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Longhorn to Require Monitor-Based DRM
Mr_Silver writes "Engadget has an interesting article regarding a new feature in Longhorn entitled PVP-OPM (Protected Video Path - Output Protection Management) which detects the capabilities of the display devices you are using and manages how (and if at all) content is sent to it. In short, this means that if Longhorn detects that your monitor is not "secure" enough, then your premium video content won't play on it until you buy one that is. Who gets to decide? The content providers of course." From the article: "So what will happen when you try to play premium content on your incompatible monitor? If you're "lucky", the content will go through a resolution constrictor. The purpose of this constrictor is to down-sample high-resolution content to below a certain number of pixels. The newly down-sampled content is then blown back up to match the resolution of your monitor. This is much like when you shrink a JPEG and then zoom into it. Much of the clarity is lost. The result is a picture far fuzzier than it need be."
You mean like the GNAA?
Another reason why Tiger and Leopard makes Longhorn look long-in-the-tooth ^^
Why do you think this won't come as a "feature" in a OS X service pack?
Beware: In C++, your friends can see your privates!
So, let me get this straight.
/. if you want to understand this stuff.
... the idiocy is ont he part of anyone who modded your confusion to "insightful".
Now thats ironic.
If I so chose to upgrade to Longhorn, I'd have to buy a whole new videocard and monitor to actually view the OS and any other programs tailor written for it?
No, try followign along. You need to get your DRM paranoia from someplace other than
Does this mean we'll all have to upgrade to videocards with HDMI ports built in?
No.
I think this is pure idiocy
It is
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Linux and OS X are operating systems - PDP11 was a platform. Your attempt at appearing wise beyond your years has failed miserably.
Maybe by "morons", the GP poster meant "people who happily pay big money for an OS, the core of which is free."
Windows still needs to defrag the filesystem? Linux's ext2, and I'm sure many other modern filesystems, are designed so fragmentation isn't likely to happen in the first place. That is why you don't see many defrag utils for Linux. The only project I know about, the guy gave up because someone pointed out it wasn't needed.
As for expensive monitors, if people understood anything about computers, most home users wouldn't pay more than $50(us) for the thing. Sony sold new Playstation 1s (after #2 was out) for $50. A computer made with the same parts as a playstation would be overkill for what most home users need. Use a CD for the programs, and flash cards to store documents &etc. Yes, some would want more storage, but they could just buy a fileserver for the whole house.
It wouldn't be able to play graphic intensive games, but for most computing tasks it would be good enough. The only problem: computer salesmen, Bill Gates, and "modern" programmers do all sorts of things to keep this from being reality. End the bloat and start selling to people what they need.