Microsoft made it public in March 2005 that HDCP would be required for Windows Vista - certainly the video card manufacturers were given this info before the public were. Moreover, what about companies who are already paying the $15,000 annual company fee because they produce HDCP-compliant products for televisions?
This gives me the impression that not one custom built computer on the market can even RUN windows vista. This is not only disorenting but confusing. Perhaps Microsoft and DRM Gods believe the majority of 'hackers' that break their encryption are on custom machines and this is a quick method to lock some of them out. Furthermore, its much easier to track someone who buys a prebuilt computer than someone who buys parts and assembles them.
Either way, I agree with previous quotes that a class action lawsuit might be in place.
It seems like a popular move for companys lately to fire lots of people to make them seem 'leaner' and more 'competitive' however the us economy will never pick up if well paying jobs keep going the way of the ghost. if this continues eventually there won't be enough well paid employees to buy expencive products therefore reducing the jobmarket more. this is a bad trend imo.
In alot of ways I agree that David Brin's opinions in his books are pretty naive. Although the idea of an extreme utopia like the one stated above I think is more to prove a point, not to provide the idea of a workable society.
The point of this one being that we're never going to have the privacy we demand in this new electronic society. Not without taking fairly extreme steps to protect ourselfs. With LiveJournals, Blogs, and Myspaces galore, its not that hard to find day to day information on someone.
If I had the time, and the proper skillset I'd create a bot, that spidered websites like LJ, and myspace and logged everything, then in 20 years when someone ran for office i could do some digging in their closet in a fast efficent way.
What a surprise sony's upping the cost of movies. Perhaps if we're lucky they'll add some new and improved root kit that opens more holes in our systems. Seriously, sonys stratagy is: up price, make everyone rebuy everything for 3 times the price they paid before, screw consumers with stealth software.
Yep. Nothing to see.
In David Brin's book "Earth" he talks about a future society with zero privacy. However rather than the Orwellian 1984 version of no privacy, he talks about a world where everyone, from the farmer in the field, to the president of the united states having zero secercy. He debated that with the prolifiation of technology the idea of privacy had become obsolete, and the only way to prevent people with money and power from abusing their ability to spy on the average individual make it so EVERYONE had the capibilities.
I'm not sure if I agree with this thought, but when it comes to privacy, perhaps we've already gone too far, and privacy IS history. Perhaps it is time for total transpancy.
Reminds me of Information Society's bonus tracks which had data tracks in the form of sound which you had to hook up to a dumb termanal to get the text.
Also reminds me of the ole days of aohell 4.0 when i use to hum along with the modem connections.
In the grand scheme of things, a 5 million dollar prize doesn't seem like alot of money. With trillion dollar budgets, and billions going to nasa, 5 million is a drop in the bucket.
Sure some cars have all these automatic features, but many of these are for people who are either too lazy, or have neglected their good driving techniques for far too long. A machine is not a good substitute for informed human judgement. Sure antilock breaks are more effecent than regular breaks, but if you need radar to check your blind spots, perhaps the vechicle you're driving is too big. There are countless people who drive mammath suvs who learned how to drive on a small car. Because of this, they have bad habits like taking 2 parking spaces in a parking lot. I drive a small compact (1999 ford escort se) and i have 2 very small blind spots, I don't need radar, and i really dispise people who drive large suv's and then almost merge into me because my roof is up to their mirrors. Perhaps suv drivers should be forced to get a new licence to prove they can drive the supersized cars.
Either way i'm not a fan of automated features. Like automatic transmission, its great for people who are lazy, but most times a manual will be more effecent (and imo safer in unsafe road conditions). Certanly there are features that without a doubt make people safer, but these features are no subsitute for safe driving practices.
I think Axis and Allies would be another fun version of google maps. Hell if someone did a true to the board game port to Google Maps, it would be more fun than that pc game they put out a while ago (IMO of course).
Are there any tutorials on how to play with google map's api?
Do you think if you were doing today what you did 10 years ago, would you be caught sooner?
Mitnick: If I knew what I know now and I could use what I know now back then, no. But if they had the technology that exists today, and I was doing the exact thing I was doing, yes. Law enforcement's capabilities for tracking communications are much greater than years ago.
Well that's fairly obvious since the FBI does recruit crackers/hackers that they catch. Now they've got a tool box filled with talented converts. Furthermore my understanding is that 10 years ago the FBI weren't taking computer fraud as seriously because it wasn't so prevelent nor so damaging. Therefore they're now bringing more force to bear.
Does anybody remember the concept of the next generation space shuttle that nasa talked about during the mid to late 90's. I remember there was research and products being developed for this project. Does it still exist, or has it just vanished into the black hole of failed/forgotten nasa projects?
turning off sonar at predictable times sounds like a great idea. Its a good thing that groups like drug cartels can't get their hands on advanced military equipment like russian submarines Its not like terrorists groups learn from drug runners on how to get past american security.
It is said that the only power goverment abuses is power the people give it. I'm glad that soon that the goverment will be able to tap VoIP, since it seems their current powers are so well regulated and audited.
did the hackers that defaced the KKK and other Raciest websites several years ago ever get caught? Sometimes I think that the govt turns a blind eye to things that relieve the pressures of trying to regulate the internet. Self regulation can work in small doses.
There has been a long history of hackers doing good on the internet. I think this is just another step in that story. Hackers have been misrepresented in the media for many years, and I for one am glad to see that for once they're getting some good press.
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This gives me the impression that not one custom built computer on the market can even RUN windows vista. This is not only disorenting but confusing. Perhaps Microsoft and DRM Gods believe the majority of 'hackers' that break their encryption are on custom machines and this is a quick method to lock some of them out. Furthermore, its much easier to track someone who buys a prebuilt computer than someone who buys parts and assembles them.
Either way, I agree with previous quotes that a class action lawsuit might be in place.
It seems like a popular move for companys lately to fire lots of people to make them seem 'leaner' and more 'competitive' however the us economy will never pick up if well paying jobs keep going the way of the ghost. if this continues eventually there won't be enough well paid employees to buy expencive products therefore reducing the jobmarket more. this is a bad trend imo.
In alot of ways I agree that David Brin's opinions in his books are pretty naive. Although the idea of an extreme utopia like the one stated above I think is more to prove a point, not to provide the idea of a workable society.
The point of this one being that we're never going to have the privacy we demand in this new electronic society. Not without taking fairly extreme steps to protect ourselfs. With LiveJournals, Blogs, and Myspaces galore, its not that hard to find day to day information on someone.
If I had the time, and the proper skillset I'd create a bot, that spidered websites like LJ, and myspace and logged everything, then in 20 years when someone ran for office i could do some digging in their closet in a fast efficent way.
What a surprise sony's upping the cost of movies. Perhaps if we're lucky they'll add some new and improved root kit that opens more holes in our systems. Seriously, sonys stratagy is: up price, make everyone rebuy everything for 3 times the price they paid before, screw consumers with stealth software. Yep. Nothing to see.
In David Brin's book "Earth" he talks about a future society with zero privacy. However rather than the Orwellian 1984 version of no privacy, he talks about a world where everyone, from the farmer in the field, to the president of the united states having zero secercy. He debated that with the prolifiation of technology the idea of privacy had become obsolete, and the only way to prevent people with money and power from abusing their ability to spy on the average individual make it so EVERYONE had the capibilities.
I'm not sure if I agree with this thought, but when it comes to privacy, perhaps we've already gone too far, and privacy IS history. Perhaps it is time for total transpancy.
Reminds me of Information Society's bonus tracks which had data tracks in the form of sound which you had to hook up to a dumb termanal to get the text.
Also reminds me of the ole days of aohell 4.0 when i use to hum along with the modem connections.
In the grand scheme of things, a 5 million dollar prize doesn't seem like alot of money. With trillion dollar budgets, and billions going to nasa, 5 million is a drop in the bucket.
Sure some cars have all these automatic features, but many of these are for people who are either too lazy, or have neglected their good driving techniques for far too long. A machine is not a good substitute for informed human judgement. Sure antilock breaks are more effecent than regular breaks, but if you need radar to check your blind spots, perhaps the vechicle you're driving is too big. There are countless people who drive mammath suvs who learned how to drive on a small car. Because of this, they have bad habits like taking 2 parking spaces in a parking lot. I drive a small compact (1999 ford escort se) and i have 2 very small blind spots, I don't need radar, and i really dispise people who drive large suv's and then almost merge into me because my roof is up to their mirrors. Perhaps suv drivers should be forced to get a new licence to prove they can drive the supersized cars.
Either way i'm not a fan of automated features. Like automatic transmission, its great for people who are lazy, but most times a manual will be more effecent (and imo safer in unsafe road conditions). Certanly there are features that without a doubt make people safer, but these features are no subsitute for safe driving practices.
theres also the symphony for dotmatrix 28 minuites of nonstop printing fun
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http://www.sat.qc.ca/the_user/dotmatrix/en/intro.
" Here I am, brain the size of a planet, and they ask me to take you to the bridge. Call that job satisfaction, 'cause I don't. "
I can see it now, manic depressed robot lawyers running around unchecked. something here seems, dangrious.
I'm taking all bets on which war is going to be won first.
The War on Drugs
or The War on Porn
Place your bets now...
I wonder if the DoD is designing this around the sony root kit.
I think Axis and Allies would be another fun version of google maps. Hell if someone did a true to the board game port to Google Maps, it would be more fun than that pc game they put out a while ago (IMO of course).
Are there any tutorials on how to play with google map's api?
i love the badge next to the price that says "Low Prices!"
somehow $2,400 isn't that low of a price to me, given that's half of my car loan.
I'm anxiously awating the next wave of 'your mom' jokes that come out of this device.
I wonder now that Anonymous Sperm Donors can be tracked down, if Anonymous Cowards can also be tracked down?
Does anybody remember the concept of the next generation space shuttle that nasa talked about during the mid to late 90's. I remember there was research and products being developed for this project. Does it still exist, or has it just vanished into the black hole of failed/forgotten nasa projects?
turning off sonar at predictable times sounds like a great idea. Its a good thing that groups like drug cartels can't get their hands on advanced military equipment like russian submarines Its not like terrorists groups learn from drug runners on how to get past american security.
In Other News "Goverment abuses power"
It is said that the only power goverment abuses is power the people give it. I'm glad that soon that the goverment will be able to tap VoIP, since it seems their current powers are so well regulated and audited.
think there's any chance of Isaac Asimov's "Three Laws of Robotics" being used in the firmware programming of robots?
1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
Well I don't think any one who still uses windows 2000 actually uses IE anymore.
Hell some of us proud windows 2000 users have already removed IE from the OS
Remove IE
did the hackers that defaced the KKK and other Raciest websites several years ago ever get caught? Sometimes I think that the govt turns a blind eye to things that relieve the pressures of trying to regulate the internet. Self regulation can work in small doses.
There has been a long history of hackers doing good on the internet. I think this is just another step in that story. Hackers have been misrepresented in the media for many years, and I for one am glad to see that for once they're getting some good press.
Its 'inscure friday' where it is a techs duty to let known one security flaw so that the tech is guaranteed to have a job on monday.