Educated people probably have more of what they measure, hence the increase. Uneducated people probably forget at the same rate, but since what they are forgetting is not being measured it shows up as an increase in ability in educated people.
It is probably more likely the SONY rootkit was found on DHS computers and left them vulnerable to compromise. I would not be surprised to find that it is still showing up in goverment PC's and calling home to SONY.
What about the fact that no available video card on the market supports HDCP? Hard to blame manufacturers since the HDCP spec still has not been finalized.
Copyright law also includes fair use. So if they should also be told what can be copyrighted and copied and what cannot. DRM removes our fair use rights and the students should be educated about that too.
Are PC based computers subject to the tax or is it just computers at home? If it is indiscriminate, imagine the surprise bill from the tax collector to all the businesses with PC's on their desks and computers in Data Centers.
Does it index everything or can you point it to a specific folder? If it is only one folder, just encrypt your data. That way your files are readilly accessible from different computers. Of course it is far easier and safer to just carry an encrypted USB flash drive.
Halo 2 is being written for DX10 which is the reason it is locked to Vista. DX10 will only run on Vista. All DX9 games will run in emulation mode (I read that as slow mode) in Vista.
Reminds of those kids playing Starcraft that got jailed because some janitor found their "Hit list" of players eliminate in Starcraft. These were the players they were targeting to beat not actually kill. How many false positives will this thing generate from all the game players? Imagine the coded messages going between the Corps in EvE Online where messages about raiding corps. Doubt is any WoW chat would trigger false positives but one never knows. Heck would not be surprised if the terrorists used a WoW guild to communicate.
That is why we are supposed to be able to legally make backup copies of what we buy. A right DRM is taking away from us forcing us to repurchase what we already bought. Kind of odd, with software you buy it is a license to use not an actual purchase, which means if you lose the CD's with the DRM on it and you cannot play the game anymore is the game manufacturer required to supply you with another? You purchased a license to use the software but they made it so you cannot use it without the CD. With the DRM on these new disks, they can also limit your view time back to the days of the original Dvix. They go one more step further than Divx, they can not only expire your movie, they can expire your player!
Bush's educational agenda seems clear, kill anything that conflicts with his world view. Science seems to conflict with his idea of ID so it has to go. His idea about supporting Education seems to be more tax cuts to rich corporations for R&D. Never mind that the corps have to move their R&D overseas because there will no longer be any new scientists trainned in the US due to Mr Bush's policies. Critcal thought is not a consideration in his administration, as anyone that has conflicting opinions is kicked out of his administration. Hence schools will follow the same guidelines, not critical thought no scientific analysis and he wonders why we have lost the technical edge to Japan and Korea.
Yup, makes sense. One of my sisters was a lawyer and her proudest moment was when she covinced a roomful of lawyers that she was right about a point, when she KNEW she was wrong!
I still play X-COM with all the old graphics on occasion. I use DosBox to run it. Master of Magic is the other old DOS game I usually keep around.
Newer games, Civ4. Fallout Tactics and MechCommander2. Of course I have been playing Shattered Galaxy for about 8 years now.
LOL! I was already a reading a lot of Bean books. After they came out with the CD's and the free library, I ended up increasing the number of Baen authors I read by over 100%! I am an oddball, used to work for EBAY and still refuse to buy anything online, so I buy all my Baen's books from stores. I like the CD's as I keep the ebooks in my PDA where I can pick up and read my favorite titles if I am stuck waiting somewhere.
It prevented the virus checkers from spotting malware on PC's with the SONY DRM on it. Think about the combination of the WMF exploit and the SONY Rootkit. You go to a site it downloads malware onto your system. You think you are secure because you have virus scanners and you scan daily, but the SONY rootkit prevents your scanners from picking up the worm on your machine. That is a reduction in security.
Note: Sites can be hacked and trojan downloads installed unbeknownst to the websites. So you could potentially be going to gospel/business website and end up with undetectable malware on your machine. My sister went to a site to buy some glass cylinders for her lab and ended up with a virus.
I have a a plasma TV that only displays 480p at best. There is absolutely no point in my spending $$$ on a new player until I replace my TV set with one that will display 1080p. That will probably not happen for a few more years. I do not care what HD format which of the studios support as long as I can buy the standard DVD's.
This would work great as a sky crane lifting heavy objects. Think of the lumber industry where instead of clearcutting they cut down specific trees and lift them out. I am not sure how useful it would be as a fire fighting tool. It can probably carry more water in one load but a helicopter may be able to do multiple loads that equal its one load in the same amount of time.
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Educated people probably have more of what they measure, hence the increase. Uneducated people probably forget at the same rate, but since what they are forgetting is not being measured it shows up as an increase in ability in educated people.
It is probably more likely the SONY rootkit was found on DHS computers and left them vulnerable to compromise. I would not be surprised to find that it is still showing up in goverment PC's and calling home to SONY.
What about the fact that no available video card on the market supports HDCP? Hard to blame manufacturers since the HDCP spec still has not been finalized.
Copyright law also includes fair use. So if they should also be told what can be copyrighted and copied and what cannot. DRM removes our fair use rights and the students should be educated about that too.
They need to get color and up the refresh rate to show video and they will have the makings of a really cool video projection system.
Are PC based computers subject to the tax or is it just computers at home? If it is indiscriminate, imagine the surprise bill from the tax collector to all the businesses with PC's on their desks and computers in Data Centers.
Does it index everything or can you point it to a specific folder? If it is only one folder, just encrypt your data. That way your files are readilly accessible from different computers. Of course it is far easier and safer to just carry an encrypted USB flash drive.
Halo 2 is being written for DX10 which is the reason it is locked to Vista. DX10 will only run on Vista. All DX9 games will run in emulation mode (I read that as slow mode) in Vista.
Reminds of those kids playing Starcraft that got jailed because some janitor found their "Hit list" of players eliminate in Starcraft. These were the players they were targeting to beat not actually kill. How many false positives will this thing generate from all the game players? Imagine the coded messages going between the Corps in EvE Online where messages about raiding corps. Doubt is any WoW chat would trigger false positives but one never knows. Heck would not be surprised if the terrorists used a WoW guild to communicate.
That is why we are supposed to be able to legally make backup copies of what we buy. A right DRM is taking away from us forcing us to repurchase what we already bought. Kind of odd, with software you buy it is a license to use not an actual purchase, which means if you lose the CD's with the DRM on it and you cannot play the game anymore is the game manufacturer required to supply you with another? You purchased a license to use the software but they made it so you cannot use it without the CD. With the DRM on these new disks, they can also limit your view time back to the days of the original Dvix. They go one more step further than Divx, they can not only expire your movie, they can expire your player!
Bush's educational agenda seems clear, kill anything that conflicts with his world view. Science seems to conflict with his idea of ID so it has to go. His idea about supporting Education seems to be more tax cuts to rich corporations for R&D. Never mind that the corps have to move their R&D overseas because there will no longer be any new scientists trainned in the US due to Mr Bush's policies. Critcal thought is not a consideration in his administration, as anyone that has conflicting opinions is kicked out of his administration. Hence schools will follow the same guidelines, not critical thought no scientific analysis and he wonders why we have lost the technical edge to Japan and Korea.
Yup, makes sense. One of my sisters was a lawyer and her proudest moment was when she covinced a roomful of lawyers that she was right about a point, when she KNEW she was wrong!
Typical of Bush, he only wants to hear one opinion, his.
I still play X-COM with all the old graphics on occasion. I use DosBox to run it. Master of Magic is the other old DOS game I usually keep around. Newer games, Civ4. Fallout Tactics and MechCommander2. Of course I have been playing Shattered Galaxy for about 8 years now.
Well I guess this site is completely illegal then. It publishes copyrighted works on the net and makes it freely downloadable.
http://www.baen.com/library/defaultTitles.htm
LOL! I was already a reading a lot of Bean books. After they came out with the CD's and the free library, I ended up increasing the number of Baen authors I read by over 100%! I am an oddball, used to work for EBAY and still refuse to buy anything online, so I buy all my Baen's books from stores. I like the CD's as I keep the ebooks in my PDA where I can pick up and read my favorite titles if I am stuck waiting somewhere.
These would be ideal for use in heavy lift space going airships. http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5025388/
State: We do not have the funds to implement RealID. Fed: You did not implement RealID, so we are pulling your funds. Problem?
Someone mentioned on Groklaw that the exploit also exists in wine which just implements the WMF spec.
It prevented the virus checkers from spotting malware on PC's with the SONY DRM on it. Think about the combination of the WMF exploit and the SONY Rootkit. You go to a site it downloads malware onto your system. You think you are secure because you have virus scanners and you scan daily, but the SONY rootkit prevents your scanners from picking up the worm on your machine. That is a reduction in security.
Note: Sites can be hacked and trojan downloads installed unbeknownst to the websites. So you could potentially be going to gospel/business website and end up with undetectable malware on your machine. My sister went to a site to buy some glass cylinders for her lab and ended up with a virus.
I have a a plasma TV that only displays 480p at best. There is absolutely no point in my spending $$$ on a new player until I replace my TV set with one that will display 1080p. That will probably not happen for a few more years. I do not care what HD format which of the studios support as long as I can buy the standard DVD's.
I need to figure out a way to transfer my collection of Laser Disks to DVD. My Laser Disk player died a year ago.
Well you can make fun of me, just spent $8.5K on a Dual SLI Rig.
None of the stem cells from these clean lines can be used in any Federal funded stem cell research. Bush made certain of that.
This would work great as a sky crane lifting heavy objects. Think of the lumber industry where instead of clearcutting they cut down specific trees and lift them out. I am not sure how useful it would be as a fire fighting tool. It can probably carry more water in one load but a helicopter may be able to do multiple loads that equal its one load in the same amount of time.