"We can get fucked over when a device lies to us about buffering just like any other filesystem, and it's not our fault if you have shitty hardware that doesn't follow instructions like it's supposed to."
If it's possible to brick the device with bad firmware, then the device is defective.
To be frank, I consider making devices fragile enough to have an allergic reaction to the wrong firmware as just another form of DRM slightly more subtle and more insidious than tivoization.
Either make it so that bad firmware can't wreck the device, or publish all the specs a homebrewer will need to properly manage the device.
When you have a malicious actor with the capability to sabotage the system, you really do have to do a deep audit to make sure they didn't plant any logic bombs.
Not to mention that since the actions were willful and malicious, the case may qualify for punitive damages.
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ICANN is headquartered in the US, so they already have reach over everything.
It's easy to keep costs low when you use botnets to pilfer resources that aren't yours.
If spammers had to send the emails on their own dime it might be a different ballgame.
Translation:
"We can get fucked over when a device lies to us about buffering just like any other filesystem, and it's not our fault if you have shitty hardware that doesn't follow instructions like it's supposed to."
It's as much their business as your contract with them says it is.
Bingo.
Good show.
But all the open source drivers in the world won't mean diddly squat if the h264 patent pool gets in the way.
If it's possible to brick the device with bad firmware, then the device is defective.
To be frank, I consider making devices fragile enough to have an allergic reaction to the wrong firmware as just another form of DRM slightly more subtle and more insidious than tivoization.
Either make it so that bad firmware can't wreck the device, or publish all the specs a homebrewer will need to properly manage the device.
Reasonable yes.
Realistic? Not so much.
But does it both run and not run linux?
light speedup...heh heh.
Ok, quick question.
Why are the US Martials auctioning off his property? Doesn't it belong to his estate?
The moment the innocent seeks revenge, he ceases to be innocent.
Singles aren't as profitable when you can force consumers to buy the whole CD and pay for every song on it.
Driving 100 in a 55 won't get you a ticket.
It will get you arrested.
Terry Childs tried that.
Look where it got him.
Agree with parent.
You've already poured your heart and soul into the place and didn't have the foresight to ask for equity up front.
Already been milked, time to be put to pasture.
I'm going short on holy water.
Yup.
When you have a malicious actor with the capability to sabotage the system, you really do have to do a deep audit to make sure they didn't plant any logic bombs.
Not to mention that since the actions were willful and malicious, the case may qualify for punitive damages.
Tell me who you are so I can add you to my shitlist.
Guilt by association, isn't it lovely?
Don't take it personally, it just means I don't trust the judgement of someone who would trust an asshole like that.
He's already been crucified.
They're just casting lots for his robes.
Paying down the national debt would help considerably. The interest on it is a large portion of the federal budget.
And when the interest on the national debt devours the entire tax budget, we are going to be a pack of sorry puppies.
The military industrial complex will scream bloody murder and do serious political damage to congress critter careers if you try that.
Or maybe they just don't want to get into a fight with the state tax department over it.
You can lose a battle in ways other than fair and square.
The TSA has something to say about that.