I don't understand web filtering at all, not even for schools. How are the kids supposed to learn about personal responsibility with internet in the first place if everything is filtered nice and tidy.
Of course they'll soon find numerous ways to circumvent the restrictions and learn that "bending" the rules is just fine, but personal responsibility...?
I think the main reason for people being unwilling to buy pocket size video players is the tiny screen. What would be the content that you must have as a video clip, have to see "on the road" and can be watched on a screen of the size of a large stamp?
There is none. Actually I'm kinda suspicious about the photo ipods; does someone actually upload their photo gallery to an ipod just to be able to watch them while away? On a such a small screen?
Iris scanners arent cheap, atleast not yet. The store selling dvds with this kind of drm would have to train the personnel to use the new expensive gizmos, which costs money too. Some store owners are so cheap (applies atleast in !USA) they dont want to accept credit cards just because it costs them 1% or a bit more extra.
An interesting question is how is this supposed to work when buying on-line? Rentals? Libraries?
And the obvious: how long will it survive until it gets obsoleted by cracks and mods?
As a consumer I think naming products with "proper" names is a very good practice. One will straight away be able to remember the type of cpu, cellphone or whatever it is one just bought.
For example, cell phone maker Nokia labels its phones with (more or less) cryptic 4 digit numbers and i think it just plain sucks. "My phone is the new 3567.. no 3675.. err 3765.. or was it 3760..?"
The names, when chosen properly, can even be informative and actually tell something about the product, like the Mac^H^Horris Mini.
Or you might want to wait a bit more after the Prescott release, because I heard both AMD and Intel are planning to release more chips that are even more powerful!! And quantum stuff too is years closer now than 1990...;)
Degaussing your monitor emits just a short pulse every 5 seconds or so. I don't think it's enough "magnetic noise" to saturate headset receiver, especially if the communication itself is digital over magnetic waves/fields with error correction and all.
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I don't understand web filtering at all, not even for schools. How are the kids supposed to learn about personal responsibility with internet in the first place if everything is filtered nice and tidy.
Of course they'll soon find numerous ways to circumvent the restrictions and learn that "bending" the rules is just fine, but personal responsibility...?
I think the main reason for people being unwilling to buy pocket size video players is the tiny screen. What would be the content that you must have as a video clip, have to see "on the road" and can be watched on a screen of the size of a large stamp?
There is none. Actually I'm kinda suspicious about the photo ipods; does someone actually upload their photo gallery to an ipod just to be able to watch them while away? On a such a small screen?
Iris scanners arent cheap, atleast not yet. The store selling dvds with this kind of drm would have to train the personnel to use the new expensive gizmos, which costs money too. Some store owners are so cheap (applies atleast in !USA) they dont want to accept credit cards just because it costs them 1% or a bit more extra.
An interesting question is how is this supposed to work when buying on-line? Rentals? Libraries?
And the obvious: how long will it survive until it gets obsoleted by cracks and mods?
Waste of time and waste of money.
As a consumer I think naming products with "proper" names is a very good practice. One will straight away be able to remember the type of cpu, cellphone or whatever it is one just bought.
For example, cell phone maker Nokia labels its phones with (more or less) cryptic 4 digit numbers and i think it just plain sucks. "My phone is the new 3567.. no 3675.. err 3765.. or was it 3760..?"
The names, when chosen properly, can even be informative and actually tell something about the product, like the Mac^H^Horris Mini.
> Or just get tape backups and save a gazillion ollars.
You might want to check the GB/$ ratio. it's not that cheap anymore, plus you have to be inserting cartidges every few days etc.
Or you might want to wait a bit more after the Prescott release, because I heard both AMD and Intel are planning to release more chips that are even more powerful!! And quantum stuff too is years closer now than 1990... ;)
Degaussing your monitor emits just a short pulse every 5 seconds or so. I don't think it's enough "magnetic noise" to saturate headset receiver, especially if the communication itself is digital over magnetic waves/fields with error correction and all.