Randall Randall ([info]randallsquared) wrote,
@ 2007-06-07 00:41:00
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Who would name a serious product "Clouseau", anyway?
Via /.

Yesterday, Safwat Fahmy appeared in front of the House Science and Technology Committee. During Fahmy's testimony, he claimed Safemedia's "P2P Disaggregator" technology uses traffic-shaping systems and network-filtering systems that can destroy contaminated P2P networks. And their Clouseau product will make it impossible to send or receive any illegal P2P transmission on any installed network. However, Clouseau allows tunneling and SSH and never opens packets to determine file legality.


My question is, how many snakes does it take to make a can of that there oil?



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[info]flewellyn
2007-06-07 04:52 am UTC (link)
Ding! Metaquoted!

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[info]duelisthouston
2007-06-07 06:15 am UTC (link)
I love the smell of snake oil in the morning.

I've done a bit of LISP programming myself (okay, so it was Emacs LISP, but LISP nonetheless). Mind if I add you as a friend?

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[info]randallsquared
2007-06-07 02:14 pm UTC (link)
Don't mind at all!

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Clouseau is FBOS* Technology
(Anonymous)
2007-06-08 11:49 am UTC (link)
*FBOS = Flaming Bag of S#!T

SafeMedia offers not one shred of proof to their God-like claims. They provide no independent benchmarks, no rights holder endorsements (the MPAA & RIAA actually do credible testing on this stuff), and, at the very least, no technical specifications...just a few basic Vizio drawings. It appears Fahmy and his cohorts beleive they can drive demand through hot air, cheezy press releases, and chewing legislator's ears. It feels more like a 'Ponzi' scheme to bilk unwitting investors than a real business.

But then again was Inspector Clouseau really a skillful tactician or bumbling fool with insane serendipity. That luck was manufactured by Hollywood, but as SafeMedia will learn, they will NOT be extended the same courtesy.

Snake oil indeed!

Caveat Emptor!

MM

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HI i likopinko
(Anonymous)
2007-09-10 01:10 pm UTC (link)
Hello

Such is life.


G'night

















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