You mis-read... he said "except the kernel". IE: The kernel has a great review process (as you pointed out), but the majority of other software out there doesn't.
Personally I half agree. There are a lot of projects out there with no peer review or established way to deal with bugs or translation, etc (ie: look on sourceforge, there are lots of crappy projects on there).
However, the large desktop environment communities, namely GNOME and KDE, do have the same sort of review process as the kernel. People look at incoming patches and while the code from individuals contributing to the DE maybe isn't checked as thouroughly, it's close. Lots of the main core of gnome is done by people who are known just like the kernel and whose code is reviewed and tested. Now when say, acme makes it's 2.4.0.1.a.beta-12 release that may not be reviewed as much as the release of a new kernel, but there is still a level of accountibility.
they don't necessarily know whether they have SCO or linux.
I find that very funny. I think that anyone who has any clue about the SCO case knows what OS they are running. I like their attempt to merge the two together..... "sco, linux, what's the difference?".
*sigh*
Can't someone just nuke them and get it all over with?
Hehe, no, size isn't so much the issue as functionality. Basically this is a *very* expensive walkman. The latest incranations allow you to do voice memos and do picture backup (with extra hardware), but in essance it's a $700 music player, and I have a music player in the form of a walkman thats only a bit bigger, and while it can only hold a single tape of say, 110 min (nowhere near the same quality), I also don't care if I drop the thing and if I break it I can buy the same thing for under $20. Now I know that the two are very different but they both play music.
Nah, microsoft is good at innovation, we should get them to help out. I'm sure they have some fresh new ideas about how to run the core of the internet.
Backwards:) Ever noticed how your new OS or app never runs *faster* than before, or you can put it on an OLDER peice of hardware? Computers suck that way, I completely agree.
That said, I don't recall my p233 doing cd burning or mp3 encoding/conversion, much less doing it very fast. Don't forget as well that along with the mp3 player/features/etc the required speed on the machine also relies on the OS. If it was windows 95 compatible it would probably run with the minimum specs of windows 95.
XP/2k/OSX all have their now cpu sucking eye-candy, be it translucent menus or the crayola look of XP, and they all contribute to the requirements of the programs they run.
Not that developers are saying "optimize? a gig of is under $100!" but that's a different discussion entirely.
OT question about itunes and rendezvous, hopefully someone can help.
I have a samba smb share (linux fileserver) with my mp3s on it. I also have a rev a imac that I have mounting the samba share through itunes and playing music in a different room of the house.
Is it possible to use rendezvous so I don't have to deal with mounting the samba share and all that? IE: some way to have itunes just "find" the music? IIRC rendezvous was open sourced, but I don't know more about it than that.
Erhmm.... iTunes isn't a mp3 playing program. It does play mp3s, but it is also quite a lot more. IE: online store, browser, burning suite, internet radio, sharing, aac/mp3 file conversion, mp3/aac browsing, etc.
Until you update to the latest patches and any time you start or have OE or IE running and messanger starts up, and refuses to shut down because "programs that need it need are still running"
There is a registry key you can add to kill this off, google for "kill msn messanger" and you'll find it.
Hehe, I did notice the lack of a view source option in the context menu, but it's under file in galeon:) Guess I should turn myself in for being a theif though.
Posted to this link. Wonder what the chances of a reply are!
In your first answer you note that "Now with MediaMax on the CD, honest people have a way of honoring the artists wishes regarding how and where the music property can be copied and shared." Wouldn't you agree that it's not the honest people you are worried about? Honest people didn't copy CDs and distribute them, only the dishonest ones, so basically your software is only re-enforcing to the honest users that they are all potential theives, and are not trusted?
In your third point: "Thieves attempting to circumvent the technology for the purpose of re-distributing the music are breaking the law. Nothing will ever stop these thieves." What about people who have autorun disabled on their CDs due to security concerns? When they rip and burn or copy the music from a mediamax protected CD they'll be able to do it (as I understand it) without the knowledge they are doing something wrong, because your software appears to rely on autorun being enabled... are they still considered to be circumventing your copy protection?
When you say "The difference between using our implanted technology or ripping the music for re-distribution is the difference between withdrawing money from your bank or robbing it." you are again implying that the users are theives, regardless of their reasons for ripping a CD. When I rip my CDs so I can stream them to my computer at work, or have backups in case a CD is lost or damaged, or have them available in a large playlist format that I can use to play a mix of music as I want it at home through my computer am I a thief?
"If you owned technology that allowed you to transport the money from your local bank to your living room, doesnt give you the right to do it." Why not? It is my money. If I want to use it to light my cigars or roll around naked in or simply tear MY money into little pieces why am I not allowed to?
"No matter how much stealing (called "sharing" to make thieves feel better about themselves)goes on, its still taking the copyrighted property of others and converting it to ones own use." As I understand the music industry it's infringing on the rights of the record companies to make money and rip off the artists, who (some of them anyway) actually make music that they want to be heard by others. I think your opinions of people who "share" files is a bit uneducated and lopsided.
When you boast that: "The current version of MediaMax is like any software technology in Version 1. The next version will make it tougher and tougher to circumvent." you are indicating that you will make it harder to prevent software from sneakily installing on a computer. In fact, unless your software makes its presence known (and approved) it rates as a virus.
"So-called "experts" who grandstand by publishing MediaMax hacks dont "get it." They seem to born out of some Messiah complex hell-bent on saving the world from any technological attempt to protect artists and their property." Surely you are joking when you say this Mr. Jacobs. These "hacks" are the act of holding down the shift key or having autorun disabled, hardly the work of a master hacker. I believe most of the mention was along the lines of "wow, lame copy protection, it uses autorun". Hardly a "messia complex" as you describe it.
"With MediaMax, we have a technology that plays on virtually every device" As a law abiding person who has resisted the urge to "share" or "borrow" music online, I must ask if this technology will work on my linux system, or the mac laptop which I will be getting through work soon. Working in CD players is fine, but the other side of the technology, the side where it works in computers, is important as well, and the entire world doesn't run windows... or are those who don't thieves because they aren't (can't) use your software?
"Stealing is serious. People are getting hurt...real people, and SunnComm intends to pl
And what a website it is. A flash intro page, followed by the site opening up in another window, which starts with yet another flash intro (running too slow for me to wait to see what it showed), followed by a page saying something to investors, which I didn't read because it was investor BS (blah blah blah pinksheets blah blah press releases blah blah), which you had to submit that you understand before you can go to their main (crappy) flash site.
This is a business? Of course, with your shares at $0.124 after a 20% drop I guess hiring a webguy who'd be willing to work with you (assuming his ethics don't prevent it in the first place) is pretty hard.
Sadly it comes down to the almighty dollar. A company with millions of dollars in revenue (I'm guessing that their execs aren't driving 10 year old hondas to work) is protecting thier profits by not doing something that just about any sane person would say "yea, that's a good idea."
no break in the middle, consistent color correction across the entire width, great for wide photo-editing, long code that wraps, and of course, ultra-long syslogs
The color correction is a bit one. I have two NEC 19" flat screen CRTs, one of which was gotten cheap as a refurb from FutureShop. The monitor is fine, but it has a vastly different color setup than my original one, despite twiddling with the color settings, contrast and brightness settings on both monitors. I have no idea which one is the accurate one, and don't know how to do the color sync or anything. Most of the time it's not a big deal, but on some images or backgrounds it's very noticable, and a dark grey image will go from dark grey/blue to a dark purple between monitors. Very distracting!
As I understand it to get "real" color correction settings you need some sort of expensive device that will plug itself to the front of the monitor and read the color settings or something. Unless someone knows a better way to do this?
Sadly nothing that SCO does or says lately resembles anything like logic. I'm going to guess they'll accuse linux of being like an asteroid hitting the earth in terms of it's impact on software lately or some crap like that.
It's close to a PC, using PC style hardware. It's more a PC whose only job is to play games.
2.) It only plays games. No apps have been ported to it.
See my point above. Making a Business XBox that did nothing but run office apps wouldn't be that hard.
3.) Nothing different going on here that Sony or Nintendo has going in their camps.
Nope, but we're talking about the desktop market, where MS has 90% of the software, not the console market where MS is the newbie.
If you think the X-BOX is an attempt to secure MS's Windows monopoly, then you really need to get your head examined.
I think that MS believes that it is... I don't see any reason why they aren't attacking this market like any other, and attempting to be the best (read: only) player in it.
I can see why MS would want to do this. No more reliance on the user to download security patches, or updates, or whatever. As soon as the computer is turned on the bios jacks into the NIC, contacts the internet, downloads updates, uploads usage statistics, checks that the software installed matches the key codes stored on a master server, and then lets you boot the OS.
Slashdot Mirror
.... especially when the dutch boy image that pops into your head has the face of bill gates..... *shudder*
You mis-read... he said "except the kernel". IE: The kernel has a great review process (as you pointed out), but the majority of other software out there doesn't.
Personally I half agree. There are a lot of projects out there with no peer review or established way to deal with bugs or translation, etc (ie: look on sourceforge, there are lots of crappy projects on there).
However, the large desktop environment communities, namely GNOME and KDE, do have the same sort of review process as the kernel. People look at incoming patches and while the code from individuals contributing to the DE maybe isn't checked as thouroughly, it's close. Lots of the main core of gnome is done by people who are known just like the kernel and whose code is reviewed and tested. Now when say, acme makes it's 2.4.0.1.a.beta-12 release that may not be reviewed as much as the release of a new kernel, but there is still a level of accountibility.
D'oh! That should have read "... doesn't know what OS they are running". IE: the slashdot type people.
Here are more thoughts from a friend of mine and security expert.
they don't necessarily know whether they have SCO or linux.
I find that very funny. I think that anyone who has any clue about the SCO case knows what OS they are running. I like their attempt to merge the two together..... "sco, linux, what's the difference?".
*sigh*
Can't someone just nuke them and get it all over with?
Hehe, no, size isn't so much the issue as functionality. Basically this is a *very* expensive walkman. The latest incranations allow you to do voice memos and do picture backup (with extra hardware), but in essance it's a $700 music player, and I have a music player in the form of a walkman thats only a bit bigger, and while it can only hold a single tape of say, 110 min (nowhere near the same quality), I also don't care if I drop the thing and if I break it I can buy the same thing for under $20. Now I know that the two are very different but they both play music.
(bad comparision I know)
Nah, the exchange rate is up, it's at least $0.75 by now :)
Hell, even with a job a $700+(CND) device smaller than my palm pilot is hard to swallow.
Hopefully the "old" ipods will start to be sold off, or maybe the less than 40G models will come down.
Nah, microsoft is good at innovation, we should get them to help out. I'm sure they have some fresh new ideas about how to run the core of the internet.
Backwards :)
Ever noticed how your new OS or app never runs *faster* than before, or you can put it on an OLDER peice of hardware? Computers suck that way, I completely agree.
That said, I don't recall my p233 doing cd burning or mp3 encoding/conversion, much less doing it very fast. Don't forget as well that along with the mp3 player/features/etc the required speed on the machine also relies on the OS. If it was windows 95 compatible it would probably run with the minimum specs of windows 95.
XP/2k/OSX all have their now cpu sucking eye-candy, be it translucent menus or the crayola look of XP, and they all contribute to the requirements of the programs they run.
Not that developers are saying "optimize? a gig of is under $100!" but that's a different discussion entirely.
Sadly it doesn't seem to want to install under wine. Gave me an error about X:\SOMETHING.EXE missing. I admit I didn't try very hard though.
OT question about itunes and rendezvous, hopefully someone can help.
I have a samba smb share (linux fileserver) with my mp3s on it. I also have a rev a imac that I have mounting the samba share through itunes and playing music in a different room of the house.
Is it possible to use rendezvous so I don't have to deal with mounting the samba share and all that? IE: some way to have itunes just "find" the music? IIRC rendezvous was open sourced, but I don't know more about it than that.
Erhmm.... iTunes isn't a mp3 playing program. It does play mp3s, but it is also quite a lot more. IE: online store, browser, burning suite, internet radio, sharing, aac/mp3 file conversion, mp3/aac browsing, etc.
Until you update to the latest patches and any time you start or have OE or IE running and messanger starts up, and refuses to shut down because "programs that need it need are still running"
There is a registry key you can add to kill this off, google for "kill msn messanger" and you'll find it.
Hehe, I did notice the lack of a view source option in the context menu, but it's under file in galeon :) Guess I should turn myself in for being a theif though.
Posted to this link. Wonder what the chances of a reply are!
In your first answer you note that "Now with MediaMax on the CD, honest people have a way of honoring the artists wishes regarding how and where the music property can be copied and shared." Wouldn't you agree that it's not the honest people you are worried about? Honest people didn't copy CDs and distribute them, only the dishonest ones, so basically your software is only re-enforcing to the honest users that they are all potential theives, and are not trusted?
In your third point: "Thieves attempting to circumvent the technology for the purpose of re-distributing the music are breaking the law. Nothing will ever stop these thieves." What about people who have autorun disabled on their CDs due to security concerns? When they rip and burn or copy the music from a mediamax protected CD they'll be able to do it (as I understand it) without the knowledge they are doing something wrong, because your software appears to rely on autorun being enabled... are they still considered to be circumventing your copy protection?
When you say "The difference between using our implanted technology or ripping the music for re-distribution is the difference between withdrawing money from your bank or robbing it." you are again implying that the users are theives, regardless of their reasons for ripping a CD. When I rip my CDs so I can stream them to my computer at work, or have backups in case a CD is lost or damaged, or have them available in a large playlist format that I can use to play a mix of music as I want it at home through my computer am I a thief?
"If you owned technology that allowed you to transport the money from your local bank to your living room, doesnt give you the right to do it." Why not? It is my money. If I want to use it to light my cigars or roll around naked in or simply tear MY money into little pieces why am I not allowed to?
"No matter how much stealing (called "sharing" to make thieves feel better about themselves)goes on, its still taking the copyrighted property of others and converting it to ones own use." As I understand the music industry it's infringing on the rights of the record companies to make money and rip off the artists, who (some of them anyway) actually make music that they want to be heard by others. I think your opinions of people who "share" files is a bit uneducated and lopsided.
When you boast that: "The current version of MediaMax is like any software technology in Version 1. The next version will make it tougher and tougher to circumvent." you are indicating that you will make it harder to prevent software from sneakily installing on a computer. In fact, unless your software makes its presence known (and approved) it rates as a virus.
"So-called "experts" who grandstand by publishing MediaMax hacks dont "get it." They seem to born out of some Messiah complex hell-bent on saving the world from any technological attempt to protect artists and their property." Surely you are joking when you say this Mr. Jacobs. These "hacks" are the act of holding down the shift key or having autorun disabled, hardly the work of a master hacker. I believe most of the mention was along the lines of "wow, lame copy protection, it uses autorun". Hardly a "messia complex" as you describe it.
"With MediaMax, we have a technology that plays on virtually every device" As a law abiding person who has resisted the urge to "share" or "borrow" music online, I must ask if this technology will work on my linux system, or the mac laptop which I will be getting through work soon. Working in CD players is fine, but the other side of the technology, the side where it works in computers, is important as well, and the entire world doesn't run windows... or are those who don't thieves because they aren't (can't) use your software?
"Stealing is serious. People are getting hurt...real people, and SunnComm intends to pl
And what a website it is. A flash intro page, followed by the site opening up in another window, which starts with yet another flash intro (running too slow for me to wait to see what it showed), followed by a page saying something to investors, which I didn't read because it was investor BS (blah blah blah pinksheets blah blah press releases blah blah), which you had to submit that you understand before you can go to their main (crappy) flash site.
This is a business? Of course, with your shares at $0.124 after a 20% drop I guess hiring a webguy who'd be willing to work with you (assuming his ethics don't prevent it in the first place) is pretty hard.
ERhmmm... Things like office XP are completely usable under wine, I wouldn't doubt that the new win32istore will work fine as well.
If not there will be a linux tool produced soon enough.
Sadly it comes down to the almighty dollar. A company with millions of dollars in revenue (I'm guessing that their execs aren't driving 10 year old hondas to work) is protecting thier profits by not doing something that just about any sane person would say "yea, that's a good idea."
*sigh*
no break in the middle, consistent color correction across the entire width, great for wide photo-editing, long code that wraps, and of course, ultra-long syslogs
The color correction is a bit one. I have two NEC 19" flat screen CRTs, one of which was gotten cheap as a refurb from FutureShop. The monitor is fine, but it has a vastly different color setup than my original one, despite twiddling with the color settings, contrast and brightness settings on both monitors. I have no idea which one is the accurate one, and don't know how to do the color sync or anything. Most of the time it's not a big deal, but on some images or backgrounds it's very noticable, and a dark grey image will go from dark grey/blue to a dark purple between monitors. Very distracting!
As I understand it to get "real" color correction settings you need some sort of expensive device that will plug itself to the front of the monitor and read the color settings or something. Unless someone knows a better way to do this?
The only reason a person would rewrite code, is if the code lost was part of the networking subsystem(which would cause lotso cheats to be created).
Erhm... according to this article the code stolen was mostly related to the multiplayer aspect. Nice theory though
Sadly nothing that SCO does or says lately resembles anything like logic. I'm going to guess they'll accuse linux of being like an asteroid hitting the earth in terms of it's impact on software lately or some crap like that.
No, it's not a PC. It's a game console.
It's a game console built with mostly off the shelf PC parts, which is my point. It's got a version of linux that runs on it even.
No because it's not relevant.
1.) It's not a PC.
It's close to a PC, using PC style hardware. It's more a PC whose only job is to play games.
2.) It only plays games. No apps have been ported to it.
See my point above. Making a Business XBox that did nothing but run office apps wouldn't be that hard.
3.) Nothing different going on here that Sony or Nintendo has going in their camps.
Nope, but we're talking about the desktop market, where MS has 90% of the software, not the console market where MS is the newbie.
If you think the X-BOX is an attempt to secure MS's Windows monopoly, then you really need to get your head examined.
I think that MS believes that it is... I don't see any reason why they aren't attacking this market like any other, and attempting to be the best (read: only) player in it.
I can see why MS would want to do this. No more reliance on the user to download security patches, or updates, or whatever. As soon as the computer is turned on the bios jacks into the NIC, contacts the internet, downloads updates, uploads usage statistics, checks that the software installed matches the key codes stored on a master server, and then lets you boot the OS.