I doubt it. IANAL - but they do not use the words "xbox" in their name, which means that they are going against the phrase "360". Numbers cannot be trademarked - though others have tried. Think intel and 486. That's why they changed the name of their next generation CPU to a word which was "pentium". They had a naming contest within the company with nice prizes and came up with something usable from one of the employees.
What a bullshit argument. both downloadable files or CDs can be lost. The file however can be restored immediately from backups, over and over again and it stays shiny and new exactly as you bought it.
I don't necessarily think it's a b******t arguement. The music companies have often counted on people replacing their music libraries on a regular basis. One of the reasons the CD was introduced was to get people to "buy" the same music they had all over again. And I have encountered increasingly more CDs that use media that is easily damaged (like the reflection layer being the same as the paint on the back). Sure they are cheaper to make, but the possibility of your music flaking off is an added bounus in the industry's eyes.
This is why there has been a "new" disc format proposed with higher resolution (and it most likely will have anti-rip technology installed).
The fact is outside of slashdot the average consumer does not believe in backups until they go through the expensive/painful lesson of losing their data.
Rather than give people a way to permanently own a digital file they bought and downloaded and adding value to a product, we see an industry at war with the consumer by trying to put the consumer's computer in "lockdown" by installing a rootkit.
Another arguement could be made that Microsoft (whose WMA/DRM format is increasingly being used) is partly responsible because of the woeful security of it's operating systems is leading to increasing data loss.
So yes, the average slashdotter knows about backups. But the average Joe off the street most likely does not until he loses his music or damages his CD.
I could also go on about CDs apparent "bit-rot" taking place as they get older too, so that "shiny new CD" even though carefully preserved still won't stay that way after a length of time. And I am quite sure that the muzic industry will continue to do it's part to make backups harder to do in the future.
The fact is that music industry wants to extract a recurring fee from the consumer for the same music they already own. To say otherwise would be denying the obvious. That's why it's not a BS arguement.
Canon, why don't you invent a plastic substitute for people to use during the holidays?? Of course it would have to be anti-bacterial plastic, but surely if you can make a digital camera with a zillion complicated parts you could make something simple like this??
Call it the Christmas bum-shield. Normally I would charge heavily for advice leading to this kind of business opportunity,
resumably, given entanglement [wikipedia.org], measurement of qbit state allows potentially for instant communication ?
No, nothing can travel faster than light. Which keeps us from developing meaningful space transportation and long distance communication with aliens, which would really be spooky.
I wish physicists would get beyond it myself, but you know how they are.
To append my post, another spect would be that the sand could have been so fine that it appeared "wet" as in the video. Adding another layer of plausibility to this myth.
Though you showed that wet quicksand like in the movies was a myth, a week later after the show aired a scientific study came out showing that empty spaces under dry sand could develop and implied that this could be the source of the anecdotal quicksand stories.
It's not hard to think of how the sand at the very top might become wet over the dry empty sand structures (like after a rainstorm), then you would have true quicksand like in the movies. Rather than have the sand wet in the whole tank as you did on the show. Plus, you gave no thought to empty voids that might develop under wet sand.
I think that this myth that you 'busted' is entirely 'plausible' (esp. with just dry sand).
Actually flying cats and buttered toast do not compare. Cats have muscles - and at some very low height experiments using slow motion photography you do see that a cat has an innate sense of up and down and will right itself before it hits the ground.
You're either a troll or a mouthpiece for the RIAA. Joel's reputation precedes himself in these parts for cogent insights on the topics he writes about.
In other words, you're flat out wrong. Also, hardly anybody on slashdot (yourself excluded) enjoys "renting" DRMed music.
I knew I should've voted for the EPA to ban that blasted dihydrogen monoxide!
Yea, that's some nasty shit if you snort it. Some people are so addicted that they try to breathe the vapors. It's gotten so bad that now it's ruining the enviroment.
They made countless promises about what the shuttle could do while it was been built, in order to get funding.
Non of those promises ever panned out, except for hubble servicing, which they are no longer doing because it's "too dangerous".
As a launch platform that had specific design goals, it has failed miserably.
Unmanned rockets/satellites/probes such as the Ariane is where true space exploration lies. If something goes wrong it doesn't take lives with it. It is inherently more practical.
AOL sucks so hard that they should sell vacuum cleaners.
This is not a troll. It's the truth after I was "mysteriously" signed up for their dial-up and they started charging my card, even though I don't have a phone!!
could also require that the licensing chip was only available to hi-tier machines
That's what Microsoft is trying to shoehorn in with their (un)Trusted computing platform. While on the surface it may seem like a good idea, it gives all sorts of weird and unholy powers to software makers.
It would be better to support your favorite opens source computing platform, encourage others to the same, so as to put market pressure on proprietary software makers to change their distasteful ways.
One project worth supporting is Wine, which will eventually give decent compatibility for those few windows apps you can't do without on a stable platform.
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I doubt it. IANAL - but they do not use the words "xbox" in their name, which means that they are going against the phrase "360". Numbers cannot be trademarked - though others have tried. Think intel and 486. That's why they changed the name of their next generation CPU to a word which was "pentium". They had a naming contest within the company with nice prizes and came up with something usable from one of the employees.
Free60 is very clever. Kudos to them.
Don't forget ogg. It needs to play ogg music files. Thanks.
What a bullshit argument. both downloadable files or CDs can be lost. The file however can be restored immediately from backups, over and over again and it stays shiny and new exactly as you bought it.
I don't necessarily think it's a b******t arguement. The music companies have often counted on people replacing their music libraries on a regular basis. One of the reasons the CD was introduced was to get people to "buy" the same music they had all over again. And I have encountered increasingly more CDs that use media that is easily damaged (like the reflection layer being the same as the paint on the back). Sure they are cheaper to make, but the possibility of your music flaking off is an added bounus in the industry's eyes.
This is why there has been a "new" disc format proposed with higher resolution (and it most likely will have anti-rip technology installed).
The fact is outside of slashdot the average consumer does not believe in backups until they go through the expensive/painful lesson of losing their data.
Rather than give people a way to permanently own a digital file they bought and downloaded and adding value to a product, we see an industry at war with the consumer by trying to put the consumer's computer in "lockdown" by installing a rootkit.
Another arguement could be made that Microsoft (whose WMA/DRM format is increasingly being used) is partly responsible because of the woeful security of it's operating systems is leading to increasing data loss.
So yes, the average slashdotter knows about backups. But the average Joe off the street most likely does not until he loses his music or damages his CD.
I could also go on about CDs apparent "bit-rot" taking place as they get older too, so that "shiny new CD" even though carefully preserved still won't stay that way after a length of time. And I am quite sure that the muzic industry will continue to do it's part to make backups harder to do in the future.
The fact is that music industry wants to extract a recurring fee from the consumer for the same music they already own. To say otherwise would be denying the obvious. That's why it's not a BS arguement.
We need you for your oil. Sorry.
Then whose it's daddy???
Thank you, I'll be here all week.
Canon, why don't you invent a plastic substitute for people to use during the holidays?? Of course it would have to be anti-bacterial plastic, but surely if you can make a digital camera with a zillion complicated parts you could make something simple like this??
Call it the Christmas bum-shield. Normally I would charge heavily for advice leading to this kind of business opportunity,
Me too! The cameras must be everywhere!
Nerds are not married. I agree, you need to be modded down!
and he will get girls. And touch their boobies
But will they be real girls and not just the vinyl inflatable ones??
resumably, given entanglement [wikipedia.org], measurement of qbit state allows potentially for instant communication ?
No, nothing can travel faster than light. Which keeps us from developing meaningful space transportation and long distance communication with aliens, which would really be spooky.
I wish physicists would get beyond it myself, but you know how they are.
To append my post, another spect would be that the sand could have been so fine that it appeared "wet" as in the video. Adding another layer of plausibility to this myth.
Though you showed that wet quicksand like in the movies was a myth, a week later after the show aired a scientific study came out showing that empty spaces under dry sand could develop and implied that this could be the source of the anecdotal quicksand stories.
It's not hard to think of how the sand at the very top might become wet over the dry empty sand structures (like after a rainstorm), then you would have true quicksand like in the movies. Rather than have the sand wet in the whole tank as you did on the show. Plus, you gave no thought to empty voids that might develop under wet sand.
I think that this myth that you 'busted' is entirely 'plausible' (esp. with just dry sand).
Website for the scientific study with video.
Go to a groceryt store and see the quantity of ice you can buy for $1.00. Then see the quantity of soda pop that you can get for $1.00.
Then factor in that restaurants never store ice very long because they are constantly using it.
Yes, they carbonated syrup is more expensive
Actually flying cats and buttered toast do not compare. Cats have muscles - and at some very low height experiments using slow motion photography you do see that a cat has an innate sense of up and down and will right itself before it hits the ground.
There's probably a section of the 'box' devoted just to cooling. Maybe water cooling for the CPU's and air ducting for the rest of the stuff.
That'd be my guess.
If the Earth is in one of those time vortex things do I get paid overtime?
No, but if there is a sucking sound your job is being outsourced.
Whatever. It's just a crackpot theory.
You're either a troll or a mouthpiece for the RIAA. Joel's reputation precedes himself in these parts for cogent insights on the topics he writes about.
In other words, you're flat out wrong. Also, hardly anybody on slashdot (yourself excluded) enjoys "renting" DRMed music.
I2hub certainly explored that question. So... what's next?
You bow down before your **AA overlords???
Just last month where I live there was an anthrax scare over some white powder found on some pallets that resulted in an evacuation.
It turns out that it was silica gel commonly used in boxes to absorb moisture.
I knew I should've voted for the EPA to ban that blasted dihydrogen monoxide!
Yea, that's some nasty shit if you snort it. Some people are so addicted that they try to breathe the vapors. It's gotten so bad that now it's ruining the enviroment.
They made countless promises about what the shuttle could do while it was been built, in order to get funding.
Non of those promises ever panned out, except for hubble servicing, which they are no longer doing because it's "too dangerous".
As a launch platform that had specific design goals, it has failed miserably.
Unmanned rockets/satellites/probes such as the Ariane is where true space exploration lies. If something goes wrong it doesn't take lives with it. It is inherently more practical.
AOL sucks so hard that they should sell vacuum cleaners.
This is not a troll. It's the truth after I was "mysteriously" signed up for their dial-up and they started charging my card, even though I don't have a phone!!
This is why punative damages for "bad behaviour" exist, to make the company take notice and change their behaviour.
Don't let them get off easy.
Agreed. What Sony needs is not public pressure, but a "bitchslap".
could also require that the licensing chip was only available to hi-tier machines
That's what Microsoft is trying to shoehorn in with their (un)Trusted computing platform. While on the surface it may seem like a good idea, it gives all sorts of weird and unholy powers to software makers.
It would be better to support your favorite opens source computing platform, encourage others to the same, so as to put market pressure on proprietary software makers to change their distasteful ways.
One project worth supporting is Wine, which will eventually give decent compatibility for those few windows apps you can't do without on a stable platform.
I wonder if a huge nuke would be cheaper and easier to construct and launch?
I think the primary argument against this is of the increased likelyhood of some of the resultant pieces of the asteroid would hit earth.
But I too belong to the "if it's a problem, nuke it" school of thought.