What sort of thing exactly? Trying to appease a powerhouse like the RIAA and mishandling a PR nightmare? No offense, i know they screwed up and for that they are still paying in the form of declined consumer confidence, but to sit there and act as though they also can never be redeemed is also pretty sad. You must live in a bubble with absolutely no named brand items anywhere in your home then huh? i mean, I'm pretty sure I could point out something that some company did or something that some company supported that should take on some of your ire as well.
What is too important exactly? That a company, with pressures from an outside source (RIAA) decided to take a strong arm tactic to "protect" something that ended up blowing up in their face and they in turn didn't handle the PR side of things quickly/intelligently enough so now anything they do (even if it s a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT division of the company) get linked back to that error in judgement?
Grow up. This is the real world and its one thing to learn from mistakes and -move on- and something completely different to stagnate and dwell on the past.
As a bit of history to keep in mind? Sure. As a lame joke that offers nothing to the subject? No. And really if we want to get into the reality of it all, if you really don't want corporations having their way with you in some way or shape, I'm sure there are many bunkers off in the woods away from technology that would love to have you. Fact is all we can do is live in the -here and now- and be vigilant about what is occuring -now- and only use history as a reference, and n ot a crutch. The acts and behaviors of Sony regarding the rootkit were reprehensible, but by no means so evil that they should be completely written off as evil either. I agree that they need to go a long way to regaining consumer confidence, but that does not mean that they should also be denied the opportunity to gain that confidence back without someone constantly throwing the rootkit in their face.
Just like I'm sure there are plenty of Germans out there that are sick of Nazi jokes, the folks at Sony are probably groing more and more tired of the lame rootkit jokes. Hence, let it go.
Keeping in mind is vastly different from trying to tie anything and everything back to it in an attempt at being funny. Maybe if more people try focusing on the here and now instead of dwelling on the past, then maybe such things won't slip by in the future.
I can see it now: 5 years from now Sony will come up with some piece of hardware that will help a paralyzed person to walk and the first/. post will be along the lines of "he can walk...with a rootkit."
And for that you'd need to prove that every student using that laptop qualifies under the ADA to use said laptop, which is harder than you might think.
Now what was that again about a mark in the palm or the forehead and not being able to buy anything or travel anywhere, etc? Yeah. RFID. Mark o' da beast is here! woot!
Now, about those horsemen...
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What sort of thing exactly? Trying to appease a powerhouse like the RIAA and mishandling a PR nightmare? No offense, i know they screwed up and for that they are still paying in the form of declined consumer confidence, but to sit there and act as though they also can never be redeemed is also pretty sad. You must live in a bubble with absolutely no named brand items anywhere in your home then huh? i mean, I'm pretty sure I could point out something that some company did or something that some company supported that should take on some of your ire as well.
What is too important exactly? That a company, with pressures from an outside source (RIAA) decided to take a strong arm tactic to "protect" something that ended up blowing up in their face and they in turn didn't handle the PR side of things quickly/intelligently enough so now anything they do (even if it s a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT division of the company) get linked back to that error in judgement? Grow up. This is the real world and its one thing to learn from mistakes and -move on- and something completely different to stagnate and dwell on the past.
As a bit of history to keep in mind? Sure. As a lame joke that offers nothing to the subject? No. And really if we want to get into the reality of it all, if you really don't want corporations having their way with you in some way or shape, I'm sure there are many bunkers off in the woods away from technology that would love to have you. Fact is all we can do is live in the -here and now- and be vigilant about what is occuring -now- and only use history as a reference, and n ot a crutch. The acts and behaviors of Sony regarding the rootkit were reprehensible, but by no means so evil that they should be completely written off as evil either. I agree that they need to go a long way to regaining consumer confidence, but that does not mean that they should also be denied the opportunity to gain that confidence back without someone constantly throwing the rootkit in their face. Just like I'm sure there are plenty of Germans out there that are sick of Nazi jokes, the folks at Sony are probably groing more and more tired of the lame rootkit jokes. Hence, let it go.
Keeping in mind is vastly different from trying to tie anything and everything back to it in an attempt at being funny. Maybe if more people try focusing on the here and now instead of dwelling on the past, then maybe such things won't slip by in the future. I can see it now: 5 years from now Sony will come up with some piece of hardware that will help a paralyzed person to walk and the first /. post will be along the lines of "he can walk...with a rootkit."
Let. It. Go. Seriously. Its not even a horse being beat any more. It's the decayed remains of its carcass.
And for that you'd need to prove that every student using that laptop qualifies under the ADA to use said laptop, which is harder than you might think.
Now what was that again about a mark in the palm or the forehead and not being able to buy anything or travel anywhere, etc? Yeah. RFID. Mark o' da beast is here! woot! Now, about those horsemen...