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Flash is useless if half your audience blocks application/x-shockwave-flash at the firewall. The common uses of Flash tend not to work over a 48 kbps connection, which 80 percent of Americans are behind. And if you haven't yet shelled out the cash for the upgrade to Flash MX, it's near-impossible to make Section 508 compliant Flash content for clients that do business with the USA government.
</rant>
But I see your point anyway.
Dreamweaver is probably the easiest to replace, but nobody has done it yet, and nobody has an image/table mechanism like Fireworks and Freehand.
I have never used those Very Expensive Programs. That said, the next version of Mozilla Composer can resize images and tables. But why are you using tables for layout anyway? Tables are so 1997; CSS is 2003. Almost nobody uses 4.x browsers anymore, and all 5.x and 6.x browsers have some form of CSS support.
very often the most complicated part-- the print nozzles-- are attached to the ink cartridge itself. There is a technical reason for this actually, the ink nozzles tend to get clogged over time.
With a Canon printer, I can replace the nozzles and the ink separately.
blah blah blah backing up my discs because I'm afraid they're going to get damaged blah blah *cough*bullshit*cough*
Would you frown on "format-shifting VHS tapes because I'm afraid VHS will go the way of the 8-track after my VCR has died" or "format-shifting VHS tapes because they're notorious for wearing out after a couple dozen plays"?
Many DVD players now will play mp3 files directly, and a number will even play Divx movies directly as well.
Divx 1 movies (Circuit City time-bomb DVD) don't work anymore because the license servers have been taken down. Which set-top player do you recommend for DivX 4+ movies (AVI with MPEG-4 video and MP3 or AC3 audio)?
putting your local video game stores out of business, you thief.
Your assumption, that mod chips are useful only for playing infringing copies of proprietary game software, is not valid. Mod chips and similar console accessories are useful for developing homebrew software; when marketed solely for that purpose, they do not violate the DMCA. The shops that have busted for selling mod chips either 1) advertised them as useful for playing "backups" or 2) did not bundle the mod chips with a copy of a development tool such as GCC.
Consider this like Red Hat refusing to patch up Red Hat 3.0 with the latest security fixes.
Two differences here. First of all, while Red Hat Linux 8 can be slimmed down to run on the machines that Red Hat Linux 3 ran on, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 apparently cannot be slimmed down to run on the machines that Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 ran on. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Second, as dhovis mentioned, Red Hat Linux is free software. Unlike the license on Microsoft Windows operating systems, the license on Red Hat Linux lets anybody provide security patches; if there's still enough demand, some third party will offer maintenance contracts and backport the security patches.
Ignoring the implication that people are incapable of writing their own music
Which was entirely the implication. I have so far found no way to prevent myself from making the same mistake that George Harrison made.
a gathering of family and friends is not a public performance.
Correct. US copyright law, 17 USC 101, defines a public performance as a performance "at a place open to the public or at any place where a substantial number of persons outside of a normal circle of a family and its social acquaintances is gathered".
[AOL's copyright on "Happy Birthday to You"] is a much more obvious abuse of copyright
Not exactly "wasted". I did find the relevant portions of the CD-R FAQ and a few news stories about Philips. But I knew you were a troll as soon as you defended the validity of an ad hominem attack.
What a moron.
A moron is somebody with an elementary-school grade intellect.
Philips licensed the logo for their use; it's up to Philips to decide if they're in breach of that license agreement.
And Philips has in fact decided to warn the labels about the use of the logo on non-conforming discs.
I dispute the notion that you have the foggiest idea what you're talking about.
The CD-R FAQ, section 2-4, lists the major CD copy protection methods in use. Thus far, I have concentrated on the "static" method, for which I could find the most evidence of potential violation of the Red Book specification.
I also dispute the notion that anything you've said here is even remotely true.
I have presented evidence by linking from my comments to web pages containing evidence. It's your turn to present the flaws in the evidence to which my comments link.
For instance, this web page states: "According to the Red Book standard, the BLER count for a disc must be less than 220. In practice, an average BLER of 50 is more acceptable... A Burst Error is defined as seven consecutive blocks in which the C1 decoding stage has detected an error [... and] constitutes a Disc Failure." I have presented the evidence; what do you not accept about it?
You are an idiot, therefore nothing you say should be listened to.
"You are a coward, therefore nothing you say should be listened to." See how that sounds?
The onus is then on you to prove that you are not, in fact, an idiot.
What do you think gives me such a burden of proof? I'd guess you don't get along with others well in real life either if you think everybody is an idiot by default.
So far, you've blown it.
id.i.otn. "A person of profound mental retardation having a mental age below three years and generally being unable to learn connected speech or guard against common dangers" (American Heritage® Dictionary). Given that I have scored 130 on an IQ test and received a B.S. in computer science from a reputable engineering school, I don't see how I match this precise definition of "idiot". If you claim that this definition is in error and that I match some other precise definition of "idiot", please state such a definition, along with why "idiots" under your definition should not be listened to.
doesn't know how to read Google's help page, maybe?
You claimed that Google would phrase enclosed in quotation marks as an exact phrase. Then why does Google's help page state: "Search for complete phrases by enclosing them in quotation marks"?
If you continue to argue without providing evidence against what I have mentioned in this thread, then you are a troll, and I can find all sorts of reasons not to listen to trolls.
"May in some cases?" That's the lamest thing I've ever heard
But given the systematic errors that copy protection introduces combined with the random errors introduced by replication, the maximum BLER specified by the Red Book is not so many sigmas (standard deviations) away, and it's almost certain that a large percentage of manufactured discs violate the spec's BLER limit. Every single disc that turns out over the limit is a case of trademark infringement if it carries the "COMPACT disc DIGITAL AUDIO" label.
you haven't the foggiest
What do you dispute? Do you dispute that at least one CD audio copy protection method introduces intentional uncorrectable block errors? Or do you dispute that the whole process of manufacturing copy-protected CDs introduces so many that it violates the Red Book specification?
you're desperately googling for something to support your side of the argument, right?
Correct, but only because I don't have a copy of the Red Book in front of me because my local public library does not carry it. But if "desperately googling" results in success, what's wrong with it?
Enclosing a phrase [in a Google query] in quotation marks does nothing, you clod.
Then why do I get so many more results for |red book| than for |"red book"|, and the number and order of results for |"red book"| is about the same as for |red-book| or |red.book|?
According to this page, the first result from the Google query maximum bler "red book", "The Red Book specifies a BLER of 220 as the maximum allowed." (Other results from the same query corroborate this source.) A copy prevention scheme that inserts intentional block errors may in some cases push the disc's block error rate (BLER for short) over the limit, breaking conformance with the specification.
I admit that I was guessing at the consistency constraints, but I'd assume that those who wrote the Philips specifications (such as the second orange book, which defines multisession recordable CDs, and the blue book, which defines "CD Plus"/"CD Extra" stamped multisession CDs; see also cdpage.com) would have been smart enough to insert them.
That's non-trivial. The jewel cases themselves usually have a "COMPACT disc DIGITAL AUDIO" logo embossed into the upper right corner. (The empty cases you buy from the store will typically say "COMPACT disc Recordable" instead.)
Why is a PDA necessarily not a real game system? The Clié PDA has a 200 MHz processor, which is fast enough to emulate a Sega Genesis or Super NES console.
The biggest issues I can immediately see with the Clié that keep it from being a handheld counterpart to the PlayStation are 1. input and 2. price.
In some markets, a cable Internet connection has a one-time setup fee of $200,000 to relocate the subscriber's family out of a non-serviced area into a serviced area.
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I can't imagine the palladium system checking the signature for each 4k block as it runs
If the Java virtual machine manages to type-check code at load time, why can't the .NET virtual machine?
"But .NET isn't Palladium" you counter. Easy. Microsoft could specify that unmanaged code (i.e. non-.NET code) cannot run inside a nexus.
Blender doesn't replace Lightwave.
What are the three most important things that Blender lacks?
Linux has no Poser
What? Most of the Linux fans who post here are posers.
but Linux won't do video capture
Say what?
No Flash.
<rant>
Flash is useless if half your audience blocks application/x-shockwave-flash at the firewall. The common uses of Flash tend not to work over a 48 kbps connection, which 80 percent of Americans are behind. And if you haven't yet shelled out the cash for the upgrade to Flash MX, it's near-impossible to make Section 508 compliant Flash content for clients that do business with the USA government.
</rant>
But I see your point anyway.
Dreamweaver is probably the easiest to replace, but nobody has done it yet, and nobody has an image/table mechanism like Fireworks and Freehand.
I have never used those Very Expensive Programs. That said, the next version of Mozilla Composer can resize images and tables. But why are you using tables for layout anyway? Tables are so 1997; CSS is 2003. Almost nobody uses 4.x browsers anymore, and all 5.x and 6.x browsers have some form of CSS support.
GPLFlash
GPL Flash can do only playback, not interactive graphical authoring.
Audacity
Audacity does not come with anywhere near the set of filters that high-end versions of Cool Edit and Sound Forge come with.
And, I suppose it will only be a matter of time before Palladium dictates that only Nexus-aware programs will run.
If Microsoft is going to make the business model of the Nexus environment like that of the Xbox console, then why not just call it "Windows XB"?
very often the most complicated part-- the print nozzles-- are attached to the ink cartridge itself. There is a technical reason for this actually, the ink nozzles tend to get clogged over time.
With a Canon printer, I can replace the nozzles and the ink separately.
Why not just run msconfig and remove it all from the startup?
Because Joe AOL doesn't know how to wield msconfig without f***ing up the whole installation.
Lexmark won the injunction last I heard
Do injunctions create precedent?
blah blah blah backing up my discs because I'm afraid they're going to get damaged blah blah *cough*bullshit*cough*
Would you frown on "format-shifting VHS tapes because I'm afraid VHS will go the way of the 8-track after my VCR has died" or "format-shifting VHS tapes because they're notorious for wearing out after a couple dozen plays"?
Many DVD players now will play mp3 files directly, and a number will even play Divx movies directly as well.
Divx 1 movies (Circuit City time-bomb DVD) don't work anymore because the license servers have been taken down. Which set-top player do you recommend for DivX 4+ movies (AVI with MPEG-4 video and MP3 or AC3 audio)?
It's not the same console. It's two consoles with roughly the same hardware capabilities.
Just as an Xbox is not a PC, and a PC is not an Xbox, a Japanese PS1 is not an American PS1, and an American PS1 is not a Japanese PS1.
It's not encrypted or region coded so it's perfectly legal to watch.
Not entirely. As far as I know, AC3 audio and MPEG-2 video are patented in the United States.
but some of us are big into application development for the ps2 and that requires a mod chip.
It requires either an independently produced mod chip, or the official PS2 mod chip produced by Sony.
putting your local video game stores out of business, you thief.
Your assumption, that mod chips are useful only for playing infringing copies of proprietary game software, is not valid. Mod chips and similar console accessories are useful for developing homebrew software; when marketed solely for that purpose, they do not violate the DMCA. The shops that have busted for selling mod chips either 1) advertised them as useful for playing "backups" or 2) did not bundle the mod chips with a copy of a development tool such as GCC.
i have to have some way to actively use my japanese
If you want to do this without installing a mod chip, then import a Japanese PS1 to play your PS1 games.
Consider this like Red Hat refusing to patch up Red Hat 3.0 with the latest security fixes.
Two differences here. First of all, while Red Hat Linux 8 can be slimmed down to run on the machines that Red Hat Linux 3 ran on, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 apparently cannot be slimmed down to run on the machines that Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 ran on. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Second, as dhovis mentioned, Red Hat Linux is free software. Unlike the license on Microsoft Windows operating systems, the license on Red Hat Linux lets anybody provide security patches; if there's still enough demand, some third party will offer maintenance contracts and backport the security patches.
Ignoring the implication that people are incapable of writing their own music
Which was entirely the implication. I have so far found no way to prevent myself from making the same mistake that George Harrison made.
a gathering of family and friends is not a public performance.
Correct. US copyright law, 17 USC 101, defines a public performance as a performance "at a place open to the public or at any place where a substantial number of persons outside of a normal circle of a family and its social acquaintances is gathered".
[AOL's copyright on "Happy Birthday to You"] is a much more obvious abuse of copyright
Even more obvious are the perpetual copyrights in the UK on the KJV Bible and Peter Pan and the situation in Mexico.
How much time and trouble did you waste
Not exactly "wasted". I did find the relevant portions of the CD-R FAQ and a few news stories about Philips. But I knew you were a troll as soon as you defended the validity of an ad hominem attack.
What a moron.
A moron is somebody with an elementary-school grade intellect.
Philips licensed the logo for their use; it's up to Philips to decide if they're in breach of that license agreement.
And Philips has in fact decided to warn the labels about the use of the logo on non-conforming discs.
I dispute the notion that you have the foggiest idea what you're talking about.
The CD-R FAQ, section 2-4, lists the major CD copy protection methods in use. Thus far, I have concentrated on the "static" method, for which I could find the most evidence of potential violation of the Red Book specification.
I also dispute the notion that anything you've said here is even remotely true.
I have presented evidence by linking from my comments to web pages containing evidence. It's your turn to present the flaws in the evidence to which my comments link.
For instance, this web page states: "According to the Red Book standard, the BLER count for a disc must be less than 220. In practice, an average BLER of 50 is more acceptable ... A Burst Error is defined as seven consecutive blocks in which the C1 decoding stage has detected an error [... and] constitutes a Disc Failure." I have presented the evidence; what do you not accept about it?
You are an idiot, therefore nothing you say should be listened to.
"You are a coward, therefore nothing you say should be listened to." See how that sounds?
The onus is then on you to prove that you are not, in fact, an idiot.
What do you think gives me such a burden of proof? I'd guess you don't get along with others well in real life either if you think everybody is an idiot by default.
So far, you've blown it.
id.i.ot n. "A person of profound mental retardation having a mental age below three years and generally being unable to learn connected speech or guard against common dangers" (American Heritage® Dictionary). Given that I have scored 130 on an IQ test and received a B.S. in computer science from a reputable engineering school, I don't see how I match this precise definition of "idiot". If you claim that this definition is in error and that I match some other precise definition of "idiot", please state such a definition, along with why "idiots" under your definition should not be listened to.
doesn't know how to read Google's help page, maybe?
You claimed that Google would phrase enclosed in quotation marks as an exact phrase. Then why does Google's help page state: "Search for complete phrases by enclosing them in quotation marks"?
If you continue to argue without providing evidence against what I have mentioned in this thread, then you are a troll, and I can find all sorts of reasons not to listen to trolls.
"May in some cases?" That's the lamest thing I've ever heard
But given the systematic errors that copy protection introduces combined with the random errors introduced by replication, the maximum BLER specified by the Red Book is not so many sigmas (standard deviations) away, and it's almost certain that a large percentage of manufactured discs violate the spec's BLER limit. Every single disc that turns out over the limit is a case of trademark infringement if it carries the "COMPACT disc DIGITAL AUDIO" label.
you haven't the foggiest
What do you dispute? Do you dispute that at least one CD audio copy protection method introduces intentional uncorrectable block errors? Or do you dispute that the whole process of manufacturing copy-protected CDs introduces so many that it violates the Red Book specification?
Please read this Wired News article.
you're desperately googling for something to support your side of the argument, right?
Correct, but only because I don't have a copy of the Red Book in front of me because my local public library does not carry it. But if "desperately googling" results in success, what's wrong with it?
You are an idiot.
An ad hominem attack does nothing to further your argument.
Enclosing a phrase [in a Google query] in quotation marks does nothing, you clod.
Then why do I get so many more results for |red book| than for |"red book"|, and the number and order of results for |"red book"| is about the same as for |red-book| or |red.book|?
To get your 6 months experience, do like I have been doing since late 1997. I have written my own video games, acting as lead coder and lead tester.
According to this page, the first result from the Google query maximum bler "red book", "The Red Book specifies a BLER of 220 as the maximum allowed." (Other results from the same query corroborate this source.) A copy prevention scheme that inserts intentional block errors may in some cases push the disc's block error rate (BLER for short) over the limit, breaking conformance with the specification.
I admit that I was guessing at the consistency constraints, but I'd assume that those who wrote the Philips specifications (such as the second orange book, which defines multisession recordable CDs, and the blue book, which defines "CD Plus"/"CD Extra" stamped multisession CDs; see also cdpage.com) would have been smart enough to insert them.
other NAFTA countries.
Canada is a NAFTA country.
Canadian copyright as of March 2003 lasts for life plus 50 years.
ascii phonetics, anyone?
Yup. SAMPA is ASCII phonetics.
But even if that WERE true, which it isn't
Confirm please?
Simply don't put that logo on your CD.
That's non-trivial. The jewel cases themselves usually have a "COMPACT disc DIGITAL AUDIO" logo embossed into the upper right corner. (The empty cases you buy from the store will typically say "COMPACT disc Recordable" instead.)
Why is a PDA necessarily not a real game system? The Clié PDA has a 200 MHz processor, which is fast enough to emulate a Sega Genesis or Super NES console.
The biggest issues I can immediately see with the Clié that keep it from being a handheld counterpart to the PlayStation are 1. input and 2. price.
For $10 more... why not just get cable?
In some markets, a cable Internet connection has a one-time setup fee of $200,000 to relocate the subscriber's family out of a non-serviced area into a serviced area.