VHS also had a much more complicated tape mechanism, which increases the chances that your tape will be broken or damaged through regular wear-and-tear.
I remember seeing diagrams of VHS and Beta in my dad's "Popular Electronics" in the early 1980's, and wondering why anyone would want a system as labyrinthine as VHS's...
We are all guaranteed to be "secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures". What does that mean? Is your picture, your demographics and non-criminal history not your "effects", not your "person"?
In short: No. It isn't.
Words like "effects" and "person" have fairly clear, agreed-upon legal meanings. You can't discard them and apply your own meanings and expect your conclusion to remain legally sound.
I have been feeling very bitter of late, watching the slide of America from democracy to corporate oligarchy and, finally toward corporate faschism.
I don't think the nature of American government has been changing, just that the amount of ugliness that we're able to see in it has been growing. It's a trend that really took off with Watergate, a whole generation ago, and still continues today.
The good news is that exposing corruption in malfeasance in government is the first step towards reducing it.
What Open Source projects have they contributed to?
Bad. Leading question.
It is likely that a coder who contributes to Open Source projects will have a true passion for coding, and probably producers better code for it, but it's possible to be an excellent coder and not participate in OSS projects.
In fact, it's possible to be an excellent coder while being morally opposed to the entire concept of Open Source...
In other words, she expected her new Apple Macintosh iBook laptop to behave _exactly_ like her old Microsoft Windows desktop PC. And when it didn't, she blames someone else for "seducing" her.
And you don't think there's any relevance in the fact that Apple's entire "Switch" campaign is based on the principle of "you can do everything you're used to doing on your PC"?
SACD's have been out for years, no one's buying them. DVD-Audio discs started coming out around the same time, are aiming for the same market, and can be played in the DVD players that everyone already has instead of forcing users to buy a new SACD player.
This is another Sony audio format failure on par with the MiniDisc -- it meets the needs of a niche market, but generally there are better solutions available.
The analogy is horrible. The Internet is not a public utility that can be compared to the roadways; no government, including that of the United States, has direct oversight of the Internet backbones.
In fact, every DRM-mandatory scenario is unlikely, because the two groups that don't want it are 1) those that sell the hardware and 2) those that buy the hardware.
Capitalism is on our side here -- if Non-Media Company X finds out that each of the desktop PCs they buy from now on is going to cost them $5 more because Media Company Y insists that DRM hardware be included on every electronic device to prevent home users from ripping DVDs to MP4, the DRM requirement is going to be quashed instantly. There are a lot more Company X's in the world than Company Y's.
Wait, so you say Tomcat does a poor job of implementing the spec, yet is acceptable for compliance testing.
???
Also, post proof or retract. Your opinion alone is useless if you don't have some kind of evidence to back up your (apparently contradictory) statements.
Whimsical descriptions of how regular everyday activities constitute DMCA violations are NOT CLEVER ANYMORE. They're as bland and predictable as the endless Natalie Portman hot grits Beowulf cluster goatse first posts.
Actually, I wouldn'y be surprised if PC noise generation actually peaked around the days of the IBM XT and AT in the mid-80's, and have been steadily delclining since then.
True, we have more motors running inside our CPU cases now than we did when 8-bit processors were king, but those motors just keep getting quieter.
The trend in the late 90's of moving from desktop boxes to mini-towers that can be stowed under a desk, away from the ears, also helps reduce perceived noise levels.
I don't see why there's a need for sarcasm SGML tags and bountiful smilies in the previous post.
WHY NOT just buy the faster processor?
overclocking : hardware:: script kiddiez : software -- it's nothing more than an easy way to earn your 'hacker stripes' without having to do anything innovative or clever.
PATH has relied on advertising for as long as I can remember. Stationary ads have been in stations and in cars -- it's only the PATHVISION closed-circuit TV system (actually it's running on a Windows system -- I've seen error dialog boxes pop up on the screens on several occasions) that's relatively new (~3 years?)
The main reason PATH lost so much money last year was due to the loss of their station at World Trade Center -- not only did they not get the ad revenue from pasting Bloomberg TV ads on every flat surface, but also because the thousands of people who were accustomed to taking the PATH train from New Jersey to Lower Manhattan had to find an alternate route.
Some continued taking the PATH across the river, getting off in the Village or Midtown and taking MTA subways downtown. Others started taking ferries across the river. Many chose to stay on NJ Transit's commuter trains all the way to Penn Station NYC, rather than switching to the PATH at Newark
I always gaze out the window on the subway. It's better than re-reading the ads on the inside of the subway car a dozen times, or getting in a fight with some guy because you were facing his general direction and he thinks you were staring at him...
In particular, when I take the PATH uptown I make a point of turning towards the ad so I can see the zoetropic activity. Is it just an ad? Yes. Is it of worse quality than the average 15-second TV commercial? Yes.
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VHS also had a much more complicated tape mechanism, which increases the chances that your tape will be broken or damaged through regular wear-and-tear.
I remember seeing diagrams of VHS and Beta in my dad's "Popular Electronics" in the early 1980's, and wondering why anyone would want a system as labyrinthine as VHS's...
What a country! In Soviet Russia, poor, crime ridden, minority dominated neighborhood used to live in YOU!
We are all guaranteed to be "secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures". What does that mean? Is your picture, your demographics and non-criminal history not your "effects", not your "person"?
In short: No. It isn't.
Words like "effects" and "person" have fairly clear, agreed-upon legal meanings. You can't discard them and apply your own meanings and expect your conclusion to remain legally sound.
PS IANAL and neither are you.
IIRC DivX titles were only available from Circuit City, which contributed to the poor market penetration...
Picky, picky. I bet totally blind people would prefer 2 FPS over 0 FPS...
Not really. Wiretaps wouldn't be very effective if the suspect could grep public court records to find out that a wiretap on them was authorized...
(Can we at least agree that there are circumstances where wiretaps are justified?)
I have been feeling very bitter of late, watching the slide of America from democracy to
corporate oligarchy and, finally toward corporate faschism.
I don't think the nature of American government has been changing, just that the amount of ugliness that we're able to see in it has been growing. It's a trend that really took off with Watergate, a whole generation ago, and still continues today.
The good news is that exposing corruption in malfeasance in government is the first step towards reducing it.
Oh, it THAT how you're supposed to type with your eyes!
I'd been doing it by smashing my face into the keyboard! hgyury;elsdrf
Dear FEC:
FEC YOU!
Signed,
Poot Rootbeer
What Open Source projects have they contributed to?
Bad. Leading question.
It is likely that a coder who contributes to Open Source projects will have a true passion for coding, and probably producers better code for it, but it's possible to be an excellent coder and not participate in OSS projects.
In fact, it's possible to be an excellent coder while being morally opposed to the entire concept of Open Source...
In other words, she expected her new Apple Macintosh iBook laptop to behave _exactly_ like her old Microsoft Windows desktop PC. And when it didn't, she blames someone else for "seducing" her.
And you don't think there's any relevance in the fact that Apple's entire "Switch" campaign is based on the principle of "you can do everything you're used to doing on your PC"?
SACD's have been out for years, no one's buying them. DVD-Audio discs started coming out around the same time, are aiming for the same market, and can be played in the DVD players that everyone already has instead of forcing users to buy a new SACD player.
This is another Sony audio format failure on par with the MiniDisc -- it meets the needs of a niche market, but generally there are better solutions available.
32.3% - Boxers
44.1% - Tighty Whiteys
22.3% - Flappin' in the wind, baby!
These numbers can't be accurate, as it leaves only a possible 1.3% for "CowboyNeal"!
Granted, he's reaching an entirely different audience than those who watched the Donahue in the first place...
Have you seen the ratings lately? I don't think Phil Donahue IS reaching an audience, period.
The analogy is horrible. The Internet is not a public utility that can be compared to the roadways; no government, including that of the United States, has direct oversight of the Internet backbones.
In fact, every DRM-mandatory scenario is unlikely, because the two groups that don't want it are 1) those that sell the hardware and 2) those that buy the hardware.
Capitalism is on our side here -- if Non-Media Company X finds out that each of the desktop PCs they buy from now on is going to cost them $5 more because Media Company Y insists that DRM hardware be included on every electronic device to prevent home users from ripping DVDs to MP4, the DRM requirement is going to be quashed instantly.
There are a lot more Company X's in the world than Company Y's.
Wait, so you say Tomcat does a poor job of implementing the spec, yet is acceptable for compliance testing.
???
Also, post proof or retract. Your opinion alone is useless if you don't have some kind of evidence to back up your (apparently contradictory) statements.
Whimsical descriptions of how regular everyday activities constitute DMCA violations are NOT CLEVER ANYMORE. They're as bland and predictable as the endless Natalie Portman hot grits Beowulf cluster goatse first posts.
Let it die, already.
These buildings are within 100 metres of each other. They're not going anywhere. (Buildings tend to be stationary.)
I see no reason at all to even consider a wireless network here.
Actually, I wouldn'y be surprised if PC noise generation actually peaked around the days of the IBM XT and AT in the mid-80's, and have been steadily delclining since then.
True, we have more motors running inside our CPU cases now than we did when 8-bit processors were king, but those motors just keep getting quieter.
The trend in the late 90's of moving from desktop boxes to mini-towers that can be stowed under a desk, away from the ears, also helps reduce perceived noise levels.
I don't see why there's a need for sarcasm SGML tags and bountiful smilies in the previous post.
WHY NOT just buy the faster processor?
overclocking : hardware
Nitpick... the PATH trains are run by the New York/New Jersey Port Authority, not by New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority.
PATH has relied on advertising for as long as I can remember. Stationary ads have been in stations and in cars -- it's only the PATHVISION closed-circuit TV system (actually it's running on a Windows system -- I've seen error dialog boxes pop up on the screens on several occasions) that's relatively new (~3 years?)
The main reason PATH lost so much money last year was due to the loss of their station at World Trade Center -- not only did they not get the ad revenue from pasting Bloomberg TV ads on every flat surface, but also because the thousands of people who were accustomed to taking the PATH train from New Jersey to Lower Manhattan had to find an alternate route.
Some continued taking the PATH across the river, getting off in the Village or Midtown and taking MTA subways downtown. Others started taking ferries across the river. Many chose to stay on NJ Transit's commuter trains all the way to Penn Station NYC, rather than switching to the PATH at Newark
I always gaze out the window on the subway. It's better than re-reading the ads on the inside of the subway car a dozen times, or getting in a fight with some guy because you were facing his general direction and he thinks you were staring at him...
In particular, when I take the PATH uptown I make a point of turning towards the ad so I can see the zoetropic activity. Is it just an ad? Yes. Is it of worse quality than the average 15-second TV commercial? Yes.
Is it a novel, attention-getting gimmick? Sure is
I'm pretty sure the D train animation wasn't backlit, either...
What river runs across Manhattan between 14th and 23rd streets?