You may be on to something there. Much TOO on, in fact. Please stay where you are and some entertainment industry representatives will arrive shortly to assist you.
The underlying reason behind anything Microsoft does is: protect the Windows and Office monopoly. They are so terrified of losing that, they have to enter every single technology market, lest something come along and unseat them. However, it is this protectionism that also limits them. They can't truly innovate without potentially damaging their own cash cows. Look at every move they make in that context and all becomes clear.
Fuel cells, perpetually 10 years out, have been a great place for companies to toss cash into under the guise of alternative energy research, all the while ignoring existing technology that could get the job done.
What do you do when you want to look like you're researching something while you continue to ride the petroleum gravy train?
I think the biggest problem with games made from movies, is that the releases have to coincide. So, if the game isn't ready, too bad, shrink wrap it and ship it to Walmart.
Copyright law in the United States is a perverted abomination, mutated over decades by powerful corporations to benefit only themselves to the detriment of the people on whos backs they've built their gargantuan regimes.
This is actually very useful information for someone looking for ways to defeat the filter, in that is lists the features of the audio that are used for generating the fingerprint. A successful work-around would most likely require modifications to several aspects of the signal.
From the patent:
The feature vector thus consists of the mean and standard deviation of each of the trajectories (amplitude, pitch, brightness, bass, bandwidth, and MFCCs, plus the first derivative of each of these). These numbers are the only information used in the content-based classification and retrieval of these sounds. It is possible to see some of the essential characteristics of the sound by analyzing these numbers.
"Technological advancements, such as video on demand, new video formats and Internet streaming and downloading, have increased the number of media and entertainment choices available to consumers and intensified the challenges posed by audience fragmentation.
The increasing number of choices available to audiences could negatively impact not only consumer demand for the Companyâ(TM)s products and services, but also advertisersâ(TM) willingness to purchase advertising from the Companyâ(TM)s businesses.
If the Company does not respond appropriately to further increases in the leisure and entertainment choices available to consumers, the Companyâ(TM)s competitive position could deteriorate, and its financial results could suffer."
Full Document Here:
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Yes, I live in Utah.
Yes, I am Mormon.
Yes, I really dislike Orin Hatch.
There's a business method patent called: Proofreading Using a Computer.
I'm confident the interests of the American people will be of the highest priority during deliberations.
[maniacal laughter followed by gentle sobbing]
Worst results ever.
And that, my friend, says it all.
You may be on to something there. Much TOO on, in fact. Please stay where you are and some entertainment industry representatives will arrive shortly to assist you.
It's not about what it gives you, it's what it gives them: control. You're right of course, why would anyone use the application?
Bing Is No Google.
Oh wait, nevermind. I already squirted it.
The underlying reason behind anything Microsoft does is: protect the Windows and Office monopoly. They are so terrified of losing that, they have to enter every single technology market, lest something come along and unseat them. However, it is this protectionism that also limits them. They can't truly innovate without potentially damaging their own cash cows. Look at every move they make in that context and all becomes clear.
Just to rehash what's been said already: If they could get away with raising their prices why wouldn't they have already done it anyway?
Exactly!
Fuel cells, perpetually 10 years out, have been a great place for companies to toss cash into under the guise of alternative energy research, all the while ignoring existing technology that could get the job done.
What do you do when you want to look like you're researching something while you continue to ride the petroleum gravy train?
Talk about the "hydrogen economy!"
Kerk is the one with the light sword, right?
Well, the Wall Street Journal is a good paper though, read by people who have money to spend.
http://www.infoworld.com/print/73433
I think the biggest problem with games made from movies, is that the releases have to coincide. So, if the game isn't ready, too bad, shrink wrap it and ship it to Walmart.
Copyright law in the United States is a perverted abomination, mutated over decades by powerful corporations to benefit only themselves to the detriment of the people on whos backs they've built their gargantuan regimes.
It's also the sux0rz.
What about the stakeholders? Are their interests aligned? I didn't think so. You better run that strawman up a flag pole and see who salutes.
This is actually very useful information for someone looking for ways to defeat the filter, in that is lists the features of the audio that are used for generating the fingerprint. A successful work-around would most likely require modifications to several aspects of the signal.
From the patent:
The feature vector thus consists of the mean and standard deviation of each of the trajectories (amplitude, pitch, brightness, bass, bandwidth, and MFCCs, plus the first derivative of each of these). These numbers are the only information used in the content-based classification and retrieval of these sounds. It is possible to see some of the essential characteristics of the sound by analyzing these numbers.
Already exists.
No, we'd have been fine, but they wouldn't have made as much money.
See - if they create tiers:
1) You use less than your cap = higher cost per GB
2) You use more than your cap = higher cost per GB due to additional chargers
It's the same system the cellphone companies use, and TWC wants some of that sweet action.
I'm off to copy some high-rates comments from the previous submission...
Here's why it will be back, or something like it:
From their recently filed 10-K report:
"Technological advancements, such as video on demand, new video formats and Internet streaming and downloading, have increased the number of media and entertainment choices available to consumers and intensified the challenges posed by audience fragmentation.
The increasing number of choices available to audiences could negatively impact not only consumer demand for the Companyâ(TM)s products and services, but also advertisersâ(TM) willingness to purchase advertising from the Companyâ(TM)s businesses.
If the Company does not respond appropriately to further increases in the leisure and entertainment choices available to consumers, the Companyâ(TM)s competitive position could deteriorate, and its financial results could suffer."
Full Document Here:
http://ir.timewarner.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=950144-09-1481
Better yet, get congress to give them a large sum of money to get better tubes. Pretty good idea isn't it? I wonder why no one has thought of it yet.
I'm picking up your sarcasm.
They'll just find another way to screw you. Internet connectivity should be a regulated utility.