The only thing I can think of is the kiosks may burn to a DVD that begins to decompose as soon as it's burned, thereby limiting the amount of time it's playable. It would have to be a special DVD because, AFAIK, you can't encode a blank DVD-R/+R with CSS because of the way they're formatted.
IMHO, this is DOA, if, for no other reason than it'll be quite easy to use a program like DVD Decryptor to break the CSS and copy the DVD's contents to a disk that won't expire. But hey, if they want to throw their money down another black hole, who am I to stop them?
Because, if this works, it will be an indication that Linux is a viable alternative to Windows. As that realization spreads, other countries will jump on board, and many companies will do the same. Today, it's a state in India; tomorrow, it may be India's federal government; the day after that, it could be a forward-looking government in a European nation or even the United States. Even here, there are many local and state governments that are strapped for cash and looking for ways to cut costs.
No, it really isn't that complicated. What the parent is saying is that he arranges his schedule so he only goes to movies when he isn't on call. Simple as that.
Doctors aren't on call all the time, you know.
But the real solution here is for theater managers to immediately kick the cell-phone-yakking louts out of the theater, no questions asked. Even if a doctor gets a call, he or she will most likely immediately get up and start heading for the exit so they can get to the hospital. The idiots who sit there and carry on a conversation are the ones who need to be targeted. Perhaps a call button located between every five or six seats would do the job. Press it, and a manager comes to check on the problem.
Thank you! I have a friend who is in the same situation as you. There are times when he's on call, in case someone needs emergency surgery. When that's the case, he doesn't go anywhere or do anything that makes him unable to get to the hospital should they need him. If he wants to see a movie, he waits until he isn't on call. Otherwise, he either stays home or only goes to places that he can easily leave at a moment's notice.
When I go to a restaurant, my policy is to place my phone on vibrate. If it rings, I'll look at it to see who called, and I'll answer only if it appears to be an important call. To get on the phone just for the sake of yakking to a friend is not only rude to other diners; it's especially rude to those at your table. You came to eat with them, yet it appears that they aren't as important to you as your phone call.
Those who feel they must take calls in all places and situations either don't have a grasp on their priorities or are just being rude to those around them, since they're saying that the call they must take is more important than everyone else in their vicinity.
One possible use would be in crowd control at large protests. If you wanted to disrupt the communications network of a group of protesters, the best way to do it is to jam their cell phones. In several nations (The Philippines comes to mind), large anti-government protests have been organized using cell phones. Take out that technology, and you can make these things much harder to coordinate.
In this particular case, what's happening is that you have a company that wants to sell its products to local law enforcement, so they're suing so they can do that. It's all about money, folks. Even if you'd like to be able to shut up those idiots in movie theaters, do you really want every local PD to be able to jam cell phones whenever they please? Such power would be easy to abuse. "We had to jam the cell phone network around the meeting of global corporate and political leaders to protect against the threat of a terrorist attack. We realize that this may have hampered the ability of protesters to organize, but we think that safety is more important than the rights of a few extremist anti-globalization fanatics."
No, most all of them can be tuned to any frequency in the FM band. The ones like the Belkin TuneCast and the iTrip are within the legal power limits. Units made by companies like Ramsey (do a search for Ramsey FM10) are theoretically legal, as long as you don't use a transmitting antenna with too much gain. So, if you really wanted to, you could get one of these, add the proper (or improper) antenna, and easily exceed the allowed power output for an unlicensed transmitter. Not that I'm recommending this, you understand. I'm just saying that it can be done.
But wait a minute. It was MS who paid out the money, not Novell. If MS and Novell believe that Linux violates MS patents, why isn't Novell the one paying?
There's more to this than meets the eye.
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The only thing I can think of is the kiosks may burn to a DVD that begins to decompose as soon as it's burned, thereby limiting the amount of time it's playable. It would have to be a special DVD because, AFAIK, you can't encode a blank DVD-R/+R with CSS because of the way they're formatted. IMHO, this is DOA, if, for no other reason than it'll be quite easy to use a program like DVD Decryptor to break the CSS and copy the DVD's contents to a disk that won't expire. But hey, if they want to throw their money down another black hole, who am I to stop them?
Because, if this works, it will be an indication that Linux is a viable alternative to Windows. As that realization spreads, other countries will jump on board, and many companies will do the same. Today, it's a state in India; tomorrow, it may be India's federal government; the day after that, it could be a forward-looking government in a European nation or even the United States. Even here, there are many local and state governments that are strapped for cash and looking for ways to cut costs.
No, it really isn't that complicated. What the parent is saying is that he arranges his schedule so he only goes to movies when he isn't on call. Simple as that. Doctors aren't on call all the time, you know. But the real solution here is for theater managers to immediately kick the cell-phone-yakking louts out of the theater, no questions asked. Even if a doctor gets a call, he or she will most likely immediately get up and start heading for the exit so they can get to the hospital. The idiots who sit there and carry on a conversation are the ones who need to be targeted. Perhaps a call button located between every five or six seats would do the job. Press it, and a manager comes to check on the problem.
Thank you! I have a friend who is in the same situation as you. There are times when he's on call, in case someone needs emergency surgery. When that's the case, he doesn't go anywhere or do anything that makes him unable to get to the hospital should they need him. If he wants to see a movie, he waits until he isn't on call. Otherwise, he either stays home or only goes to places that he can easily leave at a moment's notice. When I go to a restaurant, my policy is to place my phone on vibrate. If it rings, I'll look at it to see who called, and I'll answer only if it appears to be an important call. To get on the phone just for the sake of yakking to a friend is not only rude to other diners; it's especially rude to those at your table. You came to eat with them, yet it appears that they aren't as important to you as your phone call. Those who feel they must take calls in all places and situations either don't have a grasp on their priorities or are just being rude to those around them, since they're saying that the call they must take is more important than everyone else in their vicinity.
One possible use would be in crowd control at large protests. If you wanted to disrupt the communications network of a group of protesters, the best way to do it is to jam their cell phones. In several nations (The Philippines comes to mind), large anti-government protests have been organized using cell phones. Take out that technology, and you can make these things much harder to coordinate. In this particular case, what's happening is that you have a company that wants to sell its products to local law enforcement, so they're suing so they can do that. It's all about money, folks. Even if you'd like to be able to shut up those idiots in movie theaters, do you really want every local PD to be able to jam cell phones whenever they please? Such power would be easy to abuse. "We had to jam the cell phone network around the meeting of global corporate and political leaders to protect against the threat of a terrorist attack. We realize that this may have hampered the ability of protesters to organize, but we think that safety is more important than the rights of a few extremist anti-globalization fanatics."
Actually, the BBC has a story on it. That's where I read about it. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/617782 0.stm
No, most all of them can be tuned to any frequency in the FM band. The ones like the Belkin TuneCast and the iTrip are within the legal power limits. Units made by companies like Ramsey (do a search for Ramsey FM10) are theoretically legal, as long as you don't use a transmitting antenna with too much gain. So, if you really wanted to, you could get one of these, add the proper (or improper) antenna, and easily exceed the allowed power output for an unlicensed transmitter. Not that I'm recommending this, you understand. I'm just saying that it can be done.
But wait a minute. It was MS who paid out the money, not Novell. If MS and Novell believe that Linux violates MS patents, why isn't Novell the one paying? There's more to this than meets the eye.