Will be a cease and desist order, once someone acquires the patent for an algorithm.
An example of how daft patents are is the A* search algorithm. If I remember my AI course correctly, it can be proven to be the most efficient search algorithm in certain situations. A patent on it would do measurable harm to other peoples ability to program.
We are evil, wicked people. Undisciplined children who will misbehave whenever not being watched. Thank goodness for Mummy government keeping us afraid of her. We are fortunate to have wise, moral human beings running our goverments who can help show us the error of our ways through constant surveilance and intimidation.
Hail Blair! Hail Bush!
That said, do you really think they needed any excuse like this anymore?
Obviously there is the statement that the guy in question doesn't want to tell people what to do with their own CPUs, but that is exactly what he, and the article, are doing.
"Stung by a series of U-Boat losses, the Kriegsmarine is requiring all agencies to follow new guidelines regarding the Enigma code."
Seriously, the US government is only just figuring out what encryption is for? Exactly incompetent are they?
And before you get comfortable laughing at these people, consider for a second how dumb you must be to let these same people hoover up all your civil liberties...
Got to agree. At the time, I had an Amiga 1200 and thought it was the mutts nuts. Then by brother told me to go out and buy this game called 'Doom' for my dads PC. Me and my mum went to the shop and nearly picked up a copy of 'Dune' by accident.
Unless routers are logging MAC addresses (which I don't think they do, I'm not certain) then without the computer that connected you can't say for sure who was connecting through this router.
This isn't a bad thing. An extra layer of anonymity on the net might preserve it in its present state for a few more years.
It would be worth developing a heavy lift system just to provide a rotavator. If one or more governments could cover the cost of getting the thing up there, then it might allow private enterprise to actually do some serious work in space.
Given the spread of suborbital spacecraft, isn't now a good time to take a fresh look at the rotavator idea?
It doesn't require the same ridiculously exotic materials as a fully-fledged space elevator, and couldn't it potentially turn spacecraft like this and SpaceShipOne into orbital craft?
OK, I missed the bit of the article about the hash. My point is still valid though - because at some point somebody is either going to be handling the images or using a program that does it for them. Still a privacy issue.
I can't find where it says they are going to do that (it is kind of technical, but I'd have thought even a laymans article would point it out if they weren't storing the actual images).
In any case, raw images are going to have to pass through the operators of this database, and CRB checks won't pick up pedophiles who haven't been caught. Still a privacy issue.
I propose an innovative solution to this problem. It's called 'dont use AOL'.
This can also solve a number of other issues users may be having.
If it becomes widely known that AOL are screening your emails, they will hopefully lose customers. Even people who don't transfer illegal files like their privacy.
Child porn is the darkest side of the internet. Its the thing all net users should be on guard for, and the argument invoked against the internet by countless alarmists.
However, I don't agree with this database. Keeping these images, even for law enforcement purposes, is a violation of the privacy of children who have already been subjected to a horrific violation. Leave them alone already.
Well, you can strike Britain of your list, our government has zero respect for any kind of civil liberties. Probably the rest of Europe too.
Because the EU values trade with the US, the EU essentially clones all the DRM-related laws that get passed in the US so that licenses acquired in Europe can be enforced in the US and the other way round.
The international nature of the internet means that governments wishing to enforce DRM must enforce it the world over. There is nowhere to run and nowhere to hide. Your only options are to surrender to their will or fight them.
""What has been achieved at Sony shows that the technology gives the robot the ability to develop its own language with which to describe its environment and interact with other AIBOs. It sees a ball and it can tell another one where the ball is, if it's moving and what colour it is, and the other is capable of recognising it," Nolfi said."
These quadrapedal Terminators can now coordinate their efforts to get our balls. The rise of the machines has clearly begun. We shouldn't give robots the ability to scheme in their own langauge - how embarrasing would it be if the human race were wiped out by cute robot dogs?
"Call me a commie then - I hardly think the free market is perfect, and I don't believe that it should be completely unregulated. I'm also Canadian:)
However, the notion that everything should be free is also flawed. If I create a work, i should be free to do with it as I choose - I should not be _forced_ to share it if that isnt what I want to do. If I want to share it, sell it or sell it with DRM - that should be my choice. It is also the choice of the 'consumer' whether they want to consume my work - however it is provided."
You aren't forced to share it all. You could just keep it on your computer. But once you have distributed the information to some people, you can't claim any hold in without dictating what people can/can't have on their computer or communicate between their computers. The only coercion involved would be from you. You would either be having the government violate their privacy and free speech - or you would be hacking into their computer (which is what most DRM software does, really) in order to acheive the same effect.
"Also, the free speech mention is weak at best. Please clarfiy how it is a free speech issue if I use a CD precisely how I want to."
Because all speech is information, by definition, so controls on the flow of information control speech. A free society should allow any information to be held and transmitted. If you want a real world example of how IP law and free speech collide - consider how the Church of Scientology has tried to silence its critics.
Given that the underlying issue is freedom of speech vs. property rights, this issue is FAR from trivial.
We live in a society that worships at the alter of the free market. The invisible hand can do no wrong and anyone who claims otherwise is a dirty commie. The abundant nature of data on an open network is heresy to this new religion though - the market requires scarcity to function. A scarcity must be introduced so that the glorious march of capitalism can continue.
On the other hand, any IP law is a law that can be used to restrict what information is held on and communicated between computers is a restriction on free speech. Call me crazy, but governments shouldn't be adding more of those.
I'm not sure if harassing certain people will have any effect on this struggle, but it might be worth a shot.
...we prefer to call it an 'unrequested Javascript surplus'"
But that isn't the best bit:
"Sites with XSS "vulnerabilities" aren't insecure. They're absoloutely no different than any other site - except that a user can manipulate the way content displays on an "insecure" page"
Thats like saying 'Pearl Harbour wasn't "vunerable". It was absolutely no different than any other naval base - except that the Japanese could drop bombs on it'
Yeah, but now they get to work out your type and give you a heads up display to modify billboards appropriately. Just be careful to keep guys out of your field of vision...
Oh, and if you look at too many 17-year-old girls they tell the police.
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Will be a cease and desist order, once someone acquires the patent for an algorithm.
An example of how daft patents are is the A* search algorithm. If I remember my AI course correctly, it can be proven to be the most efficient search algorithm in certain situations. A patent on it would do measurable harm to other peoples ability to program.
We are evil, wicked people. Undisciplined children who will misbehave whenever not being watched. Thank goodness for Mummy government keeping us afraid of her. We are fortunate to have wise, moral human beings running our goverments who can help show us the error of our ways through constant surveilance and intimidation.
Hail Blair! Hail Bush!
That said, do you really think they needed any excuse like this anymore?
Lets face it, they aren't exactly the first...
Obviously there is the statement that the guy in question doesn't want to tell people what to do with their own CPUs, but that is exactly what he, and the article, are doing.
If the people want to search for ET, let them.
"Stung by a series of U-Boat losses, the Kriegsmarine is requiring all agencies to follow new guidelines regarding the Enigma code."
Seriously, the US government is only just figuring out what encryption is for? Exactly incompetent are they?
And before you get comfortable laughing at these people, consider for a second how dumb you must be to let these same people hoover up all your civil liberties...
Google are to release 'GOxygen' to rival breathing.
I remember when Google just did a great search engine.
Got to agree. At the time, I had an Amiga 1200 and thought it was the mutts nuts. Then by brother told me to go out and buy this game called 'Doom' for my dads PC. Me and my mum went to the shop and nearly picked up a copy of 'Dune' by accident.
That could've changed my entire gaming life.
An account with Fon isn't the same as a wire leading to your house. There is still a greater level of anonymity.
Unless routers are logging MAC addresses (which I don't think they do, I'm not certain) then without the computer that connected you can't say for sure who was connecting through this router.
This isn't a bad thing. An extra layer of anonymity on the net might preserve it in its present state for a few more years.
It would be worth developing a heavy lift system just to provide a rotavator. If one or more governments could cover the cost of getting the thing up there, then it might allow private enterprise to actually do some serious work in space.
Given the spread of suborbital spacecraft, isn't now a good time to take a fresh look at the rotavator idea?
It doesn't require the same ridiculously exotic materials as a fully-fledged space elevator, and couldn't it potentially turn spacecraft like this and SpaceShipOne into orbital craft?
OK, I missed the bit of the article about the hash. My point is still valid though - because at some point somebody is either going to be handling the images or using a program that does it for them. Still a privacy issue.
I can't find where it says they are going to do that (it is kind of technical, but I'd have thought even a laymans article would point it out if they weren't storing the actual images).
In any case, raw images are going to have to pass through the operators of this database, and CRB checks won't pick up pedophiles who haven't been caught. Still a privacy issue.
I propose an innovative solution to this problem. It's called 'dont use AOL'.
This can also solve a number of other issues users may be having.
If it becomes widely known that AOL are screening your emails, they will hopefully lose customers. Even people who don't transfer illegal files like their privacy.
Child porn is the darkest side of the internet. Its the thing all net users should be on guard for, and the argument invoked against the internet by countless alarmists.
However, I don't agree with this database. Keeping these images, even for law enforcement purposes, is a violation of the privacy of children who have already been subjected to a horrific violation. Leave them alone already.
I don't know for sure, but of the two I think the total mileage is most likely to be wrong. 46,000 miles seems kind of small.
...of businesses being charge for their customers using the roads. Yes, roads are a good argument for network neutrality.
If somebody patented frivolous litigation, these guys would be screwed.
Well, you can strike Britain of your list, our government has zero respect for any kind of civil liberties. Probably the rest of Europe too.
Because the EU values trade with the US, the EU essentially clones all the DRM-related laws that get passed in the US so that licenses acquired in Europe can be enforced in the US and the other way round.
The international nature of the internet means that governments wishing to enforce DRM must enforce it the world over. There is nowhere to run and nowhere to hide. Your only options are to surrender to their will or fight them.
""What has been achieved at Sony shows that the technology gives the robot the ability to develop its own language with which to describe its environment and interact with other AIBOs. It sees a ball and it can tell another one where the ball is, if it's moving and what colour it is, and the other is capable of recognising it," Nolfi said."
These quadrapedal Terminators can now coordinate their efforts to get our balls. The rise of the machines has clearly begun. We shouldn't give robots the ability to scheme in their own langauge - how embarrasing would it be if the human race were wiped out by cute robot dogs?
"Call me a commie then - I hardly think the free market is perfect, and I don't believe that it should be completely unregulated. I'm also Canadian :)
However, the notion that everything should be free is also flawed. If I create a work, i should be free to do with it as I choose - I should not be _forced_ to share it if that isnt what I want to do. If I want to share it, sell it or sell it with DRM - that should be my choice. It is also the choice of the 'consumer' whether they want to consume my work - however it is provided."
You aren't forced to share it all. You could just keep it on your computer. But once you have distributed the information to some people, you can't claim any hold in without dictating what people can/can't have on their computer or communicate between their computers. The only coercion involved would be from you. You would either be having the government violate their privacy and free speech - or you would be hacking into their computer (which is what most DRM software does, really) in order to acheive the same effect.
"Also, the free speech mention is weak at best. Please clarfiy how it is a free speech issue if I use a CD precisely how I want to."
Because all speech is information, by definition, so controls on the flow of information control speech. A free society should allow any information to be held and transmitted. If you want a real world example of how IP law and free speech collide - consider how the Church of Scientology has tried to silence its critics.
Given that the underlying issue is freedom of speech vs. property rights, this issue is FAR from trivial.
We live in a society that worships at the alter of the free market. The invisible hand can do no wrong and anyone who claims otherwise is a dirty commie. The abundant nature of data on an open network is heresy to this new religion though - the market requires scarcity to function. A scarcity must be introduced so that the glorious march of capitalism can continue.
On the other hand, any IP law is a law that can be used to restrict what information is held on and communicated between computers is a restriction on free speech. Call me crazy, but governments shouldn't be adding more of those.
I'm not sure if harassing certain people will have any effect on this struggle, but it might be worth a shot.
I'm in a thunderstorm!
No, its crap!
*ZAP*
...we prefer to call it an 'unrequested Javascript surplus'"
But that isn't the best bit:
"Sites with XSS "vulnerabilities" aren't insecure. They're absoloutely no different than any other site - except that a user can manipulate the way content displays on an "insecure" page"
Thats like saying 'Pearl Harbour wasn't "vunerable". It was absolutely no different than any other naval base - except that the Japanese could drop bombs on it'
By Robots!
Yeah, but now they get to work out your type and give you a heads up display to modify billboards appropriately. Just be careful to keep guys out of your field of vision...
Oh, and if you look at too many 17-year-old girls they tell the police.