Not bashing her just beacuse, but her history does not support her intent to protect privacy. This is just poliical rhetoric to get elected. ( typical of *all* candidates as they ramp up towards an election )
Sorry, but anyone can spout off numbers, and i dont buy your 'research'.
They still hold the market unfortunately. I would prefer they have been crushed years ago, but the reality is they own the CPU market ( dont forget all the xscale chips out there that are in the the millions that pretty much eliminated the MIPS/SH3 PDAs )
I have seen many people ( including myself ) 'upgrade' their tapes to DVD as the tape aged and quality starting to drop. Its getting harder to find anywhre local to buy replacement tapes ( new that is ).
But you are right, its not about piracy, its about content control: Who gets to view what/when/where.
I had a legit copy fail misreably at a customers site after they installed WGA to get their legally deserved updates.. To correct it i installed a pirated entrprise version. The 'genuine' sticker is still on the bottom of the laptop in case they are ever audited, but that number refuses to work with the cd that was shipped.
Go figure, it really pissed off the customer as neither the PC vendor nor Microsoft was of any help. Vendor: we dont support that. Microsoft: go buy another retail copy.
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They better come with armed federal marshalls to enter my business. If not, they will either be shot or arrested for trespassing, or both.
They are NOT welcome to evaluate my licensing. Period.
And if they DO come with court order in hand, they better be prepared to be sued for harassment for not haivng *proof* of any illegal activity.
Screw them, they can go harass someone else.
How do you propose to 'fight' impending DRM?
its not like consumers have much of a choice here when its being shoved down our throats by ALL sides, including the government.
Not bashing her just beacuse, but her history does not support her intent to protect privacy. This is just poliical rhetoric to get elected. ( typical of *all* candidates as they ramp up towards an election )
Neither of these 2 'installers' delete anything that is already there. Though you could fill your drive up pretty easy.
When knolwedge is forbidden, might as well call it quits as the great Amercian expirement is over.
( yes i know this has been the case for a while.. i wonder when the rest of the country will figure it out. )
Only problem is that the USPTO cant know *everything*. So things will slip thru by nature.
The real test is you present valid prior art to them, and see if they revoke it on the spot.
Why does everything have to be a damned 'crisis' these days?
1 - its pretty far away
2 - its been going on long then we have been around
I really dont think this qualify as a *crisis*
Unlikely. Its more like they ID the comprised machine the attacker is using.
Bad idea.
Is the newt coming back????
I used to have a PC in a keyboard, commercially bought. So its nothing new.
And no, many of us dont want to see people tearing up classic machines just to shove in a generic pc board.
There is a finite amount of classic machines, and each death is a loss for us all.
Sorry, but anyone can spout off numbers, and i dont buy your 'research'.
They still hold the market unfortunately. I would prefer they have been crushed years ago, but the reality is they own the CPU market ( dont forget all the xscale chips out there that are in the the millions that pretty much eliminated the MIPS/SH3 PDAs )
I doubt they get any sane takers that are willing to risk *production* machines..
what the hell are they thinking?
I have seen many people ( including myself ) 'upgrade' their tapes to DVD as the tape aged and quality starting to drop. Its getting harder to find anywhre local to buy replacement tapes ( new that is ).
But you are right, its not about piracy, its about content control: Who gets to view what/when/where.
Yes, i have heard of that, but I dont believe that 'consideration' is anything more then marketing spin coming from those companies.
Until i see it actually happen, i wont buy it.
Dont hold your breath. I dont see them going backwards, only forward, with even more restrictive technology.
My pc had a trojan and the file was stolen.
Just beacuse its 'out' doent mean I did it.
Give it a couple of days.
Actually they arent even the same box anymore.
First generation minis were power pc's.. current is that damned intel crap.
Sort of like comparing apples to oranges.
So if we negate 2/3 of the document, what rights DO we have?
And did this idiot swear to uphold the constitution, not try to tear it apart?
The founding fathers knew this nonsence would happen.
That doesnt mean its not genuine.
I had a legit copy fail misreably at a customers site after they installed WGA to get their legally deserved updates.. To correct it i installed a pirated entrprise version. The 'genuine' sticker is still on the bottom of the laptop in case they are ever audited, but that number refuses to work with the cd that was shipped.
Go figure, it really pissed off the customer as neither the PC vendor nor Microsoft was of any help. Vendor: we dont support that. Microsoft: go buy another retail copy.
They now are looking into alternatives.
Dont forget, Atari did it first :)
Thats easy, they plan on turning it over to the DOD.
DARPA doesnt really do much with stuff like that, their job is to create it.
Sounds like a PDA to me.. external keyboards exist today.
Im holding out as long as i can. PPC and SPARC for me.
Too bad 99% of the the rest of the world wont.
Intels market share getting bigger, and the near monopoly getting stronger.
What do we get in 10 years? Microsoft, Walmart, Intel and Mcdonalds are all that is left standing... one long grey blur for us 'consumers'.