“Don’t Trust, Don’t Store” variation on Trusted Computing (Trusted Transmission)?

Boing Boing reported that TiVo won’t save certain shows or allow moving them, and the refuted claim by Tivo that “noise” could cause a TiVo to block recording. (trust me instances of standard TV shows being affected by new copy Continue reading “Don’t Trust, Don’t Store” variation on Trusted Computing (Trusted Transmission)?

Getting Ruby’s “require” to work in the Poignant Guide to Ruby

I’m working my way thur “Why’s (Poignant) Guide to Ruby”, chapter 4 “Floating Little Leaves of Code” and ran it a problem doing the “Making the Swap” sub-section example (part of 3. Chaining Delusions Together” – (on a Win XP Continue reading Getting Ruby’s “require” to work in the Poignant Guide to Ruby