whoah whoah whoa... you're using "normal" numbers here. We need to use RIAA numbers.
Let's say the average person has regular access to 3 computers. So multiply your amount by 3.
If we really wanted to use the full RIAA numbers, the average user's computer is... 2ghz. Or roughly equivalent to 20 computers. Multiply that total by 20;)
haha, that brings me back to ~1995 on AOL. Warez chat rooms with bots that emailed out warez to users in a fashion similar to IRC. That's to say, the mass mailer (aol term, haha) would post what they have in the chat room and the user would request the file and it was forwarded to them.
Here's a bit of trivia that some of you might know. It's common for a bartender to refill your mug without you asking when they see your mug completely empty, especially in Germany. If you leave a little beer on the bottom, the bartender won't give you a refill.
It's nice to learn these kind of things from elderly relatives who got smashed because they didn't know certain customs overseas:)
wasn't it in japan a few months ago where sony artists were tired of the bickering between sony and apple in regards to itunes that they just said kcuf it and started releasing their songs on itunes in spite of their contracts?
maybe the same thing can happen here with artists backlashing against the riaa (who are supposed to represent the artists themselves but seems more likely they are representing the executives). but i guess that would depend on the character of the band.
You've had plenty of good responses but I can't help it to notice that all the solutions were limited to windows boxes. What if I need to recall a password on OSX, or some flavor of Linux?
Are there any Java password managers that can run off a jump drive and leave no trace on the host machine?
Albeit, now we're limited to machines that have Java installed... but this solution seems to make it a better cross-platform solution.
interesting article. this will probably be modded as "Troll" also since some ps3 fanboy mod takes my questioning the status quo as Trolling... but I think it's a valid question and statement. To hell with it, mod me down again if need be but I think I raise valid points.
I just find it odd that an 8 core ppc chip with 2.5 megs of cpu memory will cost... cost 100$ (ibm isn't doing this for free you know) i mean, compare this with the cost of a single core ppc chip. The BD-Rom... about 100$, seems about right. Then there's the cost of RAM. etc etc etc etc... i'm just repeating myself now.
But let's say they sell 18 million PS3s (this year, remember that 60 million ps2 were sold world wide up to this date), 1.8 billion in research translates to 100$ in research per PS3. Then there is the hardware, i still don't believe the hardware costs roughly 500$ (Obviously i think more) but let's use that. So they sell it for 400$. Right now it would be at a net loss of 200$ per unit. Then factor in the cost for packaging, transportation, stores cut, cabling costs, controller, and advertising and we're not looking at "only" a 200$ loss per unit.
Yes, they will make some of that back up with accessories and games. But how much will they make back considering that not everyone that owns a PS2 will buy a PS3 and there will be those who buy the XBox 360 and not bother spending that much money on buying a PS3? The overall number of video game systems sold per generation has dropped each and every generation.
I think that this is a valid question and discussion... not flamebait-ish or trollish.
and what makes you think that sony isn't lying about including bluray on the ps3? how much did they over exaggerate on the ps2? how many people actually use the ps2 as their primary dvd player? or even as a dvd player?
also, the cost of the bluray player. Wasn't it reported that they would be around 500$ when they come out? well, how is sony going to cram a bluray player, ps3 multi core cell processor, a video card similar to a geforce 7800, usb, ieee, hard drive, etc for it's purported 5-600$ or so price tag. I think they'll be doing the same thing as MS and release a dvd version at first.
EA was in serious danger of losing the football crown. LINK
ESPN NFL FOOTBALL (2004) 216,000 units sold $10.1 million in sales
MADDEN NFL 2004 3.4 million units sold $167 million in sales
ESPN NFL 2K5 1.2 million units sold $24.4 million in sales
MADDEN NFL 2005 2.3 million units sold $111.4 million in sales
A 50 million dollar drop and 1/3 drop in numbers sold with sega's strategy of selling 2k5. Imagine if they had a 2k6, especially with the buzz they had with 2k5 (2k5 was/is so much better than madden 2005/2006). that's the general consensus.
Madden has "fixed" the same damn problems year after year. I mean, how many times can they fix a same passing game problem? or fix the same running game problem? Hopefully someone will release a 2006 roster update for NFL2K5 (basically what EA does with Madden, but charge an extra 40$ for).
i live roughly 5km from a city that was supposed to be a broadband headquarters (Qwest and AT&T broadband before comcast bought them) and I couldn't get any broadband up until 3 years ago and when I could, it was 1.5 down.256 up for 49.99$ a month through a company who leased the line from covad. They were skeptical that I would even get that. Only recently it dropped to 39.99 a month (well, really 42$ a month because they add their dsl "tax")
I'm sure that nearly the same could have been said about telephones when they first came out and look at how important they are in todays infrastructure.
If you stick to the past and push against change then you are hindering progress. It doesn't matter if progress is evident right now, but the infrastructure will change to accomodate newer and better technologies for the better (well, better is arguable).
As far as the Korean example goes, Canada has a lower population density but higher broadband penetration. But as far as benefits, I'm sure they are working on technologies that they can charge more broadband backwards companies in the future. But then again, we can't see in the future and only speculate. I don't know if Alexander Graham Bell ever thought that the telephone would have made such an impact in day to day and business life.
If I recall, wasn't China working on an alternative to the standard DVD player? Are they working on a next gen alternative? Maybe powered by their dragon chip?
Who would have thought that the system is in such a bad state that I would need to buy a communist designed and manufactured player in order to sidestep the bullshit and limitations that a supposed free capitalistic society builds? This is definitely not for the people and I don't ever remember hearing that this is what we fought for in wars.
yeah, and people will say "at least the government isn't spying on you or telling you what you can do with the equipment you bought!" what's the difference? The only difference is that now it's a corporation spying and telling me what I can do with the equipment I bought.
It could be a 12" widescreen at a resolution of 1280x768 or 1280x800. I was looking at the ibook but was turned away by the rather low resolution and 4:3 aspect ratio. Instead I bought a Dell 700M (and can't argue about the price, wow) that is about the same size as a Mead paper notebook. Add a small sleeve and it fits perfectly in a backpack or sling with the rest of my materials.
since when do widescreen notebooks mean they are more expensive? There was a Compaq 14.1" widescreen being sold for 399$ last week. I walked into best buy last month and of the 15 or so models in the store, 12 of them were widescreen.
ibook != powerbook. why would they release a new version and not a speed update?
"This is Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk, but Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now, think about that. That does not make sense! Why would a Wookiee - an eight foot tall Wookiee - want to live on Endor with a bunch of two foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense!"
Who's he to say that this is a "Good case study for firms on HOW NOT TO IMPLEMENT DRM solutions."?
This is what Microsoft intended when they put DRM on his.lit files. Is there a governing body that overseas any potential abuse by corporations by use of DRM?
You can't say that DRM is a great solution and continue to say so after you had to (illegally if you don't believe in the fair use act which seems to be getting stomped nowadays) free up what you paid for with a hack.
Companies will shove DRM down your throats so that you will have not be able to use what you paid for on a competitors product. It's just good business nowadays
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Not everything unlawful is unethical and in this instance, I side with the ethical thing to do.
whoah whoah whoa... you're using "normal" numbers here. We need to use RIAA numbers.
... 2ghz. Or roughly equivalent to 20 computers. Multiply that total by 20 ;)
Let's say the average person has regular access to 3 computers. So multiply your amount by 3.
If we really wanted to use the full RIAA numbers, the average user's computer is
don't answer that question... it's a trap!
an eMail p2p system?
haha, that brings me back to ~1995 on AOL. Warez chat rooms with bots that emailed out warez to users in a fashion similar to IRC. That's to say, the mass mailer (aol term, haha) would post what they have in the chat room and the user would request the file and it was forwarded to them.
Here's a bit of trivia that some of you might know. It's common for a bartender to refill your mug without you asking when they see your mug completely empty, especially in Germany. If you leave a little beer on the bottom, the bartender won't give you a refill.
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It's nice to learn these kind of things from elderly relatives who got smashed because they didn't know certain customs overseas
haha, oops... im so used to forums/sites that censor out cuss words... a tragedy that censoring has affected what i type like that.
fuck it
wasn't it in japan a few months ago where sony artists were tired of the bickering between sony and apple in regards to itunes that they just said kcuf it and started releasing their songs on itunes in spite of their contracts?
maybe the same thing can happen here with artists backlashing against the riaa (who are supposed to represent the artists themselves but seems more likely they are representing the executives). but i guess that would depend on the character of the band.
You've had plenty of good responses but I can't help it to notice that all the solutions were limited to windows boxes. What if I need to recall a password on OSX, or some flavor of Linux?
Are there any Java password managers that can run off a jump drive and leave no trace on the host machine?
Albeit, now we're limited to machines that have Java installed... but this solution seems to make it a better cross-platform solution.
just wait until a hot coffee mod comes out for one of the games...
i think with the recent full page flash ads that float over all content that this would be welcomed.
shit, i think im going to download 1.5 b1 now!
interesting article. this will probably be modded as "Troll" also since some ps3 fanboy mod takes my questioning the status quo as Trolling... but I think it's a valid question and statement. To hell with it, mod me down again if need be but I think I raise valid points.
... cost 100$ (ibm isn't doing this for free you know) i mean, compare this with the cost of a single core ppc chip. The BD-Rom... about 100$, seems about right. Then there's the cost of RAM. etc etc etc etc... i'm just repeating myself now.
I just find it odd that an 8 core ppc chip with 2.5 megs of cpu memory will cost
But let's say they sell 18 million PS3s (this year, remember that 60 million ps2 were sold world wide up to this date), 1.8 billion in research translates to 100$ in research per PS3. Then there is the hardware, i still don't believe the hardware costs roughly 500$ (Obviously i think more) but let's use that. So they sell it for 400$. Right now it would be at a net loss of 200$ per unit. Then factor in the cost for packaging, transportation, stores cut, cabling costs, controller, and advertising and we're not looking at "only" a 200$ loss per unit.
Yes, they will make some of that back up with accessories and games. But how much will they make back considering that not everyone that owns a PS2 will buy a PS3 and there will be those who buy the XBox 360 and not bother spending that much money on buying a PS3? The overall number of video game systems sold per generation has dropped each and every generation.
I think that this is a valid question and discussion... not flamebait-ish or trollish.
and what makes you think that sony isn't lying about including bluray on the ps3? how much did they over exaggerate on the ps2? how many people actually use the ps2 as their primary dvd player? or even as a dvd player?
also, the cost of the bluray player. Wasn't it reported that they would be around 500$ when they come out? well, how is sony going to cram a bluray player, ps3 multi core cell processor, a video card similar to a geforce 7800, usb, ieee, hard drive, etc for it's purported 5-600$ or so price tag. I think they'll be doing the same thing as MS and release a dvd version at first.
EA was in serious danger of losing the football crown.
LINK
ESPN NFL FOOTBALL (2004)
216,000 units sold
$10.1 million in sales
MADDEN NFL 2004
3.4 million units sold
$167 million in sales
ESPN NFL 2K5
1.2 million units sold
$24.4 million in sales
MADDEN NFL 2005
2.3 million units sold
$111.4 million in sales
A 50 million dollar drop and 1/3 drop in numbers sold with sega's strategy of selling 2k5. Imagine if they had a 2k6, especially with the buzz they had with 2k5 (2k5 was/is so much better than madden 2005/2006). that's the general consensus.
Madden has "fixed" the same damn problems year after year. I mean, how many times can they fix a same passing game problem? or fix the same running game problem? Hopefully someone will release a 2006 roster update for NFL2K5 (basically what EA does with Madden, but charge an extra 40$ for).
No, but take a wild guess who's going to be made their bitch.
i live roughly 5km from a city that was supposed to be a broadband headquarters (Qwest and AT&T broadband before comcast bought them) and I couldn't get any broadband up until 3 years ago and when I could, it was 1.5 down .256 up for 49.99$ a month through a company who leased the line from covad. They were skeptical that I would even get that. Only recently it dropped to 39.99 a month (well, really 42$ a month because they add their dsl "tax")
I'm sure that nearly the same could have been said about telephones when they first came out and look at how important they are in todays infrastructure.
If you stick to the past and push against change then you are hindering progress. It doesn't matter if progress is evident right now, but the infrastructure will change to accomodate newer and better technologies for the better (well, better is arguable).
As far as the Korean example goes, Canada has a lower population density but higher broadband penetration. But as far as benefits, I'm sure they are working on technologies that they can charge more broadband backwards companies in the future. But then again, we can't see in the future and only speculate. I don't know if Alexander Graham Bell ever thought that the telephone would have made such an impact in day to day and business life.
If I recall, wasn't China working on an alternative to the standard DVD player? Are they working on a next gen alternative? Maybe powered by their dragon chip?
Who would have thought that the system is in such a bad state that I would need to buy a communist designed and manufactured player in order to sidestep the bullshit and limitations that a supposed free capitalistic society builds? This is definitely not for the people and I don't ever remember hearing that this is what we fought for in wars.
yeah, and people will say "at least the government isn't spying on you or telling you what you can do with the equipment you bought!" what's the difference? The only difference is that now it's a corporation spying and telling me what I can do with the equipment I bought.
the geforce 6800 has a broken video processor
It could be a 12" widescreen at a resolution of 1280x768 or 1280x800. I was looking at the ibook but was turned away by the rather low resolution and 4:3 aspect ratio. Instead I bought a Dell 700M (and can't argue about the price, wow) that is about the same size as a Mead paper notebook. Add a small sleeve and it fits perfectly in a backpack or sling with the rest of my materials.
since when do widescreen notebooks mean they are more expensive? There was a Compaq 14.1" widescreen being sold for 399$ last week. I walked into best buy last month and of the 15 or so models in the store, 12 of them were widescreen.
ibook != powerbook. why would they release a new version and not a speed update?
"This is Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk, but Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now, think about that. That does not make sense! Why would a Wookiee - an eight foot tall Wookiee - want to live on Endor with a bunch of two foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense!"
I read somewhere that said that movies in the theater are basically commercials for the DVD. The DVD market has become the industries saving grace.
I'm sure the fanbase for Futurama is loyal, so it looks like they are now skipping the middleman - the theaters.
Who's he to say that this is a "Good case study for firms on HOW NOT TO IMPLEMENT DRM solutions."?
.lit files. Is there a governing body that overseas any potential abuse by corporations by use of DRM?
This is what Microsoft intended when they put DRM on his
You can't say that DRM is a great solution and continue to say so after you had to (illegally if you don't believe in the fair use act which seems to be getting stomped nowadays) free up what you paid for with a hack.
Companies will shove DRM down your throats so that you will have not be able to use what you paid for on a competitors product. It's just good business nowadays
great words...
"It's my first day"
Have you looked at the Archos AV480 (649$), AV4100 (799$), or AV700-100gb (799)?
It's not a revolt until they start dumping mp3 players into the ocean at some port.
I pay taxes on gasoline because I use gasoline. If I would have to pay taxes on "stealing" music without actually stealing music, I would start.