You do realize that having permissions on files on your removable media has absolutely no effect in preventing people accessing them?
Which is why I said encryption is much more secure.
Different systems may treat these differently, and it's an inconvenience if you plug in a USB disk and the permissions prevent you from instantly editing a file.
Then set up your permissions, or mount options, correctly. If you are going to be moving your USB drive around on random, unsecure systems, and you use a file system that insists on permissions, then set those permissions so that anyone can read and write to the files. If you have any concern for your files, encrypt them and limit where the drive is used to secure systems that support encryption.
I don't want to have to extract something every time I want to watch it after all.
This is a problem with tar balls, unless you can mount the tar ball. I think there is a FUSE program that lets you do this.
would you explain how tarballs help side-step the issue of the file system?
Tar balls can preserve permissions based on UID or user name (depending on the options used for extraction). Tar is also very cross-platform. I can even untar a tar ball on my Atari 130XE. However, you are still limited by the file system used to record the tar ball.
I just use FAT32... provide a backup of my most important documents. To be perfectly honest I don't know why anyone would need permissions on a USB drive.
I guess it depends on how important those documents are. Though to be honest, encryption would be much more secure on removable media.
If you remove the qualifications to access a file to perseve only -- say -- the need for user name to match, then what the hell kind of nonsense security is that?
True. However, there are other systems that use user name and key. NFSv4 uses user name and kerberos. Does a similar cross-platform solution exist for removable media?
Personally, I just mount vfat with my UID. Granted, that means no security for my files. However, there isn't anything currently on the key that I care about. If I were to put something sensitive on it, I'd encrypt the drive.
I have thought about using ext2, as it has a driver for Windows. However, you do get into the UID matching problem.
I know this comes from the summery. However, it clearly shows it was written by a Windows 95 user.
Notwithstanding the usefulness of the above-described methods, a need still exists for a communications tool that associates files generated by applications with individuals, groups, and topical context automatically.
Automatic association of files with users and groups has been a common feature of file systems since the beginning. The most notable file system missing this feature is FAT, used by DOS and older versions of Windows. As to the topical context, I know most file systems support user/application defined metadata. So that is covered as well.
As to the patent claims, it sounds like they are describing Google Web Apps.
Actually I think people are beginning to say why are we spending $X sending humans to do something a robot can do faster, cheaper and more reliably for one tenth the price.
Why bother with the expense and unreliability of robots when you can accomplish the same goals with Earth and Near-Earth based telescopes? Today's telescopes have already discovered hundreds of planets outside of our solar system. What have robots discovered? That there is dirt on Mars? Dump the money into new telescopes, zoom in on the planet, and do spectrum analysis. You would have the same answer for far less money. And you could sit comfortably at home until the end of time.
It's that ability to lose control over property that is central to the DPP system. DPP files are encrypted. They can be freely copied and distributed to anyone, but here's the trick: anyone who can view your content can also "steal" it irrevocably. The simple addition of a way to lose content instantly leads consumers to set up a "circle of trust" that can be as wide as they like but will not extend to total strangers on the Internet.
You mean they not only copied my files, they deleted my copy as well?
So this is for nude pictures? Now what excuse will young stars have when they leak such pictures for publicity.
That was an interesting FAQ. I especially like this part:
Q:
What happens when WGA Notifications communicates with Microsoft when a PC is booted up?
A:
The pilot version of this software periodically contacts Microsoft after validation; however, this feature has been removed from the final version of WGA Notifications.
That seems to contradict your statement:
So why is "phoning home" okay? Why not do it once and be done with it?... Either way, Microsoft has not kept this a secret, and even promised to reduce checking to once every two weeks [zdnet.com]
If WGA does send information to Microsoft, even if it is only every two weeks, and their FAQ specifically says they do not, I'd say that is the very definition of spyware.
Of cource, Microsoft has their own definition of spyware:
Q:
Some people are saying that WGA is spyware. Is this true?
A:
Broadly speaking, spyware is deceptive software that is installed on a userâ(TM)s computer without the user's consent and has some malicious purpose. WGA is installed with the consent of the user and seeks only to notify the user if a proper license is not in place. If the user declines the EULA, WGA Notifications will not be installed on userâ(TM)s machine. Once installed, WGA Notifications becomes a permanent part of Windows XP software, and therefore cannot be uninstalled.
Let's see: spyware is deceptive software (check), installed on a userâ(TM)s computer without the userâ(TM)s consent (debatable, it is installed as a critical update via automatic updates. Microsoft strongly encourages the use of automatic updates to keep your system secure. If this were an optional update, I might buy that it is opt-in. Microsoft then tells you that the system will be crippled in small ways if you don't install it. There is no option to opt-out. Technically, it is opt-in, but only technically.) , and has some malicious purpose. (Depends on what you consider malicious. From Microsoft's point of view, it is not malicious. However, I'm sure that most spyware authors do not consider their software malicious.)
I see this is listed as a speculation. However, I really have to wonder at its validity.
This leads to speculation that men use up so much of their brain function or 'cognitive resources' trying to impress beautiful women, they have little left for other tasks.
From my own experiences, I don't think it has much to do with trying to impress beautiful women. Rather, I seem to slip into a day-dream like state that requires a shock to the system to snap out of. Telephone poles work rather well.
My assumption has always been that it is a hormonal thing. It would be interesting to measure blood flow and hormone levels in the brain during these tests. However, I'd guess that being attached to a bunch of wires might change the outcome.
Looking between the two pages, and also considering Google's current page, I see a few differences. The most noticeable is the lack of advertising on the Google page. The AltaVista page contains eight images, all links, two of which are ad.doubleclick.net links. The Google page contains a single image. It is not a link. The AltaVista page uses drop-downs. Google uses text links. Google also used standard input buttons, compared to AltaVista's image buttons. AltaVista used a yellow box to distinguish the search function of the page from the other garbage. The old Google used grey. The current version of Google doesn't use colour at all, outside of the logo. Digging into the code, AltaVista used image spacers. Google's code is a lot cleaner.
Summing up the differences, Google didn't make heavy use of images or advertising. That distinguished it from competitors.
And the analogy with other colonists in history is stupid. Those guys could at least count on the air being breathable, there being food and water, there being natural resources for building shelter, etc.
You are right about finding breathable air and simple building materials. However, colonists in North America didn't have much luck with food. They had to resort to stealing it from the natives. Many of the colonists starved to death.
The bottom line, however, is that human exploration of other planets in our system is going to be severely limited until we are better able to capture and utilize the energy coming to OUR planet. We have a much more complex and important task at hand, which is to find ways of harnessing Earth-bound energy in a way that is sustainable and economically efficient. If we can do this, we won't need to ask people to go on one-way trips. Cheap, abundant energy is what enables technological and social progress.
I hear that there is abundant energy in space. Some people are even working on bringing it back to Earth.
I was about 7 the first time I filled the closed end of a pipe with lighter fluid, inserted a fuse, and launched a tennis ball. It was great fun! Outside of a few bruises, no one got hurt.
nearly every generation for at least the last three hundred years there's been a tendency for a certain kind of comfortable intellectual to shake their heads and decry the downfall of civilization, the irreverence of youth and the death of literacy and wisdom. Noticing that trend does not necessarily make it incorrect, but it certainly makes it suspicious.
I would say the statement is correct. However, it fails to ask a couple of questions. For every downfall of civilization, how many new civilizations are created? Or for that matter, how often does civilization reinvent itself? For every wisdom lost, how many are gained? As to the irreverence of youth, it is that youth that carries us forward.
I have to agree with your post. My Grandmother has a great story from her childhood. When her Father purchased his first car, around 1925, he couldn't figure out how to stop it. He was heard yelling "Whoa" as he crashed through the barn. It is truly amazing to listen to her stories. She lived through the depression, race riots, the start of airlines, the construction of Interstate highways, several wars, the beginning of television, the beginning of computers, space travel, and other world-changing events. The world of today is nothing like the world she was born into. I'd have liked to hear the stories her father had.
Or maybe the spell checking software is getting better and better.
Spell check has improved my spelling. I find the red underlining of words very annoying. It irritates me that I misspelled the word. I'll let the spell checker correct the spelling the first few times. However, I'll also look at what I typed and compare that to the corrected word. If I continue to misspell the word, I'll sit there and attempt to correct it myself, until I get it right.
The first concept of a task bar (dock) was created in England, in 1987. The OS was called Arthur and it included the Iconbar. In 1989, this OS was renamed RISC OS. Also in 1989, NeXTSTEP was released and included a dock. Later versions of Amiga OS had it as an add-on. And the interface I was using when Windows 95 first came out, the Common Desktop Environment under SunOS also had it. Microsoft was a bit late to the game.
According to the copyright law as written in Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 [cornell.edu] the Federal Government is prohibited from holding any copyright
Which is why they go through a private publisher, the Gale Group.
the music copyright is out the window
The original sheet music is no longer under copyright.
that leaves the performance right.
Recordings of the performance would be copyrighted by whomever the Government approved to record it. If there were no restrictions on recording the event, and you recorded it yourself, you could stream it.
It is exciting to see that are developing this game with an eye toward Linux. However, I do wish they didn't confuse Windows with PC.
Q. On what platform will Achron be available?
A. We are currently developing for the PC, but we did it with an eye toward porting to both OS X and Linux. We would like to be able to offer Achron for the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3, and possibly even the Wii, and are currently evaluating them.
The last I checked, Windows, Linux, and (I believe) OS X all ran on the PC platform. Maybe they are developing the game to run from a bootable disk on the PC. Much like the PS3, which can (I believe) run Linux or the PS3 loader.
Not sure if this covers the video. However, I found this:
Inauguration.(President Barack Obama's inauguration)
Airman | March 1, 2009 | COPYRIGHT 2009 U.S. Air Force, Air Force News Agency. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.
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You do realize that having permissions on files on your removable media has absolutely no effect in preventing people accessing them?
Which is why I said encryption is much more secure.
Different systems may treat these differently, and it's an inconvenience if you plug in a USB disk and the permissions prevent you from instantly editing a file.
Then set up your permissions, or mount options, correctly. If you are going to be moving your USB drive around on random, unsecure systems, and you use a file system that insists on permissions, then set those permissions so that anyone can read and write to the files. If you have any concern for your files, encrypt them and limit where the drive is used to secure systems that support encryption.
I don't want to have to extract something every time I want to watch it after all.
This is a problem with tar balls, unless you can mount the tar ball. I think there is a FUSE program that lets you do this.
would you explain how tarballs help side-step the issue of the file system?
Tar balls can preserve permissions based on UID or user name (depending on the options used for extraction). Tar is also very cross-platform. I can even untar a tar ball on my Atari 130XE. However, you are still limited by the file system used to record the tar ball.
I just use FAT32 ... provide a backup of my most important documents. To be perfectly honest I don't know why anyone would need permissions on a USB drive.
I guess it depends on how important those documents are. Though to be honest, encryption would be much more secure on removable media.
If you remove the qualifications to access a file to perseve only -- say -- the need for user name to match, then what the hell kind of nonsense security is that?
True. However, there are other systems that use user name and key. NFSv4 uses user name and kerberos. Does a similar cross-platform solution exist for removable media?
Personally, I just mount vfat with my UID. Granted, that means no security for my files. However, there isn't anything currently on the key that I care about. If I were to put something sensitive on it, I'd encrypt the drive.
I have thought about using ext2, as it has a driver for Windows. However, you do get into the UID matching problem.
Notwithstanding the usefulness of the above-described methods, a need still exists for a communications tool that associates files generated by applications with individuals, groups, and topical context automatically.
Automatic association of files with users and groups has been a common feature of file systems since the beginning. The most notable file system missing this feature is FAT, used by DOS and older versions of Windows. As to the topical context, I know most file systems support user/application defined metadata. So that is covered as well.
As to the patent claims, it sounds like they are describing Google Web Apps.
Yeah, but now it's on a computer!
Read the patent again. It is: but now it's a WebApp!
I'm still waiting for the Mars rover to send back pictures of a Chinese astronaut mooning the camera.
Actually I think people are beginning to say why are we spending $X sending humans to do something a robot can do faster, cheaper and more reliably for one tenth the price.
Why bother with the expense and unreliability of robots when you can accomplish the same goals with Earth and Near-Earth based telescopes? Today's telescopes have already discovered hundreds of planets outside of our solar system. What have robots discovered? That there is dirt on Mars? Dump the money into new telescopes, zoom in on the planet, and do spectrum analysis. You would have the same answer for far less money. And you could sit comfortably at home until the end of time.
It's that ability to lose control over property that is central to the DPP system. DPP files are encrypted. They can be freely copied and distributed to anyone, but here's the trick: anyone who can view your content can also "steal" it irrevocably. The simple addition of a way to lose content instantly leads consumers to set up a "circle of trust" that can be as wide as they like but will not extend to total strangers on the Internet.
You mean they not only copied my files, they deleted my copy as well?
So this is for nude pictures? Now what excuse will young stars have when they leak such pictures for publicity.
According to the WGA FAQ [microsoft.com]
That was an interesting FAQ. I especially like this part:
Q: What happens when WGA Notifications communicates with Microsoft when a PC is booted up? A: The pilot version of this software periodically contacts Microsoft after validation; however, this feature has been removed from the final version of WGA Notifications.
That seems to contradict your statement:
So why is "phoning home" okay? Why not do it once and be done with it? ... Either way, Microsoft has not kept this a secret, and even promised to reduce checking to once every two weeks [zdnet.com]
If WGA does send information to Microsoft, even if it is only every two weeks, and their FAQ specifically says they do not, I'd say that is the very definition of spyware.
Of cource, Microsoft has their own definition of spyware:
Q: Some people are saying that WGA is spyware. Is this true? A: Broadly speaking, spyware is deceptive software that is installed on a userâ(TM)s computer without the user's consent and has some malicious purpose. WGA is installed with the consent of the user and seeks only to notify the user if a proper license is not in place. If the user declines the EULA, WGA Notifications will not be installed on userâ(TM)s machine. Once installed, WGA Notifications becomes a permanent part of Windows XP software, and therefore cannot be uninstalled.
Let's see: spyware is deceptive software (check), installed on a userâ(TM)s computer without the userâ(TM)s consent (debatable, it is installed as a critical update via automatic updates. Microsoft strongly encourages the use of automatic updates to keep your system secure. If this were an optional update, I might buy that it is opt-in. Microsoft then tells you that the system will be crippled in small ways if you don't install it. There is no option to opt-out. Technically, it is opt-in, but only technically.) , and has some malicious purpose. (Depends on what you consider malicious. From Microsoft's point of view, it is not malicious. However, I'm sure that most spyware authors do not consider their software malicious.)
You're also making the assumption that Child B isn't curious about the world around them.
Child B was curious about the world around them, until a teacher told them to stop because it interfered with their teaching method.
This leads to speculation that men use up so much of their brain function or 'cognitive resources' trying to impress beautiful women, they have little left for other tasks.
From my own experiences, I don't think it has much to do with trying to impress beautiful women. Rather, I seem to slip into a day-dream like state that requires a shock to the system to snap out of. Telephone poles work rather well.
My assumption has always been that it is a hormonal thing. It would be interesting to measure blood flow and hormone levels in the brain during these tests. However, I'd guess that being attached to a bunch of wires might change the outcome.
If this was Microsoft everyone would be shitting on them, going "Microsoft being an evil dickwad as normal..."
Not really. Microsoft patenting their web-site designs would be an extreme act of good! Please Microsoft, don't let anyone copy those designs, ever.
Looking between the two pages, and also considering Google's current page, I see a few differences. The most noticeable is the lack of advertising on the Google page. The AltaVista page contains eight images, all links, two of which are ad.doubleclick.net links. The Google page contains a single image. It is not a link. The AltaVista page uses drop-downs. Google uses text links. Google also used standard input buttons, compared to AltaVista's image buttons. AltaVista used a yellow box to distinguish the search function of the page from the other garbage. The old Google used grey. The current version of Google doesn't use colour at all, outside of the logo. Digging into the code, AltaVista used image spacers. Google's code is a lot cleaner.
Summing up the differences, Google didn't make heavy use of images or advertising. That distinguished it from competitors.
So, what you are saying, is that we will not be able to walk around nude in the great frozen north? Ref: Fallen Angels
And the analogy with other colonists in history is stupid. Those guys could at least count on the air being breathable, there being food and water, there being natural resources for building shelter, etc.
You are right about finding breathable air and simple building materials. However, colonists in North America didn't have much luck with food. They had to resort to stealing it from the natives. Many of the colonists starved to death.
The bottom line, however, is that human exploration of other planets in our system is going to be severely limited until we are better able to capture and utilize the energy coming to OUR planet. We have a much more complex and important task at hand, which is to find ways of harnessing Earth-bound energy in a way that is sustainable and economically efficient. If we can do this, we won't need to ask people to go on one-way trips. Cheap, abundant energy is what enables technological and social progress.
I hear that there is abundant energy in space. Some people are even working on bringing it back to Earth.
I was about 7 the first time I filled the closed end of a pipe with lighter fluid, inserted a fuse, and launched a tennis ball. It was great fun! Outside of a few bruises, no one got hurt.
Kids these days are just not allowed any fun...
nearly every generation for at least the last three hundred years there's been a tendency for a certain kind of comfortable intellectual to shake their heads and decry the downfall of civilization, the irreverence of youth and the death of literacy and wisdom. Noticing that trend does not necessarily make it incorrect, but it certainly makes it suspicious.
I would say the statement is correct. However, it fails to ask a couple of questions. For every downfall of civilization, how many new civilizations are created? Or for that matter, how often does civilization reinvent itself? For every wisdom lost, how many are gained? As to the irreverence of youth, it is that youth that carries us forward.
I have to agree with your post. My Grandmother has a great story from her childhood. When her Father purchased his first car, around 1925, he couldn't figure out how to stop it. He was heard yelling "Whoa" as he crashed through the barn. It is truly amazing to listen to her stories. She lived through the depression, race riots, the start of airlines, the construction of Interstate highways, several wars, the beginning of television, the beginning of computers, space travel, and other world-changing events. The world of today is nothing like the world she was born into. I'd have liked to hear the stories her father had.
Or maybe the spell checking software is getting better and better.
Spell check has improved my spelling. I find the red underlining of words very annoying. It irritates me that I misspelled the word. I'll let the spell checker correct the spelling the first few times. However, I'll also look at what I typed and compare that to the corrected word. If I continue to misspell the word, I'll sit there and attempt to correct it myself, until I get it right.
The first concept of a task bar (dock) was created in England, in 1987. The OS was called Arthur and it included the Iconbar. In 1989, this OS was renamed RISC OS. Also in 1989, NeXTSTEP was released and included a dock. Later versions of Amiga OS had it as an add-on. And the interface I was using when Windows 95 first came out, the Common Desktop Environment under SunOS also had it. Microsoft was a bit late to the game.
Here is an article with some screen-shots and descriptions of functionality: http://www.osnews.com/story/18941/pt_VI_the_Dock
According to the copyright law as written in Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 [cornell.edu] the Federal Government is prohibited from holding any copyright
Which is why they go through a private publisher, the Gale Group.
the music copyright is out the window
The original sheet music is no longer under copyright.
that leaves the performance right.
Recordings of the performance would be copyrighted by whomever the Government approved to record it. If there were no restrictions on recording the event, and you recorded it yourself, you could stream it.
Q. On what platform will Achron be available?
A. We are currently developing for the PC, but we did it with an eye toward porting to both OS X and Linux. We would like to be able to offer Achron for the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3, and possibly even the Wii, and are currently evaluating them.
The last I checked, Windows, Linux, and (I believe) OS X all ran on the PC platform. Maybe they are developing the game to run from a bootable disk on the PC. Much like the PS3, which can (I believe) run Linux or the PS3 loader.
Inauguration.(President Barack Obama's inauguration)
Airman | March 1, 2009 | COPYRIGHT 2009 U.S. Air Force, Air Force News Agency. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.