OFDM is a modulation technique (i.e. it turns 1s and 0s into radio waves) and CMDA is a multiple-access technique (i.e. it lets multiple radios share a channel), so they're really orthogonal.
There are already plenty of not-quite-compatible Java hacks out there. The MS VM was the most obvious one (you don't really need JNI, do you?), but consider stuff like GCJ, Kaffe, Pizza, etc. The Java community has survived them; it can survive open source.
What I really want is a PCI card that works with CableCard, to decode digital cable right into my pc and presumably HDTV (without the need for an external digital cable box... like some HDTV's are shipping with CableCard "slots"...)
Never gonna happen; CableCard's obnoxious tamper-resistance requirements are pretty much mutually exclusive with PCs.
Yes, that is a problem. If the address space was made into property, then companies would have an incentive to sell their unused space... But we don't have to worry about that until we actually run out.
You missed the point of the article. At the current rate of non-progress, IPv6 will never reach critical mass. IPv6 needs a jumpstart. (The Asia issue is a red herring since there is no address shortage in Asia.)
Unfortunately for IPv6, Skype works fine with IPv4+NAT.
ThreeDegrees requires IPv6, but it never really caught on. Maybe it would have had better luck if MS created a fake startup shell company to promote it, so then people would think it was some kind of revolution in the making instead of yet another tool of The Man's oppression.
I don't agree. Let's imagine that every Internet user demands that their ISP supports IPv6, and the ISPs do so. What have you accomplished? Google, Amazon, Slashdot, etc. still won't support IPv6.
You're completely right; such a lax attitude towards copyrights is a big barrier to the adoption of free (as in legally free) multimedia formats and software. Free software developers who don't respect Microsoft, Real, Apple, and Intel's copyrights shouldn't expect much in return.
Given the Dirac developers' attitudes, I would expect them to be more likely to contribute to legal multimedia frameworks like GStreamer or Helix. Maybe the point of Dirac/Mplayer integration is popularity at any cost, in which case the cost will be a semi-underground existence.
A reference implementation and ISO standard doesn't do me (or Fedora or Ubuntu etc.) much good; it's still patent-encumbered and thus not free.
Yes, the same kinds of monopoly-producing, winner-take-all effects exist in open source as in proprietary software. Few people recognize this.
But PathScale did get VC money to build a better C compiler, and for a niche market: AMD64 scientific computing. I guess it was pretty clever of them to freeload off SGI's open source code.
You are correct. Satellite HDTV is totally unrecordable. You can record some cable HD channels over Firewire, but many channels will be encrypted, and thus also unrecordable.
Of course, there is an upper limit to picture quality. If HD-DVDs are indistinguishable from the studio master, the extra space on Blu-ray can't give you any extra quality.
The picture quality will probably be the same, since both formats use the same codecs. HD-DVDs cannot be played in current DVD players. Really the only difference is cost and space.
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USB is so behind the times; we need a BlueTwiddler. Put a VGA PDA in landscape mode and you should be able to fit a whole 80x25 terminal easily.
OFDM is a modulation technique (i.e. it turns 1s and 0s into radio waves) and CMDA is a multiple-access technique (i.e. it lets multiple radios share a channel), so they're really orthogonal.
Latest buzz? Bah, I remember reading about 3D artists stuffing Quadra 950s full of Radius Rockets 10 years ago.
There are already plenty of not-quite-compatible Java hacks out there. The MS VM was the most obvious one (you don't really need JNI, do you?), but consider stuff like GCJ, Kaffe, Pizza, etc. The Java community has survived them; it can survive open source.
What I really want is a PCI card that works with CableCard, to decode digital cable right into my pc and presumably HDTV (without the need for an external digital cable box... like some HDTV's are shipping with CableCard "slots"...)
Never gonna happen; CableCard's obnoxious tamper-resistance requirements are pretty much mutually exclusive with PCs.
Dude, Dell is supporting Blu-ray.
Yes, that is a problem. If the address space was made into property, then companies would have an incentive to sell their unused space... But we don't have to worry about that until we actually run out.
It is true that ARIN will not give you a really small (/24) block of portable space.
It is true that you cannot own IP addresses.
That has nothing to do with the fact that there is no address shortage (under a sane usage model).
You have a totally useless link-local IPv6 address. To get a real IPv6 address you either need 6to4, Teredo, or an IPv6 ISP.
You missed the point of the article. At the current rate of non-progress, IPv6 will never reach critical mass. IPv6 needs a jumpstart. (The Asia issue is a red herring since there is no address shortage in Asia.)
Unfortunately for IPv6, Skype works fine with IPv4+NAT.
ThreeDegrees requires IPv6, but it never really caught on. Maybe it would have had better luck if MS created a fake startup shell company to promote it, so then people would think it was some kind of revolution in the making instead of yet another tool of The Man's oppression.
I don't agree. Let's imagine that every Internet user demands that their ISP supports IPv6, and the ISPs do so. What have you accomplished? Google, Amazon, Slashdot, etc. still won't support IPv6.
40% of the IPv4 address space is unallocated, and much of the allocated space is probably unused.
You're completely right; such a lax attitude towards copyrights is a big barrier to the adoption of free (as in legally free) multimedia formats and software. Free software developers who don't respect Microsoft, Real, Apple, and Intel's copyrights shouldn't expect much in return.
Given the Dirac developers' attitudes, I would expect them to be more likely to contribute to legal multimedia frameworks like GStreamer or Helix. Maybe the point of Dirac/Mplayer integration is popularity at any cost, in which case the cost will be a semi-underground existence.
A reference implementation and ISO standard doesn't do me (or Fedora or Ubuntu etc.) much good; it's still patent-encumbered and thus not free.
'nuff said.
Yes, the same kinds of monopoly-producing, winner-take-all effects exist in open source as in proprietary software. Few people recognize this.
But PathScale did get VC money to build a better C compiler, and for a niche market: AMD64 scientific computing. I guess it was pretty clever of them to freeload off SGI's open source code.
Yes, I was hoping to see some PathScale results.
It's important to remember that open source projects often contain significant internal competition, even if they're monopolies like GCC or Apache.
So you just have to make a habit of compiling using both compilers. With more and more projects using Tinderbox-like auto-compilation, it's easy.
HDCP is only used over DVI. Cable systems use either Scientific Atlanta or Motorola proprietary crypto. I don't know what the sat providers use.
You are correct. Satellite HDTV is totally unrecordable. You can record some cable HD channels over Firewire, but many channels will be encrypted, and thus also unrecordable.
The "hack" for the broadcast flag is to buy an ATSC tuner card right now that ignores the flag.
DVI isn't recordable because the data rate is too high. DVI/HDCP is no different.
Of course, there is an upper limit to picture quality. If HD-DVDs are indistinguishable from the studio master, the extra space on Blu-ray can't give you any extra quality.
Hey, the 32" WEGA that I bought two years ago supports progressive component. Don't complain if you bought the wrong TV.
The picture quality will probably be the same, since both formats use the same codecs. HD-DVDs cannot be played in current DVD players. Really the only difference is cost and space.
Why is it better to charge by socket? Just because it's cheaper? If your only goal is to reduce licensing cost, just charge per machine.