Comments on: Finkelstein on Singleton and DeCSS http://techliberation.com/2006/05/12/finkelstein-on-singleton-and-decss/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Solomon http://techliberation.com/2006/05/12/finkelstein-on-singleton-and-decss/comment-page-1/#comment-48756 Solomon Sat, 20 May 2006 20:27:07 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/05/12/finkelstein-on-singleton-and-decss/#comment-48756 <p>I need to know what type of battery is in the nokia 7710 on the main board if anyone can help</p> I need to know what type of battery is in the nokia 7710 on the main board if anyone can help

]]> By: Solomon http://techliberation.com/2006/05/12/finkelstein-on-singleton-and-decss/comment-page-1/#comment-33440 Solomon Sat, 20 May 2006 19:27:07 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/05/12/finkelstein-on-singleton-and-decss/#comment-33440 <p>I need to know what type of battery is in the nokia 7710 on the main board if anyone can help</p> I need to know what type of battery is in the nokia 7710 on the main board if anyone can help

]]> By: Seth Finkelstein http://techliberation.com/2006/05/12/finkelstein-on-singleton-and-decss/comment-page-1/#comment-48755 Seth Finkelstein Tue, 16 May 2006 00:34:13 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/05/12/finkelstein-on-singleton-and-decss/#comment-48755 <p>Solveig, the point is that there was a large team effort at building a free-software Linux DVD player. That's not disputable. For those purposes, it's extremely misleading to obsess on a couple of trivial arguments with one kid, who (no disrespect meant), for <em>decryption</em> work, was only tangentially related to the actual reverse-engineering.<br><br>I understand the rhetorical reason for the mudslinging. But it <em>is</em> mudslinging.</p> Solveig, the point is that there was a large team effort at building a free-software Linux DVD player. That’s not disputable. For those purposes, it’s extremely misleading to obsess on a couple of trivial arguments with one kid, who (no disrespect meant), for decryption work, was only tangentially related to the actual reverse-engineering.

I understand the rhetorical reason for the mudslinging. But it is mudslinging.

]]> By: Seth Finkelstein http://techliberation.com/2006/05/12/finkelstein-on-singleton-and-decss/comment-page-1/#comment-33439 Seth Finkelstein Mon, 15 May 2006 23:34:13 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/05/12/finkelstein-on-singleton-and-decss/#comment-33439 <p>Solveig, the point is that there was a large team effort at building a free-software Linux DVD player. That's not disputable. For those purposes, it's extremely misleading to obsess on a couple of trivial arguments with one kid, who (no disrespect meant), for <em>decryption</em> work, was only tangentially related to the actual reverse-engineering.</p> <p>I understand the rhetorical reason for the mudslinging. But it <em>is</em> mudslinging.</p> Solveig, the point is that there was a large team effort at building a free-software Linux DVD player. That’s not disputable. For those purposes, it’s extremely misleading to obsess on a couple of trivial arguments with one kid, who (no disrespect meant), for decryption work, was only tangentially related to the actual reverse-engineering.

I understand the rhetorical reason for the mudslinging. But it is mudslinging.

]]> By: Solveig Singleton http://techliberation.com/2006/05/12/finkelstein-on-singleton-and-decss/comment-page-1/#comment-48754 Solveig Singleton Mon, 15 May 2006 19:25:08 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/05/12/finkelstein-on-singleton-and-decss/#comment-48754 <p>Oh dear. DeCSS certainly was "related" to the efforts to build an open source DVD player. It is just that the nature of the relationship is somewhat... rocky and contentious.</p> Oh dear. DeCSS certainly was “related” to the efforts to build an open source DVD player. It is just that the nature of the relationship is somewhat… rocky and contentious.

]]> By: Solveig Singleton http://techliberation.com/2006/05/12/finkelstein-on-singleton-and-decss/comment-page-1/#comment-33438 Solveig Singleton Mon, 15 May 2006 18:25:08 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/05/12/finkelstein-on-singleton-and-decss/#comment-33438 <p>Oh dear. DeCSS certainly was "related" to the efforts to build an open source DVD player. It is just that the nature of the relationship is somewhat... rocky and contentious.</p> Oh dear. DeCSS certainly was “related” to the efforts to build an open source DVD player. It is just that the nature of the relationship is somewhat… rocky and contentious.

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