One could also argue whether all that money spent by the industry in this race will be worth the results and how long it would take for a return on investment."
Indeed...one could argue that a company would better serve its shareholders and its long term interests by eliminating copy protection completely. After all, at this stage of the game, anyone who wants a pirated copy can either make it themselves, or knows some techie guy who can. Eliminating all copy protection would save money otherwise pissed away on ineffective measures that only serve to annoy legitimate users, and would build a measure of good will and consumer loyalty that is worth more than anything deterring piracy could realize.
For a long time, I carried around a logic probe in my tool kit. I didn't need one for my work...I just liked grabbing it and shouting in my best David Warner voice, "Bring in the logic probe!". ^_^
I also said "Greetings, programs!" way more often than I should have...
On the other side of the coin, does this mean that all that is required to make it legal to crack a protection scheme is to crack it and make the crack widely available?
All I know is that several union establishments use Dell systems, and these same establishments avoid Wal-Mart like the plague, due to their aggressive anti-unionism. When push comes to shove, I wonder if the unions will have the courage of their convictions to seek another vendor.
It seems to me that blasting unsecured WiFi around is much like having a trampoline that is unsecured. When children come and jump on it without your permission, and injure themselves as a result, the owner is liable, since the trampoline is an "attractive nuisance".
If people don't want everyone on their WiFi, they should have to either secure it with a key or restrict it to the premises.
If this site does in fact gather all its information from documents that are in the public domain (as it claims), then there's not much in the way of recourse.
I wonder if soon we'll see a prohibition on this sort of data mining...making it a crime, or at least a regulated activity, to collate publically available data into a more usable form. I don't see how such a law could be enforced, however, since data-mining technology is already available to practically everyone. Perhaps we'll see restrictions on data-mining technology we currently see on encryption algorithms.
To the person in the trenches, they know Microsoft's got nothing.
The truly awful thing about this sort of blatant intimidation is that Microsoft doesn't need to have anything...if you call them on their bluff and say "go ahead...sue me!", they'll happily do just that. Actually winning or losing the lawsuit becomes rather academic after all the years and dollars M$ can make you waste fighting a pointless battle.
Exactly. This isn't about "bringing capability to young people"...it's about Intel trying to muscle AMD out of a market they've only recently realized was there at all. I doubt Intel would be doing this at all if OLPC (with AMD inside) hadn't already demonstrated the viability of the market.
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It's a truly sad state of affairs when the U.S. is so transparently motivated and coerced by fear.
Camcorder piracy is for those who don't have the technical expertise to commit proper piracy. ^_^
Indeed...one could argue that a company would better serve its shareholders and its long term interests by eliminating copy protection completely. After all, at this stage of the game, anyone who wants a pirated copy can either make it themselves, or knows some techie guy who can. Eliminating all copy protection would save money otherwise pissed away on ineffective measures that only serve to annoy legitimate users, and would build a measure of good will and consumer loyalty that is worth more than anything deterring piracy could realize.
I'm fine with it...assuming that everyone enjoys equal access to the stored images.
If it's visible from the street, it's public domain. If she has a problem with this, she can invest in some curtains.
For a long time, I carried around a logic probe in my tool kit. I didn't need one for my work...I just liked grabbing it and shouting in my best David Warner voice, "Bring in the logic probe!". ^_^
I also said "Greetings, programs!" way more often than I should have...
On the other side of the coin, does this mean that all that is required to make it legal to crack a protection scheme is to crack it and make the crack widely available?
I wager 30 quatloos on the newcomer.
Actually, my vision was of Stewie and Olivia fighting over who was on-key in that Family Guy episode. ^_^
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All I know is that several union establishments use Dell systems, and these same establishments avoid Wal-Mart like the plague, due to their aggressive anti-unionism. When push comes to shove, I wonder if the unions will have the courage of their convictions to seek another vendor.
I wonder how this will affect Dell's business is pursues with the unions, given Wal-mart's rather extreme anti-union track record.
We get closer to EPIC everyday.
So...if I understand this right, I can make copies now, but my copies will still be as DRM-crippled as the original?
This helps me how?
I think I'll just stick to stripping out the DRM. Thanks anyway.
ronanbear, I'm not seeing any corroboration that this was an April Fool's joke.
If you have evidence of this, could you please share it with the class?
And I thought American schools were bad for "teaching the controversy" of Intelligent Design.
What happened to "lest we forget"???
You know, there's verifiable evidence of the Holocaust. Photos. Movies. Graveyards. Camps. Survivors.
This is a dark day for the human race.
It seems to me that blasting unsecured WiFi around is much like having a trampoline that is unsecured. When children come and jump on it without your permission, and injure themselves as a result, the owner is liable, since the trampoline is an "attractive nuisance".
If people don't want everyone on their WiFi, they should have to either secure it with a key or restrict it to the premises.
If this site does in fact gather all its information from documents that are in the public domain (as it claims), then there's not much in the way of recourse.
I wonder if soon we'll see a prohibition on this sort of data mining...making it a crime, or at least a regulated activity, to collate publically available data into a more usable form. I don't see how such a law could be enforced, however, since data-mining technology is already available to practically everyone. Perhaps we'll see restrictions on data-mining technology we currently see on encryption algorithms.
The truly awful thing about this sort of blatant intimidation is that Microsoft doesn't need to have anything...if you call them on their bluff and say "go ahead...sue me!", they'll happily do just that. Actually winning or losing the lawsuit becomes rather academic after all the years and dollars M$ can make you waste fighting a pointless battle.
...just the threat of a lawsuit, especially from a company with the pocket depth of Microsoft, is enough.
Exactly. This isn't about "bringing capability to young people"...it's about Intel trying to muscle AMD out of a market they've only recently realized was there at all. I doubt Intel would be doing this at all if OLPC (with AMD inside) hadn't already demonstrated the viability of the market.
Some more info on the Intel Classmate can be found here.
Child obesity at record highs.
Still no flying cars.
Damnit...
I was promised flying cars...