As you may notice if you read my comment, it was about the DRMs and not about Windows version X (which I don't really care because I don't use at all). The DRMs are starting to be omnipresent and this is really bad, just try by yourself to copy a scene from a bluray movie to include it in a report, a parody, a backup or any other fair use, you will find that there are obstacles in your way.
Even if you would settle for a downgrade of the artwork it will be difficult to find something to convert the HDMI ouput signal to something recordable because of HDCP feature of HDMI.
Content publishers, hardware manufacturers and software publishers are working hands in hands to lock the cultural content in DRMs. To all this insanity you add the american DMCA and patent office to it and you will find that there is an oligopoly protected by the governement which is impeding seriously in your access to culture.
I'm not an american, I'm not even a constitutional expert in my country but I would think that access to culture should be a civil right and that any civil right should be part of the constitution of every countries.
Just think of what you are not advocating for a minute.
For the sake of civil liberties, culture and sanity and as weird as it may seems I am not joking. Laws are made by the people for the people and some disconnected tenants of some ivory towers need to be reminded of it.
Well, continue to not explain to your kids what kind of annoyance she can encounter in life, do not explain her anything that could help her recognize that she's confronted to a sexual predator online or in real life, continue to paint the reality around your kid with the bright color of dreams, prevent her from learning communication skills and you will make honor to the name you gave yourself in the signature of the reply you made to me.
What's the point of cushionning young eyes from the reality of life? You think your kids do not have it in them to cope with life? if it's the case you'll be considered an old fart sooner than you think.
Could someone explain the concept of what it does to people when you implement a god feature to these:
-Adobe: Not providing a Stop/shutoff/ and other controls to their flash, (especially notable when we have an ad invading the text of an article we're trying to read)
-DVD consortium / Sony (Blue Ray): for everytime they use that "no skip bit" for forcing the display of annoying anti-piracy ads
can we produce a black whiteness? can we produce a filled emptyness? can we produce a hard softness? can we produce a rich poverty? can we produce an Open DRM?
If crippleware is illegal there would be many lawsuits to do against all who produce DRMs (Macrovision included) and as well against those who enforced of the "no-skip" flag in DVD players.
That would be very satisfying just to know.
If it is not illegal we should make it illegal, it's a democracy after all!
Without E-Ink it doesn't matter if you have the content or not, your display will not be practical enough, it may have bells and whistles, colors, speed and touchscreen but your battery will run out faster and for reading comfort the resolution won't be enough. Battery life (e-ink does not consume current to maintain a drawn screen, nor does it needs any backlight) and the number of pixels in a page counts so much more than the rest for reading.
If you don't like terms and conditions of a car dealer you can go and buy in another dealership because it is a free market, when it comes to Microsoft Windows it is the unique point of entry of a whole market, the Windows compatible software market.
In other words; saying No to Microsoft forces you to say No to a few thousands companies. Saying No to Ford does not forces you out of any road trip destination.
So it is not the same as buying a car. Microsoft is a monopoly and it has no reason to be one except for the selfish interest of Microsoft...
On Linux With a capture card like the Hauppage PVR350 and a very simple (but sturdy) script you could have a streaming video source...
You may then either use the same machine as a base to encode incoming streams (using multiple PVR-250 cards) or you may use other machines on a simple local network to do so... using NFS....
If the streams come already encoded you could use ffmpeg to re-encode any type of streams that is not compatible to the PVR-350..
Try to imagine this; you're on a stage, you're doing the third take of a scene at the end of a long day. Your prop guy (Andy) chose MS Windows XP, he did set it up in a hurry the same day (everything's behind schedule on a set), your actors are finally in the proper mood for the scene, you're in the middle of filming it and bang, MS Update warns you there is an update available for you and that you should update it now...
"CUT!, Andy, next time get me a real OS, will you?."
How were they encoded? Which bitrates were used? At the decoding, were there any noise-filter used? How could the author called his monitor a HDTV reference when it's only capable of 1366 x 768 (which is not full HD but more like half-HD, full HD is 1920x1080)
One of these days blind people will see through the use of some implants connected to a digital camera, early prototypes are on the work (just search for it in/.)... will it means that blind people will have to suffer this stupid invention?
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Your comment is the most pertinent of all here, it's sad it didn't get noticed.
A Seldonist.
As you may notice if you read my comment, it was about the DRMs and not about Windows version X (which I don't really care because I don't use at all). The DRMs are starting to be omnipresent and this is really bad, just try by yourself to copy a scene from a bluray movie to include it in a report, a parody, a backup or any other fair use, you will find that there are obstacles in your way.
Even if you would settle for a downgrade of the artwork it will be difficult to find something to convert the HDMI ouput signal to something recordable because of HDCP feature of HDMI.
Content publishers, hardware manufacturers and software publishers are working hands in hands to lock the cultural content in DRMs. To all this insanity you add the american DMCA and patent office to it and you will find that there is an oligopoly protected by the governement which is impeding seriously in your access to culture.
I'm not an american, I'm not even a constitutional expert in my country but I would think that access to culture should be a civil right and that any civil right should be part of the constitution of every countries.
Just think of what you are not advocating for a minute.
My cut&pasted title got truncated and it looks awful now.
For the sake of civil liberties, culture and sanity and as weird as it may seems I am not joking. Laws are made by the people for the people and some disconnected tenants of some ivory towers need to be reminded of it.
omg, didn't know that one...
Thx
http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/13/gefen-hd-mate-scaler-and-switch/
I personally have one and I wrote an article on this thing:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/meantux/2188250245/
At home I got my PS3, my obsolete HDDVD player and my cable top Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8300HD connected to my HDMate inputs.
Well, continue to not explain to your kids what kind of annoyance she can encounter in life, do not explain her anything that could help her recognize that she's confronted to a sexual predator online or in real life, continue to paint the reality around your kid with the bright color of dreams, prevent her from learning communication skills and you will make honor to the name you gave yourself in the signature of the reply you made to me.
What's the point of cushionning young eyes from the reality of life? You think your kids do not have it in them to cope with life? if it's the case you'll be considered an old fart sooner than you think.
like a weird hoax to make gas price go down a little, it may work this way.
Could someone explain the concept of what it does to people when you implement a god feature to these:
-Adobe: Not providing a Stop/shutoff/ and other controls to their flash, (especially notable when we have an ad invading the text of an article we're trying to read)
-DVD consortium / Sony (Blue Ray): for everytime they use that "no skip bit" for forcing the display of annoying anti-piracy ads
It would be nice if they get the message one day.
can we produce a black whiteness?
can we produce a filled emptyness?
can we produce a hard softness?
can we produce a rich poverty?
can we produce an Open DRM?
err... not really?
If crippleware is illegal there would be many lawsuits to do against all who produce DRMs (Macrovision included) and as well against those who enforced of the "no-skip" flag in DVD players.
That would be very satisfying just to know.
If it is not illegal we should make it illegal, it's a democracy after all!
Without E-Ink it doesn't matter if you have the content or not, your display will not be practical enough, it may have bells and whistles, colors, speed and touchscreen but your battery will run out faster and for reading comfort the resolution won't be enough. Battery life (e-ink does not consume current to maintain a drawn screen, nor does it needs any backlight) and the number of pixels in a page counts so much more than the rest for reading.
If you don't like terms and conditions of a car dealer you can go and buy in another dealership because it is a free market, when it comes to Microsoft Windows it is the unique point of entry of a whole market, the Windows compatible software market.
In other words; saying No to Microsoft forces you to say No to a few thousands companies. Saying No to Ford does not forces you out of any road trip destination.
So it is not the same as buying a car. Microsoft is a monopoly and it has no reason to be one except for the selfish interest of Microsoft...
I just don't understand why his article was given so much credit as to be linked in Slashdot.
I agree with the comment: without the facts this is not a worthy story
On Linux With a capture card like the Hauppage PVR350 and a very simple (but sturdy) script you could have a streaming video source...
You may then either use the same machine as a base to encode incoming streams (using multiple PVR-250 cards) or you may use other machines on a simple local network to do so... using NFS....
If the streams come already encoded you could use ffmpeg to re-encode any type of streams that is not compatible to the PVR-350..
Try to imagine this; you're on a stage, you're doing the third take of a scene at the end of a long day. Your prop guy (Andy) chose MS Windows XP, he did set it up in a hurry the same day (everything's behind schedule on a set), your actors are finally in the proper mood for the scene, you're in the middle of filming it and bang, MS Update warns you there is an update available for you and that you should update it now...
"CUT!, Andy, next time get me a real OS, will you?."
I'll drink to that!...
Would it be possible to the community to layout the specifications, fabrication methods of the next generation of media?
How were they encoded? Which bitrates were used?
At the decoding, were there any noise-filter used?
How could the author called his monitor a HDTV reference when it's only capable of 1366 x 768 (which is not full HD but more like half-HD, full HD is 1920x1080)
One of these days blind people will see through the use of some implants connected to a digital camera, early prototypes are on the work (just search for it in /.)... will it means that blind people will have to suffer this stupid invention?
Actually, the main reason why WMAs are used is because of the DRMs, so it is still true to say that DRMs cause battery life to shorten.
This is the weirdest idea... the day Apple will be "mainstreamized" this way will be the death of Apple. all other hardware cost less.
10000Watts / (40 x (60 secs/minutes x 60 mins/hours)) = 0.069444 Wh (and not KWh as I wrote above, sorry)
1.5 Volts * 2.5Ah = 3.75 Wh
I just wrote a K too many, but besides that all the numbers are valids as for the 50 cars to make the equivalent of a 2.5mAh AA battery.