Depends if they take it seriously or not. Maybe someone would open it without thinking it was an actual agreement. Maybe they'd be smart enough to send it to their lawyer for review, who knows? or they could just rip it up and not care. But think about it that way - we don't really read any EULA's or take anything seriously when we buy software or music or anything. It's all gotten so superficially complicated that it's all gone out the window and nobody cares. Even with CD protection, there will always be someone who will leak a clean copy on the net. And all it takes is one, and bam! its out there.
I completely agree with you, god knows what kind of agreements have been made between myself and Microsoft. Technically, I could buy a game, burn it, then return it to the company and say that I didn't agree to the license terms - and it would be completely legal! Most EULAs state that you can return the product if you disagree.
The whole point is that you agree to it "passively", meaning on the back in fine print it could tell you "By purchasing this you have to go to www.musiccompany.com and agree to and read the license agreement there". nobody is actually going to do that, so they have basically agreed to it and get the spyware.
Funny, It's been three years with Mac OS X and there still haven't been any viruses that weren't actually just test worms that found out whether or not a security loophole was true. So I'm still waiting... Yep. Nothing.....
When one goes in-depth into the "end user license agreement" that we all say "I agree" to, it becomes apparent that you actually do warrant them to install such an application. I'd imagine it would be part of the liner notes, interactive software related agreement, or perhaps even just a simple "look on this site to see the license agreement" blurb.
The Digital Milennium Copyright Act was created by the US Government, and it allows the record companies to subpoena users and so on. Sure, the government doesn't say you can't, but corporations have a lot of international power as well as influences on the government of course.
I think we are all forgetting something: Most people only have 100 megabit network cards in their computers. Current broadband only is around 1.5 megabits, well enough for anyone with even 10 megabit network card. While some computers now have gigabit ethernet... what is the point when the people who still buy Dells and HPs will probably only have 100 megabit connections? It's like running a 10,000rpm hard drive over USB1.1... - pointless!
Hmm,thanks for the info. I would assume that it would be possible to relay information with a nearby satellite, however I'm guessing that there aren't nearly enough people in space to warrant such a complex and expensive system to bring internet, however simple that kind of data really is. Some day though! I would imagine that SMS or email would be a more convenient form of communication than voice, seeing as how unreliable and how easy it could be to misunderstand someone. Maybe when they eventually do a Mars mission with people, they will have some kind of long range internet/email connection.
I just had an idea: If the data is so incredibly vital, if the data would cost a company millions if released, if the passwords would let anyone gain access to the system... why not just lock up the hard drives in a vault, or perhaps physically DESTROY them. After all, the cost of not selling those drives compared to the prevention of secrets/passwords being released is minimal! Then again, if someone wants your data, they'll get it by any means possible, so you are screwed either way.
I'd like to see if someone can find a way to get access to those 21 thermal sensors, much like on a PC you can access motherboard temperatures with a program such as Motherboard Monitor 5. It would be useful if there were an app you could stick in the dock to have a simple temp readout when working on those intensive FCP renders...
Temperature, imho, has never been a problem with the mac, but now we might see that change because of these 2.5ghz CPUs!
What about in OSX (and in other OSes, i assume) where you can write data randomly over the drive several times? I would think that would eradicate any data since anything getting recovered would be random data!
Compare email to snail mail for a moment. We have legal rights to prevent junk mail from arriving at our doorstep. The problem with email? It began as something TOO open, completely unregulated, and basically flawed - a house address is far more complicated than an email address. Additionally, it costs money to send junk mail, while email is free. There is no way to charge for email in an effort to prevent spammers because they can just as easily set up their own email server in their basement! Spam has to be stopped by setting an example of the people who create it, and additionally, educating users on the internet on what to click and what not to. There are an awful lot of stupid people (READ: AOL USERS) on the internet...
I fail to see the disadvantages of steering away from windows. Think about it - what kinds of apps are you going to be using on Windows? Bloated office suites, overcomplicated power apps, and so on. There's always an open source, FREE way of doing things, even if it takes a few simple individual apps to do the work of the whole. Besides, who wants to buy in to a bug-ridden, unstable OS? UNIX-based OSes are the best, hands down. OSX, linux, anything.
Well... It's illegal. So whats the big deal about blocking it? Not like you're inhibiting the rights of another human being, after all, the very nature of the subject in hand makes the makers the ones at fault for violating rights in the first place.
Gee, by removing the Capslock key i'd hate to eliminate all those internet users WHO INSIST ON TYPING EVERYTHING IN ALL CAPS. Then again, i havent used that key for a while. Why not replace it with a dedicated ctrl-alt-del button:P
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Depends if they take it seriously or not. Maybe someone would open it without thinking it was an actual agreement. Maybe they'd be smart enough to send it to their lawyer for review, who knows? or they could just rip it up and not care. But think about it that way - we don't really read any EULA's or take anything seriously when we buy software or music or anything. It's all gotten so superficially complicated that it's all gone out the window and nobody cares. Even with CD protection, there will always be someone who will leak a clean copy on the net. And all it takes is one, and bam! its out there.
I completely agree with you, god knows what kind of agreements have been made between myself and Microsoft. Technically, I could buy a game, burn it, then return it to the company and say that I didn't agree to the license terms - and it would be completely legal! Most EULAs state that you can return the product if you disagree.
The whole point is that you agree to it "passively", meaning on the back in fine print it could tell you "By purchasing this you have to go to www.musiccompany.com and agree to and read the license agreement there". nobody is actually going to do that, so they have basically agreed to it and get the spyware.
Funny, It's been three years with Mac OS X and there still haven't been any viruses that weren't actually just test worms that found out whether or not a security loophole was true. So I'm still waiting... Yep. Nothing.....
With a Mac it's pretty much the same story as Linux. No autorun crap, no way an exe could work. It's nice being a minority, eh?
Na. I'm pretty sure that I got only the MP3s and not the spyware.
This is why I love owning a Mac :D
No viruses. No silly self-installing apps.
A free world of music.
And so on and so forth...
When one goes in-depth into the "end user license agreement" that we all say "I agree" to, it becomes apparent that you actually do warrant them to install such an application. I'd imagine it would be part of the liner notes, interactive software related agreement, or perhaps even just a simple "look on this site to see the license agreement" blurb.
Not my version of the album....
Wait a minute. I live in Canada. Why the hell am I arguing this! Hehee! *lives in a place free of DMCA*
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The Digital Milennium Copyright Act was created by the US Government, and it allows the record companies to subpoena users and so on. Sure, the government doesn't say you can't, but corporations have a lot of international power as well as influences on the government of course.
US Says: We want to keep free speech. But we don't want you to download music.
I think we are all forgetting something: Most people only have 100 megabit network cards in their computers. Current broadband only is around 1.5 megabits, well enough for anyone with even 10 megabit network card. While some computers now have gigabit ethernet... what is the point when the people who still buy Dells and HPs will probably only have 100 megabit connections? It's like running a 10,000rpm hard drive over USB1.1... - pointless!
Hmm,thanks for the info. I would assume that it would be possible to relay information with a nearby satellite, however I'm guessing that there aren't nearly enough people in space to warrant such a complex and expensive system to bring internet, however simple that kind of data really is. Some day though! I would imagine that SMS or email would be a more convenient form of communication than voice, seeing as how unreliable and how easy it could be to misunderstand someone. Maybe when they eventually do a Mars mission with people, they will have some kind of long range internet/email connection.
The valve development staff should be arrested for denying a basic right to the human race - the right to play an awesome game!
Do astronauts on the ISS have normal internet? Or are they just linked in an intranet and with NASA ground intranets....?
I just had an idea: If the data is so incredibly vital, if the data would cost a company millions if released, if the passwords would let anyone gain access to the system... why not just lock up the hard drives in a vault, or perhaps physically DESTROY them. After all, the cost of not selling those drives compared to the prevention of secrets/passwords being released is minimal! Then again, if someone wants your data, they'll get it by any means possible, so you are screwed either way.
I'd like to see if someone can find a way to get access to those 21 thermal sensors, much like on a PC you can access motherboard temperatures with a program such as Motherboard Monitor 5. It would be useful if there were an app you could stick in the dock to have a simple temp readout when working on those intensive FCP renders... Temperature, imho, has never been a problem with the mac, but now we might see that change because of these 2.5ghz CPUs!
What about in OSX (and in other OSes, i assume) where you can write data randomly over the drive several times? I would think that would eradicate any data since anything getting recovered would be random data!
Compare email to snail mail for a moment. We have legal rights to prevent junk mail from arriving at our doorstep. The problem with email? It began as something TOO open, completely unregulated, and basically flawed - a house address is far more complicated than an email address. Additionally, it costs money to send junk mail, while email is free. There is no way to charge for email in an effort to prevent spammers because they can just as easily set up their own email server in their basement! Spam has to be stopped by setting an example of the people who create it, and additionally, educating users on the internet on what to click and what not to. There are an awful lot of stupid people (READ: AOL USERS) on the internet...
I fail to see the disadvantages of steering away from windows. Think about it - what kinds of apps are you going to be using on Windows? Bloated office suites, overcomplicated power apps, and so on. There's always an open source, FREE way of doing things, even if it takes a few simple individual apps to do the work of the whole. Besides, who wants to buy in to a bug-ridden, unstable OS? UNIX-based OSes are the best, hands down. OSX, linux, anything.
This year: Make a robot that will successfully find a parking spot at the mall!
Well... It's illegal. So whats the big deal about blocking it? Not like you're inhibiting the rights of another human being, after all, the very nature of the subject in hand makes the makers the ones at fault for violating rights in the first place.
Gee, by removing the Capslock key i'd hate to eliminate all those internet users WHO INSIST ON TYPING EVERYTHING IN ALL CAPS. Then again, i havent used that key for a while. Why not replace it with a dedicated ctrl-alt-del button :P