But viewers would not be able to play the DVDs without an RFID-enabled player because the tag would essentially lock the disc.
Obviously the article is not very technical, as it is geared toward a non-techincal audience. However, I would imagine the tag would contain some sort of encrypted key [that theoretically only MPAA-licenced players would be able to decrypt] that can be used to decrypt the contents of the disc. It wouldn't have to be anything too complex, maybe something like a CSS key. This is just speculation, of course.
DRM is sort of like an arms race. The hackers are trying to stay one step ahead of the *AA and the *AA is trying to stay one step ahead of the hackers. They can keep coming up with new DRM methods, and it will only be a matter of time before these are broken. Now repeat this ad infinitum.
GPS units receive signals and triangulate their position using those. The thing about this is that they're entirely passive. A GPS emits absolutely no RF signal [which is why you can use them on airplanes without any worry of interference] and is thus impossible to track.
A tracking device could use GPS as a means to find its location. However, it would require the use of some other system in order to be possible to track. In other words, the wearer of the tracking device would need to send out some sort of a homing beacon before it's even possible to be tracked.
To me, it would seem that the latency involved with satellite communications would really inhibit the use of VoIP. Either that or make it really, really difficult to use. Are there any/.'ers who can vouch on either side of this issue?
As I understand it, the limiting factor for solar energy is the amount of sunlight that reaches a given surface area of the earth. I don't know exact numbers, but they aren't extremely high.
With that said, silicon is certainly not able to achieve 100% efficiency [since this ideal is obviously impossible]. What would make titanium technology more viable is if it can increase the efficiency of energy ``produced'' per square cm of surface area. That would be the only meaningful comparison of the two materials, as you can't compare cost per kilowatt hour [unless you're measuring over the life of the panel].
To me it seems that older IBM Thinkpads make some of the absolute best portable computers. Strong, durable, and the hardware is of the highest quality.
I picked up a 365 XD from an old warehouse that would have otherwise gone into the trash. Squeezing Debian onto the 800 mb hard drive was not much of an issue. Aside from bumping the screen too hard [my fault..], the machine works without as much as a hiccup. It chugs along like a valiant little demon and works great with PCMCIA network cards. Even wireless!
I also grabbed an ancient IBM [model number slipping my mind] from around 1994. The thing that surprised me most about it was that the hard drive [all 120 megs] was in perfect working order. Cooked together a Busybox/uClibc concoction and it now serves as a portable dumb terminal for whatever headless servers I may come upon. Unfortunately, with 4 mb ram, it isn't quite practical to run cardmgr. But she sure flies with a SLIP connection..
I don't know about any other GPS receivers, but with my eTrex, the position has a tendency to jump around a bit. Especially with heavy tree cover, it jumps around a lot. This, I assume, is the unit trying to extrapolate my current path with a lack of signal. However, it can sometimes jump fifteen or twenty feet off the way I'm going. What's to stop it from jumping a mile off and making me pay another ten cents?
It's been said before and I'll say it again. It won't work, the system has too many flaws, stop worrying.
And I'm from California, so don't accuse me of not seeing the problem from the eyes of the Californians. This would never pass.
It's worth the read for more than just the ``idle process hog.'' He really gets going. Goodness, I wonder exactly when it was that hitting Ctrl+Alt+Del twice wouldn't reboot one's machine immediately. IT MUST BE SOME CONSPIRACY!
However, the last quote gets the ironic gold award for the millenium:
And please, will the characters who "have never had a crash or blip" in 10 years of "heavy use" not contribute. I'm sick of these people. They're full of it.
The vast majority of people I've spoken to haven't actually given up on the internet. They've actually gone out and purchased cheap machines, the real low-end bargain bucket kind for 200 at Fry's, that they just use to surf the internet and keep ``completely separate'' from the other computers. Yes, in most cases it's on the same LAN, but I haven't had the heart to tell them that most worms will still infect them over that. Or more like, they wouldn't care or understand anyway.
But the market for cheap computers for just web surfing and email is growing, I'd imagine. The ISP-hosted desktop is perfect for a situation like that.
But then we don't raise an upcry when a vendor significantly changes a product [to the point of using a new and possibly unsupported chipset] without changing the packaging or model number because it ``costs too much''?
Linux won't be mainstream until I can set up a Linux box for my grandmother and leave it knowing she'll be fine with it for an indefinite period of time. Right now, the one thing it's mostly lacking is a unified, simple interface [a la Windows or OS X] and just user friendliness in general. Grandma can't figure out how to print? It's not ready..
Has anyone played around with their little Java orbit simulator? It seems to me that in 2022 or so, the comet will come to a very near miss or possibly even impact with Mars. How reliable is this simulator in the long run, and how likely is it that something of that nature would occur and/or have any major effects?
I think you miss my point. My concerns are that Sebek will be a toolkit for attackers. Sort of like designing a deadly weapon and not doing a background cheque on those who purchase it.
As an aside, I hadn't even considered what might happen to the logs on a compromised host. Seeing as they don't exist locally, that shouldn't be an issue. Thanks for pointing that out.
If you bought an Xbox to run Linux, you'd have no reason to install Xbox-Live. If you bought an Xbox to run games, it's unlikely that you'd want to run Linux on it. After all, you can find better X86 hardware cheaper at Fry's Electronics, or your local bargain store.
I know there's a camp that uses it for both, and it's rather large. However, you should probably consider just buying another computer for that sort of thing.
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Obviously the article is not very technical, as it is geared toward a non-techincal audience. However, I would imagine the tag would contain some sort of encrypted key [that theoretically only MPAA-licenced players would be able to decrypt] that can be used to decrypt the contents of the disc. It wouldn't have to be anything too complex, maybe something like a CSS key. This is just speculation, of course.
DRM is sort of like an arms race. The hackers are trying to stay one step ahead of the *AA and the *AA is trying to stay one step ahead of the hackers. They can keep coming up with new DRM methods, and it will only be a matter of time before these are broken. Now repeat this ad infinitum.
GPS units receive signals and triangulate their position using those. The thing about this is that they're entirely passive. A GPS emits absolutely no RF signal [which is why you can use them on airplanes without any worry of interference] and is thus impossible to track.
A tracking device could use GPS as a means to find its location. However, it would require the use of some other system in order to be possible to track. In other words, the wearer of the tracking device would need to send out some sort of a homing beacon before it's even possible to be tracked.
To me, it would seem that the latency involved with satellite communications would really inhibit the use of VoIP. Either that or make it really, really difficult to use. Are there any /.'ers who can vouch on either side of this issue?
Thank you, I take grammar very seriously. To the grammar nazi who posted above, note that the comma in ``I for one'' is optional.
As I understand it, the limiting factor for solar energy is the amount of sunlight that reaches a given surface area of the earth. I don't know exact numbers, but they aren't extremely high.
With that said, silicon is certainly not able to achieve 100% efficiency [since this ideal is obviously impossible]. What would make titanium technology more viable is if it can increase the efficiency of energy ``produced'' per square cm of surface area. That would be the only meaningful comparison of the two materials, as you can't compare cost per kilowatt hour [unless you're measuring over the life of the panel].
I've used my Rio Karma in just about every moving situation and it's never given me a single problem.
My only gripe: the screen gets scratched up pretty easily. Doesn't make the text illegible, but it looks kinda tacky.
Other than that, native ogg and flac support is a real blessing.
To me it seems that older IBM Thinkpads make some of the absolute best portable computers. Strong, durable, and the hardware is of the highest quality.
I picked up a 365 XD from an old warehouse that would have otherwise gone into the trash. Squeezing Debian onto the 800 mb hard drive was not much of an issue. Aside from bumping the screen too hard [my fault..], the machine works without as much as a hiccup. It chugs along like a valiant little demon and works great with PCMCIA network cards. Even wireless!
I also grabbed an ancient IBM [model number slipping my mind] from around 1994. The thing that surprised me most about it was that the hard drive [all 120 megs] was in perfect working order. Cooked together a Busybox/uClibc concoction and it now serves as a portable dumb terminal for whatever headless servers I may come upon. Unfortunately, with 4 mb ram, it isn't quite practical to run cardmgr. But she sure flies with a SLIP connection..
I don't know about any other GPS receivers, but with my eTrex, the position has a tendency to jump around a bit. Especially with heavy tree cover, it jumps around a lot. This, I assume, is the unit trying to extrapolate my current path with a lack of signal. However, it can sometimes jump fifteen or twenty feet off the way I'm going. What's to stop it from jumping a mile off and making me pay another ten cents?
It's been said before and I'll say it again. It won't work, the system has too many flaws, stop worrying.
And I'm from California, so don't accuse me of not seeing the problem from the eyes of the Californians. This would never pass.
Here's a link to the whole story.
It's worth the read for more than just the ``idle process hog.'' He really gets going. Goodness, I wonder exactly when it was that hitting Ctrl+Alt+Del twice wouldn't reboot one's machine immediately. IT MUST BE SOME CONSPIRACY!
However, the last quote gets the ironic gold award for the millenium:
And please, will the characters who "have never had a crash or blip" in 10 years of "heavy use" not contribute. I'm sick of these people. They're full of it.
The vast majority of people I've spoken to haven't actually given up on the internet. They've actually gone out and purchased cheap machines, the real low-end bargain bucket kind for 200 at Fry's, that they just use to surf the internet and keep ``completely separate'' from the other computers. Yes, in most cases it's on the same LAN, but I haven't had the heart to tell them that most worms will still infect them over that. Or more like, they wouldn't care or understand anyway.
But the market for cheap computers for just web surfing and email is growing, I'd imagine. The ISP-hosted desktop is perfect for a situation like that.
I for one welcome our new soccer-playing overlords.
But then we don't raise an upcry when a vendor significantly changes a product [to the point of using a new and possibly unsupported chipset] without changing the packaging or model number because it ``costs too much''?
Someone, explain to me the logic.
Linux won't be mainstream until I can set up a Linux box for my grandmother and leave it knowing she'll be fine with it for an indefinite period of time. Right now, the one thing it's mostly lacking is a unified, simple interface [a la Windows or OS X] and just user friendliness in general. Grandma can't figure out how to print? It's not ready..
Just my $.02.
Has anyone played around with their little Java orbit simulator? It seems to me that in 2022 or so, the comet will come to a very near miss or possibly even impact with Mars. How reliable is this simulator in the long run, and how likely is it that something of that nature would occur and/or have any major effects?
That was an Afrotech Ghetto Hardware Mod. Sorry, couldn't find the /. article on it.
IPTables is actually just the userland interface to the kernel-level Netfilters subsystem. Ever tried OpenBSD's pf?
Would the Slashdotting they're receiving right now qualify as the second most mindless attack on their infrastructure?
Down in under six minutes, that has to be a record...
But how will it compare in price. To me, that'll be the real killer.
I think you miss my point. My concerns are that Sebek will be a toolkit for attackers. Sort of like designing a deadly weapon and not doing a background cheque on those who purchase it.
As an aside, I hadn't even considered what might happen to the logs on a compromised host. Seeing as they don't exist locally, that shouldn't be an issue. Thanks for pointing that out.
This can just as easily be modified and used by blackhats as an advanced rootkit, though. Like everything, it's a double-edged sword.
If you bought an Xbox to run Linux, you'd have no reason to install Xbox-Live. If you bought an Xbox to run games, it's unlikely that you'd want to run Linux on it. After all, you can find better X86 hardware cheaper at Fry's Electronics, or your local bargain store.
I know there's a camp that uses it for both, and it's rather large. However, you should probably consider just buying another computer for that sort of thing.
So, in order to buy amnesty from the RIAA, I have to sell them my identity? Sounds fair...
Most daemons these days don't have to run as root just to lookup passwords because of PAM. On the other hand, you could consider modifying PAM.
I'm at nearly 14 days with 2.6.0-test3 without so much as a hiccup. It's getting hammered, too ;).
Looks like someone beat you to the punch:
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