All this encryption of audio files brings a smile to my face when I think of the UK. Imagine loosing the key, and just after that they come to your door with a search warrant. Off to jail for you if you can't hand over the key:-)
Ouch, that hurts. I meant: What the proponents of such a new format have to do is make sure it does what MP3 can't/doesn't. This new file format needs to offer something that people will want to pay for. I venture to say that if a secure format with no audible differences from CD audio, capable of being compressed at 50:1, and priced fairly was introduced, consumers would drop MP3s like yesterday's pop album.
And then someone rips it apart, finds out how it works, and makes a version without encryption. Not that hard... (Well, the ripping apart prolly will be, but it'll happen anyway).
What the proponents of such a new format have to do is make sure it does what MP3 can't/doesn't. This new file format needs to offer something that people will want to pay for. I venture to say that if a secure format with no audible differences from CD audio, capable of being compressed at 50:1, and priced fairly was introduced, consumers would drop MP3s like yesterday's pop album.
And then someone rips it apart, finds out how it works, and makes a version without encryption. Not that hard... (Well, the ripping apart prolly will be, but it'll happen anyway).
Ok, that would make the chances of user error slightly smaller, but still, it's the most likely in my mind... I mean, why would they only do that to some people?
I've been happily running XF4 on my Banshee for a while now, I'm hoping that the dual monitor support with Rendition chipsets (I've got a diamond stealth s220) will work now.. Fingers crossed, starting ftp....
Seems more like a user problem to me, I've used opt out for a few months, and never had any probs with it.... Or would they only do it to windows users who are less likely to notice it?:-)
Actually, they can't collect any cookiebased info from you when you opt out, because the cookie is set to a default value which is the same for everyone who opts out. You can check that. (Still, I prefer the dumping of huge amounts of *.doubleclick.net servers in my hosts file.)
Why? If someone can replace your suids, they're root already. (righ? RIGHT???). And if for some re ason they felt the need to replace your suids, they could just replace your kernel image and reboot (ok, a bit tricky to do unnoticed), or start poking around in/dev/kmem etc. Or just load modules. Yes, all these things can be eliminated so that you need to reboot if you want to do anything (with securelevels or the current linux CAP-based equivalent), but still, what have you gained? Someone can't replace your suids when they're root. Big deal. Have a look at some of the linux-kernel@vger archives for more on this.
1. The guns are WAYYYYY to powerful and not properly balanced. One should not have the ability to kill an entire room (albeit a small room) of people with one shot from a particular weapon.
Of course not. *cough* redeemer *cough* bfg *cough*
Correct, read the gpl and you'll find that's entirely the idea. You never had the right to distribute the program (due to normal copyright laws). But if you do _choose_ to accept the license, it gives you the right to distribute it, as long as you abide by the rules in the license.
Someone suggested the radio tuned between stations a few days ago on lk@vger a while ago, but as Alan Cox pointed out, this has a reasonably simple attack: Someone could attack this with a rf transmitter tuned at your frequency.
there is a proxy server, which makes you, the downloader, pretty anonymous. (Somebody, somewhere will know your ip. But that doesn't need to be the person who started serving the info, that's up to you/fate. You know where to get the proto info....)
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Hahaha, you still believe that?
Actually, according to this sciam article, they already located one gamma ray burst....
Also possibly of interest is yesterdays astronomy picture of the day.
All this encryption of audio files brings a smile to my face when I think of the UK. Imagine loosing the key, and just after that they come to your door with a search warrant. Off to jail for you if you can't hand over the key :-)
Ouch, that hurts. I meant:
What the proponents of such a new format have to do is make sure it does what MP3 can't/doesn't. This new file format needs to offer something that people will want to pay for. I venture to say that if a secure format with no audible differences from CD audio, capable of being compressed at 50:1, and priced fairly was introduced, consumers would drop MP3s like yesterday's pop album.
And then someone rips it apart, finds out how it works, and makes a version without encryption. Not that hard... (Well, the ripping apart prolly will be, but it'll happen anyway).
What the proponents of such a
new format have to do is make sure it does what MP3 can't/doesn't. This new file format needs to offer
something that people will want to pay for. I venture to say that if a secure format with no audible differences from
CD audio, capable of being compressed at 50:1, and priced fairly was introduced, consumers would drop MP3s
like yesterday's pop album.
And then someone rips it apart, finds out how it works, and makes a version without encryption. Not that hard... (Well, the ripping apart prolly will be, but it'll happen anyway).
Banshee working perfectly here.....
Ok, that would make the chances of user error slightly smaller, but still, it's the most likely in my mind... I mean, why would they only do that to some people?
I've been happily running XF4 on my Banshee for a while now, I'm hoping that the dual monitor support with Rendition chipsets (I've got a diamond stealth s220) will work now.. Fingers crossed, starting ftp....
Seems more like a user problem to me, I've used opt out for a few months, and never had any probs with it.... Or would they only do it to windows users who are less likely to notice it? :-)
Actually, they can't collect any cookiebased info from you when you opt out, because the cookie is set to a default value which is the same for everyone who opts out. You can check that. (Still, I prefer the dumping of huge amounts of *.doubleclick.net servers in my hosts file.)
Come on people, I never thought I'd see an ICQ hoax on /. ... Everybody knows it's trivial to spoof UINs....
For the articles, obviously.
Why? If someone can replace your suids, they're root already. (righ? RIGHT???). And if for some re ason they felt the need to replace your suids, they could just replace your kernel image and reboot (ok, a bit tricky to do unnoticed), or start poking around in /dev/kmem etc. Or just load modules. Yes, all these things can be eliminated so that you need to reboot if you want to do anything (with securelevels or the current linux CAP-based equivalent), but still, what have you gained? Someone can't replace your suids when they're root. Big deal. Have a look at some of the linux-kernel@vger archives for more on this.
That's not crypto preventing printing, that's a password-protection preventing printing.
How could you prevent printing with crypto without preventing viewing?
try:
ifconfig whatever whatever whatever hw ether any:mac:adresss
You can have whatever mac you want, see man ifconfig.
Oh, sorry:
:-)
Get it now?
Oh, we have an untrained baboon in the audience! Thank you.
Smileys are not fashion objects. They are useful ways to express oneself better in an ascii text.
Yes, they have been and are being incredibly abused by overdoing it (in this code too imho), but they will never be passe, where used functionally.
Smiley rule #1: Don't use a smiley wherer even an untrained baboon could see it's humour.
1. The guns are WAYYYYY to powerful and not properly balanced. One should not have the ability to kill an entire room (albeit a small room) of people with one shot from a particular weapon.
Of course not. *cough* redeemer *cough* bfg *cough*
Hmm, the 8.22-P5 bind can be found on rpmfind.net, if you want rpms... Made by redhat.
Correct, read the gpl and you'll find that's entirely the idea. You never had the right to distribute the program (due to normal copyright laws). But if you do _choose_ to accept the license, it gives you the right to distribute it, as long as you abide by the rules in the license.
Someone suggested the radio tuned between stations a few days ago on lk@vger a while ago, but as Alan Cox pointed out, this has a reasonably simple attack: Someone could attack this with a rf transmitter tuned at your frequency.
I sincerely hope your signature is unrelated to the comment...
there is a proxy server, which makes you, the downloader, pretty anonymous. (Somebody, somewhere will know your ip. But that doesn't need to be the person who started serving the info, that's up to you/fate. You know where to get the proto info....)