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Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> > For example the PlayStation Portable supports running programs from
> > the flash memory card directly (instead of the optical disc), but only
> > ones approved by Sony. It will refuse to run anything else.
> > Of course in order to run them it needs to decrypt them, and to decrypt
> > them it needs a decryption key. Couldn't this key just be read from the
> > PSP's memory and use to encrypt third-party programs? The answer is: No.
> > The decryption key can be read, but it cannot be used to encrypt the
> > programs.
> Asymmetric encryption. I can see how that would work. (OTOH, couldn't
> you just modify the firmware to not require this?)
If the actual decryption happens in non-writable ROM memory, it would
be impossible. I don't know how it's actually done in the PSP, though.
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- Warp
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Warp wrote:
>> Asymmetric encryption. I can see how that would work. (OTOH, couldn't
>> you just modify the firmware to not require this?)
>
> If the actual decryption happens in non-writable ROM memory, it would
> be impossible. I don't know how it's actually done in the PSP, though.
Mmm. Well. I imagine Sony has thought about this part...
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Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> Sure, I've heard of them. But I have no idea what they sound like.
sure you do. You just don't know it...
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nemesis wrote:
> Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> Sure, I've heard of them. But I have no idea what they sound like.
>
> sure you do. You just don't know it...
Well, no, *obviously* I've heard their music. I just couldn't tell you
which is which, that's all.
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Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> Well, no, *obviously* I've heard their music.
good. Now I don't know what amuses me the most: that you can't distinguish
their styles or that even being aquainted to Bach you're still listening to
that much crap from the recording industry...
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On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:19:28 +0000, Invisible wrote:
> So, what's in *your* CD collection?
Wagner's Ring (all four operas)
Mozart early symphonies
Beethoven symphonies
Queen
Enya
The Eagles
Mannheim Steamroller
George Carlin
Clannad
A large number of movie soundtracks (Dracula, High Fidelity, LoTR)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (all 5 radio series)
Enigma
Howard Hansen Symphonies
Shostakovich
Quite a lot of other stuff as well, that's just a sample...
Jim
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On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:49:37 -0500, Warp wrote:
> I stopped buying any music CDs some years ago because I got totally
> fed up with the music industry and its policies and its lobbying of
Oh, and yes, I also stopped regularly buying CDs some years ago as well -
my collection is mostly from > 7 years ago. We've picked up a few things
since then (like the new H2G2 series, Lewis Black at Carnegie, etc.).
The new purchases are generally "pre-owned" bought at a secondhand shop.
Except for the Hitchhiker's series - those were new from the BBC.
Jim
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On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:39:52 -0700, somebody wrote:
> Music isn't any worse or any better than it was or will be.
Oh, I disagree. At least here in the US, the thing the record companies
push is mainstream popular music. It didn't always used to be that way...
Jim
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On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:00:27 +0000, Invisible wrote:
> Mike Raiford wrote:
>
>>> Really? What makes you say that?
>>>
>>>
>> I understand your view of modern technology is an 8-track player with
>> mechanical radio buttons for station memory :). So I'll explain:
>>
>> CDs are old fashioned because people buy and download their crap music
>> to their iPods now (those fashionable white boxes you see various
>> teenagers walking around with) Music on CD has gone the way of the LP
>> record. :)
>
> Really? I wasn't aware it was possible to do that legally yet... oh,
> wait...
The complete LOTR soundtrack (the recent release) can be purchased for
$22 on Amazon in a download-only format. Then there's iTunes....
Jim
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On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:30:46 -0200, Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
> Invisible escribió:
>> Mike Raiford wrote:
>>> CDs are old fashioned because people buy and download their crap music
>>> to their iPods now (those fashionable white boxes you see various
>>> teenagers walking around with) Music on CD has gone the way of the LP
>>> record. :)
>>
>> Really? I wasn't aware it was possible to do that legally yet... oh,
>> wait...
>
> Yep, there's iTunes store and others, where you legally buy the digital
> files. With DRM of course...
Actually, I was surprised that the Amazon downloadable Complete LOTR
soundtracks are in MP3 format. I don't *think* there's any DRM involved
(which was really surprising).
Jim
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