For you or me, I'd probably agree, and I prefer having my information on my home computer where I can back it up, and do with it as I want.
For medium to large-ish corporations, there might be some advantage in deploying something like this in-house though.
You have one point for backup (which could happen already relatively easily), but you also gain an easy point of upgrade to all of your clients (corproate users), plus the price may be very competitive compared to MS Office for a corporate deployment, and you may not be dealing with "tiered internet" issues since most of your users are in-house (depending on what satellite office links are in use).
Granted this is just speculation, but don't assume that everything that happens on the net is always for the benefit of those people using it.
Sometimes things like this are as much about creating a buzz and showcasing technology for business, as about how many regular people use it.
You might not be an early-adopter of the next one, but you might see it as a way of "future proofing" your purchase... especially with the compatibility MS was touting around at the time.
If you hadn't bought a PS1 when the PlayStation2 came out, would you spend some more, and get a console that could play most of the old games as well as the new ones (once they drop in price)? You might if you're thinking long term.
Of course MS's idea of "backward compatibility" is a joke, but the average consumer might not know that.
What's wrong with the death penalty for the worst offenders? Some people deserve to die, IMNSHO.
Thus proving the GP's point that the US justice system, and the death penalty in particular, exists to dole out revenge, plain and simple. You may not want to call it that because "revenge" is an ugly word, but that is the simple truth of the matter.
"
Okay, I'll bite.
I'm in favor of the death penalty but against using it.
Most murderers might be innocent, they might reform, or they might be slime, for all I know. The crime may have been a singular occurence, a tragic accident, something beyond their control, or performed in the heat of the moment. In any event, for the opportunity to NOT kill an innocent person, it makes sense for the state to take on the responsibility to feed and house an inmate.
On the other hand, very rarely (less rarely than I'd like), there are truly agregeous individuals who decide that the value of anothers life is of no consequence to them. The chance that they might reform, while certainly existing, is far from overwhelming. Why should society bare the burden of feeding and housing such individuals? Why should guards be forced to risk their lives to deal with such individuals? Why should those who view others lives, repeatedly, and consistently as having no value, be treated any differently?
"I seriously doubt that long-time Mac users are getting excited about the OSX command line interface."
True, on the other hand I've met a lot of long-time Unix users that are getting excited about the OSX GUI and CLI, and quite a few that are switchign to Macs as a result.
They have great plans for Home/Office and Business. I've recommended them for a few companies I work with as a consultant, and they have all been very satisfied with the results. I have also been very happy with them, the few times I have had to call up their customer support at some rediculous hour in the morning to chase down a problem (during initial setup and configuration, never once the connection has been up and running, and I've got one customer using them for going on 10 years now).
The downside? They work through Covad which means three layers of companies to get your connection set up (or resolve a hardware issue outside your immediate gateway router): Your ILEC for the local loop, Covad as the CLEC for the backbone, and Speakeasy as the ISP. That said, I have had very few issues with this. The other downside? They can cost a bit more than a connection through your local cable provider or ILEC (for a given speed).
The upside? They offer accounts that are very free of restrictions (including running servers, P2P, and I remember seeing them offering to work with you to provide/bill wireless access through your connection, or allow you offer it free if you wanted). Most plans include static IP addresses (they know who their selling to), and they've been quick to resolve the few issues I've had.
Usually it goes more like "The provider can change the terms of this service at any time. The most current copy of these terms can be found at insert url."
Yeah, you can say "Those weren't the terms I started out with!" or "Did they change?" but, if you are allowed to cancel at any time (or they are at most required to honor the old terms through the current period paid for... increasingly a month-to-month contract for services), then it essentially means that they can change at any time to anything they want.
"Oh, and you DID keep a copy of your original Terms of Service... right?"
This works within your network at home because you are still the primary user. Your router using traffic shaping and bittorrent getting very few packets through? No problem. It just means you're doing something else with the connection, so you don't mind. If you're ISP starting doing this en-masse, then you have a different situation (not in terms of what is being done, but in terms of whose traffic is getting through).
Most ISPs are touting how fast they are vs. Dial-Up... with no mention of minimum guarenteed bandwidth, or "peak theoretical speed" to the customer. To customer's weened on this marketting campaign, they are paying for a big, always available pipe to connect their home/office to the internet.
If they prioritized all traffic the way you are suggesting, and some people almost always used BT, then would they get ANY bandwidth? Some bandwidth? Does that mean they are paying as much as other people for a given connection but not getting to use anywhere near as much? People won't tollerate that.
Eventually all ISPs are going to have to move to a new pricing model specifically because of high-bandwidth applications that exploit the architecture (BT, Video-On-Demand, VoIP). The problem with current pricing model is that the ISP is selling based on Burst usage (for cable/DSL), with no minimum guarenteed level of performance. If your ISP said, "Hey, we'll gaurentee you 5mbps, but if you might be able to burst up to 20mbps". People might be more willing to tollerate traffic shaping (and tiered pricing for different guarenteed bandwidths).
Most NDAs I've seen contain specific exclusions against testomony compelled by a court of law, since (at least in the U.S.), a contract can not trump a court of law.
If RiM decided to depose him, there is little NTP could have done about it (in terms of suing him for breach of contract). RiM would have had to have some idea what questions to ask, since perhaps Goodfellow couldn't be too 'helpful' during the deposition, but they wouldn't have been able to stop him from talking to them.
The catch would have been HOW RiM decided to depose him, but I suppose some annonymous tipster might have been able to help there.
The move of a lot of companies (within the tech sector) of making workers 1099 "Consultants" instead of W-2 "Employees" also moves this along.
It saves the company money by removing the obligation to pay health care or benefits, as well as their share of Social Security and employment taxes, and places the requirment to pay those taxes squarely on the employees shoulders (along with quarterly taxes and late penalties). This means that while two people may be earnign the same base pay, a W-2 employee is actually earning closer to 1.5x as much as a 1099 employee (post taxes).
"... I wonder how many low number/. accounts have actually been sold on Ebay."
Brings new meaning to the term "Estate Sale".
"Next up for bid, this wonderful Slashdot account. Only slightly tarnished with an a Karma rating of Excellent, and a six digit ID. If this isn't your cup of tea, we'll be auctioning off an authentic World of Warcraft account. These are very popular with the "retro set" as Blizzard has graciously kept one sever running for die-hard fans, even though they have not allowed new accounts to be created.":)
A bona fide installation disc for Microsoft Windows XP, Service Pack 2, Home or Professional (No multi-disc, upgrade or Media Center versions.)
Just a quick note, but if you have ANY copy of WinXP SP2, you can use a program called nLite to make a version that slipstreams in (includes) SP2, hotfixes, and drivers (possibly including the Apple Drivers).
I had to use it to set up my new machine that only had SATA drives, when I only had an original WinXP disk, and I was able to slipstream it into a WinXP SP2 disk without a problem, but it might lower the bar to find a copy of a CD around that you can use.
Flyers that list the issues, games and what DRM is on them (including "none") and websites with more information would be a start.
A group willing to stand outside their local EBGames, GameStop and hand out the above flyer would be the next step.
An overall group organizing and willing to educate consumers is probably the way to go for an effective boycott/lobby group as well as a way to reach those who may not got on-line enough to care.
A side effect of this sort of thing might be driving more consumers to console gaming where DRM protection schemes are so entrenched its considered "normal".
We have about 14 years and counting to design and build a resupply mission! With some luck and some serious effort, we should be able to get out there and resupply/refit Voyager before they have to shut it down. Wishful thinking, perhaps, but it would provide a focus for interstellar space exploration at least.
On a slightly related note.... assuming that manned comercial exploration becomes a reality, as does interstellar travel, how long do you figure before someone DOES fly a mission to "collect" one or more of our early interstellar probes? (either as a museum piece, or for a private collector).
I kept saying the same thing, until my wife wouldn't let me get away with it anymore.
I finally settled on a 19" from Samsung which has been great (of course now that I use a PowerBook for work I'm getting spoiled by the 'widescreen' aspect ratio, but thats a different story).
two things that finally pushed me over the edge to get a Flat Planel monitor:
1) It helped me reclaim desk space from my old 19" monitor. 2) the 19" flat panels are 19" viewable, vs. the CRTs which are an inch or two less on the diagnal than the size.
This meant that by giving up my old CRT monitor I: A) got my desk back (and could put the monitor in the center which was more ergonomic than the corner) B) got a larger screen C) helped lower my electric bill:) (and no more flicker from EM emmissions... and no Ghosting either:)
On the down side, I figure this monitor will NEVER last as long as my old CRT did, but it has a dual VGA/DVI interface, and should last at least the 5-10 years I've had my CRT (since I upgraded from a 15"), at which point I'll get a low-end HoloProjector to replace it:D
MS decided to go with emulation because the hardware alternative (sticking an Intel chipset and nVidia graphics core) was unpalatable. It's the exact same technique Revolution is going to use to emulate 20-year old consoles, and Sony will likely do the same thing.
Sony may do something similar, but what made them decide to do this in the PS2, was that they were already including the chips that made up the PS1 processor (but using them in a different capacity) inside the box. I imagine that made it easier to switch to an emulation mode since they didn't have to emulate the underlying hardware, just the interface layer. I've heard rumors that the PS3 will include the PS2 chipset (and possibly the PS1 chipset as well), again, performing a different roll. If true this would provide them the same advantage in allowing backward compatibility that, while not 100% (very few things are), should hopefully be better than the XBox360's (not that thats saying much).
Ditto. I also work and live in NYC. I use my PSP to/from work to play games. I've also been able to start listening to music and watching video (transfered from TiVo and re-encoded/downloaded to PSP memory stick). The thing that held me back before was ambient noise. In the subway, the ambient noise in a train car can be pretty loud. I finally stumbled on the ER6 ear-buds from Etymotic. Their great, I can listen to music on an iPod or PSP with the volume down at the half way mark (instead of having to crank it to max to compete with ambient noise). As an added bonus, the buds are black so their less of give-a-way vs. the white "I have a high-tech gadget" ones.
I'm amazed at the number of PSPs I see while commuting. Yeah, the number of iPods dwarfs the PSP number, but I've yet to see more than a handful of DS or GBAs. When I do, their usually low teens. The majority of the people I see with PSPs are high-teens and adults.
My favorite is was a three piece suit type using a PSP right next to a teen on his way to high school. Made me wonder if they were running a WiFi matchup:)
All that said, UMD just was not marketed right to work, and I've never known anyone who had a UMD movie, since there was little incentive to buy them instead of DVDs, especially once the 1GB and 2GB MemoryStick PRO cards came out.
Yeah, I agree. Graphics make a game. Take a game with a great story but mediocre graphics like the original "Alone in the Dark" on the PC.
Okay, I don't completely agree.
Don't get me wrong. Graphics ARE important. I also believe that there is still room for improvement, but the important question is: do the 'current' level of graphics allow for a whole range games to be made, without bumping the graphic level much, by providing good gameplay, stories, and content?
Sony and MS both feel the need to hold out their clockspeeds and polygon counts and measure up. Nintendo decided to give a pass.
From a technological point of view I think Sony and MS have the right idea. I plan on buying a PS3 at some point (especially since I hear a new Ratchet & Clank title is being developed for it), since I've been enjoying my PS2.
From a buisness perspective Nintendo's view has a lot of merit though. For starters they could very well be making money on the console itself (or at the very least loosing much less then Sony and MS). This means they need to sell fewer titles per console to be back in the black on a given units sale. Add to that the more mass market appeal of the games and the pricepoint, and they might have something. After reading the current bunch of articles I'm going to keep an eye on the Revolution as a possible second console for my wife, something I hadn't considered before, but one that makes sense as a price point.
If not everyone buys a PS3 or X-Box360, but a fair number of people who buy one or the other, also buy a Revolution as a second box, in addition to those who ONLY buy a Revolution, Nintendo it would seem, wins:)
I agree. For a lot of people, they have an HD Ready TV, but only a few channels to get content on, and none of it (for the majority of people), is recordable content they can watch when THEY want to (read this as:"can use to show off to their friends at any time"). If you have a player (and most people agree that the PS3 will help with market penetration), then the logical choice is to spend a few (insert your currency here), and get a blu-ray disk. Perhaps the first one or two will just be for *wow* factor, but, unless you expecitly need DVD compatibility (for instance you have a portable DVD player, one in every bedroom in your house, etc.), you'll probably find that you're buying more and more of your movies in Blu-Ray format.
An easy clincher to move people to the new format might be for Studios to release the "specials" we've come to know and want on Blu-Ray only, while the DVD version might contain either a stripped down version of the extras, or just a plain vanilla version of the movie.
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For you or me, I'd probably agree, and I prefer having my information on my home computer where I can back it up, and do with it as I want.
For medium to large-ish corporations, there might be some advantage in deploying something like this in-house though.
You have one point for backup (which could happen already relatively easily), but you also gain an easy point of upgrade to all of your clients (corproate users), plus the price may be very competitive compared to MS Office for a corporate deployment, and you may not be dealing with "tiered internet" issues since most of your users are in-house (depending on what satellite office links are in use).
Granted this is just speculation, but don't assume that everything that happens on the net is always for the benefit of those people using it.
Sometimes things like this are as much about creating a buzz and showcasing technology for business, as about how many regular people use it.
Yes
You might not be an early-adopter of the next one, but you might see it as a way of "future proofing" your purchase ... especially with the compatibility MS was touting around at the time.
If you hadn't bought a PS1 when the PlayStation2 came out, would you spend some more, and get a console that could play most of the old games as well as the new ones (once they drop in price)? You might if you're thinking long term.
Of course MS's idea of "backward compatibility" is a joke, but the average consumer might not know that.
He actually had tried it, but unfortunately things got messy when there was a driver panic.
Okay, I'll bite.
I'm in favor of the death penalty but against using it.
Most murderers might be innocent, they might reform, or they might be slime, for all I know. The crime may have been a singular occurence, a tragic accident, something beyond their control, or performed in the heat of the moment. In any event, for the opportunity to NOT kill an innocent person, it makes sense for the state to take on the responsibility to feed and house an inmate.
On the other hand, very rarely (less rarely than I'd like), there are truly agregeous individuals who decide that the value of anothers life is of no consequence to them. The chance that they might reform, while certainly existing, is far from overwhelming. Why should society bare the burden of feeding and housing such individuals? Why should guards be forced to risk their lives to deal with such individuals? Why should those who view others lives, repeatedly, and consistently as having no value, be treated any differently?
"I seriously doubt that long-time Mac users are getting excited about the OSX command line interface."
True, on the other hand I've met a lot of long-time Unix users that are getting excited about the OSX GUI and CLI, and quite a few that are switchign to Macs as a result.
Glad to help point you in the right direction:
http://www.speakeasy.net
They have great plans for Home/Office and Business. I've recommended them for a few companies I work with as a consultant, and they have all been very satisfied with the results. I have also been very happy with them, the few times I have had to call up their customer support at some rediculous hour in the morning to chase down a problem (during initial setup and configuration, never once the connection has been up and running, and I've got one customer using them for going on 10 years now).
The downside? They work through Covad which means three layers of companies to get your connection set up (or resolve a hardware issue outside your immediate gateway router): Your ILEC for the local loop, Covad as the CLEC for the backbone, and Speakeasy as the ISP. That said, I have had very few issues with this. The other downside? They can cost a bit more than a connection through your local cable provider or ILEC (for a given speed).
The upside? They offer accounts that are very free of restrictions (including running servers, P2P, and I remember seeing them offering to work with you to provide/bill wireless access through your connection, or allow you offer it free if you wanted). Most plans include static IP addresses (they know who their selling to), and they've been quick to resolve the few issues I've had.
Usually it goes more like "The provider can change the terms of this service at any time. The most current copy of these terms can be found at insert url."
... increasingly a month-to-month contract for services), then it essentially means that they can change at any time to anything they want.
... right?"
Yeah, you can say "Those weren't the terms I started out with!" or "Did they change?" but, if you are allowed to cancel at any time (or they are at most required to honor the old terms through the current period paid for
"Oh, and you DID keep a copy of your original Terms of Service
This works within your network at home because you are still the primary user. Your router using traffic shaping and bittorrent getting very few packets through? No problem. It just means you're doing something else with the connection, so you don't mind. If you're ISP starting doing this en-masse, then you have a different situation (not in terms of what is being done, but in terms of whose traffic is getting through).
... with no mention of minimum guarenteed bandwidth, or "peak theoretical speed" to the customer. To customer's weened on this marketting campaign, they are paying for a big, always available pipe to connect their home/office to the internet.
Most ISPs are touting how fast they are vs. Dial-Up
If they prioritized all traffic the way you are suggesting, and some people almost always used BT, then would they get ANY bandwidth? Some bandwidth? Does that mean they are paying as much as other people for a given connection but not getting to use anywhere near as much? People won't tollerate that.
Eventually all ISPs are going to have to move to a new pricing model specifically because of high-bandwidth applications that exploit the architecture (BT, Video-On-Demand, VoIP). The problem with current pricing model is that the ISP is selling based on Burst usage (for cable/DSL), with no minimum guarenteed level of performance. If your ISP said, "Hey, we'll gaurentee you 5mbps, but if you might be able to burst up to 20mbps". People might be more willing to tollerate traffic shaping (and tiered pricing for different guarenteed bandwidths).
Most NDAs I've seen contain specific exclusions against testomony compelled by a court of law, since (at least in the U.S.), a contract can not trump a court of law.
If RiM decided to depose him, there is little NTP could have done about it (in terms of suing him for breach of contract). RiM would have had to have some idea what questions to ask, since perhaps Goodfellow couldn't be too 'helpful' during the deposition, but they wouldn't have been able to stop him from talking to them.
The catch would have been HOW RiM decided to depose him, but I suppose some annonymous tipster might have been able to help there.
The move of a lot of companies (within the tech sector) of making workers 1099 "Consultants" instead of W-2 "Employees" also moves this along.
It saves the company money by removing the obligation to pay health care or benefits, as well as their share of Social Security and employment taxes, and places the requirment to pay those taxes squarely on the employees shoulders (along with quarterly taxes and late penalties). This means that while two people may be earnign the same base pay, a W-2 employee is actually earning closer to 1.5x as much as a 1099 employee (post taxes).
Brings new meaning to the term "Estate Sale".
"Next up for bid, this wonderful Slashdot account. Only slightly tarnished with an a Karma rating of Excellent, and a six digit ID. If this isn't your cup of tea, we'll be auctioning off an authentic World of Warcraft account. These are very popular with the "retro set" as Blizzard has graciously kept one sever running for die-hard fans, even though they have not allowed new accounts to be created."
Might be one of the reasons why Mac *doesn't* supply an HFS+ driver.
... I see the headline now "Windows Virus Crosses OS Boundry and Infects Mac" :)
If you download one then thats your repsonsibility, they can't stop you, but you can't hold them accountable.
Joy
Just a quick note, but if you have ANY copy of WinXP SP2, you can use a program called nLite to make a version that slipstreams in (includes) SP2, hotfixes, and drivers (possibly including the Apple Drivers).
I had to use it to set up my new machine that only had SATA drives, when I only had an original WinXP disk, and I was able to slipstream it into a WinXP SP2 disk without a problem, but it might lower the bar to find a copy of a CD around that you can use.
Nah, wasn't talking about building a new probe, just trying to picture if we had the interstellar capabilities to catch up to it and resupply it.
:) , or more "realistically" something like the IGPX pit-stop vehicle)
(kinda pictured a space-bourne version of a NASCAR pit crew
Flyers that list the issues, games and what DRM is on them (including "none") and websites with more information would be a start.
A group willing to stand outside their local EBGames, GameStop and hand out the above flyer would be the next step.
An overall group organizing and willing to educate consumers is probably the way to go for an effective boycott/lobby group as well as a way to reach those who may not got on-line enough to care.
A side effect of this sort of thing might be driving more consumers to console gaming where DRM protection schemes are so entrenched its considered "normal".
or get a SATA optical with the right adapter card that also looks like a SCSI drive :)
Good to know (and a bit sad).
... assuming that manned comercial exploration becomes a reality, as does interstellar travel, how long do you figure before someone DOES fly a mission to "collect" one or more of our early interstellar probes? (either as a museum piece, or for a private collector).
You hear that everyone?
We have about 14 years and counting to design and build a resupply mission! With some luck and some serious effort, we should be able to get out there and resupply/refit Voyager before they have to shut it down. Wishful thinking, perhaps, but it would provide a focus for interstellar space exploration at least.
On a slightly related note.
Good point. Set up that sig about 4 years ago. Been meaning to change it since I graduated and enjoyed getting a pay check, thanks for the reminder. :)
I kept saying the same thing, until my wife wouldn't let me get away with it anymore.
:) (and no more flicker from EM emmissions ... and no Ghosting either :)
:D
I finally settled on a 19" from Samsung which has been great (of course now that I use a PowerBook for work I'm getting spoiled by the 'widescreen' aspect ratio, but thats a different story).
two things that finally pushed me over the edge to get a Flat Planel monitor:
1) It helped me reclaim desk space from my old 19" monitor.
2) the 19" flat panels are 19" viewable, vs. the CRTs which are an inch or two less on the diagnal than the size.
This meant that by giving up my old CRT monitor I:
A) got my desk back (and could put the monitor in the center which was more ergonomic than the corner)
B) got a larger screen
C) helped lower my electric bill
On the down side, I figure this monitor will NEVER last as long as my old CRT did, but it has a dual VGA/DVI interface, and should last at least the 5-10 years I've had my CRT (since I upgraded from a 15"), at which point I'll get a low-end HoloProjector to replace it
Sony may do something similar, but what made them decide to do this in the PS2, was that they were already including the chips that made up the PS1 processor (but using them in a different capacity) inside the box. I imagine that made it easier to switch to an emulation mode since they didn't have to emulate the underlying hardware, just the interface layer. I've heard rumors that the PS3 will include the PS2 chipset (and possibly the PS1 chipset as well), again, performing a different roll. If true this would provide them the same advantage in allowing backward compatibility that, while not 100% (very few things are), should hopefully be better than the XBox360's (not that thats saying much).
Ditto. I also work and live in NYC. I use my PSP to/from work to play games. I've also been able to start listening to music and watching video (transfered from TiVo and re-encoded/downloaded to PSP memory stick). The thing that held me back before was ambient noise. In the subway, the ambient noise in a train car can be pretty loud. I finally stumbled on the ER6 ear-buds from Etymotic. Their great, I can listen to music on an iPod or PSP with the volume down at the half way mark (instead of having to crank it to max to compete with ambient noise). As an added bonus, the buds are black so their less of give-a-way vs. the white "I have a high-tech gadget" ones.
:)
I'm amazed at the number of PSPs I see while commuting. Yeah, the number of iPods dwarfs the PSP number, but I've yet to see more than a handful of DS or GBAs. When I do, their usually low teens. The majority of the people I see with PSPs are high-teens and adults.
My favorite is was a three piece suit type using a PSP right next to a teen on his way to high school. Made me wonder if they were running a WiFi matchup
All that said, UMD just was not marketed right to work, and I've never known anyone who had a UMD movie, since there was little incentive to buy them instead of DVDs, especially once the 1GB and 2GB MemoryStick PRO cards came out.
Hmmm interesting, but whats its storage capacity like? How many "Libraries of Congress" can it hold? :D
Yeah, I agree. Graphics make a game. Take a game with a great story but mediocre graphics like the original "Alone in the Dark" on the PC.
:)
Okay, I don't completely agree.
Don't get me wrong. Graphics ARE important. I also believe that there is still room for improvement, but the important question is: do the 'current' level of graphics allow for a whole range games to be made, without bumping the graphic level much, by providing good gameplay, stories, and content?
Sony and MS both feel the need to hold out their clockspeeds and polygon counts and measure up.
Nintendo decided to give a pass.
From a technological point of view I think Sony and MS have the right idea. I plan on buying a PS3 at some point (especially since I hear a new Ratchet & Clank title is being developed for it), since I've been enjoying my PS2.
From a buisness perspective Nintendo's view has a lot of merit though. For starters they could very well be making money on the console itself (or at the very least loosing much less then Sony and MS). This means they need to sell fewer titles per console to be back in the black on a given units sale. Add to that the more mass market appeal of the games and the pricepoint, and they might have something. After reading the current bunch of articles I'm going to keep an eye on the Revolution as a possible second console for my wife, something I hadn't considered before, but one that makes sense as a price point.
If not everyone buys a PS3 or X-Box360, but a fair number of people who buy one or the other, also buy a Revolution as a second box, in addition to those who ONLY buy a Revolution, Nintendo it would seem, wins
I agree. For a lot of people, they have an HD Ready TV, but only a few channels to get content on, and none of it (for the majority of people), is recordable content they can watch when THEY want to (read this as:"can use to show off to their friends at any time"). If you have a player (and most people agree that the PS3 will help with market penetration), then the logical choice is to spend a few (insert your currency here), and get a blu-ray disk. Perhaps the first one or two will just be for *wow* factor, but, unless you expecitly need DVD compatibility (for instance you have a portable DVD player, one in every bedroom in your house, etc.), you'll probably find that you're buying more and more of your movies in Blu-Ray format.
An easy clincher to move people to the new format might be for Studios to release the "specials" we've come to know and want on Blu-Ray only, while the DVD version might contain either a stripped down version of the extras, or just a plain vanilla version of the movie.