The unfortunate thing is that, no matter how much it appears in the media, or from word-of-mouth, to non-techies, a hacker is a hacker. So to non-techies, hackers are the generally accepted form of the word. Techies know that the definition of hacker used by the media is generally wrong. I think that's starting to change though. That's not really a profound statement, but the media isn't who we should be directing our arguments to. The media happens to the easiest way to inform people, but if people can truly understand the differece through other means, hopefully they would ignore the media's depiction of hackers or form their own opinions of hackers, or even stick it to the media themselves. A techie flaming people about the difference isn't really productive, since non-techies may consider them a hacker defending themselves. But for a non-techie to do it would be a big step...
If everyone were to give up flaming about the difference between the two, that's the way that it would stay. That's everyone's (not the plaintiff) motivation behind morroring the DeCSS...
In response to the cost-effectiveness, you have to consider the manufacturing differences (as fas as cost) for physically joining the LCD panels. Would it be cheaper to join 4 large panels into 1 or 16 small panels into one (of the same overall diagonal size)? I would assume the former; less joining, less cost. I guess I should go and read the article, but did it mention how the singal is distributed to the panels? Are all the panels acting as individual screens, expecting to receive only a potion of the overall video signal (displaying only what it receives) or does it actually receive the same signal as all the others and display only what it is supposed to (based on it's position in the overall display)? off to read the article...
Well, I hate to disappoint my fans, but the first 2 posts were moderated down, so, I'm not really special.:) Sorry in advance for the off-topic reply...
I think you missed the point. There are computers in Africa, believe it or not. It's not entirely unpopulated. S. Africa for example. They feel the same pressures over there regarding this issue, I would imagine. Enough to create the need for open source, apparently.
SOME of the tiles are awesome, but while browsing through the 2 most recent libraries, I noticed that there were 3 basic 'themes' or 'concepts', and ALL OF THE TILES were slight variations of those same 3 basic 'concepts'. Some were different colors, some had bigger shapes, some of the shapes had thicker outlines, but as far as I could tell there were really only a small handfull of original tiles. The unique ones were nice, but I don't need 25 of (nearly) the exact same tiles.
If everyone who had a copy of it were able to change it slightly, so that none of the originals existed, it would.
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That's a particularly nasty idea you've just given to the anti-DeCSS community (if there is one other than the MPAA):)
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Heheh, you replied to his sig.:)
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No one forced you to buy a DVD, and no one forces you to use a linux box. Yes it is unfortunate that you have the combination, but no one should make accomodations for you just because you do. Making you own accomodations is okay if it's not illegal, but... Don't get me wrong; I understand what's going on, and if I watched DVDs often I'd probably be a part of this. But I don't. Just another point of view.
Oh that's right. I forgot that there are no hackers living out their on their own, using the knowledge they have to support themselves. I forgot they use their knowledge with malicious intent, and could easily be spotted in a business casual environment and labeled, so instead they just hang out in the basement and masturbate a lot. Do you have a nagging fear of social situations by any chance?
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The unfortunate thing is that, no matter how much it appears in the media, or from word-of-mouth, to non-techies, a hacker is a hacker. So to non-techies, hackers are the generally accepted form of the word. Techies know that the definition of hacker used by the media is generally wrong. I think that's starting to change though. That's not really a profound statement, but the media isn't who we should be directing our arguments to. The media happens to the easiest way to inform people, but if people can truly understand the differece through other means, hopefully they would ignore the media's depiction of hackers or form their own opinions of hackers, or even stick it to the media themselves. A techie flaming people about the difference isn't really productive, since non-techies may consider them a hacker defending themselves. But for a non-techie to do it would be a big step...
If everyone were to give up flaming about the difference between the two, that's the way that it would stay. That's everyone's (not the plaintiff) motivation behind morroring the DeCSS...
In response to the cost-effectiveness, you have to consider the manufacturing differences (as fas as cost) for physically joining the LCD panels. Would it be cheaper to join 4 large panels into 1 or 16 small panels into one (of the same overall diagonal size)? I would assume the former; less joining, less cost.
I guess I should go and read the article, but did it mention how the singal is distributed to the panels? Are all the panels acting as individual screens, expecting to receive only a potion of the overall video signal (displaying only what it receives) or does it actually receive the same signal as all the others and display only what it is supposed to (based on it's position in the overall display)?
off to read the article...
...somone could devise some way for a user to interact with that in realtime to chage what they see. 3D Quake, here we come...
I visited the link.
Well, I hate to disappoint my fans, but the first 2 posts were moderated down, so, I'm not really special. :)
Sorry in advance for the off-topic reply...
Why is this here? Is this just a reminder of the other topics that have already been discussed on /.? If so, there are some missing...
Is he citing that as a reason why Gore's campaign is so great? A reason why we should vote for him? Or just that they have an internet policy?
I think you missed the point. There are computers in Africa, believe it or not. It's not entirely unpopulated. S. Africa for example. They feel the same pressures over there regarding this issue, I would imagine. Enough to create the need for open source, apparently.
True, but how many people do you know of living in Antarctica?
I don't think that's a request a coward should be able to make...
SOME of the tiles are awesome, but while browsing through the 2 most recent libraries, I noticed that there were 3 basic 'themes' or 'concepts', and ALL OF THE TILES were slight variations of those same 3 basic 'concepts'. Some were different colors, some had bigger shapes, some of the shapes had thicker outlines, but as far as I could tell there were really only a small handfull of original tiles. The unique ones were nice, but I don't need 25 of (nearly) the exact same tiles.
If everyone who had a copy of it were able to change it slightly, so that none of the originals existed, it would.
That's a particularly nasty idea you've just given to the anti-DeCSS community (if there is one other than the MPAA) :)
Heheh, you replied to his sig. :)
No one forced you to buy a DVD, and no one forces you to use a linux box. Yes it is unfortunate that you have the combination, but no one should make accomodations for you just because you do. Making you own accomodations is okay if it's not illegal, but... Don't get me wrong; I understand what's going on, and if I watched DVDs often I'd probably be a part of this. But I don't. Just another point of view.
If someone actaully made that product, that's the first thing that munched-out potheads would go for.
You could start your own scientific experiment. Get a group of acid freaks, stoners, and drunks and see who takes the medal...
This is where the meditation lessons start to pay off. :)
Oh that's right. I forgot that there are no hackers living out their on their own, using the knowledge they have to support themselves. I forgot they use their knowledge with malicious intent, and could easily be spotted in a business casual environment and labeled, so instead they just hang out in the basement and masturbate a lot. Do you have a nagging fear of social situations by any chance?