Musing

Infringement or Outraged! But Excited! Didn't the men of the NPHS Picnic Table Luncheaters' Club invent the word "fark"? I heard either Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert use it the other night and thought I was hearing things. But nope - the rerun the next day confirmed it (yes, I watched it twice and still can't remember who used it). We've started a national farking movement!

Protecting Your Rights or Getting What You Paid For Recently, Slashdot brought my attention to the release notes for Windows Media Player 11 (currently in Beta 2). I upgraded from 10 to 11 shortly after Beta 1 came out, mostly because of the sweet new look. I missed the expandable trees in the left bar (Artist, Album, etc) that we've had for as long as I can remember, but I was nearly willing to part with them just for the looks. When Beta 2 was released, I decided I'd check it out to see if my trees were back. Then I read the Slashdot article and decided to actually read all of the license and release information. Get this : Content owners use Windows Media digital rights management technology (WMDRM) to protect their intellectual property, including copyrights. This software and third party software use WMDRM to play and copy WMDRM-protected content. If the software fails to protect the content, content owners may ask Microsoft to revoke the software’s ability to use ...