I wonder when we'll see standards for encryption of audio signals all the way out to the speakers...
This can only go one level further. Encryption of the audio stream all the way to the human ear, where a decoder is placed. The RIAA can prevent your friends from hearing music from the same speaker as you. If your friend wants to listen, he'll have to have your earpieces (assuming they aren't a mandatory unremovable installation, forced at birth by the RIAA AOL INTEL MICROSOFT US GOV conglomeration) or he'll have to go buy a CD encrypted for his earpieces.
Heck, guys, why not add some encryption to the earpiece for normal sounds! If you want to hear a bird singing in a tree, or water flowing down a creek you had better buy the key (which is good for at least 30 mins) for decoding those, otherwise it'll just be an ugly encrypted sound.
I read these posts and get more and more scared. I used to wish I was born a little later in time, so I could see all the technology. Now, I hope I wasn't born to late.
Bruce Campbell *is* uber macho. He is the coolest person in the entire world. I can't believe you sniveling bastards are whining about a post concerning the GOD OF DIRECTORS Sam Raimi creating a Spiderman movie. I used to dress as Spiderman when I was a little kid (it didn't even have to be Halloween), and I still think he's cooler than most real people (except Bruce). I LOVE Xena/Hercules, Evil Dead/Army of Darkness!
Slashdot Mirror
This can only go one level further. Encryption of the audio stream all the way to the human ear, where a decoder is placed. The RIAA can prevent your friends from hearing music from the same speaker as you. If your friend wants to listen, he'll have to have your earpieces (assuming they aren't a mandatory unremovable installation, forced at birth by the RIAA AOL INTEL MICROSOFT US GOV conglomeration) or he'll have to go buy a CD encrypted for his earpieces.
Heck, guys, why not add some encryption to the earpiece for normal sounds! If you want to hear a bird singing in a tree, or water flowing down a creek you had better buy the key (which is good for at least 30 mins) for decoding those, otherwise it'll just be an ugly encrypted sound.
I read these posts and get more and more scared. I used to wish I was born a little later in time, so I could see all the technology. Now, I hope I wasn't born to late.
Bruce Campbell *is* uber macho. He is the coolest person in the entire world. I can't believe you sniveling bastards are whining about a post concerning the GOD OF DIRECTORS Sam Raimi creating a Spiderman movie. I used to dress as Spiderman when I was a little kid (it didn't even have to be Halloween), and I still think he's cooler than most real people (except Bruce). I LOVE Xena/Hercules, Evil Dead/Army of Darkness!
Darryl, you are the man. Single handedly giving us some good 3D in Linux. GREAT!