I mean, honestly why pay $500 for a machine that has little to no content available for it? I have a bad feeling, that like DVD, one of the first titles we see will be James Taylor live in concert...
This is reminiscent of the SCMS (Serial Copy Management System) DRM embedded in consumer devices that transmit digital audio for home use (think MiniDisc, DVD PLayers, DAT, etc). This prevents someone from recording the digital content from these devices onto other digital devices/mediums.
Now in the context of the professional audio/studio world. we have the ability to disable this feature, or our devices don't have it whatsoever. Whatever determinted that SCMS had to be implemented made a provision for professional audio gear.
I run a 24 track digital project recording studio. EVERY piece of equipment I use to record translates audio from analogue into digital. There had better be an exemption...
Since (over the air)SDTV is going the way of the dodo sometime this decade, it means people either have to buy cable/satellite or buy new receivers for HDTV broadcasts. If the cable company wants to compete with the FREE over-the-air broadcast HD, wouldn't they give the HD content to its subscribers for free (and don't make the "cost of equipment" argument... I pay $5/month for the privilege of having a receiver to receive the digital content I already pay for!)? Maybe it would even hasten the adoption of HDTV in Joe Everyman's house (which the Government would LOVE).
But let me know when you find something, implement it, have it fail, get laid off, get hired as a contractor somewhere else, get laid off again, and finally get hired by Google. Then you can tell me how Google does it...
If one of the numerous automakers pick this line up, do you think Apple might make a stink since it's based on NANO technology? I can see the lawsuits now...
...I've been a Windows user since 3.0, and I still prefer my Macs for my day to day computing needs. Am I qualified to write stories about Apple products?
First, we had terminals running applications from a centralized computer, then we had the idea that we should move apps off of the centralized computer onto workstations (certainly this was aided by the growth of the workstation/PC technology), and now we're moving our apps back to a distributed model where the web browser is the new terminal. Why is the world changing? Hasn't Sun's moto been "The network is the computer" for a while now????
I like this type of technology from an infrastructure standpoint because it means you don't have to maintain 500+workstations worth of software and patches anymore. Welcome to the future kids!
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Though, for their top end apps like Logic Pro and Final Cut pro, there have been dongles.
I mean, honestly why pay $500 for a machine that has little to no content available for it? I have a bad feeling, that like DVD, one of the first titles we see will be James Taylor live in concert...
This is reminiscent of the SCMS (Serial Copy Management System) DRM embedded in consumer devices that transmit digital audio for home use (think MiniDisc, DVD PLayers, DAT, etc). This prevents someone from recording the digital content from these devices onto other digital devices/mediums.
Now in the context of the professional audio/studio world. we have the ability to disable this feature, or our devices don't have it whatsoever. Whatever determinted that SCMS had to be implemented made a provision for professional audio gear.
I run a 24 track digital project recording studio. EVERY piece of equipment I use to record translates audio from analogue into digital. There had better be an exemption...
Since (over the air)SDTV is going the way of the dodo sometime this decade, it means people either have to buy cable/satellite or buy new receivers for HDTV broadcasts. If the cable company wants to compete with the FREE over-the-air broadcast HD, wouldn't they give the HD content to its subscribers for free (and don't make the "cost of equipment" argument... I pay $5/month for the privilege of having a receiver to receive the digital content I already pay for!)? Maybe it would even hasten the adoption of HDTV in Joe Everyman's house (which the Government would LOVE).
I'm just sayin...
Quit your whining... You're still on the internet, aren't you?
Hmm, I could certainly use a few more nerdy wives, or one for that matter...
All I can say is, once you go Mac OS X, everything else seems inferior. And I mean EVERYTHING. :-)
I now get thoroughly upset that my steering wheel has TWO buttons to honk the horn!
telling people that Windows works and can solve all your problems, only backwards!
If you're not using one of those legit Windows licenses in XP Pro flavor, would you mind sending me one?
But let me know when you find something, implement it, have it fail, get laid off, get hired as a contractor somewhere else, get laid off again, and finally get hired by Google. Then you can tell me how Google does it...
If one of the numerous automakers pick this line up, do you think Apple might make a stink since it's based on NANO technology? I can see the lawsuits now...
...I've been a Windows user since 3.0, and I still prefer my Macs for my day to day computing needs. Am I qualified to write stories about Apple products?
2002?
I wonder how the British are feeling today, as there was no mention of transparent aluminium...
I'll buy into that theory when I see Google Freedonia!
First, we had terminals running applications from a centralized computer, then we had the idea that we should move apps off of the centralized computer onto workstations (certainly this was aided by the growth of the workstation/PC technology), and now we're moving our apps back to a distributed model where the web browser is the new terminal. Why is the world changing? Hasn't Sun's moto been "The network is the computer" for a while now????
I like this type of technology from an infrastructure standpoint because it means you don't have to maintain 500+workstations worth of software and patches anymore. Welcome to the future kids!
Sorry, but I just don't get too excited about trying to find drivers for, well, ANYTHING under Solaris i386...