While not as common today, a few decades ago machine dictation was used in much of business. Even with high-fidelity recorders and human transcribers with perfect hearing, there were constant problems with misinterpretation. It is hard to imagine machines readily overcoming hurdles that millions of years of evolution have failed to surmount.
P. T. Barnum predicted Apple products over a century ago with his famous, "There's a sucker born every minute." (Actually, the Barnum quote is probably apocryphal.)
... the client account data? I should think that the answer to that question would define your options for legal recourse. Ultimately, liability may befall your former ISP, the usurpers, or yourself, depending on that answer.
... just mostly so. In the case of highly customized proprietary programs it can cost more to "reinvent the wheel" by replicating their function in Open Source, vendor lock-in notwithstanding. For the vast majority of mainstream applications, however, this argument is specious to adherents of the status quo, but fallacious, nonetheless.
I'm afraid the source was an article I read in the last week, but made no particular note of. While it listed the particulars of the DRM features implemented in ML 2, I can't recall or provide details. Sorry.
Given that they already stream to the Linux-based Roku, the barriers may not be what they appear on the surface. I'm also given to believe that Moonlight 2 supports the DRM hooks of Silverlight, which would seem to enhance the possibilities available to Netflix.
Consider this: If, say, only around 1,000 signatories is a Netflix user and each of them could cut their use of shipped movies by just a quarter, how much would Netflix save in shipping?
Of course, it's a "social network", not a "privacy network", but that said, this is the usual, "We're big now, have the lawyers to prove it, and will dictate our own terms." What about the MBA-sanctioned, proprietary business model don't you get? In a world where Monsanto can successfully sue a farmer, out of business, for patent infringement when their pollen drifts into his field, what do you expect?
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While not as common today, a few decades ago machine dictation was used in much of business. Even with high-fidelity recorders and human transcribers with perfect hearing, there were constant problems with misinterpretation. It is hard to imagine machines readily overcoming hurdles that millions of years of evolution have failed to surmount.
P. T. Barnum predicted Apple products over a century ago with his famous, "There's a sucker born every minute." (Actually, the Barnum quote is probably apocryphal.)
What more is there to say?
... to look pretty stupid when the sample's mother shows up to claim revenge. Didn't these people watch the original "Star Trek" series?
... the client account data? I should think that the answer to that question would define your options for legal recourse. Ultimately, liability may befall your former ISP, the usurpers, or yourself, depending on that answer.
... feels better, now.
... the funds for the victim reimbursement program should be obtained from the C-level executive compensation plans. That would insure speedy action.
... by prescription only, from licensed dispensaries.
... Easter eggs. What's the big deal?
... since, obviously, if they hadn't operated, the evidence would have to have been, by its nature, eliminated.
... Faraday cage.
... just mostly so. In the case of highly customized proprietary programs it can cost more to "reinvent the wheel" by replicating their function in Open Source, vendor lock-in notwithstanding. For the vast majority of mainstream applications, however, this argument is specious to adherents of the status quo, but fallacious, nonetheless.
I'm afraid the source was an article I read in the last week, but made no particular note of. While it listed the particulars of the DRM features implemented in ML 2, I can't recall or provide details. Sorry.
Given that they already stream to the Linux-based Roku, the barriers may not be what they appear on the surface. I'm also given to believe that Moonlight 2 supports the DRM hooks of Silverlight, which would seem to enhance the possibilities available to Netflix.
Consider this: If, say, only around 1,000 signatories is a Netflix user and each of them could cut their use of shipped movies by just a quarter, how much would Netflix save in shipping?
To have a link here for the petition to Netflix requesting Linux support: http://www.petitiononline.com/Linflix/petition.html
It needed to be said.
As detailed by the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8423363.stm
Macs are not bulletproof.
Of course, it's a "social network", not a "privacy network", but that said, this is the usual, "We're big now, have the lawyers to prove it, and will dictate our own terms." What about the MBA-sanctioned, proprietary business model don't you get? In a world where Monsanto can successfully sue a farmer, out of business, for patent infringement when their pollen drifts into his field, what do you expect?
To test this theory, go into a hospital and unplug all the IT systems. I'm willing to bet costs go up.
Troglodytes, Eloy ... it's sooo obvious. H. G. saw the future and it is us. (With apologies to Walt)
... it is truly unfortunate that Linux doesn't really have a field sales force.
... the stricken or his plague?
... at least compared to something really questionable, like banking.