IANAL of course, but I don't think Microsoft is going after them under the DMCA, but rather copyright law, due to it containing Microsoft code. However, isn't this what Sony tried to do to Connectix for reverse engineering their BIOS? Connectix won. And isn't this what IBM tried to do to Compaq? Compaq won. Why should this case be any different?
Perhaps someone else could shed light on this, but is the current modchip BIOS a "clean room implementation" of the MS BIOS?
You have aligned yourself with counterfeiters, a tactic unlikely to draw support from the mainstream public.
Perhaps this is just my raging cynicism kicking in, but the past couple of years have given me the impression that the RIAA et. al. ALREADY view us all as a bunch of theives. Yes, the parent your comment replies to is a bit extreme, but with the hyperbole Hilary Valenti spouts on a daily basis it is justified in my mind.
And if they are doing that, they are most likely redirecting requests to port 80 through their proxy, thus negating any settings your browser is using. This is trvially simple to do in any ipfw/chains/tables firewall, as well as a commercial unit like a PIX.
Though I'm impressed you managed to get the word "distributed IDS" in your post. 100% buzzword compliant! =)
I take issue with Tresco's assumption that everything is so black and white. As you said, where do you draw the line? I also take issue with his assumption that these companies MUST be losing money if they are supporting organizations like the BSA.
When I was a kid, I pirated all sorts of software. The only reason I had a computer was because my grandfather got sick of me using his all the time =). Now that I'm a sysadmin type, and actually make a living using this stuff, I am rabid about supporting companies that make good software. I also do my best to instill this value in the users I support, as well as my friends.
As a USian, I get ticked off that my vote doesn't seem to mean anything these days. But there is one place I have a lot of influence, the free market, and that is why I do my best to give my business to companies that really do deserve it (and sometimes companies that don't *cough*Microsoft*cough*).
Software companies really do lose money from piracy, why else would they support these types of organizations?
Prove it. You're telling me that if a high school kid who messes around with with Photoshop occasionally downloads a pirated copy off IRC, that Adobe loses 500 bucks?
Don't get me wrong, piracy is basically theft. I make it a point to buy software that I find useful, especially in the case of shareware, because I have a moral obligation to myself to do so. But this is the same flaw in logic the music industry uses to brand us all theives and legislate against us for the "good of the artists".
IANAL (where have I heard that before), but I am willing to bet that is EXACTLY why they got shut down.
Why they are bothering, on the other hand, is beyond me. It is fairly simple to buy a flash chip for 5 bucks, flash it yourself, and mod away. The cat is out of the bag!
I have to agree with the Dreamcast fans though. This really sucks for those of us with a significant investment in our DCs, as Lik-Sang had nice 3rd party stuff for them.
In fact, as I'm typing this, my laptop is accessing our network and the internet, hopping through 2 of my coworkers back to an access point. There are about 25 other people using the same access point too, scattered across the 3 offices and 2 floors in this building.
</blatant plug>
I had seen some articles about that proposed broadband service using low flying planes. Sounds a bit far fetched to me, though the military apparently uses unmanned drones for reconnaissance. Something along those lines could probably be adapted, and maybe even cost effective.
I might mention that the United States of America is the only country to be convicted of international terrorism, for our actions in Nicaragua. Pot, meet kettle.
I'm lucky in that there are a few theaters around here, including the one at KSC =).
But enough gloating... I saw The Matrix a while back on an Imax screen. It wasn't transferred to real Imax film, but the sound alone was worth every penny. I came out of the theater with my ears ringing. I think they said it was something like 25K watts! =)
I have to wonder though, about the transfer from DV to Imax film. During the lame love scene parts of Ep 2 I was really ticked off at the poor quality of the transfer. Any color that was a gradient was blocky, and the entire duration of the film there was 3 or 4 small vertical lines in the picture. It made me think that whatever projector they used to print the film had a couple of panels joined together, and that was a regular theater!
From what I can tell it is already out. A quick google turns up this: http://www.bigmoviezone.com/articles/?uniq=91. I can't seem to find it, but I think it was a/. story that mentioned that they edited some swearing. Minor stuff too. Google hasn't indexed it yet, so who knows, I might just be talking out my ass =).
I enjoyed Episode 2 immensely, especially in comparison to Episode 1. The only complaint I had was that DV sucks. Period.
However, didn't they have to edit Apollo 13 at the request of Imax and Co.? What parts of Episode 2 would prove "too much"? The scene where Anakin attacks the camp? If they want this process to gain adoption, IFE is going to have to get over some of their qualms about the content of movies.
Nothing will change the fact that Bill Clinton is solely responsible for the worst terroist attack in American history.
Yea, I'm sure Reagan arming and training Al Qaeda has nothing to do with that. Or America's ass-backwards foreign policy for the past 30 years.
Conservative assholes like you blasting Clinton for his past transgressions make me sick. Get over it. Try questioning the Federalist asshole you have respresenting your party now instead.
I dont know about the normal version, but Symantec's Ghost Enterprise version allows you to install a small console on each machine, allowing you to simply reboot and reimage the machine. The downside is that you have to purchase a license for each client machine you want to run the console on. IMHO the price is reasonable, if you are talking about an enterprise size installation.
And since Ghost supports Linux, you could use it to reimage your linux boxen as well.
More on-topic, I just installed apt4rpm the other day, and it is hella cool. I always thought apt was the best feature of Debian, but I have been using RedHat for a while and feel familiar with it. There are server packages available, so you can run your own repository internally. I am preparing to do so for my company. We are primarily a RedHat shop, so this tool should prove invaluable, or at least will save me having to run around with 20 Linux CD-Rs =). I'd love to pay RedHat $20 or whatever a month per machine, but, um, no.
The stardard (802.11b) is fundementally flawed, though. Proprietary or not, someone will have to step in and do something about it, and if there is a financial incentive to do so, they will do it sooner.
<BLATENT PLUG>
Enter the company I work for =). We have a software overlay that sits on 802.11b and allows for multi-hop, etc. It uses feedback from the card to find the best path back to an AP through multiple hops, at the highest datarate possible. I've been deploying a beta version of our software in-house, and although I may be a bit biased, it really is a boon for WiFi. Seamless handoff, multihop, the works.
I might also point out we have a solution that supports mobility at highway speeds. From what little RF theory I know, doppler shift will kill 802.11b at anything over walking speeds. I routinely demo this technology to different companies on a local highway. And I can promise this, the tagline "T1 in your pocket" is all too apt. Even if driving around can be monotonous, reading/. while listening to internet radio (what's left, at least) at 70 MPH helps.
<BLATENT PLUG>
I might also point out that there is a project for Linux called MobileMesh that is doing a lot of this for Linux. There you go, open source and everything =).
What about LAME? They've managed to create an MP3 encoder without, from what I understand, infringing upon FhG's patents. Couldn't they create an encoder to do the same? I'm currently in the middle of reading an FAQ off their site about the MPEG patents. It is a good read: http://web.media.mit.edu/~eds/mpeg-patents-faq.
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IANAL of course, but I don't think Microsoft is going after them under the DMCA, but rather copyright law, due to it containing Microsoft code. However, isn't this what Sony tried to do to Connectix for reverse engineering their BIOS? Connectix won. And isn't this what IBM tried to do to Compaq? Compaq won. Why should this case be any different?
Perhaps someone else could shed light on this, but is the current modchip BIOS a "clean room implementation" of the MS BIOS?
Except someone CLAIMED to have cracked HDCP (the encryption you are speaking of) ages ago.
My only hope, is that this trend continues, and consumers realize they shouldn't have to compromise their convenience for Hollywood's sake.
A lineman's handset, preferably obtained in the traditional way.
Traditional, eh? That does mean out of the back of the telephone company truck, right?
...delivering the occasional baby...
... finishing off the occasional roach ...
The homebrew version is a total PITA, a friend tells me. 29 wires from chip to board, and a couple of jumpers.
A better idea would be to nab one of those new no-solder chips, that just screw in. Better hurry, before M$ sues them into oblivion!
Thanks for making a gross generalization, and answering a valid question on behalf of all of us consumers.
Asshole.
You have aligned yourself with counterfeiters, a tactic unlikely to draw support from the mainstream public.
Perhaps this is just my raging cynicism kicking in, but the past couple of years have given me the impression that the RIAA et. al. ALREADY view us all as a bunch of theives. Yes, the parent your comment replies to is a bit extreme, but with the hyperbole Hilary Valenti spouts on a daily basis it is justified in my mind.
And if they are doing that, they are most likely redirecting requests to port 80 through their proxy, thus negating any settings your browser is using. This is trvially simple to do in any ipfw/chains/tables firewall, as well as a commercial unit like a PIX.
Though I'm impressed you managed to get the word "distributed IDS" in your post. 100% buzzword compliant! =)
Perhaps I should clarify a bit.
I take issue with Tresco's assumption that everything is so black and white. As you said, where do you draw the line? I also take issue with his assumption that these companies MUST be losing money if they are supporting organizations like the BSA.
When I was a kid, I pirated all sorts of software. The only reason I had a computer was because my grandfather got sick of me using his all the time =). Now that I'm a sysadmin type, and actually make a living using this stuff, I am rabid about supporting companies that make good software. I also do my best to instill this value in the users I support, as well as my friends.
As a USian, I get ticked off that my vote doesn't seem to mean anything these days. But there is one place I have a lot of influence, the free market, and that is why I do my best to give my business to companies that really do deserve it (and sometimes companies that don't *cough*Microsoft*cough*).
Software companies really do lose money from piracy, why else would they support these types of organizations?
Prove it. You're telling me that if a high school kid who messes around with with Photoshop occasionally downloads a pirated copy off IRC, that Adobe loses 500 bucks?
Don't get me wrong, piracy is basically theft. I make it a point to buy software that I find useful, especially in the case of shareware, because I have a moral obligation to myself to do so. But this is the same flaw in logic the music industry uses to brand us all theives and legislate against us for the "good of the artists".
IANAL (where have I heard that before), but I am willing to bet that is EXACTLY why they got shut down.
Why they are bothering, on the other hand, is beyond me. It is fairly simple to buy a flash chip for 5 bucks, flash it yourself, and mod away. The cat is out of the bag!
I have to agree with the Dreamcast fans though. This really sucks for those of us with a significant investment in our DCs, as Lik-Sang had nice 3rd party stuff for them.
How about spraying chemicals with questionable effects over miles of some foriegn country, in a vain attempt to solve OUR social problems?
Terrorist is a relative term. These days, it seems to be synonymous with "those who oppose America's interests". Who is the naive fool here?
Of course they are! =)
<blatant plug>
http://www.meshnetworks.com
In fact, as I'm typing this, my laptop is accessing our network and the internet, hopping through 2 of my coworkers back to an access point. There are about 25 other people using the same access point too, scattered across the 3 offices and 2 floors in this building.
</blatant plug>
I had seen some articles about that proposed broadband service using low flying planes. Sounds a bit far fetched to me, though the military apparently uses unmanned drones for reconnaissance. Something along those lines could probably be adapted, and maybe even cost effective.
Especially if they're meshed =).
LOL, right. By that logic, IIS should be the most secure webserver on the face of the planet! =)
I might mention that the United States of America is the only country to be convicted of international terrorism, for our actions in Nicaragua. Pot, meet kettle.
Oops, read the article and everything, just noticed the 'K' after 200 in your post. My mistake =)
But yea, does seem a bit high. Someone show these numbers to my boss!
Erm, off by an order of magnitude or 3 there =)
Way I figure, thats 1 admin-type for every 5K users...
I'm lucky in that there are a few theaters around here, including the one at KSC =).
But enough gloating... I saw The Matrix a while back on an Imax screen. It wasn't transferred to real Imax film, but the sound alone was worth every penny. I came out of the theater with my ears ringing. I think they said it was something like 25K watts! =)
I have to wonder though, about the transfer from DV to Imax film. During the lame love scene parts of Ep 2 I was really ticked off at the poor quality of the transfer. Any color that was a gradient was blocky, and the entire duration of the film there was 3 or 4 small vertical lines in the picture. It made me think that whatever projector they used to print the film had a couple of panels joined together, and that was a regular theater!
From what I can tell it is already out. A quick google turns up this: http://www.bigmoviezone.com/articles/?uniq=91. I can't seem to find it, but I think it was a /. story that mentioned that they edited some swearing. Minor stuff too. Google hasn't indexed it yet, so who knows, I might just be talking out my ass =).
I enjoyed Episode 2 immensely, especially in comparison to Episode 1. The only complaint I had was that DV sucks. Period.
However, didn't they have to edit Apollo 13 at the request of Imax and Co.? What parts of Episode 2 would prove "too much"? The scene where Anakin attacks the camp? If they want this process to gain adoption, IFE is going to have to get over some of their qualms about the content of movies.
Nothing will change the fact that Bill Clinton is solely responsible for the worst terroist attack in American history.
Yea, I'm sure Reagan arming and training Al Qaeda has nothing to do with that. Or America's ass-backwards foreign policy for the past 30 years.
Conservative assholes like you blasting Clinton for his past transgressions make me sick. Get over it. Try questioning the Federalist asshole you have respresenting your party now instead.
See my other post. Ghost works with Linux. It costs, but it works.
I dont know about the normal version, but Symantec's Ghost Enterprise version allows you to install a small console on each machine, allowing you to simply reboot and reimage the machine. The downside is that you have to purchase a license for each client machine you want to run the console on. IMHO the price is reasonable, if you are talking about an enterprise size installation.
And since Ghost supports Linux, you could use it to reimage your linux boxen as well.
More on-topic, I just installed apt4rpm the other day, and it is hella cool. I always thought apt was the best feature of Debian, but I have been using RedHat for a while and feel familiar with it. There are server packages available, so you can run your own repository internally. I am preparing to do so for my company. We are primarily a RedHat shop, so this tool should prove invaluable, or at least will save me having to run around with 20 Linux CD-Rs =). I'd love to pay RedHat $20 or whatever a month per machine, but, um, no.
The stardard (802.11b) is fundementally flawed, though. Proprietary or not, someone will have to step in and do something about it, and if there is a financial incentive to do so, they will do it sooner.
/. while listening to internet radio (what's left, at least) at 70 MPH helps.
<BLATENT PLUG>
Enter the company I work for =). We have a software overlay that sits on 802.11b and allows for multi-hop, etc. It uses feedback from the card to find the best path back to an AP through multiple hops, at the highest datarate possible. I've been deploying a beta version of our software in-house, and although I may be a bit biased, it really is a boon for WiFi. Seamless handoff, multihop, the works.
I might also point out we have a solution that supports mobility at highway speeds. From what little RF theory I know, doppler shift will kill 802.11b at anything over walking speeds. I routinely demo this technology to different companies on a local highway. And I can promise this, the tagline "T1 in your pocket" is all too apt. Even if driving around can be monotonous, reading
<BLATENT PLUG>
I might also point out that there is a project for Linux called MobileMesh that is doing a lot of this for Linux. There you go, open source and everything =).
What about LAME? They've managed to create an MP3 encoder without, from what I understand, infringing upon FhG's patents. Couldn't they create an encoder to do the same? I'm currently in the middle of reading an FAQ off their site about the MPEG patents. It is a good read: http://web.media.mit.edu/~eds/mpeg-patents-faq.