On 4/16/10 23:18 , Chuck Swiger wrote: > On Apr 16, 2010, at 1:42 PM, Giampaolo Tomassoni wrote: > >>> The owner of the box. They may not be qualified to manage the machine, >>> but computers don't plug themselves into the network-- every machine >>> belongs to someone who pays for electrical power and network >>> connectivity. >>> >> What if your PS3 stops working because the maker thinks it is a too-old >> model to still go? >> > A fine question. Let's suppose a certain old PS3 model has a serious > manufacturing defect, such that it can overheat and catch fire. > > Let's suppose Sony starts releasing firmware updates on new games, or via > network updates, etc, which check for the presence of the defect and produce > a big red warning on the screen saying, "This machine has a problem and it > needs a human to check and fix it." They don't stop you from playing your > game, but they have been trying hard to catch your attention. > > Six months later, Sony releases a new game which happens to really beat on > the PS3 and is pretty likely (or even dead-certain) to cause machines which > have this problem to catch fire. Should Sony release firmware which causes > the PS3 to refuse to run this game? > > >>>> If nobody had to turn off freshclam, why clamscan had to stop working? >>>> >>> Sufficiently old versions of ClamAV don't work with all of the current >>> signatures, and bugs in these old versions prevent the ClamAV team from >>> writing more complex signatures that they would like to use. >>> >> Just prevent old versions from upgrading. It is not that difficult. >> > I agree with you entirely. You're welcome to roll back to the 2010-4-14 > virus signatures before the less-than-0.95 kill switch was turned on, and > your outdated ClamAV will continue to run just fine with these old signatures. > > Regards, > Just one remark: Anyone Ran Linux on their PlayStation lately?
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