is microsoft going to fix the bug or sue the german guy under DMCA...?
Well they'll certainly fix it on W2K and XP (dunno about nt4). But sueing the German guy? Unlikely, it'll create too many legal issues, firstly US law is unlikely to apply to Germans. (That is if the judge follows the precident set in the Yahoo vs France case) And secondly the DCMA is unlikely to apply here, he hasn't done anything related to copyright. The DCMA is overrated.
How the hell do they reckon they can remove the network itself? Without a centralised server they have to kill about 2.4 million peering clients and as long as at least one copy of Kazaa's client software exists somewhere in the world the network can regrow.
I hate to ask the obvious question here but how does using only an Apple Superdrive help fight piracy any more than using another manufacturers?
Actually I don't see how this patch violates the DCMA. I doesn't circumvent copy protection, it's merely reverse engineering to allow system interoperablity.
They helpfully provide an option to suggest a reclassification for site. If enough people go along and suggest "remove from list" maybe they'll get a hint?
This isn't really anything totally new. If you are playing video games for 7 hours a day you're pretty likely get RSI (often called Joystick thumb when talking about badly designed controllers) anyhow from just hitting the buttons, this vibration thing is just a bit extra. Most companies know about RSI now and have all these expensive chairs, keyboards etc to prevent this. Most importantly they HAVE REST BREAKS!!!
Another thing to think about is all those people who use tools that vibrate all day (Jackhammers etc.) I think they should be far more worried than a little vibration from a joypad.
IMHO one of the major problems that you can't actually literally buy anything actually physical from these subscription services. Instead you buy some form of digital license that you rely of the goodwill and specific properitary player to make use of.
Whenever I go out and buy a CD I have something I can have, hold and play whenever I wish. I don't have to rely on any database of licenses to use it if my computer goes down, the responsiblity is entirely mine.
Another advantage I have in buying a CD is that I don't have to give all my personal details to the record companies and they don't have a database of my listening habits. I prefer my privacy!
I am a Linux only user. I tried your link but could not view the pictures because I apparently have no VRML browser. Anything available for Linux?
Depends on what browser you use. The netscape website has this collection of pretty stable plugins that will work with Netscape Navigator and Mozilla. For any other browsers that don't support netscape plugins try looking round the plugin sections of their websites. Someone will probably have made one for them.
When has 3d environments *ever* been something useful on the web?
Well one example is the
NASA ISS VRML page. If you've ever wanted to see what the station was like from all angles it can show you this. Sure it's not as good as games but it's the best you'll get with limited bandwidth. Does anybody have any better ideas or ways to send 3D models over the net?
>Uhh... "professional" in the same sentence "Linux" and "free".... isn't that "oxymoron"?
I know I'm probably just feeding a troll but anyway, here goes.
A bit OT but linux really is a professional OS, it's used by many companies to do their back office systems. It even outperforms MS's own implimentation of SMB and as for webservers...
>the Linux communitys favorite professional 3D package (get it for free)
Secondly blender is a spectacular program. I've been using it for quite a while and once you get used to the interface it relatively easy to draw whatever you need and use it how you need to. Those facts make it professional enough for me.
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is microsoft going to fix the bug or sue the german guy under DMCA ...?
Well they'll certainly fix it on W2K and XP (dunno about nt4). But sueing the German guy? Unlikely, it'll create too many legal issues, firstly US law is unlikely to apply to Germans. (That is if the judge follows the precident set in the Yahoo vs France case) And secondly the DCMA is unlikely to apply here, he hasn't done anything related to copyright. The DCMA is overrated.
How the hell do they reckon they can remove the network itself? Without a centralised server they have to kill about 2.4 million peering clients and as long as at least one copy of Kazaa's client software exists somewhere in the world the network can regrow.
I'm sorry to don the blackhat here but what a waste! I really cannot understand these people's minds.
I hate to ask the obvious question here but how does using only an Apple Superdrive help fight piracy any more than using another manufacturers? Actually I don't see how this patch violates the DCMA. I doesn't circumvent copy protection, it's merely reverse engineering to allow system interoperablity.
Oh well
They helpfully provide an option to suggest a reclassification for site. If enough people go along and suggest "remove from list" maybe they'll get a hint?
This isn't really anything totally new. If you are playing video games for 7 hours a day you're pretty likely get RSI (often called Joystick thumb when talking about badly designed controllers) anyhow from just hitting the buttons, this vibration thing is just a bit extra. Most companies know about RSI now and have all these expensive chairs, keyboards etc to prevent this. Most importantly they HAVE REST BREAKS!!!
Another thing to think about is all those people who use tools that vibrate all day (Jackhammers etc.) I think they should be far more worried than a little vibration from a joypad.
IMHO one of the major problems that you can't actually literally buy anything actually physical from these subscription services. Instead you buy some form of digital license that you rely of the goodwill and specific properitary player to make use of.
Whenever I go out and buy a CD I have something I can have, hold and play whenever I wish. I don't have to rely on any database of licenses to use it if my computer goes down, the responsiblity is entirely mine.
Another advantage I have in buying a CD is that I don't have to give all my personal details to the record companies and they don't have a database of my listening habits. I prefer my privacy!
I am a Linux only user. I tried your link but could not view the pictures because I apparently have no VRML browser. Anything available for Linux?
Depends on what browser you use. The netscape website has this collection of pretty stable plugins that will work with Netscape Navigator and Mozilla. For any other browsers that don't support netscape plugins try looking round the plugin sections of their websites. Someone will probably have made one for them.
When has 3d environments *ever* been something useful on the web?
Well one example is the NASA ISS VRML page. If you've ever wanted to see what the station was like from all angles it can show you this. Sure it's not as good as games but it's the best you'll get with limited bandwidth. Does anybody have any better ideas or ways to send 3D models over the net?
>Uhh... "professional" in the same sentence "Linux" and "free".... isn't that "oxymoron"?
I know I'm probably just feeding a troll but anyway, here goes.
A bit OT but linux really is a professional OS, it's used by many companies to do their back office systems. It even outperforms MS's own implimentation of SMB and as for webservers...
>the Linux communitys favorite professional 3D package (get it for free)
Secondly blender is a spectacular program. I've been using it for quite a while and once you get used to the interface it relatively easy to draw whatever you need and use it how you need to. Those facts make it professional enough for me.