True, but if you specify your download folder to be seperate from your shared folder you could screen your files before allowing others to download them. A little effort from P2P users to clear the crap off their systems would go a long way towards improving the overall quality of the network.
Early versions may not be good for the soldier on the move, but it could be a good way to hide larger objects. Small base camps come to mind. Probably better than that camo netting in certain situations.
It would be great if it worked like that. You and your friends get palms with built in wireless and cell processors and you could end up with a portable super computer. Fun for the whole family.
Maybe it's just an attempt to create "secure" file sharing networks to help keep the government from mucking around in the situation. I don't think anyone believes a plug-in will be the end all solution, but if people can show they are trying in good faith to fix the "problem" (whatever the problem may be) then it will be easier to keep poorly constructed DRM bills from being shat out by Congress.
Going down this road will be too dangerous and expensive. The liability for hacking/crashing the wrong computer (or in some cases even the right computer) are to high. Take hospitals for example. Some systems are running medical applications that are critical for patient care (monitoring, diagnostic, etc...). If these systems were to be shut down, that would be very bad. If the hospital network they are attached to is attacked (yes, doctors reading their email are just as gullible as anyone else) it could also affect these patient critical systems.
Hell, even hacking these systems to verify they are the source of the problem, be it mp3 trading or virus propagation could be illegal. New HIPAA regulations (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) will make unauthorized access to any patient records/information a crime.
There are to many variables and unknowns for this to be enacted. Hopefully the old men on the hill will realize this as well. If not it will surely be ammended after someone f*cks with the wrong system.
"What do you mean I'm in trouble for hacking? The email containing the virus said it came from the pentagon! It was self defense, I swear!"
1. No contract can contain terms or requirements that are against the law. Is it legal to say you can't post benchmarks? Isn't that a violation of free speach? As long as your not posting any propriatary info with them...
2. If your that worried about MS taking over your system, just set up your firewall to block them when your not downloading updates. Probably better to have a propper firewall set up anyway. MS isn't the only one trying to get at your system.
I wonder how long until the army starts to attach other things besides cameras to these little bots. Chemical sensors, IR, guns, a few pounds of C4 and some roofing nails....
Anyone out there checked to see what frequency range their computer speakers and sound card can accurately reproduce? I'd assume most design specs were made around the human-audible ranges....
I think the FCC is more concerned with freeing up the analog spectrum. There's a ton of cash and political hoopla around who gets the rights to what frequencies. Unless they do something now, there's to much of a chance that 85% of Americans won't be able to get digital signals by '06.
People will watch almost any piece of crap. Trying to get people to shell out big bucks for a new TV so they can pay more for digital programing is the hard part. As long as people can sit on their asses and watch analog they will.
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That may be a little short sighted. While I agree that it would eventually be cracked (probably fairly quickly), there are other issues to consider. Using that logic nobody would ever release anything. At some point, especially with older material, it becomes a matter of getting what money you can while you still have a chance.
I mentioned earlier that these companies would have been smart to release ROMS of their older games for sale on the net. Yes, the price would have to be very low per download and yes this would eventually make ROMS easy enough to find that people will stop buying them from any pay site. BUT before that time the companies will still generate revenue off their old games as oppose to now where they are making nothing. If there's a demand profit can be found, even if it's only for a while.
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Yeah, but I don't know anyone who was seriously considering buying a PS2/Xbox/etc who decided not to because they got their hands on a Zelda ROM.
If corps. wanted to make some quick cash they'd smarten up and release all their older games as ROMS for sale over the net anyway. At a low enough price the hardcore ROM fan might find downloading their favorite games from an official site more appealing than murking around on P2P networks or tracking down the latest warez sites.
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Of course, it couldn't hurt sales that much seeing as how they don't market these games anymore. It might slide if the site offers corporations something in return. For example, if the site becomes popular enough it could give free ad space to game companies as compensation.
It may just be me, but I doubt that there are people working for every single SuperMegaCorp who go in on Monday morning and spend all week trying to think of ways to stifle innovation across the board. I'm sure there are some decisions made for the sole intent of putting direct competitors under pressure, but just because a large corp doesn't help out every single startup that walk in the door doesn't mean they are out to destroy them. THE PRIMARY GOAL OF A BUSINESS IS TO MAKE MONEY! Investing in new technology is a risk. Sometimes it pays off, sometimes you lose big. If a large corporation carefully chooses the right technology to cultivate they will survive. If not, then they will eventually be knocked off their high horse by another company with the Next Big Thing (TM).
Quick question: Has anyone here ever bought something because of a piece of spam they got?
Someone pointed out on an earlier/. post that people must be buying stuff. If there was no money in spamming people would switch to a new marketing approach. I know I've never seen anything in my mailbox worth buying.
Of course they could be making their money by reselling their email lists to other companies/spammers...
It should be too much of a problem. There are several ways (signal hoping, spread spectrum, etc)
to modulate a signal to avoid interference. I'm sure they'll work out something. Sales would really suck if you got fragged every time someone in your house got the munchies.
"All the laws against piracy actually benefit the Open Source community. Now the companies are starting to realize how expensive commercial software is, when they actually need to start paying the full price for all the seats".
Not necessarily. While using the law to enlighten companies about the true cost of commercial software is good, you don't want the BSA going on a wildly publicized witch-hunt across corporate America. This could transform the piracy issue into something it's not. If the piracy "epidemic" gets to out of hand Congress may act to create more repressive legislation. EULA's don't leave consumers many rights with their software as it is. We don't need someone else making things worse...
I agree, they are not there to watch out for Joe Schmoe computer user, however there is another issue here. Corporate ethics.
The BSA, and other corporations, still have a ethical duty not to knowingly misrepresent information. When this happens in the scientific community it causes a shit storm. Is corporate america less accountable? Playing number games has caused a tremendous amount of pain in the private sector. Just ask an ex-enron/worldcom/etc employee...
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Hey! In all fairness they do have a business plan:
1. Overhype a useless product.
2. A miracle occurs.
3. Profit!!!
I wonder what type of business degree you need to come up with such complex business strategies?
"In Missouri, companies would have free access to the list, but residents would be able to sue marketers for up to $5,000 for violating it."
Yeah, I'm sure the average AOL user is more than capable of tracking down the actual spammer. Nothing to see here, please move along.
Plenty more to be found on google.
http://www.ixbt.com/short/2k2-11/sharp102.jpg
True, but if you specify your download folder to be seperate from your shared folder you could screen your files before allowing others to download them. A little effort from P2P users to clear the crap off their systems would go a long way towards improving the overall quality of the network.
Early versions may not be good for the soldier on the move, but it could be a good way to hide larger objects. Small base camps come to mind. Probably better than that camo netting in certain situations.
It would be great if it worked like that. You and your friends get palms with built in wireless and cell processors and you could end up with a portable super computer. Fun for the whole family.
Maybe it's just an attempt to create "secure" file sharing networks to help keep the government from mucking around in the situation. I don't think anyone believes a plug-in will be the end all solution, but if people can show they are trying in good faith to fix the "problem" (whatever the problem may be) then it will be easier to keep poorly constructed DRM bills from being shat out by Congress.
Going down this road will be too dangerous and expensive. The liability for hacking/crashing the wrong computer (or in some cases even the right computer) are to high. Take hospitals for example. Some systems are running medical applications that are critical for patient care (monitoring, diagnostic, etc...). If these systems were to be shut down, that would be very bad. If the hospital network they are attached to is attacked (yes, doctors reading their email are just as gullible as anyone else) it could also affect these patient critical systems.
Hell, even hacking these systems to verify they are the source of the problem, be it mp3 trading or virus propagation could be illegal. New HIPAA regulations (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) will make unauthorized access to any patient records/information a crime.
There are to many variables and unknowns for this to be enacted. Hopefully the old men on the hill will realize this as well. If not it will surely be ammended after someone f*cks with the wrong system.
"What do you mean I'm in trouble for hacking? The email containing the virus said it came from the pentagon! It was self defense, I swear!"
1. No contract can contain terms or requirements that are against the law. Is it legal to say you can't post benchmarks? Isn't that a violation of free speach? As long as your not posting any propriatary info with them...
2. If your that worried about MS taking over your system, just set up your firewall to block them when your not downloading updates. Probably better to have a propper firewall set up anyway. MS isn't the only one trying to get at your system.
Ahhh, the benefits of actually reading the *WHOLE* article suddenly become clear! Thanks.
I wonder how long until the army starts to attach other things besides cameras to these little bots. Chemical sensors, IR, guns, a few pounds of C4 and some roofing nails....
"and laughed at those stupid enough to walk underneath trees with crocs in them."
Maybe they just learned to walk with their spears pointed up...
Anyone out there checked to see what frequency range their computer speakers and sound card can accurately reproduce? I'd assume most design specs were made around the human-audible ranges....
I think the FCC is more concerned with freeing up the analog spectrum. There's a ton of cash and political hoopla around who gets the rights to what frequencies. Unless they do something now, there's to much of a chance that 85% of Americans won't be able to get digital signals by '06.
People will watch almost any piece of crap. Trying to get people to shell out big bucks for a new TV so they can pay more for digital programing is the hard part. As long as people can sit on their asses and watch analog they will.
That may be a little short sighted. While I agree that it would eventually be cracked (probably fairly quickly), there are other issues to consider. Using that logic nobody would ever release anything. At some point, especially with older material, it becomes a matter of getting what money you can while you still have a chance.
I mentioned earlier that these companies would have been smart to release ROMS of their older games for sale on the net. Yes, the price would have to be very low per download and yes this would eventually make ROMS easy enough to find that people will stop buying them from any pay site. BUT before that time the companies will still generate revenue off their old games as oppose to now where they are making nothing. If there's a demand profit can be found, even if it's only for a while.
Yeah, but I don't know anyone who was seriously considering buying a PS2/Xbox/etc who decided not to because they got their hands on a Zelda ROM.
If corps. wanted to make some quick cash they'd smarten up and release all their older games as ROMS for sale over the net anyway. At a low enough price the hardcore ROM fan might find downloading their favorite games from an official site more appealing than murking around on P2P networks or tracking down the latest warez sites.
Of course, it couldn't hurt sales that much seeing as how they don't market these games anymore. It might slide if the site offers corporations something in return. For example, if the site becomes popular enough it could give free ad space to game companies as compensation.
What's the going tax rate for paper and pens?
If I go to Canada to get the DeCSS code tattooed on my back will the government start charging burn victims for skin graphs?
The programming team set up a demo for review, but our marketing team said they kept getting a
N0$-N-1T error.
Tell the programmers the system may be more stable if we could send our own ads through with with the instant message.
It may just be me, but I doubt that there are people working for every single SuperMegaCorp who go in on Monday morning and spend all week trying to think of ways to stifle innovation across the board. I'm sure there are some decisions made for the sole intent of putting direct competitors under pressure, but just because a large corp doesn't help out every single startup that walk in the door doesn't mean they are out to destroy them.
THE PRIMARY GOAL OF A BUSINESS IS TO MAKE MONEY! Investing in new technology is a risk. Sometimes it pays off, sometimes you lose big. If a large corporation carefully chooses the right technology to cultivate they will survive. If not, then they will eventually be knocked off their high horse by another company with the Next Big Thing (TM).
Quick question: Has anyone here ever bought something because of a piece of spam they got?
/. post that people must be buying stuff. If there was no money in spamming people would switch to a new marketing approach. I know I've never seen anything in my mailbox worth buying.
Someone pointed out on an earlier
Of course they could be making their money by reselling their email lists to other companies/spammers...
It should be too much of a problem. There are several ways (signal hoping, spread spectrum, etc) to modulate a signal to avoid interference. I'm sure they'll work out something. Sales would really suck if you got fragged every time someone in your house got the munchies.
"All the laws against piracy actually benefit the Open Source community. Now the companies are starting to realize how expensive commercial software is, when they actually need to start paying the full price for all the seats".
Not necessarily. While using the law to enlighten companies about the true cost of commercial software is good, you don't want the BSA going on a wildly publicized witch-hunt across corporate America. This could transform the piracy issue into something it's not. If the piracy "epidemic" gets to out of hand Congress may act to create more repressive legislation. EULA's don't leave consumers many rights with their software as it is. We don't need someone else making things worse...
I agree, they are not there to watch out for Joe Schmoe computer user, however there is another issue here. Corporate ethics. The BSA, and other corporations, still have a ethical duty not to knowingly misrepresent information. When this happens in the scientific community it causes a shit storm. Is corporate america less accountable? Playing number games has caused a tremendous amount of pain in the private sector. Just ask an ex-enron/worldcom/etc employee...