The Wall Street Journal put a piece online today about OpenID , which presents it in pretty much the same way that I did at some point: as a single-sign-on technology. In fact, so does the Wikipedia entry for it. The funny thing is, while I was authenticating at Shawn’s blog a few days ago I realised that that is really not how I’ve been using OpenID in the last couple of months.
What I have come to think OpenID for me is really about - at least much more than it is about authentication - is proving ownership or authorship claims. If you think about it that way, it suddenly makes sense that everyone and their cat are becoming OpenID providers (as opposed to relaying parties) lately.
If I leave a comment on a GNU/Linux related site, I can use the URL of my own GNU/Linux related blog to “sign” my comment, whereas I might want to use this blog in other places. If I’m on a photography blog, I can use a relevant Flickr photo page to si...
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On (illegal) file sharingFrom: oei.yungchin.nl
Post Date: 2008-09-13 10:47:45
I’ve been trying to form an opinion on this topic for ages, but somehow it keeps puzzling me. A couple of months ago I came across this news item , which I can summarise by quoting:
Ministers are backing proposals that would enable millions of broadband users to pay an annual levy which would allow them to copy as much – previously illegal – music from the internet as they wanted. The money raised would be channelled back to the rights-holders, with artists responsible f...
more AMD GAME!?From: oei.yungchin.nl
Post Date: 2008-05-19 22:39:42
Just a brief thought… I don’t quite understand the whole marketing thing, but doesn’t “AMD GAME!” sound kind of awful? So that’s the new branding AMD have chosen for their all-AMD gaming platforms.
To me this sounds like it’s really just that: branding. Some company, that the layman whom this sticker is targeted at has perhaps never heard of, calls this product “game”. Does that make one curious enough to ask the store clerk about it?...
more Eight tips for a robust Ubuntu Hardy installationFrom: oei.yungchin.nl
Post Date: 2008-04-26 16:11:44
It’s been a while since I wrote stuff here - ironically I thought it was cool to get my own domain name, and then I ended up having too much fun on the GNU/Linux blog I also started. This should actually also go on the other blog, but I really wanted to write something here :)
Besides, the more Ubuntu buzz on blogs, the better, right? With the release of Ubuntu 8.04 this week, it couldn’t be a better time.
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