Posted by Martin Heffels on 01/19/06 16:13

On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:12:24 -0000, "Pat Horridge"
<pat@remove-spam.vet.co.uk> wrote:

>Maybe not but after a stunt like that who knows what they would consider an
>ok technical improvement.

:)

>Say they decide to add some type of Digital signature to the DV stream in
>camera so Sony post products can identify and "optimise" performance with
>only Sony DV streams but this is then found to screw other non Sony
>products.
>Unbelievable? Would have said so once... Now....

Rootkits are an annoyance, as they are hard to remove. Your example is
pretty far fetched, but I am sure a 15 year old kid with a bit of
spare-time, can write a patch for that, which would probably spread like
wildfire.

cheers

-martin-
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Never be afraid to try something new.
Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
A large group of professionals built the Titanic.

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