Speaking of propaganda, take a look at your own post.
Palladium is not 'restrictive hardware'. Everything piece of software that you can run now (with a few obscure exceptions) will be able to run on a Palladium based system. You will still have your precious MP3s. The end user still has final say in what is trusted and what is not trusted.
In fact, it can be argued that Palladium gives you more choice. Without Palladium or TCPA, most media companies have been unwilling to sell digital content for PCs because they fear piracy (however misguided this is is irrelevant to this discussion). Palladium will allow them to sell content without these fears. Now in addition to your current media files, new content will be available that was never available before.
Your argument is misplaced. Palladium and TCPA are not the things we need to be fighting- we need to fight overly restrictive DRM software and media companies trying to cling to an outdated business model. But as the parent said, we can easily fight this battle by voting with our wallets.
Uh-huh. And we use sooo much less gas today. BTW- have you noticed that oil prices have hovered around $20-$25/barrel for the past 30 years? I guess the supply isn't decreasing after all...
As far as the population goes I think that environmentally we are close to the limits.
Oh no! A tree-hugger sitting at his computer thinks that our earth is close to its limits! Too bad he doesn't even try to back his statement up with any facts.
Eventually we will chip away just a little too much and our eco system will collapse.
Why will it collapse?
But once started, it will be impossible to stop.
Why?
What scares me the most is that people listen to opinions like yours. You have bought into the same doomsday theories that have been proven incorrect time and time again. I know it might make you uncool at the next Sierra club meeting, but try to at least consider the possibility that the world is not ending.
Sounds like two possibilities, either the final server is mis-reporting its location, or the final server IS in North Carolina.
The server does not report its location. VisualRoute guesses it's location based on several clues (like the host names of intermediate routers, the registered netblock owner, and whois). It is a very unscientific process and it is often wrong.
All Microsoft is saying is that if it isn't profitable to sell XBoxes in Australia, then they won't sell XBoxes in Australia. Its not a threat to the Australian government- its the reality of business.
That is a very short-sighted way to see it. The markets haven't even had a chance to react to the situation yet- the drives with 1 year warranties haven't been released. If there is a demand for drives with 3 year warranties, then somebody will step in to fill that demand. It is as simple as that.
You might also notice from the article that only certain models are getting the reduced warranties (for example, the Maxtor MaXLine drives will retain a 3 year warranty). You will still be able to buy a drive with a 3 year warranty.
No- what is sad is that the EU has no faith in a market economy, so they go running in there setting all kinds of unnatural limitations. If you take a beginning econ class, you will see that ridiculous things like a mandatory 2-year warranty on all products are what harm the economy the most. Let the markets sort things like this out by themselves.
No, AMD just barely hit 2.0 GHz with the Athlon 2400+ (the fastest Athlon available now), and the much hyped release of the 2700+ and 2800+ that were announced about 2 months ago has been delayed until the end of November.
Incorrect. There are ATA 100 controllers out on the market now that use the 48 bit LBA. In fact, Maxtor is pretty much the only company that does any ATA/133 (and that is because it isn't a finalized standard yet). The IBM and WD drives that you cite are ATA 100.
Granted, this guy might be money-hungry. However, previous cases show that the companies that were sued (AOL in particular) settle by making their site accessbile to screen readers. In all likely hood, that is all this guy wants. That's all any blind person wants.
The ADA doesn't allow for any monetary damages. Under the ADA, you can only sue to force compliance.
That's because the campaign finance laws are incredibly unconstitutional. In a country where the first amendment says that "congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech," congress somehow made a law abridging a candidate's freedom of speech within 30 days of the election.
But will you change your tune in the future when Microsoft shuts down all the Palladium mod chip manufacuters and you can no longer run Linux on a new PC.
You will always be able to run Linux on a PC with Palladium hardware- that was one of the design requirements.
The XBox is the test system for a secure PC that only runs Microsoft code.
No, the goal of Palladium is to provide a hardware backed secure method for an application to store data- it does not include any method to prevent an application from running.
Palladium's only reason for existince (I believe) is to be used to prevent any OS (or application for that matter) to not run without Microsofts consent.
Considering it isn't even possible for Palladium to prevent anything from running, your beliefs are incorrect.
Palladium isn't about jpegs, picts, movies, etc... it's about controlling the types of software that can run on your computer.
No- palladium has nothing to do with what type of software can run on your computer. Every single piece of software that runs on a non-palladium pc will run on a palladium pc. That was one of the design requirements of palladium.
Ah- I see what you are saying. I guess the difference would be that while the TOR may have to be initialized at boot time (I'm not sure about the details of this), it still does not have any control or authority until software uses it later, so it can't alter the boot process. Remeber that the BIOS and OS are considered untrusted in palladium.
But our goal isn't to stop their debut, it's to make TCPA chips a spectacular and expensive failure.
You are going about this all wrong. We should make sure that DRM software or overly restrictive content distribution schemes fail. TCPA and palladium also are not inherently evil- they make many things possible that are very beneficial to the user. Corporate IT departments and government agencies will love the extra security it can provide to their sensitive data.
And I prefer the phrase "restriction-free" mode to "insecure
Palladium itself does not restrict you. In fact, it could be argued that it expands your abilities to protect your own data. However, it also expands the RIAA's ability to protect their data. The bottom line is if you don't like the restrictions that a DRM media player (or other application) places on you, then vote with your wallet.
You are confusing Palladium and TCPA. What danheskett said about Palladium is correct. Palladium has absolutely nothing to do with the boot process. From a software developers perspective, Palladium is an API that allows a program setup and secure memory areas. Thats it. So the "trusted" or "untrusted" mode is specific to each application that is running.
I wasnt trying to say that it can't be done. The "specialized cables" that you were talking about just put a bridge in the middle of the cable, but there are bridges that can connect more than 2 computers. I was just saying that you can already connect more than 2 computers even without USB OTG.
In order to network computers together with USB, you need to go through a USB bridge (which can support more than 2 computers). If you plugged a USB cable directly between 2 computers, it would short out the power supply and likely damage the system. That is why the type-A to type-A cables are illegal in the USB spec.
That is not even close to the purpose of palladium and it isn't even possible for palladium to do that. Palladium provides an API for applications to set up and use secured memory areas (hardware enforced) and it provides some cryptographic functions. If an application doesnt use the API, then it doesnt use the security features. Thats it! Palladium can't prevent applications from running. It can only prevent them from accessing "secured" data from palladium-enabled applications.
You have been reading too much anti-Microsoft FUD. 99% of the stuff that has been written about Palladium is simply untrue.
You post does not make any sense. All non-palladium programs will run regardless of whether palladium is enabled or not. And the only way you could "crack" a palladium application (by 'cracked' I assume you mean that you could access protected content without palladium enabled) to work with it turned off would be to either magically defeat the public key encryption or install some insanely sophisticated hardware mod that would give you a back door into the system RAM.
No, no, no. This has nothing to do with censorship. The director's right to do whatever they want in a film has not been changed at all. You are confusing the right to free speech with the non-existent right to be heard.
Editing the films against the express wishes of the directors and copyright holders is simultaneously a violation of copyright law AND censoring their creative works.
This is NOT a violation of copyright law. Cleanflicks is performing a service on legally purchased copies of a movie. There is no redistribution here. There is no effort to keep people from watching the un-edited version.
It boils down to this: I want to entertain myself as I see fit. I don't give a rat's ass what the directors "artistic vision" is- it is completely irrelevant to me. If I only want to watch parts of a movie, that is my right. I guess in your world bathroom breaks are strictly prohibited at the movie theater?
I came to a realization about how/. can be so hypocritical about issues like this. I think that all of the DMCA protesting, copyright law whining, and IP idealism posted here on/. is all just smoke an mirrors to hide the/. reader's true goal: an unlimited supply of free pr0n. If it doesn't make pr0n more available, then it must be bad. I don't see how else you could argue against this.
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So what does SerialATA offer that a Firewire connector on my hard-drive won't?
150 MB/sec?
Um, no. Gen 1 SATA is 1.5 Gb/s. Firewire is not faster.
Speaking of propaganda, take a look at your own post.
Palladium is not 'restrictive hardware'. Everything piece of software that you can run now (with a few obscure exceptions) will be able to run on a Palladium based system. You will still have your precious MP3s. The end user still has final say in what is trusted and what is not trusted.
In fact, it can be argued that Palladium gives you more choice. Without Palladium or TCPA, most media companies have been unwilling to sell digital content for PCs because they fear piracy (however misguided this is is irrelevant to this discussion). Palladium will allow them to sell content without these fears. Now in addition to your current media files, new content will be available that was never available before.
Your argument is misplaced. Palladium and TCPA are not the things we need to be fighting- we need to fight overly restrictive DRM software and media companies trying to cling to an outdated business model. But as the parent said, we can easily fight this battle by voting with our wallets.
Oh brother.
In 1970 cars were gas-guzzlers
Uh-huh. And we use sooo much less gas today. BTW- have you noticed that oil prices have hovered around $20-$25/barrel for the past 30 years? I guess the supply isn't decreasing after all...
As far as the population goes I think that environmentally we are close to the limits.
Oh no! A tree-hugger sitting at his computer thinks that our earth is close to its limits! Too bad he doesn't even try to back his statement up with any facts.
Eventually we will chip away just a little too much and our eco system will collapse.
Why will it collapse?
But once started, it will be impossible to stop.
Why?
What scares me the most is that people listen to opinions like yours. You have bought into the same doomsday theories that have been proven incorrect time and time again. I know it might make you uncool at the next Sierra club meeting, but try to at least consider the possibility that the world is not ending.
Sounds like two possibilities, either the final server is mis-reporting its location, or the final server IS in North Carolina.
The server does not report its location. VisualRoute guesses it's location based on several clues (like the host names of intermediate routers, the registered netblock owner, and whois). It is a very unscientific process and it is often wrong.
All Microsoft is saying is that if it isn't profitable to sell XBoxes in Australia, then they won't sell XBoxes in Australia. Its not a threat to the Australian government- its the reality of business.
That is a very short-sighted way to see it. The markets haven't even had a chance to react to the situation yet- the drives with 1 year warranties haven't been released. If there is a demand for drives with 3 year warranties, then somebody will step in to fill that demand. It is as simple as that.
You might also notice from the article that only certain models are getting the reduced warranties (for example, the Maxtor MaXLine drives will retain a 3 year warranty). You will still be able to buy a drive with a 3 year warranty.
No- what is sad is that the EU has no faith in a market economy, so they go running in there setting all kinds of unnatural limitations. If you take a beginning econ class, you will see that ridiculous things like a mandatory 2-year warranty on all products are what harm the economy the most. Let the markets sort things like this out by themselves.
AMD's Athlon XP is clocked at well over 2Ghz now
No, AMD just barely hit 2.0 GHz with the Athlon 2400+ (the fastest Athlon available now), and the much hyped release of the 2700+ and 2800+ that were announced about 2 months ago has been delayed until the end of November.
Funny you should say that- Intel server product sales are up 9% this quarter. I wouldnt call that a flop.
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http://news.com.com/2100-1001-961742.html?tag=f
You should market your 2-1 compression scheme along with this joker's "unbreakable" encryption algorithm. You'll be rich just like him!
Incorrect. There are ATA 100 controllers out on the market now that use the 48 bit LBA. In fact, Maxtor is pretty much the only company that does any ATA/133 (and that is because it isn't a finalized standard yet). The IBM and WD drives that you cite are ATA 100.
Granted, this guy might be money-hungry. However, previous cases show that the companies that were sued (AOL in particular) settle by making their site accessbile to screen readers. In all likely hood, that is all this guy wants. That's all any blind person wants.
The ADA doesn't allow for any monetary damages. Under the ADA, you can only sue to force compliance.
That's because the campaign finance laws are incredibly unconstitutional. In a country where the first amendment says that "congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech," congress somehow made a law abridging a candidate's freedom of speech within 30 days of the election.
But will you change your tune in the future when Microsoft shuts down all the Palladium mod chip manufacuters and you can no longer run Linux on a new PC.
You will always be able to run Linux on a PC with Palladium hardware- that was one of the design requirements.
The XBox is the test system for a secure PC that only runs Microsoft code.
No, the goal of Palladium is to provide a hardware backed secure method for an application to store data- it does not include any method to prevent an application from running.
Palladium's only reason for existince (I believe) is to be used to prevent any OS (or application for that matter) to not run without Microsofts consent.
Considering it isn't even possible for Palladium to prevent anything from running, your beliefs are incorrect.
Palladium isn't about jpegs, picts, movies, etc... it's about controlling the types of software that can run on your computer.
No- palladium has nothing to do with what type of software can run on your computer. Every single piece of software that runs on a non-palladium pc will run on a palladium pc. That was one of the design requirements of palladium.
Ah- I see what you are saying. I guess the difference would be that while the TOR may have to be initialized at boot time (I'm not sure about the details of this), it still does not have any control or authority until software uses it later, so it can't alter the boot process. Remeber that the BIOS and OS are considered untrusted in palladium.
But our goal isn't to stop their debut, it's to make TCPA chips a spectacular and expensive failure.
You are going about this all wrong. We should make sure that DRM software or overly restrictive content distribution schemes fail. TCPA and palladium also are not inherently evil- they make many things possible that are very beneficial to the user. Corporate IT departments and government agencies will love the extra security it can provide to their sensitive data.
And I prefer the phrase "restriction-free" mode to "insecure
Palladium itself does not restrict you. In fact, it could be argued that it expands your abilities to protect your own data. However, it also expands the RIAA's ability to protect their data. The bottom line is if you don't like the restrictions that a DRM media player (or other application) places on you, then vote with your wallet.
You are confusing Palladium and TCPA. What danheskett said about Palladium is correct. Palladium has absolutely nothing to do with the boot process. From a software developers perspective, Palladium is an API that allows a program setup and secure memory areas. Thats it. So the "trusted" or "untrusted" mode is specific to each application that is running.
I wasnt trying to say that it can't be done. The "specialized cables" that you were talking about just put a bridge in the middle of the cable, but there are bridges that can connect more than 2 computers. I was just saying that you can already connect more than 2 computers even without USB OTG.
http://www.linux-usb.org/usbnet/
In order to network computers together with USB, you need to go through a USB bridge (which can support more than 2 computers). If you plugged a USB cable directly between 2 computers, it would short out the power supply and likely damage the system. That is why the type-A to type-A cables are illegal in the USB spec.
That is not even close to the purpose of palladium and it isn't even possible for palladium to do that. Palladium provides an API for applications to set up and use secured memory areas (hardware enforced) and it provides some cryptographic functions. If an application doesnt use the API, then it doesnt use the security features. Thats it! Palladium can't prevent applications from running. It can only prevent them from accessing "secured" data from palladium-enabled applications.
You have been reading too much anti-Microsoft FUD. 99% of the stuff that has been written about Palladium is simply untrue.
You post does not make any sense. All non-palladium programs will run regardless of whether palladium is enabled or not. And the only way you could "crack" a palladium application (by 'cracked' I assume you mean that you could access protected content without palladium enabled) to work with it turned off would be to either magically defeat the public key encryption or install some insanely sophisticated hardware mod that would give you a back door into the system RAM.
No, no, no. This has nothing to do with censorship. The director's right to do whatever they want in a film has not been changed at all. You are confusing the right to free speech with the non-existent right to be heard.
/. can be so hypocritical about issues like this. I think that all of the DMCA protesting, copyright law whining, and IP idealism posted here on /. is all just smoke an mirrors to hide the /. reader's true goal: an unlimited supply of free pr0n. If it doesn't make pr0n more available, then it must be bad. I don't see how else you could argue against this.
Editing the films against the express wishes of the directors and copyright holders is simultaneously a violation of copyright law AND censoring their creative works.
This is NOT a violation of copyright law. Cleanflicks is performing a service on legally purchased copies of a movie. There is no redistribution here. There is no effort to keep people from watching the un-edited version.
It boils down to this: I want to entertain myself as I see fit. I don't give a rat's ass what the directors "artistic vision" is- it is completely irrelevant to me. If I only want to watch parts of a movie, that is my right. I guess in your world bathroom breaks are strictly prohibited at the movie theater?
I came to a realization about how
Wow- you just maxed out my FUD-O-METER.