you'll know that you've opted out when a whole bunch of your digital media stops working.
if things go as planned for MS, there will probably be a seamless transition from non-DRM to DRM media. i guess that this means the the old "preDRM" media that you have (and the media that is sold w/o DRM) will work seamlessly with the new DRM stuff. and since the media providers want you not to know when they are selling you crippled media (ala copyprotected CDs without labels denoting them as such) then without due research into what a user is buying they will likely be purchasing DRM content. if they suddenly become enlightened to their fair-use rights and want to opt-out, they will likely forfeit usage (might as well be forfeiting ownership) of the DRM stuff that they bought.
so, if you buy lots of music, movies, etc and its DRM and you decide later to opt out, i'm sure you will know _very_ soon that you have indeed opted out when you cannot play all of that wonderful content you payed for.
now, if you've opted out before purchasing and now want to play something that is only available as DRM, good luck. time to google for hacks that emulate DRM (which i hope can be coded).
a whole lot of weed comes in from mexico. the problem (at least this is my understanding) is that the weed from mexico is raggedy schwag while the stuff from canada is of much higher quality. 'course, drug seizure statistics won't tell you this; they'll just list the amounts seized.
i don't recall terribly clearly (and maybe repliers can refresh my memory), but i think the reason napster took a fall and kazaa doesn't was the fact that napster actually kept on its servers logs of who had what copyrighted material. napster did not themselves distribute the material of course, but by keeping those lists of were it could be found on the napster-created network of users' computers it was (by some legal mumbojumbo) found to be guilty of copyright violation. compare kazaa, which keeps no such lists, but just provides the means by which to search the network.
so my question is, were these students keeping such lists? i highly doubt it. seems like they just provided the means to efficiently search the network (ala, kazaa).
in fact, google, by caching webpages, might probably closer to straddling that fuzzy copyright-violation-law line as it relates to the RIAAs arguments against napster. [insert coomments about google's deep pockets, students' shallow ones]
ha! my freaking ibook has uptimes that exceed that, and that thing's a total workhorse. its never running less that half-a-dozen apps in the dock and it probably gets put to sleep/woken up 20+ times a day. the only time i've ever had to reboot it was after updating the os using the software update app. come on, if their server can't rival a little laptop, they should just keep mum about it.
lets face it, what really matters is how the damn thing works for the majority of people. meaning, most idiots care more about whether or not they can get a really cool skin for netscape 6 than whether or not one page out of 10,000 will crash the thing. the really picky ones might not like the fact that it doesnt load pages as fast (as compared to IE5, for now). if netscape is going to get back in the game, they have to appeal to a huge number of people, though, which means that they have to release a product that john-Q-public will like more than IE.
personally, i think it would behoov them to fix those few bugs, even if it does push the launch date back a week or two. if for no other reason than to keep crititcs from lambasting them for releasing a product with known bugs (MS: "see, open source doesnt work"). i think the negative press that they might receive will more than counter the bonus of a faster release. its taken this long already, might as well dodge the criticism and wait another week or two.
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you'll know that you've opted out when a whole bunch of your digital media stops working.
if things go as planned for MS, there will probably be a seamless transition from non-DRM to DRM media. i guess that this means the the old "preDRM" media that you have (and the media that is sold w/o DRM) will work seamlessly with the new DRM stuff. and since the media providers want you not to know when they are selling you crippled media (ala copyprotected CDs without labels denoting them as such) then without due research into what a user is buying they will likely be purchasing DRM content. if they suddenly become enlightened to their fair-use rights and want to opt-out, they will likely forfeit usage (might as well be forfeiting ownership) of the DRM stuff that they bought.
so, if you buy lots of music, movies, etc and its DRM and you decide later to opt out, i'm sure you will know _very_ soon that you have indeed opted out when you cannot play all of that wonderful content you payed for.
now, if you've opted out before purchasing and now want to play something that is only available as DRM, good luck. time to google for hacks that emulate DRM (which i hope can be coded).
a whole lot of weed comes in from mexico. the problem (at least this is my understanding) is that the weed from mexico is raggedy schwag while the stuff from canada is of much higher quality. 'course, drug seizure statistics won't tell you this; they'll just list the amounts seized.
i don't recall terribly clearly (and maybe repliers can refresh my memory), but i think the reason napster took a fall and kazaa doesn't was the fact that napster actually kept on its servers logs of who had what copyrighted material. napster did not themselves distribute the material of course, but by keeping those lists of were it could be found on the napster-created network of users' computers it was (by some legal mumbojumbo) found to be guilty of copyright violation. compare kazaa, which keeps no such lists, but just provides the means by which to search the network.
so my question is, were these students keeping such lists? i highly doubt it. seems like they just provided the means to efficiently search the network (ala, kazaa).
in fact, google, by caching webpages, might probably closer to straddling that fuzzy copyright-violation-law line as it relates to the RIAAs arguments against napster. [insert coomments about google's deep pockets, students' shallow ones]
I cringe to say it, but since when has prior art ever kept the USPO from granting a patent lately?
Obvious: because Master Blaster control Barter Town.
Mini-box runs at only 12V
anyone got a spare battery lying around? seriously, though, 12V is some crazy low power consumption. you gotta admit, that's pretty cool.
ha! my freaking ibook has uptimes that exceed that, and that thing's a total workhorse. its never running less that half-a-dozen apps in the dock and it probably gets put to sleep/woken up 20+ times a day. the only time i've ever had to reboot it was after updating the os using the software update app. come on, if their server can't rival a little laptop, they should just keep mum about it.
i think you mean the size of the gift *divided by* its usefulness multiplied by the price.
shiny things dangling from your body parts arent terribly useful. it's not romantic if you can actually use it to do something.
who doesn't love that hot pantry on pantry action?
there are no accidents, just happy little trees.
personally, i think it would behoov them to fix those few bugs, even if it does push the launch date back a week or two. if for no other reason than to keep crititcs from lambasting them for releasing a product with known bugs (MS: "see, open source doesnt work"). i think the negative press that they might receive will more than counter the bonus of a faster release. its taken this long already, might as well dodge the criticism and wait another week or two.