The article is a bit vague, but I think this is really trying to match up identical files that just differ in meta-information. So this won't be downloading parts of completely different files, it's just not relying on file names to find matches.
You would think... but the politicians who wrote the law remembered to put in a clause allowing politicians to continue to call you. Nice of them, wasn't it?
I was a the Tibeten Freedom Festival at RFK stadium (washington DC) several years ago. It was a cloudy, overcast day... but dry.
Midway through the day, lightening struck a woman one section over from where I was sitting. She was talking on her cell phone at the time. She wasn't at the highest point in the stadium, and in no other way seemed to differentiate herself from those around her.
About 15min later the rest of the thunderstorm moved into the area. But the bolt that hit her was the first hint a storm was coming.
I'm still pissed I didn't get to see radiohead that night. At least I read a couple weeks later that she did survive.
Actually, you are mistaken. You do not need to show a proper ID to get your ticket. You need to show one to check your luggage, but you can get your ticket without showing any id from those check in machines, assuming you are carrying on everything.
Why no new maps? Is the bobsled course the same every time? Are the downhill or cross-country ski courses exactly the same? How about cycling? The venues do change, so maps could change... Not every event is the same for every olympics, so changes to the maps or gaming engines could happen.
Actually, It wouldn't kill apple... but it might kill OS-X.
I'm convinced Apple's hardware would nicely fill the market currently occupied by Sony VAIO's and the higher-end thinkpads. So that wouldn't go away.
But even if apple computer stopped selling, they still have their iPod/iTunes income. So for the first time in history apple could sell the OS without the computer, And even if no one bought it they would have a source of income that could sustain them.
$5 a month for something you will probably use a couple times a year (at most)? on top of your verizon plan, on top of the tivo monthly fee, on top of the broadband connection... (this won't work if your tivo still works on dial-up)
Never mind (as 50 other posts mentioned) the free alternatives...
Just last year I interviews for a position (I'm a white male). The tech interview was brutal, but i thought I did pretty good. The next day an indian friend of mine (the interviewer was also indian) interviewed for the same position. We both agreed I had more experience and was better for the job, but only my friend was offered the position. He also said he received nothing but easy questions,and couldn't believe some of the things I had to do on the interview.
I firmly believe there is racism in this industry. Only isn't not the white males that are the only ones being racist.
So you want a wiretap version of security through obscurity? Guess what, they will find a way if they need to.
Contrary to what the tinfoil hat types say, the FBI and police do NOT wiretap without a court order. It's a waste of their time and resources. If they find anything with an illegal wiretap, they can't use it and would face loosing their jobs and criminal proceedings. I personally know FBI agents, they wouldn't even think about it.
Now, if they do have the court order, technical issues will not stop them. Making it "more difficult" is just going to make it take more tax dollars.
Clearchannel has purchased many of the stations in my area. There is now nothing new being played on the radio. They are playing the same old formula junk... Sure, there may be new songs, but it's the same old artists.
So if I only have the same songs (that I already own) being played on the radio, Nothing resembling music on MTv, and not allowed to "Pirate" music over the net... How am I suppose to find new music? The answer is, I don't. That is why i only purchased 1 cd last year. With the price of CD's, There is no way I'm buying something without hearing it first.
They actually enforce this kind stuff. My company brought a bunch of 802.11b stuff over there for an event, and the day we set it up someone from their department of silly walks and radios showed up to talk to us about it.
In the end we had everything in order, and a large 802.11b installation will probably draw more attention than a fm transmitter speeding down the road, but they do watch.
YES! I totally agree with Maha and Thomas Distributing as a recommendation. I've been using my maha and cells from Thomas Dist for years, and have nothing but good experiences with both.
Yes, in theory it was possible... But at what risk? How do you no the rescue ship wouldn't have had the same problem on launch? And we will never know if they spy satellites could have seen the damage on the wing...
And what of the risk of sending a crew up on a mission with zero training for that specific mission? As I understand it, they practice space walks for months ahead of time... The suggest this space walk with no training at all. And rushing another space shuttle into orbit doesn't exactly sound safe.
Sure, there is a chance they could have saved them. We could also have lost twice as many people.
Really, this just sounds like a witch hunt, and someone laying the groundwork for lawsuits.
Uhhhh, Modding cars has been around a lot longer than you think. Car modding has been around since Ford decided all model T's would be black. (before then all cars were custom made, no modding needed).
It's just the current style of modding that has changed.
Well, the RIAA probably won't care too much. You can't share them from the tivo, you can't boy them from the tivo. You can only play them on the tivo. So from the RIAA POV, it's less threatening than an iPod.
The MPAA? Well, the tivo keeps macrovision intact, so it's not going to change the way people pirate movies. And tivo is only providing a way to transfer shows/movies from one tivo to another tivo on the same network. Tivo is activly discouraging people from transfering shows over the net.
Tivo is a small company, and they know they can't stand up to the Instrustry lawyers. They are doing everything then can to stay on the good side of the evil empires.
How about the "Should Slashdot cache articles?" Is it more ethical to mirror a website without permission, or to send a ton of traffic to their site costing them money?
Slashdot Mirror
The article is a bit vague, but I think this is really trying to match up identical files that just differ in meta-information. So this won't be
downloading parts of completely different files, it's just not relying on file names to find matches.
You would think... but the politicians who wrote the law remembered to put in a clause allowing politicians to continue to call you. Nice of them, wasn't it?
I was a the Tibeten Freedom Festival at RFK stadium (washington DC) several years ago. It was a cloudy, overcast day... but dry.
Midway through the day, lightening struck a woman one section over from where I was sitting. She was talking on her cell phone at the time.
She wasn't at the highest point in the stadium, and in no other way seemed to differentiate herself from those around her.
About 15min later the rest of the thunderstorm moved into the area. But the bolt that hit her was the first hint a storm was coming.
I'm still pissed I didn't get to see radiohead that night. At least I read a couple weeks later that she did survive.
--ST
Actually, you are mistaken. You do not need to show a proper ID to get your ticket. You need to show one to check your luggage,
but you can get your ticket without showing any id from those check in machines, assuming you are carrying on everything.
--ST
Apple's Display technology - known as Quartz - utilizes the PDF Drawing model.
Source:apple
So I'm guessing that apple took care of the licensing issues far in advance.
--ST
Why no new maps? Is the bobsled course the same every time? Are the downhill or cross-country ski courses exactly the same? How about cycling? The venues do change, so maps could change... Not every event is the same for every olympics, so changes to the maps or gaming engines could happen.
Actually, It wouldn't kill apple... but it might kill OS-X.
I'm convinced Apple's hardware would nicely fill the market currently occupied by Sony VAIO's and the higher-end thinkpads. So that wouldn't go away.
But even if apple computer stopped selling, they still have their iPod/iTunes income. So for the first time in history apple could sell the OS without the computer, And even if no one bought it they would have a source of income that could sustain them.
$5 a month for something you will probably use a couple times a year (at most)?
on top of your verizon plan, on top of the tivo monthly fee, on top of the broadband connection...
(this won't work if your tivo still works on dial-up)
Never mind (as 50 other posts mentioned) the free alternatives...
Just doesn't make financial sense.
Just last year I interviews for a position (I'm a white male). The tech interview was brutal, but i thought I did pretty good.
The next day an indian friend of mine (the interviewer was also indian) interviewed for the same position. We both agreed I had more experience and was better for the job, but only my friend was offered the position. He also said he received nothing but easy questions,and couldn't believe some of the things I had to do on the interview.
I firmly believe there is racism in this industry. Only isn't not the white males that are the only ones being racist.
I would pay this amount (or slightly more) depending on the circumstances.
1) DRM - Can't be more intrusive than iTunes
2) Movies are hi-def. 720p.
3) there is an easy to use option (other than a HTPC) to display these movies in my entertainment center.
4) The download method does not involve peer to peer. If I'm paying for it, I'm not donating my bandwith to the company.
--ST
Ah, shouldn't you at least adjust the price for inflation?
We haven't even reached the speed of light, and already they have a speed trap.
So you want a wiretap version of security through obscurity? Guess what, they will find a way if they need to.
Contrary to what the tinfoil hat types say, the FBI and police do NOT wiretap without a court order. It's a waste of their time and resources. If they find anything with an illegal wiretap, they can't use it and would face loosing their jobs and criminal proceedings. I personally know FBI agents, they wouldn't even think about it.
Now, if they do have the court order, technical issues will not stop them. Making it "more difficult" is just going to make it take more tax dollars.
--ST
Clearchannel has purchased many of the stations in my area. There is now nothing new being played on the radio. They are playing the same old formula junk... Sure, there may be new songs, but it's the same old artists.
So if I only have the same songs (that I already own) being played on the radio, Nothing resembling music on MTv, and not allowed to "Pirate" music over the net... How am I suppose to find new music? The answer is, I don't. That is why i only purchased 1 cd last year. With the price of CD's, There is no way I'm buying something without hearing it first.
--st
They actually enforce this kind stuff. My company brought a bunch of 802.11b stuff over there for an event, and the day we set it up someone from their department of silly walks and radios showed up to talk to us about it.
In the end we had everything in order, and a large 802.11b installation will probably draw more attention than a fm transmitter speeding down the road, but they do watch.
--T
YES! I totally agree with Maha and Thomas Distributing as a recommendation. I've been using my maha and cells from Thomas Dist for years, and have nothing but good experiences with both.
--T
No need for fancy new toys:
live feed from Bourbon St
--st
Yes, in theory it was possible... But at what risk? How do you no the rescue ship wouldn't have had the same problem on launch? And we will never know if they spy satellites could have seen the damage on the wing...
And what of the risk of sending a crew up on a mission with zero training for that specific mission? As I understand it, they practice space walks for months ahead of time... The suggest this space walk with no training at all. And rushing another space shuttle into orbit doesn't exactly sound safe.
Sure, there is a chance they could have saved them. We could also have lost twice as many people.
Really, this just sounds like a witch hunt, and someone laying the groundwork for lawsuits.
--T
Is anyone surprised to see that Microsoft is one of the companys using this new format?
--st
Plus, apple denied that they had already made an offer. They didn't say anything about making an offer in the future.
--ST
Uhhhh, Modding cars has been around a lot longer than you think. Car modding has been around since Ford decided all model T's would be black. (before then all cars were custom made, no modding needed).
It's just the current style of modding that has changed.
--T
The Washington Post Story Your karma whoring friend... --T
That is correct, but the university is getting its name dragged through the mud. This bad publicity isn't exactly a reward for cooperating.
--T
Well, the RIAA probably won't care too much. You can't share them from the tivo, you can't boy them from the tivo. You can only play them on the tivo. So from the RIAA POV, it's less threatening than an iPod.
The MPAA? Well, the tivo keeps macrovision intact, so it's not going to change the way people pirate movies. And tivo is only providing a way to transfer shows/movies from one tivo to another tivo on the same network. Tivo is activly discouraging people from transfering shows over the net.
Tivo is a small company, and they know they can't stand up to the Instrustry lawyers. They are doing everything then can to stay on the good side of the evil empires.
--ST
How about the "Should Slashdot cache articles?" Is it more ethical to mirror a website without permission, or to send a ton of traffic to their site costing them money?
--nw