Yeah, a burned blu ray ISO would be signed... with the root keys. Since we have the root keys, we don't need to disable the check. Just sign the software with the root keys and the PS3 will run it.
CFW would eliminate the need for signing your own ISOs, or using a boot disk. But if the release groups start signing their releases, there won't be any use for that.
With the PS3's root key leaked, you shouldn't even need CFW to enable piracy. You should be able to sign the pirated game with the root key and it will run it just as if it was an official game. It won't be long until self boot PS3 images become common.
See, piracy and CFW are orthogonal issues. This CFW doesn't enable piracy, and piracy can occur without CFW at all.
There is real tyranny. For instance, you can be imprisoned and have your property confiscated for growing the wrong plant. That's tyranny any way you spin it. I don't think a 2nd amendment solution would work right now, but it's worth a try. Certainly those on the receiving end of 2nd amendment justice deserve everything they get.
Does this apply to DDR2 chips? It's almost at the point where it would be more economical to buy a new mobo and ram than it would be to add ram to a not that old board.
While I adore George Carlin, I think he's slightly off the mark here. We care about chickens, pigs, cows, dolphins, etc. because they are mammals and birds. They possess complex nervous systems that can sense pain, adapt to their surroundings, and protect their kin. Most can learn, socialize, and even dream. In other words, they're a lot like us.
Actually, you're making Carlin's point for him here. We care more about chickens than flies because they're more like us, supporting his argument that the "sanctity of life" arises entirely out of self interest.
Much like how we see slavery today, they will look back at our ancestors and ask how an entire civilization could exist that engaged in the wholesale slaughter of innocent life, pumped through factory farms and made to sleep in its own filth at night.
Actually, I look at our history of slavery today and see great parallels with our current society. It's not at all surprising that it happened, and could easily happen again. Looking back at it with any degree of incredulity is naive to say the least. The aspects of human nature that made slavery possible continue to dominate our society.
Fuck you. Just because it doesn't apply to me means that it's OK for thousands of others to be harassed by the government for no legitimate reason? Is that really OK with you? You can seriously go fuck yourself, people like you are a far greater threat than the terrorists.
Squelching legitimate political demonstration can damage the economy and cost people jobs. If you care about the economy, preserve our freedom. These FBI agents belong behind bars.
Which is an entirely obvious overreach of legitimate government authority. If you have to ask the government for permission to speak out against the government, you are not free. Any government that implements such a policy is nothing more than a bunch of thugs and deserves as much respect.
DDOS is a form of free speech, just like a lunch counter sit-in. Yes, they take some sites off line for a bit, but they're always back. As long as you're not using an illegally obtained bot-net, you are merely exercising your normal rights as a user of the internet. You're just requesting content, just like the rest of your 10,000 friends.
Sure, the people doing a DDOS could get their own website to get their message out. But who would view it? A DDOS sends a message that can't be ignored.
Wait -- so the Web was a bad idea, we should abandon it, forget about HTML5 (more of the same), and go back to the days where every single information service ran on a proprietary client?
Who said anything about proprietary clients? Native clients, open protocols is the way to go. Instead of shoehorning GUI elements into HTML, let the OS do it. That's what it's for. You can choose a proprietary client if you like. Or an open source client.
The web as a document delivery mechanism was a great idea. As an application platform it's abominable.
The guilty plea certainly makes it seem like this is a case where computer fraud was handled correctly by the system
Don't be so quick. Many innocent people plead guilty because they've been poorly advised by a public defender. A plea of guilty doesn't mean the person was guilty. It means that a deal was offered and the suspect had no faith in his defense at trial.
What I don't get is why so many folks let themselves uniquely be turned into raving lunatics about politics - especially given how important the issues are to them.
Because the law is fucking insane. For instance, we live in a country where it's considered an appropriate and measured response to throw someone in prison, and confiscate their home, for growing a plant that's some people disapprove of. How do you deal with that rationally?
If you have a mission, and that mission is important - you need to focus. Turning explosive (figuratively, or literally when you mix in religion) might seem a good way to get attention on something that is overlooked - but if you pay any attention to how political events turn out, it rarely has a positive net effect.
The problem is, nothing really has a positive effect. It's been a steady slide down towards authoritarian corporatism for all of my 30 years in this country. Every last tiny shred of hope has been crushed out of me. There is no chance for change besides another American Revolution. Unfortunately, I don't see it coming in my lifetime. All I can do is keep my head down and try not to get caught up in the machine. If anything, I'm surprised we haven't seen more people flip out. The situation definitely calls for it.
The question that raises would we have more dead cops if they worried about trials even when they feel justified?
Would we have more dead civilians if cops aren't worried about being punished for shooting inappropriately?
Would a jury of their peers be valid given that the peers would be civilians?
Peers, in 18th century speak, means "not nobility". The phrase is a carry over from the Magna Carta, and doesn't mean much in America where there are no nobles. At least in theory, we are all equal in the eyes of the law.
I am not saying I don't think courts and trials for shooting are a bad idea - on the contrary - but I am wondering how we come up with a situation where we can ensure fairness for everyone involved. I am not entirely convinced at this point that a trial jury is the right option yet.
Put the cops through the same legal system everyone goes through. That way the cops have incentive to make the process as fair as possible.
I agree. However, many civilians watching some of the tapes draw inappropriate conclusions regarding the outcomes.
They pass judgments on the officers without the proper context.
That's what trials are for. If the jury is leaping to conclusions, have your defense attorney provide the proper context. If it's good enough for citizens, it's good enough for cops.
I don't know if the need for a criminal court is always needed
Yes, always. The review boards do nothing but whitewash criminal conduct. A cop should go through the same process as everyone else. If it's a justifiable shooting, you can present that as a defense. Oh, and cops should be required to use public defenders. Again, if they are good enough for us, they're good enough for everyone else.
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not having to show normals your cable-infested pit with the huge stack useless drives in the corner...
I consider that a sort of trial by fire. It weeds out the weak.
You know, that's a good point. Thanks for bringing that to my attention.
Yeah, a burned blu ray ISO would be signed... with the root keys. Since we have the root keys, we don't need to disable the check. Just sign the software with the root keys and the PS3 will run it.
CFW would eliminate the need for signing your own ISOs, or using a boot disk. But if the release groups start signing their releases, there won't be any use for that.
With the PS3's root key leaked, you shouldn't even need CFW to enable piracy. You should be able to sign the pirated game with the root key and it will run it just as if it was an official game. It won't be long until self boot PS3 images become common.
See, piracy and CFW are orthogonal issues. This CFW doesn't enable piracy, and piracy can occur without CFW at all.
If you were in prison, you would see the tyranny in it. Just government is never arbitrary.
There is real tyranny. For instance, you can be imprisoned and have your property confiscated for growing the wrong plant. That's tyranny any way you spin it. I don't think a 2nd amendment solution would work right now, but it's worth a try. Certainly those on the receiving end of 2nd amendment justice deserve everything they get.
Does this apply to DDR2 chips? It's almost at the point where it would be more economical to buy a new mobo and ram than it would be to add ram to a not that old board.
While I adore George Carlin, I think he's slightly off the mark here. We care about chickens, pigs, cows, dolphins, etc. because they are mammals and birds. They possess complex nervous systems that can sense pain, adapt to their surroundings, and protect their kin. Most can learn, socialize, and even dream. In other words, they're a lot like us.
Actually, you're making Carlin's point for him here. We care more about chickens than flies because they're more like us, supporting his argument that the "sanctity of life" arises entirely out of self interest.
Much like how we see slavery today, they will look back at our ancestors and ask how an entire civilization could exist that engaged in the wholesale slaughter of innocent life, pumped through factory farms and made to sleep in its own filth at night.
Actually, I look at our history of slavery today and see great parallels with our current society. It's not at all surprising that it happened, and could easily happen again. Looking back at it with any degree of incredulity is naive to say the least. The aspects of human nature that made slavery possible continue to dominate our society.
World isn't a happy place with Obama riding a flying unicorn with a rainbow coming out of its ass.
That's obviously ludicrous. Unicorns can't fly.
Licensing isn't specifically prohibited by the Constitution. Unreasonable searches and seizures are.
Read a little harder and figure out who is doing the DDOS here and who got raided by the FBI.
Fuck you. Just because it doesn't apply to me means that it's OK for thousands of others to be harassed by the government for no legitimate reason? Is that really OK with you? You can seriously go fuck yourself, people like you are a far greater threat than the terrorists.
Squelching legitimate political demonstration can damage the economy and cost people jobs. If you care about the economy, preserve our freedom. These FBI agents belong behind bars.
All of which amounts to the government bullying legitimate businesses for doing nothing illegal. How is this even close to acceptable?
Which is an entirely obvious overreach of legitimate government authority. If you have to ask the government for permission to speak out against the government, you are not free. Any government that implements such a policy is nothing more than a bunch of thugs and deserves as much respect.
Sounds like it's time for the French to dust off the Guillotine.
Writing a program to renumber your programs is an excellent early programming exercise.
DDOS is a form of free speech, just like a lunch counter sit-in. Yes, they take some sites off line for a bit, but they're always back. As long as you're not using an illegally obtained bot-net, you are merely exercising your normal rights as a user of the internet. You're just requesting content, just like the rest of your 10,000 friends.
Sure, the people doing a DDOS could get their own website to get their message out. But who would view it? A DDOS sends a message that can't be ignored.
Would you expect anything else from a NewsCorp owned outlet?
Wait -- so the Web was a bad idea, we should abandon it, forget about HTML5 (more of the same), and go back to the days where every single information service ran on a proprietary client?
Who said anything about proprietary clients? Native clients, open protocols is the way to go. Instead of shoehorning GUI elements into HTML, let the OS do it. That's what it's for. You can choose a proprietary client if you like. Or an open source client.
The web as a document delivery mechanism was a great idea. As an application platform it's abominable.
It doesn't. I'm just pointing out that there are other reasons to plead guilty than actually being guilty. Not sure whether they apply to this case.
The guilty plea certainly makes it seem like this is a case where computer fraud was handled correctly by the system
Don't be so quick. Many innocent people plead guilty because they've been poorly advised by a public defender. A plea of guilty doesn't mean the person was guilty. It means that a deal was offered and the suspect had no faith in his defense at trial.
What I don't get is why so many folks let themselves uniquely be turned into raving lunatics about politics - especially given how important the issues are to them.
Because the law is fucking insane. For instance, we live in a country where it's considered an appropriate and measured response to throw someone in prison, and confiscate their home, for growing a plant that's some people disapprove of. How do you deal with that rationally?
If you have a mission, and that mission is important - you need to focus. Turning explosive (figuratively, or literally when you mix in religion) might seem a good way to get attention on something that is overlooked - but if you pay any attention to how political events turn out, it rarely has a positive net effect.
The problem is, nothing really has a positive effect. It's been a steady slide down towards authoritarian corporatism for all of my 30 years in this country. Every last tiny shred of hope has been crushed out of me. There is no chance for change besides another American Revolution. Unfortunately, I don't see it coming in my lifetime. All I can do is keep my head down and try not to get caught up in the machine. If anything, I'm surprised we haven't seen more people flip out. The situation definitely calls for it.
The question that raises would we have more dead cops if they worried about trials even when they feel justified?
Would we have more dead civilians if cops aren't worried about being punished for shooting inappropriately?
Would a jury of their peers be valid given that the peers would be civilians?
Peers, in 18th century speak, means "not nobility". The phrase is a carry over from the Magna Carta, and doesn't mean much in America where there are no nobles. At least in theory, we are all equal in the eyes of the law.
I am not saying I don't think courts and trials for shooting are a bad idea - on the contrary - but I am wondering how we come up with a situation where we can ensure fairness for everyone involved. I am not entirely convinced at this point that a trial jury is the right option yet.
Put the cops through the same legal system everyone goes through. That way the cops have incentive to make the process as fair as possible.
I agree. However, many civilians watching some of the tapes draw inappropriate conclusions regarding the outcomes.
They pass judgments on the officers without the proper context.
That's what trials are for. If the jury is leaping to conclusions, have your defense attorney provide the proper context. If it's good enough for citizens, it's good enough for cops.
I don't know if the need for a criminal court is always needed
Yes, always. The review boards do nothing but whitewash criminal conduct. A cop should go through the same process as everyone else. If it's a justifiable shooting, you can present that as a defense. Oh, and cops should be required to use public defenders. Again, if they are good enough for us, they're good enough for everyone else.