"There is nothing here to stop people from playing with one of these DVDs with varying pulses of electricity until they learn what will safely render the layer transparent. Then the hackers can just post the voltage on the Doom 9 forum. What a waste of money to develope, as well as outfitting retailers to support this."
There is nothing to stop someone from jimmying the lock on your car door either, or from busting in the window for that matter. So, do you leave your doors unlocked all the time?
The idea that something is pointless merely because there are ways around it, is just naive. The point isn't to make it impossible to steal (which I would say is ultimately impossible, anyway). The point is to make it harder for Billy the mischeivous schoolboy to score a quick five-finger-discount.
If you make it harder to steal, you decrease theft.
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@Kimberly:
"There is nothing here to stop people from playing with one of these DVDs with varying pulses of electricity until they learn what will safely render the layer transparent. Then the hackers can just post the voltage on the Doom 9 forum. What a waste of money to develope, as well as outfitting retailers to support this."
There is nothing to stop someone from jimmying the lock on your car door either, or from busting in the window for that matter. So, do you leave your doors unlocked all the time?
The idea that something is pointless merely because there are ways around it, is just naive. The point isn't to make it impossible to steal (which I would say is ultimately impossible, anyway). The point is to make it harder for Billy the mischeivous schoolboy to score a quick five-finger-discount.
If you make it harder to steal, you decrease theft.