Hi, > I found this note on InfoWorld today, linking Blu-Ray, Java, and a free > software repository.
I followed the links and read: > "So, if you want to create a Blu-ray disc, > you'll need to write some Java code." This seems to be about the clickicolorful stuff you can do with a Bluray reader drive and your tv set. I've recently read an article in german mag "c't" which says it was pity that the well defined multi-media stuff of HD-DVD passes the way while the "more than a hundred permutations" to represent interactive video on Bluray persist. I understand Java is needed for playing some of the 101 permutations. So i would not expect a computer BD drive to provide a builtin JVM (or a graphics board or a tv outlet). But there's indeed a computer inside a drive which runs the "firmware". And we are quite at the mercy of this computer every time we burn or read some media. > if there is really a JVM in a Blu-Ray player, > would it be possible for someone > to hide a virus in a Blu-Ray disk, such that it would do something > unpleasant when a disk was mounted or played. Who lets run foreign software on the own computer must bear the consequences. I would see the same problems as with enabling Java and Javascript on a web browser. Have a nice day :) Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
