In all likelihood, "DRM" is to honor their contract with publishers, who would probably not agree unless something to prevent printing (or make it harder) was in place
Take at a look at the company's website. This is quite amazing. From looking at the specs, they are able to control translucency (doesn't mention to what degree), *AND* the working prototype has touch screen interactivity. Which means that this could possibly be extended to an actual interface (rather than just some floating billboard).
54 THOUSAND servers cost way more than $1m. I'd figure a conservative $2k per server...that's a $108M. But you're point is still valid. This is chump change for some of the bigger players.
I think we're missing the point here...its not only for music. Use it in your digital camera..
if i recall correctly, Sony came out with a *bulky* digital camera that burnt images directly onto a cd. And it would make travelling with a digital camera easier too...
They also have a blurb about e-books on the data play site, but i don't know about that...:)
Here's another article on the 'last mile problem'.
About a company called Tearbeam. Not very technical. Might want to check out the company website.
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/02/27/tera be am/index.html
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Artificial domain!?? What exactly do you find artificial about a computer? Software, by itself, my not be tangible, but it instructs hardware... which seems pretty real to me. Perhaps I'm working on a project, and I make a few changes to the TCP implementation on linux or BSD, and play with that. Hey, I might find something.
And as for MP3's, the whole reason why they are so popular is that the 'friendly neighbourhood music' is way overpriced in the first place.
We're all amateur scientists (most of us:), and, like any other scientist, we're bounded by physical constraints. Sure, we build and work over abstractions, but that's how things evolve.
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In all likelihood, "DRM" is to honor their contract with publishers, who would probably not agree unless something to prevent printing (or make it harder) was in place
My Haiku:
A Word
A song
A Kurzweil Poetry Machine.
RFTA. This is not a dupe.
Take at a look at the company's website. This is quite amazing. From looking at the specs, they are able to control translucency (doesn't mention to what degree), *AND* the working prototype has touch screen interactivity. Which means that this could possibly be extended to an actual interface (rather than just some floating billboard).
54 THOUSAND servers cost way more than $1m. I'd figure a conservative $2k per server...that's a $108M.
But you're point is still valid. This is chump change for some of the bigger players.
I think we're missing the point here...its not only for music. Use it in your digital camera..
if i recall correctly, Sony came out with a *bulky* digital camera that burnt images directly onto a cd. And it would make travelling with a digital camera easier too...
They also have a blurb about e-books on the data play site, but i don't know about that...:)
Here's another article on the 'last mile problem'.a be am/index.html
About a company called Tearbeam. Not very technical. Might want to check out the company website.
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/02/27/ter
Artificial domain!?? What exactly do you find artificial about a computer? Software, by itself, my not be tangible, but it instructs hardware ... which seems pretty real to me. Perhaps I'm working on a project, and I make a few changes to the TCP implementation on linux or BSD, and play with that. Hey, I might find something.
:), and, like any other scientist, we're bounded by physical constraints. Sure, we build and work over abstractions, but that's how things evolve.
And as for MP3's, the whole reason why they are so popular is that the 'friendly neighbourhood music' is way overpriced in the first place.
We're all amateur scientists (most of us
Server rooms? imagine what this could do for laptops etc.!
anyone know where we can get more information?
thanks