I'm not saying I support this in any way but here is my 2c anyway:
If you wanted to implement this kind of control, wouldn't it be more practical to make what Adobe is doing a 'feature' of printers and other imaging hardware? So instead of not being able to open/edit/save the file, you just can't print it.
Sure you can transfer the image electronically (email, web etc.) but what good is it if you can't print it out?
we could develop a plant that converted empty XXXX (local QLD beer) cans into usable power. Now that'd be something!
Well, it'd ease my concience anyway...
Sure hackers are breaking the law, but if you leave your keys in the ignition while your car is parked in a bad neighborhood, are you going to tell people on the bus on the way home how it was wrong of them to steal it?
This is going to get blaimed on "hackers". And we all know hackers hate God, hate America, root for Saddam, get pentagram tattoos on their foreheads....and use Linux.
Unfortunately, this is (in my experience over the last couple of days) correct.
Since the outbreak of blast, I've helped around 5 or 6 family members (you know the ones: "Um, you work with comupters and mine's broken. What do I do?) patch their home systems and remove the worm.
"What was it?" they ask. "Well, it's this worm you see..." and before you can finish your sentence you get a barrage of "Why do these people do this??? Do they think it's fun???".
"Who, Microsoft?" I ask.
"NO! These bloody hackers!!! Where do they get off busting my into system. I wish they'd all get a life. Arseholes".
Sigh... There's really no point explaining that it's because of MS that they have these problems. They don't have an alternative as they see it. Computer = Windows.
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I'm not saying I support this in any way but here is my 2c anyway:
If you wanted to implement this kind of control, wouldn't it be more practical to make what Adobe is doing a 'feature' of printers and other imaging hardware? So instead of not being able to open/edit/save the file, you just can't print it.
Sure you can transfer the image electronically (email, web etc.) but what good is it if you can't print it out?
TSJ
doesn't render correctly in Konq 3.1.4... but maybe that's the idea!
The iCamp, I like it...
You're right - Apple hardware was always cool. Now their hardware and their software (read OS X) are really cool.
TSJ
You've obviously never been to Gympie...
we could develop a plant that converted empty XXXX (local QLD beer) cans into usable power. Now that'd be something! Well, it'd ease my concience anyway...
I think C should be renamed B#
I'm away from a Linux box at the mo... anyone tried it out yet?
TSJ
I expect you blame Ford for the existance of car thieves?
No, I don't.
The point I was making is that the majority of end users (in my experience) tend to blame hackers and not Microsoft for security issues.
I'm not saying I agree with their views, but that the problem is one of perception.
(Did I really have to explain that?)
TSJ
Sure hackers are breaking the law, but if you leave your keys in the ignition while your car is parked in a bad neighborhood, are you going to tell people on the bus on the way home how it was wrong of them to steal it?
TSJ
This is going to get blaimed on "hackers". And we all know hackers hate God, hate America, root for Saddam, get pentagram tattoos on their foreheads....and use Linux.
Unfortunately, this is (in my experience over the last couple of days) correct.
Since the outbreak of blast, I've helped around 5 or 6 family members (you know the ones: "Um, you work with comupters and mine's broken. What do I do?) patch their home systems and remove the worm.
"What was it?" they ask. "Well, it's this worm you see..." and before you can finish your sentence you get a barrage of "Why do these people do this??? Do they think it's fun???".
"Who, Microsoft?" I ask.
"NO! These bloody hackers!!! Where do they get off busting my into system. I wish they'd all get a life. Arseholes".
Sigh... There's really no point explaining that it's because of MS that they have these problems. They don't have an alternative as they see it. Computer = Windows.
TSJ