humm. another trustworthy firmware piece of code I have no control of. great. but why should I care - I'm running a open platform ! i can verify every single line of code I'm running ! think again. the hw barrier endures - coding is much easier than pcb printing. So you end up with g00gle pitching android as 'open and free' while restricting any root privileges, your TPM chip busy DRM'ing on your behalf & your TiVo phoning home. how long until your LCD denies you playing videos ? what will prevent Sony from taking another shot at RK technology at the firmware level ?
I know that asking for fully open hardware is asking for a lot - but seriously - can we compromise for any thing else ? I only hope I'll have the guts to swallow the performance penalty once such hardware exists.
er, any one mention security yet? from the article:
"SplashTop works within the motherboards BIOS and can be REMOTLY updated so that as the development community starts to work on applications the functionality of the OS will improve." hope some 'restore defaults' jumper is planed.
Yes, Walter, you're right. There is an unspoken message here. It's "FUCK YOU, LEAVE MY BIOS THE FUCK ALONE!" Yeah, I'll be at practice.
What the Chinese should have done is to follow the good old way to deal with separatism: throw money at the problem. Tibet has a ludicrously small population compared to China (not even three millions), and China could afford to subsidize separatism to death.
it really bugs me to see someone who has actually taken the time to read 'Manufacturing Consent' only to reach the point where he can point out 'efficiency laking oppressive regime conduct' rather than make him more attentive to minorities rights. Maybe I'm having a hard time to relate just because forced cultural assimilations just don't give me the buzz they used to...
I believe the true main theme of this issue tends to emerge under any [news source|gov] filter - Chinese cultural aggression, with a FUD topping - this time expressing itself in the pathetic form of YouTube censorship... Truly amazing is the extent to which they are willing to go to keep erect this digital 'Iron Curtain'... why is Tibet's right for self governance [at the cost of outsourcing their need for modernization to a more 'human rights' adhering super-power] so hard to support ? scratch that, why is it even being questioned ?
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humm. another trustworthy firmware piece of code I have no control of. great. but why should I care - I'm running a open platform ! i can verify every single line of code I'm running ! think again. the hw barrier endures - coding is much easier than pcb printing. So you end up with g00gle pitching android as 'open and free' while restricting any root privileges, your TPM chip busy DRM'ing on your behalf & your TiVo phoning home. how long until your LCD denies you playing videos ? what will prevent Sony from taking another shot at RK technology at the firmware level ?
I know that asking for fully open hardware is asking for a lot - but seriously - can we compromise for any thing else ? I only hope I'll have the guts to swallow the performance penalty once such hardware exists.
"SplashTop works within the motherboards BIOS and can be REMOTLY updated so that as the development community starts to work on applications the functionality of the OS will improve." hope some 'restore defaults' jumper is planed.
Yes, Walter, you're right. There is an unspoken message here. It's "FUCK YOU, LEAVE MY BIOS THE FUCK ALONE!" Yeah, I'll be at practice.
it really bugs me to see someone who has actually taken the time to read 'Manufacturing Consent' only to reach the point where he can point out 'efficiency laking oppressive regime conduct' rather than make him more attentive to minorities rights. Maybe I'm having a hard time to relate just because forced cultural assimilations just don't give me the buzz they used to...
I believe the true main theme of this issue tends to emerge under any [news source|gov] filter - Chinese cultural aggression, with a FUD topping - this time expressing itself in the pathetic form of YouTube censorship... Truly amazing is the extent to which they are willing to go to keep erect this digital 'Iron Curtain'... why is Tibet's right for self governance [at the cost of outsourcing their need for modernization to a more 'human rights' adhering super-power] so hard to support ? scratch that, why is it even being questioned ?