um...

[heretic]

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/%7Erja14/tcpa-faq.html

[Paul J]

"um" what?

[heretic]

any thoughts? of being required to have an internet connection to validate bought software?

[tubedogg]

There's a fair amount of software that requires that now...

[filburt1]

Microsoft _____ XP already requires it.

[JoshFink]

Originally posted by filburt1
Microsoft _____ XP already requires it.

No it doesn't, you can activate by the phone as well.

Josh

[Scrubby]

Back to Windows 98 I go! :D. I bet you someone will find a way to bypass the new thing they're making and put it up for download on alot of sites. Nothing is safe. :D

[Wayne Luke]

Originally posted by Billy Cowen
Back to Windows 98 I go! :D. I bet you someone will find a way to bypass the new thing they're making and put it up for download on alot of sites. Nothing is safe. :D

Why stop there? Go to DOS or switch to Linux. The way I understand it Linux is the future anyways. I even heard that Quake4 will be made for that OS exclusively just to help it gain mainstream acceptance. All the most popular applications have Linux versions or counterparts and you can do anything you want with it, even recompile the kernal so it says your brother is a "Snot-Nosed Buggerhead" when he logs on. Man this OS is da bomb and everyone who is anyone will be using it.

[filburt1]

YOU ARE NOT BEING SARCASTIC TOO!

[Joe]

Wayne, did you just say "da bomb"?! ;)

[Scrubby]

I need Linux. :eek:. But how hard is it to learn Linux and what can I actually do on it?

[DirectPixel]

Linux is not very hard to learn if you're just using it for checking email, surfing web, etc.

It does, however, take some time if you want to learn about how it works, learn about unix, administering a server, etc.


The current versions of both Gnome and KDE are actually very similar to Windows, and you should get the hang of it very quickly.

As to what Linux can do -- it can do basically anything that Windows can.:)

[Scrubby]

Does RedHat have a GUI for newbies?

[filburt1]

Originally posted by Billy Cowen
Does RedHat have a GUI for newbies?

KDE3, reasonably n00bish but previous versions have been extremely unstable, at least in previous Mandrake installations for me.

[Scrubby]

Hmm. Are there any stable GUI for Linux? :(

After rereading it, these are the parts that got to me..


There is a downside too. There will be remote censorship: the mechanisms designed to delete pirated music under remote control may be used to delete documents that a court (or a software company) has decided are offensive - this could be anything from pornography to writings that criticise political leaders. Software companies can also make it harder for you to switch to their competitors' products; for example, Word could encrypt all your documents using keys that only Microsoft products have access to; this would mean that you could only read them using Microsoft products, not with any competing word processor.


So that means that Microsoft now has a backdoor access to my system? And I may not more than likely install something that is a competitive threat to Microsoft? MAJOR BS!



With existing MP3s, you may be all right for some time. Microsoft says that Palladium won't make anything suddenly stop working. But a recent software update for Windows Media Player has caused controversy by insisting that users agree to future anti-piracy measures, which may include measures that delete pirated content found on your computer. Also, some programs that give people more control over their PCs, such as VMware and Total Recorder, are unlikely to work under TCPA. So you may have to use a different player - and if your player will play pirate MP3s, then it seems unlikely to be authorised to play the new, protected, titles


In other words, it can delete anything it thinks is not "legal"? Say I had some software from 10 years ago and the company is now out of business. They can't make it so it comes up as legal, it will get deleted? Good gawd. Never going to trust Intel or Microsoft again if they do make this so called bs stuff.

:mad:

I saw we destory all the research no matter what and make them have to start all over again. :D

Edit: This has also came to my attention. vBulletin runs on PHP and a MySQL database. But if Microsoft can actually tell the system what to use and not use, whats to stop them from sending out and encrypted key to webservers on the net to disable PHP and MySQL and they have to start using a MSSQL database and ASP pages? God gawd I do not want to even think about this anymore.

[ccd1]

They're just giving more reason to be sued and split.

[Tolitz]

The only thing scarier than FUD are the people who lap it up...

[DirectPixel]

Note that the article is OPPOSED to stuff like that.:p


Anyways, chances are extremely small that this will actually .manifest itself into something that serious, as it would violate tons of privacy and contistutional laws.