You're right of course... but they could easily make it so the algorithm is different for every chip. Easch chip could have a serial number and a random AES key built into it. Only the serial number can be read out, the AES key is hidden.
To unlock the chip you have to provide a number which is the serial number encrypted with the AES key.
It really could be... eg. if you have to digitally sign the chip's serial number with a private key then the only way is to break into Intel's headquarters and do some safe-cracking. You're not going to be able to open up the chip and rewire it.
The point is that people *understand* upgrades and they put up with it because they think 'upgrade=better'.
Switching to Linux is change for change's sake, it doesn't equal 'better' for them even if it saves taxpayer money (or whatever the reason was for switching)
Every time somebody pirates MS Office instead of installing Open Office is another person locked into their document formats, another person emailing MS Office documents to other people and another person who gets used to working with MS Office instead of the competition.
Obviously these people could be using something free but the reality is that most people receive or need to interact with Office documents in some way and the free software isn't perfectly compatible.
I don't want to get into what's right/wrong here, I'm just discussing the effect on the global economy. I can think of cases where piracy could have a positive effect.
There was a very good reason for region coding of DVDs
Duplicating celluloid films is really expensive - about $3000 per copy. Multiply that by a thousand theaters and you have some serious expense. According to a quick google search, the US movie industry used to spend well over a billion dollars a year just making copies of films.
By delaying the release in some parts of the world they got to re-use the film and save a lot of money.
These days there's a lot of digital stuff going on and duplication costs are almost zero, with the result that major movies are usually released simultaneously all over the world. The shiny-disk releases are usually simultaneous as well so you won't ever find yourself thinking "it's available over there, why not here?"
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Why do they need a "one time pad" which is bigger than the plaintext? (ie. serial number)
They're already building in a unique serial number. Why would adding random encryption key suddenly make things more difficult/expensive?
You're right of course ... but they could easily make it so the algorithm is different for every chip. Easch chip could have a serial number and a random AES key built into it. Only the serial number can be read out, the AES key is hidden.
To unlock the chip you have to provide a number which is the serial number encrypted with the AES key.
Scratch my own post, that won't work...!
It really could be... eg. if you have to digitally sign the chip's serial number with a private key then the only way is to break into Intel's headquarters and do some safe-cracking. You're not going to be able to open up the chip and rewire it.
these are perfectly good chips that are crippled
So are most of the other CPUs you've ever bought/used. The only difference is that the 'locks' on these aren't soldered in place.
Guess we showed them, huh?
What's the point of DDOSing the MPAA anyway? I can't imagine they get much traffic and nobody's going to miss much if it goes down.
Neither will the "anti-piracy website".
The media played a large role in the perception of the project by eagerly latching on to every bit of bad news about the project
Funded by Microsoft, no doubt.
They wrecked the entire ISO organization for the sake of a file format they never intended to use themselves ... why not this?
The point is that people *understand* upgrades and they put up with it because they think 'upgrade=better'.
Switching to Linux is change for change's sake, it doesn't equal 'better' for them even if it saves taxpayer money (or whatever the reason was for switching)
Even Microsoft has admitted that they're rather have somebody pirate MS Office than install a copy of Open Office.
Even Microsoft admits they benefit from piracy.
Every time somebody pirates MS Office instead of installing Open Office is another person locked into their document formats, another person emailing MS Office documents to other people and another person who gets used to working with MS Office instead of the competition.
Obviously these people could be using something free but the reality is that most people receive or need to interact with Office documents in some way and the free software isn't perfectly compatible.
I don't want to get into what's right/wrong here, I'm just discussing the effect on the global economy. I can think of cases where piracy could have a positive effect.
A lot of people who pirate (eg.) Microsoft Office will only use it once a month or so.
Spending $600 so they can use Office a dozen times a year is probably worse for the economy than spending it on something else.
Does the machine start flailing your legs around uncontrollably and doing the splits?
I'd be very worried about tripping over wearing one of those things...
I'd like to see a "cheap PC" which can record uncompressed 1080p in real time.
Over here we pay a 'tax' on all media, including hard disks, if it can be used for piracy. The money goes to the media companies.
They steal our cake and eat it, yet somehow we're the 'pirates'.
I've never voted in my life but next time around I'm getting off my ass and voting Pirate Party.
There was a very good reason for region coding of DVDs
Duplicating celluloid films is really expensive - about $3000 per copy. Multiply that by a thousand theaters and you have some serious expense. According to a quick google search, the US movie industry used to spend well over a billion dollars a year just making copies of films.
By delaying the release in some parts of the world they got to re-use the film and save a lot of money.
These days there's a lot of digital stuff going on and duplication costs are almost zero, with the result that major movies are usually released simultaneously all over the world. The shiny-disk releases are usually simultaneous as well so you won't ever find yourself thinking "it's available over there, why not here?"
songs can be heard on radio and in stores before you buy them.
ONE of the songs on the CD can be heard before you buy the entire CD.
movies are available for sampling through trailers
How many movies have you been to where it turned out all the good stuff was in the trailer and the rest of it sucked.
Humor. Lost on some people.
The one with the legs a bit too bent and like you have no calf muscles?
Terrorist bombs don't need national policy approval.
Yep. Good luck getting a liberal arts major to build a working bomb...
"Mystery" solved, methinks.
*That's* bandwidth....
In fact it was a turnoff - makes it sound like it was written by a crackpot.
How about you guys? Anybody going to rush out and buy after reading that?