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It is impracticable to
crack since it is hardware based and is
based on dynamic protection
Sorry to say, but hardware has been 'cracked' and hacked before, and will be done again.
At some point in your computer, the signal must be decoded for regular use. All someone has to do, is find this signal, and use that to copy a CD or DVD (DVD burners are getting out more and more...). I'm sorry, but i really don't think that this, or any technology in general, is going to work perfectly, to a consumer's satisfaction. Problems::
1. As has happened so many times, the media screws up on Average Joe consumer.
2. Those who want to copy/crack/hack it, will. They can't stop it.
Old hardware, like quad-speed CD-roms and the like, won't work. Hardware varies, from year to year, from manufacturer to manufacturer, from country to country, from pc to car audio. Things will not work for someone, and people don't like that. It's just bad karma man!
Hell, you could use bananas if you wanted to. Anything with made of carbon can be used for that matter. All you need is high temperature and very high pressure. Well if you could harness the heat of the sun then that would do but here on earth we need to use lots of pressure to create diamond
They had some show on Discovery or whatnot about this. Basically, anything mostly carbon based can be used to make diamonds. My god, they demonstrated peanut butter. Hmmm... peanut butter. bananas. sounds like Elvis's famous sandwich.
I wonder though, how many impurities are in us? If natural diamonds have impurities, they become colored, and actually more valuable. any idea how much iron it'd take to get a red diamond?
Mozilla wasn't built for only browsing. It was built as a platform, for further development in the open source community. Thus, speed is not the main focus, but useability, and modability. Opera on the other hand, is zoned in on being a hella-good browser. They don't mess around trying to incorporate extra packages and options that are just not necessary for average users. The problem is, average users use IE...
By the way, if you get the student discout, it's half price to buy opera, sans banner ads. And, unless i'm mistaken, that purchase lasts a lifetime.
But ultimately, Hurd concluded, Opera and other Microsoft competitors would do better to support the technologies that the market-leading Internet Explorer browser made available, rather than focusing on industry standards
Mozilla does not attempt to cater to the IE crap-nuances. Opera does. They actually write code that basically says 'click here to emulate IE f0rk-ups.' Oh, i do like opera more than mozilla or 'scape, for my little pitiful uses. I LOVE the glorious plethora of shortcuts, both mouse and keyboard
For the poor soul who has some ideal so ingrained into his everyday life that he does not know there's a defenition for it.. http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=prurient
I just wonder how Europeans think about sex.com? They have a very relaxed view toward sex and sexual conduct in general, at least compared to the general American stereotypical view. Also, their views on property laws are slightly different as well. What kinds of differences could create problems with this, and other cases on the unintangible web
It reminds me of the consequences of the book "The Jungle," which led to the mandatory listing of all ingredients of a food on the label.
This would translate into basically letting you know what components of a product you have, but not necessarily how they work, with each other, or with you. And, you're allowed to test and research the product to make sure they aren't lying. With this, at least you'd know if there's DRM hardware in something you purchase. It could be more of a middle ground, and be some sort of comprimise. Sure, i'd rather have open-everything, and if you comprimise a little, they take a lot, but it's just a possibility.
The setup resembles an intricate monorail system tuned to millimeter-precision specs
Um, just millimeter? You'd think where chips have components measured in nanometers, that you'd need just a bit more than millimeter precision. Oops, that transistor's off a bit again! i wonder why?:P
They are going to actively search&seek out the RIAA drones!
Yes, but even better, they blacklist the RIAA drones. Now, if they would distribute that list, and if others would be able to add to it, we could basically kill off their intrusion into our computers. I really don't like the idea of big brother/ big business snooping through my stuff. And i don't think you do either. Regulators!!! Mount up!
yeah, but remember when they took down sites and sellings of some random DVD player that had a hidden menu for non-regional shit? that was a while ago, actually.
me is still goin to school at U of Dayton. but i know a few people at OU, high school friends. we got our homecoming cancelled cause we did so much shit. it was a good one though, in 2000. i personally drank from 8 a.m. till 1:30 a.m., and only stopped cause i knew i was toast. glass covered roads, hydrants open, couches burning, the whole sha-bang. only time i drank more was my 21st, where i think i drank about 1.5 liters out of my handle of canadian club whiskey (80 proof). whew.
good point. though i must say, if you're not technically inclined enough, even the simple mod chip and program (no, i don't know how to mod them either... yet), are out of their knowledge base to such an extent that it's not worth it. oh, and i see you went to OU. heh, our homecomings > your holloweens. 'course, we drink more than just smoke.
True, but we at least like to think we made some leeway in there somewhere. old man: "remember back in the day, when we could walk down the street, tokin on a doobie, and the cop would just nod his head and say 'have a good day sir'? them were the days, oh yeah." it's what the capitalistic business model is: more restrictive for bigger profits. like sh1t, it happens
As i look in my AutoCAD 'about' file, i see "Copywright Microsoft 1996." so, basically, they 0\/\/|\| Autocad. yeh, poopy, isn't it? my opinion is that Acad should be a part of their Ori-er, Office package.
"Our interest is in helping to ensure that the government licenses its research in ways that take into account a stated goal of the U.S. government: to promote commercialization of public research."
As an American, i see the government to
serve protect the people
above and beyond anything else. I include protector from other Americans, and other American Companies in this. The government was NOT made to serve commercial interests. The U.S. Gov't was made to keep individual freedoms, from the dammed British Stamps.
I'm simply atonished by how a Company now has more power than an Individual. It was this way in the early 1900s and late 1800s, when de facto slavery of immigrants and whole families in factory towns led to the Union movements. Sadly, Unionization will not work in this day and age, not in these circumstances. Instead, sheer humanity must overcome evils like this, lead by initiatives like Open Source, which give the power back to the Individual, and letting him control his own destiny once more. Thank you programmers and hackers for letting OSS live on.
lol, yeah i read that book a few years ago. we used it in some B.S. web design course. I agree, it's a overused expression, but it really gets the point across. Technically, i should have said, 'he who doesn't know how/never has installed a stick of video card, hdd, or even a stick of ram, will not even consider bypassing regional encoding.' or something to that effect.
The risk that a researcher could go to jail for giving a speech at an academic conference is essentially zero
True, but not all speeches and research is presented at an 'academic conference,' now are they. It seems this implies that the author does not support research outside of a institution such as a business or university. Do employees of these places now have more rights than other people? If that's true, i'd be even more against the DMCA than the view of it they're trying to debunk!
No, i think it did its job spledidly. It prevented the general populace from spreading movies where they don't want, and it still does. How many people do you think buy a Gateway Computer, with DVD, tech support, ect., and don't know jack about Regional encoding. Trust me, they've done what they wanted to do, and it will still work, to a surprising degree, well into the future.
Just think how many people still can't program the time on a VCR. Do you seriously think they're going to find a go-around to Regional encoding when they're barely competent enough to wipe their own arse?
Nvidia writes their own Linux Driver [nvidia.com]. I'm using it, and it works great.
True, but it's not open source. I'm saying, if someone were to write drivers before Nvidia would. and yes, i've heard many good things about Linux drivers for Nvidia cards.
Notice that they're quick to point out the problem isn't likely a hardware issue. There should be plenty of bandwidth on the AGP bus, but graphics chip makers don't seem to have written their drivers to handle transfers from AGP cards to main memory properly.
Basically, if enough people want to use their card in this manner, Nvidia, with their super-duper driver support, will do so. 'nuff said. or, whoever knows how (i sure don't!), can write one for linux that takes this into account.
It only uses the surface of the visual cortex, not all of it. There's other technology being researched which embeds itself into the brain. This makes a more complicated procedure, but in the long run makes it possible to do a lot more.
The technology using the damaged retina seems much more promising in the short term, and the embedded procedure in the long term.
However, if i'd go blind, and had the bling, i'd be all about it. Just imagine though, watching Hardcore Slapazz Porn and no one would know it!
On the other hand, it's utterly ridiculous that Dell would even have to perform this end-run around Microsoft's licensing terms in the first place
I think a lot of people are just amazed that M$ has the clout to force another company into things like this. Problem is, even with the media doin something, not many people understand much about the situation after just reading a blurb article in their newspaper.
apparently, an ugly rock == proof of love. You've never had a girlfriend, have you?
Look, women think differently than men on some issues, but you disregard that point of view only at your great peril. So fucking what if sending flowers is stupid? If it makes your girl feel loved, well, mission accomplished
No, no no. Doing things for her constantly, on a daily basis shows your love for her. Not a little rock, no matter how symbolic it is. If she truly loves you for you, and not for money/looks/spending/ect, then she should understand your feelings, maybe comfort you a bit *wink* *wink* *nudge* *nudge,* and you'll be stronger for it. (yes, i have a g/f, and she loves me, even though i'm almost dirt poor, and her family has bling)
This so-called "flaw" in PGP is on a par with calling an OUTLOOK email flaw a virus
Well, actually, it's a flaw with the plug-in for Outlook. This shakes people a bit, but it's really not quite as big as we'll make it out to be. There've been a lot bigger flaws in M$ products that haven't gotten as much attention....
Veggies have a Cell wall made of some tough crap, the name of which slips my mine... wow, college is making me dumber... but anyway, they also have a cell membrane as do we. the cell wall is just impermeable, rigid, and all around badass. though, it's what limits its movements... so if you don't mind just sitting around all day, not moving much at all, or thinking very fast, gen engineer yourself to have cell walls.
If approved, could they then hack their systems to erase these files? Which gives me an idea... post a song for their use, then revoke their useage permit, then hack their computer and 'accidentally' fawk their sh1t up
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It is impracticable to crack since it is hardware based and is based on dynamic protection
Sorry to say, but hardware has been 'cracked' and hacked before, and will be done again.
At some point in your computer, the signal must be decoded for regular use. All someone has to do, is find this signal, and use that to copy a CD or DVD (DVD burners are getting out more and more...). I'm sorry, but i really don't think that this, or any technology in general, is going to work perfectly, to a consumer's satisfaction. Problems::
1. As has happened so many times, the media screws up on Average Joe consumer.
2. Those who want to copy/crack/hack it, will. They can't stop it.
Old hardware, like quad-speed CD-roms and the like, won't work. Hardware varies, from year to year, from manufacturer to manufacturer, from country to country, from pc to car audio. Things will not work for someone, and people don't like that. It's just bad karma man!
Hell, you could use bananas if you wanted to. Anything with made of carbon can be used for that matter. All you need is high temperature and very high pressure. Well if you could harness the heat of the sun then that would do but here on earth we need to use lots of pressure to create diamond
They had some show on Discovery or whatnot about this. Basically, anything mostly carbon based can be used to make diamonds. My god, they demonstrated peanut butter. Hmmm... peanut butter. bananas. sounds like Elvis's famous sandwich.
I wonder though, how many impurities are in us? If natural diamonds have impurities, they become colored, and actually more valuable. any idea how much iron it'd take to get a red diamond?
Mozilla > Opera
Mozilla wasn't built for only browsing. It was built as a platform, for further development in the open source community. Thus, speed is not the main focus, but useability, and modability. Opera on the other hand, is zoned in on being a hella-good browser. They don't mess around trying to incorporate extra packages and options that are just not necessary for average users. The problem is, average users use IE...
By the way, if you get the student discout, it's half price to buy opera, sans banner ads. And, unless i'm mistaken, that purchase lasts a lifetime.
But ultimately, Hurd concluded, Opera and other Microsoft competitors would do better to support the technologies that the market-leading Internet Explorer browser made available, rather than focusing on industry standards
Mozilla does not attempt to cater to the IE crap-nuances. Opera does. They actually write code that basically says 'click here to emulate IE f0rk-ups.' Oh, i do like opera more than mozilla or 'scape, for my little pitiful uses. I LOVE the glorious plethora of shortcuts, both mouse and keyboard
Do you even know what prurient means?
For the poor soul who has some ideal so ingrained into his everyday life that he does not know there's a defenition for it.. http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=prurient
I just wonder how Europeans think about sex.com? They have a very relaxed view toward sex and sexual conduct in general, at least compared to the general American stereotypical view. Also, their views on property laws are slightly different as well. What kinds of differences could create problems with this, and other cases on the unintangible web
It reminds me of the consequences of the book "The Jungle," which led to the mandatory listing of all ingredients of a food on the label.
This would translate into basically letting you know what components of a product you have, but not necessarily how they work, with each other, or with you. And, you're allowed to test and research the product to make sure they aren't lying. With this, at least you'd know if there's DRM hardware in something you purchase. It could be more of a middle ground, and be some sort of comprimise. Sure, i'd rather have open-everything, and if you comprimise a little, they take a lot, but it's just a possibility.
The setup resembles an intricate monorail system tuned to millimeter-precision specs
Um, just millimeter? You'd think where chips have components measured in nanometers, that you'd need just a bit more than millimeter precision. Oops, that transistor's off a bit again! i wonder why? :P
They are going to actively search&seek out the RIAA drones!
Yes, but even better, they blacklist the RIAA drones. Now, if they would distribute that list, and if others would be able to add to it, we could basically kill off their intrusion into our computers. I really don't like the idea of big brother/ big business snooping through my stuff. And i don't think you do either. Regulators!!! Mount up!
yeah, but remember when they took down sites and sellings of some random DVD player that had a hidden menu for non-regional shit? that was a while ago, actually.
me is still goin to school at U of Dayton. but i know a few people at OU, high school friends. we got our homecoming cancelled cause we did so much shit. it was a good one though, in 2000. i personally drank from 8 a.m. till 1:30 a.m., and only stopped cause i knew i was toast. glass covered roads, hydrants open, couches burning, the whole sha-bang. only time i drank more was my 21st, where i think i drank about 1.5 liters out of my handle of canadian club whiskey (80 proof). whew.
good point. though i must say, if you're not technically inclined enough, even the simple mod chip and program (no, i don't know how to mod them either... yet), are out of their knowledge base to such an extent that it's not worth it. oh, and i see you went to OU. heh, our homecomings > your holloweens. 'course, we drink more than just smoke.
True, but we at least like to think we made some leeway in there somewhere. old man: "remember back in the day, when we could walk down the street, tokin on a doobie, and the cop would just nod his head and say 'have a good day sir'? them were the days, oh yeah." it's what the capitalistic business model is: more restrictive for bigger profits. like sh1t, it happens
As i look in my AutoCAD 'about' file, i see "Copywright Microsoft 1996." so, basically, they 0\/\/|\| Autocad. yeh, poopy, isn't it? my opinion is that Acad should be a part of their Ori-er, Office package.
"Our interest is in helping to ensure that the government licenses its research in ways that take into account a stated goal of the U.S. government: to promote commercialization of public research."
As an American, i see the government to
- serve protect the people
above and beyond anything else. I include protector from other Americans, and other American Companies in this. The government was NOT made to serve commercial interests. The U.S. Gov't was made to keep individual freedoms, from the dammed British Stamps.I'm simply atonished by how a Company now has more power than an Individual. It was this way in the early 1900s and late 1800s, when de facto slavery of immigrants and whole families in factory towns led to the Union movements. Sadly, Unionization will not work in this day and age, not in these circumstances. Instead, sheer humanity must overcome evils like this, lead by initiatives like Open Source, which give the power back to the Individual, and letting him control his own destiny once more. Thank you programmers and hackers for letting OSS live on.
FSCK the man!
lol, yeah i read that book a few years ago. we used it in some B.S. web design course. I agree, it's a overused expression, but it really gets the point across. Technically, i should have said, 'he who doesn't know how/never has installed a stick of video card, hdd, or even a stick of ram, will not even consider bypassing regional encoding.' or something to that effect.
The risk that a researcher could go to jail for giving a speech at an academic conference is essentially zero
True, but not all speeches and research is presented at an 'academic conference,' now are they. It seems this implies that the author does not support research outside of a institution such as a business or university. Do employees of these places now have more rights than other people? If that's true, i'd be even more against the DMCA than the view of it they're trying to debunk!
It always seemed like an idea destined to fail
No, i think it did its job spledidly. It prevented the general populace from spreading movies where they don't want, and it still does. How many people do you think buy a Gateway Computer, with DVD, tech support, ect., and don't know jack about Regional encoding. Trust me, they've done what they wanted to do, and it will still work, to a surprising degree, well into the future.
Just think how many people still can't program the time on a VCR. Do you seriously think they're going to find a go-around to Regional encoding when they're barely competent enough to wipe their own arse?
Nvidia writes their own Linux Driver [nvidia.com]. I'm using it, and it works great.
True, but it's not open source. I'm saying, if someone were to write drivers before Nvidia would. and yes, i've heard many good things about Linux drivers for Nvidia cards.
Notice that they're quick to point out the problem isn't likely a hardware issue. There should be plenty of bandwidth on the AGP bus, but graphics chip makers don't seem to have written their drivers to handle transfers from AGP cards to main memory properly.
Basically, if enough people want to use their card in this manner, Nvidia, with their super-duper driver support, will do so. 'nuff said. or, whoever knows how (i sure don't!), can write one for linux that takes this into account.
It only uses the surface of the visual cortex, not all of it. There's other technology being researched which embeds itself into the brain. This makes a more complicated procedure, but in the long run makes it possible to do a lot more.
The technology using the damaged retina seems much more promising in the short term, and the embedded procedure in the long term.
However, if i'd go blind, and had the bling, i'd be all about it. Just imagine though, watching Hardcore Slapazz Porn and no one would know it!
On the other hand, it's utterly ridiculous that Dell would even have to perform this end-run around Microsoft's licensing terms in the first place
I think a lot of people are just amazed that M$ has the clout to force another company into things like this. Problem is, even with the media doin something, not many people understand much about the situation after just reading a blurb article in their newspaper.
apparently, an ugly rock == proof of love.
You've never had a girlfriend, have you?
Look, women think differently than men on some issues, but you disregard that point of view only at your great peril. So fucking what if sending flowers is stupid? If it makes your girl feel loved, well, mission accomplished
No, no no. Doing things for her constantly, on a daily basis shows your love for her. Not a little rock, no matter how symbolic it is. If she truly loves you for you, and not for money/looks/spending/ect, then she should understand your feelings, maybe comfort you a bit *wink* *wink* *nudge* *nudge,* and you'll be stronger for it. (yes, i have a g/f, and she loves me, even though i'm almost dirt poor, and her family has bling)
This so-called "flaw" in PGP is on a par with calling an OUTLOOK email flaw a virus
Well, actually, it's a flaw with the plug-in for Outlook. This shakes people a bit, but it's really not quite as big as we'll make it out to be. There've been a lot bigger flaws in M$ products that haven't gotten as much attention....
So, now we can put a 'free as in beer' OS on a system where the parts in general cost more? Like a Wookie living on Endor, that does not make sense!
Waaaa, I got 4 wisdom teeth pulled this summer, and 2 days later i was at a bar, drinking beer! Boo-yah!
Veggies have a Cell wall made of some tough crap, the name of which slips my mine... wow, college is making me dumber... but anyway, they also have a cell membrane as do we. the cell wall is just impermeable, rigid, and all around badass. though, it's what limits its movements... so if you don't mind just sitting around all day, not moving much at all, or thinking very fast, gen engineer yourself to have cell walls.
If approved, could they then hack their systems to erase these files? Which gives me an idea... post a song for their use, then revoke their useage permit, then hack their computer and 'accidentally' fawk their sh1t up