While the DMCA does suck. You have to respect M$'s right to want to provide a "trusted" platform where gamers don't have to worry about virus games.
Now you might ask... thats impossible...
but whats to prevent some Black Hat from using this hack to create a virus that opens a mail relay for spammers... and then they sell tons of copies on ebay, disguised as halo 2 for $10. Just like someone seems to have done with Norton AV.
Whick of course will play straight into Tom Ridge type land.
While I generally believe in bug disclosure... but with the inability to flash the BIOS on Joe Gamer's machine, it makes it complicated. Unfortunately 95% of the people who bought the Xbox wants a machine that works and is secure and will only brake when they drop it on the floor. Should we really take that away from them, no matter how much I and all you want linux on the xbox. Do you really want to explain to your 10 year old son that the xbox doesn't work b/c some spammer took control of it.
Blackmail laws just seem confusing. I mean how is SCO's lawsuit against IBM not Blackmail. It was bascially give us a gajillion or we'll sue you.
Sorry its been too long since the last Slashdot SCO article to totally infuriate me.
I am excited that this hack might get us one step farther than the habibi 007 game card/solder/flash. I hope that the hack will let you run a Knoppiz or Gentoo CD from an unmodded xbox, which would be quite likely if there is a flaw in the dashboard.
If M$ is careful they could sell a bootable linux DVD. And since there is the DVD lock, you would only be able to run the OS, and not be able to take the disc out of the drive... and therefore would not be able to play games from DVD (although you could dl them to the HDD)... thus we get easy bootable DVD-based linux on the Xbox and M$ gets to continue charging lisence fees for the platform games.
I got bothered about this along time ago, and developed my own lightweight homepage. With one key feature, it steals the focus of the cursor (just like google does). I use multizilla, and have my homepage open in every new tab.
Now my litte form calls some javascript to do a simple text search, if it finds a ? at the beginning it does a google search... if it finds a space in the middle it does a google search... if there a ! at the beginning it does a "I feel lucky search"... if it just finds a single word on the line... it loads http://www.$1.com
Appropriate javascript:
function openURL(i_url)
{
var r_url = ""
if (i_url.match("^[?]")) {
r_url = "http://www.google.com/search?q=" + i_url.substring(1,i_url.length)
}
if (i_url.match("^[!]")) {
r_url = "http://www.google.com/search?btnI=&q=" + i_url.substring(1,i_url.length)
}
else if (!(i_url.match("[.]"))) {//if it contains no "."'s
r_url = "http://www." + i_url + ".com"
}
else if (!(i_url.toLowerCase().match("^[a-z]*://"))) {//if it doesn't begin with "http://" or "ftp://" or "gopher://" etc
r_url = "http://" + i_url
}
else {//goto the damned URL already
r_url = i_url
}
if (r_url.length > 0) {
window.location = r_url
}
}
Well I knew better than to trust the results. So I set about reading the report for the "catch". Guess what it, it wasn't very hard to find.
The 250 Client Systems they tested the Servers with were ALL running Windows XP/SP1.
Now if I am not mistaken, there have always been Windows/Linux problems with SAMBA. Namely Linux uses SAMBA, Windows uses SMB. It isn't too much of a stretch to believe that even if the interoperability is perfect, they Microsoft breaks the rules in XP client - XP server interactions, in an attempt to improve performance.
This isn't totally unbelievable, as there was an earlier/. about M$ IE having a performance lag with non-M$ server. They use an abbreviated handshake protocol, that only connected to M$ servers, but would cause non-M$ servers to hang-up, and then IE would have to resort to the "official" handshake protocols.
Oh yeah, one other important note. The VR-6070 also has an alternate RF input, but I am sure no way I could get that to work.
Also, what are those plugs labeled "IR" on the back of my Reciever/Cable Box/etc... is there a way to plug those into my computer directly? or use that as a way to control the kenwood
Ok... you have a setup very similar to mine. However I found a flaw (unfortunately in the very first piece of equipment) the Kenwood THX reciever (the model i have is the VR-6070). As far as audio quality goes, it is wonderful. In fact everything is perfect. But I CANNOT get any other Remote Controls to work with it. I have tried 4 different learning remotes, with no luck.
Is there any way you have found to control the Reciever either via, Learning remote, or maybe even better yet, via a PC based remote control.
I have seen a few circuit diagrams for Serial based IR transmitter/recievers, but none of them explain/provide code on how to drive the IR devices that they have built.
I am looking for any links that might help with this problem, and I don't care about the OS... If I could only solve it with Windows, I would actually break down and buy a license for my media machine.
Actually being certified in Red Cross actually increases your liability. Most states have a "Good Samaritan" Law that protects you from law suits if you are acting to save someone's life (I know NJ). However if you have a Red Cross certification in CPR, and you DON'T administer CPR to a person in aid, not only are you a scumball, but you are liable.
So if someone needs CPR... give it to them... if you break a rib (it just happens sometime) keep on going... as long as you are trying to save their life, you are clear of any legal repercussions. (Unless you are a professional rescuer)
You mean there is a question that DES is now insecure? For $10,000 you can buy the hardware to build a DES cracker. Still outside the range of private hacking, but definitely not outside the range of Corporate espionage. And as for the government, fur-get-abut-it.
I don't know... somehow i don't think they are much competition yet. I mean I had to click on 16 links to have them tell me that they don't have any artists... it will be quite sometime before I consider doing that again
I can't find it anywhere on their website, but Best Buy has an advertisement for "Rhapsody" in their stores. I don't know who is promoting it. They are selling them ala Netflix, but I fear that their might be a real music company backing it. The service plan would be $19.95/mo.
BioDiesel is a great idea, but there is a very good reason why it hasn't taken off. BioDisiel promoters are right about it being great for the environment, but no one is willing to develop it for production (even the very interested VW).
Reason, if BioDiesel were to challenge regular gasoline/petrol, it would require a lot of vegetables. While it is true that the U.S. is actually over-producing crops, and thus having to pay farmers not to grow crops. There still isn't enough plants to produce BioDiesel for everyone, even if all of those fields were fully cultivated.
Facts Canada produces 50 mil. tons of relevant crops, and it would only need 10 mil. tons to power a country of BioDiesel cars. However the rest of the world does not have the same grain surplus as Canada, most other countries are at a deficit, and purchase Canada's surplus. The US. production although higher, has smaller surplus levels, and greater demand for combustible products.
1. FirebirdSQL uses the name "firebird" for their project at sourceforge.net, so what will Mozilla Firebird use.(so far their are still using phoenix)
2. As Ann says, there is no problem with them using Mozilla Firebird. Why can't the Mozilla Project say we will never shorten the name to "Firebird", as they initially said they would. That way the only confusion would be had during casual conversations.
They can still use "Mozilla Firebird" and "Firebird Browser" name perfectly legally, so why don't the people at Mozilla do the upstanding thing and stop blocking on the issue, and just end the issue (I am very positive that Ann would be very happy with that solution). The Open source community shouldn't have to resort to Redmondesque legal tactics to resolve squabbles.
Here is the full response to my email from Ann Harrison: (thankfully I have a karma bonus to use, I think this is a pretty informative email)
Gentlemen,
As you each wrote essentially the same message to me, I trust you will allow me to respond to you all at once.
>Your requests to Mozilla that they manhandled they name change of their >browser, from Phoenix to Firebird is totally uncalled for and >inappropriate.
You may not be aware that several administrators of the project wrote to Asa as soon as we heard of Mozilla's plans. The answer we got back was this:
Our lawyers have looked into the various software
companies and products using the name Firebird and
concluded that there won't be any consumer confusion
between the Mozilla Firebird browser and any existing
companies or products. There are more than a handful
of other software products named Firebird but none are
Web browsers. Our investigation concluded that the
Firebird relational database was not a Web browser and
didn't offer Web browsing functionality. We believe
that Mozilla is a recognized name and that a product
called the Mozilla Firebird browser will not be confused
with any of the existing software companies or products,
including the Firebird relational database.
When we responded, we got approximately the same answer. Probably you think we should have listened to the wizards of the AOL legal department, even if we disagreed with them. But we are administrators for a project that many people depend on for their livelihood. They told us that they expected to be damaged by the confusion. We feel a responsibility to them, and therefore could not ignore the problem.
>1. As far as I have been made aware, you had never objected to the use of >the Phoenix name for the browser, yet now they change to Firebird you >decide to find objection. You have a stake in both the Firebird and >Phoenix name, yet you only object to the use of one?
Actually, we have little or no stake in the Phoenix name. IBPhoenix happened to be a domain name we controlled at a time when we needed a new company name immediately. We have a major stake in the Firebird name - that's our product, brand, etc.
>2. You have no claim to the Trademark or copyright for EITHER Firebird or >Phoenix. I have browsed several pages of your site, and find no instances >of "(tm)" "trademark" "copyright" or "(c)" (done with the appropriate >circle) claiming either the Firebird or Phoenix name to be your >own. Those are most definitely required to defend/protect a >copyright/trademark
No, not so. The name Unix was used for 12 years before it was registered as a trademark, but Bell Labs was able to protect their interest in it. As you know, copyright has little bearing here as you can copyright the expression of an idea, but a symbol. We've been using the name in trade for three years, which is prior use.
>3. You are not in the browser business, so you can't claim a total >hold on the "Firebird" name... although I will admit your are >both in the same industry(software) thus making the issue >debatable.
For what (very little) its worth the trademark registry recognizes a single category of Computer/software - no distinction between browsers, compilers, databases, etc.
>I would have hoped that you would have attempted a more rational discourse >with the members of the Mozilla/Firebird Project.
As above, we did and found the door closed and locked.
> As you have no >corresponding emails/letters/documenation or phone calls to corroborate >your claim of legal strong arming, I can only determine that a complete >rational discourse was not fo
Because Kodak is an "invented" word, you can claim a copyright on the word, which gives you more power than a trademark. There are no trade group limitations to copyright laws.
... the Coca-Cola Corporation had trademark rights to the widely-used name "Coke" even before that company started using that name in its own marketing
That almost exactly goes to the point. I would surmise that FirebirdSQL never registered the trademark, thus lacks the (tm). Furthermore, they aren't widely known as "Firebird". (In fact until now they weren't even widely known as "FirebirdSQL", but thats another matter.)
So FirebirdSQL meets neither the registered trademark requirement, or the "widely used" test for rights to a trademarked name.
The important test in any trademark infringement case is whether the use of the name is likely to create confusion and thus allow a user of the name to take advantage of the reputation of another vendor.
FirebirdSQL has been benifiting from any potential infringement, and any confusion will only continue benefit them.
You are very right, and put the laws quite succinctly. My damages line was an allusion to the rules you refer to in your comment, but I was concerned about straying off-topic, which we have most definitely done. (Also the only site I could find on google with a good description of the laws, were porn sites), but since were are off-topic, go to Matt's Models for a practical guide to defending copyrights
Yes, the copyright _does_ need to be stated to be defensable US Code Chapter 17 Article 401 Subsection (a). While the courts may order an infringer to cease and desist, no damages can be accessed. However as any professional photographer will tell you, the laws aren't as clear cut as you might think.
You are right copyright laws aren't actually under debate, I included them b/c if they care about such infringements, they really need to protect themselves, in case a company with real legal clout (that also happens to be in the database biz) decides to lean on them
For full disclosurer: I currently work on a defense project paid for by the Air Force, and my girlfriend is under a DARPA contract, so I pretty familiar with the process.
First I have to start with the logical. I work for X. If I go out and bad mouth X at a bar after a stressful day of work, I would expect no repercussions. However if my derogatory comments made the evening news, I would start packing my desk. No rational person would expect to have a job in the morning, why should this be any different. His first ammendment rights were upheld, he is not in jail, or otherwise quietened. To refuse to continue a business relationship is an entirely different matter.
That said, DARPA is very structured an meticulous about how its money is spent. They expect quarterly reports, where they spend a day and a half going over everything. Thats 6-days a year, where they really get to know the project. They don't care if your project spends money on foreign researchers, as long as THEIR money isn't spent on foreign researchers. The same also goes to foreign excursions: you can fly to any country for someone elses conference. But if you are using their money to host a conference, it should be in the U.S.
The reasons for such rules should be obvious. If $10 million is spent in the US, it only costs the gov't $5m (b/c the money will come back in taxes @EOY). If the money goes out of country it cost the gov't $10 million dollars.
Oh yeah, and I am a Canadian citizen and coder (but I live and pay taxes in the US). I hope that Canada exercises similar restraint towards keeping the tax payers dollars in country. The only countries I would like to see benefiting from my tax dollars, are the developing countries of the world (which Canada isn't).
I would encourage people to send rational requests to the people at IBPhoenix. (aharrison@ibphoenix.com) However I will admit that Trademarks are usually applied to an industry, and thus since both are in the computer industry, their is a debatable question. McDonald's can't complain about Jim McDonald's auto repair, but they can sue Bob McDonald's cookie stand.
Below is the email I sent, outlining three points:
They never objected to Mozilla's use of the Phoenix name
They have failed to properly defend their copyrights/trademarks because they fail to properly demarkate any instances of Phoenix or Firebird on their website as being copyrighted or trademarked
Pointing out the obvious fact: Pontiac had the name Firebird name first, and they have real legal clout to defend the trademark, but as the industries are different they know not to even bother
Your requests to Mozilla that they manhandled they name change of their browser, from Phoenix to Firebird is totally uncalled for and inappropriate.
1. As far as I have been made aware, you had never objected to the use of the Phoenix name for the browser, yet now they change to Firebird you decide to find objection. You have a stake in both the Firebird and Phoenix name, yet you only object to the use of one?
2. You have no claim to the Trademark or copyright for EITHER Firebird or Phoenix. I have browsed several pages of your site, and find no instances of "(tm)" "trademark" "copyright" or "(c)" (done with the appropriate circle) claiming either the Firebird or Phoenix name to be your own. Those are most definitely required to defend/protect a copyright/trademark
3. You are not in the browser business, so you can't claim a total hold on the "Firebird" name... although I will admit your are both in the same industry(software) thus making the issue debatable.
I would have hoped that you would have attempted a more rational discourse with the members of the Mozilla/Firebird Project. As you have no corresponding emails/letters/documenation or phone calls to corroborate your claim of legal strong arming, I can only determine that a complete rational discourse was not followed to fruition. If there was instances of "Redmondesque" strong-arming tactics, I would strongly encourage you to report dates/times/content of ALL communication you have with members of the Mozilla/Firebird Project.
Thank you for your time... I hope this is resolved in a manner amicable to all... Also thank you to both sides for your wonderful contributions to free/open source (whatever your religion may be)
I was refering to the people that have the decorative wine cellars that they leave in the middle of their family room. You know the fancy ones people use to show off to their friends. Of course these are the same people who wonder in bewilderment when their $100 bottle of wine tastes like carp [sic], never having realized that it has been exposed to 3 hours of direct sunlight per day for the last 10 years.
First off wine is to drink not to show, secondly anyone who spends $100 on a bottle of wine doesn't know what they are doing (unless someone else is picking up the tab). That said don't even bother with Opus One.
While you are correct that fluorescent bulbs are much more efficient, they serve a considerably different purpose. Fluorescent bulbs provide great omni-directional lighting. Unfortunately they produce some unwanted spectrums, namely don't store wine under anything but an incandescent bulb. Anyways LED provide a very tight cone of light. This means that they are perfectly suited for flashlights, traffic lights, and headlights, where we are looking for a cone of light that only represents 1/100th of the sphere. A fluorescent bulb may be 3 time more efficient, but it does so in directions that need to be reflected into the correct direction, a process that is only 10-20% efficient.
What does this mean... you won't be replacing your household lamps with LEDs anytime soon (if ever)... but flashlights, traffic lights, headlights, and other similar lights will all begin to make use of LED technology.
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While the DMCA does suck. You have to respect M$'s right to want to provide a "trusted" platform where gamers don't have to worry about virus games.
... thats impossible ...
... and then they sell tons of copies on ebay, disguised as halo 2 for $10. Just like someone seems to have done with Norton AV.
... but with the inability to flash the BIOS on Joe Gamer's machine, it makes it complicated. Unfortunately 95% of the people who bought the Xbox wants a machine that works and is secure and will only brake when they drop it on the floor. Should we really take that away from them, no matter how much I and all you want linux on the xbox. Do you really want to explain to your 10 year old son that the xbox doesn't work b/c some spammer took control of it.
Now you might ask
but whats to prevent some Black Hat from using this hack to create a virus that opens a mail relay for spammers
Whick of course will play straight into Tom Ridge type land.
While I generally believe in bug disclosure
Blackmail laws just seem confusing. I mean how is SCO's lawsuit against IBM not Blackmail. It was bascially give us a gajillion or we'll sue you.
... and therefore would not be able to play games from DVD (although you could dl them to the HDD) ... thus we get easy bootable DVD-based linux on the Xbox and M$ gets to continue charging lisence fees for the platform games.
Sorry its been too long since the last Slashdot SCO article to totally infuriate me.
I am excited that this hack might get us one step farther than the habibi 007 game card/solder/flash. I hope that the hack will let you run a Knoppiz or Gentoo CD from an unmodded xbox, which would be quite likely if there is a flaw in the dashboard.
If M$ is careful they could sell a bootable linux DVD. And since there is the DVD lock, you would only be able to run the OS, and not be able to take the disc out of the drive
Now my litte form calls some javascript to do a simple text search, if it finds a ? at the beginning it does a google search
Appropriate javascript:
How about ... now wait for it ...
gamma release
Now if only we could figure out how to use NAT's to solve the global warming problem or the fossil fuel shortage.
Well I knew better than to trust the results. So I set about reading the report for the "catch". Guess what it, it wasn't very hard to find.
/. about M$ IE having a performance lag with non-M$ server. They use an abbreviated handshake protocol, that only connected to M$ servers, but would cause non-M$ servers to hang-up, and then IE would have to resort to the "official" handshake protocols.
The 250 Client Systems they tested the Servers with were ALL running Windows XP/SP1.
Now if I am not mistaken, there have always been Windows/Linux problems with SAMBA. Namely Linux uses SAMBA, Windows uses SMB. It isn't too much of a stretch to believe that even if the interoperability is perfect, they Microsoft breaks the rules in XP client - XP server interactions, in an attempt to improve performance.
This isn't totally unbelievable, as there was an earlier
Oh yeah, one other important note. The VR-6070 also has an alternate RF input, but I am sure no way I could get that to work.
... is there a way to plug those into my computer directly? or use that as a way to control the kenwood
Also, what are those plugs labeled "IR" on the back of my Reciever/Cable Box/etc
Thanks
Ok ... you have a setup very similar to mine. However I found a flaw (unfortunately in the very first piece of equipment) the Kenwood THX reciever (the model i have is the VR-6070). As far as audio quality goes, it is wonderful. In fact everything is perfect. But I CANNOT get any other Remote Controls to work with it. I have tried 4 different learning remotes, with no luck.
... If I could only solve it with Windows, I would actually break down and buy a license for my media machine.
Is there any way you have found to control the Reciever either via, Learning remote, or maybe even better yet, via a PC based remote control.
I have seen a few circuit diagrams for Serial based IR transmitter/recievers, but none of them explain/provide code on how to drive the IR devices that they have built.
I am looking for any links that might help with this problem, and I don't care about the OS
IANAL
... give it to them ... if you break a rib (it just happens sometime) keep on going ... as long as you are trying to save their life, you are clear of any legal repercussions. (Unless you are a professional rescuer)
Actually being certified in Red Cross actually increases your liability. Most states have a "Good Samaritan" Law that protects you from law suits if you are acting to save someone's life (I know NJ). However if you have a Red Cross certification in CPR, and you DON'T administer CPR to a person in aid, not only are you a scumball, but you are liable.
So if someone needs CPR
You mean there is a question that DES is now insecure? For $10,000 you can buy the hardware to build a DES cracker. Still outside the range of private hacking, but definitely not outside the range of Corporate espionage. And as for the government, fur-get-abut-it.
I don't know ... somehow i don't think they are much competition yet. I mean I had to click on 16 links to have them tell me that they don't have any artists ... it will be quite sometime before I consider doing that again
I can't find it anywhere on their website, but Best Buy has an advertisement for "Rhapsody" in their stores. I don't know who is promoting it. They are selling them ala Netflix, but I fear that their might be a real music company backing it. The service plan would be $19.95/mo.
BioDiesel is a great idea, but there is a very good reason why it hasn't taken off. BioDisiel promoters are right about it being great for the environment, but no one is willing to develop it for production (even the very interested VW).
Reason, if BioDiesel were to challenge regular gasoline/petrol, it would require a lot of vegetables. While it is true that the U.S. is actually over-producing crops, and thus having to pay farmers not to grow crops. There still isn't enough plants to produce BioDiesel for everyone, even if all of those fields were fully cultivated.
Facts Canada produces 50 mil. tons of relevant crops, and it would only need 10 mil. tons to power a country of BioDiesel cars. However the rest of the world does not have the same grain surplus as Canada, most other countries are at a deficit, and purchase Canada's surplus. The US. production although higher, has smaller surplus levels, and greater demand for combustible products.
Two thoughts:
1. FirebirdSQL uses the name "firebird" for their project at sourceforge.net, so what will Mozilla Firebird use.(so far their are still using phoenix)
2. As Ann says, there is no problem with them using Mozilla Firebird. Why can't the Mozilla Project say we will never shorten the name to "Firebird", as they initially said they would. That way the only confusion would be had during casual conversations.
They can still use "Mozilla Firebird" and "Firebird Browser" name perfectly legally, so why don't the people at Mozilla do the upstanding thing and stop blocking on the issue, and just end the issue (I am very positive that Ann would be very happy with that solution). The Open source community shouldn't have to resort to Redmondesque legal tactics to resolve squabbles.
Because Kodak is an "invented" word, you can claim a copyright on the word, which gives you more power than a trademark. There are no trade group limitations to copyright laws.
That almost exactly goes to the point. I would surmise that FirebirdSQL never registered the trademark, thus lacks the (tm). Furthermore, they aren't widely known as "Firebird". (In fact until now they weren't even widely known as "FirebirdSQL", but thats another matter.)
So FirebirdSQL meets neither the registered trademark requirement, or the "widely used" test for rights to a trademarked name.
FirebirdSQL has been benifiting from any potential infringement, and any confusion will only continue benefit them.
You are very right, and put the laws quite succinctly. My damages line was an allusion to the rules you refer to in your comment, but I was concerned about straying off-topic, which we have most definitely done. (Also the only site I could find on google with a good description of the laws, were porn sites), but since were are off-topic, go to Matt's Models for a practical guide to defending copyrights
(Please mod parent up for being informative)
Yes, the copyright _does_ need to be stated to be defensable US Code Chapter 17 Article 401 Subsection (a). While the courts may order an infringer to cease and desist, no damages can be accessed. However as any professional photographer will tell you, the laws aren't as clear cut as you might think.
You are right copyright laws aren't actually under debate, I included them b/c if they care about such infringements, they really need to protect themselves, in case a company with real legal clout (that also happens to be in the database biz) decides to lean on them
For full disclosurer: I currently work on a defense project paid for by the Air Force, and my girlfriend is under a DARPA contract, so I pretty familiar with the process.
First I have to start with the logical. I work for X. If I go out and bad mouth X at a bar after a stressful day of work, I would expect no repercussions. However if my derogatory comments made the evening news, I would start packing my desk. No rational person would expect to have a job in the morning, why should this be any different. His first ammendment rights were upheld, he is not in jail, or otherwise quietened. To refuse to continue a business relationship is an entirely different matter.
That said, DARPA is very structured an meticulous about how its money is spent. They expect quarterly reports, where they spend a day and a half going over everything. Thats 6-days a year, where they really get to know the project. They don't care if your project spends money on foreign researchers, as long as THEIR money isn't spent on foreign researchers. The same also goes to foreign excursions: you can fly to any country for someone elses conference. But if you are using their money to host a conference, it should be in the U.S.
The reasons for such rules should be obvious. If $10 million is spent in the US, it only costs the gov't $5m (b/c the money will come back in taxes @EOY). If the money goes out of country it cost the gov't $10 million dollars.
Oh yeah, and I am a Canadian citizen and coder (but I live and pay taxes in the US). I hope that Canada exercises similar restraint towards keeping the tax payers dollars in country. The only countries I would like to see benefiting from my tax dollars, are the developing countries of the world (which Canada isn't).
Below is the email I sent, outlining three points:
Having had one foot firmly either side of the pond, I personally use "cell", it is the more precise description (satellite phones are also mobile).
Also note that in the UK, mobile is pronounced differently:
UK- mo-bYle (pronounced like "bile", the bodily fluid)
US- mo-bl (pronounced like the gasoline - or petrol company)
So the second syllable of mobile is also even longer in the UK - just one more reason not to use it.
I was refering to the people that have the decorative wine cellars that they leave in the middle of their family room. You know the fancy ones people use to show off to their friends. Of course these are the same people who wonder in bewilderment when their $100 bottle of wine tastes like carp [sic], never having realized that it has been exposed to 3 hours of direct sunlight per day for the last 10 years.
First off wine is to drink not to show, secondly anyone who spends $100 on a bottle of wine doesn't know what they are doing (unless someone else is picking up the tab). That said don't even bother with Opus One.
While you are correct that fluorescent bulbs are much more efficient, they serve a considerably different purpose. Fluorescent bulbs provide great omni-directional lighting. Unfortunately they produce some unwanted spectrums, namely don't store wine under anything but an incandescent bulb. Anyways LED provide a very tight cone of light. This means that they are perfectly suited for flashlights, traffic lights, and headlights, where we are looking for a cone of light that only represents 1/100th of the sphere. A fluorescent bulb may be 3 time more efficient, but it does so in directions that need to be reflected into the correct direction, a process that is only 10-20% efficient.
... you won't be replacing your household lamps with LEDs anytime soon (if ever) ... but flashlights, traffic lights, headlights, and other similar lights will all begin to make use of LED technology.
What does this mean
Let me put it more succinctly ... their were burning their books on socery (according to the NIV Bible)