That AACS protection can be easily cracked because some player manufacturer did not make the player right goes to show just how ridiculous the whole proposition is in the first place.
The only difference between this "non-lethal" weapon and a "lethal weapon that produces excruciatingly painful death" is the power level setting on the unit's control panel. If the top layer of a persons flesh is burned over a large percentage of the body, this person will die a horrible death. If the top layer of skin on the eyeballs are damaged, this person will be blinded. This type of weapon will most likely be used for crowd control and probably on its own citizens sooner or later.
"...For example, if a user were viewing medical imagery concurrently with playback of video [ which required image constraint ], only the commercial video would be constrained -- not the medical image or other things on the user's desktop.'"
First up, the part about *requiring image constraint*, is just too ridiculous. Microsoft seems to think they have some kind of God given right to control what and how information is viewed by people... as do lots of other greed focused media outfits like RIAA, MPAA, etc.
And to the 95% of computer users that use Windows and suck-up and take this kind of abuse, I have to say, well you allow these M$ bastards to do this to you so don't waste anyone's time complaining about it. If you really don't like the abuse then do something about it - stop using these products and quit viewing their media. If you think about it, most information being sold these days only serves to waste ones time, influence how one thinks, or suck money from ones budget. So why not tell these media pigs where they can put their wares!
No your only mistake is your attitude and self imposed limitations of and about the subject. Thinking like yours is what is fucking up "computers as we know them" in the world. Judging by what you have to say on the subject, I realize that I have probably forgot more about computer technology than you will ever know.
No this could not easily have been prevented. There is no anti-spyware or anti-virus software that will stop all possible infections on a Windows box. As to the morons in court convinced that the teacher "had to physically click" on the porn links to make them show up in some way in Windows... give me a break please. That is so not right. It sounds like this teacher may be railroaded to the jail house over computer issues that the persons running the court are clueless about. Just one more reason to toss Windows and learn to use a real OS.
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What else would one expect from such a greedmonger pack of thieves?
And the u.s. patent office serves as a lapdog to these groups.
But hey, people here in the u.s. just keep right on giving them their money and using their products. So why should anybody act upset about it?
That AACS protection can be easily cracked because some player manufacturer did not make the player right goes to show just how ridiculous the whole proposition is in the first place.
Yes it will.
And you are powerless and a coward.
The only difference between this "non-lethal" weapon and a "lethal weapon that produces excruciatingly painful death" is the power level setting on the unit's control panel. If the top layer of a persons flesh is burned over a large percentage of the body, this person will die a horrible death. If the top layer of skin on the eyeballs are damaged, this person will be blinded. This type of weapon will most likely be used for crowd control and probably on its own citizens sooner or later.
"...For example, if a user were viewing medical imagery concurrently with playback of video [ which required image constraint ], only the commercial video would be constrained -- not the medical image or other things on the user's desktop.'"
First up, the part about *requiring image constraint*, is just too ridiculous. Microsoft seems to think they have some kind of God given right to control what and how information is viewed by people... as do lots of other greed focused media outfits like RIAA, MPAA, etc.
And to the 95% of computer users that use Windows and suck-up and take this kind of abuse, I have to say, well you allow these M$ bastards to do this to you so don't waste anyone's time complaining about it. If you really don't like the abuse then do something about it - stop using these products and quit viewing their media. If you think about it, most information being sold these days only serves to waste ones time, influence how one thinks, or suck money from ones budget. So why not tell these media pigs where they can put their wares!
No your only mistake is your attitude and self imposed limitations of and about the subject. Thinking like yours is what is fucking up "computers as we know them" in the world. Judging by what you have to say on the subject, I realize that I have probably forgot more about computer technology than you will ever know.
Dude, I've been in the IT and computer engineering business since 1982. Been there done it. You missed the point of what I had to say.
No this could not easily have been prevented. There is no anti-spyware or anti-virus software that will stop all possible infections on a Windows box. As to the morons in court convinced that the teacher "had to physically click" on the porn links to make them show up in some way in Windows... give me a break please. That is so not right. It sounds like this teacher may be railroaded to the jail house over computer issues that the persons running the court are clueless about. Just one more reason to toss Windows and learn to use a real OS.