you people whine way too much about having to buy an album when you only want one track.
can i buy a titanium ibook case alone, to use as a legal pad holder?
can i subscribe to cable one channel at a time?
can i pay for only the interesting lectures at defcon?
half a serving of fries at mcdonald's?
half-shot of expresso at starbucks?
it's a fact of life that not every product is distributed in the way you prefer. it's not a divine mandated right that products must be delivered in the form you demand....
some claim to be willing to pay more for distribution in ways that they prefer. that's a start, but are you willing to pay *enough*?
if bill gates offered $1 million a track to get his music one track at a time, would the riaa not jump at the opportunity and embrace single-track distribution? if not them, then someone else.
but when some slashdot drone offers a whopping fifty cents a track, how can we be shocked when nobody bites?
paying more is not enough. you have to pay enough extra to make it worth their while.
some guy said he'd gladly pay a whopping FIFTY DOLLARS to buy all the greatest rolling stone hits ever on one uber-compressed cd.
right. and we still wonder why the riaa see's no reason to embrace this new technology.
1) GM owns DirectTV, not GE. 2) EchoStar tried to purchase DirectTV, not the other way around. Yes, EchoStar is smaller, no, that doesn't make a difference. 3) Murdoch's Fox is part of News Corp. 4) SBC is not a state-mandated monopoly anymore.
Flashing a BIOS is *not* supposed to be an easy one step process, and there's a reason for it.
I can just see it now:
1) Linux hacker goes home with new hotly anticipated Starcraft: Ghost (published by Microsoft), which he stood in line for 10 hours to buy.
2) Linux hacker pops new game into XBox.
3) New UberSafeDisc protection on Starcraft: Ghost flashes replacement BIOS, replaces it with code for original XBox BIOS, then disables future flashing...
> BRIAN A. LaMACCHIA > Software Architect > Windows Trusted Platforms Technologies Group > Microsoft > > > THE MICROSOFT "PALLADIUM" INITIATIVE > > >Abstract >-------- >This talk will present a technical overview of the Microsoft >"Palladium" Initiative. The "Palladium" code name refers to a core set >of hardware and software security components currently under >development for a future version of the Windows operating system. >"Palladium" adds four categories of security services to today's PCs: > > a. Curtained memory. The ability to wall off and hide pages > of main memory so that each "Palladium" application can be > assured that it is not modified or observed by any other > application or even the operating system. > > b. Attestation. The ability for a piece of code to digitally > sign or otherwise attest to a piece of data and further > assure the signature recipient that the data was constructed > by an unforgeable, cryptographically identified software stack. > > c. Sealed storage. The ability to securely store information so > that a "Palladium" application or module can mandate that the > information be accessible only to itself or to a set of other > trusted components that can be identified in a > cryptographically secure manner. > > d. Secure input and output. A secure path from the keyboard > and mouse to "Palladium" applications, and a secure path > from "Palladium" applications to an identifiable region of > the screen. > >Together, these features provide a parallel execution environment to >the "traditional" kernel- and user-mode stacks. The goal of "Palladium" >is to help protect software from software; that is, to provide a set of >features and services that a software application can use to defend >against malicious software also running on the machine (viruses running >in the main operating system, keyboard sniffers, frame grabbers, etc). >"Palladium" is not designed to provide defenses against hardware-based >attacks that originate from someone in control of the local machine.
Slashdot Mirror
but if you just click on these two links....
Has this exact feature...came on my Aptiva (ugh) four or so years ago.
link
four words:
white powder, and anthrax.
find a former olympic swimmer, handicapped through an unfortunate accident...
pay him money, take his identity, go to gattaca.
judging from the long written response, and the short time in which you had to post it...
maybe you submitted the story, then did a cut and paste as soon as it was posted
you wh0re!! you karma wh0re!!!! die!!!!!!
hoax it may be, but you are too
the SEC has no 'public relations' office.
so. who did you call?
and, as a media outlet, about as reputable as the Scientologist door-to-door guys roaming in my neighborhood.
Yahoo! just archives these reports.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,630-627115 ,00.html
"The SEC has never heard of Carlssin, and several "facts" are plainly untrue. "
my god.
now they're also gonna make king kong whine "oh my god i wish this wasn't happening to me" in slow-motion dreamy closeups thirty times a minute?
you people whine way too much about having to buy an album when you only want one track.
...
can i buy a titanium ibook case alone, to use as a legal pad holder?
can i subscribe to cable one channel at a time?
can i pay for only the interesting lectures at defcon?
half a serving of fries at mcdonald's?
half-shot of expresso at starbucks?
it's a fact of life that not every product is distributed in the way you prefer. it's not a divine mandated right that products must be delivered in the form you demand.
some claim to be willing to pay more for distribution in ways that they prefer. that's a start, but are you willing to pay *enough*?
if bill gates offered $1 million a track to get his music one track at a time, would the riaa not jump at the opportunity and embrace single-track distribution? if not them, then someone else.
but when some slashdot drone offers a whopping fifty cents a track, how can we be shocked when nobody bites?
paying more is not enough. you have to pay enough extra to make it worth their while.
some guy said he'd gladly pay a whopping FIFTY DOLLARS to buy all the greatest rolling stone hits ever on one uber-compressed cd.
right. and we still wonder why the riaa see's no reason to embrace this new technology.
just wait til they replace the webserver with a packet sniffer instead...
how stupid...
copy protection and serial-enabled extras...these two are not mutually exclusive.
or our government buys food from our farmers and burns it...to protect prices and the economy.
the slashdot effect still takes it down...
1) GM owns DirectTV, not GE.
2) EchoStar tried to purchase DirectTV, not the other way around. Yes, EchoStar is smaller, no, that doesn't make a difference.
3) Murdoch's Fox is part of News Corp.
4) SBC is not a state-mandated monopoly anymore.
i'd print myself a girl.
Flashing a BIOS is *not* supposed to be an easy one step process, and there's a reason for it.
I can just see it now:
1) Linux hacker goes home with new hotly anticipated Starcraft: Ghost (published by Microsoft), which he stood in line for 10 hours to buy.
2) Linux hacker pops new game into XBox.
3) New UberSafeDisc protection on Starcraft: Ghost flashes replacement BIOS, replaces it with code for original XBox BIOS, then disables future flashing...
Sure, since all the drug addicts I know work damn hard on the job right?
you guys realize that, right?
Read the very last sentence. Then read the rest.
> BRIAN A. LaMACCHIA
> Software Architect
> Windows Trusted Platforms Technologies Group
> Microsoft
>
>
> THE MICROSOFT "PALLADIUM" INITIATIVE
>
>
>Abstract
>--------
>This talk will present a technical overview of the Microsoft
>"Palladium" Initiative. The "Palladium" code name refers to a core set
>of hardware and software security components currently under
>development for a future version of the Windows operating system.
>"Palladium" adds four categories of security services to today's PCs:
>
> a. Curtained memory. The ability to wall off and hide pages
> of main memory so that each "Palladium" application can be
> assured that it is not modified or observed by any other
> application or even the operating system.
>
> b. Attestation. The ability for a piece of code to digitally
> sign or otherwise attest to a piece of data and further
> assure the signature recipient that the data was constructed
> by an unforgeable, cryptographically identified software stack.
>
> c. Sealed storage. The ability to securely store information so
> that a "Palladium" application or module can mandate that the
> information be accessible only to itself or to a set of other
> trusted components that can be identified in a
> cryptographically secure manner.
>
> d. Secure input and output. A secure path from the keyboard
> and mouse to "Palladium" applications, and a secure path
> from "Palladium" applications to an identifiable region of
> the screen.
>
>Together, these features provide a parallel execution environment to
>the "traditional" kernel- and user-mode stacks. The goal of "Palladium"
>is to help protect software from software; that is, to provide a set of
>features and services that a software application can use to defend
>against malicious software also running on the machine (viruses running
>in the main operating system, keyboard sniffers, frame grabbers, etc).
>"Palladium" is not designed to provide defenses against hardware-based
>attacks that originate from someone in control of the local machine.
always keep a trump, never reveal your hand.
simple.
you outlaw encryption and call it 'munitions'.
then you install stuff at the isp's to analyze emai^H^H^H^H everything transmitted.
then you send some require ip usage records available to your goons on whims.
then same goons drop by when no one's around, and search your internet browser cache for questionable images of minors.
since possession = guilt, catch you on red handed. force a plea bargain.
of course, they could always slap on a pair of handcuffs and a 'material witness' label, and throw you in jail indefinitely as well.
see a pattern here?
we can bomb every other sovereign state with impunity, invade and remove foreign leaders at will.
what's a pesky border in comparison?
a quick perusal of this thread reveals twenty incarnations of liebling, mencken and stone...
...all bashing katz.
you of all people should know that!
Do you seriously believe that one Osama has been responsible for more lives than any single President?