Alot of small TFT displays (such as those for use in automobiles) already do this. They claim for example 2400x480 resolution, but when you get the thing you realize they are counting "sub-pixels" and you really only have an 800x480 display.
I've heard this too. But I've also heard that they know this, and they buy the property across the street too. Burger King can then either buy or lease from McDonalds.
I have not had the time to investigate this, but for the longest time I have wanted to be able to make a linux machine look like an external FireWire/IEEE 1394 hard disk. The point of this would be that I could put all the drives I want in a cheap case, with a cheap mobo and ieee 1394 card and 'serve' as many HD's as I could fit into my case and configure into a raid array as a large disk. RAID 1 and/or 5 drive enclosures that accomplish this seem to run at over $1200, not including the disks. I've poked around a bit at the Linux1394 site, but It's way over my head at the moment.
iPods are officially one-way when it comes to transfering music. You can put music in, but not take it out. So, how will you get those preloaded tunes off your iPod and into your iTunes so that they don't get wiped out the first time you sync your iPod? Maybe they come with a music store "gift certificate" or something? You buy the ipod, then logon to download your "preload" ?
Does this kill the chance of an open source java implementation from Sun? They settled, but I would guess that the settlement terms did not include "hey Sun, you can write open source versions of our IP"...
I always wondered how easier it would be to explain "Free" software to english speaking people if english had separate words for "free as in beer" and "free as in freedom", such as "gratis" and "libre" in spanish.
So while everyone is making base systems with "Windows CE version X, with some tweaks", Microsoft can start adding whole chuncks of warm binary goodness and call it "Windows CE Super Platinum Edition", with "Super secure cryptography and cutting edge realtime multimedia support", while the base code under shared source has none of this.
As the owner of the copywrite of their code, they could do this even if they released it under the GPL.
What they would not be able to do if they GPLed a version of thier code is to fold contributions back into thier non-GPL versions.
They mention in one of the linked articles above that they "break even", just a tiny bit on the profit side. For every $0.99 song sold on iTunes, Apple gets $0.35 and the label gets $0.65 (35%/65%). From Apples's $0.35 they also have to pay the CC processing fees, causing them to lose money on a single (I think). Apple trys to delay cc processing, hoping to charge you for more than one song at a time (and hence pay less in cc processing fees). The artist gets about 0.02 to 0.05 cents an single from the major labels it seems. While some independent labels give much more (i.e. 75% ) to the artist. I calculated these numbers from sites linked to by this page.
I don't see any mention of VMWare on Red Hat's site. If VMWare is part of the deal, you would still have to worry about getting Windows Licenses.
If I purchase a Dell with XP preloaded, and then install Red Hat Desktop, would I be licensed to re-install and run XP in a virtual machine on that machine?
What if I don't reinstall, but have VMWare run XP right of the physical partition (which I would have resized to install Red Hat Desktop)?
The Mac OS X DVD Player (versions 3.11 and above I believe) will run a DVD from any unencrypted VIDEO_TS folder. If this works as I think it does (menus and all), you should be able to rip all your DVD's to disk (no extra compression though:( ), and then whip up a quick gui in AppleScript Studio to help you manage the library and run the DVD player against the VIDEO_TS folders on your disk.
There might be other DVD players on other platforms which allow you to open a DVD directory structure that's on a HD.
The examples you give in your post are examples of the "...badly written code" that geoffspear was talking about in his post.
It's "badly written" in the sense that it allows cheating. I'm not saying it's easy, but someone will figure out how to write games that do not allow cheating.
When researchers throw thier hands up in the air and declare it impossible, then maybe you would have a point.
But Microsoft products are everywhere in Vietnam, and very few shell out the money for licensed copies. Almost 97 percent of the programs used in Vietnam have been illegally copied, costing Microsoft an estimated $40 million to $50 million a year.
I wonder if Microsoft brings makes more than 40-50 million a year profit in Vietnam? If not, this new policy could save them money!:)
If you were able to sell your music, the only practical thing would be for apple to deactivate the song for your ID, and reactivate it for another ID. That process could of course be fully automated. Apple could setup a web application where you enter all the relavant info, and the "files" are transfered. The problem I see is "Why would Apple do this for free?". Most likely they would not. They of course have to suffer the expense of writing, testing, and maintaining this application. They could charge a 'transfer fee', but how much in order to recover their costs? Thier costs for the transaction would most likely be about the same as for a new purchase on the Apple store, so maybe they can get charge the same amount, basically about $0.33 per song. But is that enough? They had the extra expense of setting this up and this would most likely be a much lower volumn service than song selling. Also, does transfering the "rights" to a file require you to download a new copy of the file? If so, the RIAA and friends will most likely want to charge for the transfer, after all, Apple would need to make a copy of the original....
...it simply wants to OWN it. SCO's plan at the end of the day is to claim that Linux is a derivative of UNIX, and hence, intellectual property of SCO. Free IP for SCO.
This wheel, might not have a 'clicking'. Remember that Apple's mice design is a 'no button' mouse, where you press down on the entire body of the mouse to perform a click. There should be no confusion as to how to click, just push down the entire mouse as you do now. Since a specific finger was never needed for clicking an Apple mouse, there should be no problem using those extra fingers for scrolling this little disk.
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If "Java" goes open source, it will not be called "Java"!
Java(TM) still belongs to Sun, and they would only let you use it if they see fit (i.e. pass Java compatability/certification test).
Alot of small TFT displays (such as those for use in automobiles) already do this. They claim for example 2400x480 resolution, but when you get the thing you realize they are counting "sub-pixels" and you really only have an 800x480 display.
I've heard this too. But I've also heard that they know this, and they buy the property across the street too. Burger King can then either buy or lease from McDonalds.
IBM On Demand business services?
I have not had the time to investigate this, but for the longest time I have wanted to be able to make a linux machine look like an external FireWire/IEEE 1394 hard disk.
The point of this would be that I could put all the drives I want in a cheap case, with a cheap mobo and ieee 1394 card and 'serve' as many HD's as I could fit into my case and configure into a raid array as a large disk. RAID 1 and/or 5 drive enclosures that accomplish this seem to run at over $1200, not including the disks.
I've poked around a bit at the Linux1394 site, but It's way over my head at the moment.
Only $2199. Been available for a while now, there's probably a Slashdot story about it too.5 1
http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=105
iPods are officially one-way when it comes to transfering music. You can put music in, but not take it out. So, how will you get those preloaded tunes off your iPod and into your iTunes so that they don't get wiped out the first time you sync your iPod?
Maybe they come with a music store "gift certificate" or something? You buy the ipod, then logon to download your "preload" ?
Does this kill the chance of an open source java implementation from Sun?
They settled, but I would guess that the settlement terms did not include "hey Sun, you can write open source versions of our IP"...
I always wondered how easier it would be to explain "Free" software to english speaking people if english had separate words for "free as in beer" and "free as in freedom", such as "gratis" and "libre" in spanish.
Read the article. He knows who he is.
Just having visited Yosemite National Park, CA, I thought thought it was Yosemite.
Apple also seems to "feature" Yosemite on it's Tiger pages.
As the owner of the copywrite of their code, they could do this even if they released it under the GPL.
What they would not be able to do if they GPLed a version of thier code is to fold contributions back into thier non-GPL versions.
A picture of a belgian blue cattle.
They mention in one of the linked articles above that they "break even", just a tiny bit on the profit side.
For every $0.99 song sold on iTunes, Apple gets $0.35 and the label gets $0.65 (35%/65%). From Apples's $0.35 they also have to pay the CC processing fees, causing them to lose money on a single (I think). Apple trys to delay cc processing, hoping to charge you for more than one song at a time (and hence pay less in cc processing fees).
The artist gets about 0.02 to 0.05 cents an single from the major labels it seems. While some independent labels give much more (i.e. 75% ) to the artist.
I calculated these numbers from sites linked to by this page.
Left/Right/Center/Decimal tabs accomplish what you describe in countless word processing programs.
I don't see any mention of VMWare on Red Hat's site. If VMWare is part of the deal, you would still have to worry about getting Windows Licenses.
If I purchase a Dell with XP preloaded, and then install Red Hat Desktop, would I be licensed to re-install and run XP in a virtual machine on that machine?
What if I don't reinstall, but have VMWare run XP right of the physical partition (which I would have resized to install Red Hat Desktop)?
The Mac OS X DVD Player (versions 3.11 and above I believe) will run a DVD from any unencrypted VIDEO_TS folder. :( ), and then whip up a quick gui in AppleScript Studio to help you manage the library and run the DVD player against the VIDEO_TS folders on your disk.
If this works as I think it does (menus and all), you should be able to rip all your DVD's to disk (no extra compression though
There might be other DVD players on other platforms which allow you to open a DVD directory structure that's on a HD.
The examples you give in your post are examples of the "...badly written code" that geoffspear was talking about in his post.
It's "badly written" in the sense that it allows cheating. I'm not saying it's easy, but someone will figure out how to write games that do not allow cheating.
When researchers throw thier hands up in the air and declare it impossible, then maybe you would have a point.
From the Article:
I wonder if Microsoft brings makes more than 40-50 million a year profit in Vietnam? If not, this new policy could save them money! :)
maybe the 'click' is too sensitive on these mice? Read the manual, there is a button to adjust the 'click' sensitivity.
If you were able to sell your music, the only practical thing would be for apple to deactivate the song for your ID, and reactivate it for another ID.
That process could of course be fully automated. Apple could setup a web application where you enter all the relavant info, and the "files" are transfered.
The problem I see is "Why would Apple do this for free?". Most likely they would not. They of course have to suffer the expense of writing, testing, and maintaining this application.
They could charge a 'transfer fee', but how much in order to recover their costs? Thier costs for the transaction would most likely be about the same as for a new purchase on the Apple store, so maybe they can get charge the same amount, basically about $0.33 per song. But is that enough? They had the extra expense of setting this up and this would most likely be a much lower volumn service than song selling.
Also, does transfering the "rights" to a file require you to download a new copy of the file? If so, the RIAA and friends will most likely want to charge for the transfer, after all, Apple would need to make a copy of the original....
...it simply wants to OWN it.
SCO's plan at the end of the day is to claim that Linux is a derivative of UNIX, and hence, intellectual property of SCO.
Free IP for SCO.
Just wanted to point out that the Global Music Industry is only 40 billion dollars large.
This wheel, might not have a 'clicking'. Remember that Apple's mice design is a 'no button' mouse, where you press down on the entire body of the mouse to perform a click. There should be no confusion as to how to click, just push down the entire mouse as you do now. Since a specific finger was never needed for clicking an Apple mouse, there should be no problem using those extra fingers for scrolling this little disk.