BioShock Installs a Rootkit

An anonymous reader writes "Sony (the owner of SecureROM copy protection) is still up to its old tricks. One would think that they would have learned their lesson after the music CD DRM fiasco, which cost them millions. However, they have now started infesting PC gaming with their invasive DRM. Facts have surfaced that show that the recently released PC game BioShock installs a rootkit, which embeds itself into Explorer, as part of its SecureROM copy-protection scheme. Not only that, but just installing the demo infects your system with the rootkit. This begs the question: Since when did demos need copy protection?"

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raising vs begging the question

[big_paul76]

"This begs the question: Since when did demos need copy protection?"

I think you mean, "poses the question", or "raises the question".

I think you confused "raising the question" with the well-known logical fallacy, "begging the question"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question

*Sighs*

Re:raising vs begging the question

[big_paul76]

Nope, first time nit-picker, long-time lurker.

(as you can see from the "comment history", BTW)

pendantic linguistics

[FreeBSD evangelist]

This begs the question: Since when did demos need copy protection?"

I believe you meant "raises the question".

http://begthequestion.info/

Re:pendantic linguistics

[FreeBSD evangelist]

The fact that the language is changing gives me no heartburn. The fact that we have two definitions of this phrase, and you get to guess which one was meant, does.

Quick, what does "livid" mean?

begging the question

[harlemjoe]

In logic, <b>begging the question</b> describes a type of logical fallacy, petitio principii, in which the conclusion of an argument is implicitly or explicitly assumed in one of the premises.[1] Stephen Barker explains the fallacy in The Elements of Logic: "If the premises are related to the conclusion in such an intimate way that the speaker and listeners could not have less reason to doubt the premise than they have to doubt the conclusion, then the argument is worthless as a proof, even though the link between premises and conclusion may have the most cast-iron rigor".[1] In other words, the argument fails to prove anything because it takes for granted what it is supposed to prove.

Begging the question is related to the fallacy known as circular argument, circulus in probando, vicious circle or circular reasoning. As a concept in logic the first known definition in the West is by the Greek philosopher Aristotle around 350 B.C., in the Prior Analytics.

<b>In non-standard usage, the phrase is commonly used to mean "suggests the question" or "raises the question".</b>
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That said, the question is emphatically a valid one. This is just a plea to /.ers to cut their use of this two-faced phrase.

Re:Yet another game

[TheRealMindChild]

Yeah. Once Windows 95 came around, people somehow came desensitized to unnecessary system crashing.