As stated it is the sorenson codec that is causing the compatibility problem. Xanim will quite happily play QT4 movies, on the condition that they use a codec supported by xanim. In fact QT4 movies can even be played by the QT3 player on the Mac, since the movie format is the same.
If an open-source codec that allowed good compression, while maintaining a quality image, I am sure that we could leverage an advantage over Sorenson and maybe even force Apple's hand.
QT4 does add certain minor abilities, like being able to embed sprites, 3D objects, etc., but then again at this point in time it does not appear to be a major loss.
BTW If you head off to http://www.apple.com/developer you should find the
We all critizing the bad points of the MPAA and the regions and miss one big point. Yes there are zones and our players can only play two zones; the local one and zone zero. Although the MPAA can always continue with there argument, there is nothing stopping film companies from releasing their films in region zero.
I can understand the argument for placing a film in region x, when it is fairly new to prevent it from being viewed in countries where it has not yet appeared at the cinemas. But for films that have been out for over 10 years makes no sense what so ever, these films should be released a region 0 !!!
A well, researched and put together article. I believe that the real blow against CSS would be for someone to prove that you can read, transfer via internet and then write to a new DVD the data from the original, all without using DeCSS. If someone proves that this is possible, which in theory it is, then it would show that CSS is more of a user control-mechanism that a copy protection facility.
Believe me it is probably better for the whole industry if Microsoft stays as one company. If MS is broken up, then it will provide them with the flexibility they need and a chance for the office suit department to go after markets it wouln't have with Windows shackled to its feet. With Linux taking on a greater role, it would be only a matter of time before MS shoots itself in the foot with its closed technology solutions.
Or how about papyrus. The ancient Egyptians used it and since it is made from banana skin it means it comes from a resuable source. One advantage over hemp is that the narrow minded politicians won't automatically think 'Drugs'. The only thing is I have no idea whether anyone has perfected a process to improve the quality of paper made from it.
If it can be done with DVD, what would be cool is to have the uncut version and special edition on the same DVD. Basically depending one which version you want to watch the player would be those scenes or the other. The only thing is that I reckon I am dreaming and that this probably not possible with current DVD format. I suppose the best next possibily would be for a double CD box with the original and special edition versions.
Then again if someone could get hold of the original reels, how about doing the job that Lucas will probably never do, ie transfering them to DVD?
Considering Lucas has taken so long with the release, and that all countries have already shown the current episodes what are the chances that they release it as region zero? Okay it is probably 0%, though they could make a fair few friends if they did.
Everyone is talking about the American copyright system. How about non-USA and international copyright laws?
Couldn't the software be protected in some other country, so that even if Mattel won the USA case they would still have to do battle in other countries and in the meantime the software could still be available to the countries where Mattel has not won their case?
I believe that we have to take advantage of the international spread of the internet and do the most to protect the LGPL. Also, is there any process whereby the LGPL can be recognised as an official licence agreement by a given country?
How about setting up an intermediate Linux server between the NT server and the outside world. At least you could confiugure the Linux server to be secure and then hide the NT server within the firewall.
Whether you call it Firwire, IEEE 1394 or iLink (I personally like Firewire) I would like to know whether support for this technology has been added to Linux, or whether there is project committed to this?
Whether you call it Firwire , IEEE 1394 or iLink, (I personally like Firewire) I would like to know whether support for this technology has been added to Linux, or whether there is project committed to this?
Although it is new for a USA political party to be using the internet for campaigning, poltical groups on the internet is not new. In the UK for a couple of years the different potical parties have their own websites, so any Joe can surf over and read the latest on their party.
This makes me wonder how long term a political party's message is in the US - does it last beyond the campaign?
If AOL 5.0 does indeed do what the filers say then AOL should probably pay damages, though not the sum asked for - it should be cost price not more.
At the same time AOL is guilty of something a lot of software developers are also guilty of : not providing enough information to the customers. I believe that there should be a small section explaining what the software installs and what gets changed. This is partly to put the customer at ease and secondly it would actually help alot of people understand where a problem could be comming from. This applies more to software that is available in binary only form, than open-source software where everyone gets to know what software x is doing - there is always more support from a devloper community than any help desk!
Although the service Mac orientated, the is nothing stopping Redhat or other companies coming up with a similar initiative. One way of making sure that only the paying customers get to play with this is to request a serial number or registration code. Otherwise, there are so many other sites which offer web pages with ftp access for uploading the data (and hence data storage:-) ), that there is no need to dwell on taking advantage of Apple's site.
Babel Fish is going to have a hard time getting the message across with this site, partly because the is a lot of Quebecois slang in there. Babel Fish is more atuned to 'proper' French.
' it does not use any graphics from aqua, it does not contain any mac logos etc; it's an original work - just inspired by the aqua GUI'
To say that the skin is an original work is like saying a forgery of the Mona Lisa is an original work. Looking at the skin indicates to everyone that the source of the images used for the buttons, window controls, etc is MacOS X. If a user interface can be considered a work of art then it deserves the same protection as any other art form.
I have often seen unauthorized copies of Enlightenment windows on the Skinz site. The least these guys could do is ask the original author for permission to 'port' these window designs and accept it when the author says 'NO'.
Copying with permission is fine, copying without is theft!
What about the micro-beads ( I think it is called that ) technology? These are tiny grains, each with a unique ID being ingrained into the product being made. If you pass a detector over the product you could automatically tell the serial number. The advantage of such a technology is that you can not find out this info remotely and you would have to remove the whole casing to remove any traces of the original CPU id.
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As stated it is the sorenson codec that is causing the compatibility problem. Xanim will quite happily play QT4 movies, on the condition that they use a codec supported by xanim. In fact QT4 movies can even be played by the QT3 player on the Mac, since the movie format is the same.
If an open-source codec that allowed good compression, while maintaining a quality image, I am sure that we could leverage an advantage over Sorenson and maybe even force Apple's hand.
QT4 does add certain minor abilities, like being able to embed sprites, 3D objects, etc., but then again at this point in time it does not appear to be a major loss.
BTW If you head off to http://www.apple.com/developer you should find the
We all critizing the bad points of the MPAA and the regions and miss one big point. Yes there are zones and our players can only play two zones; the local one and zone zero. Although the MPAA can always continue with there argument, there is nothing stopping film companies from releasing their films in region zero.
I can understand the argument for placing a film in region x, when it is fairly new to prevent it from being viewed in countries where it has not yet appeared at the cinemas. But for films that have been out for over 10 years makes no sense what so ever, these films should be released a region 0 !!!
A well, researched and put together article. I believe that the real blow against CSS would be for someone to prove that you can read, transfer via internet and then write to a new DVD the data from the original, all without using DeCSS. If someone proves that this is possible, which in theory it is, then it would show that CSS is more of a user control-mechanism that a copy protection facility.
Believe me it is probably better for the whole industry if Microsoft stays as one company. If MS is broken up, then it will provide them with the flexibility they need and a chance for the office suit department to go after markets it wouln't have with Windows shackled to its feet. With Linux taking on a greater role, it would be only a matter of time before MS shoots itself in the foot with its closed technology solutions.
How about putting an embedded Linux system in one of those things. At least that way it would be fairly cheap and it would be Linux base - yay!
Or how about papyrus. The ancient Egyptians used it and since it is made from banana skin it means it comes from a resuable source. One advantage over hemp is that the narrow minded politicians won't automatically think 'Drugs'. The only thing is I have no idea whether anyone has perfected a process to improve the quality of paper made from it.
If it can be done with DVD, what would be cool is to have the uncut version and special edition on the same DVD. Basically depending one which version you want to watch the player would be those scenes or the other. The only thing is that I reckon I am dreaming and that this probably not possible with current DVD format. I suppose the best next possibily would be for a double CD box with the original and special edition versions.
Then again if someone could get hold of the original reels, how about doing the job that Lucas will probably never do, ie transfering them to DVD?
Considering Lucas has taken so long with the release, and that all countries have already shown the current episodes what are the chances that they release it as region zero? Okay it is probably 0%, though they could make a fair few friends if they did.
Then again those satellites could well serve as spare parts for MIR, and heck it could certainly improve the communications systems onboard :)
I reckon we should all be supporting the OpenDVD campaign at www.opendvd.org. Make sure that you get that logo on your websites!
Everyone is talking about the American copyright system. How about non-USA and international copyright laws?
Couldn't the software be protected in some other country, so that even if Mattel won the USA case they would still have to do battle in other countries and in the meantime the software could still be available to the countries where Mattel has not won their case?
I believe that we have to take advantage of the international spread of the internet and do the most to protect the LGPL. Also, is there any process whereby the LGPL can be recognised as an official licence agreement by a given country?
How about setting up an intermediate Linux server between the NT server and the outside world. At least you could confiugure the Linux server to be secure and then hide the NT server within the firewall.
Andre
Anyone know of a frequently updated page that tracks the latest Linux releases?
You might want to check out www.shrevesystems.com. They sell a fair amount or refurbished Mac stuff.
Two problems come to mind cost and heat disapation. If you have ever used a portable you will realise how hot those things get.
Anyone know whether the muppets are available on DVD?
Whether you call it Firwire, IEEE 1394 or iLink (I personally like Firewire) I would like to know whether support for this technology has been added to Linux, or whether there is project committed to this?
Whether you call it Firwire , IEEE 1394 or iLink, (I personally like Firewire) I would like to know whether support for this technology has been added to Linux, or whether there is project committed to this?
Although it is new for a USA political party to be using the internet for campaigning, poltical groups on the internet is not new. In the UK for a couple of years the different potical parties have their own websites, so any Joe can surf over and read the latest on their party.
This makes me wonder how long term a political party's message is in the US - does it last beyond the campaign?
If AOL 5.0 does indeed do what the filers say then AOL should probably pay damages, though not the sum asked for - it should be cost price not more.
At the same time AOL is guilty of something a lot of software developers are also guilty of : not providing enough information to the customers. I believe that there should be a small section explaining what the software installs and what gets changed. This is partly to put the customer at ease and secondly it would actually help alot of people understand where a problem could be comming from. This applies more to software that is available in binary only form, than open-source software where everyone gets to know what software x is doing - there is always more support from a devloper community than any help desk!
Although the service Mac orientated, the is nothing stopping Redhat or other companies coming up with a similar initiative. One way of making sure that only the paying customers get to play with this is to request a serial number or registration code. Otherwise, there are so many other sites which offer web pages with ftp access for uploading the data (and hence data storage :-) ), that there is no need to dwell on taking advantage of Apple's site.
Babel Fish is going to have a hard time getting the message across with this site, partly because the is a lot of Quebecois slang in there. Babel Fish is more atuned to 'proper' French.
To say that the skin is an original work is like saying a forgery of the Mona Lisa is an original work. Looking at the skin indicates to everyone that the source of the images used for the buttons, window controls, etc is MacOS X. If a user interface can be considered a work of art then it deserves the same protection as any other art form.
I have often seen unauthorized copies of Enlightenment windows on the Skinz site. The least these guys could do is ask the original author for permission to 'port' these window designs and accept it when the author says 'NO'.
Copying with permission is fine, copying without is theft!
M.T.
What about the micro-beads ( I think it is called that ) technology? These are tiny grains, each with a unique ID being ingrained into the product being made. If you pass a detector over the product you could automatically tell the serial number. The advantage of such a technology is that you can not find out this info remotely and you would have to remove the whole casing to remove any traces of the original CPU id.
I am playing Unreal on a Mac, and shades of brown is one thing that is clearly absent. Unreal is a game with a great engine and many colours.
Now all I need to do is buy a 3D accelerator to improve it even more - software rendering is definite memory hugger!