Is it the difference in easy-to-use development environments?
Yes. Ever used MFC? Ever used common controls? There is excellent support for professionaly written frameworks, templates, controls etc... Visual studio is the defacto standard for writing quality software which allows even poor coders to churn out at least quality _looking_ applications.
One of the advantages of having a single "window manager" and monopolistic IDEs and frameworks is you get applications with the same professional look and feel.
errr.... submenu? Those are directories. And any self respecting OS should not show any noticable diferences in access times regardless of how 'deep' the files are.
Of more importance is probably the fact that you are accessing a NTFS partition under Linux using a 'development' driver for a closed file system.
Having said that though, I agree, X is bloody slow. I am yet to see any X application come close to comparing with Windows in regards to speed and ease of use.
Something which that link points out but doesnt appear to be very evident in the original link is the support for FM Radio by the box. This I think is one of the biggest features for such an entertainment machine, which is often overlooked by other setups.
Take a look at a site with some better specs. As you can see, its got the "designed for MS Windows" logo. Plus all the standard interfaces. The LCD screen is probably linked directly to the hardware CD player, so most likely isn't even exposed to software.
Our local PC shop has had these in stock for a while. Pretty cool for a entertainment box, though probably not worth the cost.
Not to mention the fact that the guy whining about how 'poor' he is and how he struggles to make ends meet by doing a few paintings for the movies (sob).. probably got paid quite nicely for his starring role in the anti-piracy clip. what a bloody joke.
2. You're threatening the livelihood of thousands.. just the MPAA member company shareholders/execs
I had a look at the video and the general theme of their site and realised theres a bit of a fault with their reasoning. They claim that although it might not affect the producers and actors etc because they earn so much, it will affect the 'small' guys like set painters etc...
but... if the movie makes so much as they admit, theyre not going to pay the 'set painters' etc any less because, as they admit, they still will be making more than enough money to pay these guys. They are probably contract workers and will only do it for an acceptable fee. WTF.. shut up you stupid MPAA wankers.
It would be pretty easy with a bit of PKI. Just encrypt everything with a public key, then only Ritz can decrypt it with the private key.... Of course, there could be a MOD which allows you to bypass the encryption when saving pics..
Yeah it did, and it would also be the case for this exploit as well. But thats only if you want to actually write to the bios. If you just want to load linux then it shouldn't be necessary - it just means you have to load up 007 and exploit it every time you want to boot linux, rather than exploiting the default dashboard.
The ability to write to the bios is a physical restriction which is very unlikley to ever be overcome without some solder. The compononents simply _can't_ write to the bios without the wired connection.
Isn't this possible already using exploitable games such as 007? Basically he is just running arbitrary code by exploiting a default application (the dashboard) instead of a '3rd party' application (007).
I suppose the main difference may be that it happens on 'boot' rather than in the middle of a game - this may be related to the 'reboot on eject' 'feature' he talks about, but I'm not sure. Anyone care to explain further?
He fails to mention what the speeds of all the fans in his case are. With the increased temperature, most 'smart' fans will increase in speed, and therefore noise. So adding all that insulation can even increase the noise in some cases (not this one it seems). ie, on my case, it actually runs quieter with the sides off, than on, because the temperature drops and the fans all drop in speed. Plus it means I can disconnect some fans as they are no longer needed.
I can run a nvidia G4 & P4 2.5ghz with harldly any noise at all - seems crazy to me that some people require such extreme cooling/insulation methods. I just use fans which adjust based on load.
Did you take a look at the text conversion (on the right)? It is a bunch of text in unicode format being displayed in the VS IDE. You can clearly make out some of the text.. ie "Description", "Unexpected Type" etc. Clearly not a 'key' of any kind or code, just a bunch of string resources probably in an EXE or DLL.
I think anyone would be 'impressed' with Linux after 5 minutes of using it, I know I was. But what pissed me off was after the initial 'hey this looks cool' period and you actually try and get something done. Surfing the web, checking e-mail, formatting a disk, sharing some mp3s with friends etc... stuff which takes a few clicks of the mouse on windows becomes a complicated chore under Linux, and you quickly appreciate just how much work has gone into making Windows that much more productive and easy to use. Ask this guy what he thinks of it after a month or so of using it.
This doesnt surprise me actually. The only people that pay for games these days are the honest ones that would probably pay for the shareware ones. The emergence of P2P file sharing means that all games are essentially 'free', its just a matter of being honest and legit to actually pay for them. Seeing as these are the only people going to pay, you may as well go with the flow, and give out your games free and ask people to be honest, cause thats whats going to happen anyway.
Right... Just like there have been no advances in mathematics in the last 1000 years.
Ok, so the research may come for 'free' (from governments, or gas companies etc), but building the original car which is to be copied will cost money (development). No one would want to ante that up, cause they would pay for the development, then everyone else just free rides. A similar problem to the GPL actually.
OK, so we'd have no more car dealers in the world. And this is a bad thing how?
Well, it should be obvious. No more new cars, no research and development into more efficient designs etc.. your stuck with copies of what you have now and will never see anything better.
Cant remember the link, but there was actually a device for chics for the nintendo. It was essentially a vibrator, but would link to some pulsating music game thing and would pulse in rhytm with the music. Funnily, it wasn't actually marketed as anything sexual, just some 'novelty' japenese gimmick - you know what its like.
I hope not. It is well known that the fundamental problem with P2P systems is the inability to trust the client. What does palladium offer? - an ability to trust the client. duh
Surely even Microsoft could have put the 2 together - this would not be news to them, or anyone else really (except journos).
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It also depends on how they arrive at the '8 hours' to render one frame. IF it is 8 hours on a single CPU machine, then you should also take into account each machine having 8 processors - which would take 1/8 the time overall.
And what happens when it dies off? People start trusting and using email a lot more, and depend on it as a reliable communication medium. great, right? yeah, except once that happens, spammers come back and abuse this medium that people have come to trust and look to for informed opinions.
Just like advertising in capitalist environments, if everyone would stop advertising we would all be on level ground and be at the same place we are with advertising, but without spending any money... but then the one guy who decides to advertise monopolises the market, so everyone does it to stay in the game.
Would you rather pay to receive e-mails? including spam? Because that is what you are doing at the moment, regardless of whether you pay a flat rate or not, the cost is being passed onto you.
The cost to send email could easily be included into your ISPs monthly bill, even as a flat rate. For example, they could give you 100 free email sends per month, and charge a flat rate. If you go over, then they start charging per email, similar to bandwidth control. Doesn't affect the average user, but would be prohibitively expensive for a spammer sending millions of emails a day.
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Is it the difference in easy-to-use development environments?
Yes. Ever used MFC? Ever used common controls? There is excellent support for professionaly written frameworks, templates, controls etc... Visual studio is the defacto standard for writing quality software which allows even poor coders to churn out at least quality _looking_ applications.
One of the advantages of having a single "window manager" and monopolistic IDEs and frameworks is you get applications with the same professional look and feel.
errr.... submenu? Those are directories. And any self respecting OS should not show any noticable diferences in access times regardless of how 'deep' the files are.
Of more importance is probably the fact that you are accessing a NTFS partition under Linux using a 'development' driver for a closed file system.
Having said that though, I agree, X is bloody slow. I am yet to see any X application come close to comparing with Windows in regards to speed and ease of use.
Something which that link points out but doesnt appear to be very evident in the original link is the support for FM Radio by the box. This I think is one of the biggest features for such an entertainment machine, which is often overlooked by other setups.
Take a look at a site with some better specs. As you can see, its got the "designed for MS Windows" logo. Plus all the standard interfaces. The LCD screen is probably linked directly to the hardware CD player, so most likely isn't even exposed to software.
Our local PC shop has had these in stock for a while. Pretty cool for a entertainment box, though probably not worth the cost.
Not to mention the fact that the guy whining about how 'poor' he is and how he struggles to make ends meet by doing a few paintings for the movies (sob).. probably got paid quite nicely for his starring role in the anti-piracy clip. what a bloody joke.
2. You're threatening the livelihood of thousands.. just the MPAA member company shareholders/execs
I had a look at the video and the general theme of their site and realised theres a bit of a fault with their reasoning. They claim that although it might not affect the producers and actors etc because they earn so much, it will affect the 'small' guys like set painters etc...
but... if the movie makes so much as they admit, theyre not going to pay the 'set painters' etc any less because, as they admit, they still will be making more than enough money to pay these guys. They are probably contract workers and will only do it for an acceptable fee. WTF.. shut up you stupid MPAA wankers.
It would be pretty easy with a bit of PKI. Just encrypt everything with a public key, then only Ritz can decrypt it with the private key.... Of course, there could be a MOD which allows you to bypass the encryption when saving pics..
people would rather PAY money to purchase pop-up blocker
Yeah... especially when its freely available with the google toolbar, which is only officially supported for IE.
And I keep puzzling over your idea of putting ice in a glass of beer.
hmm... whats with that " down at the bottom of this article. omg.... its a bloody RFID tag! heh.
Yeah it did, and it would also be the case for this exploit as well. But thats only if you want to actually write to the bios. If you just want to load linux then it shouldn't be necessary - it just means you have to load up 007 and exploit it every time you want to boot linux, rather than exploiting the default dashboard.
The ability to write to the bios is a physical restriction which is very unlikley to ever be overcome without some solder. The compononents simply _can't_ write to the bios without the wired connection.
Isn't this possible already using exploitable games such as 007? Basically he is just running arbitrary code by exploiting a default application (the dashboard) instead of a '3rd party' application (007).
I suppose the main difference may be that it happens on 'boot' rather than in the middle of a game - this may be related to the 'reboot on eject' 'feature' he talks about, but I'm not sure. Anyone care to explain further?
He fails to mention what the speeds of all the fans in his case are. With the increased temperature, most 'smart' fans will increase in speed, and therefore noise. So adding all that insulation can even increase the noise in some cases (not this one it seems). ie, on my case, it actually runs quieter with the sides off, than on, because the temperature drops and the fans all drop in speed. Plus it means I can disconnect some fans as they are no longer needed.
I can run a nvidia G4 & P4 2.5ghz with harldly any noise at all - seems crazy to me that some people require such extreme cooling/insulation methods. I just use fans which adjust based on load.
Did you take a look at the text conversion (on the right)? It is a bunch of text in unicode format being displayed in the VS IDE. You can clearly make out some of the text.. ie "Description", "Unexpected Type" etc. Clearly not a 'key' of any kind or code, just a bunch of string resources probably in an EXE or DLL.
I think anyone would be 'impressed' with Linux after 5 minutes of using it, I know I was. But what pissed me off was after the initial 'hey this looks cool' period and you actually try and get something done. Surfing the web, checking e-mail, formatting a disk, sharing some mp3s with friends etc... stuff which takes a few clicks of the mouse on windows becomes a complicated chore under Linux, and you quickly appreciate just how much work has gone into making Windows that much more productive and easy to use. Ask this guy what he thinks of it after a month or so of using it.
err.... shouldnt that be 'lego', not legos. Hate to be pedantic, but the plural of lego is lego.
This doesnt surprise me actually. The only people that pay for games these days are the honest ones that would probably pay for the shareware ones. The emergence of P2P file sharing means that all games are essentially 'free', its just a matter of being honest and legit to actually pay for them. Seeing as these are the only people going to pay, you may as well go with the flow, and give out your games free and ask people to be honest, cause thats whats going to happen anyway.
Right... Just like there have been no advances in mathematics in the last 1000 years.
Ok, so the research may come for 'free' (from governments, or gas companies etc), but building the original car which is to be copied will cost money (development). No one would want to ante that up, cause they would pay for the development, then everyone else just free rides. A similar problem to the GPL actually.
OK, so we'd have no more car dealers in the world. And this is a bad thing how?
Well, it should be obvious. No more new cars, no research and development into more efficient designs etc.. your stuck with copies of what you have now and will never see anything better.
Cant remember the link, but there was actually a device for chics for the nintendo. It was essentially a vibrator, but would link to some pulsating music game thing and would pulse in rhytm with the music. Funnily, it wasn't actually marketed as anything sexual, just some 'novelty' japenese gimmick - you know what its like.
Yeah... except for people with firewalls who can only access the web through a proxy. The increase of BT links means no access for those people (me).
I hope not. It is well known that the fundamental problem with P2P systems is the inability to trust the client. What does palladium offer? - an ability to trust the client. duh
Surely even Microsoft could have put the 2 together - this would not be news to them, or anyone else really (except journos).
It also depends on how they arrive at the '8 hours' to render one frame. IF it is 8 hours on a single CPU machine, then you should also take into account each machine having 8 processors - which would take 1/8 the time overall.
And what happens when it dies off? People start trusting and using email a lot more, and depend on it as a reliable communication medium. great, right? yeah, except once that happens, spammers come back and abuse this medium that people have come to trust and look to for informed opinions.
Just like advertising in capitalist environments, if everyone would stop advertising we would all be on level ground and be at the same place we are with advertising, but without spending any money... but then the one guy who decides to advertise monopolises the market, so everyone does it to stay in the game.
In theory, communisim works... in theory.
Would you rather pay to receive e-mails? including spam? Because that is what you are doing at the moment, regardless of whether you pay a flat rate or not, the cost is being passed onto you.
The cost to send email could easily be included into your ISPs monthly bill, even as a flat rate. For example, they could give you 100 free email sends per month, and charge a flat rate. If you go over, then they start charging per email, similar to bandwidth control. Doesn't affect the average user, but would be prohibitively expensive for a spammer sending millions of emails a day.