"I don't know about you but I would rather not be surrounded by vats of nuclear waste."
Seems that the point is that we are already surrounded by vats of nuclear waste. We missed the opportunity to no be surrounded several decades ago. The issue at hand is what to do with it now that we have it. Burying it in a secure facility is really about the only safe option.
Again, yes some of us DID read it. CPU ID's are not the only way this could work.
"Other physical implementations may include storing the key on an external device to which the main CPU has privileged access (where the stored secrets are inaccessible to arbitrary application or operating systems code)."
I believe a PCI card could be such an "external device". I also think one of those USB memory sticks could be made to meet that description, and would have the advantage of being portable. The concern is what constitutes "arbitrary application or operating systems code". M$ has already described Linux as a virus, not to big a leap from there.........
I did read the patent and it says "the digital rights management operating system refuses to load an untrusted program into memory while the trusted application is executing." It isn't protecting the thread, it is refusing to load a program based on "trust." Not MY trust, mind you, but (I assume) M$'s trust. Thanks, but I think I would like to be the one who decides what loads on my machines and what is "trusted."
And how is this "trust" established? Seems to be based on licensing, and we know how licensing is handled as M$ with XP these days. Sure, go ahead and link up to www.M$.net and share what I have and what I want to use and let me know what M$ "trusts."
Let's all pitch in and get poor Junis his iPod
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It should be real easy. You all just send me $100 each, and I will make sure he gets it, then you all get 10 of your friends to send a $100 to you and........
I am sure Junis will be posting hear soon, since he "is mesmerized by open source and Slashdot," and I am sure he will rally to Jon's defense and prove that this isn't a hoax.
1.1 billion over five years. 220 million per year, at retail prices. Let's see, that would be not quite 12% of the interest they would make on the 36 billion they have in the bank, assuming they only get the same return on investment that I get from my banks savings account.
From what I have heard of this, Hughes is being assessed this liability because the headquarters is in LA. The operations has little to do with this, Hughes has operations in many cities. All they would have to do is move the headquarters to another state, and leave operations where ever it makes sense.
... of you ass and find out what you are talking about for a minute. This system is clearly different that your system because, as the article says "...it also allows rental car agents to "manage driver behavior by auditing location information" and "receive boundary crossing and excessive speed reports." An agent can even shut a car off by remote control if it's going too fast or heading into territory it's not supposed to be in."
Clearly there is a two way comunication here, but rather than reading enough of the article to know what the hell you are talking about you have to go and post crap like this. Thanks for contributing nothing.
God I hate it when flamebait actually gets to me.
...they argued that the law was unfair because it censored a wide variety of access regardless of whether it was acceptable or not. (i.e. academic research)
Which still isn't censoring the Internet, which was the point of my post, it only censors how employees use the computers they are provided at work.
[hysteria]
....laws censoring the Internet [/hysteria]
They aren't censoring the Internet, they are enforcing acceptable use of their computers, which they can do since they own them.
It doesn't have anything to do with what is or isn't on the 'net.
If this rule wasn't enforced and someone was viewing "adult content" on a state computer it could very easily be construed as "creating a hostile work enviroment" with legal action to follow.
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"computard people"
Don't ya' just hate it when you missspell something in a post that is complaining about the same.
Uh..., have you always felt this persecuted? Really, if you feel that threatened by people expressing their opinions, you might want to get some professional help.
Put the burden on this vocal group, and have them provide a Cost/Benefit analysis. Should be a slam dunk; if your mail works now, and they want to change to something that also works, there is no added benefit to offset the costs incurred.
Now that's just crazy talk, there. Call the person you want to talk to instead of a support tech. Don't you realize that could result in a conversation? Something like that could generate tangible results! Clearly this kind of wrong headed thinking has no place in the corporate world.
The Bank I used to work for had a two tiered approach. The mainframers had to support their stuff 24/7 with no compensation, theory being that if they put the stuff into production it better not need support. The desktop guys (read: Windows support) carried the beeper 1 week in five and got $40 a week + $15 a phone call + $25/hr for onsite plus mileage + (and this is why it worked) 1:1 comp time.
The mainframers didn't like it, but then their stuff VERY rarely needed support.
Interesting, discussing the existence of online communities in an online community. I post therefore I am.
Anyway, IMHO this entire thesis is flawed. Even if you don't consider/. a community (which I so do), there are plenty of other ways to have an online community. I belong to one for old Jeep owners in Arizona. We all met online, talk and share tech ideas and figure out how to keep the old beasts running, and on week ends we go do trail runs, site clean ups and family picnicks. We would never have met each other if it hadn't been for the web.
As far as prices not coming down to be affordable to anyone other than the "monied elite", get real. My first computer cost $3000 and was an IBM Model 30-286 with a whole meg of RAM and a 30 meg hard dirve (couldn't afford the 40 meg, didn't figure I would need it). Yesterday I ordered my new computer for $2000 that is a Dell PIII 800 with 256 meg of RAM and a 40 gig hard drive. The graphics card is an order of magnitude more powerful than my first computer. If I was worried about cost I could have bought a used AMD 300 system complete for about $350, which is about the price of a TV. If I were honest with myself (which I am not about to be), there isn't anything that I need to do that I couldn't do on a cheap used system.
I don't really know what the hell this guy is talking about. Maybe this is just an elaborate troll.
OK, I am an Iowa native, and I am all for broadband, but:
....said Pederson. "Without high-speed Internet access, we can't expect many of those communities to survive."
The community won't survive? Please. That is overstated the importance of high speed access to the point of drawing everything this person says into question.
If one is in a community in Iowa that doesn't have cable, then the only thing that communities survivial is based on is corn, soybean, beaf and pork prices.
And if you have every pedaled a bike across Iowa you might question the "flatness" assertion. Strongly.
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I have heard some radio ads here in Phoenix that the BSA is putting on that goes alot like this:
"Are you a disgruntled employee? Is your employer using unlicensed software? Do the right thing and turn them into the BSA."
It isn't quite that simple, but that is the message. Pretty scarey.
"I don't know about you but I would rather not be surrounded by vats of nuclear waste." Seems that the point is that we are already surrounded by vats of nuclear waste. We missed the opportunity to no be surrounded several decades ago. The issue at hand is what to do with it now that we have it. Burying it in a secure facility is really about the only safe option.
This isn't about paying the artist.
It is about keeping the fat cats in the middle and skimming that 4.5 cents.
Again, yes some of us DID read it. CPU ID's are not the only way this could work.
"Other physical implementations may include storing the key on an external device to which the main CPU has privileged access (where the stored secrets are inaccessible to arbitrary application or operating systems code)."
I believe a PCI card could be such an "external device". I also think one of those USB memory sticks could be made to meet that description, and would have the advantage of being portable. The concern is what constitutes "arbitrary application or operating systems code". M$ has already described Linux as a virus, not to big a leap from there.........
I did read the patent and it says "the digital rights management operating system refuses to load an untrusted program into memory while the trusted application is executing." It isn't protecting the thread, it is refusing to load a program based on "trust." Not MY trust, mind you, but (I assume) M$'s trust. Thanks, but I think I would like to be the one who decides what loads on my machines and what is "trusted."
And how is this "trust" established? Seems to be based on licensing, and we know how licensing is handled as M$ with XP these days. Sure, go ahead and link up to www.M$.net and share what I have and what I want to use and let me know what M$ "trusts."
It should be real easy. You all just send me $100 each, and I will make sure he gets it, then you all get 10 of your friends to send a $100 to you and........
I am sure Junis will be posting hear soon, since he "is mesmerized by open source and Slashdot," and I am sure he will rally to Jon's defense and prove that this isn't a hoax.
Jeez Jon, get that fish hook outa yo' mouth.
Bet they (M$) never do that again.
1.1 billion over five years. 220 million per year, at retail prices. Let's see, that would be not quite 12% of the interest they would make on the 36 billion they have in the bank, assuming they only get the same return on investment that I get from my banks savings account.
That seems reasonable.
....public places aren't private. That is why they are public. It is kinda' like sunny places not being dark, it just can't be both at the same time.
Sorry, thought you knew.
As for the rest, I think the Constitution says something about "unreasonable search(es)," which sounds alot like what you are describing.
From what I have heard of this, Hughes is being assessed this liability because the headquarters is in LA. The operations has little to do with this, Hughes has operations in many cities. All they would have to do is move the headquarters to another state, and leave operations where ever it makes sense.
... of you ass and find out what you are talking about for a minute. This system is clearly different that your system because, as the article says "...it also allows rental car agents to "manage driver behavior by auditing location information" and "receive boundary crossing and excessive speed reports." An agent can even shut a car off by remote control if it's going too fast or heading into territory it's not supposed to be in." Clearly there is a two way comunication here, but rather than reading enough of the article to know what the hell you are talking about you have to go and post crap like this. Thanks for contributing nothing. God I hate it when flamebait actually gets to me.
I expected "Help! Help! I'm being oppressed!" or "Now go away, or I shall taunt you for a second time."
...they argued that the law was unfair because it censored a wide variety of access regardless of whether it was acceptable or not. (i.e. academic research) Which still isn't censoring the Internet, which was the point of my post, it only censors how employees use the computers they are provided at work.
[hysteria]
....laws censoring the Internet
[/hysteria]
They aren't censoring the Internet, they are enforcing acceptable use of their computers, which they can do since they own them.
It doesn't have anything to do with what is or isn't on the 'net.
If this rule wasn't enforced and someone was viewing "adult content" on a state computer it could very easily be construed as "creating a hostile work enviroment" with legal action to follow.
Real basic HR stuff here folks.
CLANK. Lock
"uh, hi."
"Hi, you gotta' be my new cell mate."
"Well, yes. What are you in for?"
"Simple Assualt, but I didn't do it. What're you in fer?"
"Spamming."
"Huh?
"Spamming, you know, sending out large volumes of unsolicited e-mail from my computer."
"Uh-huh. Say, yer hands are soft, kinda' like a girl."
"Uh, gee, umm, thanks, er....."
"And yer kinda pertty, too, how long you in fer."
Tune in tomorrow for the exciting day 2 of SpamGuyInJail.com. In tomorrows episode we find out if SpamGuyInJail picks up the soap or just leaves it on the shower floor.
"computard people"
Don't ya' just hate it when you missspell something in a post that is complaining about the same.
Step down from the soapbox and slowly back away.
...... and stop talking.
Now.
Uh..., have you always felt this persecuted? Really, if you feel that threatened by people expressing their opinions, you might want to get some professional help.
.... you know the rest.
Put the burden on this vocal group, and have them provide a Cost/Benefit analysis. Should be a slam dunk; if your mail works now, and they want to change to something that also works, there is no added benefit to offset the costs incurred.
Now that's just crazy talk, there. Call the person you want to talk to instead of a support tech. Don't you realize that could result in a conversation? Something like that could generate tangible results! Clearly this kind of wrong headed thinking has no place in the corporate world.
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PHB
The Bank I used to work for had a two tiered approach. The mainframers had to support their stuff 24/7 with no compensation, theory being that if they put the stuff into production it better not need support. The desktop guys (read: Windows support) carried the beeper 1 week in five and got $40 a week + $15 a phone call + $25/hr for onsite plus mileage + (and this is why it worked) 1:1 comp time.
The mainframers didn't like it, but then their stuff VERY rarely needed support.
...politicans just don't "get it." And sometimes politicans exagerate (like when their mouth is open). Gee, write an article.
Jeez.
Interesting, discussing the existence of online communities in an online community. I post therefore I am.
/. a community (which I so do), there are plenty of other ways to have an online community. I belong to one for old Jeep owners in Arizona. We all met online, talk and share tech ideas and figure out how to keep the old beasts running, and on week ends we go do trail runs, site clean ups and family picnicks. We would never have met each other if it hadn't been for the web.
Anyway, IMHO this entire thesis is flawed. Even if you don't consider
As far as prices not coming down to be affordable to anyone other than the "monied elite", get real. My first computer cost $3000 and was an IBM Model 30-286 with a whole meg of RAM and a 30 meg hard dirve (couldn't afford the 40 meg, didn't figure I would need it). Yesterday I ordered my new computer for $2000 that is a Dell PIII 800 with 256 meg of RAM and a 40 gig hard drive. The graphics card is an order of magnitude more powerful than my first computer. If I was worried about cost I could have bought a used AMD 300 system complete for about $350, which is about the price of a TV. If I were honest with myself (which I am not about to be), there isn't anything that I need to do that I couldn't do on a cheap used system.
I don't really know what the hell this guy is talking about. Maybe this is just an elaborate troll.
Perhaps they could shoot Martha Stewart up to Mir. Not that I would watch it, but at least she wouldn't be around here.
Actually, maybe I would like watching her try and dock that thing.
FWIW, and you can believe this or not, but your average Iowan is better educated than the average person from 94% of the other states in the country.
OK, I am an Iowa native, and I am all for broadband, but:
....said Pederson. "Without high-speed Internet access, we can't expect many of those communities to survive."
The community won't survive? Please. That is overstated the importance of high speed access to the point of drawing everything this person says into question.
If one is in a community in Iowa that doesn't have cable, then the only thing that communities survivial is based on is corn, soybean, beaf and pork prices.
And if you have every pedaled a bike across Iowa you might question the "flatness" assertion. Strongly.