[KLUG Members] So it begins

[Michael Lueck]

On Tue, 31 May 2005 11:38:41 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:

>The issue is that true DRM requires that the *HARDWARE*
>only executed *SIGNED* blocks of code.

Oh, then there best be a large uprising then. There are SSOOOOO many "current /
latest" device drivers floating around for Windows which are not signed... that
entire signing thing is a bunch of BS the way things stand. Requiring that
EVERYTHING have a signature in order for it to execute... ha haa haa haa haa!!!
"Hey boss, can you OK another digital signature on qbw.exe, I know I know,
gazillionth one today, but I can only tell if the code works by running it - I
can not tell by reading the source I wrote!" The emphasis is placed on having
the special little signature token on the file, nothing to do with if the
driver will work or not. Manager busy work / feel important work, CYA for folks
that have a hard time computing 2+2. Just what we need, more "useless" red tape
in an already VERY inefficiently operated world.

Oops, forgot <rant> tags! ;-)
Michael