mirrorbird (02:41:59)
with computers: you can do mostly what you want with the hardwaer (modulo Trusted Computing Platform etc) but they get you in software. DRM.

atinypony (02:41:49)
the parallel is perfect - both computers and cars now come with locked bootloaders to prevent users from bein [user was banned for plix]

mirrorbird (02:41:37)
anyway. who can repair their car now? even an expert mechanic/engineer MAY not be able to, bc they make it fricking hard for you to do so.

mirrorbird (02:41:00)
and the speed these things happened -- at school i was taught about the "Data Protection Act 1984", that was already basically obsolete as it was supposed to cover all computer crimes, but most computer crimes of the time (= mainly viruses) were not cover

mirrorbird (02:40:08)
when you'd crank this damn thing up, and there were no highway regulations yet, etc. etc. in many ways a lot like the early home computing (and in many ways not)

mirrorbird (02:39:39)
i find it interesting to compare computers "as hobbyism" with early cars, i suppose circa 1920s

atinypony (02:39:12)
pm me bruv!

mirrorbird (02:39:01)
ahhhem. anyway

mirrorbird (02:38:56)
that makes me think of something REALLY funny but i can't say it. and not because of no-plix!

mirrorbird (02:38:35)
now i know why you're shy

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