Dude, the article is about codec comaprison, not player comparison. And you don't need WMP9 (Windows Media Player 9) to play WM9 (Windows Media V9) encoded files. Heck, you can even encdoe videos with WM9 into.avi or.ogm or whatever open source free beer speech wrapper format you want by using the VCM wrapper released by Microsoft.
The codec itself is neutral from any copy protection mechanism, or you just like to yell "DRM" for some cheap mod points.
Uh, actaully they did. If you haven't installed WMP9 and go to Windows Update, you'll see the "Windows Media codec 9 Pack" option separate from the player. Even WMP8 will download the version 9 codec automatically.
If Berkeley had licensed their version of Unix under something similar to the GPL, the Unix Wars never would've happened and Microsoft wouldn't have become the monstrous monopoly it is today. In fact, Linux would just be another hobby OS and not the juggernaught it's growing up to be.
Then the coporations wouldn't fund any research at the universiies. Instead they'd rely on their own R&D facillities.
Sounds impossible unless you mistook the phrase "disable DRM" with anything other than uncheking the "Copy protect music" checkbox in the options before you rip your CDs.
No, Linux people have this weird concept of "don't log as root." So you'll have to type su/sudo first, and then your root password. If you have ulimit set for your user accounr, be sure to reset your ulimit before start/stopping any services. Which makes number of steps required to stop a service on par with the superior Windows, which saves a lot of work by no need for root password.:p
The line:
Steps to stop and disable a service running on Redhat GNU/Linux System: ~7
would be a more realistic and precise statement:
And it is politically incorrect to post conmmand line instructions without specifying which distro it is for. What about us Gentoo users?
Hey, for gentoo users, if a piece of software is not in portage tree, it never exists.
At least that's how I feel.
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Don't know how to say it... Yes Linux is flexible, but not in the sense of porting a distro to another platform, becasue if a distro is ported, it's not the same distro anymore. Redhat can just build a dstro from scratch on PS2 and still call it Redhat Linux.
Gentoo is a "meta-distro," which can be put on top of many UNIX-like systems. The Gentoo Linux we often hear can be percieved as the "reference distro" of the Gentoo meta-distro system.
I thought by "sticky bit" you meant +t permission on directories but actually you meant "sXid" permission (setXid bit). Had me confused.
Here's the clarification from TFM (fileutils.info):
A file's permissions have three special components, which affect only executable files (programs) and, on some systems, directories:
1. set the process's effective user ID to that of the file upon execution (called the "setuid bit"). No effect on directories.
2. set the process's effective group ID to that of the file upon execution (called the "setgid bit"). For directories on some systems, put files created in the directory into the same group as the directory, no matter what group the user who creates them is in.
3. save the program's text image on the swap device so it will load more quickly when run (called the "sticky bit"). For directories on some systems, prevent users from removing files that they do not own in the directory; this is called making the directory "append-only".
The CD-burning feature that come with XP allows regular users to burn CD as well.
If you use nero, there's a program called Nero BurnRights that allows Admin to give permission to users, or allows anybody in group "Nero" to burn CDs
sXid executables, in contrast to what you said, does not mean security. All of the functionalities can be superseded by ACL. selinux is one of the example. Even root is governed by ACL.
IMHO WindowsXXYY will never be secure until Windows introduces the concept of the sticky bit on files -- but are there patent problems with that?
Have you ever heard of the term "NTFS"? go to an XP machine and see how C:\WINDOWS\Temp permission is set up. Your saying that Windows has no sticky bit-like mechanism is like saying *NIX doesn't hae ACL.
It's worthy to note that 90% of Hong Kong Anime TV-show DVDs are from the inferior TV captured sources, not from the DVD releases. Of course you can find dedicated pirates who strive to get the same quality as the original, but it's not likely you can find them in Hong Kong made DVDs.
If the show is unlicensed in the US, it is likely that you can download from BT sites like here and here.
If you can write a piece of software that would take other people to spend millions of dollars in R&D to get the same thing. You should consider more suitable job like ruling over the universe or something.
[fade back to true reality]
You write "Project Foo".
You release "Project Foo" under the GPL License.
You host "Project Foo" on your web/ftp server for download.
"Some Company, Inc." looks at "Project Foo", and sees that by using it, they can save some development costs, and speed up their time to deliver a similar project being written in-house. But are they going to use your code? Hell no.
"Some Company, Inc." reverse-engineered your code
"Some Company, Inc." makes HUGE improvements to your idea, adding a bunch of new features, and fixing some outstanding bugs, increasing performance by 20%.
"Some Company, Inc." then creates "SuperWidget 5.0" using your code inside it, and it becomes their sole proprietary flagship project.
The only way to obtain "SuperWidget 5.0" is through a very expensive licensing agreement, $10,000 per copy, and no, you don't get the source.
Yes, "Your" version of the code is still available on "Your" web/ftp server. Your code is now 20 features and 50 bugs behind "SuperWidget 5.0". Nobody can benefit from "Your" code with these new features, because nobody knows about your code.
Those programmers in Some Company Inc. probablly got family to feed.
BSD is just as free as GPL except BSD gives the everybody else free beer and GPL gives YOU free beer.
What if you have a company with hundreds of workers, you developed a piece of code, you patent it, you show it to another company (assuming non disclosure and all).
Scratch my previous comment. When you patent a invention, you have effectively told everybody in the world how your thing works in the patent document (eg pseudocode etc.). Patent and Non-disclosure don't go together, Unless you are talking about copyright, which is a different beast.
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The codec itself is neutral from any copy protection mechanism, or you just like to yell "DRM" for some cheap mod points.
That's precisely what Sencond Law of Thermodynamics states.
A web browser and a media player would make 2.7 a killer kernel.
Uh, actaully they did. If you haven't installed WMP9 and go to Windows Update, you'll see the "Windows Media codec 9 Pack" option separate from the player. Even WMP8 will download the version 9 codec automatically.
172.16.0.0/12 192.0.2.0/24 192.168.0.0/16 0.0.0.0/7 2.0.0.0/8 5.0.0.0/8 7.0.0.0/8 10.0.0.0/8 23.0.0.0/8 27.0.0.0/8 31.0.0.0/8 36.0.0.0/7 39.0.0.0/8 41.0.0.0/8 42.0.0.0/8 49.0.0.0/8 50.0.0.0/8 58.0.0.0/7 70.0.0.0/7 72.0.0.0/5 83.0.0.0/8 84.0.0.0/6 88.0.0.0/5 96.0.0.0/3 127.0.0.0/8 197.0.0.0/8 198.18.0.0/15 223.0.0.0/8 240.0.0.0/4
Then the coporations wouldn't fund any research at the universiies. Instead they'd rely on their own R&D facillities.
Sounds impossible unless you mistook the phrase "disable DRM" with anything other than uncheking the "Copy protect music" checkbox in the options before you rip your CDs.
The following link should give you a kick start on learning Japanese, uh, I mean English.
The line:
Steps to stop and disable a service running on Redhat GNU/Linux System: ~7
would be a more realistic and precise statement:
And it is politically incorrect to post conmmand line instructions without specifying which distro it is for. What about us Gentoo users?
At least that's how I feel.
Gentoo is a "meta-distro," which can be put on top of many UNIX-like systems. The Gentoo Linux we often hear can be percieved as the "reference distro" of the Gentoo meta-distro system.
Heck, there's even Gentoo for cygwin and OSX
Hope somebody can implement it and release it BSDed so Microsoft can benifit from evil bit too.
Here's the clarification from TFM (fileutils.info):
The CD-burning feature that come with XP allows regular users to burn CD as well.If you use nero, there's a program called Nero BurnRights that allows Admin to give permission to users, or allows anybody in group "Nero" to burn CDs
sXid executables, in contrast to what you said, does not mean security. All of the functionalities can be superseded by ACL. selinux is one of the example. Even root is governed by ACL.
Have you ever heard of the term "NTFS"? go to an XP machine and see how C:\WINDOWS\Temp permission is set up. Your saying that Windows has no sticky bit-like mechanism is like saying *NIX doesn't hae ACL.
Maybe it's the no-brand batteries they got from the flea market?
The reason I brought up scarywater is that I use that site quite often (hint: my nick and e-mail address). meso- *cough*
If the show is unlicensed in the US, it is likely that you can download from BT sites like here and here.
[fade back to true reality]
- You write "Project Foo".
- You release "Project Foo" under the GPL License.
- You host "Project Foo" on your web/ftp server for download.
- "Some Company, Inc." looks at "Project Foo", and sees that by using it, they can save some development costs, and speed up their time to deliver a similar project being written in-house. But are they going to use your code? Hell no.
- "Some Company, Inc." reverse-engineered your code
- "Some Company, Inc." makes HUGE improvements to your idea, adding a bunch of new features, and fixing some outstanding bugs, increasing performance by 20%.
- "Some Company, Inc." then creates "SuperWidget 5.0" using your code inside it, and it becomes their sole proprietary flagship project.
- The only way to obtain "SuperWidget 5.0" is through a very expensive licensing agreement, $10,000 per copy, and no, you don't get the source.
Yes, "Your" version of the code is still available on "Your" web/ftp server. Your code is now 20 features and 50 bugs behind "SuperWidget 5.0". Nobody can benefit from "Your" code with these new features, because nobody knows about your code. Those programmers in Some Company Inc. probablly got family to feed.BSD is just as free as GPL except BSD gives the everybody else free beer and GPL gives YOU free beer.
There's Event Log if you right click on my computer and choose "Manage"
Scratch my previous comment. When you patent a invention, you have effectively told everybody in the world how your thing works in the patent document (eg pseudocode etc.). Patent and Non-disclosure don't go together, Unless you are talking about copyright, which is a different beast.
Isn't it more of a copyright issue? The patent has nothing to do with it. And the victim company can always sue the mfor violating the NDA.
Here.
Does 2.5.x use 64bit jiffies for x86? I've seen it mentioned somewhere but forgot. I'd hate to see my uptime roll over every other month.
Care to explain how DMCA was used in your case?
John Doe canceled? I thought it was season finale...