If this is to be used exclusively to determine the distance travelled, you realize there is an existing device in every single car designed to so just this?
THE ODOMETER!
From the article: "The technology will track some combination of when, where, how far and how fast they drive, giving insurers a way to reward low-risk driving."
At this point I no longer understand why there are complaints on slashdot about events such as this. It is clear that the faults of the recording industry are not going to be fixed slowly over time. It is too late to merely stop them, now that they have gained too much momentum.
The recording industry has been headed in one direction for a long time now, and it only leads to requiring increasingly ridiculous measures (legal, drm, etc) to maintain their position.
The more likely outcome, in my opinion, is then that the music industry will continue consolidating, and attempting to defend a failing business model, and eventually collapse. Treating their customers as criminals is not going to tolerated forever.
Personally, I think this merger is great, in that it is just pushing the recording industry one step closer to their eventual doom.
The fact that they are identical copies isn't really that relevant, especially in light of the fact that the music industry threw a hissy fit at cassette tapes too. And as a result, they make money off every blank cassette sold.
Also, simply from a mathematical point of view, if people who own the music make copies for multiple friends, even with degradation, the depth of the copying is still logarithmic with the total number of copies. So you're correct that it would degrade more each time, but probably not as significant a problem as it seems.
If the code can be run on your machine, then it can clearly be decyrpted. It's just like software-based DRM.... It is provably impossible to prevent access to the content, since, if nothing else, you can capture the unencrypted data from memory after it decodes itself to run.
Not to say that it can't be made rather annoyingly difficult to crack:-P
Are you retarded? The parent's asinine post just said "you might listen to crap, but i listen to good music" without even mentioning an example, and yet you added him to your friends list on the basis that he likes his music? For all you know he could buy "mass-produced pop crap" and honestly think that every track was good! Wow. Human stupidity never fails to amaze me.
What about it? Were you supporting his point or against it?
Heroin can be used responsibly (especially in a legal market) just like any drug can be. You said yourself that doctors and lawyers used to use it without issue, so what was your point?
(if you were in fact making the same arguement as me in favor of legalization, then my bad... sarcasm wasn't very clear)
They actually say explicitly that it's with color laserjets in the article, but I suppose reading the article would be too much to ask of the poster or the various moderators who moderated this up?
I realize it's easier to just stereotype iraq as a desolate third world nation, but as a matter of fact in baghdad, as of yesterday IIRC, the city still had power, water, and even mass media. So, although you may be right about there being too much chaos for this to be noticed, the infrastructure and resources are in fact there.
You're correct in everything except your very last statement.... a fractal does not have to have infinite length, and in fact there are tons of fractals with finite length... infinite length is not a necessary criteria for having a fractal dimension.
funny that you choose the analogy "That's like switching from a BMW or a Mercedes to a horse-drawn cart without the horse. " considering that free software IS the horse for OS X.
I do agree with you in your point that the presidency has been gaining power overtime, and now has significantly more than it probably should, however giving the president more veto power is different in the sense that it doesn't allow him to DO more, but merely check the power of congress more effectively, which I see as a good thing.
In what way is scientology any less of a religion than christianity, islam, judaism, etc etc? Now I'm not scientologist or any of the above, and I don't believe any religion should recieve special protections, but if they are going to grant them, scientology seems just as valid as any other religion -- the only difference being that they are called a cult and the rest are considered respectable.
I remember on 9/11 google put links on it's front page to it's cached versions of CNN/MSNBC/etc because those sites were lagged to hell.... was the only way I was able to get such info.
Because the main reason people use the cache is when a site is down.. for example if i want a business's phone number, but they're having a temporary network problem, i would think they would be happy i used the cache... and remember it eats googles resources too... why shouldn't they be compensated in some way?
IT was already pointed to by the reply above me, but I still find it unbelieveable you can say "We litterly rebuilt Japan after bombing it in to the stone age" in seriousness! And as for every nation in the world oweing us money, if that were true, then why do we have a national debt, eh? That is money we owe to other countries!
ah, the stereo typical american point of view -- you believe that if the US weren't here, the wrld would fall into shambles, as so everyone should think america is as great as it believes itself to be. newsflash: america is no different than any other large industrial country out there! Furthermore, the world would not shrivel away if america no longer existed.... nor do i believe anyone would be particularly upset over it.
Fair enough.... then why don't we consider afghanistan/bin laden/whomever justified in attacking us? We've been meddling in the middle east for decades, and if you think we haven't been killing 1000's of people there to suit our interests, you are the "pathetically sheltered and out of touch twit" Seems to me that they are the ones retaliating, and we are the agressors.
Why not? you say you are for free speech, then you should in theory be for all speech being free... even speech you don't like. Saying it doesn't fall under 1st amendment protection in modern law may be true, but it certainly would be allowed under truly free speech.
You speak rather self-assuredly, even for a physchologist. A good pychologist might say that "in the general case, this is what happens," but based on what you have seen or learned, thats what you think. Psychology is not an exact science first of all, and there will always be exceptions. Further, your assertion is impossible to prove right or wrong, because how do you know there aren't people with a tendency toward child molestation but don't due to self-restraint. You would likely never know they were there. And to say that someone will abuse children regardless of outside influences is also crap. Maybe some people, but how can you say that with such assurance? Again, maybe outside influences do stop would-be molesters. How can you say how many people watch child porn but dont rape children? It seems to me your entire point is baseless because the only ones you see are those caught for molesting children, not innocent people with a perverse fetish that simply don't act on it.
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If this is to be used exclusively to determine the distance travelled, you realize there is an existing device in every single car designed to so just this?
THE ODOMETER!
From the article:
"The technology will track some combination of when, where, how far and how fast they drive, giving insurers a way to reward low-risk driving."
RTFA.
At this point I no longer understand why there are complaints on slashdot about events such as this. It is clear that the faults of the recording industry are not going to be fixed slowly over time. It is too late to merely stop them, now that they have gained too much momentum.
The recording industry has been headed in one direction for a long time now, and it only leads to requiring increasingly ridiculous measures (legal, drm, etc) to maintain their position.
The more likely outcome, in my opinion, is then that the music industry will continue consolidating, and attempting to defend a failing business model, and eventually collapse. Treating their customers as criminals is not going to tolerated forever.
Personally, I think this merger is great, in that it is just pushing the recording industry one step closer to their eventual doom.
The fact that they are identical copies isn't really that relevant, especially in light of the fact that the music industry threw a hissy fit at cassette tapes too. And as a result, they make money off every blank cassette sold.
Also, simply from a mathematical point of view, if people who own the music make copies for multiple friends, even with degradation, the depth of the copying is still logarithmic with the total number of copies. So you're correct that it would degrade more each time, but probably not as significant a problem as it seems.
If the code can be run on your machine, then it can clearly be decyrpted. It's just like software-based DRM.... It is provably impossible to prevent access to the content, since, if nothing else, you can capture the unencrypted data from memory after it decodes itself to run.
:-P
Not to say that it can't be made rather annoyingly difficult to crack
But if someone did that, we would all be revealed to be hypocrites when no one buys the licensed player!
...On the other hand, it would be justified with "it's not that I wouldn't pay for it, but it's closed-source!"
Are you retarded? The parent's asinine post just said "you might listen to crap, but i listen to good music" without even mentioning an example, and yet you added him to your friends list on the basis that he likes his music? For all you know he could buy
"mass-produced pop crap" and honestly think that every track was good! Wow. Human stupidity never fails to amaze me.
Christopher reeves, not literally superman....
ohhhhh, nice, can you post a torrent for that??
What about it? Were you supporting his point or against it?
Heroin can be used responsibly (especially in a legal market) just like any drug can be. You said yourself that doctors and lawyers used to use it without issue, so what was your point?
(if you were in fact making the same arguement as me in favor of legalization, then my bad... sarcasm wasn't very clear)
That would be excellent! I can't wait to install a mod-chip for the refridgerator...
Gives new meaning to "free as in beer"!
They actually say explicitly that it's with color laserjets in the article, but I suppose reading the article would be too much to ask of the poster or the various moderators who moderated this up?
I realize it's easier to just stereotype iraq as a desolate third world nation, but as a matter of fact in baghdad, as of yesterday IIRC, the city still had power, water, and even mass media. So, although you may be right about there being too much chaos for this to be noticed, the infrastructure and resources are in fact there.
You're correct in everything except your very last statement.... a fractal does not have to have infinite length, and in fact there are tons of fractals with finite length... infinite length is not a necessary criteria for having a fractal dimension.
funny that you choose the analogy "That's like switching from a BMW or a Mercedes to a horse-drawn cart without the horse. " considering that free software IS the horse for OS X.
I do agree with you in your point that the presidency has been gaining power overtime, and now has significantly more than it probably should, however giving the president more veto power is different in the sense that it doesn't allow him to DO more, but merely check the power of congress more effectively, which I see as a good thing.
In what way is scientology any less of a religion than christianity, islam, judaism, etc etc? Now I'm not scientologist or any of the above, and I don't believe any religion should recieve special protections, but if they are going to grant them, scientology seems just as valid as any other religion -- the only difference being that they are called a cult and the rest are considered respectable.
I remember on 9/11 google put links on it's front page to it's cached versions of CNN/MSNBC/etc because those sites were lagged to hell.... was the only way I was able to get such info.
Because the main reason people use the cache is when a site is down.. for example if i want a business's phone number, but they're having a temporary network problem, i would think they would be happy i used the cache... and remember it eats googles resources too... why shouldn't they be compensated in some way?
IT was already pointed to by the reply above me, but I still find it unbelieveable you can say "We litterly rebuilt Japan after bombing it in to the stone age" in seriousness! And as for every nation in the world oweing us money, if that were true, then why do we have a national debt, eh? That is money we owe to other countries!
ah, the stereo typical american point of view -- you believe that if the US weren't here, the wrld would fall into shambles, as so everyone should think america is as great as it believes itself to be. newsflash: america is no different than any other large industrial country out there! Furthermore, the world would not shrivel away if america no longer existed.... nor do i believe anyone would be particularly upset over it.
i find it funny that europe laughs at america for the exact same things it is guilty of -- a raging superiority complex
Fair enough.... then why don't we consider afghanistan/bin laden/whomever justified in attacking us? We've been meddling in the middle east for decades, and if you think we haven't been killing 1000's of people there to suit our interests, you are the "pathetically sheltered and out of touch twit" Seems to me that they are the ones retaliating, and we are the agressors.
Why not? you say you are for free speech, then you should in theory be for all speech being free... even speech you don't like. Saying it doesn't fall under 1st amendment protection in modern law may be true, but it certainly would be allowed under truly free speech.
You speak rather self-assuredly, even for a physchologist. A good pychologist might say that "in the general case, this is what happens," but based on what you have seen or learned, thats what you think. Psychology is not an exact science first of all, and there will always be exceptions. Further, your assertion is impossible to prove right or wrong, because how do you know there aren't people with a tendency toward child molestation but don't due to self-restraint. You would likely never know they were there. And to say that someone will abuse children regardless of outside influences is also crap. Maybe some people, but how can you say that with such assurance? Again, maybe outside influences do stop would-be molesters. How can you say how many people watch child porn but dont rape children? It seems to me your entire point is baseless because the only ones you see are those caught for molesting children, not innocent people with a perverse fetish that simply don't act on it.
thats not liquid nitrogen... it works the same way as an Air Conditioner or Refridgerator.