You're right, it could happen pretty easily. Probability says it already has.
Been waterboarded lately? I didn't think so.
The article implies the bulk metadata is being analyzed for patterns. I'm sure when it comes to specific surveillance targets, the NSA knows exactly what email addresses, ISPs, countries of origin, etc... they are looking for rather than relying on names.
The summary isn't clear about if the warantless bulk surveillance covers content or metadata
Warrantless examination of email headers and other non-content information (IPs, From, To, Subj, relaying hosts) is legal without a warrant, as it is analogous to examining the envelope of a letter without opening it.
Same deal for call records, which are also examined in bulk.
Look before you FUD. I know WMC-fu, have contributed to DVRMSToolbox, and follow WMC stuff pretty closely.
The content protection thing actually IS an improvement. It's not more DRM, it's less, or rather, it fixes what's there. While it doesn't remove DRM completely, it does fix where WMC would copy protect when CGMS-A flags (Macrovision analog output protection, like for cable PPV) are accidentally encoded into DTV signals. That buggy behavior, on the part of Microsoft and the broadcasters, was why American Gladiators got flagged as protected months ago. There was a big stink about it, although I can't really understand why anyone would care about "pituitary retards banging their F#@$ing skulls together and congratulating YOU on living in the land of freedom!"
I believe legacy code for the broadcast flag was also removed, so ATSC/ClearQAM can't possibly be set as protected now.
Unrelated, but a DRM relaxation is coming for CableCARD, in that non-premium digital cable will no longer be protected. HOWEVER:
- This is a Windows 7 thing, and requires a firmware update to the tuner, an installed copy of Duke Nukem Forever, and who knows what else?
- It's totally up to the cableco to decide what is and isn't "premium", so chances are stuff like Discovery HD/SciFi HD/ESPN HD will stay locked down. Only the stuff that is already on ClearQAM will be opened up.
Not that CableCARD was ever worthwhile. For what you can and can't do with it, you might as well rent a DVR from the cableco if you really need that much TV.
Representation is not transitive. As far as the legal system is concerned, a client is represented by their lawyer, but the lawyer is not represented by the client.
So this guy isn't RIAA, they hired him to do his job in court.
The breathless, finger-pointing, spittle-flying criticism of Gershengorn and Obama is like saying a lawyer who once represented an obvious criminal is incapable of defending an innocent man...and that anyone who hires him MUST be as crooked as his previous client. Right. Doesn't fly.
I'm just going to copy some Joe Schmoe's comment from Wired:
"Do you guys have any idea how the legal field works?
Jenner & Block is a pretty reputable law firm. The RIAA, an organization which disgusts me, hired Jenner & Block as outside counsel to represent them. At that point, the law firm and the firm's lawyers have a fiduciary duty to represent their client zealously. Even if a lawyer personally dislikes his or her client, he or she still have a duty to be a strong advocate.
The reason the Obama administration is picking up these lawyers is the same reason the RIAA did, because they are good. These lawyer's personal political opinions quite often differ drastically from their clients. I have no idea what Gershengorn's personal opinion is regarding alleged copy right infringement, but I am nearly certain that he is not an RIAA sock puppet -- not to mention, he and his firm are outside counsel anyway.
If anything, you all should be happy that the RIAA's outside counsel is losing skilled lawyers."
Get it now? Probably not, given the amount of spoon-fed pap you willingly consume and regurgitate from every shoddy, deceptive, and inflammatory story you read... or did you even RTFA?
The DHS definition of Critical Networks = Military, Federal and State, Utility, Infrastructure, Financial Sector......In other words, the government and related networks that run the country (and are often connected to the Internet in some capacity, if for no other reason than to allow employees access to resources.)
The government owns and/or regulates these networks, and has always reserved the right to unplug if necessary. This DRAFT LEGISLATION (can't emphasize the DRAFT part enough) would give the President that decision.
So not YOUR Internet, at least not from any commercial ISP.
Slashdot: "The NSW government of Australia has quietly introduced new police powers..."
TFA: "The Government says new legislation, to be introduced into Parliament today...
"Introduced into Parliament" doesn't mean "Introduced into law". It means the bill has been introduced into the legislature and it has to be voted on.
Now, it takes a really special kind of idiot to not see the difference, so I have no reason to think this is not intentional fearmongering.
Slashdot did the exact same thing when this kind of thing was introduced in the UK. I don't think it has made it through Parliament yet there either. Now, if it DID, and UK police do have this kind of power, I didn't hear a word about it, which is the really bad part.
Teh interwebs get all spun up when a bad law is proposed. Then, if it actually passes, it goes unnoticed because everyone has already huffed and puffed and forgotten about it.
Welcome to democracy in the age of 15-second attention spans.
Right on. I've had an R4 since day one, and freely admit to downloading NDS ROMS. The only one I've bought is Zelda.
1) Convenience. I have at least a dozen games on a 1 GB MicroSD. That's the ONLY way I'm going to be able to carry around a variety of games without losing half of them.
2) Quality. A lot of DS games really suck. I don't even keep most of the games I try. If I had paid for them, I'd regret it.
Mother 3 is awesome. I ordered a Slot-2 flashcart just so I could play it. I can see why Nintendo didn't bring it over to the US... if you're expecting Earthbound, the style is just as cute and bright, but the story so far is dark and tragic.
Let me also say, you've got a really crappy attitude. Having everything locked down is not my dream, I don't buy DRM media either.
My remarks about the DRM stuff were concerning how Apple doesn't support the MTP standard, and doesn't even support Mass Storage on the iPhone/iTouch.
If you want to get DIGITAL audio out of an Apple device, you have to either a) license Apple's USB protocols or b) scan the device's storage, if you can, and play what you can decode, which would NOT include FairPlay protected stuff.
Most in-car solutions settle for analog audio and possibly RS232 serial remote control. Not all USB-capable stereos support Apple's protocol either.
Umm, my original post was answering someone who said how stereos, etc.. would need drivers for each device that only had USB. They don't.
Anything will come out of the line-out connection, protected or not. It's analog. And hence why Apple has a single connector that can provide USB, video, line-out, serial control, and power. The other end of the cable can have as many plugs and splits as necessary, but the end you have to mess with all the time is one connector.
The $1200 is for that NAV package that happens to also support USB audio. You can put a good aftermarket stereo in that car for less than $200. $150 or so more if you want better speakers (and you should, as Honda OEM speakers are worse than most) I highly recommend Pioneer for the head unit, they seem to have really nailed car-friendly iPod controls.
Forget USB, the improvements in sound quality and options are worth it.
You don't have to. There is a standard digital audio class for USB.
The stereo can be the USB host and the device can present an audio source, or the device can be the USB host and the stereo can be an audio output. The first is probably better, because it lets the stereo control the device.
Car stereos can implement this, or they can just mount the device through USB MTP or mass-storage protocols. Most car and home stereos with USB ports will do that.
Now, Apple has to think different. They have their own proprietary iPod Accessory Protocol for control and digital audio over USB. Proprietary sucks, but properly authenticated devices can get digital output of DRM content.
Some newer devices do license Apple's protocol. In fact, my Pioneer head unit lets me do iPhone to standard USB port on the head unit. (I actually use the charger cable for the Apple BT headset)
The Times is notoriously inflammatory and unreliable, and the lack of fact-checking makes/. (plus lots of readers who fell for it, judging by the comments) look like braying sheep.
WGA wasn't used to throw users of the pirated software in jail. WGA was used to determine the pirated keys being used, and the number of them in circulation led the the charges that put the pirates in jail.
And please tell me, why do I have to tell NoScript to allow doubleclick.net before my comment will preview?
The ACLU (and the EFF) is often wrong. Intentionally. They are fearmongers, and they contribute to the "culture of fear" They pick a small issue, or proposed legislation, or a fringe case with the potential to be made into a frightfest and proceed exaggerate, misconstrue, and mislead......but in a way that is subtle enough, you don't notice until well after you are worked up and opening your wallet or casting your ballot. which is EXACTLY what they claim about everything they are against: How subtle and slippery the slope is, etc...
I don't think we'll see a DS refresh breaking any Slot-1 flashcarts, unless they also want to break compatibility with existing DS games.
The RSA key for the DS has been known for a while now, and all Slot-1 devices use it to boot the exact same way as a licensed game. If Nintendo could just change the key, they would have done that vs. all the attempts to shut down the flashcart makers. Fortunately, they can't ever change that key because it would disable millions of legit copies.
FlashMe was a workaround that removed the key check, but you don't need to do that anymore.
I just got digital from Comcast, because it's the same price as analog and they let me self install. Comcast doesn't charge for the first cableCard or box, it's included with digital service. Let me tell you, recording s-video from the box is far cleaner than using the tuner on my capture card.
Cable used to be just like Ma Bell, in that you'd get charged per outlet you were using, and you couldn't self-install equipment.
FYI, you can buy your own box, and they are not cheap! CableCards don't cost 'cents to produce' either, they are high-speed crypto engines. Cable companies are required to allow customer-owned boxes, just like a cable modem or cable-ready TV. However, a lot of the newer STB's are OCAP, which means they still require a cableCard.
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What "real trouble"?
You're right, it could happen pretty easily. Probability says it already has.
Been waterboarded lately? I didn't think so.
The article implies the bulk metadata is being analyzed for patterns. I'm sure when it comes to specific surveillance targets, the NSA knows exactly what email addresses, ISPs, countries of origin, etc... they are looking for rather than relying on names.
The summary isn't clear about if the warantless bulk surveillance covers content or metadata
Warrantless examination of email headers and other non-content information (IPs, From, To, Subj, relaying hosts) is legal without a warrant, as it is analogous to examining the envelope of a letter without opening it.
Same deal for call records, which are also examined in bulk.
Look before you FUD. I know WMC-fu, have contributed to DVRMSToolbox, and follow WMC stuff pretty closely.
The content protection thing actually IS an improvement. It's not more DRM, it's less, or rather, it fixes what's there. While it doesn't remove DRM completely, it does fix where WMC would copy protect when CGMS-A flags (Macrovision analog output protection, like for cable PPV) are accidentally encoded into DTV signals. That buggy behavior, on the part of Microsoft and the broadcasters, was why American Gladiators got flagged as protected months ago. There was a big stink about it, although I can't really understand why anyone would care about "pituitary retards banging their F#@$ing skulls together and congratulating YOU on living in the land of freedom!"
I believe legacy code for the broadcast flag was also removed, so ATSC/ClearQAM can't possibly be set as protected now.
Unrelated, but a DRM relaxation is coming for CableCARD, in that non-premium digital cable will no longer be protected. HOWEVER:
- This is a Windows 7 thing, and requires a firmware update to the tuner, an installed copy of Duke Nukem Forever, and who knows what else?
- It's totally up to the cableco to decide what is and isn't "premium", so chances are stuff like Discovery HD/SciFi HD/ESPN HD will stay locked down. Only the stuff that is already on ClearQAM will be opened up.
Not that CableCARD was ever worthwhile. For what you can and can't do with it, you might as well rent a DVR from the cableco if you really need that much TV.
Umm... the default browser setting determines what comes up for the start menu's Internet icon? That's almost always how I launch Firefox.
So I take it the doorbell doesn't work?
This is news?
My copy of the Guide is kept regularly updated by the sub-ether net.
Representation is not transitive.
As far as the legal system is concerned, a client is represented by their lawyer, but the lawyer is not represented by the client.
So this guy isn't RIAA, they hired him to do his job in court.
The breathless, finger-pointing, spittle-flying criticism of Gershengorn and Obama is like saying a lawyer who once represented an obvious criminal is incapable of defending an innocent man ...and that anyone who hires him MUST be as crooked as his previous client. Right. Doesn't fly.
I'm just going to copy some Joe Schmoe's comment from Wired:
"Do you guys have any idea how the legal field works?
Jenner & Block is a pretty reputable law firm. The RIAA, an organization which disgusts me, hired Jenner & Block as outside counsel to represent them. At that point, the law firm and the firm's lawyers have a fiduciary duty to represent their client zealously. Even if a lawyer personally dislikes his or her client, he or she still have a duty to be a strong advocate.
The reason the Obama administration is picking up these lawyers is the same reason the RIAA did, because they are good. These lawyer's personal political opinions quite often differ drastically from their clients. I have no idea what Gershengorn's personal opinion is regarding alleged copy right infringement, but I am nearly certain that he is not an RIAA sock puppet -- not to mention, he and his firm are outside counsel anyway.
If anything, you all should be happy that the RIAA's outside counsel is losing skilled lawyers."
Get it now? Probably not, given the amount of spoon-fed pap you willingly consume and regurgitate from every shoddy, deceptive, and inflammatory story you read... or did you even RTFA?
Apparently not.
I thought IPv6 was designed for that kind of thing. Can't find any terrestrial uses for it...
The DHS definition of Critical Networks = Military, Federal and State, Utility, Infrastructure, Financial Sector... ...In other words, the government and related networks that run the country (and are often connected to the Internet in some capacity, if for no other reason than to allow employees access to resources.)
The government owns and/or regulates these networks, and has always reserved the right to unplug if necessary. This DRAFT LEGISLATION (can't emphasize the DRAFT part enough) would give the President that decision.
So not YOUR Internet, at least not from any commercial ISP.
But cue the usual paranoia anyway!
Slashdot: "The NSW government of Australia has quietly introduced new police powers..."
TFA: "The Government says new legislation, to be introduced into Parliament today...
"Introduced into Parliament" doesn't mean "Introduced into law". It means the bill has been introduced into the legislature and it has to be voted on.
Now, it takes a really special kind of idiot to not see the difference, so I have no reason to think this is not intentional fearmongering.
Slashdot did the exact same thing when this kind of thing was introduced in the UK. I don't think it has made it through Parliament yet there either. Now, if it DID, and UK police do have this kind of power, I didn't hear a word about it, which is the really bad part.
Teh interwebs get all spun up when a bad law is proposed. Then, if it actually passes, it goes unnoticed because everyone has already huffed and puffed and forgotten about it.
Welcome to democracy in the age of 15-second attention spans.
Right on. I've had an R4 since day one, and freely admit to downloading NDS ROMS. The only one I've bought is Zelda.
1) Convenience. I have at least a dozen games on a 1 GB MicroSD. That's the ONLY way I'm going to be able to carry around a variety of games without losing half of them.
2) Quality. A lot of DS games really suck. I don't even keep most of the games I try. If I had paid for them, I'd regret it.
Mother 3 is awesome. I ordered a Slot-2 flashcart just so I could play it. I can see why Nintendo didn't bring it over to the US... if you're expecting Earthbound, the style is just as cute and bright, but the story so far is dark and tragic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lp0_on_fire
Let me also say, you've got a really crappy attitude. Having everything locked down is not my dream, I don't buy DRM media either.
My remarks about the DRM stuff were concerning how Apple doesn't support the MTP standard, and doesn't even support Mass Storage on the iPhone/iTouch.
If you want to get DIGITAL audio out of an Apple device, you have to either a) license Apple's USB protocols or b) scan the device's storage, if you can, and play what you can decode, which would NOT include FairPlay protected stuff.
Most in-car solutions settle for analog audio and possibly RS232 serial remote control. Not all USB-capable stereos support Apple's protocol either.
Umm, my original post was answering someone who said how stereos, etc.. would need drivers for each device that only had USB. They don't.
Anything will come out of the line-out connection, protected or not. It's analog. And hence why Apple has a single connector that can provide USB, video, line-out, serial control, and power. The other end of the cable can have as many plugs and splits as necessary, but the end you have to mess with all the time is one connector.
The $1200 is for that NAV package that happens to also support USB audio. You can put a good aftermarket stereo in that car for less than $200. $150 or so more if you want better speakers (and you should, as Honda OEM speakers are worse than most) I highly recommend Pioneer for the head unit, they seem to have really nailed car-friendly iPod controls.
Forget USB, the improvements in sound quality and options are worth it.
You don't have to. There is a standard digital audio class for USB.
The stereo can be the USB host and the device can present an audio source, or the device can be the USB host and the stereo can be an audio output. The first is probably better, because it lets the stereo control the device.
Car stereos can implement this, or they can just mount the device through USB MTP or mass-storage protocols. Most car and home stereos with USB ports will do that.
Now, Apple has to think different. They have their own proprietary iPod Accessory Protocol for control and digital audio over USB. Proprietary sucks, but properly authenticated devices can get digital output of DRM content.
Some newer devices do license Apple's protocol. In fact, my Pioneer head unit lets me do iPhone to standard USB port on the head unit. (I actually use the charger cable for the Apple BT headset)
At least one embedded solution supports it:
http://www.jungo.com/st/embedded_usb_ipod.html
This again?
$70 Grado SR-60 FTW
El Reg debunks it here
The Times is notoriously inflammatory and unreliable, and the lack of fact-checking makes /. (plus lots of readers who fell for it, judging by the comments) look like braying sheep.
I love the articles about MS and Windows Activation. they bring out all the real paranoiacs on /.
WGA wasn't used to throw users of the pirated software in jail. WGA was used to determine the pirated keys being used, and the number of them in circulation led the the charges that put the pirates in jail.
And please tell me, why do I have to tell NoScript to allow doubleclick.net before my comment will preview?
Seriously, WHO'S tracking users?
One project of mine has the entire lyrics to "Still Alive" scattered throughout the source comments.
The ACLU (and the EFF) is often wrong. Intentionally. They are fearmongers, and they contribute to the "culture of fear" ...but in a way that is subtle enough, you don't notice until well after you are worked up and opening your wallet or casting your ballot.
They pick a small issue, or proposed legislation, or a fringe case with the potential to be made into a frightfest and proceed exaggerate, misconstrue, and mislead...
which is EXACTLY what they claim about everything they are against: How subtle and slippery the slope is, etc...
I don't think we'll see a DS refresh breaking any Slot-1 flashcarts, unless they also want to break compatibility with existing DS games.
The RSA key for the DS has been known for a while now, and all Slot-1 devices use it to boot the exact same way as a licensed game. If Nintendo could just change the key, they would have done that vs. all the attempts to shut down the flashcart makers. Fortunately, they can't ever change that key because it would disable millions of legit copies.
FlashMe was a workaround that removed the key check, but you don't need to do that anymore.
using dd-wrt, I created a virtual AP than can only access the internet (and if I really want to lock it down, only to Nintendo)
Once the DS is set up, you can turn off SSID broadcast for the open vAP or leave it on to be a good neighbor :)
I just got digital from Comcast, because it's the same price as analog and they let me self install. Comcast doesn't charge for the first cableCard or box, it's included with digital service. Let me tell you, recording s-video from the box is far cleaner than using the tuner on my capture card.
Cable used to be just like Ma Bell, in that you'd get charged per outlet you were using, and you couldn't self-install equipment.
FYI, you can buy your own box, and they are not cheap! CableCards don't cost 'cents to produce' either, they are high-speed crypto engines. Cable companies are required to allow customer-owned boxes, just like a cable modem or cable-ready TV. However, a lot of the newer STB's are OCAP, which means they still require a cableCard.