This demonstrates how out of touch the US Government is with reality.
When it comes to "anti-piracy" "features" in the computer world, they are with out a doubt circumvented quickly & easily. Even high-end software that require dongles are cracked with ease. We all know that what ever "anti-piracy" "features" the US Gov. comes up with will be painfully out-dated and bypassed with ease by making a quick run to Radio Shack!
With the slow moving TV industry, the term "Hardware Costs" takes on a whole new dimension. How much do you think a satellite and broadcast tower cost? Once they do this, they are seriously committed to the technology they choose. There's no turning back.
Here's my predicted chain of events:
TV's released with "anti-piracy" "features".
They are cracked/hacked the next day.
The TV industry tries to stop this on a person by person basis, then they give up.
They'll just have to live with the fact that anyone can copy anything on their "anti-piracy" "feature" enabled sets.
Now what? How can I interface with this in a web application? What if I have 10,000 records. Should I NOT use a SQL database and put everything in to this big HTML-like file? That doesn't seem efficient.
The million dollar question: XML is a data structure, but is it a *database*?
I found <a href="http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/98/41/in dex1a.html?tw=authoring">Webmonkey's</a> intro helpful.
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This demonstrates how out of touch the US Government is with reality.
When it comes to "anti-piracy" "features" in the computer world, they are with out a doubt circumvented quickly & easily. Even high-end software that require dongles are cracked with ease. We all know that what ever "anti-piracy" "features" the US Gov. comes up with will be painfully out-dated and bypassed with ease by making a quick run to Radio Shack!
With the slow moving TV industry, the term "Hardware Costs" takes on a whole new dimension. How much do you think a satellite and broadcast tower cost? Once they do this, they are seriously committed to the technology they choose. There's no turning back.
- Here's my predicted chain of events:
- TV's released with "anti-piracy" "features".
- They are cracked/hacked the next day.
- The TV industry tries to stop this on a person by person basis, then they give up.
- They'll just have to live with the fact that anyone can copy anything on their "anti-piracy" "feature" enabled sets.
USA, the land of the $35,000 toilet seat.Great, XML is the new god. It's a data structure. But what can I do with it? So let's say I have an XML document like so:
n dex1a.html?tw=authoring">Webmonkey's</a> intro helpful.
<whoAreYou>
<firstName>Bob</firstName>
<lastName>Dobbs</lastName>
<likes>
<favoriteColor>Periwinkle</favoriteColor>
</likes>
</whoAreYou>
Now what? How can I interface with this in a web application? What if I have 10,000 records. Should I NOT use a SQL database and put everything in to this big HTML-like file? That doesn't seem efficient.
The million dollar question: XML is a data structure, but is it a *database*?
I found <a href="http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/98/41/i
EVERYONE call this number and complain about the ridiculous monopoly that has ensued!
The Justice Department, Anti-Trust Division
(415)436-6660
(San Francisco, California)