This is very lame compensation. Sony got off just short of scot-free so far. The CD's cost well under a buck to press. The damage to your computer, time and efforts to clean it up, cost far more than this.
I don't see a single thing in this settlement that punishes Sony sufficiently to absolutely convince them to never even think of attempting this again.
Worse yet, I don't see anything here to scare off any other big music or movie company from trying the same thing.
Sony should have gone down big time over this one.
And the lawyers should have only gotten a replacement CD and 3 free downloads as well.
Are there still any other suits in any other state/countries pending that will hurt them more?
And in further news, Star Trek claims prior art and all intellectual property rights to any hyperdrive. A spokesman for Paramount says, "Even though we call it Warp Drive, its all the same thing. We had our spaceship launched back in 1967 and now want royalties on discovery. You saw it on TV, so you know it must be true."
NASA has no comment, but are reportedly checking into the technology of Lost in Space to determine the validity of Star Trek's claims.
Why is protecting the rights of idiot white surpremacists important? Because they are the canary in the coal mine. When the rights of the unpopular are abridged, everyone's rights are in danger.
This whole post deserves an Insightful+6 moderation.
After hearing so many times how Canada is oh so much better than its big neighbor to the south, on this day it least those voices need to shut up about it. Canada clearly does not have Freedom of Speech. Only Freedom of Politically Correct, Multicultural, Sensitive Speech -- whatever that is.
For the first time in Canada, an Internet service provider has been found guilty and fined for hosting websites that spread hate messages against blacks, Jews and Muslims.
I'll believe these enforcers of intolerance might even have some claim to fairness after they go after the hate speech on some of the Muslim websites with equal vigor. Yes there's white hate speech, which most of us simply avoid because it's not our cup of tea, but by no means in this world is that the only hate speech easy to locate on the Internet.
You may not like what the Parent has said, but that is not the definition of a Troll. He's right that freedom really is double-edged. And in less Blizzard is truly freeing people for both pro- and anti-GLBT comments then they're not being honest here and their ToS should be revised to read:
We only tolerate positive statements towards GLBT players, and only actual GLBT players will be allowed to decide what is positive and what is not. Negatvie statements are never to be allowed such freedom because we intend to make you a better person in spite of yourself. So there!
In actual freedom, it's all statements -- or none -- allowed. Sorry if you don't like that.
A much more effective cipher was an iterative alphabetic cipher like that used on the Enigma; it was a successive series of alphabetic substitutions, but the substitutions changed based on what letter was typed previously (each letter would rotate the substitution wheels by varying amounts).
That's not true for the German Enigma machine. The rotor was stepped once for each key press. Perhaps other rotor machines like the Japanese Purple cipher machine had a variable stepping mechanism.
I think I'd most like a house with an A.I. system that I can just speak to in any room to have any feature of the house activated. That would be sweet!
The Monsanto House of the Future from once upon a time at Disneyland is the place I've always wanted to live -- even if not at Disneyland itself. To this day I still think about trying to get someone to recreate the showers with all the water jets in the walls.
I'm surprised that the content industries (read **AA) let them release this. After all, everyone knows that the only reason for large amounts of writable storage is to store stolen content and deprive artists of their just rewards. All things considered, I'm also surprised that IBM doesn't have to close a non-existent Analogue Hole, nor implement a Broadcast Flag to prevent the storage of infringing materials.
You know, unless kids are spreading disease by passing game controllers around, I think Mr. Liberman and Ms. Clinton should leave the CDC to pursue more important items more directly related to their mission. What a pair of stupid politicians!
Why would Intel care if it is a memory hog? Or do you equate CPU with memory?
Vista will require a powerful CPU as well. Lately Intel has been chaffing that there haven't been any new killer apps that require upgrading ones CPU. Vista is clearly something that will require new CPUs for the vast majority of users who ever hope to run it. While there are several memory makers who will also benefit, Intel stands to benefit the most. Why not AMD too? Well, they're already selling everything they can fab.
I think it's all just posturing so far. But would be a great move if it happened.
The problem for any corporation updating to Vista is that you rather have to replace most of your hardware along the way as well.
And upgrade your memory. Over on The Inquirer they're reporting that Vista consumes 800MB of RAM while idling. This is absolutely insane to someone who first started using computers in the early 1970's. There just isn't that much stuff that an Operating System should be doing. And yes, that really is 3X XP's current requirements, the thought of which certainly is warming Intel's little heart.
Seems to me if MS wants to keep IBM in the fold they should be offering to buy them all new desktops.
Well, for starters the current Core Duo is a 32-bit only chip. And while 64-bit processing doesn't double your CPU speed or anything like that, there are other improvements in the AMD64 design (more registers, NX bit, etc.) that make for improvements beyond 64-bit integer processing and >4GB address space.
Comparing these two particular processor lines would be a lot like comparing 80286 processors at 16MHz with 800386 processors at the same clock rate. Both might run DOS at the time at a similar speed (IIRC the 286 was actually slightly faster with 16-bit code), but in the end the old architecture rapidly fell away to the new 32-bit processors.
I, for one, would only take a Core Duo system today (including every Intel-based Apple Mac) if it was given to me. I wouldn't spend my own money on one.
I really wonder how many i486 cores -- quite a competent chip for the x86 archtecture, all things considered -- Intel could put onto a die if they decided to do so. And with a modern process technology, how fast they could run.
It's just wasted effort to expect every Linux user to also have to stare at hex codes for a few days to decode a file system.
But the queston here is: Are you in it to benefit Linux users, or to have the glory of being the one who hacked their file system?
Case 1: Ask the company if they'll let you release your Linux version which should increase their sales. If no, ask DVD Jon to release it anonymously for you.
Case 2: You're probably screwed since reverse-engineering is now highly punishable in the USA, and if you want your name seen on it then you are declaring yourself lawyer-bait.
I can go to DSLReports and get a general idea how well my cable is performing. Vonage (or preferably an independent source that can work with all VoIP providers) needs the same thing. A number you can call that simulates a connection, measures the current quality, and e-mails you the result. Without hard numbers to back up allegations of Traffic Shaping, this lack of network neutrality is a hard argument to make.
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Always beware of any software updates released on a Friday. If there's a problem, much of the damage will be done before anyone returns on Monday.
I don't see a single thing in this settlement that punishes Sony sufficiently to absolutely convince them to never even think of attempting this again.
Worse yet, I don't see anything here to scare off any other big music or movie company from trying the same thing.
Sony should have gone down big time over this one.
And the lawyers should have only gotten a replacement CD and 3 free downloads as well.
Are there still any other suits in any other state/countries pending that will hurt them more?
NASA has no comment, but are reportedly checking into the technology of Lost in Space to determine the validity of Star Trek's claims.
This whole post deserves an Insightful+6 moderation.
I particularly love the quote above.
For the first time in Canada, an Internet service provider has been found guilty and fined for hosting websites that spread hate messages against blacks, Jews and Muslims.
I'll believe these enforcers of intolerance might even have some claim to fairness after they go after the hate speech on some of the Muslim websites with equal vigor. Yes there's white hate speech, which most of us simply avoid because it's not our cup of tea, but by no means in this world is that the only hate speech easy to locate on the Internet.
I'm waiting...
So what is a good -- and free -- secure delete for Windows? Preferably one that both deletes files securely, and wipes all free space when requested.
We only tolerate positive statements towards GLBT players, and only actual GLBT players will be allowed to decide what is positive and what is not. Negatvie statements are never to be allowed such freedom because we intend to make you a better person in spite of yourself. So there!
In actual freedom, it's all statements -- or none -- allowed. Sorry if you don't like that.
It may be a new file system, but chances are that Sony-BMG has already got it Root-Kitted.
I'd rather have you fetch me a shrubbery.
Conspiracy buffs, start you engines!
That's not true for the German Enigma machine. The rotor was stepped once for each key press. Perhaps other rotor machines like the Japanese Purple cipher machine had a variable stepping mechanism.
I think I'd most like a house with an A.I. system that I can just speak to in any room to have any feature of the house activated. That would be sweet!
I was afraid you might have meant THIS Xanadu.
The Monsanto House of the Future from once upon a time at Disneyland is the place I've always wanted to live -- even if not at Disneyland itself. To this day I still think about trying to get someone to recreate the showers with all the water jets in the walls.
That aside, how do I get one for my TiVo?
You know, unless kids are spreading disease by passing game controllers around, I think Mr. Liberman and Ms. Clinton should leave the CDC to pursue more important items more directly related to their mission. What a pair of stupid politicians!
So GPU's are also now on the Performance/Watt bandwagon.
This is showing up so often now (I've noticed it twice) that it's time to officially define its usage as: YONH.
Not to be confused with a somewhat similarly spelled Intel processor designation.
So no one should say a single word until the day Vista is inflicted on us. Yeah, that makes perfect sense.
Vista will require a powerful CPU as well. Lately Intel has been chaffing that there haven't been any new killer apps that require upgrading ones CPU. Vista is clearly something that will require new CPUs for the vast majority of users who ever hope to run it. While there are several memory makers who will also benefit, Intel stands to benefit the most. Why not AMD too? Well, they're already selling everything they can fab.
Or are you just a troll?
No, and you're an idiot for asking.
Just say no to Vista and Trusted Computing.
The problem for any corporation updating to Vista is that you rather have to replace most of your hardware along the way as well.
And upgrade your memory. Over on The Inquirer they're reporting that Vista consumes 800MB of RAM while idling. This is absolutely insane to someone who first started using computers in the early 1970's. There just isn't that much stuff that an Operating System should be doing. And yes, that really is 3X XP's current requirements, the thought of which certainly is warming Intel's little heart.
Seems to me if MS wants to keep IBM in the fold they should be offering to buy them all new desktops.
Well, for starters the current Core Duo is a 32-bit only chip. And while 64-bit processing doesn't double your CPU speed or anything like that, there are other improvements in the AMD64 design (more registers, NX bit, etc.) that make for improvements beyond 64-bit integer processing and >4GB address space.
Comparing these two particular processor lines would be a lot like comparing 80286 processors at 16MHz with 800386 processors at the same clock rate. Both might run DOS at the time at a similar speed (IIRC the 286 was actually slightly faster with 16-bit code), but in the end the old architecture rapidly fell away to the new 32-bit processors.
I, for one, would only take a Core Duo system today (including every Intel-based Apple Mac) if it was given to me. I wouldn't spend my own money on one.
I really wonder how many i486 cores -- quite a competent chip for the x86 archtecture, all things considered -- Intel could put onto a die if they decided to do so. And with a modern process technology, how fast they could run.
But the queston here is: Are you in it to benefit Linux users, or to have the glory of being the one who hacked their file system?
Case 1: Ask the company if they'll let you release your Linux version which should increase their sales. If no, ask DVD Jon to release it anonymously for you.
Case 2: You're probably screwed since reverse-engineering is now highly punishable in the USA, and if you want your name seen on it then you are declaring yourself lawyer-bait.
I can go to DSLReports and get a general idea how well my cable is performing. Vonage (or preferably an independent source that can work with all VoIP providers) needs the same thing. A number you can call that simulates a connection, measures the current quality, and e-mails you the result. Without hard numbers to back up allegations of Traffic Shaping, this lack of network neutrality is a hard argument to make.