If a mad dictator comes to power in the USA or UK, do you really think he won't be able to find you if he wants to
We already have a mad dictator in power in the UK. He's just not that dangerous to the general populace. I have no desire to make his life any easier in terms of finding me, particularly as the danger he poses may go up as well as down.
Their news actually changes pretty frequently. But SSI is rather simpler and more processor-friendly than a database-driven system. A previous poster mentioned that their CMS is based on Apple's WebObjects, and it's set up to push static HTML onto the web servers.
This doesn't mean that they're going to stop trying to develop a means of making copying HDTV using impossible/impractical. It just means that the measures they take won't be based on legislating the broadcast flag.
Speaking theoretically, some sort of encryption together with a smartcard supplied to the cable customer which enables decryption would neatly sidestep the issue for cable subscribers. Don't know how feasible it would be to apply similar technology to over the air broadcasts.
Firstly, it's hugely unlikely everything goes through financially in the US. A customer in the UK doesn't have to ring MS in Redmond to negotiate a deal, does he?
Secondly, the EU could just as easily say "Is that so? Well, in that case, your EULAs which state "one installation per license" aren't enforceable in a european court."
You've magnificently failed to understand the argument, which goes like this:
1. Microsoft have the PC operating system market more-or-less sewn up. Yes I know you've got Apple and Linux. How many systems in PC World/Dixons, Time or advertised in the media do you see running OS X or Linux?
2. A market opens up for a new application on Windows. An application which the majority of people are likely to want, and which a company can somehow make money out of. In 1997/8, it was the web browser. Today it's the media player. (well, TBH, 2-3 years ago it was the media player, but let's gloss over that). Tomorrow it will be something else.
3. Microsoft watch the market mature until such time as it becomes obvious what the market requires in such an application. Then they build equivalent functionality into the OS "at no extra charge!". Essentially, all these companies selling software in (2) above are doing Microsoft's market research for them.
Free market advocates generally say "Tough. Adapt or die". This doesn't work too well when the company that's suddenly decided to compete against you has a huge built-in advantage.
If it happens once, it could be argued to be the free market at work. When it happens every damn time any new idea comes along for years on end, it becomes apparent that Microsoft is essentially acting as a bully, using their monopoly position to gain traction and ultimately more monopolies, this is illegal.
We have more than once in our history gone from strong feelings of isolationism to OMG there is a world out there and it affects us, let's kick its ass.
The article doesn't go into enough detail, but wouldn't it be possible to fire up nmap to find a list of potential candidates (in this case, ISS boxes)?
Of course, scanning large swathes of IP space may not be a great idea if you want to cover your tracks, but run these scans from compromised machines....
I'm from the UK, so please forgive the fact that I don't understand all the issues...
Couldn't the VOIP provider run a call centre covering the entire country and relay emergency calls as appropriate? You'll have to give details of where you are anyhow, what does it matter if the person you speak to is in the local area or not?
But the original argument was "If you stop paying the music goes away".
If you stop buying CD's around number 8 (ie. $60), do your already-purchased CDs stop working?
Another argument says "What happens if the format becomes obsolete?"
What happens if CDs become obsolete? No big deal, I've got a couple of devices can play them and I can always rip them to an open lossless format such as FLAC. The physical disc is still there.
If Yahoo's DRM format becomes obsolete?
If I'm lucky, I can continue paying $5 for the music I already have and it won't stop working (until I upgrade my OS to something which doesn't support the old DRM software). If I'm unlucky, the plug is unceremoniously pulled while I'm listening to "Grow My Boobies One More Size" by Britney Spears.
He was given a free licence, which was then revoked, as was allowed by the terms of the licence. How is that like Java?
The concern was that OO.o was using proprietary extensions to Java which aren't well documented and are exclusive to Sun.
That being the case, Sun going belly-up isn't the issue. Sun going all SCO and announcing that from now on anything using their version of Java will have to pay $699 for a license is.
But they might do an Oracle and say "We're dropping support for RHEL next year, however with our new version of Services for Unix, migration to a Windows platform is easier than ever. Ask us how. Get the facts!".
(Actually, I reckon it's a load of cobblers cooked up by a tech journalist who liked the idea of a guaranteed slashdotting to show his employer how popular he is. But sometimes it's fun to play devil's advocate;)
But to say they're reliable, I disagree. In a high-cost production enviroment I would never think of installing x86's.
A lot of systems architects disagree with you. If your applications allow for it, it's frequently just as cheap to simply go out and buy a number x86 boxes and site them in geographically separate locations. And I don't care what architecture you're using, I guarantee your system won't be much use when some idiot's cut through the fibre coming into the server room.
Yes, but they're not doing it very much RIGHT NOW, are they?
I don't generally bother with TV downloads, but AFAICT they're saying "Don't download show X illegally now, we'd rathar you wait 6 months, pay us, download our specific DRM software then find that we've decided not to make show X available anyhow!"
Or maybe they just don't like the idea of facing support calls which begin with "Hi, I just downloaded this source code of your website, I thought 'this looks pretty cool' and I wrote my own program to go on the box... and it doesn't work any more."
It's even worse than that. 36% of the vote, but turnout was 61.28%
So over a third of the electorate couldn't be bothered for one reason or another (and if you don't bother, you're effectively supporting whoever wins).
In other words, about 1 in 5 people actively wanted the Labour party in power.
Sorry let me clarify something. I agree completely with you in that no system is inmune to attacks. Saying that *nix systems are not prone to viruses or trojans is lying to oneself.
Basically, what I'm saying is, right now Windows is the least secure system around. Whether or not that will remain the case I don't know.
winds up with the kind of marketshare Windows has right now, then Linux will be perceived as being just as insecure as Windows is, even though locking it down properly is quite possible.
What it boils down to is: Yes, Linux in general terms is more secure, but it only takes an email program which will execute programs directly (rather than forcing you to save and chmod them) and/or render HTML by default becoming popular to turn a lot of theoretical exploits into very real ones.
Slashdot Mirror
oops.. hadn't spotted the ! in there.
"If the URL is not the Acid 2 test URL, load the reference page".
I'm not sure that's what you meant.
If a mad dictator comes to power in the USA or UK, do you really think he won't be able to find you if he wants to
We already have a mad dictator in power in the UK. He's just not that dangerous to the general populace. I have no desire to make his life any easier in terms of finding me, particularly as the danger he poses may go up as well as down.
Their news actually changes pretty frequently. But SSI is rather simpler and more processor-friendly than a database-driven system. A previous poster mentioned that their CMS is based on Apple's WebObjects, and it's set up to push static HTML onto the web servers.
Me too. However, I'm a Blueyonder customer and I know that Blueyonder uses Zeus a lot - and I also know that they run an invisible proxy.
Can Zeus be used as an invisible proxy?
This doesn't mean that they're going to stop trying to develop a means of making copying HDTV using impossible/impractical. It just means that the measures they take won't be based on legislating the broadcast flag.
Speaking theoretically, some sort of encryption together with a smartcard supplied to the cable customer which enables decryption would neatly sidestep the issue for cable subscribers. Don't know how feasible it would be to apply similar technology to over the air broadcasts.
Firstly, it's hugely unlikely everything goes through financially in the US. A customer in the UK doesn't have to ring MS in Redmond to negotiate a deal, does he?
Secondly, the EU could just as easily say "Is that so? Well, in that case, your EULAs which state "one installation per license" aren't enforceable in a european court."
You've magnificently failed to understand the argument, which goes like this:
1. Microsoft have the PC operating system market more-or-less sewn up. Yes I know you've got Apple and Linux. How many systems in PC World/Dixons, Time or advertised in the media do you see running OS X or Linux?
2. A market opens up for a new application on Windows. An application which the majority of people are likely to want, and which a company can somehow make money out of. In 1997/8, it was the web browser. Today it's the media player. (well, TBH, 2-3 years ago it was the media player, but let's gloss over that). Tomorrow it will be something else.
3. Microsoft watch the market mature until such time as it becomes obvious what the market requires in such an application. Then they build equivalent functionality into the OS "at no extra charge!". Essentially, all these companies selling software in (2) above are doing Microsoft's market research for them.
Free market advocates generally say "Tough. Adapt or die". This doesn't work too well when the company that's suddenly decided to compete against you has a huge built-in advantage.
If it happens once, it could be argued to be the free market at work. When it happens every damn time any new idea comes along for years on end, it becomes apparent that Microsoft is essentially acting as a bully, using their monopoly position to gain traction and ultimately more monopolies, this is illegal.
D'oh, that was supposed to read:
i kers_Guide_to_the_Galaxy#Krikkit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Places_in_The_Hitchh
Remind you of anyone?
(wtf doesn't that work as a <a> link?)
We have more than once in our history gone from strong feelings of isolationism to OMG there is a world out there and it affects us, let's kick its ass.
Remind you of anyone?
FTFA: US diplomatic sources stated later that Washington did not wish to interfere in the domestic affairs of other countries.
At the risk of being modded flamebait, when has that ever stopped the US before?
The article doesn't go into enough detail, but wouldn't it be possible to fire up nmap to find a list of potential candidates (in this case, ISS boxes)?
Of course, scanning large swathes of IP space may not be a great idea if you want to cover your tracks, but run these scans from compromised machines....
Here in the UK they adopted a simple solution to that: Chip & PIN is on credit and debit cards.
I'm from the UK, so please forgive the fact that I don't understand all the issues...
Couldn't the VOIP provider run a call centre covering the entire country and relay emergency calls as appropriate? You'll have to give details of where you are anyhow, what does it matter if the person you speak to is in the local area or not?
What's wrong with this idea?
They probably are, if you're a 'merkin. Think DMCA.
Which is all fine and dandy.
But the original argument was "If you stop paying the music goes away".
If you stop buying CD's around number 8 (ie. $60), do your already-purchased CDs stop working?
Another argument says "What happens if the format becomes obsolete?"
What happens if CDs become obsolete? No big deal, I've got a couple of devices can play them and I can always rip them to an open lossless format such as FLAC. The physical disc is still there.
If Yahoo's DRM format becomes obsolete?
If I'm lucky, I can continue paying $5 for the music I already have and it won't stop working (until I upgrade my OS to something which doesn't support the old DRM software). If I'm unlucky, the plug is unceremoniously pulled while I'm listening to "Grow My Boobies One More Size" by Britney Spears.
He was given a free licence, which was then revoked, as was allowed by the terms of the licence. How is that like Java?
The concern was that OO.o was using proprietary extensions to Java which aren't well documented and are exclusive to Sun.
That being the case, Sun going belly-up isn't the issue. Sun going all SCO and announcing that from now on anything using their version of Java will have to pay $699 for a license is.
But they might do an Oracle and say "We're dropping support for RHEL next year, however with our new version of Services for Unix, migration to a Windows platform is easier than ever. Ask us how. Get the facts!".
;)
(Actually, I reckon it's a load of cobblers cooked up by a tech journalist who liked the idea of a guaranteed slashdotting to show his employer how popular he is. But sometimes it's fun to play devil's advocate
But to say they're reliable, I disagree. In a high-cost production enviroment I would never think of installing x86's.
A lot of systems architects disagree with you. If your applications allow for it, it's frequently just as cheap to simply go out and buy a number x86 boxes and site them in geographically separate locations. And I don't care what architecture you're using, I guarantee your system won't be much use when some idiot's cut through the fibre coming into the server room.
Yes, but they're not doing it very much RIGHT NOW, are they?
I don't generally bother with TV downloads, but AFAICT they're saying "Don't download show X illegally now, we'd rathar you wait 6 months, pay us, download our specific DRM software then find that we've decided not to make show X available anyhow!"
Well. I'm sold on that idea. </sarcasm>
Or maybe they just don't like the idea of facing support calls which begin with "Hi, I just downloaded this source code of your website, I thought 'this looks pretty cool' and I wrote my own program to go on the box... and it doesn't work any more."
It's even worse than that. 36% of the vote, but turnout was 61.28%
So over a third of the electorate couldn't be bothered for one reason or another (and if you don't bother, you're effectively supporting whoever wins).
In other words, about 1 in 5 people actively wanted the Labour party in power.
If you're a great big stripy cat with the power to rip out someones' guts with one swipe of razor-sharp claws, your name is damn well protected.
Not that sort of tiger?
Sorry let me clarify something. I agree completely with you in that no system is inmune to attacks. Saying that *nix systems are not prone to viruses or trojans is lying to oneself.
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Basically, what I'm saying is, right now Windows is the least secure system around. Whether or not that will remain the case I don't know.
If some bloody idiot like Michael Robertson, cf:
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/12
winds up with the kind of marketshare Windows has right now, then Linux will be perceived as being just as insecure as Windows is, even though locking it down properly is quite possible.
What it boils down to is: Yes, Linux in general terms is more secure, but it only takes an email program which will execute programs directly (rather than forcing you to save and chmod them) and/or render HTML by default becoming popular to turn a lot of theoretical exploits into very real ones.