The problem is that if they don't call out that they're doing this change and make it clear instead of in the fine print, it may negate their EULA as some of this is really non-enforceable from start to finish. You must, for example, give ample notice that you're changing the terms and doing it in a firmware update isn't it. (Makes the change non-enforceable...) Also, just because they can claim they can do this in the EULA doesn't mean they're legally allowed to do it. It's a sold item. It's roughly analogous (to use the classic/. bad car analogy...) to Ford coming to your house after you bought your car to forcibly update the firmware on your Fusion's onboard electronics to ensure that only Ford parts and firmware are running in the vehicle- after the sale of the car and telling you that their EULA allows them to change this and you've no say other than to sell the car. Bad car analogy it might be, but it's analogous- and when you run it through your head that way, you should have issues with it as will the courts (if you can get competent counsel that is...not all attornies are cut from the same bolt of cloth...)
Actually, that sort of verbiage can negate a contract or agreement. It has to have a definitive nature at the time of agreement and it needs notice for the change so you can either negotiate new terms or end the same if you don't agree with the new changes. Any verbiage that allows the contract to change so much on a whim as you're implying renders the contract null and void as there's no way to be able to be in compliance with the terms at any given time.
Rootkits allow remote users, authorized or not, clandestine root level access to a system without any auditing showing when it occurred- it injects the following into a system.
Backdoors allow a remote user a way into the system outside of the security and auditing of a system.
Neither of these require "unauthorized" users to be using them- and Sony claiming it's "authorized" to do so through it's PSN EULA does not negate that it's pretty much a backdoor that was not there before that was inserted via a recent firmware update. There is likely to be no real security management within this framework (heh...they didn't get the rootkit right or their PS3 security system right, what makes anyone think this will be any different?) and the moment someone wiresharks the protocol Sony's using for this thing, the bad guys will be able to do worse to you, including probably pushing botnet updates to the boxes. Real smart. One more boneheaded thing in a string of them from Sony. You'd have thought they'd have learned from the rootkit fiasco about this stuff, but noooo...
And you honestly believe that this will prevent cheating in general or that their "security" was preventing it- all Sony's losing the keys to their kingdom did was make it slightly easier to cheat.
Uh, what about those that don't HAVE good network access... I've recently been allowed a glimpse into the pain that many have with these idiot notions that you can simply rely on the "cloud" to get updates, demos, etc. It only sort-of works when you've got access to 3-5 Mbits/sec without caps on the bandwidth (3G networking doesn't work overly well for either unless you've got WiMax/LTE and coverage in your area...and even then, the caps cause their own sets of issues.. It only REALLY works if you've got what I've got back at home or higher, which would be 20 Mbits/sec.
Until the ISPs are on the same damn page as the companies wanting "The Cloud" it's a non-play. And that doesn't get into the OTHER problems with "The Cloud"- which would be security and reliability of the supplier in question.
Heh... Define "full size". If you're talking about the bunch that typically do Enlightenment as their main desktop environment, you're going to find 1920x1280 as a common resolution. Something that big's going to be hard to do "full size" not to mention the bandwidth overheads of this.
I think it's a bit of both, in truth. They've refined things as best as I can tell, so there's at least slightly less apparent overhead than before- and the others blew past them ages ago and didn't stop adding stuff. Some things we needed...many we didn't.
Because they've been around, developing this since before KDE and GNOME were little more than an idea on someone's drawing board (not to mention some of the initial bits and bobs for GNOME came from Enlightenment.
Heh... It's not even really next generation except for gaming handhelds right at the moment. All it would take to have a smartphone "catch up" is grab the SoC for the NGP or a similar one and put it in a phone.
Heh... Someone could probably already make a smartphone in that same class. Unless Sony's getting a complete exclusive on the cores on their SoC (VERY Unlikely...) someone else can spin one. If Sony's doing what I think they are, then someone else can just buy the SoC and put it in a smartphone.
A generation beyond? I respect John Carmack a lot because of his contributions to a LOT of things in the game and other industries. In this one, I'm a bit afraid he's overstated the NGP's play here.
Can? How about WILL. It's not an end-user license, it's a publication, distribution, and derivative works license. Anyone that brings suit on a GPL violation, if the defendant is found guilty of a breach, it'll be treated as any commercial infringement case would be treated.
Indeed. The thing is, that most players on the GPL side of things just want compliance..so it's settled amicably before a lawsuit's filed. Even with v3, if you've got the lawsuit in play, you're toast. Willful violations of Copyright, when it's properly registered, is very, very damaging. It's why Verizon and Actiontec caved and settled after the suit was filed- and for tens of millions of dollars and required to hire an outside party for 5 years to ensure GPL compliance on their stuff.
It's not the thing that most think about. If you're not in compliance and someone with standing files suit in the appropriate jurisdiction, you'll find that the GPL has more teeth than most of the licensing agreements.
The "fragmentation" stems not from the OS platform but the HARDWARE vendors- and it's something the tech pundits are abjectly clueless about.
Yes, there's issues with apps being able to run things. It's no different than trying to INSIST that someone's app for a Palm Centro would be able to run on a Kyocera 6035 (Go look it up if you're unsure...:-D) or perhaps one for the WinMob7 being able to run on a Stinger based phone. Not going to happen. It's the vendors' fault that they're shipping stuff so fast and not updating the OS on many units that could otherwise run 2.1 or 2.2 because they want forced upgrades.
Having a filesystem creates all sorts of security, reliability and administration problems? Really?
Wow... I guess you should tell the people with all the iPods, other MP3/WMA players, digital cameras, and similar that they've got all sorts of security and other problems.
The problems you mention do not come from having filesystems. More to the point, the iPad and Chrome have a filesystem- it's just not directly exposed to the user. All the problems you indicate stem from code execution- and ONLY that.
Heh... If it's notated into a PDF with something like Rosegarden, LillyPond, or Canorus (And there's quite a few commercial tools on OSX that'll do this too...) then you could do it on either an iPod or any Linux based page reader with backlight capabilities (Or, failing that, you could get away with a little LED booklight shining on something with an E-Ink display with similar low light levels (though I don't know if you'd have the sheet turn speed there to do music with those...)).
I see this as one of those "not thought of" uses that's actually a killer app for the tech in question.
Heh... Based on the Android tablets out there...while you might be joking, it's closer to the truth than one might want to own up to...unless you're a Linux fan. >:-D
If you know what operating system you are running on a *device* then it has already failed...
You're presuming things. I typically know what OS something runs because I'm an engineer and I try to find these things out because I'm curious about it all.
Now, sometimes the means unto which I find out is because of the failure you mention. Other times, not so much so. I've gotten where I can mostly spot the OS or guess it by looking at how something interacts w/me.
Considering that you HAVE that sort of integration with Android and Blackberry machines (Heh... I've seen it in action at several businesses...) if that's their selling point...heh...
"Meh" doesn't begin to describe the reaction to things.
That's kind of my take too. If it will handle posts quicker than the 2.0 version did (We'll see here after this and a few more posts...) I'll consider it a good thing as opposed to what was there before (2.0 had...issues...from the perspective of someone that came from the OLD "Chips and Dips" site). The only annoying thing so far is the HUGE space that you have to scroll down across to click preview/quote parent/cancel for that came from 2.X.
Oh, it's pretty much the connection side of things. Forget pricing. Many of the areas you've got a choice of 3G (700kbps-ish down, 128kbps up...) or Satellite (which is as much of a joke...). I'm operating off of a Virgin Mobile dongle right now...and they're changing it from unlimited to "unlimited" and you may not get that service anymore either. The "4G" stuff's not everywhere yet and it's not in all the areas of the markets they've rolled it out into.
Even if you're willing to pay the prices...they don't have it for you.
OOXML's not vendor neutral- the only player really using OOXML is Microsoft and the version that they're using in MS Office isn't really interoperable with anything but...
They don't like game rentals to begin with. Cuts into sales for them and their affiliated studios and publishers.
It should be observed, though, that if they're going to that...what difference is there other than maybe some cost savings on the unit, between a PS3 and an HTPC?
They honestly don't really want to go where they're going with all of this. It's not a pretty place for someone in the console business.
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The problem is that if they don't call out that they're doing this change and make it clear instead of in the fine print, it may negate their EULA as some of this is really non-enforceable from start to finish. You must, for example, give ample notice that you're changing the terms and doing it in a firmware update isn't it. (Makes the change non-enforceable...) Also, just because they can claim they can do this in the EULA doesn't mean they're legally allowed to do it. It's a sold item. It's roughly analogous (to use the classic /. bad car analogy...) to Ford coming to your house after you bought your car to forcibly update the firmware on your Fusion's onboard electronics to ensure that only Ford parts and firmware are running in the vehicle- after the sale of the car and telling you that their EULA allows them to change this and you've no say other than to sell the car. Bad car analogy it might be, but it's analogous- and when you run it through your head that way, you should have issues with it as will the courts (if you can get competent counsel that is...not all attornies are cut from the same bolt of cloth...)
Actually, that sort of verbiage can negate a contract or agreement. It has to have a definitive nature at the time of agreement and it needs notice for the change so you can either negotiate new terms or end the same if you don't agree with the new changes. Any verbiage that allows the contract to change so much on a whim as you're implying renders the contract null and void as there's no way to be able to be in compliance with the terms at any given time.
Actually, your definitions are not accurate...
Rootkits allow remote users, authorized or not, clandestine root level access to a system without any auditing showing when it occurred- it injects the following into a system.
Backdoors allow a remote user a way into the system outside of the security and auditing of a system.
Neither of these require "unauthorized" users to be using them- and Sony claiming it's "authorized" to do so through it's PSN EULA does not negate that it's pretty much a backdoor that was not there before that was inserted via a recent firmware update. There is likely to be no real security management within this framework (heh...they didn't get the rootkit right or their PS3 security system right, what makes anyone think this will be any different?) and the moment someone wiresharks the protocol Sony's using for this thing, the bad guys will be able to do worse to you, including probably pushing botnet updates to the boxes. Real smart. One more boneheaded thing in a string of them from Sony. You'd have thought they'd have learned from the rootkit fiasco about this stuff, but noooo...
And you honestly believe that this will prevent cheating in general or that their "security" was preventing it- all Sony's losing the keys to their kingdom did was make it slightly easier to cheat.
Uh, what about those that don't HAVE good network access... I've recently been allowed a glimpse into the pain that many have with these idiot notions that you can simply rely on the "cloud" to get updates, demos, etc. It only sort-of works when you've got access to 3-5 Mbits/sec without caps on the bandwidth (3G networking doesn't work overly well for either unless you've got WiMax/LTE and coverage in your area...and even then, the caps cause their own sets of issues.. It only REALLY works if you've got what I've got back at home or higher, which would be 20 Mbits/sec.
Until the ISPs are on the same damn page as the companies wanting "The Cloud" it's a non-play. And that doesn't get into the OTHER problems with "The Cloud"- which would be security and reliability of the supplier in question.
Heh... Define "full size". If you're talking about the bunch that typically do Enlightenment as their main desktop environment, you're going to find 1920x1280 as a common resolution. Something that big's going to be hard to do "full size" not to mention the bandwidth overheads of this.
I think it's a bit of both, in truth. They've refined things as best as I can tell, so there's at least slightly less apparent overhead than before- and the others blew past them ages ago and didn't stop adding stuff. Some things we needed...many we didn't.
Because they've been around, developing this since before KDE and GNOME were little more than an idea on someone's drawing board (not to mention some of the initial bits and bobs for GNOME came from Enlightenment.
Heh... It's not even really next generation except for gaming handhelds right at the moment. All it would take to have a smartphone "catch up" is grab the SoC for the NGP or a similar one and put it in a phone.
Heh... Someone could probably already make a smartphone in that same class. Unless Sony's getting a complete exclusive on the cores on their SoC (VERY Unlikely...) someone else can spin one. If Sony's doing what I think they are, then someone else can just buy the SoC and put it in a smartphone.
A generation beyond? I respect John Carmack a lot because of his contributions to a LOT of things in the game and other industries. In this one, I'm a bit afraid he's overstated the NGP's play here.
Can? How about WILL . It's not an end-user license, it's a publication, distribution, and derivative works license. Anyone that brings suit on a GPL violation, if the defendant is found guilty of a breach, it'll be treated as any commercial infringement case would be treated.
Indeed. The thing is, that most players on the GPL side of things just want compliance..so it's settled amicably before a lawsuit's filed. Even with v3, if you've got the lawsuit in play, you're toast. Willful violations of Copyright, when it's properly registered, is very, very damaging. It's why Verizon and Actiontec caved and settled after the suit was filed- and for tens of millions of dollars and required to hire an outside party for 5 years to ensure GPL compliance on their stuff.
It's not the thing that most think about. If you're not in compliance and someone with standing files suit in the appropriate jurisdiction, you'll find that the GPL has more teeth than most of the licensing agreements.
The "fragmentation" stems not from the OS platform but the HARDWARE vendors- and it's something the tech pundits are abjectly clueless about.
Yes, there's issues with apps being able to run things. It's no different than trying to INSIST that someone's app for a Palm Centro would be able to run on a Kyocera 6035 (Go look it up if you're unsure... :-D) or perhaps one for the WinMob7 being able to run on a Stinger based phone. Not going to happen. It's the vendors' fault that they're shipping stuff so fast and not updating the OS on many units that could otherwise run 2.1 or 2.2 because they want forced upgrades.
Having a filesystem creates all sorts of security, reliability and administration problems? Really?
Wow... I guess you should tell the people with all the iPods, other MP3/WMA players, digital cameras, and similar that they've got all sorts of security and other problems.
The problems you mention do not come from having filesystems. More to the point, the iPad and Chrome have a filesystem- it's just not directly exposed to the user. All the problems you indicate stem from code execution- and ONLY that.
Heh... If it's notated into a PDF with something like Rosegarden, LillyPond, or Canorus (And there's quite a few commercial tools on OSX that'll do this too...) then you could do it on either an iPod or any Linux based page reader with backlight capabilities (Or, failing that, you could get away with a little LED booklight shining on something with an E-Ink display with similar low light levels (though I don't know if you'd have the sheet turn speed there to do music with those...)).
I see this as one of those "not thought of" uses that's actually a killer app for the tech in question.
Heh... Based on the Android tablets out there...while you might be joking, it's closer to the truth than one might want to own up to...unless you're a Linux fan. >:-D
If you know what operating system you are running on a *device* then it has already failed...
You're presuming things. I typically know what OS something runs because I'm an engineer and I try to find these things out because I'm curious about it all.
Now, sometimes the means unto which I find out is because of the failure you mention. Other times, not so much so. I've gotten where I can mostly spot the OS or guess it by looking at how something interacts w/me.
Considering that you HAVE that sort of integration with Android and Blackberry machines (Heh... I've seen it in action at several businesses...) if that's their selling point...heh...
"Meh" doesn't begin to describe the reaction to things.
That's kind of my take too. If it will handle posts quicker than the 2.0 version did (We'll see here after this and a few more posts...) I'll consider it a good thing as opposed to what was there before (2.0 had...issues...from the perspective of someone that came from the OLD "Chips and Dips" site). The only annoying thing so far is the HUGE space that you have to scroll down across to click preview/quote parent/cancel for that came from 2.X.
Oh, it's pretty much the connection side of things. Forget pricing. Many of the areas you've got a choice of 3G (700kbps-ish down, 128kbps up...) or Satellite (which is as much of a joke...). I'm operating off of a Virgin Mobile dongle right now...and they're changing it from unlimited to "unlimited" and you may not get that service anymore either. The "4G" stuff's not everywhere yet and it's not in all the areas of the markets they've rolled it out into.
Even if you're willing to pay the prices...they don't have it for you.
Which makes the lie they're telling even more bald-faced.
And you're using the Big Lie there too.
OOXML's not vendor neutral- the only player really using OOXML is Microsoft and the version that they're using in MS Office isn't really interoperable with anything but...
wait for it...
MS Office.
They don't like game rentals to begin with. Cuts into sales for them and their affiliated studios and publishers.
It should be observed, though, that if they're going to that...what difference is there other than maybe some cost savings on the unit, between a PS3 and an HTPC?
They honestly don't really want to go where they're going with all of this. It's not a pretty place for someone in the console business.
If it doesn't...I can see if 2K and GearBox would be interested in a reasonable deal to make it so...
For want of mod points... By the way, you owe me a keyboard...