A DVD is a small (a few inches across) plastic-type disc that is shiny on one side or both. It has a hole in the middle. It is neither a film nor software. Such a question is idiotic.
The content is just that: Content. Purchase/rental/theft of a DVD means you have a bit of plastic with some license rights to its contents; those rights are software or film style.
Obviously Warner is completely full of shit here and just trying to scam the system. I cannot see a judge with even a slight clue falling for it.
I fail to see why so many believe this is difficult. There are several well documented holes in common Linux services that -- although patches exist -- almost certainly exist in a large number of systems. Several give plenty enough access to be able to write automated entry/replicate code that works. Just examine some of the honey pot projects to see how fast a Linux machine will get hacked (in a few cases hours after deployment).
I suspect the lack of worms is:
Lack of interest on the virus/worm writers part. Windows in more fun (to crack).
Poorer food source. Lets face it, @home is just chock full of win machines which are unpatched; you will have much more successful propagation with windows machines
And in other news, the Berlin Wall has come down! WW II ended!
These guys are only about 15 YEARS late on this discovery. Must have been really hard work reading those old papers about the topic.
I suspect many hackers (and that certainly covers a lot of Linux users) don't like Java because it is often a little too 'friendly'. There is sooo much stuff going on that you don't control (eg garbage collection) and it is really hard to tweak. This really goes against everything that 'C' programming is all about.
Oh yeah, it is really, really slow. And big.
I have been toying 'making' with a digital VCR for my AV system for some time. It is actually much more painful then it looks. Problems encountered:
Setting up a remote is expensive. Best bet seems to be a Handspring with IR booster with IR detector on the PC.
Lots of software work to be done to make a decent interface.
Getting broadcast (cable that is) quality or even good VHS quality in a reasonably priced video capture card is very difficult. I have reviewed the specs of the cheaper ones and they suck. They often get good reviews but it seems more like 'its good for a computer'. Not good for the 36" TV:).
PC's are big, ugly and above all, noisy. That Mac cube running Linux looks promising on this note...
On the whole, the tech isn't there yet for sensible prices or in a pretty package.
OTOH, the possibilities are incredible especially when wired into my home 100T network.
OK, I am really tired of Netscape, both on Windows and Linux. It is too big, slow and buggy. I want a fast light browser that does all of HTML/common graphics (png, jpeg, gif?) and takes (not comes with!) the common plug-ins, has optional Java support, has Java Script, does SSL and does nothing more. No mail, news, whats related, zillions of button bars, nothing. OK, maybe bookmarks.
I had hope for Mozilla, but it looks just as bad. I have hope for Opera, but it is not out. Can't we get some of these browser writers together to write a browser and not a full apps suite? And maybe the memory footprint won't be totally silly...
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A DVD is a small (a few inches across) plastic-type disc that is shiny on one side or both. It has a hole in the middle. It is neither a film nor software. Such a question is idiotic.
The content is just that: Content. Purchase/rental/theft of a DVD means you have a bit of plastic with some license rights to its contents; those rights are software or film style.
Obviously Warner is completely full of shit here and just trying to scam the system. I cannot see a judge with even a slight clue falling for it.
I suspect the lack of worms is:
- The lack of CRL support. This is largely MS's fault (no in there) and Verisign's fault (no CDP)
- The all or nothing trust model. This is seriously flawed; you do not get the option of letting a control have a 'little' access.
Both share a good bit of the blame. OTOH, it is more fun to just bash MS.And in other news, the Berlin Wall has come down! WW II ended! These guys are only about 15 YEARS late on this discovery. Must have been really hard work reading those old papers about the topic.
I suspect many hackers (and that certainly covers a lot of Linux users) don't like Java because it is often a little too 'friendly'. There is sooo much stuff going on that you don't control (eg garbage collection) and it is really hard to tweak. This really goes against everything that 'C' programming is all about. Oh yeah, it is really, really slow. And big.
Ohhh...very clever. Didn't even cross my mind. Thanks.
- Setting up a remote is expensive. Best bet seems to be a Handspring with IR booster with IR detector on the PC.
- Lots of software work to be done to make a decent interface.
- Getting broadcast (cable that is) quality or even good VHS quality in a reasonably priced video capture card is very difficult. I have reviewed the specs of the cheaper ones and they suck. They often get good reviews but it seems more like 'its good for a computer'. Not good for the 36" TV
:).
- PC's are big, ugly and above all, noisy. That Mac cube running Linux looks promising on this note...
On the whole, the tech isn't there yet for sensible prices or in a pretty package. OTOH, the possibilities are incredible especially when wired into my home 100T network.I had hope for Mozilla, but it looks just as bad. I have hope for Opera, but it is not out. Can't we get some of these browser writers together to write a browser and not a full apps suite? And maybe the memory footprint won't be totally silly ...