What does large number theory, factorization, optimizations that offer 2000x speedups in this field, and specific information for desktop computers... what is it about?
I think they *are* using Android because its a free OS. I think the free OS makes it more appealing to phone companies, which means it is offered to users.
The iPhone model works for Apple because the users want the phone bad enough to dance with the devil^W^W^W^W sign an AT&T contract. The iPhone/AT&T beast is closed on almost every level.
It is in openness that Android differentiates itself in the market.
It doesn't have to be sole ownership for them to have a claim of copyright on portions of the code.
But they have to state clearly in their court claim that they are suing based on the copyright they actually hold. That is, the copyright on portions of the busybox code. They can sue on that.
That's the same argument that lets Bruce claim they need to respect his copyright on other portions of the busybox code, especially as that affects his business relationships (he's a consultant). He might also be saying that the SFLC, Andersen, and Landley are making false claims, which are in violation of his copyright. But I don't think he's saying that -- in particular because he's not trying to sue people, he's trying to negotiate with companies so they will comply with the license.
They would need to specify that they are claiming copyright on specific parts of the code.
Misrepresenting their claim could seriously hurt their chances in court.
Further, it doesn't seem like Bruce is trying to get in on the court case. He's representing his interests as a consultant and a copyright holder -- so it would be wise for the SFLC and Andersen and Landley to pay attention -- or they could end up on the receiving end of all this suing.
Not by Bruce, mind you. I think there's a chance the companies they are suing will countersue for damages and use Bruce's arguments in the case.
Joe can include the source in his single car sale by including the CD he got when he bought it - FLOSS dashboards inc included the source on the CD, right?
Right, I know that a lot of GPL software on CDs doesn't include the source on the CD. However, let's go one step further. I know Joe probably lost the CD - it happens often enough. Now what do we do?
Well, if Joe gets sued, he can contact FLOSS dashboards inc and get the source from them, and thus fulfill his legal obligation.
GM sells a bunch of FLOSS dashboards. They can wait until they get sued, then try to find FLOSS dashboards. But considering the risk, they'll probably just distribute the source up front, because they're smart, right?
Which brings us back to what Bruce is trying to accomplish: he's not out suing people. He's -- in fact -- making things easier for people who want to comply with the GPL.
Re:Android WILL take over.
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But PC's did take off.
It's not that your points aren't valid, but Apple's vertical solution (or Sony's PS3, or Nintendo's Wii, or any of the other locked-down vertical solutions) eventually hits the limit of customers who can swallow the lock-down, and stops growing. (So Macs will never be as numerous as other OS's IMHO.) Yeah, we'll have to suffer with all the competing vendors supplying "Android" phones. Still, somehow, we'll muddle through. Good standardization will help. Individual vendors will shine (or stink). Google will probably shine a lot. Somebody may create BSD Android, and I expect the number of distros to multiply.
PC's started to take over the microcomputer marketplace when the IBM PC was cloned. Other examples: Henry Ford's assembly line (obligatory car analogy), lots of companies -- Xerox, Intel, and to a lesser degree, Microsoft... I think the economics is fairly well documented.
I'm a T-Mobile Customer. I think they did the right thing, coming forward when it was obvious they had a data breach.
I like T-Mobile, especially because they have great customer support. I have a friend who got overbilled by a lot, and decided to settle instead of going to court over it. My experience with the company though has been pretty good. I'm staying with them.
The BSA is almost as sociopathic as the Company President in the slashdot summary. If you go to them, expect to be blackballed just as surely as if the company got ratted out by someone else and you took the blame.
Would you work for a company that stole cars to maintain its motor pool - and you are the head of the Motor Pool Division? Time to find a new job. Times are tough, but jail time is worse.
I like that suggestion, but I have a better one: since the voting authority already has all the data, why post it online? The voting authority should be able to post the entire vote log as many printed pages on a bulletin board (behind glass). Then monitor the room where the vote log is posted so that no one takes pictures (either to "scrape" the voting log and try to crack it, or to identify those who are counting their vote). No security cameras visible either, since the voting authority doesn't need to photograph people either.
Now people can come and verify their vote and there is no log at all. Even if they are identified, their actions in the room do not pinpoint a single ballot.
It has one other benefit: people who don't want to / can't access the internet can still verify their vote. (Vote fraud also can't be done by DoSing the vote verification server.)
Your proposed vote buying system is interesting and I might consider subscribing to your newspaper.
But it doesn't scale, imho. Everybody voting absentee in a district? Red flag. Digital camera in the booth too often? (Some people are savvy enough to turn off the sounds, and some people are savvy enough to hide their camera. But most people are not.) Red flag. Game over.
Besides, buying people off is expensive. Much easier to move corrupt ops to a district that isn't as secure as this one. Remember, you only have to be more secure than the next state! Vote early, vote often!
Your Senator or Representative may not be in on this. Even if they are, they will probably not talk about it.
But you can still make a difference. The list of participants in the US is not well documented - only that the Office of US Trade Representatives (USTR) is spearheading the effort. Can you shed some light on who is "in the know"? The negotiations are currently trying to build a coalition of the powerful multinational elite. These people are famously camera-shy, so their names are going to be difficult to find.
They are also famously double-minded, and can be easily scared off if there is a huge controversy. (That's not always true, but mostly.)
It is very much like other high performance thallium-cuprates. This is my favorite quote from TFA: "we are near the upper limit of cuprate superconductivity postulated by V. Kresin, et al, in 1997."
I have two linksys wrt610n routers. 8M flash, 64M ram, two draft-N radios (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz), 5 10/100/1000 ports on a dedicated switch chip. That pretty much matches the specs of this WNR3500L. You can't find them anywhere anymore.
And, although they use broadcom radios (binary blob driver), if you're careful you can even get high uptimes. Note that the WNR3500L uses a BCM4718 too -- too bad, I'd rather not use a binary blob, thanks.
So how long until Comcast sues Microsoft for using "bundling" to catch this revenue stream?
Re:There is no such thing as ten-round AES-256 *$*
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Good point.
If we move to 28 rounds now, then the hope is that by the time AES-256 with 14 rounds is broken, there will not be much valuable data left encrypted with it.
I think it's a safe assumption that the value of data decreases with time.
Well, of course javascript is Turing Complete; it just doesn't run fast enough (yet) and it's definitely not a secure platform. In other words, there's a reason that no browser offers encryption extensions to allow javascript to communicate securely -- it just doesn't make sense.
Thanks for the tip about watching the code instead of the docs. I actually am a participant in the google groups, though I know that's not the final word on the subject.
One thing about the Wave Protocol is that all the wavelets (the data) is stored on the server that "owns" the wave. You may log in using your office wave server, but if you join a wave started on a google.com server, they own the wave.
If you wanted to "fork" the wave, you could copy all the data onto your office server. Also, if I read correctly, there is no way to "revoke" a wave, or delete content for that matter.
If a DMCA takedown occurs, the entire wave could "disappear" from the parent server, and cached copies would still exist on clients who could then fork and continue. It's a lot like email -- once you hit send, there is no going back.
One possible business solution involves generating a wave that's "for internal use only" and then forking a public release. When forking (this is definitely not google's terminology), you can copy over all the discussion or just the final product.
Although PKI (such a GPG keys) would make privacy and revocation lists a little easier, that is not a part of wave. It wouldn't be too hard to add on to it, but javascript doesn't do crypto, as far as I know.
If firefox ever reached 90% marketshare, there would be the inevitable infighting and forks, leading to more open source browsers each around 45-50% each.
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Come on... think a little.
... what is it about?
What does large number theory, factorization, optimizations that offer 2000x speedups in this field, and specific information for desktop computers
Go watch Sneakers again.
The way laws in the UK are going, soon it will be a crime to have an internet-capable device. (We can't have those prisoners using it as a shank!)
Fortunately, it's not a crime if slashdot links to cnet who claims cbnsews has the scoop, where we find that CNN is the source.
Otherwise, where would we get "news for nerds, hyperlink puzzles that matter"?
* For the lazy, here's the solution: http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~jdevor/links/n_nfshost_com-solution.htm
I think they *are* using Android because its a free OS. I think the free OS makes it more appealing to phone companies, which means it is offered to users.
The iPhone model works for Apple because the users want the phone bad enough to dance with the devil^W^W^W^W sign an AT&T contract. The iPhone/AT&T beast is closed on almost every level.
It is in openness that Android differentiates itself in the market.
Could this be a case of --
"It is a well known fact that reality has a conservative bias?"
Good thing we can trust the official story told by the media! </sarcasm>
It doesn't have to be sole ownership for them to have a claim of copyright on portions of the code.
But they have to state clearly in their court claim that they are suing based on the copyright they actually hold. That is, the copyright on portions of the busybox code. They can sue on that.
That's the same argument that lets Bruce claim they need to respect his copyright on other portions of the busybox code, especially as that affects his business relationships (he's a consultant). He might also be saying that the SFLC, Andersen, and Landley are making false claims, which are in violation of his copyright. But I don't think he's saying that -- in particular because he's not trying to sue people, he's trying to negotiate with companies so they will comply with the license.
They would need to specify that they are claiming copyright on specific parts of the code.
Misrepresenting their claim could seriously hurt their chances in court.
Further, it doesn't seem like Bruce is trying to get in on the court case. He's representing his interests as a consultant and a copyright holder -- so it would be wise for the SFLC and Andersen and Landley to pay attention -- or they could end up on the receiving end of all this suing.
Not by Bruce, mind you. I think there's a chance the companies they are suing will countersue for damages and use Bruce's arguments in the case.
Joe can include the source in his single car sale by including the CD he got when he bought it - FLOSS dashboards inc included the source on the CD, right?
Right, I know that a lot of GPL software on CDs doesn't include the source on the CD. However, let's go one step further. I know Joe probably lost the CD - it happens often enough. Now what do we do?
Well, if Joe gets sued, he can contact FLOSS dashboards inc and get the source from them, and thus fulfill his legal obligation.
GM sells a bunch of FLOSS dashboards. They can wait until they get sued, then try to find FLOSS dashboards. But considering the risk, they'll probably just distribute the source up front, because they're smart, right?
Which brings us back to what Bruce is trying to accomplish: he's not out suing people. He's -- in fact -- making things easier for people who want to comply with the GPL.
But PC's did take off.
It's not that your points aren't valid, but Apple's vertical solution (or Sony's PS3, or Nintendo's Wii, or any of the other locked-down vertical solutions) eventually hits the limit of customers who can swallow the lock-down, and stops growing. (So Macs will never be as numerous as other OS's IMHO.) Yeah, we'll have to suffer with all the competing vendors supplying "Android" phones. Still, somehow, we'll muddle through. Good standardization will help. Individual vendors will shine (or stink). Google will probably shine a lot. Somebody may create BSD Android, and I expect the number of distros to multiply.
"The Cathedral vs. the Bazaar" and all that. We can argue this for quite a while.
PC's started to take over the microcomputer marketplace when the IBM PC was cloned. Other examples: Henry Ford's assembly line (obligatory car analogy), lots of companies -- Xerox, Intel, and to a lesser degree, Microsoft... I think the economics is fairly well documented.
Ha ha. If only I were an AT&T customer ...
I'm not the only one who likes T-Mobile for their customer support.
I'm a T-Mobile Customer. I think they did the right thing, coming forward when it was obvious they had a data breach.
I like T-Mobile, especially because they have great customer support. I have a friend who got overbilled by a lot, and decided to settle instead of going to court over it. My experience with the company though has been pretty good. I'm staying with them.
GET it.slashdot.org/post?user=Anonymous%20Coward&pw=hi HTTP/1.1
Host: it.slashdot.org
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; zh-TW; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.5.5
Accept: text/html
Connection: keep-alive
Referer: http://88.80.13.160/custom_feed.xml
Cookie: __unam=ff611ea-121c61ef92e-7d0ca25d-4; PHPSESSID=g4cu6pdclgqverrf2a522uofl1
Well, Anonymous Coward will never get caught out this way!
There's a reason you posted this AC.
The BSA is almost as sociopathic as the Company President in the slashdot summary. If you go to them, expect to be blackballed just as surely as if the company got ratted out by someone else and you took the blame.
Would you work for a company that stole cars to maintain its motor pool - and you are the head of the Motor Pool Division? Time to find a new job. Times are tough, but jail time is worse.
There is no way to connect your codes on your receipt (two letters each) with the name of the candidate. Every ballot uses different codes.
The website only shows you: serial number 1234567 voted for these codes: two-letters two-letters two-letters, etc.
I like that suggestion, but I have a better one: since the voting authority already has all the data, why post it online? The voting authority should be able to post the entire vote log as many printed pages on a bulletin board (behind glass). Then monitor the room where the vote log is posted so that no one takes pictures (either to "scrape" the voting log and try to crack it, or to identify those who are counting their vote). No security cameras visible either, since the voting authority doesn't need to photograph people either.
Now people can come and verify their vote and there is no log at all. Even if they are identified, their actions in the room do not pinpoint a single ballot.
It has one other benefit: people who don't want to / can't access the internet can still verify their vote. (Vote fraud also can't be done by DoSing the vote verification server.)
Your proposed vote buying system is interesting and I might consider subscribing to your newspaper.
But it doesn't scale, imho. Everybody voting absentee in a district? Red flag. Digital camera in the booth too often? (Some people are savvy enough to turn off the sounds, and some people are savvy enough to hide their camera. But most people are not.) Red flag. Game over.
Besides, buying people off is expensive. Much easier to move corrupt ops to a district that isn't as secure as this one. Remember, you only have to be more secure than the next state! Vote early, vote often!
Your Senator or Representative may not be in on this. Even if they are, they will probably not talk about it.
But you can still make a difference. The list of participants in the US is not well documented - only that the Office of US Trade Representatives (USTR) is spearheading the effort. Can you shed some light on who is "in the know"? The negotiations are currently trying to build a coalition of the powerful multinational elite. These people are famously camera-shy, so their names are going to be difficult to find.
They are also famously double-minded, and can be easily scared off if there is a huge controversy. (That's not always true, but mostly.)
I know, don't feed the trolls...
This new superconductor would work fine without any cooling, most of the year...in Northern Canada!
It is very much like other high performance thallium-cuprates. This is my favorite quote from TFA: "we are near the upper limit of cuprate superconductivity postulated by V. Kresin, et al, in 1997."
I agree with you on finding them in the stores.
I have two linksys wrt610n routers. 8M flash, 64M ram, two draft-N radios (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz), 5 10/100/1000 ports on a dedicated switch chip. That pretty much matches the specs of this WNR3500L. You can't find them anywhere anymore.
And, although they use broadcom radios (binary blob driver), if you're careful you can even get high uptimes. Note that the WNR3500L uses a BCM4718 too -- too bad, I'd rather not use a binary blob, thanks.
We will be mining the great pacific garbage patch to get fuel for our SUVs.
So how long until Comcast sues Microsoft for using "bundling" to catch this revenue stream?
Good point.
If we move to 28 rounds now, then the hope is that by the time AES-256 with 14 rounds is broken, there will not be much valuable data left encrypted with it.
I think it's a safe assumption that the value of data decreases with time.
Well, of course javascript is Turing Complete; it just doesn't run fast enough (yet) and it's definitely not a secure platform. In other words, there's a reason that no browser offers encryption extensions to allow javascript to communicate securely -- it just doesn't make sense.
Thanks for the tip about watching the code instead of the docs. I actually am a participant in the google groups, though I know that's not the final word on the subject.
One thing about the Wave Protocol is that all the wavelets (the data) is stored on the server that "owns" the wave. You may log in using your office wave server, but if you join a wave started on a google.com server, they own the wave.
If you wanted to "fork" the wave, you could copy all the data onto your office server. Also, if I read correctly, there is no way to "revoke" a wave, or delete content for that matter.
If a DMCA takedown occurs, the entire wave could "disappear" from the parent server, and cached copies would still exist on clients who could then fork and continue. It's a lot like email -- once you hit send, there is no going back.
One possible business solution involves generating a wave that's "for internal use only" and then forking a public release. When forking (this is definitely not google's terminology), you can copy over all the discussion or just the final product.
Although PKI (such a GPG keys) would make privacy and revocation lists a little easier, that is not a part of wave. It wouldn't be too hard to add on to it, but javascript doesn't do crypto, as far as I know.
If firefox ever reached 90% marketshare, there would be the inevitable infighting and forks, leading to more open source browsers each around 45-50% each.
There. Wish granted.