Funny, I read this quote from a RIM public statement in an article this morning
No changes to the security architecture for BlackBerry Enterprise Server customers since, contrary to any rumors, the security architecture is the same around the world and RIM truly has no ability to provide its customers’ encryption keys. Also driving RIM’s position is the fact that strong encryption is a fundamental commercial requirement for any country to attract and maintain international business anyway and similarly strong encryption is currently used pervasively in traditional VPNs on both wired and wireless networks in order to protect corporate and government communications.
...does this add much? I loved reading the Lord of the Rings novels, but I'm not much of a Tolkein follower unfortunately; I read the books after I saw the movies.
Being set long before the LotR, in contexts set by other 'history' books, will a casual reader such as I be able to really follow the action? I mean, the book is wonderful from a hardcore follower's perspective, but to someone like me, I think a lot of the allusion is going to just fly over my head.
"The only truly secure system is one that is powered off, cast in a block of concrete and sealed in a lead-lined room with armed guards - and even then I have my doubts. " - Gene Spafford
Counter-strike... THE multiplayer game.
Still the most popular online game, years after release.
Competitions watched worldwide, an active amateur *and* professional community.
Say what you want about the coming of Source, Counter-strike is THE dominant force in multiplayer gaming.
...your freedom is not being stripped away by DRM. Your ability to illegally distribute someone else's artistic work, however, is.
Arguing blow-to-blow against DRM is like arguing about a little kid with a gun. While it may be illegal for him to have it, he's probably smart enough to not shoot anybody. So what's the difference, whether he has the ability to shoot someone or not? Because he could shoot someone.
Why does it matter, whether or not there's digital rights management? You're not stealing music, are 'ya?;)
look, i know most of you/.'ers are really passionate about this issue. Please don't send the hate mail... all at once
Will Google be able to turn the pseudo-naive business sector from 1 Microsoft Way? That's what it really comes down to for market dominance. Isn't spreadsheets what launched the Apple II into every desktop anyways?
There's nothing like a little healthy competition. Microsoft seems to be catching on, at least with it's new "Live" betas, so over the next few years I think we're going to see some real dangerous stuff from Redmond.
I'm not really sure about the poster's specific needs, but why not just go with a mainframe-terminal setup? Keep the server in a room temperature enviroment and then run some CAT5 into the terminals that are in the subzero area.
...and let me tell you, if you think it's the answer to any problem whatsoever, you are dreaming. Hughes is pushier, cheaper, and sneakier than Comcast, SBC, charter, and time warner... probably even combined, as they know you have no place else to go. $700 charge if you quit in the first 15 months, non-negotiable. And don't even get me started on the quality of service...
Frankly all you/.'ers make me jealous... talking about a 5mb asymmetric like it's a 14.4k.
The problem is that that's way too risky; how do you know you have a successful product or not? If you end up having the next Halo, that's great. But if you end up having the next Daikatana, then you have the next Sega CD too...
They don't have a choice really. If they don't do what the CCP says, they will be told to leave, ruining a multi-million dollar investment and giving that much market to the two remaining companies. These are corporations designed to make money. While I'm wholly supportive of any Chinese democratic movement, I don't really look to Microsoft/Yahoo to start anything revolutionary... ever.
"So why do games not have similar levels of preventative measures?"
Gamers do have the same measures as movies. People seem to get it stuck in their head that the MPAA's movie rating system is an actual law... it's not. The way I understand it is that if a theater doesn't recognize the MPAA's rating system, the MPAA doesn't recognize the theater, and thus no movie.
The ESRB rating system works off the same thing.
I remember the last time I deleted an email... lets see the taskbar on my machine was grey and uninspired, it was a 25mb ISP POP3 account, I was in Mozilla Mail, and I had just gotten this email saying "... has invited you to Gmail!"
Yes, well any reasonable hosting customer would have noticed their site, by its very nature, doesn't suit itself to a traditional virtual server host.
It's not like it matters though, anyone paying attention to MoveOn knew Lieberman was going to lose... that'll teach him to try to make laws against violent video games!
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Presentation Zen http://www.amazon.com/Presentation-Zen-Simple-Design-Delivery/dp/0321525655/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1282964615&sr=8-1 Having been in large corporations most of my career, I completely understand his sheer frustration at his environment around him.
Source: http://www.securityweek.com/rim-statement-india-demands-access-messaging-services-no-ability-provide-its-customers%E2%80%99-encryption-k
I took this as "fuck off, but I guess they got a wizard to, in some way, hand governments unencrypted data without decrypting it?
*sigh*
Why not violation of contract?
EULA forbids modifying the game.
...does this add much? I loved reading the Lord of the Rings novels, but I'm not much of a Tolkein follower unfortunately; I read the books after I saw the movies.
Being set long before the LotR, in contexts set by other 'history' books, will a casual reader such as I be able to really follow the action? I mean, the book is wonderful from a hardcore follower's perspective, but to someone like me, I think a lot of the allusion is going to just fly over my head.
"The only truly secure system is one that is powered off, cast in a block of concrete and sealed in a lead-lined room with armed guards - and even then I have my doubts. " - Gene Spafford
Still the most popular online game, years after release.
Competitions watched worldwide, an active amateur *and* professional community.
Say what you want about the coming of Source,
Counter-strike is THE dominant force in multiplayer gaming.
'nuff said.
...your freedom is not being stripped away by DRM. Your ability to illegally distribute someone else's artistic work, however, is.
Arguing blow-to-blow against DRM is like arguing about a little kid with a gun. While it may be illegal for him to have it, he's probably smart enough to not shoot anybody. So what's the difference, whether he has the ability to shoot someone or not? Because he could shoot someone.
Why does it matter, whether or not there's digital rights management? You're not stealing music, are 'ya? ;)
Will Google be able to turn the pseudo-naive business sector from 1 Microsoft Way? That's what it really comes down to for market dominance. Isn't spreadsheets what launched the Apple II into every desktop anyways? There's nothing like a little healthy competition. Microsoft seems to be catching on, at least with it's new "Live" betas, so over the next few years I think we're going to see some real dangerous stuff from Redmond.
I'm not really sure about the poster's specific needs, but why not just go with a mainframe-terminal setup? Keep the server in a room temperature enviroment and then run some CAT5 into the terminals that are in the subzero area.
Until it can do World of Warcraft, does anyone really care?
</sarcasm>
800 volts?!? It certainly sounds like they've got a long way to go before we see this tech bloom.
...and let me tell you, if you think it's the answer to any problem whatsoever, you are dreaming. Hughes is pushier, cheaper, and sneakier than Comcast, SBC, charter, and time warner... probably even combined, as they know you have no place else to go. $700 charge if you quit in the first 15 months, non-negotiable. And don't even get me started on the quality of service...
Frankly all you /.'ers make me jealous... talking about a 5mb asymmetric like it's a 14.4k.
The problem is that that's way too risky; how do you know you have a successful product or not? If you end up having the next Halo, that's great. But if you end up having the next Daikatana, then you have the next Sega CD too...
They don't have a choice really. If they don't do what the CCP says, they will be told to leave, ruining a multi-million dollar investment and giving that much market to the two remaining companies. These are corporations designed to make money. While I'm wholly supportive of any Chinese democratic movement, I don't really look to Microsoft/Yahoo to start anything revolutionary... ever.
"So why do games not have similar levels of preventative measures?" Gamers do have the same measures as movies. People seem to get it stuck in their head that the MPAA's movie rating system is an actual law... it's not. The way I understand it is that if a theater doesn't recognize the MPAA's rating system, the MPAA doesn't recognize the theater, and thus no movie. The ESRB rating system works off the same thing.
I remember the last time I deleted an email... lets see the taskbar on my machine was grey and uninspired, it was a 25mb ISP POP3 account, I was in Mozilla Mail, and I had just gotten this email saying "... has invited you to Gmail!"
Is the bread slicer USB or Firewire?
Yes, well any reasonable hosting customer would have noticed their site, by its very nature, doesn't suit itself to a traditional virtual server host. It's not like it matters though, anyone paying attention to MoveOn knew Lieberman was going to lose... that'll teach him to try to make laws against violent video games!
I have yet to deal with a cable company not secretly run by a co-op between the Churches of Scientology and Satan.
the amount of time their engineers spent disproving their critics, they could have just fixed the problem.