Also consider: Google Glass isn't banned. You just can't use it once the lights dim, just like their cellphone policy. I'm willing to bet some patrons think they're being 'slick' by using glass...
And if you have perscription lenses in your Google glas, when they make you take it off, you see... Well... Some of the movie... Kinda...
The problem is bandwidth. How do you get all that data down the wire? The original Korean high def 2550s used Dual DVI, essentially 2 cables. This worked, but was poorly supported. The Seiki 4k is HDMI 1.4, so it is stuck at 30hz. To get 60hz, you need HDMI 2.0, and that is far from common right now. Then you start looking at bus speeds... 4k 120hz is a LOT of data.
You lost that battle years ago. Once widescreen laptops took over, it was decided by the LCD manufactures that no one needed more than 1080p anymore. That is why I am on an "antique" 24in Dell Ultrasharp.
This is what you use to create it. As a monitor, content generation and video editing station, it rocks. And without a cheap way to create content, how would it be created?
I don't suppose they've considered locating a new service outside the US? The sad truth is that anybody who's looking to run a private service needs to look outside of the US.
It doesn't help. Just ask Kim Dotcom about Megaupload... Right now, none of the Internet is "free" and it will take some major changes to make it so.
It seems like most of the new and interesting things being attempted on the net these days are stopped by legislation or lawsuits from vested interests, not by any technical problem. This has bit you twice in two VASTLY different businesses. What is you opinion on this, and what can we do about it?
Uh, most people understand why taxes are a good thing. There are people who feel that we are being taxed too much, but there aren't many people who want to get rid of taxes. Some form of taxation is necessary for the operation of the government.
Taxes are a way of getting other to pay for services they do not use. Usage fees are ways to get users to pay for services they use. There are a few exceptions like national defense, but I think we can agree that we are WAY beyond that now.
Most people don't know the risks of DRM, a lot of people don't even know what DRM is. YOU might have been overwarned, but most people have never heard of The Right to Read, and don't understand why DRM could be problematic. As long as it doesn't get in the way, they are fine with it.
Beating people over the head will not educate them. And over the last few year we have "taught" people to click OK without reading through warning popups and 500 page EULAs. If you want to educate people tell them about Zune users.
2) Firefox implementing DRM is one piece of the problem.
Nope. It is a symptom of the problem. The problem is that there is lots of content that people want that is only legally available with DRM. If you want the content, the choice is support the DRM or steal it. There are merits to both paths.
3) Firefox is free to do whatever they want, but if they felt forced to implement DRM, it would have been better if they at least made an effort to warn the users about the risks. Instead they are publicly praising Adobe for their approach to DRM.
Oh, God no! We are already way too overwarned. Turing every movie into the panic over self signed certs is NOT the answer.
People who criticize RMS often don't even know what he said. That is not true of everyone, but most comments on the net are rather clueless about it. DRM is bad, that's not even controversial.
Stalman is a brilliant man who has done a lot for computing in general. (Not just open source) He is also an uncompromising ass that is very hard to work with. For those of us that live and work in the real world, this is not a path we can take. I prefer the ESR approach to picking battles that make a difference.
No one is forcing you to use the DRM in Firefox. They are simply allowing it as an option. Blocking something because RMS does not approve is the opposite of freedom, be it DRM, a binary driver, or whatever. If my definition of acceptable is not as valid as yours, that is a problem.
Key distribution for one time pads is a nightmare. It's possible for a government to send tapes of one time pads through diplomatic baggage to their embassies in advance. But it's completely useless for anyone else.
Yeah... Mailing a flash drive is beyond the abilities of most people.
If Diffie Hellman is at risk, then all of our "perfect forward security" reliance of SSL is gone.
Shachar
Really, it was gone already, many times. The key generation bug, the heartbleed bug... Even if it works, it is still probably easier to exploit coding mistakes, and we seem to have enough of them.
Or just some financial accounting trick/fraud to lessen or completely avoid taxes through some "outsourcing" tax haven parent company with "very expensive services" like many other multinational companies love to do.
Sure they are! Coming up with DRM that lasts a full day before getting cracked is expensive!
You can't hide secrets of the future with math. The path of technology history is littered with the bones form 'unbreakable/unhackable/uncrackable' products.
I wonder how you update the phone? Or prevent someone from installing a keylogger?
However, there are several encrypted message from WW2 that are still unbroken. And it doesn't change the fact that you know they are not listening NOW.
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I suspect that soon after we really run out of addresses, someone will release 5 octet IPv4.
So after years of panic, someone finally ran out of IPs. No, wait a minute... They still didn't.
Also consider: Google Glass isn't banned. You just can't use it once the lights dim, just like their cellphone policy. I'm willing to bet some patrons think they're being 'slick' by using glass...
And if you have perscription lenses in your Google glas, when they make you take it off, you see... Well... Some of the movie... Kinda...
As well as food, and ammunition
If you have ammunition, you can get food.
Keep waiting. That panel resolution is not popular enough to be continued. 4k will take it over.
Ran both Windows 7 and Ubuntu on a Seiki 4k with no problem. (Well, other than finding a video card that supported it at a reasonable price...)
The problem is bandwidth. How do you get all that data down the wire? The original Korean high def 2550s used Dual DVI, essentially 2 cables. This worked, but was poorly supported. The Seiki 4k is HDMI 1.4, so it is stuck at 30hz. To get 60hz, you need HDMI 2.0, and that is far from common right now. Then you start looking at bus speeds... 4k 120hz is a LOT of data.
You lost that battle years ago. Once widescreen laptops took over, it was decided by the LCD manufactures that no one needed more than 1080p anymore. That is why I am on an "antique" 24in Dell Ultrasharp.
This is what you use to create it. As a monitor, content generation and video editing station, it rocks. And without a cheap way to create content, how would it be created?
I don't suppose they've considered locating a new service outside the US? The sad truth is that anybody who's looking to run a private service needs to look outside of the US.
It doesn't help. Just ask Kim Dotcom about Megaupload... Right now, none of the Internet is "free" and it will take some major changes to make it so.
It seems like most of the new and interesting things being attempted on the net these days are stopped by legislation or lawsuits from vested interests, not by any technical problem. This has bit you twice in two VASTLY different businesses. What is you opinion on this, and what can we do about it?
Uh, most people understand why taxes are a good thing. There are people who feel that we are being taxed too much, but there aren't many people who want to get rid of taxes. Some form of taxation is necessary for the operation of the government.
Taxes are a way of getting other to pay for services they do not use. Usage fees are ways to get users to pay for services they use. There are a few exceptions like national defense, but I think we can agree that we are WAY beyond that now.
Most people don't know the risks of DRM, a lot of people don't even know what DRM is. YOU might have been overwarned, but most people have never heard of The Right to Read, and don't understand why DRM could be problematic. As long as it doesn't get in the way, they are fine with it.
Beating people over the head will not educate them. And over the last few year we have "taught" people to click OK without reading through warning popups and 500 page EULAs. If you want to educate people tell them about Zune users.
Beyond that? I see not giving Google a list of all my websites to be a plus myself.
Legal vs illegal is pretty cut and dried. An act is either illegal or it's legal. There's no "sort of" when it comes to an issue of legality.
You are obviously not a tax lawyer. :)
1) DRM is bad.
Yep. So are taxes, and work for many people.
2) Firefox implementing DRM is one piece of the problem.
Nope. It is a symptom of the problem. The problem is that there is lots of content that people want that is only legally available with DRM. If you want the content, the choice is support the DRM or steal it. There are merits to both paths.
3) Firefox is free to do whatever they want, but if they felt forced to implement DRM, it would have been better if they at least made an effort to warn the users about the risks. Instead they are publicly praising Adobe for their approach to DRM.
Oh, God no! We are already way too overwarned. Turing every movie into the panic over self signed certs is NOT the answer.
People who criticize RMS often don't even know what he said. That is not true of everyone, but most comments on the net are rather clueless about it. DRM is bad, that's not even controversial.
Stalman is a brilliant man who has done a lot for computing in general. (Not just open source) He is also an uncompromising ass that is very hard to work with. For those of us that live and work in the real world, this is not a path we can take. I prefer the ESR approach to picking battles that make a difference.
No one is forcing you to use the DRM in Firefox. They are simply allowing it as an option. Blocking something because RMS does not approve is the opposite of freedom, be it DRM, a binary driver, or whatever. If my definition of acceptable is not as valid as yours, that is a problem.
Key distribution for one time pads is a nightmare. It's possible for a government to send tapes of one time pads through diplomatic baggage to their embassies in advance. But it's completely useless for anyone else.
Yeah... Mailing a flash drive is beyond the abilities of most people.
So in other words: There actually is a real need for this... As the alternatives are cumbersome and require more resources.
Too bad computers are out of resources, and no more seem to be coming.
I think generating a key pair is less load than modern window managers.
It's like religion. It's not the theory, it's the implementation that's flawed.
I like that a lot.
If Diffie Hellman is at risk, then all of our "perfect forward security" reliance of SSL is gone.
Shachar
Really, it was gone already, many times. The key generation bug, the heartbleed bug... Even if it works, it is still probably easier to exploit coding mistakes, and we seem to have enough of them.
or isn't it always good practice to disable the public community string as well as creating an egress filter to block all outgoing snmp?
It is. But that breaks a lot of config tools for switches routers and printers. Doh!
Or just some financial accounting trick/fraud to lessen or completely avoid taxes through some "outsourcing" tax haven parent company with "very expensive services" like many other multinational companies love to do.
Sure they are! Coming up with DRM that lasts a full day before getting cracked is expensive!
Right. Cause they spend $400million on DRM and $100 million on everything else. Uh huh. Sure.
You should really buy my game! It is amazing! (Oh, and I have to kick you in the nuts every time you boot it...)
Could be why they need a 3:1 marketing budget.
real money.
What? I thought it was US Dollars...
You can't hide secrets of the future with math. The path of technology history is littered with the bones form 'unbreakable/unhackable/uncrackable' products.
I wonder how you update the phone? Or prevent someone from installing a keylogger?
However, there are several encrypted message from WW2 that are still unbroken. And it doesn't change the fact that you know they are not listening NOW.