What a joke, DRM has NOTHING to do with protecting content, it is all about enforcing payment schemes and screwing users. It is power, pure and simple, to build non-interoperable walled gardens so they can extract more payment.
Other than Blu-ray, there is NO DRM infection that has ever protected anything, ever. Before you point to BR as a shining example of the new order, give it time, not much time at that. I am confident that it will be comprehensively cracked too, and the nothing protected ever thing will stand.
DRM for content protection is a mathematical impossibility. DRM as a revenue stream is evil, anti-consumer, and the new way.
"Tell you what, why not post your card details here (including the three digits on the reverse), but NOT THE PIN, and we'll see how many of us can buy something with it.
Willing to stand by your statement? Are you sure you still don't have a problem with other people having access to your card data?"
No, that is not what I said, nor would I be as stupid as you. Please learn the bare minimum reading comprehension skills.
This topic says 'having the ability to read all the info necessary to make a transaction remotely is bad' along with other things.
I said 'I would not have a problem with it as long as you could not read ALL the information remotely'. A pin is part of the necessary info to make a transaction.
You come back and say, although not as intelligently, 'LoLzor, post your details or you are a fagzor'.
Now it is obvious that you 1) didn't understand the statement 2) don't understand the problem 3) generally have a problem with simple logic. May I suggest that if you ever hit high school, you take an extra course or 4 in reading comprehension or logic.
To sum up, I said I didn't want to do exactly what you asked me to do because it was a dumb thing. You didn't comprehend, but at least you didn't use !!!1!!!one!!! in your post, so props to you.
I would, but everyone seems to forget that you can have RFID and a PIN or other second form of ID. I would have no problem as long as there was an OPTION for a second method of authentication to be applied.
Sure, it would cut down on convenience, but only a little, and would more than make up for it in added safety.
Teh weB2.0 is teh rox0r. It just goes to show the power of Web2.0 and it's ability to democratize formerly abstract concepts like friendship, then monetize them. What more can you ask for, you can already buy love in several US states and countries around the world.
-Charlie
P.S./. strips sarcasm tags. For the terminally holier-than-thou set, the above was indeed sarcasm.
"Do they also have merit badges for not thinking independently? Or one for having your IQ reduced to a single digit and being converted to a near-mindless automaton? "
Yes they do, it is in the Big Boyscout Book or Manliness, 1984 revision, between the homophobia merit badge and the Klan hood sewing badge.
Oh, I know they care, I was topic #1 on several board meetings, that I know. I had several board level sources, and none of them were 'outed'. They tended to tell me when I pissed of Carly and her bunch of (mother always said that if you can't say nice things...), so I know I was on the radar. It is just time to find out the details on how much love was directed at me.
I wonder what they got on me? I know they looked, but I don't know to what extent. Time to call the Attorney General and see if they can help. That said, I work for a UK company, so there are all sorts of European privacy laws that come into efffect.
This is going to get mighty interesting, I am sure we are only seeing the tip of the iceberg. It must be nice to know that all the board minutes are transcribed and kept. Anyone want to put money on Dunn eating some of her words in court?
If people leaving for Google lead to flying chairs and death threats, what does people leaving for Mozilla get you? Tables rolled down stairs and harshly worded phrases about maternal lineage?
"Dude, don't you hate it when you forget to check "Post Anonymously" box?"
Not at all. They know who I am, and if they had a shred of evidence that I did anything wrong, they would have sued me long ago. I post everything with my name attached, and with my email on it where applicable. I tried calling HP and talking to them several times, but they did not return my calls. I did leave all my contact info, and have done so numerous times at trade shows. If you don't do anything illegal, you don't have to hide behind anonymity.
That said, I did not do anything wrong, have never signed an NDA with HP, or agreed to anything of the sort. On top of that I scrub my emails religiously and regularly so if they send me paperwork, they will get nothing because I have nothing. That said, I have looked for the names of the people I wanted to talk to, and I don't have them any more. Sad, a quote on the Inq now would have been quite topical. Scrubbing mail is a double edged sword.
Either way, I am not worried at all, what are they going to do call up my ISP and pretend they are me to get my records? That would be flat out illegal, and they would never do such a thing.
Coming from someone who was ripping HP up and down at the time for their moronic behavior, I can say three things with authority. First, I had sources on that level. Second, they didn't get my sources, not even close. Several witchhunters resigned and/or were canned while looking for Inq sources, but as far as I am aware, they did not find a single one, teh fewls. Third, my sources are a lot smarter than Mr Keyworth or Ms Dunn.
The sad part is, they will probably get away with all of this. The sadder part is they are looking in the wrong place. As a member of that nebulous group know as 'the press', I can say that people speak out and leak when things are going badly, wrong, and management has their heads stuck up their collective asses. Rather than fixing the problem, they assign blame.
In any case, I should drop my guys a line and have a laugh.
OK, this is getting old, but lets put out a few more details than are floating. Sales and marketing are getting gutted, a bitch slap to Eric Kim, should he be employed wednesday. Indian operations are getting hit, as are Intel Capital, Oregon (bits) and a few other sites.
The numbers that are floating are 15K (including cuts already done), 30K and 35K. The latter two seem to be layoffs plus people gone from divisional sales and closing, so all the numbers could be correct.
If you work for Intel, take heart in the word that is reaching me that they are really getting the right people, not those who do a good job. This isn't mass cuts for the sake of mass cuts, but it is a lot more targeted than you might suspect.
As the author of the article that this topic is on, I can tell you two things about the negative publicity about Sony. Sony needs to: 1) Stop screwing up 2) Stop screwing their customers 3) Stop screwing journalists With this easy three step program, Sony will stop being the butt of jokes on, well everything they do.
It is a well known fact that the Inq story submission engine strips HTML sarcasm and humor tags. We at the Inq are sorry if this has caused you any inconvenience.
"Articles like the ones you cited, of course, are largely fueled by Microsoft money/fandom and anti-Sony propaganda, not reality."
As the author of at least one of the articles you are picking on, I can say unequivocably that I have no particular love for MS, nor do they pay me, nor did I ever get anything from them other than a mouse/keyboard for review once.
You are dead wrong here, and resorting to ad homenim attacks only shows that you have no real arguement to rely on.
One problem with that theory, and you are correct, is that IBM hasw been making cells for how long now? Is it two years already?
They had production Cell blades at CeBIT, probably before but I never saw them in the flesh. Either way, if production ramp is slower than 6 months, you have a serious design defect or it is new fab partner time.
If my math is right, two years = four of those chances, right?
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What a joke, DRM has NOTHING to do with protecting content, it is all about enforcing payment schemes and screwing users. It is power, pure and simple, to build non-interoperable walled gardens so they can extract more payment.
Other than Blu-ray, there is NO DRM infection that has ever protected anything, ever. Before you point to BR as a shining example of the new order, give it time, not much time at that. I am confident that it will be comprehensively cracked too, and the nothing protected ever thing will stand.
DRM for content protection is a mathematical impossibility. DRM as a revenue stream is evil, anti-consumer, and the new way.
-Charlie
How long did it take you to develop a taste for the blood of the innocent?
-Charlie
"Tell you what, why not post your card details here (including the three digits on the reverse), but NOT THE PIN, and we'll see how many of us can buy something with it.
Willing to stand by your statement? Are you sure you still don't have a problem with other people having access to your card data?"
No, that is not what I said, nor would I be as stupid as you. Please learn the bare minimum reading comprehension skills.
This topic says 'having the ability to read all the info necessary to make a transaction remotely is bad' along with other things.
I said 'I would not have a problem with it as long as you could not read ALL the information remotely'. A pin is part of the necessary info to make a transaction.
You come back and say, although not as intelligently, 'LoLzor, post your details or you are a fagzor'.
Now it is obvious that you 1) didn't understand the statement 2) don't understand the problem 3) generally have a problem with simple logic. May I suggest that if you ever hit high school, you take an extra course or 4 in reading comprehension or logic.
To sum up, I said I didn't want to do exactly what you asked me to do because it was a dumb thing. You didn't comprehend, but at least you didn't use !!!1!!!one!!! in your post, so props to you.
-Charlie
I would, but everyone seems to forget that you can have RFID and a PIN or other second form of ID. I would have no problem as long as there was an OPTION for a second method of authentication to be applied.
Sure, it would cut down on convenience, but only a little, and would more than make up for it in added safety.
-Charlie
Teh weB2.0 is teh rox0r. It just goes to show the power of Web2.0 and it's ability to democratize formerly abstract concepts like friendship, then monetize them. What more can you ask for, you can already buy love in several US states and countries around the world.
/. strips sarcasm tags. For the terminally holier-than-thou set, the above was indeed sarcasm.
-Charlie
P.S.
You can get a kit to make a mustang look _JUST_ like a Ferrari too! Whoa, won't you be cool there too?
Call me old fashioned, but going out with a bang surrounded by imitation toys is really lame.
-Charlie
Lets go and buy one tomorrow.
-Charlie
#($*# /. engine won't let me post something with a blank text field. Twits.
Duh. You can pick up a good machine for under a grand. It is _THE_ game.
-Charlie
P.S. You can probably play it with arthritic hands too, just modify the screw on joystick head and play it with your palm.
"Do they also have merit badges for not thinking independently? Or one for having your IQ reduced to a single digit and being converted to a near-mindless automaton? "
Yes they do, it is in the Big Boyscout Book or Manliness, 1984 revision, between the homophobia merit badge and the Klan hood sewing badge.
-Charlie
Not sure why, sent a letter to the powers that be to find out. I don't think it was anything nefarious.
-Charlie
Oh, I know they care, I was topic #1 on several board meetings, that I know. I had several board level sources, and none of them were 'outed'. They tended to tell me when I pissed of Carly and her bunch of (mother always said that if you can't say nice things...), so I know I was on the radar. It is just time to find out the details on how much love was directed at me.
-Charlie
I wonder what they got on me? I know they looked, but I don't know to what extent. Time to call the Attorney General and see if they can help. That said, I work for a UK company, so there are all sorts of European privacy laws that come into efffect.
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If they were looking into people laying into HP during that time, I am sure things like this got me in their sights.
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=2
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=2
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=2
This is going to get mighty interesting, I am sure we are only seeing the tip of the iceberg. It must be nice to know that all the board minutes are transcribed and kept. Anyone want to put money on Dunn eating some of her words in court?
-Charlie
If people leaving for Google lead to flying chairs and death threats, what does people leaving for Mozilla get you? Tables rolled down stairs and harshly worded phrases about maternal lineage?
-Charlie
"Dude, don't you hate it when you forget to check "Post Anonymously" box?"
Not at all. They know who I am, and if they had a shred of evidence that I did anything wrong, they would have sued me long ago. I post everything with my name attached, and with my email on it where applicable. I tried calling HP and talking to them several times, but they did not return my calls. I did leave all my contact info, and have done so numerous times at trade shows. If you don't do anything illegal, you don't have to hide behind anonymity.
That said, I did not do anything wrong, have never signed an NDA with HP, or agreed to anything of the sort. On top of that I scrub my emails religiously and regularly so if they send me paperwork, they will get nothing because I have nothing. That said, I have looked for the names of the people I wanted to talk to, and I don't have them any more. Sad, a quote on the Inq now would have been quite topical. Scrubbing mail is a double edged sword.
Either way, I am not worried at all, what are they going to do call up my ISP and pretend they are me to get my records? That would be flat out illegal, and they would never do such a thing.
-Charlie
Coming from someone who was ripping HP up and down at the time for their moronic behavior, I can say three things with authority. First, I had sources on that level. Second, they didn't get my sources, not even close. Several witchhunters resigned and/or were canned while looking for Inq sources, but as far as I am aware, they did not find a single one, teh fewls. Third, my sources are a lot smarter than Mr Keyworth or Ms Dunn.
The sad part is, they will probably get away with all of this. The sadder part is they are looking in the wrong place. As a member of that nebulous group know as 'the press', I can say that people speak out and leak when things are going badly, wrong, and management has their heads stuck up their collective asses. Rather than fixing the problem, they assign blame.
In any case, I should drop my guys a line and have a laugh.
-Charlie
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=31 660
OK, this is getting old, but lets put out a few more details than are floating. Sales and marketing are getting gutted, a bitch slap to Eric Kim, should he be employed wednesday. Indian operations are getting hit, as are Intel Capital, Oregon (bits) and a few other sites.
The numbers that are floating are 15K (including cuts already done), 30K and 35K. The latter two seem to be layoffs plus people gone from divisional sales and closing, so all the numbers could be correct.
If you work for Intel, take heart in the word that is reaching me that they are really getting the right people, not those who do a good job. This isn't mass cuts for the sake of mass cuts, but it is a lot more targeted than you might suspect.
-Charlie
As the author of the article that this topic is on, I can tell you two things about the negative publicity about Sony. Sony needs to:
1) Stop screwing up
2) Stop screwing their customers
3) Stop screwing journalists
With this easy three step program, Sony will stop being the butt of jokes on, well everything they do.
-Charlie
It is a well known fact that the Inq story submission engine strips HTML sarcasm and humor tags. We at the Inq are sorry if this has caused you any inconvenience.
-Charlie
Damn it, you beat me to it. :)
-Charlie (the article's author)
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=27 139
'They' just don't know where to look.
-Charlie (who is off to Vegas, coincidence?)
Think of it more as adding instruction sets to the CPU, not adding a GPU to the CPU. MMX, not embedded graphics.
-Charlie (the author of the Inq article)
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=3
-Charlie
"Articles like the ones you cited, of course, are largely fueled by Microsoft money/fandom and anti-Sony propaganda, not reality."
As the author of at least one of the articles you are picking on, I can say unequivocably that I have no particular love for MS, nor do they pay me, nor did I ever get anything from them other than a mouse/keyboard for review once.
You are dead wrong here, and resorting to ad homenim attacks only shows that you have no real arguement to rely on.
-Charlie
One problem with that theory, and you are correct, is that IBM hasw been making cells for how long now? Is it two years already?
They had production Cell blades at CeBIT, probably before but I never saw them in the flesh. Either way, if production ramp is slower than 6 months, you have a serious design defect or it is new fab partner time.
If my math is right, two years = four of those chances, right?
-Charlie