I enjoyed the film but then I did not expect a deep meaningful masterpiece. I was a fun revisit to an old classic with great eye candy.
Too many people are trying to read too much into films these days or what to pretend they are a film critic.Either way they will always be disapointed:)
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AMD has now breached the license. Intel has no responsibility to keep AMD in business. Intel can get another foundry to make x86 CPUs. There's no law against being a monopoly.
Natural law is against being a failure like AMD.
Might not be BUT there are MANY MANY laws about abuse of monopoly position as MS and Intel have found out many time.
If they do not renew the licence I am sure the EU will have a very EXPENSIVE reason for them to renew:)
Are you for real?
Linux is a COMPLETE OS, You do not need windows at all on your machine. You think that because it costs MS millions that nobody else can write an OS.
*nix (the term for Unix like systems) have been around LONGER than windows. Microsoft even sold a *nix system called xenix many years ago. I used one for years.
Most deskop Linux distributions ship with a FULL set of office type apps that can read and write MS files called open office.
I am writing this post using Ubuntu Linux running Firefox, no sign of Windows anywhere!
If you are stupid enough to pay $100s for Windows + Office then fine. Just realise there are other options that cost NOTHING. WAKE UP:)
Your ryobi chop saw vs another chop saw is a pure garbage statement that just shows you do not understand the problem. Yes any developer can learn a new language, I have worked in many different in my 30years of code writing BUT and this is the big BUT.
You are NEVER productive in a large scale project until you have used language X in anger and have made mistakes.
No company in todays world can aford to carry dead wood so first choice is a person that knows all the kinks and problems of the language and can program around them.
Anybody can do a small website in any framework. Only a dev experienced in a given language can jump into a 500 object backend and be productive.
Hope that helps you understand lol
"From my point of view, the reason to upgrade to Vista is its significantly higher security than XP, let alone the earlier OS's"
I assume you thnk that AV, firewall and all the other software VistaMEII locks out are not required because of this great security. Who in their right mind would trust MS AV products lol. The MS anti malware software at one point allowed one contentious malware because MS has a stake in the company. Not sure if it still does but I don't hold my breath.
Just look at OOXML and the patent time bomb MS is trying to push. Not many TRUST MS any more.
I get the feeling VistaMEII will have a SHORT shelf life and the next version will come out soon. I assume your post has a "conflict of interest" if you really are an MS dev so say what you want, you won't be believed:)
errrrr.
Backwards compatibility. So by this you imply that its impossible to run old KDE apps on the new interface.
Maintin its own integrity. So by this you mean that KDE is not stable and fails after a while of use.
Sorry, you appear to be talking rubbish. Vista is a slow resource hog because that is how it was designed. Its just poor crap code.
Yes, the music industry USED to have a vice like grip on distribution. But with the internet and modern PC's that grip has all but gone.
You do know that all of the majors had a round table with Napster before the sued it into the ground?
The deal would have been along the lines of $10/month for all you can eat music with full audit of downloads to enable distribution of money etc. Napster was a SINGLE point of distribution that everyone already used. The PERFECT distribution system. Instead they got scared, the model was too far from CDs.
The killed Napster and since then it has been a downward spiral for them. The music is out there free. All they can do now is make a new model that is compelling enough.
You should read up a little on the subject... The average spend per year for iTunes users is $10, remember iTunes charges $1+ per song. The average spend per year for eMusic customers is $168, they charge $0.33 per song and even less if you spend more. I am willing to bet the average spend for AllOfMP3 users was far more than the tiny $10/year that iTunes pulls in.
When you charge less people think less about the expenditure and so spend more.
Radiohead are allowing fans to pay what they feel like for their new albumm which they have SELF published. The middle man is DEAD. They just have not realised it yet. If they CHANGE they might just have a chance.
Actually. If people continue to purchase songs at inflated prices the record companies will think this is what people are willing to pay and will not change.
AllOfMP3 might be on dodgy ground BUT and this one is a HUGE but. The prices they charged are the prices that people WANT to pay. It does not matter WHAT the record companies WANT to charge because if people are not willing to pay it then they will still DIE.
The business model they have BROKE when the internet removed distribution control. Now they change or die. Simple supply and demand from 1st grade.
"Yes, "Plus" is too expensive, but if we don't support it at all, piracy will be blamed and we will get even more DRM shoved through our throats. As for CDs: I live in a cramped apartment. I already put all my CDs in the basement to save space. For me download-only actually is an advantage."
Sorry but if you don't agree with something then don't buy it. That is the ONLY way they will listen.
AllOfMP3 and emusic are the way forward. People like the prices of these sites so lost of money changes hand.
Once the first of the majors die the rest might actually start to understand. If the price is too high then DO NOT BUY, just email the artist to let them know you WOULD buy their music if it was a fair price.
Not true. If the developer makes use of ANY GPL code they must remain bound by they licence. So it all depends on if this app came off the base of another GPL app or not.
If the community moves to GPL3 it means that for the MS/Novell deal to continue they must branch their code and maintain their own branch.
All future community development will take place on the GPL3 branch so Novell will not bee able to use the code or MS have to give the patent proptection to all. This removes all the benefits of the deal.
As the PS3 has only JUST released you would expect demand to be far higher than supply. But on RELEASE DAY I could go to ANY shop here in Christchurch and pick upa PS3 as EVERYWHERE had not even sold their initial shipment.
By contrast, EVERY console release back as far as I can remember HAS sold out for months after release.
So YES, stock of the PS3 left on the shelves EVERYWHERE means the PS3 has not had a good start. You can even get discounts if you shop around. Very sorry state for a new release of games hardware.
The way to compare it to the fact you can go and buy a DVD player is naive.
Point 2.......
It doesn't matter that you don't have a blue ray disk. It does not matter even if you NEVER intend to get a blue ray disk. Your second point just shows how naive you are in this respect.
The DRM code is required from the start through to the end of the signal. This means that your GFX card drivers have to respect ALL the DRM requirements even if you don't plan on using them. The same is true throughout the OS.
We are over 3 months into the FULL Vista(ME) release now and both NVidia and ATI are still unable to get their graphics drivers working BECAUSE of the DRM issues.
Now think a little. This OS has been in the pipeline for OVER 5 YEARS. All the companies in the work could see Vista(ME) comming. There was no shock.. BOOM... here is a new OS.
So given all this the ONLY conclusion you can draw from this is the DRM requirements in the drivers are so harsh that even the hardware makers can't make their kit work properly. So YES the DRM DOES MATTER.
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They are trying to charge a LOT for an item that costs near to nothing to copy and distribute. That is the problem.
Their business monel WORKED when it was not cheap to copy and distribute copies which is why they always try and get "taxes" put on the various forms of blank media.
An all you can eat Global licence is a far better solution. Anyone that wants legal access to music or films pays a monthly subscription, the same way you pay your Sky or Cable subscription now. Probably paid at the ISP level.
Every "item" downloaded is counted and then each month the royalties are distributed to the artists based on a pro-rate of download counts.
How hard can it be. The subs can be low because of the number of people paying them.
Change or die. The RIAA and MPAA know their death is coming, they just want to use DRM and the courts to prolong their life.
Yep, I think MS have a real panic on their hands at the moment.
1) The new OS they took 5 years to create has gone down as well as Windows ME. The fact that the protection systems are so harsh that even NVidia and ATI are having big problems getting drivers working. Lets face it, its not like VistaME appeared out of the blue. Apple are on the Os X marketing offensive big time now they smell blood. 2) Thy are failing to get their office xml ratified as a standard while the open version is close to full ISO now. Government bodies are starting to want docs in an open standard format. The move is slow but the momentum is now building and this could really weaken the hold Office has on the world and let Open Office take market share. 3) Their attempts to hold the DRM keys to music and films is falling to pieces. Apple are still giving MS a pounding no matter how hard MS trys. They broke their own "plays for sure" [sic] system with Zune and now the first of the big players in the content industry are ready to walk away from DRM on music. Lets see how long DRM lasts now. 4) They cant get a foot hold in search against Google. 5) The open source community is trying to kill their attempt to get the control of linux with GPL V3. At least the in-fighting on GPL V3 might help them here.
They only place they have done well is in the console market but only because the original "big boy" dropped the ball and stopped listening to their suppliers (Content creators hate the fact the PS3 is so hard and hence costly to work with) and customers (Hate the high cost and no big exclusives that make the extra cost worth it)
rotf.
The fact that ATI and NVidia are unable to get fully working hardware and software out for DX10 shows what effect the DRM in Vista is having. The DRM requirements on them are so bad they can't make their products work.
And lets face it, Vista has been in the works for 5 years, it's not like they didn't know what is coming and what will be required of them
But who wants their expensive GPU to actually work, the joy is in owning it not using it for what it is intented for:)
Actually, YouTube in this situation is EXACTLY the same as an ISPs, hosting company or other companies or sites that make money by providing webspace (in all its shapes and forms) as a service. Where end users has the control over their space.
As long as YouTube meet the Safe Harbour rules they are protected by it. The fight will be on how the rules are interpreted.
Then you DID NOT read my post. I stated that the forst 4000 people to buy PS3 in NZ get Casino Royal on blue ray. I can still go and get that deal, read into that what you want!
Not sure about the UK launch but here in NZ they advertised that the first 4000 PS3s sold come with Casino Royal on Blue Ray. We have gone through the weekend now and the adverts on TV and Radio still say that you can get the Casino Royal blue ray disk if you purchase a PS3 and slight discounts are starting to appear. I can walk into ANY retailer that advertises the PS3 and they ALL have stock, this is not like any other launch I have seen for a console.
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I enjoyed the film but then I did not expect a deep meaningful masterpiece. I was a fun revisit to an old classic with great eye candy. Too many people are trying to read too much into films these days or what to pretend they are a film critic.Either way they will always be disapointed :)
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AMD has now breached the license. Intel has no responsibility to keep AMD in business. Intel can get another foundry to make x86 CPUs. There's no law against being a monopoly.
Natural law is against being a failure like AMD.
Might not be BUT there are MANY MANY laws about abuse of monopoly position as MS and Intel have found out many time. If they do not renew the licence I am sure the EU will have a very EXPENSIVE reason for them to renew :)
Are you for real? Linux is a COMPLETE OS, You do not need windows at all on your machine. You think that because it costs MS millions that nobody else can write an OS. *nix (the term for Unix like systems) have been around LONGER than windows. Microsoft even sold a *nix system called xenix many years ago. I used one for years. Most deskop Linux distributions ship with a FULL set of office type apps that can read and write MS files called open office. I am writing this post using Ubuntu Linux running Firefox, no sign of Windows anywhere! If you are stupid enough to pay $100s for Windows + Office then fine. Just realise there are other options that cost NOTHING. WAKE UP :)
Your ryobi chop saw vs another chop saw is a pure garbage statement that just shows you do not understand the problem. Yes any developer can learn a new language, I have worked in many different in my 30years of code writing BUT and this is the big BUT. You are NEVER productive in a large scale project until you have used language X in anger and have made mistakes. No company in todays world can aford to carry dead wood so first choice is a person that knows all the kinks and problems of the language and can program around them. Anybody can do a small website in any framework. Only a dev experienced in a given language can jump into a 500 object backend and be productive. Hope that helps you understand lol
"From my point of view, the reason to upgrade to Vista is its significantly higher security than XP, let alone the earlier OS's"
:)
I assume you thnk that AV, firewall and all the other software VistaMEII locks out are not required because of this great security. Who in their right mind would trust MS AV products lol. The MS anti malware software at one point allowed one contentious malware because MS has a stake in the company. Not sure if it still does but I don't hold my breath.
Just look at OOXML and the patent time bomb MS is trying to push. Not many TRUST MS any more.
I get the feeling VistaMEII will have a SHORT shelf life and the next version will come out soon. I assume your post has a "conflict of interest" if you really are an MS dev so say what you want, you won't be believed
errrrr. Backwards compatibility. So by this you imply that its impossible to run old KDE apps on the new interface. Maintin its own integrity. So by this you mean that KDE is not stable and fails after a while of use. Sorry, you appear to be talking rubbish. Vista is a slow resource hog because that is how it was designed. Its just poor crap code.
Yes, the music industry USED to have a vice like grip on distribution. But with the internet and modern PC's that grip has all but gone.
You do know that all of the majors had a round table with Napster before the sued it into the ground?
The deal would have been along the lines of $10/month for all you can eat music with full audit of downloads to enable distribution of money etc. Napster was a SINGLE point of distribution that everyone already used. The PERFECT distribution system. Instead they got scared, the model was too far from CDs.
The killed Napster and since then it has been a downward spiral for them. The music is out there free. All they can do now is make a new model that is compelling enough.
You should read up a little on the subject... The average spend per year for iTunes users is $10, remember iTunes charges $1+ per song. The average spend per year for eMusic customers is $168, they charge $0.33 per song and even less if you spend more. I am willing to bet the average spend for AllOfMP3 users was far more than the tiny $10/year that iTunes pulls in.
When you charge less people think less about the expenditure and so spend more.
Radiohead are allowing fans to pay what they feel like for their new albumm which they have SELF published. The middle man is DEAD. They just have not realised it yet. If they CHANGE they might just have a chance.
Actually. If people continue to purchase songs at inflated prices the record companies will think this is what people are willing to pay and will not change. AllOfMP3 might be on dodgy ground BUT and this one is a HUGE but. The prices they charged are the prices that people WANT to pay. It does not matter WHAT the record companies WANT to charge because if people are not willing to pay it then they will still DIE. The business model they have BROKE when the internet removed distribution control. Now they change or die. Simple supply and demand from 1st grade.
"Yes, "Plus" is too expensive, but if we don't support it at all, piracy will be blamed and we will get even more DRM shoved through our throats. As for CDs: I live in a cramped apartment. I already put all my CDs in the basement to save space. For me download-only actually is an advantage."
Sorry but if you don't agree with something then don't buy it. That is the ONLY way they will listen.
AllOfMP3 and emusic are the way forward. People like the prices of these sites so lost of money changes hand.
Once the first of the majors die the rest might actually start to understand. If the price is too high then DO NOT BUY, just email the artist to let them know you WOULD buy their music if it was a fair price.
Not true. If the developer makes use of ANY GPL code they must remain bound by they licence. So it all depends on if this app came off the base of another GPL app or not.
If the community moves to GPL3 it means that for the MS/Novell deal to continue they must branch their code and maintain their own branch.
:)
All future community development will take place on the GPL3 branch so Novell will not bee able to use the code or MS have to give the patent proptection to all. This removes all the benefits of the deal.
Their branch will become the new Netware
As the PS3 has only JUST released you would expect demand to be far higher than supply. But on RELEASE DAY I could go to ANY shop here in Christchurch and pick upa PS3 as EVERYWHERE had not even sold their initial shipment. By contrast, EVERY console release back as far as I can remember HAS sold out for months after release. So YES, stock of the PS3 left on the shelves EVERYWHERE means the PS3 has not had a good start. You can even get discounts if you shop around. Very sorry state for a new release of games hardware. The way to compare it to the fact you can go and buy a DVD player is naive.
Point 2....... It doesn't matter that you don't have a blue ray disk. It does not matter even if you NEVER intend to get a blue ray disk. Your second point just shows how naive you are in this respect. The DRM code is required from the start through to the end of the signal. This means that your GFX card drivers have to respect ALL the DRM requirements even if you don't plan on using them. The same is true throughout the OS. We are over 3 months into the FULL Vista(ME) release now and both NVidia and ATI are still unable to get their graphics drivers working BECAUSE of the DRM issues. Now think a little. This OS has been in the pipeline for OVER 5 YEARS. All the companies in the work could see Vista(ME) comming. There was no shock.. BOOM... here is a new OS. So given all this the ONLY conclusion you can draw from this is the DRM requirements in the drivers are so harsh that even the hardware makers can't make their kit work properly. So YES the DRM DOES MATTER.
They are trying to charge a LOT for an item that costs near to nothing to copy and distribute. That is the problem.
Their business monel WORKED when it was not cheap to copy and distribute copies which is why they always try and get "taxes" put on the various forms of blank media.
An all you can eat Global licence is a far better solution. Anyone that wants legal access to music or films pays a monthly subscription, the same way you pay your Sky or Cable subscription now. Probably paid at the ISP level.
Every "item" downloaded is counted and then each month the royalties are distributed to the artists based on a pro-rate of download counts.
How hard can it be. The subs can be low because of the number of people paying them.
Change or die. The RIAA and MPAA know their death is coming, they just want to use DRM and the courts to prolong their life.
Yep, I think MS have a real panic on their hands at the moment.
1) The new OS they took 5 years to create has gone down as well as Windows ME. The fact that the protection systems are so harsh that even NVidia and ATI are having big problems getting drivers working. Lets face it, its not like VistaME appeared out of the blue. Apple are on the Os X marketing offensive big time now they smell blood.
2) Thy are failing to get their office xml ratified as a standard while the open version is close to full ISO now. Government bodies are starting to want docs in an open standard format. The move is slow but the momentum is now building and this could really weaken the hold Office has on the world and let Open Office take market share.
3) Their attempts to hold the DRM keys to music and films is falling to pieces. Apple are still giving MS a pounding no matter how hard MS trys. They broke their own "plays for sure" [sic] system with Zune and now the first of the big players in the content industry are ready to walk away from DRM on music. Lets see how long DRM lasts now.
4) They cant get a foot hold in search against Google.
5) The open source community is trying to kill their attempt to get the control of linux with GPL V3. At least the in-fighting on GPL V3 might help them here.
They only place they have done well is in the console market but only because the original "big boy" dropped the ball and stopped listening to their suppliers (Content creators hate the fact the PS3 is so hard and hence costly to work with) and customers (Hate the high cost and no big exclusives that make the extra cost worth it)
Yep, a mild panic
rotf. The fact that ATI and NVidia are unable to get fully working hardware and software out for DX10 shows what effect the DRM in Vista is having. The DRM requirements on them are so bad they can't make their products work. And lets face it, Vista has been in the works for 5 years, it's not like they didn't know what is coming and what will be required of them But who wants their expensive GPU to actually work, the joy is in owning it not using it for what it is intented for :)
Actually, YouTube in this situation is EXACTLY the same as an ISPs, hosting company or other companies or sites that make money by providing webspace (in all its shapes and forms) as a service. Where end users has the control over their space.
As long as YouTube meet the Safe Harbour rules they are protected by it. The fight will be on how the rules are interpreted.
Then you DID NOT read my post. I stated that the forst 4000 people to buy PS3 in NZ get Casino Royal on blue ray. I can still go and get that deal, read into that what you want!
Not sure about the UK launch but here in NZ they advertised that the first 4000 PS3s sold come with Casino Royal on Blue Ray. We have gone through the weekend now and the adverts on TV and Radio still say that you can get the Casino Royal blue ray disk if you purchase a PS3 and slight discounts are starting to appear. I can walk into ANY retailer that advertises the PS3 and they ALL have stock, this is not like any other launch I have seen for a console.