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Been there. In the words of Elvis Costello, "I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused." All because my site's name could be considered scatological (but it's not).
Exqueeze me? What about the list you can see in the right-hand column of this page? Are you claiming that these experiments never happened? And remember, this is with the reduced crew that has to spend an awful lof of time on vehicle construction and maintenance. Read the links, and get back to me again with the "never done any science" BS.
Why would a company make a good product that won't break, when a product that will break means people may buy another one to replace it?
Hopefully, because word-of-mouth of a product's quality and reliability will bring in customers whose products made by *other* manufacturers fail. This is precisely why the NAD 3020 became the best-selling integrated amplifier of all time (and why I still use my 20-year-old model; not as my main iron in these days of 5.1 surround, but hooked up to my PC to digitize LP's). I bet that if they still made it, it would still sell fairly well.
Well, four moderators thought it was informative, and with that kind of score, dozens of other readers were bound to believe likewise. Sarcasm of this sort definitely needs HTML tags.
guys from emi [...] were very reasonable. they understood that any drm they put out will be immediately broken.
Another encouraging note is the fact that one of the EMI partners mentioned in the release, Roxio, is buying Napster's assets. I would assume that this means hardware (servers, routers) as well as intellectual property, which was by no means DRM-ready.
It's about the journalist using his (own, by birth) name publicly and in connection with works that he authors.
Correct, but the Rolling Stones dude was using the name in connection with rock music first. It seems to me that out of respect for the readers, when Mr. Wyman the rock critic writes about the Rolling Stones, he should include a disclaimer that he's "Not That" Bill Wyman. If he's been leaving that tidbit out, I can see why Mr. Wyman the musician might be angry. Same way all those reviews of the film "Auto Focus" go to great lengths to point out that the chief suspect in Bob Crane's death is "Not That" John Carpenter.
My wife would divorce me if I were to cancel Lifetime.
Only divorce? Then she doesn't watch it enough. I get "Betty Broderick"-style warnings all of the time. Can't wait for the Clara Harris Lifetime movie...
Don't you mean rather that "it's a CD-ROM structured in such a manner that the CDDA (Compact Disc Digital Audio--or Redbook) content will appear to be corrupt on most PC-based, and some other drives?"
The magical "five years to market saturation" phrase has been quoted since oh, about 1993. There's nothing new here, people. Please go about your business.
That's why I have to reboot my Win2K workstation every week to keep the performance up to an acceptible level
I wouldn't want to turn/. into a helpdesk or something, but along with that reboot, I've found that it helps to defrag the HD every week. Of course, that means 12 hours downtime while it cranks away (Ref. Dell Dimension 2100 with 20 GB drive, 60% full).
Re:Except they're not, if you had RTFA
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I didn't see auctions for Eminem, the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, the Doors, and Queen. I followed this link from his page.
Re:Except they're not, if you had RTFA
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He also gives screen shots of other E-Bay listings which are blatant rip-offs.
Actually, his screen shot showed almost 600 listings with the string "MP3" in the title. The auctions actually shown in the capture are for MP3 software, and several old-time radio (OTR) collections. Much of what's out there in OTR-land is no longer protected by copyright (how this differs from "being in the public domain" I'm not quite clear on), but the bottom line is that his page does NOT show a list of clear infringers.
Still, there are lots of good new codecs on the horizon. The Advanced Simple MPEG-4 used in Divx should be supplanted over the next year by MPEG-4 Part 10 (aka H.264).
But this begs the question that I've been trying to get answered since Quicktime 6 came out with MPEG-4 encoding: how long until set-top DVD players support MPEG-4?
No, but in that FAQ, (and getting back to my original issue) MS has the statement:
One of the key Palladium building blocks is "authenticated operation". If a banking application is to be trusted to perform an action, it is important that the banking application has not been subverted. It is also important that banking data can only be accessed by applications that have been identified as trusted to read that data. "Palladium" systems provide this capability through a mechanism called sealed storage.
Now, what is the default level of trust? Or, how far will the MPAA and RIAA push their attempts to control entertainment? If I send "unauthenticated" multimedia content, will Windows media player still play it? Will Palladium assume that it's "pirated," and refuse it? If so, like my original quastion said, how much will I have to pay for the tools to enable my recipients to access the data I send them?
I do see that Microsoft's FAQ says exactly what you're saying, but I tend to take their statements with a LARGE grain of salt (as yesterday's Astroturf fiasco proved is a reasonable approach).
But Palladium is more than just copy protection. As I read the documents, Miscosoft is also planning to use "trustworthy computing" to help us ensure that computers aren't infected by worms, virii, etc. That means that if a particular user's Palladium settings are cranked to "maximum security," every single document on that computer will require a Palladium certificate in order to be accessed. Right?
Its simple. Three parties. You, the media provider, middleman.
That's exactly the problem. What if I represent all three? Right now, I can use cheap/free tools to create digital content (read as: convert DV home movies to MPEG, and burn to CD-R) and distribute them to family members world-wide. When my uncle in Scotland buys his new Palladium-equipped PeeCee, it may very well refuse to play the content I send him because it's not from a "trusted" source. How much is Microsoft planning to charge me for a development kit that will let me continue to use my computer the same way I use it now?
is there an advertising standards agency in the US ?
No, each state has its own deceptive trade practices laws (generally enforced by the State Attorney General). Connecticut nailed Sony for very similar behavior to what MS is up to here.
There must be a lot of spammers on this backbone. By this time of day, I've normally received over 50 unsolicited commercial e-mails. Current count: 3.
I'd certainly rather fly in an airplane or attempt to climb Mt. Everest.
If you've got any ideas about climbing Everest, you should NEVER consider laser vision surgery. It was one factor that nearly cost Beck Weathers his life. The laser weakens the cornea, and at the drastically lower pressures, you'll get distortions so bad that you'll effectively be blind.
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Been there. In the words of Elvis Costello, "I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused." All because my site's name could be considered scatological (but it's not).
I wouldn't call this part suspicious at all. Haven't *you* ever done a batch upload? The preponderance of positive reviews is what scares me.
You guys can do better than that. Just visit here.
Better yet, how about when the home video package gives it all away?
buying Napster's assets. I would assume that this means hardware (servers, routers) as well as intellectual property, which was by no means DRM-ready.
The magical "five years to market saturation" phrase has been quoted since oh, about 1993. There's nothing new here, people. Please go about your business.
I didn't see auctions for Eminem, the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, the Doors, and Queen. I followed this link from his page.
But Palladium is more than just copy protection. As I read the documents, Miscosoft is also planning to use "trustworthy computing" to help us ensure that computers aren't infected by worms, virii, etc. That means that if a particular user's Palladium settings are cranked to "maximum security," every single document on that computer will require a Palladium certificate in order to be accessed. Right?
That's exactly the problem. What if I represent all three? Right now, I can use cheap/free tools to create digital content (read as: convert DV home movies to MPEG, and burn to CD-R) and distribute them to family members world-wide. When my uncle in Scotland buys his new Palladium-equipped PeeCee, it may very well refuse to play the content I send him because it's not from a "trusted" source. How much is Microsoft planning to charge me for a development kit that will let me continue to use my computer the same way I use it now?
Not the new ones. How do you think NightShot works?
There must be a lot of spammers on this backbone. By this time of day, I've normally received over 50 unsolicited commercial e-mails. Current count: 3.