Comment: Himalayas (Score 1) 403
Maybe he wanted to see Mt Everest, close up.
Comment: It all comes around again on the big wheel (Score 2) 188
Having been very close to WinAmp and the AmpDev team in general in its infancy (circa 1996-1999) it's good to see that someone else is taking an interest. When AOL/Time Warner bought it for $100 Million in 1999 we all knew the direction it was going: large, corporate, and stupid. Let's face it, AOL bought WinAmp for the community that came with it. It should be no surprise that they did nothing memorable with it. And I can't fault Justin for taking the money and running.
I remember well the Stupid Factor being turned up to 11 when AOL ditched FreeBSD for SunOS/Solaris when they moved the hardware off of its "home" network. They practically ended up doubling the hardware to accommodate a (much) less functional OS. I could see the downward spiral start months before that happened. So they bought it for $100 Million and they're selling it for $5-10 Million. Good job, guys. Way to build shareholder value. Go, Team!
The TAP/WinAmp Memorial Hot Tub still lives and I use it every day. And I still use WinAmp every day, just not a CURRENT version. ( I still keep the pre-brain-damaged versions around despite some known security issues.)
That little pieces of it survive here and there is a nice reminder of what was, and what could have been, and what still might be. We'll see what Radionomy does with it. I, for one, will be happy to give them a chance to become relevant again.
Good luck, guys! Whip that llama's ass!
+ - On the Ethics of TLD Censorship-> 1
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NoOnesMessiah writes "I run my own name servers for a variety of reasons. Now, thanks to ICANN, I have to consider whether I go down the slippery slope of being a BS sifter by black-holing certain top-level domains.
Oh, I know those .TV, .WS, .INFO, and .CC TLDs are hiiiiiighly coveted, and I just can't wait for .COKE and .WALMART, but I can't help but think that brand-specific TLDs will be more abusive rather than useful. .RUSSIANMAFIA anyone? Can we get a .LULZSEC or .WIKILEAKS TLD while we're at it?
So my attitude it going to be, "use my name servers, deal with my real-world choices." Oh, I'm censoring all right. I know this. And its really going to help with the spam sorting and tagging. Question is, "as a network operator am I really over-stepping my bounds?" What do you think?"
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Oh, I know those
So my attitude it going to be, "use my name servers, deal with my real-world choices." Oh, I'm censoring all right. I know this. And its really going to help with the spam sorting and tagging. Question is, "as a network operator am I really over-stepping my bounds?" What do you think?"
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+ - What are my alternatives to a broken patent system 1
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NoOnesMessiah writes "I've got a good crypto/VPN/VPR thing germinating, and the master sergeant and the cryptologic linguist and the ranger medics all agree that I should pursue it, and that they will use it if I build it. However I also firmly believe that we are all standing on the shoulders of giants when it comes to software and software patents, so I want this thing to be unquestionably free (yes, as in both speech and beer).
I've sired several companies that have done well in the past but this time its about giving back to the community that has been so good to me. And rolling it up with some other open source projects yields a decent security product. Could I sell it? I suppose, but the real answer is, "you don't sell it. You give it back to the community, maybe you productize one flavor of it, and you sell commercial support for it." Not a bad business model in my mind, so it is worth pursuing. But it's still mostly about giving back.
Oh wait..., enter the US Patent and Trademark Office, who'll let you patent "ones" and "zeros" and probably "twos" because they're new and innovative (even though there's no such thing as "two" according to Philip J. Fry). I have no doubt that reptiles in two-thousand-dollar suits will try to pursue intellectual property rights on my ideas again (as they certainly have in the past) but I am willing to take the effort now to protect future rights and freedoms up front.
So how do I do that?
How do I effectively "patent-proof," copy-left, and make-free-to-all-in-perpetuity, in the public domain, one or more of the core, innovative (and presumably patentable) ideas so that they remain free, simply because they could be useful to others? (That, and the fact that I wish to see a lot more encryption on the Internet in the future.)
I wish that John Gilmore, Bruce Schneier, Phil Zimmermann, or Vint Cerf had time to talk about such things but they really don't know, or care about, who I am or what I might be doing. So I thought maybe some snarky Slashdot comments might help. Well, they couldn't hurt.
So, what say you, Slashdotters? What is the intellectual property equivalent of taking a dump in a box and mailing it to the USPTO? I know this is right down your alley. How does one keep an idea truly free? How does one un-file an anti-patent?"
I've sired several companies that have done well in the past but this time its about giving back to the community that has been so good to me. And rolling it up with some other open source projects yields a decent security product. Could I sell it? I suppose, but the real answer is, "you don't sell it. You give it back to the community, maybe you productize one flavor of it, and you sell commercial support for it." Not a bad business model in my mind, so it is worth pursuing. But it's still mostly about giving back.
Oh wait..., enter the US Patent and Trademark Office, who'll let you patent "ones" and "zeros" and probably "twos" because they're new and innovative (even though there's no such thing as "two" according to Philip J. Fry). I have no doubt that reptiles in two-thousand-dollar suits will try to pursue intellectual property rights on my ideas again (as they certainly have in the past) but I am willing to take the effort now to protect future rights and freedoms up front.
So how do I do that?
How do I effectively "patent-proof," copy-left, and make-free-to-all-in-perpetuity, in the public domain, one or more of the core, innovative (and presumably patentable) ideas so that they remain free, simply because they could be useful to others? (That, and the fact that I wish to see a lot more encryption on the Internet in the future.)
I wish that John Gilmore, Bruce Schneier, Phil Zimmermann, or Vint Cerf had time to talk about such things but they really don't know, or care about, who I am or what I might be doing. So I thought maybe some snarky Slashdot comments might help. Well, they couldn't hurt.
So, what say you, Slashdotters? What is the intellectual property equivalent of taking a dump in a box and mailing it to the USPTO? I know this is right down your alley. How does one keep an idea truly free? How does one un-file an anti-patent?"
+ - XBMC 10.0 Dharma is out! Go get it!->
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NoOnesMessiah writes "XBMC 10.0 “Dharma” is ready for consumption. Go get all of the couch-potato-e (with apologies to Dan Quayle) goodness over at XBMC.Org."
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+ - Open Source Intelligence->
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puzzled writes "Open Source Intelligence is the process of monitoring publicly available flows of data using a variety of tools to find the actual information in them."
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Comment: Re:It's a huge issue to app developers, not Google (Score 1) 211
The problem is OEMs have no incentive to put money into handsets they sold two years ago.
The OEMs should be profiting from their own app stores
I suppose its because of the draconian US laws about content delivery over telephone networks, in the end, though
Comment: Oh Brother.... (Score 1) 325
Oh, Hesu..., you whiners haven't looked in my garage, ever!; Apple
+ - Is it time for a "Dear Charlie" letter?
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NoOnesMessiah writes "I'm thinking it might be time for a "Dear Charlie" letter to Dish Network simply because of Roku and Hulu. I'm sick and tired of paying $65+ a month with my bill creeping upward slowly when I only watch about 12 channels anyway. And so I'd like to know what the Slashdot crowd thinks; Is it time to push for A-la-carte programing or it is time for Roku and Hulu? Or is Roku only half-baked yet? What about adding NetFlix into the mix? Where do you spend your home entertainment dollars? (And please don't say EverCrack or Pogo...)"
Comment: It has non-standard pinouts...!?! (Score 1) 460
Seriously!?! Non-standard pinouts. I've been using non-standard pinouts for, what?, 25 plus years!?!
Are you a consultant for the USB lobby, or are you just mildly retarded?
What?, are you expecting some pretty little GUI to configure your fibre channel switches or something?
Or were you just trolling for flames?...
Comment: Re:Airships are meant to be elegant. (Score 1) 343
Elegant. Right. -- Two words: Blueberry Muffin. Seriously, that's what I see when I watch this thing. Bluuuueberry Muffin, my favourite. My favourite!
Comment: JUNO FIRST is another good one .. (Score 1) 78
I love Robotron, play it regularly, Defender too
Robotron
Defender
Scramble
Moon Buggy
Crazy Climber
Crazy Climber 2
Juno First
Pleiades
Pisces
Exerion
Currently, I just can't stop playing Juno First
Comment: Re:The Smart Devices Q7 is a good solution (Score 1) 167
I wouldn't be so quick to jump on the SmartQ7
+ - Global Internet Routing Meltdown Narrowly Averted
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puzzled writes "Some guys in the Czech Republic made a little mistake in BGP configuration and the whole internet rang like a gong for about ninety minutes while the NANOG kids sorted it out. This seems to be a fairly good write up; not so technical that you'd have to be a protocol droid to understand it. Apparently stuff like this almost happens on a not too irregular basis.
http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=11111&pageid=28&pagename=Sci-Tech"
Comment: My suggestions for him: (Score 1) 365
-- Hey, he can keep his blackberry, but only use it in the Oval office.
-- He keeps his blackberry, takes it with him, but it is open and public and well-maintained, and he shares it a lot with whoever he's with
Hey, come to think of it, he's the President now. Why doesn't he just get someone to **make** him the perfect wirehead rig, eh