So Cameron is basically promising to do his part to make speech less free, so long as the labels promise to do their part to make speech less free? Score.
Yeah, not free (as in speech) in exchange for not free (as in beer). Excellent.
Wow, I usually take a quick look at the claims in patent stories to see if the patents are really as bad as the headline. In this case I can't say I read all of them - there are 75 freakin' claims! But the ones I did manage to read I couldn't see anything that wasn't obvious. Here's the first claim for example:
1. A system, comprising: a plurality of computing nodes configured to
implement: a web services interface configured to receive, according
to a web services protocol, client requests for access to data
objects, wherein a given one of said client requests for access to a
given one of said data objects includes a key value corresponding to
said given data object;
a plurality of storage nodes configured to store replicas of said
data objects, wherein each of said replicas is accessible via a
respective locator value, and wherein each of said locator values is
unique within said system;
a keymap instance configured to store a respective keymap entry for
each of said data objects, wherein for said given data object, said
respective keymap entry includes said key value and each locator
value corresponding to each stored replica of said given data object;
and a coordinator configured to receive said client requests for
access to said data objects from said web services interface, wherein
in response to said given client request, said coordinator is
configured to access said keymap instance to identify one or more
locator values corresponding to said key value and, for a particular
one of said one or more locator values, to access a corresponding
storage node to retrieve a corresponding replica
Surely someone's done a redundant db with a web services interface before? How else could they have done it than that?
How is this Meshing? I was expecting the handsets to talk to each other and form an adhoc wifi network.... now I check the word "mesh" doesn't appear in the article.
What makes me sad is that it is quite difficult for manufactures to actually "convince" a customer that a more expensive printer with a cheaper "refill" is worthwhile.
This is exactly the problem and I think it's human nature to go for the short term cheapest and to hell with the long term cost. There's nothing the printer manufacturers can do unless they form a cartel and agree not to sell their printers below cost.
Still, it really causes one to wonder, what's the reason for the change in these laws?
It is in the article (right at the end):
In May 2005, Rakesh Sharma, an Indian documentary filmmaker, was using a hand-held video camera in Midtown Manhattan when he was detained for several hours and questioned by police.
During his detention, Mr. Sharma was told he was required to have a permit to film on city property. According to a lawsuit, Mr. Sharma sought information about how permits were granted and who was required to have one but found there were no written guidelines. Nonetheless, the film office told him he was required to have a permit, but when he applied, the office refused to grant him one and would not give him a written explanation of its refusal.
As part of a settlement reached in April, the film office agreed to establish written rules for issuing permits. Mr. Sharma could not be reached for comment yesterday.
election results should be safeguarded by voter-verified paper records
There's an article from nist linked somewhere up that page (open source doesn't help..), that says something I never thought of before: even if you have a paper trail, a compromised machine could still effect the result - by (for instance) placing a candidate's name in a hard to see place or somehow making it a bit harder to vote for them. Given the fact that quite a few people only decide who to vote for in the booth and are lazy, I could see this swinging a close race.
Not to say that a paper trail isn't a good thing, just interesting that it doesn't solve everything...
Most "high-risk" vehicles will include those on the top of the province's most-stolen list.
Well, there's also a sentence or two from the Attorney General - he thinks this will stop the devastation caused by joy-riding, but you could have guessed that.
The chips will perform the way they perform. There will be benchmarks. People will buy based on cost vs. performance decision-making, not cost vs. hype decision-making.
I have noticed in the audio world (and I'm guessing in other areas too) it only works like this when Intel is ahead. When AMD is ahead a large number of people carry on buying Intel because it is Intel. It sucks to be AMD.
That actually makes a lot of sense. I think if you took a global poll asking which country people would least object to running the whole world, Canada would come #1. I for one welcome etc.
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Wow, not by a long way:
gplv4.org
Registrar: Go Daddy Software, Inc. (R91-LROR)
Creation Date: 2005-12-14 16:52:22
OK, the first on this thread then.
I'm all for the emacs thing though.
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especially as airline security now prohibits soldering irons in hand baggage
Just dismantle your soldering iron and hide it in your shoes. Don't worry, you'll be fine!
If only releasing faulty software would cost them $1billion each time. Ah, I can dream...
Yes, next week we will all be safe. Best not open any documents or spreadsheets until then though. Tell your boss it's for security reasons.
So Cameron is basically promising to do his part to make speech less free, so long as the labels promise to do their part to make speech less free? Score.
Yeah, not free (as in speech) in exchange for not free (as in beer). Excellent.
Surely someone's done a redundant db with a web services interface before? How else could they have done it than that?
OMG Olympic fuelled avian influenza pandemic here we come!?!
Oh, not that sort of virus.
How is this Meshing? I was expecting the handsets to talk to each other and form an adhoc wifi network.... now I check the word "mesh" doesn't appear in the article.
No, "Deceptive Benchmarks" is the opposite of an oxymoron - an nonoxymoron or noxymoron or maybe even oxysmartdude.
Cool.
...been in use round here for a while, it's called Dupesol(TM).
Well, because you get to have a cool iPhone.
This mod has a couple more advantages for the slashdot crowd:
1) you won't have to talk to people.
2) it makes it harder for 'them' to track you
...donate? Come on, a few bucks each to help Bill through this difficult patch.
Do not dial EVIL?
I for one look forward to giving two fingers to the new MacBooks!
Guess I should have put a smiley face on that post :)
the rep said I needed to downgrade my computer
Look on the bright side, he could have told you needed to upgrade to OSX.
What makes me sad is that it is quite difficult for manufactures to actually "convince" a customer that a more expensive printer with a cheaper "refill" is worthwhile.
This is exactly the problem and I think it's human nature to go for the short term cheapest and to hell with the long term cost. There's nothing the printer manufacturers can do unless they form a cartel and agree not to sell their printers below cost.
Obviously you can't change the battery yourself, but from those pictures it looks like even Apple couldn't change it. That can't be so, can it?
It is in the article (right at the end):
election results should be safeguarded by voter-verified paper records
There's an article from nist linked somewhere up that page (open source doesn't help..), that says something I never thought of before: even if you have a paper trail, a compromised machine could still effect the result - by (for instance) placing a candidate's name in a hard to see place or somehow making it a bit harder to vote for them. Given the fact that quite a few people only decide who to vote for in the booth and are lazy, I could see this swinging a close race.
Not to say that a paper trail isn't a good thing, just interesting that it doesn't solve everything...
And one of these days those feet are gonna walk all over you.
Oh feat, right. As you were.
Well, there's also a sentence or two from the Attorney General - he thinks this will stop the devastation caused by joy-riding, but you could have guessed that.
The chips will perform the way they perform. There will be benchmarks. People will buy based on cost vs. performance decision-making, not cost vs. hype decision-making.
I have noticed in the audio world (and I'm guessing in other areas too) it only works like this when Intel is ahead. When AMD is ahead a large number of people carry on buying Intel because it is Intel. It sucks to be AMD.
That actually makes a lot of sense. I think if you took a global poll asking which country people would least object to running the whole world, Canada would come #1. I for one welcome etc.
Wow, not by a long way:
gplv4.org
Registrar: Go Daddy Software, Inc. (R91-LROR)
Creation Date: 2005-12-14 16:52:22
OK, the first on this thread then.
I'm all for the emacs thing though.