Err yeah, that's probably because IE *comes with windows*. If a ham sandwich came with windoze, most likely 90% of internet users would eat a ham sandwich. Or something.
Just today I was searching for sites on the net that had free public domain music, for an open source demo I am trying to create.
What I was looking for was a site that had mp3's, or preferably ogg's for use in demos of the lives project
Strangely enough, I couldn't find such a site anywhere, although there seemed to be plenty of sheet music and midi files. Does anybody know of such a site, or is it simply the case that there is no public domain music any longer ?
Alternatively, if you are a musician, and would like to donate some music to the project, please contact the author at the email address on the project page.
Try lwn.net. They have a weekly overview of the kernel status. Since they moved to a subscription model, you have to pay to see the latest news, but previous weeks can be viewed for free.
I don't live in the US, so that is not really an option for me. But rest assured, I am trying to point out the evils of Microsoft's plans whenever I get the opportunity.
If I send an email to you, using Palladium, and I want it 'for your eyes only', then I must obtain your public key in order to encrypt it.
In order to check whether I am allowed to obtain your public key, my machine will consult a license server, which could be run by Microsoft or a third party. If everything is OK, the license server will instruct your machine to send me your public key. The license server will check the subject of the email to make sure I am not a spammer. It sees that the title is "Microsoft sucks" and marks me as a spammer, and refuses to grant permission to get your public key.
Far fetched - of course, and I am not saying it will necessarily work like this. But the point I am making is, once you hand control of your machine to MS, you no longer have any say over what it does. MS don't *need* to even know what your keys are in order to lock you in/out.
Apple, though still on the higher end of the price factor is strongly against much of the DRM and "trusted" computing alliance.
I keep seeing people claiming this, but where is the evidence ? Where is the statement from Apple that they will never support DRM ? Where is it ? What happens when MS says to them - "The next version of Office for the Mac will only run in a Palladium enabled machine" ?
In particular, we ought to be sure that software that will run under linux can provide the same sorts of services as a palladium enabled version of windows.
That may not be possible. Microsoft has a number of patents in the area of DRM Operating Systems. Microsoft has been working towards this for *years*, don't you think they have considered every angle ?
So sure, you might be able to run Palladium mode Linux, but you will likely have to use a signed kernel (signed by Microsoft or one of their lackeys - don't even think about compiling your own), and pay Microsoft for the privilege of using binary only security modules. Of course, they will likely set the price for all this to be higher than an equivalent Windows system.
The thing that worries me is that if all we say is "no, palladium is the devil" we won't have any voice in this stuff.
Palladium *is* the devil, and the only 'voice' we have is not to buy into it.
IANAL, but didn't the SCOTUS already have a chance to hear *this* appeal ? IIRC, they turned it down and sent it back to the lower court.
So when CKK gives her judgement, is it really possible to appeal to SCOTUS *again* ? Can one side or the other keep appealing indefinately ? Surely there must be a limit to appeals ?
I think it's hardly facetious to be criticizing VCs for doing what the market demanded of them at the time, since they are chartered with making money for their investors...
But don't you agree that VC's at least have a responsibility to thoroughly investigate whatever they want to invest their clients' money in, before they invest anything ? I would have thought that was a basic part of the job - yet some of the things I saw money being thrown at, I could have told you at a glance would never bring a return for their clients, even without the benefit of hindsight. In other words, when investing in technology it pays to talk to people who actually know the field inside and out.
Well it's only fair to allow commercial entities to profit from publicly funded code.
Oh and if a company wants to erect their own toll booth on a highway, they should be allowed to - after all, companies should be allowed to profit from the publicly funded highway system.
Oh and of course if the same, or a different company starts charging children to allow them to enter a school, well they are only profiting from the publicly funded school system.
All in all, I think it's an excellent idea allowing private companies to profit from publicly funded projects. It will surely put some life back into the stock market.
Well if what you claim is true, then no matter how much DRM Microsoft build into WMP, it will be useless. All somebody has to do to get round it is to make a new soundcard driver that writes sound to disk instead of to the soundcard.
The only alternative would be to force *all* soundcard manufacturers to incorporate hardware decryption straight onto their boards.
Actually I believe in the case of an independant artist, the webcaster still has to pay the fees, and then the artist can, in theory, claim them back at a later date upon production of an agreement between the webcaster and the artist.
So basically you still have to pay, whatever. Imagine the hassles if you are broadcasting several independant artists.
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Err yeah, that's probably because IE *comes with windows*. If a ham sandwich came with windoze, most likely 90% of internet users would eat a ham sandwich. Or something.
What I was looking for was a site that had mp3's, or preferably ogg's for use in demos of the lives project
Strangely enough, I couldn't find such a site anywhere, although there seemed to be plenty of sheet music and midi files. Does anybody know of such a site, or is it simply the case that there is no public domain music any longer ?
Alternatively, if you are a musician, and would like to donate some music to the project, please contact the author at the email address on the project page.
Try lwn.net. They have a weekly overview of the kernel status. Since they moved to a subscription model, you have to pay to see the latest news, but previous weeks can be viewed for free.
(Do a search in the page for 'bugzilla' and you will see that two mozilla bugs have been addressed.)
I don't live in the US, so that is not really an option for me. But rest assured, I am trying to point out the evils of Microsoft's plans whenever I get the opportunity.
People were stupid enough to buy WinME. I rest my case.
The obvious quid-pro-quo from MS would have to be that Palladium will not support virtual machines out of the box.
Thus, your one good point is not even valid.
In order to check whether I am allowed to obtain your public key, my machine will consult a license server, which could be run by Microsoft or a third party. If everything is OK, the license server will instruct your machine to send me your public key. The license server will check the subject of the email to make sure I am not a spammer. It sees that the title is "Microsoft sucks" and marks me as a spammer, and refuses to grant permission to get your public key.
Far fetched - of course, and I am not saying it will necessarily work like this. But the point I am making is, once you hand control of your machine to MS, you no longer have any say over what it does. MS don't *need* to even know what your keys are in order to lock you in/out.
I keep seeing people claiming this, but where is the evidence ? Where is the statement from Apple that they will never support DRM ? Where is it ? What happens when MS says to them - "The next version of Office for the Mac will only run in a Palladium enabled machine" ?
That may not be possible. Microsoft has a number of patents in the area of DRM Operating Systems. Microsoft has been working towards this for *years*, don't you think they have considered every angle ?
So sure, you might be able to run Palladium mode Linux, but you will likely have to use a signed kernel (signed by Microsoft or one of their lackeys - don't even think about compiling your own), and pay Microsoft for the privilege of using binary only security modules. Of course, they will likely set the price for all this to be higher than an equivalent Windows system.
The thing that worries me is that if all we say is "no, palladium is the devil" we won't have any voice in this stuff.
Palladium *is* the devil, and the only 'voice' we have is not to buy into it.
So when CKK gives her judgement, is it really possible to appeal to SCOTUS *again* ? Can one side or the other keep appealing indefinately ? Surely there must be a limit to appeals ?
Erm...she hasn't given her ruling yet.
But don't you agree that VC's at least have a responsibility to thoroughly investigate whatever they want to invest their clients' money in, before they invest anything ? I would have thought that was a basic part of the job - yet some of the things I saw money being thrown at, I could have told you at a glance would never bring a return for their clients, even without the benefit of hindsight. In other words, when investing in technology it pays to talk to people who actually know the field inside and out.
I played one of the wavs backwards, and I could distinctly hear the words "European Space Agency engineers are weenies".
You mean it's those damned mormon leet hackers again ?
Was there ever a system 8 or system 9 ?
Oh and if a company wants to erect their own toll booth on a highway, they should be allowed to - after all, companies should be allowed to profit from the publicly funded highway system.
Oh and of course if the same, or a different company starts charging children to allow them to enter a school, well they are only profiting from the publicly funded school system.
All in all, I think it's an excellent idea allowing private companies to profit from publicly funded projects. It will surely put some life back into the stock market.
The only alternative would be to force *all* soundcard manufacturers to incorporate hardware decryption straight onto their boards.
So basically you still have to pay, whatever. Imagine the hassles if you are broadcasting several independant artists.
(BTW, say hi to Bob Spears for me will you. Does he still run the bookshop there ?)
I mean Moore's law still trumps overclocking any day.
Bill Gates: 640K should be enough for anybody.
MS Exec: (cough) actually Bill, 640K isn't really very much memory at all...
Pause...
Bill G: (rubbing chin) Alright then - one meeeellion beeeellion treeeellion bytes should be enough for anybody.
MS Exec: yes Excellency, I shall ensure the changes are executed immediately.
Heh, that would be funny. Imagine if someone ported Open Office to .net, and put it on the MS site
But of course having the code under the GPL is a Good Thing.
Because their OS couldn't handle ".html".