Ed Felten, a computer science professor at Princeton University, called the proposal the "limit of restrictiveness." "I think people would find it creepy to give their fingerprint every time they wanted to play a DVD," Felten said. "It's hard to think that would be acceptable to customers."
Seth Schoen, staff technologist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, said it's unlikely this DRM plan will be any more effective than others preceding it. "It only requires one person to break it," Schoen said. Schoen said this is the "smart cow problem": Once one of the cows opens the gate, the others will follow.
Unfavorable bovine comparisons notwithstanding, these two statements sum up nicely why this will never happen:
The tech-savvy will easily find a way around this protection...it's only a matter of time.
The tech-non-savvy will be so inconvinenced and put off by this incredibly restrictive protection that the public outcry will be deafening.
The tech-somewhat-savvy, who previously couldn't be bothered to break other, less restrictive protections like region codes, will have vastly increased incentive to seek out the cracks produced by the aformentioned tech-savvy group, thus effectively compounding the problem.
Add to all this the increased costs of manufacturing the 'specially equipped DVD players' mentioned in the article, and it's easy to see why this idea is a non-starter.
In 2002, after weighing the report of the Rumsfeld space commission, President Bush withdrew from the 30-year-old Antiballistic Missile Treaty, which banned space-based weapons.
Gen. Lance Lord, who leads the Air Force Space Command, told Congress recently. "Simply put, it's the American way of fighting."
Yup...nuke 'em from orbit...that sure sounds like us.
And many of the nation's allies object to the idea that space is an American frontier.
Apparently they weren't listening a few years ago when Dubya called 'dibs'.
Another Air Force space program, nicknamed Rods From God, aims to hurl cylinders of tungsten, titanium or uranium from the edge of space to destroy targets on the ground, striking at speeds of about 7,200 miles an hour with the force of a small nuclear weapon.
'Rods of God'? Just when I think that the neoconservatives can't get any more arrogant, they serve up this gem. Way to go, guys.
A third program would bounce laser beams off mirrors hung from space satellites or huge high-altitude blimps, redirecting the lethal rays down to targets around the world. A fourth seeks to turn radio waves into weapons whose powers could range "from tap on the shoulder to toast," in the words of an Air Force plan.
Sounds like those Air Force boys have been watching too much Real Genius.
No nation will "accept the U.S. developing something they see as the death star," Ms. Hitchens told a Council on Foreign Relations meeting last month. "I don't think the United States would find it very comforting if China were to develop a death star, a 24/7 on-orbit weapon that could strike at targets on the ground anywhere in 90 minutes."
Ahh, yes...the Death Star...just in time for the release of Revenge of the Sith. I wonder how much George paid George for that tie-in.
By initially allowing responses to his post, that's exactly what he made it.
Some of the posts he had could be likened to vandalism on private property.
Wrong. In effect, he handed out cans of spray paint to everyone and encouraged them to write their thoughts. It was only after he found that some of those thoughts were not fully complimentary to him that he squealed 'vandalism' and knocked the spray cans out of everyone's hands.
If he didn't want people posting their opinions, he shouldn't have started the thread in the first place. Period.
I guess he knows that now...why is it so difficult for you to grasp?
Even if you hated most the rest of the film the light saber battles in the prequals were pretty cool to watch.
Sure they were...try going back and watching IV now. Now that I've been spoiled by good choreography, watching Alec Guiness mince about, gingerly swatting at an equally wooden Darth Vader, makes me want to cry.
Well, ground horn of rhinoceros and dried tiger penis has been used to treat impotence and other ailments "safely and effectively" in China for for more than a millennium. Guess that has to work too.
They knock you down a few pegs and you want to crawl under a rock for a while...
Excellent point...except that's not what he did. What he did was stuff the thread under that selfsame rock while plugging his ears and singing "lalalalaIcan'thearyoulalalala".
However, I would think it reasonable for him, since it is his blog, to expect that most (surely not all) people reading his blog are his peers...
peers != fans
I guess he knows that now.
As for not following through, he wasn't planning on getting into the religious argument in the first place.
Apparently, he's been too busy coding to keep up on the controversy regarding all these software patents and their purported deleterious effect on innovation in the field. Pity he closed his thread so soon...he could have learned quite bit.
That being said, I'm sure Dan doesn't want to sit there and get flamed all day
Well, then perhaps he shouldn't have boasted about his new patent on his blog, and invited others to respond. I'm sure he would have kept the blog open if all the conversation was mindless adulation for his cleverness (which it looks like he was expecting), but since he got a little heat, he just shut down and ran.
As to what I expect him to do...I expect him to follow through. If you're going to open a discussion, don't shut it down because things aren't going your way. Heck...he didn't even have to post anymore if he didn't feel like it, but killing the thread is just plain cowardly.
...both the roots and flowers of kudzu, Radix and Flos puerariae, respectively, have been used to treat alcohol abuse safely and effectively in China for more than a millennium.
Next on CNN, researchers have determined that the sun rises in the east.
Since we're on the subject, I thought this would be a good time to let all of you know that I have just patented the.sig file. That means that all you suckers who use.sigs now owe me a dollar every time you post. You'll all be recieving bills very soon now.
^_^
Seriously, though, I think the exchange on Dan Crevier's blog regarding his last patent is pretty telling...he gets a barrage of posts criticizing him for stifling innovation, and instead of addressing them, he closes the thread. Yes, yes, I'm well aware it's his blog, and if he doesn't want to play, he' s well within his rights to close the thread...just like that kid who would always take his ball and go home when the game didn't go his way...remember that kid?
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Been there...my condolences.
If you expect recognition from your employer, you will always be doomed to disappointment. At the end of the day, you just gotta do it for yourself.
There is no such thing as 'real news' anymore.
The Internet killed it.
Here's the question that pops into my mind:
I keep my pr0n collection on UseNet.
Perhaps you've seen it...
You are one to talk
Seems your second line is flawed
You are filled with shame
Couple quotes from TFA:
Unfavorable bovine comparisons notwithstanding, these two statements sum up nicely why this will never happen:
Add to all this the increased costs of manufacturing the 'specially equipped DVD players' mentioned in the article, and it's easy to see why this idea is a non-starter.
Sounds like someone might want to RTFA...
Screw bills....we'll drop pennies on them.
Yup...nuke 'em from orbit...that sure sounds like us.
Apparently they weren't listening a few years ago when Dubya called 'dibs'.
'Rods of God'? Just when I think that the neoconservatives can't get any more arrogant, they serve up this gem. Way to go, guys.
Sounds like those Air Force boys have been watching too much Real Genius.
Ahh, yes...the Death Star...just in time for the release of Revenge of the Sith. I wonder how much George paid George for that tie-in.
That was Deadlock, starring the incomparable Rutger Hauer.
What a shitpile that movie was...
It's not boring at all...it just had the misfortune of being posted immediately after a 'Star Wars' related story.
Slashdotters are so predictable...
Oh, I believe you...I noticed that too. It represents a major departure from the all-bad-guys-speak-with-British-accents tack Lucas originally took.
OK...as long as we're opening up the floor to deceased directors...Stanley Kubrick.
His blog is not your public playplace.
By initially allowing responses to his post, that's exactly what he made it.
Some of the posts he had could be likened to vandalism on private property.
Wrong. In effect, he handed out cans of spray paint to everyone and encouraged them to write their thoughts. It was only after he found that some of those thoughts were not fully complimentary to him that he squealed 'vandalism' and knocked the spray cans out of everyone's hands.
If he didn't want people posting their opinions, he shouldn't have started the thread in the first place. Period.
I guess he knows that now...why is it so difficult for you to grasp?
I vote for John Woo.
Either him, or David Cronenburg.
Even if you hated most the rest of the film the light saber battles in the prequals were pretty cool to watch.
Sure they were...try going back and watching IV now. Now that I've been spoiled by good choreography, watching Alec Guiness mince about, gingerly swatting at an equally wooden Darth Vader, makes me want to cry.
Can your robot navigate through rows of crops or even harvest them?
If by "navigate" you mean "trample" and by "harvest" you mean "slaughter", then yes!
Interested parties can see my entry here.
^_^
Well, ground horn of rhinoceros and dried tiger penis has been used to treat impotence and other ailments "safely and effectively" in China for for more than a millennium. Guess that has to work too.
Please cite your references.
They knock you down a few pegs and you want to crawl under a rock for a while...
Excellent point...except that's not what he did. What he did was stuff the thread under that selfsame rock while plugging his ears and singing "lalalalaIcan'thearyoulalalala".
However, I would think it reasonable for him, since it is his blog, to expect that most (surely not all) people reading his blog are his peers...
peers != fans
I guess he knows that now.
As for not following through, he wasn't planning on getting into the religious argument in the first place.
Apparently, he's been too busy coding to keep up on the controversy regarding all these software patents and their purported deleterious effect on innovation in the field. Pity he closed his thread so soon...he could have learned quite bit.
It's NOT about patenting
Of course it's not. That's MY patent, you insensitive clod!
BTW, your use of the word '.sig' just cost you $0.14. You will be billed shortly.
^_^
That being said, I'm sure Dan doesn't want to sit there and get flamed all day
Well, then perhaps he shouldn't have boasted about his new patent on his blog, and invited others to respond. I'm sure he would have kept the blog open if all the conversation was mindless adulation for his cleverness (which it looks like he was expecting), but since he got a little heat, he just shut down and ran.
As to what I expect him to do...I expect him to follow through. If you're going to open a discussion, don't shut it down because things aren't going your way. Heck...he didn't even have to post anymore if he didn't feel like it, but killing the thread is just plain cowardly.
Here's a quote from the Internet Health Library:
Next on CNN, researchers have determined that the sun rises in the east.
Since we're on the subject, I thought this would be a good time to let all of you know that I have just patented the
^_^
Seriously, though, I think the exchange on Dan Crevier's blog regarding his last patent is pretty telling...he gets a barrage of posts criticizing him for stifling innovation, and instead of addressing them, he closes the thread. Yes, yes, I'm well aware it's his blog, and if he doesn't want to play, he' s well within his rights to close the thread...just like that kid who would always take his ball and go home when the game didn't go his way...remember that kid?
Naaaw...it's cool, man...
Realllll coooooooooooool, maaaannnnn....