I'm usually agree with points you make, but sometime I just being ridiculous. You see, Dell and IBM (and similar) are actually _do_ asking (in internal meetings, of cause) "how can we profitably make $5,000 computers?". That's how productive cycle works. Yes, you _start_ with cost (i.e. how many you've got to spend) and only _then_ figure out what you can build for this money.
Sometimes you start with "let's build computer with X,Y and Z properties, how match will this cost", and then quickly going back to "it will be $x but we have only $y".
Same logic apply to movies. Do you actually think that movie cost $200M just because? No, that's what it cost to make. Nobody burning money (literally) there. You may say that we don't need that expansive movies, like we don't need $200M diamonds, but that is another question completely.
So, you didn't answered the question. Using old politician's trick "this is wrong question" is not an answer. The question IS real. The answer is not.
>> On iOS, it is possible for a developer to use the HTML5 API and create an app that is indistinguishable for the user from a CocoaTouch app
This sentence alone is enough to tell that you either have no idea or you're delusional fanboy.
There's a _REASON_ why people are developing in C++ while JScript (Perl, Python, etc) are available. That's because nothing beats correctly written native application. HTML5 you say? An uncompleted standard that everyone implementing differently? Oh, right, _that_ will be cross-platform. How is that nobody thought about it before!
>> In HTML5, the app runs on the client, and it uses the server as an optional resource when it's available
And that HTML page coming from where exactly? Out of thin air? How do you think browser knows that some random html page is your "HTML5 app"? It does not, until page brought from _server_. And so far - you can't store html pages in iPhone locally. So, initial page must come from server. In my world, this need internet connection.
We all know the difference between native application and web page. Apple people know the difference too.
Those "apps" suffer from 2 major drawbacks - they need Internet connection to work (which is anything but free) AND they have functionality of html+jscript.
What's so exciting here?
There's no point in this "preservation". That to preserve - artwork? Machinery? Source code?
Artwork can be used under fare-usage provisions, machinery better be authentic to be worth put in museum, and source code is available in every programming text book.
The point of emulator is to "run program for platform X on platform Y". Most of them are created purely for "because I can" reason or as programming exercise. While former is not really needed, latter is definitely allowed as serve a part of any CS degree.
Absolutely. Scare mongering in its best: linked article provide no, not even one (sic!) technical details on so-called "hacking". Or maybe did those "researchers" just used chainsaw to cut the thing?
People don't rob banks every day (or steal other things) not because banks (or other people houses) are so secure. People don't rob/steal/murder because it's wrong. "Thou shell not steal", remember?
And even technically, ATM are match more secure than e-voting machines, because banks have all incentives and resources in the world to make them so. Hardly situation with voting machines.
>> Not true, but okay.
Posting stuff on Internet give you exactly zero knowledge about inner workings of network or computers for example. May be I missed something, but - do you happen to have degree in engineering field? What do you mean "no"?
>> That's espionage. It's not war.
My head exploded on this one. Yea, you can do espionage without official war, but you can have war without killing people directly. See "Cold War" for more reference.
>> Yes, we can all make up science fiction stories. That's very convincing.
Don't be proud of lack of appropriate education and related knowledge.
Probably, Mike you don't know "what cyberwar is" because you have zero technical background. You have fun posts about law, economics and politics, but when you touch technical subjects - you always make yourself look stupid. You know, ability to put stuff on internet don't makes you network specialist.
Cyberwar is not only "let's deface enemy website". It's ability to hack into communication networks, reverse engineer enemy hardware or software, distribute propaganda, and so on.
You think all this have no military application? Wait until US soldiers go into trap because GPS signal was forged; or plane crashing because communication network was hacked or ... list can be continued to infinity.
Mike, you seems to be very confused about science and "innovation". Scientific progress is not driven by "free trade", as quoted Matt Ridley suggests. Science, for centuries, was and is, driven by human curiosity of understanding surrounding universe. It have nothing to do about money. Not most, but ALL significant discoveries waited from dozens of years to centuries for practical application. Look at your phone - all science behind it about is century or more old.
With all your whining about "patents hinder innovation" you somehow think, that science (the real one, not "researchers from XYZ corp.) is not affected by all this IP crap. Because people who "want to know things" do not care. They didn't care that Church burned books; they didn't care when Church burned _them_. What make you think that real scientist think about IP at all? He (or she) thinks about research subject, and will leave those insignificant legal problems to other people, who care.
Does Australia have any evidence for their censorship program? Does UK have for their latest bill? Does US have for this ACTA crap?
Stop blaming others - fix problem at your home first.
>> Philosophically speaking, Google (or anyone else for that matter) doesn't have a moral obligation to help anyone
Oh yes they does. Corporations are made of people, know that?
And your saying "they have no more obligation to help the US government (or terrorists)" is ridiculous. Helping terrorists is a _crime_. Helping your country to fight its enemies (terrorists) is your moral obligation. In some places on the planet it's also legal obligation (compulsory military service). Now, given that Google's offices are located around the world, it is very possible that some of them are located in countries where it your _legal_ obligation to fight terrorism.
I actually do like an idea of "rated websites". I don't know what is your idea about "parenting", but if you think that this is 24/7 supervision, you wrong.
My 4-year old kid can do things alone. Like turn on his toys. Or mp3 player. When he turn about 6, he will know how to operate computer. _alone_. I will not stay behind his back _all the time_, that's hole idea of "independent doing".
I want to be able to create setup where he can access Internet _alone_, without me constantly making sure he doesn't accidentally click on some random porn/malware link.
Now, if my son can figure out how to bypass iptables-based filter, he really qualified to browse Internet alone. I wish him luck in this task, I really do.
Maybe because patents are so bullshit that nobody give a shit about them anymore?
US have patents on stuff like one-click-something, for-loops, email, mp3's, almost everything in ASIC and so on. Should we put all engineers in jail for not knowing about some bogus patent USPO approved?
Since you "Not that i know anything about it", would you please STFU?
Yes, you can predict sequence number (in some OS's), but you still can't get answer, since target will send it to spoofed IP. Meaning - you can use it for DoS or man-in-the-middle attacks, but not for data transfer.
You can't spoof IP on TCP connection (you expect to get a reply, don't you?). So can we finally stop using this bullshit argument?
Regarding "IP doesn't identify a person" - license plate doesn't identify driver either, but let's see following case: your car get stolen at night and enter fatal hit-and-run accident. Your license plate is recorded, and - lo and behold - owner going to jail unless he succeed to prove theft.
So, back to "IP-to-owner issue": IP does identify an owner. And unless owner proves that someone else used his IP - he bear full responsibility.
Title must be "only in US", since in rest of the world you can't copyright/patent/trademark laws of nature. But - in US there's _discussion_ (sic!) about it
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You never been in actual buisness before, Mike?
Sometimes you start with "let's build computer with X,Y and Z properties, how match will this cost", and then quickly going back to "it will be $x but we have only $y".
Same logic apply to movies. Do you actually think that movie cost $200M just because? No, that's what it cost to make. Nobody burning money (literally) there. You may say that we don't need that expansive movies, like we don't need $200M diamonds, but that is another question completely.
So, you didn't answered the question. Using old politician's trick "this is wrong question" is not an answer. The question IS real. The answer is not.
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Re: You're not putting something over on Apple
This sentence alone is enough to tell that you either have no idea or you're delusional fanboy.
There's a _REASON_ why people are developing in C++ while JScript (Perl, Python, etc) are available. That's because nothing beats correctly written native application. HTML5 you say? An uncompleted standard that everyone implementing differently? Oh, right, _that_ will be cross-platform. How is that nobody thought about it before!
>> In HTML5, the app runs on the client, and it uses the server as an optional resource when it's available
And that HTML page coming from where exactly? Out of thin air? How do you think browser knows that some random html page is your "HTML5 app"? It does not, until page brought from _server_. And so far - you can't store html pages in iPhone locally. So, initial page must come from server. In my world, this need internet connection.
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That's just silly
Those "apps" suffer from 2 major drawbacks - they need Internet connection to work (which is anything but free) AND they have functionality of html+jscript.
What's so exciting here?
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What to preserve exactly?
Artwork can be used under fare-usage provisions, machinery better be authentic to be worth put in museum, and source code is available in every programming text book.
The point of emulator is to "run program for platform X on platform Y". Most of them are created purely for "because I can" reason or as programming exercise. While former is not really needed, latter is definitely allowed as serve a part of any CS degree.
In short - nothing to see here, move on.
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Re: tHIS IS VERY ENTERTAINING.
Advanced by 15yrs old standard you mean. Please keep your facts straight.
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People don't rob banks every day (or steal other things) not because banks (or other people houses) are so secure. People don't rob/steal/murder because it's wrong. "Thou shell not steal", remember?
And even technically, ATM are match more secure than e-voting machines, because banks have all incentives and resources in the world to make them so. Hardly situation with voting machines.
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Re: Re: It's YOU who don't know what cyberwar is
Posting stuff on Internet give you exactly zero knowledge about inner workings of network or computers for example. May be I missed something, but - do you happen to have degree in engineering field? What do you mean "no"?
>> That's espionage. It's not war.
My head exploded on this one. Yea, you can do espionage without official war, but you can have war without killing people directly. See "Cold War" for more reference.
>> Yes, we can all make up science fiction stories. That's very convincing.
Don't be proud of lack of appropriate education and related knowledge.
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It's YOU who don't know what cyberwar is
Cyberwar is not only "let's deface enemy website". It's ability to hack into communication networks, reverse engineer enemy hardware or software, distribute propaganda, and so on.
You think all this have no military application? Wait until US soldiers go into trap because GPS signal was forged; or plane crashing because communication network was hacked or ... list can be continued to infinity.
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Science progress is not "innovation"
With all your whining about "patents hinder innovation" you somehow think, that science (the real one, not "researchers from XYZ corp.) is not affected by all this IP crap. Because people who "want to know things" do not care. They didn't care that Church burned books; they didn't care when Church burned _them_. What make you think that real scientist think about IP at all? He (or she) thinks about research subject, and will leave those insignificant legal problems to other people, who care.
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Re: lol, wut?
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Stop blaming others - fix problem at your home first.
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Oh yes they does. Corporations are made of people, know that?
And your saying "they have no more obligation to help the US government (or terrorists)" is ridiculous. Helping terrorists is a _crime_. Helping your country to fight its enemies (terrorists) is your moral obligation. In some places on the planet it's also legal obligation (compulsory military service). Now, given that Google's offices are located around the world, it is very possible that some of them are located in countries where it your _legal_ obligation to fight terrorism.
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Do you actually have children, Mike?
My 4-year old kid can do things alone. Like turn on his toys. Or mp3 player. When he turn about 6, he will know how to operate computer. _alone_. I will not stay behind his back _all the time_, that's hole idea of "independent doing".
I want to be able to create setup where he can access Internet _alone_, without me constantly making sure he doesn't accidentally click on some random porn/malware link.
Now, if my son can figure out how to bypass iptables-based filter, he really qualified to browse Internet alone. I wish him luck in this task, I really do.
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Re: ip spoofing
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Re: IP Protection Duplicity
US have patents on stuff like one-click-something, for-loops, email, mp3's, almost everything in ASIC and so on. Should we put all engineers in jail for not knowing about some bogus patent USPO approved?
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Re: Re: All OK, except "ip spoofing"
Yes, you can predict sequence number (in some OS's), but you still can't get answer, since target will send it to spoofed IP. Meaning - you can use it for DoS or man-in-the-middle attacks, but not for data transfer.
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All OK, except "ip spoofing"
Regarding "IP doesn't identify a person" - license plate doesn't identify driver either, but let's see following case: your car get stolen at night and enter fatal hit-and-run accident. Your license plate is recorded, and - lo and behold - owner going to jail unless he succeed to prove theft.
So, back to "IP-to-owner issue": IP does identify an owner. And unless owner proves that someone else used his IP - he bear full responsibility.
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