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Member since January 27, 2007

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  1. Comment - FCC Calls for Comments on DTV Transition

    (Aug 1, 2007 - 11:15 AM)

    There's too much petty politics being played here. Let's start the 'education' program next year when the coupons and converter boxes will be available. Until then, except for buying a new TV, there's nothing the public can do about it now anyway.

    Here's a draconian plan to get their heads out of the sand. When Surviver comes on, they see a blue screen saying 'Surviver is only available on our Digital Television Channel Tonight'.

    --- CHAS

  2. Comment - AACS LA: High-Def DRM Compromised

    (Jan 28, 2007 - 12:30 PM)

    Really, how do you make a copy proof DVD when all the data necessary to decrypt it has to be on the DVD?

    You build a device that makes a bit for bit copy of the digital image and burn that image to the copies. After you steal the image, a clandestine DVD factory can make them by the millions!

    Each legal disk would need some kind of unique signature to foil this scheme.

    One would need to do something akin to Microsoft software activation to assure the disk is somehow married to a specific player to make copying more difficult .. not very practical unless your DVD player is connected to the internet to receive unique keys. Then it would probably need to write something to a burnable portion of the DVD on first play activation.

    --- CHAS

  3. Comment - Cisco Says It Will Resolve iPhone GPL Violation

    (Jan 27, 2007 - 4:10 PM)

    I think the first iGADGET was the iPAQ which is being sold currently being used by Hewlett Packard. I the i moniker forms the basis of a trade mark they should be able to sue everyone.