The New York Times ran a story about this today, I don't have the url handy, but it's in the tech section (free reg, etc...)Although it is still a bit murky on the details, it seems this is actually the backbone of an alternate, pay network. It does mention compensation for users who act as hubs for content and ads, so there goes the "sue 'em for stolen cycles" angle.
It might be true that people like what is played on the radio, but what is played on the radio comes directly from what people like. Nearly everything that gets play on any station, in any format, (baring college, community, and the odd independent station) comes directly from market testing with 8 second "hooks." The record companies suggest (and maybe influence *cough*) selections, but in the end the people choose (if in a somewhat sterile survey and focus group based setting).
Don't get me wrong-- exploring the cosmos and bringing light to halt is great and all, but I'm not going to be impressed until I can get by without ever having to use my muscles again. And, have you ever tried to mount a plasma canon on a Segway? Forget it. It's like I always say, robots need to spend less time welding, and more time kicking ass.
I'm holding out for the inclusion of "Amplitude Modulation" technology. I read a preview of it in the July 1899 issue of American Electrician-- it looks like it will be *the* format for christian and sports talk broadcasts.
Please understand, I approach this as a mental midget. If I'm entirely off base-- sorry.
Is this in anyway similar to asserting ownership of a trademark? I don't really know (but I assume I will soon enough) who, if anyone, owns the "CD" trademark, but it seems to me, that if media which does not conform to the necessary standards becomes widely known as "CD"s, whoever does own the rights (again, if anyone) would lose them--> like zippers and frisbes.
The celeron might be slower, but it beats the PII 400 I've used it to replace. I just upgraded to the celeron on my 3.5 year old Dell. $170 buys the chip and slotkit.
Because Intel is still producing inferior chips with slow bus speeds, I can play Black & White. Part of the fun of tech advances, is the way they pull up the rear, while dropping prices.
The question isn't whether or not the courts should have this much power, but rather, why don't they wield this power more often. If you ignore the whole Networking/Microsoft part of the story, I know it's hard, your left with the Judicial Branch preventing the Executive branch from violating its citizens' constitutional right to privacy. It's checks and balances all the way. And it kinda feels nice to see the courts finding in favor of the people for once.
Now if every insecure network with private data on it was forced offline...
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The New York Times ran a story about this today, I don't have the url handy, but it's in the tech section (free reg, etc...)Although it is still a bit murky on the details, it seems this is actually the backbone of an alternate, pay network. It does mention compensation for users who act as hubs for content and ads, so there goes the "sue 'em for stolen cycles" angle.
It might be true that people like what is played on the radio, but what is played on the radio comes directly from what people like. Nearly everything that gets play on any station, in any format, (baring college, community, and the odd independent station) comes directly from market testing with 8 second "hooks." The record companies suggest (and maybe influence *cough*) selections, but in the end the people choose (if in a somewhat sterile survey and focus group based setting).
Don't get me wrong-- exploring the cosmos and bringing light to halt is great and all, but I'm not going to be impressed until I can get by without ever having to use my muscles again. And, have you ever tried to mount a plasma canon on a Segway? Forget it. It's like I always say, robots need to spend less time welding, and more time kicking ass.
I'm holding out for the inclusion of "Amplitude Modulation" technology. I read a preview of it in the July 1899 issue of American Electrician-- it looks like it will be *the* format for christian and sports talk broadcasts.
Please understand, I approach this as a mental midget. If I'm entirely off base-- sorry.
Is this in anyway similar to asserting ownership of a trademark? I don't really know (but I assume I will soon enough) who, if anyone, owns the "CD" trademark, but it seems to me, that if media which does not conform to the necessary standards becomes widely known as "CD"s, whoever does own the rights (again, if anyone) would lose them--> like zippers and frisbes.
The celeron might be slower, but it beats the PII 400 I've used it to replace. I just upgraded to the celeron on my 3.5 year old Dell. $170 buys the chip and slotkit.
Because Intel is still producing inferior chips with slow bus speeds, I can play Black & White. Part of the fun of tech advances, is the way they pull up the rear, while dropping prices.
The question isn't whether or not the courts should have this much power, but rather, why don't they wield this power more often. If you ignore the whole Networking/Microsoft part of the story, I know it's hard, your left with the Judicial Branch preventing the Executive branch from violating its citizens' constitutional right to privacy. It's checks and balances all the way. And it kinda feels nice to see the courts finding in favor of the people for once.
Now if every insecure network with private data on it was forced offline...