DivX wasn't cracked because it was too unpopular to bother. If it had lasted longer in the market, it would've met the same fate as CSS.
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Linux and DRM?
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As a employee of a large content provider, what current options are out there for groups that want to deploy protected content on Linux?
Well, you could start by reading a book. DRM is not viable on closed source systems; it won't be viable on open source systems. If you plug DRM software into the kernel, I can still run it inside a virtual machine and snatch out whatever content I want (and put it on a peer-to-peer system). Better yet, I can get content from someone who doesn't try to treat me like a two-year-old.
Want a real system for getting money for your content? Try micropayments, or subscription, but don't bother with DRM. Any engineer (who isn't trying to part a fool from his venture capital) will tell you that, in the long run, "trying to make bits uncopyable is like trying to make water not wet." (Thanks, Bruce)
Recently the Supreme Court ruled against the wearing of masks during protests, mostly on the grounds that the constitution protects free speech, not anonymity.
No, they didn't. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan wrote that ruling. The Supreme Court ruled in McIntyre v Ohio (1995) that anonymous speech was protected; the majority position referred explicitly to the Federalist Papers. Thank you for not commenting on legal matters about which you know nothing.
It's been my experience that most people crying for anonymity on the internet are not big believers in freedom of expression. They are believers in freedom to not get punched in the mouth.
The two are equivalent. Free speech includes the right to speak without being physically harmed (or fired, deported, jailed, fined, whatever). Since state power does not usually prevent such retribution, anonymity is a necessary and valid protection for dissident speech.
Actually, every year hundreds of thousands of Mexicans decide not to tolerate it, and they come here. For some reason, right-wing neoliberals continue to act shocked and appalled that anyone would *think* to cross the border illegally.
If Apple actually releases this thing -- and in the US$100-150 range -- all of those pretty little iRiver flash players with ogg support are going to get really, really cheap. Want ogg support? Hang on to your money and wait for the "Apple-killed-the-market clearance sale."
I use an athlon 1.5ish-ghz with an old geforce, and Quake 3, UT2003 and the like run quite nicely at high resolutions (1024x768), and that's with the crappy linux nvidia drivers. If it's slow, drop the resolution down, you'll be fine. Actually, even RtC Wolfenstein runs okay at low res., although I hate it:)
Other fun choices: Armagetron (tron clone), or TEG (a RISK clone) for the strategy-minded. I hate BZFlag though, I always get wasted on their servers. There are also the latter day DOOM rewrites; I use PRBOOM, compatable with all the old ones.
I'm sorry, but how, exactly, is the ICC off topic? The ICC would be a perfect vehicle for Hussein's trial given the need to avoid a US-based "victor's justice," and if that's not pertinent to his capture, I don't know what is.
I didn't say gun websites aren't "okay," I looked at gun-related websites when I was a kid. But some kids obsessed with guns have issues, and some of them do silly things like gunning down their classmates. I never said anyone should prohibit them from reading, but parents ought to ask questions to make sure their kids aren't obsessed with violence.
And -- "why exactly is porn okay"? Because porn is great, that's why. For adolescents, porn (at least, that small chunk of porn that displays responsible ideas about sex) is a healthy outlet for sexual energy. imho guns aren't a very healthy outlet for adolescents, that's why most societies restrict arms ownership to slightly older folks.
I'd think specifically about what your worries are before laying down laws. A well-adjusted young adolescent won't be Scarred for Life by anything on the internet (except the stuff that scars us all:). I'd worry more about whether or not they're able to contextualize what they see or read -- since they WILL encounter porn, hate speech, etc. eventually, rules or no. In any case, I'd drop the "door open" policy, at least for the older ones: adolescents need some privacy to be able to start leading their own lives. And I'd be wary of surveilling your kids in general, unless there is something specific to worry about (i.e., lots of gun-related websites).
There's no reason for this to be a priority, because average users should never recompile the kernel, ever. Unless you're on a low-end machine, having an optimized kernel and an assload of modules isn't much slower than a fine-tuned kernel; when desktop systems get slow, it has a lot more to do with GNOME/KDE/mozilla/OpenOffice than with the kernel.
Distros that focus on the average user ought to make sure every friggin' kernel module that could be necessary is included, so that end users (like me a few years ago) won't recompile and break things; it's a waste of everyone's time. This is not to say it's never a good idea to use a non-stock kernel, but if "make modules" scares you, fucking around with the kernel is a bad idea.
Pango is still pretty ugly in Devanagri (the Hindi script); Indix seems a little better at displaying conjoined letters, which are a big pain. I'm not sure of the status, but Pango was working on complex text layout, so the framework should eventually be better at laying out Devanagri.
Of your two examples of "elected" officials, neither was put in place by a majority. Hitler was appointed by the senile, embattled Chancellor; Bush received a minority of the votes of the minority of Americans who actually voted.
And by the way -- any comparison of post-revolutionary France/China/Russia ought to be weighed against the crimes perpetrated by the Ancien Regime/KMT/tsar. Revolutions aren't perfect; they are bloody messes created out of desperate conditions. But ousting worthless monarchists is always worth it, even if the results cannot be predicted.
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Hey, man, knives don't pick teeth, PEOPLE pick teeth.
People with crowbars. 10 of them = "distributed."
Right, and US$4.00 = UK0.04 = 4e-6 .
DivX wasn't cracked because it was too unpopular to bother. If it had lasted longer in the market, it would've met the same fate as CSS.
Well, you could start by reading a book. DRM is not viable on closed source systems; it won't be viable on open source systems. If you plug DRM software into the kernel, I can still run it inside a virtual machine and snatch out whatever content I want (and put it on a peer-to-peer system). Better yet, I can get content from someone who doesn't try to treat me like a two-year-old.
Want a real system for getting money for your content? Try micropayments, or subscription, but don't bother with DRM. Any engineer (who isn't trying to part a fool from his venture capital) will tell you that, in the long run, "trying to make bits uncopyable is like trying to make water not wet." (Thanks, Bruce)
I'd be much happier using an email client named Thundercat ...
Darl MacBride gets cancer -- Are Linux users responsible?
Maybe they were Business School students, standing in awe of Darl's brilliantly successful stock scam.
No, they didn't. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan wrote that ruling. The Supreme Court ruled in McIntyre v Ohio (1995) that anonymous speech was protected; the majority position referred explicitly to the Federalist Papers. Thank you for not commenting on legal matters about which you know nothing.
The two are equivalent. Free speech includes the right to speak without being physically harmed (or fired, deported, jailed, fined, whatever). Since state power does not usually prevent such retribution, anonymity is a necessary and valid protection for dissident speech.
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Actually, every year hundreds of thousands of Mexicans decide not to tolerate it, and they come here. For some reason, right-wing neoliberals continue to act shocked and appalled that anyone would *think* to cross the border illegally.
CmdrTaco sues Timothy for copywright infringement. Film at 11.
True enough, but could you leave out the "carcass" metaphors when talking about OSS? I really don't want to see it in the next IIS ad.
"Microsoft: Because UNIX is made of carcasses."
If Apple actually releases this thing -- and in the US$100-150 range -- all of those pretty little iRiver flash players with ogg support are going to get really, really cheap. Want ogg support? Hang on to your money and wait for the "Apple-killed-the-market clearance sale."
Why does Bush get the trophy? He can't seem to find any WMD's he isn't building himself or planning to launch.
I use an athlon 1.5ish-ghz with an old geforce, and Quake 3, UT2003 and the like run quite nicely at high resolutions (1024x768), and that's with the crappy linux nvidia drivers. If it's slow, drop the resolution down, you'll be fine. Actually, even RtC Wolfenstein runs okay at low res., although I hate it :)
Other fun choices: Armagetron (tron clone), or TEG (a RISK clone) for the strategy-minded. I hate BZFlag though, I always get wasted on their servers. There are also the latter day DOOM rewrites; I use PRBOOM, compatable with all the old ones.
I'm sorry, but how, exactly, is the ICC off topic? The ICC would be a perfect vehicle for Hussein's trial given the need to avoid a US-based "victor's justice," and if that's not pertinent to his capture, I don't know what is.
I didn't say gun websites aren't "okay," I looked at gun-related websites when I was a kid. But some kids obsessed with guns have issues, and some of them do silly things like gunning down their classmates. I never said anyone should prohibit them from reading, but parents ought to ask questions to make sure their kids aren't obsessed with violence.
And -- "why exactly is porn okay"? Because porn is great, that's why. For adolescents, porn (at least, that small chunk of porn that displays responsible ideas about sex) is a healthy outlet for sexual energy. imho guns aren't a very healthy outlet for adolescents, that's why most societies restrict arms ownership to slightly older folks.
I'd think specifically about what your worries are before laying down laws. A well-adjusted young adolescent won't be Scarred for Life by anything on the internet (except the stuff that scars us all :). I'd worry more about whether or not they're able to contextualize what they see or read -- since they WILL encounter porn, hate speech, etc. eventually, rules or no. In any case, I'd drop the "door open" policy, at least for the older ones: adolescents need some privacy to be able to start leading their own lives. And I'd be wary of surveilling your kids in general, unless there is something specific to worry about (i.e., lots of gun-related websites).
Operation: Dark Star commencing.
Wait, Arabs and Pakistanis are supposed to appreciate Microsoft? Just because they write rtl doesn't make them stupid, dude.
There's no reason for this to be a priority, because average users should never recompile the kernel, ever. Unless you're on a low-end machine, having an optimized kernel and an assload of modules isn't much slower than a fine-tuned kernel; when desktop systems get slow, it has a lot more to do with GNOME/KDE/mozilla/OpenOffice than with the kernel.
Distros that focus on the average user ought to make sure every friggin' kernel module that could be necessary is included, so that end users (like me a few years ago) won't recompile and break things; it's a waste of everyone's time. This is not to say it's never a good idea to use a non-stock kernel, but if "make modules" scares you, fucking around with the kernel is a bad idea.
Nate
Pango is still pretty ugly in Devanagri (the Hindi script); Indix seems a little better at displaying conjoined letters, which are a big pain. I'm not sure of the status, but Pango was working on complex text layout, so the framework should eventually be better at laying out Devanagri.
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Of your two examples of "elected" officials, neither was put in place by a majority. Hitler was appointed by the senile, embattled Chancellor; Bush received a minority of the votes of the minority of Americans who actually voted.
And by the way -- any comparison of post-revolutionary France/China/Russia ought to be weighed against the crimes perpetrated by the Ancien Regime/KMT/tsar. Revolutions aren't perfect; they are bloody messes created out of desperate conditions. But ousting worthless monarchists is always worth it, even if the results cannot be predicted.
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