I'm not sure that is necessary. If Sony takes a big hit on this one, the other labels are likely to take note and modify their behavior. The again I could be wrong.
Sure. The problem is that at the moment by default any idiot who sets up a DSL/Cable connection gets protection by default (unless they connect to the modem/router by USB). However under IPv6 work will need to be done to ensure that they are protected.
I could be wrong, but I think the reason they push one song so hard is economies of scale. You make more money from one "artist" who sells 10 million CDs than from 10 who each sell 1 million or 100 who each sell 100000. The costs are lower. So instead of waiting for that one "artist" to appear naturally, they attempt to force their appearance.
I believe in the literal translation of the Bible. I believe that the Bible is God's words (penned by men who were moved by the Holy Spirit) and thus must be followed because it is what God wants for us.
As a christian I understand your perspective and your fear.
My only problem is that people who push for a literal interpretation of the bible don't actually apply it.
Picking out a passages in 1 Timothy: "9I also want women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, 10but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God."
Are you married? Does your wife wear a wedding ring? Is it gold? Do you rebuke (in love) members of your congregation when you see them wearing gold? Or braided hair? Or pearls?
Or to pick from Matthew 18: "8If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire. 9And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell."
How are you reading this? How is it possible that you still have two eyes? How can you type your reply without hands?
Prophets generally didn't marry. In fact, I can think of one (Moses), if you consider him a prophet.
Hosea also married: 2 When the LORD began to speak through Hosea, the LORD said to him, "Go, take to yourself an adulterous wife and children of unfaithfulness, because the land is guilty of the vilest adultery in departing from the LORD." 3 So he married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
I've just sent in some feedback on the some of the forms offered on the Sony website. I've provided links to the blog articles for their information. I also let them know: - I will not buying any Sony products in the forseeable future - I will be emailing friends, acquaintances and family explaining what is ocurring and recommending a boycott of all Sony products.
I recommend that others do the same.
FWIW, the text of the email I am sending out is:
A furore has erupted online recently over some software that Sony has shipped with some music CDs.
Effectively in an attempt to stop people from copying CDs to their computers, Sony CDs will install some software onto your computer when a music CD is first put into the drive. This software alters windows in a way that makes it less secure. It also hides itself and is next to impossible to remove. Also each time a CD us put into the drive it "phones home" to Sony tell them what CD you are playing.
There are many concerns with this. In the first place it is not clear that software is being installed on your machine when the CD is inserted. Secondly it is deceptive by hiding the software. Thirdly no means of uninstalling the software is provided. Finally there are privacy concerns with software that tracks how you use your computer.
One week after this was revealed, Sony has failed to respond to these concerns.
I am writing to recommend that you boycott all Sony products. The Sony family of companies are: - Sony - Sony BMG - Sony Erickson - Sony Computer Entertainment
Actually I am fine with his motherboard pricing. I can get Ausus boards (AT form factor, X series, VIA chipset) for that in AUD. Not a board I would choose to buy unless seriously constrained by price. On the other hand I have run a couple of those cheaper boards without trouble.
I dislike RFIID as much as you do, but please lets keep the FUD only coming from the proponents.
If you RTA, you will see that questions like this have been addressed in the v2 of RFIID passports. In v2 the RFIID is shielded so that it is only readable of the passport is open. Now it is possible that this is not suffuciently shielded, and there are issues at checkpoints, but this is a different issue to the one you are addressing.
The most "nationalist" people seem to be people who are as far removed from that nationality as possibly. There is "scotsman" more nationalistic than someone who is 1/16th Scottish and who is getting in touch with his "heritage". So he goes off an buys a kilt, starts learning the bagpipes. It is an absolute joke. It is a particular joke for me because both of my father's parents where scottish. That is to say they were the children of scottish people who emigrated to Australia. In my book that doesn't make him Scottish. What is my father? Australian. What is my mother (1/2 Irish immigrants, 1/2 French Huguenot immigrants)? Australian. What am I? Australian.
We have people in Australia who claim to be Aborigines because they are 1/8th Aboriginal. Don't make me laugh.
I'm in Australia so convert with the exchange rate as appropriate.
I'd agree on the SATA drive. Round here the cheapest that I see is a 80G IDE drive, which is $80-90.
DL 8x DVD burners for $50
Pioneer 110d DVD Writer $65.00 ASUS 16x Dual Layer DVD writer $65 LG 16x Dual Layer DVD writer $58 source These guys are about half an hours drive from me, so it is relatively convenient.
$50 for a case and PSU?
I've seen cases with a 400W PSU for $50 AUD. I wouldn't say that they would be pretty, or that the 400W PSU would be as good as a say an enermax PSU. On the other hand it will run a Athlon 3000 just fine.
But in general I'd agree. Quality is an issue with some of these parts.
The point I was making was that autoplay on USB drives is another potential vector. I personally don't disable it for that reason. I disable it more because I consider it a dead light bulb feature.
I'm sorry I don't agree. Just for reference, this is coming from someone who is an evangelical, bible believeing Christian.
ID is more about trying to shut down other theories rather than opening up options. It seeks to state that no theory is sufficiently proven to be accepted.
My personal theory on this is that a Christian's position (or a non-Christian's for that matter) on creationism vs evolution has an awful lot to do with what they were taught when they were growing up. That is, someone who was taught creationism believes that and ditto for evolution. People tend to come up with reasons to justify it after being taught, rather than examining what information is available and then making a decision.
At work (small company) I develop asp.net/SQL Server websites. I am currently switching all our non desktop and testing servers to linux. Why? My reasons are 75% cost and 25% stability.
To pick the most recent example. I've just put in a mail server, moving from pop boxes managed externally (which we set up because it was easy), to a postfix/courier solution. As it is a small office, the machine doesn't need to be that beefy. So I have been able to run with a second hand dell desktop. I've also got an identical machine and a mirrored HD as a redundant machine in case this one burns to the ground. Anyway, the cost of this setup to the company has been about $350AUD.
To do the same in windows, I would need a beefier box and a license of 2003 + Exchange, SBS probably being the best option. A license of SBS costs a $1000AUD not including the extra CALs needed.
What is more, configuring this box was quite straightforward. I've installed an Exchange server once before and that was rather complex. Probably not quite as complex as this setup, but it comes close.
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- The US, and the massive US military-industrial complex many despise, was essentially solely responsible for creating the internet (note: I am talking about the *internet*, not the world wide web, which itself would not have existed were it not for the internet)?
I think that this statement (repeated every time an article of this sort comes up) should be modded flamebait. You are posting something that is largely orthogonal to the discussion, whether you are doing this deliberately or not.
Several points:
1. The internet comprises of two main elements: the protocols and the networks that run those protcols.
2. The US government is responsible for developing the protocols and in some cases the infrastructure inside the US. Following that, more US infrastructure has been added by US companies.
3. Other countries have paid for their own infrastructure.
So to claim that the "US military-industrial complex" is "solely responsible for creating the internet" is incorrect. You can however claim that the US government developed the protocols.
Now while we will be forever grateful to the US for developing these protocols, it doesn't necessarily follow that they must have control of DNS.
The sole purpose my government exists is to serve American interests. My government has *absolutely no business* putting ANYONE ELSE's interests ahead of my own. It's that simple. To do so would be a betrayal of every single American on the planet.
And this is just the sort of thing that gives Americans a bad name. I just hope that it is not an accurate name. I fear that it is.
You government should serve American interests unless they run counter to the interests of the rest of the world. If you applied the US attitude to peoplem there would be a word for that: selfish. I see no reason why that same description should not be applied to a country.
The very reason that GWB is so hated around the world is that he applies just that attitude. That and the fact that he is imcompetant.
This means that there is no longer any authoritative root servers. This is a problem. The effect of this is that you might nt be able to access some sites. If your ISP uses say the europen root nodes and they do not have a recently registered site, or the DNS records have changed, and the changes have not propogated through to the Eurpean nodes, then there is an issue.
This is precisely what the EU was warning might happen in the last article that turned up.
It is possible that solutions might be developed for this. But it would be better to head the problem off before it happens.
To be quite frank I don't understand how people can defend the US continuing to maintain control.
The UN has given us the uber-corruption of Oil-For-Food, the gross incompetence of their headquarters renovation efforts (1.2 billion proposed cost, which could build you an entire city if you wanted), peacekeeping efforts that led to prepetual war, and so on and on.
And the US has give us the uber-corruption of Haliburton. Are we going to swap corruption stories all day? The question to my mind is more whether the internet should be controlled by an internation body or the US. And by the internet I mean simply DNS (which is what is is all about). I don't think that international bodies are somehow more suceptable to corruption than national ones.
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I'm not sure that is necessary. If Sony takes a big hit on this one, the other labels are likely to take note and modify their behavior. The again I could be wrong.
I have some doubts that hardware will ship with a firewall that is configured to deny all. If that happens, then yes I agree.
Sure. The problem is that at the moment by default any idiot who sets up a DSL/Cable connection gets protection by default (unless they connect to the modem/router by USB). However under IPv6 work will need to be done to ensure that they are protected.
Because everyone is going to be able to install and configure a linux firewall...
Everything over http works just fine right now. NAT could be the perfect success. ...
Cisco's senior technical leader for IPv6 technologies, Tony Hain, begs to differ.
Of course cisco disagrees. They want to sell more routers.
I could be wrong, but I think the reason they push one song so hard is economies of scale. You make more money from one "artist" who sells 10 million CDs than from 10 who each sell 1 million or 100 who each sell 100000. The costs are lower. So instead of waiting for that one "artist" to appear naturally, they attempt to force their appearance.
No this does not improve the quality of music.
The shear amount of research being canceled because of licensing issues is astounding
We don't want people cutting research just because of patents.
Research should continue to separate fact from fiction despite patents.
We should slash the number of patents that people are able to hold.
I'm all out, anyone got any more?
Yeah. That is one of my favourite cartoons.
I believe in the literal translation of the Bible. I believe that the Bible is God's words (penned by men who were moved by the Holy Spirit) and thus must be followed because it is what God wants for us.
As a christian I understand your perspective and your fear.
My only problem is that people who push for a literal interpretation of the bible don't actually apply it.
Picking out a passages in 1 Timothy:
"9I also want women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, 10but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God."
Are you married? Does your wife wear a wedding ring? Is it gold? Do you rebuke (in love) members of your congregation when you see them wearing gold? Or braided hair? Or pearls?
Or to pick from Matthew 18:
"8If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire. 9And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell."
How are you reading this? How is it possible that you still have two eyes? How can you type your reply without hands?
Nice, well reasoned comments.
Prophets generally didn't marry. In fact, I can think of one (Moses), if you consider him a prophet.
Hosea also married:
2 When the LORD began to speak through Hosea, the LORD said to him, "Go, take to yourself an adulterous wife and children of unfaithfulness, because the land is guilty of the vilest adultery in departing from the LORD." 3 So he married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
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I've just sent in some feedback on the some of the forms offered on the Sony website. I've provided links to the blog articles for their information. I also let them know:
- I will not buying any Sony products in the forseeable future
- I will be emailing friends, acquaintances and family explaining what is ocurring and recommending a boycott of all Sony products.
I recommend that others do the same.
FWIW, the text of the email I am sending out is:
A furore has erupted online recently over some software that Sony has
shipped with some music CDs.
Effectively in an attempt to stop people from copying CDs to their
computers, Sony CDs will install some software onto your computer when a
music CD is first put into the drive. This software alters windows in a
way that makes it less secure. It also hides itself and is next to
impossible to remove. Also each time a CD us put into the drive it
"phones home" to Sony tell them what CD you are playing.
There are many concerns with this. In the first place it is not clear
that software is being installed on your machine when the CD is
inserted. Secondly it is deceptive by hiding the software. Thirdly no
means of uninstalling the software is provided. Finally there are
privacy concerns with software that tracks how you use your computer.
One week after this was revealed, Sony has failed to respond to these
concerns.
I am writing to recommend that you boycott all Sony products. The Sony
family of companies are:
- Sony
- Sony BMG
- Sony Erickson
- Sony Computer Entertainment
I also suggest that you take a moment to let Sony know that you are
unhappy with their actions at one of the following feedback forms:
http://www.sonybmg.com.au/misc/contact.do
http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?cc=global&lc=
http://www.sony.com.au/support/contactus/contactU
For further technical details on how the Sony CDs operate:
http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-roo
http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/11/more-on-
Actually I am fine with his motherboard pricing. I can get Ausus boards (AT form factor, X series, VIA chipset) for that in AUD. Not a board I would choose to buy unless seriously constrained by price. On the other hand I have run a couple of those cheaper boards without trouble.
I dislike RFIID as much as you do, but please lets keep the FUD only coming from the proponents.
If you RTA, you will see that questions like this have been addressed in the v2 of RFIID passports. In v2 the RFIID is shielded so that it is only readable of the passport is open. Now it is possible that this is not suffuciently shielded, and there are issues at checkpoints, but this is a different issue to the one you are addressing.
Agreed.
The most "nationalist" people seem to be people who are as far removed from that nationality as possibly. There is "scotsman" more nationalistic than someone who is 1/16th Scottish and who is getting in touch with his "heritage". So he goes off an buys a kilt, starts learning the bagpipes. It is an absolute joke. It is a particular joke for me because both of my father's parents where scottish. That is to say they were the children of scottish people who emigrated to Australia. In my book that doesn't make him Scottish. What is my father? Australian. What is my mother (1/2 Irish immigrants, 1/2 French Huguenot immigrants)? Australian. What am I? Australian.
We have people in Australia who claim to be Aborigines because they are 1/8th Aboriginal. Don't make me laugh.
I'm in Australia so convert with the exchange rate as appropriate.
I'd agree on the SATA drive. Round here the cheapest that I see is a 80G IDE drive, which is $80-90.
DL 8x DVD burners for $50
Pioneer 110d DVD Writer $65.00
ASUS 16x Dual Layer DVD writer $65
LG 16x Dual Layer DVD writer $58
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These guys are about half an hours drive from me, so it is relatively convenient.
$50 for a case and PSU?
I've seen cases with a 400W PSU for $50 AUD. I wouldn't say that they would be pretty, or that the 400W PSU would be as good as a say an enermax PSU. On the other hand it will run a Athlon 3000 just fine.
But in general I'd agree. Quality is an issue with some of these parts.
That is correct. You use a to block disable all CD autoplay.
The point I was making was that autoplay on USB drives is another potential vector. I personally don't disable it for that reason. I disable it more because I consider it a dead light bulb feature.
Or flash drives. To disable:
http://www.mcse.ms/message1698818.html
I'm sorry I don't agree. Just for reference, this is coming from someone who is an evangelical, bible believeing Christian.
ID is more about trying to shut down other theories rather than opening up options. It seeks to state that no theory is sufficiently proven to be accepted.
My personal theory on this is that a Christian's position (or a non-Christian's for that matter) on creationism vs evolution has an awful lot to do with what they were taught when they were growing up. That is, someone who was taught creationism believes that and ditto for evolution. People tend to come up with reasons to justify it after being taught, rather than examining what information is available and then making a decision.
At work (small company) I develop asp.net/SQL Server websites. I am currently switching all our non desktop and testing servers to linux. Why? My reasons are 75% cost and 25% stability.
To pick the most recent example.
I've just put in a mail server, moving from pop boxes managed externally (which we set up because it was easy), to a postfix/courier solution. As it is a small office, the machine doesn't need to be that beefy. So I have been able to run with a second hand dell desktop. I've also got an identical machine and a mirrored HD as a redundant machine in case this one burns to the ground. Anyway, the cost of this setup to the company has been about $350AUD.
To do the same in windows, I would need a beefier box and a license of 2003 + Exchange, SBS probably being the best option. A license of SBS costs a $1000AUD not including the extra CALs needed.
What is more, configuring this box was quite straightforward. I've installed an Exchange server once before and that was rather complex. Probably not quite as complex as this setup, but it comes close.
Love the Monty Python reference.
For thoe who don't recognise it:
http://www.pion.ch/Fun/funniest.html
- The US, and the massive US military-industrial complex many despise, was essentially solely responsible for creating the internet (note: I am talking about the *internet*, not the world wide web, which itself would not have existed were it not for the internet)?
I think that this statement (repeated every time an article of this sort comes up) should be modded flamebait. You are posting something that is largely orthogonal to the discussion, whether you are doing this deliberately or not.
Several points:
1. The internet comprises of two main elements: the protocols and the networks that run those protcols.
2. The US government is responsible for developing the protocols and in some cases the infrastructure inside the US. Following that, more US infrastructure has been added by US companies.
3. Other countries have paid for their own infrastructure.
So to claim that the "US military-industrial complex" is "solely responsible for creating the internet" is incorrect. You can however claim that the US government developed the protocols.
Now while we will be forever grateful to the US for developing these protocols, it doesn't necessarily follow that they must have control of DNS.
That argument would have a basis if those movies deserved my money.
This doesn't change the fact that it costs them money to make the movies.
The sole purpose my government exists is to serve American interests. My government has *absolutely no business* putting ANYONE ELSE's interests ahead of my own. It's that simple. To do so would be a betrayal of every single American on the planet.
And this is just the sort of thing that gives Americans a bad name. I just hope that it is not an accurate name. I fear that it is.
You government should serve American interests unless they run counter to the interests of the rest of the world. If you applied the US attitude to peoplem there would be a word for that: selfish. I see no reason why that same description should not be applied to a country.
The very reason that GWB is so hated around the world is that he applies just that attitude. That and the fact that he is imcompetant.
This is a solution that is not a solution.
This means that there is no longer any authoritative root servers. This is a problem. The effect of this is that you might nt be able to access some sites. If your ISP uses say the europen root nodes and they do not have a recently registered site, or the DNS records have changed, and the changes have not propogated through to the Eurpean nodes, then there is an issue.
This is precisely what the EU was warning might happen in the last article that turned up.
It is possible that solutions might be developed for this. But it would be better to head the problem off before it happens.
To be quite frank I don't understand how people can defend the US continuing to maintain control.
The UN has given us the uber-corruption of Oil-For-Food, the gross incompetence of their headquarters renovation efforts (1.2 billion proposed cost, which could build you an entire city if you wanted), peacekeeping efforts that led to prepetual war, and so on and on.
And the US has give us the uber-corruption of Haliburton. Are we going to swap corruption stories all day? The question to my mind is more whether the internet should be controlled by an internation body or the US. And by the internet I mean simply DNS (which is what is is all about). I don't think that international bodies are somehow more suceptable to corruption than national ones.