When I was sysadmin (for a Windows network), I would just run l0pht. If A) the dictionary could hack it, or B) if they didn't have a number or special character, then I forced them to change their password on the next round. (Here is a detailed explanation of the Microsoft vulnerability.)If they didn't change it to something better, I'd give them a quick phone call and politely explain the security policty I was implementing. (Most people are very cooperative if you tell them politely and don't shave your security policy down their throat.)
There are other free programs out there (I forget the names) that generate nice reports based on l0pht findings. You can, for example, say that 80% of the users have passwords the same as their user names, 50% have passwords with one special character in it, etc.
Perhaps CxOs should visit sites like Astalavista.com. They'd then see how easy it is for a cracker to compromise your network!
America has been called the most litigious society in history, so there's no doubting the need for lawyers. But intellectual-property attorneys-specifically, patent lawyers-have the sunniest prospects of all. Every burgeoning biotech firm has to patent its research, weave through regulations and fend off competitors trying to steal its work. Intellectual-property-related squabbling is rising in the software and engineering worlds, too. "Legal recruiters are saying demand is going to remain high in the future," says William Seaton, founder of legal careers site Emplawyernet.com. Starting pay for business lawyers ranges from $60,000 to $86,000. Intellectual-property attorneys, says Seaton, can make 20 percent more.
How to become one: In addition to your JD, it's good to have a technical bachelor's, such as chemical engineering. And for patent work, you must pass a special federal bar exam.
Let's say a company piggybacks on some GPL code and sells that solution to the public
without releasing the source code as specified in the GPL license.
How should monetary damages be determined? In the case of other (more typical) infringments, it is easier to show that one person gained $X at someone else's expense. How do you put a price on damages done to the public good?
Who is best fit to enforce it? And what is the appropriate way to deal with violators?
Report: Star Wars episode II, attack of clones Communicated by CmdrTaco on Thursday May 16, @12:00PM of the department receive-this-take part-begun. Lucas did not redeem itself exactly this times around, but he wiped off from most of the worst phantom threat of my memory. Start slow and it clone take half film, in order to really begin to keep going. But the locking hour believes finally like star wars again. Read for my full report I on do not try the thing to the lonely armed bandit, but you were warned.
So confessionzeit, I think not yet that phantom threat was this bad one. If you filter each order religiously out, the glass glass on the scene and possibly midochlorians and order the case running scene down is, gives it a good film in there. Not largely. Straight not sucksville. Thus I entered into clones hoping that Lucas had learned its lesson, and he has mostly.
Much the form from the threat is back. Unfortunately none handle the main actor for the course of an outstanding achievement. Anakin is improved few by the threat. I know that he should be full of the anger and of fear, but mostly get he straight as constipated and bitchy. Amidala seems, taking to be a little a hair. Their romantic scenes are together the Glasglasbinksszenen of this film: It straight tracing the activity and functioning is so bad that the film to something clamps an interesting happened.
The remainder of the form is much better. Ewan McGregor finally seized on the role of Obi Wan. It is one preachy point, but it functions. Samuel L Jackson is bath-ate Jedi, which we wish him its. Senator Palpatine is pretty much the same cord as last mark around. And Dooku, the bad main cord of the light impact is also quite distinguished. Its nice, villians with faces having, there it keep to function a point real. The family fat believed forced few, but it was interesting.
Most outstanding person of this times is around the cgi letters. Crammed had glass glass of the episode I naturally, Watto and many other CG charwomen, but threat literally fully of them. And the technology and the trickzeichner do not have essentially since the last agency improve no more it to cling out like wound thumbs, now, which it like a thumb clings only out also little a fragment. Yoda is naturally the CG chars reminded probably everyone of terrible animation on its scene with a CG in Menance, but clones themselves inside it is CG completely the most important. This is a very large agreement, since differently most CG charwomen, whom we saw up to now, these works nearly perfectly. There are pairs of the shots, in which it does not seem rather quite..., but those the exception are, and not the guideline.
Which I am, is Saying that CG letters finally came into their. In the threat everything, which I could think approximately, is the fact that they were CG. The fact that it not looke rather to the right. This mark around are they straight part of the appearance. Another form-member-supplying moderate dialogue. Ironically enough, chars several of the CG outshine its human counterparts.
The film looks as a whole largely. Many of the costumes look much more like star wars. From the clone army to Amidala, which carries a white costume for the last act, things just look, how I would expect them. We receive to see some sentences which are familiar of a new hope as well as threat and that everything really contributes to forming film feeling like a star war lighter impact. It helps also that the CG continued to improve.
I would like to also notice that I did not receive, to see it on the digital screen. I plan on seeing it digitally in the following week or in the 2..., I explained, I would see that he did not suck it at the local theatre and to examine, before I disturbed to drive to Southfield in order it in the full digital splendor to see.
The remainder of the report directs few more toward Plot. They were warned. History is naturally largely a love history. It gave a threat on the life to Amidalas, and their old friends Anakin and Obi Obi Wan were assigned by the advice Jedi, in order to protect it. Investigating asassinationversuchs leads Obi Obi Wan to one far away planets, in which he discovered a clone army, which was designed, and to a conspiracy, in order to suppress information about it. Anakin and Amidala spend those together time and receive close romantic pseudo scenes clumsy by a row, in which they look both, how they would have been rather in the different films. Their final lack of chemistry maintains nearly.
Obi Obi Wan receives in something smack and thus goes to Anakin and Amidala saving it in order up the level of smack around builds up for the good cords to only terminate. Meanwhile the senate does his thing and a main shift in the energy arises. We learn, is responsible whom for the clone army and which the plan for it is.
The last hour of clones is the Payoff. A battle appropriately of the original trilogy. I will enter not into it becuase, which could spoil it, but let the following points form. First we have finally sufficient bright Sabertaetigkeit. The substantial jedikampf, which we these could do all prequels, could offer us. And my God was at all worth it the waiting period. But we have also muskatbluete Windu to step donkeys and finally, receive to Yoda its probability to examine why he is regarded in such a way in high of degrees.
The similarities to other films in the switch row, particularly realm impacts back are many. I avoid, here mentioning it, but I legend that the film tries to terminate on a dark note which is cool.
The packed theatre that I saw this real, seemed, the same way as believing I. United clumsy laughter during the romance scenes smoothes snickers during the clay/tone of music picknick sequence. But, when the locking battles came around, there was applause around.
And the sums up it really above. It took 3.5 hours of the prequelfilmes, in order to arrive to us at the Payoff. For some it could not have been worth the waiting period..., but for me, I am to be lucky too finally seen straight that most of, which was promised delievered. And I am reinvigorated toward to the star wars. If episode can waive III, where II left away, III should finally be the star wars Prequel, which we waited.
In today's economy (where tech talent is cheap), HR goons actually serve a purpose.
Imagine this scenario: you're a hiring manager who needs a programmer. You post an ad and get 500 resumes. You want to spend your time going through resumes? Why not give the HR guy some general guidelines to cut down that number?
I share your bias: I too hate HR goons. They typically don't know the nuts and bolts of what we do. But as long as they are gatekeepers, we must respect them as gatekeepers. And that means putting on a nice tie and suit, putting up with their stupid questions, and pretending that we're a good "fit" for the company in order to get an interview with the hiring manager who makes the decision.
How is The Turk different than modern chess programs today?
Even the best chess programs (Big Blue, etc.) today require the input of humans. They are given instructions, and apply those instructions in a "brute force" fashion to all data in its parameters. The vast majority of the calculations that a computer is asked to make is pure bullshit.
Human intelligence will always have the distinct advantage of eliminating a lot of worthless calculations.
Magic the Gathering is always a fun one. You can download a free graphical tabletop based freeware program that allows one to play with anyone over the Internet.
The program contains a working database of every Magic card ever created as well as a means to keep track of all the information required to conduct a full game, so you don't have to spend money on tons of cards in order to create an asesome deck.
Apprentice requires Windows 95, 98, NT, or 2000. Development for Macintosh, Linux, and BeOS will begin after Apprentice 2.0 is completed.
The guild has become a victim of their own over supply. Now they are complaining when the market finds more efficient ways to undercut them.
Amazon.com is pushing its used book service more aggressively than ever, notifying customers shortly after they purchase a book to see whether they'd like to re-sell the book using Amazon. Amazon actively works to divert customers shopping for new books into its used book marketplace by placing prominent used book ads on each title's main web entry.
These publishes have to realize one thing: Something is only worth as much as someone else will pay for it!
Don't whine, COMPETE! Offer us something unique with a new book that doesn't come with a used one. Think outside the box. Offer us a chance to meet the author, updates, discounts on new versions, sofware, login to web site, the chance to get connected to a community of others who bought the book, etc.
Amazon's practice does damage to the publishing industry, decreasing royalty payments to authors and profits to publishers.
This is just the marketplace taking care of certain inefficiencies. This is a GOOD thing! You can't expect people to not take advantage of this.
If profits suffer, publishers will cut their investments in new works, and authors facing reduced advances and royalties will have to find other ways to earn income.
This is not necessarily true. Publishers have other options: PDF books, digital ways to cut costs, independent publishers, etc. in order to encourage people to buy a new version.
We believe it is in our members' best interests to de-link their websites from Amazon. There's no good reason for authors to be complicit in undermining their own sales. It just takes a minute, and it's the right thing to do.
This is a moral appeal? Don't confuse a practical $$$ decision with a moral one. "Right" and "wrong" arguments have no place in an appeal like this.
Authors should consider linking to other online booksellers, including Barnes&Noble.com (bn.com) and especially BookSense.com, the online hub for independent booksellers.
Sure...go ahead and do that. I'll still shop at www.addall.com and www.addall.com/used and www.abebooks.com to get better prices on USED books than new ones.
If you want me to do otherwise, then GIVE ME SOME SORT OF VALUE ADD FOR BUYING A NEW BOOK!
Now, they are going to attack it from the copyright angle. If they can convince all the manufacturers to stop producing MP3 players and sign legislation that forces everyone to use a secure format -- we won't have a leg to stand on.
There's a saying: diplomacy is saying "nice doggie" while picking up a rock. We can't play into their hands or piss them off while trying to get what we want. Show them that there ARE legitimate uses of non-proprietary music format and they won't have a leg to stand on. Say "We're making this standard so we can fuck you" and they'll have a better argument in convincing lawmakers to shut us down.
I download it by the gig. And, I'm not planning on stopping anytime soon. Fuck the RIAA, and fuck the copyright issue!
Agreed. I hate them too. And I hate when they forbid me from engaging in what I consider "fair use". Perhaps the best revenge is coming up with a legit (*and profitable*) way to trade music online.
Your solution doesn't address the fundamental copywright/patent issues that piss off the RIAA.
Granted. The format of the music is important. In baseball terms, those who define the format "pitch" to both big business and end consumers.
But it is incredibly naive to think that it setting up an Ogg version of Audiogalaxy, not supporting Win Media files, etc. will solve everything. So you mass convert everything from MP3 to Ogg? What does that fundamentallychange? It may allow us to get around certain hardware restrictions that the government mandates. However, as soon as this Ogg business becomes a (perceived) "threat", we're back to square one.
Part of the problem I have found with IT people is that they are technichians and not engineers or computer scientists.
At these places, you are taught *only* bits of information, not a scientific method, process, etc. I also think that people who attended these programs fell victim to the hype that surrounded them ("I got my MCSE and now I make $75K/year! Thank you Microskills!") They get out, realize that goons (like me!) are making way more than they are (and I don't even have an MCSE!) and then get bitter and discouraged. The only way that they can vent this frustration is to take it out on a CEO who forgot his password.
I look at all these Microsoft Academies as the equivalent to working construction (back when I was in high school). The guys I knew who worked construction instead of going to high school and college always bragged about how they had money for girls, cars, etc. Now look at them now.:/
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When I was sysadmin (for a Windows network), I would just run l0pht. If A) the dictionary could hack it, or B) if they didn't have a number or special character, then I forced them to change their password on the next round. (Here is a detailed explanation of the Microsoft vulnerability.)If they didn't change it to something better, I'd give them a quick phone call and politely explain the security policty I was implementing. (Most people are very cooperative if you tell them politely and don't shave your security policy down their throat.)
There are other free programs out there (I forget the names) that generate nice reports based on l0pht findings. You can, for example, say that 80% of the users have passwords the same as their user names, 50% have passwords with one special character in it, etc.
Perhaps CxOs should visit sites like Astalavista.com. They'd then see how easy it is for a cracker to compromise your network!
There's nothing unclear about that whatsoever.
I didn't think so either; that's why I submitted the article!
If you ask me, the court was trying to flex its muscles and make a decision that would have a long lasting effect on the internet.
Agreed. I posted it because it's often the most *insignificant* rulings that subsequent lawyers draw on to later decisions.
Not that I'm a lawyer, but this seems to contradict all forms of copyright law I've ever read about.
Agreed here too. A lot seems very counterintuitive to how one might ordinarily interpret copyright law.
I'll check my grammar next time. :)
Interestingly, here is what CNN and Apple have to say about it.
Taken from Smart Money:
...would let a renowned evolutionist DIE?
Scenario:
CNET version of the same article.
Report: Star Wars episode II, attack of clones
Communicated by CmdrTaco on Thursday May 16, @12:00PM
of the department receive-this-take part-begun.
Lucas did not redeem itself exactly this times around, but he wiped off from most of the worst phantom threat of my memory. Start slow and it clone take half film, in order to really begin to keep going. But the locking hour believes finally like star wars again. Read for my full report I on do not try the thing to the lonely armed bandit, but you were warned.
So confessionzeit, I think not yet that phantom threat was this bad one. If you filter each order religiously out, the glass glass on the scene and possibly midochlorians and order the case running scene down is, gives it a good film in there. Not largely. Straight not sucksville. Thus I entered into clones hoping that Lucas had learned its lesson, and he has mostly.
Much the form from the threat is back. Unfortunately none handle the main actor for the course of an outstanding achievement. Anakin is improved few by the threat. I know that he should be full of the anger and of fear, but mostly get he straight as constipated and bitchy. Amidala seems, taking to be a little a hair. Their romantic scenes are together the Glasglasbinksszenen of this film: It straight tracing the activity and functioning is so bad that the film to something clamps an interesting happened.
The remainder of the form is much better. Ewan McGregor finally seized on the role of Obi Wan. It is one preachy point, but it functions. Samuel L Jackson is bath-ate Jedi, which we wish him its. Senator Palpatine is pretty much the same cord as last mark around. And Dooku, the bad main cord of the light impact is also quite distinguished. Its nice, villians with faces having, there it keep to function a point real. The family fat believed forced few, but it was interesting.
Most outstanding person of this times is around the cgi letters. Crammed had glass glass of the episode I naturally, Watto and many other CG charwomen, but threat literally fully of them. And the technology and the trickzeichner do not have essentially since the last agency improve no more it to cling out like wound thumbs, now, which it like a thumb clings only out also little a fragment. Yoda is naturally the CG chars reminded probably everyone of terrible animation on its scene with a CG in Menance, but clones themselves inside it is CG completely the most important. This is a very large agreement, since differently most CG charwomen, whom we saw up to now, these works nearly perfectly. There are pairs of the shots, in which it does not seem rather quite..., but those the exception are, and not the guideline.
Which I am, is Saying that CG letters finally came into their. In the threat everything, which I could think approximately, is the fact that they were CG. The fact that it not looke rather to the right. This mark around are they straight part of the appearance. Another form-member-supplying moderate dialogue. Ironically enough, chars several of the CG outshine its human counterparts.
The film looks as a whole largely. Many of the costumes look much more like star wars. From the clone army to Amidala, which carries a white costume for the last act, things just look, how I would expect them. We receive to see some sentences which are familiar of a new hope as well as threat and that everything really contributes to forming film feeling like a star war lighter impact. It helps also that the CG continued to improve.
I would like to also notice that I did not receive, to see it on the digital screen. I plan on seeing it digitally in the following week or in the 2..., I explained, I would see that he did not suck it at the local theatre and to examine, before I disturbed to drive to Southfield in order it in the full digital splendor to see.
The remainder of the report directs few more toward Plot. They were warned. History is naturally largely a love history. It gave a threat on the life to Amidalas, and their old friends Anakin and Obi Obi Wan were assigned by the advice Jedi, in order to protect it. Investigating asassinationversuchs leads Obi Obi Wan to one far away planets, in which he discovered a clone army, which was designed, and to a conspiracy, in order to suppress information about it. Anakin and Amidala spend those together time and receive close romantic pseudo scenes clumsy by a row, in which they look both, how they would have been rather in the different films. Their final lack of chemistry maintains nearly.
Obi Obi Wan receives in something smack and thus goes to Anakin and Amidala saving it in order up the level of smack around builds up for the good cords to only terminate. Meanwhile the senate does his thing and a main shift in the energy arises. We learn, is responsible whom for the clone army and which the plan for it is.
The last hour of clones is the Payoff. A battle appropriately of the original trilogy. I will enter not into it becuase, which could spoil it, but let the following points form. First we have finally sufficient bright Sabertaetigkeit. The substantial jedikampf, which we these could do all prequels, could offer us. And my God was at all worth it the waiting period. But we have also muskatbluete Windu to step donkeys and finally, receive to Yoda its probability to examine why he is regarded in such a way in high of degrees.
The similarities to other films in the switch row, particularly realm impacts back are many. I avoid, here mentioning it, but I legend that the film tries to terminate on a dark note which is cool.
The packed theatre that I saw this real, seemed, the same way as believing I. United clumsy laughter during the romance scenes smoothes snickers during the clay/tone of music picknick sequence. But, when the locking battles came around, there was applause around.
And the sums up it really above. It took 3.5 hours of the prequelfilmes, in order to arrive to us at the Payoff. For some it could not have been worth the waiting period..., but for me, I am to be lucky too finally seen straight that most of, which was promised delievered. And I am reinvigorated toward to the star wars. If episode can waive III, where II left away, III should finally be the star wars Prequel, which we waited.
Think about this.
Left in Latin is "sinister". Anakin gets his right hand chopped off. What's left (pun intended)...
his sinister side.
Thus far, it's gotten very different reviews.
Roger Ebert ripped it a new asshole, saying that the characters talk "more like lawyers than the heroes of a romantic fantasy."
Other reviews, however, were very positive (FilmThreat.com had a cool review here and here.
If you've got the time, look at the smorgasbord of reviews on www.mrqe.com.
In his review, Roger Ebert mentions this also.
In today's economy (where tech talent is cheap), HR goons actually serve a purpose.
Imagine this scenario: you're a hiring manager who needs a programmer. You post an ad and get 500 resumes. You want to spend your time going through resumes? Why not give the HR guy some general guidelines to cut down that number?
I share your bias: I too hate HR goons. They typically don't know the nuts and bolts of what we do. But as long as they are gatekeepers, we must respect them as gatekeepers. And that means putting on a nice tie and suit, putting up with their stupid questions, and pretending that we're a good "fit" for the company in order to get an interview with the hiring manager who makes the decision.
Sorry about that. I didn't see the other one, so I submitted it.
C'mon though...didn't I have some bitchin' other suggestions? Phantom Edit news, Date My Sister, etc...
Oh well...can't win them all!
Date My Sister.
This is a HILARIOUS site!
2001-06-12 01:28:16 Nanotechnology Becomes Profitable (articles,news) (rejected)
2001-06-13 21:26:15 Gigabit Becoming Standard (articles,news) (rejected)
2001-06-16 20:15:13 Date My Sister Website (articles,news) (rejected)
2001-06-20 00:21:43 Hard Drive Encryption (askslashdot,privacy) (rejected)
2001-06-20 02:16:33 More Phantom Edit News (articles,starwars) (rejected)
2001-06-29 18:46:28 New 20x CDWR (articles,news) (rejected)
2001-06-30 01:23:05 Cisco IOS HTTP Server Authentication Vulnerability (articles,news) (rejected)
2001-07-01 22:17:26 Optical Router Rivals (articles,news) (rejected)
2001-07-01 22:35:33 PKware Site Hacked (articles,news) (rejected)
2001-07-01 22:50:09 Web Firms Scramble to Obey Privacy (articles,news) (rejected)
2001-07-01 23:38:17 A Japanese Robotic Pinnocchio? (articles,news) (rejected)
2001-07-01 23:48:56 Itemized Costs for a Fictional Clone (articles,news) (rejected)
2001-07-06 23:07:41 Whiz Kid or Napster Killer? (articles,news) (rejected)
2001-07-18 00:31:45 Russian crypto expert arrested at Def Con (articles,news) (rejected)
2001-07-18 00:39:48 NetZero Founders Resign (articles,news) (rejected)
2002-01-11 23:44:27 dot-bomb unions (articles,news) (rejected)
2002-01-12 00:26:26 Web hoster takes security to extremes (articles,news) (rejected)
2002-01-12 06:48:50 Long Distance CS Degree? (askslashdot,ed) (rejected)
2002-01-14 00:00:21 Popular Network Resource Names (askslashdot,news) (rejected)
2002-01-22 09:09:57 Favorite www ad-killer? (askslashdot,ie) (rejected)
2002-01-22 09:24:41 MP3.com sues over bad legal advice (articles,news) (rejected)
2002-01-22 09:36:59 Alleged Gov Purchases of Personal E-data (articles,privacy) (rejected)
2002-03-17 21:22:47 Certification Necessary for High-Tech Legal Specia (askslashdot,news) (rejected)
2002-03-17 21:29:25 Defining Ruling Issued in Hyperlink Patent Case (askslashdot,news) (rejected)
2002-03-23 15:58:50 Apr 1 Practical Jokes (articles,news) (rejected)
2002-05-07 09:57:26 Linux Web Browsers Reviewed (articles,news) (accepted)
2002-05-08 09:13:31 Linux saves money (articles,news) (rejected)
Damn you.
:/
I actually got first post. My browser locked up when I did it.
So, where did the little man inside sit? If he sat inside the box, how did he control the machine? (Much less, look at the board?)
How is The Turk different than modern chess programs today?
Even the best chess programs (Big Blue, etc.) today require the input of humans. They are given instructions, and apply those instructions in a "brute force" fashion to all data in its parameters. The vast majority of the calculations that a computer is asked to make is pure bullshit.
Human intelligence will always have the distinct advantage of eliminating a lot of worthless calculations.
Magic the Gathering is always a fun one. You can download a free graphical tabletop based freeware program that allows one to play with anyone over the Internet.
The program contains a working database of every Magic card ever created as well as a means to keep track of all the information required to conduct a full game, so you don't have to spend money on tons of cards in order to create an asesome deck.
Apprentice requires Windows 95, 98, NT, or 2000. Development for Macintosh, Linux, and BeOS will begin after Apprentice 2.0 is completed.
These publishes have to realize one thing: Something is only worth as much as someone else will pay for it!
Don't whine, COMPETE! Offer us something unique with a new book that doesn't come with a used one. Think outside the box. Offer us a chance to meet the author, updates, discounts on new versions, sofware, login to web site, the chance to get connected to a community of others who bought the book, etc.
This is just the marketplace taking care of certain inefficiencies. This is a GOOD thing! You can't expect people to not take advantage of this.
This is not necessarily true. Publishers have other options: PDF books, digital ways to cut costs, independent publishers, etc. in order to encourage people to buy a new version.
This is a moral appeal? Don't confuse a practical $$$ decision with a moral one. "Right" and "wrong" arguments have no place in an appeal like this.
Sure...go ahead and do that. I'll still shop at www.addall.com and www.addall.com/used and www.abebooks.com to get better prices on USED books than new ones.
If you want me to do otherwise, then GIVE ME SOME SORT OF VALUE ADD FOR BUYING A NEW BOOK!
Go to www.addall.com to do a mass search online for the cheapest book (this includes half.com, B&N, Borders, etc.)
Go to www.addall.com/used in order to find even better deals. This searches mom and pop sites and helps you find things that are out of print.
I have bought so many books this way. Almost all of the prices BEAT any used price that you'll get at Amazon, Half.com, etc.
Now, they are going to attack it from the copyright angle. If they can convince all the manufacturers to stop producing MP3 players and sign legislation that forces everyone to use a secure format -- we won't have a leg to stand on.
There's a saying: diplomacy is saying "nice doggie" while picking up a rock. We can't play into their hands or piss them off while trying to get what we want. Show them that there ARE legitimate uses of non-proprietary music format and they won't have a leg to stand on. Say "We're making this standard so we can fuck you" and they'll have a better argument in convincing lawmakers to shut us down.
I download it by the gig. And, I'm not planning on stopping anytime soon. Fuck the RIAA, and fuck the copyright issue!
Agreed. I hate them too. And I hate when they forbid me from engaging in what I consider "fair use". Perhaps the best revenge is coming up with a legit (*and profitable*) way to trade music online.
Your solution doesn't address the fundamental copywright/patent issues that piss off the RIAA.
Granted. The format of the music is important. In baseball terms, those who define the format "pitch" to both big business and end consumers.
But it is incredibly naive to think that it setting up an Ogg version of Audiogalaxy, not supporting Win Media files, etc. will solve everything. So you mass convert everything from MP3 to Ogg? What does that fundamentallychange? It may allow us to get around certain hardware restrictions that the government mandates. However, as soon as this Ogg business becomes a (perceived) "threat", we're back to square one.