Silly question... but why not just parse mail at the server, stripping anything out that doesn't follow the usual Date: formats?
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Has the Lain DVD series been released, and re-released? Some of the discs available from http://chapters.ca are poorly labelled and I don't want to get stuck with a dub/POS.
The device described in the article takes an undecoded MPEG-2 and converts it into high transfer rate SDI signal. So what is illigal about that? I don't believe there can be an injunction ruling against such a micro processor at all. There is no violation of copyright, there is no violation of DMCA, he does not DeCSS the signal, he just changes the undecoded signal. This is what we all have being doing for years while writing the signal onto our VCRs. I think those movie stars and highly paid actors can sleep tight knowing that they are not violators of any applicable laws:)
We should all have this down by now -- it doesn't matter if there's no violation of copyright, or DCMA, or anything remotely DeCSSish about a tech which makes the movie-makers uncomfortable...
Garrett says, All the manufacturers of DVD players have signed an agreement not to provide a Firewire digital output. But there is no mention of SDI. -- but how lokg until these agreements get changed?
Here's the 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' review:
We discovered that the feeling you get from not receiving a million dollars because you lost the game is exactly the same as the feeling you get from not receiving a million dollars when you win the game.
I think Tux will be fine on his own. Take a look at This.
Did you notice the following?
'All artwork and designs for the WPILA T-shirt, with the exception of the Linux "Tux" mascot graphic, were designed by WPILA member George Caswell and are copyright 1999 WPI Linux Association.'
... All things, naturally move toward randomness. There is a whopping difference. Life moves other things more quickly to disorder to grow and maintain its own complexity.
Although I agree with you for the most part, I feel I really should point something out...
Allclosedsystems tend to move towards entropy.
A billiard table doesn't tend towards entropy if there's someone who insists on racking the balls.
Similarly, we are not in a closed system -- we happen to be somewhere between a system with very high entropy (the sun) and a system with very low entropy (near empty space at very low temperatures). Although the net result is more randomness (we're pretty good at converting order into less-order, as a planet), spontaneous ordering can and does happen.
There are all sorts of examples where (what we think of as) random motion produces patterns on a macroscopic level -- consider ridged sand dunes, patterns caused by convection, etc...
The 2nd law of thermodynamics has been applied to some pretty odd things.
Certainly the whole shrinkwrap license-enforcement is frightening from a personal rights point-of-view, but what is *really* scary is that UCITA shelters manufacturers from any responsibility for knowingly distributing buggy software. Read: dangerously buggy software.
It's true that Linux could be a boon to a country without the wealth to purchase proprietary OS's. But let's face it - Linux isn't all that easy to use, even for a Westerner who grows up surrounded by electronic devices. Please don't flame me, but wouldn't it be better to give them an easier path? Windows is a lot easier to use, and MS could do a huge licensing agreement with the Indian gov't, since most people couldn't afford to buy it.
Consider the Mexico redhat deal (I think it's actually mentioned in the article) -- I think linux would certainly be the best route to take.
Consider the (major) problem created by the prevalence of Microsoft: People expect computers to be inherently unstable. This is a Very Bad Thing, and is widespread amongst novice users.
Linux would go a long way towards preventing this. Sure, people may think computers are confusing -- but once people realize that computers can be reliable... well then we'll start to see some real widespread acceptance of technology integration.
I have a DC comic book starring Superman and Wonder Woman... and the TRS-80 whiz kids! Obviously propaganda (hell, it was compliments of Radio Shack in 1982) but it's cool as hell -- maybe I should scan a couple pages. I think this quote says it all:
Gosh, Wonder Woman... We didn't do a thing that anybody couldn't do with the help of a TRS-80 color computer!
"However, as this letter clearly shows, the encryption only hinders playback. It is possible to (illegally) copy a DVD disk without decrypting anything! You can do this because the decryption is done at play time and doesn't have anything to do with copying."
"This is done by pre-embossing (or in the case of write-once DVD-R media, factory pre-recording) the sector reserved for the DVD-Video or DVD-Audio disc decryption keys. As a result, the recordable blank cannot record a copy of the disc decryption key associated with a bit-by-bit copy's transfer of content, and while the copy itself is not prevented, it is impossible to play back."
That is, titlekeys are written to static *unwritable* location(s). Rick Moen (the person referenced by the opendvd site) says that the linked email 'was not fully informed' , but that he's come across other points to support the defense.
I think it's pretty irresponsible of the opendvd people to knowingly (this assumes they read their feedback email account) misrepresent the facts in this way -- especially to the media.
Note that I've only just started looking into this so I may be wrong -- please feel free to correct me.
I can't *wait* until The Gap changes their marketing strategy and/or all these people with messy hair and horn-rimmed glasses fall off the earth. One or the other will happen, I'm sure of it.
Regarding the 'nerd' vs. 'geek' discussion: What's the difference between the internet and the Super-Information-Highway?
... is the only real use for any form of mass-communication by the military.
Never mind 'electronic bombs which saturate the enemy's cyberspace' (I really hope this is a poor translation) -- get the enemy population to *agree* with you.
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Silly question... but why not just parse mail at the server, stripping anything out that doesn't follow the usual Date: formats?
thanks.
Unfortunately, some departments of even very large, successful tech companies (with well-defined telecommuting policies) frown on it. Hrm.
I wish I could write with laser-like authority. Pehchew! Pehchew! Respect my laser-like authority!
We should all have this down by now -- it doesn't matter if there's no violation of copyright, or DCMA, or anything remotely DeCSSish about a tech which makes the movie-makers uncomfortable...
Garrett says, All the manufacturers of DVD players have signed an agreement not to provide a Firewire digital output. But there is no mention of SDI. -- but how lokg until these agreements get changed?
Actually, sea water is a great insulator for high frequency radiation, if I remember my waves class correctly.
The author makes this point -- and goes on to suggest a glass surface.
Well, that's nice -- although it does seem awfully Simpsonsish of them:
I'm going to kick the air, and if you get in the way, that's your own fault!
Here's the 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' review:
We discovered that the feeling you get from not receiving a million dollars because you lost the game is exactly the same as the feeling you get from not receiving a million dollars when you win the game.
(grin)
Did you notice the following?
'All artwork and designs for the WPILA T-shirt, with the exception of the Linux "Tux" mascot graphic, were designed by WPILA member George Caswell and are copyright 1999 WPI Linux Association.'
How wrong is that?
Although I agree with you for the most part, I feel I really should point something out...
All closed systems tend to move towards entropy.
A billiard table doesn't tend towards entropy if there's someone who insists on racking the balls.
Similarly, we are not in a closed system -- we happen to be somewhere between a system with very high entropy (the sun) and a system with very low entropy (near empty space at very low temperatures). Although the net result is more randomness (we're pretty good at converting order into less-order, as a planet), spontaneous ordering can and does happen.
There are all sorts of examples where (what we think of as) random motion produces patterns on a macroscopic level -- consider ridged sand dunes, patterns caused by convection, etc...
The 2nd law of thermodynamics has been applied to some pretty odd things.
Truly a nightmare.
Consider the Mexico redhat deal (I think it's actually mentioned in the article) -- I think linux would certainly be the best route to take.
Consider the (major) problem created by the prevalence of Microsoft: People expect computers to be inherently unstable. This is a Very Bad Thing, and is widespread amongst novice users.
Linux would go a long way towards preventing this. Sure, people may think computers are confusing -- but once people realize that computers can be reliable... well then we'll start to see some real widespread acceptance of technology integration.
Gosh, Wonder Woman... We didn't do a thing that anybody couldn't do with the help of a TRS-80 color computer!
As far as I know, this is bullshit. The site you are referring to is the openDVD journalist reference page. They say:
"However, as this letter clearly shows, the encryption only hinders playback. It is possible to (illegally) copy a DVD disk without decrypting anything! You can do this because the decryption is done at play time and doesn't have anything to do with copying."
Note that the IEEE article on DVD says:
"This is done by pre-embossing (or in the case of write-once DVD-R media, factory pre-recording) the sector reserved for the DVD-Video or DVD-Audio disc decryption keys. As a result, the recordable blank cannot record a copy of the disc decryption key associated with a bit-by-bit copy's transfer of content, and while the copy itself is not prevented, it is impossible to play back."
That is, titlekeys are written to static *unwritable* location(s). Rick Moen (the person referenced by the opendvd site) says that the linked email 'was not fully informed' , but that he's come across other points to support the defense.
I think it's pretty irresponsible of the opendvd people to knowingly (this assumes they read their feedback email account) misrepresent the facts in this way -- especially to the media.
Note that I've only just started looking into this so I may be wrong -- please feel free to correct me.
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I was trying to point out that any user who wanted the /extra stuff/ (liner notes and the like) would have to spring for the .mpe's.
Ahh. I see the confusion -- I wrote 'mpe2mp3' when I meant 'mp32mpe'.
Songboy has licensed the .MPE file format from Destiny Media Technologies for use with the SongboyTM portable and Songboy PC PlayerTM.
The .MPE or encrypted multimedia format enables artists to release music tracks that are encrypted for the purchaser.
As far as I can tell, users (who would like the fancy-shmancy liner notes and the like) will have to purchase .mpe's from songboy.
Until, of course, some geek builds mpe2mp3 (if it doesn't exist already).
I'm under the impression that they weren't terribly afraid of this bug being exploited -- they just didn't want their *users* to find out about it.
I can't *wait* until The Gap changes their marketing strategy and/or all these people with messy hair and horn-rimmed glasses fall off the earth. One or the other will happen, I'm sure of it.
Regarding the 'nerd' vs. 'geek' discussion: What's the difference between the internet and the Super-Information-Highway?
One phrase got pushed.
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... is the only real use for any form of mass-communication by the military.
Never mind 'electronic bombs which saturate the enemy's cyberspace' (I really hope this is a poor translation) -- get the enemy population to *agree* with you.
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