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An illustration that will be given to the grand prize winner of a contest put on by the Mardigian Library at the Univ. of Michigan/Dearborn. I'll be giving a presentation on Saturday morning at the university for their Young Author's Conference. I was asked to illustrate the winning story and here tis. In her essay the young author shared a difficult true story about her family life and also her desire to create books for kids who, like her, have felt the pain of loving someone who can't or won't love back. A noble desire. She has some serious writing skills. I wish her courage, fortitude and hope that she continues to believe in her dream, in the near and far future.
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Vol.33 No.4 November 1999
Public Policy Committee Activities
Bob Ellis
November 99 Columns
Public Policy
Once again our column is multi-topic. First, I present my annual summary of public policy activities at SIGGRAPH 99. Then Myles Losch and I update information in the "Last Mile" bandwidth survey which appeared in the May 99 column. We noticed that in our original report we did not stress security and privacy issues which may be a problem with these technologies. Also in the May report, we provided a reference for a group working for open cable access, but did not provide a reference to a group for the opposing side; we correct that here.
Then Myles presents recent controversies which have not been widely reported, regarding FCC technical standards for digital TV (DTV). These concern copyright protection for content, and radio signal formats for broadcasting. Either issue, if not resolved soon, could weaken DTVs appeal to consumers.
David Nelson and Laurie Reinhart summarize the results of our two on-line surveys. They present the final report for the first survey which asked about policy issues related to computer graphics. They also present a report on the second survey which asked questions about important problems in computer graphics which in some way remain unsolved. The second survey was our contribution to the forward looking material presented at the 30th anniversary of SIGGRAPH celebration. As you can see from the relatively small number of respondents, the surveys represent the opinions of only a very small subset of the computer graphics community. We welcome any suggestions on ideas for getting a larger response. As usual, we must caution that these surveys are not a valid representation of the computer graphics community because, in part, the respondents are self selected.
Finally, watch for our third on-line survey which will appear on siggraph.org sometime this Fall or Winter. It will focus on soliciting your positions on key policy issues.
Bob Ellis
Public Policy Activities at SIGGRAPH 99
Bob Ellis
We held our annual committee meeting which is the only time our committee meets face to face. Seven committee members were present as well as the newly elected SIGGRAPH Chair (Judy Brown) and Vice-Chair (Alan Chalmers). We were fortunate to have ACM President Barbara Simons as our guest. Barbara was previously the Chair of USACM, the ACMs U.S. public policy organization and continues to have a strong interest in policy activities. She was able to give us some insight into her plans for ACM policy activities and, I hope, gain a better appreciation for our SIGGRAPH policy activities. Some details of recent ACM policy work can be found at www.acm.org and at www.icannwatch.org/archives.
We reviewed our past years activities which included several strong columns in Computer Graphics, completion of our first two on-line surveys, participation in the SIGGRAPH 30th anniversary celebration, organization of a session at CFP99 and participation in a USACM Congressional briefing. Our plans for the coming year were discussed including greater visibility for policy activities in CACM and Computer Graphics, continued strong Computer Graphics columns, proposed sessions for CFP2000, our third on-line survey which will focus on policy issues, studies on computer graphics research directions, working with USACM on possibly expanded activities and possible new white papers. My assessment of our accomplishments is that we are doing well on providing information to SIGGRAPH members and the technical community, but providing information to U.S. policy makers requires stronger ACM presence in Washington. Our international activities have remained implicit in our other activities.
Our second event was our annual SIG meeting. This year we presented and advertised a program and had a record breaking attendance: four committee members and six guests! The low attendance numbers are not surprising considering the competition we get from the conference. We were fortunate to have two attendees from the U.K. and one from France.
For the program Myles Losch reviewed the material in our May 99 column on high bandwidth Internet connections and Bob Mcclain from Covad presented the perspective of a non-telco DSL provider. Our European visitors gave us impromptu presentations of the situation in their countries. My interpretation of their remarks is while the details are different than in the U.S., the situation is quite similar: the incumbent telecommunications providers are facing increased competition and are trying to figure out how to meet it. One difference is that cable providers are not as strong or pervasive as in the U.S. and are not yet providing much competition in the area of high speed Internet access.
Finally, I provided my annual, in person update on policy to the SIGGRAPH Executive Committee (EC) at their meeting on the Saturday following the conference. I covered the items from our committee and the SIG meetings. I also admitted that there were a couple of things we didnt do. I always plan for a white paper working meeting but because we didnt do a white paper, we didnt have such a meeting. I also plan to invite someone from outside the committee to our committee meeting, but this didnt happen either, although Barbara Simons presence partially qualified. The EC received this information with interest. They suggested a useful activity would be to provide information on the use of intellectual property materials for SIGGRAPH contributors and provided a pointer to a person who was expert in this area. I believe that this would make an interesting topic for a Computer Graphics column, and Im always looking for contributors!
Security and Privacy Issues with High Speed Internet Connections
Bob Ellis and Myles Losch
There are two issues we didnt stress in our May report. Because most knowledge and experience is with DSL and cable modem service, we will restrict our discussion to those services. First, the "always on" (except if you turn off your computer!) means that you are connected to the Internet for potentially long periods of time with a static IP address. This means that "cracking" programs have ample opportunity to break into your system. In fact we know of a number of technically sophisticated home computer users who implement a firewall computer separate from the computer they use for processing. Such users report break-in attempts several times per hour. Given the low level of network security of the typical home computer, this means sooner or later such a break in attempt will succeed and possibly compromise the operation of and files stored on the computer.
A partially mitigating situation is the fact that most DSL providers assign a floating IP address each time you do reconnect. So if a cracking program has found something interesting on your computer, it will find a different computer after a new IP address is assigned. It is unclear to what extent cable TV Internet providers may adopt similar practices.
The other issue relates to the use of whatever local area networking software is commonly run on the subject computer to make the actual connect to the data service. This requires extra diligence on the part of the user to ensure that others on the local area net do not have access to the computer. Microsoft Windows is a particular problem in this respect because the default local area networking parameters are set to share everything. This means, for example, that the people you are sharing your cable Internet access channel may have access to your files and even your printers unless the default settings are changed. Indeed, there have been reports in the popular press describing just such situations.
Finally, in our May report we provided a pointer to the group No Gate Keepers (www.nogatekeepers.org) which advocates that cable Internet services provide access to any ISP who wishes to gain access to their networks. At the time, we mentioned that there were groups advocating the opposite position: that cable Internet services be allowed to continue to provide access only to self selected ISPs. One such group is NetAction (www.netaction.org). Note that NetActions position is related to their interest in seeing competition in all aspects of consumer communications: entertainment delivery, voice and broadband data services. Cable networks are typically designed for only the first of these and require costly upgrades to support the other services. In order for cable providers to do this, NetAction and others argue that it is reasonable to allow cable operators the freedom to provide non-voice services on their own terms. As you can see, this is a complex issue and thus broadband and other non-traditional cable services cannot be separated from telephony with its legacy of regulation.
FCC Digital TV Standards Update
Myles Losch
Several years ago, SIGGRAPHs Public Policy Committee and others in the computer industry worked with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to ensure that U.S. technical standards for digital television (DTV, including HDTV) would support such computer-friendly features as square pixels and progressive (vs. interlaced) scanning of the video raster.
Now that DTV is available to consumers, two new technical standards issues have arisen at the FCC which, unless soon resolved, could hinder market acceptance of this new high-quality video service (and thus reduce its need for new computer graphics imagery). These issues are:
Radio Signal Format for (Terrestrial) Broadcast Stations
New tests in cities show that the FCCs current standard for over-the-air DTV transmission performs much worse with indoor receiving antennas, than the comparable European and Japanese broadcast standards. Many urban apartment and condominium dwellers must use indoor TV antennas, in part because of FCC restrictions on outdoor antenna placement (shaped by landlords concerns about infringement of their constitutional property rights).
Some broadcasters, fearing a loss of economic value for their new DTV channels if fewer people could watch them, proposed that the FCC switch to a different radio signal format (though this would require the consumer electronics industry to buy back the tens of thousands of DTV receivers already in use).
As this is written, two chip vendors (Motorola and Nxtwave) claim to have new digital signal processing chips that, if added to future (but not existing) DTV receiver models, would largely solve the problem without changing FCC standards. These claims remain to be proven.
Copy Protection for DTV Programs
One workaround for the indoor antenna problem would be greater reliance on cable television for DTV delivery to urban residents. But cable operators ability to respond is limited both by channel capacity constraints in their networks, and by the demands of DTV program copyright owners (led by the major motion picture studios) that DTV sent by cable be heavily encrypted to restrict home recording.
Cable operators (and broadcasters) have agreed to this, but consumer electronics (CE) makers have not, arguing that it would nullify the U.S. Supreme Courts 1984 Sony Betamax decision (464 U.S. 417) which legalized home recording. CE makers fear that, were they obliged to offer only crippled boxes to record DTV, few would buy them, and DTV might fail commercially (as DAT and DIVX did). Some in the computer industry think that the longer such disputes persist among older players, the greater will be their own opportunity to develop the PC as a home entertainment platform.
Into this situation has stepped FCC Chair William Kennard, who initially demanded that all parties resolve their differences by last July 1 so that DTV could be carried via cable. When the inter-industry negotiations failed, a new target date of October 31 was set, overshadowed by Kennards threat to impose technical standards (which some guess would be more pro-consumer than copyright owners want) for sending DTV over cable, if the negotiators again fail.
Good online references for this issue include www.hrrc.org (a CE industry affiliated group) and www.dtcp.com (a pro-copyright site). CACMs legal columnist Prof. Pam Samuelson has often addressed digital copyright issues in recent years, and those columns are also recommended reading.
On-line Surveys
David Nelson and Laurie Reinhart
Final results for both on-line surveys are included as bar graphs in this column.
Preliminary results for the first survey were included in the May issue, and the final results shown here are similar (see Figure 1).
Results of the second survey looking at future directions, as part of ACM SIGGRAPHs 30th Anniversary celebration, were distributed at the conference, but a sizable increase in the number of responses has changed some final results (see Figure 2-5).
Robert Ellis is Chair of SIGGRAPHs Public Policy Committee. When last gainfully employed (1993), he was Sun Microsystems representative on the Computer Systems Policy Projects (CSPP) Technology Committee and also co-managed Suns external research program. Before that, Ellis held computer graphics software development and management positions with Sun, GE-Calma, Atari, Boeing and Washington University (St. Louis).
Figure 1: Online survey No. 1.
Figure 2: Modeling.
Figure 3: Rendering.
Figure 4: Interactive Techniques.
Figure 5: Computing Technology.
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Pearls of Wisdom Tooth Pendant © Margaux Lange
This pendant was a custom commission for talented artist Amy C. Evans from Mississippi (a fellow MICA alum!) It's made of sterling silver, resin and pearls that were gifted to Amy from a friend of hers, Florida oysterman, A.L. Quick.
Because of the toothy-looking nature of the pearls, we decided to go with a quirky, tooth-themed piece. I'm pleased with the results and Amy was too! Check out some of Amy's fantastic paintings below. Her most recent work can be seen at the Koelsch Gallery in Houston, and you can find even more on her flickr page, her etsy shop and follow along on her wonderful blog Made in Mississippi. Many thanks Amy!


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Friday, 20 January 2012
Recent books for pleasure (redux)
Okay, okay, so I've not been that good at keeping you up to date about my 'leisure reading'. It's important to do this, I find, when you read books for work every day. If you don't then read for pleasure, the words all kind of merge together on the page. Something different but allied is always best, to keep you awake but away from tomes about governance, national identity, 'Britishness' and complexity (not necessarily in that order)!
Anyway, so this is what I've read with profit this last quarter:
Simon Winchester, Atlantic: A Vast Ocean of a Million Stories (2010) (and above). This was great. I've not always enjoyed Winchester's work before, finding the combination of a micro-study with macro-reflections tiring to read. But this is excellent - personal, reflective, vigorous and varied in its story telling. A bit of an unexpected treat.
Ryszard Kapuscinski, Travels with Herodotus (2007). This is lovely too, full of vignettes about the post-war world by the greatest of all travel writers. I found the Herodotus trope a bit contrived and I lost the thread sometimes, but you know what? I think that was my fault.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (2007). There are some great stories here - counter-intuitive examples about how we don't think unlikely things can happen. Almost impossible things go on, of course, all the time. But how do we spot them? Taleb isn't as clear about this, but I suppose that would be the real trick.
Kate Atkinson, Started Early, Took My Dog (2010). This is more like it. I loved this, like I loved all the other 'Jackson Brodie' novels. Now there was less Brodie in this one, and more retired-policewoman-and-enigmatic-non-talking-girl. It was still a lovely piece of story telling that managed to be warm and sinister at the same time. Quite a feat.
Howard Jacobson, The Finkler Question (2010). Elderly North London Jewish guys ruminate about life, love, politics and betrayal. I think I missed some of the references, and I got the distinct impression that this book wasn't aimed at me, but it was still elegiac, moving and clever.
Michael Moorcock, The Coming of the Terraphiles (2010). A bit of a guilty pleasure this one, and a present. But Doctor Who? Cricket? Inter-galactic pirates? Aristocratic inter-stellar tourists? Lovely. A bit of crazy New SF comes to Doctor Who - better on the ideas front than the writing, but you can't have everything.
Alwyn Turner, The Man Who Invented the Daleks: The Strange Worlds of Terry Nation (2011). Also excellent, though better for context than in getting inside Nation's head... not only Doctor Who, but The Avengers, Survivors and Blake's Seven covered, and none the worse for it. Now turning my mind to 'A History of the Future in Twentieth Century' Britain, Nation's professional (though not personal) pessimism about that future will be a key strand.
So there we have it - some work themes interspaced with some fun. Ideal.
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This sensational recipe from Locanda di Cipriani, on the tiny island of Torcello at the northern end of the Venetian Lagoon, is one of my absolute favourite pastas.
According to Harry's Bar Cookbook by Arrigo Cipriani, in which a version of this recipe appears, Cipriani says that this dish is "one of the few combinations of French and Italian cuisines on our menu — the pasta and the ham are Italian; the sauce and the cooking method are French." It has become a classic of Locanda di Cipriani because everybody adores it, which is no great surprise. It is so easy to make and entirely delicious — the ultimate culinary combination.
100 grams of thick cut Prosciutto di Parma, about 2 slices
Julienned and sautéed for one minute
The sautéed prosciutto is added to the cooked tagliolini and tossed well with some butter and grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
The pasta is then placed in an oven proof casserole dish
Topped with grated Parmigiano-Reggiano, a cup of Béchamel sauce, a little more cheese and dotted with butter, the pasta is set under a broiler for 6-8 minutes until lightly golden and bubbly
The dish infuses the kitchen with the most mouth watering and intoxicatingly delicious aroma
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3 tbsp butter
100 g prosciutto di Parma, thick cut, cut into julienne strips
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1/2 cup Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, freshly grated
salt and white pepper to taste
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2 tbsp flour
1 cup whole milk
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Bring a large pot of water to a boil over high heat. Meanwhile, make a bechamel sauce by melting the butter in a medium, heavy saucepan over medium-low heat until melted. Add the flour and cook, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until smooth, about 2 minutes. Over medium heat, cook until the mixture turns a light, golden sandy color, about 6 to 7 minutes. Heat the milk in a separate pan until just about to boil. Add the hot milk to the butter mixture 1 cup at a time, whisking continuously until very smooth. Bring to a boil. Cook 10 minutes, stirring constantly, then remove from heat. Season with salt and nutmeg, and set aside until ready to use.
Preheat the broiler. Melt 1 tablespoon of the butter in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Add the prosciutto and cook it for a minute, stirring constantly. Cook the pasta in the boiling water untill al dente, then drain well in a colander. Put it in the pan with the prosciutto and toss well. Add another tablespoon of the butter, sprinkle with half the Parmigiano-Reggiano, and toss well to combine.
Spread the pasta evenly in a copper grating dish or casserole. Spoon the béchamel sauce over the top and sprinkle with the remaining Parmigiano. Cut the remaining butter in to bits and scatter over the top. Broil as close as possible to the heat source or 475°F until golden and bubbly, about 6-8 minutes, and serve immediately.


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"Here is the answer which I will give to President Roosevelt…We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle nor the long-drawn battles of vigilance and exertion will wear us down. Give us the tools and we will finish the job." – Winston Churchill, Radio Speech, 1941.
I thought of beginning the monologue with the words of a man who was so optimistic about his own country that he looked down snobbishly at others. Winston Churchill also unfortunately belonged to that school of thought which relished as it wrote the obituary of the then newly born Indian democracy.
Ha! Ha! Ha! Then this is how I would respond if I were to visit the grave of the British Statesman with a bouquet of Lilies and probably think, "We did it Mr. Churchill! Contrary to your pessimistic notions, we did it and with panache!"
The foremost meaning of democracy for me is the ability to air my views without the fear of bearing the brunt of any tyrannical regime. I can roam around freely anywhere in this part of the country without having to face the ignominy of boards that said, 'Dogs and Indians not allowed'. This is my India which has come a long way in a time period spanning sixty-four years. Yes, there have been pitfalls for sure nevertheless the journey has been an illustrious one.
Religion and caste have been those sores of our system that has afflicted the society in a way that goes beyond anyone's comprehension. There have been patches of Dark Age sprinkled immediately after partition in 1947, Anti-Sikh riots of 1984, Babri Masjid demolition in 1992 and Godhra carnage in 2002. Lessons have been learnt and what masses have to watch out for is aversion of those instances that tend to incinerate and disrupt the prevalent harmony. While the migrant Sikhs have emerged as one of the prosperous communities of India, it is the Ram-Rahim model of business (referring to equal partnership between Hindu and Muslim brethren inhabiting the area) emerging in Alindra, on the outskirts of Godhra that is taking everyone by surprise. Ayodhya verdict of 2011 and the unanticipated calm that prevailed thereafter asserted a basic contention that perhaps things other than temple and mosque mattered more to people. Well, in the words of lyricist Prasoon Joshi – 'Kisi ne kuch banaya tha, kisi ne kuch banaya hai, humein fursat kahan roti ki golai ke chakkar se, na jane kiska mandir hai, na jane kiski masjid hai".
The thorn of caste is yet to be plucked from the garden of diverse ethnicity and culture, unpleasant dank zephyr has already taken to leeward side. Though the regime of UP Chief Minister might bear the blot of large-scale corruption, miniscule development and draining of resources over the construction of elephants and her own statues, yet for a large section of the Dalits, Mayawati is an individual to reckon with. For, she has emerged as the potent face of a community that was used to discrimination of sorts for ages. As the first and only lady Dalit Chief Minister of India, the ferocious leader of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has proven that power and authority is no longer restricted to the shackles of the Upper Caste. A round of applause for the proclamation that has popped up and which establishes that Harijan are more than being the despised class.
While the Parliament and even the State Assembly has been reduced to a jamboree where everyone wants to speak and nobody is ready to listen; where chairs are thrown at each other apart from scathing remarks, even porn is being viewed at in spare time, a mausoleum of hoodlums is at display as they seek refuge-cum-afterlife (after having impressive criminal records, you see!) here, there are governing bodies like the Election Commission that can set the record straight if it wants to like it happened recently in Salman Khurshid case. The minister went around daring the EC only to render a sincere apology later on.
In fact I'm bowled over at times by the reach and control of Judiciary. After all it was only due to judicial intervention that government had to enact Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act and Right to Information Act. These have been landmark legislations indeed that are more than mere accoutrements in the democratic machinery. Who knows perhaps the Lokpal Bill might be cherry on top of this case. However in my personal opinion Anna Baba should have adapted more democratic ways of pushing through his idea rather than hopping on to autocratic ways and social media platforms for creating a superficial upsurge that seems to have gone into hibernation in a matter of few months only.
Pontificating according to me is a fool's job and we perhaps need to stand atop a height that enables us to have a panoramic view of the entire State. Hey! What do I see? An Absent State! This black hole encompasses regions of Kashmir, North-East, Chattisgarh and other tribal areas. Something has gone terribly bad with the residents out here. While one section has resorted to stone pelting to give vent to its anger and grievances, the others have chosen to pick up arms against the very State they are citizens of. There is an underlying dissatisfaction behind this incorrigible behavior. Perhaps it's high time when instead of Operation Green Hunt our Home Minister should focus on launching an Operation Trust Building, an initiative which rekindles the faith among these rebellions into the belief of 'for the people & by the people'. Trust me it isn't tough if only we can seek a way out by not eliminating the likes of Chemkuri 'Azad' and Kishenji via heinous and shoddy encounters; what about employing Kobad Ghandy as an interlocutor and giving it a try with utmost earnestness!
In midst of all the haranguing act that one witnesses with respect to the rising elephant that has finally come to triumph the world, some people are being left behind in this tryst with progress. Welcome to the land of Bharat a place unlike the zealous India that trundles in hope of matching its pace one day with its other counterparts enjoying the fruits of a liberalized India. Numbers are disturbing, more than 37% of India's population of 1.35 billion lives below the poverty line; for them every single day is a struggle for existence as they try and strike a chord with minimal means of subsistence.
Let us acknowledge the presence of Bharat and generate means where they can also claim on to the saddle of development and realize that GDP is not just a figure. That day shall redeem the status of Second Independence Day in the history of India, for our Prime minister would not deliver a mundane rhetoric of achievements from the bulwarks of the Red Fort, rather there would be spluttering over tranche of ways when empowerment has overcome frailty and agriculture contributes more than other industrial sectors in the overall economy.
Till then I would posit my trust firmly in the lady called Democracy who actually loves playing the hopscotch with us. She has just made her presence felt in the terrain of West Asia in the form of Arab Spring and is endeavoring to dole out more such cosmic outcomes. By the way I guess it's our turn to snuff the opportunity and play wisely by taking just the right steps around the stone.


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I live in the south, the Capital of the Confederacy, to be exact, and as a Northerner I am still adjusting to the different ways that Southerners choose to live their lives. To be sure, there's a certain amount of Faulkner-esque sadness and drama, but there is a thread that is equally strong if not stronger: politeness. No, it's something more than politeness. It's more than being civil. It is a code of living taught by Southern mothers, who said to their children as they left for school "Be sweet." Roy Blount, Jr., a marvelous chronicler of a bygone Southern life, wrote a book with that title, celebrating the notion that we live better when we choose to be sweet to each other rather than by being mean or worrying about who is winning. Be sweet.
I thought about this today as I read a FaceBook post by a clergywoman who lives in the North, who was charmed when a TSA agent said "Ma'am, would you feel comfortable removing your sweater before you pass through our little metal detector here?" A little moment of "be sweet" that is quintessentially Southern. I cannot imagine a TSA agent at JFK or O'Hare asking in quite the same way. The corollary, of course, is that when someone requests something in "be sweet"-speak, we are often happy to comply. When we are barked at, it feels like a grudging effort.
It's one of the things I preach at marriages: be sweet. Not a pushover or doormat. Not ignoring problems. No, you can be strong and clear and self-actualized, but the key thing is this: you don't need to be rude or mean to reach those states of being. You can be sweet. Generations of Southern women have made it into an art form.
So on this Friday as Valentine's Day (that celebration of all things cloyingly sweet) approaches, what are the "be sweet" moments that snuck up on you recently?
For me, it was a FaceBook post by my son. I had given him a pewter keyring of a snowboarder for Christmas, and he posted a picture of it hanging from his car's ignition, with "I love you, Mom" as a status. Not what one expects from a 26 year old guy, which si what makes it doubly sweet...
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BTCUSD has been consolidating inside a symmetrical triangle pattern on its 4-hour chart for quite some time now, forming lower highs and higher lows. Price bounced off support and might be due to test resistance again.
The 100 SMA is below the 200 SMA so there's a chance for a downside break. However, these moving averages are oscillating so the consolidation could simply carry on. RSI is pointing up to show that buyers are gaining ground while stochastic is also heading north so BTCUSD might follow suit.
In that case, price could head up to the triangle resistance at $430 for a quick test and an upside breakout could mark the start of a longer-term climb. On the other hand, if sellers take control and push for a break below support at $400, a downtrend could ensue.
The upcoming NFP release could serve as a major catalyst for a breakout, as strong data could reinforce dollar demand despite the FOMC's cautious stance while weak data could lead to a dollar selloff.
The ADP report printed a slightly stronger than expected read of 200K versus the 195K estimate, although the previous reading was downgraded to suggest that negative revisions might also be seen for the actual NFP.
Also due this week is the Chinese PMI readings and upbeat results could usher in risk appetite. In that case, the higher-yielding bitcoin could benefit from a return in risk-taking while a risk-off environment could spur a downside break.
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M. Ryan Calo is the Lane Powell and D. Wayne Gittinger Associate Professor at the University of Washington School of Law and formerly a director at the Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society (CIS). Ryan researches the intersection of law and emerging technology, with an emphasis on robotics and the Internet.
Batya Friedman is a Professor in the Information School at the University of Washington where she co-directs the Value Sensitive Design Research Lab. Batya's research develops theory, methods, and toolkits for foregrounding human values in the design of new technologies, most recently with an emphasis on systems that will unfold over longer timeframes on the order of 100 years.
Tadayoshi (Yoshi) Kohno is the Short-Dooley Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington. Yoshi's research is focused on understanding and improving the computer security and privacy properties of current and future technologies.
Hannah Almeter is the Program Manager at the Tech Policy Lab. In addition to managing the Lab's operations and communications, she also supports many of the Lab's events.
Emily M. Bender is a Professor of Linguistics and Adjunct Professor of Computer Science & Engineering and the University of Washington. She is the founding Faculty Director of the Professional Masters in Computational Linguistics (CLMS) program. Her research interests include computational semantics (representing human language meaning in machine-readable form), multilingual natural language processing, and technology for assisting in the documentation of endangered languages.
Howard Jay Chizeck is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Washington where he co-directs the Biorobotics Laboratory. He is also a faculty member in the Graduate Program in Neuroscience. His research interests are in telerobotics and neural engineering, including haptic navigation and control for robotic surgery and for underwater devices, as well as security of telerobotic systems and the design and security of brain-machine interfaces.
William Covington is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Washington School of Law and directs the Technology Law and Public Policy Clinic. The students in Bill's Clinic study the policy making process and conduct in-depth examinations of areas where public policy and technology intersect.
David G. Hendry is associate professor at The Information School, University of Washington, where he teaches courses in human-computer interaction, information system design, and foundations of information science. He investigates tools, practices, and systems that create the conditions for sustainable, inclusive participation in the design of information systems.
Franziska (Franzi) Roesner is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington. Franzi is broadly interested in issues related to computer security and privacy, particularly designing and building systems that address security and privacy challenges faced by end users of existing and emerging technologies.
Jan Whittington is an Assistant Professor of Urban Design and Planning and the director of the Urban Infrastructure Lab at the University of Washington. She studies the economics of the Internet and related physical infrastructures as platforms for the exchange of information, with effects on public trust, public services, private markets, privacy, and cybersecurity.
Stephanie is a Ph.D. student at the UW Information School. Her research is in the area of emerging technologies and technology policy. In particular, Stephanie is interested in the design of data intensive tools and corresponding regulation.
Camille is a PhD student in the Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering. She is interested in understanding users' security and privacy expectations when using popular applications (e.g., social media). She focuses on how those expectations may be intentionally or accidentally violated by other users without special skills or access to the application.
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Ivan Evtimov is a PhD student in the Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering. As a member of the Security and Privacy Lab, he studies the security of machine learning algorithms. In particular, Ivan is interested in how deep neural networks applied in the real world might fail if their inputs are modified in unexpected or malicious ways and in the policy implications of such threats.
Mike Katell is a Ph.D. student at the UW Information School. His interests include privacy, surveillance, and the commercial use of data collected about individuals. He has a specific interest in the aspects of trust and dependence inherent in the use of emerging technologies.
Kiron Lebeck is a Ph.D. student in the Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering. He is broadly interested in emerging consumer technologies such as virtual and augmented reality, with an eye towards the security and privacy challenges they present.
Lassana Magassa is a Ph.D. candidate at the UW Information School. His research explores how different modes of social control impact people's perceptions and uses of technology. He is also interest in understanding the effect of digital inequalities on segments of the general population.
Peter Ney is a Ph.D. student in Computer Science & Engineering. He is a member of the Security and Privacy Lab, where he works to measure surveillance and build secure systems that enhance user privacy. He is also interested in studying the privacy impacts of machine learning and biosecurity.
David O'Hair is a J.D. candidate at the University of Washington School of Law. He is interested in autonomous technologies, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence. David wants to help pave the way for integrating autonomous technologies into society and make sure cybersecurity and artificial intelligence are properly regulated.
Katherine Pratt is a Ph.D. student in the department of Electrical Engineering. She is interested in neural security and eliciting personal information as it relates to non-invasive brain-computer interfaces.
Anna Kornfeld Simpson is a Ph.D. student in Computer Science. She is interested in building secure systems that offer users more control over their privacy, and believes an understanding of policy is essential for making these systems secure and effective.
I am thrilled to have the opportunity to join the Tech Policy Lab this quarter. I came to law school after working in nanomaterials research, am eager to apply my technical background to policy questions that arise out of advances in DNA technology. The Hazelton fellowship will allow me to study American laws governing technology, privacy, and the interaction between nanoscience and computer science.
Daisy Yoo is a Ph.D. student at the Information School. Her work spans the fields of interaction design, HCI, service design and information science. In particular, Daisy is interested in designing computing applications to support open public discourses on political topics.
Meg is a Ph.D. student in the Information School. Her research explores the privacy implications of data aggregation, currently focusing on third-party data aggregation ecosystems. She is also interested in tech activist communities who create and promote the use of encryption tools.
Hayley Younghusband is a Research Assistant at the Tech Policy Lab. She is an undergraduate student at the UW with an intended major in Computer Science.
Espen Scheuer is a Research Assistant at the Tech Policy Lab and a UW undergrad studying Human Centered Design and Engineering with a concentration in data science. He is interested in the intersection of technology and sustainability as well as public perception of privacy and security.
Aaron Alva received his J.D. and M.S. in Information Management candidate at UW. Aaron's interests are at the intersection of law, cybersecurity and privacy. He is a NSF CyberCorps scholarship recipient, and currently a Technology Policy Research Fellow at the Federal Trade Commission.
Matthew is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Communication. He studies rhetoric and digital culture, with a special focus on cryptocurrencies and related blockchain technologies.
Tamara Bonaci received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington while a member of the BioRobotics Lab. The topic of her research was "Privacy and Security by Design in BCIs" and its goal is identification of privacy threats arising from the BCI usage, and the development of prevention methods. She is also interested in the security of telerobotic systems.
Noemi Chanda has a JD from the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, and an MA in Economic Policy from McMaster University. Her interests lie at the intersections of law, health, economics and technology. She is particularly interested in the privacy implications of the Internet of Things in the health care context.
Siana Danch received her J.D. and an LL.M. in Taxation at the University of Washington School of Law. She is interested in tax policy research on the consequences of automation and robotization in the transportation sectors.
Tamara Denning is an Assistant Professor at the School of Computing at the University of Utah. Her interests are in the human aspects of computer security and privacy, ranging from understanding how people use and reason about current technologies to designing security and privacy that better matches the human and logistical needs of people around the technology—user and non-user alike recording capabilities.
Sarah Hubbard graduated from Information School. She is passionate about bridging the gap between technologists and policy makers. Her research interests include how to promote emerging technologies and innovation while maintaining privacy in an increasingly connected world.
Shaila is an undergraduate studying Law, Societies and Justice and Entrepreneurship. She is interested in the intersection of law and new technologies such as AI and machine learning, particularly pertaining to issues of fairness and accountability. She is also interested in start-ups and the interaction between innovation and policy and law.
Madeline Lamo is a J.D. candidate at the University of Washington School of Law. She is interested in free speech and privacy law issues in technology, especially with regards to the challenges of reconciling national laws with the global Internet.
Timothy graduated from Information School where he focused on Human-Computer Interaction.
Ada Lerner received her Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering from the University of Washington. She worked in Tadayoshi Kohno's Security and Privacy Research Lab, studying censorship, surveillance and privacy in the context of the global Internet and emerging technologies.
Emily McReynolds was the first staff Program Director at the Tech Policy Lab. Emily's research interests include privacy and security in emerging technology, particularly internet-connected toys and devices in the home and intelligent personal assistants.
Patrick Moore completed his J.D. at the UW School of Law. His interests are in intellectual property and digital rights. Patrick completed an internship at the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Bryce Newell, J.D., Ph.D., is a post-doctoral researcher at the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT) at Tilburg University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington Information School and is a former Google Policy Fellow. He conducts socio-legal research at the intersections of law, surveillance, migration, and policing in society, with a particular focus on police use of surveillance technologies, privacy, and access to information.
Elena Ponte is a J.D. candidate at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law and works at the University's Centre for Law, Technology and Society. She is interested in the intersections of robotics and law.
David Stieber received his J.D. from the University of Washington School of Law. He is interested in the policy implications of emerging technologies, particularly state level regulation around autonomous cars and criminal justice.
Jesse Woo is a University of Washington Law alumnus and lawyer in the San Francisco Bay Area. His practice serves technology clients and small businesses for their IP, privacy compliance, and business transaction needs. As a consultant with the Tech Policy Lab he contributes his significant research and writing skills to the Lab's cutting-edge policy work.
Gaites is a J.D. candidate at the University of Washington School of Law. He is interested applying technological tools to reduce the cost of legal services and improve access. Gaites believes that successful legislation happens through education and diversity.
Jasmine Wang is a Canadian sophomore studying at the Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering under the Killam-Fulbright exchange grant. Her interests lie in machine learning, technical AI safety and strategic AI governance, surveillance, and ICTD.
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According to a police statement of facts, a person who had taken out a restraining order against Bittrich told police Bittrich had was storing a Beretta gun in his Jeep.
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Valerie likes her new school, and somewhat the new city. Not so much her new family. They seem nice, but still. He hates the way the lead singer gets all the attention. He doesn't even have a good voice. A lot of people think he, Doug, is talented. Even the ones who don't like him; he favors their opinion more. The mosh pit is raging. He just feels his pick hitting the heavy gauge strings but hears no music. One of those nights.
Valerie likes her new school. She likes to say that to herself over and over. It doesn't matter that she really doesn't belong there. She just needs a good start.
Doug wishes they would cheer his name too. The kids who He wrote the damn song. Shouldn't fans know that? Not cool.
Valerie walks in. Snakes through the crowd and parks herself in front of the stage. Blows the lead singer a kiss. Then looks at Doug. Their smiles synch up!
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Slide 1:
Center for the Renewal of Science and Culture pamphlet with its logo
banner showing Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel image of God touching
the double helix
Slide 2: Not ID Creationism?:
"Intelligent design needs to be distinguished from what is known as
creation science or scientific creationism. The most obvious difference
between the two is that scientific creationism has prior religious
commitments whereas intelligent design does not."
(Quotation from Dembski.)
Slide 3: The SETI Analogy.
Image of Jody Foster as SETI researcher in the movie Contact.
Slide 4a: 'Design' is Ambiguous.
- Design as pattern ...
Slide 4b: 'Design' is ambiguous.
- Design as teleology.
- "We systematically eschew teleological notions from our scientific theorizing."
(Quotation from Dembski)
Slide 4c: 'Design' is ambiguous.
- Design as intelligent agency.
- "Naturalistic explanations by definition exclude appeals to intelligent agency."
(Quotation from Dembski)
Slide 4d: 'Design' is ambiguous.
- Design as Design as choice or selection.
- Design as mind.
Slide 4e: 'Design' is ambiguous.
- Design as conscious intention.
- Design as "transcending natural causes"
- Design as "the set-theoretic complement of necessity and/or chance"
(Quotations from Dembski)
Slide 5: The Design Inference:
- The Explanatory Filter
|A or B or C
|Necessity or Chance or Design
|Not A
|Not necessity
|Not B
|Not chance
|Therefore C
|Therefore Design
- Negative argument by elimination.
- "Specified Complexity" is the magic word.
- To be valid, A,B & C, must be mutually exclusive and jointly exhaustive.
- Dembski defines C as "not A or B".
- Only outputs "Design" as a mode!
Slide 6: Design as production ex nihilo:
"[N]atural causes cannot generate CSI. To deny that natural causes can generate CSI is not the same as denying that natural causes can produce events that exhibit CSI. As has been stressed repeatedly, natural causes are ideally suited as conduits for CSI. It is in this sense, then, that natural causes can be said to 'produce CSI'. But natural causes never produce things de novo or ex nihilo."
(Quotation from Dembski)
- Design does production ex nihilo
Slide 7: Darwin's Mechanism: "It is a separate and prior question whether the fitness functions upon which the Darwinian mechanism operates exercises sufficient control over the evolutionary process to account for all of biological complexity.... [T]he irreducible complexity of certain biochemical systems argues decisively against the gradients of these fitness functions (or fitness landscapes) being smooth enough to make the Darwinian mechanism the driving force behind evolution. Note that in offering such an argument I do not challenge evolution as such but the sufficiency of the Darwinian mechanism to account for it."
(Quotation from Dembski. Emphasis added)
Slide 8: Common Descent.
"Design theorists themselves are divided on this question. Dean Kenyon and Percival Davis, for instance, argue against common descent... Michael Behe provisionally accepts common descent."
(Quotation from Dembski. Emphasis added.)
Slide 9a: Micro & Macroevolution:
"What evidence there is supports limited variation within fixed boundaries, or what typically is called microevolution." (Quotation from Dembski. Emphasis added.)
{NOTE: Biological def. does not say "fixed boundaries"}
Slide 9b: Micro & Macroevolution:
"Macroevolution - the unlimited plasticity of organisms to diversify across all boundaries - even if true, cannot legitimately be attributed to the mutation-selection mechanism." (Quotation from Dembski. Emphasis added.)
{NOTE: Biological def. does not say "unlimited plasticity"}
Slide 10a: Other theses: Age of the earth
- Billions of years or Thousands of years
|Slide 10b: Other theses: Global flood.
Slide 10c: Other theses: Origin of the universe
- Fine-tuned universe CSI?
|Slide 10d: Other theses. Scientific Method: Methodological Naturalism vs. Metaphysical Naturalism. Graphic of Sydney Harris cartoon: Scientist's equation on blackboard interrupted with words 'Then a miracle occurs', about which second scientist comments 'I think you should be more explicit here in step two.'
Slide 11: Frequently asked questions.
'ID Please' Be Specific. Who? (ET? God of Abraham? Vital Force? Et al ad infinitum) What? When? Where? How? Why?
Gentlemen! [pause] that worked, I'll have to remember that. [laughter]. First time. Thank you very much...You're Done. You have to sit down now. [laughter and applause]. Well, that was fun. Um, Bill will stay at his podium, we're going to have a, a change of questioners for the moment, and I'll take this opportunity to introduce from here, our next speaker, Dr. Kenneth Miller. Dr. Kenneth R. Miller is a cell biologist at Brown University studying the relationships of structure and function in biological membranes. He is the recipient of numerous awards for outstanding teaching. He has written many articles that have been published in numerous scientific journals including Nature, Cell, the Journal of Cell Biology, the Journal of Molecular Biology and popular science magazines such as Scientific American and Discover. He is the Co-author of several high school and college biology textbooks and the author of Finding Darwin's God: a Scientist's Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution. You will have five minutes, the two of you will have five minutes to, uh, question and answer.
Bill, um, what I have up here is not terribly readable; it's a geological time scale. It's sort of the age of the Earth starting with, uh, the formation of the planet four and a half billion years ago and going right to the present time. And what I want to do is I want to take your ideas about design, I want to map them on this, which is an important scientific thing to do, so let's start with the origin of life. The evidence is that living things first appeared on this planet about, uh, three billion years ago, I put an arrow down there. It, it it's fair to say, isn't it, since you think life that was made complex specified uh, information, that there must have been a design event at which that information was put into some sort of living tissue about that time. Is that right?
uh, not necessarily at that time. You know I, I, I...In, In my [crosstalk]
CSI is necessary for life, there's life...
It is, it is necessary but at what point was it inserted? Okay, we, I mentioned right in my first paragraph of my talk that one of the things that's not studied by evolutionary biology is the programming of these mechanisms. So it's conceivable that all of this CSI could have been put in there right at, right at the Big Bang,
Fair enough. Okay.
And then it's gotten itself expressed at that point.
Good answer. Okay, so there's two possibilities. One is that it was put in where I put the arrow, and the other possibility is that it was programmed at the beginning of the Big Bang.
Yeah okay, cool. Okay. So, the two possibilities, and, and you specifically use the bacterial flagellum as an example of design, I put an arrow up there when the first bacteria with flagella we presume originated and the eukaryotic cell, cells with nuclei, much more complicated, the eukaryotic cilium, example of, um, uh, uh, irreducible complexity, and the very famous Cambrian explosion, now I think I understand your answer to say either, that all of this was programmed at the Big Bang, or we have more examples of design events. Either of those is possible, is that right?
Um, all I spoke to was the bacterial flagellum. So...
I know.
So with the eukaryotic cell and the flagellum and I'm looking at individual systems it's going to take some analysis to figure out if CSI is in-...
Okay so it might be, might not.
Might, might be might not.
Okay. Now here's what I want to do. We biologists have to deal with a lot of appearances of new and novel systems throughout geological history. We have a whole bunch of them. Um, and the, what your, what you propose to do as part of the research program is to look at one after another and try to decide whether or not CSI applies, and whether or not we might have some sort of insertion of Design. Is that right? We're pretty sure we've got one for the bacterial flagellum, right?
[pause] yeah.
So I, I assume it's a case-by-case basis how often we'll have to invoke design, is that right?
When, When the, When this sort of information gets expressed, you know, there's the question of how far can you track it back.
You know, and so it may be to the Big Bang. The thing is, you know, it could conceivably go back further. Maybe there's some...
I think Mike Behe talks about the...
...super cell, in which...
fair enough.
...everything is programmed.
you know there are lots of possibilities.
Okay. Very good. Thank you. So, this is something you said in No Free Lunch. Which is, " the way design works is the designer makes a plan. To accomplish it he forms a plan, executes the plan, specifies the building materials and finally implies and puts together the assembly structures in the building, in other words, all of these examples in life that are, specified complex, uh, specified complex information went through this process. Is it fair to say, that design theory is a series of progressive creative events? And what I mean by that is, to me, my wife is an artist, and she always emphasizes to me she has to think of something, she has to plan it, and then she has to execute it. And the execution of her design is a creative act. Same thing here?
Well I think, what I'd want to speak to is just this notion of these punctuated events where the design emerges. Was it that information was input? Is it just that it's becoming evident that, that there was some information that was already there...
Creative act or not?
I'm sorry?
Creative act - Bacterial flagellum, creative act?
There was a creative act there, yes. But ...
When, when was, when was that creative act?
I just asked if it was a creative act.
There was a creative act behind it, but whether it occurs right when the bac-, flagellum first appears in natural history or whether it was programmed in some way prior to that...
Okay, I'd like to get one more important question in because I'm an experimental biologist and it's an empirical one.
You make the claim that undirected natural processes just can't generate specified complex information so what I would propose to do as a biologist is do a little test. Let's suppose we grow bacteria at thirty-seven degrees, then we rev up the temperature...
One minute.
...to forty-two degrees and then we see basically what happens; we test for increased fitness and we scan the genome to see if anything happens. Well the interesting thing, as you may know, a few months ago this experiment was actually done and reported, exactly as I've described on the previous page. And what these investigators found was that at two places in the E. coli bacterial chromosome, there were a series of gene duplications and modifications that dramatically increased the fitness of the bacteria; thirty five, uh, thirty three point five percent.
Finish the question please.
That's an enormous increase in fitness and here is the question. And that is, since we see this and gene duplication and amplification provides the raw material for the evolution of new and beneficial genes, don't these results, which very clearly show in the laboratory that an undirected increase in beneficial new genetic information occurs, don't they violate your so-called law of conservation of information?
Please answer in one minute.
...I don't know, I mean what, what do the numbers there mean. To say that you have a thirty-seven-fold increase in fitness, that's all fine and well...
Thirty-seven percent
oh, thir-, thirty sever percent. What's you know, it's gotta be mapped onto what I'm doing. You know, in terms of, of these complexities, which need to be evaluated, we're talking, you know, the, the universal complexity bound that I talk about. We're talking 500 bits of CSI. Uh, Is that the case here? You know, the analysis will need to be done. You haven't done it.
Okay, no, absolutely, but what I suggest
Ken you're done.
is that the production of information
Ken! You're done. [laughter/applause]
Slide: The reason why the evolution of biochemical complexity cannot be explained in principle is irreducible complexity. "An irreducibly complex system is one that requires several closely-matched parts in order to function and where the removal of one of the components effectively causes the system to cease functioning."
(Quotation from Behe)


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Google: java + compress + object
Compressing and Decompressing Data using Java
Search for Compressing Object header.
GZIPOutputStream gz = new GZIPOutputStream(baos);
ObjectOutputStream oos = new
baos.toByteArray(); // this is the compressed data of your objects
Google: java + compress + bytes array
-> Compressing a Byte Array (Java Developers Almanac Example)
-> Decompressing a Byte Array (Java Developers Almanac Example)
How to convert an object to bytes array and convert back from bytes array to object?
(so as to write/read an object stored in a binary file) To convert an object to bytes array, see the code below from How can I convert any Java Object into byte array? And byte array to file object
public static byte[] getBytes(Object obj) throws java.io.IOException{
ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(bos);
byte [] data = bos.toByteArray();
return data;
To convert a byte array back to an object see the code in here Java Programming [Archive] – convert byte array to object
// .. get data into an array named "byteArray"
ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(byteArray));
// .. let's say you have a class named "Person"
Person person = (Person) ois.readObject();
// close the input stream (probably not necessary in this case)
Java – binary file – random access?
The tittle is the google search keyword
Source I found:
- Physics Simulation and Java – Lecture 9A: Binary File I/O Example
- Java I/O skip to the "RandomAccess Files" section.
What u may need as I did:
- FileInputStream – DataInputStream
- readInt – writeInt
- readLong – writeLong
- seek(0)
- seek(f.length)
- getFilePointer //current position of file pointer
How to use an external jar file jarExt in a jar file myJar?
Very easy, you just pay attention when jar-build the myJar file, you add the Class-Path attribute to you manifest file to the location of jarExt as below:
Class-Path: path/to/your/external/jar the/2nd/jar/space/separated
That's all. Don't know why Sun mention this in their tutorial not so bold for such a big need like this.
How to compile java source file?
Create your source files, putting them into the folders according to their package (e.g class packageName.any.className must be put in packageName/any/className.java).
From your current folder somewhere, compile your code by calling :
javac p2ur.source.files -classpath p2ur.including_packageName.folder -d p2ur.storing.compiledOutput.folder
, note:
p2ur is shorthand of path.to.your
if your code do not using any class other than the ones from the JDK, then forget the classpath argument, which means:
javac p2ur.source.files -d p2ur.storing.compiledOutput.folder
if you skip also the -d argument, i.e javac p2ur.source.files , then the output will have the same folder with the source.
, special note:
if your code use other class not in JDK, then without providing classpath
the compiler can't say what the classes you used are! So, you have to
tell JDK where those used classes are stored. Remember to give your
storing path as the classpath-rule below.
JDK actually try to find those classes in your current folder when no classpath is
given. This explains why some other refered-by-your-code classes stored
in the same folder with your code will be auto compiled when you
compile your code without giving the classpath.
Classpath may contain many paths separated by colon in Linux, semi-colon in Windows.
How to run java source file?
When you have a .class bytecode file with the main method, you wanna run it? Just call:
java p2ur.bytecode.file
Well, it's just that simple when your code just used the
JDK classes. What if you use the other classes (you wrote yourself, use
from others, v.v..) ? Then, JDK will look in the classpath, which default (when not provided) is the current folder where you call java. You add classpath when call java as below.
java -classpath path.to.your.referred.classes p2ur.bytecode.file
Must notice to the way JDK works with the classpath. If some any.package.class.name is need to find, then it will iterate every path, called cpEntry, in classpath and see if cpEntry/any/package/class/name exists. Note that if you class has package, full package of the class must be called when call java. i.e the whole any.package.class.name not only the class.name.
Also notice that classpath must be preceding of the bytecode or it won't work.
Having the compiled classes, now how to easily distribute?
The answer is to use jar files. The target is to combine a set of classes to a single file. To do this we call :
jar cfm jarOutputFile manifestFile -C classesFolder .
We need to add context for the above command to understand it. Let's say we have :
- 2 classes : pack.age1.class1 and pack.age1.class2
accordingly stored in src/pack/age1/class1.java and src/pack/age2/class2.java
then compiled into bin/pack/age1/class1.class and bin/pack/age2/class2.class
You may need to look back if you don't know how to do this.
The above command will create the jar file stored at jarOutputFile which include all the files recuresively stored in the classesFolder. Here, the working folder must be the bin/ folder. You can have this by adding -C path/to/bin <theChosenInBin> , where theChosenInBinn is the files in bin/ folder to be chosen to add to the jar file. Cause we here add all files, the command should be -C path/to/bin .
(note the dot, means the bin/ folder itself, making JDK auto look for the files inside recursively)
Having the jar file, we can call to run it by :
javar -jar jarOutputFile
but this require a starting point, i.e the main method elsewhere among the classes should be chosen
The main method chosen to be executed is the one indicated in the manifest file as:
Main-class: pack.ageX.classX (enter here)
(end of file here)
, note :
again require the last new-line character ending for the entry, without this the entry won't be realized by JDK
and that the classname listed as main class, not the .class or .jave.
How to print a percentage?
System.out.print(String.format("%1$.2f", new Object[]{perc})
About classpath
How JDK find your referent classes – the classpath-rule Both the compiler and the JVM construct the path to your
.class files by adding the package name
to the class path. For example, if the package name is
and your class path is
then the compiler and JVM look for
.class files in
A class path may include several paths, separated by a semicolon (Windows) or colon (Unix). By default,
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Is Julian Assange a Journalist?
As part of a panel discussion this weekend on the question of "Who is a Journalist Now?" I provided an overview of the federal shield law currently pending before Congress. Most debate about the proposal has focused on whether it covers bloggers and the exception it makes for cases involving national security. In this post, I want to focus on an aspect of the proposed law that has received less attention: the WikiLeaks exception.
Among the exceptions included in the Senate version of the bill is language denying protection to "any person or entity whose principal function, as demonstrated by the totality of such person or entity's work, is to publish primary source documents that have been disclosed to such person or entity without authorization." Although not mentioned by name, WikiLeaks is the clear target of this provision. Many members of Congress have expressed opposition to giving WikiLeaks a testimonial privilege, and it was largely as a result of the website's 2010 release of classified war documents that the last attempt to pass a federal shield law failed.
But although a federal shield law may have no chance of passing without the exclusion of WikiLeaks, the exception raises an interesting question: Is WikiLeaks – and by extension, Julian Assange – engaged in journalism? Or are its activities fundamentally different from that of traditional media?
If we rely on the terms of the proposed law itself, the answer would seem to be the former. The House proposal defines journalism as "the gathering, preparing, collecting, photographing, recording, writing, editing, reporting or publishing of news or information that concerns local, national, or international events or other matters of public interest for dissemination to the public." The Senate proposal is similar, defining a "covered journalist" as anyone who, "with the primary intent to investigate events or procure information" on matters of public interest, engages in "the regular gathering, preparation, collection, photographing, recording, writing, editing, reporting, or publishing on such matters."
WikiLeaks easily satisfies both definitions. It gathers, collects, and publishes material of public interest, and it does so with the primary intent to investigate events and procure material for dissemination to the public.
Some have argued that WikiLeaks is not engaged in journalism because it doesn't analyze or contextualize the material it publishes; it merely serves as a dumping ground for information. Providing analysis and context is certainly a hallmark of excellent journalism. But the extent to which news outlets do this varies widely. A front-page political story in the New York Times usually contains plenty of analysis and context. A police blotter in a local newspaper usually does not. Yet it would be hard to argue that individuals who compile and publish the police blotter – or sports box scores or stock quotes or historical weather data – are not engaged in journalism.
In any event, it's inaccurate to say that WikiLeaks does not provide context and analysis for its reports. Its release of the video documenting the 2007 Baghdad airstrike was titled "Collateral Murder," included a quote from George Orwell, and contained text that was overtly editorial, as Stephen Colbert correctly pointed out when he interviewed Assange in 2010.
Some media advocacy groups have also faulted WikiLeaks for not adhering to the code of ethics published by the Society of Professional Journalists, which calls on journalists to make themselves accountable for their work and to minimize the harm they do. As a former newspaper reporter and undergraduate journalism major, I should note that I never even knew such a code existed until recently, and I am quite confident that most of my colleagues did not either. That aside, Assange has made himself accountable by acknowledging that he is the founder and editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks. And while minimizing harm may be an admirable aspiration, it's hard to see how that can serve as part of a legal definition of what counts as journalism.
Indeed, it is likely because WikiLeaks meets any plausible legal definition of journalism that the Senate felt obligated to carve out an exception targeted directly at the website. So perhaps the question is not so much whether WikiLeaks is engaged in journalism as whether there is good reason to deny it the same testimonial privilege that other journalism outlets would enjoy under the proposed law.
The reason suggested by the Senate exception is that WikiLeaks is not entitled to protection because it exists primarily to publish unlawfully leaked documents. But why should that be a basis for exclusion? Most news outlets are perfectly comfortable publishing leaked documents whenever they can get their hands on them. And the Supreme Court made clear in Bartnicki v. Vopper that publishing unlawfully intercepted communications is protected under the First Amendment as long as the publisher played no part in the unlawful interception and the material is of public interest.
One might try to distinguish WikiLeaks from other news outlets on the basis that it explicitly encourages leaks and therefore is soliciting unlawful disclosures. But I'm not sure what WikiLeaks does is all that different from what Bob Woodward did with Deep Throat or what any good investigative journalist does every day. If WikiLeaks is guilty of solicitation, then my guess is that a large part of the Washington press corps is guilty too.
The effort to exclude WikiLeaks from the federal shield law is not only misguided; it is probably unnecessary. For one thing, it's unclear whether WikiLeaks even knows the identities of any of its sources. Its website is reportedly set up to allow sources to contribute anonymously. More importantly, in most cases in which the government would want to subpoena WikiLeaks, it seems likely that it could rely on the proposed law's national security exception.
So what is the purpose of the WikiLeaks exception? As with much legislation these days, it seems to be largely symbolic.


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Did you know that children and women are sold for sex right under our noses?
The #ACourageousOne project is my effort to raise awareness, money and hope about the realities of sex slavery and sex trafficking. I decided to host a week of blog posts about the Courageous Ones held in slavery, coupled with a challenge to give our own Courageous Ones towards the fight:
- donating one dollar (raising money)
praying for one minute (raising hope)
sharing one post on social media.
My talented friend, Corrie Haffly, responded to the call to action by creating one artwork for each post. Her art and a quote and link to each of the posts is below.
"I know, I know. You want to stop reading already because the topic is too hard, too unfathomable, too desperate. But will you stay with me? Because there are kids right under our noses who are desperate for someone to find them and bring them to safety. They are scared and hurting and so very courageous. . . ." Read the whole post here: A Courageous One
Liz Williamson, a survivor of sex trafficking, wrote the second post: Liz's Story (This was the piece that first inspired Corrie's art because that line about sleeping with sneakers on made her breath catch in her throat.)
It's time for linguistic reform. Thinking of prostitutes generally as women who are choosing a particular line of work is no longer accurate. "The alarming truth of the sex trade today is that a vast majority of those who exchange sex for money in our day and age are not choosing to do so. . . . They are, to all extents and purposes, sex SLAVES: sold for another's profit." Read the rest here: Prostitute: It may not mean what you think it means.
"There are 29.8 million slaves in the world today. 60,000 of those are in the USA. Reflecting on this led my friend, Liz Below, to write a Psalm for the 29 Million." (notice the reflection in the eyes above. It's amazing)
Finally, there's a letter for the men. "If you stay silent, you may have protected your own character in that situation, but your silence is interpreted as indifference. . . . The sex trafficking industry relies on secrecy to thrive, and when we fail to say something, we allow it to keep its secrets." Read more here A Letter to Men.
The #ACourageousOne project is to raise awareness, money and hope about the reality of sex trafficking right around us. There are tens of thousands of invisible women and children – courageous ones – in need of rescue and restoration.
We can help. Support a courageous one by giving #ACourageousOne of your own:
- Donate ONE DOLLAR to fight sex trafficking (here, here, or here, if you need a suggestion.)
- Pray for ONE MINUTE for God to rescue victims, and give courage to women and men to speak and act as we ought. (Here is a Psalm to meditate on, as a suggestion)
- Share ONE POST on social media to raise awareness about this issue. This is happening in our communities, so if we speak up within our communities, someone directly involved is going to hear.


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The Jesuits had played an important part in this undertaking. It was their Relations that had given the impulse, and the promoters of the colony had the able assistance of Father Charles Lalemant, whom we have already met as the first superior of the Jesuit order in New France. It was he who persuaded Jean de Lauzon to consent to surrender his grant, and it was to him that Maisonneuve first came to seek advice as to how he could best consecrate his sword to the Church in Canada. And it was largely on Lalemant's recommendation that Maisonneuve received his appointment as leader of the colonists and governor of the colony. To Lalemant, too, came Jeanne Mance when she first heard the clear call to the new mission.
The promoters of the 'Society of Our Lady of Montreal' now set to work to collect recruits for the mission, provide supplies, and prepare vessels to transport the colonists to New France. All was ready about the middle of June 1641, and, while Dauversiere, Olier, and Fancamp remained in France to look after the interests of the colony there, Maisonneuve and Jeanne Mance, with three other women and about fifty men, set sail and arrived in Quebec before the end of August. Here they did not find the enthusiastic welcome which they expected. Maisonneuve had come with a special commission as governor of Montreal, and was coldly received by Montmagny, who was jealous of him, and who moreover believed, no doubt rightly, that a divided authority would not be in the best interests of struggling New France. The Jesuits at Quebec tried to persuade Maisonneuve to abandon his enterprise. There were, they said, no inhabitants on the island of Montreal, it was in the direct route of the Mohawks, who annually haunted the Ottawa and St Lawrence, and swift destruction would surely be the fate of the colony. But Maisonneuve could not be moved from his fixed purpose; he would go to Montreal even 'if every tree on that island were to be changed to an Iroquois.'


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Depeche Mode - Get right with meGönderen WebMaster zaman: 21:48
I will have faith in man,
That is hard to understand.
Show some humility, you have the ability,
Get right with me.
Friends, if you've lost your way,
You will find it again some day.
Come down from your pedestals,
And open your mouth - that's all.
Get right with me.
Life is such a short thing
That I cannot comprehend.
But if this life were a bought thing,
There are ways I know we'd mend.
People, take my advise.
Already told you once or twice.
Don't waste your energy making apologies,
Get right with me.
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