Comment That's it... (Score 1) 170
The Matrix is inevitable now.
Comment Cold Fusion (Score 1) 514
Since when did "Cold Fusion" freeze anything? And to freeze an entire volcano in an instant?
I understand that writers have license to stretch science to make a plot, but that was ridiculous.
I understand that writers have license to stretch science to make a plot, but that was ridiculous.
Comment In other words... (Score 1) 198
In other words, ISPs are upset at the idea that they will lose paying customers.
Isn't it funny what happens when a major coprorate interest butts heads against another? This has nothing to do with the rights of their cusotmers, that's for sure.
Comment Looks like the creationists were right (Score 1) 553
Maybe gravity IS just a theory.
Comment Let's go over this again... (Score 3, Insightful) 831
Cryptography 101 says that if you have ANY encryption scheme where Alice, Bob, and Eve are all the same person, it just won't work. The thing about marketing claims like this--and it is a marketing claim, doubt it not--is that if it is cracked, their entire business falls apart rather quickly.
You would have thought that any company involved in any measure of cryptography would have read Bruce Schneier. Wanna take bets on how long it takes before this scheme is cracked?
You would have thought that any company involved in any measure of cryptography would have read Bruce Schneier. Wanna take bets on how long it takes before this scheme is cracked?
Atari Founder Proclaims the End of Gaming Piracy 831
OMGZombies writes "Speaking on a conference held yesterday in New York, the Atari founder Nolan Bushnell said that a new stealth encryption chip called TPM will 'absolutely stop piracy of gameplay'. The chip is apparently being embedded on most of the new computer motherboards and is said to be 'uncrackable by people on the internet and by giving away passwords' though it won't stop movie or music piracy, since 'if you can watch it and you can hear it, you can copy it.'"
