what makes you think it's simple? there would be literally 100's of sensors connected to inputs/outputs on multiple logic boards throughout the car, all these sending encrypted/obfuscated data to the blackbox. the data itself could well be so complex you wouldn't know real data from the obfuscated data.
i've done software that reads outputs from lab insturments and from onboard computers on haul trucks before, and it can be very very hard even with the manual to the instrument, let alone someone actively trying to prevent anyone decoding the data.
i think $90AUD is a retardedly high amount for a game as well. what if i get it and it's shit or i don't like it? you can't return it because of the DRM.
the idea is much like shareware back in the 90's, which is where massive hits like doom started and got the following they have today. except instead of an incomplete game you get the full thing with extra content for purchase later if you want it.
the effort required to "track down" a copy is far far less then the effort to earn the money to buy the game, so there will always be people who will go for the torrented copy no matter what.
business also can't ever be expected to make games so cheap they can compete with free.
i don't however think DRM that phones home constantly and causes problems with your PC even after playing should be an acceptable answer. I think the answer lies not in DRM, but in content being provided post sale which can only be accessed with a key system. you can make key systems as good as uncrackable because the server reponse stays with the publisher. it releases the gamer from retarded restrictions like perminately on DRM and provides enough incentive for people to buy the game.
sure people will probably pirate the base game, but they will loose out in the long run not getting extended content. just look at how successful WoW is.
from a typical business mind set i can totally see why software houses do DRM. the problem is that the supply and demand models that our businesses run on don't actually apply all that well to digital media. there is an infinate supply, and demand can change in a single day, based on a one news article.
instead of focusing on selling goods, they should suck it up and realise they are selling a service and model themselfs around the hospitality industry where customer satisfaction is king.
notice how all the countries that switch are very socialist and the government controls enterprise with an iron fist? it's because switching to linux is a huge expense that doesn't actually make sense unless you can force people to work for peanuts.
it's because we have 7 different format for everything already that there is hate for yet another format which adds nothing except someone elses ideology.
+1 for this.
the question is how far do you go. if it was medical records i'd be storing 5 copies in 5 geographically distinct locations, each with their own backup for the backup. i'd be checking the MD5's each day on all the backups to ensure they can be accessed when i need them, and have a regular HDD maintenance scheme in place to replace the drives once a year.
the thing is, traping the water in a tank is a more effiecent use of the resource then letting it run off and hopeing it makes it into the catchment.
the idea behind water rights is to stop upstream farmers daming up rivers and bankrupting their neighbours, people collecting the water that's fallen on residental roofs shouldn't be the target.
err no. they are talking about brakes strong enough to hold the car in place if you have your feet planted on both the accelerator AND the brake at the same time. not just stopping the cars interia.
i've never figured why anyone would pay money to a private organisation chaired by their neigbours, just to have the pleasure of them policing your front yard for you. my next home is going to be on a couple of acres in a semi rural area, unwelcome guests and critisms to be greeted by my double barrel.
actually right now the most successful economny on the planet is china, if in the traditional sense you measure success in the form of economic growth.
firstly, kdawson your a tard, they aren't 86% efficent at converting light into electricity, merely at absorbing light. the 2nd warning bell for me is this - "The next steps, Atwater says, are to increase the operating voltage " - this sounds to me like they can't produce any meaningful voltages out of these, which is the exact same fail as every other flexible solar panel ever touted. infact they carely avoid talking about it's electrical output at all in TFA.
i'd love cheap energy from the sun, but this won't be it.
the nano bots are probably going to be more deadly then the infection. so far no one has been able to make nano bots do anything useful, so i'd say that's a good 50 years off
yep, i'm horrified by anti bacterial soaps - normal soap with it's high PH is all the anti bacterial action you need around the home. there is plenty of evidence linking the rise in childhood asthma and allergies to people keeping their kids too clean. when i have kids they are going to roll in the dirt and let the dog lick them on the face, and just like me i'm pretty sure they will be all the more healthy for it.
vinegar as i said is a brillant cleaner, safe and almost odorless, and it's also super cheap.
you are confusing marketing with facts. they can't say 100%, because if you don't get 100% of the surface area and the bleach doesn't contact 100% of the germs, obviously it won't kill them will it. if you bath anything in a sufficent amount of bleach it'll die.
anyway this whole problem has come about due to us using retardedly strong cleaning agents constantly, and creating an environment fit for MRSA and it's buddies. we should be using the cleaner that only kills 50% of the germs. hell i just use plain old vinegar at home, and i haven't had to see a doctor outside of a checkup in 3 years.
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i've done software that reads outputs from lab insturments and from onboard computers on haul trucks before, and it can be very very hard even with the manual to the instrument, let alone someone actively trying to prevent anyone decoding the data.
actually you can get a refund if you leave in the first 15 minutes, but the moment you enter that serial key you can't return that game, so you FAIL.
the idea is much like shareware back in the 90's, which is where massive hits like doom started and got the following they have today. except instead of an incomplete game you get the full thing with extra content for purchase later if you want it.
wtf does "too big to fail" have to do with anything anyway? all i'm getting from your post is random background noise.
you haven't played online games much have you. a lot of the people on there are childish dicks.
business also can't ever be expected to make games so cheap they can compete with free.
i don't however think DRM that phones home constantly and causes problems with your PC even after playing should be an acceptable answer. I think the answer lies not in DRM, but in content being provided post sale which can only be accessed with a key system. you can make key systems as good as uncrackable because the server reponse stays with the publisher. it releases the gamer from retarded restrictions like perminately on DRM and provides enough incentive for people to buy the game.
sure people will probably pirate the base game, but they will loose out in the long run not getting extended content. just look at how successful WoW is.
instead of focusing on selling goods, they should suck it up and realise they are selling a service and model themselfs around the hospitality industry where customer satisfaction is king.
i hope your not from the united states of water boarding, or you'd be a massive hypocritiser
so you think being consistantly shit helps?
notice how all the countries that switch are very socialist and the government controls enterprise with an iron fist? it's because switching to linux is a huge expense that doesn't actually make sense unless you can force people to work for peanuts.
it's because we have 7 different format for everything already that there is hate for yet another format which adds nothing except someone elses ideology.
+1 for this. the question is how far do you go. if it was medical records i'd be storing 5 copies in 5 geographically distinct locations, each with their own backup for the backup. i'd be checking the MD5's each day on all the backups to ensure they can be accessed when i need them, and have a regular HDD maintenance scheme in place to replace the drives once a year.
the idea behind water rights is to stop upstream farmers daming up rivers and bankrupting their neighbours, people collecting the water that's fallen on residental roofs shouldn't be the target.
that must suck man *eats another jelly dohnut*
err no. they are talking about brakes strong enough to hold the car in place if you have your feet planted on both the accelerator AND the brake at the same time. not just stopping the cars interia.
i've never figured why anyone would pay money to a private organisation chaired by their neigbours, just to have the pleasure of them policing your front yard for you. my next home is going to be on a couple of acres in a semi rural area, unwelcome guests and critisms to be greeted by my double barrel.
this guy strikes me as being brain dead or just plain stupid. it's not your network, just give them access you noob.
actually right now the most successful economny on the planet is china, if in the traditional sense you measure success in the form of economic growth.
i'm waiting for someone to link this quake to gloabl warming, or atleast some news reporter to ask the question.
we should all patent and copyright our DNA, then when some chick gets knocked up sue her for copyright infringement.
i'd love cheap energy from the sun, but this won't be it.
the nano bots are probably going to be more deadly then the infection. so far no one has been able to make nano bots do anything useful, so i'd say that's a good 50 years off
vinegar as i said is a brillant cleaner, safe and almost odorless, and it's also super cheap.
anyway this whole problem has come about due to us using retardedly strong cleaning agents constantly, and creating an environment fit for MRSA and it's buddies. we should be using the cleaner that only kills 50% of the germs. hell i just use plain old vinegar at home, and i haven't had to see a doctor outside of a checkup in 3 years.
you lost me at naturopath. those guys are the biggest load of shit, trumpted only by homiopaths.