Correct me if I am wrong but didn't the article say that MS was limiting the quality of mp3 recording "using software built into the next version"? Doesn't this imply that you cannot use some sort of MS based recording tool to rip high quality MP3s and share them. With the way litigations go these days if they left that capability in the OS they would eventually be held liable for assisting copyright violations. I didn't see anywhere in the article where it said they were preventing any program from recording at higher bit rates, just their built-in software.
Sci-Fi or not, this is a reality we will face soon. I found this article explaining some more nondestructive methods of scanning neurons, and some of them sound like they could be in practice before the end of the decade.
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Correct me if I am wrong but didn't the article say that MS was limiting the quality of mp3 recording "using software built into the next version"? Doesn't this imply that you cannot use some sort of MS based recording tool to rip high quality MP3s and share them. With the way litigations go these days if they left that capability in the OS they would eventually be held liable for assisting copyright violations. I didn't see anywhere in the article where it said they were preventing any program from recording at higher bit rates, just their built-in software.
Sci-Fi or not, this is a reality we will face soon. I found this article explaining some more nondestructive methods of scanning neurons, and some of them sound like they could be in practice before the end of the decade.