Unfortunately, companies don't make the rules here. Consumers do.
You are so wrong.
They like you to think that they only sell what consumers want to buy, but really they have a staff of psychologists whose job it is to make consumers want to buy what they can sell at great profit.
"As far as I'm aware, they're not paying the virus anything for it's work. They also have no
choice in the matter."
yeah, my favourite bit from TFA:
"The international team of researchers, led by a group at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, used the M13 virus, a simple and easily manipulated virus."
So, it really looks like these evil scientists are exploiting a bunch of stupid virus weaklings. .
I dont know why you got moderated redundant, I thought much the same thing - so now they can secure physical 'content' against 'unauthorised' access. So, a network of car dealerships across the world will have an unlock device. How soon do you suppose it will be until the criminals get hold of some? How much will it cost a law abiding customer to access their own airbags? What if you go somewhere there is no 'approved dealer'? How soon before it gets added to the bonnet? (thats hood for the Yanks)
Just like DRM, the only people who this is going to inconvenience are the genuine customers.
Some of the other applications might be useful, but I'm not sure how different this is to remote car locks, TFA was short on detail.
What I want is a sticker that says wether the hardware is DRM ready. That is the thing I am intrested in for Windows Vista.
Not in the way MS/Intel/etc wants. Just so I know wich products to avoid like the plague.
A nice shiny sticker "Big Brother Ready" so we can let them rot on the shops shelves.
It wont be labelled that. It will be labelled 'Multimedia Ready' or 'Featuring X-Prot for Extra Security' or something like that, so that the bozos who buy it will think they are getting something extra but wont notice that the extra thing snugly plugs their A-Hole.
With the BSD license, the rules are implicit, derived from the external society, the (Christian, though not entirely uniquely so in the current view of history) principle of casting one's bread on the water. It is expected that the waters will bring the bread back, multiplied. And this is where things have broken down.
You imply that things have broken down because the bread never came back, but I would point out that the broken part was expecting it to.
I write software and release it under the BSD licence because I dont care to lock it up. I dont care if somebody makes millions out of it, I wrote it because I wanted to, and released it because I wanted to.
My opinion is that if the BSD licenced OS project that I am using goes belly up, it doesnt really matter. The code is still there and the people who write it are still here (if not the original ones, new programmers are born every minute) and the principle is still here. BSD4.4 is dead, but XxxBSD is not. If XxxBSD dies, YyyBSD will come along shortly.
Now, I can see Theo's point about companies not giving anything back, but that is simply their bad karma and one day it may bite them.
and I infer from this that Google does not hold these patents and as such stands to gain nothing from it. Presumably they licence the patent from their employees though, or else one day the employee could just leave and sell the patent to 'Some Nasty Corp' and step back to watch the fireworks..
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If I want to visit Australia, and I have two weeks' vacation, I'd like to get there in a reasonably short amount of time. Two weeks on the open ocean doesn't sound like a heck of a lot of fun.
Well if you were trying to get to Australia then it might be frustrating, but in fact two weeks on the open ocean is mighty fine. I did four weeks once and regard it as one of the best times of my entire life.
Do you mean those pesticide sprayed berries in February? (North America) Or Monsanto Fries, or is it Dow green beans? Half my teeth are for meat, half are for vegies. Thats how I eat. And yes, I know meat has the same issues as vegies. But until we decide to grow food naturally I will have to live with the fact that the "all beef" steroid antibiotic burger will have to do.
Some people already do grow food naturally, but until you decide to stop buying the steroid antibiotic burgers they will continue to be produced for your consumption.
I voted with my money years ago, I dont buy that shit anymore and I'm not the only one.
This story is not about health, it is about marketing. Nobody is genetically engineeering pigs or corn for the good of the human race, they are doing it to make more profit at the expense of the human race.
A further look at the imagery seen from the onboard camera mounted to the Falcon 1 shows a noticeable change in the color and shape of the flame coming from the Merlin first stage main engine as the vehicle seemed to roll. It was at that point the webcast provided to reporters covering the launch immediately stopped. Repeated efforts to reconnect to the feed were unsuccessful.
Seems to be a problem with the engine, a leak, or pump failure. A turbopump that has seized could induce a sharp roll.
Well, I think its more likely that somebody just pressed the button and turned it off. I mean, how many webcast servers have turbopumps anyway?
I do not defend communism as a workable system, as in my view it is a silly pipe-dream
In general, I like what you said but not sure about this comment. I always thought that communism works well only in small communities, because in a communist system, you are working for the community. When that community becomes too big you get the situation that people cannot see the value in working hard for somebody elses benefit, or that people gain the opportunity to channel wealth to themselves without the community at large noticing.
So yes, a communist super state could be a silly pipe dream, but communism itself is not. One of the things that capitalism seems to encourage is the 'me me me' pipe dream and you can see how communities all over the world are suffering because of that.
I have a feeling that that would be the reason he was offerred up in the first place. I think Microsoft completely misjudged Barrett's programming abilities based on his reputation as an industry-leading consultant. They looked at "Network Security Consultant" and "Network Programmer" and said close enough.
And this is something I find scary. The guy who was fifth (out of what, 6 billion people to choose from?) on the list isnt capable.
Microsoft make *how* much money every year? Could have sent a couple of drudges to check the people on their list out..
So I should believe some guy with a slashdot user number nearing the one million mark who poopoos the idea over the guy who in his mid-20's worked on the atomic bomb and who was sought out by Bohr to chat over difficult Physics concepts about what is and isn't possible and says that this is possible?
well, Feynman is dead and the world moves on..:)
In fact I'm not saying that nanomachines per se are not possible, just that to make a machine that makes itself at smaller scale and set off the chain wont work. Even when you get to micromachine scale the relative magnitudes of the forces involved change dramatically and you need to redesign the machine.
Well such an idea sounds reasonable enough. In fact in Richard Feynman's "plenty of room at the bottom" famous speech, he describes something similar: building small machines that are then used to build even smaller machines, until finally you have atomic-scale machines. This speech is considered by many to be the "original idea" for nanotechnology.
Although, I wonder if he ever read Waldo & Magic, Inc by Robert A Heinlein which was written in 1940. Its been a few years since I read it, but I'm sure that he had remote mechanical hands (waldos) that made smaller ones, which made smaller, which made smaller. Though, I dont think he ever got to atomic scale.
In fact, it wont work for other reasons not least of which is that when you get to atomic scale the forces you are dealing with change dramatically and different things are important.
if InDemandProduct is not only the market leader, but the only game in town, then the power to destroy any competitors replacements for SuckoProduct is right at hand.
The only way to defuse that power is if the replacement for SuckoProduct is not dependent on product sales.
Hence, the rise of the free software industry who dont need the money to survive.
Where does it go next? I suspect the next battle will be Approved Computing, and if they can get that into place then you can no longer run unapproved software and the big boys continue to be big and the little boys are not allowed to play.
I am a christian and go to church every Sunday. So I will set the record straight. There are at least a few "Christians" that would threaten the same kind of violence as these Islamic extremists. Thankfully the seem to be a lot fewer of them.
Clearly this is not true. You can buy T-Shirts with pictures of Jesus on them in all sorts of poses, there are millions of Jesus jokes. South Park (I just heard on the radio) has an episode called 'Bloody Mary' that appears to be parodying his mother. Where are these "Christian" extremists exactly, and whose embassies are they burning?
The most obvious glaring problem with your analogy is that data can be copied and the originals are still there.
I'd like to talk to you after class, I wonder if you could make a presentation of your idea that copying data from one place to another is not a crime. For your reference points, here is Steve Jobs' (please mod me up for that topical example) bank account number, and here is mine. Copy the contents of one to the other.
I'm not after the money (tis Karma I crave) so feel free to copy in either direction.
Wait a minute. I forgot. Or maybe I just never heard it explained right. Exactly how does this benefit the customer? How is nearly perfect DRM coupled with remote reporting of your access something consumers have asked for?
Bingo!
The customers and the consumers are not the same. The customer is the corporation who wants to lock up its data. The consumer is the person to whom the corporation wishes to grant access to that data.
Yes, lots of consumers are also customers of the hardware manufacturers but the corporations are larger customers and their voice is louder. If you dont want this stuff in a computer that you are buying then you need to let those manufacturers know about it. Buy something else and send them a copy of the receipt with a note explaining why you didnt buy their hardware.
Heh, actually I wrote a stonking great comment saying pretty much that (was pretty good!) but considered that maybe it was just an ill informed rant, took the 10 minute breather and cut it down as I have never actually worked for any such company and my view is that I would rather live free than be a slave.
Huh? I can use Microsoft as a scapegoat, but I can't use RedHat or the Debian team or Linus or Theo as a scapegoat? Or for that matter, Sun, IBM, or Novell? Why not?
Because as soon as it is your decision to step outside the box, it becomes your fault when something goes wrong, no matter if the Microsoft way would not have worked in a million years. Its not big and its not clever, but thats the way some people see things.
Because, at a disipation of 1.4W max, you'd probably have to do be in a dark room to see the projected image.
This is going to be faint and low contrast.
Think penlight power.
Well, but penlights are a different kind of light source - if you look at a typical keychain
laser pointer then the output is limited to 1mW over here in the UK.
If you get a good one, you can put a fairly bright dot on a building half a mile away..
and here is a cunning thing, if you close your eyes in a darkened room and shine a laser pointer into the back of your mouth, you can see the red glow quite clearly!
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You are so wrong.
They like you to think that they only sell what consumers want to buy, but really they have a staff of psychologists whose job it is to make consumers want to buy what they can sell at great profit.
"As far as I'm aware, they're not paying the virus anything for it's work. They also have no
choice in the matter."
yeah, my favourite bit from TFA:
"The international team of researchers, led by a group at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, used the M13 virus, a simple and easily manipulated virus."
So, it really looks like these evil scientists are exploiting a bunch of stupid virus weaklings. .
Anybody know how to call the A Team?
Just like DRM, the only people who this is going to inconvenience are the genuine customers.
Some of the other applications might be useful, but I'm not sure how different this is to remote car locks, TFA was short on detail.
Not in the way MS/Intel/etc wants. Just so I know wich products to avoid like the plague.
A nice shiny sticker "Big Brother Ready" so we can let them rot on the shops shelves.
It wont be labelled that. It will be labelled 'Multimedia Ready' or 'Featuring X-Prot for Extra Security' or something like that, so that the bozos who buy it will think they are getting something extra but wont notice that the extra thing snugly plugs their A-Hole.
You might consider me one of those optomists, since I release software under the BSD licence.
How have I lost anything? I gave what I had away, with no expectation of rewards..
In fact I gained something. I gained the smugness I am showing to you now.
You imply that things have broken down because the bread never came back, but I would point out that the broken part was expecting it to.
I write software and release it under the BSD licence because I dont care to lock it up. I dont care if somebody makes millions out of it, I wrote it because I wanted to, and released it because I wanted to.
My opinion is that if the BSD licenced OS project that I am using goes belly up, it doesnt really matter. The code is still there and the people who write it are still here (if not the original ones, new programmers are born every minute) and the principle is still here. BSD4.4 is dead, but XxxBSD is not. If XxxBSD dies, YyyBSD will come along shortly.
Now, I can see Theo's point about companies not giving anything back, but that is simply their bad karma and one day it may bite them.
Google employees' wireless patents published
and I infer from this that Google does not hold these patents and as such stands to gain nothing from it. Presumably they licence the patent from their employees though, or else one day the employee could just leave and sell the patent to 'Some Nasty Corp' and step back to watch the fireworks..
Well if you were trying to get to Australia then it might be frustrating, but in fact two weeks on the open ocean is mighty fine. I did four weeks once and regard it as one of the best times of my entire life.
Some people already do grow food naturally, but until you decide to stop buying the steroid antibiotic burgers they will continue to be produced for your consumption.
I voted with my money years ago, I dont buy that shit anymore and I'm not the only one.
This story is not about health, it is about marketing. Nobody is genetically engineeering pigs or corn for the good of the human race, they are doing it to make more profit at the expense of the human race.
Seems to be a problem with the engine, a leak, or pump failure. A turbopump that has seized could induce a sharp roll.
Well, I think its more likely that somebody just pressed the button and turned it off. I mean, how many webcast servers have turbopumps anyway?
In general, I like what you said but not sure about this comment. I always thought that communism works well only in small communities, because in a communist system, you are working for the community. When that community becomes too big you get the situation that people cannot see the value in working hard for somebody elses benefit, or that people gain the opportunity to channel wealth to themselves without the community at large noticing.
So yes, a communist super state could be a silly pipe dream, but communism itself is not. One of the things that capitalism seems to encourage is the 'me me me' pipe dream and you can see how communities all over the world are suffering because of that.
And this is something I find scary. The guy who was fifth (out of what, 6 billion people to choose from?) on the list isnt capable.
Microsoft make *how* much money every year? Could have sent a couple of drudges to check the people on their list out..
Since its computer controlled, there is probably a backdoor.. hey!
well, Feynman is dead and the world moves on.. :)
In fact I'm not saying that nanomachines per se are not possible, just that to make a machine that makes itself at smaller scale and set off the chain wont work. Even when you get to micromachine scale the relative magnitudes of the forces involved change dramatically and you need to redesign the machine.
Although, I wonder if he ever read Waldo & Magic, Inc by Robert A Heinlein which was written in 1940. Its been a few years since I read it, but I'm sure that he had remote mechanical hands (waldos) that made smaller ones, which made smaller, which made smaller. Though, I dont think he ever got to atomic scale.
In fact, it wont work for other reasons not least of which is that when you get to atomic scale the forces you are dealing with change dramatically and different things are important.
is subliminal advertising legal in the USA?
Made me chuckle too, I read the title as "Daft Rules for X Prize Lunar Lander Challenge"
If it exists, somebody wants to violate it.
if InDemandProduct is not only the market leader, but the only game in town, then the power to destroy any competitors replacements for SuckoProduct is right at hand.
The only way to defuse that power is if the replacement for SuckoProduct is not dependent on product sales.
Hence, the rise of the free software industry who dont need the money to survive.
Where does it go next? I suspect the next battle will be Approved Computing, and if they can get that into place then you can no longer run unapproved software and the big boys continue to be big and the little boys are not allowed to play.
Clearly this is not true. You can buy T-Shirts with pictures of Jesus on them in all sorts of poses, there are millions of Jesus jokes. South Park (I just heard on the radio) has an episode called 'Bloody Mary' that appears to be parodying his mother. Where are these "Christian" extremists exactly, and whose embassies are they burning?
I'd like to talk to you after class, I wonder if you could make a presentation of your idea that copying data from one place to another is not a crime. For your reference points, here is Steve Jobs' (please mod me up for that topical example) bank account number, and here is mine. Copy the contents of one to the other.
I'm not after the money (tis Karma I crave) so feel free to copy in either direction.
Bingo!
The customers and the consumers are not the same. The customer is the corporation who wants to lock up its data. The consumer is the person to whom the corporation wishes to grant access to that data.
Yes, lots of consumers are also customers of the hardware manufacturers but the corporations are larger customers and their voice is louder. If you dont want this stuff in a computer that you are buying then you need to let those manufacturers know about it. Buy something else and send them a copy of the receipt with a note explaining why you didnt buy their hardware.
Heh, actually I wrote a stonking great comment saying pretty much that (was pretty good!) but considered that maybe it was just an ill informed rant, took the 10 minute breather and cut it down as I have never actually worked for any such company and my view is that I would rather live free than be a slave.
Because as soon as it is your decision to step outside the box, it becomes your fault when something goes wrong, no matter if the Microsoft way would not have worked in a million years. Its not big and its not clever, but thats the way some people see things.
Think penlight power.
Well, but penlights are a different kind of light source - if you look at a typical keychain laser pointer then the output is limited to 1mW over here in the UK.
If you get a good one, you can put a fairly bright dot on a building half a mile away..
and here is a cunning thing, if you close your eyes in a darkened room and shine a laser pointer into the back of your mouth, you can see the red glow quite clearly!