From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264527AbTDXV3N (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Apr 2003 17:29:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264528AbTDXV3N (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Apr 2003 17:29:13 -0400 Received: from mx12.arcor-online.net ([151.189.8.88]:21989 "EHLO mx12.arcor-online.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264527AbTDXV3H (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Apr 2003 17:29:07 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Daniel Phillips To: Jamie Lokier , "Downing, Thomas" Subject: Re: Flame Linus to a crisp! Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 23:42:35 +0200 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.2] Cc: Kernel Mailing List References: <170EBA504C3AD511A3FE00508BB89A9201FD91E8@exnanycmbx4.ipc.com> <20030424212811.GH30082@mail.jlokier.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20030424212811.GH30082@mail.jlokier.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Message-Id: <20030424214116.097D912EABA@mx12.arcor-online.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu 24 Apr 03 23:28, Jamie Lokier wrote: > This is how a game server can verify it is working with a known game > client and the client is connected to a known type of monitor and > input device. I.e. it can verify there is no electronic frame grabber > using the video signals and driving an AI assist through the input > device. For the forseeable future, you might as well let people grab frames and try to analyze them: this is something people still do much better than machines. A more mundane goal would be to prevent the 3D driver from letting you see through polygons that are supposed to be opaque. > ... > Substitute "broadcaster" for "game server" and you see that the same > methods ensure that you really have the TV switched on and you are not > recording the show. > > They also ensure you are not recording a screenshot of a politically > sensitive article about Iraq that was accidentally shown on CNN's web > site for 10 minutes. We can't have people recording things like that. > > Also that day, that same article doesn't load from Al-Jazeera or > anywhere else, on the PC you bought from the only affordable store in > town. Is the net flaky today, or is somebody remote-controlling your > PC to control your "browsing experience"? Did I mention I was grasping at straws? I don't want this junk in my hardware any more than you do, I'd much rather have the transistors spent on more megahertz than on controlling me, thankyou. Regards, Daniel