don't read if you're sensitive to certain kinds of jokes :)
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1204955&cid=27644305
There's a theory that says "if you put a million monkeys in front of a million typewriters, in a few years you can get the collected works of Shakespeare".
There's another theory that says the internet was invented precisely to test this :-)
2009-04-22
(funny) cartoon on Sun's business strategy
http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/04/oracle-acquires-sun-ars-explores-the-impact-on-open-source.ars
quite hilarious (didn't read the article though -- just the cartoon!)
quite hilarious (didn't read the article though -- just the cartoon!)
2009-04-21
truecrypt and it's dangerous license
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.freedesktop.distributions/275
Note especially the last few paras, in particular, "Our counsel advised us that this license has the appearance of being full of clever traps, which make the license appear to be a sham (and non-free)." That's pretty strong language for a lawyer to make! Also read the analysis of the simple clause: "NOTHING IN THIS LICENSE SHALL IMPLY OR BE CONSTRUED AS A PROMISE, OBLIGATION, OR COVENANT NOT TO SUE FOR COPYRIGHT OR TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT"
My advice: use the normal Linux mechanisms -- dm-crypt, cryptsetup, and LUKS.
Forget about plausible deniability -- that's a load of fertiliser these days, since that feature has been touted so often in so many fora that the fact that you have truecrypt installed can mean they ask you for your second password :-)
If you're on Windows, buy a commercial license (although I suspect that may also have the same clause in it!), or use some competing product, or forget about encryption.
Or use Windows bitlocker :-) Your data will be very safe. If your hardware changes in any way, it will be safe even from you :-)
Note especially the last few paras, in particular, "Our counsel advised us that this license has the appearance of being full of clever traps, which make the license appear to be a sham (and non-free)." That's pretty strong language for a lawyer to make! Also read the analysis of the simple clause: "NOTHING IN THIS LICENSE SHALL IMPLY OR BE CONSTRUED AS A PROMISE, OBLIGATION, OR COVENANT NOT TO SUE FOR COPYRIGHT OR TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT"
My advice: use the normal Linux mechanisms -- dm-crypt, cryptsetup, and LUKS.
Forget about plausible deniability -- that's a load of fertiliser these days, since that feature has been touted so often in so many fora that the fact that you have truecrypt installed can mean they ask you for your second password :-)
If you're on Windows, buy a commercial license (although I suspect that may also have the same clause in it!), or use some competing product, or forget about encryption.
Or use Windows bitlocker :-) Your data will be very safe. If your hardware changes in any way, it will be safe even from you :-)