Seems about a year ago they implemented an actual useful feature.:) Previously there was no good reason to use it besides accessing some exclusive sites that used Real Audio.
In the time it takes to configure a system like this to spec, and learn it's obnoxious 'mambot' system of plug ins, you could pick up any random programming language and build a better mouse-trap all by yourself.
A vigilant open-sourcer at my company was able to get approval to use this hunk of junk for a production web-site. Trouble is, when he left, it was quicker to re-write the whole damn thing (in.Net, no less) than continue development for other clients. We now have 1 client running on a shitty Joomla portal, and 6 clients on our much sexier high performance portal.
Such a shady system doesn't exist to help prevent theft of $3,000 laptops, and you're going to put a system in place to protect $100 laptops that are given out for free?
If you want to improve the speed of downloading, how about removing 70% of the code which just encodes/decodes from XML and start using simple and efficient delimiters? I was a fan of Xajax, but I had to re-write it from scratch... XML is too verbose when you control both endpoints.
It is not a problem to host an additional file, and this only gives Google more information than they need... absolutely no good reason for this.
The bottom line is that you're a toolbag. Piracy is a constant... The software market is doing quite wonderfully, but if you can't understand that the RIAA/MPAA or any software organization that spends large sums of money and time on pointless anti-piracy measures are just pissing in the wind, then I can't help you.
The other bottom line is that piracy isn't theft, piracy is not threatening software markets, and piracy often HELPS products get more exposure than they normally would.
Photoshop is one of the most pirated applications in the world... ask Adobe, I'm pretty sure they're doing just fine. Not everyone can afford all the software they need, and sorry but if I haven't agreed to pay you for something, and you still have your copy, you haven't 'lost' anything.
There is no such thing as un-crackable. There is, however, a level where cracking becomes cost-inefficient.
I still doubt TPM will take us to that level, because it will have to have almost universal adoption and that will take many years. Software or hardware exploits will be found, and adoption/versioning issues will keep them from being fixed.
They should really stop fighting the wave, and put all their anti-piracy money into creative talent and developers.
mToken on any windows mobile device is great. also, windows mobile devices are great because they're so easy to hack and customize... ppckitchen.org for example.
If you haven't agreed to pay them, it is not a loss. They can expect all they want but if you go elsewhere, they haven't lost anything... they just haven't gained anything either. Going out of business is not shameful, it happens when you've been bested. You can adapt and succeed, or you can fail.
No... He has a valid comment, because he's responding to the vague use of 'modern CPU' without providing any numbers. If I said it requires a modern CPU, what speed would you say that is? Your answer might be different than mine. There is no LOL here, sorry!
XML is overused in the wrong situations. For many single-party projects, all that is needed is simple delimited text. You need look no further than the countless AJAX frameworks that are available to find that more than half of the code base is merely creating and parsing XML... I have a habit of cutting that unfortunate waste of efficiency out... I find XML to be horribly inefficient in all cases, except where there is no other way.
Engineers are not more likely to become terrorists or believe that kind of fundamentalist nonsense... Engineers are just actually able to DO things.
Al Qaeda would not be very effective if they exclusively hired gardeners.
I have no problem typing error free on my ipod, of course, i open my fucking eyes and correct any mistakes immediately... Also I can type pretty damn fast, almost as fast as on my Pocket PC.
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Does the carpet match the drapes?
Seems about a year ago they implemented an actual useful feature. :) Previously there was no good reason to use it besides accessing some exclusive sites that used Real Audio.
In the time it takes to configure a system like this to spec, and learn it's obnoxious 'mambot' system of plug ins, you could pick up any random programming language and build a better mouse-trap all by yourself.
A vigilant open-sourcer at my company was able to get approval to use this hunk of junk for a production web-site. Trouble is, when he left, it was quicker to re-write the whole damn thing (in .Net, no less) than continue development for other clients. We now have 1 client running on a shitty Joomla portal, and 6 clients on our much sexier high performance portal.
I'm a Google, you insensitive clod!
Worked for me!
Such a shady system doesn't exist to help prevent theft of $3,000 laptops, and you're going to put a system in place to protect $100 laptops that are given out for free?
What a scam, and a shame, this is.
Maybe now my employer will have to take down that LaserJet IIIp and upgrade to a newer model.
Now they can connect your browsing habits with your satellite voyeurism.
Everybody needs a little Vendor Loving Care.
As you said, the lengthy part is handling the XML in Javascript... which shouldn't be happening!
To give you an idea... my re-written Aj library takes up less than 6k for the basics.
If you want to improve the speed of downloading, how about removing 70% of the code which just encodes/decodes from XML and start using simple and efficient delimiters? I was a fan of Xajax, but I had to re-write it from scratch... XML is too verbose when you control both endpoints.
It is not a problem to host an additional file, and this only gives Google more information than they need... absolutely no good reason for this.
p.s. Name one company which has gone out of business due to piracy.. I'll be waiting, toolbag.
The bottom line is that you're a toolbag. Piracy is a constant... The software market is doing quite wonderfully, but if you can't understand that the RIAA/MPAA or any software organization that spends large sums of money and time on pointless anti-piracy measures are just pissing in the wind, then I can't help you.
The other bottom line is that piracy isn't theft, piracy is not threatening software markets, and piracy often HELPS products get more exposure than they normally would.
Photoshop is one of the most pirated applications in the world... ask Adobe, I'm pretty sure they're doing just fine. Not everyone can afford all the software they need, and sorry but if I haven't agreed to pay you for something, and you still have your copy, you haven't 'lost' anything.
There is no such thing as un-crackable. There is, however, a level where cracking becomes cost-inefficient.
I still doubt TPM will take us to that level, because it will have to have almost universal adoption and that will take many years. Software or hardware exploits will be found, and adoption/versioning issues will keep them from being fixed.
They should really stop fighting the wave, and put all their anti-piracy money into creative talent and developers.
mToken on any windows mobile device is great. also, windows mobile devices are great because they're so easy to hack and customize... ppckitchen.org for example.
I'm with you... I have an 8GB touch and it's not even half-full. My musical tastes vary by the week.
I have a ~6 year old 15" PowerBook G4 Titanium that still looks stylish, runs OS X Tiger and Adobe CS3, and performs pretty well.
If you haven't agreed to pay them, it is not a loss. They can expect all they want but if you go elsewhere, they haven't lost anything... they just haven't gained anything either. Going out of business is not shameful, it happens when you've been bested. You can adapt and succeed, or you can fail.
beat me to it :(
pay dat man his money
You mean obligatory Carl from Aqua Teen quote.
No... He has a valid comment, because he's responding to the vague use of 'modern CPU' without providing any numbers. If I said it requires a modern CPU, what speed would you say that is? Your answer might be different than mine. There is no LOL here, sorry!
XML is overused in the wrong situations. For many single-party projects, all that is needed is simple delimited text. You need look no further than the countless AJAX frameworks that are available to find that more than half of the code base is merely creating and parsing XML... I have a habit of cutting that unfortunate waste of efficiency out... I find XML to be horribly inefficient in all cases, except where there is no other way.
Engineers are not more likely to become terrorists or believe that kind of fundamentalist nonsense... Engineers are just actually able to DO things. Al Qaeda would not be very effective if they exclusively hired gardeners.
You haven't turned it on, have you?
I have no problem typing error free on my ipod, of course, i open my fucking eyes and correct any mistakes immediately... Also I can type pretty damn fast, almost as fast as on my Pocket PC.