Dear Microsoft, When used incorrectly and in direct conflict of something that you are promoting, DRM sucks! By making the usage of your software a hassle, you risk further pushing more users of your applications to other solutions.
I would say that DRM sucks always. But this is beyond DRM, this is the blue monster taking over your computer. I am always amazed at how MS knows what's best for you.
This is actually a very good measure. When attacked by zombies, what's the most important thing to secure: a clean and fast exit. Even president Bush is taking action against zombie attacks. I tell you, it's the only reasonable thing to do.
it is completely stupid to make your operating system dependant of an online service, because it will never be 100% of the time online. Anytime you make a program that comunicates with an online system, you have to think what is the workaround when this service is offline. Notice that I said 'when' and not 'if'.Everybody knows that. Apparently, not MS.
is on 95th place? It is the best plataform/action game for the PS. It had simple commands, amazing graphics and more fun than a barrel of monkeys with its mini-games.
I work for a software company and we have a very thorough QA, but that never mean that we deployed a version of our system without bugs, in rare cases, discovered in the next day of the release. Today, browser are much more than HTML renderers, which opens a million different ways to try to make it break. Of course this does not mean that every bug found is excusable, but it means that is next to impossible to release something 100% bug free, that's why there are betas, because some guy somewhere is gonna think of a completely new way to screw the application, and this is how we can move forward.
Sorry for the double posting, but I found this part interessing in the VS Express product manager's blog:
The TestDriven.NET product is implemented as a Visual Studio Add-In. In the Visual Studio Standard, Professional, and Team System SKUs, TestDriven.NET is installed as an Add-In and gets loaded into the IDE through the Add-In Manager. In the Visual Studio Express SKUs, because we disabled extensibility (macros, Add-ins, and VS Packages), the Add-In Manager is removed and therefore Add-Ins are not detected or loaded. Jamie has created additional components specifically for the Express SKUs to work around this technical limitation. He takes advantage of an extensibility point that allows user controls (such as a button class) to customize entries in the Properties window. When his property extender gets called, he executes code that finds, loads and injects the TestDriven.Net assembly into the Express SKU's running process, thus replacing the functionality of the removed Add-In Manager. This explains why he instructs Visual Studio Express users to open the Properties window in order to enable TestDriven.NET. Once his code is injected into the Express SKU's running process it can add menu items, enable features that were disabled, and in general take over that instance of Express. These special loading mechanisms that Jamie has built exclusively for the Express SKUs are unauthorized workarounds to the SKUs' technical limitations.
This is taking advantage of a technical limitation, which the EULA does say it is not permitted. But I still find very confusing that no where on the VS Express site, download page, or EULA is said that you cannot develop add-ins for the Express version.
IANAL, but I just read the whole EULA that comes with VS Express and it said nothing like "you are not allowed to develop add-ins or extensions to this software". The closest part is something about "not taking advantadge of the software technical limitations". Does anyone has a reference of where it is written that you cannot develop add-ins for the Express?
Stallman always talks about freedom and all that, but what if I want to write a new DRM system? The software license should not tell you what you can or cannot code.
In a more/. speak: In GPL3 land, the license programs you!
I am completely against DRM, but I am completely in favor fo free will. People should have the right to code whatever they want. Ok, obviously, GPL3 is not compulsory, so you can release things in GLP2 if you want, but this does not change the fact that version 3 is removing freedoms from you, and not adding new ones.
I guess history is bound to repeat itself, eh? At least now it's just a comment, instead of the summary.
Of course, the phone market is very different from the audio players market, but how about and old pearl of wisdom called "Wait and see what happens"? I know I will.
Let us be very careful now, we are almost reaching Godwin's law. What I meant to say is that you cannot declare war on an abstract idea. I know "terrorism" has many tragic, real and concrete consequences, but "terror" by itself is an abstract idea.
For the love fo Pete, stop making Star Wars movies. STOP. Star Wars is over. You killed most of it in the "prequels" with that wooden acting "anakin", and the "clone wars" that happened in 5 minutes. Move on, take a walk in your lovely ranch, and think of something NEW. As in, not envolving Jedis, lightsabers or siths. Really. Just STOP.
Thank you,
Loyal fan until "episode I" was released.
That's exactly what I thought, although for different reasons. Why should I have to take sides when watching movies? They forget this is supposed to be entertainement, fun, you know? Instead, it is turning into "Repent now, you sinners! Blu-ray is the only way to salvation". This is as bloody stupid as saying "You can only go to Detroit if you have a Ford. If you have another car, please find the dealer closest to your home". I'm sorry, but untill all this shit is resolved I will stick with buying the good old dvds.
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I would say that DRM sucks always. But this is beyond DRM, this is the blue monster taking over your computer. I am always amazed at how MS knows what's best for you.
There is nothing wrong with proprietary software. I have a mac at home, and it doesn't install *anything* without asking for my password.
This is actually a very good measure. When attacked by zombies, what's the most important thing to secure: a clean and fast exit. Even president Bush is taking action against zombie attacks. I tell you, it's the only reasonable thing to do.
it is completely stupid to make your operating system dependant of an online service, because it will never be 100% of the time online. Anytime you make a program that comunicates with an online system, you have to think what is the workaround when this service is offline. Notice that I said 'when' and not 'if'.Everybody knows that. Apparently, not MS.
Am I the only one that didn't get the department quote?
For a second there, I thought I read "MIT finds cure for cancer"...well, there's always next time, huh?
In Brazil, almost all internet banking sites require IE because of this or that. I think there must be some cases like this in other countries.
is on 95th place? It is the best plataform/action game for the PS. It had simple commands, amazing graphics and more fun than a barrel of monkeys with its mini-games.
I work for a software company and we have a very thorough QA, but that never mean that we deployed a version of our system without bugs, in rare cases, discovered in the next day of the release. Today, browser are much more than HTML renderers, which opens a million different ways to try to make it break. Of course this does not mean that every bug found is excusable, but it means that is next to impossible to release something 100% bug free, that's why there are betas, because some guy somewhere is gonna think of a completely new way to screw the application, and this is how we can move forward.
Sometime ago I had a t-shirt that had this written:
The more I study, the more I know.
The more I know, the more I forget...
The more I forget, the less I know.
So why study?
That's exatcly the first thing I thought. But I would be glad if it had just a marshmallow shooter ;-)
Man, I miss the Mechwarrior pc games...
This is taking advantage of a technical limitation, which the EULA does say it is not permitted. But I still find very confusing that no where on the VS Express site, download page, or EULA is said that you cannot develop add-ins for the Express version.
IANAL, but I just read the whole EULA that comes with VS Express and it said nothing like "you are not allowed to develop add-ins or extensions to this software". The closest part is something about "not taking advantadge of the software technical limitations". Does anyone has a reference of where it is written that you cannot develop add-ins for the Express?
Ok, sorry for the typos, but my point is still vaid.
Stallman always talks about freedom and all that, but what if I want to write a new DRM system? The software license should not tell you what you can or cannot code.
In a more /. speak: In GPL3 land, the license programs you!
I am completely against DRM, but I am completely in favor fo free will. People should have the right to code whatever they want. Ok, obviously, GPL3 is not compulsory, so you can release things in GLP2 if you want, but this does not change the fact that version 3 is removing freedoms from you, and not adding new ones.
I guess history is bound to repeat itself, eh? At least now it's just a comment, instead of the summary.
Of course, the phone market is very different from the audio players market, but how about and old pearl of wisdom called "Wait and see what happens"? I know I will.
Thanks very much for your reply. I think you really clarified my doubt. I was going to say "wiped", but didn't want to recur to such a lame joke ;-)
As far as I know, "disk wiping" means writing a zero in every single position of the disk. Which area would not be touched by the wiping?
I don't know if I am missing something, but if a person wiped the disk completely, more than one time, is it possible to recover anything?
Let us be very careful now, we are almost reaching Godwin's law. What I meant to say is that you cannot declare war on an abstract idea. I know "terrorism" has many tragic, real and concrete consequences, but "terror" by itself is an abstract idea.
I think that Michael Moore said it best: You cannot win the war on terror, because you cannot go to war with a noun.
Completely offtopic, but great signature. I love everything about Discworld...
For the love fo Pete, stop making Star Wars movies. STOP. Star Wars is over. You killed most of it in the "prequels" with that wooden acting "anakin", and the "clone wars" that happened in 5 minutes. Move on, take a walk in your lovely ranch, and think of something NEW. As in, not envolving Jedis, lightsabers or siths. Really. Just STOP.
Thank you,
Loyal fan until "episode I" was released.
Please, pay attention: they are not blocking search results. They are blocking ads that consist of "essay writing".
That's exactly what I thought, although for different reasons. Why should I have to take sides when watching movies? They forget this is supposed to be entertainement, fun, you know? Instead, it is turning into "Repent now, you sinners! Blu-ray is the only way to salvation". This is as bloody stupid as saying "You can only go to Detroit if you have a Ford. If you have another car, please find the dealer closest to your home". I'm sorry, but untill all this shit is resolved I will stick with buying the good old dvds.