If the studios want security guards, they'd be better served by hiring security guards.
Not to troll but the first thing that came to mind is what prevents the security guards or the teen-age kids (as you mentioned) from making a copy of the movie themselves?
Jack probably should go with his staff to every theatre playing Harry Potter on opening night. Unless he can't trust them either;-)
I've had similar problems with jumping into programming. I have many years experience as a Sys Admin however I wanted to get more into the development. I've struggled with C and C++. Worked a little with pascal (years ago). Basic didn't sound all that glamorous. Someone recently said perhaps I should try Perl Programming. So I bought a few Oreilly books and forged ahead.
That was 6 months ago. After studying "Learning Perl 3rd Edition" and moving on to the next couple of books (Perl Programming, Cookbook and the references and modules), I'm getting up the courage to write my first module. The "Learning Perl" book was great for people with little to no experienc. I've noticed some stuff I recall from C/C++ coding as I wrote my Perl code. I get the feeling working in C/C++ will be easier in the future once I'm a little more experienced.
It's probably not for everyone but it works for me. This Oreilly book was excellent. Designed for a classroom and explains each step of your example code.
Where to go after this? There are modules that allow you to tap into services such as telnet, ftp, ssh and so on. Heck, Once I wrote a Perl Program that used a module to email me the results:-)
The duplication controls have been adopted to protect broadcast copyrights, an NHK official said, adding, "Easy violation of copyright would make movie and music copyright holders reluctant to provide their works and prompt actors and singers to refuse to appear on TV."
Reluctant to provide their works or refuse to appear? I guess if we're reluctant to purchase / view / support DRM then where does the DRM effort go? Hopefully to the junk heap.
If people were prevented from recording TV broadcasts, how would TiVo exist? Or VCRs, for that matter? At the moment it's not implemented (as far as I know). This is future technology being pushed on consumers.
TiVo and VCR's could still record programs. Just not the programs in which the broadcast flag has been turned on.
I've been recently told in another post that it prevents rerecording. So I'm not entirely sure now exactly what the broadcast flag does. I do know it's a forced restriction on consumers.
Personally I'm pleased to read that some have decided NOT to settle out of court.
Also on Monday, the RIAA said it had sued 24 individuals by name after discovering their identities through John Doe suits.
Those sued by name had declined offers to settle out of court, the RIAA said.
This should settle (hopefully) the issue of copyright and fair use rights. Perhaps we could even use the ruling to push back the broadcast flag (which prevents people from recording TV broadcasts).
When push comes to shove, people ultimately will decide with their check books. If they (the courts/government) make consumer unfriendly decisions, take the ball back and go home.
I think that 9/11 has simply turned our government against anyone who might come within a hundred miles of overthrowing it-even it's own citizens.
I agree with you. As bad as what I'm about to say might sound, the Founding Fathers had the same thoughts. If the Government gets abusive then we need to take it back. I've been reading the Federalist and the Anti-Federalist papers lately. Very dry reading however it's very insightful into the minds of these people. They were concerned with the Government abusing people. Probably why we have things like the Declaration of Independance. George Washington by today's standards would be considered a terrorist. Sad isn't it.
Think: this kind of thing, if your "quotient" was too high, could conceiveably prevent you from getting a job, or maybe a loan.
I'll beat there are people who know how to get that number down. After analyzing the system, there is always a way around anything. No matter how much security or secrecy you incoporate.
RC1 was a disaster for me. I have standard hardware all over and ran into problems with Geforce 4 cards/Nvidia drivers, Sound Blaster and USB devices. RedHat 9 worked great with the same exact hardware. Made me wonder what was going on.
On a side note, Those same systems ran SuSE 9.0 just fine and Debian. Definitely not the hardware failing.
I've come to realize that perhaps I should build my own Linux distro just for kicks. So far so good. I'll still use a regular distros but at least I'm much better prepared in case something like RedHat / Fedora happens again. Here is how I did it.
I'm curious how quickly exploits will become available this being the case. It would be a good demonstration of why Open Source is a better development model than closed source.
The unexpected release of the Win2k code was a good example of this. While only 15% was released, within 3 days we had a couple of exploits published on the internet. As Bill Gates put it, if the Windows code was released, we would have a serious national security threat to our country.
Stability and features are terribly important to me. SuSE so far has given me both. I haven't used it in years. Recently started messing with SuSE 9.0. I've given up on RedHat Fedora. I have been using RedHat since 4.x came out and while I realize they need to make a buck, Fedora has me worried. I've been on the mailing list fighting a flurry of problems along with other's. The hardware I have is top of the line (x86). So I started looking.
I can only imagine what 9.1 is like. I'm still waiting for my copy. If it's anything like 9.0 then I'm in for a treat.
I know you all were looking for a 9.1 review. Wish I could give one. My experience with SuSE has been excellent to date. I would recommend at least checking them out. I would be surprised if anyone was terribly disappointed with them.
There is no right in the copyright law to make backup copies of motion pictures, so the whole argument that people should have the right to make backup copies of DVDs has no legal support whatsoever,'
Now I wish I kept the link. Years ago I was reading up on the fair use laws and noticed the Supreme Court had decided we are entitled to an archival copy of our media (I believe that was how they put it). This was before DVD's really took off. CD's were around however (data and music). The ruling basically was we were either given a backup copy for a nominal charge (usually around $5 or so) or allowed to make a copy of the product we purchased. Since we now know that CD's and DVD's have issues (not industructable), we need this even more.
Every one of my CD's at home is a copy from an original master (Yes.. I own the master btw). My kids have either lost the copy or destroyed it (they are kids after all). I was able to simply make another copy and be done with it. Now I'm faced with loosing out on my investment for whatever reason and they expect people to pay full price for it again? I have a problem with that.
I have been making copies of my DVD's for personal use. The master goes into a nice safe place away from the kids. The movies are still available. I'm happy, kids happy and the MPAA has their money. I don't see the problem.
Point taken. He spends so much time talking about Nautilus that I wonder if there was anything he liked about it.
When using Gnome or KDE, I usually don't spend all my time with the file manager. I'd hazard a guess of less than 10% of my time would be spent using one.
I haven't tried 2.6 yet however his entire article mainly focuses on Nautilus. Speaking on one aspect of a product is like saying Windows stinks because they didn't like the features of notepad.
Bad analogy I know but hopefully it get's the idea across.
Personally I've used KDE and Gnome for years. I can't imagine it being all that terrible. Now I'm curious and will be downloading / testing it.
The only way to change the default behavior of Nautilus is to set an obscure registry key via the command line or the registry editor. Not even that abomination of operating systems, Windows 95, made users retreat to the registry editor to use a single window to navigate folders.
Is this true? Can anyone comment if this is what they are doing with Nautilus? I can't imagine this being required. The comment on Windows 95 however isn't very accurate. I've had to dive into the Windows registry many times to change/fix problems with a variety of Windows functions/apps. Most recently two mistakes in Service Pack 1 for XP.
The SCO Group claims that they hold the copyright to Unix and believes that retailers who use Linux violate SCO's copyright.
If I understand this properly, using a product such as Linux isn't violating a copyright. IF (and that's a BIG IF) SCO is correct, how can they sue these companies for use of a product they are NOT selling? Copyright laws basically define who can provide copies of a product. If you are using a product provided by a manufacturer (say RedHat or SuSE), then you are not responsible for their product and what the manufacturer put into it.
If I read a newspaper article and it contained copyrighted material, am I responsible and liable to being sued? Not a chance. That's not how the law works.
SCO can sue until they are bankrupt. They will not survive their own lunacy.
Not having used SCO Unix for seven years isn't really an obscure point, is it?
True. What's really sad is it seems SCO is sueing all their old customers. At least the ones who are running Linux currently. No wonder their latest filing shows they have hardly any income. Who would want to do business with a company like this?
require the U.S. to pass laws to "force users to provide their encryption keys"
I can't believe we're agreeing to this. What are they thinking?
"The treaty is already being used as a pretext in some developing nation to pass some pretty draconian laws," he said. "I wouldn't be surprised to see it used in the U.S. that way."
And we're thinking of ratifying this? We can already see what other countries are doing with it. How bad does it have to get before we force the Government to stop this madness. I'm serious. This is getting bad and has to stop. DeMoCrAt along with Patriot Act and now this? It's frustrating.
- Is everybody stealing FM radio and over-the-air TV broadcasts?
You raise a good point. I haven't paid for any of the TV and radio content I listen to every day. Also, let's not forget that the MPAA used to say that video recorders would destroy their business. Now they make a bundle on sales in that area. But of course they were against it at the start.
We're seeing this now with downloads. They were against it and now they are turning around and figuring it out.
wrote Gates. 'It is this switching cost that has given customers the patience to stick with Windows through all our mistakes, our buggy drivers, our high TCO
Hmmm... High TCO? Pardon but I'm a little annoyed at this. For years they have been touting their "low TCO" as a selling point. Now they admit they have a higher TCO than the other solutions available.
I'm sure Microsoft has some redeeming value but it's apparent companies should reconder when looking at upgrading/continuing with Microsoft products. Even rich companies want to save money. Here is how. Get rid of Microsoft products and go with something better (subjective statement I know).
It's already happened once in my lifetime. People used to say "Nobody ever got fired buying IBM". It could happen again.
if you're looking for "conclusive" scientific data on chaotic climate change over the next century or so,
Hmmm.. not necessarily "conclusive" evidence however we can look at contributing factors and determine where something is going. Like watching an asteroid and tracking it's path. We should be able to see where a problem is coming from.
when you deride Gore's NYC Greenhouse speech because of a snowstorm here that winter day
I thought it was an amusing observation. Look at my original comment. I did not deride Gore's speach. I simply pointed out what I thought was amusing. Speaking about Global warming during a winter storm left an impression on me. Take the comment for what it is. I was amused:-)
Ok... I can buy that. While I don't see us making the change entirely, I do see us contributing. I would be very interested in a study which takes into account the changes in the Sun's activities. PBS had a program showing that the Sun was getting hotter. Natureally I believe that is a significant contributor to the overall problem.
Some rather great articles there. Thx for the link!
Speaking of which. While I don't believe we have all the information, I tend to doubt Global Warming is as serious as the press makes it. Al Gore recently gave a speach in New York about this during one of the worst snow storms in the century (according to CNN a few months ago). Kinda amusing.
Before we start signing treaties and making promises, we really should gather more information and publish it. So far what I've seen hasn't moved me towards Global Warming as a real problem. Is there anyone or any group that can provide conclusive scientific data?
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If the studios want security guards, they'd be better served by hiring security guards.
;-)
Not to troll but the first thing that came to mind is what prevents the security guards or the teen-age kids (as you mentioned) from making a copy of the movie themselves?
Jack probably should go with his staff to every theatre playing Harry Potter on opening night. Unless he can't trust them either
I've had similar problems with jumping into programming. I have many years experience as a Sys Admin however I wanted to get more into the development. I've struggled with C and C++. Worked a little with pascal (years ago). Basic didn't sound all that glamorous. Someone recently said perhaps I should try Perl Programming. So I bought a few Oreilly books and forged ahead.
:-)
That was 6 months ago. After studying "Learning Perl 3rd Edition" and moving on to the next couple of books (Perl Programming, Cookbook and the references and modules), I'm getting up the courage to write my first module. The "Learning Perl" book was great for people with little to no experienc. I've noticed some stuff I recall from C/C++ coding as I wrote my Perl code. I get the feeling working in C/C++ will be easier in the future once I'm a little more experienced.
It's probably not for everyone but it works for me. This Oreilly book was excellent. Designed for a classroom and explains each step of your example code.
Where to go after this? There are modules that allow you to tap into services such as telnet, ftp, ssh and so on. Heck, Once I wrote a Perl Program that used a module to email me the results
It's a place to start.
Personally I like the advice of Mrs. Potato Head in Toy Story 2.
"Don't talk to any toys you don't know!"
The duplication controls have been adopted to protect broadcast copyrights, an NHK official said, adding, "Easy violation of copyright would make movie and music copyright holders reluctant to provide their works and prompt actors and singers to refuse to appear on TV."
Reluctant to provide their works or refuse to appear? I guess if we're reluctant to purchase / view / support DRM then where does the DRM effort go? Hopefully to the junk heap.
If people were prevented from recording TV broadcasts, how would TiVo exist? Or VCRs, for that matter?
At the moment it's not implemented (as far as I know). This is future technology being pushed on consumers.
TiVo and VCR's could still record programs. Just not the programs in which the broadcast flag has been turned on.
I've been recently told in another post that it prevents rerecording. So I'm not entirely sure now exactly what the broadcast flag does. I do know it's a forced restriction on consumers.
Perhaps we could even use the ruling to push back the broadcast flag (which prevents people from recording TV broadcasts).
But it doesn't. It just stops them from rerecording them.
Rerecording them? I was told the broadcast flag prevented recording in the first place?
Guess I'll google for more info. I wasn't aware of this. Thx for the note!
Personally I'm pleased to read that some have decided NOT to settle out of court.
Also on Monday, the RIAA said it had sued 24 individuals by name after discovering their identities through John Doe suits.
Those sued by name had declined offers to settle out of court, the RIAA said.
This should settle (hopefully) the issue of copyright and fair use rights. Perhaps we could even use the ruling to push back the broadcast flag (which prevents people from recording TV broadcasts).
When push comes to shove, people ultimately will decide with their check books. If they (the courts/government) make consumer unfriendly decisions, take the ball back and go home.
What I find amusing is W. Shatner said that Trekkies needed to get a life and look at what he's doing 30 years later :-)
I think that 9/11 has simply turned our government against anyone who might come within a hundred miles of overthrowing it-even it's own citizens.
I agree with you. As bad as what I'm about to say might sound, the Founding Fathers had the same thoughts. If the Government gets abusive then we need to take it back. I've been reading the Federalist and the Anti-Federalist papers lately. Very dry reading however it's very insightful into the minds of these people. They were concerned with the Government abusing people. Probably why we have things like the Declaration of Independance. George Washington by today's standards would be considered a terrorist. Sad isn't it.
Think: this kind of thing, if your "quotient" was too high, could conceiveably prevent you from getting a job, or maybe a loan.
I'll beat there are people who know how to get that number down. After analyzing the system, there is always a way around anything. No matter how much security or secrecy you incoporate.
RC1 was a disaster for me. I have standard hardware all over and ran into problems with Geforce 4 cards/Nvidia drivers, Sound Blaster and USB devices. RedHat 9 worked great with the same exact hardware. Made me wonder what was going on.
On a side note, Those same systems ran SuSE 9.0 just fine and Debian. Definitely not the hardware failing.
I've come to realize that perhaps I should build my own Linux distro just for kicks. So far so good. I'll still use a regular distros but at least I'm much better prepared in case something like RedHat / Fedora happens again. Here is how I did it.
Perhaps it was a dare like this one
I'm curious how quickly exploits will become available this being the case. It would be a good demonstration of why Open Source is a better development model than closed source.
The unexpected release of the Win2k code was a good example of this. While only 15% was released, within 3 days we had a couple of exploits published on the internet. As Bill Gates put it, if the Windows code was released, we would have a serious national security threat to our country.
Even he realizes it would be a serious problem.
Stability and features are terribly important to me. SuSE so far has given me both. I haven't used it in years. Recently started messing with SuSE 9.0. I've given up on RedHat Fedora. I have been using RedHat since 4.x came out and while I realize they need to make a buck, Fedora has me worried. I've been on the mailing list fighting a flurry of problems along with other's. The hardware I have is top of the line (x86). So I started looking.
I can only imagine what 9.1 is like. I'm still waiting for my copy. If it's anything like 9.0 then I'm in for a treat.
I know you all were looking for a 9.1 review. Wish I could give one. My experience with SuSE has been excellent to date. I would recommend at least checking them out. I would be surprised if anyone was terribly disappointed with them.
There is no right in the copyright law to make backup copies of motion pictures, so the whole argument that people should have the right to make backup copies of DVDs has no legal support whatsoever,'
Now I wish I kept the link. Years ago I was reading up on the fair use laws and noticed the Supreme Court had decided we are entitled to an archival copy of our media (I believe that was how they put it). This was before DVD's really took off. CD's were around however (data and music). The ruling basically was we were either given a backup copy for a nominal charge (usually around $5 or so) or allowed to make a copy of the product we purchased. Since we now know that CD's and DVD's have issues (not industructable), we need this even more.
Every one of my CD's at home is a copy from an original master (Yes.. I own the master btw). My kids have either lost the copy or destroyed it (they are kids after all). I was able to simply make another copy and be done with it. Now I'm faced with loosing out on my investment for whatever reason and they expect people to pay full price for it again? I have a problem with that.
I have been making copies of my DVD's for personal use. The master goes into a nice safe place away from the kids. The movies are still available. I'm happy, kids happy and the MPAA has their money. I don't see the problem.
Point taken. He spends so much time talking about Nautilus that I wonder if there was anything he liked about it.
When using Gnome or KDE, I usually don't spend all my time with the file manager. I'd hazard a guess of less than 10% of my time would be spent using one.
I haven't tried 2.6 yet however his entire article mainly focuses on Nautilus. Speaking on one aspect of a product is like saying Windows stinks because they didn't like the features of notepad.
Bad analogy I know but hopefully it get's the idea across.
Personally I've used KDE and Gnome for years. I can't imagine it being all that terrible. Now I'm curious and will be downloading / testing it.
The only way to change the default behavior of Nautilus is to set an obscure registry key via the command line or the registry editor. Not even that abomination of operating systems, Windows 95, made users retreat to the registry editor to use a single window to navigate folders.
Is this true? Can anyone comment if this is what they are doing with Nautilus? I can't imagine this being required. The comment on Windows 95 however isn't very accurate. I've had to dive into the Windows registry many times to change/fix problems with a variety of Windows functions/apps. Most recently two mistakes in Service Pack 1 for XP.
The SCO Group claims that they hold the copyright to Unix and believes that retailers who use Linux violate SCO's copyright.
If I understand this properly, using a product such as Linux isn't violating a copyright. IF (and that's a BIG IF) SCO is correct, how can they sue these companies for use of a product they are NOT selling? Copyright laws basically define who can provide copies of a product. If you are using a product provided by a manufacturer (say RedHat or SuSE), then you are not responsible for their product and what the manufacturer put into it.
If I read a newspaper article and it contained copyrighted material, am I responsible and liable to being sued? Not a chance. That's not how the law works.
SCO can sue until they are bankrupt. They will not survive their own lunacy.
Not having used SCO Unix for seven years isn't really an obscure point, is it?
True. What's really sad is it seems SCO is sueing all their old customers. At least the ones who are running Linux currently. No wonder their latest filing shows they have hardly any income. Who would want to do business with a company like this?
Man. What ever happened to "We the People"?
require the U.S. to pass laws to "force users to provide their encryption keys"
I can't believe we're agreeing to this. What are they thinking?
"The treaty is already being used as a pretext in some developing nation to pass some pretty draconian laws," he said. "I wouldn't be surprised to see it used in the U.S. that way."
And we're thinking of ratifying this? We can already see what other countries are doing with it. How bad does it have to get before we force the Government to stop this madness. I'm serious. This is getting bad and has to stop. DeMoCrAt along with Patriot Act and now this? It's frustrating.
As they say in the movie "My Cousin Vinnie"...
;-)
Nah.. don't buy that can of beans. It's 2 cents more expensive than this one. You're paying for advertising
- Is everybody stealing FM radio and over-the-air TV broadcasts?
You raise a good point. I haven't paid for any of the TV and radio content I listen to every day. Also, let's not forget that the MPAA used to say that video recorders would destroy their business. Now they make a bundle on sales in that area. But of course they were against it at the start.
We're seeing this now with downloads. They were against it and now they are turning around and figuring it out.
wrote Gates. 'It is this switching cost that has given customers the patience to stick with Windows through all our mistakes, our buggy drivers, our high TCO
Hmmm... High TCO? Pardon but I'm a little annoyed at this. For years they have been touting their "low TCO" as a selling point. Now they admit they have a higher TCO than the other solutions available.
I'm sure Microsoft has some redeeming value but it's apparent companies should reconder when looking at upgrading/continuing with Microsoft products. Even rich companies want to save money. Here is how. Get rid of Microsoft products and go with something better (subjective statement I know).
It's already happened once in my lifetime. People used to say "Nobody ever got fired buying IBM". It could happen again.
if you're looking for "conclusive" scientific data on chaotic climate change over the next century or so,
:-)
Hmmm.. not necessarily "conclusive" evidence however we can look at contributing factors and determine where something is going. Like watching an asteroid and tracking it's path. We should be able to see where a problem is coming from.
when you deride Gore's NYC Greenhouse speech because of a snowstorm here that winter day
I thought it was an amusing observation. Look at my original comment. I did not deride Gore's speach. I simply pointed out what I thought was amusing. Speaking about Global warming during a winter storm left an impression on me. Take the comment for what it is. I was amused
The better term is "Climate Change,"
Ok... I can buy that. While I don't see us making the change entirely, I do see us contributing. I would be very interested in a study which takes into account the changes in the Sun's activities. PBS had a program showing that the Sun was getting hotter. Natureally I believe that is a significant contributor to the overall problem.
Some rather great articles there. Thx for the link!
Speaking of which. While I don't believe we have all the information, I tend to doubt Global Warming is as serious as the press makes it. Al Gore recently gave a speach in New York about this during one of the worst snow storms in the century (according to CNN a few months ago). Kinda amusing.
Before we start signing treaties and making promises, we really should gather more information and publish it. So far what I've seen hasn't moved me towards Global Warming as a real problem. Is there anyone or any group that can provide conclusive scientific data?