a company dissolves itself for whatever reason, and the keys disappear. And then another company starts, mysteriously with the same management as the first, and creates a competing product (which happens to be the only one compatible with the proprietary software of the previous company)... thus 'forcing' you to buy the new product(and soon, since your old key is about to run out), and sign into a new, less reasonable, contract for the keys. sounds like a m$ scheme to me... oh wait, m$ is trying to do this... (I am sorry. I could not resist. M$ is just makes it so easy to insult them)
-CrackElf
"Perhaps if you told us what your "problem" was, it would help. (And let me guess, something about record companies and MP3s...)"
And how does this have anything to do with record companies and mp3's? Please tell me. Because that is the exact thing that i wrote about. I do not need to pirate mp3's because i make enough $ to buy the cd's of the few bands that i listen to that are popular enough to be pirated.
-CrackElf
"They did break the law. It seems your congressman is smarter and more tech savvy then yourself."
Learn to read. Please. I know that they broke the law... i dont support napster. My problem has nothing to do with napster. The congressman was unable to comprehend that. That was the point of my post. It would appear that you are similarly afflicted.
-CrackElf
Heh, i also wrote my congressman complaining about the insanity... and I got a letter back saying 'I understand your concerns about Napster, but they broke the law'... blah... blah... blah to which i say huh? i dont support or use Napster. I did not say anything about napster in my letter. I really wish that there were more technologically savvy ppl in their staff. As long as the corps are able to obfuscate the issues enough that the politicians do not have a clue, we will keep getting screwed. Then again i never had much faith in the system.
-CrackElf
No, because I can get a laptop with out a 3com ethernet, since 3com does put clauses into their contracts that say 'if you want to use us, you shall offer no alternatives'. Nor did US Robtics (when it was at its pinnacle) demand such clauses.
I do not mind buying a bundled product. I do not want to eliminate microsoft. I do not want to infringe upon their legitimate profits. I want to stop their infringing on mine. I do not want a lesser quality product being the only preinstalled option available on machines that I purchase (thus forcing me to pay for something that I do not feel is a quality product, it bypasses the competition discouraging poor products). Granted that is changing now, which started with some of the bolder and better established computer retailers choosing to pay exorbitant licencing agreements with microsoft for the privilege of offering an alternative. But of course, that started after I purchased the laptop.
(it was not an issue with my desktops since i build my own)
I have a lic for windows for my laptop. I run linux on it. I did not want that lic, but it was pre-packaged with the system. I paid for it (indirectly). They made me pay for a product that I do not use. There were no options.
I am under the impression that microsoft put clauses in many of their agreements with vendors, that do not allow them to retail other operating systems. I believe that this constitutes abuse utilizing microsoft's monopoly of the market. Or did i miss the point?
-CrackElf
Re:Deja Vu All Over Again
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Yes, but this article is actually a well thought out and good one. +1, Interesting.
My comment on the subject (still relevant).
-CrackElf
No, because he is talking about an encrypted stream. What you would want to do is copy the decrypted stream. and presto...
A stream out can be redirected to a stream in.
(eg... headphone (out) jack connected to the little mic hole in the sound card... and wallah! the little black box provides a decrypted stream for you to record)
-CrackElf
The issue is that they dont ask. They tell in an agreement that most people click right through. I dont trust m$, so I ditched my only hotmail account a while ago. They advertise a free email service. While I am quite aware of the TANSTAFL philosophy, they should not advertise it as free, if there is a cost. The common assumption is that they get their $ from advertising and linking. The point is that this is another example of their attempt to obfuscate and hide thier true intentions to lure people into using thier service. They want the customers who want privacy, and to violate that privacy. Kinda the cake and eat it too. And they got caught, but instead of confessing, they are saying that ooohhh... it was all a big misunderstanding.
What if someone emails me a code or code snippet for review (for whatever reason, yes, it is insecure, but people have done it.). Does that mean that I think that m$ should have access to it? Not at all. m$ should respect my intellectual property, since it is, after all, the great protector of intellectual property (its 'own' anyway)
-CrackElf
Very poorly reviewed. First off, this new, breathtaking, technology is not new. Mr. katz shows very little technical knowledge, and even less knowledge concerning the socio-economic impact of technology. He seems quite proficient at making dramatic, sweeping statements concerning all sorts of things (wether he knows what he is talking about or not). This sort of 'journalism' is best suited for tabloids. Is this where slashdot is heading? towards becoming that tabloid of technical world? I have read several articles from mr. katz, and they all seem to lack a solid basis in the technical world. I think that i know now what I should expect from mr. katz. His 'Articles' read more like sermons or calls to arms then any sort of responsible journalism. Though his works are syntactically and grammatically quite elegant, the content is lacking. Catch phrases and grandiose statements concerning new sweeping revolutions that exist only in the minds of those who have a weak grasp on technology is not the basis for good writing. mr. katz, please educate yourself before you presume to discuss on a topic.
-CrackElf
BTW: Mr. Katz, there has not been a technological revolution for several years, despite the marketing gimmicks. You missed the boat, and even if you had not, i have doubt in your abilities to comprehend the technology effectively enough to have made use of it in any case.
Is this why microsoft keeps getting more stable every release (like windows 95... ever try to install the A version? OR the first release of win2k? Or how about aol with the crappiest interface in the world when it started) ? Software is not being shaken out.With more and more products becoming digital (or digitally driven) this is going to be an issue.
As for your example with the taster: It was once common knowledge that a car with a computer in it was completely ridiculous.
-CrackElf
"3) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of its users or the public."
This particular line worries me... it sounds a lot like: national security. (in which case there is already one government body that has the authority to to use the information. Maybe M$ is not in bed with the NSA, maybe it is trying to create a privitized (non-government) version for the information age. (BTW I do not think that policy is legally binding anyway)
-CrackElf
The world is a harsh place. I blame the media, not other kids. Kids have been bullying each other for a long time. No, it is the media, and the portrayal of the 'fairy tale'(1) ending. Real life does not work like that. No one is going to come and rescue you, people sometimes have irreconcilable differences, and sometimes people die.
The lying to children is horrible. It leaves them defenseless when the illusion of the perfect little happy world where nothing goes wrong. That is shattered by the grim reality at some point. And some people can not handle it, because they have never had to imagine or conceive of anything going wrong.
Stop looking at the symptoms, look at the problem. Parables play an important part of society. They teach people how to interact in situations, what is appropriate, and what is not. By eliminating the sad endings, you eliminate the lessons concerning how to deal with grief.
The man of steel never existed.
-CrackElf
(1) historic fairy tales did not always have the happily ever after endings.
1) Does microsoft plan to continue to lie about what its code does?
2) When is microsoft going to hire some qa guys and release a product that contains post-beta functionality the first go round?
3) When is microsoft going to adhere to standards instead of trying to re-define standards to prevent others from interfacing with their software?
4) When is microsoft going to stop obfuscating simple administrative and programing interfaces?
5) When is microsoft going to stop entering a market, establishing themselves, and then eliminate the competition by making their os 'dependent' on the product?
After ms has done these things, I might be interested in what you have to say, and even *gasp* your products.
-CrackElf
You go to a site to hear a particular area of interest. Thus repressing material irrelevant to the subject is essential. Because I want a particular focus. Just as I do not expect to hear about the elections on the sci-fi channel, I do not expect to hear about brittany spears on slashdot. I think that is natural, and expected.
Besides, if i were to receive every post from every person on every subject, my computer would scream in terror, flip upside down, shut off the dsl modem, and stage a coup, then commit suicide.
We should be able to mod down articles as 'flamebait', not just posts:)
-CrackElf
But that means that if I, as an employee, feel that I am underpaid for what I do, and someone else offers me more, I may be barred from taking it, even if my current employer is ripping me off.
I think that if a company wants to keep an employee they should match or beat offers. If an employee is really that vital, perhaps, they could find the money / incentives instead of refusing to meet the market value for skills.
-CrackElf
The earliest related thing that I can think of is the hiring of people to shout (agreement) at a speech. Or sending people out into a town to promote a play (without admiting that they were hired to do so) This is just an application of an old technique to the internet.
-CrackElf
You would still have to have a fan to cool whatever heat sink you attached to the chip to leach the heat away from the 'internal' heat sinks. Unless I am greatly misunderstanding the tech.
What I think will happen: the chip makers will overclock the slower chips and charge the higher chip prices for them. *shrug* People tell me that I am cynical.
-CrackElf
(rant)I do hold them responsible. I dont buy their products. Unfortunately, I always end up working for m$ shops. Even my current one, which, when I joined, I was told that it was not an m$ shop, since it was a java product (w/ diff db backends) However, I was just recently told by my boss that I had to have win2k on my computer(NOT linux). I was also just told by support that the mandate was that we were required to use outlook for all email. I have supported nt sr/ws (and products on NT). I have supported procducts on win95 and 98. I supported products on dos and win311. The reality is that no matter how I try to avoid it, I often have to program on a m$ pos. So, I think that I have a perfect right to complain. They are brining down the standards of the industry. (and dont tell me that capitalist bs{eg: beta vcrs were MUCH better})(/rant)
-CrackElf
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a company dissolves itself for whatever reason, and the keys disappear. And then another company starts, mysteriously with the same management as the first, and creates a competing product (which happens to be the only one compatible with the proprietary software of the previous company)... thus 'forcing' you to buy the new product(and soon, since your old key is about to run out), and sign into a new, less reasonable, contract for the keys. sounds like a m$ scheme to me... oh wait, m$ is trying to do this ... (I am sorry. I could not resist. M$ is just makes it so easy to insult them)
-CrackElf
"Perhaps if you told us what your "problem" was, it would help. (And let me guess, something about record companies and MP3s...)"
And how does this have anything to do with record companies and mp3's? Please tell me. Because that is the exact thing that i wrote about. I do not need to pirate mp3's because i make enough $ to buy the cd's of the few bands that i listen to that are popular enough to be pirated.
-CrackElf
"They did break the law. It seems your congressman is smarter and more tech savvy then yourself."
... i dont support napster. My problem has nothing to do with napster. The congressman was unable to comprehend that. That was the point of my post. It would appear that you are similarly afflicted.
Learn to read. Please. I know that they broke the law
-CrackElf
Heh, i also wrote my congressman complaining about the insanity ... and I got a letter back saying 'I understand your concerns about Napster, but they broke the law' ... blah ... blah ... blah to which i say huh? i dont support or use Napster. I did not say anything about napster in my letter. I really wish that there were more technologically savvy ppl in their staff. As long as the corps are able to obfuscate the issues enough that the politicians do not have a clue, we will keep getting screwed. Then again i never had much faith in the system.
-CrackElf
yes they do have type model ... it is in one of the sub - pages
t el -bugs
http://security.sdsc.edu/self-help/alcatel/alca
The described flaws were demonstrated in all known firmware versions
of the Speed Touch Home, including:
KHDSAA.108 Jul 6 14:03:12 GMT 1999
KHDSAA.132 Nov 19 13:52:05 GMT 1999
KHDSBA.133 Mar 16 17:52:08 GMT 2000
KHDSAA.134 Apr 24 12:48:43 GMT 2000
-CrackElf
No, because I can get a laptop with out a 3com ethernet, since 3com does put clauses into their contracts that say 'if you want to use us, you shall offer no alternatives'. Nor did US Robtics (when it was at its pinnacle) demand such clauses.
I do not mind buying a bundled product. I do not want to eliminate microsoft. I do not want to infringe upon their legitimate profits. I want to stop their infringing on mine. I do not want a lesser quality product being the only preinstalled option available on machines that I purchase (thus forcing me to pay for something that I do not feel is a quality product, it bypasses the competition discouraging poor products). Granted that is changing now, which started with some of the bolder and better established computer retailers choosing to pay exorbitant licencing agreements with microsoft for the privilege of offering an alternative. But of course, that started after I purchased the laptop.
(it was not an issue with my desktops since i build my own)
-CrackElf
I have a lic for windows for my laptop. I run linux on it. I did not want that lic, but it was pre-packaged with the system. I paid for it (indirectly). They made me pay for a product that I do not use. There were no options.
I am under the impression that microsoft put clauses in many of their agreements with vendors, that do not allow them to retail other operating systems. I believe that this constitutes abuse utilizing microsoft's monopoly of the market. Or did i miss the point?
-CrackElf
Yes, but this article is actually a well thought out and good one. +1, Interesting.
My comment on the subject (still relevant).
-CrackElf
No, because he is talking about an encrypted stream. What you would want to do is copy the decrypted stream. and presto ...
... headphone (out) jack connected to the little mic hole in the sound card ... and wallah! the little black box provides a decrypted stream for you to record)
A stream out can be redirected to a stream in.
(eg
-CrackElf
The issue is that they dont ask. They tell in an agreement that most people click right through. I dont trust m$, so I ditched my only hotmail account a while ago. They advertise a free email service. While I am quite aware of the TANSTAFL philosophy, they should not advertise it as free, if there is a cost. The common assumption is that they get their $ from advertising and linking. The point is that this is another example of their attempt to obfuscate and hide thier true intentions to lure people into using thier service. They want the customers who want privacy, and to violate that privacy. Kinda the cake and eat it too. And they got caught, but instead of confessing, they are saying that ooohhh ... it was all a big misunderstanding.
What if someone emails me a code or code snippet for review (for whatever reason, yes, it is insecure, but people have done it.). Does that mean that I think that m$ should have access to it? Not at all. m$ should respect my intellectual property, since it is, after all, the great protector of intellectual property (its 'own' anyway)
-CrackElf
Very poorly reviewed. First off, this new, breathtaking, technology is not new. Mr. katz shows very little technical knowledge, and even less knowledge concerning the socio-economic impact of technology. He seems quite proficient at making dramatic, sweeping statements concerning all sorts of things (wether he knows what he is talking about or not). This sort of 'journalism' is best suited for tabloids. Is this where slashdot is heading? towards becoming that tabloid of technical world? I have read several articles from mr. katz, and they all seem to lack a solid basis in the technical world. I think that i know now what I should expect from mr. katz. His 'Articles' read more like sermons or calls to arms then any sort of responsible journalism. Though his works are syntactically and grammatically quite elegant, the content is lacking. Catch phrases and grandiose statements concerning new sweeping revolutions that exist only in the minds of those who have a weak grasp on technology is not the basis for good writing. mr. katz, please educate yourself before you presume to discuss on a topic.
-CrackElf
BTW: Mr. Katz, there has not been a technological revolution for several years, despite the marketing gimmicks. You missed the boat, and even if you had not, i have doubt in your abilities to comprehend the technology effectively enough to have made use of it in any case.
Is this why microsoft keeps getting more stable every release (like windows 95 ... ever try to install the A version? OR the first release of win2k? Or how about aol with the crappiest interface in the world when it started) ? Software is not being shaken out.With more and more products becoming digital (or digitally driven) this is going to be an issue.
As for your example with the taster: It was once common knowledge that a car with a computer in it was completely ridiculous.
-CrackElf
"3) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of its users or the public."
... it sounds a lot like: national security. (in which case there is already one government body that has the authority to to use the information. Maybe M$ is not in bed with the NSA, maybe it is trying to create a privitized (non-government) version for the information age. (BTW I do not think that policy is legally binding anyway)
This particular line worries me
-CrackElf
(IANAL)
The world is a harsh place. I blame the media, not other kids. Kids have been bullying each other for a long time. No, it is the media, and the portrayal of the 'fairy tale'(1) ending. Real life does not work like that. No one is going to come and rescue you, people sometimes have irreconcilable differences, and sometimes people die.
The lying to children is horrible. It leaves them defenseless when the illusion of the perfect little happy world where nothing goes wrong. That is shattered by the grim reality at some point. And some people can not handle it, because they have never had to imagine or conceive of anything going wrong.
Stop looking at the symptoms, look at the problem. Parables play an important part of society. They teach people how to interact in situations, what is appropriate, and what is not. By eliminating the sad endings, you eliminate the lessons concerning how to deal with grief.
The man of steel never existed.
-CrackElf
(1) historic fairy tales did not always have the happily ever after endings.
1) Does microsoft plan to continue to lie about what its code does?
2) When is microsoft going to hire some qa guys and release a product that contains post-beta functionality the first go round?
3) When is microsoft going to adhere to standards instead of trying to re-define standards to prevent others from interfacing with their software?
4) When is microsoft going to stop obfuscating simple administrative and programing interfaces?
5) When is microsoft going to stop entering a market, establishing themselves, and then eliminate the competition by making their os 'dependent' on the product?
After ms has done these things, I might be interested in what you have to say, and even *gasp* your products.
-CrackElf
You go to a site to hear a particular area of interest. Thus repressing material irrelevant to the subject is essential. Because I want a particular focus. Just as I do not expect to hear about the elections on the sci-fi channel, I do not expect to hear about brittany spears on slashdot. I think that is natural, and expected.
:)
Besides, if i were to receive every post from every person on every subject, my computer would scream in terror, flip upside down, shut off the dsl modem, and stage a coup, then commit suicide.
We should be able to mod down articles as 'flamebait', not just posts
-CrackElf
fiscal years do not always start in january, hence the fiscal year as opposed to year.
-CrackElf
Ok, so how is replying to a post that rants about EU farmers being subsidised, and pointing out that US farmers are subsidised off topic????
-CrackElf
Why not go back to ytalk? :) but seriously, it is not like there are no alternatives.
-CrackElf
But that means that if I, as an employee, feel that I am underpaid for what I do, and someone else offers me more, I may be barred from taking it, even if my current employer is ripping me off.
I think that if a company wants to keep an employee they should match or beat offers. If an employee is really that vital, perhaps, they could find the money / incentives instead of refusing to meet the market value for skills.
-CrackElf
The earliest related thing that I can think of is the hiring of people to shout (agreement) at a speech. Or sending people out into a town to promote a play (without admiting that they were hired to do so) This is just an application of an old technique to the internet.
-CrackElf
You would still have to have a fan to cool whatever heat sink you attached to the chip to leach the heat away from the 'internal' heat sinks. Unless I am greatly misunderstanding the tech.
What I think will happen: the chip makers will overclock the slower chips and charge the higher chip prices for them. *shrug* People tell me that I am cynical.
-CrackElf
Perhaps just the communication equipment is solar-powered? Just a thought.
-CrackElf
(rant)I do hold them responsible. I dont buy their products. Unfortunately, I always end up working for m$ shops. Even my current one, which, when I joined, I was told that it was not an m$ shop, since it was a java product (w/ diff db backends) However, I was just recently told by my boss that I had to have win2k on my computer(NOT linux). I was also just told by support that the mandate was that we were required to use outlook for all email. I have supported nt sr/ws (and products on NT). I have supported procducts on win95 and 98. I supported products on dos and win311. The reality is that no matter how I try to avoid it, I often have to program on a m$ pos. So, I think that I have a perfect right to complain. They are brining down the standards of the industry. (and dont tell me that capitalist bs{eg: beta vcrs were MUCH better})(/rant)
-CrackElf
If your car breaks after 2 hours, there are laws to deal with the car dealer (in most states)
-CrackElf