I'm not sure of the writers background or knowledge about this subject. Everthing the comment said is true, however the reference to the intro level physics textbook makes me wonder. For those that don't know, "Fundamentals of Physics, Fifth Edition", by Halliday, Resnick, and Walker" is a book used for introductory level physics classes by many colleges.
Without seeing exactly what their technology is I would be hesitant to rule anything out.
If this technology does pan out it would be a blessing to people in rural areas that can't get dsl or cable modems and can't afford costly satallite solutions.
I also think that the 2.5GB/sec bandwidth they are talking about will be shared in much the same way that the bandwidth for a cable modem is shared.
We should all wait and see what the company does according to the web page the product should roll out late in the year 2000. For now we don't have enough info to say if they are legit or not.
Wait hold on that might have been great. The internet would not be clogged with huge numbers of commercial sites and big brother might not be looking over your shoulder evertime you write an email. Maybe that's what we should do is create a net of our own for and by linux, mac, and beos users. Or anyone with a brain that has infomation to share. We could then get rid of the people who are still looking for that any key and maybe do something productive. It would be quite easy to deny service to anyone running MSIE. It would also be quite easy to keep people from connecting to our sites directly. It's an idea maybe we could get back to what the internet was before AOhell become popular. In our society you vote with your dollars. Quit voting for microsoft and they'll change or go away.
For some reason everyone always assumes that when your talking about mp3's your talking about pirated music. Many artists will give out one or two mp3's off of an album just to create interest. Never make assumptions. They make an ass out of you and me.
Most piracy is by kids. They pirate the software because they can't afford to buy it. Trust me, if most kids out there who pirate games could afford all the games they pirate, they would buy them. Who want's a program that they have no documentation to. Most of the programs pirated are ones that the pirate would never buy. If they wouldn't buy the program anyway the software industry has lost no money.
Tell me who wants to spend 45$ on a game only to find out that it sucks, it's poorly designed, buggy, and crashes your computer every 5 minutes? What highschool student is willing to pay the price asked for microsoft office just to use it to create a couple of papers for school. Most people that I know who download pirated programs will buy the program if they like it just to get the documentation and all of the stuff that's left out on the pirated version. Ever wonder who would want to download a 7 cd game over a dialup? No one so the people that crack commercial software take out some of the fat to make the programs more easily downloaded. But who wants a copy of the latest game only to discover that after you save the world you don't get to watch the supercool animation at the end of the game because that had to be left out.
The ones that should be prosecuted are private buisinesses and schools. Schools are very bad about pirating software. This only shows students that it's ok to pirate software. Buisnesses should be held accountable because they can afford to buy the software that they are pirating and therefor are costing the industry money.
In short we should quit going after people who are not costing the industry anything anyway and can not afford to defend themselves. Go after the source of the problem. Don't let schools get away with pirating and young people will see that they should not pirate software. If a company is kept from pirating that not only helps more then going after a few teenagers on IRC. If companies don't allow piracy that will help shut off the flow of high quality commercial apps that really costs the industry money.
The way it looks, I think it would be great for students. Can you Imagine having a device like that that held all your books electronically, and was able to do quick searches of text. Also students could use the device for reference material and keep track of all their assignments. I've always thought that the big market for PDA's and electronic books are college students
The article says "Remote Solution's PJB-100 stores over 80 playback hours (1200 songs) or 100 CD's, and incorporates an IBM 4.86 GB, 2.5 inch hard drive selected for its rugged reliability. The PJB-100 offers exceptional music capacity vs cost less than $10 per playback hour vs $200 per playback hour for flash-media storage units." This is a direct quote from the website. When they are refering to $10/hour they are talking about the PJB-100, which is the mp3 player itself. If they would give this machine a color lcd. Then make it a PDA with that kind of storage and the ability to play mp3's, I would buy one for $800. Linux based OS of course.
Bruce Issaacks (940)565.8556 401 W Hickory ST Denton, TX 76201 Fax 940.382.0845 Email BIsaacks@co.denton.tx.us Thought maybe some of the slashdot readers could make some noise and tell Mr. Issacks what we thought of the treatment of Christopher. I got one other number from my search but it may just be someone elses phone number so if you want his home phone do a search.
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I'm not sure of the writers background or knowledge about this subject. Everthing the comment said is true, however the reference to the intro level physics textbook makes me wonder. For those that don't know, "Fundamentals of Physics, Fifth Edition", by Halliday, Resnick, and Walker" is a book used for introductory level physics classes by many colleges.
Without seeing exactly what their technology is I would be hesitant to rule anything out.
If this technology does pan out it would be a blessing to people in rural areas that can't get dsl or cable modems and can't afford costly satallite solutions.
I also think that the 2.5GB/sec bandwidth they are talking about will be shared in much the same way that the bandwidth for a cable modem is shared.
We should all wait and see what the company does according to the web page the product should roll out late in the year 2000. For now we don't have enough info to say if they are legit or not.
Wait hold on that might have been great. The internet would not be clogged with huge numbers of commercial sites and big brother might not be looking over your shoulder evertime you write an email. Maybe that's what we should do is create a net of our own for and by linux, mac, and beos users. Or anyone with a brain that has infomation to share. We could then get rid of the people who are still looking for that any key and maybe do something productive. It would be quite easy to deny service to anyone running MSIE. It would also be quite easy to keep people from connecting to our sites directly. It's an idea maybe we could get back to what the internet was before AOhell become popular. In our society you vote with your dollars. Quit voting for microsoft and they'll change or go away.
For some reason everyone always assumes that when your talking about mp3's your talking about pirated music. Many artists will give out one or two mp3's off of an album just to create interest. Never make assumptions. They make an ass out of you and me.
Most piracy is by kids. They pirate the software because they can't afford to buy it. Trust me, if most kids out there who pirate games could afford all the games they pirate, they would buy them. Who want's a program that they have no documentation to. Most of the programs pirated are ones that the pirate would never buy. If they wouldn't buy the program anyway the software industry has lost no money.
Tell me who wants to spend 45$ on a game only to find out that it sucks, it's poorly designed, buggy, and crashes your computer every 5 minutes?
What highschool student is willing to pay the price asked for microsoft office just to use it to create a couple of papers for school. Most people that I know who download pirated programs will buy the program if they like it just to get the documentation and all of the stuff that's left out on the pirated version. Ever wonder who would want to download a 7 cd game over a dialup? No one so the people that crack commercial software take out some of the fat to make the programs more easily downloaded. But who wants a copy of the latest game only to discover that after you save the world you don't get to watch the supercool animation at the end of the game because that had to be left out.
The ones that should be prosecuted are private buisinesses and schools. Schools are very bad about pirating software. This only shows students that it's ok to pirate software. Buisnesses should be held accountable because they can afford to buy the software that they are pirating and therefor are costing the industry money.
In short we should quit going after people who are not costing the industry anything anyway and can not afford to defend themselves. Go after the source of the problem. Don't let schools get away with pirating and young people will see that they should not pirate software. If a company is kept from pirating that not only helps more then going after a few teenagers on IRC. If companies don't allow piracy that will help shut off the flow of high quality commercial apps that really costs the industry money.
The way it looks, I think it would be great for students. Can you Imagine having a device like that that held all your books electronically, and was able to do quick searches of text. Also students could use the device for reference material and keep track of all their assignments. I've always thought that the big market for PDA's and electronic books are college students
The article says "Remote Solution's PJB-100 stores over 80 playback hours (1200 songs) or 100 CD's, and incorporates an IBM 4.86 GB, 2.5 inch hard drive selected for its rugged reliability. The PJB-100 offers exceptional music capacity vs cost less than $10 per playback hour vs $200 per playback hour for flash-media storage units." This is a direct quote from the website. When they are refering to $10/hour they are talking about the PJB-100, which is the mp3 player itself. If they would give this machine a color lcd. Then make it a PDA with that kind of storage and the ability to play mp3's, I would buy one for $800. Linux based OS of course.
Bruce Issaacks (940)565.8556 401 W Hickory ST Denton, TX 76201 Fax 940.382.0845 Email BIsaacks@co.denton.tx.us Thought maybe some of the slashdot readers could make some noise and tell Mr. Issacks what we thought of the treatment of Christopher. I got one other number from my search but it may just be someone elses phone number so if you want his home phone do a search.