You'd be surprised to find out how many ex- Gestapo, SD and Kripo agents found gainful employment in the Stasi after the war ended... And I mean immediately after.
Ahem. Someone mod parent up head w/ large cluestick. Corporate drones and PHB types must *not* be allowed to install software. Ever. Not under Linux, not under Windows, not under any other OS.
Ahem. I hate to rain on your already-gloomy parade, but President Bush has had the authority to launch against any country, at any time, *ever since he was elected*. He will continue to hold this authority over the course of his mandate.
That's why I've been having nightmares for the past six years or so.
Mod parent 1D10T, please. Gnu/Linuxes need to support as much hardware as possible. Politics are nice and all, but, you know, from a Linux "activist" point of view, removing support for Lexmark would be the equivalent of a church declaring that they won't try to convert smokers anymore, 'cause smoking is a sin.
This may have been said before, but here goes: The system goes like this : -every Blu-Ray disk comes with an Acceptable Use Policy encoded somewhere on it. -every Blu-Ray player comes with tamper-proof DRM chip which is also able to do machine state-checks.
If the "DRM" chip detects that the machine is an unacceptable state, it makes it go brick on you, then phones home at the first opportunity. If the player detects that it is breaching the AUP (disk is "expired", wrong region, lacks authentication, you name it), though hardware is ok, the disk itself becomes unplayable on said machine, and the chip phones home at first opportunity. That's all, folks. All very doable from an engineering point of view. Not very palatable, tho'. Blu-Ray is dead, as far as i'm concerned.
Mod parent down. The fine article about the test specifically states that only one of the solutions that tested 6/6 provided a large number of false positives, and flagged the infected files as such simply by deciding that all packed executables are suspect.
The other, is actually commended for having a low false positives rate.
Duke was full of such stuff. There's Indiana Jones nailed to a wall in one of the canyon levels, a reference to OJ Simpson, a D00Med marine and whatnot. Oh, and let's not forget the "studio where they filmed the lunar landings", complete with pint-size aliens and a replica of the Eagle module (or am I mixing up my games?).
This is going to be a tough one, for proponents of OSS, as well as a proving ground (if any were needed) for the idea.
As they benefit heavily from encryption and are conditioned by the existence of "trusted hardware", the DRM initiatives existing today can only benefit from the existence of open-source platforms, bot hardware and software.
I think this initiative will be successfull, though it will probably pull in most of its needed contributions from people and companies not usually associated with the F/OSS community.
I can also see the pr0n industry jumping on this one like a bat outa hell, but that's a different issue.
"why not liscense for $1." Because the license fees need to be reasonable. When push comes to shove, your defense of the trademark needs to be defended in court. Token effort is likely not going to be deemed sufficient.
Ahem. Token effort to do what? Rip off any and all users of said trademark, perhaps? May I point you, kind sir, to the facts?
The lawyer in question is stating, among other things, that LUG's *will* have to pony up. This is no "simple trademark defense". You don't defend something from people upholding it.
"What I would have done is to license the mark and pursue those who abuse it, but allow free licensing for those who comply with certain criteria - especially non-commercial open source projects."
Apologies? Ahem. Let's see... I'll apologize for saying the man should be muzzled. That was uncalled for, and inflamatory. In other news, what he's doing is still wrong.
Ahh... Learn we will, and pay dearly for it, with either hard cash, brand equity or just pure work in vain, whichever way things may turn out.
Here's a scenario for you: the Linux brand disappearing from the public eye, to be replaced by a variety of small distro brands, all competing amongst themselves, not with M$Win or SunOS. Divide and conquer, indeed.
M$ could not have dreamed up a better way to destroy the Linux brand name, and with it the very useful misconception that the loosely-defined software bundle we used to affectionately call Linux is *one* operating system, not a horde of more-or-less malformed siblings...
I call bollocks. Problem not solved, and you, sir would have been modded down by yours truly for lack of common sense had I not already thrown myself into the fray.
It's not in any way normal or desirable that people who develop or distribute parts of the GNU/Linux system be disallowed to use the name Linux when talking about their own work, under penalty of being dragged to court to prove their innocence.
Your "solution" sir, is exactly the reason why I remarked that there will be no more Linux in my country. People will simply stop speaking/writing the name, for fear of being docked a month's pay. That's all there is to it.
*inux it is, for now. The same happened to *NIX, in the olden days. Later, I think , everyone will just delete the *inux in "GNU/*inux" and move on.
I never thought I would say this, but I think I'll just mosey on over to see if I can help with the Hurd in any way. It's needed now, more than ever.
Especially the comments. Especially the ones about $200 being a ludicrously high fee to rip off a not-for-profit's back. This really goes against the grain, guys and gals. Linus needs to be told off, and this shady lawyer needs to be muzzled promptly. Also, why not give the name to the FSF? They do a pretty good job managing other people's trademarks, without charging an arm and a leg off the community for it. But seriously... This is nuts. I live in a country where $200 is a bit more than the average monthly wage. No *inux will be left here. At all.
Hah. I laugh at your empty mockery. The INQ's the best gossip site around, bar none. Plus, the news editing is so lame, as to be almost irrelevant, and speculation-type atricles are clearly marked as such. Therefore, if you ignore the typos, you get to savour the facts, as the INQ hacks get to know them. Which is more than I can say for the Washington Post, for example.
I hate to feed the trolls, but... Whoever modded parent insightful needs to get on the clue train, fast. Have ya ead an EULA lately, buddy? What liability are you yapping about?
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The artists are mere karma bitches, playing Sony for money and the general public for simpathy. Move along. Nothing to see here.
You'd be surprised to find out how many ex- Gestapo, SD and Kripo agents found gainful employment in the Stasi after the war ended... And I mean immediately after.
Ahem. Someone mod parent up head w/ large cluestick. Corporate drones and PHB types must *not* be allowed to install software. Ever. Not under Linux, not under Windows, not under any other OS.
Ahem. I hate to rain on your already-gloomy parade, but President Bush has had the authority to launch against any country, at any time, *ever since he was elected*. He will continue to hold this authority over the course of his mandate.
That's why I've been having nightmares for the past six years or so.
Get a clue. Sumeria *is* Irak. Or at least a significant portion of it is. Take it from an old Civ hand.
msnbc? puh-leeze.
Mod parent 1D10T, please. Gnu/Linuxes need to support as much hardware as possible. Politics are nice and all, but, you know, from a Linux "activist" point of view, removing support for Lexmark would be the equivalent of a church declaring that they won't try to convert smokers anymore, 'cause smoking is a sin.
This may have been said before, but here goes:
The system goes like this :
-every Blu-Ray disk comes with an Acceptable Use Policy encoded somewhere on it.
-every Blu-Ray player comes with tamper-proof DRM chip which is also able to do machine state-checks.
If the "DRM" chip detects that the machine is an unacceptable state, it makes it go brick on you, then phones home at the first opportunity.
If the player detects that it is breaching the AUP (disk is "expired", wrong region, lacks authentication, you name it), though hardware is ok, the disk itself becomes unplayable on said machine, and the chip phones home at first opportunity.
That's all, folks. All very doable from an engineering point of view. Not very palatable, tho'. Blu-Ray is dead, as far as i'm concerned.
No, it doesn't. Antiviruses are not single-machine intrusion detection systems.
Mod parent down. The fine article about the test specifically states that only one of the solutions that tested 6/6 provided a large number of false positives, and flagged the infected files as such simply by deciding that all packed executables are suspect. The other, is actually commended for having a low false positives rate.
Mod parent up, please. this is no troll, just the bare truth.
Duke was full of such stuff. There's Indiana Jones nailed to a wall in one of the canyon levels, a reference to OJ Simpson, a D00Med marine and whatnot. Oh, and let's not forget the "studio where they filmed the lunar landings", complete with pint-size aliens and a replica of the Eagle module (or am I mixing up my games?).
Why should anyone care about this? Hemos should be bashed around the head with a very large cluestick.
The job of editors is to make good articles better, and bad articles go away, dig?
This is going to be a tough one, for proponents of OSS, as well as a proving ground (if any were needed) for the idea.
As they benefit heavily from encryption and are conditioned by the existence of "trusted hardware", the DRM initiatives existing today can only benefit from the existence of open-source platforms, bot hardware and software.
I think this initiative will be successfull, though it will probably pull in most of its needed contributions from people and companies not usually associated with the F/OSS community.
I can also see the pr0n industry jumping on this one like a bat outa hell, but that's a different issue.
I do, having had formal training on the subject. Most people in my country don't, 'cause they haven't. You are, therefore, missing my point.
"why not liscense for $1."
Because the license fees need to be reasonable. When push comes to shove, your defense of the trademark needs to be defended in court. Token effort is likely not going to be deemed sufficient.
Ahem. Token effort to do what? Rip off any and all users of said trademark, perhaps? May I point you, kind sir, to the facts?
The lawyer in question is stating, among other things, that LUG's *will* have to pony up. This is no "simple trademark defense". You don't defend something from people upholding it.
"What I would have done is to license the mark and pursue those who abuse it, but allow free licensing for those who comply with certain criteria - especially non-commercial open source projects."
Too bad you're not Linus.
Apologies? Ahem. Let's see... I'll apologize for saying the man should be muzzled. That was uncalled for, and inflamatory. In other news, what he's doing is still wrong.
Ahh... Learn we will, and pay dearly for it, with either hard cash, brand equity or just pure work in vain, whichever way things may turn out.
Here's a scenario for you: the Linux brand disappearing from the public eye, to be replaced by a variety of small distro brands, all competing amongst themselves, not with M$Win or SunOS. Divide and conquer, indeed.
M$ could not have dreamed up a better way to destroy the Linux brand name, and with it the very useful misconception that the loosely-defined software bundle we used to affectionately call Linux is *one* operating system, not a horde of more-or-less malformed siblings...
I call bollocks. Problem not solved, and you, sir would have been modded down by yours truly for lack of common sense had I not already thrown myself into the fray.
It's not in any way normal or desirable that people who develop or distribute parts of the GNU/Linux system be disallowed to use the name Linux when talking about their own work, under penalty of being dragged to court to prove their innocence.
Your "solution" sir, is exactly the reason why I remarked that there will be no more Linux in my country. People will simply stop speaking/writing the name, for fear of being docked a month's pay. That's all there is to it.
*inux it is, for now. The same happened to *NIX, in the olden days. Later, I think , everyone will just delete the *inux in "GNU/*inux" and move on.
I never thought I would say this, but I think I'll just mosey on over to see if I can help with the Hurd in any way. It's needed now, more than ever.
Especially the comments. Especially the ones about $200 being a ludicrously high fee to rip off a not-for-profit's back. This really goes against the grain, guys and gals. Linus needs to be told off, and this shady lawyer needs to be muzzled promptly.
Also, why not give the name to the FSF? They do a pretty good job managing other people's trademarks, without charging an arm and a leg off the community for it.
But seriously... This is nuts. I live in a country where $200 is a bit more than the average monthly wage. No *inux will be left here. At all.
Hah. I laugh at your empty mockery. The INQ's the best gossip site around, bar none. Plus, the news editing is so lame, as to be almost irrelevant, and speculation-type atricles are clearly marked as such. Therefore, if you ignore the typos, you get to savour the facts, as the INQ hacks get to know them. Which is more than I can say for the Washington Post, for example.
Ahem. The article is actually a shameless plug for DD's employer, the Yankee group, which offers IT consultancy 'n stuff. No more, no less.
The idiot was a mouse, actually. The Mouse.
I hate to feed the trolls, but... Whoever modded parent insightful needs to get on the clue train, fast. Have ya ead an EULA lately, buddy? What liability are you yapping about?