People want the rMBP because it has the most kick-ass screen ever to grace a laptop. Graft that panel onto a bulky black box of a machine with equivilent spec plus ethernet, and I'd buy it as my next laptop.
But then they'd have to make their products a couple of millimeters thicker. Such a proposal is anathema to Apple. This is the company that recently dropped ethernet ports from their new laptop models just so they could make them thinner than the height of an RJ45. Even worse, if they didn't glue everything together, unauthorised people like the product owners may be able to get inside and corrupt Apple's purity of design with repairs and upgrades!
That's what people would say if cats were ugly, anyway. But they are cute, so they are permitted to carry disease. Only ugly species are eligable for culling.
They depend on external monitoring companies, which in turn are hired by the copyright holders.
1. Copyright holder hires investigator company. 2. Investigator company finds some infringers (Easily done) 3. Investigator company contacts infringer's ISP on copyright holder's behalf. 4. ISP looks through their logs to see who had the specified IP at the specified time. 5. Strike.
Big startup costs. Unlike in Europe where our regulators can to some extent compel it, no existing ISP is going to let you use their cables - so you'd have to get roads dug up and cable laid. After which you are left competing with an incumbant, so you're already at a disadvantage: Switching ISPs is a hastle, and people already on the established provider will need a very compelling reason. You are free to start up your own ISP - but only a fool would invest in it.
Even absent government-granted monopoly, ISPs are a perfect example of a natural monopoly: Once one ISP has an area cabled up, it's no longer financially viable for another to move in. They'd have the huge up-front wireing cost only so they could compete with an incumbent.
That someone is using the wrong metric. Total number of major power outages is no use - you need to account for growth in the grid. Total major power outages per million premises connected would be a good one.
But what about getting your software in? The capabilities of the device are artificially limited in whatever manner maximises the manufacturer's profits
We already did that. The internet won. The direct damage to the CoS was just a minor annoyance, but the social media saturation exposing so many of the sordid stories told by ex-members and leaked documents destroyed their reputation to the point that they are impossible to take seriously any more. It seriously hurt their recruitment efforts.
And it would flop, for two good reasons. Firstly, the price people are willing to pay for a file is rather low, but the entertainment industry is very reluctant to set low prices online for fear it would lead to their products becoming seen as less valuable to the consumers. Secondly, they'd insist on DRM - it took Apple years to argue the labels into DRM-free downloads, and hollywood is a lot tougher than that. Not because they think it really works, but because again they want to ensure their products are seen as valuable, and not just as another file that can be copied on a whim. Customers do not like DRM, because it inevitably causes problems eventually when they want to do something like take a film on holiday with a laptop or watch it on an unsupported tablet.
Because:
1. Once the technology is deployed, it requires only altering one line of a contract to kill linux on the desktop.
2. Because being able to ensure the OS hasn't been tampered with by the hardware owner is vital for any attempt to make effective DRM schemes.
Not really. They know their dominance is at risk, so they are using Secure Boot to cement their place on the desktop. Once that's deployed, they can kill off all the small players. Only Microsoft, Apple, and maybe the largest of the linux distros will survive.
Microsoft held the #1 spot on my list of Corporate Evil for years. Apple displaced them for a time for their success in promoting locked-down hardware tied to a walled-garden content service. Then MS came up with 'secure boot,' an obviously anticompetetative attempt to destroy linux on the desktop under the excuse of security, which easily put them back into first place.
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People want the rMBP because it has the most kick-ass screen ever to grace a laptop. Graft that panel onto a bulky black box of a machine with equivilent spec plus ethernet, and I'd buy it as my next laptop.
But then they'd have to make their products a couple of millimeters thicker. Such a proposal is anathema to Apple. This is the company that recently dropped ethernet ports from their new laptop models just so they could make them thinner than the height of an RJ45. Even worse, if they didn't glue everything together, unauthorised people like the product owners may be able to get inside and corrupt Apple's purity of design with repairs and upgrades!
A little from column A, a little from column B.
I think it's entirely reasonable for the government to require some form of permit process before letting people dig trenches across the road.
Perhaps you can list some of these regulations? The only one that comes to mind for me is wiretap access.
They are a menace to public health.
That's what people would say if cats were ugly, anyway. But they are cute, so they are permitted to carry disease. Only ugly species are eligable for culling.
They depend on external monitoring companies, which in turn are hired by the copyright holders.
1. Copyright holder hires investigator company.
2. Investigator company finds some infringers (Easily done)
3. Investigator company contacts infringer's ISP on copyright holder's behalf.
4. ISP looks through their logs to see who had the specified IP at the specified time.
5. Strike.
Big startup costs. Unlike in Europe where our regulators can to some extent compel it, no existing ISP is going to let you use their cables - so you'd have to get roads dug up and cable laid. After which you are left competing with an incumbant, so you're already at a disadvantage: Switching ISPs is a hastle, and people already on the established provider will need a very compelling reason. You are free to start up your own ISP - but only a fool would invest in it.
Even absent government-granted monopoly, ISPs are a perfect example of a natural monopoly: Once one ISP has an area cabled up, it's no longer financially viable for another to move in. They'd have the huge up-front wireing cost only so they could compete with an incumbent.
Freenet will get more users!
That someone is using the wrong metric. Total number of major power outages is no use - you need to account for growth in the grid. Total major power outages per million premises connected would be a good one.
But what about getting your software in? The capabilities of the device are artificially limited in whatever manner maximises the manufacturer's profits
Trusted computing didn't die - it just fell behind schedule.
Should consumer rights really be decided by a duel of engineers?
It's easier to just call it a defensive action, or peacekeeping, or anti-terrorist campaign. The word 'war' has such a bad image.
You can get concealed safes easily enough. But I've never seen a concealed fire safe.
I get the impression english isn't his first language, so some errors of terminology are forgivable.
We already did that. The internet won. The direct damage to the CoS was just a minor annoyance, but the social media saturation exposing so many of the sordid stories told by ex-members and leaked documents destroyed their reputation to the point that they are impossible to take seriously any more. It seriously hurt their recruitment efforts.
No. The kid stole my name. I used it first.
I should point out that the UK is ahead of the US in practically any population health statistic you care to name. Except cancer survival rate.
And it would flop, for two good reasons. Firstly, the price people are willing to pay for a file is rather low, but the entertainment industry is very reluctant to set low prices online for fear it would lead to their products becoming seen as less valuable to the consumers. Secondly, they'd insist on DRM - it took Apple years to argue the labels into DRM-free downloads, and hollywood is a lot tougher than that. Not because they think it really works, but because again they want to ensure their products are seen as valuable, and not just as another file that can be copied on a whim. Customers do not like DRM, because it inevitably causes problems eventually when they want to do something like take a film on holiday with a laptop or watch it on an unsupported tablet.
It's also debateable how effective those blocklists are.
Because:
1. Once the technology is deployed, it requires only altering one line of a contract to kill linux on the desktop.
2. Because being able to ensure the OS hasn't been tampered with by the hardware owner is vital for any attempt to make effective DRM schemes.
Not really. They know their dominance is at risk, so they are using Secure Boot to cement their place on the desktop. Once that's deployed, they can kill off all the small players. Only Microsoft, Apple, and maybe the largest of the linux distros will survive.
Microsoft held the #1 spot on my list of Corporate Evil for years. Apple displaced them for a time for their success in promoting locked-down hardware tied to a walled-garden content service. Then MS came up with 'secure boot,' an obviously anticompetetative attempt to destroy linux on the desktop under the excuse of security, which easily put them back into first place.