I switched to opera simply because firefox is a damn memory hog and is clearly not optimized. I believe the same is true for thunderbird. Take alook at dillo (granted it adheres to a very strict html standard). The source for dillo is around 500kb and is the fastest webrowswer that I have compiled. I am sure that it is possible to make firefox much leaner than what it is now. Thunderbird vs sylpheed is similar (only comparing bloat vs basic functionality). The source code size for thunderbird is about 30mb while sylpheed is significantly less. Why are these programs so big? I might be wrong but it seems to me that there is alot of unecessary code in either mozilla products. Opera on the other hand starts in about half the time firefox does and feels much leaner. The mail client really stinks though, hence sylpheed.
I find it to be true that this is a useless maneuver on the side of the MPAA, Unfortunately, as most comments seem to indicate, the MPAA is not looking to stop piracy altogether. By introducing such research labs they are looking to make the process difficult and annoying to make a close 1:1 copy of the images through traditional codec compression (Sure you can also always stick a hi-def camcorder on the viewing end).
However, by making the process more complex for traditional rips, you start creating a class of elites (given that such people exist in the near future), those who know how to circumvent the protections- making it hard for traditional home users to do the same.
Its a useless battle, however, because as things get more complex, the tools that we use to copy this media would also evolve to care for the more casual computer user. Thus forwarding the Revolution.
Its a stupid game, and as has been stated before, they need to remodel the way they their business runs.
It has always been their policy to issue as narrowly worded a decision as can decide the case before them. It's not "theese days", it's the full history of the court.
IANAL. Thats absolutely incorrect- As the interview with the EFF attorney Wendy Seltzer has stated, the courts rulings have lot to do with trends and the lack of neutrality and nothing at all with their policy of creating a narrowly worded a decision. For example take the Dred Scott decsion in March of 1857: The court ruled against Dred Scott but also went on to decide issues that were not even called into question. The court at that point established the following. 1) Dred Scott was still a slave as stated my Missouri law. 2) The Blacks can not be considered citizens. 3) The law that granted Dred Scott's right to freedom in Illinois (where he resided before returning to Missouri) was unconstitutional (i.e the missouri compromise it self was unconstitutional) by the provisions made by the Fifth Ammendment that stated that property cannot be withheld with out due processs or compensation. If the Supreme court was looking for a terse and narrowly worded decision they could've just stated that Dred Scott was still a slave as issued under Missouri law. However as the nation was under intense pressure to resolve the slavery question the trend in the US supreme court was to resolve the case before them and to resolve the slavery question it self. Which was out its jurisdiction, and brining the onset of the Civil War. There would indeed be a strange parallel today, if the descion actually cited that p2p was illegal- because as far as i understand that wasn't what was put on the table.
In our college (about two hours from Cleveland) there was talk on taking a pilgermage for this event, however the exorbant price (atleast for students) on entrance made us pause and think against it (even the pre-registration was a tad pricey). It is unfortunate that they removed the option for student discounts, it would be more condusive to learning for local colleges students who could actually attend with out having to pay an arm and a leg, but still want to get a foot hold into the industry. However, the recordings should really be cool!
Or you could hit the snooze button and then proceed to hide your self in a new location everyday!
No microprocessor involved and 100% enviromentally safe!
I would think the next step would be to take an old dell laptop (~sub 300) tear out the screen and hide the main chasis elsewhere, and use that. And more importantly, why is this on slashdot? I'd expect this on hackaday?
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worn that tinfoil hat I gave you.
Do people still look at their keyboards?
If they do that, the terrorists would win!
I switched to opera simply because firefox is a damn memory hog and is clearly not optimized. I believe the same is true for thunderbird. Take alook at dillo (granted it adheres to a very strict html standard). The source for dillo is around 500kb and is the fastest webrowswer that I have compiled. I am sure that it is possible to make firefox much leaner than what it is now. Thunderbird vs sylpheed is similar (only comparing bloat vs basic functionality). The source code size for thunderbird is about 30mb while sylpheed is significantly less. Why are these programs so big? I might be wrong but it seems to me that there is alot of unecessary code in either mozilla products. Opera on the other hand starts in about half the time firefox does and feels much leaner. The mail client really stinks though, hence sylpheed.
I find it to be true that this is a useless maneuver on the side of the MPAA, Unfortunately, as most comments seem to indicate, the MPAA is not looking to stop piracy altogether. By introducing such research labs they are looking to make the process difficult and annoying to make a close 1:1 copy of the images through traditional codec compression (Sure you can also always stick a hi-def camcorder on the viewing end). However, by making the process more complex for traditional rips, you start creating a class of elites (given that such people exist in the near future), those who know how to circumvent the protections- making it hard for traditional home users to do the same. Its a useless battle, however, because as things get more complex, the tools that we use to copy this media would also evolve to care for the more casual computer user. Thus forwarding the Revolution. Its a stupid game, and as has been stated before, they need to remodel the way they their business runs.
IANAL.
Thats absolutely incorrect- As the interview with the EFF attorney Wendy Seltzer has stated, the courts rulings have lot to do with trends and the lack of neutrality and nothing at all with their policy of creating a narrowly worded a decision.
For example take the Dred Scott decsion in March of 1857: The court ruled against Dred Scott but also went on to decide issues that were not even called into question. The court at that point established the following.
1) Dred Scott was still a slave as stated my Missouri law.
2) The Blacks can not be considered citizens.
3) The law that granted Dred Scott's right to freedom in Illinois (where he resided before returning to Missouri) was unconstitutional (i.e the missouri compromise it self was unconstitutional) by the provisions made by the Fifth Ammendment that stated that property cannot be withheld with out due processs or compensation.
If the Supreme court was looking for a terse and narrowly worded decision they could've just stated that Dred Scott was still a slave as issued under Missouri law. However as the nation was under intense pressure to resolve the slavery question the trend in the US supreme court was to resolve the case before them and to resolve the slavery question it self. Which was out its jurisdiction, and brining the onset of the Civil War.
There would indeed be a strange parallel today, if the descion actually cited that p2p was illegal- because as far as i understand that wasn't what was put on the table.
In our college (about two hours from Cleveland) there was talk on taking a pilgermage for this event, however the exorbant price (atleast for students) on entrance made us pause and think against it (even the pre-registration was a tad pricey). It is unfortunate that they removed the option for student discounts, it would be more condusive to learning for local colleges students who could actually attend with out having to pay an arm and a leg, but still want to get a foot hold into the industry. However, the recordings should really be cool!
Or you could hit the snooze button and then proceed to hide your self in a new location everyday! No microprocessor involved and 100% enviromentally safe!
I decided to make the switch after the cube came out..
I would think the next step would be to take an old dell laptop (~sub 300) tear out the screen and hide the main chasis elsewhere, and use that.
And more importantly, why is this on slashdot? I'd expect this on hackaday?
You guys might want to tone down the quality of information in here..Or else the terrorists might win. And the government will shut down slashdot ;)