This is the big one.. it means that the content creators have to earn the respect of the end users.
I Agree. The current philosophy of "Wash my back and I won't stab yours" which is seemingly the norm is a definate reason why many content creators are (rightfully) not respected.
...a DRM scheme that allowed full legitimate usage (format shifting, time shifting, playback on different devices, etc.) and only blocked illicit usage (illegal copying)
This DRM scheme already exists, and is fairly easy to implement. It happens to be called the "honor system".
The honor system is very inexpensive to use, and requires virtually zero disk space. It is multi-platform and very easy to extend.
Unfortunately, the "honor system" tends to be extremely easy to circumvent. The weakness with the "honor system" is that it relies on end users to respect the wishes of the content creators.
I guess a longer lifespan is good, but do I really need a motherboard to last for 23 years?
Actually, the intended buyer of this motherboard happens to be Gentoo users. The idea is to sell them a motherboard which will run after everything compiles on their system.
Note: I am a happy Gentoo user, above was only a joke.
The problem is that Google has a monopoly on web search
There happens to be more than one search engine out there (as stated in other posts). See the Wikipedia article for a decent list of other search engines which exist on the web.
As it is, Google is using its web search monopoly as leverage to promote its non-search products...
Lets do a quick web search for the term "web mail" and see what top 5 results we get (as of 12/29/2006):
Now, lets play with Yahoo! by searching for various services and see what we get... blog: Right above the first result: "Start a blog on Yahoo! 360 (Beta)[Yahoo! Shortcut]" photo sharing: Right above the first result: "Share photos on Yahoo! Photos [Yahoo! Shortcut]" calendar: Right above the first result: "Calendar [Yahoo! Shortcut]"
For those who never used the Yahoo! News message boards, here is a simple analogy which explains (without resorting to quoting 99% of the garbage on said boards):
Yahoo! News Message Boards were to intelligent discourse as toilet paper is to the great classics from English Literature.
...a honeypot targeted at discovering zero-day exploits...
So, would this Microsoft research project violate some Super DMCA laws? For example, in Illinois, we have Public Act 92-728, which is the Illinois Super DMCA. This act was responsible for "killing" the LaBrea Tarpit software package.
Since IANAL, I will quote the writeup from the LaBrea website:
This section of the Illinois Criminal Code was added on January 1, 2003 by Public Act 92-728 and defines an "unlawful communication device" as "any communication device which is capable of... facilitating the disruption... of a communication service without the express consent or express authorization of the communication service provider..."
It furthermore makes it a criminal offense if a person knowingly "possesses, uses, manufactures, assembles, distributes, leases, transfers, or sells" an "unlawful communication device... for the commission of a theft of a communication service or to receive, disrupt, transmit, decrypt, or acquire... any communication service without the express consent or express authorization of the communication service provider, or to conceal or to assist another to conceal from any communication service provider or from any lawful authority the existence or place of origin or destination of any communication".
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From my reading of the law, "communication service provider" can be interpreted as "anyone who provides data transport anywhere along the path of the connection".
It is also a criminal offense if someone "possesses, uses, prepares, distributes, gives or otherwise transfers... plans or instructions for making or assembling an unlawful communication or access device..."
The penalties for violations of this section treat this as a Class A misdemeanor unless the infractions involve 10 or more "unlawful communication devices" in which case it is treated as a Class 4 felony. Cases involving 50 or more "unlawful communication devices" are treated as a Class 3 felony (the same as "aggravated battery", 2-5 years in prison). There is also a provision for civil actions with statutory damages of not less than $250.00 and not more than $10,000.00 for each "unlawful communication device."
Its not all that hard to get going... I had to do a Snort install on a Windows box in order to work on a project in my Network Security class at Loyola University Chicago.
Slashdot Mirror
Ok, it had to be said...
Oh My God, They Killed Kenny The Webmaster. You Bastards!!!
I did a rather quick search on monster.com (results: http://jobsearch.monster.com/Search.aspx?q=webmast er&fn=&lid=&re=130&cy=us&JSNONREG=1 ), and as of 1/29/2007 2:30 (GMT-6), there are 189 listings for "webmaster"
2 0star&fn=&lid=&re=0&cy=us&JSNONREG=1&pg=1 ) , and as of 1/29/2007 2:30 (GMT-6), there are 24 listings for "radio star", thus proving that Video didn't kill the radio star.
0 picker&fn=&lid=&re=0&cy=us&JSNONREG=1&pg=1 )
I also did a quick search on moster.com (results: http://jobsearch.monster.com/Search.aspx?q=radio%
Of course, you can take these results for what they are worth. After all, I got 371 results when I searched for "nose picker" on monster.com ( http://jobsearch.monster.com/Search.aspx?q=nose%2
That is still an improvement over Clippy!
So, would this be the final countdown?
Here are some Steve Ballmer quotes for you:
"I like to tell people that all of our products and business will go through three phases. There's vision, patience, and execution."
"Bill brings to the company the idea that conflict can be a good thing..."
"We [Microsoft] don't have a monopoly. We have precision (ch)air strikes. There's a difference."
Actually, that sounds like a quick way to begin a new career where you could charge customers $20 a month to download content from a website...
No, he spent the day working on his chair throwing and Google killing techniques.
This DRM scheme already exists, and is fairly easy to implement. It happens to be called the "honor system".
The honor system is very inexpensive to use, and requires virtually zero disk space. It is multi-platform and very easy to extend.
Unfortunately, the "honor system" tends to be extremely easy to circumvent. The weakness with the "honor system" is that it relies on end users to respect the wishes of the content creators.
Eh, Dracula sucks.
Actually, the intended buyer of this motherboard happens to be Gentoo users. The idea is to sell them a motherboard which will run after everything compiles on their system.
Note: I am a happy Gentoo user, above was only a joke.
That is so 1995. Update to 2007 and call it "Live Free or DieHard"
Sure...
Yahoo! News Message Boards were to intelligent discourse as a rusted out Yugo is to classic collectable luxiury cars.
Hope that helps.
There happens to be more than one search engine out there (as stated in other posts). See the Wikipedia article for a decent list of other search engines which exist on the web.
Lets do a quick web search for the term "web mail" and see what top 5 results we get (as of 12/29/2006):
Yahoo : #1 Yahoo! Mail, #2 Hotmail, #3 AOL Mail, #4 Mail2Web, #5 Gmail
MSN:#1 Yahoo! Mail, #2 web.mail.umich.edu, #3 Netfirms, #4 email.ixwebhosting.com, #5 NetTally WebMail
AOL:
#1 Mail2Web, #2 webmail.earthlink.net/, #3 webmail.mail.gatech.edu/, #4 Yahoo! Mail, #5 www.webmail.co.za/
Earthlink:
#1 Mail2Web, #2 webmail.earthlink.net/, #3 webmail.mail.gatech.edu/, #4 Yahoo! Mail, #5 www.webmail.co.za/
Google:
#1 Mail2Web, #2 webmail.earthlink.net/, #3 webmail.mail.gatech.edu/, #4 Yahoo! Mail, #5 www.webmail.co.za/
Now, lets play with Yahoo! by searching for various services and see what we get...
blog: Right above the first result: "Start a blog on Yahoo! 360 (Beta)[Yahoo! Shortcut]"
photo sharing: Right above the first result: "Share photos on Yahoo! Photos [Yahoo! Shortcut]"
calendar:
Right above the first result: "Calendar [Yahoo! Shortcut]"
For those who never used the Yahoo! News message boards, here is a simple analogy which explains (without resorting to quoting 99% of the garbage on said boards):
Yahoo! News Message Boards were to intelligent discourse as toilet paper is to the great classics from English Literature.
Hey, not all Windows software is bad... look at Solitaire!
If society really wants to punish him, he should have to endure prison with Clippy.
Does this mean that I can stop all malicious activity on my computer by throwing my Windows Install disk into the fires of Mount Doom?
So, would this Microsoft research project violate some Super DMCA laws? For example, in Illinois, we have Public Act 92-728, which is the Illinois Super DMCA. This act was responsible for "killing" the LaBrea Tarpit software package.
Since IANAL, I will quote the writeup from the LaBrea website:
Actually, Snort will run on Windows.
First, you need to install WinPcap, which is available at http://www.winpcap.org/.
Next, you will have to download the Snort Windows binary at http://snort.org/dl/binaries/win32/.
Finally, RTFSnortM and have fun.
Its not all that hard to get going... I had to do a Snort install on a Windows box in order to work on a project in my Network Security class at Loyola University Chicago.
Yeah, but Chuck Norris once counted up to infinity twice.
At least it wasn't the Grapple.
Eh, Ann Coulter is a better first choice.
Is that before or after he threatens to effin kill them?