I was looking at the TV license website and they claim they have vans that can pick up the signals of a specific TV component
All Electronic devices emit EM radiation, they pick-up these emmissions from the TV's tube, the 'detectors' are handheld today.
Or how about putting your TV inside a Faraday Cage?
Yes, tempest, prevents them, but it's rather inpractical.
how you guys over there can support this
Do you support tax evasions ? Well neither do we!
A TV license pays for the BBC, we support it because 1) The BBC produces the best quality TV & Radio in the world, certainsly better than satellite or cable alternatives. 2) A TV licence costs about 1/5 the price of Satellite or cable alternatives.
Companies do not report defacement, People do. Here are some reasons not to report defacement.
1) The Geek thinks it makes him look bad if he cannot secure the platform.
2) The Management view than 'if Big Guy's aka Microsoft cannot secure the Web, then nobody can! '.
3) The Company also thinks it makes them look bad if a) they are prosecuted for failing to secure their data and b) if they start prosecuting their customers.
Geeks recognise Web Defacement is about as serious as Vandalism, and the punishment for each is completely disproportionate. Perhaps the Geeks are not reporting these breaches to the Authorities because they understand the law is B.S. I KNOW this colours my view.
In the UK, we have the Data Protection Act and the Computer Misuse Act these are well regarded amongst lawyers & politicians and are held up as good examples of computer internationally, the rest of the EU has (is) adopting the same standard legislative framework. These stipulate a six year term for 'each unauthorised access' by an individual, and an 'enforcement notice' for a company committing a similar offence, or failing to secure their data.
Another question is 'what constitutes an unauthorised access ?' is it each packet, each login/session or each machine compromised ? A packet storm could result in a Six Million year sentence in a few minutes.
The platform I work on has been attacked several times, yet time has proven we have a very effective security setup, breaches have been handled without damage. The nature of our platform means that the hackers are also our customers, we usually cut the offender off and send a warning letter and once they apologise and ask nicely, we let them back on the platform. So far we have had only one repeat incident and they have be cut off permanently. We have never informed the authorities, despite the fact that these actions certainly constitute a breach of UK Law.
>Not too long ago a link was posted to an interview with Joel Spolsky who used to work at Microsoft.
WOW, you are easily impressed. Just because somebody used to work for Microsoft does not make them an expert software engineer. In fact judging from poor quality of most Microsoft software we can safely assume the absolute opposite.
We are working with BBC to do this on our platform, BBC Interactive offers a personalised mix of news, entertainment, documentaries (viewed on demand) Eastenders (Soap) and The Tweenies (ChildrensTV) to Blue Planet and Walking With Beasts (Natural History. This is the BBC's first broadband interactive service.
Once the content has been broadcast it's added to a Video Server and may be viewed on Demand.
The Killer application for Broadband is already here. It's the wider Interactive/Personal Digital TV concept; including integrated home entertainment portal or convergent net appliance. This allows a IP enabled Set Top Box (STB) to deliver high speed Internet Access, truly personalised Interactive Digital TV, true on demand content (Video/Music/Applications/Games), in fact any IP based Service.
STB's are also a disruptive technology, because they less powerful that PC's, they are simpler to manufacture, and easier to use and therefore significantly more attractive to Joe Average Consumer. The STB looks set to replace the majority of PC's in homes within a few years, ~£/$1000 PC's will be unable to compete with highly integrated STB's for ~£/$200;
So unless the consumer in question really needs (or more likely wants) the power of a PC, they will take an STB.
In the same way that the big iron was replaced by simpler/cheaper Mini's, and subsequently replaced by a simpler/cheaper PC's. The PC will be superseded by IP enabled STB's, which function as a NC's.
It appears to me that Larry was right after all; the future is thin!
Checkout KITV.CO.UK to see how we are doing this today.
No, it's to save face if your ARE employed, most socialites (not I said socialites not socialists) are so filthy rich (really Old Money) they don't work.
...leaves one safe topic to talk about: the weather.
No we have some thing else in Europe called Culture, which is very popular amongst polite society.
I've not seen this show yet, but the way Roxann is described here, her 'behaviour' sounds very much in character for Torres. Seems to remind me of the episode where the Vulcan Engineer goes PonFarr on B'lanna.
The writing style of this poster has an uncanny resemblance to this proven M$ Astrosurfer, Perhaps M$ should sack him, hes not very good at his Job because he keeps getting caught.
Some posters seem to think that this is a troll, or hoax rather than a real hacker, because it full of the classic signs of Social Engineering, false familiarity, overtly complementary, appeals to empathy, it's almost a classic.
I'll tell you what this old cynic thinks, this is a PysOp's plant not a troll.
I have never seen (or is it heard) how people think talking to a computer is easier than typeing or interacting with a mouse.
It defies me to believe that anybody could feel that typing was easier than talking, I'm a trained touch typist yet I can talk at 3-4 time my rate of typing.
I would argue it's easier because verbalisation of abstract ideas (Talking) is a more natural communication method. The only communications methods that predate verbal communication are the non-verbal forms such as body language, and biological forms such as touch/smell. Typing is a derivative of writing, which is a derivative of speech and consequently is probably our least developed (evolved) communications skill. I accept that pointing [a mouse] is an effective technique, but easier than talking ? I don't think so.
The levels of ambiguity are simple astounding.
Ambiguity is a characteristic of all communication forms, however speaking is less ambiguous than typing as witnessed by all the flame wars that could have been avoid by addition of tone of voice tags such as .
The ambiguity of saying 'head to the top of the street and turn right' is massively less than pointing down the street followed by point right. Pointing (a mouse or a finger) fails this ambiguity test, indeed it's is also more ambiguous than speech, but this does not preclude using mouse or finger, within a GUI.
classic example "I had to reinstall all of my software because I told my computer to delete windows. Hey! It did it again!"
I'm talking about a Voice Interface paradigm, not a specific implementation. By various clicks or typing various command you can do the same with Windows, Linux or OS, so what stops it happening by accident ? The UI Design!
The specific usage protocols required to avoid this type of issue in a VI are best left as an exercise for the reader.
All the 'flaws' you point out are flaws in the specific implementations you suggest, they are not flaws in the concept.
Or to use another metaphor, just because I feel that Windows is a bloated piece of junk, does not invalidate the concept of GUI or just because I hate vi, does not invalidate the command line prompt.
In the end, I think it all boils down to the fact that humans often get confused by voice comunicaton
Perhaps you do, but I usually say what I mean, and mean what I say:)
However seriously most 'ambiguities' are actually errors of omission, and a VI can resolve an ambiguities' in the same way a GUI does, via an error, or even better suited to the paradigm a challenge. 'Did you mean X or Y'.
I'm not arguing that VI is without issues, what technology isn't ? However there are protocol and technological solutions to this type of security issue.
A Protocol based solution, might require you to complete a challenge, i.e.
Computer say 'Blue' You say 'Sky'
Computer says 'Red' You say 'October'
It could require you to name the content.
It is also possible to distigush natural voice from even high quality recordings, in the same way you can tell the difference between a CD and a live performance/gig.
People who are heavily into IT are naturally solitary types.
I have to pretty strongly disagree, I find the most insular people at work are not the real geeks, but the Mr Surburban Semi who's Married with Kids. Bizzarly their marriages seem to be shorter than my real friendships.
I would be long gone, never forget there is cronic shortage of IT staff, in every developed country around the world. So employers need you more than you need them, so do yourself (and every geek) a favour, and exercise some natural selection and make help make shitty
employers extinct.
The responses to this topic has really surprised me, particularly the *number* of self proclaimed back-stabbing Psychos.
Their claim's are completely counter to my experience in the UK IT. At every position I've had in 12 years there has been a social crowd. A group that go boozing/clubbing/parting every week-end, I've also played sport & activities (Cricket/Soccer/Motor-Racing/Skiing/Driving/Kartin g/Sailing) and holiday with them, on one occasion even double dipping the same trollop. So yes my colleagues are my friends, some better friends than other and not my only friends, but certainly my friends.
Indeed to take a recent example, the night England beat Germany at soccer I was at a beer festival, with 5 Work Mates including my ex-boss, two direct colleagues and a subordinate. I got drunk, danced, before getting trashed and crashing (both metaphorically & actually) on one colleagues floor. Now there are people who are not invited or included in these activities, or even hinted at there true extent, but I guess that's the down side of being back-stabbing psycho.
I was going to rebut this purely on the grounds that generics are a crutch for people that simply don't get OO, but after checking out your posting history it's clear that you are clearly a M$ Astroturfer, so I've leave your fate to the moderators.
I think from the level of people who make decisions about what programming languages to use on commercial projects (this includes me), the technical distinctions between Java and C# are of little concern:
This belief is instilled by Microsoft Marketing, Java/C# only resemble each other on the surface, underneath they fundamentally different. This is the reason that this decision should be taken be an experienced technical professional.
the languages are so similar that they are basically interchangeable.
Whilst Microsoft are attempting to position C# against Java this is their marketing at work, technologically they are not interchangable. As you latter comment note C# it is in competition with products like C++, Delphi, VB, not Java.
Java's technological competitors are actually, Perl, PHP and Python. Since they are the only tools with any like Java's platform independence.
Voice interaction is a classic example of something that can be thought of as "cool" until you have an open plan office with 30 people talking at their computers.
I agree about offices, the technology to make voice interfaces work is here today, but the applications is not, however but Voice Interfaces offers a lot of potential for much more personal environments, like the car home & SOHO.
VI offers a number of advantages over conventional interfaces, biomentric security, easy of use & accessability, even for your technophobic mother/granny.
Imagine a home entertainment gateway accessed by voice, no worries about little Johnny snooping your adult PIN. The inherent Biometric security, will make no difference, if he overhears your PIN.
Imagine re-tuning you IP Radio Alarm, by voice, without opening your eyes.
Imagine switching off your security alarm, by saying 'Hello House', and then following up it up with the query "Messages?" without having to log in and remember your password.
Or change channels without having to figure out which of those six seperate remote you need to use, simply by saying 'TV, select channel 4', or 'TV, News' or any number of other scenarios.
I think the killer application for VI is Home Automation.
Whilst we might consider the spook's as the [enemy]:) they are the only branch engaged in IW, and are the only ones that would give your skills to kill for:) rather than be killed for.
£35247 - £50801 is not well paid for an IT Professional in central London, where a decent flat costs £150,000-£250,000. This is about right for 2+ years post grad experience, it's low for a deptartmental head.
Are you telling us that engineers are really much better qualified to run businesses than (say) the MBAs you ridicule ?
Often Yes they are, but for a very specific reason, the problem with MBA's is ego it prevent's them from listerning, taking criticism on board and modifing their ideas/proposals to counter the criticism, their ego prevent's it.
The same goes for all the many of the so call Dot-Com entrepreneurs. The might be able to talk the talk to get their Venture Capital on board but they don't know how to build some thing. It's not their skill. You only need to look at the DotCom boom to see this. The companies built by Engineers, Yahoo, Lycos, etc are still here, the companies started by MBA's/entrepreneurs have disapeared. LastMinute.com for example, perhaps the biggest DotCom failure was started by a Fashion Model and MBA who (describes him self as a Poet at heart).
Engineers are, for the most part, good at engineering but not necessarily good - or even schooled at - running a business.
So what good Accountant are 10 a penny, and good Lawyers even more common, but good engineers are a rarity. Secondly Enginners by their very nature are builders, they build things by solving problems, even buisiness.
Well CmdrTaco, as a famous sycophant once said 'your wish is my command':)
This system (for which I'm the Software Architect) offers interactive digital TV via IP, this case study reveals all the gory technical details of the disruptive technology that is going to bring Microsoft down, by bringing IP to every home in the developed world in the next five years.
Slashdot Mirror
This service (I'm the Software Architect), have launched the worlds largest Video on Demand over IP.
We have been doing this for two year now, I keep submitted links, each time we have a development, but slashdot have never seen fit to publish.
Some links:
"Kingston Interactive TV
Financial Times
Kingston Communications
Video Server Case Study
BBC joing broadband television platform
This case study reveals more details about the platform.
All Electronic devices emit EM radiation, they pick-up these emmissions from the TV's tube, the 'detectors' are handheld today.
Or how about putting your TV inside a Faraday Cage?
Yes, tempest, prevents them, but it's rather inpractical.
how you guys over there can support this
Do you support tax evasions ? Well neither do we!
A TV license pays for the BBC, we support it because 1) The BBC produces the best quality TV & Radio in the world, certainsly better than satellite or cable alternatives. 2) A TV licence costs about 1/5 the price of Satellite or cable alternatives.
Companies do not report defacement, People do. Here are some reasons not to report defacement.
1) The Geek thinks it makes him look bad if he cannot secure the platform.
2) The Management view than 'if Big Guy's aka Microsoft cannot secure the Web, then nobody can! '.
3) The Company also thinks it makes them look bad if a) they are prosecuted for failing to secure their data and b) if they start prosecuting their customers.
Geeks recognise Web Defacement is about as serious as Vandalism, and the punishment for each is completely disproportionate. Perhaps the Geeks are not reporting these breaches to the Authorities because they understand the law is B.S. I KNOW this colours my view.
In the UK, we have the Data Protection Act and the Computer Misuse Act these are well regarded amongst lawyers & politicians and are held up as good examples of computer internationally, the rest of the EU has (is) adopting the same standard legislative framework. These stipulate a six year term for 'each unauthorised access' by an individual, and an 'enforcement notice' for a company committing a similar offence, or failing to secure their data.
Another question is 'what constitutes an unauthorised access ?' is it each packet, each login/session or each machine compromised ? A packet storm could result in a Six Million year sentence in a few minutes.
The platform I work on has been attacked several times, yet time has proven we have a very effective security setup, breaches have been handled without damage. The nature of our platform means that the hackers are also our customers, we usually cut the offender off and send a warning letter and once they apologise and ask nicely, we let them back on the platform. So far we have had only one repeat incident and they have be cut off permanently. We have never informed the authorities, despite the fact that these actions certainly constitute a breach of UK Law.
>Not too long ago a link was posted to an interview with Joel Spolsky who used to work at Microsoft.
WOW, you are easily impressed. Just because somebody used to work for Microsoft does not make them an expert software engineer. In fact judging from poor quality of most Microsoft software we can safely assume the absolute opposite.
The second BBC Link should have been:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/news/news348.htm
We are working with BBC to do this on our platform, BBC Interactive offers a personalised mix of news, entertainment, documentaries (viewed on demand) Eastenders (Soap) and The Tweenies (ChildrensTV) to Blue Planet and Walking With Beasts (Natural History. This is the BBC's first broadband interactive service.
a ct ive.shtml
a ct ive.shtml
Once the content has been broadcast it's added to a Video Server and may be viewed on Demand.
Here are some links with more info.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/digital_tv/inter
http://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/digital_tv/inter
http://www.kcom.com/news93.html
http://www.kcom.com/news85.html
Actually I have submitted this to slashdot before but it was rejected.
The Killer application for Broadband is already here. It's the wider Interactive/Personal Digital TV concept; including integrated home entertainment portal or convergent net appliance. This allows a IP enabled Set Top Box (STB) to deliver high speed Internet Access, truly personalised Interactive Digital TV, true on demand content (Video/Music/Applications/Games), in fact any IP based Service.
STB's are also a disruptive technology, because they less powerful that PC's, they are simpler to manufacture, and easier to use and therefore significantly more attractive to Joe Average Consumer. The STB looks set to replace the majority of PC's in homes within a few years, ~£/$1000 PC's will be unable to compete with highly integrated STB's for ~£/$200;
So unless the consumer in question really needs (or more likely wants) the power of a PC, they will take an STB.
In the same way that the big iron was replaced by simpler/cheaper Mini's, and subsequently replaced by a simpler/cheaper PC's. The PC will be superseded by IP enabled STB's, which function as a NC's.
It appears to me that Larry was right after all; the future is thin!
Checkout KITV.CO.UK to see how we are doing this today.
or is it to save face if you are unemployed?
...leaves one safe topic to talk about: the weather.
No, it's to save face if your ARE employed, most socialites (not I said socialites not socialists) are so filthy rich (really Old Money) they don't work.
No we have some thing else in Europe called Culture, which is very popular amongst polite society.
We drove them all out of business by lying cheating and stealing, it's there own fault for not doing the same thing.
I've not seen this show yet, but the way Roxann is described here, her 'behaviour' sounds very much in character for Torres. Seems to remind me of the episode where the Vulcan Engineer goes PonFarr on B'lanna.
The writing style of this poster has an uncanny resemblance to this proven M$ Astrosurfer, Perhaps M$ should sack him, hes not very good at his Job because he keeps getting caught.
m =2 &selm=8nju5c%24dg7%241%40nnrp1.deja.com
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=JTK&hl=en&rnu
ORA:CLE by Kevin O'Donnell predicts Internet based expert communities, like slashdot.
The only link I could find is this french one, but English translations are available.
http://www.cinefantastico.com/nexus7/literatura
Some posters seem to think that this is a troll, or hoax rather than a real hacker, because it full of the classic signs of Social Engineering, false familiarity, overtly complementary, appeals to empathy, it's almost a classic.
I'll tell you what this old cynic thinks, this is a PysOp's plant not a troll.
I have never seen (or is it heard) how people think talking to a computer is easier than typeing or interacting with a mouse.
:)
It defies me to believe that anybody could feel that typing was easier than talking, I'm a trained touch typist yet I can talk at 3-4 time my rate of typing.
I would argue it's easier because verbalisation of abstract ideas (Talking) is a more natural communication method. The only communications methods that predate verbal communication are the non-verbal forms such as body language, and biological forms such as touch/smell. Typing is a derivative of writing, which is a derivative of speech and consequently is probably our least developed (evolved) communications skill. I accept that pointing [a mouse] is an effective technique, but easier than talking ? I don't think so.
The levels of ambiguity are simple astounding.
Ambiguity is a characteristic of all communication forms, however speaking is less ambiguous than typing as witnessed by all the flame wars that could have been avoid by addition of tone of voice tags such as .
The ambiguity of saying 'head to the top of the street and turn right' is massively less than pointing down the street followed by point right. Pointing (a mouse or a finger) fails this ambiguity test, indeed it's is also more ambiguous than speech, but this does not preclude using mouse or finger, within a GUI.
classic example "I had to reinstall all of my software because I told my computer to delete windows. Hey! It did it again!"
I'm talking about a Voice Interface paradigm, not a specific implementation. By various clicks or typing various command you can do the same with Windows, Linux or OS, so what stops it happening by accident ? The UI Design!
The specific usage protocols required to avoid this type of issue in a VI are best left as an exercise for the reader.
All the 'flaws' you point out are flaws in the specific implementations you suggest, they are not flaws in the concept.
Or to use another metaphor, just because I feel that Windows is a bloated piece of junk, does not invalidate the concept of GUI or just because I hate vi, does not invalidate the command line prompt.
In the end, I think it all boils down to the fact that humans often get confused by voice comunicaton
Perhaps you do, but I usually say what I mean, and mean what I say
However seriously most 'ambiguities' are actually errors of omission, and a VI can resolve an ambiguities' in the same way a GUI does, via an error, or even better suited to the paradigm a challenge. 'Did you mean X or Y'.
I'm not arguing that VI is without issues, what technology isn't ? However there are protocol and technological solutions to this type of security issue.
A Protocol based solution, might require you to complete a challenge, i.e.
Computer say 'Blue' You say 'Sky'
Computer says 'Red' You say 'October'
It could require you to name the content.
It is also possible to distigush natural voice from even high quality recordings, in the same way you can tell the difference between a CD and a live performance/gig.
People who are heavily into IT are naturally solitary types.
I have to pretty strongly disagree, I find the most insular people at work are not the real geeks, but the Mr Surburban Semi who's Married with Kids. Bizzarly their marriages seem to be shorter than my real friendships.
I'm half looking for a new job at the moment,
Only *half* looking ?
I would be long gone, never forget there is cronic shortage of IT staff, in every developed country around the world. So employers need you more than you need them, so do yourself (and every geek) a favour, and exercise some natural selection and make help make shitty
employers extinct.
The responses to this topic has really surprised me, particularly the *number* of self proclaimed back-stabbing Psychos.
Their claim's are completely counter to my experience in the UK IT. At every position I've had in 12 years there has been a social crowd. A group that go boozing/clubbing/parting every week-end, I've also played sport & activities (Cricket/Soccer/Motor-Racing/Skiing/Driving/Kartin g/Sailing) and holiday with them, on one occasion even double dipping the same trollop. So yes my colleagues are my friends, some better friends than other and not my only friends, but certainly my friends.
Indeed to take a recent example, the night England beat Germany at soccer I was at a beer festival, with 5 Work Mates including my ex-boss, two direct colleagues and a subordinate. I got drunk, danced, before getting trashed and crashing (both metaphorically & actually) on one colleagues floor. Now there are people who are not invited or included in these activities, or even hinted at there true extent, but I guess that's the down side of being back-stabbing psycho.
I was going to rebut this purely on the grounds that generics are a crutch for people that simply don't get OO, but after checking out your posting history it's clear that you are clearly a M$ Astroturfer, so I've leave your fate to the moderators.
http://slashdot.org/~javabandit/
I think from the level of people who make decisions about what programming languages to use on commercial projects (this includes me), the technical distinctions between Java and C# are of little concern:
This belief is instilled by Microsoft Marketing, Java/C# only resemble each other on the surface, underneath they fundamentally different. This is the reason that this decision should be taken be an experienced technical professional.
the languages are so similar that they are basically interchangeable.
Whilst Microsoft are attempting to position C# against Java this is their marketing at work, technologically they are not interchangable. As you latter comment note C# it is in competition with products like C++, Delphi, VB, not Java.
Java's technological competitors are actually, Perl, PHP and Python. Since they are the only tools with any like Java's platform independence.
Voice interaction is a classic example of something that can be thought of as "cool" until you have an open plan office with 30 people talking at their computers.
I agree about offices, the technology to make voice interfaces work is here today, but the applications is not, however but Voice Interfaces offers a lot of potential for much more personal environments, like the car home & SOHO.
VI offers a number of advantages over conventional interfaces, biomentric security, easy of use & accessability, even for your technophobic mother/granny.
Imagine a home entertainment gateway accessed by voice, no worries about little Johnny snooping your adult PIN. The inherent Biometric security, will make no difference, if he overhears your PIN.
Imagine re-tuning you IP Radio Alarm, by voice, without opening your eyes.
Imagine switching off your security alarm, by saying 'Hello House', and then following up it up with the query "Messages?" without having to log in and remember your password.
Or change channels without having to figure out which of those six seperate remote you need to use, simply by saying 'TV, select channel 4', or 'TV, News' or any number of other scenarios.
I think the killer application for VI is Home Automation.
Whilst we might consider the spook's as the [enemy]
> ... and well paid.
£35247 - £50801 is not well paid for an IT Professional in central London, where a decent flat costs £150,000-£250,000. This is about right for 2+ years post grad experience, it's low for a deptartmental head.
Often Yes they are, but for a very specific reason, the problem with MBA's is ego it prevent's them from listerning, taking criticism on board and modifing their ideas/proposals to counter the criticism, their ego prevent's it.
The same goes for all the many of the so call Dot-Com entrepreneurs. The might be able to talk the talk to get their Venture Capital on board but they don't know how to build some thing. It's not their skill. You only need to look at the DotCom boom to see this. The companies built by Engineers, Yahoo, Lycos, etc are still here, the companies started by MBA's/entrepreneurs have disapeared. LastMinute.com for example, perhaps the biggest DotCom failure was started by a Fashion Model and MBA who (describes him self as a Poet at heart).
Engineers are, for the most part, good at engineering but not necessarily good - or even schooled at - running a business.
So what good Accountant are 10 a penny, and good Lawyers even more common, but good engineers are a rarity. Secondly Enginners by their very nature are builders, they build things by solving problems, even buisiness.
I just wish TV was available via FTP.
:)
Well CmdrTaco, as a famous sycophant once said 'your wish is my command'
This system (for which I'm the Software Architect) offers interactive digital TV via IP, this case study
reveals all the gory technical details of the disruptive technology that is going to bring Microsoft down, by bringing IP to every home in the developed world in the next five years.