So what happens when all the new machines being sold have CPRM built into the hardware and/or Micro$ofts "secure" OS?
Do "legacy" boxes, or those running Linux or *BSD become "circumvention devices" under the DMCA?
Be afraid........
Basically, they will allow "poor countries" to use thier GMO without charge, but reserve the right to charge for it in developed nations. Not quite the GPL, but it is better than the same old.
I don't know if I would say it is a model for the other grasses. Many plants have genomes which are vastly larger than that of even advanced mammals. Rice is an exception to this, with about 430 million base pairs, compared to humans with about 3000 million. Wheat and Maize, however, have over 10000 million base pairs (most of which is not used, obviously).
There is still much we don't know.
When you are talking on the phone, it is transmitting your voice to the nearest cell tower. When you are not talking on it, it just sits there listening for calls and emits very little RF in the process. Thats why it lasts days on standby, but only hours when you actually talk.
It's not really that much different from @Home's Acceptable use policy, which prohibits the running of any servers. Of course they don'y really mean you can't run PC Anywhere, IRC, Napster, etc. all of which are server services.
Thier customers would leave them in droves if that were the case, and they know it too.
When I asked an @Home rep what was the best way to transfer large files to friends, he said go ahead and use FTP - just don't use so much bandwidth that it comes to our attention!
As many previous posters said, this AUP is just to cover thier ass, it surely won't be strictly enforced.
I use a bunch of free web access services for...backup, and I got the message from AV recently:
"We regret to inform you that AltaVista's free Internet access will terminate service on December 10th. AltaVista has been forced to discontinue this offering
because the company who provided the service and telecommunications infrastructure for it, 1stUp Corp., is going out of business. This change will not affect
the availability of our search services at AltaVista.com"
1stUp.com still provides access for Freelane , Excites's free sevice, though, and uses the same dialup numbers locally. I haven't heard anything from them yet.
Theres still Juno, and Netzero, and a few others, (sadly none of which work with Linux since the demise of FreeWWWeb), but I think this market has a low saturation point, and it looks like it pretty much there now.
The website says:
"Inside your house, the StarBand system consists of either a "satellite modem" that attaches
to your home PC through the USB port, or a pre-configured desktop PC outfitted with a
satellite receiver card and a satellite transmitter card. In both cases, no telephone
connection, dial-up account or other Internet service providers are needed. StarBand does it
all for you."
Why do I think Windows is a common denominator in both these configurations?
Besides VMware (which works very well), there is also an emulator called Interix, which MS is actively promoting so owners of shiny new windoze boxes can still run thier "legacy" UNIX apps.
Sounds like an answer to a non-existant problem to me.
I've had no problems with internet banking with the Royal Bank, or with my local credit union. It shouldn't be tough to make any of these sites OS independent.
Some bad PR for TD here today. Hope they take notice.
Agreed. At some point there has to be an analog signal to operate the speakers (or the amp). Once you have that analog signal, it's no big deal to re-digitise it on your HDD. Why do they bother?
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So what happens when all the new machines being sold have CPRM built into the hardware and/or Micro$ofts "secure" OS? Do "legacy" boxes, or those running Linux or *BSD become "circumvention devices" under the DMCA? Be afraid........
Yes, it is like Operation Mindcrime isn't it :-)
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Basically, they will allow "poor countries" to use thier GMO without charge, but reserve the right to charge for it in developed nations. Not quite the GPL, but it is better than the same old.
I don't know if I would say it is a model for the other grasses. Many plants have genomes which are vastly larger than that of even advanced mammals. Rice is an exception to this, with about 430 million base pairs, compared to humans with about 3000 million. Wheat and Maize, however, have over 10000 million base pairs (most of which is not used, obviously). There is still much we don't know.
Yup. Thanks.
When you are talking on the phone, it is transmitting your voice to the nearest cell tower. When you are not talking on it, it just sits there listening for calls and emits very little RF in the process. Thats why it lasts days on standby, but only hours when you actually talk.
It's not really that much different from @Home's Acceptable use policy, which prohibits the running of any servers. Of course they don'y really mean you can't run PC Anywhere, IRC, Napster, etc. all of which are server services. Thier customers would leave them in droves if that were the case, and they know it too. When I asked an @Home rep what was the best way to transfer large files to friends, he said go ahead and use FTP - just don't use so much bandwidth that it comes to our attention! As many previous posters said, this AUP is just to cover thier ass, it surely won't be strictly enforced.
I use a bunch of free web access services for ...backup, and I got the message from AV recently:
"We regret to inform you that AltaVista's free Internet access will terminate service on December 10th. AltaVista has been forced to discontinue this offering
because the company who provided the service and telecommunications infrastructure for it, 1stUp Corp., is going out of business. This change will not affect
the availability of our search services at AltaVista.com"
1stUp.com still provides access for Freelane , Excites's free sevice, though, and uses the same dialup numbers locally. I haven't heard anything from them yet.
Theres still Juno, and Netzero, and a few others, (sadly none of which work with Linux since the demise of FreeWWWeb), but I think this market has a low saturation point, and it looks like it pretty much there now.
? All the guides and How-Tos at ibiblio.org (The Linux Documentation Project) are downloadable.
Perhaps they can license the required censorship software from the Chinese government?
The website says: "Inside your house, the StarBand system consists of either a "satellite modem" that attaches to your home PC through the USB port, or a pre-configured desktop PC outfitted with a satellite receiver card and a satellite transmitter card. In both cases, no telephone connection, dial-up account or other Internet service providers are needed. StarBand does it all for you." Why do I think Windows is a common denominator in both these configurations?
Besides VMware (which works very well), there is also an emulator called Interix, which MS is actively promoting so owners of shiny new windoze boxes can still run thier "legacy" UNIX apps. Sounds like an answer to a non-existant problem to me.
I've had no problems with internet banking with the Royal Bank, or with my local credit union. It shouldn't be tough to make any of these sites OS independent. Some bad PR for TD here today. Hope they take notice.
The best MP3 player for Linux is X Audio Runs on lots of other platforms too. It's not free though.....
"You can take anything you want but you better not take it from me In the jungle.....LOL
Agreed. At some point there has to be an analog signal to operate the speakers (or the amp). Once you have that analog signal, it's no big deal to re-digitise it on your HDD. Why do they bother?