tag:alterna-tech.com,2007:/breadcrumb/17 2007-07-25T13:40:08Z Navigating in an IT Forest Movable Type 3.2ysb5-20051201 tag:alterna-tech.com,2007:/breadcrumb//17.379 2007-07-25T13:39:48Z 2007-07-25T13:40:08Z

The expression is, "If you don't bend you break." That has certainly been the case with fiber optics in the transmission sense. Bending the cable means poor or no performance. But Corning has developed a nanotech guardrail on a breakthrough...

Josh http://www.alterna-tech.com Corning has developed a nanotech guardrail on a breakthrough fiber optic product. This keeps the light and data from escaping.]]> tag:alterna-tech.com,2007:/breadcrumb//17.378 2007-07-25T13:32:34Z 2007-07-25T13:33:02Z

Maybe you'll rest easier knowing that 29,000 sex offenders have been booted from MySpace. Or maybe you'll wonder how many more they've missed. Where does false information fall into the picture. Do these sex offenders face repercussions? Will legislation one...

Josh http://www.alterna-tech.com 29,000 sex offenders have been booted from MySpace. Or maybe you'll wonder how many more they've missed. Where does false information fall into the picture. Do these sex offenders face repercussions? Will legislation one day reflect this technological frontier?]]> tag:alterna-tech.com,2007:/breadcrumb//17.377 2007-07-25T06:34:57Z 2007-07-25T06:35:11Z

Only in Sweden would you find a record label resorting to the Pirate Bay to distribute is music. The indy label Labrador Records had released a 68 track sampler for free and its servers couldn't withstand the traffic. That's where...

Josh http://www.alterna-tech.com Only in Sweden would you find a record label resorting to the Pirate Bay to distribute is music. The indy label Labrador Records had released a 68 track sampler for free and its servers couldn't withstand the traffic. That's where Pirate Bay steps in. I bet some poor RIAA executive just fell over dead--tomorrow he'l be turning over in his grave. ]]> tag:alterna-tech.com,2007:/breadcrumb//17.376 2007-07-25T06:26:20Z 2007-07-25T06:26:34Z

Skype is being sued for selling a Linux-based VOIP phone without making the source code available. Oops. I guess they forgot about the GPL2. They later started putting fliers in the packaging to inform users were to get the source...

Josh http://www.alterna-tech.com Skype is being sued for selling a Linux-based VOIP phone without making the source code available. Oops. I guess they forgot about the GPL2. They later started putting fliers in the packaging to inform users were to get the source code. That was apparently not good enough for the German courts though. ]]> tag:alterna-tech.com,2007:/breadcrumb//17.375 2007-07-25T06:20:33Z 2007-07-25T06:20:56Z

Among the 700 feeds in my reader when I returned from Scout Camp was this interesting tidbit. Facebook is being sued for allegedly stealing ideas and code from ConnectU. This will be interesting to follow. At state is a billion...

Josh http://www.alterna-tech.com Facebook is being sued for allegedly stealing ideas and code from ConnectU. This will be interesting to follow. At state is a billion dollar web site, which ConnectU is hoping o control. Maybe Zuckerberg should have sold to Yahoo last year while he still could. ]]> tag:alterna-tech.com,2007:/breadcrumb//17.372 2007-07-15T05:08:27Z 2007-07-15T05:08:38Z

It's always great news when the RIAA gets a setback, though it does mean that a new attack will be made. Judge Kelley has deemed the RIAA's ex parte suits unlawful. Good. Judge Kelley just got a vote in my...

Josh http://www.alterna-tech.com It's always great news when the RIAA gets a setback, though it does mean that a new attack will be made. Judge Kelley has deemed the RIAA's ex parte suits unlawful. Good. Judge Kelley just got a vote in my book. tag:alterna-tech.com,2007:/breadcrumb//17.371 2007-07-15T05:05:34Z 2007-07-15T05:06:08Z

I tell you, I get heat exhaustion and wish to curl up in a little ball and die just one day, and the whole IT world falls apart. Intel is appointed to the One Laptop Per Child Board. Google is...

Josh http://www.alterna-tech.com Intel is appointed to the One Laptop Per Child Board. Google is being sued in China but not for copyright infringement, but for its name. A company called Guge, who created the name afterwards solely to litigate against Google, says they are receiving too many phone calls intended for the search giant. They are merely asking Google to change its name. Fat chance. Meanwhile it is being sued in Australia, as its links are apparently misleading. To its credit a Pennsylvania appeals court has ruled that Google is off the hood in the Usenet archiving case, since that falls under Safe Harbor. Microsoft has decided to completely endorse spyware in its Windows. I bet it has to be Windows Genuine Advantage validated, though. Yet another reason that I'm glad to use Ubuntu. (Besides the newest, update and watch your computer go crazy fiasco.) Judge Evans of the 7th Circuit of Appeals used a copyrighted YouTube clip in his opinion that invalidated a trademark claim. The clip involved George Brett's pine tar incident. (The clip was later taken down.)]]> tag:alterna-tech.com,2007:/breadcrumb//17.370 2007-07-15T04:43:00Z 2007-07-15T04:43:12Z

I was born just 5 months (and change) from when the first virus was spread. It was Elk Cloner on the Apple II (in 1982.) Sadly, all it did was popup poetry. Things aren't so dull anymore....

Josh http://www.alterna-tech.com irst virus was spread. It was Elk Cloner on the Apple II (in 1982.) Sadly, all it did was popup poetry. Things aren't so dull anymore. ]]> tag:alterna-tech.com,2007:/breadcrumb//17.369 2007-07-15T04:33:56Z 2007-07-15T04:34:08Z

This is another quick post. Follow the link to see some of the weirdest searches performed on the internet....

Josh http://www.alterna-tech.com some of the weirdest searches performed on the internet. ]]> tag:alterna-tech.com,2007:/breadcrumb//17.368 2007-07-15T04:31:38Z 2007-07-15T04:31:48Z

I need a category for "Just Plain Sad." This tot in Poland was born drunk. His mother apparently doesn't know or doesn't care about alcohol's effects on babies (i.e. retardation.) She was drunk during labor, and 12 hours later the...

Josh http://www.alterna-tech.com his tot in Poland was born drunk. His mother apparently doesn't know or doesn't care about alcohol's effects on babies (i.e. retardation.) She was drunk during labor, and 12 hours later the baby was still 6 times the normal Polish limit. Thankfully, she won't have custody of the child. ]]> tag:alterna-tech.com,2007:/breadcrumb//17.367 2007-07-15T04:26:38Z 2007-07-15T04:26:48Z

Media Defender purchased P2P.net for several thousand dollars. But, their party was spoiled when torrentfreak discovered the deal. Now, Media Defender has redirected all P2P.net traffic to the torrentfreak article. (No, really, I verified.) If you can't beat them, join...

Josh http://www.alterna-tech.com torrentfreak discovered the deal. Now, Media Defender has redirected all P2P.net traffic to the torrentfreak article. (No, really, I verified.) If you can't beat them, join them, I guess. ]]> tag:alterna-tech.com,2007:/breadcrumb//17.366 2007-07-15T04:15:33Z 2007-07-15T04:15:45Z

Web radio has been spared a sudden death by SoundExchange. SoundExchange has deferred payments until a satisfactory rate can be acheived. That means that there will be life after July 15th....

Josh http://www.alterna-tech.com SoundExchange has deferred payments until a satisfactory rate can be acheived. That means that there will be life after July 15th. ]]> tag:alterna-tech.com,2007:/breadcrumb//17.365 2007-07-13T04:27:24Z 2007-07-13T04:27:56Z

No, it's not itching. I'm just confused. Apple apparently bought CUPS, a UNIX printing framework. My question is how? It's open source. There's no need to purchase it. Maybe they bought the trademark. Maybe the program went right along with...

Josh http://www.alterna-tech.com
Apple apparently bought CUPS, a UNIX printing framework. My question is how? It's open source. There's no need to purchase it. Maybe they bought the trademark. Maybe the program went right along with the hiring of the developer. In any case, I'm expecting a fork. We'll see what happens. ]]> tag:alterna-tech.com,2007:/breadcrumb//17.364 2007-07-13T04:20:08Z 2007-07-13T04:20:33Z

They hate net neutrality. They volunteer to let the NSA spy on you. They will soon be invading all of your e-communications, too. Who are they? AT&T. The name in despicable doings. The newest announcement is that they'll be filtering...

Josh http://www.alterna-tech.com
They volunteer to let the NSA spy on you.

They will soon be invading all of your e-communications, too.

Who are they?

AT&T.

The name in despicable doings.

The newest announcement is that they'll be filtering "pirated" content off of their networks. The problem is that doing so will come back to haunt them. There is no foolproof way of doing so. Thousands or millions of users will have legitimate data lost in transmission. This is the wrong approach to the piracy issue. ]]> tag:alterna-tech.com,2007:/breadcrumb//17.363 2007-07-13T04:12:35Z 2007-07-13T04:12:49Z

Or Gbps are wasted on some people. Sigbritt Lothberg, The 75 year old mother of Peter Lothberg (aparently he's something of an 'internet legend' in Sweden,) has achieved the closest thing to Nirvana, and has become something of a legend...

Josh http://www.alterna-tech.com
Sigbritt Lothberg, The 75 year old mother of Peter Lothberg (aparently he's something of an 'internet legend' in Sweden,) has achieved the closest thing to Nirvana, and has become something of a legend herself. Having never used a computer before, she now surfs at 40 Gbps. I started out at 14.4 Kbps. It's just not fair. She doesn't ever know how to use it or appreciate it. I would definitely need a much larger hard-drive with that kind of connection.

On a side note, after Hafstein Jonsson described the process of making the fiber optics transmit like rabbits breeding, he mentions this jewel.

"The most difficult part of the whole project was installing Windows on Sigbritt's PC." Should've used Ubuntu.]]>