Well, i was actually thinking of my Atari ST ( with applications on cartridge ), but there are thousands of embedded machines that boot from ROM that run anything from DOS to QNX.
You can even buy ix86 style motherboards with linux in ROM.. or just boot off a CDROM or read only flash usb.
And depending on how you manage your PC, having infected floppies wont matter much. ( and what is a floppy?:) )
If 'a minimal OS' isn't your thing, you could run a VM and restore it from snapshot every time you 'reboot' it. In effect it would become read only.
But at the same time it increases the primaries power base. This is how they have come out on top before, writing legal costs off as 'part of doing business', and watch as their competition folds and dissipates into the ether.. it may be illegal what they did, but if they win in the end who cares?
Its not about YOU, its about the government. Just another ' its for the children' backdoor way into your private life.
And its just a matter of time before this happens everywhere, as governments push to make people believe the net is 'a critical resource' that 'must be regulated, protected, monitored, and taxed'...
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The original, rather anti government or the new 'government friendly' version that was edited while the book was out of users hands?
But come on, this is just silly.
Well, i was actually thinking of my Atari ST ( with applications on cartridge ), but there are thousands of embedded machines that boot from ROM that run anything from DOS to QNX.
You can even buy ix86 style motherboards with linux in ROM.. or just boot off a CDROM or read only flash usb.
And depending on how you manage your PC, having infected floppies wont matter much. ( and what is a floppy? :) )
If 'a minimal OS' isn't your thing, you could run a VM and restore it from snapshot every time you 'reboot' it. In effect it would become read only.
My definition is more of a long term thing, which would be negated if i reboot every day, or before i did something 'sensitive'.
Well, sure, if you have physical access anything is possible.
2. Despite lame excuses about "market share" that MS uses for their frequently exploited vulnerabilities, there isn't a system that CANNOT be hacked.
Define hacked. My ROM based computer is pretty damned immune to being hacked, in the traditional definition of the word.
*I* mind, and will sue any responsible party or anyone that is encouraging it.
So long as we still have some technological liberties, .
Don't worry, that is being worked on too and should be eliminated here shortly.
I really hope they have not made plans to ruin yet another classic.
Without PMG being involved its just 'wrong'.
Reminds me a bit of how Atari faded into obvilion at the end.
Sun will be missed.
Do I get a representative vote in WIPO?
Depends, how much are you willing to pay?
How about one currency, one set of laws to rule all? How about a world king while we are at it?
Get even bigger.
More $ to buy even more laws restricting fair use.
Beethoven?
So they have learned from our politicians.
You want to know how you the consumer can fix this? You don't buy the games that have this kind of advertisement in it!
Its not like they tell you this on the box.. Normally the sale has long since past before the average guy figures this stuff out.
Good thing i dont play games.
But at the same time it increases the primaries power base. This is how they have come out on top before, writing legal costs off as 'part of doing business', and watch as their competition folds and dissipates into the ether.. it may be illegal what they did, but if they win in the end who cares?
I think the injunction should stand personally.
Cry me a river.
You knowingly assist your criminal partner, you pay the piper too.
If you have words like "lobbyists" and "discredit" in the story, it warrants some attention -- again, no matter who's doing it.
Its how "the system" has worked since nearly the beginning of human time, and really a non story.
The world runs on politics and deceit.. Show me something that isn't the status quo, and we have a story.
And again, i ask the question, why is it so different because its Microsoft?
All major corporations have strategic meetings about their main competition. Why is this so different just because its Mircosoft doing it?
Or is news really that slow today?
I agree, the only true test of time are books. Real physical things with writing on them.
Tech comes and goes, and at the increased rate changes are occurring, in another 15 years, todays tech will barely be a memory.
Its not about YOU, its about the government. Just another ' its for the children' backdoor way into your private life.
And its just a matter of time before this happens everywhere, as governments push to make people believe the net is 'a critical resource' that 'must be regulated, protected, monitored, and taxed'...
Ever been to a major US city? We have them here too.