Furthering my previous comment. I'd like to see what would happen to big-business as a result of insecurities everywhere.
I'd also like to see the result of small business mis-using the DMCA against larger companies, just so the large companies will finally grasp that the law is to solve the real problems, and not faults in it's own software.
I'd like to see what American congress has to say in regards to passing wide-spanning laws, that are now being abused, just so they look tough on crime.
It's clear from this example, and many that have evolved in the past year, that the DMCA will lead American software to become it's most insecure, unreliable and unstable ever.
There won't need to be much use for the [initial-intent of the] DMCA, as give it another few years or less and the companies that follow actions such as those by HP won't have software worth copying anyway.
The DMCA clearly stifles 'innovation' in-key with a Microsoft Windows 98 installation on every new home computer.
Suddenly it becomes obvious that Apple don't need losers, black sheep and computer illiterate users to promote their products.
Like-wise reporting a fault in SSH will give you a round-of-applause, and not a 5 year gaol/jail term and certain bankruptcy.
The problem rarely lays with the features that the chip can provide, one of Australia's largest suppliers currently has a slew of motherboards with chipsets that feature Firewire, Ethernet, 5.1 digital audio channelling and usb2.0.
The problem is manufacturers such as Asus(they aren't alone here), they will use these chips, then brand these desirable features as "Optional" components.
What Optional means is that in the unlikely event that you actually find a motherboard with all the chipsets features(pins on the mobo) enabled(this point alone is the hardest of them all to obtain via a vendor, as they aren't mass-marketable), you are then confronted that you must purchase a side order of special S/PDIF input/output connectors if you managed to obtain the Optional Audio component installed, special firewire connectors if you obtained the optional firewire component and so on and so forth, they specifically state this fact inside the packaging only(obviously for post-purchase viewing only)All this despite the manufacturers gladly parading the features with the word "Optional" on the box, in the feature list and on the web. Often they forget the word optional as well.
To me, if the board doesn't come with it, then it doesn't come with it, simple as that.
If I can't use a stated optional feature then it is clearly not optional at all.
No more of this dirty business where Motherboard manufacturers attempt to trick buyers into products simply because the chipset they use could support a list of features, if they bothered to include the appropriate wiring and mounts.
of course i'm not expecting the unit to play cd-r (like most of sony's incanations)
as apparently all home users have professional pressers for their self-made music and self-made dvds(reference to sony dvd players which won't play anything other than store-bought dvd titles)
it's interesting to see him put a negative light on the tech industry, implying that apples (and all other r&d efforts) are pointless. he needs to realise that the current computer isn't about you wearing it or being able for it to make your coffee,
no, it's direction seems to be the digital hub (as jobs puts it), this is mainly shown by the fact that apple is making money for once.
as for hardware, he isn't really paying attention to 3gio and other serialised standards, and the short term future motherboards which will feature hot swappable hardware additions like lego *just add this lego-brick for high speed mp3 encoding*
the shown method of shaping plasics is not very good, in industry we either use a wooden mold (in this case it would be a hemi sphere, and a flat board with a circle cut out as the 'key', you oven the plexiglass before it bubbles, using gloves place it on the mould(hemisphere), the press they key over the mould slowly, clamp it, it'll cool off pretty quickly, spounging it with water helps. hazzah, one clear hemisphere, the best part, you are accurate with the size...
on larger scales they simply have a mould and secure a piece of plexi to it, then blow on it with hot air until it forfills the mould piece.
both these methods are better, because they are repeatable, and you know what you're getting before you spend 20 minutes trying to hand craft some little bubble that you could have gotten for 20c out of a cracker jack machine.
try not to get too emotional, it's not exactly a simple thing for millions of people to do on a consistent large scale. as for the consumer, if you're smart (which most slashdotters aren't in anyone's respectable opinion) you'd already know how to not give your credit card company a cent.
I have also come in contact with a similarly hacked version, called KaZaa Spyfree, which is basically current kazaa, with cydoor dummy files, shopping/license agreements/buddy/introduce a friend/ads(yes there is a way to cut them all out without killing the app) as well as all the other recent spyware found inside
interesting way of making your 802.11b device only work on windows...
imagine it if you don't activate your MS software they can not only disable your PC, but your entire network.
fun fun fun
I've found that just about any game based on a long running cartoon is absolute crap. from krusty's super funhouse, to bugs bunny's CRRrraAAzzY maze. Each title is unimpressive, not thought out, and generally consists of a very basic idea repeated 9 billion times. The opposite is true as well... any good games often are made into really crap cartoons... Pacmac Adventures, super bomber man returns. eeehshfj
Because clearly an operating system can only be monopolising if it looks like fisher price, and every feature almost-works, before changing all your settings sporadically. Pick up some microsoft tact, install linux once, no better.. have a linux cd near your computer, and nothing else will run on it, ever!
I wonder if companies will begin to copywrite protect their copywrite protection systems, and then, copywrite protect those....
All these thieves in the world, just waiting for people to lower their copywrite guard.
I think it's just an insane circle.
"It's sad when the record companies look at each of their customers as potential thieves, instead of potential fans."
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I don't know about you, but everything that I find to be popular is popular because it is either free, or easy to pirate (free).
I'd rather buy a DVD than pay for some software copy of it.
It's obvious that kazaa has been attempting to convert fasttracker users from the morpheus client, to the spyware filled version kazaa.
The two clients are exactly the same (ever leave your mouse over the morpheus icon in the tray? you get the word "kazaa" and all your temporary files are prefixed with "kazaadownload...etc". Also not to forget that they share the same interface exactly, only the graphics have been changed.)
The reasons below have occurred in the last quarter:
1.) A false (and major) security flaw against morpheus found, yet not in kazaa browser(which is the same code). Kazaa then tells users to convert to kazaa for security.
2.) Morpheus falls off fast tracker network. Kazaa immediately appeals for users to download kazaa. Siting the benefits that they can keep their usernames. (already indicating that they have no intention of morpheus coming back.)
3.) Kazaa admits responsiblity for knocking morpheus off network. But for bills only. Despite the fact that the short terms history shows that kazaa has been trying to get more and more people infected with their bundled spyware.
4.) Kazaa suffers less and less users as people run popular AdAware software on their computers. (Which removes kazaa spyware, which kazaa checks for on each load, otherwise disables itself.)
To me, it's obvious.
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it's pretty interesting to note that if you rename the application group after copying it, and password lock it on your iPod, that even if you are caught, they won't be able to immediately prove it without your password. What happens if you rename it to "Personal Files" do they have the right to look into that? It's certainly a legal nightmare.
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I'd also like to see the result of small business mis-using the DMCA against larger companies, just so the large companies will finally grasp that the law is to solve the real problems, and not faults in it's own software.
I'd like to see what American congress has to say in regards to passing wide-spanning laws, that are now being abused, just so they look tough on crime.
There won't need to be much use for the [initial-intent of the] DMCA, as give it another few years or less and the companies that follow actions such as those by HP won't have software worth copying anyway.
The DMCA clearly stifles 'innovation' in-key with a Microsoft Windows 98 installation on every new home computer.
Suddenly it becomes obvious that Apple don't need losers, black sheep and computer illiterate users to promote their products.
Like-wise reporting a fault in SSH will give you a round-of-applause, and not a 5 year gaol/jail term and certain bankruptcy.
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The problem rarely lays with the features that the chip can provide, one of Australia's largest suppliers currently has a slew of motherboards with chipsets that feature Firewire, Ethernet, 5.1 digital audio channelling and usb2.0.
The problem is manufacturers such as Asus(they aren't alone here), they will use these chips, then brand these desirable features as "Optional" components.
What Optional means is that in the unlikely event that you actually find a motherboard with all the chipsets features(pins on the mobo) enabled(this point alone is the hardest of them all to obtain via a vendor, as they aren't mass-marketable), you are then confronted that you must purchase a side order of special S/PDIF input/output connectors if you managed to obtain the Optional Audio component installed, special firewire connectors if you obtained the optional firewire component and so on and so forth, they specifically state this fact inside the packaging only(obviously for post-purchase viewing only)All this despite the manufacturers gladly parading the features with the word "Optional" on the box, in the feature list and on the web. Often they forget the word optional as well.
To me, if the board doesn't come with it, then it doesn't come with it, simple as that.
If I can't use a stated optional feature then it is clearly not optional at all.
No more of this dirty business where Motherboard manufacturers attempt to trick buyers into products simply because the chipset they use could support a list of features, if they bothered to include the appropriate wiring and mounts.
Thank you for reading my ramble.
-A Concerned Computer Builder.
of course i'm not expecting the unit to play cd-r (like most of sony's incanations) as apparently all home users have professional pressers for their self-made music and self-made dvds(reference to sony dvd players which won't play anything other than store-bought dvd titles)
no, it's direction seems to be the digital hub (as jobs puts it), this is mainly shown by the fact that apple is making money for once. as for hardware, he isn't really paying attention to 3gio and other serialised standards, and the short term future motherboards which will feature hot swappable hardware additions like lego *just add this lego-brick for high speed mp3 encoding*
i'm still in awe that sega sonic the hedgehog is on nintendo gameboy advance...
the shown method of shaping plasics is not very good, in industry we either use a wooden mold (in this case it would be a hemi sphere, and a flat board with a circle cut out as the 'key', you oven the plexiglass before it bubbles, using gloves place it on the mould(hemisphere), the press they key over the mould slowly, clamp it, it'll cool off pretty quickly, spounging it with water helps. hazzah, one clear hemisphere, the best part, you are accurate with the size... on larger scales they simply have a mould and secure a piece of plexi to it, then blow on it with hot air until it forfills the mould piece. both these methods are better, because they are repeatable, and you know what you're getting before you spend 20 minutes trying to hand craft some little bubble that you could have gotten for 20c out of a cracker jack machine.
try not to get too emotional, it's not exactly a simple thing for millions of people to do on a consistent large scale. as for the consumer, if you're smart (which most slashdotters aren't in anyone's respectable opinion) you'd already know how to not give your credit card company a cent.
this is an issue absorbed by the credit card company, so it doesn't effect the consumer in any other way than inconvenience.
the irony is that there are more grammar errors in the troll-speak than the original... good job
the purpose of stealing such equipment, none other than to run the largest lego city the world is yet to see. purrrrr
I have also come in contact with a similarly hacked version, called KaZaa Spyfree, which is basically current kazaa, with cydoor dummy files, shopping/license agreements/buddy/introduce a friend/ads(yes there is a way to cut them all out without killing the app) as well as all the other recent spyware found inside
no conglomerate piece of electronics is complete without a clock radio!
ROFLMAO
interesting way of making your 802.11b device only work on windows... imagine it if you don't activate your MS software they can not only disable your PC, but your entire network. fun fun fun
I've found that just about any game based on a long running cartoon is absolute crap. from krusty's super funhouse, to bugs bunny's CRRrraAAzzY maze. Each title is unimpressive, not thought out, and generally consists of a very basic idea repeated 9 billion times. The opposite is true as well... any good games often are made into really crap cartoons... Pacmac Adventures, super bomber man returns. eeehshfj
Because clearly an operating system can only be monopolising if it looks like fisher price, and every feature almost-works, before changing all your settings sporadically. Pick up some microsoft tact, install linux once, no better.. have a linux cd near your computer, and nothing else will run on it, ever!
I wonder if companies will begin to copywrite protect their copywrite protection systems, and then, copywrite protect those.... All these thieves in the world, just waiting for people to lower their copywrite guard. I think it's just an insane circle. "It's sad when the record companies look at each of their customers as potential thieves, instead of potential fans."
I don't know about you, but everything that I find to be popular is popular because it is either free, or easy to pirate (free). I'd rather buy a DVD than pay for some software copy of it.
The reasons below have occurred in the last quarter:
1.) A false (and major) security flaw against morpheus found, yet not in kazaa browser(which is the same code). Kazaa then tells users to convert to kazaa for security.
2.) Morpheus falls off fast tracker network. Kazaa immediately appeals for users to download kazaa. Siting the benefits that they can keep their usernames. (already indicating that they have no intention of morpheus coming back.)
3.) Kazaa admits responsiblity for knocking morpheus off network. But for bills only. Despite the fact that the short terms history shows that kazaa has been trying to get more and more people infected with their bundled spyware.
4.) Kazaa suffers less and less users as people run popular AdAware software on their computers. (Which removes kazaa spyware, which kazaa checks for on each load, otherwise disables itself.)
To me, it's obvious.
it's pretty interesting to note that if you rename the application group after copying it, and password lock it on your iPod, that even if you are caught, they won't be able to immediately prove it without your password. What happens if you rename it to "Personal Files" do they have the right to look into that? It's certainly a legal nightmare.