If we truly had a justice system then none of the filesharing takedowns would be happening (such as with grokster, KaZaA, etc.). Nor would Any organization have the ability to shut down torrent sites. It's quite obvious why- they aren't doing anything wrong!
The only people who should be sued are those who are doing the copyright breaking. Not that I'm a supporter of the current copyright system, that would just be fair justice according to the current laws.
maybe some of those super-duper high-secure oh-so-incredible file sharing systems will take over when I can actually get one of them to compile on my system. Until then, I guess I'll have to stick with bittorrent
It could become/very/ bad if everyone starts making their own root DNS servers. Websites that are accessible in some countries won't be accessible in others. Government censorship will reign.
It is working JUST fine the way it is. The last thing we need are 50 different internets for different countries, without ways for people on those internets to get to the internets of other countries/organizations.
Show them the beauty of OSS software ^_^. Find some software that doesn't work they way you'd like (it could be web-based software such as minibb, or desktop-oriented, such as the gameboy advance emulator Visualboy Advance), edit the source code, recompile it [if needed], and then show them the software, changed to fit your needs. You simply can't do that with closed-source software.
Considering the site already seems to be slashdotted...
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DVD-Audio's CPPM can be got around with a WinDVD patch
Posted by Sean Byrne on 06 July 2005 - 09:50 - Source: Rarewares
When DVD-Video's encryption had been broken about 6 years back, the next generation of the Audio CD, DVD-Audio had been delayed for several months. It was originally to use the CSS2 encryption scheme, but the breaking of CSS meant the music industry no longer wanted anything to do with CSS in the new upcoming DVD-Audio format at the time. As a result, DVD-Audio took on Content Protection for Pre-recorded Media (CPPM), a much more advanced copy-protection system, which includes Key Blocks and watermarking and allows revocation (for compromised devices).
It was not long ago that DVD-Audio playback software came to the PC. For example Creative's SoundBlaster Audigy 2 comes with a DVD-Audio as well as WinDVD's DVD-Audio add-on. So, rather than try to compromise the DVD-Audio's encryption itself, someone has succeeded in making a patch that uses WinDVD to perform the decryption and playback, but instead pipes the decrypted audio output to the hard drive instead of the sound card. The patch which includes several tools requires WinDVD 5, 6 or 7 to work.
Several tools to work with DVD-Audio (read: ripping) They require WinDVD 5, 6 or 7 installed, as they don't do the decryption themselves, and instead patch WinDVD to output the decrypted stream to disk instead of the sound card. The tools are:
- DVD-A ripper: Intended to decrypt CPPM protected AOB and VOB files on DVD-Audio discs.
- PPCM ripper: Intended to capture Packed PCM (MLP) stream (stereo or multichannel) to.WAV files.
- DVD-A Explorer: Intended to peep&grab on DVD-Audio tracks (PCM and Packed PCM).
While InterVideo is likely to update its software to block the use of this patch, it appears that DVD-Audio's CPPM has been compromised at least in DVD-Audio discs up until this time or until the keys used in the current versions of WinDVD that this tool works on are revoked in upcoming DVD-Audio disc releases. However, this would also mean that WinDVD users would be forced to update their software to play future DVD-Audio discs.
In Japan there isn't a whole lot of downloading of anime, as far as I know. On the internet, many fans of Japanese anime form groups that "fansub" (add english subtitles) to Animes, and distribute these fansubs via bittorrent. Japanese companies really don't seem to care about people doing this. Indeed, I've read some things that would indicate that they view it as a good form of publicity for their work.
Many animes eventually get picked up by north american/european distributing companies. Some (very few) of these companies care about people downloading the animes they have distribution rights to. In fact, the only company outspokenly against the downloading of the animes they distribute that comes to mind is ADV.
Some of the animes I mentioned above have not yet been picked up by north american/european distribution companies, and are therefore completely fair game for downloading. A few in my list, however, have been picked up by distributors. The downloading of these animes is a bit more dubious (since they are now available for purchase because they are being distributed).
Cowboy Bebop
Rahxephon
Full Metal Alchemist
Samurai Champloo
Fruits Basket
Ghost In the Shell (actually a movie, but still anime)
Last Exile
Bleach Bleach
These animes are really great, I'm sure you'd enjoy them. To download them, all you need is a bittorrent client.
You can find most of these on any decent bittorrent site. My favorite for anime is boxtorrent (http://boxtorrents.com./ My username there is toran. I suggest you sign up so you can keep track of your ratio, add comments/ratings, etc.
Here are some of my favorite shows.
Cowboy Bebop
Rahxephon
Full Metal Alchemist
Samurai Champloo
Fruits Basket
Ghost In the Shell (actually a movie, but still anime)
Last Exile
Bleach
You can find most of these on any decent bittorrent site. My favorite for anime is boxtorrent (http://boxtorrents.com./ My username there is toran. I suggest you sign up so you can keep track of your ratio, add comments/ratings, etc.
If you can't find the anime you look for on boxtorrents, then you can try checking on Mininova (http://mininova.org/ or torrentspy (http://torrentspy.com./
I'm not quite sure I understand why cartoon network butchers animes as they do.
Quite obviously, Cartoon network is mostly a children's network (excepting adult swim). Undoubtedly, many other people than children enjoy shows shown on CN, but it is targeted at the younger people among us. Alot of the stuff in animes such as this one (aimed at the teen crowd) isn't necessarily meant for small children. For this reason, most animes show only late at night, on adult swim.
Here's what I don't get. Why are they doing all this editing when it's on a time alottment for older people, at a time when most small children aren't up anyway? it doesn't make sense.
ooh, scary-- code from microsoft coders in a linux distribution.
oh, wait- aren't they the ones who can't release source code because of some comments in it? Seriously, microsoft will never release code that their coders right, a prerequisite to owning a distribution of linux.
Symantec, the Microsoft of anti-virus software?
Really, I think someone should develop an open-source antivirus product so all the windows users would have an alternative to these products produced by idiotic companies.
Sure I may have signed up for lokitorrent, but what if I never downloaded any movies. How are they going to know who to sue? Are the logs really that verbose?
GTK is all and fine, but I really prefer QT.
QT has all of those nice features, like transparent menus, etc.
Maybe it's just because I'm a kde user, but I also think QT is alot faster than GTK.
...when individuals click on ad links that appear next to search results in order to force advertisers to pay for the clicks.
well, this may be one way of looking at it, but I think that most people performing "click fraud" simply click the ads to support the site they are currently browsing. Don't wanna donate to suprnova? just click their ads.
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If we truly had a justice system then none of the filesharing takedowns would be happening (such as with grokster, KaZaA, etc.). Nor would Any organization have the ability to shut down torrent sites. It's quite obvious why- they aren't doing anything wrong!
The only people who should be sued are those who are doing the copyright breaking. Not that I'm a supporter of the current copyright system, that would just be fair justice according to the current laws.
maybe some of those super-duper high-secure oh-so-incredible file sharing systems will take over when I can actually get one of them to compile on my system. Until then, I guess I'll have to stick with bittorrent
I smell an OC Remix fan ;-)
I think I should patent sex. I'd get to sue all those pr0n companies :D.
I did the same thing as you, but replace gnome with Fluxbox ;-).
It's the same deal.. less clutter, less eye candy, more productivity, just to an even greater extent.
Having the "world's largest telescope" must be to the science community what having the "world's largest dick" is to everyone else ;-)
from the site:
;-)
MobileNews An application that allows you to browse and read your favorite NNTP newsgroups right on your mobile phone.
woohoo! pr0n for your cellphone, straight off usenet!
If you have a massive amount of people wanting these phones at your workplace, you can stop trying to figure out why about now.
It could become /very/ bad if everyone starts making their own root DNS servers. Websites that are accessible in some countries won't be accessible in others. Government censorship will reign.
It is working JUST fine the way it is. The last thing we need are 50 different internets for different countries, without ways for people on those internets to get to the internets of other countries/organizations.
screw the E(U)N. Leave it the way it is.
I, for one, welcome our new grandpa-tech overlords
garunteed to work! get rid of all those nasty "out of memory" errors!
fill your psp with less crap.
...and then get high on said pot before the next round
you say these people are techs like yourself?
Show them the beauty of OSS software ^_^. Find some software that doesn't work they way you'd like (it could be web-based software such as minibb, or desktop-oriented, such as the gameboy advance emulator Visualboy Advance), edit the source code, recompile it [if needed], and then show them the software, changed to fit your needs. You simply can't do that with closed-source software.
Considering the site already seems to be slashdotted...
.WAV files.
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DVD-Audio's CPPM can be got around with a WinDVD patch
Posted by Sean Byrne on 06 July 2005 - 09:50 - Source: Rarewares
When DVD-Video's encryption had been broken about 6 years back, the next generation of the Audio CD, DVD-Audio had been delayed for several months. It was originally to use the CSS2 encryption scheme, but the breaking of CSS meant the music industry no longer wanted anything to do with CSS in the new upcoming DVD-Audio format at the time. As a result, DVD-Audio took on Content Protection for Pre-recorded Media (CPPM), a much more advanced copy-protection system, which includes Key Blocks and watermarking and allows revocation (for compromised devices).
It was not long ago that DVD-Audio playback software came to the PC. For example Creative's SoundBlaster Audigy 2 comes with a DVD-Audio as well as WinDVD's DVD-Audio add-on. So, rather than try to compromise the DVD-Audio's encryption itself, someone has succeeded in making a patch that uses WinDVD to perform the decryption and playback, but instead pipes the decrypted audio output to the hard drive instead of the sound card. The patch which includes several tools requires WinDVD 5, 6 or 7 to work.
Several tools to work with DVD-Audio (read: ripping)
They require WinDVD 5, 6 or 7 installed, as they don't do the decryption themselves, and instead patch WinDVD to output the decrypted stream to disk instead of the sound card.
The tools are:
- DVD-A ripper: Intended to decrypt CPPM protected AOB and VOB files on DVD-Audio discs.
- PPCM ripper: Intended to capture Packed PCM (MLP) stream (stereo or multichannel) to
- DVD-A Explorer: Intended to peep&grab on DVD-Audio tracks (PCM and Packed PCM).
This tool is available at Rarewares here [http://www.rarewares.org/others.html%5D.
While InterVideo is likely to update its software to block the use of this patch, it appears that DVD-Audio's CPPM has been compromised at least in DVD-Audio discs up until this time or until the keys used in the current versions of WinDVD that this tool works on are revoked in upcoming DVD-Audio disc releases. However, this would also mean that WinDVD users would be forced to update their software to play future DVD-Audio discs.
In Japan there isn't a whole lot of downloading of anime, as far as I know. On the internet, many fans of Japanese anime form groups that "fansub" (add english subtitles) to Animes, and distribute these fansubs via bittorrent. Japanese companies really don't seem to care about people doing this. Indeed, I've read some things that would indicate that they view it as a good form of publicity for their work.
Many animes eventually get picked up by north american/european distributing companies. Some (very few) of these companies care about people downloading the animes they have distribution rights to. In fact, the only company outspokenly against the downloading of the animes they distribute that comes to mind is ADV.
Some of the animes I mentioned above have not yet been picked up by north american/european distribution companies, and are therefore completely fair game for downloading. A few in my list, however, have been picked up by distributors. The downloading of these animes is a bit more dubious (since they are now available for purchase because they are being distributed).
edit: sorry, forgot HTML tags :(..
Here are some of my favorite series:
Cowboy Bebop
Rahxephon
Full Metal Alchemist
Samurai Champloo
Fruits Basket
Ghost In the Shell (actually a movie, but still anime)
Last Exile
Bleach
Bleach
These animes are really great, I'm sure you'd enjoy them. To download them, all you need is a bittorrent client.
You can find most of these on any decent bittorrent site. My favorite for anime is boxtorrent (http://boxtorrents.com./ My username there is toran. I suggest you sign up so you can keep track of your ratio, add comments/ratings, etc.
If you can't find the anime you look for on boxtorrents, then you can try checking on Mininova (http://mininova.org/ or torrentspy (http://torrentspy.com./
Here are some of my favorite shows. Cowboy Bebop Rahxephon Full Metal Alchemist Samurai Champloo Fruits Basket Ghost In the Shell (actually a movie, but still anime) Last Exile Bleach You can find most of these on any decent bittorrent site. My favorite for anime is boxtorrent (http://boxtorrents.com./ My username there is toran. I suggest you sign up so you can keep track of your ratio, add comments/ratings, etc. If you can't find the anime you look for on boxtorrents, then you can try checking on Mininova (http://mininova.org/ or torrentspy (http://torrentspy.com./
I'm not quite sure I understand why cartoon network butchers animes as they do.
Quite obviously, Cartoon network is mostly a children's network (excepting adult swim). Undoubtedly, many other people than children enjoy shows shown on CN, but it is targeted at the younger people among us. Alot of the stuff in animes such as this one (aimed at the teen crowd) isn't necessarily meant for small children. For this reason, most animes show only late at night, on adult swim.
Here's what I don't get. Why are they doing all this editing when it's on a time alottment for older people, at a time when most small children aren't up anyway? it doesn't make sense.
personally, I think a text-based world would rock. Wait, 'would'? it does rock! I'm a MUDder too ;-).
ooh, scary-- code from microsoft coders in a linux distribution.
oh, wait- aren't they the ones who can't release source code because of some comments in it? Seriously, microsoft will never release code that their coders right, a prerequisite to owning a distribution of linux.
Symantec, the Microsoft of anti-virus software? Really, I think someone should develop an open-source antivirus product so all the windows users would have an alternative to these products produced by idiotic companies.
Sure I may have signed up for lokitorrent, but what if I never downloaded any movies. How are they going to know who to sue? Are the logs really that verbose?
GTK is all and fine, but I really prefer QT.
QT has all of those nice features, like transparent menus, etc.
Maybe it's just because I'm a kde user, but I also think QT is alot faster than GTK.
...when individuals click on ad links that appear next to search results in order to force advertisers to pay for the clicks.
well, this may be one way of looking at it, but I think that most people performing "click fraud" simply click the ads to support the site they are currently browsing. Don't wanna donate to suprnova? just click their ads.
so does this mean that all those nifty superkaramba weather checking apps will be better?
anyway, congrats slashdotters! this just goes to show that people, en masse, can make a difference.
most elderly don't have very good balance. does riding a segway require any?
if it does, then that would not be a good choice of transportation for older people
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