While I like Pluto as a planet, it makes more sense for the new planet to be named Goofy, while Pluto remains the same.
Just as the two characters were both dogs, but Pluto was subserviant to Goofy, and treated with less rights, based perhaps on some of his other characteristics.
With the new planet named Goofy, the class division can still hold.
I would assume that the manufacturer only has to be able to decrypt the phone AT SALE TIME.
In other words, it would prevent encryption from being setup default when the phone arrived, but once the consumer has the phone they could immediately initiate PRIVACY MODE.
To me, this would just be annoying, and would be a step which the less technical might miss (which is why it is better by default), but would be similar to the situation where totally-free Linux distros still let you download Flash, dvd decryption, etc even though they can't include the items *directly*.
Or similar to Prohibition-era products which warned you "Do not add water to this otherwise you will make beer" (at least in NY)
remailers and nyms can do it for email. Unfortunately you get a lot of latency, sometimes added on purpose for extra security (to prevent tracking by timing)
You encrypt reply blocks that have nested instructions to send the also-encrypted message along. Each server can only decrypt their own portion.
With two servers between you, neither end point knows the other end point. Servers in different countries may be used in series.
You can assemble such a reply block and attach it to anonymously sent emails or posts.
Some servers allow you to set up an address, and associate it with a reply block. You then have created a "nym", on a nymserver, and can give out that email address to places rather than a reply block.
An additional part can give the encrypting key to the next server, so the server which decrypts a section encrypts the messages it sends out with the next server's key routinely.
Unfortunately, to have deniability regarding a sent message, you can't send it and have it immediately appear on the other end.
Bad title for summary-- even the summary says 500 million of which are probably orbiting within their stars' habitable zones.
Of course, the term "alien worlds" could refer to the uninhabitable exoplanets too, including uninhabitable planets in our solar system, but I doubt that this is what most people would imagine. Most people would probably think it means the possibly inhabitable ones-- i.e. the 500 million.
While "alien worlds" could mean "foreign celestial bodies", look at the comments-- everyone immediately concentrates on the possibility of aliens or alien life.
The page (& link) for Settings>Privacy>News Feeds and Wall>Facebook Ads now has NO OPTIONS.
It is currently empty, perhaps because of all the upset customers.
I try to keep all of my info private, although I have started to use Facebook to connect with friends & old classmates. This is for the general paranoia of personal data, even though I don't use such simple things as passwords or recovery passwords. Still, I have experience with people's credit card information (inc purchases and purchase locations) and unlisted cell phone numbers being compromised by "social engineering", by ex-wife, friends, etc, without even the claim that they were the person themselves-- just as a "knowledgeable" friends or supposed spouse.
The fact that the privacy settings are by default ALLOWED, and may be kept by any application or advertiser who already has it (and that transfer may happen in an instant) still remains very troubling.
The Grateful Dead, many other "jam bands", and other musical groups, have found that freely giving away some of your material HUGELY increases your fan base. Ever since the Grateful Dead started allowing tapers to bring equipment including mic stands, and tape and distribute live shows on a non-monetary basis, their popularity zoomed, they were established as icons of the culture, and they even achieved MTV playlist status with "Touch of Grey".
This model works well for them because
they have other sources of income in their work/art, such as concerts and commercial releases.
they continue to perform new material & new variations, which new and old fans then seek
they have a unique style, which is best heard, and even better heard from concert/live recording vs studio
fans trading their music, and giving to new fans, is "viral marketing", before the term was coined
Some reasons then why one might want a different model
"greedy" for every last penny (perhaps justifiably so)
unable/unwilling to keep working and producing great output
product, while perhaps original and unique initially, remains fixed, or becomes stale or repititious
Now I am not really going to make the moral judgement of how long someone should be able to copyright their works, and hold them in their own tight control. I would believe that old works should be public domain at some point, and also that creativity deserves some reward.
However, there ARE points in between in which both the artists and the public can benefit overall, and as the Grateful Dead and other artists have seen, giving to your public does not always mean taking away from yourself as the artist. Fair use can help an artist, and the public domain help cement artist in history, but "permitted use" by an artist speaks directly to their strongest fan base and evangelists of their work. Even Stephen King has given away book chapters online, on the premise that you will buy the rest. He may not have gotten much richer, but I'm sure he reached fans.
Or if you prefer, you can wait in front of a book store in the mall to sign your books, and hope to explode into fame.
I'm contemptuous of mutton. I'd prefer a nice FLT -- fakon, lettuce and tomato sandwich, where the fake-bacon is nice and crispy, and the tomato is ripe...
I too call BS on the thermal wetsuit trick.
Mythbusters had a 2006 episode in which they tested tricks done in movies to defeat security measures. In particular, they tested trying to defeat thermal sensors, including the method of wearing a wetsuit. They even tried spraying down the suited person with a fire extinguisher to cool them.
The result? The person regained heat fairly quickly, and showed up easily on the thermal sensors.
I really *don't* have a problem with CVN acting as a commercial company; I just feel that this is so important as to warrant widespread distribution (without being illegally shown in total of course)
I don't want to commercialize justice more, but perhaps it could be available publicly shortly after subscribers have it, even with some sort of sponsorship if necessary.
There are many models for selling content which don't require the audience to directly pay, and something in that vein would help promote open, public justice (without making CVN or others "shine the light" on this case without money for the cameramen)
In any case, I am for the case being televised to as great an audience as possible.
unfortunately, Courtroom View Network is a subscriber-based service (read John Shin's supporting declaration), so only the paying public who already knows about the case will be able to view it. Granted, many people never watch CourtTV either, but a case such as this with issues that interested much of the general public has the potential to gather LOTS of viewers, educating a large segment of the population (both on the RIAA's agenda, and on their actual tactics).
I fear that the hurdles put up by making people subscribe to CVN's service will influence many to not bother "tuning-in", especially in a culture where people are accustomed to "surfing", and previewing TV channels and websites before committing to the entire thing.
I was thinking maybe the US would take down the griefers in Second Life.
Furry playground for some, but probably an Al Qaeda training center in disguise.
not only could a stealth plane use it, you could cover your car with it and not reflect a good signal for laser "radar" (and maybe for normal radar too, since it is nano-fuzzy) It would also be useful in photo darkrooms, although "regular" black paint is usually sufficient. I wonder how good it is at absorbing infrared? Also, night-vision goggles rely upon light being reflected, either ambient light or from a beam (beam not common since it makes you stand out to other nightvision gopggles). It may be obvious in the daylight that there is a person in front of you in total-black, but using goggles you would be looking for a more obvious illuminated object.
not to mention how attacks by white tigers have been stopped* (Vegas magicians are safe again!) If only Bush had taken stronger action before Roy was critically injured!
*probably repelled by the burning Constitution & Bill of Rights, praise W !
PS. According to Roy, the tiger grabbed him by the neck to protect him, as his slipped and started to fall from the stage. I believe it, because Bush hopes to grab us by the neck and protect the US similarly (except Liberty and Freedom of Rights is left with the crippling stroke)
they do seem to be pretty quiet about it,
but there is an OpenMoko logo with a link on the FIC front page, on the right.
Now in the search engine...well nothing to be found there.
I agree with others; FIC is probably waiting for the community of developers to sort out more bugs before they let the public get too close.
That said, I'm one of the people who want to buy one and start developing/debugging, but can't find a place to put my money down.
that is rather naive.
Many or most of those "cameras" are supplying a video feed, from which still photos may be taken. It actually amounts to being in view of a camera for an extended period of time, during which the camera either takes time-delayed photos, or during which an operator views you and chooses whether to take a still-picture or not (either of which probably "counts" as being parts of the 300 per day)
It should be noted that the "military" drones were seen as being especially useful in crowd situations, and have previously been used to watch people gathered to protest or rally, under the guise of preventing violence within crowd situations. (search Slashdot, there have been stories from months or or year back regarding drones to watch political or activist rallies, to "prevent violence")
Drone cameras moved into surveillence of civilians WAAY prior to this.
hey now, everybody who has actually been to space stand up
(wish I could just go up to space and back)
although ejected would have made a lot of sense...but then wouldn't they have had to give it a ceremony, like when Spock was launched into space (with Scotty playing a dirge on the bagpipes, flag over it, etc) ?
Why is a GPU so great FOR MATH? Parallel processing (it is on Page 2 of the Wired article linked at the first of the Slashdot summary) If you need to have lots of branching and decision making, it is not as good. The better bandwidth, etc sure helps, but parallel processing is part of it. That is why they are so great for tasks such as number crunching involved in graphics (3d is done not by "moving the points" but by changing the base axis around the points-- this is a way of visualizing the math done to transform those point locations to the new point locations when a 3d figure "moves") So *some* parts of computer transactions can be done in parallel, but if much needs to be in serial, it will ALL be slowed down by the (serial) process that decides which parts go where. If you can make your problems purely non-serial, like math that can be done in chunks and reassembled, without conditions that affect processing bewtween the chunks, THOSE problems can benefit from a parallel processor. Parallel processors are NOT new, but in the home-computing industry they just happen to be represented by GPUs, math co-processors, and not a lot else (dedicated cryptography chips probably too). If there is more demand at home, there will be more manufactured for the home. Currently, games and video are the main home demands, although home audio studios could probably benefit, if those people were to demand a lot more COMPLEX digital signal processing on the fly.(maybe more likely audio soundboards?)
Compilers can also compile out-of-order, which is why a C compiler can benefit-- there is a static end result from a given compiler input-- no interaction and choices not defined by the input.
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While I like Pluto as a planet, it makes more sense for the new planet to be named Goofy, while Pluto remains the same.
Just as the two characters were both dogs, but Pluto was subserviant to Goofy, and treated with less rights, based perhaps on some of his other characteristics.
With the new planet named Goofy, the class division can still hold.
I would assume that the manufacturer only has to be able to decrypt the phone AT SALE TIME.
In other words, it would prevent encryption from being setup default when the phone arrived, but once the consumer has the phone they could immediately initiate PRIVACY MODE.
To me, this would just be annoying, and would be a step which the less technical might miss (which is why it is better by default), but would be similar to the situation where totally-free Linux distros still let you download Flash, dvd decryption, etc even though they can't include the items *directly*.
Or similar to Prohibition-era products which warned you "Do not add water to this otherwise you will make beer" (at least in NY)
remailers and nyms can do it for email. Unfortunately you get a lot of latency, sometimes added on purpose for extra security (to prevent tracking by timing) You encrypt reply blocks that have nested instructions to send the also-encrypted message along. Each server can only decrypt their own portion. With two servers between you, neither end point knows the other end point. Servers in different countries may be used in series. You can assemble such a reply block and attach it to anonymously sent emails or posts.
Some servers allow you to set up an address, and associate it with a reply block. You then have created a "nym", on a nymserver, and can give out that email address to places rather than a reply block.
An additional part can give the encrypting key to the next server, so the server which decrypts a section encrypts the messages it sends out with the next server's key routinely.
Unfortunately, to have deniability regarding a sent message, you can't send it and have it immediately appear on the other end.
You would think so, but unfortunately all the good lawyers went somewhere else...
"each is clearly marked with an unbreakable seal."
that sounds like a challenge...
(and where a fraudulent fortune can be made, or because it is there, challenges get conquered eventually)
The Donate button can be found on the top of GeoHot's webpage http://geohot.com
and also at the top of his new blog http://geohotgotsued.blogspot.com
(both linked in the article)
if you are feeling grateful now, donate to the legal defense
Bad title for summary-- even the summary says 500 million of which are probably orbiting within their stars' habitable zones. Of course, the term "alien worlds" could refer to the uninhabitable exoplanets too, including uninhabitable planets in our solar system, but I doubt that this is what most people would imagine. Most people would probably think it means the possibly inhabitable ones-- i.e. the 500 million. While "alien worlds" could mean "foreign celestial bodies", look at the comments-- everyone immediately concentrates on the possibility of aliens or alien life.
maybe she wants to cash in on "Steampunk Palin" while some people are still able to keep their food down.
Steampunk Palin comic, not for weak of stomach
(ok, back to my Palin-free February)
oops! You are quite right-- AdBlock Plus was blocking display of that option for some reason.
When I disabled the add-on, the option was visible (with "No One" previously selected)
The page (& link) for Settings>Privacy>News Feeds and Wall>Facebook Ads now has NO OPTIONS. It is currently empty, perhaps because of all the upset customers.
I try to keep all of my info private, although I have started to use Facebook to connect with friends & old classmates. This is for the general paranoia of personal data, even though I don't use such simple things as passwords or recovery passwords. Still, I have experience with people's credit card information (inc purchases and purchase locations) and unlisted cell phone numbers being compromised by "social engineering", by ex-wife, friends, etc, without even the claim that they were the person themselves-- just as a "knowledgeable" friends or supposed spouse.
The fact that the privacy settings are by default ALLOWED, and may be kept by any application or advertiser who already has it (and that transfer may happen in an instant) still remains very troubling.
Some reasons then why one might want a different model
Now I am not really going to make the moral judgement of how long someone should be able to copyright their works, and hold them in their own tight control. I would believe that old works should be public domain at some point, and also that creativity deserves some reward.
However, there ARE points in between in which both the artists and the public can benefit overall, and as the Grateful Dead and other artists have seen, giving to your public does not always mean taking away from yourself as the artist. Fair use can help an artist, and the public domain help cement artist in history, but "permitted use" by an artist speaks directly to their strongest fan base and evangelists of their work. Even Stephen King has given away book chapters online, on the premise that you will buy the rest. He may not have gotten much richer, but I'm sure he reached fans.
Or if you prefer, you can wait in front of a book store in the mall to sign your books, and hope to explode into fame.
I'm contemptuous of mutton. I'd prefer a nice FLT -- fakon, lettuce and tomato sandwich, where the fake-bacon is nice and crispy, and the tomato is ripe...
:-D
Mmmmmmm...
Tomato is the star in my vegetarian sandwich.
I too call BS on the thermal wetsuit trick.
Mythbusters had a 2006 episode in which they tested tricks done in movies to defeat security measures. In particular, they tested trying to defeat thermal sensors, including the method of wearing a wetsuit. They even tried spraying down the suited person with a fire extinguisher to cool them.
The result? The person regained heat fairly quickly, and showed up easily on the thermal sensors.
I really *don't* have a problem with CVN acting as a commercial company; I just feel that this is so important as to warrant widespread distribution (without being illegally shown in total of course)
I don't want to commercialize justice more, but perhaps it could be available publicly shortly after subscribers have it, even with some sort of sponsorship if necessary.
There are many models for selling content which don't require the audience to directly pay, and something in that vein would help promote open, public justice (without making CVN or others "shine the light" on this case without money for the cameramen)
In any case, I am for the case being televised to as great an audience as possible.
unfortunately, Courtroom View Network is a subscriber-based service (read John Shin's supporting declaration), so only the paying public who already knows about the case will be able to view it. Granted, many people never watch CourtTV either, but a case such as this with issues that interested much of the general public has the potential to gather LOTS of viewers, educating a large segment of the population (both on the RIAA's agenda, and on their actual tactics).
I fear that the hurdles put up by making people subscribe to CVN's service will influence many to not bother "tuning-in", especially in a culture where people are accustomed to "surfing", and previewing TV channels and websites before committing to the entire thing.
I was thinking maybe the US would take down the griefers in Second Life.
Furry playground for some, but probably an Al Qaeda training center in disguise.
In related news, the domain of mildenhall.com will now be available for purchase again.
Bidding starts of $5 million...
"I'd gladly pay you Tuesday for a SCOburger today." --apologies to Wimpy
Tomorrow is always an easier time to finally turn it all in, especially if you have to pull it out of your hat.
not only could a stealth plane use it, you could cover your car with it and not reflect a good signal for laser "radar" (and maybe for normal radar too, since it is nano-fuzzy)
It would also be useful in photo darkrooms, although "regular" black paint is usually sufficient.
I wonder how good it is at absorbing infrared? Also, night-vision goggles rely upon light being reflected, either ambient light or from a beam (beam not common since it makes you stand out to other nightvision gopggles). It may be obvious in the daylight that there is a person in front of you in total-black, but using goggles you would be looking for a more obvious illuminated object.
not to mention how attacks by white tigers have been stopped* (Vegas magicians are safe again!)
If only Bush had taken stronger action before Roy was critically injured!
*probably repelled by the burning Constitution & Bill of Rights, praise W !
PS. According to Roy, the tiger grabbed him by the neck to protect him, as his slipped and started to fall from the stage.
I believe it, because Bush hopes to grab us by the neck and protect the US similarly (except Liberty and Freedom of Rights is left with the crippling stroke)
they do seem to be pretty quiet about it, but there is an OpenMoko logo with a link on the FIC front page, on the right. Now in the search engine...well nothing to be found there.
I agree with others; FIC is probably waiting for the community of developers to sort out more bugs before they let the public get too close. That said, I'm one of the people who want to buy one and start developing/debugging, but can't find a place to put my money down.
that is rather naive.
Many or most of those "cameras" are supplying a video feed, from which still photos may be taken. It actually amounts to being in view of a camera for an extended period of time, during which the camera either takes time-delayed photos, or during which an operator views you and chooses whether to take a still-picture or not (either of which probably "counts" as being parts of the 300 per day)
It should be noted that the "military" drones were seen as being especially useful in crowd situations, and have previously been used to watch people gathered to protest or rally, under the guise of preventing violence within crowd situations. (search Slashdot, there have been stories from months or or year back regarding drones to watch political or activist rallies, to "prevent violence")
Drone cameras moved into surveillence of civilians WAAY prior to this.
hey now, everybody who has actually been to space stand up
(wish I could just go up to space and back)
although ejected would have made a lot of sense...but then wouldn't they have had to give it a ceremony, like when Spock was launched into space (with Scotty playing a dirge on the bagpipes, flag over it, etc) ?
no, it is only the new crewmen in red shirts who are doomed. If you have a nickname, you are pretty much safe.
and being Ensign something, well you might as well leave your good boots at home for someone else.
Why is a GPU so great FOR MATH? Parallel processing (it is on Page 2 of the Wired article linked at the first of the Slashdot summary) If you need to have lots of branching and decision making, it is not as good. The better bandwidth, etc sure helps, but parallel processing is part of it. That is why they are so great for tasks such as number crunching involved in graphics (3d is done not by "moving the points" but by changing the base axis around the points-- this is a way of visualizing the math done to transform those point locations to the new point locations when a 3d figure "moves")
So *some* parts of computer transactions can be done in parallel, but if much needs to be in serial, it will ALL be slowed down by the (serial) process that decides which parts go where. If you can make your problems purely non-serial, like math that can be done in chunks and reassembled, without conditions that affect processing bewtween the chunks, THOSE problems can benefit from a parallel processor. Parallel processors are NOT new, but in the home-computing industry they just happen to be represented by GPUs, math co-processors, and not a lot else (dedicated cryptography chips probably too). If there is more demand at home, there will be more manufactured for the home. Currently, games and video are the main home demands, although home audio studios could probably benefit, if those people were to demand a lot more COMPLEX digital signal processing on the fly.(maybe more likely audio soundboards?)
Compilers can also compile out-of-order, which is why a C compiler can benefit-- there is a static end result from a given compiler input-- no interaction and choices not defined by the input.
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