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Blu-Ray To Punish Users for Modifying Hardware
datemenatalie writes "As reported on Engadget, consumers should expect punishment for tinkering with their Blu-ray players, as many have done with current DVD players, for instance to remove regional coding. The new, Internet-connected and secure players will report any "hack" and the device can be disabled remotely. As the article asks, "Are they talking about PVP-OPM techniques and rejected HDMI keys, or something else far more sinister? Because apparently "A hacked player is any player that is doing something it's not supposed to do," which open to a pretty fair amount of interpretation--most of which egregious.""
> When we tell kids about a time when it used to be possible for people "own"
> things
Yes, and how millions of people starved to death every because they didn't have any "money".
So, tell us what you're doing to help the storm victims afterall. Can we help you help them some how?
Software freedom...I love it!
According to, and should expect.
Is there any evident, fact or basis for this story rather than conjecture? Yes, but this is a prime example of SITE WRAPPING which I see more and more of.
This story is FOUND HERE
and the engadget post is just a fucking traffic drive link wrap.
Do not read engadget, read a real news source. OK, so you could argue they 'quote small and expand' but I think not.
I am really at odds with engaydget and all the other shitty weblogsinc crap.
Read the reuters article.
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how can you take this post as a troll? It is either funny or maybe insightful, but troll? seesh...
Get real! The linked article in the parent is nothing but ranting. There are no solutions presented or fixes for the existing system. Those complaining about the response must have expected all those troops, trucks, helicopters, and supplies to be prestaged somewhere and ready to roll minutes after the storm passed. The reality is that such operations require an assesment of what is needed, staging of those resources, and then execution on the plan. It is a horrible disaster, but the Monday morning quarterbacking by the media and other pundits is beyond ridiculous. I really feel for those people that were trapped in the city with out power or other supplies. I can understand at least a little of what they went through having lived through three direct hurricane hits last year. By no means was what I experienced even a fraction of what New Orleans is going through. But even here there were people in the neighborhood that were going around screaming that their power was not on.
So stop pointing fingers at everyone else and take some responsiblity. No one else is going to help you in such situations. Plan in advance what to do and have supplies on hand to last for several days or a week.
Just for the record, the recent hurricane was *not*, by far, the worst natural disaster in recorded history. It wasn't even the worst natural disaster in a year (although it involved lots of water, too, but the tsunami of 2004 killed an estimated 200 khumans and rendered much more land inhabitable)! The 1556 earthquake of Shensi, China, killed an estimated 840 khumans when there only were about 500 Mh as compared to current figures of 6.500 Mh. Scaled up to 21st century numbers, that's more than there are people in the US capable of thinking for themselves.
I agree the levee breaks in New Orleans are horrible. How is this any worse than the Tsunami in Sumatra, Thailand, Sri Lanka and elsewhere in that region? Yes, unfortunately people die. For the rest of us, life goes on. We are helping where we can, but we must continue to live.
But why is the rum gone?
You do realize that mod points are given out automatically and semi-randomly, right? There's no admin involved in it, at all.
That being said, yes, I absolutely agree with you, but fortunately, most moderators are decent people, so the post is +5 Funny now - as it should be (although I also would've accepted +5 Insightful).
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