... download music (and some movies), and then delete it after they figure out if they like it or not... and actually buy what they like. I've done this (and I'm just middle class). But here is the really important point: like you say, most of what they put out is, indeed, utter crap. It used to be I'd have to spend over $1000 a year buying albums back in the day of analog, just to discover half a dozen great songs. Now days I spend way less, and still get even more good music, all legally.
Now days, in the age of the internet, I'm more informed (as is most everyone else). And that includes being informed about the quality, or usually the lack thereof, of big media company produced content. Sure, there are some people who steal the content. But there are plenty of people who pay for what they want to listen to. They just figure out what it is they do want, more accurately, by doing things such as downloading, sharing, or just listening to someone else's portable media player. The big media companies are selling less these days because people do have a better idea of what they want, and what is crap.
BTW, around half of what I do spend is at Magnatune. Even Magnatune has "crap" (defined as stuff I don't like). But with Magnatune, I get to listen and figure out what I like and what I don't like.
... something like a combination of the serial number, MAC address, and account number. That would make it a bit harder to brute force iterate over all the possible values.
They should not have any such right. They can have the right to limit test taking to school owned calculators they loan out during the tests. But to compel students to buy something specific that has limited uses is stupid. Calculators generally have the same user interface, so students can buy whatever they want. If they want to buy the exact model the school will provide in exams, that's fine. Or students should be able to buy a better one that won't lose their cool programs.
It doesn't count because it's using a simple portable system to display, scroll, pan, and zoom. For corporate sponsorship, you have to use something proprietary, and avoid all that communist open stuff.
So what is the point of making images this big in the first place? They didn't create an image, they created data for a specific application that not everyone can run and a lot more would rather not run for security reasons. What we need is a well defined and open protocol for fetching the images as needed in little squares. Maybe HTTP. If we get that, then we'd only need Javascript and maybe we could even view the landmasses of the Earth that way.
I don't hate Microsoft. I just need a safe secure OS which I can build from source code. As soon as Microsoft makes the source code to Windows available to, and for use by, all Windows licensees (this does not need to be GPL or other license... it can remain proprietary), then I might be able to use it (depending on how easy it is to fix).
So I'll just hook the Leaf up to the nearest smoke belching power plant and cause it to belch out just a bit. That, or I'll just drag out my generator and charge it from that.
How many of those videos are from the few states which are "two party consent" states (where both sides of an AUDIO recording must consent to the recording for it to be recorded)?
Actually, it is that law that needs to be knocked down. It was originally meant to prevent phone taps. But it should be allowed for one of the parties to record the call. How often do you call up some tech support or customer service where there is an announcement at the beginning that says the call is being, or may be, recorded?
Correction: Cops should not have any expectation of privacy when performing any actual police function. Even "on duty" there are moments of personal time, whether taking a leak in the can. or having an afternoon delight with another cop in a back room. Even things like working out at the gym. As a taxpayer, you may well want to be sure if cops are wasting their time when officially "on duty" but off doing something in the back room. But a video or even audio recording of it, is for the most part, out of bounds (it might be admissible in court to counter a denial, if the matter gets there, but that should be for the judge and jury to see, not the general public).
Any police function, particularly when facing members of the public, are not private.
... tidal. Build a dam across the entrance of the SF bay and capture the power from the tidal flow going in and out every day. Oh, and you could build a roadway across the top of it and get rid of that ugly bridge right there.
Electricity is electricity. It doesn't matter where it came from... except that certain sources have their ups and downs. Specifically, the grid isn't design for such peak variations.
If I need X to Y megawatts, normally I'd have to make the transmission lines handle to the peak of Y, under the economics of the variation between X and Y. But if there are separate transmission lines between 2 different sources, and at least one of those sources has variable output that can go from zero to (near) Y, then the other transmission lines have to also handle a peak of Y. Now I have to have 2 transmission lines that can handle peaks of Y megawatts, even though I'm only using 1*Y megawatts, not 2*Y megawatts. The economics shifts to where transmission lines are a greater component of the cost. The inability to cut production at the hydro plants then adds a complication (you can't just spin the turbines without a load).
There's only so much time in a day to listen to music. And most people play the same stuff over and over. More bandwidth doesn't mean they are getting more music; it only means a little less lag in the new music they get.
Clearly they are trying to position themselves to get rich way, way over proportion to the value they provide. Maybe they should just collect their fee from headphones and speakers. That would be in closer proportion to how much people gain from the music.
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... download music (and some movies), and then delete it after they figure out if they like it or not ... and actually buy what they like. I've done this (and I'm just middle class). But here is the really important point: like you say, most of what they put out is, indeed, utter crap. It used to be I'd have to spend over $1000 a year buying albums back in the day of analog, just to discover half a dozen great songs. Now days I spend way less, and still get even more good music, all legally.
Now days, in the age of the internet, I'm more informed (as is most everyone else). And that includes being informed about the quality, or usually the lack thereof, of big media company produced content. Sure, there are some people who steal the content. But there are plenty of people who pay for what they want to listen to. They just figure out what it is they do want, more accurately, by doing things such as downloading, sharing, or just listening to someone else's portable media player. The big media companies are selling less these days because people do have a better idea of what they want, and what is crap.
BTW, around half of what I do spend is at Magnatune. Even Magnatune has "crap" (defined as stuff I don't like). But with Magnatune, I get to listen and figure out what I like and what I don't like.
... something like a combination of the serial number, MAC address, and account number. That would make it a bit harder to brute force iterate over all the possible values.
... can't change the password on my router ... because it is MY router. Hint: it's not password1 or the serial number.
Apparently you didn't get it fully closed. Now change your password again before some black hat slashdotter iterates the serial number space.
Schools would never allow that. RPN confuses the teachers.
They should not have any such right. They can have the right to limit test taking to school owned calculators they loan out during the tests. But to compel students to buy something specific that has limited uses is stupid. Calculators generally have the same user interface, so students can buy whatever they want. If they want to buy the exact model the school will provide in exams, that's fine. Or students should be able to buy a better one that won't lose their cool programs.
It doesn't count because it's using a simple portable system to display, scroll, pan, and zoom. For corporate sponsorship, you have to use something proprietary, and avoid all that communist open stuff.
So what is the point of making images this big in the first place? They didn't create an image, they created data for a specific application that not everyone can run and a lot more would rather not run for security reasons. What we need is a well defined and open protocol for fetching the images as needed in little squares. Maybe HTTP. If we get that, then we'd only need Javascript and maybe we could even view the landmasses of the Earth that way.
But this is not a 360.
Why do you even need flash? Flash isn't much better, anyway.
I don't hate Microsoft. I just need a safe secure OS which I can build from source code. As soon as Microsoft makes the source code to Windows available to, and for use by, all Windows licensees (this does not need to be GPL or other license ... it can remain proprietary), then I might be able to use it (depending on how easy it is to fix).
Can you load the picture into your browser for a Javascript panner?
So I'll just hook the Leaf up to the nearest smoke belching power plant and cause it to belch out just a bit. That, or I'll just drag out my generator and charge it from that.
Your friend was probably told by the police, when he complained, that he "faced" 10 years in prison for resisting arrest at that confrontation.
How many of those videos are from the few states which are "two party consent" states (where both sides of an AUDIO recording must consent to the recording for it to be recorded)?
Actually, it is that law that needs to be knocked down. It was originally meant to prevent phone taps. But it should be allowed for one of the parties to record the call. How often do you call up some tech support or customer service where there is an announcement at the beginning that says the call is being, or may be, recorded?
That's why he should sue the tax payers that are supporting corrupt police departments like this, for millions of dollars.
Correction: Cops should not have any expectation of privacy when performing any actual police function. Even "on duty" there are moments of personal time, whether taking a leak in the can. or having an afternoon delight with another cop in a back room. Even things like working out at the gym. As a taxpayer, you may well want to be sure if cops are wasting their time when officially "on duty" but off doing something in the back room. But a video or even audio recording of it, is for the most part, out of bounds (it might be admissible in court to counter a denial, if the matter gets there, but that should be for the judge and jury to see, not the general public).
Any police function, particularly when facing members of the public, are not private.
Don't blame BP for this kind of activity. This is standard operating practice for any big corporation.
... tidal. Build a dam across the entrance of the SF bay and capture the power from the tidal flow going in and out every day. Oh, and you could build a roadway across the top of it and get rid of that ugly bridge right there.
Electricity is electricity. It doesn't matter where it came from ... except that certain sources have their ups and downs. Specifically, the grid isn't design for such peak variations.
If I need X to Y megawatts, normally I'd have to make the transmission lines handle to the peak of Y, under the economics of the variation between X and Y. But if there are separate transmission lines between 2 different sources, and at least one of those sources has variable output that can go from zero to (near) Y, then the other transmission lines have to also handle a peak of Y. Now I have to have 2 transmission lines that can handle peaks of Y megawatts, even though I'm only using 1*Y megawatts, not 2*Y megawatts. The economics shifts to where transmission lines are a greater component of the cost. The inability to cut production at the hydro plants then adds a complication (you can't just spin the turbines without a load).
You mean like wood for heat and candles for light?
There's only so much time in a day to listen to music. And most people play the same stuff over and over. More bandwidth doesn't mean they are getting more music; it only means a little less lag in the new music they get.
Clearly they are trying to position themselves to get rich way, way over proportion to the value they provide. Maybe they should just collect their fee from headphones and speakers. That would be in closer proportion to how much people gain from the music.
...skewed towards the people they represent.
You mean the fat-cat label company execs?
Ask the rights holders for a list of MD5's. That ought to take care of the problem.
What if I gave up using email long ago? Why should making oneself vulnerable to spam a requirement to participate in non-email internet stuff?