Moore's Law Interesting that you bring up Moore's law since it applies to transistor density not network bandwidth. Note that internet bandwidth has NOT increased at the same rate as processor speeds. Client side hardware will get cheaper far faster than network bandwidth. This seems to favor client side PVRs.
Whilst strictly speaking my point is a corollary of Moore's law, bandwidth does exhibit the predicted exponential growth. It is that exponential growth pattern that is important rather than the specific timeframe (indeed the time frame with regard to Moore's Law has varied between ~12 to ~24 months.). It also applies directly to the communication hardware (modems, DSLAMs, switches & etc) and servers. Furthermore since the hardware for a client side solution is adequate, increased performance on the client side is 'wasted', the result is the hardware cost is driven down and the human element of maintenance become an increasingly significant. Whilst on the server side the extra performance can be exploited incrementally and lower cost base increasingly favours the server-side solution.
Internet Access While I am not disputing your particular business model, most people (in the US, much less the world) do not have access to high speed internet access (much less to a MAN). As such they will not be able to download good quality video files on demand, whereas at least half of the US is already recieving cable.
We (well our parent Telco) installed the backbone specifically for a meta-project, a Digital City Initiative (http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_ 960000/960909.stm) of which this project is a part. Though I believe that services like PVR enhanced DTV and VOD are the Killer Applications that will finance the wide-scale deployment of broadband network provision to ordinary consumers.
3) Infrastructure (again) I am very impressed that you can serve 8000 users with 40 servers. I doubt however this will scale linearly. How will you do with 800,000 (something like Tivos current subscriber base). What about 8,000,000? As the complexity of the system grows, so does it's cost and its chance for failure.
The nCube (www.nCube.com) video servers we use do scale in a linear manner. The platform is designed such that it offers a 'turn-key solution' that could be rolled out nationally in the UK on a city by city basis. It seems likely we will be licensing our technology in an International arena shortly.
Bandwidth, yes; and costly, yes; However that bandwidth and video servers are required for Video on Demand services and PVR is an additional service (and revenue) on the same infrastructure. Also both Moores law on hardware cost reduction and Metcalfs law on Network Utility are both at work, time is on side of PVR and server-side solutions are cheaper overall because it requires less redundancy.
It is easier and therefore cheaper to maintain and enchance capacity on the server-side than on the client site, and it is not just the hardware cost, the engineers visit, travelling costs, no shows, it all adds up to increased cost base for client side PVR.
I'm not sure about what you mean with your comments on Internet access, we don't stream the content over the internet, we use a IP enabled private MAN, so our solution does not require Internet Access. However we offer a 256Kbps Internet Connection for £10 UK pounds (15USD/EURO)pcm, and it is the most profitable part of our service at about 80% gross profit.
The HD in PVR is used a lot more intensivly than one in a PC; continuously for the duration of use, the failure rate of HDs in PVR will be much higher than with PC's simply because they are used so much more intensely, coupled with the cost benefit of server-side mainternance, the economics clearly favour Server Side PVR.
We use a cluster of 40 nCube Video servers with RAID totaling ~640 disks. The prospect of all failing at once is quite literally astronomical. They serve a current customer base of 8000, so we need 10th of the disks that a client side PVR solution requires. We also have more coverage because we only need to store 1 copy of any content and as the customer base grows this advantage over client side PVR grows.
The server side model is dependant on massive bandwidth, which doesn't exist.
'Massive' no, DTV can be delivered in about 4.5Mbps using current MPEG technology, which is hardly massive, and can be delivered over xDSL to about 3.5KM.
'which doesn't exist' perhaps not widely, but we are starting to do this http://www.kitv.co.uk
You'd lose the ability for all your users to access the PVR features simultaneously.
This is only true assuming a cable infrastructure because of it limiting ring topology. xDSL uses a star network topology, and this restriction does not apply.
And what about pausing/rewinding live TV?
What about it ? Whilst we currently do not provide it *yet* because of development resources it is *absolutely* possible.
There is no way that any existing, or forthcoming, CATV infrastructure can scale to support this to enough users to make it profitable.
Wrong. We are starting to do this now, it is more scalable and cheaper (unit price) than the alternatives (Client side PVR) for the reasons stated in my original post.
There are many other flaws in your argument, but it doesn't even get off the ground to begin with, so I won't go into more depth...
Perhaps you should post them, and I'll shoot those down as well:)
Doing PVR on the client side is a fundamentally flawed model. The server side model makes a lot more sense.
1) The economics of storing one copy of a programme on millions of client side devices compare very unfavourable to storing the content on even massively redundant servers. 2) Hard disks have a high MTBF when compared to existing media, VHS, DVD. Consumers will not accept the total loss of content with a HD failure. The economics of on-site mainternance require the simplest client possible. 3) A server side solution can 'record' essentially an all channels, the resource requirements are order N. A client side solution requires exponential amounts of hardware to allow all clients to record all channels, order N^N hardware. 4) The efficience of a server side solution means that more content can be recorded, even unselected historical choices.
The intent was to find out their political affilitations and use these to discredit them.
Except the attacks where clearly political motivated, I cannot see how a prospective parliamentary candidate can be viewed other than inherently biased. The add the fact that the Tories are responsible for the poor state of the railways because of their ill conceived meddling.
In other words, being critical of government policy was enough to start an investigation into their private lives.
This is a misnomer, there are at least two degrees of separation, from the Civil Servants that can legally access this data, via the executive, to the party workers. As the son of a Civil Servant, I can assure you they take there independence extremely seriously.
Interbreeding of closely related individuals also has benefits of bringing out other traits, which actually increases genetic diversity.
Confirmed.
Indeed interbreeding is very common in thoroughbred Horses, Pigs, Cattle and pretty common in Pedigree Cats and Dogs. That is why today we the most productive farm animals and most attractive pets in history. Typically interbreeding in not so bad when a very strong selection mechanism against defects is at work. In both these cases a only repeat winners (Races/Shows) are bred and very widely. Though this *can* result in a homogeneous group, it is not certain. Indeed it aid the development of new species, there is considerable genetic difference between the various type of horse, so much so that some types of horse can considered seperate species because they cannot interbreed successfully.
The main issue is the accumulation of recessive genes and since breeders think in terms of breeding lines (not individuals), a strong selective mechanism is at work against recessive genes when they are defective.
Interestingly in Humans almost the opposite mechanism is at work, modern medical science, indeed all social security diminish selective breeding and even legal prevents it. The obvious consequence is that Human species is moving from a qualitative nurturing strategy towards an quantitative nurturing strategy.
I thought the Tivo was Linux based, if so then surely this breaches clause 6 of the GPL (http://www.linux.org/info/gnu.html), which to paraphrase prevents TIVO from giving its purchasers less rights than they have themselves.
A [Zaurus] PDA (http://www.sharp.co.uk/pda/) A [Zaurus] Digital Camera card (http://www.myzaurus.com/acc_Comm.asp) A Cellular/Wireless Modem (http://www.sharpmobile.com/technical_specs.asp?si d=6947601776520029132000047039) or Net http://www.myzaurus.com/acc_Comm2.asp and mobile.
The Zaurus PDA has the advantage over many alternatives of being hacker/developer friendly, it supports Java, is Linux based and even supports a bash shell.
Um, you seem to attempting to view and present Nihilism as a dangerous loaded, certainly insulting word.
1) I don't. 2) Compared to the sum of human knowledge, the quantity that *is* valuable is vastly less than the volume of noise. 2) You apparent failure to appreciate the difference between an absolute and relative position is rather nihilistic its self.
Give it thousands, millions of addresses this way.
Liberally sprinkled postmaster@127.0.0.1 and abuse]@127.0.0.1.
Probably illegal under UK (& EU) Law.
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IANAL, however this probably illegal under UK (& EU) Law.
In the UK we have the Data Protection Act, which states that a Company may not share personal data with others, without the Data Subjects permission. They may not send Personal Data abroad, unless the data is equally protected 'abroad'.
http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1998/19980029.ht m
The Data Protection Act comes from EU treaty obligations so similar laws exist throughout the EU.
http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/en/med ia / ataprot/inter/con10881.htm
We need a UK XP licensee to complain the the Data Protection Registra, I not a XP user so I'm not in a position to complain.
The biggest clue that I noted that the X-Box would fail was that it was being discounted even before launch, suggesting the pre-orders where nothing like expected.
Whereas about 9months passed before the PS2 was discounted in UK stores.
We need to stop DoS attacks [and defacements], we need to educate the script kiddies into being more responsible and professional.
The script kiddies conducting DoS attacks think they are being clever and aiding the movement towards Internet Freedom and Openness, however they are playing into hand of the establishment.
DoS attacks are perpetuating the view amoungst the establishment that the internet is a wild unregulated place, that must be controlled, that it must be regulated.
Legislation like the DMCA in the US, and pressures for similar laws in the EU are a direct result of this type of threat.
If we truely value our freedom and the openness of the net, we need to self regulate otherwise the situation will get worse for all geeks and not just the grey/black hats.
> So far, only the massive pockets of Rupert > Murdoch have been able to make Digital TV stay > afloat at all,
The big problem for most Digital providers is they spent a fortune on infrastructure, a fortune giving away STB's that are obsolete after a year and a fortune on rights to Sporting Events. However not enough people are prepared to pay enough to watch sporting events events they used to get for free to balance the books. Sky are also losing money fast, they plan to be the last man standing, then winding up the prices and presure. However this is doomed to failure.
To make Digital TV work, the providers need to provide new value added services that people are prepared to pay for. Games/Video/Music on Demand, High Speed Internet, and a truly Interactive (2Way) experience. The technology used by the existing Digital Providers can not provide these valued added services.
1) Terrestrial Digital (ITV Digital) is broadcast only; no return-path/uplink; no On-Demand Services; No Email, Web or other Internet service. Client Side PVR only.
2) Satellite (Sky) is broadcast only, si no return-path/uplink, so no On-Demand Services, No Email, Web or other Internet service. PVR on Client Side.
3) Cable looks good on the surface but it has a big road-block. Its network topology is a ring, the capacity is finite and this causes big contention problems, it also has the most expensive infrastructure to install.
4) xDSL, the new distruptive technology, it cheaper infrastructure than cable, includes a proper return path and supports IP; So true On-Demand and High-Speed Internet, the value added service to win.
Unless they are hiding behind some ultra-fineprint legalese, I would say this is theft. They are stealing your computer resources, electricity and time without your permission.
Even if the ELUA wording is water tight, KaZaA have deceived people into agreeing toit. Theft by deception is still theft and since agreement was obtained by deception, the EULA is worthless.
If anybody in the UK has been foolish enough to fall for this Trojan; I'll draw your attention to the Computer Misuse Act 1990. Trojan's are illegal under UK Law.
'The Computer Misuse Act 1990' Section 1;
1.--(1) A person is guilty of an offence if-- (a) he causes a computer to perform any function with intent to secure access to any program or data held in any computer; (b) the access he intends to secure is unauthorised; and (c) he knows at the time when he causes the computer to perform the function that that is the case. (2) The intent a person has to have to commit an offence under this section need not be directed at-- (a) any particular program or data; (b) a program or data of any particular kind; or (c) a program or data held in any particular computer. (3) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to both.
If anybody in the UK has been foolish enough to fall for this Trojan they I'll draw your attention to the Computer Misuse Act 1990. Trojan's are illegal.
'The Computer Misuse Act 1990' Section 1;
1.--(1) A person is guilty of an offence if-- (a) he causes a computer to perform any function with intent to secure access to any program or data held in any computer; (b) the access he intends to secure is unauthorised; and (c) he knows at the time when he causes the computer to perform the function that that is the case. (2) The intent a person has to have to commit an offence under this section need not be directed at-- (a) any particular program or data; (b) a program or data of any particular kind; or (c) a program or data held in any particular computer. (3) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to both.
IMHO I think we've had some ballot stuffing on the best IDE front.
JBuilder had been a consistent winner of the best IDE for years, and Forte has never been placed. So why the sudden turn around ? Especially when you conside Forte has not been Version++ this past year and JBuilder has ?
This does not add up!
We shifted from JBuilder Professional to Forte Enterprise, Forte is slower on same hardware, less functional, less productive (about 10 fold) and extremely buggy and prone to crashes. The only way it would be voted best IDE is ballot stuffing.
BTW, I have no connection with iPlanet or Borland other than using their products, Borland because I like to and iPlanet because I have to.
In the UK, breaching copyright law for a commercial gain is a criminal (theft by deception) as well as civil offense and it is the companies Officers (Directors) are who deemed responsible and do the Gaol (jail) time.
Missing the point, Microsoft was caught out as liars.
"What makes this even more funny is that Microsoft officials denied that the company had complained to the Messe. but the show organizers confirmed that Richard Roy, vice president, corporate strategy, had complained."
We need to start kicking up a fuss about this to the mainstream media, the results stink. The Patent Office has a clear conflict of interest in this situation and this is reflected in their position, a clear contradiction of the results of the Consultation Excercise.
The Patent Office will benefit from the 'power grab' following the expansion of patents, yet they are the ones, managing the consultation excercise.
The consultation produced a clear indication that software patents are not needed or wanted.
Yet the Patent Office has choosen to completely ignore this position and support the introduction of Software Patents in the EU.
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Moore's Law
_ 960000/960909.stm) of which this project is a part. Though I believe that services like PVR enhanced DTV and VOD are the Killer Applications that will finance the wide-scale deployment of broadband network provision to ordinary consumers.
Interesting that you bring up Moore's law since it applies to transistor density not network bandwidth. Note that internet bandwidth has NOT increased at the same rate as processor speeds. Client side hardware will get cheaper far faster than network bandwidth. This seems to favor client side PVRs.
Whilst strictly speaking my point is a corollary of Moore's law, bandwidth does exhibit the predicted exponential growth. It is that exponential growth pattern that is important rather than the specific timeframe (indeed the time frame with regard to Moore's Law has varied between ~12 to ~24 months.). It also applies directly to the communication hardware (modems, DSLAMs, switches & etc) and servers. Furthermore since the hardware for a client side solution is adequate, increased performance on the client side is 'wasted', the result is the hardware cost is driven down and the human element of maintenance become an increasingly significant. Whilst on the server side the extra performance can be exploited incrementally and lower cost base increasingly favours the server-side solution.
Internet Access
While I am not disputing your particular business model, most people (in the US, much less the world) do not have access to high speed internet access (much less to a MAN). As such they will not be able to download good quality video files on demand, whereas at least half of the US is already recieving cable.
We (well our parent Telco) installed the backbone specifically for a meta-project, a Digital City Initiative (http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid
3) Infrastructure (again)
I am very impressed that you can serve 8000 users with 40 servers. I doubt however this will scale linearly. How will you do with 800,000 (something like Tivos current subscriber base). What about 8,000,000? As the complexity of the system grows, so does it's cost and its chance for failure.
The nCube (www.nCube.com) video servers we use do scale in a linear manner. The platform is designed such that it offers a 'turn-key solution' that could be rolled out nationally in the UK on a city by city basis. It seems likely we will be licensing our technology in an International arena shortly.
Bandwidth, yes; and costly, yes; However that bandwidth and video servers are required for Video on Demand services and PVR is an additional service (and revenue) on the same infrastructure. Also both Moores law on hardware cost reduction and Metcalfs law on Network Utility are both at work, time is on side of PVR and server-side solutions are cheaper overall because it requires less redundancy.
It is easier and therefore cheaper to maintain and enchance capacity on the server-side than on the client site, and it is not just the hardware cost, the engineers visit, travelling costs, no shows, it all adds up to increased cost base for client side PVR.
I'm not sure about what you mean with your comments on Internet access, we don't stream the content over the internet, we use a IP enabled private MAN, so our solution does not require Internet Access. However we offer a 256Kbps Internet Connection for £10 UK pounds (15USD/EURO)pcm, and it is the most profitable part of our service at about 80% gross profit.
The HD in PVR is used a lot more intensivly than one in a PC; continuously for the duration of use, the failure rate of HDs in PVR will be much higher than with PC's simply because they are used so much more intensely, coupled with the cost benefit of server-side mainternance, the economics clearly favour Server Side PVR.
We use a cluster of 40 nCube Video servers with RAID totaling ~640 disks. The prospect of all failing at once is quite literally astronomical. They serve a current customer base of 8000, so we need 10th of the disks that a client side PVR solution requires. We also have more coverage because we only need to store 1 copy of any content and as the customer base grows this advantage over client side PVR grows.
The server side model is dependant on massive bandwidth, which doesn't exist.
'Massive' no, DTV can be delivered in about 4.5Mbps using current MPEG technology, which is hardly massive, and can be delivered over xDSL to about 3.5KM.
'which doesn't exist' perhaps not widely, but we are starting to do this http://www.kitv.co.uk
You'd lose the ability for all your users to access the PVR features simultaneously.
This is only true assuming a cable infrastructure because of it limiting ring topology. xDSL uses a star network topology, and this restriction does not apply.
And what about pausing/rewinding live TV?
What about it ? Whilst we currently do not provide it *yet* because of development resources it is *absolutely* possible.
There is no way that any existing, or forthcoming, CATV infrastructure can scale to support this to enough users to make it profitable.
Wrong. We are starting to do this now, it is more scalable and cheaper (unit price) than the alternatives (Client side PVR) for the reasons stated in my original post.
There are many other flaws in your argument, but it doesn't even get off the ground to begin with, so I won't go into more depth...
Perhaps you should post them, and I'll shoot those down as well:)
Doing PVR on the client side is a fundamentally flawed model. The server side model makes a lot more sense.
1) The economics of storing one copy of a programme on millions of client side devices compare very unfavourable to storing the content on even massively redundant servers.
2) Hard disks have a high MTBF when compared to existing media, VHS, DVD. Consumers will not accept the total loss of content with a HD failure. The economics of on-site mainternance require the simplest client possible.
3) A server side solution can 'record' essentially an all channels, the resource requirements are order N. A client side solution requires exponential amounts of hardware to allow all clients to record all channels, order N^N hardware.
4) The efficience of a server side solution means that more content can be recorded, even unselected historical choices.
The intent was to find out their political affilitations and use these to discredit them.
Except the attacks where clearly political motivated, I cannot see how a prospective parliamentary candidate can be viewed other than inherently biased. The add the fact that the Tories are responsible for the poor state of the railways because of their ill conceived meddling.
In other words, being critical of government policy was enough to start an investigation into their private lives.
This is a misnomer, there are at least two degrees of separation, from the Civil Servants that can legally access this data, via the executive, to the party workers. As the son of a Civil Servant, I can assure you they take there independence extremely seriously.
Interbreeding of closely related individuals also has benefits of bringing out other traits, which actually increases genetic diversity.
Confirmed.
Indeed interbreeding is very common in thoroughbred Horses, Pigs, Cattle and pretty common in Pedigree Cats and Dogs. That is why today we the most productive farm animals and most attractive pets in history. Typically interbreeding in not so bad when a very strong selection mechanism against defects is at work. In both these cases a only repeat winners (Races/Shows) are bred and very widely. Though this *can* result in a homogeneous group, it is not certain. Indeed it aid the development of new species, there is considerable genetic difference between the various type of horse, so much so that some types of horse can considered seperate species because they cannot interbreed successfully.
The main issue is the accumulation of recessive genes and since breeders think in terms of breeding lines (not individuals), a strong selective mechanism is at work against recessive genes when they are defective.
Interestingly in Humans almost the opposite mechanism is at work, modern medical science, indeed all social security diminish selective breeding and even legal prevents it. The obvious consequence is that Human species is moving from a qualitative nurturing strategy towards an quantitative nurturing strategy.
I thought the Tivo was Linux based, if so then surely this breaches clause 6 of the GPL (http://www.linux.org/info/gnu.html), which to paraphrase prevents TIVO from giving its purchasers less rights than they have themselves.
A supplier or manufacturer cannot change your statutory rights after the fact.
In the UK, your rights are fixed when the sale is made (i.e. when you swap the box for cash at the checkout).
Well you could do this with this PDA based kit.
i d=6947601776520029132000047039) or Net http://www.myzaurus.com/acc_Comm2.asp and mobile.
A [Zaurus] PDA (http://www.sharp.co.uk/pda/)
A [Zaurus] Digital Camera card (http://www.myzaurus.com/acc_Comm.asp)
A Cellular/Wireless Modem (http://www.sharpmobile.com/technical_specs.asp?s
The Zaurus PDA has the advantage over many alternatives of being hacker/developer friendly, it supports Java, is Linux based and even supports a bash shell.
Total cost is less than £1000 (or USD/EURO).
Um, you seem to attempting to view and present Nihilism as a dangerous loaded, certainly insulting word.
1) I don't.
2) Compared to the sum of human knowledge, the quantity that *is* valuable is vastly less than the volume of noise.
2) You apparent failure to appreciate the difference between an absolute and relative position is rather nihilistic its self.
Give it thousands, millions of addresses this way.
Liberally sprinkled postmaster@127.0.0.1 and abuse]@127.0.0.1.
IANAL, however this probably illegal under UK (& EU) Law.
In the UK we have the Data Protection Act, which states that a Company may not share personal data with others, without the Data Subjects permission. They may not send Personal Data abroad, unless the data is equally protected 'abroad'.
http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1998/19980029.h
The Data Protection Act comes from EU treaty obligations so similar laws exist throughout the EU.
http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/en/me
We need a UK XP licensee to complain the the Data Protection Registra, I not a XP user so I'm not in a position to complain.
http://www.dataprotection.gov.uk/
... since X-Box is slumping in Europe as well
The biggest clue that I noted that the X-Box would fail was that it was being discounted even before launch, suggesting the pre-orders where nothing like expected.
Whereas about 9months passed before the PS2 was discounted in UK stores.
We need to stop DoS attacks [and defacements], we need to educate the script kiddies into being more responsible and professional.
The script kiddies conducting DoS attacks think they are being clever and aiding the movement towards Internet Freedom and Openness, however they are playing into hand of the establishment.
DoS attacks are perpetuating the view amoungst the establishment that the internet is a wild unregulated place, that must be controlled, that it must be regulated.
Legislation like the DMCA in the US, and pressures for similar laws in the EU are a direct result of this type of threat.
If we truely value our freedom and the openness of the net, we need to self regulate otherwise the situation will get worse for all geeks and not just the grey/black hats.
> So far, only the massive pockets of Rupert
> Murdoch have been able to make Digital TV stay
> afloat at all,
The big problem for most Digital providers is they spent a fortune on infrastructure, a fortune giving away STB's that are obsolete after a year and a fortune on rights to Sporting Events. However not enough people are prepared to pay enough to watch sporting events events they used to get for free to balance the books. Sky are also losing money fast, they plan to be the last man standing, then winding up the prices and presure. However this is doomed to failure.
To make Digital TV work, the providers need to provide new value added services that people are prepared to pay for. Games/Video/Music on Demand, High Speed Internet, and a truly Interactive (2Way) experience. The technology used by the existing Digital Providers can not provide these valued added services.
1) Terrestrial Digital (ITV Digital) is broadcast only; no return-path/uplink; no On-Demand Services; No Email, Web or other Internet service. Client Side PVR only.
2) Satellite (Sky) is broadcast only, si no return-path/uplink, so no On-Demand Services, No Email, Web or other Internet service. PVR on Client Side.
3) Cable looks good on the surface but it has a big road-block. Its network topology is a ring, the capacity is finite and this causes big contention problems, it also has the most expensive infrastructure to install.
4) xDSL, the new distruptive technology, it cheaper infrastructure than cable, includes a proper return path and supports IP; So true On-Demand and High-Speed Internet, the value added service to win.
I've seen the future and it's IP TV.
Unless they are hiding behind some ultra-fineprint legalese, I would say this is theft. They are stealing your computer resources, electricity and time without your permission.
Even if the ELUA wording is water tight, KaZaA have deceived people into agreeing toit.
Theft by deception is still theft and since agreement was obtained by deception, the EULA is worthless.
If anybody in the UK has been foolish enough to fall for this Trojan; I'll draw your attention to the Computer Misuse Act 1990. Trojan's are illegal under UK Law.
'The Computer Misuse Act 1990' Section 1;
1.--(1) A person is guilty of an offence if--
(a) he causes a computer to perform any function with intent to secure access to any program or data held in any computer;
(b) the access he intends to secure is unauthorised; and
(c) he knows at the time when he causes the computer to perform the function that that is the case.
(2) The intent a person has to have to commit an offence under this section need not be directed at--
(a) any particular program or data;
(b) a program or data of any particular kind; or
(c) a program or data held in any particular computer.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to both.
http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1990/Ukpga_1990
If anybody in the UK has been foolish enough to fall for this Trojan they I'll draw your attention to the Computer Misuse Act 1990. Trojan's are illegal.
'The Computer Misuse Act 1990' Section 1;
1.--(1) A person is guilty of an offence if--
(a) he causes a computer to perform any function with intent to secure access to any program or data held in any computer;
(b) the access he intends to secure is unauthorised; and
(c) he knows at the time when he causes the computer to perform the function that that is the case.
(2) The intent a person has to have to commit an offence under this section need not be directed at--
(a) any particular program or data;
(b) a program or data of any particular kind; or
(c) a program or data held in any particular computer.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to both.
http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1990/Ukpga_1990
IMHO I think we've had some ballot stuffing on the best IDE front.
JBuilder had been a consistent winner of the best IDE for years, and Forte has never been placed. So why the sudden turn around ? Especially when you conside Forte has not been Version++ this past year and JBuilder has ?
This does not add up!
We shifted from JBuilder Professional to Forte Enterprise, Forte is slower on same hardware, less functional, less productive (about 10 fold) and extremely buggy and prone to crashes. The only way it would be voted best IDE is ballot stuffing.
BTW, I have no connection with iPlanet or Borland other than using their products, Borland because I like to and iPlanet because I have to.
Your country may be important.
In the UK, breaching copyright law for a commercial gain is a criminal (theft by deception) as well as civil offense and it is the companies Officers (Directors) are who deemed responsible and do the Gaol (jail) time.
try searching again on "non-standard" looking lines of code.
Try searching using variable names, if you choose a *number* of the longer ones and search using OR semantics, I would expect some success.
Also use the meta-search engines like http://www.go2net.com to cover more ground more quickly.
Have you considered this 'may be' the contractors lib and may not exist as such in the wild.
What language are we talking about ?
company claims ownership on all of the GPL'd work he has performed since he was hired
I suspect they do own the copyright on the work produced, but that does not preclude them from obeying the GPL.
many couples like to go to the magnetic North Pole to conceive their children
:)
?
It must give the offspring a magnetic personality
Missing the point, Microsoft was caught out as liars.
"What makes this even more funny is that Microsoft officials denied that the company had complained to the Messe. but the show organizers confirmed that Richard Roy, vice president, corporate strategy, had complained."
We need to start kicking up a fuss about this to the mainstream media, the results stink. The Patent Office has a clear conflict of interest in this situation and this is reflected in their position, a clear contradiction of the results of the Consultation Excercise.
The Patent Office will benefit from the 'power grab' following the expansion of patents, yet they are the ones, managing the consultation excercise.
The consultation produced a clear indication that software patents are not needed or wanted.
Yet the Patent Office has choosen to completely ignore this position and support the introduction of Software Patents in the EU.