Question is, do I get the one with the main source or the one with the decryption tables?
Ideally you'd get both, but which is arguably the "most illicit"?
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I was thinking, if you're a programmer you could hide it at the tail end of any binary file that you distribute or include it as comments in your source code. Imbed it into images on your homepage. Find any and every method of distributing it.
I'm trying to figure out why the MPAA is still pushing the issue. I may not have even heard of DeCSS if not for this case and it's certainly encouraging more and more people to distribute it than had the MPAA not bothered with it.
Then again, Jack Valenti thinks he can have anyone he wants thrown in jail. The man deserves to be set on fire.
There's a distinction between setting up KDE so that it runs decently and easily and seeking optimization for every possible bit of performance increase.
You might as well say that Windows isn't ready for the desktop because many gamers like to use registry hacks to tweak out a little bit of extra performance.
No, not on 3.1.1, on the original KDE 3. When I start it up the splash screen runs through normally, but instead of terminating properly it segfaults at the end. Everything else is fine, and KDE seems unaffected by the splash screen crash, but it's a little unnerving to have it happen every single time. Anyone know 1) what might cause it and 2) whether this release might fix it?
I'm sure that the US government would love to mandate GPS tracking devices in all automobiles for "national security" issues -- why not one put it to good use?
WARNING: The following image may be illegal under the DMCA. Further, the image depicts the actual commission of a felony offense in the USA. You have been warned.
The DMCA was used to smack-down 2600.com for simply linking to a copy circumvention device (DeCSS) -- they were successfully prosecuted for providing information on copy protection circumvention devices even though they did not distribute the device or engage in the circumvention themselves.
While Sharpie markers are not likely to be outlawed since they have known legitimate functions (whereas making a non-CD workin your computer is illegal), giving information on how to use a Sharpie marker to circumvent a copy protection device probably is illegal. That's the absurdity of the law and proof that the legislators responsible for the piece of filth known as the DMCA deserve to be shot. And stabbed. And beaten. And boiled. And whipped. And drawn and quartered.
The "copy protection" is simply a means of preventing the discs from working in a PC. This is done by putting a phony "data" track on the outer rim of the disc. It's visibly seperated from the rest of the information on the disc by small ring between the data and audio sections. An audio CD player will never access this track, but a PC CD-ROM drive will always try to read the data tracks first -- since it can't read the data track it regards the CD as non-working and you won't be able to play it. Using a sharpie on the outer rim (from what I understand you make a diagonal mark along the data track that runs tangent to the seperator for the audio track, but does not actually mark over the audio tracks) you block out the data track, and as such the drive won't read it.
Reuters picked up the story and said that they tried it with success on the known Celine Dion non-CD.
Sorry, I should have been aware that not everyone uses logic terminology in common writing. Had I meant that they were mutually exclusive I would have put XOR, though I should have just used AND/OR to make it less ambigious.
It wasn't intended as a troll, it's a serious concern. Considering that France has already tried to apply their "decency" standards against US content providers (Yahoo), I'm concerned that US law enforcement will decide that anyone who provides digital information of any kind (via ftp,http, etc) that can reach US computers will be liable under US law. I wouldn't put it past some fascist law enforcement officials to try it.
Either that or they may try to hold US ISPs liable for not being able to block every bit of "harmful" material hosted overseas from minors.
Will the FBI try to have foreign parties prosecuted for violating COPA? After all, it works for DMCA and with COPA they only need to have a website that can be accessed from a US IP, they don't need to be offering any services.
All that needs to happen is for makers of smart cards to send money to Congresscritters to pass laws against smart card "circumvention devices" and have anyone making, selling or posessing a flash-based camera arrested.
Remember, when a security technology is comprimised you don't improve the technology, you outlaw anything that exposes its weakness.
Most of the fighting games are "Street Fighter" clones, heck I thought that the characters from World Heroes were direct rip-offs (one character had the appearance of M. Bison(US)/Vega(JP) and the "stretch" ability of Dhalsim). Samurai Shodown had its own unique style however. The Metal Slug series is hardly an original genre, but its intense action and cartoonish humour gives it a cult following.
Yes, many of the fighting games are SF ripoffs (which is why it was so easy to create Capcom vs. SNK) and many of the other games were rips of other genres (lots of Double Dragon/Final Fight type games), but there were a few gems amongs the bunch and almost all of them looked pretty.
It is a matter of taste. Some people prefer the simplistic action of a 2D fighter like Samurai Shodown. The simplistic hard-core 2D action of the Metal Slug series is also a fun escapist hobby; I certainly have enjoyed many hours of that.
Yes, it's not a "popular" genre, that's why it's called a niche market.
Uh, except that if the number of people who decide not to see it as a result of the bootleg is equal to the number of people who do decide to see it then the impact on ticket sales is zero. He provided a one-to-one example.
I have a decent FotR bootleg (4 SVCDs from a decent DVD screener, though it's only 2.0 stereo) and I still prefer the theater experience. If the SVCD had a higher quality and 16x9 image with 5.1 Dolby Digital audio I might change my mind.
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Question is, do I get the one with the main source or the one with the decryption tables?
Ideally you'd get both, but which is arguably the "most illicit"?
I was thinking, if you're a programmer you could hide it at the tail end of any binary file that you distribute or include it as comments in your source code. Imbed it into images on your homepage. Find any and every method of distributing it.
I'm trying to figure out why the MPAA is still pushing the issue. I may not have even heard of DeCSS if not for this case and it's certainly encouraging more and more people to distribute it than had the MPAA not bothered with it.
Then again, Jack Valenti thinks he can have anyone he wants thrown in jail. The man deserves to be set on fire.
There's a distinction between setting up KDE so that it runs decently and easily and seeking optimization for every possible bit of performance increase.
You might as well say that Windows isn't ready for the desktop because many gamers like to use registry hacks to tweak out a little bit of extra performance.
Heh, set aside a day for a KDE compile.
Even on 56k the source download is faster than the source compile.
No, not on 3.1.1, on the original KDE 3. When I start it up the splash screen runs through normally, but instead of terminating properly it segfaults at the end. Everything else is fine, and KDE seems unaffected by the splash screen crash, but it's a little unnerving to have it happen every single time. Anyone know 1) what might cause it and 2) whether this release might fix it?
Is this a default compile option or does something need to be specifcied when running the configuration script?
I'm sure that the US government would love to mandate GPS tracking devices in all automobiles for "national security" issues -- why not one put it to good use?
WARNING: The following image may be illegal under the DMCA. Further, the image depicts the actual commission of a felony offense in the USA. You have been warned.
Marker Method Illustrated.
The DMCA was used to smack-down 2600.com for simply linking to a copy circumvention device (DeCSS) -- they were successfully prosecuted for providing information on copy protection circumvention devices even though they did not distribute the device or engage in the circumvention themselves.
While Sharpie markers are not likely to be outlawed since they have known legitimate functions (whereas making a non-CD workin your computer is illegal), giving information on how to use a Sharpie marker to circumvent a copy protection device probably is illegal. That's the absurdity of the law and proof that the legislators responsible for the piece of filth known as the DMCA deserve to be shot. And stabbed. And beaten. And boiled. And whipped. And drawn and quartered.
The explanation is simple.
The "copy protection" is simply a means of preventing the discs from working in a PC. This is done by putting a phony "data" track on the outer rim of the disc. It's visibly seperated from the rest of the information on the disc by small ring between the data and audio sections. An audio CD player will never access this track, but a PC CD-ROM drive will always try to read the data tracks first -- since it can't read the data track it regards the CD as non-working and you won't be able to play it. Using a sharpie on the outer rim (from what I understand you make a diagonal mark along the data track that runs tangent to the seperator for the audio track, but does not actually mark over the audio tracks) you block out the data track, and as such the drive won't read it.
Reuters picked up the story and said that they tried it with success on the known Celine Dion non-CD.
Just downloaded both the Win32 and Linux versions at 00:59EST.
You should let them know (or let Sony USA know), because every store I've been to in Louisville KY has the prices cut on the PS2 and Xbox already.
At first I thought you'd checked my user info, then I saw that you've got a different version (which I'll be adding to my info).
Hrmm...firebombs. MPAA. Judge Kaplan's house...
...no, I will not get nasty ideas. I will not get nasty ideas. I will not get nasty ideas...
Well, maybe just Jack Valenti.
Sorry, I should have been aware that not everyone uses logic terminology in common writing. Had I meant that they were mutually exclusive I would have put XOR, though I should have just used AND/OR to make it less ambigious.
Actually, a number of the clones "get it in the end" as well, just not at the hands of any Jedi.
1) The Federal Magistrate who issued the order is being bribed by the plaintiffs.
OR
2) The Federal Magistrate is terminally stupid.
I wouldn't mind TV programs being filled widescreen and aired letterbox with banner ads at the top and bottom. My 16:9 TV has a "Zoom" function...
...of course, then makers of 16:9 TVs would be sued for having that feature.
It wasn't intended as a troll, it's a serious concern. Considering that France has already tried to apply their "decency" standards against US content providers (Yahoo), I'm concerned that US law enforcement will decide that anyone who provides digital information of any kind (via ftp,http, etc) that can reach US computers will be liable under US law. I wouldn't put it past some fascist law enforcement officials to try it.
Either that or they may try to hold US ISPs liable for not being able to block every bit of "harmful" material hosted overseas from minors.
Will the FBI try to have foreign parties prosecuted for violating COPA? After all, it works for DMCA and with COPA they only need to have a website that can be accessed from a US IP, they don't need to be offering any services.
All that needs to happen is for makers of smart cards to send money to Congresscritters to pass laws against smart card "circumvention devices" and have anyone making, selling or posessing a flash-based camera arrested.
Remember, when a security technology is comprimised you don't improve the technology, you outlaw anything that exposes its weakness.
Most of the fighting games are "Street Fighter" clones, heck I thought that the characters from World Heroes were direct rip-offs (one character had the appearance of M. Bison(US)/Vega(JP) and the "stretch" ability of Dhalsim). Samurai Shodown had its own unique style however. The Metal Slug series is hardly an original genre, but its intense action and cartoonish humour gives it a cult following.
Yes, many of the fighting games are SF ripoffs (which is why it was so easy to create Capcom vs. SNK) and many of the other games were rips of other genres (lots of Double Dragon/Final Fight type games), but there were a few gems amongs the bunch and almost all of them looked pretty.
It is a matter of taste. Some people prefer the simplistic action of a 2D fighter like Samurai Shodown. The simplistic hard-core 2D action of the Metal Slug series is also a fun escapist hobby; I certainly have enjoyed many hours of that.
Yes, it's not a "popular" genre, that's why it's called a niche market.
Uh, except that if the number of people who decide not to see it as a result of the bootleg is equal to the number of people who do decide to see it then the impact on ticket sales is zero. He provided a one-to-one example.
I have a decent FotR bootleg (4 SVCDs from a decent DVD screener, though it's only 2.0 stereo) and I still prefer the theater experience. If the SVCD had a higher quality and 16x9 image with 5.1 Dolby Digital audio I might change my mind.