I believe you meant "using Itunes to copy a CD is technically illegal in Australia". Murder is illegal in Australia, but that doesn't mean knives are illegal.
Weren't you paying attention about when the Grokster case came to a close. Grokster was deemed illegal because it's primary use was copyright infringement.
Now don't you think a country that has no Fair Use law might have made it illegal for iTunes.
Uh. No. iTunes can be used to perform actions that are illegal (copying cds), but since when has this made the product used automatically illegal?
Actually yes. I may have been mistaken about the AU law, although I did read that from an Australian Lawyer's post on Slashdot. I do know that they do not have a fair use doctrine.
However there are many examples where things are deemed illegal if their primary use is illegal. For example Grokster, Napster, etc. In Australia there was no iTunes Music Store up until recently and Apple's iTunes ad does say "Rip, Burn, Mix".
Maybe now, but early Linux distros had no firewalls by default and didn't ask you to use a non-root account. Newer distros force the issue a lot because of this. Gone are the days when telnet was started by default. I helped quite a few newbies rebuild their system after getting both rooted and having root kits installed.
The major difference is that Windows has a security hole, that will allow any CD to easilly install software without the user's knowledge.
No, the major difference is that Windows users are always running as 'root'. If this autorun executed as a regular user, we would have no problem.
I have TiVo (and now can't imagine life w/o it 11 months later) and I don't understand why this announcement is even remotely important. Why? Because when you have a TiVo and register your DVR through their web site you can do all the internet scheduling you want (https://www3.tivo.com/tivo-tco/index.do). This Yahoo deal just duplicates that. What am I missing?
I felt the same way when I was an SBC DSL Internet user. Yahoo! started advertising SBC DSL as Yahoo! DSL, I was like what in the hell is the difference. To this day there is really no difference. It's just Yahoo! giving money to companies, in return Yahoo! gets to put their name out more.
Well, fuck, if you're using open source software anyway, rip the damn thing under Linux, and avoid the rootkit altogether.
You do know that rootkits started on UNIX and have plagued Linux for some time now. Luckily Sony isn't targetting us. However these can happen on Linux too, although they are mitigated by the fact that most users do not run as root.
'Fair Use'. I have a legal right under international copyright law to format-shift any media in my possession.
First of all, IANAL. Now that this has been stated, although I disagree with the music industry, I am tired of crap like this being posted. Fair use is not a legal right, it's a set condition under which you can't be prosecuted. The Fair Use doctrine states that although illegal to make copies unless you are the copyright holder, you can get away with it if you qualify under X, Y, or Z.
In addition, the 'Fair Use' doctrine is U.S. Copyright Law. It is not international copyright law. This is why iTunes is technically illegal in Australia, because it can copy cd's. Although most countries have a similar exception to the copyright law, Fair Use is by no means International Law.
Other than that I must say, I hate how the entertainment industry is screwing with my rights. I think we all need to educate ourselves better with what is going on, so that we may better fight this bullshit. It's blatantly obvious that our Government does not have the best interests of it's citizens in mind while passing these laws. Hell we are still stuck in the middle ages of art because nothing ever goes back into the public domain anymore.
You want free and/or open source stuff but you're using it on a proprietary OS? (your mention of DreamWeaver suggests that)
Perhaps he doesn't want free/open source for ideological reasons. Maybe he's just cheap, broke or both! Maybe he was using dreamweaver with Crossover Office.
Whatever it may be, he has his reasons. Why not obstain if you have nothing useful to say.
But being that it runs on windows, it will probably be hacked by simply holding down the shift key. Just like all those "Copy Protected" cds they are putting out lately.
That was cracking the RIAA copy protection. Windows DRM is a mother, good luck descrambling a drm'd wmv file. I've read the forums, it can be done but it's not easy and requires a fresh install of xp (no sp at all).
Okay, maybe I'm a technological ignoramus, but when the guy in the article talks about IBM being able "to connect onto the till remotely and go onto the BIOS" I am a bit puzzled.
No magic behind the scenes. At work we have standard serial console servers that connect to com1. In the BIOS we set console redirection to the serial port. Enable that in Linux and viola, you can access the system from BIOS to the login prompt.
Is this possible with a normal PC motherboard? Or are they using some different type of system which provides hooks for the OS to do this?
I think this is done on most server targetted boards and a few home boards. There are also third party ways to do it on boards that do not natively support it such as with the PC Weasel:
The thing is that we have to go out of our way and break the law to do what is "normal" and has been allowed for over 20 years and TV stations are still in business.
I didn't realize there was a law that said I couldn't modify a TiVo I own. What law would I be breaking?
In fact, there's nothing about IE's "integration" that Mozilla isn't just as vulnerable to (in effect, anything IE can do, so can Mozilla, because IE just uses userland API's the same as Mozilla does).
My UID is even lower than yours. Hell, I even remember Slashdot before it had enough comments per day to require moderaters (other than CmdrTaco), let alone MetaModeration. I rule.
Eh, so do I. I use to post as anonymous coward back then, was always too lazy to reg.
4 DIGITS ARE WAY BETTER THAN 5!
Eh, there are ten times more of us than there are of you;->
A daemon that reads it's config from text files rather than a nasty database is certainly more UNIX-like than it is Windows-like.
Yep just like sendmail, oh wait . . .
Look Apache may have its roots in UNIX but it is NOT UNIX! It's as much UNIX as Microsoft Office is Windows only (keep in mind that Crossover + Mac OSX exist). That's all I am saying.
Also, Microsoft are doing lots more UNIX-like things recently, if you care to find out about them.
Actually I know what Microsoft has been doing. A lot of this stuff started when Hotmail was first converted off of FreeBSD. In fact, many of the recommendations are coming verbatim from the migration team.
Regardless, Windows will never be UNIX enough for me. And since there is OSX (my laptop), FreeBSD (my server) and Linux (my desktop), I could give a rats ass what Microsoft does.
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I believe you meant "using Itunes to copy a CD is technically illegal in Australia". Murder is illegal in Australia, but that doesn't mean knives are illegal.
Weren't you paying attention about when the Grokster case came to a close. Grokster was deemed illegal because it's primary use was copyright infringement.
Now don't you think a country that has no Fair Use law might have made it illegal for iTunes.
Uh. No. iTunes can be used to perform actions that are illegal (copying cds), but since when has this made the product used automatically illegal?
Actually yes. I may have been mistaken about the AU law, although I did read that from an Australian Lawyer's post on Slashdot. I do know that they do not have a fair use doctrine.
However there are many examples where things are deemed illegal if their primary use is illegal. For example Grokster, Napster, etc. In Australia there was no iTunes Music Store up until recently and Apple's
iTunes ad does say "Rip, Burn, Mix".
Plague is an exaggeration.
Maybe now, but early Linux distros had no firewalls by default and didn't ask you to use a non-root account. Newer distros force the issue a lot because of this. Gone are the days when telnet was started by default. I helped quite a few newbies rebuild their system after getting both rooted and having root kits installed.
The major difference is that Windows has a security hole, that will allow any CD to easilly install software without the user's knowledge.
No, the major difference is that Windows users are always running as 'root'. If this autorun executed as a regular user, we would have no problem.
I have TiVo (and now can't imagine life w/o it 11 months later) and I don't understand why this announcement is even remotely important. Why? Because when you have a TiVo and register your DVR through their web site you can do all the internet scheduling you want (https://www3.tivo.com/tivo-tco/index.do). This Yahoo deal just duplicates that. What am I missing?
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I felt the same way when I was an SBC DSL Internet user. Yahoo! started advertising SBC DSL as Yahoo! DSL, I was like what in the hell is the difference. To this day there is really no difference. It's just Yahoo! giving money to companies, in return Yahoo! gets to put their name out more.
Guess it just makes em feel better
Well, fuck, if you're using open source software anyway, rip the damn thing under Linux, and avoid the rootkit altogether.
You do know that rootkits started on UNIX and have plagued Linux for some time now. Luckily Sony isn't targetting us. However these can happen on Linux too, although they are mitigated by the fact that most users do not run as root.
'Fair Use'. I have a legal right under international copyright law to format-shift any media in my possession.
First of all, IANAL. Now that this has been stated, although I disagree with the music industry, I am tired of crap like this being posted. Fair use is not a legal right, it's a set condition under which you can't be prosecuted. The Fair Use doctrine states that although illegal to make copies unless you are the copyright holder, you can get away with it if you qualify under X, Y, or Z.
In addition, the 'Fair Use' doctrine is U.S. Copyright Law. It is not international copyright law. This is why iTunes is technically illegal in Australia, because it can copy cd's. Although most countries have a similar exception to the copyright law, Fair Use is by no means International Law.
Other than that I must say, I hate how the entertainment industry is screwing with my rights. I think we all need to educate ourselves better with what is going on, so that we may better fight this bullshit. It's blatantly obvious that our Government does not have the best interests of it's citizens in mind while passing these laws. Hell we are still stuck in the middle ages of art because nothing ever goes back into the public domain anymore.
Fine, have it your way :)
My bank account and client list sure does disagree with you.
Ok, but I won't just take your word for it. Give me your bank account # and client list and we'll see if this is correct.
Oh and don't forget the bank routing number too!
You want free and/or open source stuff but you're using it on a proprietary OS? (your mention of DreamWeaver suggests that)
Perhaps he doesn't want free/open source for ideological reasons. Maybe he's just cheap, broke or both! Maybe he was using dreamweaver with Crossover Office.
Whatever it may be, he has his reasons. Why not obstain if you have nothing useful to say.
Humans in space inspire. Inspiration drives people into sciences and engineering and forces politicians to fund more space ventures.
Can you name the names of any astronoauts that have been into space, aside from the first people to land on the moon? Probably not. . .
Can you name the last few major projects that came out of JPL? I know I can. Deep Impact, Mars Rovers, Cassini Huygens, etc . . .
But being that it runs on windows, it will probably be hacked by simply holding down the shift key. Just like all those "Copy Protected" cds they are putting out lately.
That was cracking the RIAA copy protection. Windows DRM is a mother, good luck descrambling a drm'd wmv file. I've read the forums, it can be done but it's not easy and requires a fresh install of xp (no sp at all).
You misspelled /dev/ttyS0.
I'm not running LinuxBIOS. My BIOS calls it com1, so it is not a typo.
Okay, maybe I'm a technological ignoramus, but when the guy in the article talks about IBM being able "to connect onto the till remotely and go onto the BIOS" I am a bit puzzled.
No magic behind the scenes. At work we have standard serial console servers that connect to com1. In the BIOS we set console redirection to the serial port. Enable that in Linux and viola, you can access the system from BIOS to the login prompt.
Is this possible with a normal PC motherboard? Or are they using some different type of system which provides hooks for the OS to do this?
I think this is done on most server targetted boards and a few home boards. There are also third party ways to do it on boards that do not natively support it such as with the PC Weasel:
http://www.realweasel.com/
You can do with labels what you can do with folder, that is you can emulate folders 100% using labels.
You can't nest labels.
I bought MicroPort Unix in 1988 for $1,000. It was a Sys V variant that ran on the PC. This was in the days before X Windows.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System
I think you're wrong about that.
"X originated at MIT in 1984. The current protocol version, X11, was released in September 1987."
The thing is that we have to go out of our way and break the law to do what is "normal" and has been allowed for over 20 years and TV stations are still in business.
I didn't realize there was a law that said I couldn't modify a TiVo I own. What law would I be breaking?
If Microsoft distributed infected binaries, then it would be Microsoft distributing infected binaries.
m p3_player_virus_flap/
Yoink! http://news.com.com/2100-1001-935994.html
Also
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/01/creative_
I'm starting to think that somewhere there is an angry group of Korean's deliberately trying to infect Windows machines.
Piss off, you irresponsible asshat.
I've always liked assclown better. It just has a nicer ring than asshat.
In fact, there's nothing about IE's "integration" that Mozilla isn't just as vulnerable to (in effect, anything IE can do, so can Mozilla, because IE just uses userland API's the same as Mozilla does).
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I beg to differ. My proof is available here:
http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT7614463206
"For the undocumented API calls, the king is Internet Explorer!" - Jeremy White, CodeWeavers
"Symantec foretells a dark future for Firefox and Mac users describing their security as a "false paradise"."
Oh shit! I must be doubly screwed because I use Firefox on my Mac!
My UID is even lower than yours. Hell, I even remember Slashdot before it had enough comments per day to require moderaters (other than CmdrTaco), let alone MetaModeration. I rule.
;->
Eh, so do I. I use to post as anonymous coward back then, was always too lazy to reg.
4 DIGITS ARE WAY BETTER THAN 5!
Eh, there are ten times more of us than there are of you
I'll sell you mine.
. . .
Just think, you can skirt around slashdot with your sexy new low uid. (relatively speaking of course)
Uhm my uid is lower than yours.
A great sarchasm divides these two posts by users with 5-digit uids.
What's a 5 digit uid have to do with anything? Is a low digit uid becoming fashionable? If so, I want in!
A daemon that reads it's config from text files rather than a nasty database is certainly more UNIX-like than it is Windows-like.
Yep just like sendmail, oh wait . . .
Look Apache may have its roots in UNIX but it is NOT UNIX! It's as much UNIX as Microsoft Office is Windows only (keep in mind that Crossover + Mac OSX exist). That's all I am saying.
Also, Microsoft are doing lots more UNIX-like things recently, if you care to find out about them.
Actually I know what Microsoft has been doing. A lot of this stuff started when Hotmail was first converted off of FreeBSD. In fact, many of the recommendations are coming verbatim from the migration team.
Regardless, Windows will never be UNIX enough for me. And since there is OSX (my laptop), FreeBSD (my server) and Linux (my desktop), I could give a rats ass what Microsoft does.
Henry Spencer
"Those who do not understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it -- badly".
Repeat after me, Apache is not UNIX. Apache is a web server. It's a web server that's not even exclusive to the UNIX world since it runs on Windows.