Please don't take away my low-resolution, choppy, stretched and altered, artifact-filled, 320x240px ripped network television videos!!!
But seriously, while I understand the purpose behind the article, let me know when people start taking things off stage6! (stage6.divx.com, which my Creative Zen Vision:M supports without having to use keepvid to rip and without having to transcode to an acceptable format)
So does that mean I need to start worrying about RFID tags in my Big Mac??
Well OK, bad example (like McDonalds actually uses cows!)
But you get my point, I mean, would they even take them out before slaughtering??
Oh, and not to go all "The world is coming to an end!!!" on everyone, but doesn't the Bible speak of everyone being "marked" with numbers in the second coming of Christ?? (although I think it was on your forehead, so unless they're injecting the RFID tags there...)
Wouldn't this be "watermark" be lost as soon as you transcode it to a different format?? Or just running it through a software equalizer, so that it shifts the bits, rendering the "watermark" no longer existant...
Or if you're a CS Major and want a fun little project, go buy three or so of the same track under 3 different names. Then, analyze each of the tracks, and the bits that are different should be the "watermark". Now you've identified the location of the changed bits, and you can just fill in random bits to throw it off... However, this method would require you buy at least two copies of each track to find the different bits, but hopefully, after a few different songs, you should be able to find a pattern, especially if it is just a quick 5 second intro as the article suggests. From that point, you could write a program to automatically "strip" the watermark.
Although, if Napster-To-Go would switch to this, I would sign-up immediately. Imagine being able to download unlimited tracks that don't expire. However, I highly doubt that the RIAA would ever allow this to happen.
Because he used e-mail to communicate with it... he _couldn't_ access it. It explains this in the very quote you quoted! He sent an executable via e-mail to his webserver, which in turn fetched the site, and e-mailed the results to his Asian e-mail account.
This involved a one-time upload to his webserver. Also, my understanding is that Slashdot was not blocked, just he had an insanely low amount of bandwidth to anything except gmail and google... I'm not going to touch the issue of the insecurity of sending executables to a webserver (or allowing them for that matter), but I just don't see why he chose this solution.
First of all, I know for a fact that G-Mail has an rss feed aggregator, with a scrolling marquee of any rss feed you chose... Also, if he uploaded an executable to watch for other executables in his incoming mail (and then execute them), he should be capable of just having it watch for text, such as FetchAndSend/source "http://www.slashdot.org/index.rss"/destination "john@doe.net" and heck, even a username/password! Using executables is just asking for trouble...
Also, why doesn't just subscribe to the daily Slashdot newsletter/headlines (it's under "Messages", within "Preferences")?? And if he want's to see the comments too, he could just rewrite the original executable he uploaded to check for new stories using the RSS feed, and then e-mail him a copy of the page. Or, he could use a set interval (like every 3 hours or something).
However, maybe under circumstances that he failed to mention, his way could have been the only way, but I highly doubt it. Regardless, 4 out of 5 stars for getting a working solution. Just next time, think it through a little!
Exactly, physical music CD's are my Anti-DRM. And like the parent poster mentioned, it is technically breaking the law, but you are not very likely to get targeted by the RIAA for ripping an audio cd and copying it to your Zen or mp3 player or whatever (notice I didn't say iPod - I do not like iPods - not flamebait, just my plain honest opinion). They are not "losing money" from this, and whereas with P2P, it could be argued that they are. (and in many cases, I think they truly are...)
So basically,
I agree with the parent poster. Physical audio CDs are the best way to go, and one of the most popular. You are fairly safe legally, and you have unrestricted access to the music. And besides, Where do you think the people on P2P services are getting DRM-free music? iTunes?? No. They get them from CDs that they purchased from a store. CDs are not going anywhere.
Oh, and to the grammar and spelling Nazi's, I do realize I made the following mistakes: - beginning the previous sentence with "Oh" - overuse of question marks - "operating system, then" should read "operating system, than" - "what they got sued" should read "what they were sued" - "They are monopolizing the browser market" is a sentence fragment - misuse of ellpsis - why did I put a name in quotation marks? - the understood pronoun in "saying this:" is pointing at the wrong subject
and my personal favorite, (aside from: not using the preview button)
- actually posting a list of spelling and grammer mistakes on/.
Wasn't this part of the whole "Microsoft AntiTrust Case" from the US government?? If he is saying that Internet Explorer is an integrated part of the operating system, then this is what they got sued for a long time ago. They are monopolizing the browser market.
Also, in regards to the Acid2 test and CSS rendering, he said:
The question here isn't whether we want to support those features or if we understand that web developers want them (we do), but simply prioritization. We focused on web developers' real world problems.
I think that when asked "What is the hardest part of writing a page for IE," any web developer would say it is rendering issues regarding CSS. I've spent countless hours writing page layouts, and about twice that going back and rewriting it to work with IE as well... (Having to go back and add IE "fixes")
I think it was best stated in the question itself, where "Chabil Ha'" quoted Håkon Wium Lie, saying this:
the fundamental reason, I believe, is that standards don't benefit monopolists
Not CPU resources... but yeah, I agree, not really worth it, except maybe in the very, very, rare case you are downloading a DVD or something and need full CPU power for something else (like to work on a school project or something). Although in that case, most torrent download managers will allow you to pause the download, so this product is in IMHO, pointless.
advs89
Some laptops ( and most pdas ) can turn them selves on at a predetermined time.. Just estimate the time for maximum impact, laptop turns on and detonates the 'extra' battery that is made up of C4.. now you have a nice big hole in the bottom of the plane..
Yeah, you could use the caps-lock key for that, OR you could just use OpenOffice or Word's "All Caps" feature. CTRL-A + 'Change Case' menu item. That way it is half-way ledgible while you are reading it, and then when your done typing, you convert it to company standards...
No, not if its referring to Napster.com's recent move to creating the very first free but ad-sponsored, "listen-to-a-song-all-the-way-through-five-times-a t-the-cost-of-watching-a-20-or-so-second-ad" site. I use this site regularly in order to listen to an entire cd before I buy it. This way, I listen to it beginning to end, and If I don't like it, then all I lose is that 15 minutes of my time.
At very least, it definitely changed my cd purchasing experience...
They even gave the following notice at the beginning of each file: (due to slashdot's stupid "lameness filter", I had to remove several "pound signs" and "hypens")
-- PLEASE NOTE This OLGA file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. Remember to view this file in Courier, or some other monospaced font. See http://www.olga.net/faq/ for more information. --
If the dealers are selling the OEM version without any hardware, this would still be an illegal copy. The OEM pricing is set to be lower for computer makers, and is not to be sold without hardware.
Exactly... which is why you sell it with a $5 keyboard.
Now why would you want that???
Ok, point taken, but you can't tell me that every owner (or even a large percentage) of the people I see dishing out $299 for an iPod with Video use macintosh. I actually don't know of one, as far as how many friends I have with them go.
Too bad my creative zen vision:m already supports DivX 4 & 5, XviD3, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG4-SP, WMV9 and Motion-JPEG, and even if you want to use itunes, you can use the drm'd crap also. It also supports full-quality av-out, with wide-screen support, with the same 299 pricetag as the iPOD with video. Bigger, higher-res screen, and better software for media transfer; i'm not sure why anybody would choose the apple over the creative...
That's the mentality of ipod owners, "when it's time for replacement", but really though, there should be no "time for replacement", a portable music player should not just 'go bad'. Go buy a Creative Labs' Zen. Then tell me you want an ipod that will have a "time for replacement" as opposed to a "Creative ZEN Vision: M" with a 4.9x2.9" screen, the same $299.99 price tag, the same 30gb capacity... And, will play DivX, M-JPEG, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 Simple Profile, WMV, and XviD videos, and mp3, wav, wma, with _or_ without DRM...
I think i would take my creative over an ipod any day.
-advs89
haha... perfect. I was reading this article just for the jokes, and i have to give this one my vote. If i had modpoints, you would get all of mine right now!
-advs89
Or better yet, you make the following msdos batch file and run from any pc on network::beginning
tsshutdn/server:[computername]
tsshutdn/server:[othercomputername]
tsshutdn/server:[anothercomputername]
goto:beginning
This would require you knowing the names of the computers, but is quite effective.
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Please don't take away my low-resolution, choppy, stretched and altered, artifact-filled, 320x240px ripped network television videos!!!
But seriously, while I understand the purpose behind the article, let me know when people start taking things off stage6! (stage6.divx.com, which my Creative Zen Vision:M supports without having to use keepvid to rip and without having to transcode to an acceptable format)
So does that mean I need to start worrying about RFID tags in my Big Mac??
Well OK, bad example (like McDonalds actually uses cows!)
But you get my point, I mean, would they even take them out before slaughtering??
Oh, and not to go all "The world is coming to an end!!!" on everyone, but doesn't the Bible speak of everyone being "marked" with numbers in the second coming of Christ?? (although I think it was on your forehead, so unless they're injecting the RFID tags there...)
Wouldn't this be "watermark" be lost as soon as you transcode it to a different format?? Or just running it through a software equalizer, so that it shifts the bits, rendering the "watermark" no longer existant...
Or if you're a CS Major and want a fun little project, go buy three or so of the same track under 3 different names. Then, analyze each of the tracks, and the bits that are different should be the "watermark". Now you've identified the location of the changed bits, and you can just fill in random bits to throw it off... However, this method would require you buy at least two copies of each track to find the different bits, but hopefully, after a few different songs, you should be able to find a pattern, especially if it is just a quick 5 second intro as the article suggests. From that point, you could write a program to automatically "strip" the watermark.
Although, if Napster-To-Go would switch to this, I would sign-up immediately. Imagine being able to download unlimited tracks that don't expire. However, I highly doubt that the RIAA would ever allow this to happen.
Because he used e-mail to communicate with it... he _couldn't_ access it. It explains this in the very quote you quoted! He sent an executable via e-mail to his webserver, which in turn fetched the site, and e-mailed the results to his Asian e-mail account.
/source "http://www.slashdot.org/index.rss" /destination "john@doe.net"
This involved a one-time upload to his webserver. Also, my understanding is that Slashdot was not blocked, just he had an insanely low amount of bandwidth to anything except gmail and google... I'm not going to touch the issue of the insecurity of sending executables to a webserver (or allowing them for that matter), but I just don't see why he chose this solution.
First of all, I know for a fact that G-Mail has an rss feed aggregator, with a scrolling marquee of any rss feed you chose... Also, if he uploaded an executable to watch for other executables in his incoming mail (and then execute them), he should be capable of just having it watch for text, such as FetchAndSend
and heck, even a username/password! Using executables is just asking for trouble...
Also, why doesn't just subscribe to the daily Slashdot newsletter/headlines (it's under "Messages", within "Preferences")?? And if he want's to see the comments too, he could just rewrite the original executable he uploaded to check for new stories using the RSS feed, and then e-mail him a copy of the page. Or, he could use a set interval (like every 3 hours or something).
However, maybe under circumstances that he failed to mention, his way could have been the only way, but I highly doubt it. Regardless, 4 out of 5 stars for getting a working solution. Just next time, think it through a little!
Umm, I'm pretty sure it already is...
I like this quote by Scott Adams:
"Bill Gates is a winner. Wouldn't you prefer having him on your side for a change, beating the crap out of North Korea instead of Netscape?"
I think it sums it all up right there...
If I had mod points, you would have just gotten all of them... Hands down, best answer on the entire page.
Exactly, physical music CD's are my Anti-DRM. And like the parent poster mentioned, it is technically breaking the law, but you are not very likely to get targeted by the RIAA for ripping an audio cd and copying it to your Zen or mp3 player or whatever (notice I didn't say iPod - I do not like iPods - not flamebait, just my plain honest opinion). They are not "losing money" from this, and whereas with P2P, it could be argued that they are. (and in many cases, I think they truly are...)
So basically,
I agree with the parent poster. Physical audio CDs are the best way to go, and one of the most popular. You are fairly safe legally, and you have unrestricted access to the music. And besides, Where do you think the people on P2P services are getting DRM-free music? iTunes?? No. They get them from CDs that they purchased from a store. CDs are not going anywhere.
Oh, and to the grammar and spelling Nazi's, I do realize I made the following mistakes:
/.
- beginning the previous sentence with "Oh"
- overuse of question marks
- "operating system, then" should read "operating system, than"
- "what they got sued" should read "what they were sued"
- "They are monopolizing the browser market" is a sentence fragment
- misuse of ellpsis
- why did I put a name in quotation marks?
- the understood pronoun in "saying this:" is pointing at the wrong subject
and my personal favorite, (aside from: not using the preview button)
- actually posting a list of spelling and grammer mistakes on
Not CPU resources... but yeah, I agree, not really worth it, except maybe in the very, very, rare case you are downloading a DVD or something and need full CPU power for something else (like to work on a school project or something). Although in that case, most torrent download managers will allow you to pause the download, so this product is in IMHO, pointless. advs89
Yeah, tell that to the jury... Makes sense, I just doubt it would hold water in court. I'd like to see a lawyers take on that. (any lawyers on /.???)
You must be referring to a Dell laptop...
Yeah, you could use the caps-lock key for that, OR you could just use OpenOffice or Word's "All Caps" feature. CTRL-A + 'Change Case' menu item. That way it is half-way ledgible while you are reading it, and then when your done typing, you convert it to company standards...
No, not if its referring to Napster.com's recent move to creating the very first free but ad-sponsored, "listen-to-a-song-all-the-way-through-five-times-a t-the-cost-of-watching-a-20-or-so-second-ad" site. I use this site regularly in order to listen to an entire cd before I buy it. This way, I listen to it beginning to end, and If I don't like it, then all I lose is that 15 minutes of my time.
At very least, it definitely changed my cd purchasing experience...
They even gave the following notice at the beginning of each file:
w ww.olga.net/
(due to slashdot's stupid "lameness filter", I had to remove several "pound signs" and "hypens")
--
PLEASE NOTE
This OLGA file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation
of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or
research. Remember to view this file in Courier, or some other monospaced
font. See http://www.olga.net/faq/ for more information.
--
You can see for yourself using the wayback machine at:
http://web.archive.org/web/20050401045224/http://
No, 'good' + 'bad but necessary' = better
oh, so you mean opengl then??
Exactly... which is why you sell it with a $5 keyboard.
Too bad my creative zen vision:m already supports DivX 4 & 5, XviD3, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG4-SP, WMV9 and Motion-JPEG, and even if you want to use itunes, you can use the drm'd crap also. It also supports full-quality av-out, with wide-screen support, with the same 299 pricetag as the iPOD with video. Bigger, higher-res screen, and better software for media transfer; i'm not sure why anybody would choose the apple over the creative...
That's the mentality of ipod owners, "when it's time for replacement", but really though, there should be no "time for replacement", a portable music player should not just 'go bad'. Go buy a Creative Labs' Zen. Then tell me you want an ipod that will have a "time for replacement" as opposed to a "Creative ZEN Vision: M" with a 4.9x2.9" screen, the same $299.99 price tag, the same 30gb capacity... And, will play DivX, M-JPEG, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 Simple Profile, WMV, and XviD videos, and mp3, wav, wma, with _or_ without DRM... I think i would take my creative over an ipod any day. -advs89
haha... perfect. I was reading this article just for the jokes, and i have to give this one my vote. If i had modpoints, you would get all of mine right now! -advs89
Or better yet, you make the following msdos batch file and run from any pc on network: :beginning
tsshutdn /server:[computername]
tsshutdn /server:[othercomputername]
tsshutdn /server:[anothercomputername]
goto :beginning
This would require you knowing the names of the computers, but is quite effective.
Yeah, but they can still use older versions of the app, just not the new, "fresh" stuff.
-Advs89