..uses his for the sole purpose of calculating sight marks for archery.
Nifty little program that takes into account, arrow weight, draw length, draw weight, etc, and generates precise "pin" lications for various target yardages.
He has never sent an email in his life, but somehow figured out how to install the cradle, select the correct COM port, install and synched the device. I was impressed.
I don't get the open source movement in cases like this:
1. Make something open source 2. Get millions of users and developers 3. ???? 4. Still flat broke
It isn't about money, but creating better systems requires concerted efforts by at least some. They need to be compensated on some level. Karma just doesn't go that far these days.
"aid another way, are you having to choose between paying your rent/morgage vs. doing what you seem to know in your heart of hearts is wrong?"
I think most developers will agree, this is a once in a lifetime contract. The biggest client I have ever had, doing an extremely high profile project. I am trying to build a business.
I do have my objections, sure, but the opportunity is just way too much. The industry is struggling right now, I am not doing that bad though, but still, it is a great opportunity. I think I am helping them move in the right direction.
I know, I won't be remembered for the money I made, it will be volunteering at the Mormon Church, coaching little league, etc, but there are very few of us that would turn this contract down under these circumstances.
Again, please let me emphasize, I am an average/. poster with the same exact feelings. I have HATED all experiences with DRM before I started working with it.
When I was initially apprached, I pushed MP3's hard, I even built the system around MP3's at first. They brought up DRM. I never worked with DRM and as I mentioned before, implementing DRM was the most horrific experience ever.
I am not a hero. DRM IS WRONG, IMHO. But, it is the same with software serialization. Even that is wrong, but it is a fact of our use of computers. The only thing we can do is to make it as easy as possible.
Ask yourself, What should DRM do? Not what it does (inconvenience people, anger everyone, etc..) It is to simply make sure that the people who paid for an item, get to play the songs, those who did not pay for the song, should have to pay. That is what DRM *should* do.
Does it do it in all of my previous experience? No, of course not. Is it MS's fault, partially. What have I personally done different? Well, I made it a little easier and more transparent. Its it completely silent in its process? No, of course not, the toll just is not there yet.
What do I think of things like palladium. I'm scared. But in this respect, I think I am doing a good thing, and I am proud of improving something so horrible. Again, I have the same concerns as most of us here (even if I am a Win developer:-)
Hope that helps. I'm open to off list discussion...
Well, Earlier I posted to/. on a DRM solution I was deploying for a major record label. Some of you also know that these labels are paying companies to distribute files that look like real audio files, but turn out to be ads, or silence.
With the system I built, they are going to give downloads of actual music files protected by DRM on these p2p networks, where upon playing it, you will be prompted for payment. You can make payment in the licensing window of WMP. It should be noted this only works for.wma files and not mp3's. However, most p2p users use apps like kazaa where selecting "audio" files will return wma's.
It will be interesting to see how this works. It can obviously be circumvented using one of the DRM hacks, but I'm sure at least some will buy the files. Especially those on dial up who spent 15 minutes to get one song.
Is it evil? Sure. Not as evil in my mind as those companies that distribute silence or ads on these networks. Please understand, I have all the same feelings as the concensus here has. But this is a necessary step for the industry to get with the times. The DRM at least will have unlimited play, cd copy, and move to portable device.
I am developing a DRM solution for a major record label. I am a loving slashdot poster and feel the same as all of you. But the client wanted it and I had to oblige or not get the contratc.
I had to implement Windows DRM on Windows Audio files. The Windows DRM server is a mess. With no support, incomplete and documentation that flat out LIES. They LIE repeatedly through the documentation, or they simply make statements in one instance that directly conflict with others. FYI, the windows development community is outstanding. There are tons of free apps and sample code. This is the first time I've ever had to rely soley on MS for support as there is no community for DRM. It was a horrible experience.
With all of that aside, I did get it built. The record companies know how well DRM works, especially on.wma files. I had the same opinions of the recording industry as many of you. Like "they are dumb, they should be doing..." What you (and I) don't realize, is that they have access to much more information than we do. They DO know everything. They DO have their reasons for their implementation.s They have thought it out.
They don't care if DRM only partially works. That is all it needs to do. With the low costs of distribution, they can model the risk/reward, profit/loss easily. Volume is the key in the recording industry.
Many people WILL buy the albums/songs regardless if the technology can be circumvented. ANY technology on any platform has their open flaws, this is just another. As we all do, they play the %'s.
My $.02, it may not mean much, but I have seen it all in a new light.
"When we're all dead, people will remember us for the kind deeds we did while we were walking the streets and talking the talk. The little league team you coached, volunteering at a Mormon church, and all those bake sales for the PTA will be what you were best known for. Contract #189533 for $1,730.39 will not be relevant and no one will care how much money you made."
We've been over this as well. Contract #189533 was actually for $11,730.39, so screw the Mormons.
The stealing likely was done during the most reliable hacking tool in the world, social engineering.
Anyone who has a PayPal account, likely got an email recently asking them to log in to log into their PayPal account to confirm for security purposes. This email looked exactly like any other PayPal email but linked to a fake paypal web site (again, one that looked perfect). Many people gave up their login information to this site. I even did the first time and had to change mey login info.
There are NO cases where people can point out that PayPal themselves have been hacked. When they do, they freeze the accounts.
Mex Levin (cofounder) is a crypto guy and security is #1 for him. I am on their developer advisory board and I know before anything rolls out, they make sure it is as secure as can be.
EVERY case I have seen regarding these issues have been either the merchant's fault, or PayPal freezing an account becuase it is involved in suspicious activity.
Slashdot Mirror
Is to run it on their bulletproof Sparc servers.
Why degrade the product with the x86 platform?
Opinion of course.
If it is anything like the demo they have on their site, this technology is doomed.
I hope to God they are not using Flash to deliver this product.
Uhhgg!
..uses his for the sole purpose of calculating sight marks for archery.
Nifty little program that takes into account, arrow weight, draw length, draw weight, etc, and generates precise "pin" lications for various target yardages.
He has never sent an email in his life, but somehow figured out how to install the cradle, select the correct COM port, install and synched the device. I was impressed.
I don't get the open source movement in cases like this:
1. Make something open source
2. Get millions of users and developers
3. ????
4. Still flat broke
It isn't about money, but creating better systems requires concerted efforts by at least some. They need to be compensated on some level. Karma just doesn't go that far these days.
"aid another way, are you having to choose between paying your rent/morgage vs. doing what you seem to know in your heart of hearts is wrong?"
I think most developers will agree, this is a once in a lifetime contract. The biggest client I have ever had, doing an extremely high profile project. I am trying to build a business.
I do have my objections, sure, but the opportunity is just way too much. The industry is struggling right now, I am not doing that bad though, but still, it is a great opportunity. I think I am helping them move in the right direction.
I know, I won't be remembered for the money I made, it will be volunteering at the Mormon Church, coaching little league, etc, but there are very few of us that would turn this contract down under these circumstances.
Again, please let me emphasize, I am an average /. poster with the same exact feelings. I have HATED all experiences with DRM before I started working with it.
:-)
When I was initially apprached, I pushed MP3's hard, I even built the system around MP3's at first. They brought up DRM. I never worked with DRM and as I mentioned before, implementing DRM was the most horrific experience ever.
I am not a hero. DRM IS WRONG, IMHO. But, it is the same with software serialization. Even that is wrong, but it is a fact of our use of computers. The only thing we can do is to make it as easy as possible.
Ask yourself, What should DRM do? Not what it does (inconvenience people, anger everyone, etc..) It is to simply make sure that the people who paid for an item, get to play the songs, those who did not pay for the song, should have to pay. That is what DRM *should* do.
Does it do it in all of my previous experience? No, of course not. Is it MS's fault, partially. What have I personally done different? Well, I made it a little easier and more transparent. Its it completely silent in its process? No, of course not, the toll just is not there yet.
What do I think of things like palladium. I'm scared. But in this respect, I think I am doing a good thing, and I am proud of improving something so horrible. Again, I have the same concerns as most of us here (even if I am a Win developer
Hope that helps. I'm open to off list discussion...
Well, what I was thinking, and I'M the original poster for this reply....
I take my HD of MP3's (around 5,000) and put DRM on them. Then You pay ME to play the downloaded file. If only I was that unscrupulous...
It would be VERY easy to do. So, I guess I am not that evil.
Well, /. on a DRM solution I was deploying for a major record label. Some of you also know that these labels are paying companies to distribute files that look like real audio files, but turn out to be ads, or silence.
.wma files and not mp3's. However, most p2p users use apps like kazaa where selecting "audio" files will return wma's.
Earlier I posted to
With the system I built, they are going to give downloads of actual music files protected by DRM on these p2p networks, where upon playing it, you will be prompted for payment. You can make payment in the licensing window of WMP. It should be noted this only works for
It will be interesting to see how this works. It can obviously be circumvented using one of the DRM hacks, but I'm sure at least some will buy the files. Especially those on dial up who spent 15 minutes to get one song.
Is it evil? Sure. Not as evil in my mind as those companies that distribute silence or ads on these networks. Please understand, I have all the same feelings as the concensus here has. But this is a necessary step for the industry to get with the times. The DRM at least will have unlimited play, cd copy, and move to portable device.
Baby steps. Slow and steady wins the race.
I am developing a DRM solution for a major record label. I am a loving slashdot poster and feel the same as all of you. But the client wanted it and I had to oblige or not get the contratc.
.wma files. I had the same opinions of the recording industry as many of you. Like "they are dumb, they should be doing..." What you (and I) don't realize, is that they have access to much more information than we do. They DO know everything. They DO have their reasons for their implementation.s They have thought it out.
I had to implement Windows DRM on Windows Audio files. The Windows DRM server is a mess. With no support, incomplete and documentation that flat out LIES. They LIE repeatedly through the documentation, or they simply make statements in one instance that directly conflict with others. FYI, the windows development community is outstanding. There are tons of free apps and sample code. This is the first time I've ever had to rely soley on MS for support as there is no community for DRM. It was a horrible experience.
With all of that aside, I did get it built. The record companies know how well DRM works, especially on
They don't care if DRM only partially works. That is all it needs to do. With the low costs of distribution, they can model the risk/reward, profit/loss easily. Volume is the key in the recording industry.
Many people WILL buy the albums/songs regardless if the technology can be circumvented. ANY technology on any platform has their open flaws, this is just another. As we all do, they play the %'s.
My $.02, it may not mean much, but I have seen it all in a new light.
I think the items represented were originally woodcarvings.
"When we're all dead, people will remember us for the kind deeds we did while we were walking the streets and talking the talk. The little league team you coached, volunteering at a Mormon church, and all those bake sales for the PTA will be what you were best known for. Contract #189533 for $1,730.39 will not be relevant and no one will care how much money you made."
We've been over this as well. Contract #189533 was actually for $11,730.39, so screw the Mormons.
That is pretty bad coming from a /. poster.
and do you know why they will be a success?
Because you don't feel bad buying 5 boxes of Twinkies when shopping in your own home.
Try doing that in a grocery store.
Dooooo weeeeooooo OOOoooooo uuuu llllllllllll
Dooooo weeeeooooo OOOoooooo uuuu llllllllllll
doooooooooooooo OOOOOOOOOOOO weeeeeeeeeeeeee EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii oooooooooooooooooooooo uuuuuuuuuuuuulll.
God that song used to creep me out when I was a kid. And that friggin' dog. And why was was he travelling in a telephone booth!?
10x's more PORN!!!
I may just go blind.
The HOTTEST Chip around.
New! Doritos, Firery Salsa and Cheese.
An extreme, mouth-watering combination that will have you screaming for more!
That is not true if you read Shatner's own words. The writers of your book are very good at making things "sound" proper, but it is just not the case.
URGENT!!
The US Congress is about to pass legislation that would tax all email on the Internet. Act now to protect your right to keep email free.
Send this message on to everyone in your email list.
3 years later...
Unfortunately, most of the technologies listed in the star wars encyclopeida are not possible with the methods described therein.
At least according to W.Shatner's latest book, "I'm working on that".
Good read.
"I still use only IRC for messaging" And the above comment isn't?
And I still use only Notepad for coding.
Lead, follow, or get run over...
I wish some Scandanavian warrior would rip this guys arms off :-)
Made you look!
Yes, Google does rock. Perhaps it will take over all engines.
Then what?
All of our results will be based on PageRank (tm), not something that is that great.
Maybe this is the next Google.
The stealing likely was done during the most reliable hacking tool in the world, social engineering.
Anyone who has a PayPal account, likely got an email recently asking them to log in to log into their PayPal account to confirm for security purposes. This email looked exactly like any other PayPal email but linked to a fake paypal web site (again, one that looked perfect). Many people gave up their login information to this site. I even did the first time and had to change mey login info.
There are NO cases where people can point out that PayPal themselves have been hacked. When they do, they freeze the accounts.
Mex Levin (cofounder) is a crypto guy and security is #1 for him. I am on their developer advisory board and I know before anything rolls out, they make sure it is as secure as can be.
EVERY case I have seen regarding these issues have been either the merchant's fault, or PayPal freezing an account becuase it is involved in suspicious activity.
Just my $.02
This has been brought up before.
It ultimately comes down to "how do you secure web pages on remote servers?"
That is a tough question to answer.