DO search the patents for possible infringement, and:
1. If you find out what you have been programming is patented, do not release it to avoid patent infringement OR buy a license for the patent.
2. If you find it is not patented, go ahead and use it. You will be able to show beyond reasonable doubt that your use should classified as "in good faith".
them a beta copy to take home so they can do their final testing
A beta copy to do final testing?
(That sort of reminds me of those trolls who insisted that beta versions of Vista were out there long enough for nVidia to release compatible drivers as soon as Vista goes gold.)
Why would they stay with a format when a much better format in the category is available?
with computational and memory performance more closely comparable to JPEG and delivers a lossy compressed image of better perceptive quality than JPEG at less than half the file size
"The license must allow modifications and derived works, and must allow them to be distributed under the same terms as the license of the original software."
So first it's "Look how Windows is bloatware and suxz0rs compared to Linux which can run with negligible amount RAM!" and when someone shows WinXP can do it too it's a "dubious milestone" and "award for 'extreme waste of time.'".
I guess it's time for me to leave this fair "crowd" at last.
People would sue them to oblivion if they should sell them harmful and pseudo-effective drugs when MUCH better and MUCH less harmful drugs can be used instead. At least here in Europe we have such laws that protect us from bastards like you desribed.
To set the sensationalistic title right, from TFA (emphasis mine):
"European Union countries have until 2009 to put the Data Retention Directive into law, so the proposals seen now are early interpretations. But some people involved in the issue are concerned about a shift in policy in Europe,"
In democratic parliaments representatives keep proposing "something" all the time. Even crazy and unacceptable ideas. The point is that 90% of these ideas are never approved (not enough votes).
You're a bit slow. Anyway "yesterday's publication of the draft requirements for the hash candidates" is still part of the preparations for the contest. They just elicit comments on the submission requirements. The contest has not begun. And now the point: The preparations began MONTHS ago. Got it now?
As for the Chinese attacks, they haven't shown any real applicability to SHA-2 as of yet.
The keyword is "yet". The only thing that "protects" SHA-2 from the attacks are a bunch of extra rotations. If you think NIST and NSA are going to rely on that as a strong form or protection, you're a bit naive.
Wrong. If you read the first line of the summary, it says: "NIST is preparing for a competition to augment and revise the current Secure Hash Standard." THAT is several months old news.
The topic was "Schneier proposed it". I replyied to the topic by saying I proposed it too, but months before him. What's suddenly so off-topic about it? Meta-mods will take care of you, don't worry, "moderator".
You're just another idiot without ability to understand what others say.
Before I'll finish with you, let me just tell you that only absolute idiots attempt to deny and disregard the fact that women and men are significantly different as regards talents and dispositions.
The only thing missing now is you idiots trying to merge male and female athletes into a single category. Would be fair and "equal".
Don't reply to this message. I'm not interested in discussions with ignorants.
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Umm, slightly more sensible advice would be:
DO search the patents for possible infringement, and:
1. If you find out what you have been programming is patented, do not release it to avoid patent infringement OR buy a license for the patent.
2. If you find it is not patented, go ahead and use it. You will be able to show beyond reasonable doubt that your use should classified as "in good faith".
them a beta copy to take home so they can do their final testing
A beta copy to do final testing?
(That sort of reminds me of those trolls who insisted that beta versions of Vista were out there long enough for nVidia to release compatible drivers as soon as Vista goes gold.)
Everyone satisified with jpg will stick with jpg
Why would they stay with a format when a much better format in the category is available?
with computational and memory performance more closely comparable to JPEG and delivers a lossy compressed image of better perceptive quality than JPEG at less than half the file size
Open Source means you get the code and nothing more. No guarantee that you can redistribute
You are wrong. Find some time to read the OSI definition of Open Source:
"The license must allow modifications and derived works, and must allow them to be distributed under the same terms as the license of the original software."
I'm sorry but you missed the point of my post completely.
So first it's "Look how Windows is bloatware and suxz0rs compared to Linux which can run with negligible amount RAM!" and when someone shows WinXP can do it too it's a "dubious milestone" and "award for 'extreme waste of time.'".
I guess it's time for me to leave this fair "crowd" at last.
People would sue them to oblivion if they should sell them harmful and pseudo-effective drugs when MUCH better and MUCH less harmful drugs can be used instead. At least here in Europe we have such laws that protect us from bastards like you desribed.
To set the sensationalistic title right, from TFA (emphasis mine):
"European Union countries have until 2009 to put the Data Retention Directive into law, so the proposals seen now are early interpretations. But some people involved in the issue are concerned about a shift in policy in Europe,"
In democratic parliaments representatives keep proposing "something" all the time. Even crazy and unacceptable ideas. The point is that 90% of these ideas are never approved (not enough votes).
I changed the .odt file extension to .zip and it worked as a ZIP (not GZIP). I'm not sure what you are trying to prove.
the OO format is gzipped
Last time I tried, it was zipped (not gzipped).
has already been patented, and therefore can not be used to cure cancer
I'm not quite sure why the fact that it's patented should mean it can't be used to cure cancer.
> but installing something doesn't?!
Installing something actually does bring the UAC pop up. I'm not sure why your post is modded +5 Interesting.
How do you figure that?
Start by asking yourself why there is the term copyleft (as opposed to copyright) used when referring GPL-style licenses.
The GPL can't diminish rights held by the owner of the copyright.
It not only can, it does.
You're a bit slow. Anyway "yesterday's publication of the draft requirements for the hash candidates" is still part of the preparations for the contest. They just elicit comments on the submission requirements. The contest has not begun. And now the point: The preparations began MONTHS ago. Got it now?
Meta-mods will take care of you, don't worry, "moderator".
:-)
Feel free to discredit yourself as a moderator by modding me down. I've got PLENTY of karma to burn.
As for the Chinese attacks, they haven't shown any real applicability to SHA-2 as of yet.
The keyword is "yet". The only thing that "protects" SHA-2 from the attacks are a bunch of extra rotations. If you think NIST and NSA are going to rely on that as a strong form or protection, you're a bit naive.
Wrong. If you read the first line of the summary, it says: "NIST is preparing for a competition to augment and revise the current Secure Hash Standard." THAT is several months old news.
The topic was "Schneier proposed it". I replyied to the topic by saying I proposed it too, but months before him. What's suddenly so off-topic about it? Meta-mods will take care of you, don't worry, "moderator".
TF title is wrong. It says: "A Competition To Replace SHA-1". But, it's to replace the whole SHA family, which includes both SHA-1 and SHA-2.
SHA-2 includes SHA-256 and SHA-512. Why the whole SHA family? Because its design is not very trustworthy anymore since the "Chinese" attacks in 2005.
This "news" is several months old.
Oh well I know, it's Slashdot.
I proposed it several months earlier. How's that +5 Interesting?
FYI, English is not my native language. I guess that makes me less intelligent than you. Sheesh. I'm done with you moron.
You're just another idiot without ability to understand what others say.
Before I'll finish with you, let me just tell you that only absolute idiots attempt to deny and disregard the fact that women and men are significantly different as regards talents and dispositions.
The only thing missing now is you idiots trying to merge male and female athletes into a single category. Would be fair and "equal".
Don't reply to this message. I'm not interested in discussions with ignorants.
that ownership of a uterus and tits prevents one from being an intellectual.
Only idiots and trolls are capable of such a misinterpretation.