First of all, 60 fps would be interlaced. So an de-interlaced signal would be 30 fps, half the bandwidth, i.e. 170MB/sec. Then you do on-the-fly compression, you can probably reduce that by 2/3. So your final bandwidth is around 50MB/sec. You could easily achieve this with a simple raid setup.
You just can't record a signal of 1920 x 1080 pixel times 12 bit per pixel times 60 frames per second on a harddisk. Well, I can't and no normal consumer can.
Sure you can: take output from computer a), feed into hdtv card on computer b), compress to mpeg2, store on disk. And btw, it is 24bit per pixel, 30 fps (non-interlaced), but the figures come out the same.
Your analogy is wrong. DRM is not like the locks on your house. A better analogy is, you buy your house, and the company that built it keeps all the keys. They will let you in and out of your house (provided of course, that they don't go bankrupt), but if you want to invite any guests around, they have to call up their key companies, and get let in to your house (after paying a "door unlocking fee"). Also, in some circumstances if you fail to maintain payments to the building company, you lose access to your house (although you bought it).
Honourable mention should go to some Free Software games - whilst obviously not as good as those produced by professional games companies, they are still very playable, and improving all the time. Since I am into RPG's, my two favourites are:
Except Microsoft basically owns the OS market, and they can therefore dictate their own terms
They dictate the terms they do, because it helps them maintain their monopoly position. I can think of 5 benefits for Microsoft off the top of my head:
1) Locks users into their proprietary formats, and locks other operating systems/competitors out.
2) Allows Microsoft to charge a fee for encoding and decoding to/from those formats.
3) By being the only solution mandated by the RIAA/MPAA, causes those groups to support Microsoft as the only acceptable software solution.
4) Allows Microsoft and others to spread FUD about Linux being a system used by "pirates" and "hackers" (because it doesn't support DRM)
5) Makes Microsoft's offerings seem more attractive, since only they offer access to "premium" content
And by the way: Note that exactly the same situation applies to Apple, except that having a smaller market, they have to at least appear to be more consumer friendly. Therefore the RIAA, MPAA also have a slight leverage, by choosing to support Apple or Microsoft more (see iTunes vs Zune for example).
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Here is exhibit A, which you will note, is a single photon.
Have you seen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx9FgLr9oTk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQkSObRtw0o
-Reliability: Linux
-User interface: Mac OS/Linux
-Cost: Linux - free
Linux wins.
Unless the graphics card has a (binary only) Linux driver, the display resolution will be limited to around 640x480. It's part of the HDCP standard.
There was no flash 8 for Linux, and a lot of sites were using it. They should all work now with this new player.
Why not help with the xinf project instead ?
First of all, 60 fps would be interlaced. So an de-interlaced signal would be 30 fps, half the bandwidth, i.e. 170MB/sec. Then you do on-the-fly compression, you can probably reduce that by 2/3. So your final bandwidth is around 50MB/sec. You could easily achieve this with a simple raid setup.
Sure you can: take output from computer a), feed into hdtv card on computer b), compress to mpeg2, store on disk. And btw, it is 24bit per pixel, 30 fps (non-interlaced), but the figures come out the same.
Your analogy is wrong. DRM is not like the locks on your house. A better analogy is, you buy your house, and the company that built it keeps all the keys. They will let you in and out of your house (provided of course, that they don't go bankrupt), but if you want to invite any guests around, they have to call up their key companies, and get let in to your house (after paying a "door unlocking fee"). Also, in some circumstances if you fail to maintain payments to the building company, you lose access to your house (although you bought it).
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/54360
somebody with sense agrees with what I've been saying for years:
- DRM is a fad
- Apple loves DRM
They did that song "I bet you look good on the dancefloor". Don't tell me you never heard that one before ?
I wish I had mod points to mod you up.
At last we will be able to receive "Single Female Lawyer" !
I think you'll find it's *la* revolucion.
Luckily for me, I am still on Web 1.0...
I have done. Actually it was my living room/kitchen.
http://lives.sourceforge.net/
What's wrong with flash ? You say there is a problem, because the card has to be "doing nothing".
I can see an easy solution:
1) Download new flash image
2) Reboot computer
3) Before card is loaded, it gets flashed
4) Update done
and at least with flash, you would have some working firmware out of the box.
What a silly bunt.
Honourable mention should go to some Free Software games - whilst obviously not as good as those produced by professional games companies, they are still very playable, and improving all the time. Since I am into RPG's, my two favourites are:
- Nazghul/Haxima : http://myweb.cableone.net/gmcnutt/nazghul.html
- Lost Labyrinth: http://www.lostlabyrinth.com/
Does anybody else have any recommendations for good FOSS games ?
Didn't the US have a law that blacks on buses had to give up their seats for white people ? How's that law going ?
Here's the plan:
1) Send free laptops pre-loaded with Vista
2) Exploit well known security issues in Vista and hack into the machines.
3) Change the blogs just before publication to praise Linux and dis Vista
4) Profit !
I think he meant, in a truly free society there wouldn't be any violent crime.
They dictate the terms they do, because it helps them maintain their monopoly position. I can think of 5 benefits for Microsoft off the top of my head:
1) Locks users into their proprietary formats, and locks other operating systems/competitors out.
2) Allows Microsoft to charge a fee for encoding and decoding to/from those formats.
3) By being the only solution mandated by the RIAA/MPAA, causes those groups to support Microsoft as the only acceptable software solution.
4) Allows Microsoft and others to spread FUD about Linux being a system used by "pirates" and "hackers" (because it doesn't support DRM)
5) Makes Microsoft's offerings seem more attractive, since only they offer access to "premium" content
And by the way:
Note that exactly the same situation applies to Apple, except that having a smaller market, they have to at least appear to be more consumer friendly. Therefore the RIAA, MPAA also have a slight leverage, by choosing to support Apple or Microsoft more (see iTunes vs Zune for example).