I'm really not ready to bitch about any kind of web advertising at this point. I'm willing to accept annoying popups if it means that sites won't go out of business. I'd rather be hassled with an annoying flash popup than go without The Register or slashdot.
That said, if it gets to the point that it is more trouble to get rid of the ad (IE, autorespawning popups or something), I will not hessitate to complain. Just not yet.
Interesting... now that I think about it, I haven't purchased any CD's since napster stopped being useful either. Not because I was specifically protesting anything, but because I have all the CD's that I want right now, and without napster I have no way of finding new music that I might be interested in. Hmmm...
I fondly recall reading the Amber chronicles, perhaps some of my most treasured books.
If you've never read the amber series, and you need something to do this summer, there is a "Complete collection" that can be had fairly cheaply. It will keep you engrossed and interested for a very long time...
They're not that cool. I think I got mine from onsale.com for $20 a few years ago. Its more painful than anything else - especially if you strap it onto your head and listen to thumpy bass music. Ouch.
"If MP3 is used for free distribution on the Internet, we will not charge royalties," he says. But "if people monetize, the inventors should have their fair share," he adds.
So, as I read that, shoutcast servers wouldn't have problems, but if there were a pay-for-play mp3 based radio station, they want a cut. At least they're not being 100% evil...
The article also seems to claim that DeCSS is somehow responsible for DVD's of Starwars being created. Hu? Couldn't somebody take, say, the laserdisc set, record it to mpeg2 and run it through something like iDVD or a comparable pc product, burn it to a disc and mass produce it? No keys needed, no encryption, no CSS...
How is DeCSS involved?
Oh wait, I forgot, DeCSS is a scary gremlin computer program ooooooo (in a ghost voice). I hear if you run it with the/nuke option it will make norad order the launch of nuclear weapons to kill all the cute fluffy bunnies in the world. Damn hackers.
Well first, hopefully Videophiles will come out against it. A watermark, in order to work, has to degrade the picture in some way - they can claim its not visible, but we'll see... you can tell when you use the digimarc scheme on a photoshop file...
The real question though - how does watermarking prevent digital copies? If I'm doing a bit-for-bit copy of a DVD, the watermark isnt going to change, and as far as the DVD player is concerned, everything is "jake". Note: this is assuming that the world the MPAA lives in is the real world, wherein anybody with a computer can make a digital copy of a dvd.
Is this designed to keep people from copying dvds to VHS? Isn't that what macrovision does? And, even if macrovision doesn't work (or, is defeated with a $20 box), wouldnt the VHS players have to support watermark detection?
I just dont see when this would ever come into play.
It would be nice if Napster (the corporation) had a way to gracefully disappear, without giving the record companies total victory. From what I've seen, napster (the application) is essentially useless at this point, and its too late for anything to be done about it. They have totally alienated the user base that they were relying on to support them through their trial, while at the same time continuing to alienate the record companies, leaving them floating without any real purpose.
As Jello Biafra said at Hope 2000.. (paraphrased) "Napster is cool now and all, but will you like them as much when they're the next Disney?"
The rebelious attitude is gone.. the music is gone.. it is time for napster to be gone.
So, in order to redeem the "Settlement" you have to buy a new zip product directly from iomega. Iomega's store overcharges by quite a bit... an external zip 100mb drive is $114 from them, $74 from the lowest place on pricewatch. Great, I'll get right on that order guys.
Nobody cares. Consumers just see "1.5ghz!!!!" and say "thats fast!!". These studies and all are preaching to the choir. We already know that the p4 isn't clock-for-clock as fast as the thunderbird. Sigh..
I'm not sure I see why you wouldn't want just run linux on the thing. Remote administration would be far easier - if you could come up with an install that didn't need any console input you would never need to create drivers for keyboard/mouse/video in linux, and beyond that its just an intel chip anyway so you don't need to do any major kernel hacking. If you're thinking of using these to sell web hosting, wouldn't it make a lot more sense to have an OS that will allow full remote configuration and access, instead of hacking a stripped down OS up to functionallity? Who knows how "broken" the version of win2k on Xbox is, but I'm guessing it wont be just a matter of running an apache installer, so why not use the time getting linux/bsd booting on it instead of a single app?
Err, just a note... they're being sued by a bunch of newspapers for mirroring those stories as you seemed to hint slashdot should do. Copyright infringement and all, just like cmdrtaco always said....
Its a nice little unit, but what is their target market? Aside from geeks, who is going to buy one of these instead of the more standardized palm or wince device? Do they include a tool to move all your palm data to their format, or are they assuming that the people buying the Agenda won't be upgrading from an existing device?
Oh yeah, and are we taking bets on how long till somebody is running apache on it?
This, plus all of covads troubles is very disconcerting... it would seem unthinkable that broadband could "go away"... I do not like the thought be being left with only cable.
Are these broadband companies managing money poorly, or is it just impossible for a "new" company to provide a telecom related service?
Actually its been done. Apache/php can do it (using zlib), and im sure a number of other combos can too. The savings arent' that great though, considering that most of a sites bandwidth isnt taken up spitting 10k text files but in spitting 60k jpegs and 10mb movies (or whatever your content is).
"Would it be that surprising to find Windows soon available "for non-commericial use"? "
Yes. Unlike Be, Sun and QNX, Microsoft makes quite a bit of money selling software like Windows to home users for "non-commercial" use. Mom and Dad aren't going to run solaris, but they'll probably run win98. Don't forget, money=god
Well, yes and no. In theory copyrights expire after a set time. Oddly enough though, ever time the old Mickey Mouse movies come up to their time to be public domain, the copyright law period magically gets extended. Its almost like disney is able to get the laws done their way... hmm...
I believe It used to be a set period after the creation of the work (15 years?), then it was changed to a set period after the authors death, and since then has gone from 15 years all the way to the current 70 year span. Its a shame that greed is so powerful...
I think we may be missing part of the story here... we did not get an explanation of how linus is justifying rejections and such. Anybody have more info?
What about places where you can't get a good fix on GPS satillites? I know with my eMap, if theres enough tree or building blockage I can't get any satillites. In downtown minneapolis I have no reception at all.. will the cars just stop totally?
Oh goody, our space weapons will beat their space weapons. How about no damn space weapons at all? We do not need another arms race, but that is exactly where stuff like this is heading. How about we try to work for a lasting peace agreement with China et all and work for a function global society? hrmph...
Online voting is a horrible, frightening idea. Not the geek security part of it though. The problem is that it allows people to vote from their homes, in private. Or, with their abusive husband hovering over them making sure they vote the right way. Or with paid goons forcing people to vote one way. As the system stands, once you're in the voter booth, your votes are private. They can't be associated with you, and nobody can force your hand. I'm totally ok with a nice clean touch screen based closed system at traditional locations. That would be cool. But theres a terrible mass of issues that arise when people are able to vote in their homes...
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Whats the fun if it doesn't kick back? :)
I'm really not ready to bitch about any kind of web advertising at this point. I'm willing to accept annoying popups if it means that sites won't go out of business. I'd rather be hassled with an annoying flash popup than go without The Register or slashdot.
That said, if it gets to the point that it is more trouble to get rid of the ad (IE, autorespawning popups or something), I will not hessitate to complain. Just not yet.
Interesting ... now that I think about it, I haven't purchased any CD's since napster stopped being useful either. Not because I was specifically protesting anything, but because I have all the CD's that I want right now, and without napster I have no way of finding new music that I might be interested in. Hmmm...
I fondly recall reading the Amber chronicles, perhaps some of my most treasured books.
...
If you've never read the amber series, and you need something to do this summer, there is a "Complete collection" that can be had fairly cheaply. It will keep you engrossed and interested for a very long time
They're not that cool. I think I got mine from onsale.com for $20 a few years ago. Its more painful than anything else - especially if you strap it onto your head and listen to thumpy bass music. Ouch.
Not worth the $20 at all...
"If MP3 is used for free distribution on the Internet, we will not charge royalties," he says. But "if people monetize, the inventors should have their fair share," he adds.
So, as I read that, shoutcast servers wouldn't have problems, but if there were a pay-for-play mp3 based radio station, they want a cut. At least they're not being 100% evil...
The article also seems to claim that DeCSS is somehow responsible for DVD's of Starwars being created. Hu? Couldn't somebody take, say, the laserdisc set, record it to mpeg2 and run it through something like iDVD or a comparable pc product, burn it to a disc and mass produce it? No keys needed, no encryption, no CSS...
/nuke option it will make norad order the launch of nuclear weapons to kill all the cute fluffy bunnies in the world. Damn hackers.
How is DeCSS involved?
Oh wait, I forgot, DeCSS is a scary gremlin computer program ooooooo (in a ghost voice). I hear if you run it with the
Well first, hopefully Videophiles will come out against it. A watermark, in order to work, has to degrade the picture in some way - they can claim its not visible, but we'll see ... you can tell when you use the digimarc scheme on a photoshop file ...
The real question though - how does watermarking prevent digital copies? If I'm doing a bit-for-bit copy of a DVD, the watermark isnt going to change, and as far as the DVD player is concerned, everything is "jake". Note: this is assuming that the world the MPAA lives in is the real world, wherein anybody with a computer can make a digital copy of a dvd.
Is this designed to keep people from copying dvds to VHS? Isn't that what macrovision does? And, even if macrovision doesn't work (or, is defeated with a $20 box), wouldnt the VHS players have to support watermark detection?
I just dont see when this would ever come into play.
Somebody, fill me in?
It would be nice if Napster (the corporation) had a way to gracefully disappear, without giving the record companies total victory. From what I've seen, napster (the application) is essentially useless at this point, and its too late for anything to be done about it. They have totally alienated the user base that they were relying on to support them through their trial, while at the same time continuing to alienate the record companies, leaving them floating without any real purpose.
As Jello Biafra said at Hope 2000.. (paraphrased) "Napster is cool now and all, but will you like them as much when they're the next Disney?"
The rebelious attitude is gone.. the music is gone.. it is time for napster to be gone.
They have come for your uncool niece?
So, in order to redeem the "Settlement" you have to buy a new zip product directly from iomega. Iomega's store overcharges by quite a bit ... an external zip 100mb drive is $114 from them, $74 from the lowest place on pricewatch. Great, I'll get right on that order guys.
Nobody cares. Consumers just see "1.5ghz!!!!" and say "thats fast!!". These studies and all are preaching to the choir. We already know that the p4 isn't clock-for-clock as fast as the thunderbird. Sigh..
I'm not sure I see why you wouldn't want just run linux on the thing. Remote administration would be far easier - if you could come up with an install that didn't need any console input you would never need to create drivers for keyboard/mouse/video in linux, and beyond that its just an intel chip anyway so you don't need to do any major kernel hacking. If you're thinking of using these to sell web hosting, wouldn't it make a lot more sense to have an OS that will allow full remote configuration and access, instead of hacking a stripped down OS up to functionallity? Who knows how "broken" the version of win2k on Xbox is, but I'm guessing it wont be just a matter of running an apache installer, so why not use the time getting linux/bsd booting on it instead of a single app?
Eh, we know both will happen in the end anyway..
They have submarines armed with nuclear weapons, so, err, you're wrong.
Err, just a note ... they're being sued by a bunch of newspapers for mirroring those stories as you seemed to hint slashdot should do. Copyright infringement and all, just like cmdrtaco always said....
Its a nice little unit, but what is their target market? Aside from geeks, who is going to buy one of these instead of the more standardized palm or wince device? Do they include a tool to move all your palm data to their format, or are they assuming that the people buying the Agenda won't be upgrading from an existing device?
Oh yeah, and are we taking bets on how long till somebody is running apache on it?
This, plus all of covads troubles is very disconcerting... it would seem unthinkable that broadband could "go away"... I do not like the thought be being left with only cable.
Are these broadband companies managing money poorly, or is it just impossible for a "new" company to provide a telecom related service?
Actually its been done. Apache/php can do it (using zlib), and im sure a number of other combos can too. The savings arent' that great though, considering that most of a sites bandwidth isnt taken up spitting 10k text files but in spitting 60k jpegs and 10mb movies (or whatever your content is).
"Would it be that surprising to find Windows soon available "for non-commericial use"? "
Yes. Unlike Be, Sun and QNX, Microsoft makes quite a bit of money selling software like Windows to home users for "non-commercial" use. Mom and Dad aren't going to run solaris, but they'll probably run win98. Don't forget, money=god
Well, yes and no. In theory copyrights expire after a set time. Oddly enough though, ever time the old Mickey Mouse movies come up to their time to be public domain, the copyright law period magically gets extended. Its almost like disney is able to get the laws done their way... hmm...
I believe It used to be a set period after the creation of the work (15 years?), then it was changed to a set period after the authors death, and since then has gone from 15 years all the way to the current 70 year span. Its a shame that greed is so powerful...
I think we may be missing part of the story here... we did not get an explanation of how linus is justifying rejections and such. Anybody have more info?
What about places where you can't get a good fix on GPS satillites? I know with my eMap, if theres enough tree or building blockage I can't get any satillites. In downtown minneapolis I have no reception at all.. will the cars just stop totally?
Wait till you meet Cheney's wife...
Seeing this article was just horribly depressing.
Oh goody, our space weapons will beat their space weapons. How about no damn space weapons at all? We do not need another arms race, but that is exactly where stuff like this is heading. How about we try to work for a lasting peace agreement with China et all and work for a function global society? hrmph...
Online voting is a horrible, frightening idea. Not the geek security part of it though. The problem is that it allows people to vote from their homes, in private. Or, with their abusive husband hovering over them making sure they vote the right way. Or with paid goons forcing people to vote one way. As the system stands, once you're in the voter booth, your votes are private. They can't be associated with you, and nobody can force your hand. I'm totally ok with a nice clean touch screen based closed system at traditional locations. That would be cool. But theres a terrible mass of issues that arise when people are able to vote in their homes...