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Comment: Re:But the main reason is... (Score 1) 436

by DJCacophony (#32074636) Attached to: Why IE9 Will Not Support Codecs Other Than H.264
Microsoft, and the other patent holders, have a solid lock on the patents in H.264, therefore they have complete control over the codec and the users of that codec.

Microsoft doesn't own the patents on H.264. Apple is also using H.264 because that was probably part of the deal Apple made with the RIAA/MPAA to get their content on iTunes

That's extremely unlikely. Jobs' artificially-imposed user restrictions on apple products exist because he makes tons of money off of them.
This is just like when he decided to put DRM on itunes tracks and refused to license fairplay in order to create vendor lock-in between itunes and the ipod.
Then, after everyone had already bought an ipod because it was the only way to play Jobs' DRM-encumbered music, he removed the DRM that he himself chose to implement. Yay steve! What a pioneer!

Of course, he later came out and claimed that the big, mean, record companies made him do it, but only stupid, gullible douchebags believed that.

Comment: Smart Business Move (But not by Ubisoft) (Score 1) 1

by DJCacophony (#31883058) Attached to: Ubisoft DRM problems remain unsolved
If this is indeed an external attack on their servers, it would be sending an important message: "Don't try to screw your customers."
But another message being sent is "Don't try to use this DRM". If an attacker can get a software company to remove DRM like this from their games, then it seems like it might be easier than trying to bypass it when releasing pirated versions of the software.

In fact, it wouldn't make business sense not to do it.

Comment: Re:Do this, ground your kids, make them Engineers (Score 1) 618

by fm6 (#31810168) Attached to: What Advice For a Single Parent As Server Admin?

It's amazing what kids can do with computers, period. I think it's safe to say that these kids will soon be way more computer-savvy than their mom, if they aren't already. No reflection on her intelligence, kids just learn this stuff fast.

If I were her, I'd forget about software barriers to their computer (mis)use and just make sure I knew what they're doing.

Do something unusual today. Pay a bill.

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