If Microsoft is releasing their Superphone in 4Q12, will they announce its end-of-life the quarter before or the quarter after?
Remember the Kin's April announcement and June retirement?
One of the first things you have to realize is that you're making a transition out of your comfort zone, and that some of your strong suits as a developer (and certainly many of the tasks and initiatives) with which you've been successful need to be left behind. Take a look at The Leadership Pipeline for some ideas on the changes you may need to make.
You should blame Google for making such deals when they aren't required to.
What does "required to" have to do with the issue? The relevant mechanism is "choose to," as in choosing what's best for Google's business. Cozying up to Universal versus pissing off some minuscule portion of the interweb is a decision denominated in dollars.
It's not true to say there haven't been any reports of widespread DRM on CDs, though. Look into, among others:
* Macrovision Cactus Data Shield 100, 200, and 300
* Macrovision SAFEAUDIO
* Macrovision TotalPlay
* SONY Key2Audio
* SunnComm MediaCloQ
* Sunncomm MediaMax CD3
* TTR MusicGuard
Yes, there were a number of systems tried out during the first half of the decade. The technologies you name all date back five or more years. The majors abandoned this approach around 2006. There doesn't seem to have been any wide-spread release of DRM-based commercial music CDs for several years now. If you know of any, please point out DRM'd music CDs that have been released recently.
Maybe not rootkits or "effective" DRM, but it IS still there. Look at almost any music cd from the last 10 years. There will be a logo with something about the cd being "protected from unauthorized copying". Just because the DRM has been broken doesn't mean it isn't there anymore.
"Protected from unauthorized copying" is a warning of legal limitations, not an indication of a technical blockade. Standard music CDs do not have DRM mechanisms on them. Other than Sony BMG's rootkit (from 2005), there haven't been any reports of wide-spread commercial use of DRM on music CDs.
...I also no longer buy it either on CD or as downloads, because I object to the removal of my fair-use rights, and the unnecessary DRM schemes on both CDs and downloadable music that put artificial limitations on what devices I can use them with. It's been a decade or more since I last paid a cent to anybody other than private artists selling their own music.
Other than the Sony BMG's rootkit, there hasn't been widespread DRM employed on CDs. LIkewise, Amazon and other on-line e-tailers have been vending DRM-less MP3s for years now.
Look at your $60-120 cable bill and tell me there isn't something else that would make you happy with that money.
We downgraded our cable service to basic. Instead of $90/month, we pay $30. I smile every month when I look at the bill and realize that there's $60 less per month going to the cable company. That makes me happy. I don't even need to spend the money on anything else. I could crumple up six ten-dollar bills and throw them in the gutter and feel happy that I wasn't sending them to the cable company.
Rather than depending on a cold-read of your resume, you should rely on colleagues to recommend you. Work your network, use LinkedIn (or other social networking sites) to find out who you know who knows someone where you want to get hired. Use your connections to find out who the hiring manager is and route your cover letter and resume around the initial HR screen.
Ad-blocking Facebook on third-party sites didn't stop those third-party sites from using Facebook Beacon APIs to share information about you, nor having that information shared on your Facebook newsfeed.
Many people find that a vertical mouse provides a better hand/wrist position than a standard horizontal mouse. Something like the Evoluent or the 3M Ergonomic. There are also a number of keyboards, from partially split to fully split, that allow for more natural hand-elbow-arm position than a standard rectangular model. The Goldtouch has been highly recommended by physical therapists.
So by having two separate companies they can negotiate streaming rights without having to agree to harsh terms on their DVD side (30 day waiting period after a DVD goes on sale, higher prices, stripped down DVDs)
Why does Netflix have to negotiate with anyone but a retail partner for DVDs? What prevents Netflix from buying DVDs and renting them out? Do they need permission from the studios or other copyright holders?
The music was in MONO for God's sake. And the cars run on gasoline and tires - they should fly! And that part where the cops in Jerry's Cherry get the transmission pulled out of their car, it should be a great deal more AWESOME with fireballs and stuff! There is so much that Lucas could fix in his own childhood by reworking American Graffiti, why does he keep tinkering with Star Wars?
This is no different than commercial radio or television. A station owner drafts programming that will attract a demographic that's desirable to a chosen set of advertisers. The radio listeners or television viewers are a unit of exchange between the station and the advertisers. Users are fodder, not customers.
This just in: popular computing tablets from Apple, Motorola and other leading companies are being used to access the so-called "Internet." The Internet, which is comprised of a series of tubes, provides access to many goods and services, including weather reports and "rooms" in which "users" can "chat."
PowerPoint presentations can be terrifically entertaining, just as non-PowerPoint presentations can be terrifically boring. Hatred of PowerPoint (or Keynote or OpenOffice Presentation) is misplaced. Hate the boring presentation (and its author), not the tool with which the presentation was created.
The FCC announced fines totaling nearly $12 million against four carriers for cramming last week.
No doubt the board of directors, afraid the stockholders would hear about these outsized fines, quickly went around the table to see how much they each had in their pockets.
I would say RTFA but even the summary says that it's for other people identifying the rioter, not the rioter posting a picture of himself burning that police car.
If you read the article and follow the links to the reporting pages, you'll find that the crowd sourcing includes both third-party posting of pictures and re-posting of the rioters own publicly posted brags.
Facebook's greatest value to humanity may be as a honeypot to stupid people who post their misdeeds for all the public (and law enforcement agencies) to see.
If this Slashdot article points to an Inquirer article that points to a website that points to videos, isn't Slashdot some fraction as guilty as the website owner? What is the decay rate for guiltiness-per-level-of-indirection?
IANAL. If you are recording and distributing copies of someone's copyrighted song (that is, a song that is not in the public domain and for which you do not hold the copyright), you must get a mechanical license for the composition. A mechanical license is arranged with either the song's publisher, or (in the U.S.) the clearing house Harry Fox Agency. If you'll be performing such a song - by playing a recording on the radio or performing live in public, for example - you need a public performance license from ASCAP, BMI and/or SESAC. Clubs that regularly host live music typically have these licenses in place; without them, the club must limit music acts to performing original material (for which the performer holds the copyright) or works from the public domain. I would be surprised if the licensing agencies didn't have staff that regularly visited non-licensing venues to look for business.
Slashdot Mirror
If Microsoft is releasing their Superphone in 4Q12, will they announce its end-of-life the quarter before or the quarter after? Remember the Kin's April announcement and June retirement?
One of the first things you have to realize is that you're making a transition out of your comfort zone, and that some of your strong suits as a developer (and certainly many of the tasks and initiatives) with which you've been successful need to be left behind. Take a look at The Leadership Pipeline for some ideas on the changes you may need to make.
You should blame Google for making such deals when they aren't required to.
What does "required to" have to do with the issue? The relevant mechanism is "choose to," as in choosing what's best for Google's business. Cozying up to Universal versus pissing off some minuscule portion of the interweb is a decision denominated in dollars.
It's not true to say there haven't been any reports of widespread DRM on CDs, though. Look into, among others: * Macrovision Cactus Data Shield 100, 200, and 300 * Macrovision SAFEAUDIO * Macrovision TotalPlay * SONY Key2Audio * SunnComm MediaCloQ * Sunncomm MediaMax CD3 * TTR MusicGuard
Yes, there were a number of systems tried out during the first half of the decade. The technologies you name all date back five or more years. The majors abandoned this approach around 2006. There doesn't seem to have been any wide-spread release of DRM-based commercial music CDs for several years now. If you know of any, please point out DRM'd music CDs that have been released recently.
Maybe not rootkits or "effective" DRM, but it IS still there. Look at almost any music cd from the last 10 years. There will be a logo with something about the cd being "protected from unauthorized copying". Just because the DRM has been broken doesn't mean it isn't there anymore.
"Protected from unauthorized copying" is a warning of legal limitations, not an indication of a technical blockade. Standard music CDs do not have DRM mechanisms on them. Other than Sony BMG's rootkit (from 2005), there haven't been any reports of wide-spread commercial use of DRM on music CDs.
...I also no longer buy it either on CD or as downloads, because I object to the removal of my fair-use rights, and the unnecessary DRM schemes on both CDs and downloadable music that put artificial limitations on what devices I can use them with. It's been a decade or more since I last paid a cent to anybody other than private artists selling their own music.
Other than the Sony BMG's rootkit, there hasn't been widespread DRM employed on CDs. LIkewise, Amazon and other on-line e-tailers have been vending DRM-less MP3s for years now.
Look at your $60-120 cable bill and tell me there isn't something else that would make you happy with that money.
We downgraded our cable service to basic. Instead of $90/month, we pay $30. I smile every month when I look at the bill and realize that there's $60 less per month going to the cable company. That makes me happy. I don't even need to spend the money on anything else. I could crumple up six ten-dollar bills and throw them in the gutter and feel happy that I wasn't sending them to the cable company.
Rather than depending on a cold-read of your resume, you should rely on colleagues to recommend you. Work your network, use LinkedIn (or other social networking sites) to find out who you know who knows someone where you want to get hired. Use your connections to find out who the hiring manager is and route your cover letter and resume around the initial HR screen.
Ad-blocking Facebook on third-party sites didn't stop those third-party sites from using Facebook Beacon APIs to share information about you, nor having that information shared on your Facebook newsfeed.
The only instance of this that I recall was when they made one's "pages" (/likes/groups) public.
Beacon.
Users rarely visit their privacy settings, so Facebook will need to devise a way to get them to do so.
Farmville subsidies.
Many people find that a vertical mouse provides a better hand/wrist position than a standard horizontal mouse. Something like the Evoluent or the 3M Ergonomic. There are also a number of keyboards, from partially split to fully split, that allow for more natural hand-elbow-arm position than a standard rectangular model. The Goldtouch has been highly recommended by physical therapists.
Since when is Jon "Bowzer" Bauman a national threat? Perhaps the low note on Blue Moon rattles the Senator's fillings?
So by having two separate companies they can negotiate streaming rights without having to agree to harsh terms on their DVD side (30 day waiting period after a DVD goes on sale, higher prices, stripped down DVDs)
Why does Netflix have to negotiate with anyone but a retail partner for DVDs? What prevents Netflix from buying DVDs and renting them out? Do they need permission from the studios or other copyright holders?
That's because people don't have American Graffiti conventions, and don't make as much fuss about it, thus generating him even more money.
Graffiti Summer and the upcoming Petaluma Salute suggest there's money to be squeezed out of American Graffiti.
The music was in MONO for God's sake. And the cars run on gasoline and tires - they should fly! And that part where the cops in Jerry's Cherry get the transmission pulled out of their car, it should be a great deal more AWESOME with fireballs and stuff! There is so much that Lucas could fix in his own childhood by reworking American Graffiti, why does he keep tinkering with Star Wars?
This is no different than commercial radio or television. A station owner drafts programming that will attract a demographic that's desirable to a chosen set of advertisers. The radio listeners or television viewers are a unit of exchange between the station and the advertisers. Users are fodder, not customers.
What are the odds on Assange living long enough to publish documents detailing the plan to take him out?
This just in: popular computing tablets from Apple, Motorola and other leading companies are being used to access the so-called "Internet." The Internet, which is comprised of a series of tubes, provides access to many goods and services, including weather reports and "rooms" in which "users" can "chat."
PowerPoint presentations can be terrifically entertaining, just as non-PowerPoint presentations can be terrifically boring. Hatred of PowerPoint (or Keynote or OpenOffice Presentation) is misplaced. Hate the boring presentation (and its author), not the tool with which the presentation was created.
The FCC announced fines totaling nearly $12 million against four carriers for cramming last week.
No doubt the board of directors, afraid the stockholders would hear about these outsized fines, quickly went around the table to see how much they each had in their pockets.
I would say RTFA but even the summary says that it's for other people identifying the rioter, not the rioter posting a picture of himself burning that police car.
If you read the article and follow the links to the reporting pages, you'll find that the crowd sourcing includes both third-party posting of pictures and re-posting of the rioters own publicly posted brags.
Facebook's greatest value to humanity may be as a honeypot to stupid people who post their misdeeds for all the public (and law enforcement agencies) to see.
If this Slashdot article points to an Inquirer article that points to a website that points to videos, isn't Slashdot some fraction as guilty as the website owner? What is the decay rate for guiltiness-per-level-of-indirection?
IANAL. If you are recording and distributing copies of someone's copyrighted song (that is, a song that is not in the public domain and for which you do not hold the copyright), you must get a mechanical license for the composition. A mechanical license is arranged with either the song's publisher, or (in the U.S.) the clearing house Harry Fox Agency. If you'll be performing such a song - by playing a recording on the radio or performing live in public, for example - you need a public performance license from ASCAP, BMI and/or SESAC. Clubs that regularly host live music typically have these licenses in place; without them, the club must limit music acts to performing original material (for which the performer holds the copyright) or works from the public domain. I would be surprised if the licensing agencies didn't have staff that regularly visited non-licensing venues to look for business.