The OP is arguing that the defining characteristic of "theft" is deprivation, and specifically deprivation of a physical item.
Hardly surprising is it? The MPAA propaganda videos try to make the viewer make the same comparison. You wouldn't steal a purse, you wouldn't steal a car. Ask someone why this is wrong: they'll say it's because the victim has been physically deprived.
Most people don't actually care about downloading music or movies. If you could download purses and cars people would do it. In an effort to change their minds media organisations try to associate downloading with physical theft, because they know this is viewed in a much poorer light. Only a shitbag steals. Nobody would admit to it in public. But copyright infringement? Openly discussed at the workplace, not really treated seriously.
Arguing over the legal definitions is missing the point. The theft/infringement disagreement is fundamentally about unspoken feeling and natural language. Control of language is control of the mind. Both sides want to control what people feel when they think about this.
Latency is critical to Onlive. No doubt they sacrificed compression efficiency in exchange for speed. The video has to be encoded as close to real-time as possible.
If your ISP actually hosts OnLive server, lag is not different then playing over LAN.
You don't understand how online games work. Even with a low latency there will be a significant difference. Latency in Onlive isn't the same as latency in a conventional online game.
Normal online games rely on clientside prediction to hide network latency. Instead of waiting for the server they respond to user input instantly. You can look around without latency, you move instantly and fire instantly no matter what your actual ping is.
Onlive can't do that because it introduces latency to the controls themselves. Any type of game where fine timing or control is required would be adversely affected.
Speaking of orbital velocity: time dilation had to be taken into account when designing the GPS. The oscillator frequency of the satelites was ever-so-slightly lowered to compensate for it.
The difference is a few tens of microseconds per day. Just goes to show how incredibly accurate it needs to be. Quite a piece of work.
Slashdot slams Apple every single chance they get.
"Locked to no Apps, no one is going to buy that"
"No way to change a battery! No one is going to buy that"
"No flash, no one is going to buy that".
From what I've seen, the usual sentiment was that it would sell hugely like every other Apple product. They themselves being giant nerds didn't need or want it, but plenty of casual users would.
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Pft. System uptime: 57 days, 23 hours.
Let's be fair. They also specified the exact speed, size and payload in both metric and imperial.
The best shits resemble the game of Pac-Man. Small dots with the occasional bit of fruit.
"Many more data" is technically correct, but in casual conversation most people treat it as a mass noun rather than a plural of 'datum'.
There's another huge impact crater around Chicxulub, Mexico.
180km in diameter. Terrifying stuff, it makes a nuclear explosion look like a wet firework.
Let's hope we're ready for the next rock that comes our way. It's only a matter of time.
The best comedy is a product of cutting insight.
It's amazing what you can do with four channels.
Check this out.
Was? Tracked music is still alive and well.
I only started making it myself a few years ago.
What if? The result of offending a god is always the same: nothing happens.
the ocean's volume — the product of area and mean ocean depth
Next week we'll have multiplication explained to us, I suppose.
The OP is arguing that the defining characteristic of "theft" is deprivation, and specifically deprivation of a physical item.
Hardly surprising is it? The MPAA propaganda videos try to make the viewer make the same comparison. You wouldn't steal a purse, you wouldn't steal a car. Ask someone why this is wrong: they'll say it's because the victim has been physically deprived.
Most people don't actually care about downloading music or movies. If you could download purses and cars people would do it. In an effort to change their minds media organisations try to associate downloading with physical theft, because they know this is viewed in a much poorer light. Only a shitbag steals. Nobody would admit to it in public. But copyright infringement? Openly discussed at the workplace, not really treated seriously.
Arguing over the legal definitions is missing the point. The theft/infringement disagreement is fundamentally about unspoken feeling and natural language. Control of language is control of the mind. Both sides want to control what people feel when they think about this.
The word is 'appliance'.
Beauty :)
Latency is critical to Onlive. No doubt they sacrificed compression efficiency in exchange for speed. The video has to be encoded as close to real-time as possible.
They also have a near monopoly on sucking.
If your ISP actually hosts OnLive server, lag is not different then playing over LAN.
You don't understand how online games work. Even with a low latency there will be a significant difference. Latency in Onlive isn't the same as latency in a conventional online game.
Normal online games rely on clientside prediction to hide network latency. Instead of waiting for the server they respond to user input instantly. You can look around without latency, you move instantly and fire instantly no matter what your actual ping is.
Onlive can't do that because it introduces latency to the controls themselves. Any type of game where fine timing or control is required would be adversely affected.
Space Pirates, to be precise.
Well it can get rather boring! There isn't much to protect you from.
I don't see your point. Those services are hugely popular and lucrative.
You honestly didn't know what the Venus do Milo was? Cripes. You can learn that from watching the Simpsons.
Tried it, doesn't work
Speaking of orbital velocity: time dilation had to be taken into account when designing the GPS. The oscillator frequency of the satelites was ever-so-slightly lowered to compensate for it.
The difference is a few tens of microseconds per day. Just goes to show how incredibly accurate it needs to be. Quite a piece of work.
That's how the whole V'ger thing happened. Crackers programmed it to go to back to the publishers and have a word with them. :p
Slashdot slams Apple every single chance they get. "Locked to no Apps, no one is going to buy that" "No way to change a battery! No one is going to buy that" "No flash, no one is going to buy that".
From what I've seen, the usual sentiment was that it would sell hugely like every other Apple product. They themselves being giant nerds didn't need or want it, but plenty of casual users would.
Hair shouldn't be a problem then. Humans stick their tongues into each other's mouths for fun.