While the Prius driver with a mobile phone would be completely oblivious to his surroundings, at least he would be driving so slowly that he couldn't actually damage anything or anyone in a collision.
Sounds like that would be the time for Free Open Source R&D. Unless of course... openly developed physical goods are in some way different than openly developed software?
We all know that some day labor and manufacturing costs WILL approach zero. Lets pretend that day was yesterday, and look at examples of success that already exist.
Tires that don't deflate after a puncture, nails that improve the structural integrity of a house, dish soap that actually moisturizes your hands. These are the marks of real progress, either in safety or comfort.
I wonder though... supposing this does get it's patent awarded (which I believe to be quite deserving), what would happen if building codes were made to be so strict as to require a nail of a performance level only the HQ1 and HQ2 could provide. Considering pizza and beer is more expensive than using these, cost really isn't a reason to deny such a change. Imagine if every county along the gulf coast made this buiilding code change; you would have legislated monopoly. Odd then, that it would be for the betterment of all (except competing companies, of course.).
I'm not sure how I would feel if some kind of revolutionary breakthrough in some field or another made a patened safety device that was legislated into a building requirement nationally, thus patenting other companies out of business in that particular product segment. After all, you're only requiring a certain minimum level of safety. It just so happens that a certain company holds the patent on that safety.
You're being just as blind as the RIAA. It's not a matter of sales and "stolen" sales. Look at how many people bought your album through a distribution channel you sanctioned. Now look at why. Some of those people obtained it illegally, and liked it enough to get a legal version. Now look at how many people have your music and obtained it in some way that you didn't get compensated. Some of those people never would have paid for it to begin with.
AllOfMp3 is unique in that it is getting people to pay a very tiny amount, when they otherwise would never have paid anything at all. AllOfMp3 and the iTMS both are getting different people to spend money that would never have been spent. AllOfMp3 tends not to compensate some labels, but AllOfMp3's customers are typically people that would not have compensated those labels either. There's evidence both analytical and anecdotal to prove this.
Generally speaking, if someone didn't pay full price for an album, they wouldn't have paid full price for an album.
That's the URL to your post. Sometimes, sending text is considerably faster than voice, and tone doesn't matter. Particularly when it comes to/. URLs. How exactly is someone supposed to make sense of "ech tee tee pee colon slash slash slash dot dot org slash" ?
At one point I tried switching to a keyboard with a windows key; everyone kept saying how great it was. Personally, I didn't find any of those key functions nearly useful enough to keep me away from my Model M. It's stayed true to me since 1986, I guess I'm just rather accustomed to it and it's lack of said key.
Dell and HP have already committed to Blu-Ray. It would make sense for Apple to choose the same format and avoid the whole DVD-RAM problem they had last time.
You might be interested in TDK's protective coating that is currently in place for (expensive) DVDs and will be available on BDs as well. It's a coating that's factory applied and has to meet DVD/BD specs, so no worry about it flying apart in your optical drive. From what I understand they're tough enough to withstand a child with a screwdriver, and also have a bit of UV protection.
If one of the two formats decides to offer reduced licensing fees to the porn industry for the first few years, say until 2007 or 2008, that will be the format that wins. The initial cost to setup Blu-Ray or HD-DVD is nothing compared to a few years of licensing fees.
For those that care, the average donation amounts to about 47$. Even the smallest of donations were quite helpful here. I do wonder if anyone actually donated the 8000$ max...
You know the industry will have dual format readers. There's no way they are going to shoot themselves in the foot by forcing customers to buy two different players to watch their movies.
In regards to computer purchases: The PS3 will be using Blu-Ray. I'm a gamer first, and that ultimately dictates my hardware purchases. My first burner will be Blu-Ray. What with HP and Dell embracing Blu-Ray, it looks like I'm not the only one that will be using Blu-Ray as their first blue laser burner.
So the current score is:
HD-DVD: Four studios Blu-Ray: Two Studios, Two Computer Manufacturers, and the incumbent console.
I don't care if my constant string of greens at midnight is interrupted by someone approaching the intersection from a different direction. I can wait. The problem with long stetches of yellow lights is that it contributes to considerable speeding. When I used to live in mid-missouri, I'd frequently have to worry about people driving at 90+ speeds down the main roads late at night, and it always felt like a gamble trying to cross or make a left turn. Sometimes they're stupid enough to do that in the right lane, and every so often I'd see on the news that someone got nailed making a right turn onto Old 63.
Oh, and trust me, my expensive, over-engineered lights work very, very well at peak times here in Sacramento. I've driven in 21 states so far, in both urban and rural areas in each one, and I can tell you California's road and highway system can't be beat.
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Size 13 shoe? My Model M would surely hurt more than any ordinary shoe.
I'm 26, have spent time in 36 different states, buy my Tang at Safeway, and had a glass this afternoon. Does that help you at all?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk-Bone
I just hope someone makes a phone using the Mobile-ITX motherboard VIA recently announced - and keeps it open to development.
http://techreport.com/onearticle.x/12623
While the Prius driver with a mobile phone would be completely oblivious to his surroundings, at least he would be driving so slowly that he couldn't actually damage anything or anyone in a collision.
Sounds like that would be the time for Free Open Source R&D. Unless of course... openly developed physical goods are in some way different than openly developed software?
We all know that some day labor and manufacturing costs WILL approach zero. Lets pretend that day was yesterday, and look at examples of success that already exist.
Tires that don't deflate after a puncture, nails that improve the structural integrity of a house, dish soap that actually moisturizes your hands. These are the marks of real progress, either in safety or comfort.
I wonder though... supposing this does get it's patent awarded (which I believe to be quite deserving), what would happen if building codes were made to be so strict as to require a nail of a performance level only the HQ1 and HQ2 could provide. Considering pizza and beer is more expensive than using these, cost really isn't a reason to deny such a change. Imagine if every county along the gulf coast made this buiilding code change; you would have legislated monopoly. Odd then, that it would be for the betterment of all (except competing companies, of course.).
I'm not sure how I would feel if some kind of revolutionary breakthrough in some field or another made a patened safety device that was legislated into a building requirement nationally, thus patenting other companies out of business in that particular product segment. After all, you're only requiring a certain minimum level of safety. It just so happens that a certain company holds the patent on that safety.
You're being just as blind as the RIAA. It's not a matter of sales and "stolen" sales. Look at how many people bought your album through a distribution channel you sanctioned. Now look at why. Some of those people obtained it illegally, and liked it enough to get a legal version. Now look at how many people have your music and obtained it in some way that you didn't get compensated. Some of those people never would have paid for it to begin with.
AllOfMp3 is unique in that it is getting people to pay a very tiny amount, when they otherwise would never have paid anything at all. AllOfMp3 and the iTMS both are getting different people to spend money that would never have been spent. AllOfMp3 tends not to compensate some labels, but AllOfMp3's customers are typically people that would not have compensated those labels either. There's evidence both analytical and anecdotal to prove this.
Generally speaking, if someone didn't pay full price for an album, they wouldn't have paid full price for an album.
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=148647&cid=124 60714
/. URLs. How exactly is someone supposed to make sense of "ech tee tee pee colon slash slash slash dot dot org slash" ?
That's the URL to your post. Sometimes, sending text is considerably faster than voice, and tone doesn't matter. Particularly when it comes to
At one point I tried switching to a keyboard with a windows key; everyone kept saying how great it was. Personally, I didn't find any of those key functions nearly useful enough to keep me away from my Model M. It's stayed true to me since 1986, I guess I'm just rather accustomed to it and it's lack of said key.
The PDF version of the review for subscribers is 100+ pages long.
Dell and HP have already committed to Blu-Ray. It would make sense for Apple to choose the same format and avoid the whole DVD-RAM problem they had last time.
You might be interested in TDK's protective coating that is currently in place for (expensive) DVDs and will be available on BDs as well. It's a coating that's factory applied and has to meet DVD/BD specs, so no worry about it flying apart in your optical drive. From what I understand they're tough enough to withstand a child with a screwdriver, and also have a bit of UV protection.
SanDisk makes CF cards up to 8 GB and Type II PC Cards up to 16 GB, though they're tough to find.
http://sandisk.com/pressrelease/20041109.htm
Obviously I didn't RTFA soon enough. My question about dual layer RW devices still stands though.
I've seen R9 media as low as 1$ a disk, but it's write once, not rewrite. Are there even any R9 rewritable devices available?
That thing makes an awfully ugly ring, but would be a perfect set of cuff links to go with my circuitboard business card case.
It really doesn't matter to me if they came from Australia or a tsunami; all I want to know is, can I eat them?
If one of the two formats decides to offer reduced licensing fees to the porn industry for the first few years, say until 2007 or 2008, that will be the format that wins. The initial cost to setup Blu-Ray or HD-DVD is nothing compared to a few years of licensing fees.
How about six gigabit ports?
For those that care, the average donation amounts to about 47$. Even the smallest of donations were quite helpful here. I do wonder if anyone actually donated the 8000$ max...
It's also worth noting that a PIN is not limited to 4 numbers. I'm not sure what the limit is, but I know it's more than four.
You know the industry will have dual format readers. There's no way they are going to shoot themselves in the foot by forcing customers to buy two different players to watch their movies.
In regards to computer purchases: The PS3 will be using Blu-Ray. I'm a gamer first, and that ultimately dictates my hardware purchases. My first burner will be Blu-Ray. What with HP and Dell embracing Blu-Ray, it looks like I'm not the only one that will be using Blu-Ray as their first blue laser burner.
So the current score is:
HD-DVD: Four studios
Blu-Ray: Two Studios, Two Computer Manufacturers, and the incumbent console.
Care to hedge your bet?
I know it's not from the Mozilla Firefox team, but here is the msi you're looking for.
I don't care if my constant string of greens at midnight is interrupted by someone approaching the intersection from a different direction. I can wait. The problem with long stetches of yellow lights is that it contributes to considerable speeding. When I used to live in mid-missouri, I'd frequently have to worry about people driving at 90+ speeds down the main roads late at night, and it always felt like a gamble trying to cross or make a left turn. Sometimes they're stupid enough to do that in the right lane, and every so often I'd see on the news that someone got nailed making a right turn onto Old 63.
Oh, and trust me, my expensive, over-engineered lights work very, very well at peak times here in Sacramento. I've driven in 21 states so far, in both urban and rural areas in each one, and I can tell you California's road and highway system can't be beat.