Comcast Seeking Control of Both Pipes and Content?

techmuse writes "Reuters reports that Comcast may be attempting to use its huge cash reserves to purchase a large media content provider, such as Disney, Viacom, or Time Warner. This would result in Comcast controlling both the delivery mechanism for content, and the content itself. Potentially, it could limit access to content it owns to subscribers to its own services, thus shutting out competing services (where they still exist at all)."

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[Swordopolis]

This first post claimed by Reuters, Inc.

Raw Sockets: Whatever happened to THOSE? apk

[Anonymous Coward]

See subject-line, & answer please - I know what MS did w/ them, because there were things I could do in Windows NT 3.51, for example, that I could not from Windows 2000 onwards!

"The protocols must be redesigned to only present the minimal amount of information necessary" - by girlintraining (1395911) on Sunday August 16, @03:53PM (#29085749)

Well, you've BEEN getting exactly THAT - right in your Microsoft Windows OS'... they've had 'raw sockets', removed (full headers are gone etc. et al & part of a readonly resource iirc once read in, once). Yes, it's useful to do, vs. folks that use tcp reset attacks & such, but also do what you ask (there are 'downsides' though).

Raw Sockets: As far as I am concerned? Well - They're GONE (supposedly an ADMINISTRATOR class user still has access to full sockets, headers & all, on packets, but - I still know there's things they won't let you do anymore even when logged on as ADMINISTRATOR itself, not just a member of that usergroup)

I.E. -> Certain programs aren't even allowed to run anymore, blacklisted, for example (& I cannot + will not go into specifics/program names, either)...

YES - This kind of thing is happening on your systems, right under your noses, & for a decade++ now - hiding in plain sight.

APK

P.S.=> Anyone know what I'm talking about here, or, better still, run into what I am describing? If so, then you also know where part of this restriction came from too, & where it really is starting (our own systems - but, "good" & "bad" possibles are the result (good in that it implements part of what girlintraining's about, bad in that it actually LIMITS what you could really do with a raw socket & full set of headers on packets))... apk

Re:Disturbing

[PopeRatzo]

these rights are firmly installed in the Constitution AND the Bible.

In some parts of the US, those two things are one in the same, and a science textbook to boot.