DRM ticks me off

[shamrock_uk]

Can I ask what you keep windows around for Felix? Just for games?

And what exactly is a digital darkroom?

[Felix The Assassin]

Originally posted by shamrock_uk: Can I ask what you keep windows around for Felix? Just for games? And what exactly is a digital darkroom?

Well of course you can. Digital photography is my hobby, though a PC may seem to be the first, it's just a tool of my real hobby. Digital darkroom / XP= The only OS at the moment that supports a driver for my 4x6 digital photo printer. It is NOT supported under CUPS, and is considered a "paperweight" under the Linux driver module finder. I have forum contact with a fellow in Germany who has a very similar model. He tried the "Turbo-Print" downlaod, and was well enough pleased to order the license version. If all goes well, he is to post an update this week. If I could print full duplex on Linux as with the XP driver, then there would be no reason for it at all!

[shamrock_uk]

Ah, interesting! Digital photography is actually something I'm just getting into, once the paychecks start mounting up I'm looking at getting one of those nice looking digital SLR cameras. I've been lucky enough to escape your printing woes, largely because I always buy HP. Do let me know how Turbo Print turns out - I've also heard very good things about it. You can download the free trial edition from that page if it helps...

[shamrock_uk]

The first trojan horse to take advantage of Sony's rootkit has been found in the wild.

[Felix The Assassin]

A newly-discovered variant of of the Breplibot Trojan takes advantage of this to drop the file "$sys$drv.exe" in the Windows system directory

Wow! I guess the new version V(irii) I(nfections) S(pam) A(nd) T(rojan) A(ttacks). Takes on a whole new meaning!

[Zebodog]

My, my Felix on a bit of a ant-Microsoft crusade this evening?

This is only the tip of the iceburg. From what I understand, Intel has been using DRM technology in its Pentium 4's and accompanying chipsets for some time now.

[Felix The Assassin]

Not any more than usual. BTW; I'm anti Intel as well, all of my rigs have AMD inside. So [img]graemlins/troutslap.gif[/img] 'Wintel!

This does interest me thou, as my 'teenager' might become victum of this crapola.

If you feel a tingle @ 0600hrs Eastern time tomorrow, it's me. We are doing a "Reveille" ceromony at the Main Flag Pole!

[Zebodog]

Originally posted by Felix The Assassin: Not any more than usual. BTW; I'm anti Intel as well, all of my rigs have AMD inside. So [img]graemlins/troutslap.gif[/img] 'Wintel! This does interest me thou, as my 'teenager' might become victum of this crapola. If you feel a tingle @ 0600hrs Eastern time tomorrow, it's me. We are doing a "Reveille" ceromony at the Main Flag Pole!

At least we agree on AMD. [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] I have no use for Intel. I find their technology to be sloppy and based soley on brute force.

You have to ask yourself: Where would the PC be without Windows. After all, it was Windows that brought the PC to the masses, and it continues to be Windows that powers the majority of home PC's. I would suspect that faced with Linux; most people would pack their computer in a box and be done with it.

As far as I'm concerned, Windows is basically the driving force behind the computer industry.

[shamrock_uk]

The driving force behind the desktop computer industry

[Zebodog]

Originally posted by shamrock_uk: The driving force behind the desktop computer industry

With the possible exception of servers, don't most computers sit on a desktop of some sort?