I'll attempt to clarify with a little list:
1) Any DRM will be very easy to defeat, the brains on a 3D printer have opensource implementations.
2) It will be a worthwhile endeavor to defeat any finger printing DRM, even if you don't plan to make copies of patented or copyrighted works because of massive performance gain.
3) Craftsmen tend to want open ended tools. DRM on a 3D printer would be (somewhat) analogous to photoshop telling you what you can and can't draw, or a pianno that won't play certain note progressions.

I don't think that DRM on 3D Printers is, in any way, feasible.

The angle I think may be tried in the future: A massive mesh fingerprint database that has to be checked before a design can be printed. easy solutions: hack the driver to always return "no_match_in_database_ok_to_print" or gut 3D printer's brain and wrire an arduino to use its high precision linear actuators and chassis.

I really can't see that approach working ever. As long as there are computers with programming languages and DC motors you'll have 3d printing. I guess they could try to regulate all computer programming and electronics parts everywhere. so no one will ever be able to build a 3d printer.

Isn't that like being too ethical?? How can one play too many games??!!??

yeah, horizon kinda blew. not nearly enough cars. i think a review i read described the cut-scene characters as "desperately hip", that pretty much sums up the game.

I hear that!

The game from the last 2 gens I've played the most is Forza, and on the xbone Forza will have to download stuff before you can complete the game. So, in addition to having the console require activation, they've already gone back to activation on a game.

I guess I'll be checking out Gran Turismo this gen.

...if every single parent sent every single child...

if we assume the power to influence such large groups of diverse people; what other, more efective, statements could we make in this fashion?
1) if every single voter refused to vote for a politician that lied...
2) if every single american got a sedan instead of an suv...
3) if every single nazi, had actually been a teddy bear...

tinfoil hats used to be a fashion choice. now they're a necessity.

Maybe they're new here...and don't remember The John C. Dvorak Troll The Linux* Community School of Journalistic Excellence?

* who am I kidding: The John C. Dvorak Troll _ANY_ Community School of Journalistic Excellence.

it's kinda like quoting bill o'reilly.

and BS was strictly an entertainment show, without any shred of information applicable to reality...that way they can't be sued for libel at least. i guess since they're entertainers that is really all they're ever allowed to do, entertain always, never inform.

They even have ones specifically for tablets.

BDU cargo pants might work for a small tablet. People sometimes associate cargo pants with graffiti artists.

For sure, but MS Office is available for other platforms, and when a bussiness ditches Windows it weakens the MS Office foothold substantially. Should we upgrade to the new office, or try something cheaper?

No, that was a projection, not a desire. In any case better to have Google tracking me than the NSA, right?! Oh wait.

I don't mind apple so much as its cultists. The world would definitely be better with out the macolytes. I don't really want MS to dissapear, but they've been making some very bad decisions lately, and I don't think they'll start making good decisions, fast enough, to reclaim their relevance.

I used to like them. NT4 and Win2k were pretty solid OSes. Now it's Linux for any work, and a win7 box for games and cross platform testing.

Steve? Is that you? *ducks to avoid flying chair*

It seems that the drm will still be there in some form though.
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/07/forza-5-requires-download-before-it-can-run/

though they've been backpeddling from that too.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/07/18/forza-motorsport-5-install-offline-details-clarified

best case i could give them is a wait and see approach.

when i look at these factors:
the xbone fiasco.
the windows8 mess.
consumers seem to like apple now.
ms' abysmal presence on mobile devices.

it's seeming very plausible that consumers will realize there just is no good reason for microsoft to exist anymore. about the only customer they haven't alienated is the ms office user.

at the moment d3d is useful.

i wonder how long d3d will stick around now. its future seems to be tied to the success of the xbone. if the bone fails who would write anything in d3d when ogl will work on all non-bone platforms? ms could push for mandatory removal of ogl for windows driver certification (given their recent "all-or-nothing" decisions they just might) but that will probably just further hamstring window's relevance.