Oddly enough, despite the fact that this is hailed as something that snowboarders would use, it is mentioned nowhere that this outfit (or the MD player) is waterproof. Admittedly, I've never snowboarded before (damned snowless FL), but I can imagine with the inevitable wipeouts, some snow would HAVE to get inside the jacket. And what about an actual hardened protective layer for the MD player? I can only imagine if you fall on it, it's toast.
It's not a contradiction. It basically says that if you've ever written (good?) code, not necessarily in PHP, this is a good reference to get you introduced to the nuances of the language. However, if you're a total neophyte, and have never written code in any language, then this would not be the way to go.
When you get right down to it, MP3 is now a recognized and (mostly) accepted medium. Despite the fact that Ogg is a superior format, and open source to boot, I think it's going to be an uphill battle. Manufacturers aren't going to rush to develop for it, because there's always a fear of doing something new and innovative in a realm where there's already a clear and established niche. And people aren't going to want to get a portable Ogg player, because it's not what they're used to ("Ogg? What's that? A new virus?"). Not to mention ripping all their CDs AGAIN. And that's even assuming they owned them in the first place. If not (most likely), they'll be encoding from lossy to lossy. Most people I know aren't audiophiles, and only get 128, maybe 160 if it's available, so sound quality from a 128 MP3 to even a decent quality Ogg will be bad. It's a wicked circle, and it's a damned shame. I have a Zaurus, but it doesn't have NEARLY the battery life to double as a portable Ogg player. Here's to hoping someone in the portable music industry has some balls and decides to take a chance.
I'm a little unsure of what this will accomplish. Is it only going to alert you to the newest threats out there, or is it actually going to give info on how to protect your computer from them as well? Hopefully, one would think one would naturally lead to the other, but as someone already said, this IS the government running it. =)
Despite what the title says, it's not restricted to just VCD information. It has a LOT of information about damn near any DVD player out on the market now. Has a section that compares which DVD players can do what. Might be worth a look.
In a recent interview, they said that it would not be uncommon to see 80 MB textures in Doom 3. 80 MB for ONE texture! Now I think I finally have a need for that ATI 9700 I've been drooling over.
I don't pretend to be remotely knowledgeable on the subject, but would it be possible to use multiple lasers in one CDRW to get around the whole higher-velocity = shattered CDs problem? Seems like a feasible idea, at least in theory. Anyone know of any companies who have tried this?
And herein lies the problem. I've read numerous times where people in this forum have railed against the RIAA, stating "If they made it cheap and downloadable, I'd buy it!" Well, unfortunately, Sony called our bluff. It's time to put up or shut up. Provided they offer digital music that isn't in some whacked proprietary format and ripped at a decent bitrate (196+), there's no reason not to do what you've been saying that you'd do.
I'm guilty of it too, and once I look into it a bit, I have no problem dropping $10 for a CD I like.
Seems like Sony's managed to pull its head out of its ass only part of the way. As has been stated before, no one's gonna pay for what can be gotten for free. Now, if people want to find obscure stuff that isn't floating around on most P2P networks, and Sony can offer that, that might be an incentive. Maybe offer a sliding scale for the quality, ie: 128 would NOT cost the same as something encoded at 160+.
There are DVDs out there that will not play on a DVD player that's set to "region-free". You have to set it to the reion of the DVD you're watching. One DVD (Snatch) comes to mind: I had my Raite 715 set to "region free" and when I put the DVD in, it said "We're sorry but this DVD will not play in a region free player." or something to that effect. I just had to set it to region 1, and it had no problems. Lame and easily defeated, yet irritating.
Limit it to the life of the author....
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Why not limit protection to the life of the artist/author/etc. or a predetermined time (set by the type of artwork), whichever is shorter? What good does protecting a piece of art serve once the artist isn't around anymore? None that I can see, other than to enrich his/her estate, who most likley had no hand in the creative process to begin with.
I had my wedding ring made out of titanium and gold. The gold is encased in the titanium, visible as a center ring sandwiched between the titanium. That ring has gotten more abused than any other ring I've had, and it's held up remarkably well. The occasional cleaning makes it look almost good as new.
Ok, if you read the ToS, it is said that they can change any part of the service agreement at any time. However, the reason they need to do this is because they oversold the market. They don't have the resources to keep up with demand, and now they're doing what AT&T did back in the 80's when they started to run low on pairs: charge more for them. The only problem is, as I hope they'll soon discover, that solution doesn't work. People will still pay for the service they're accustomed to. Kinda like cigarettes. They'll keep jacking the prices up and people will keep on buying them.
Don't get me wrong, they have every right to do this, it is their network, it's just a shame we have to pay for their lack of foresight. I'm not a pr0n/warez/music junkie, but I do use Usenet extensively to download TV shows, seeing as how I work odd hours and my VCR's crapped out on me. And seeing has how I just purchased a house in a TW area, I'm kinda stuck. Yay.
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And what about the ethics of changing history?
There would be government laws to control time travel, he believes.
Oh good. Governmental control. That makes me feel a WHOLE lot better. There's no WAY a government would misuse something as mundane as time travel...
I'm gonna need some backup on this one....I've been scouring the news sites, and can't find anything about this...what radio station did you hear it on? They have a website?
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Oddly enough, despite the fact that this is hailed as something that snowboarders would use, it is mentioned nowhere that this outfit (or the MD player) is waterproof. Admittedly, I've never snowboarded before (damned snowless FL), but I can imagine with the inevitable wipeouts, some snow would HAVE to get inside the jacket. And what about an actual hardened protective layer for the MD player? I can only imagine if you fall on it, it's toast.
It's not a contradiction. It basically says that if you've ever written (good?) code, not necessarily in PHP, this is a good reference to get you introduced to the nuances of the language. However, if you're a total neophyte, and have never written code in any language, then this would not be the way to go.
When you get right down to it, MP3 is now a recognized and (mostly) accepted medium. Despite the fact that Ogg is a superior format, and open source to boot, I think it's going to be an uphill battle. Manufacturers aren't going to rush to develop for it, because there's always a fear of doing something new and innovative in a realm where there's already a clear and established niche. And people aren't going to want to get a portable Ogg player, because it's not what they're used to ("Ogg? What's that? A new virus?"). Not to mention ripping all their CDs AGAIN. And that's even assuming they owned them in the first place. If not (most likely), they'll be encoding from lossy to lossy. Most people I know aren't audiophiles, and only get 128, maybe 160 if it's available, so sound quality from a 128 MP3 to even a decent quality Ogg will be bad. It's a wicked circle, and it's a damned shame. I have a Zaurus, but it doesn't have NEARLY the battery life to double as a portable Ogg player. Here's to hoping someone in the portable music industry has some balls and decides to take a chance.
I'm a little unsure of what this will accomplish. Is it only going to alert you to the newest threats out there, or is it actually going to give info on how to protect your computer from them as well? Hopefully, one would think one would naturally lead to the other, but as someone already said, this IS the government running it. =)
Seems like a sort of Bugtraq list for viruses and malicious code. Sounds like a great idea, if it can get off the ground. Let's hope it does.
Despite what the title says, it's not restricted to just VCD information. It has a LOT of information about damn near any DVD player out on the market now. Has a section that compares which DVD players can do what. Might be worth a look.
Just get a site on the front page of /. and wait 20 mins. Using the same analogy, that'd be what? 8-9 on the Richter scale?
Does that make AOL the equivalent of the San Andreas fault?
Damn it all. This was NOT a troll, it was simply a mis-reading of an article. Ah well, down from Neutral to Bad for a bit...
Well, as soon as you manage to get Duke Nukem: Forever finished, then you'll be able to! =)
They've already stated that the multi-player is going to be more than 4 player, and somehow based on P2P technology.
In a recent interview, they said that it would not be uncommon to see 80 MB textures in Doom 3. 80 MB for ONE texture! Now I think I finally have a need for that ATI 9700 I've been drooling over.
Maybe Techware Labs offended the poster in some way? Figured a good /.ing would be a good way to teach them a lesson? =)
I don't pretend to be remotely knowledgeable on the subject, but would it be possible to use multiple lasers in one CDRW to get around the whole higher-velocity = shattered CDs problem? Seems like a feasible idea, at least in theory. Anyone know of any companies who have tried this?
It's not protected. I bought it and have ripped it on 2 different computers with no problem.
Now I need to flash my BIOS just to upgrade my web browser? Sheesh.
And herein lies the problem. I've read numerous times where people in this forum have railed against the RIAA, stating "If they made it cheap and downloadable, I'd buy it!" Well, unfortunately, Sony called our bluff. It's time to put up or shut up. Provided they offer digital music that isn't in some whacked proprietary format and ripped at a decent bitrate (196+), there's no reason not to do what you've been saying that you'd do.
I'm guilty of it too, and once I look into it a bit, I have no problem dropping $10 for a CD I like.
Seems like Sony's managed to pull its head out of its ass only part of the way. As has been stated before, no one's gonna pay for what can be gotten for free. Now, if people want to find obscure stuff that isn't floating around on most P2P networks, and Sony can offer that, that might be an incentive. Maybe offer a sliding scale for the quality, ie: 128 would NOT cost the same as something encoded at 160+.
There are DVDs out there that will not play on a DVD player that's set to "region-free". You have to set it to the reion of the DVD you're watching. One DVD (Snatch) comes to mind: I had my Raite 715 set to "region free" and when I put the DVD in, it said "We're sorry but this DVD will not play in a region free player." or something to that effect. I just had to set it to region 1, and it had no problems. Lame and easily defeated, yet irritating.
Why not limit protection to the life of the artist/author/etc. or a predetermined time (set by the type of artwork), whichever is shorter? What good does protecting a piece of art serve once the artist isn't around anymore? None that I can see, other than to enrich his/her estate, who most likley had no hand in the creative process to begin with.
I had my wedding ring made out of titanium and gold. The gold is encased in the titanium, visible as a center ring sandwiched between the titanium. That ring has gotten more abused than any other ring I've had, and it's held up remarkably well. The occasional cleaning makes it look almost good as new.
Ok, if you read the ToS, it is said that they can change any part of the service agreement at any time. However, the reason they need to do this is because they oversold the market. They don't have the resources to keep up with demand, and now they're doing what AT&T did back in the 80's when they started to run low on pairs: charge more for them. The only problem is, as I hope they'll soon discover, that solution doesn't work. People will still pay for the service they're accustomed to. Kinda like cigarettes. They'll keep jacking the prices up and people will keep on buying them.
Don't get me wrong, they have every right to do this, it is their network, it's just a shame we have to pay for their lack of foresight. I'm not a pr0n/warez/music junkie, but I do use Usenet extensively to download TV shows, seeing as how I work odd hours and my VCR's crapped out on me. And seeing has how I just purchased a house in a TW area, I'm kinda stuck. Yay.
And what about the ethics of changing history?
There would be government laws to control time travel, he believes.
Oh good. Governmental control. That makes me feel a WHOLE lot better. There's no WAY a government would misuse something as mundane as time travel...
Ah. Clever. Do you not have something better to do at 1:30 in the morning?
I'm gonna need some backup on this one....I've been scouring the news sites, and can't find anything about this...what radio station did you hear it on? They have a website?