One of the tests I ran was a model shoot of a friend photographer. Clothed, nude, close-ups, what-have-you: my software was able to find all 100 images amidst 10.000s of others.
A shorter answer to your question would be "yes":)
I'm working on some software to do image comparisons the same way as human beings would do it. In other words, you feed the computer two pictures, one of your girlfriend walking around in Paris, another of your girlfriend sitting on a chair in your home and it will recognize both pictures as containing your girlfriend.
Anyway, the application does A LOT of sorting, I'd give an arm and a leg for a solution like this. If there was some way to ship all this sorting to the graphics card, I'd do it! So now there is, I'm more than wide awake:)
I don't use LimeWire or Neo Office, but if you're going to call Azureus butt-ugly, slow and sluggish I'm afraid I just have to hit reply!
First of all, to each his/her own: I very much like the beautiful (in my eyes) interface Azureus presents the user with.
Second, I'm running Azureus on a Pentium 133Mhz, 48Mb Ram running Windows 2000 Evaluation and I can assure you that it's not slow. If it's not slow on that old iron, it should definitely not be slow on something that can be considered of this era.
Third and last: Java was DESIGNED for embedded systems, they are not fleeing to other markets now as you'd like to point out.
The point of using a laptop as a desktop, in our case, is very simple.
You take it to work, work 8 hours straight (plugged in), take it home and you're able to continue to work. Easy. And because it's laptop, you can work during your commute as well.
At least I am not ignorant of the correct spelling of the verb "breathe". If you want to sound like a wiseguy, at least do it correct. Student.
Anyway, I DID RTFA, and I did read the part about the credits you can gain. But given the fact that a) I've already paid for my bandwidth, b) I assume there will be some credits to be earned while a lot of credits will be needed and c) I am limited in upload capacities via ISP (as with all ISPs in Belgium) I don't think that's a good idea.
I do not run XP without security updates, frankly I do not run XP at all. Trying to link IQ to an OS ? I bet you even lack the required brain cells to spell OS.
"It actually IS appropriate in most of the EU, since we pay a levy on recordable CDs, DVDs and cassettes, regardless of whether we will use them for backing up our own digicam photos/homemade music/downloaded freeware or for copying borrowed films and music."
Partial credit. You seem to forget (rather willingly) that you are allowed to create one backup for music, movies etcetera that you already OWN. If you borrow a CD from your friend, make a copy of that one and return it, you are breaking the law.
But because it is so widespread, nobody cares anymore. Or so it seems.
"but I was a little thrown by the apparent willingness of people to pay for pirated copies of it."
Frankly I cannot understand why you would be thrown by it - it seems very logical.
Suppose someone wants to buy Office, for example - it sets them back several hundred euros/dollars. Everyone I know in the software industry gives you (or can give you) a copy for one euro.
If you can save that amount of money, whether or not it is legal, wouldn't you pay for it?
If software was dirt-cheap, do you think people would still do the effort in copying so much?
"we should offer gamers a chance to put these unused resources to good use"
That almost sounds like they are doing me a favour by letting me help them with their seti or whatever it is they have.
I'm the one who is consuming electricity, I'm the one that bought the machine (or will buy), I'm... etcetera.
With a desktop at least you can argue that the software is running on idle cycles in between work cycles, or as a screensaver. With a console, you'd need to let the machine run the software on purpose. Slight difference at first glance, yet big enough to be a problem.
So in the end it comes down to one question: what's in it for me?
That would mean that THEY first need to know that your message is encrypted.
I have thousands of images of landscapes on my machine - or are they not landscapes? They could harbor a lot of information which nobody would ever find if they did not know where to look for.
... then encryption will be outlawed, except for government-approved encryption which will be crackable by the government.
Good luck on outlawing encryption!
If I need to hide something (and I do mean *really* need to hide something), do you really think I'm going to tell the government that my stuff is encrypted, or how to decrypt it?
Besides, how do you know data is not what it is? Those 5.000 spam messages to see Britney nude on newsgroups x,y,z could be garbage to 99,999% of the people out there, but real information to someone else. Undetectable because nothing can be found if you don't know what to look for, not untraceable but there is no need to trace it.
Not quite. I know someone who works for a large ISP in Belgium, and we've had a very lengthy discussion on this topic.
At the moment, systems are in please so that they can MONITOR everything that is sent out onto the network.
The article however, speaks of retaining the information, in other words storing everything.
I myself work for a hosting company: we host several websites (not much) internally, they generate a total of 18GB log files averaged per day! I cannot imagine storing them for years and years to come.
Easy. Because people out there actually *want* to be fooled.
I bet you 100$ that I can go out on a sunny day, offer people a deal where they have to pay for air (or something similar), and they fork over the dough after a while of creative talking.
As long as people think that there must be at least a few mails that deliver what they promise, they'll keep on clickin'.
I can walk around campus on any given day and see dozens if not hundreds of more attractive girls.
That can be said of a lot of those celebs. Paris Hilton? Oh please - I'm no longer at campus but I'd rather chase just about any girl around here instead of that dumb ugly skinny blonde. No offense:)
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A shorter answer to your question would be "yes" :)
Anyway, the application does A LOT of sorting, I'd give an arm and a leg for a solution like this. If there was some way to ship all this sorting to the graphics card, I'd do it! So now there is, I'm more than wide awake :)
First of all, to each his/her own: I very much like the beautiful (in my eyes) interface Azureus presents the user with.
Second, I'm running Azureus on a Pentium 133Mhz, 48Mb Ram running Windows 2000 Evaluation and I can assure you that it's not slow. If it's not slow on that old iron, it should definitely not be slow on something that can be considered of this era.
Third and last: Java was DESIGNED for embedded systems, they are not fleeing to other markets now as you'd like to point out.
Sure - why not? Consider the following: a world without death and without birth. This would keep the population level at the current level.
Since you'd be immortal by choice, the population would even be reduced (think suicide).
Personally, I'd very much like to be immortal, or have a longer livespan than most people nowadays.
Which still results in a copy that is good enough for most people.
You attacked me for an error of logic I DID NOT make.
If your commute takes as long and you do it on a bicycle, my hat goes off to you :)
You take it to work, work 8 hours straight (plugged in), take it home and you're able to continue to work. Easy. And because it's laptop, you can work during your commute as well.
Anyway, I DID RTFA, and I did read the part about the credits you can gain. But given the fact that a) I've already paid for my bandwidth, b) I assume there will be some credits to be earned while a lot of credits will be needed and c) I am limited in upload capacities via ISP (as with all ISPs in Belgium) I don't think that's a good idea.
I do not run XP without security updates, frankly I do not run XP at all. Trying to link IQ to an OS ? I bet you even lack the required brain cells to spell OS.
And *that* is exactly it's problem: they want me to pay for my music AND give away free bandwidth to others? Hell no!
You're rather quick to assume that we all live in Germany - here in Belgium it IS illegal.
Yep - that is part of the law. So no, it is not feasible to perform your trick.
Partial credit. You seem to forget (rather willingly) that you are allowed to create one backup for music, movies etcetera that you already OWN. If you borrow a CD from your friend, make a copy of that one and return it, you are breaking the law.
But because it is so widespread, nobody cares anymore. Or so it seems.
Frankly I cannot understand why you would be thrown by it - it seems very logical.
Suppose someone wants to buy Office, for example - it sets them back several hundred euros/dollars. Everyone I know in the software industry gives you (or can give you) a copy for one euro.
If you can save that amount of money, whether or not it is legal, wouldn't you pay for it?
If software was dirt-cheap, do you think people would still do the effort in copying so much?
If you're even considering strip-monopoly, you have too much patience...
It's not like it's a lot of work copying 1 petabyte of data to DVD, you just... ehm... oh, wait :)
I for one laugh when all your beowulfs belong to russians.
No, seriously: I will laugh at that moment.
That almost sounds like they are doing me a favour by letting me help them with their seti or whatever it is they have.
I'm the one who is consuming electricity, I'm the one that bought the machine (or will buy), I'm ... etcetera.
With a desktop at least you can argue that the software is running on idle cycles in between work cycles, or as a screensaver. With a console, you'd need to let the machine run the software on purpose. Slight difference at first glance, yet big enough to be a problem.
So in the end it comes down to one question: what's in it for me?
I have thousands of images of landscapes on my machine - or are they not landscapes? They could harbor a lot of information which nobody would ever find if they did not know where to look for.
Good luck on outlawing encryption!
If I need to hide something (and I do mean *really* need to hide something), do you really think I'm going to tell the government that my stuff is encrypted, or how to decrypt it?
Besides, how do you know data is not what it is? Those 5.000 spam messages to see Britney nude on newsgroups x,y,z could be garbage to 99,999% of the people out there, but real information to someone else. Undetectable because nothing can be found if you don't know what to look for, not untraceable but there is no need to trace it.
At the moment, systems are in please so that they can MONITOR everything that is sent out onto the network.
The article however, speaks of retaining the information, in other words storing everything.
I myself work for a hosting company: we host several websites (not much) internally, they generate a total of 18GB log files averaged per day! I cannot imagine storing them for years and years to come.
I bet you 100$ that I can go out on a sunny day, offer people a deal where they have to pay for air (or something similar), and they fork over the dough after a while of creative talking.
As long as people think that there must be at least a few mails that deliver what they promise, they'll keep on clickin'.
Why this obsession with Britney (or other celebs) - if she was just someone you knew and you saw here naked you'd look away.
That can be said of a lot of those celebs. Paris Hilton? Oh please - I'm no longer at campus but I'd rather chase just about any girl around here instead of that dumb ugly skinny blonde. No offense :)
A song about irony that is called 'Ironic' but isn't ironic at all - now THAT's irony for you!