Not until you can buy movies on-line without the ridiculous DRM restrictions that mean that I can't watch the movie in Plex (or HTPC app of choice) and have to switch out to front row. Blu Ray + Any DVD HD means that I can format shift HD content to the device of my choice in the house, something that downloads currently can't offer me. Also Blu Ray trumps the HD iTunes content in terms of quality anyway.
But put it into a network with a NAS and you don't need to worry about the onboard HD.
I use a Mac Mini connected connected to a Gigabit Switch which has a NetGear ReadyNAS NVX with 5.4TB of RAID 5 HD attached as well. The NAS is used to store all our CD's, downloaded music, DVDs and Blu Rays. By using 5Hgz 802.11n around the house and re-encoding with Handbrake on my gaming machine means that we can stream it to devices such as PC's and our Macbook as well as the main TV attached mac mini.
So does this mean that if you linked to such a page on the political parties web site it would get fined $11k a day?
Sounds like a fantastic oppertunity to drive home to the government how silly this is. Just link to banned non illegal websites in all correspondance whenever you can.
And maybe the voters want to hear it because the UK and the US were behind the overthrow of the democratically elected president and replacement with a pro western dictator back in 1953.
The trouble comes when you have to move off of the planet.
Whilst our economy is linear instead of cyclic we're heading for pain, it's just a question of when not if. Have a look at the history of Easter Island for an example.
You're assuming of course that our civilisation will survive peak oil quite happily. For an example of a civilisation that over utilised finite natural resources read up on Easter Island.
With China and India increasing demand for oil, could we afford the price when the recession ends?
The same people who predicted mass starvation in the 70s are now predicting massive climate change.
"According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, more than 25,000 people died of starvation every day in 2003" - Wikipedia article on starvation.
Mass starvation doesn't mean that everyone in the world is starving at once.
I just read your blog on your experiment and one of the most striking things I noticed about online vs local install was the incredible pace of innovation. The feeling I got was that whilst living online is probably just about doable now, in a year or two local installs might seem quaint.
When online application release cycles are measured in days vs years for typical Microsoft applications then the sense of being left behind could become a factor moving away from desktop apps.
oh and they are faster. seriously, games are hardly a fucking good example. ever compared a 1000 row grid in javascript to flash? javascript is busted arse.
That still true with the advancements in the javascript engines that have been prompted by Google chrome?
Unless there was an advantage to the lock in of flash why is there a reason to swap to another propitiatory product? Especially a linux clone that will always be behind Microsoft's offering.
If Silverlight was GPL and available for use by all then there might be a reason to adopt it over flash, but to just swap monopolies, no thanks.
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Blu-Ray is dead, it just doesn't know it yet.
Not until you can buy movies on-line without the ridiculous DRM restrictions that mean that I can't watch the movie in Plex (or HTPC app of choice) and have to switch out to front row. Blu Ray + Any DVD HD means that I can format shift HD content to the device of my choice in the house, something that downloads currently can't offer me. Also Blu Ray trumps the HD iTunes content in terms of quality anyway.
But put it into a network with a NAS and you don't need to worry about the onboard HD.
I use a Mac Mini connected connected to a Gigabit Switch which has a NetGear ReadyNAS NVX with 5.4TB of RAID 5 HD attached as well. The NAS is used to store all our CD's, downloaded music, DVDs and Blu Rays. By using 5Hgz 802.11n around the house and re-encoding with Handbrake on my gaming machine means that we can stream it to devices such as PC's and our Macbook as well as the main TV attached mac mini.
Agree with this post 100%. Give me the product I want with video, like I have now with music which is high quality DRM free content and I will buy it.
So does this mean that if you linked to such a page on the political parties web site it would get fined $11k a day?
Sounds like a fantastic oppertunity to drive home to the government how silly this is. Just link to banned non illegal websites in all correspondance whenever you can.
As quoted above "1700+ launches for 28 dead", have fun with that.
Actually you could build one anyway as they use sugar and potassium nitrate as the propellant.
Good luck with hitting anything with an unguided rocket, there is a reason that millions are spent on putting in guidance systems.
Companies are generally feudal in nature so not surprising this behaviour is exhibited.
You have a strong viewpoint there, is everything you do or plan to do that would otherwise be copyrighted put by you in the public domain?
How about treating it as a crime and prosecuting someone. You never know they might be innocent, due process exists for a reason.
Saying that though, companies have been known to infringe copyright themselves, wonder how they would like being cut off.
PIFTS is the sound of their market share with the excellent way they are treating their customers.
I know I would be removing this from my machines.
It has a development team, that good enough for you?
Notice the lack of patent lawyers being featured in that article.
Quite telling I think.
But you have to remember that possibly trials lead to people being found to be innocent of the crime they are accused of.
And maybe the voters want to hear it because the UK and the US were behind the overthrow of the democratically elected president and replacement with a pro western dictator back in 1953.
But when it expires anyone can make it without royalty payments so the benefits are merely delayed.
Still sucks to have it buried though.
The trouble comes when you have to move off of the planet.
Whilst our economy is linear instead of cyclic we're heading for pain, it's just a question of when not if. Have a look at the history of Easter Island for an example.
Your local experience of an area of the 3rd world does not necessarily discredit numbers released by the UN.
It's not like the 3rd world is a place the size Manhattan Island that one can go visit.
You're assuming of course that our civilisation will survive peak oil quite happily. For an example of a civilisation that over utilised finite natural resources read up on Easter Island.
With China and India increasing demand for oil, could we afford the price when the recession ends?
The same people who predicted mass starvation in the 70s are now predicting massive climate change.
"According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, more than 25,000 people died of starvation every day in 2003" - Wikipedia article on starvation.
Mass starvation doesn't mean that everyone in the world is starving at once.
I just read your blog on your experiment and one of the most striking things I noticed about online vs local install was the incredible pace of innovation. The feeling I got was that whilst living online is probably just about doable now, in a year or two local installs might seem quaint.
When online application release cycles are measured in days vs years for typical Microsoft applications then the sense of being left behind could become a factor moving away from desktop apps.
You know there are a lot of square meters of surface area taken up by the roofs of buildings don't you?
Or a plug in to eclipse
oh and they are faster. seriously, games are hardly a fucking good example. ever compared a 1000 row grid in javascript to flash? javascript is busted arse.
That still true with the advancements in the javascript engines that have been prompted by Google chrome?
Unless there was an advantage to the lock in of flash why is there a reason to swap to another propitiatory product? Especially a linux clone that will always be behind Microsoft's offering.
If Silverlight was GPL and available for use by all then there might be a reason to adopt it over flash, but to just swap monopolies, no thanks.
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