• IBM patents idea of making your files worse over time
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[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;33431067]This brilliant feature will be free of charge for everyone and automatically on, and removeable for a small fee of $100 monthly.[/QUOTE] Either that, or download a crack that will automatically disable the feature GEE, I WONDER WHAT I'LL CHOOSE.
Kill IBM. Kill money assholes, back with people who actually care for the true development of technology. Such bunch of fucking assholes.
[QUOTE=Holy-Smokes;33431541]Kill IBM. Kill money assholes, back with people who actually care for the true development of technology. Such bunch of fucking assholes.[/QUOTE] Christ it's a concept. IBM designed the architechture for the PC you are using right now. They have to be the single most influential computer company that has existed from a hardware point of view.
[QUOTE=Holy-Smokes;33431541]Kill IBM. Kill money assholes, back with people who actually care for the true development of technology. Such bunch of fucking assholes.[/QUOTE] Umm
[QUOTE=Holy-Smokes;33431541]Kill IBM. Kill money assholes, back with people who actually care for the true development of technology. Such bunch of fucking assholes.[/QUOTE] IBM. Not caring about development of technology. IBM. Are you sure you know what you're talking about here?
On the plus side the patent means Apple can't use this idea, and god knows they'd abuse it.
[QUOTE=legolover122;33431106]what would the point be in this? why break something that is allready perfect?[/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoYWdHe4tQ4[/media]
I think you guys are misunderstanding this. I think what they basically mean is creating a way to allow you to do this, if you want. They're not going to make all your files corrupt, stop panicking.
next they'll patent hard drive failure
[QUOTE=BlkDucky;33431700]IBM. Not caring about development of technology. IBM. Are you sure you know what you're talking about here?[/QUOTE] That was the [B]OLD[/B] IBM. Now all they do is do dumb crap.
[QUOTE=one free man;33431178]completely pointless but nonetheless novel Imagine if you could download an original shareware version of Quake, and the Readmes are written on scrolls and faded ink.[/QUOTE] brb editing my original shareware Quake readme files
I liked their slogan : All mankind problems can be solved if man is willing to think. But now they really are just another rich and dumb company.
Accidentally set year to 2092, lose all documents.
all of a sudden -- "IBM's stock plummets 50%"
Digital preservation is already a big enough issue as it is without this bullshit idea My friend has been doing his final year dissertation about the preservation of digital data and it is fucking scary how much has been lost just because of defunct formats and platforms let alone physical degradation
[QUOTE=Teddi Orange;33431033]You could argue this could be a security feature - ie have a file destroyed at a certain date when it's guaranteed that it'll no longer be of any use or too risky to keep.[/QUOTE] Yeah, IBM definitely wouldn't do that to random people, sounds very much like a security feature, and cool as hell as one, because it just sounds stupid to have safe-to-see data do that. If it was apple I could see them using it on people, not IBM. IBM is way too cool, and since it sounds like a security feature, I'm going with that. [QUOTE=farmatyr;33432026]Accidentally set year to 2092, lose all documents.[/QUOTE] Make a program to keep the time permanently locked in place. Keep everything forever.
Are you people all dense? Of course it's not going to be for fucking crucial files, they aren't suddenly planning on having all files degrade over time, it's obviously going to be 'after X date this file which is very important will be automatically corrupted thus meaning that it can't be leaked or stolen after it's usage is up'. Use more than two braincells and think this one over, jesus.
[QUOTE=Asdroxia;33432153][B]Are you people all dense?[/B] Of course it's not going to be for fucking crucial files, they aren't suddenly planning on having all files degrade over time, it's obviously going to be 'after X date this file which is very important will be automatically corrupted thus meaning that it can't be leaked or stolen after it's usage is up'. Use more than two braincells and think this one over, jesus.[/QUOTE] Welcome to Facepunch may I take your order...
In the article they link the patent as a source. This is the abstract of the patent: [quote]A method, programmed medium and system are provided for a file system that provides for the aging of information and files stored thereon. Digital data stored on the aging file systems ages appropriately as would normal paper or photographs without the need for an external application. The aging file system uses a number of parameters depending on what type of digital data are stored. For example, parameters like ambient temperature, rate of aging, simulated type of paper or photo paper are selected and may be input to a filing system at configuration time. The aging file system also creates and stores digital authentication certificates to provide a unique certificate number based on the aged digital information. [/quote] By the way they worded this it sounds like its for novelty. Which is pretty fucking stupid. Although the last sentence implies that this will also be used as a digital certificate which at the very least is a little useful.
at least now microsoft and apple can't use this if it's patented. perhaps ibm did this so that nobody could do it at all?
I love to see that you guys are still all pissed off about this, and assume that all your files are fucked suddenly.
This system looks to be as useful as that bracelet I bought that promises to make me look older, wrinklier, and degrades me over time. Seriously, what the hell IBM?
[QUOTE=JustExtreme;33432093]Digital preservation is already a big enough issue as it is without this bullshit idea My friend has been doing his final year dissertation about the preservation of digital data and it is fucking scary how much has been lost just because of defunct formats and platforms let alone physical degradation[/QUOTE] I agree, it's frightening how in even 10 years people could possibly be unable to read the files we use today
[QUOTE=Cuel;33430999]what is the purpose of this[/QUOTE] Locks Apple (or anyone rather) out of using the technology to force you to upgrade. \:v:/ I have seen companies before like DIGITAL who filed patents just to keep stupid ideas out of the loop (EG: Magnetic Punched Tape). If IBM did patent it to just sit and do nothing with it I would not at all be suprised. There is also the possibility that they patented it because they are doing experiments in data recovery and error correction, two things which as the Digital Age gets older will become more and more important.
[QUOTE=voltlight;33432724]I love to see that you guys are still all pissed off about this, and assume that all your files are fucked suddenly.[/QUOTE] um no one's pissed off, we're just confused this serves no purpose at all
[QUOTE=voltlight;33432724]I love to see that you guys are still all pissed off about this, and assume that all your files are fucked suddenly.[/QUOTE] it's because every time someone takes a shit in a questionable place FP is all over it like flies. [QUOTE=Corey_Faure;33432876]This system looks to be as useful as that bracelet I bought that promises to make me look older, wrinklier, and degrades me over time. Seriously, what the hell IBM?[/QUOTE] This post is about as useful as the built up skin flakes and crumbs under my keyboards keys.
What are they thinking?
I'm not installing that shit into my computer.
Why is everyone so mad about this? It obviously has uses outside of making everyone's files age, it's dumb to assume they'd force it on the world. It's a very interesting idea and I can't wait to see what IBM does with it.
In a business sense, this could actually turn out to be a pretty good idea in specific environments with certain types of data. Imagine a library of a million images. Images that are frequently accessed over time (for example, 100 times per day) wouldn't age at all and therefore would stay in their original state. Images that were accessed less frequently (maybe 2-3 times per year) could have a lossy compression algorithm applied to them. The images would still be there, but would be slightly lower quality and hardly anybody would notice. This would mean there would be more space for new images.
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