The announcement will effectively demolish the theory that life will be wiped out in a "big crunch" when the universe collapses, and should end decades of academic dispute.
... starting a new dispute about when will be energy spread too smoothly over universe to make life unable to retrieve enought of it to be able to live.
I.e. when will entropy kill energy sources?
(but beware: I'm not physicists! maybe life is eternal, maybe souls goes to another dimension,...)
Why would crackerjack programmers work for copies of Windows 95?
Fines can't be paid with CDs - CDs with whatever content are not currency. At least not now.:)
IMO only quite short-sighted people sue MS for damages (because they lose money and health and whatever because of MS' behaviour) and then agree to get CDs with some MS products from MS instead of hard cash. But such people exists, I heard such sad stories...:/
With regard to trusted computing itself, a system designed to support it would not lose the ability to run untrusted software (i.e. it would not become a black box). However, trusted software would require a trusted OS, which in turn would require hardware that supports the trust relationship, etc.
If we look at it from one side, then yes, TCPA can bring us more security to general computing.
But if we look at it from another side, then well there is a saying: If you want to boil the frog, do it slowly - that wat it does not notice its being boiled. So maybe that's what MS wants - to "boil" us slowly. Because in TCPA there are (IMO) quite a lot of things which may go wrong if used... say... improperly.
They[MS] live in a world where lock-in is part of their business model - software is everything and they use proprietary protocols to keep people using MS products. Throw that away and with no hardware or anything else to distinguish themselves from anyone else and they have nothing.
What about quality, ease of use, user friendliness, security and other usefull and wanted features?
(Yeah, my response looks in current state of the world(tm) like pathetic, sarcastic or whatever, but wasn't market supposed to work that way?)
I'm sure an IBM customer who just bought a $million machine would be happy to distribute the sourcecode to the nearest SGI salesman. Right.
Maybe not customers per se (or not intentionaly) but competitors can, if they will be able to purchase some iron with those patches associated.
So if say SGI purchases IBS's newest server, they can demand those patches (if they are not alredy included with the server) and then include them in "SGI" Linux.
If you downloaded RedHat for free or bought it preburned on CDs with some aditional books, than you have what you paid for. (i.e. "ISO images, CSs and books" != "support")
If you need support and you are unable to do it yourself, than buy the support.
You'll get what you'll pay for (if you choose right person/company to make business with).
Why would IBM put DRM in a POWER4 chip? The RIAA doesn't care about AS/400s.
Can you imagine what some MP3 or movie pirates cat do with such big systems?
I fear that while it sounds ridiculous maybe some day we will see anouncement of DRM being added to mainframes, supercomputers and clusters - after all even account clerks, engineers and scientists may be pirating Holywood' content.:)
The technology required to make computing actually secure can easily be turned into such things as protecting intellectual property.
... or plans of terrorists.
Note 1: In which case I'm supporting it.
Note 2: Now after thet previous note I should state that I'm not terrorist nor I support them nor I sympathize with them.
Note 3: Byt note 1 I meant "if it can protect plans of terrorists then it for sure can protect my private files". So that's why I'm willing to support such technology.
Note 4: We should use other strategies to fight terrorists than to turn entire humankind into suspects.
Note 5: And also MPAA and RIAA members should better find some new business model than to turn their entire customer base into suspetcs.
WARNING! All citizens without RFIDed underwear are going to be bombed into stoneage instantly without further notice! WARNING!
Or even some EULA like marks like:
By entering this subway you agree to following terms of service: ...
x) If your underwear is not RFIDed you'll be thrown out of vehicle right after it reaches its full speed. ...
(such mark may be best hidden^H^H^H^H^H^Hplaced somewhere here all superparanoid people with microscopic vision Xmen ability(TM) can find it and read it)
If I go and buy a new tyre from the store and *shudder* fit it myself, how will anyone know to match the tyre to the car?
After first encounter where your tyres had been scaned and at the same time you've been legitimized for say too quick driving or say "quick check whether you are terorists or not - you know, we're at war with terrorists".
After that you either buy and install new tyres or you'll be precisely at the beginig (when you got your RFIDed tyres with the car).
IIRC it worked on terorists formerly based in Afganistan. And imagine, computer vandal/criminal living the rest of his life without computer, electricity,... and the others fruits of civilzation.
The only problem we have with such solution is: Exactly how much bombs we need to bomb one criminal?
Have fun with your PS2s and WEGAs. You're just funding Sony's effort to control your lives.
Actualy I have no such things.
And also I'm prety sure I wont have them or alikes.
Maybe only if they give it to me without me paying for it. But that does not mean I'll be using such gifts if the idea will be to sell some content to me. In such case I'll be using it maybe as a bay for some flower or as a source of components or as a training target for my hammer.:)
But I see what you wanted to say. And while I'm prety good at living without VCRs, big TVs, PS2s, a lot of overpriced CDs and DVDs, without going to cinemas to see overpriced and not that "artistics/good/inteligent/..." movies,...,...,... I know that there are people, who are almost addicted to such things and pay a lot of money to manufacturers of such things which in turn supports those manufacturers when they are ploting more or less evil things to enslave more people and enslave them with 'higher "quality" slavery(TM)'.
So while in short term future looks very dark (for me, for you, for others, for all) I still hope that in long term universe will be better. Whether we (people) will be part of that better future, it depends on us.:)
It's being pushed by the music and film industry. Microsoft is trying to do business with those entities.
I may agree with you with one aditional note:
Microsoft is trying to make business with music and film industries by helping them to push DRM in exchange for money (mostly share from future income of those industries).
That means also higher cost of access to internet. ISP wont finance that from their own profit, they will pass that cost to their customers.
So essentialy this plan means another taxation of internet acces while it also means (as ussual) loss of some privacy and (as ussual) higher potential for abuse for (as ussual) not that big increase in safety (if any increase at all) for (not just, as ussual) US tax payers.
(By "ussual" I mean "as was alredy reported on./ with regards to some other attempts". Or at least I hope those were mainly attempts.)
What was the last peice of P2P software that was designed to kill people?
IIRC (mentioned here on./) it happened - some musiacians starved to death because they did not earn money for their music because it was widely exchanged on Napster.
I want to keep myself and my family as safe as possible, just like most anybody else would. I do plan to learn to use a gun soon. I may even buy one someday. I'd like to know that I'll still have that right.
That's important. Not things like studies from RNA or BF.
People should take care of themselves. If they are only eating and drinking, going to work and then to cinemas and with everything else they await help from government then it's not about democracy nor about any other human society. It's about herd of sheeps managed by some shepherd.
(disclaimer: Of course, in some situations, help from government - or more precisely, from society - is both welcome and necessary. But not constant care taking.)
why are we letting the enterainment industry push us around?
Because we are lazy and are addicted to entertainment.
Lazy, because we sometimes fail to do what we know we should do (i.e. not going to and paying to see that latest Hollywood movie, etc.).
And addicted because when we sometimes are not lazy, we still go to and pay to see that latest Hollywood movie.
Life is hard.:)
Btw, if we continue to be borth lazy and addicted our addiction will be cured. Because if it'll go like this for some time, Hollywood will secure their business so much that they do not have to make good movies anymore. Or any movies (or other form of entertainment) at all.
No (good) movies, no addiction (after few week of abstination). :)
They choose maybe far better approach than HTTP-based remote GUI: They made Linux available for their mainframes.
With this they have remote GUI (X windows) and many other advantages (more staff available to work with system without expansive training/retraining, more applications, more interoperability,...).
I just hope that from now authors of those scientific and technical articles will make more money.
If I count correctly part of the former PubScience's audience will now pay to read such articles so it have to result in more money for article authors... but...
IMO in the name of security they will "force" some othether updates upon users.
Example: See latest EULA changes introduced in service pack which is (or was) supposed to plug security holes.
So to add some speculations: This other stuff will be things which will be good for Microsoft, not users (or good also to users, as side-effect). Like DRM, auto-updates, spyware, slow-this-machine-down-on-demand-so-this-luser-buy s-new-machine(TM), etc.:)
Each band setting up and maintaining their own web site with their own MP3s (or OGGs or whatever).
Users using Google.
Optional components:
"independend reviewers": with their own site living from making good reviews thus having audience thus selling ads (prefferably those unobtrussive ones) or also from "dealership" of CDs (after making a deal with a band)
e-commenrce sites: both broad ones and those specialized to music/CDs/...: bands can make deals with them to sell their CDs for some %
The result being a world where only non-Free operating systems can play the entertainment industry's content, by design.
This will create some "vacuum" in the market: Users of free operating systems willing to purchase some content playable on their equipment but established entertainment companies not providing it.
So if market is (and will be) operating correclty, I'm expecting somebody (and not just one) to start producing content playable also on free OSes.
If market is (and will be) operating correctly... i.e. freely...
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... starting a new dispute about when will be energy spread too smoothly over universe to make life unable to retrieve enought of it to be able to live.
I.e. when will entropy kill energy sources?
(but beware: I'm not physicists! maybe life is eternal, maybe souls goes to another dimension, ...)
Fines can't be paid with CDs - CDs with whatever content are not currency. At least not now. :)
IMO only quite short-sighted people sue MS for damages (because they lose money and health and whatever because of MS' behaviour) and then agree to get CDs with some MS products from MS instead of hard cash. But such people exists, I heard such sad stories ... :/
If we look at it from one side, then yes, TCPA can bring us more security to general computing.
But if we look at it from another side, then well there is a saying: If you want to boil the frog, do it slowly - that wat it does not notice its being boiled. So maybe that's what MS wants - to "boil" us slowly. Because in TCPA there are (IMO) quite a lot of things which may go wrong if used ... say ... improperly.
What about quality, ease of use, user friendliness, security and other usefull and wanted features?
(Yeah, my response looks in current state of the world(tm) like pathetic, sarcastic or whatever, but wasn't market supposed to work that way?)
Maybe not customers per se (or not intentionaly) but competitors can, if they will be able to purchase some iron with those patches associated.
So if say SGI purchases IBS's newest server, they can demand those patches (if they are not alredy included with the server) and then include them in "SGI" Linux.
:)
You get what you paid for.
If you downloaded RedHat for free or bought it preburned on CDs with some aditional books, than you have what you paid for. (i.e. "ISO images, CSs and books" != "support")
If you need support and you are unable to do it yourself, than buy the support.
You'll get what you'll pay for (if you choose right person/company to make business with).
Can you imagine what some MP3 or movie pirates cat do with such big systems?
I fear that while it sounds ridiculous maybe some day we will see anouncement of DRM being added to mainframes, supercomputers and clusters - after all even account clerks, engineers and scientists may be pirating Holywood' content. :)
... or plans of terrorists.
Note 1: In which case I'm supporting it.
Note 2: Now after thet previous note I should state that I'm not terrorist nor I support them nor I sympathize with them.
Note 3: Byt note 1 I meant "if it can protect plans of terrorists then it for sure can protect my private files". So that's why I'm willing to support such technology.
Note 4: We should use other strategies to fight terrorists than to turn entire humankind into suspects.
Note 5: And also MPAA and RIAA members should better find some new business model than to turn their entire customer base into suspetcs.
Maybe in near future we may see marks like this:
WARNING! All citizens without RFIDed underwear are going to be bombed into stoneage instantly without further notice! WARNING!
Or even some EULA like marks like:
By entering this subway you agree to following terms of service:
...
...
x) If your underwear is not RFIDed you'll be thrown out of vehicle right after it reaches its full speed.
(such mark may be best hidden^H^H^H^H^H^Hplaced somewhere here all superparanoid people with microscopic vision Xmen ability(TM) can find it and read it)
After first encounter where your tyres had been scaned and at the same time you've been legitimized for say too quick driving or say "quick check whether you are terorists or not - you know, we're at war with terrorists".
After that you either buy and install new tyres or you'll be precisely at the beginig (when you got your RFIDed tyres with the car).
IIRC it worked on terorists formerly based in Afganistan. And imagine, computer vandal/criminal living the rest of his life without computer, electricity, ... and the others fruits of civilzation.
The only problem we have with such solution is: Exactly how much bombs we need to bomb one criminal?
Actualy I have no such things.
And also I'm prety sure I wont have them or alikes.
Maybe only if they give it to me without me paying for it. But that does not mean I'll be using such gifts if the idea will be to sell some content to me. In such case I'll be using it maybe as a bay for some flower or as a source of components or as a training target for my hammer. :)
But I see what you wanted to say. And while I'm prety good at living without VCRs, big TVs, PS2s, a lot of overpriced CDs and DVDs, without going to cinemas to see overpriced and not that "artistics/good/inteligent/..." movies, ..., ..., ... I know that there are people, who are almost addicted to such things and pay a lot of money to manufacturers of such things which in turn supports those manufacturers when they are ploting more or less evil things to enslave more people and enslave them with 'higher "quality" slavery(TM)'.
So while in short term future looks very dark (for me, for you, for others, for all) I still hope that in long term universe will be better. Whether we (people) will be part of that better future, it depends on us. :)
I may agree with you with one aditional note:
Microsoft is trying to make business with music and film industries by helping them to push DRM in exchange for money (mostly share from future income of those industries).
So in the end, it is (almost) same as what Eric Damron stated.
So essentialy this plan means another taxation of internet acces while it also means (as ussual) loss of some privacy and (as ussual) higher potential for abuse for (as ussual) not that big increase in safety (if any increase at all) for (not just, as ussual) US tax payers.
(By "ussual" I mean "as was alredy reported on ./ with regards to some other attempts". Or at least I hope those were mainly attempts.)
I agree with you that something like this should be implemented.
But we should not forget the possiblity of creation of another ICANN-like corporation which will gladly perform such key management.
See some stories.
IIRC (mentioned here on ./) it happened - some musiacians starved to death because they did not earn money for their music because it was widely exchanged on Napster.
(yes, I'm joking)
That's important. Not things like studies from RNA or BF.
People should take care of themselves. If they are only eating and drinking, going to work and then to cinemas and with everything else they await help from government then it's not about democracy nor about any other human society. It's about herd of sheeps managed by some shepherd.
(disclaimer: Of course, in some situations, help from government - or more precisely, from society - is both welcome and necessary. But not constant care taking.)
I see two choises for "foreign" (i.e. not USA) countries where Internet connectivity is available:
Because we are lazy and are addicted to entertainment.
Lazy, because we sometimes fail to do what we know we should do (i.e. not going to and paying to see that latest Hollywood movie, etc.).
And addicted because when we sometimes are not lazy, we still go to and pay to see that latest Hollywood movie.
Life is hard. :)
Btw, if we continue to be borth lazy and addicted our addiction will be cured. Because if it'll go like this for some time, Hollywood will secure their business so much that they do not have to make good movies anymore. Or any movies (or other form of entertainment) at all.
:)
No (good) movies, no addiction (after few week of abstination).
With this they have remote GUI (X windows) and many other advantages (more staff available to work with system without expansive training/retraining, more applications, more interoperability, ...).
I just hope that from now authors of those scientific and technical articles will make more money.
If I count correctly part of the former PubScience's audience will now pay to read such articles so it have to result in more money for article authors ... but ...
... but ... they may as well end up like Stan Lee (Stan Lee Sues Marvel Comics).
Example: See latest EULA changes introduced in service pack which is (or was) supposed to plug security holes.
So to add some speculations: This other stuff will be things which will be good for Microsoft, not users (or good also to users, as side-effect). Like DRM, auto-updates, spyware, slow-this-machine-down-on-demand-so-this-luser-buy s-new-machine(TM), etc. :)
Optional components:
business: transactions benefical to all involved sides
ploy: attemt of one group involved to harm another involved group
So, IMO, it's not a ploy while also "we" will benefit ftom this.
This will create some "vacuum" in the market: Users of free operating systems willing to purchase some content playable on their equipment but established entertainment companies not providing it.
So if market is (and will be) operating correclty, I'm expecting somebody (and not just one) to start producing content playable also on free OSes.
If market is (and will be) operating correctly ... i.e. freely ...