Yeah, because I'm about to email them with my info to let them know I'm circumventing DRM.
Its not Apple's fault fot not getting behind their DRM, its Sony's fault for including it, although I guess they would argue its our fault for "pirating" their music in the first place. Like when pops you use to beat you mercilessly for disobeying him.
At the risk of being modded down, I must say that this adminstration, congress, and the courts have some kind of adversion to any technology more advanced than an abacus. I mean, they aren't doing much to support alternative fuels (big surprise, I know), they're letting advances in biotechnology happen elsewhere, and now any sort of innovation in p2p is also going to go off-shore. Is the Republican/Neo-conservative agenda really that important that they are willing to sacrifice our future on it?
What happened to us? We were the country that put a man on the moon!
I've never bought a TiVo or rented a DVR from the cable companies. There is NO guarantee that either will stand up to Hollywood (of course much less from my cable company, Time Warner!!!!).
I mean why even bother when you can set up a DRM-free PC DVR for 60 bucks (minus the cost of the PC)!
Social Engineering is the most difficult kind of hack. To hack into a system via social engineering takes balls; the risk is so much greater and the degree of diffculty is much higher.
It is also many times the most destructive kind of hack when executed successfully.
Maybe so, but how how long has the web been used en masse? Almost a decade? Plenty of time to adjust their software. Plus why is Microsoft the only OS with this problem? Oh, Billy, stop blaming others.
Everyone in the country has been taking politicians involved to task for the bull that's happened so far (which has hindered relief or preparedness to these poor people). Stop it already!
If the damn DVD player has to phone home everytime DRM is cracked, the platform is useless. One of the largest markets for DVDs is in portable players, handheld or installed in vehicles. How is it going to phone home installing in the back of a head rest in an Escalade? Forget it.
Plus, do they seriously expect people to take in their PS3, home theatre receivers and whatever else in for reflashing when it "self destructs?" Yeah right.
Apple wouldn't have sold half the iPods it has were it not for the fact that it plays MP3s and it isn't cumbersome to transfer your MP3s to it (legal or otherwise) and that it doesn't convert the MP3s into DRMed files or some silly nonsense. I wonder how well those "Napster" enabled players are doing? Hmmmm. I think the fabled "iPod video" will follow in its older sibling's shoe, because that's what people want. If you can't play your DVDs on it (Blu-ray or HD), people aren't going to be interested.
First it starts with "oh, we're just going to put the VIN and the Plate number..." A year later its "oh now that we have this, we are going to pur the registered owners information on it"
I'm sorry put yeah, for one, someone can hack a way to read all that information, now a thief has your address. And where does it stop? Once the government starts using RFID, they'll come up with all sorts of "neat" ways to use it. This is just to get us comfortable with the technology.
We don't edit or reject negative comments where I work (an online aftermarket performance automotive company). As long as it doesn't contain profanity or sexist/racist, etc., comments, it goes up online along with the star ratings. Sometimes we don't even edit for grammar/spelling (unless it is unreadable without the editing), and usually we don't edit for length, unless it is huge.
We aren't afraid of losing a sale on brand X if we sell brand Y. And if the product is junk, we drop it, because it is too exensive to keep junk brands in mail-order, regardless of margin (APC, an importer of all the neon/gawdy auto accessories, had great margin, but lots of returns and fitment issues, our customers told us it was junk, we listened and dropped them like a bad habit).
Plus in our industry, a lot of customers talk to each other on web forums, so they know more about the product, what brands to look for, etc. for their specific vehicle, than anyone else. SO we aren't going to be able to pull very many fast ones on them. The honesty of our ratings/reviews lends us a lot of credibility in our customers' eyes.
They can already fire you smoking a little weed on your time off (vacation/weekend/months ago).
I used to work at a "retail coffee experience" place where they wear green aprons and don't call the sizes small, medium, and large (I don't want to give out the name), and some of my best friends now are from there. We hung out all the time. And it made us better at our job, since we could work together as a more unified team (almost like family).
It really is a very simple formula:
More intrusive government in office +
Big business and said government in bed with each other +
=More intrusive Big business.
And not worth the effort. I personally have no need to call from a mobile phone internationally, I can wait until I get home. I guess if you're in Europe or something, it would be worth the effort.
That Rock and Roll was about sticking it to "The Man?"
Seriously though, these companies control development, production, distribution, and marketing of their product. Of course they're going to go after anything that threatens such tight control and "yummy" profits, even the talent and the customers.
Continue not to buy their product, consume it in the way you see fit. Go to live shows, suport the artists directly, and support artists that are independent of the "machine." These record companies will go out of business or figure out a way to continue their business that fits with what we are willing to pay for, such as handcuffware-free ways of listening to music. Once the "hits" marketing machine goes away, maybe music will come back.
And don't listen to commercial radio, that's part of the marketing machine.
Because we know the Feds are using the Patriot Act to spy ONLY on Terrorists (as they define terrrorists). We can trust that the government won't spy on, or harrass dissendents or people that otherwise disagree with it.
By that logic, we should all allow the Feds to read our email and listen to our phone conversations. I mean the only people with something to hide our terrorists. Am I right?
Just because our government is not as oppressive as China does not mean we shouldn't be wary of their actions and always be diligently protecting our rights.
I tried Xandros (came in a Linux mag), it was OK, but I didn't need the interoperatability that it came with, especially considering it came with FOSS alternatives that worked just as well.
I'm currently on Mandriva, and I must say, if my parents need an OS when their Windows machine craps out (again), that will be what I'm installing. Everything works out of the box, and my parents are good enough web searchers that they'll be able to find what they need help on in a google search and on forums.
Even though unrelated, they are warming up to FOSS ever since I installed firefox on their system, so Linux will be simplier "pill to swallow" for them.
This is what happens when you aren't bloodthirsty war-mongers. Instead of invading each other you decide to launch marketing campaigns on the internet.
Canada being soft I understand, but Denmark? These people used to be Vikings, shessh!
I say the settle it with a friendly game of Risk and call it a day.
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Its not Apple's fault fot not getting behind their DRM, its Sony's fault for including it, although I guess they would argue its our fault for "pirating" their music in the first place. Like when pops you use to beat you mercilessly for disobeying him.
You forgot the re-re-release where Wookie is changed to "hair challenged animal" and the entire cast is digitally replaced with Ewoks.
What happened to us? We were the country that put a man on the moon!
I mean why even bother when you can set up a DRM-free PC DVR for 60 bucks (minus the cost of the PC)!
It is also many times the most destructive kind of hack when executed successfully.
Maybe so, but how how long has the web been used en masse? Almost a decade? Plenty of time to adjust their software. Plus why is Microsoft the only OS with this problem? Oh, Billy, stop blaming others.
Everyone in the country has been taking politicians involved to task for the bull that's happened so far (which has hindered relief or preparedness to these poor people). Stop it already!
Other than impressing your friends, I don't see a whole lot of use for it. It can't be comfortable to use.
"...Microsoft has a patent pending for displaying in a box to make them stand out. "
David Blaine can claim prior on this one. He displayed himself in a box to himself stand out already.
I think the AMD-powered toasters actually do use CPU heat to toast the bread.
Plus, do they seriously expect people to take in their PS3, home theatre receivers and whatever else in for reflashing when it "self destructs?" Yeah right.
Apple wouldn't have sold half the iPods it has were it not for the fact that it plays MP3s and it isn't cumbersome to transfer your MP3s to it (legal or otherwise) and that it doesn't convert the MP3s into DRMed files or some silly nonsense. I wonder how well those "Napster" enabled players are doing? Hmmmm. I think the fabled "iPod video" will follow in its older sibling's shoe, because that's what people want. If you can't play your DVDs on it (Blu-ray or HD), people aren't going to be interested.
That one movie with Ewan McGregor. Can anyone think of it? I think it might have been "Trainspotting."
I'm sorry put yeah, for one, someone can hack a way to read all that information, now a thief has your address. And where does it stop? Once the government starts using RFID, they'll come up with all sorts of "neat" ways to use it. This is just to get us comfortable with the technology.
I always have my tin foil hat on, so no .
Netflix sues Amazon for violating its patent on mail-delivered DVD rentals. (After the dupe of this article of course.)
We aren't afraid of losing a sale on brand X if we sell brand Y. And if the product is junk, we drop it, because it is too exensive to keep junk brands in mail-order, regardless of margin (APC, an importer of all the neon/gawdy auto accessories, had great margin, but lots of returns and fitment issues, our customers told us it was junk, we listened and dropped them like a bad habit).
Plus in our industry, a lot of customers talk to each other on web forums, so they know more about the product, what brands to look for, etc. for their specific vehicle, than anyone else. SO we aren't going to be able to pull very many fast ones on them. The honesty of our ratings/reviews lends us a lot of credibility in our customers' eyes.
This is like the "junk faxes," why should YOUR "free speech" cost ME money?
Had it gone the other way, it would have set dangerous presedent.
It really is a very simple formula:
More intrusive government in office +
Big business and said government in bed with each other +
=More intrusive Big business.
Someone is figuring out how to cram more ads onto the web. Lord knows we don't have enough.
And not worth the effort. I personally have no need to call from a mobile phone internationally, I can wait until I get home. I guess if you're in Europe or something, it would be worth the effort.
Seriously though, these companies control development, production, distribution, and marketing of their product. Of course they're going to go after anything that threatens such tight control and "yummy" profits, even the talent and the customers.
Continue not to buy their product, consume it in the way you see fit. Go to live shows, suport the artists directly, and support artists that are independent of the "machine." These record companies will go out of business or figure out a way to continue their business that fits with what we are willing to pay for, such as handcuffware-free ways of listening to music. Once the "hits" marketing machine goes away, maybe music will come back.
And don't listen to commercial radio, that's part of the marketing machine.
They only made threats, lawsuits, and demands for $699.
And from the looks of it, they aren't cheap.
By that logic, we should all allow the Feds to read our email and listen to our phone conversations. I mean the only people with something to hide our terrorists. Am I right?
Just because our government is not as oppressive as China does not mean we shouldn't be wary of their actions and always be diligently protecting our rights.
I'm currently on Mandriva, and I must say, if my parents need an OS when their Windows machine craps out (again), that will be what I'm installing. Everything works out of the box, and my parents are good enough web searchers that they'll be able to find what they need help on in a google search and on forums.
Even though unrelated, they are warming up to FOSS ever since I installed firefox on their system, so Linux will be simplier "pill to swallow" for them.
Canada being soft I understand, but Denmark? These people used to be Vikings, shessh!
I say the settle it with a friendly game of Risk and call it a day.