If you'd read the article, you would have realized that Norway (among others) have been forced to adopt their own DMCA-like provisions as part of an EU directive. With all things being equal he said he might as well come to the States since he can now have direct access to all of America's [previously] restricted [DRM'd] content (i.e. Realnetworks).
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As long as people are buying their products, they'll happily let you burn them. The execs will just laugh all the way to the bank. While the ideology of what you're saying is in the right directions, what you should be truly thinking about is long term boycott of their products (or simply purchasing second hand material).
Yeah, I seem to remember a story about them partnering up a while back. I'll have to keep a lookout for their product offerings. Then again, I'd love to get a 3rd party box (or build one myself) in order to have the control I want. Then again, its as you said, I'll be locked into needing that stupid CableCard in order to have the features I want.
While changing channels is fine and dandy, what about recording multiple channels at once? Its something I can already do with my Comcast decoder w/ integrated DVR and is certainly a feature I do NOT want to give up. Looks like I'll be holding out for the 3rd party DVRs with decoder card slots.
Ah, that's exactly what I needed to know. Looks like I'll hold off on a Tivo until they have the card slots (to replace my Comcast decoder w/ integrated DVR).
Then again, knowing Comcast, they'll probably forbid such devices from ever operating on their network. Here's hoping for the best.
Question: Since Comcast et al pretty much limit your recording ability to what is being output from their cable box, how is the Tivo/DVR/MythTV device going to be able to record various shows on channels that the cable box isn't tuned to? I was under the impression that compatibility with "cable ready" devices died years ago in that you can only change channels on the cable company supplied decoder, much like you do with satellite TV providers. If what I'm thinking is correct, a set top DVD recorder/DVR would really only allow you to pause/record the channel to which it is currently tuned (as that's the station being output from the cable box to the Tivo/DVR/MythTV device. If you want it to record a show at a certain time then you better make sure the cable box is on that channel when you walk away. 2 shows airing at the same time? In that case choose which one you want to record, despite the DVR having multiple tuners allowing you to view/record multiple channels at the same time.
If this is not the case and the cable providers are still kosher with "cable ready" devices, as it was in the 80s & 90s where you could set your VCR to record, say, channel 30 at 9PM and then 18 at 1130PM, then please let me know.
After years in the military I'm happy to say I too have found myself using replacement curses lately, which is a good thing considering my 3 year old is basically a walking voice recorder. Luckily for me, my wife and I recently finished watching generous amounts of Firefly on DVD (in addition to faithfully watching our Battlestar Galactica on Friday nights). Now I've found myself letting loose with "Frack" and "Gorram" just as much as any old curse in my vocabulary.
I may get strange looks at work, but I don't get phone calls from daycare. For me that's a fair trade.
With all of the add-ons and enhancements Longhorn was supposed to bring to the table being yanked (the new file system, MONAD, metadata, etc) what is the point of this OS besides graphical enhancements and bug/security fixes?
From what I can tell its not going to offer much in terms of the new features. Most of the *remaining* cutting edge stuff has already been ported into XP (i.e. the security console in SP2).
Either you misread my post, or you failed to understand its context. Allow me to explain in detail what I meant by intent. If you break a law, whether you meant to or not, many look at is as you broke the law so that's that. Do not pass go, do not collect $200, go directly to jail. From what I can gather, that's how the bulk of criminal cases are handled in the US these days. They don't care if you "oops, didn't realize I was speeding down that hill 20MPH over the speed limit", they'll still give you a ticked, unless the cop is willing to let you. Similarly the DA/prosecutor can do the same.
In other words, the default is to throw the book at you. Only in rare cases will circumstance and individual intent be actually considered as to prosecute someone (not in determining their punishment, that's another thing entirely).
The 1970's called and they want their reasoning back. Intent hasn't really been considered in court (at least in the USA) for a few decades now. This may seem inflamatory, but the cold hard truth is that if a law was broken then you're gonna get screwed. In truth it really depends on if the DA/prosecutor will follow procedure, or use common sense to determine if they'll actually go after you, so YMMV.
I say captive because although it will support other shells that are not MCE 2006, it will only support other shells, but not programs. This is not the same as being open in any way shape or form, you are locked in, period. That's not to say that there will not be choices. There have to be at least two providers in each country where it launches to provide the content, but the blessed ones are the only ones. Call me absurdly cynical if you like, but I expect there is a lot of money changing hands here, and it will come out of your pocket in the end.
This sounds a lot like a TV, but one that only works with one channel or provider. Imagine a world where you buy a TV but it only works if you have COMCAST. That's basically what their delivery service sounds like.
From what I understand, 802.11 is an unlicensed spectrum and is free for public use. In my mind using an open AP is like tapping into public TV. Its broadcasted over the air in a form all can recieve and use. The opposite of this is satallite TV which is locked down, similar to an AP with encryption (or other restrictions) enabled.
When then is using someone's open AP any different? After all, whether they intended to or not, they offered you free access to their network connection.
Troll my ass! Its nice seeing people try to quelch differing opinons by simply calling someone names and then failing to backup their point.
From a civil liberties standpoint I'm dead on. Allow me to explain....
First, the GWoT is wielded as a heavy club to potential enemies (a la the DS), regardless of merit. Don't like their position or level of resitance to globalization or American policy? Threaten them as siding with the "evil T's" and falling under the wrath of our mighty war on terror. Bottom line: nobody wants to be the next Taliban.
The PA is like DV because its the administration's tool of choice in abusing the citizenry and daring them to challenge it (or bullying them, your choice). Don't like a provision of the law? Tough! The attitude that comes across is "that's classified so what are you gonna go about it?" When it comes right down to it, the PA granted powers that had been removed from the goverment for a reason. Ever hear of McCarthyism? How about LBJ spying on fellow Americans? Regardless of the reason, the powers granted in the PA are dangerous and provide a great deal of power that can very easily be abused (and in the past had been). By the time anyone ever finds out about abuses now it'll be too late (if it even comes to light since the government can now hide violations of civil rights from the populace). With a few exceptions, no good has ever come from hiding information from the citizenry. In this case there is no reason for it and it should be abolished.
As far as the gulag (aka GITMO), my stance is either charge them with a crime or let them go. They weren't caught bearing arms against the state, even if they might have been planning to. If that were the case then charge them with conspiracy and whatever trumped up charge they can come up with and call it a day. GITMO has become a gulag no matter how you slice it. We're locking people up without due process, a constitutionally granted protection. If that doesn't matter to you then you are the one that needs your head examined. Better yet, why don't you leave America? Its obvious you don't cherish the principles this great nation was founded on.
Education of the masses will be required if we're to succeed in getting this horrible anti-American law abolished. I say anti-American because it stands against virtually every principle that American was founded on. What we really need to do is put this whole damn thing into perspective so Joe Taxpayer can understand it. So here is my explanation of the whole deal:
George Bush is our version of the Emperor, the Global War on Terror is his Death Star, and the Patriot Act is his version of Darth Vader.
Evil wins when good men do nothing. Too bad for us the battle ended long ago when coporations took over the country. Without a champion for the constitution and the rights of all Americans, all we can do now is ride it out and wait for the next revolution.
While this is not 100% proving that it had the new protections on it, I tried to rip "Are we there yet?" just this evening, but it failed at 25%. I then gave up and proceeded to surf the web before going to bed. Wouldn't you know it I found out about this story and went and downloaded the latest version immediately. Guess what? It ripped the movie just fine.
How's that for irony? If they hadn't shut them down and made a fuss I wouldn't have been able to rip the damn movie! Thanks for shooting yourself in the foot you mystery media conglomerate.
Your choices are soapbox, ballot box, ammo box. Which is it time for?
Well, let me summarize it for ya: we've been speaking out against the government's intrusions into personal privacy, the bill of rights, etc. And then there's the lack of representation of the people because so many congresscritters have sold their souls to the corporations.
After all the screaming and shouting we all got to vote with our hearts, but then we're stuck with a damned if you do, damned if you don't scenario because of our 2-party system where both candidates aren't about to serve the best interests of the people anyway. Hell, has that really ever been the case with oligarchies like the US gov?
And to top it off, the 2000 election was not so quietly stolen by not so obvious voter fraud, thanks in part to Bush family ties to Choicepoint's owners (which is the company that eliminated the number of votes to give "W" the Florida electorate).
So, we've used the soapbox extensively, in fact I'm doing it now. We've used to ballot box, but that didn't seem to have any affect. So what's that leave us with?
Geeks like us have always been the early adopters, which is why they should be focusing on us. Hell, we've been driving the PC hardware industry for years now starting way back with Doom. Here we are again at the advent of the IPTV industry with our downloads of Battlestar Galactica, chomping at the bit for legal downloadable content. Quite frankly its obvious there is a market, just nobody is willing to sell us the content in the format we would actually purchase (i.e. high-quality, DRM-free). Currently my on means of getting such content is through ripping my CDs and DVDs onto the computer. However, I'll give up the security and higher quality of an origianl copy if I can get a downloaded version of a movie or TV show at a reduced rate. Itunes figured this one out, although I believe their sales figures could be much higher if they'd set a lower pricepoint.
An alternative to outright selling me downloads of movies or episodes of shows is to just sell me the stations via a la carte subscriptions. For years we've been waiting for this to happen in the Cable TV industry, but its just not going that route. With IPTV, TV stations/channels can tack on an extra $x per month and make their content available to broadcast subscribers (similar to how broacast radio also "broadcasts" online) both through cable TV and online, eventually rolling over to IPTV completely. Or better yet, all the downloadable content as a benny like many broadband providers to with traditional dialup (aka, an added feature). Come to think of it, for most mainstreme television going IPTV may be the best value added benefit to come along in years, especially for their customers. I just hope it catches on....
How do people deal with the credit agencies and other personal information collecting companies who will not cooperate or be reasonable? And on a broader front, are you really prepared to trust a company like Choicepoint to decide what privacy intrusions get notified to you without really knowing how they operate and deal with resolution processes?"
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If you'd read the article, you would have realized that Norway (among others) have been forced to adopt their own DMCA-like provisions as part of an EU directive. With all things being equal he said he might as well come to the States since he can now have direct access to all of America's [previously] restricted [DRM'd] content (i.e. Realnetworks).
As long as people are buying their products, they'll happily let you burn them. The execs will just laugh all the way to the bank. While the ideology of what you're saying is in the right directions, what you should be truly thinking about is long term boycott of their products (or simply purchasing second hand material).
Yeah, I seem to remember a story about them partnering up a while back. I'll have to keep a lookout for their product offerings. Then again, I'd love to get a 3rd party box (or build one myself) in order to have the control I want. Then again, its as you said, I'll be locked into needing that stupid CableCard in order to have the features I want.
While changing channels is fine and dandy, what about recording multiple channels at once? Its something I can already do with my Comcast decoder w/ integrated DVR and is certainly a feature I do NOT want to give up. Looks like I'll be holding out for the 3rd party DVRs with decoder card slots.
Ah, that's exactly what I needed to know. Looks like I'll hold off on a Tivo until they have the card slots (to replace my Comcast decoder w/ integrated DVR).
Then again, knowing Comcast, they'll probably forbid such devices from ever operating on their network. Here's hoping for the best.
Question: Since Comcast et al pretty much limit your recording ability to what is being output from their cable box, how is the Tivo/DVR/MythTV device going to be able to record various shows on channels that the cable box isn't tuned to? I was under the impression that compatibility with "cable ready" devices died years ago in that you can only change channels on the cable company supplied decoder, much like you do with satellite TV providers. If what I'm thinking is correct, a set top DVD recorder/DVR would really only allow you to pause/record the channel to which it is currently tuned (as that's the station being output from the cable box to the Tivo/DVR/MythTV device. If you want it to record a show at a certain time then you better make sure the cable box is on that channel when you walk away. 2 shows airing at the same time? In that case choose which one you want to record, despite the DVR having multiple tuners allowing you to view/record multiple channels at the same time.
If this is not the case and the cable providers are still kosher with "cable ready" devices, as it was in the 80s & 90s where you could set your VCR to record, say, channel 30 at 9PM and then 18 at 1130PM, then please let me know.
After years in the military I'm happy to say I too have found myself using replacement curses lately, which is a good thing considering my 3 year old is basically a walking voice recorder. Luckily for me, my wife and I recently finished watching generous amounts of Firefly on DVD (in addition to faithfully watching our Battlestar Galactica on Friday nights). Now I've found myself letting loose with "Frack" and "Gorram" just as much as any old curse in my vocabulary.
I may get strange looks at work, but I don't get phone calls from daycare. For me that's a fair trade.
This reminds me of the opening of Baseketball.
So help me, if I finally get my dream to explore space, I'm going to be very upset if its in a ship with "Tampax" painted on the side )~\
When did reverse engineering die in this country?
With all of the add-ons and enhancements Longhorn was supposed to bring to the table being yanked (the new file system, MONAD, metadata, etc) what is the point of this OS besides graphical enhancements and bug/security fixes?
From what I can tell its not going to offer much in terms of the new features. Most of the *remaining* cutting edge stuff has already been ported into XP (i.e. the security console in SP2).
Either you misread my post, or you failed to understand its context. Allow me to explain in detail what I meant by intent. If you break a law, whether you meant to or not, many look at is as you broke the law so that's that. Do not pass go, do not collect $200, go directly to jail. From what I can gather, that's how the bulk of criminal cases are handled in the US these days. They don't care if you "oops, didn't realize I was speeding down that hill 20MPH over the speed limit", they'll still give you a ticked, unless the cop is willing to let you. Similarly the DA/prosecutor can do the same.
In other words, the default is to throw the book at you. Only in rare cases will circumstance and individual intent be actually considered as to prosecute someone (not in determining their punishment, that's another thing entirely).
The 1970's called and they want their reasoning back. Intent hasn't really been considered in court (at least in the USA) for a few decades now. This may seem inflamatory, but the cold hard truth is that if a law was broken then you're gonna get screwed. In truth it really depends on if the DA/prosecutor will follow procedure, or use common sense to determine if they'll actually go after you, so YMMV.
USB devices, bootable CD-ROMs, etc are all means to the same end. This is why physical security is so damned important!
Microsoft's 10 Immutable Law's of Security
This sounds a lot like a TV, but one that only works with one channel or provider. Imagine a world where you buy a TV but it only works if you have COMCAST. That's basically what their delivery service sounds like.
Thanks for the tip. I just assumed that it wouldn't work and never bothered to give it a try.
This is news how? People have been using tiered network zones for years now.
From what I understand, 802.11 is an unlicensed spectrum and is free for public use. In my mind using an open AP is like tapping into public TV. Its broadcasted over the air in a form all can recieve and use. The opposite of this is satallite TV which is locked down, similar to an AP with encryption (or other restrictions) enabled.
When then is using someone's open AP any different? After all, whether they intended to or not, they offered you free access to their network connection.
Troll my ass! Its nice seeing people try to quelch differing opinons by simply calling someone names and then failing to backup their point.
From a civil liberties standpoint I'm dead on. Allow me to explain....
First, the GWoT is wielded as a heavy club to potential enemies (a la the DS), regardless of merit. Don't like their position or level of resitance to globalization or American policy? Threaten them as siding with the "evil T's" and falling under the wrath of our mighty war on terror. Bottom line: nobody wants to be the next Taliban.
The PA is like DV because its the administration's tool of choice in abusing the citizenry and daring them to challenge it (or bullying them, your choice). Don't like a provision of the law? Tough! The attitude that comes across is "that's classified so what are you gonna go about it?" When it comes right down to it, the PA granted powers that had been removed from the goverment for a reason. Ever hear of McCarthyism? How about LBJ spying on fellow Americans? Regardless of the reason, the powers granted in the PA are dangerous and provide a great deal of power that can very easily be abused (and in the past had been). By the time anyone ever finds out about abuses now it'll be too late (if it even comes to light since the government can now hide violations of civil rights from the populace). With a few exceptions, no good has ever come from hiding information from the citizenry. In this case there is no reason for it and it should be abolished.
As far as the gulag (aka GITMO), my stance is either charge them with a crime or let them go. They weren't caught bearing arms against the state, even if they might have been planning to. If that were the case then charge them with conspiracy and whatever trumped up charge they can come up with and call it a day. GITMO has become a gulag no matter how you slice it. We're locking people up without due process, a constitutionally granted protection. If that doesn't matter to you then you are the one that needs your head examined. Better yet, why don't you leave America? Its obvious you don't cherish the principles this great nation was founded on.
Education of the masses will be required if we're to succeed in getting this horrible anti-American law abolished. I say anti-American because it stands against virtually every principle that American was founded on. What we really need to do is put this whole damn thing into perspective so Joe Taxpayer can understand it. So here is my explanation of the whole deal:
George Bush is our version of the Emperor, the Global War on Terror is his Death Star, and the Patriot Act is his version of Darth Vader.
Evil wins when good men do nothing. Too bad for us the battle ended long ago when coporations took over the country. Without a champion for the constitution and the rights of all Americans, all we can do now is ride it out and wait for the next revolution.
While this is not 100% proving that it had the new protections on it, I tried to rip "Are we there yet?" just this evening, but it failed at 25%. I then gave up and proceeded to surf the web before going to bed. Wouldn't you know it I found out about this story and went and downloaded the latest version immediately. Guess what? It ripped the movie just fine.
How's that for irony? If they hadn't shut them down and made a fuss I wouldn't have been able to rip the damn movie! Thanks for shooting yourself in the foot you mystery media conglomerate.
Your choices are soapbox, ballot box, ammo box. Which is it time for?
Well, let me summarize it for ya: we've been speaking out against the government's intrusions into personal privacy, the bill of rights, etc. And then there's the lack of representation of the people because so many congresscritters have sold their souls to the corporations.
After all the screaming and shouting we all got to vote with our hearts, but then we're stuck with a damned if you do, damned if you don't scenario because of our 2-party system where both candidates aren't about to serve the best interests of the people anyway. Hell, has that really ever been the case with oligarchies like the US gov?
And to top it off, the 2000 election was not so quietly stolen by not so obvious voter fraud, thanks in part to Bush family ties to Choicepoint's owners (which is the company that eliminated the number of votes to give "W" the Florida electorate).
So, we've used the soapbox extensively, in fact I'm doing it now. We've used to ballot box, but that didn't seem to have any affect. So what's that leave us with?
Geeks like us have always been the early adopters, which is why they should be focusing on us. Hell, we've been driving the PC hardware industry for years now starting way back with Doom. Here we are again at the advent of the IPTV industry with our downloads of Battlestar Galactica, chomping at the bit for legal downloadable content. Quite frankly its obvious there is a market, just nobody is willing to sell us the content in the format we would actually purchase (i.e. high-quality, DRM-free). Currently my on means of getting such content is through ripping my CDs and DVDs onto the computer. However, I'll give up the security and higher quality of an origianl copy if I can get a downloaded version of a movie or TV show at a reduced rate. Itunes figured this one out, although I believe their sales figures could be much higher if they'd set a lower pricepoint.
An alternative to outright selling me downloads of movies or episodes of shows is to just sell me the stations via a la carte subscriptions. For years we've been waiting for this to happen in the Cable TV industry, but its just not going that route. With IPTV, TV stations/channels can tack on an extra $x per month and make their content available to broadcast subscribers (similar to how broacast radio also "broadcasts" online) both through cable TV and online, eventually rolling over to IPTV completely. Or better yet, all the downloadable content as a benny like many broadband providers to with traditional dialup (aka, an added feature). Come to think of it, for most mainstreme television going IPTV may be the best value added benefit to come along in years, especially for their customers. I just hope it catches on....
How do people deal with the credit agencies and other personal information collecting companies who will not cooperate or be reasonable? And on a broader front, are you really prepared to trust a company like Choicepoint to decide what privacy intrusions get notified to you without really knowing how they operate and deal with resolution processes?"
Welcome to last summer. The official announcement made waves last August for crying out loud.