Well, even if I buy a burner that does both, I still have to choose the media I want to burn. You're just not answering anything, you're just pushing the decision one step ahead.
The question + or - it still not answered. That's what I mean by offtopic.
However, in this post you try to address it. My criteria would be a "case by case" decision, based on the player I want to play my DVDs in. It sounds barely acceptable to me that I might have to burn my movies to three different formats (+R, -R, -RW)... But these thechnologies are very young and immature, so I might very well end up having to do that...
So? They work fine in every player out there. What's the point of making a DVD-ROM instead of a DVD-R? If there was one, I'm sure they would release DVD-Rs with this bit set...
Though I don't know why so many of the 'both' posts are getting modded down
Because they are Offtopic?
I explain: Me, the author of the story, is trying to make the point that you have nothing to loose in commiting to one format. As opposed as the VCR battle where the loosers (Betamax/V2000 owners) basically could throw away all their tapes when their VCR died.
Here, whether you buy DVD- or DVD+, your DVDs will live and will be readable in most players. Even if your DVD format has died in between.
The real question here is: What is the risk if I commit to DVD-? I have a better compatibility, so why trying to compromise with an hybrid solution?
Did you read the story ?????? There is no comparison between Betamax and DVD, that's the whole point of this story!!!! Re-read it if you want! You will not get into the situation of the poor Betamax owner even if you choose the doomed format!
So in other words, you just dicard compatibility altogether. Isn't it important?
I mean, how will I look when I'll stuff my DVD+R in my friend's DVD player and get an error screen? How good is my vacation movie if I can't show it to my parents?
If you're breaking the law when you use a bong, then the law is stupid. What's the difference between that and a Pipe or a Cigarette?
Anyways, the bottom line is that P2P networks are up because of piracy, say for 95% of the traffic. If/when they will stop piracy, they will die. But the software does nothing wrong.
The only reason the P2P client KAZAA still has running servers is because of loopholes in the internet laws
Wrong. The only reason Kazaa (and others) are still running is because they violate no law, in any country. Their users do, but the software don't. You're not going to make Camcorders illegal because some geeks bring them into theaters and record movies the day they are out are you? The same way, you will not ban P2P software because ppl use them to carry illegal stuff.
I have trouble understanding the FCC on this one. USA is a country with anti-trust laws, which basically means they know that a monopoly can kill a market, screw people, do a lot of bad things. They know it. And yet they enforce that a cable company will have a monopoly on their small (sometimes ridiculously small) geographic area.
How can you enforce something you know is bad for the market/consumer and therefore bad for the economy overall.
I used to live in Sunnyvale, CA (Not really far far away from the next city, just in the heart of the silicon valley), and where I lived, just *one* provider for cable: Castle Cable. They don't even provide internet cable!!!!!!
Guess who got my 39.99 broadband bill? SBC. No choice. Unless I rent a T1 or something...
Note that SBC is not so bad, so I'm globally happy.
Y'know, the ironic thing is, telnet *is* more secure, as long as you don't connect to it.
Well, not sure. With telnet, you need someone that actually monitors your socket to grab your password. Gicing the number of sockets out there, it's quite unlikely. With OpenSSH/L, you just need someone wanting to do it to your machine. They don't even need your password.
The fact that makes you think that Ctrl-Alt-Del is hardware is that the default behavior of the BIOS (a piece of software, in ROM, built-in your motherboard) catches it and makes the computer reboot. That is the default behavior of Ctrl-Alt-Del as handled by all BIOSes. That doesn't make it hardware.
Dude, Ctrl-Alt-Del is just like any other key sequence. There is an electric impulse sent for any key pressed, this is the most stupid comment I've ever read!
Hardware is the Reset button in front of your computer. This one you cannot trap. It will reboot (if properly connected) EVERY OS running (actually, anythig running, OS or not). This is what I call a hardware reset.
The fact that makes you think that Ctrl-Alt-Del is hardware is that the default behavior of the BIOS (a piece of software, in ROM, built-in your motherboard) catches it and makes the computer reboot. That is the default behavior of Ctrl-Alt-Del as handled by all BIOSes. That doesn't make it hardware.
If it is not a huge conflict, who the hell could be interested? Which one looks best:
1. Amazon is opening up a e-commerce search engine. 2. The leader of e-commerce is trying to take over the leader of search engines! The war has begun, buy your tickets now!!!
But he got the address off your web page, just like the spammers. So if that makes his solicited, then so are theirs.
Not true actually. If I have a link on my website - let's say about a comic book - that says: "Contact me if you want to see more pictures", I don't expect an ad for Viagra. But if anyone sends me an email about more pictures on my website, it was obviously sollicited. There's a very easy way to tell the difference: Common sense and good will are usually what the law is based on. That works here too.
Ok, so you obviously think you are the expert. So why don't you tell me why I am wrong instead of saying "Uh, no." or "YOU ARE WRONG" or even "you cuntface"? Hmm? I'm just tired of people like you that just flame and doesn't back facts up with anything but free assertions that I am wrong. If you don't have anything else to say, stop posting.
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Well, even if I buy a burner that does both, I still have to choose the media I want to burn. You're just not answering anything, you're just pushing the decision one step ahead.
The question + or - it still not answered. That's what I mean by offtopic.
However, in this post you try to address it. My criteria would be a "case by case" decision, based on the player I want to play my DVDs in. It sounds barely acceptable to me that I might have to burn my movies to three different formats (+R, -R, -RW)... But these thechnologies are very young and immature, so I might very well end up having to do that...
So? They work fine in every player out there. What's the point of making a DVD-ROM instead of a DVD-R? If there was one, I'm sure they would release DVD-Rs with this bit set...
Though I don't know why so many of the 'both' posts are getting modded down
Because they are Offtopic?
I explain: Me, the author of the story, is trying to make the point that you have nothing to loose in commiting to one format. As opposed as the VCR battle where the loosers (Betamax/V2000 owners) basically could throw away all their tapes when their VCR died.
Here, whether you buy DVD- or DVD+, your DVDs will live and will be readable in most players. Even if your DVD format has died in between.
The real question here is: What is the risk if I commit to DVD-? I have a better compatibility, so why trying to compromise with an hybrid solution?
Did you read the story ?????? There is no comparison between Betamax and DVD, that's the whole point of this story!!!! Re-read it if you want! You will not get into the situation of the poor Betamax owner even if you choose the doomed format!
I am dreaming. Could you be more offtopic?
What do you mean? I have a DVD-R burner and I can burn DVD-ROM... What exactly can't you do with DVD- that you can with DVD+ ?
Can I stuff a DAT in my set-top DVD player to watch my movies?
Read the story please, it doesn't only talk about backing up data (for which DVD is really not a convenient answer, but that is another story.)
Well, speed is a double sided feature. Have you noticed that your CD-RW last less when burned at 16X of higher? And same remark for CD-R?
OTOH, burning a DVD at 8X require you to have a damn fast PC, that's a lot of bandwidth!
The question is, what is the point in being able to burn both formats ?
So in other words, you just dicard compatibility altogether. Isn't it important?
I mean, how will I look when I'll stuff my DVD+R in my friend's DVD player and get an error screen? How good is my vacation movie if I can't show it to my parents?
If you're breaking the law when you use a bong, then the law is stupid. What's the difference between that and a Pipe or a Cigarette?
Anyways, the bottom line is that P2P networks are up because of piracy, say for 95% of the traffic. If/when they will stop piracy, they will die. But the software does nothing wrong.
The only reason the P2P client KAZAA still has running servers is because of loopholes in the internet laws
Wrong. The only reason Kazaa (and others) are still running is because they violate no law, in any country. Their users do, but the software don't. You're not going to make Camcorders illegal because some geeks bring them into theaters and record movies the day they are out are you? The same way, you will not ban P2P software because ppl use them to carry illegal stuff.
I have trouble understanding the FCC on this one. USA is a country with anti-trust laws, which basically means they know that a monopoly can kill a market, screw people, do a lot of bad things. They know it. And yet they enforce that a cable company will have a monopoly on their small (sometimes ridiculously small) geographic area.
How can you enforce something you know is bad for the market/consumer and therefore bad for the economy overall.
I used to live in Sunnyvale, CA (Not really far far away from the next city, just in the heart of the silicon valley), and where I lived, just *one* provider for cable: Castle Cable. They don't even provide internet cable!!!!!!
Guess who got my 39.99 broadband bill? SBC. No choice. Unless I rent a T1 or something...
Note that SBC is not so bad, so I'm globally happy.
Not to sound like a grammar Nazi, but where is the subject?
Y'know, the ironic thing is, telnet *is* more secure, as long as you don't connect to it.
Well, not sure.
With telnet, you need someone that actually monitors your socket to grab your password. Gicing the number of sockets out there, it's quite unlikely.
With OpenSSH/L, you just need someone wanting to do it to your machine. They don't even need your password.
So which one is more secure?
The fact that makes you think that Ctrl-Alt-Del is hardware is that the default behavior of the BIOS (a piece of software, in ROM, built-in your motherboard) catches it and makes the computer reboot. That is the default behavior of Ctrl-Alt-Del as handled by all BIOSes. That doesn't make it hardware.
Dude, Ctrl-Alt-Del is just like any other key sequence. There is an electric impulse sent for any key pressed, this is the most stupid comment I've ever read!
Hardware is the Reset button in front of your computer. This one you cannot trap. It will reboot (if properly connected) EVERY OS running (actually, anythig running, OS or not). This is what I call a hardware reset.
The fact that makes you think that Ctrl-Alt-Del is hardware is that the default behavior of the BIOS (a piece of software, in ROM, built-in your motherboard) catches it and makes the computer reboot. That is the default behavior of Ctrl-Alt-Del as handled by all BIOSes. That doesn't make it hardware.
Dude, there's no hardware in that! It's all software. Or else how would you explain that Ctrl-Alt-Del doesn't reboot computers anymore ?
Sorry, I'm a FreeBSD-on-desktop user, BSD is dying, but its spirit will live on
So, you're a spirit-on-Desktop will live on user ?
Unless HyperSCSI includes an IP-like piece. Is it that hard to understand?
If it is not a huge conflict, who the hell could be interested? Which one looks best:
1. Amazon is opening up a e-commerce search engine.
2. The leader of e-commerce is trying to take over the leader of search engines! The war has begun, buy your tickets now!!!
Hmm?
Do you have any links?
Is is just a matter of time anyways until the first CD-ROM players / burners that can read it is released.
The perfect irony would be some of the CD-R(W) maker to release one burner capable of burning such a CD.
But he got the address off your web page, just like the spammers. So if that makes his solicited, then so are theirs.
Not true actually. If I have a link on my website - let's say about a comic book - that says: "Contact me if you want to see more pictures", I don't expect an ad for Viagra. But if anyone sends me an email about more pictures on my website, it was obviously sollicited. There's a very easy way to tell the difference: Common sense and good will are usually what the law is based on. That works here too.
Like Arnold?
Ok, so you obviously think you are the expert. So why don't you tell me why I am wrong instead of saying "Uh, no." or "YOU ARE WRONG" or even "you cuntface"? Hmm? I'm just tired of people like you that just flame and doesn't back facts up with anything but free assertions that I am wrong. If you don't have anything else to say, stop posting.