Most of the SIP phones I've seen (like the Cisco and Pingtel ones mentioned in the article) cost as much as a low-end PC, so maybe open source SIP software can help to bring down the cost of SIP phones in the future.
As the owner of a (now unused) Quadra 610 I am extremely skeptical that a Centris 650 can perform the majority of tasks that people use a computer for with reasonable speed.
4x InfiniBand (8Gbps) can run over copper, although the cabling is expensive. My guess is that it's only a matter of time before someone adopts this approach for 10GbE (for better or worse).
According to the developer note, the firewire controller in the eMac is the same as in all other current Macs.
As for the modem, the developer note is pretty confusing. It says "Internally, the second port of one [USB] controller is routed to the modem slot for an internal USB modem." and "The KeyLargo IC has a traditional Macintosh serial port that is connected to the modem slot." Is the modem on the USB port or the serial port?
Suppose I'm churning out masses of DVD's in Germany. Ok... they know which plant the DVD came from. So fucking what?
So they take the DVD back to the plant and say "Who paid you to press these pirate DVDs? Where did you ship them to?" and the plant's records point to you. Busted.
At least, that's the idea for how it's supposed to work.
I think the CD standards already include this ID. For example, looking at one of my CDs, I see the text "made in the USA by..." along the inside rim; maybe these IDs are an extension of that.
They're talking about having every CD manufacturing plant put a plant ID into every CD they make, so that illegal CDs can be traced to the plant where they were manufactured.
The cost per GB is not relevant when the smallest available disk keeps getting larger. (These days I don't think disks smaller than 10GB are in production.) The price of low-end hard disks isn't going down, which limits MS's ability to lower prices on the XBox.
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Most of the SIP phones I've seen (like the Cisco and Pingtel ones mentioned in the article) cost as much as a low-end PC, so maybe open source SIP software can help to bring down the cost of SIP phones in the future.
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And there's also the hack value.
Today anyone can register a .org domain, and I didn't seen any mention in the article of changing that policy.
As the owner of a (now unused) Quadra 610 I am extremely skeptical that a Centris 650 can perform the majority of tasks that people use a computer for with reasonable speed.
A "traditional Macintosh serial port" is not a USB port.
Considering that .org was privatized years ago when it was handed over to Network Solutions/VeriSign, I guess the parent is some kind of troll.
Since most people aren't willing to use completely obsolete computers, I don't think that's a very relevant example.
4x InfiniBand (8Gbps) can run over copper, although the cabling is expensive. My guess is that it's only a matter of time before someone adopts this approach for 10GbE (for better or worse).
It uses MPEG-2.
Nope. Anamorphic DVDs are 720x480 resolution while HD is up to 1920x1080. That's a big difference.
I hate to sound rude, but Apple has a Web site where you can easily read the specs.
According to the developer note, the firewire controller in the eMac is the same as in all other current Macs.
As for the modem, the developer note is pretty confusing. It says "Internally, the second port of one [USB] controller is routed to the modem slot for an internal USB modem." and "The KeyLargo IC has a traditional Macintosh serial port that is connected to the modem slot." Is the modem on the USB port or the serial port?
The CPU is no problem, but each model tends to need different drivers. Unfortunately, PDA hardware isn't as standardized as PC hardware.
Yeah, but no one forces you to file for patents. You could keep your invention a trade secret instead (like Sorenson does).
Who is making 3.2Gbps 1394b PHY chips? Probably no one.
I think we'll see 800Mbps first.
MPEG-2 is practically encrusted with patents.
CSS is a (former?) trade secret as you noted.
What about the other parts like UDF, IFO, etc.? Many patents could be lurking in there.
If there are patents on the DVD format and these EVD players can read DVDs, it's hard to imagine how they wouldn't infringe those patents.
OTOH, if the royalties are for a trademark license, they may be able to escape by not using the DVD logo.
As soon as IBM comes out with a 64-128 processor machine. :-)
Too bad the Prestonia motherboards look pretty expensive.
Why would a projector have a FireWire output? FireWire doesn't have the bandwidth for an uncompressed 1280x1024 video stream anyway.
Do they really think that the pirates are operating out of legit CD / DVD duplicating buisineses?
That's what happens in some countries. The owners of many CD pressing plants don't care what they're pressing as long as they get paid.
Suppose I'm churning out masses of DVD's in Germany. Ok... they know which plant the DVD came from. So fucking what?
So they take the DVD back to the plant and say "Who paid you to press these pirate DVDs? Where did you ship them to?" and the plant's records point to you. Busted.
At least, that's the idea for how it's supposed to work.
I think the CD standards already include this ID. For example, looking at one of my CDs, I see the text "made in the USA by ..." along the inside rim; maybe these IDs are an extension of that.
The idea here is to be able to trace a CD back to the plant where it was manufactured, so that large-scale pirates can be stopped.
They're talking about having every CD manufacturing plant put a plant ID into every CD they make, so that illegal CDs can be traced to the plant where they were manufactured.
The cost per GB is not relevant when the smallest available disk keeps getting larger. (These days I don't think disks smaller than 10GB are in production.) The price of low-end hard disks isn't going down, which limits MS's ability to lower prices on the XBox.