Broadcasting was based on the inability of radio or tv to be individually addressable at the time the physical implementation was worked out. Advertising was therefore used to finance the broadcasters, who sold their audiences to their advertisers. I wonder if the broadcasters are shooting themselves in the foot by denying themselves Aereo's audience. Maybe they could work out a deal where Aereo gives them data on Aereo's users for each broadcast. Then they will have something to sell their advertisers. It might be handy, for example, to view a Miami station's news before I begin my Florida vacation, on my HDTV instead of my smaller monitor.
But why should the public interest or convenience mean anything , when there are monopoly rents to collect?
Math should not be taught as a linear process, but as a spiral. Visit the topics at first, so the student can understand why something is important when it is presented rigorously.
Ceramics have much higher melting temperatures than metals. This could lead to an engine with a much higher operating temp and therefore higher thermal efficiency., i.e. much better mileage.
What I'd like to see is someone build an engine with all the bells and whistles: Ceramic block, ringless pistons, high temp coolant ( no water )..and lubricant.
What would the mileage be? And could it be manufactured in the millions?
We have monitoring stations in the US, They have monitoring stations in Russia. Why don't we arrange to exchange data? That way nobody has to worry about "spying". Each will know what data the other has.
That way, our Trident subs lurking under the polar icecap will be able to use the improved GLONASS data to improve their targeting.. The Russian boomers in the sea of Okhotsk will do likewise.
And the world's economy will benefit from improved combined GPS / GLONASS accuracy.
Where are the pictures taken with this monstrosity?
Maybe there are none.
DSLR's are superior because, among other things, their sensors are larger, Over 1 sq cm. The lenses are built to provide images that cover that area. How does this adapter funnel that light into the little iPhone lens? Some fancy optics?
I wear two hearing aids with telecoils. They give me the ability to sense osciliiating magnetic fields at say 100 to 3000 Hz.
The ability is overrated. Most people don't have this ability, so our culture and surroundings are not designed to "take advantage" of this ability. When I had my CRT on I'd get a buzz in my telecoils - telling me that my crt was on - something I already knew. The buzz was a nuisance.
Assuming the fingertip implants are successful, all their owners will get is odd tingles in their fingers at odd moments. Not worth the trouble.
It doesn't mattter if geeks develop workarounds, as long as they are not accessible by the mass of users, and with DMCA, it will be illegal to mass-produce workarounds. As long as it is **illegal** to produce workarounds the MPAA has won, because the moment the work-around becomes profitable on a mass level, they'll sue the profit out of it.
What they really want to do is remove the profit from it - that's all.:-}
The overall goal of the MPAA et al is to institute a pay per view model. This is implicit in the nature of our data networks where data is directed from node to node, not broadcasted. And why not-if you want to see a movie, you go to a theater and pay X$. If you want to read a newspaper, you buy one, and throw it out later. How is that immoral?
After dateX, importation of drives without the protection will become illegal. Look at the cellphone/scanner situation. Sure, some people
smuggle in unblocked scanners, but over time, most of the scanners around will be compliant.
As long as they prevent a mass phenomenon from occurring, it doesn't matter what geeks do. The MPAA et. al are playing a different game.
The way to defeat this may be to concentrate on the way it will increase costs and complexity for the computer hardware industry. However, as the computer and entertainment industries merge, hardware decisions at the corporate level will be driven by the desire to secure intellectual property. i.e. design decisions in Netscape 10, (if not v7) will be driven by AOL-TW's desire to protect its Looney-Tunes.
Just think of the vast new market for authentication servers! Think of the bandwith they'll soak up! - By the way, if you plan to sell into that market, Im sure that you realize that that the purchasers of the servers would find it... ahem.... difficult to justify the decision if your PC division isn't delivering "supportive" hardware to the mass market.
I really wish these people would shut up if they cannot put up. I'd really like to see a flying prototype, and then I'd like to see someone fly a useful distance, lets say 10 Miles, or whatever the average commute distance is.
Until then don't bother me - I read Popular Mechanics 40 years ago, and these things were just around the corner then too. That goes for Moller and his skycar too.
By the way, can you imagine flying a Jet Belt in bad weather? How about midair collisions?
Maybe I'm lucky, but :
I ordered my DSL line in February, had it installed by a tech who made *one* visit ( including installing Enternet ) in mid-March, had some problems with slow data rates in July, and am otherwise happy! Probably because I'm in a city, and living in a recently ( 15 y/o ) constructed building, so I don't have to deal with loading coils, etc.
Just want to balance the picture a bit!
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It is not the vendor who is responsible for the encryption. It is the user who elected to send the encrypted message.
In that case, the court will be subpoenaing a recently-deceased witness.
Broadcasting was based on the inability of radio or tv to be individually addressable at the time the physical implementation was worked out. Advertising was therefore used to finance the broadcasters, who sold their audiences to their advertisers. I wonder if the broadcasters are shooting themselves in the foot by denying themselves Aereo's audience. Maybe they could work out a deal where Aereo gives them data on Aereo's users for each broadcast. Then they will have something to sell their advertisers. It might be handy, for example, to view a Miami station's news before I begin my Florida vacation, on my HDTV instead of my smaller monitor.
But why should the public interest or convenience mean anything , when there are monopoly rents to collect?
Math should not be taught as a linear process, but as a spiral. Visit the topics at first, so the student can understand why something is important when it is presented rigorously.
I'm not an engineer.... but.....
Ceramics have much higher melting temperatures than metals. This could lead to an engine with a much higher operating temp and therefore higher thermal efficiency., i.e. much better mileage.
What I'd like to see is someone build an engine with all the bells and whistles: Ceramic block, ringless pistons, high temp coolant ( no water )..and lubricant.
What would the mileage be? And could it be manufactured in the millions?
If Jonathan Pollard was right, does that make Snowden right?
If Pollard was wrong, isn't Snowden wrong too?
Does Snowden's "service to humanity" compare to Pollard's "service to Israeli intelligence"?
Now, Pollard was an officer in the US military. Snowden was a mere "contractor" for the NSA. What were their obligations?
I'd like to see a debate on these questions.
Read the NY Times article. The SAAB is much cheaper to operate. Looking at it, I think of it as an updated Northrop F5.
We have monitoring stations in the US, They have monitoring stations in Russia. Why don't we arrange to exchange data? That way nobody has to worry about "spying". Each will know what data the other has.
That way, our Trident subs lurking under the polar icecap will be able to use the improved GLONASS data to improve their targeting.. The Russian boomers in the sea of Okhotsk will do likewise.
And the world's economy will benefit from improved combined GPS / GLONASS accuracy.
Either that, or return Kepler to low orbit with a single-purpose Ion Drive Space Tug, (Solar Powered?) and fix it.
What is the required delta V? Might take a while, but the thing is expensive. Would it be worth it? Maybe not.
Debugging one of these will be fun.... after you figure out what it is you are debugging.
Infinite reconfiguration loops! Lets call them Rumsfelds, You know, "There are known unknowns, and unknown nknowns........" etc.
Take phone ID's of shoplifters, use the info to aim cameras ( Location within 2 meters!) Pair face with phone, Instant 1984!
Where are the pictures taken with this monstrosity?
Maybe there are none.
DSLR's are superior because, among other things, their sensors are larger, Over 1 sq cm. The lenses are built to provide images that cover that area. How does this adapter funnel that light into the little iPhone lens? Some fancy optics?
Unobtainium has interesting optical properties!
I wear two hearing aids with telecoils. They give me the ability to sense osciliiating magnetic fields at say 100 to 3000 Hz.
The ability is overrated. Most people don't have this ability, so our culture and surroundings are not designed to "take advantage" of this ability. When I had my CRT on I'd get a buzz in my telecoils - telling me that my crt was on - something I already knew. The buzz was a nuisance.
Assuming the fingertip implants are successful, all their owners will get is odd tingles in their fingers at odd moments. Not worth the trouble.
It doesn't mattter if geeks develop workarounds, as long as they are not accessible by the mass of users, and with DMCA, it will be illegal to mass-produce workarounds. As long as it is **illegal** to produce workarounds the MPAA has won, because the moment the work-around becomes profitable on a mass level, they'll sue the profit out of it. What they really want to do is remove the profit from it - that's all. :-}
The overall goal of the MPAA et al is to institute a pay per view model. This is implicit in the nature of our data networks where data is directed from node to node, not broadcasted. And why not-if you want to see a movie, you go to a theater and pay X$. If you want to read a newspaper, you buy one, and throw it out later. How is that immoral?
After dateX, importation of drives without the protection will become illegal. Look at the cellphone/scanner situation. Sure, some people
smuggle in unblocked scanners, but over time, most of the scanners around will be compliant.
As long as they prevent a mass phenomenon from occurring, it doesn't matter what geeks do. The MPAA et. al are playing a different game.
The way to defeat this may be to concentrate on the way it will increase costs and complexity for the computer hardware industry. However, as the computer and entertainment industries merge, hardware decisions at the corporate level will be driven by the desire to secure intellectual property. i.e. design decisions in Netscape 10, (if not v7) will be driven by AOL-TW's desire to protect its Looney-Tunes.
Just think of the vast new market for authentication servers! Think of the bandwith they'll soak up! - By the way, if you plan to sell into that market, Im sure that you realize that that the purchasers of the servers would find it ... ahem.... difficult to justify the decision if your PC division isn't delivering "supportive" hardware to the mass market.
I really wish these people would shut up if they cannot put up. I'd really like to see a flying prototype, and then I'd like to see someone fly a useful distance, lets say 10 Miles, or whatever the average commute distance is. Until then don't bother me - I read Popular Mechanics 40 years ago, and these things were just around the corner then too. That goes for Moller and his skycar too. By the way, can you imagine flying a Jet Belt in bad weather? How about midair collisions?
Maybe I'm lucky, but : I ordered my DSL line in February, had it installed by a tech who made *one* visit ( including installing Enternet ) in mid-March, had some problems with slow data rates in July, and am otherwise happy! Probably because I'm in a city, and living in a recently ( 15 y/o ) constructed building, so I don't have to deal with loading coils, etc. Just want to balance the picture a bit!
" Their registration "database" was actually a plain text file published on their webserver! No hacking involved. Just type a URL into netscape."
What URL? All us apammers want to know! Gee what a great source of leads! Thanks DC!
( I am not a spammer, so hold your fire, please.)