vector, it's just numerical input, and could be classified as a different kind of speech.
Training the a gesture reader would be equivalent to searching inside a soundwave database (find the closest match, reject if there's any significant difference).
However, speech is more than soundwaves, they have to be interpreted thru various phases, i.e. recognizing the phonemes, generating a soundex, then searched against predetermined words to find a match, AND determining the exact word based on the previous textual context.
In other words, the japanese speech recognition (whether it has a robotic arm or not) is technologically superior to the (ficticious?) gesture reader in the Congo movie.
I like this one, specially the 'unencumbered by patents' part, but I'm not sure if this was already present in GPL v2.
DRM:
The only thing i didn't like was the "illegally invade users' privacy". It's the 'illegally' that concerns me, what if DRM is made legal? I can see a loophole in there. The 'nor for modes of distribution'... does it include 'illegally', too?
Perhaps they should be more explicit, I'm not sure...
Why depend on American companies if you can do it with European ones?
After doomsday strikes, who do you want to be?
- Water pirates ****
- Mad Max ***********
- The kids beyond Thunderdome *
- CowboyNeal ***
How about some common sense here?
:)
ROFL! The RIAA... common sense... hahahahahah.... *pant* oh boy, that was a good one. Mod parent up!
The name means nothing. It's the facts that matter. Whether he is a one-day hacker or some looney, he discovered that for Length==1, (a completely invalid value that makes no sense for WMF's), Windows creates a new thread and starts executing the code.
IMHO your "debunking steve gibson" site is nothing but a smokescreen to divert the attention from Microsoft's vulnerabilities and backdoors.
there's a webcomic called Alien Dice, where the space gladiators are given "nanites" that heal them of all wounds, even in cases of attempted suicide.
This is a small world, indeed.
Thanks for your support. Apparently the mod's quantum was spinning on the wrong side :P
Anyway, my point is, we'd need quantum encryption BEFORE quantum decryption, otherwise the crackers would start eavesdropping like they do with zero-day exploits today.
But how are we supposed to do that? We'd need to regulate the quantum cryptography hardware, perhaps even with some DRM to protect the general public's privacy (who'd have thought?). Then, when the encryption is regulated enough, quantum encryption chips can go mainstream and be distributed regularly.
This would look something like the govt's policy on encryption, with the exception that quantum boxes can decrypt unknown data (SSL i mean), whereas SSL algorithms today cannot decrypt unknown SSL data.
Yes, the arrival of quantum cryptography hardware would be a complete revolution, if not chaos. It'd be interesting to write a sci-fi paper about what would happen when that day arrives.
I'm GLAD it won't happen soon! Imagine someone tapping into your SSL sessions with his quantum chip!
Besides, i'm much more interested in optical or spin-based chips with nearly zero-power-consumption than a quantum entanglement chip.
Year / Amount of SPAM :D
1999 - N
2000 - 2N
2001 - 4N
2002 - 8N
2003 - 16N
2004 - 32N
2005 - 31.999 N <- decline!
Not that I think it's a problem, but it's absolutely trivial to get a list of kids' addresses in this scenario. I send this list to the sanitation group:
They clean it and send me the "allowable email list" back:
How about sending the e-mail along with the list, so you don't get ANYTHING back, but a "mail sent" message? In other words, why not make OFFICIAL SMTP servers which filter the e-mails?
Just make a database of hashes (i.e. SHA256) of e-mail addresses. Everyone can check if your particular e-mail is listed there, but nobody can find out your particular e-mail from the list.
Just say it's illegal to send SPAM at all, and the sending porn spam will equate to corruption of minors. (i.e. 20 years of jail or something).
That'll do it.
A few years ago we bought some ham. There was a green spot on it, after i looked closer it was a tiny green worm-like thing with black eyes, all curled up. I don't want to imagine what would happen if a thing like that entered my system.
If the ham is green, how are we supposed to spot this stuff?