Why do you have to uninstall it? There are plenty of much better and free alternatives, and they work just fine alongside WMP. If only the EU could understand this.
Feel free to mod me down, I just needed to vent. I've absolutely had it with this administration - of course, I find myself saying that every couple of weeks or so.
The standard is unpublished, and will not be published. It checks in security keys with a centralized Chinese government server.
I'm inclined to believe you, and I'm not "calling you out" or anything, but I've never heard that WAPI phones home, and none of the links I've read in this thread mention that. Do you have a source for that?
If one person can do this kind of damage, then the problem is with the system, not just that person.
I disagree. A system which absolutely guarantees that no one person can do significant damage to it would either have unacceptably large overhead, or be completely ineffective, or both.
That said, there's still no excuse for what did happen in this case.
I'm already working on an Abu Graihb torture module.
Me too - it's a PII laptop with 32MB of RAM, a 640x480 screen, and a 14.4K modem, with Windows ME installed. Prisoners will have their choice of a spotty touchpad or a gummed-up trackmarble.
You cannot legislate away theft. If you want to curb it, you have to remove the economic incentive to steal.
Good point. I reecently went to the auto parts store to buy a steering wheel lock for my car, but the salesperson said the same thing and offered to sell me some municipal bonds for inner-city development instead.
I'd wager that the average Slashdotter, if given an hour, could come up with at least five viable ways to do exactly that. Here's one: a keylogger that squirts compressed logs out on port 80 to an "acceptable" site - say, making carefully-constructed shopping cart additions and removals on a bogus Yahoo store.
Now take someone who, unlike me, is a TCP/IP guru, and you get some really interesting possibilities.
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Yes, but what about non-homosexuals, i.e., those of use who don't want to use that fucking Linux shit?
STOP FRIST!
I think I can address all your concerns by saying: shut it, hippie faggot.
... you can just hear that cash register going: "Ka-chink!"
That way they'll cover the market for homosexual high-end gamers.
For the record, it's not the CIA who falsified intelligence, but the White House officials who deliberately misused it.
Why do you have to uninstall it? There are plenty of much better and free alternatives, and they work just fine alongside WMP. If only the EU could understand this.
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What the fuck? What the fucking fuck?
Feel free to mod me down, I just needed to vent. I've absolutely had it with this administration - of course, I find myself saying that every couple of weeks or so.
Please don't distract the Microsoft bashers with facts and analysis. They're on a roll today.
Oops - did I say "Microsoft?" I meant "Micro$$$hit" or "MICROS~1". Sorry, Slashdot!
I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death my right to be entertained by the outrage over it.
... is that it inspired one of the worst novels I've ever read, Michael Crichton's State of Fear.
No, you can copy the door's design and then make one of your own just like it. ANd the barn's owner will be just fine with that.
I was wondering how I was going to get all that salt out of my iPod.
Never mind, it was right there on the Wikipedia page for WAPI. Scary.
The standard is unpublished, and will not be published. It checks in security keys with a centralized Chinese government server.
I'm inclined to believe you, and I'm not "calling you out" or anything, but I've never heard that WAPI phones home, and none of the links I've read in this thread mention that. Do you have a source for that?
And keep in mind that "partnering" is Mandarin for "letting Chinese companies copy your technology."
Absolutlely. Still, I'd go to that address and go all Leeroy Jenkins on those people.
Thank goodness. Let's hope it stays that way
Pitfall! used the joystick, not the paddle. No wonder you had such a hard time with it!
If one person can do this kind of damage, then the problem is with the system, not just that person.
I disagree. A system which absolutely guarantees that no one person can do significant damage to it would either have unacceptably large overhead, or be completely ineffective, or both.
That said, there's still no excuse for what did happen in this case.
Clearly, this is evidence of Jovial warming.
I'm already working on an Abu Graihb torture module.
Me too - it's a PII laptop with 32MB of RAM, a 640x480 screen, and a 14.4K modem, with Windows ME installed. Prisoners will have their choice of a spotty touchpad or a gummed-up trackmarble.
You cannot legislate away theft. If you want to curb it, you have to remove the economic incentive to steal.
Good point. I reecently went to the auto parts store to buy a steering wheel lock for my car, but the salesperson said the same thing and offered to sell me some municipal bonds for inner-city development instead.
I'd wager that the average Slashdotter, if given an hour, could come up with at least five viable ways to do exactly that. Here's one: a keylogger that squirts compressed logs out on port 80 to an "acceptable" site - say, making carefully-constructed shopping cart additions and removals on a bogus Yahoo store. Now take someone who, unlike me, is a TCP/IP guru, and you get some really interesting possibilities.