The issue is that if I'm paying for internet service, IP should just work. I should be able to connect to any machine on the internet regardless of ISP politicking- it's an issue of net neutrality. Fortunately, time warner seems to only have hijacked only the DNS listing for the server- which is hosted by the ISP anyway so I have no issue with it. But if they start refusing to serve on an ip-address basis then I'll be mad. You don't need DNS to browse the internet and if DNS service stops being free or starts being censored by ISPs or politicking then it would be trivial to switch to an alt root or if ISPs blocked all dns requests not to themselves, users could still get to various sites through google or web portals. So it's not so bad- as long as time warner sticks to messing with their own dns records
How long will it be before the pharmacutical corps realize they can distribute their wonder drug to actual victims in Africa without getting through all the FDA red tape for sale in America?
I registered just to show that I could solve the math problem:) That's such a great idea, it makes anyone who would actually use their service proud that they know how to solve it, and keeps registrations down to keep 11 year olds out.
Counter-strike is more solid fun than mario. I can play counter-strike for 6 or 7 hours at a stretch when I have time, while mario is at most an amusing distration for a few minutes. And people have been playing mario since 1985 only because it's been out since 1985.. People are still playing spacewar on the PDP-1 emulator and it's been out since '61.. but that says nothing of the quality of the game.
Apart from the millions of people who have played it constantly for nearly a decade? It's a social phenomenon for crying out loud, like pokemon except long-lived. It doesn't even compare to mario 1, which only takes like an hour to beat if you're good, has no multiplay, and sucks anyway.
It'd be like glass in counter-strike.. in cs_office the CTs always shoot out the windows at the beginning of the round. The ads would survive for all of one minute.
But it is illegal- we'll have to see whether SAP shields its hacker team behind the veil of corporate responsibility or exposes them to be criminally prosecuted individually.
It's really the same thing. The server tells you where players are, whether you need to know or not. It trusts the client not to reveal any unnecessary information to the player. But if you've got a custom or modified client that can send the correct hashes or responses or whatever to the anti cheat mechanism on the server, there's no way for the server to know if you have ESP and have enemies highlighted through the walls and their health displayed onscreen. The next step is to simply allow the program to at least partially control your inputs, though if it doesn't act enough like a human then you've broken the perfection of the system and you can be busted by the server. But it's all just client modding.
This is different- it's still easy to get your shampoo on the plane but if you're caught it's a $10,000 fine. So you're right, it's more of a preventative measure than actually providing security against it.. and I agree with you, that's by far the least preferable option. It goes against common-sense software design principles:)
Just because it's illegal doesn't mean the RIAA needs to force the kids to pay thousands of dollars (nowhere near the value of the music) or risk paying hundreds of thousands in compensation for copyright infringement. The point isn't whether what the kids are doing is wrong, the point is that the RIAA / Congress Incorporated are far too heavy-handed and use illegal methods to discover file sharers.
Why was I modded troll? I was serious- Vista is really a pain to run in a VM.. it runs slowly and eats a ton of memory. It's just not practical for actual daily use.
Well running a program in WINE is a far cry from running the entire Vista OS. I don't know what microsoft is so afraid of- their OS is so ungainly that unless you have 2GB of memory and don't mind your CPU running hot constantly, it's basically unusable in a VM.
Of course they have no actual legal power, but if publishers/websites don't comply the ESRB can refuse to rate their games, which is death for the game thanks to the cabal of retailers that are all in bed with the rich "thinkofthechildren" lobbiers.
Well you'd still have to distribute the actual file that's encrypted, but you're absolutely right in that you don't have to send around gigantic files. And isn't an 80,000 bit license key a little overkill?:) Authenticating based on the hardware is a stupid idea anyway, the only way to somewhat reliably control access is to keep all files on the server and stream them only to a trusted program that authenticates with a user account/pass tied to what songs they own.
Or for you- he has a point, it would be absolutely ridiculous to add 5GB onto a 5MB song or 700MB movie just to defeat DRM.. nobody would have enough space for a collection, and it would be prohibitive to try to make a "mix" VM. Host-VM file transfer is notoriously difficult to set up for windows.
If they're claiming to be uncensored by the government, then you're going to have to bite the bullet and acknowledge that that includes child porn.. Being completely uncensored (making all speech/images legal) is the point here, and if that includes child porn then I guess the guys over at TPB better be willing to stand by their claims.
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40 billion? Can anyone offer some financial perspective.. it sounds like that much money should completely replace all those airplanes!
The issue is that if I'm paying for internet service, IP should just work. I should be able to connect to any machine on the internet regardless of ISP politicking- it's an issue of net neutrality. Fortunately, time warner seems to only have hijacked only the DNS listing for the server- which is hosted by the ISP anyway so I have no issue with it. But if they start refusing to serve on an ip-address basis then I'll be mad. You don't need DNS to browse the internet and if DNS service stops being free or starts being censored by ISPs or politicking then it would be trivial to switch to an alt root or if ISPs blocked all dns requests not to themselves, users could still get to various sites through google or web portals. So it's not so bad- as long as time warner sticks to messing with their own dns records
How long will it be before the pharmacutical corps realize they can distribute their wonder drug to actual victims in Africa without getting through all the FDA red tape for sale in America?
I registered just to show that I could solve the math problem :) That's such a great idea, it makes anyone who would actually use their service proud that they know how to solve it, and keeps registrations down to keep 11 year olds out.
Counter-strike is more solid fun than mario. I can play counter-strike for 6 or 7 hours at a stretch when I have time, while mario is at most an amusing distration for a few minutes. And people have been playing mario since 1985 only because it's been out since 1985.. People are still playing spacewar on the PDP-1 emulator and it's been out since '61.. but that says nothing of the quality of the game.
Apart from the millions of people who have played it constantly for nearly a decade? It's a social phenomenon for crying out loud, like pokemon except long-lived. It doesn't even compare to mario 1, which only takes like an hour to beat if you're good, has no multiplay, and sucks anyway.
"Terrorists win." probably wouldn't go over too well either..
It'd be like glass in counter-strike.. in cs_office the CTs always shoot out the windows at the beginning of the round. The ads would survive for all of one minute.
So why are they pushing $65 per game when they're being so heavily subsidized by advertising?
But it is illegal- we'll have to see whether SAP shields its hacker team behind the veil of corporate responsibility or exposes them to be criminally prosecuted individually.
It's really the same thing. The server tells you where players are, whether you need to know or not. It trusts the client not to reveal any unnecessary information to the player. But if you've got a custom or modified client that can send the correct hashes or responses or whatever to the anti cheat mechanism on the server, there's no way for the server to know if you have ESP and have enemies highlighted through the walls and their health displayed onscreen. The next step is to simply allow the program to at least partially control your inputs, though if it doesn't act enough like a human then you've broken the perfection of the system and you can be busted by the server. But it's all just client modding.
This is different- it's still easy to get your shampoo on the plane but if you're caught it's a $10,000 fine. So you're right, it's more of a preventative measure than actually providing security against it.. and I agree with you, that's by far the least preferable option. It goes against common-sense software design principles :)
NannyState is when the government overregulates something that's really none of its business. Like privately-owned telecommunications companies.
What happened to the MS/Intel alliance of old? Microsoft getting annoyed at Intel making chips for Apple?
Just because it's illegal doesn't mean the RIAA needs to force the kids to pay thousands of dollars (nowhere near the value of the music) or risk paying hundreds of thousands in compensation for copyright infringement. The point isn't whether what the kids are doing is wrong, the point is that the RIAA / Congress Incorporated are far too heavy-handed and use illegal methods to discover file sharers.
Why was I modded troll? I was serious- Vista is really a pain to run in a VM.. it runs slowly and eats a ton of memory. It's just not practical for actual daily use.
Well running a program in WINE is a far cry from running the entire Vista OS. I don't know what microsoft is so afraid of- their OS is so ungainly that unless you have 2GB of memory and don't mind your CPU running hot constantly, it's basically unusable in a VM.
Does she seriously expect the courts to award such a devastating judgement against one of the richest IP holding organizations in the country?
Of course they have no actual legal power, but if publishers/websites don't comply the ESRB can refuse to rate their games, which is death for the game thanks to the cabal of retailers that are all in bed with the rich "thinkofthechildren" lobbiers.
Well you'd still have to distribute the actual file that's encrypted, but you're absolutely right in that you don't have to send around gigantic files. And isn't an 80,000 bit license key a little overkill? :) Authenticating based on the hardware is a stupid idea anyway, the only way to somewhat reliably control access is to keep all files on the server and stream them only to a trusted program that authenticates with a user account/pass tied to what songs they own.
You mean delta compression?
Until about 2096, at least according to Richard Stallman. Eerily similar to what you just suggested.
Or for you- he has a point, it would be absolutely ridiculous to add 5GB onto a 5MB song or 700MB movie just to defeat DRM.. nobody would have enough space for a collection, and it would be prohibitive to try to make a "mix" VM. Host-VM file transfer is notoriously difficult to set up for windows.
If they're claiming to be uncensored by the government, then you're going to have to bite the bullet and acknowledge that that includes child porn.. Being completely uncensored (making all speech/images legal) is the point here, and if that includes child porn then I guess the guys over at TPB better be willing to stand by their claims.
Well, kids around that age are fully able to master complex games, and don't have jobs or cars so they have a lot of hours in the day to learn WoW...