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Microsoft Invents A 'Play-Once Only' DVD
auckland map writes "Microsoft has developed a cheap, disposable pre-recorded DVD disc that consumers can play only once." From the article: " Buying an ordinary DVD of a new film costs between £15 (E22, $26.40) and £20. Microsoft's new disc will enable the studios to release a "play-once, then throw away" copy for as little as £3, much the same as renting a video or DVD. But unlike a rented DVD, the new disc allows consumers to decide when they watch films and there is no need to return it. The new generation of DVD disc will spearhead a fresh assault by Microsoft on the home-entertainment market." Update: 10/06 03:38 GMT by J : Kinda important to read the followup story.
Launch Windows just once. Chances are that you will not be able to launch it another time.
The problem with Slashdot memes is that YOU INSENSITIVE CLOD!
Apparently, it was in fact a technical problem. Mod me -1, Offtopic. :-(
Do you like German cars?
Heh...yea.....I guess my 143k mile '93 Crown Vic isn't running either....
I have a few friends who drove close to 50,000 miles without performing any regular maintainance before their (domestic) vehicles started to show problems. At that point it took some strong cleaners to get the sludge from the 3 year old oil out, but the engine still ran. Domestics are nowhere near as bad on reliability as the import snobs love to claim.
I used to get high on life, but I developed a tolerance. Now I need something stronger.
I didn't mod it up funny. My Karma doesn't go up when it gets modded up funny - but then it goes down when some idiots mod it overated. Isn't that what metamoderation is for??? Punish the people who modded it funny- not me. Freakin' Idiots. Man that pisses me off.
Yeah I'm not supposed to care, but this happens too often and I just don't see why it can't be fixed.
It's hard to believe that's how Micronians are made. Why don't we see it right now by having you both kiss one another?