exhausted all technical options from some of the brightest and best engineers at redmond, Microsoft resorts to the time tested, tried and true method of problem solving: Throw money at it, and bleed it dry with lawyers.
RIAA is flagrantly dated in its message and mission. the site features clipart kids from the 90's, one with a device that looks more like a minidisc or walkman player than any IPod or Zune ive ever seen, and both sporting headphones that look nothing like those that might be worn by the average school kid (buds, or clips usually.)
I feel whiney for mentioning it, maybe im wrong...am i the only one rather concerned both kids are black?
every government trying to legislate safety and functionality into the internet. Hire competent engineers, pay them a fair salary, do not expect kickbacks, this system of interconnected computers and servers is a wonderful thing and it seems every time i turn around, another bureaucrat is trying to murder it in the name of re-election and approval ratings. the internet is for all mankind, but fatbodies in armani suits for some reason forget this.
to france: stop letting your government divert from the real issues. get back on track with employment and reform.
"For the millions of Americans with A.L.S., Down syndrome, autism, strokes and other speech-impairing conditions"
down syndrome...wait...what?
the kids retarded, not mute. im pretty sure i heard him say "i can count to potato!" the last forty or fifty times. no iphone required.
Autistic people granted are broad, but are either completely incapable of conversation, or theyre found annoying when they attempt it through mirroring an entire episode of sesame street in a bank or church. nothing requiring an iphone there.
to those of you who kvetched about the vista upgrade process! now we dont expect to hear anymore whining or so help us we will tack another 20 hours onto the upgrade time for windows 8!
hillariously enough, windows vista takes longer upgrade than most electric kilns do to fire pottery.
mac fanboys crying about their expensive telephone and masquerading it as a slashdot article. i especially love how the submitter stated "very expensive" when describing the unlocked phones. you didnt buy a macphone for the cost savings, so stop acting like its suddenly an issue.
the cognitive dissonance here is mac users are starting to realize no matter how great a guy steve jobs is for the I culture, Ma bell will always have the last word. no, they dont share the mac philosophy of innovation and ease of use because it goes against their closed system of regulated service. you knew this when you owned a regular cellphone before you bought the i-phone and continued to ignore it. you knew the telco was screwing you for the cost of the phone, the cost of the data service, and the support but you ignored it because of the cool factor.
heres your tipping point: dont like it? stop buying it. innovation or no, if its at the cost of your freedoms which you so easily discard time and time again, is it really worth it? This device isnt designed to further the culture of mac or innovation, its designed to make money. its designed to use the mac brand, the mac cult, and steve jobs to make money. had AT&T a say, they would just as soon abolish advanced features and run everything off AS400's for all eternity but the customer constantly demands more, and they see the tie-in with apple as a chance for branding.
love the tech, but this is ford. They havent proven in the last 25 years they can do anything with their cars but leverage lobbyists to ensure a market monopoly, noncompliance to regulations and a guaranteed blank check to disregard my safety. bigger engines, bigger vehicles and louder stereos have been their order of the day for innovation if i recall correctly (the ford excursion anyone?) while the taurus, the one in the article, hasnt even bothered to change its outdated green console clock in well over 12 years. and just now it gets supersonic fighter jet radar!? "ford innovation" is an oxymoron to me
Raptor radar isnt going to help much if the car breaks down after 40000 miles, except maybe identify the towtruck that sends the thing back to the dealer. Honda and Toyota arguably have more expertise in radar systems (ex: a car that parks itself) so whats my incentive to try the new guy other than "their technology to keep me safe is also used by my military industrial complex to kill brown people."
again, I dont know about the average american ford customer, but when my parents helped me get a car for college i didnt get a brand new one. i drove a 1992 toyota klunker sans the special keys.
big metal deal. hackers dont care, and your most determined data hackers will see it as visual security only. biometrics are not hard to defeat, most companies wont check to make sure the DPI of the reader is sufficient to deter forgery. it tickles me to no end to see companies do this sort of thing.
breaking into a company that manufactures electric agonysticks however is probably a bad idea. most hackers know this too. expect a few random thumb drives to show up in the parking lot. one or two weeks later, those big metal doors will big metal do what ever i want them to while the voip server routes security's extension to the local chinese take out and im cloning the CEO's RFID carkey. okay, well, maybe not that insane...but still.
just because youre good in the physical security world, does not mean you'll be any good in the virtual security world.
of course they would love to host ReactOS! then release ReactOS plus pro, which is like ReactOS but includes some blobs (never mind those theyre fine! in fact you can play call of duty using them which helps ReactOS more!) and microsoft-brand open source licensing restrictions (consider them freedom to compete!) heck, we'll include it somehow in vista too so people have choice now between a shit OS and a hijacked project they will associate with said shit OS.
and in 11 months you can say "ReactOS" and people will say "nah, i just waited for 7."
becomes popular enough, and makes a substantial enough money, a holding corporation or trust is established to ensure the profits of said idea or book are maximized.
the trust doesnt care about the storyline of the hobbit, the storylines of tolkiens other books, or their characters. The trust is designed to ensure that, through proper market research and extrapolation, tolkiens ideas and books generate the most revenue possible for the trust through vending tie ins, toys, additional books, and movies of course.
so when the trust blocked the movie once, it was likely because the money for the story wasnt provided, the idea in its cinema interpretation at the time wasnt viable or did not maximize profit-curve according to market research by the trust.
If tolkien had written the movie, directed the movie, or had any part of the film you could jump for joy, however please remain seated until the profits come to a full and complete stop. This is nothing more than a business venture into your interests, which pertain to trusts and entertainment groups only when they can be exploited in exchange for profit. the movie is an interpretation designed to cater to fans of books written by an artist. in another sense, this is very similar to seeing your favorite chewing gum introduce a line of gummy bears based on the gum. nothing has been given to the community but another means of consumption and access to a product (presumably that non gum chewers would avoid.)
for those who cry "i like the book better" youve mistaken the point. your likes and dislikes are proportional to profit, not storyline or artistic merit in this case.
my point is, Trusts are not artists. a director in this case would be no more than a thief with the permission of a kindly veiled corporation to reproduce art, so why do we as slashdotters care if this great book makes film?
and straightforward reason why these companies dont issue these patches sooner. "we dont have the resources" or "it just isnt hurting our bottom line yet" would be awesome to hear. i mean, if google can come out and do it then it says alot about the old guard if they cant.
the very nature of linux, an open community and an open OS negates you ever needing an institution that supports it... university and city LUGS, installathons, IRC, and forums are all examples. the community will usually provide. if not, well, there are other universities out there.
to keep from having to back down from DRM as it gives industries draconian control over software and hardware that keep the closed business model in operation well after the digital age has dis-proven its usefulness. DPP (dare i acronym) is just one more way to "buffer" the concept of DRM socially against known issues like the spore failure and windows vista problems. This asinine and redundant technology doesnt do anything that hasnt been done by FOSS for 20 years or so already. i look forward to seeing it fail.
need to rebind a key in fluxbox and dig out my "spank" keycap from 2003....this exploit was pretty effective though, being the modern day equivalent of a highway driver with a tow missile.
if its a motion capture technology, the big 3 game systems own it outright (or think they do)
and if its a "vision" system or identified as such, be prepared to go toe to toe with robotics firms and companies like motoman, fanuc, and even Intermec.
american "smoke em out" perspective. how about we do the following instead of chasing fourteen year olds in former east-block countries the symantec police have no jurisdiction in?
1. educate users
2. create hardened operating systems that may never need antivirus
3. promote open web standards and good coding practices open to scrutiny for flaws exploits and bugs.
4. stop letting marketing drive the internet bus.
the reason this works for things like tupperware is because it comes in a pricepoint even your poorest neighbor can afford, without worrying about social stigma of buying "the cheap one." you also dont need a new kitchen for tupperware...that just works alongside the one you have. Windows 7 has features at each point that cannot be shared or related to between users, and reminds each party member theyre going to need to buy a new computer in a recession that is directly proportional to their income or lack thereof.
most geeks are guys. I dont speak for us all, but im certain most dont attend tupperware parties or get togethers for products...hence why apple hasnt tried this yet. palm never did it, xbox never did it, and ps3 never did it...mercedes has never done it...and taco bell never did it to celebrate the volcano taco...these are all brands with remarkably better press than microsoft lately.
in fact the only industries i know that insist on "parties" to further their business agenda are the sex toy industry, avon, amway, and tupperware to a lesser extent.
so what is the common ground to be lauded at these parties with neighbors you may not even know aside from "gosh i hope it isnt as big a failure as vista!" or "oh, youre getting an E-Machines? ahhhh.....hmmm...okay"
your television was not designed to offer you value. your television is an illuminated advertising engine designed to make sure you continue to perpetuate the myth that consumerism is a healthy and natural part of your life.
the MPAA wants the analog hole closed because its business model of closed services mandates it.
the MPAA will get what it wants not because of democrats or republicans, but because the MPAA is a very powerful lobbying force in american and international politics capable of influencing most governments at a rather fundamental level. "art" or "artists" have nothing to do with anything the MPAA stand for.
so how do you defeat it? most americans cant. by opting into the present model of television and entertainment a collective "boiled frog" response has been given. by ignoring fundamental principles of television broadcast and accepting as a norm things like inline advertisement and product placement most americans are inclined to believe this system of MPAA enforced content is acceptable. the news segments on most television channels, once designed to fulfill a federal content requirement to give back to communities, have all but dissolved into reactionary sensationalized content mills designed to keep you reacting and hooked long enough to sell you more things you likely never needed.
the saddest part of these "news" programs is that most do more to divide us as a people and a nation than they do to "give back" in any form, crafted to entertain and hold the interests of a select group by hard left or hard right opinions and stories.
its all a bit off-topic, i know, but for any of us to wring our hands, shake our heads, and wonder what ever will be done to stop this evil empire while we all shuffle off to the theaters for the next installment of Transformers is paradoxic. We have all done so much to make sure this "interest group" continues to dominate.
is someone higher up at sun saw this coming early on, and decided to craft a poison-pill. I wont be surprised if down the road Oracle ends up stepping in a few more bear-traps left by spirited folk from the old guard (automatic stock spit, NCO contracts auto-nullifying, etc...)
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exhausted all technical options from some of the brightest and best engineers at redmond, Microsoft resorts to the time tested, tried and true method of problem solving: Throw money at it, and bleed it dry with lawyers.
they have so far! its informative and effectively communicates the urgency of the matter.
if they build a new one, maybe they can make it one that changes states/colors? so that way we know when there isn't alot of terrorism threat.
RIAA is flagrantly dated in its message and mission. the site features clipart kids from the 90's, one with a device that looks more like a minidisc or walkman player than any IPod or Zune ive ever seen, and both sporting headphones that look nothing like those that might be worn by the average school kid (buds, or clips usually.)
I feel whiney for mentioning it, maybe im wrong...am i the only one rather concerned both kids are black?
omg wtf bbq?! imho ttyl! what is this fox news? i thought only internet cats had this problem.
every government trying to legislate safety and functionality into the internet. Hire competent engineers, pay them a fair salary, do not expect kickbacks, this system of interconnected computers and servers is a wonderful thing and it seems every time i turn around, another bureaucrat is trying to murder it in the name of re-election and approval ratings. the internet is for all mankind, but fatbodies in armani suits for some reason forget this.
to france: stop letting your government divert from the real issues. get back on track with employment and reform.
"For the millions of Americans with A.L.S., Down syndrome, autism, strokes and other speech-impairing conditions"
down syndrome...wait...what?
the kids retarded, not mute. im pretty sure i heard him say "i can count to potato!" the last forty or fifty times. no iphone required.
Autistic people granted are broad, but are either completely incapable of conversation, or theyre found annoying when they attempt it through mirroring an entire episode of sesame street in a bank or church. nothing requiring an iphone there.
to those of you who kvetched about the vista upgrade process! now we dont expect to hear anymore whining or so help us we will tack another 20 hours onto the upgrade time for windows 8!
hillariously enough, windows vista takes longer upgrade than most electric kilns do to fire pottery.
mac fanboys crying about their expensive telephone and masquerading it as a slashdot article. i especially love how the submitter stated "very expensive" when describing the unlocked phones. you didnt buy a macphone for the cost savings, so stop acting like its suddenly an issue.
the cognitive dissonance here is mac users are starting to realize no matter how great a guy steve jobs is for the I culture, Ma bell will always have the last word. no, they dont share the mac philosophy of innovation and ease of use because it goes against their closed system of regulated service. you knew this when you owned a regular cellphone before you bought the i-phone and continued to ignore it. you knew the telco was screwing you for the cost of the phone, the cost of the data service, and the support but you ignored it because of the cool factor.
heres your tipping point: dont like it? stop buying it. innovation or no, if its at the cost of your freedoms which you so easily discard time and time again, is it really worth it? This device isnt designed to further the culture of mac or innovation, its designed to make money. its designed to use the mac brand, the mac cult, and steve jobs to make money. had AT&T a say, they would just as soon abolish advanced features and run everything off AS400's for all eternity but the customer constantly demands more, and they see the tie-in with apple as a chance for branding.
love the tech, but this is ford. They havent proven in the last 25 years they can do anything with their cars but leverage lobbyists to ensure a market monopoly, noncompliance to regulations and a guaranteed blank check to disregard my safety. bigger engines, bigger vehicles and louder stereos have been their order of the day for innovation if i recall correctly (the ford excursion anyone?) while the taurus, the one in the article, hasnt even bothered to change its outdated green console clock in well over 12 years. and just now it gets supersonic fighter jet radar!? "ford innovation" is an oxymoron to me
Raptor radar isnt going to help much if the car breaks down after 40000 miles, except maybe identify the towtruck that sends the thing back to the dealer. Honda and Toyota arguably have more expertise in radar systems (ex: a car that parks itself) so whats my incentive to try the new guy other than "their technology to keep me safe is also used by my military industrial complex to kill brown people."
again, I dont know about the average american ford customer, but when my parents helped me get a car for college i didnt get a brand new one. i drove a 1992 toyota klunker sans the special keys.
big metal deal. hackers dont care, and your most determined data hackers will see it as visual security only. biometrics are not hard to defeat, most companies wont check to make sure the DPI of the reader is sufficient to deter forgery. it tickles me to no end to see companies do this sort of thing.
breaking into a company that manufactures electric agonysticks however is probably a bad idea. most hackers know this too. expect a few random thumb drives to show up in the parking lot. one or two weeks later, those big metal doors will big metal do what ever i want them to while the voip server routes security's extension to the local chinese take out and im cloning the CEO's RFID carkey. okay, well, maybe not that insane...but still.
just because youre good in the physical security world, does not mean you'll be any good in the virtual security world.
s/the technology that runs real games./the technology that runs our games./
fixed that for ya.
of course they would love to host ReactOS! then release ReactOS plus pro, which is like ReactOS but includes some blobs (never mind those theyre fine! in fact you can play call of duty using them which helps ReactOS more!) and microsoft-brand open source licensing restrictions (consider them freedom to compete!) heck, we'll include it somehow in vista too so people have choice now between a shit OS and a hijacked project they will associate with said shit OS.
and in 11 months you can say "ReactOS" and people will say "nah, i just waited for 7."
amen. OSS, alsa, pulseaudio, for christsake just give me sound that works without having a million handler processes.
OSS was okay.
becomes popular enough, and makes a substantial enough money, a holding corporation or trust is established to ensure the profits of said idea or book are maximized.
the trust doesnt care about the storyline of the hobbit, the storylines of tolkiens other books, or their characters. The trust is designed to ensure that, through proper market research and extrapolation, tolkiens ideas and books generate the most revenue possible for the trust through vending tie ins, toys, additional books, and movies of course.
so when the trust blocked the movie once, it was likely because the money for the story wasnt provided, the idea in its cinema interpretation at the time wasnt viable or did not maximize profit-curve according to market research by the trust.
If tolkien had written the movie, directed the movie, or had any part of the film you could jump for joy, however please remain seated until the profits come to a full and complete stop. This is nothing more than a business venture into your interests, which pertain to trusts and entertainment groups only when they can be exploited in exchange for profit. the movie is an interpretation designed to cater to fans of books written by an artist. in another sense, this is very similar to seeing your favorite chewing gum introduce a line of gummy bears based on the gum. nothing has been given to the community but another means of consumption and access to a product (presumably that non gum chewers would avoid.)
for those who cry "i like the book better" youve mistaken the point. your likes and dislikes are proportional to profit, not storyline or artistic merit in this case.
my point is, Trusts are not artists. a director in this case would be no more than a thief with the permission of a kindly veiled corporation to reproduce art, so why do we as slashdotters care if this great book makes film?
and straightforward reason why these companies dont issue these patches sooner. "we dont have the resources" or "it just isnt hurting our bottom line yet" would be awesome to hear. i mean, if google can come out and do it then it says alot about the old guard if they cant.
the very nature of linux, an open community and an open OS negates you ever needing an institution that supports it... university and city LUGS, installathons, IRC, and forums are all examples. the community will usually provide. if not, well, there are other universities out there.
to keep from having to back down from DRM as it gives industries draconian control over software and hardware that keep the closed business model in operation well after the digital age has dis-proven its usefulness. DPP (dare i acronym) is just one more way to "buffer" the concept of DRM socially against known issues like the spore failure and windows vista problems. This asinine and redundant technology doesnt do anything that hasnt been done by FOSS for 20 years or so already. i look forward to seeing it fail.
need to rebind a key in fluxbox and dig out my "spank" keycap from 2003....this exploit was pretty effective though, being the modern day equivalent of a highway driver with a tow missile.
so we need to revise a few docs to say "bring me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses with cash, check, or money order for $10 us..."
buzz killington, but lawyer up.
if its a motion capture technology, the big 3 game systems own it outright (or think they do)
and if its a "vision" system or identified as such, be prepared to go toe to toe with robotics firms and companies like motoman, fanuc, and even Intermec.
american "smoke em out" perspective. how about we do the following instead of chasing fourteen year olds in former east-block countries the symantec police have no jurisdiction in? 1. educate users
2. create hardened operating systems that may never need antivirus
3. promote open web standards and good coding practices open to scrutiny for flaws exploits and bugs.
4. stop letting marketing drive the internet bus.
a real bike, which instead of burning the money out of my wallet would burn the calories off my fat arse.
the reason this works for things like tupperware is because it comes in a pricepoint even your poorest neighbor can afford, without worrying about social stigma of buying "the cheap one." you also dont need a new kitchen for tupperware...that just works alongside the one you have. Windows 7 has features at each point that cannot be shared or related to between users, and reminds each party member theyre going to need to buy a new computer in a recession that is directly proportional to their income or lack thereof.
most geeks are guys. I dont speak for us all, but im certain most dont attend tupperware parties or get togethers for products...hence why apple hasnt tried this yet. palm never did it, xbox never did it, and ps3 never did it...mercedes has never done it...and taco bell never did it to celebrate the volcano taco...these are all brands with remarkably better press than microsoft lately.
in fact the only industries i know that insist on "parties" to further their business agenda are the sex toy industry, avon, amway, and tupperware to a lesser extent.
so what is the common ground to be lauded at these parties with neighbors you may not even know aside from "gosh i hope it isnt as big a failure as vista!" or "oh, youre getting an E-Machines? ahhhh.....hmmm...okay"
your television was not designed to offer you value. your television is an illuminated advertising engine designed to make sure you continue to perpetuate the myth that consumerism is a healthy and natural part of your life.
the MPAA wants the analog hole closed because its business model of closed services mandates it.
the MPAA will get what it wants not because of democrats or republicans, but because the MPAA is a very powerful lobbying force in american and international politics capable of influencing most governments at a rather fundamental level. "art" or "artists" have nothing to do with anything the MPAA stand for.
so how do you defeat it? most americans cant. by opting into the present model of television and entertainment a collective "boiled frog" response has been given. by ignoring fundamental principles of television broadcast and accepting as a norm things like inline advertisement and product placement most americans are inclined to believe this system of MPAA enforced content is acceptable. the news segments on most television channels, once designed to fulfill a federal content requirement to give back to communities, have all but dissolved into reactionary sensationalized content mills designed to keep you reacting and hooked long enough to sell you more things you likely never needed.
the saddest part of these "news" programs is that most do more to divide us as a people and a nation than they do to "give back" in any form, crafted to entertain and hold the interests of a select group by hard left or hard right opinions and stories.
its all a bit off-topic, i know, but for any of us to wring our hands, shake our heads, and wonder what ever will be done to stop this evil empire while we all shuffle off to the theaters for the next installment of Transformers is paradoxic. We have all done so much to make sure this "interest group" continues to dominate.
is someone higher up at sun saw this coming early on, and decided to craft a poison-pill. I wont be surprised if down the road Oracle ends up stepping in a few more bear-traps left by spirited folk from the old guard (automatic stock spit, NCO contracts auto-nullifying, etc...)