A description of modifying a FA Trigger pack into a SA Trigger pack is available at
http://www.falfiles.com/forums/showthread.php?t=106235 I believe that if you wanted
to make the firearm quickly changeable, the way to do it would be to have two trigger
groups, one with the FA pack, and one with the SA pack. On HK G3 variants, it's
pretty simple to remove and install a trigger group.
I think you have the better idea, but I also think that current ownership may have to die off before some studios adopt it. Perhaps this model will develop elsewhere in the world and then arrive here when the domestic entertainment market gets disrupted by compelling products coming from those who have a better understanding of how to manage the product in a world of direct digital distribution.
Where there's a strong conceptual tie between the distributor and the content, I think you're right. I've read that HBO is relatively unconcerned by piracy of their exclusive TV series because the piracy boosts subscription. However, where you're talking about distributors of music and movies, I don't think such a tie exists. If I see a good movie from one studio, the name of the studio is still far from the first consideration I give towards whether I'm interested in some other movie. The same with music, I'll be interested in more music from the same artist, but I don't give a damn about the brand name under which that music is distributed. These people have been doing business since before their customers owned computers, and keeping a stranglehold on the distribution channel has always been very important to them. I don't think they will have the sensibility that software companies do about DRM for a long time to come.
Beyond a certain number of customers, I think it becomes harder not to go batshit with the DRM, because there's some DRM salesman with an estimate that multiplies the percentage of theft by the size of the customer base and says "look at all the money you could have if you use this DRM software. Buy it now!" The sorts of people who make the decisions are usually business school graduates who are trained to believe that maximizing the money is the only goal, and so they sign up to go batshit with the DRM (and sell phosphorous on the side).
If they move to an operating system that provides free upgrades to every improved version, how does support for a decade old version even come into play?
This licensing issue is also not a problem once the migration is a migration away from Microsoft.
I'm really kinda hoping we get a few more years before the surgically implanted Apple products arrive. First Apple makes surgically implanted monitoring devices seem cool, then the TSA requires them if you want to travel on commercial flights, then...
In my experience, people who use their devices in the manner you describe often complain that the one they have won't "just do this one thing I want." Sometimes you want a device that's capable of being programmed, not so that you can program it, but so that your smart friend can program it for you. OTOH, the secret mental smile while saying "wish I could help you but those things won't let me do that" can feel pretty delightful.
The "R" and the "D" don't actually matter. The control conduits for the owners of our secret overlords are the parentheses, themselves. The contents are just there to distract attention from the presence of the packaging.
But, the merchant and the payment processor usually have a big transaction ID number that ties these databases together. While I don't know that some law enforcement agency has automatic simultaneous access to the databases of all the national chain merchants and payment processors, I can imagine them wanting such access. I can also imagine that a large national chain merchant in the country that's #3 in the world for overall population will get enough requests that come with warrants (for specific instances similar to "We know this escaped felon is using this specific credit card. We've gotta have anything that helps us find him.") that they might eventually tell law enforcement, "Here's your permanent logon ID and password. Please enter the warrant number when you do your search so we'll have it if we get sued."
I emailed Schneider Kreuznach once, asking what image sensor pixel size would be appropriate for some of their older lenses designed for use with film, and they told me that 15 micron pixels would match those lenses. So, if a film maker has a favorite older lens from the film days, it might do ok with this new sensor.
CMOS sensors are sensitive to IR. In non-IR cameras, the manufacturer has to put an IR filter in front of the sensor to keep the IR from overwhelming the visible light. In theory, you could make a filter that switches on and off - that's how autodarkening welding hats work. But, I don't know that anyone has made those sort of filters optically correct enough to use with image sensors. When someone does, the switchable filters could make for nice solid state shutters also.
I like to keep my received emails on my local machine, and I don't like to use MS Outlook. So, if I want free email hosting, I generally use Gmail because it works with POP. If my correspondents and I aren't using something like Enigmail, then it would be foolish for me to expect that it isn't being read somewhere along the route, regardless of who provides my email address. However, I am paying for email hosting, and, considering the comparative price of groceries, I don't expect the $5/mo I'm paying (my former local ISP) to become onerous anytime soon.
So you're aware, Betamax was Sony's product. Regarding that format war, you may also be interested in this article. I see predictions related to porn and Blu-ray, but I don't think it'll matter as everyone I know who has a collection of porn (myself included) keeps it on a hard drive these days.
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I think having to pound out the expanded cartridges with a hammer after each shot might make a multi-shot design kind of pointless.
Will your device tell me what "check engine" really means this time?
A description of modifying a FA Trigger pack into a SA Trigger pack is available at http://www.falfiles.com/forums/showthread.php?t=106235 I believe that if you wanted to make the firearm quickly changeable, the way to do it would be to have two trigger groups, one with the FA pack, and one with the SA pack. On HK G3 variants, it's pretty simple to remove and install a trigger group.
I think you have the better idea, but I also think that current ownership may have to die off before some studios adopt it. Perhaps this model will develop elsewhere in the world and then arrive here when the domestic entertainment market gets disrupted by compelling products coming from those who have a better understanding of how to manage the product in a world of direct digital distribution.
Where there's a strong conceptual tie between the distributor and the content, I think you're right. I've read that HBO is relatively unconcerned by piracy of their exclusive TV series because the piracy boosts subscription. However, where you're talking about distributors of music and movies, I don't think such a tie exists. If I see a good movie from one studio, the name of the studio is still far from the first consideration I give towards whether I'm interested in some other movie. The same with music, I'll be interested in more music from the same artist, but I don't give a damn about the brand name under which that music is distributed. These people have been doing business since before their customers owned computers, and keeping a stranglehold on the distribution channel has always been very important to them. I don't think they will have the sensibility that software companies do about DRM for a long time to come.
Beyond a certain number of customers, I think it becomes harder not to go batshit with the DRM, because there's some DRM salesman with an estimate that multiplies the percentage of theft by the size of the customer base and says "look at all the money you could have if you use this DRM software. Buy it now!" The sorts of people who make the decisions are usually business school graduates who are trained to believe that maximizing the money is the only goal, and so they sign up to go batshit with the DRM (and sell phosphorous on the side).
It also says something about what you get when Attorney General is an elected position.
all become port powered USB devices, then?
Cent 5.5 is from 2010, so not quite a decade yet. But, still - do you think you'd be happier having chosen Win Server 2008 R2?
If they move to an operating system that provides free upgrades to every improved version, how does support for a decade old version even come into play?
This licensing issue is also not a problem once the migration is a migration away from Microsoft.
Perhaps some will struggle to migrate to a non-Microsoft environment and avoid the recurrence of this particular struggle next time.
First you're required to have them, then you're required to turn them off. Sounds like a future I've been trained to be willing to believe in.
I'm really kinda hoping we get a few more years before the surgically implanted Apple products arrive. First Apple makes surgically implanted monitoring devices seem cool, then the TSA requires them if you want to travel on commercial flights, then...
In my experience, people who use their devices in the manner you describe often complain that the one they have won't "just do this one thing I want." Sometimes you want a device that's capable of being programmed, not so that you can program it, but so that your smart friend can program it for you. OTOH, the secret mental smile while saying "wish I could help you but those things won't let me do that" can feel pretty delightful.
I like Windows better when it's in a virtual environment, but the software that makes me want Windows at all is graphics processor intensive.
You mean like Silent Circle?
The Comsat Trawler strikes again!
Or sub $20k, for that matter, but I don't think I'll see it by 2016.
The "R" and the "D" don't actually matter. The control conduits for the owners of our secret overlords are the parentheses, themselves. The contents are just there to distract attention from the presence of the packaging.
But, the merchant and the payment processor usually have a big transaction ID number that ties these databases together. While I don't know that some law enforcement agency has automatic simultaneous access to the databases of all the national chain merchants and payment processors, I can imagine them wanting such access. I can also imagine that a large national chain merchant in the country that's #3 in the world for overall population will get enough requests that come with warrants (for specific instances similar to "We know this escaped felon is using this specific credit card. We've gotta have anything that helps us find him.") that they might eventually tell law enforcement, "Here's your permanent logon ID and password. Please enter the warrant number when you do your search so we'll have it if we get sued."
I suppose the implanted conductors could have a fine gauge, like individual strands of earbud wire, but what sort of connector body would that take?
I emailed Schneider Kreuznach once, asking what image sensor pixel size would be appropriate for some of their older lenses designed for use with film, and they told me that 15 micron pixels would match those lenses. So, if a film maker has a favorite older lens from the film days, it might do ok with this new sensor.
CMOS sensors are sensitive to IR. In non-IR cameras, the manufacturer has to put an IR filter in front of the sensor to keep the IR from overwhelming the visible light. In theory, you could make a filter that switches on and off - that's how autodarkening welding hats work. But, I don't know that anyone has made those sort of filters optically correct enough to use with image sensors. When someone does, the switchable filters could make for nice solid state shutters also.
I like to keep my received emails on my local machine, and I don't like to use MS Outlook. So, if I want free email hosting, I generally use Gmail because it works with POP. If my correspondents and I aren't using something like Enigmail, then it would be foolish for me to expect that it isn't being read somewhere along the route, regardless of who provides my email address. However, I am paying for email hosting, and, considering the comparative price of groceries, I don't expect the $5/mo I'm paying (my former local ISP) to become onerous anytime soon.
So you're aware, Betamax was Sony's product. Regarding that format war, you may also be interested in this article. I see predictions related to porn and Blu-ray, but I don't think it'll matter as everyone I know who has a collection of porn (myself included) keeps it on a hard drive these days.