In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:53:15 +0000
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> Another one for the XBox problems pile (it's getting to heavy to requote)...
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> Gears of War disc errors - why the hell is no one covering this?
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> | So, we're all just 'unlucky' Mark? Thanks for that. I'm happy for you
> | and your console, but what about us? Where are we supposed to turn to
> | for help and support? Microsoft wasn't very helpful (ref #102-379-2964)
> | any of the times I've called them (I think it's up to three now for the
> | same issue - perhaps I'll call again today and check on an update).
> |
> | All I know is that if I see that dreaded error message again on my new
> | 360 I am going to go absolutely ballistic!!!
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> http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=7626298&publicUserId=5551391
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>
> Intel's Viiv low on holiday shopping lists
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> | Viiv is all about making a PC the central device within a digital
> | entertainment system. Viiv PCs are designed to store digital content,
> | access exclusive content from the Internet, and stream that content
> | to televisions within a home over a protected network.
> `----
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> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6143649.html
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> They say nothing about the poison that's deep inside, at gate level. This
> information was first leaked around 2005... Windows-specific design embedded
> at hardware level in order to enable restrictions.
I'm surprised DRM hasn't been placed into the law.
(There is an anti-copying stricture but AFAIK it's not
been generalized.) Briefly put, anything doable on a
computer with someone else's content would be required to
be authorized by that someone else (e.g., by an electronic
signing protocol) or risk prosecution. This authorization
would be reprised on every use, probably by some sort of
a cache-ticket (which expires some time after granting).
Maybe FLOSS *is* having a beneficial effect. :-) Of course,
I do remember an identity controversy in the Pentium III
time frame.
>
>
> Related:
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> Who do You Trust with Your Computing?
Why, Microsoft, of course. They've never done me wrong
yet. All of the bad drivers are just that -- bad drivers.
It's the manufacturer of the hardware and/or subcontracted
developers' fault. The viruses, of course, are the fault
of the script kiddies and the script kiddie feeders;
there's no fault of Microsoft here. The spam, of course,
is the fault of the box owners who don't patch their boxes
on a regular basis. The fact that the OS has more security
holes than Emmental, more commonly known in the States
as "Swiss Cheese", and more patches than an old bicycle
tire has absolutely nothing to do with it, JP Software
(makers of 4DOS) was entirely at fault for not voluntarily
relinquishing the hybrid DOS/Win market to Microsoft when
Win3.1 initially came out, and of course Netscape should
have known better than to muscle in on Microsoft's turf
when they developed their browser. First.
Oh, for shame, all of you.
</sarcasm>
:-)
>
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> | Helios was speaking out against trusted computing (TC) and Digital
> | Rights Management (DRM) that is humming softly at the hardware and
> | software level inside YOUR computer right now. That's right! Chances
> | are, it's already made it on a chip on your and my motherboards...but
> | it's there. Soon, if what can happen does happen...we'll all be so
> | very unhappy at being told how we can and can't operate our PCs.
> |
> | Some of you may be asking, "what the heck are you talking about?
> | They can't tell me how I can use my computer inside my own home".
> | Unfortunately, that statement is false. DRM chips are already on a
> | majority of motherboards and even built into some processors (viiv
> | anyone?). All it takes is a flip of the switch and you'll do what
> | Microsoft or any other company that wants to manage your rights
> | for you tells you to do whether you like it or not. That is, ofc
> | ourse, unless you use Linux :) Linux has always been about
> | choice...we choose to compute in ways WE want to...not ways
> | that are defined for us.
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> http://linux-blog.org/index.php?/archives/176-Who-do-You-Trust-with-Your-Computing.html
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