Though not very well for IPv4. A better solution might be some sort of caching network, with a system of distributed nodes ran by the ISPs. Something like how usenet works, but more modern. A problem though: In order to be successful, it'd have to be open to all to submit data. Netflix, linux distros, your new video of your cat jumping at a door handle. But that would also make it the perfect tool for piracy. It isn't the eighties any more - ISPs arn't going to lend their support to something like that. They'd insist on only allowing content from approved, cryto-signed companies, which further turns the web into a tool used by the rich to get richer while making sure small startups can't compete.
Got invited back to EVE online recently. Every time I think about returning I do a little bit of math, and remind myself that anyone willing to spend even a small amount of real-world money could easily buy themselves enough in-game currency to replace a ship like mine three times over. I consider it one of the critical flaws in EVE. Other MMOs may have to tolerate a little exchange on the black market of in-game advantage for real-world cash, but EVE is happy to endorse it so long as they get the money.
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Can't be done. DRM is propritary by it's very nature. It can't possibly be open, otherwise people could simply modify it to ignore the DRM flags and export unencrypted. Open DRM is a contradiction in terms. Making it not dependant on the continued presence of a server to function is doable though.
I'm in the UK. I also work at a school, so I get to see a lot of what the youth are currently using on the go. Occasionally an iPod (And one even brings in a full iPad), but the vast majority of those who want mobile music use their phones. I've never seen a non-iPod music player used, except for one that was no longer used for music and served only as a rather bulky USB drive.
Even the old PICs are great for simple projects. Limited, yes - you get a few IO pins, a serial port, that's about it. But really cheap. One IC, that's it. No supporting components beyond the power supply, and even that doesn't need to be well-regulated. I used one in my steampunk electronic die, and as the controller for an animatronic suit head I programmed for someone.
The law lags. I would guess - based on nothing more than anecdotal observation - that most pirated music (And probably most non-pirated purchased music too) ends up being played either by a computer, or on a mobile phone. Dedicated portable music players are actually getting less common now, as even the cheaper mobile phones include the same functionality.
Except that won't happen. His followers are just going to assume the porn is a plant by the US. Maybe they are even right - it doesn't matter where the porn came from, either way followers wouldn't believe it.
The lottery doesn't get people a green card. It gives them the chance to apply for one, an application that may or may not be granted. It's basically just there as a publicity thing, to try to make the US look less judgemental than it really is.
"Although about 3 million computers get sold every year in China, but people don't pay for the software," he said. "Someday they will, though. As long as they are going to steal it, we want them to steal ours. They'll get sort of addicted, and then we'll somehow figure out how to collect sometime in the next decade." - Bill Gates Himself. Given that this must have been back when Gates was still running Microsoft, the quote must be more than a few years old.
This is why MS (and others, but mostly MS) largely tolerate piracy in developing countries, where very few those able to afford a computer could afford even the student licences. Microsoft would rather have those people using pirate windows than switch to linux, on the grounds that a pirate can be a potential paying customer in future when they have the money while a linux-user is a much tougher convert. That, and network effects: All those pirates emailing Office documents around and demanding Windows software and games help to make sure that linux remains relatively unsupported.
Good for measuring distance - there will be applications in surveying, building stress monitoring, geological measurements. Sonar doesn't go fast enough to benefit from the increased precision (Not even in water), but with this you could more easily check the placement of equipment on large construction sites via laser measurement.
If I understand the math right, it'd also let you almost determine 2D position with two rather than three, which means faster locks. I say almost, because the equasions would actually provide two solutions - but you can handle that in software, by using the last-known-good measurement to determine which of those two is correct.
Personal privacy I could see being just ignored. We've already seen with Facebook and just email in general that people are willing to give up a lot of privacy for the sake of convenience. Corporate data confidentiality might be a bigger issue - a lot of companies work with informaiton which they cannot really entrust to another for regulatory reasons. Medical files, national security information, financial records, that sort of thing. Even just data that may be of commercial value would be something few companies would want to lose control of, which is one reason there is such reluctance over this new 'cloud' method of outsourcing. Do you want to trust that some disgruntled soon-to-be-ex-admin at McCloudy Data isn't going to grab a couple of hard drives as a retirement plan? I do imagine it would be of some use in a business environment, but not quite as you envision. It would just be the perfection of the existing thin client or app streaming setup: All the data sits nice and safe in the company datacenter where they know it can be kept securely.
Quantum computers are a whole lot faster for some specific tasks. Not faster communications. But they'd easily be able to outperform existing tech by many orders of magnitude on prime factorisation, database lookups, statistical modeling. A lot of things used for scientific computing. A quantum computer would actually be a hybrid technology - a largely conventional computer, with just a quantum co-processor added on.
For the same reason they still use mp3 when there are several alternatives that provide superior quality at any bitrate. It's established now. Once a technology is established, it's very hard to get rid off.
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Though not very well for IPv4. A better solution might be some sort of caching network, with a system of distributed nodes ran by the ISPs. Something like how usenet works, but more modern. A problem though: In order to be successful, it'd have to be open to all to submit data. Netflix, linux distros, your new video of your cat jumping at a door handle. But that would also make it the perfect tool for piracy. It isn't the eighties any more - ISPs arn't going to lend their support to something like that. They'd insist on only allowing content from approved, cryto-signed companies, which further turns the web into a tool used by the rich to get richer while making sure small startups can't compete.
Technologically doable, politically undesireable.
Got invited back to EVE online recently. Every time I think about returning I do a little bit of math, and remind myself that anyone willing to spend even a small amount of real-world money could easily buy themselves enough in-game currency to replace a ship like mine three times over. I consider it one of the critical flaws in EVE. Other MMOs may have to tolerate a little exchange on the black market of in-game advantage for real-world cash, but EVE is happy to endorse it so long as they get the money.
Were you paid to say that? :>
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You forgot the 'Duh Duh DUUH!'
Can't be done. DRM is propritary by it's very nature. It can't possibly be open, otherwise people could simply modify it to ignore the DRM flags and export unencrypted. Open DRM is a contradiction in terms. Making it not dependant on the continued presence of a server to function is doable though.
"Can't say I'll miss porn written for schoolgirls,"
Maybe they'll ban Twilight next.
I'm in the UK. I also work at a school, so I get to see a lot of what the youth are currently using on the go. Occasionally an iPod (And one even brings in a full iPad), but the vast majority of those who want mobile music use their phones. I've never seen a non-iPod music player used, except for one that was no longer used for music and served only as a rather bulky USB drive.
Even the old PICs are great for simple projects. Limited, yes - you get a few IO pins, a serial port, that's about it. But really cheap. One IC, that's it. No supporting components beyond the power supply, and even that doesn't need to be well-regulated. I used one in my steampunk electronic die, and as the controller for an animatronic suit head I programmed for someone.
Why would that stop them bringing civil cases against individuals as well?
The law lags. I would guess - based on nothing more than anecdotal observation - that most pirated music (And probably most non-pirated purchased music too) ends up being played either by a computer, or on a mobile phone. Dedicated portable music players are actually getting less common now, as even the cheaper mobile phones include the same functionality.
That depends how good the steg is, and how much data you can hide it in.
"So what would the US have to do to be thought of as NOT sexphobic by you?"
1. Page Three.
2. No significent outrage against it.
Except that won't happen. His followers are just going to assume the porn is a plant by the US. Maybe they are even right - it doesn't matter where the porn came from, either way followers wouldn't believe it.
The lottery doesn't get people a green card. It gives them the chance to apply for one, an application that may or may not be granted. It's basically just there as a publicity thing, to try to make the US look less judgemental than it really is.
"Although about 3 million computers get sold every year in China, but people don't pay for the software," he said. "Someday they will, though. As long as they are going to steal it, we want them to steal ours. They'll get sort of addicted, and then we'll somehow figure out how to collect sometime in the next decade." - Bill Gates Himself. Given that this must have been back when Gates was still running Microsoft, the quote must be more than a few years old.
This is why MS (and others, but mostly MS) largely tolerate piracy in developing countries, where very few those able to afford a computer could afford even the student licences. Microsoft would rather have those people using pirate windows than switch to linux, on the grounds that a pirate can be a potential paying customer in future when they have the money while a linux-user is a much tougher convert. That, and network effects: All those pirates emailing Office documents around and demanding Windows software and games help to make sure that linux remains relatively unsupported.
Depends how you define bribery.
"Do this and I'll give you money." - illegal. "Do this and you can expect a hefty donation to your political campaign" - legal.
Good for measuring distance - there will be applications in surveying, building stress monitoring, geological measurements. Sonar doesn't go fast enough to benefit from the increased precision (Not even in water), but with this you could more easily check the placement of equipment on large construction sites via laser measurement.
If I understand the math right, it'd also let you almost determine 2D position with two rather than three, which means faster locks. I say almost, because the equasions would actually provide two solutions - but you can handle that in software, by using the last-known-good measurement to determine which of those two is correct.
Also the steam users, netflix users and itunes users? The pirates arn't the only ones that have an insatiable demand for bandwidth.
Personal privacy I could see being just ignored. We've already seen with Facebook and just email in general that people are willing to give up a lot of privacy for the sake of convenience. Corporate data confidentiality might be a bigger issue - a lot of companies work with informaiton which they cannot really entrust to another for regulatory reasons. Medical files, national security information, financial records, that sort of thing. Even just data that may be of commercial value would be something few companies would want to lose control of, which is one reason there is such reluctance over this new 'cloud' method of outsourcing. Do you want to trust that some disgruntled soon-to-be-ex-admin at McCloudy Data isn't going to grab a couple of hard drives as a retirement plan? I do imagine it would be of some use in a business environment, but not quite as you envision. It would just be the perfection of the existing thin client or app streaming setup: All the data sits nice and safe in the company datacenter where they know it can be kept securely.
Quantum computers are a whole lot faster for some specific tasks. Not faster communications. But they'd easily be able to outperform existing tech by many orders of magnitude on prime factorisation, database lookups, statistical modeling. A lot of things used for scientific computing. A quantum computer would actually be a hybrid technology - a largely conventional computer, with just a quantum co-processor added on.
Because you've got to move data around on chips faster to achieve those faster processing speeds.
For the same reason they still use mp3 when there are several alternatives that provide superior quality at any bitrate. It's established now. Once a technology is established, it's very hard to get rid off.