Hotz was trying to jailbreak the ps3 before OtherOS was removed. It was actually Chinese pirates that found the original exploit and Hotz took it further and released the keys online which led to millions having their online experience ruined. But/. likes to pretend it was some heroic story.....gag.
I go to bars all the time where the HDTV was left on an SD sports channel. Very few seem to care about the difference between upscaled DVD and Bluray. DVD hit a sweet spot with tech/price. So yea I doubt most mom and pop movie watchers will notice.
So the best strategy against piracy is to do nothing? If Sony went with that plan their PS3 would have been heavily pirated from the start.
The best anti-piracy plan is one that is effective. Doing nothing benefits pirates the most. It's a complex issue that is not solved with a hands off approach.
I really like how this comment was modded up. Slashdot supports copyright infringement unless it involves GPL software. In the latter case this place becomes an angry mom demanding lawsuits and law enforcement.
You mean another lame rationalization for cheapskate pirates who pirate to avoid paying and are looking to feel justified to eliminate any residual guilt. I don't think what they are doing will stop piracy but I see nothing high minded about using their actions to justify piracy.
Because it has been the same damn program that people have been citing as proof of Java not being dead on the desktop FOR YEARS.
It's the damn list from 5 years ago. Eclipse, Netbeans, Azureus(Vuze). Shouldn't there be some new programs by now? Why are so many programs still written in C++?
I don't see why the programmer should be blamed when he is one of the few people that has actually created a popular Java program. Perhaps you have to be very talented to just build a mediocre program with Java.
It was basically an in-house project with the (failed) goal of attracting Linux developers. Did you ever visit the OpenSolaris forums? The place was dead.
They may be hated at places like Slashdot but they have contributed far more to the kernel than Canonical.
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MW2 wouldn't have been ruined if didn't release the keys. That was his choice and you want to pretend he isn't responsible for his actions.
Hotz was trying to jailbreak the ps3 before OtherOS was removed. It was actually Chinese pirates that found the original exploit and Hotz took it further and released the keys online which led to millions having their online experience ruined. But /. likes to pretend it was some heroic story.....gag.
Released the keys which led to MW2 and other games having their online play ruined. It's irresponsible.
No he just made it really easy for people to ruin games like MW2. Read about the lobby hack before blindly defending him.
I go to bars all the time where the HDTV was left on an SD sports channel. Very few seem to care about the difference between upscaled DVD and Bluray. DVD hit a sweet spot with tech/price. So yea I doubt most mom and pop movie watchers will notice.
So the best strategy against piracy is to do nothing? If Sony went with that plan their PS3 would have been heavily pirated from the start.
The best anti-piracy plan is one that is effective. Doing nothing benefits pirates the most. It's a complex issue that is not solved with a hands off approach.
Even charging $1 for unprotected movies would not kill piracy as seen by pirated $1 Android games.
This silly HDMI plan won't reduce piracy but I don't also believe most pirates are motivated by anything other than avoiding payment.
I read a comment like that in 2001.
I really like how this comment was modded up. Slashdot supports copyright infringement unless it involves GPL software. In the latter case this place becomes an angry mom demanding lawsuits and law enforcement.
You mean another lame rationalization for cheapskate pirates who pirate to avoid paying and are looking to feel justified to eliminate any residual guilt. I don't think what they are doing will stop piracy but I see nothing high minded about using their actions to justify piracy.
Sun had a hard time attracting outside developers.
Read some reviews outside Slashdot, users really like it.
they would still have to create their own store and encourage developers to port.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/15/linux_kernel_regression_bug/
Get off your high horse, it's too big for you.
I doubt you could convince another 1%.
Great now you just need to convince 99% of the population that real Linux is a selling point.
Try using it sometime. If Nokia had created WP7 with a Linux kernel Slashdot would have nothing but nice things to say about it.
Sounds like a BS excuse, tell them to install FF and just use IE6 for intranet apps.
IE9 will probably not be enough of an incentive but if other software companies follow it will help.
Because it has been the same damn program that people have been citing as proof of Java not being dead on the desktop FOR YEARS.
It's the damn list from 5 years ago. Eclipse, Netbeans, Azureus(Vuze). Shouldn't there be some new programs by now? Why are so many programs still written in C++?
Yes we all know it is used for in-house stuff but there is a glaring lack of consumer applications when compared to .NET.
I don't see why the programmer should be blamed when he is one of the few people that has actually created a popular Java program. Perhaps you have to be very talented to just build a mediocre program with Java.
What else on the desktop uses Java? And please do not say Eclipse or a bit-torrent client that came out years ago.
It was basically an in-house project with the (failed) goal of attracting Linux developers. Did you ever visit the OpenSolaris forums? The place was dead.
They may be hated at places like Slashdot but they have contributed far more to the kernel than Canonical.
I just stick an abacus up my asshole.