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and do they follow the GPL?
I would presume that they have had to modify some existing GPL code... but even if they haven't, then still must make the source code available at no cost/cost of media for any GPL'd binaries that they distribute.
So basically what you've just said is that the DMCA's anti-circumvention clause has some ground to it. I mean, hey, if its illegal to open an envelope in real space, then howdy-do! we've already got a law in place that would prevent opening an "envelope" in cyberspace
I'm all for an "email envelope" that is protected just the same as a realspace envelope... but that's not the same as the broad scope anti-circumvention clause. It is only illegal to open envelopes that have been sent through federal postal system, but anyone is free to open any other envelopes that haven't been submitted to the Post Office.
You always hear the analogy that email is just sending a postcard... well, its about time that we start to make email "envelopes" (aka encryption) standard for ALL email.
I think Joe Sixpack would be more inclined to use encryption if he thought it was just an envelope to put mail into... he doesn't need to know about technojargon like PGP, GPG, SSL, S/MIME, X.509 certificates, just tell him its an "email envelope" instead of the old postcard he's used to.
The only thing that really needs to be public is the To address. Everything else could be encrypted (enclosed in the envelope) except for maybe a couple fields like the From Address and the maybe the Subject Line (but even those could be "inside").
What needs to happen before email encryption becomes a "standard" thing that everyone uses all the time?
If everyone decides to skip the commercials, then the audience ends up paying everything
I think that would be just fine as long as I decide which networks I pay and which ones I don't.
I never asked ABC/CBS/NBC/etc. to broadcast their crap into the sky... but I am more than willing to pay HBO for their content (which has never included advertising).
My understanding is that the networks are suing SonicBlue because ReplayTV lets you easily upload shows (with their commercials deleted) to lots of other people
That's not quite correct. It does allow to send shows to others, and it does allow you to skip commercials while you view a recording... but it does not allow you to delete commercials, and it does not allow you to send an editted program to someone else (editting isn't even possible).
So, if you do send a show it still has the commercials included, but they may skip them while viewing it if they wish.
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JVC's upcoming HDTV-capable Dish Network receiver will also have a IEEE 1394 (FireWire) connection so it can transfer content directly to the D-VHS box.
There's no wind or water to wear down the antennas. How much do these things actually break?
You've got plenty of meteors and orbiting space-junk up there... you also need to worry a LOT more about radiation because there isn't an atmosphere protecting the satellite.
Personally, I liked most of the changes and enhancements of the "Special Editions" (except for Greedo shooting first).
I thought it was great they Jabba was added to A New Hope, and I look forward to seeing Natalie Portman in Return of the Jedi, but pleeeeease no more Jar Jar.
I guess it's a really scary precedent if you're intent on publishing libelous material online.
Microsoft didn't publish the pictures in question.
Quote from the article: "The photos... appeared last year on the site operated by Microsoft Germany where users could post pictures and texts to share with others".
One thing that I was interested in after reading the description was the case they are using... Since the article is/.'ed, I did a little searching around and found more information on the case itself:
I believe they are referring to the Cooler Master ATC-600 Series. That site doesn't mention anything about it being available in black though.
I thought we always knew mars had quite a bit of ice at the poles, but the fact that there is now enough to cover the whole planet in water is very interesting, i doubt the *whole* planet was ever covered in water though, because if so the whole surface would end up being ice right?
It says that the there is enough to cover the planet with water at least 500 metres deep... there are many mountains that stick up much higher than that. So there would still be lots of dry land left above the 500 meter mark.
I don't quite understand how the discovery of ice on mars would make manned missions any more possible. Don't they take water with them on missions anyway?
If its already there, it means that you don't have to bring it with you (or at least not as much).
Water can be used in the production of oxygen, and also fuel (after you break down into Hydrogen and Oxygen). These things require a LOT of water... much more than we could possibly hope to bring with us.
Discovery of water also means that the chances of finding life (or at least sign of primative life that once existed there) are much, much greater.
OK, so apparently these "Cool Chips" are based on quantum phyics... where can I find a good "Quantum Mechanics for Dummies" book? (seriously)
I'd settle for a good "introduction to quantum physics" article, but I think I need something to help me get my brain wrapped around these concepts. I understand the whole multiple universe thing (sort of), but it just seems so mind-blowing.
As much as I long to see a person set foot on mars within my lifetime, I feel like we shouldn't even bother unless we're going to give a compelling reason to go
The reason for Mars is so that we can be prepared for the next one... Consider it "practice" for Venus, or Saturn, or Io, or Alpha Centauri. Maybe we should "practice" on the Moon rather than Mars, but at some point we're going to need to venture off this rock for one reason or another.
I agree that we're not ready for the bulk of the population to be heading there, but I don't think that the research and the lessons learned from such a venture would be a complete waste.
If a medicine cut risks by 1000 times for half the people who took it, it would be a sensation
What if it killed the other half? Or even killed one person? Sure this example is a bit extreme, but they don't really say how many of the identifications are false positives versus flat-out misses.
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and do they follow the GPL?
I would presume that they have had to modify some existing GPL code... but even if they haven't, then still must make the source code available at no cost/cost of media for any GPL'd binaries that they distribute.
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So basically what you've just said is that the DMCA's anti-circumvention clause has some ground to it. I mean, hey, if its illegal to open an envelope in real space, then howdy-do! we've already got a law in place that would prevent opening an "envelope" in cyberspace
I'm all for an "email envelope" that is protected just the same as a realspace envelope... but that's not the same as the broad scope anti-circumvention clause. It is only illegal to open envelopes that have been sent through federal postal system, but anyone is free to open any other envelopes that haven't been submitted to the Post Office.
If he encrypts it, it'll flag him
Not if everyone encrypts their mail. Does the post office flag every piece of mail enclosed in an opaque envelope for further "inspection"?
You always hear the analogy that email is just sending a postcard... well, its about time that we start to make email "envelopes" (aka encryption) standard for ALL email.
I think Joe Sixpack would be more inclined to use encryption if he thought it was just an envelope to put mail into... he doesn't need to know about technojargon like PGP, GPG, SSL, S/MIME, X.509 certificates, just tell him its an "email envelope" instead of the old postcard he's used to.
The only thing that really needs to be public is the To address. Everything else could be encrypted (enclosed in the envelope) except for maybe a couple fields like the From Address and the maybe the Subject Line (but even those could be "inside").
What needs to happen before email encryption becomes a "standard" thing that everyone uses all the time?
Is there a Spamassassin/Razor type product that works with OutlookExpress for Windows?
Unforunately Cloudmark's Spamnet only works with Outlook, not OutlookExpress.
If you need some inspiration for your Town Generator script, take a look at this one.
If everyone decides to skip the commercials, then the audience ends up paying everything
I think that would be just fine as long as I decide which networks I pay and which ones I don't.
I never asked ABC/CBS/NBC/etc. to broadcast their crap into the sky... but I am more than willing to pay HBO for their content (which has never included advertising).
My understanding is that the networks are suing SonicBlue because ReplayTV lets you easily upload shows (with their commercials deleted) to lots of other people
That's not quite correct. It does allow to send shows to others, and it does allow you to skip commercials while you view a recording... but it does not allow you to delete commercials, and it does not allow you to send an editted program to someone else (editting isn't even possible).
So, if you do send a show it still has the commercials included, but they may skip them while viewing it if they wish.
http://dvhsmovie.com/ has more info about D-VHS.
Is it still considered Karma-whoring when I'm already at my cap?
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JVC's upcoming HDTV-capable Dish Network receiver will also have a IEEE 1394 (FireWire) connection so it can transfer content directly to the D-VHS box.
There's no wind or water to wear down the antennas. How much do these things actually break?
You've got plenty of meteors and orbiting space-junk up there... you also need to worry a LOT more about radiation because there isn't an atmosphere protecting the satellite.
Personally, I liked most of the changes and enhancements of the "Special Editions" (except for Greedo shooting first).
I thought it was great they Jabba was added to A New Hope, and I look forward to seeing Natalie Portman in Return of the Jedi, but pleeeeease no more Jar Jar.
Why does everybody always assume that life can only form in conditions that are hospitable to humans?
Who's to say that there aren't other strange forms of life that have evolved to survive in conditions that would be downright hostile to humans?
I guess it's a really scary precedent if you're intent on publishing libelous material online.
Microsoft didn't publish the pictures in question.
Quote from the article: "The photos... appeared last year on the site operated by Microsoft Germany where users could post pictures and texts to share with others".
Microsoft was merely acting as ISP in this case.
Doesn't the DMCA have some provisions covering this sort of thing?
The DMCA doesn't exist in Germany, where the court case was held.
I attended the original mozilla dot party in 1998, and there were more women there than I expected (including a fair share the non-geek type).
One thing that I was interested in after reading the description was the case they are using... Since the article is /.'ed, I did a little searching around and found more information on the case itself:
I believe they are referring to the Cooler Master ATC-600 Series. That site doesn't mention anything about it being available in black though.
There is a review and pictures of it at http://www.hexus.net/review.php?review=281
I thought we always knew mars had quite a bit of ice at the poles, but the fact that there is now enough to cover the whole planet in water is very interesting, i doubt the *whole* planet was ever covered in water though, because if so the whole surface would end up being ice right?
It says that the there is enough to cover the planet with water at least 500 metres deep... there are many mountains that stick up much higher than that. So there would still be lots of dry land left above the 500 meter mark.
I don't quite understand how the discovery of ice on mars would make manned missions any more possible. Don't they take water with them on missions anyway?
If its already there, it means that you don't have to bring it with you (or at least not as much).
Water can be used in the production of oxygen, and also fuel (after you break down into Hydrogen and Oxygen). These things require a LOT of water... much more than we could possibly hope to bring with us.
Discovery of water also means that the chances of finding life (or at least sign of primative life that once existed there) are much, much greater.
I guess I always get confused someplace inbetween Schrödinger's Cat and what I've learned from Star Trek.
OK, so apparently these "Cool Chips" are based on quantum phyics... where can I find a good "Quantum Mechanics for Dummies" book? (seriously)
I'd settle for a good "introduction to quantum physics" article, but I think I need something to help me get my brain wrapped around these concepts. I understand the whole multiple universe thing (sort of), but it just seems so mind-blowing.
As much as I long to see a person set foot on mars within my lifetime, I feel like we shouldn't even bother unless we're going to give a compelling reason to go
The reason for Mars is so that we can be prepared for the next one... Consider it "practice" for Venus, or Saturn, or Io, or Alpha Centauri. Maybe we should "practice" on the Moon rather than Mars, but at some point we're going to need to venture off this rock for one reason or another.
I agree that we're not ready for the bulk of the population to be heading there, but I don't think that the research and the lessons learned from such a venture would be a complete waste.
If a medicine cut risks by 1000 times for half the people who took it, it would be a sensation
What if it killed the other half? Or even killed one person? Sure this example is a bit extreme, but they don't really say how many of the identifications are false positives versus flat-out misses.