I don't know what their trying to do with it, but that magic word is supposed to turn us all into believers, and make us complacent once more. No - they're probably trying to form a relationship with a distribution company so that in six years they can start to distribute DVDs in "special collector's editions", and rake in the dough just like the girl scouts.
you're on the wrong geek mailing lists is all. You don't hear about the latest-and-greatest things that either are ripped off of/. or will shortly appear there.
the lists that it sounds like you're on are the lists populated by people who probably aren't terribly computer literate, and so when they see some junk mail having to do with computers, they forward it on to you... their "computer" friend.
This tendency is much like the "Computers for Dummies" x-mas gift that was fronted on earlier.
it doesn't even need to be said. We live in a potentially dangerous world. You have to pay attention,and not do something stupid to stay alive.
Sure, I could walk out into traffic and sue whoever mows me down - or cut myself with a steak knife, and sue because it was too sharp.... Evolution works for a reason, it is to thin out the weak and stupid out of the herd.
on the other hand, if they choose to bundle a distribution w/ the game - how do you choose which one to include? RedHat? Would that be sending a monopoly message?
I think it's a great idea. Just as AOL distributed IE (blecchh) it still got the binaries out into the hands of the people.
now a true outlet for De-CSS
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Now I can hack up my DVD collection, and have a place to store them. Only this should fit about 20 different movies.... hah just like my mp3 collection.
trivial if you assume that your entity will remain the same in this reverse universe. What if this flow of time is more like an entropy river that picks you up in it's tide. After all, time passes quicker when we are near a large mass...
What if you got in there, and the direction of entropy in your brain switches and you quickly forget what your plan was... living the rest of your life experiencing only things you remember. And immediatley forgetting what you just did.
A couple years ago, BeDope was haivng a contest to see just how many layers one could run at once... they were shooting for 5, but they only have pictured 4.
on the other hand, so does the time to healing... imagine if when you dialed 911, and gave your directions in the wrong order, that you wouldn't be able to call them again until tomorrow.
True - but the obstacles behind this have been largely overlooked. Apple has released an app with their new OS9 that allows you to drop a file on it, and it will either encrypt it to a passphrase, or decrypt appropriately.
Not PGP strength, but something my grandmother could use...
The other real issue is that not everyone will have a computer (or one that is strong enough to handle encryption and internet access).
Perhaps the government should distribute public terminals that are heavily encrpyted, usable for dumb people, and which allows them to vote, bank, access medical information, tax info, etc...?
...could involve OCR to read more graphics, and make them available not only to blind users, but also to search engines, etc.
Of course this would take some massive computing power to add one more layer of processing, but that's not too far off. Features such as this might be a nice add-on to sighted users as well - much like the motion picture industry's revolution with "talkies" in the 30s.
There was an experiment done at a televised sporting event (I think it was an NFL game in the 60's - dunno) where they showed the game with sound, but there were no commentators. People flooded the phone lines to complain.
might involve OCR to read more graphics, and make them available not only to blind users, but also to search engines, etc. Of course this would take some massive computing power to add one more layer of processing, but that's not too far off. Features such as this might ne a nice add-on to sighted users as well - much like the motion picture industry's revolution with "talkies" in the 30s. There was an experiment done at a televised sporting event (I think it was an NFL game in the 60's - dunno) where they showed the game with sound, but there were no commentators. People flooded the phone lines to complain.
If they don't follow the license (when requested), then it is stolen property. When someone violates a license anywhere by illegally copying, how is that dealt with?
What kind of international laws apply now for stolen property? How would a case be waged if someone in China cracked a bank in the US?
OK, so a friend persuaded me to jump on the bandwagon earlier this summer and find out more about Neal Stephenson. I picked up Snow Crash and Crypto* hoping that reading the former would offer some insight into his style - or any inside jokes. After finishing *Crash and the first 30 pages of Crypto*, they almost seem written by different authors. The vocabulary and level of detail description is >= 5 steps higher.
Nanotech sounds interesting. Should I read Diamond Age before I start really getting into Crypto* to gain more insight on the background?
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perhaps they should just "block access" to that newsgroup, or any other groups that they disagree with...
shit! that link probably depends upon cookies.
Try this one.
just maybe I could enjoy it if...
I got really wasted and watched it while playing Meco's Star Wars & Other Galactic Funk as the soundtrack.
it all has to do with marketing.
I don't know what their trying to do with it, but that magic word is supposed to turn us all into believers, and make us complacent once more. No - they're probably trying to form a relationship with a distribution company so that in six years they can start to distribute DVDs in "special collector's editions", and rake in the dough just like the girl scouts.
this GPL announcement just cost me over 100 bucks.
Who ever said that software was free?
you're on the wrong geek mailing lists is all. You don't hear about the latest-and-greatest things that either are ripped off of /. or will shortly appear there.
the lists that it sounds like you're on are the lists populated by people who probably aren't terribly computer literate, and so when they see some junk mail having to do with computers, they forward it on to you... their "computer" friend.
This tendency is much like the "Computers for Dummies" x-mas gift that was fronted on earlier.
the BeOS has a pretty good scalability, stability, and is POSIX compliant. Could be another cool alternative to mainstream OSes...
"What's more interesting is what M&T say about the technology just now becoming good enough for them to work with it,"
In other words, the money is just now becoming good enough for them to play with it...
...but wait a minute - haven't they been using Director all along?
it doesn't even need to be said. We live in a potentially dangerous world. You have to pay attention,and not do something stupid to stay alive.
Sure, I could walk out into traffic and sue whoever mows me down - or cut myself with a steak knife, and sue because it was too sharp.... Evolution works for a reason, it is to thin out the weak and stupid out of the herd.
What? that only gives me 3-4 days to practice up for the real apocalypse...
: )
on the other hand, if they choose to bundle a distribution w/ the game - how do you choose which one to include? RedHat? Would that be sending a monopoly message?
I think it's a great idea. Just as AOL distributed IE (blecchh) it still got the binaries out into the hands of the people.
Now I can hack up my DVD collection, and have a place to store them. Only this should fit about 20 different movies.... hah just like my mp3 collection.
: )
trivial if you assume that your entity will remain the same in this reverse universe. What if this flow of time is more like an entropy river that picks you up in it's tide. After all, time passes quicker when we are near a large mass...
What if you got in there, and the direction of entropy in your brain switches and you quickly forget what your plan was... living the rest of your life experiencing only things you remember. And immediatley forgetting what you just did.
can linux be ported to it? :)
A couple years ago, BeDope was haivng a contest to see just how many layers one could run at once... they were shooting for 5, but they only have pictured 4.
http://www.bedope.com/contests/contest 1.html
IE on MacOS is the *most* broken browser. This is because they had to "strip" the browser code out of Winblows "OS" just to port it to the Mac...
;)
kind of reminds me of those "now declassified documents" that show just how close we were to nuclear annhilation during certain parts of the cold war.
how far back do you want to go? Jules Verne (submarines and flight), Leonardo DaVinci (tanks and helicopters) or even Nostradamus (sp?)
I think this would be a great idea, but only if weighed in at the same time with all their ideas that never came about... sort of a shopping list. :)
on the other hand, so does the time to healing... imagine if when you dialed 911, and gave your directions in the wrong order, that you wouldn't be able to call them again until tomorrow.
True - but the obstacles behind this have been largely overlooked. Apple has released an app with their new OS9 that allows you to drop a file on it, and it will either encrypt it to a passphrase, or decrypt appropriately.
Not PGP strength, but something my grandmother could use...
The other real issue is that not everyone will have a computer (or one that is strong enough to handle encryption and internet access).
Perhaps the government should distribute public terminals that are heavily encrpyted, usable for dumb people, and which allows them to vote, bank, access medical information, tax info, etc...?
of course they do this right after the US feds declare war on M$...
...could involve OCR to read more graphics, and make them available not only to blind users, but also to search engines, etc.
Of course this would take some massive computing power to add one more layer of processing, but that's not too far off. Features such as this might be a nice add-on to sighted users as well - much like the motion picture industry's revolution with "talkies" in the 30s.
There was an experiment done at a televised sporting event (I think it was an NFL game in the 60's - dunno) where they showed the game with sound, but there were no commentators. People flooded the phone lines to complain.
might involve OCR to read more graphics, and make them available not only to blind users, but also to search engines, etc. Of course this would take some massive computing power to add one more layer of processing, but that's not too far off. Features such as this might ne a nice add-on to sighted users as well - much like the motion picture industry's revolution with "talkies" in the 30s. There was an experiment done at a televised sporting event (I think it was an NFL game in the 60's - dunno) where they showed the game with sound, but there were no commentators. People flooded the phone lines to complain.
What kind of international laws apply now for stolen property? How would a case be waged if someone in China cracked a bank in the US?
OK, so a friend persuaded me to jump on the bandwagon earlier this summer and find out more about Neal Stephenson. I picked up Snow Crash and Crypto* hoping that reading the former would offer some insight into his style - or any inside jokes. After finishing *Crash and the first 30 pages of Crypto*, they almost seem written by different authors. The vocabulary and level of detail description is >= 5 steps higher.
Nanotech sounds interesting. Should I read Diamond Age before I start really getting into Crypto* to gain more insight on the background?