The manufacturing cost has little to do with the
retail cost. The retail cost is the amount they expect most
people to pay. Replacing 60Hz components with 50Hz
components costs nothing for Sony.
Quite true. #3 was the problem with getting
people to use telephones in the first place.
#4 is true. Its just annoying. I can use a
hands free kit and get on with other things.
visual cues are useful in conversation, but not essential.
I think it will catch on eventually, but not immediately
first someone needs to come up with another use
for it.
I refuse to try to judge the performance of
a piece of hardware from details of how its
clever. How good is the RAMMemory bandwidth
in practice anyway? Does it use texture
compression? Does the DC? What sort of memory
bandwidth are we using and what can we manage?
I'll make a decision when I see Quake run on
both of them. Actually I'll just see whats got
the best games after Easter.
Don't believe the hype. While the PS2 can handle
about twice as many polys in practice, it is
seriously let down by memory performance and
video memory size.
Since there don't seem to be any games that
have been ported to both systems, its impossible
to compare objectively.
I thought it was actually more about the amount
of software produced by these countries. I'm
pretty certain that England is the largest European
software producer, and Germany and France both
have strong software industries. I'd expect
these countries to be opposed because they know
it would benefit the big US corporations too much.
Although I have no idea why the smaller countries
would be in favour.
Now calm down.... Just because he hasn't heard of Samsung (Korean), Siemens (German), Hitachi (Japanese) Doesn't mean that there is a silicon industry outside the US.
It makes me wonder what the company I work for in England really does though.
Isn't 454g precisely 1 pound? Sounds like they used imperial for specification, and converted to metric. Although it seems strange for them to use pounds at all anywhere. I thought the whole silicon industry had gone metric by now.
That was more Monty Python than James Bond. I'm
not quite sure who you sell a £350 million diamond to without making the buyer suspicious
though. Its not like it might have fallen off the back of a lorry.
Firstly, you are not "Buying the right to listen".
You are buying a copy. Lets get this right. The
media companies don't seem to be able to grasp
this concept but perhaps we can.
But when you buy 2 copies, you ARE
getting the same thing!
Copyright exists because development costs are
considerably greater than manufacturing costs.
Since they have already sold a vinyl record
they have presumably recouped the development cost.
Logically they have no further need for copyright
protection. Logocally they should give it away
at cost of media (plus a 50% markup for profit)
to anyone who has already bought it. Will they?
What and make less profit?
What is to keep an somebody from signing something then later claiming that their key was compromised at that point and it wasn't actually them that signed the document?
Its the same with crimes. If you commit a crime, the evidence isn't going to be absolute. I could use this as a defence - "Yes, I did happen to be in the same room as the murder victim while holding a knife, but thats because I was I was chopping veg at the time. Yes, I always chop veg in the bedroom. Oh, the blood stain on it was when the victim cut him/herself the previous week......". Now, I could be telling the truth, but regardless of the concept of guilty until proven innocent, in this situation I would probably have to prove my innocence. Only a fool would believe my story.
Security being compromised would be a more believable plea, but this would probably be in a civil suit, where they would use a balance of probabilities. You would have to show how your computer could have been compromised. They would have to show that you did mean to sign it.
If I agree to have a digital signature, I realise there are risks. The fact that someone could fake my signature becomes MY problem. It is my responsibility to secure my computer. If I don't check for trojans, then yes, this is insecure.
But the same applies to the real world. It is my responsibility to look after my credit card. It is my responsibility to make sure that a document I sign is not going to be modified.
Of course if my signature is faked, and it goes to court, I'll have to provve that it was faked. But the same applies if someone uses my digital signature. Its quite easy. Show that there was a trojan, or a dodgy version of PGP. Show that therpeople have access to the machine. It depends on me as to whether my machine is more secure than my handwriting. It also depends on me to decide which is the most secure.
If people complain to MAPS, then MAPS will explain the situation. If the person with the problem doesn't like it, then there's not a lot they can do. They have no bargaining power. I think MAPS are fairly immune to flames. They do have bargaining power against MSN. They can change their service provider. If MAPS means MSN can give no service then they will.
Thats true. Was Shapeshifter asked what he said
on the phone? It seems a reasonable question.
It wouldn't seem like an excessive amount of
effort for the police to ask the phone company for
records to find out who he was talking to. Did
the defence make any effort at all to disprove
the witness?
I think the fact that it was an off duty policeman probably helped.
The arresting officer has an emotional attachment
to the situation, and so is more prejudiced than
perhaps he should be. A policemans word should
still be considered as reliable as any other
professional's
Slashdot Mirror
What you seem to be saying is that speech should be free even if it offends the vast majority.
I think this subject would make a good movie. Do you think we could get Woody Harrelson to play the lead?
higher cost = higher retail sales cost.
The manufacturing cost has little to do with the retail cost. The retail cost is the amount they expect most people to pay. Replacing 60Hz components with 50Hz components costs nothing for Sony.
Englands a smaller country. We get almost anything to do with communications much faster than the US. Often even if it was introduced in the US first.
Quite true. #3 was the problem with getting people to use telephones in the first place. #4 is true. Its just annoying. I can use a hands free kit and get on with other things. visual cues are useful in conversation, but not essential. I think it will catch on eventually, but not immediately first someone needs to come up with another use for it.
A big poster thats just Orange, or turing a whole TV screen Orange makes the product name stick in your mind.
Could have stuck with the much less catchy Hutchinson telecom
I refuse to try to judge the performance of a piece of hardware from details of how its clever. How good is the RAMMemory bandwidth in practice anyway? Does it use texture compression? Does the DC? What sort of memory bandwidth are we using and what can we manage?
I'll make a decision when I see Quake run on both of them. Actually I'll just see whats got the best games after Easter.
Don't believe the hype. While the PS2 can handle about twice as many polys in practice, it is seriously let down by memory performance and video memory size.
Since there don't seem to be any games that have been ported to both systems, its impossible to compare objectively.
They actually allowed someone to register Microsoft.com! How could they let anyone use a name so offensive on the Internet?
But seriously, who did f&%$edcompany.com register with? and f&%$ed.com? (Yes, I do have a problem with my u, c and k $eys. Its f&%$ing annoying)
No-one here has picked up on frob. Abreviateing a vehicle was a good expression though.
You do realise that you are probably the only people ever to win a race in a reliant car don't you?
Yes. It might result in some originality if they can't get to reuse them.
His DNA is under an NDA.
Linux isn't going bankrupt.
what if book authors could patent their 'intellectual property'? Certain plots could be patented
Congratulations - you have changed my mind. I now feel that all Hollywood movie plots should be patented.
I thought it was actually more about the amount of software produced by these countries. I'm pretty certain that England is the largest European software producer, and Germany and France both have strong software industries. I'd expect these countries to be opposed because they know it would benefit the big US corporations too much. Although I have no idea why the smaller countries would be in favour.
Now calm down.... Just because he hasn't heard of Samsung (Korean), Siemens (German), Hitachi (Japanese) Doesn't mean that there is a silicon industry outside the US.
It makes me wonder what the company I work for in England really does though.
Isn't 454g precisely 1 pound? Sounds like they used imperial for specification, and converted to metric. Although it seems strange for them to use pounds at all anywhere. I thought the whole silicon industry had gone metric by now.
That was more Monty Python than James Bond. I'm not quite sure who you sell a £350 million diamond to without making the buyer suspicious though. Its not like it might have fallen off the back of a lorry.
Firstly, you are not "Buying the right to listen". You are buying a copy. Lets get this right. The media companies don't seem to be able to grasp this concept but perhaps we can.
But when you buy 2 copies, you ARE getting the same thing! Copyright exists because development costs are considerably greater than manufacturing costs. Since they have already sold a vinyl record they have presumably recouped the development cost. Logically they have no further need for copyright protection. Logocally they should give it away at cost of media (plus a 50% markup for profit) to anyone who has already bought it. Will they? What and make less profit?
What is to keep an somebody from signing something then later claiming that their key was compromised at that point and it wasn't actually them that signed the document?
Its the same with crimes. If you commit a crime, the evidence isn't going to be absolute. I could use this as a defence - "Yes, I did happen to be in the same room as the murder victim while holding a knife, but thats because I was I was chopping veg at the time. Yes, I always chop veg in the bedroom. Oh, the blood stain on it was when the victim cut him/herself the previous week......". Now, I could be telling the truth, but regardless of the concept of guilty until proven innocent, in this situation I would probably have to prove my innocence. Only a fool would believe my story.
Security being compromised would be a more believable plea, but this would probably be in a civil suit, where they would use a balance of probabilities. You would have to show how your computer could have been compromised. They would have to show that you did mean to sign it.
If I agree to have a digital signature, I realise there are risks. The fact that someone could fake my signature becomes MY problem. It is my responsibility to secure my computer. If I don't check for trojans, then yes, this is insecure.
But the same applies to the real world. It is my responsibility to look after my credit card. It is my responsibility to make sure that a document I sign is not going to be modified.
Of course if my signature is faked, and it goes to court, I'll have to provve that it was faked. But the same applies if someone uses my digital signature. Its quite easy. Show that there was a trojan, or a dodgy version of PGP. Show that therpeople have access to the machine. It depends on me as to whether my machine is more secure than my handwriting. It also depends on me to decide which is the most secure.
Have Mattel ever actually won a legal case through legal means? (i.e. not settling out of court)
I heard that. I heard it from a Kiwi claiming that it isn't true.
If people complain to MAPS, then MAPS will explain the situation. If the person with the problem doesn't like it, then there's not a lot they can do. They have no bargaining power. I think MAPS are fairly immune to flames. They do have bargaining power against MSN. They can change their service provider. If MAPS means MSN can give no service then they will.
Thats true. Was Shapeshifter asked what he said on the phone? It seems a reasonable question. It wouldn't seem like an excessive amount of effort for the police to ask the phone company for records to find out who he was talking to. Did the defence make any effort at all to disprove the witness?
I think the fact that it was an off duty policeman probably helped. The arresting officer has an emotional attachment to the situation, and so is more prejudiced than perhaps he should be. A policemans word should still be considered as reliable as any other professional's