Heh, I just thought about another thing that could go on Apple's new slogan "Everything's easier on a Mac." You can plug in any firewire HD and swipe software without having to worry about needing to install drivers. Everything really is easier on a Mac
<strong>I think a better idea would be to upload 5 GB worth of Porn on to COmp USA machines..
HA! How'd that get there? :eek: </strong><hr></blockquote>
my brother was telling me about a keychain harddrive that was pretty big(for a really small drive) and he said "it would be great to take it to compusa and upload a virus into their network(assuming they have a a network ) and frying all the computers there"
in a joking manner of course
If the guy d/led a working copy from a computer to his iPod why would he need a serial number?...I haven't read the link yet, but it seems that if he copied an installed and working copy than it would be just as if he owned it..only he doesn't.
He'd still need the serial number because it's not stored in the application directory. If he were smart, he would have also copied the microsoft directory from ~/Library/ to get all the info he needed. Only if he were smart, of course.
<strong>Correct me if I'm wrong, but under the DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyrights Act) isn't Apple liable for offering technology that can be used to help circumvent copyright protection schemes?</strong><hr></blockquote>
I don't think so. DMCA uses "circumvent" meaning using a specific technology to actaully break a copy protection scheme, such as the recently litigated DeCSS thing. If the word were used in a broader sense, nearly any data transfer protocol would come under the aegis of the DCMA and everybody would be in trouble. In other words, I don't think the creative use of file transferring suffices, I think you have to create a tool to attack the copy protection scheme itself, such as removing MS Office's requirement for a serial number at all. Other kinds of illegal copying are just garden variety copyright violations.
This story made it to the National Post today here in Canada... (a nationally distributed newspaper)
Frankly, i dont see how any of this responsibility falls on apple. If the compUSA folks are unobservant enough to not notice a kid plugging in an iPod to a demo machine... its like blaming the makers of a backpack for some kid walking into a corner store and filling it full of merchandise.
If this is what it takes to get the iPod into mainstream media, then lets all go out and start doing it.
<strong>I think a better idea would be to upload 5 GB worth of Porn on to COmp USA machines..
HA! How'd that get there? :eek: </strong><hr></blockquote>
Cool. You could write a simple Realbasic program to automatically launch a porn slideshow, or movie about 2 minutes after you've found a suitable vantage point. Watch the kids flock to the macs, watch the parents scream, and watch the ChimpUSA staff go bananas.
If you were smart, the RB program would make the porn have invisible icons, and would relocate itself into the startup-items folder. It would also disallow quitting the show. Watch those chimps go mental. Cool, Id actually do this if I had an iPod. Only once!
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<strong>I think a better idea would be to upload 5 GB worth of Porn on to COmp USA machines..
HA! How'd that get there? :eek: </strong><hr></blockquote>
my brother was telling me about a keychain harddrive that was pretty big(for a really small drive) and he said "it would be great to take it to compusa and upload a virus into their network(assuming they have a a network
in a joking manner of course
If the guy d/led a working copy from a computer to his iPod why would he need a serial number?...I haven't read the link yet, but it seems that if he copied an installed and working copy than it would be just as if he owned it..only he doesn't.
<strong>Correct me if I'm wrong, but under the DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyrights Act) isn't Apple liable for offering technology that can be used to help circumvent copyright protection schemes?</strong><hr></blockquote>
I don't think so. DMCA uses "circumvent" meaning using a specific technology to actaully break a copy protection scheme, such as the recently litigated DeCSS thing. If the word were used in a broader sense, nearly any data transfer protocol would come under the aegis of the DCMA and everybody would be in trouble. In other words, I don't think the creative use of file transferring suffices, I think you have to create a tool to attack the copy protection scheme itself, such as removing MS Office's requirement for a serial number at all. Other kinds of illegal copying are just garden variety copyright violations.
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Frankly, i dont see how any of this responsibility falls on apple. If the compUSA folks are unobservant enough to not notice a kid plugging in an iPod to a demo machine... its like blaming the makers of a backpack for some kid walking into a corner store and filling it full of merchandise.
If this is what it takes to get the iPod into mainstream media, then lets all go out and start doing it.
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<strong>I think a better idea would be to upload 5 GB worth of Porn on to COmp USA machines..
HA! How'd that get there? :eek: </strong><hr></blockquote>
Cool. You could write a simple Realbasic program to automatically launch a porn slideshow, or movie about 2 minutes after you've found a suitable vantage point. Watch the kids flock to the macs, watch the parents scream, and watch the ChimpUSA staff go bananas.
If you were smart, the RB program would make the porn have invisible icons, and would relocate itself into the startup-items folder. It would also disallow quitting the show. Watch those chimps go mental. Cool, Id actually do this if I had an iPod. Only once!