I just figured turn-about was fair play, since they seem to like to group all people who using p2p as pirates, then by all means, all corporate and government personal are sociopaths...
Seems to me that all they are doing is evening the playing field.
Odd that when I installed RC1, and ran it for the first time, all it did was ask if I wanted it to be the default, with the check box filled.... Uncheck it, and done.
This is what IE does every time you start it, until you go in and tell it not to check to see if it's the default.
It would be best if you didn't share at all, but if you feel you have to...
Place an annotation clearly stating that this folder is only available to individuals that are in no way, shape, or form affiliated with the RIAA, one of it's member companies, clients, or third-party company acting on behalf of said RIAA.
Then if they try to come at you, sue them for criminal trespass.
The game sold for 4.99 at the local best buy, or at least it did before they pulled it from the shelves...
Re:Watch for criminal manslaughter charges....
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If the chainsaw manufacturer were to state in a legal court proceeding that they were suing the lumber industry over how they used their chainsaws, and were to claim that they still owned and controlled how said chainsaws were used, then if the chainsaw were to be misused (malfunction, overused, undermaintained) in such a way then yes, I'd expect charges to be filed.
In actuality, there have been chainsaw manufacturers that were held accountable for wrongful deaths as there were manufacturing defects which proved fatal in the right circumstances.
So in the case of WoW, if they choose to take the stance that they control all aspects of gameplay, and a software *glitch* allows a player to play until they die, then yes, they can and should be held accountable for a wrongful death.
Again, I said it was an extremist view, and in todays lawsuit-happy world, someone will go for this angle if Blizzard gets their way.
Watch for criminal manslaughter charges....
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If Blizzard wins this, then they are in effect responsible for all the deaths of WoW players from marathon gaming sessions. They would then need to prevent anyone from playing over a reasonable number of hours straight without breaks.
If someone dies playing it, then it's how they intended the game to function, with manslaughter charges to follow...
Granted, this is an extremist point of view, but if they are going to take charge of how the game is played, then they must take responsibility to all effects the game has on the gamer.
You cannot take the right without the responsibility.
zfs is light years beyond typical raid environments... software or hardware...
most raid environments don't do checksumming at every step of the data write / read process. most raid environments cannot detect silent corruption (bad cache, bad sector, flipped bit, etc) once the data has been read or written. most raid environments don't offer double parity. most raid environments require that the entire raid array be initialized at once, wasting potentially hours of time for the formatting/initializing to be completed. most raid environments when using off the shelf SATA/PATA drives can potentially go bad, even with parity... If you were doing a RAID 5 array with TB size drives, there's a potential that the MTBE can be reached while regenerating data on a replaced volume from parity causing the entire array to be toasted.
All of these things are not issues with ZFS....
ZFS is easily expandable, automatically realigns that data as you expand the pool, can have multiple sub-mount points (mounted anywhere) that can have different attributes - like compressing/shared/extended permissions/iSCSI and more on the way, like encryption, multiple compression algorithms, etc....
I've played/worked with ZFS now for over 2 years and have never lost a single bit of data - even though I've tried...
Build your RAIDZ pool on 20 drives, in 2 disk expansion units attached to 2 channels of a single SCSI card (10 drives per channel)... now shut the box down, remove all the drives, move them around between units, add an additional scsi card to the box, split the disks up between the scsi cards so they are now split 5 per channel, take one drive back out, and erase it... hold onto it for later...
Bring the box back up... the pool will come back online without problems, running degraded as one drive is missing. now put the erased drive back in, and issue a resilver command, wait a while (not as long as a standard raid controller would take) and voila - all data that was stored on that erased drive is back and in place, and the pool is no longer running in degraded performance mode.
try any of that with a standard raid controller and your data is f0rked!
Dtrace? ZFS? Zones / Containers? Ultra SPARC T1, T2, T2+?
They took their source code and chip designs, opened it up with their version of opensource license, while keeping control of what gets put back into the distributions for the OpenSolaris and Solaris projects, and it's working - quite well.
If opensource were all on an even playing field, there would only be one opensource license.
Considering the numerous versions and variations, there's obviously some things that everyone just can't agree on for a licensing model.
You don't pay for Solaris or OpenSolaris, you only pay for media, or support.
You don't even have to pay for minimal patch support. ie security / vulnerability / stability patches are freely available to registered users - without paying for a support contract. This is on their Enterprise Solaris product, not the OpenSolaris product.
Sun has the reigns to make certain that everything works and works well as they end up having to support it on their hardware (and other vendor's as well - Read IBM / Dell agreements).
What does RedHat do with the software written by the Fedora Core community? Can you even download a copy of RedHat Enterprise Server and use it, with the ability to get patches for free? Last time I checked, you weren't allowed to do that - unless you count the CentOS project.
The OpenSolaris development community is alive and well, vibrant and resourcefull. There have been a lot of great development work on OpenSolaris in both the x86/x64 and SPARC worlds.
OpenSolaris (much like it's big brother Solaris) does have a list of valid / tested hardware platforms that work out of the box without issue.
If your specific hardware isn't listed and it's fairly well mainstream, document what didn't work, submit it, and it will more than likely get fixed.
I've used OpenSolaris on IBM/Lenovo thinkpads, IBM xServer hardware, SuperMicro / Intel hardware, homebrew systems with rarely an issue.
I've enjoyed the support of the OpenSolaris community as a whole, and found them to be as resourceful as any *inux / bsd community.
It all depends on what you like / want.
For me, gaining the ability to work with Solaris during development cycles to help in some small way guide / assist with the efforts is worthwhile.
But wouldn't the evidence of Mediasentry's illegal investigation be the start of a new criminal case against Mediasentry, and possibly the RIAA as the ones who hired the dirty-deed done (akin to someone hiring a hit-man), albeit not in the same category, but similiar...
Blu-Ray was different.. I'll give you that much...
Better? No... Won't go that far. The fact that it uses DRM at all makes it lose at least 90 out of 100 points on scale of usability. The fact that early adopters are out however much they spent on players that cannot be upgraded to watch current rev media, drops another 90 out of 100 points.
Right now, we're at -80 out of 100 points on usability scale.
Next we have media costs. blu-ray media costs more to manufacture, therefore raises purchase price. Drop another 50 points.
-130.
Next we have longevity. Downloadable content will soon surpass quality and availability to blu-ray, without the hassles and headaches. Drop another 90 points.
-220.
There, we have it.... On a scale of 0 to 100 on usability and viability, blu-ray comes in at -220.
The local and federal authorities actually got involved in the 70s and 80s with cases of music piracy where there were bulk manufacturing facilities for copying tapes from vinyl and bootlegged concert recordings (reel to reel and other mastering techniques). At that time, they coined the term music piracy. They appear to have had a love-affair with nautical terminology for some time now...
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Was the content viewable by minors? Did it have age verification before showing said content?
Well then...
Contributing to the delinquency of minors, and whatever statutes cover providing pornography to minors as well.
He should be charged with, and convicted of the same charges as any other person who would have had that on a publicly available website.
Otherwise, anyone can use the "I thought it was a personal storage area" defense, and get away with it.
Easy fix.
Apply SMF tax of 300 to 500% to people who own SUVs/Crossovers for every gallon of gas used.
I just figured turn-about was fair play, since they seem to like to group all people who using p2p as pirates, then by all means, all corporate and government personal are sociopaths...
I would concur with you if, by sociopaths, you mean our current governments and corporate greed mongers like the RIAA/MPAA?
Please.... Please.... Please.... Tell me you were joking....
I can usually read into the comment if someone is joking or not... but this one... I dunno... Could go either way....
Odd - I don't recall changing any other settings.... Who knows, maybe I did....
Seems to me that all they are doing is evening the playing field.
Odd that when I installed RC1, and ran it for the first time, all it did was ask if I wanted it to be the default, with the check box filled.... Uncheck it, and done.
This is what IE does every time you start it, until you go in and tell it not to check to see if it's the default.
At least Firefox only asks once.
gah...
I hate when I don't preview and catch a glaring typo...
plane ticket...
time for more coffee....
I'd say, here's your plain ticket, ship the server and software here, be prepared to stay awhile.
No data exchanges to anything belonging to the consultant.
No data removed from the premises to review for oddities overnight.
Laptops for use to browse the web, access web mail provided by the client, to remain on premises at all times.
Once the conversion is complete, send the consultant packing with nothing but his cellphone/pda.
But hey - I'm an evil data security monger...
I'm trying to figure out what was trollish about this post...
Please enlighten me...
If it's the comment about not sharing in the first place, that's just plain common sense, definitely not trollish.
It would be best if you didn't share at all, but if you feel you have to...
Place an annotation clearly stating that this folder is only available to individuals that are in no way, shape, or form affiliated with the RIAA, one of it's member companies, clients, or third-party company acting on behalf of said RIAA.
Then if they try to come at you, sue them for criminal trespass.
The game sold for 4.99 at the local best buy, or at least it did before they pulled it from the shelves...
If the chainsaw manufacturer were to state in a legal court proceeding that they were suing the lumber industry over how they used their chainsaws, and were to claim that they still owned and controlled how said chainsaws were used, then if the chainsaw were to be misused (malfunction, overused, undermaintained) in such a way then yes, I'd expect charges to be filed.
In actuality, there have been chainsaw manufacturers that were held accountable for wrongful deaths as there were manufacturing defects which proved fatal in the right circumstances.
So in the case of WoW, if they choose to take the stance that they control all aspects of gameplay, and a software *glitch* allows a player to play until they die, then yes, they can and should be held accountable for a wrongful death.
Again, I said it was an extremist view, and in todays lawsuit-happy world, someone will go for this angle if Blizzard gets their way.
If Blizzard wins this, then they are in effect responsible for all the deaths of WoW players from marathon gaming sessions. They would then need to prevent anyone from playing over a reasonable number of hours straight without breaks.
If someone dies playing it, then it's how they intended the game to function, with manslaughter charges to follow...
Granted, this is an extremist point of view, but if they are going to take charge of how the game is played, then they must take responsibility to all effects the game has on the gamer.
You cannot take the right without the responsibility.
zfs is light years beyond typical raid environments... software or hardware...
most raid environments don't do checksumming at every step of the data write / read process.
most raid environments cannot detect silent corruption (bad cache, bad sector, flipped bit, etc) once the data has been read or written.
most raid environments don't offer double parity.
most raid environments require that the entire raid array be initialized at once, wasting potentially hours of time for the formatting/initializing to be completed.
most raid environments when using off the shelf SATA/PATA drives can potentially go bad, even with parity... If you were doing a RAID 5 array with TB size drives, there's a potential that the MTBE can be reached while regenerating data on a replaced volume from parity causing the entire array to be toasted.
All of these things are not issues with ZFS....
ZFS is easily expandable, automatically realigns that data as you expand the pool, can have multiple sub-mount points (mounted anywhere) that can have different attributes - like compressing/shared/extended permissions/iSCSI and more on the way, like encryption, multiple compression algorithms, etc....
I've played/worked with ZFS now for over 2 years and have never lost a single bit of data - even though I've tried...
Build your RAIDZ pool on 20 drives, in 2 disk expansion units attached to 2 channels of a single SCSI card (10 drives per channel)... now shut the box down, remove all the drives, move them around between units, add an additional scsi card to the box, split the disks up between the scsi cards so they are now split 5 per channel, take one drive back out, and erase it... hold onto it for later...
Bring the box back up... the pool will come back online without problems, running degraded as one drive is missing.
now put the erased drive back in, and issue a resilver command, wait a while (not as long as a standard raid controller would take) and voila - all data that was stored on that erased drive is back and in place, and the pool is no longer running in degraded performance mode.
try any of that with a standard raid controller and your data is f0rked!
Incompetence?
Dtrace?
ZFS?
Zones / Containers?
Ultra SPARC T1, T2, T2+?
They took their source code and chip designs, opened it up with their version of opensource license, while keeping control of what gets put back into the distributions for the OpenSolaris and Solaris projects, and it's working - quite well.
If opensource were all on an even playing field, there would only be one opensource license.
Considering the numerous versions and variations, there's obviously some things that everyone just can't agree on for a licensing model.
You don't pay for Solaris or OpenSolaris, you only pay for media, or support.
You don't even have to pay for minimal patch support. ie security / vulnerability / stability patches are freely available to registered users - without paying for a support contract. This is on their Enterprise Solaris product, not the OpenSolaris product.
Sun has the reigns to make certain that everything works and works well as they end up having to support it on their hardware (and other vendor's as well - Read IBM / Dell agreements).
What does RedHat do with the software written by the Fedora Core community?
Can you even download a copy of RedHat Enterprise Server and use it, with the ability to get patches for free? Last time I checked, you weren't allowed to do that - unless you count the CentOS project.
The OpenSolaris development community is alive and well, vibrant and resourcefull.
There have been a lot of great development work on OpenSolaris in both the x86/x64 and SPARC worlds.
OpenSolaris (much like it's big brother Solaris) does have a list of valid / tested hardware platforms that work out of the box without issue.
If your specific hardware isn't listed and it's fairly well mainstream, document what didn't work, submit it, and it will more than likely get fixed.
I've used OpenSolaris on IBM/Lenovo thinkpads, IBM xServer hardware, SuperMicro / Intel hardware, homebrew systems with rarely an issue.
I've enjoyed the support of the OpenSolaris community as a whole, and found them to be as resourceful as any *inux / bsd community.
It all depends on what you like / want.
For me, gaining the ability to work with Solaris during development cycles to help in some small way guide / assist with the efforts is worthwhile.
Give them all names like "Senator Joe Biden's Personal Photo and Video Stash.tbz"
Unfortunately, for the truly unfortunate, neither does edlin.
But wouldn't the evidence of Mediasentry's illegal investigation be the start of a new criminal case against Mediasentry, and possibly the RIAA as the ones who hired the dirty-deed done (akin to someone hiring a hit-man), albeit not in the same category, but similiar...
Did someone see some blurry anoying text? I didn't get a chance to read it as it was so full of inane gibberish...
Go Sony fan-boy, go...
Two product lines I refuse to buy into.
Sony..
Apple..
Both rely on selling glitzy craptastic products at diamond prices...
Mac - crap
ipod - crap
ps3 - crap
blu-ray - crap
Hey, it's my opinion, I'm entitled to it.
You're entitled to yours. I just am not going to bother to read it. =)
Blu-Ray was different.. I'll give you that much...
Better? No... Won't go that far.
The fact that it uses DRM at all makes it lose at least 90 out of 100 points on scale of usability.
The fact that early adopters are out however much they spent on players that cannot be upgraded to watch current rev media, drops another 90 out of 100 points.
Right now, we're at -80 out of 100 points on usability scale.
Next we have media costs. blu-ray media costs more to manufacture, therefore raises purchase price. Drop another 50 points.
-130.
Next we have longevity. Downloadable content will soon surpass quality and availability to blu-ray, without the hassles and headaches. Drop another 90 points.
-220.
There, we have it.... On a scale of 0 to 100 on usability and viability, blu-ray comes in at -220.
Woo-hoo - we have a winner. Not!
The local and federal authorities actually got involved in the 70s and 80s with cases of music piracy where there were bulk manufacturing facilities for copying tapes from vinyl and bootlegged concert recordings (reel to reel and other mastering techniques).
At that time, they coined the term music piracy. They appear to have had a love-affair with nautical terminology for some time now...