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  1. Re:Or just WMA on MP3's Loss, Open Source's Gain · · Score: 1

    You are still paying a license.

    MP3 will stick around just like jpg.

  2. Re:Illegal to not report a crime? on Is "Making Available" Copyright Infringement? · · Score: 1


    So if the burglar steals copies of your CDs and money falls out of his pockets on the way out, the homeowner is said to have "derives financial benefit from the infringement".

    Now I know I'm being facetious but with the way the music mafia has been able to bend/buy laws to suit them, you never know.

    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/facetious
    (In case a lone Digger visitor gets confused with grammar...)

  3. Re:Illegal to not report a crime? on Is "Making Available" Copyright Infringement? · · Score: 4, Funny

    re: would the house owner be liable for copyright infringement?

    Only if he runs off with the original and leaves you with a copy ;)

  4. Re:Go back to Digg, take your grammar with you! on Vanishing Honeybees Will Affect Future Crops · · Score: 1

    It's either:
    Al Gore ate them. (as in past tense)

    Or

    Al Gore eats them. (as in present tense)

  5. Re:Just in from bash.org on Vista Worse For User Efficiency Than XP · · Score: 2, Informative

    This is why I use CMD for some operations.

    For example Sometimes I do a search and XP can't find the file. and it took forever to tell me.
    I know the file is there but its file type is not "registered" (tm) with Windows.
    Solution: open CMD and type Dir /s myfile*
    Results: I get my answer in fraction of the time and subsequent searches are *Quicker*!

    I'm sure you can get the same benefits using CMD for large jobs.

  6. Re:Tax high wattage bulbs instead on Australia Outlaws Incandescent Light Bulb · · Score: 1

    You are talking about the "Color Temperature" of the light.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_temperature

    look for a CFL with a Color Temperature around 5000K
    or says it's "daylight"

  7. Re:A/C? on Australia Outlaws Incandescent Light Bulb · · Score: 1

    Do they need to be taxxed?

    No, Just the ones that are super-dirt cheap but are very inefficient at cooling.
    My house AC is rated at 13 SEERs (higher is better)
    so I'm talking ACs with a SEER rating of 8 and below.

  8. Re:MS will lose badly, on purpose.. on MS vs AT&T Case Stirs Software Patent Debate · · Score: 1

    MS will lose badly, on purpose. If they don't, the Novell deal becomes hollow and without repercusions to Linux distros not signed up with MS.

  9. Re:and who own the the TPM's internal master key? on The Recording Industry's Failed Digital Strategy · · Score: 1

    re:
    Change it? Yes. The "take ownership" command causes the TPM to wipe its master key and generate a new one using its hardware TRNG. You can't tell it which one to use, because that would be back to the leakage problem.

    I guess it would be wise to run the "take ownership" command when you first receive a PC with TPM in case anybody ... err.. set it to something. From what I gather you can't set the Master key to a specific value. we've been lied to before, however.

    Is there a way to make sure (indirectly, of course) that the Master key is different AFTER you run the "take ownership" command?

  10. Tax high wattage bulbs instead on Australia Outlaws Incandescent Light Bulb · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Tax high wattage bulbs like 100W and up.
    Better yet, establish a lumens per watt minimum and tax accordingly.
    That way you don't force people away from certain technology, just the inefficent ones.

    While they're at it, do the same for air conditioners.

  11. and who own the the TPM's internal master key? on The Recording Industry's Failed Digital Strategy · · Score: 1

    you said:
    A TPM does four basic things:

            * "Seals" keys to a specific PCR value, by XORing the TPM's internal master key with a PCR value and using the result to encrypt a key, which can then be stored by the OS/application software on the hard disk.


    And just who owns "the TPM's internal master key"?
    Can the owner of the machine see it/change it?
    Can the owner of the machine disable it for warm and fuzy feelings? (and not "a-la-P3-s/n-disabled-until-remotely-reenabled" disable either)
    IOW: with a "TPM-enabled" mobo, who owns who?

  12. Re:that's beautifully worded on Translation of Macrovision Response to Jobs on DRM · · Score: 1

    "Clones Britney"

    That's what we need:
    an army of bald, horny, crotch flashin' hasbeens trying to get attention.

  13. stuff is patented: Sorry, can't cure cancer today! on Cancer Drug Found; Scientist Annoyed · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "Schaefer's team plans more safety tests in mice. As the compound is already patented, her team will probably have to design something slightly different to be able to patent it as a new drug."

    Another plus for having a "Great" patent system.
    You have cancer? Go to China or India.
    After a few years of people doing this,
    China and India will be as rich as the USA was 5 years ago.
    (Today, the USA is actually poorer!)

  14. Re:Digital Rights Management huh on Music Execs Think DRM Slows the Marketplace · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Troll, maybe not.

    It's just that people are sick and tired of being controlled, manupulated coerced and duped by copy protection.

    Having no protection in old versions of Windows helped MS get to where it is today. MS exec were even quoted to say that if there was any piracy going on that they hoped it was for their products and not their competitors.

    People pay enough for the HW and spend enough time fixing for-pay beta-quality SW only to find out that there's DRM in their way. The /. crown is just more aware of the entertainment mafias.

    As for DRM and music, it's just history repeating itself. Thomas Edison didn't learn and that's why we have Hollywood. And because of DRM, in 20-50 years we'll be listening to the hits of "Pong Yang and the chopsticks".

  15. MOD up parent on "Very Severe Hole" In Vista UAC Design · · Score: 1

    AC, get an account!

    If the MSI just copies files and registry entries to where the user has rights you will not be nagged for an Admin password.

    If the MSI was created using InstallShield then it will create a Setup.exe (used to install the InstallShield engine to do the installation instead of MSIexec.exe!!)

    setup.exe is a "Special filename" in Windows. Launching anything in Windows called setup.exe assumes you need to be admin and prompts you. Think of it as XP's UAC.

    -to Avoid it: rename setup.exe to anthing.exe (if Install$hit will let you!)

    -to remove the "feature":
      goto [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ap p Paths\setup.exe] and delete the RunAsOnNonAdminInstall value
    Or for script kiddies:

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Cur rentVersion\App Paths\setup.exe]
    "RunAsOnNonAdminInstall"=-

  16. In other words: make all accounts become admin on "Very Severe Hole" In Vista UAC Design · · Score: 1

    My is guess you only have seen "Windows" in your short life.

    The real issue is that developers/packagers/MS don't care about security.
    All they care about is that you don't nag them to do support for a permission issue.

  17. Lobby groups on EU Bans Sock-Puppet Blogs · · Score: 1

    How else are the politicians supposed to get Brib..er.. tip$?

  18. Dump iron dust in the ocean to feed the plankton on $25M Bounty Offered for Global Warming Fix · · Score: 3, Informative


    http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.11/ecohacking .html

    "Ecohacker Michael Markels claims he has a megafix for global warming: Supercharge the growth of ocean plankton with vitamin Fe and let a zillion CO2 scrubbers bloom."

  19. Re:Come on people, this is a COMPANY.. on Apple, the New Microsoft? · · Score: 1

    For those who don't agree, look for a 3-part documentary called "The corporation".
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379225/
    "the film puts the corporation on the psychiatrist's couch to ask "What kind of person is it?"
    You won't be bored.

  20. Re:A Solution on Indonesia Stops Sharing Avian Virus Samples · · Score: 1

    You mean "the land of the fee"

  21. I wonder how much MORE $ it will cost the Can gov? on Canadian Government Rejects Net Neutrality Rules · · Score: 1

    I wonder how much more $ it will cost the Canadian Government to keep their internet presence, er.., snappy?

    I know that they would like to keep their hands off but this might be an exception.
    Somehow I don't see Google or MS paying Videotron in Quebec to get "better service".
    I hope google and Friends just blackout Videotron to teach them a lesson.

    Also, what happens if I get an email from a friend that's a Videotron customer.
    did Rogers pay Videotron, yet?
    did Videotron pay Rogers, yet?
    Man this gets dumb very quick.

  22. Re:PATENT APPLICATION == DENIED: PRIOR ART on Upside Down Phone Patent · · Score: 1

    you must be new to slashdot.

    After 2-3 months you come to learn that all parts of government are corrupt and/or incompetent.

  23. I doubt you can backup WebMail on Lycos Deletes Emails and Says 'Too Bad!' · · Score: 1

    I doubt you can "backup" WebMail without removing it from the web service.
    I have Yahoo WebMail and when you connect with POP3, your Webmail Inbox gets emptied.
    As far as I know, you cannot backup any WebMail service, free or otherwise.

  24. "not evil" for now, until aquired/sold on Blackboard's "Pledge" Not to Sue Open Source Software · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Even with all good intentions in mind, all pleadges/promises will go out the windows when somebody buys the company.

    Either donate the patent to OSDL patent commons project or start enforcing it.
    (If you don't enforce now it makes it harder to enforce it later when greed kicks in.)

    Aren't SW patent wonderful?

  25. Re:150 lbs on Boeing Drops Wireless System For 787 · · Score: 1

    I thought it was only NASA that was going metric.

    The rest of the country is still stuck inches and milles