Well the problem is that with virtualization. A guest OS is only as secure as its host OS. Which is why I presume that they don't want any WinXP or other machines that are lacking in the DRM department to be running Windows Vista virtual machines. This is the problem that "Trusted Computing" is supposed to solve. The TCG (formerly TCPA) has an entire architecture for this laid out, that enables a "trusted boot" process, in which only a computer (or platform in TCG parlance) which has exactly the right hardware and boots exactly the right BIOS, bootloader, and OS in exactly the right sequence is allowed access to certain content, DRM keys, etc.
This system does have a number of problems (and in its current state is still victim to virtualization), and as mentioned above is very difficult to implement, but Microsoft and others are pushing very hard to make it work.
I don't know what VMware has, but qemu has support for it's own COW (Copy-On-Write) filesystem. Essentially, you give it a base disk image, and then any changes to it are written to a special file. When the machine is loaded, this "diff" is applied to the base filesystem, and you have the full altered system. The advantage is that the COW (the diff) image is much smaller than the whole filesystem.
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Yeah, while I realize you're joking, I actually really like it.
Google probably wouldn't release most of these products at all were it not for the Google labs/beta pages. They've got people writing interesting software which maybe isn't mass marketable but is still neat nonetheless.
Even if the software is really stable, they keep it in beta. They don't have to pay to support it, so they can keep it out there. I like it.
Does anyone know of a similarly priced/featured device that supports IMAP? Seems Instant Messaging alone will get you a fairly restricted market, but if you added mail into the equation, you'd be in good shape.
However, this is slashdot, where we're all supposedly master chefs.
Apple's TDI may be right for some buyers, but certainly isn't for all.
Now, if you don't feel like making your steak dinner yourself, and want to get 5-Star service and somebody waiting on you, then maybe Ristorante Apple is the place to go. There are other restaurants too that are just as good, but some of us like the way they make their steak at Apple.
I'm sorry. It's going to suck. I can tell from the trailer. Just you wait. I actually liked the first one, and Batman Forever was good as well, but I can tell you hands down that this one will suck.
Have you heard about WMI? Installed and running by default since Win2k. You'd be amazed how much info you can get about a running system from a vbscript. Entire registry, map out the entire file system, info on every piece of hardware installed on a system, performance information (tcp packets sent/receieved, etc.), information about every component of every installed application. Not to mention that with the right privs you can execute any code you want. All this of course requires you to be an administrator on said machine, but if you combine it with the latest 0-day RPC exploit, then you've got a serious privacy concern.
Oh, and said virus could also easily access any unencrypted file on your system, and dumping your pagefile or info currently in memory would be pretty trivial.
Point: if you're worried about this enabling a virus to invade your privacy, then I'm sorry to burst your bubble but a virus can invade your privacy pretty easily already.
DRM *IS NOT* about "fight piracy". It *IS NOT* about "protecting intellectual property". The sole purpose of DRM is to fundamentally change the ownership of property that you have legitimately purchased -- "you don't own it, you've merely purchased a license to use it -- but you can only use it in the way that we dictate".
Incorrect. DRM is about "fight piracy". The business model for the music/record companies has changed with the advent of high-speed internet connections and virtually unlimited hard drive capacity. Never before has one been able to instantly make an exact copy of any piece of media. Even in the 80s, when people were copying tapes, you could only do it so fast. It still took several minutes, and you had to have your hands on a physical copy of the media. The reason DRM exists is because the music/movie companies have been forced to change their business model. They had to switch from a "buy it, you own it, with fair use" to a "you don't own it, you've purchased a license to use it -- fairly" model, because of piracy.
Does anyone else remember when phones were JUST phones? When they were tethered to a jack on your wall? When you didn't have to worry about "checking your voicemail"? When someone would call you to arrange a meeting and then you'd meet them IN PERSON?
If you combine the best prices from the Internet and "Traditional" shopping, you'd spend $13,717.91
Specifically, the cost of 12 Drummers Drumming and 11 Pipers Piping is significantly cheaper on the internet, and you can obtain five gold rings for $15 less on the internet than traditionally.
Although, I wonder exactly what comes with "11 Pipers Piping"...
I want to see a comparison of TiVo vs. MythTV vs. Freevo vs. Media Center. From my experience, MythTV should definitely come up on top. I've got a box running MythTV that acts as my tivo, fileserver, network audio device, and game console. Can tivo do all that?
a) colleges are supposed to support free speech and b) colleges are supposed to treat their students as citizens of society.
but because colleges are places of higher learning, and not supposed to care about what you think or do with said learning. they should just provide you with the services that they charge you for (as i recall, $40,000 a year is a little steep, and should at least provide a decent isp)...and let you do with that what you will..
dude, harvard had the fuckin unabomber... nobody is going to do worse than that.
Actually, that's just the site that http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ automatically redirects you to... I know that "rediculous" naming scheme may seem unfathomable to you, but I think at least a few people in the/. crowd are capable of handling it.
If each one is near-perfect, and they use completely different strategies, why don't we parse all messages through one first, and then through the other one, that way you'll get higher accuracy rates. Only the ones where there's a discrepancy get shown to the user.
The article fails to address the issue of redundant information, so this number I'm sure is inflated. It raises an interesting question though, to what extent are we becoming more redundant in our data storage? Once we answer that, we also answer exactly how much new information is being generated per person, per year.
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"Unquestionably superior" except for that whole "multiple user interfaces" thing and the "inferior indexing/search capabilities" thing.
This system does have a number of problems (and in its current state is still victim to virtualization), and as mentioned above is very difficult to implement, but Microsoft and others are pushing very hard to make it work.
Yeah, I don't know what that baby's problem is.
I don't know what VMware has, but qemu has support for it's own COW (Copy-On-Write) filesystem. Essentially, you give it a base disk image, and then any changes to it are written to a special file. When the machine is loaded, this "diff" is applied to the base filesystem, and you have the full altered system. The advantage is that the COW (the diff) image is much smaller than the whole filesystem.
Yeah, while I realize you're joking, I actually really like it.
Google probably wouldn't release most of these products at all were it not for the Google labs/beta pages. They've got people writing interesting software which maybe isn't mass marketable but is still neat nonetheless.
Even if the software is really stable, they keep it in beta. They don't have to pay to support it, so they can keep it out there. I like it.
Does anyone know of a similarly priced/featured device that supports IMAP? Seems Instant Messaging alone will get you a fairly restricted market, but if you added mail into the equation, you'd be in good shape.
that you need to chill the fuck out.
"oh no, slow growth for 5 days!? firefox is over!"
that's what it sounds like to me. stop seeing trends in white noise.
Or you just turn of GWA when you're browsing normally, and turn it on when browsing to naughty sites.
However, this is slashdot, where we're all supposedly master chefs.
Apple's TDI may be right for some buyers, but certainly isn't for all.
Now, if you don't feel like making your steak dinner yourself, and want to get 5-Star service and somebody waiting on you, then maybe Ristorante Apple is the place to go. There are other restaurants too that are just as good, but some of us like the way they make their steak at Apple.
I'm sorry. It's going to suck. I can tell from the trailer. Just you wait. I actually liked the first one, and Batman Forever was good as well, but I can tell you hands down that this one will suck.
Mod me -1 Awesome. Please.
This is nothing compared to Terri Shiavo's blog.
Steven Hawking's blog is also entertaining.
Last time I checked, code does shit. Comments don't.
ever try to gcc your comments and run the executable?
Have you heard about WMI? Installed and running by default since Win2k. You'd be amazed how much info you can get about a running system from a vbscript. Entire registry, map out the entire file system, info on every piece of hardware installed on a system, performance information (tcp packets sent/receieved, etc.), information about every component of every installed application. Not to mention that with the right privs you can execute any code you want. All this of course requires you to be an administrator on said machine, but if you combine it with the latest 0-day RPC exploit, then you've got a serious privacy concern.
Oh, and said virus could also easily access any unencrypted file on your system, and dumping your pagefile or info currently in memory would be pretty trivial.
Point: if you're worried about this enabling a virus to invade your privacy, then I'm sorry to burst your bubble but a virus can invade your privacy pretty easily already.
DRM *IS NOT* about "fight piracy". It *IS NOT* about "protecting intellectual property". The sole purpose of DRM is to fundamentally change the ownership of property that you have legitimately purchased -- "you don't own it, you've merely purchased a license to use it -- but you can only use it in the way that we dictate".
Incorrect. DRM is about "fight piracy". The business model for the music/record companies has changed with the advent of high-speed internet connections and virtually unlimited hard drive capacity. Never before has one been able to instantly make an exact copy of any piece of media. Even in the 80s, when people were copying tapes, you could only do it so fast. It still took several minutes, and you had to have your hands on a physical copy of the media. The reason DRM exists is because the music/movie companies have been forced to change their business model. They had to switch from a "buy it, you own it, with fair use" to a "you don't own it, you've purchased a license to use it -- fairly" model, because of piracy.
Does anyone else remember when phones were JUST phones? When they were tethered to a jack on your wall? When you didn't have to worry about "checking your voicemail"? When someone would call you to arrange a meeting and then you'd meet them IN PERSON?
I do. Good times.
the line:
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would probably not compile, as you're missing the left angle bracket.
If you combine the best prices from the Internet and "Traditional" shopping, you'd spend $13,717.91
Specifically, the cost of 12 Drummers Drumming and 11 Pipers Piping is significantly cheaper on the internet, and you can obtain five gold rings for $15 less on the internet than traditionally.
Although, I wonder exactly what comes with "11 Pipers Piping"...
WOW, wtf are you asking that here for?
Anyway, try dragging the column delimiter at the top on the left side over some. "Image Name" might just be hidden. (i.e. the column has zero width)
I want to see a comparison of TiVo vs. MythTV vs. Freevo vs. Media Center. From my experience, MythTV should definitely come up on top. I've got a box running MythTV that acts as my tivo, fileserver, network audio device, and game console. Can tivo do all that?
I say f*ck no. Not only because
a) colleges are supposed to support free speech
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b) colleges are supposed to treat their students as citizens of society.
but because colleges are places of higher learning, and not supposed to care about what you think or do with said learning. they should just provide you with the services that they charge you for (as i recall, $40,000 a year is a little steep, and should at least provide a decent isp)...and let you do with that what you will..
dude, harvard had the fuckin unabomber... nobody is going to do worse than that.
deal. motherfuckers.
p.s. i r teh durnk.
Actually, that's just the site that http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ automatically redirects you to... I know that "rediculous" naming scheme may seem unfathomable to you, but I think at least a few people in the /. crowd are capable of handling it.
If each one is near-perfect, and they use completely different strategies, why don't we parse all messages through one first, and then through the other one, that way you'll get higher accuracy rates. Only the ones where there's a discrepancy get shown to the user.
After following the MSN link, go down to the bottom of the page, hit next, (or click here if you're too lazy) then you'll see an updated number.
Results 16-30 of about 8897867 containing "linux windows"
That's right. Slashdot lies. And guess what, that's a bigger number than what google puts up.
The article fails to address the issue of redundant information, so this number I'm sure is inflated. It raises an interesting question though, to what extent are we becoming more redundant in our data storage? Once we answer that, we also answer exactly how much new information is being generated per person, per year.
The Philadelphia School District is extremely poor. They need whatever they can get. No, this is most certainly not selling out.