Actually, that's the bitch of it. Both the HD-DVD and Blu-ray call for a small portion of the disc that is writable only by approved and licensed players. We consumers won't have any write access to this block (in theory) and they can write whatever they want on it using the licensed DVD player.
So would this be another protection scheme that's defeated by Magic Marker or a suitably sharp object?
I don't see it. Who do you sue? The TV manufacturer? It's not their fault some future device won't send an HD signal. The dvd player manufacturer? They're not tricking you into buying it. That it won't output HD composite is not something they're hiding.
I'm not saying the whole thing isn't stupid. I think it is. But I don't see who gets sued.
any mods that fail to mark you +5 insightful deserve their low-res output.
No kidding. That was the most insightful comment of the lot. It's amazing to me the thought process these guys use. Standardization certainly has its benefits, but it also removes the competitive aspect of having to offer the most useful product you possibly can, and instead allows crap like this.
Can anyone confirm if it will also run Windows XP?
Apparently not, at least not yet. But since it would make them extraordinarily more marketable to people currently running Windows that I can't imagine it not happening eventually.
That's why the OSS community has something called "code review". Thousands of eyeballs pour over the code looking for exactly that, bugs and then fix them.
I think you overestimate the eyeball count. I doubt there has ever been any open source project anywhere that has had a thousand different people study the code.
If the big guys keep buying out the little guys, doesn't that mean that the gap would not be filled
Good point. It's standard economics. When people are willing to keep paying for something, production inevitably declines. That is right, isn't it? I don't have that backwards now, do I?
Enough already with the "doing foo... with a computer!" and "doing foo... on a mobile device!" patents. You're not impressing anybody.
On the other hand, if I were in the computer business, with the way things are today I'd patent my stuff just so that nobody else would. Much cheaper than fighting, even if I knew I'd win.
You are assuming that they are running Windows based only upon the breakin seems to fit the pattern. However, nowhere could I find any reference to the OS employed.
According to this document (PDF) describing the system:
The Connection, Online and Scheme objects have OLE controls which make it possible to use these objects in visual development environments such as PowerBuilder or Visual Basic. Outwardly they differ from the above-mentioned objects only in the DO suffix in the name (ConnectionDO, OnlineDO, SchemeDO respectively). Internally they differ in the presence of additional interfaces that are necessary to establish communication between object and IDE.
let's say, Parkinson's Disease -- and that mailing list has thousands of members -- the not-for-profit support group has to pay?
That doesn't strike you as a bad thing?
Or perhaps the recipients could leave AOL. And that for sure doesn't strike me as a bad thing.
It's a condition I call being "Pathologically poor".
Interesting idea. I guess I'm one of those people. But my motivation is (at least I think it is!) playing the game. I have to make the best "move." Same thing when I (for instance) have to frequently drive to the same place. I'm compelled to figure out the absolute best route to take, even if the difference is only seconds.
By the way, congratulations on getting healthier. You might think about a new picture though. The one on the right looks kinda scary.
Funny that with short-term copyrights, Disney would not be able to continue to milk its old library and would have to produce good new content. But instead we make them longer and longer.
No, it's not. In what way does masturbate make any sense? Is there any sexual reference at all in the original story? Obviously the word bait was used. Otherwise it would make no sense at all. Sheesh. The reading comprehension levels around here have fallen through the floor.
No, it is not. There has to be a raisin for it. Notice how my last sentence is not a pun. Because using the word "raisin" in place of reason does not mean anything. Now, if (and I'm making this up as I type) you said "Where did my grape go?" and I said "I don't know, but there must be raisin." That would be a pun. Because both meanings have a purpose.
Which means that users have long been being trained to type their admin passwords when a little window pops up asking them to. This design will certainly come back to bite Apple in the ass.
I think that's a really good point. It's a bit like the confirm "bug" that Elliotte Harold recently wrote about.
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So would this be another protection scheme that's defeated by Magic Marker or a suitably sharp object?
I don't see it. Who do you sue? The TV manufacturer? It's not their fault some future device won't send an HD signal. The dvd player manufacturer? They're not tricking you into buying it. That it won't output HD composite is not something they're hiding.
I'm not saying the whole thing isn't stupid. I think it is. But I don't see who gets sued.
No kidding. That was the most insightful comment of the lot. It's amazing to me the thought process these guys use. Standardization certainly has its benefits, but it also removes the competitive aspect of having to offer the most useful product you possibly can, and instead allows crap like this.
Apparently not, at least not yet. But since it would make them extraordinarily more marketable to people currently running Windows that I can't imagine it not happening eventually.
No he didn't. he chose the 6502 for the first Apple computers. The Motorola stuff came later, and by someone else.
Thanks for the link! Very useful for all my webbin' needs.
I think you must have replied to the wrong post, but I don't dispute what you say. Vulnerabilites can be slipped in, legitimaly or otherwise.
I think you overestimate the eyeball count. I doubt there has ever been any open source project anywhere that has had a thousand different people study the code.
Good point. It's standard economics. When people are willing to keep paying for something, production inevitably declines. That is right, isn't it? I don't have that backwards now, do I?
On the other hand, if I were in the computer business, with the way things are today I'd patent my stuff just so that nobody else would. Much cheaper than fighting, even if I knew I'd win.
According to this document (PDF) describing the system:
Or perhaps the recipients could leave AOL. And that for sure doesn't strike me as a bad thing.
I'm glad you're not in charge. If you want tougher laws, well, then make tougher laws. But don't pull legal sleight-of-hand to "do what's right."
To me it means this ruling is idiotic. If it already existed before you burned it, how could you possibly be making it?
How in the world can that seem reasonable to you?
Yeah, and their search engine code is probably written in C, which they didn't invent either! The nerve of those guys.
No kidding. And I also thought that flaws were those things they stand on in Boston.
I thought that came pre-ruined.
Interesting idea. I guess I'm one of those people. But my motivation is (at least I think it is!) playing the game. I have to make the best "move." Same thing when I (for instance) have to frequently drive to the same place. I'm compelled to figure out the absolute best route to take, even if the difference is only seconds.
By the way, congratulations on getting healthier. You might think about a new picture though. The one on the right looks kinda scary.
Funny that with short-term copyrights, Disney would not be able to continue to milk its old library and would have to produce good new content. But instead we make them longer and longer.
No, it's not. In what way does masturbate make any sense? Is there any sexual reference at all in the original story? Obviously the word bait was used. Otherwise it would make no sense at all. Sheesh. The reading comprehension levels around here have fallen through the floor.
That should be, of course, ""I don't know, but there must be a raisin."
No, it is not. There has to be a raisin for it. Notice how my last sentence is not a pun. Because using the word "raisin" in place of reason does not mean anything. Now, if (and I'm making this up as I type) you said "Where did my grape go?" and I said "I don't know, but there must be raisin." That would be a pun. Because both meanings have a purpose.
I think that's a really good point. It's a bit like the confirm "bug" that Elliotte Harold recently wrote about.
I notice there weren't any iPod schools until it became available to Windows users... ;-)