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I STILL Want My HDTV
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I would bet people with HD TV's recieving HD programing would spend more time watching TV than average, watch longer, and prefer HD programs to standard programs.
Commercials are not broadcast in HDTV, nor are they widescreen. As a viewer, it is very akward to see the transition from programming to commercials.
Perhaps I'm missing something obvious, but how might you take notes, lookup information, or otherwise use the PDA part of your "phone" while you talk on it?
You must take into account that Sony also has a substantial amount of its revenue (last time I checked it was around 30%) from content. Cony owns Columbia Pictures and Records, Sony Pictures Classics has some films in the running for the Oscars. These may be reasons why Sony is more agressive in standardizing the manufacturing world, whereas Philips will help its consumers use their products to whatever they choose.
darn. I just finished up a business proposal and I was in the process of setting up meetings with VCs in the Valley, NYC, Singapore, and Milan. Unfortunatly, the business and website I planned to offer is what this dude made in 1996 and what Tumbleweed has patented. I guess I am a few years late. But if I was in the right place at the right time, I would be so loaded right now from all the subscribers who would be regularly paying me to send online greeting cards. At least I am glad I saw this post on/. before I shopped my proposal around. Oh well, back to the drawing board.
A similar form of satellite sabotage occurred to the Kurdish Television station Med-TV in 1995. This press release from the London-based Kurdish station which broadcast to all of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa on Eutelsat describes how a live program was taken off of the air by a second, more powerful uplink. It states:
the second carrier responsible for the jamming was spotted after MED-TV's own transmission carrier was intentionally dropped to identify the origin of the pirate interception. Secam colour bars, implying deliberate jamming, were momentarily seen, but an identification of origin could not be made. MED-TV's satellite service providers suspect sabotage, and official sources say the cost to jam MED-TV's signal would be approximately a quarter of a million pounds, as it requires the use of high calibre technology. MED-TV's engineers believe that, given its nature, the intercepting signal was transmitted from a European country.
Clearly, which ever group was responsible for the jamming of the Med-TV broadcasts (it occurred regularly during the existence of the station) had the equipment, scientists, electricity, and monetary resources to exploit the weak satellite security. While I am unsure of the culprit was ever identified, most news reports assumed that the Turkish government was the likely suspect. Dr. Amir Hassanpour writes in A Stateless Nation's Quest for Sovereignty in the Sky that giving the timing and other evidence, Turkey's motivation for sabotage was political. The 2002 World Press Freedom review also identifies Turkey as the high-tech criminal where it writes:"Med TV's news and panel discussion programmes have been targeted by jamming signals emanating from Turkey, while in Kurdish regions of Turkey, satellite dishes and antennae have been prohibited and destroyed by soldiers and police units."
I suppose the point I am trying to make clear is that hacking of satellites will likely occur for political motivated reasons, as opposed to curiosity or to fill a cracker's boredom. The consequences if caught and prosecuted are severe, and success requires satisfying a complicated, dynamically changing equation of location, resources, knowledge, and timing.
though FOX may be broadcasting the Superbowl at 740p and 16:9, I watch the superhowl for the commercials. I wish FOX sports would be throwing down some $$$ so the advertisers could broadcast in such splendid quality as well.
LittleGuy: "Hey man. Buy my cd. Its only 5 bucks. I recorded it myself and just burned some copies that I am trying to sell to pay for a new guitar.
Man:Cool, this looks awesome! Here is five bucks, thanks!!!
enter WIPO officer. WIPO officer grabs LittleGuy and Man buy the shirt collar
WIPO officer: Just what do you think you terrorists are doing? These cd's do not have the official mark of the global, copyright militia. Do you know that this is punishable by 10 years in prison?
LittleGuy: Really? But its my music WIPO officer. Can't you give me a break?
WIPO officer: Your music?!? Your music!!! Hah! ALLYOURMUSICAREBELONGTOWIPO.
________go to jail now. do not pass go, do not collect $5________
It seems like this is the first in many similar products that will be on the market. This is from here
-- The Company demonstrated OEM licensee Musical ElectronicsLtd.'s e.Digital-powered jukebox product scheduled to bebranded by one of Musical's OEM customers for sale through
Circuit City and other retailers. This product will allow users to encode music files directly from a CD player, bypassing the need for a PC to perform digital compression.
-- The hard-disk-drive (HDD) based music player product from OEM licensee EASTECH was demonstrated, and is slated for OEM branding.
-- The Company demonstrated Maycom's MP2000 Internet music player, based on e.Digital's technology and reference design. The MP2000 product is scheduled to be sold on e.Digital's online store in time for the holidays.
-- The Company announced that licensee Bang & Olufsen is readying product based on e.Digital technology for sale in their retail
outlets worldwide.
Tablet PCs will be available in the second half of 2002. The Tablet PC hardware will be manufactured by Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) - companies that partner with Microsoft to bring the Tablet PC to market. The OEMs will set prices for Tablet PCs.he Tablet PC. What is the Tablet PC? How will I use it? When will Tablet PCs be available?...
This isn't about protecting an old and out of date business model, this is about changing current laws and controlling the technology so that a new business model can take off.
A few times in this thread a new business model had been referred to... Can someone articulate what this business model is? Will these new business' be able to create profits in ways that don't conflict with current copyright laws? I recognize that many see the television networks as companies that are scared their model of business will face increased competition. But why does that make their business model outdated?
The other day I was using google to explore the files of an annoying spammers site [referralware.com]. Simply searching for a few numbers with the query site:.referralware.com brought up search results in their unprotected source.referralware.com directory that included all the credit card logs for the past week. And I am just an average computer joe user... this is a problem if I can be a "hacker" with less knowledge than a script kiddie!
i saw the redlights last night for four minutes. i had time to aim my telescope. Then I saw bluelights blinking and also a whitelight for continuous lengths. I hope Osama also saw the flag.
I wish I could buy a set top box that had had a button that would take the ads out of the shows on television. I don't want to watch Chandler drinking Coke, or Bart eating Butterfinger, or Malcolm using an iBook. Heh, that would bring a much bigger law suit.
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I wrote an undergaduate paper (.rtf)> on MedTV, one of the Kurdish language stations broadcasting to Turkey from Europe. You can read it if you like. It recognizes the power that satellite has to invade the strangles of a soverign nation (Turkey), spreading ideas that are illegal to broadcast terrestially or even speak (certain Kurdish dialects) within the mational borders. The paper charts the rise and fall of MedTV, from a dream among a few refugees in Europe, to an actual network with a few studios in Europe and Belgium, to the target of the Turkish government through violence and diplomacy.
I would bet people with HD TV's recieving HD programing would spend more time watching TV than average, watch longer, and prefer HD programs to standard programs.
Commercials are not broadcast in HDTV, nor are they widescreen. As a viewer, it is very akward to see the transition from programming to commercials.
Perhaps I'm missing something obvious, but how might you take notes, lookup information, or otherwise use the PDA part of your "phone" while you talk on it?
You are missing something. The earpiece.
You must take into account that Sony also has a substantial amount of its revenue (last time I checked it was around 30%) from content. Cony owns Columbia Pictures and Records, Sony Pictures Classics has some films in the running for the Oscars. These may be reasons why Sony is more agressive in standardizing the manufacturing world, whereas Philips will help its consumers use their products to whatever they choose.
Flolly
http://www.diaries.com/secrets
another good example is pooper.cc. simple, concise, memorable, funny. the site sucks, but it has a unique name.
Actually, you missed number 6...
6) "These fools are running their online journal webpage in frontpage, and they actually brag about Windows. Losers."
darn. I just finished up a business proposal and I was in the process of setting up meetings with VCs in the Valley, NYC, Singapore, and Milan. Unfortunatly, the business and website I planned to offer is what this dude made in 1996 and what Tumbleweed has patented. I guess I am a few years late. But if I was in the right place at the right time, I would be so loaded right now from all the subscribers who would be regularly paying me to send online greeting cards. At least I am glad I saw this post on /. before I shopped my proposal around. Oh well, back to the drawing board.
This one is an admitted fake but looks more likely and exciting to me...
I suppose the point I am trying to make clear is that hacking of satellites will likely occur for political motivated reasons, as opposed to curiosity or to fill a cracker's boredom. The consequences if caught and prosecuted are severe, and success requires satisfying a complicated, dynamically changing equation of location, resources, knowledge, and timing.
though FOX may be broadcasting the Superbowl at 740p and 16:9, I watch the superhowl for the commercials. I wish FOX sports would be throwing down some $$$ so the advertisers could broadcast in such splendid quality as well.
Man:Cool, this looks awesome! Here is five bucks, thanks!!!
enter WIPO officer. WIPO officer grabs LittleGuy and Man buy the shirt collar
WIPO officer: Just what do you think you terrorists are doing? These cd's do not have the official mark of the global, copyright militia. Do you know that this is punishable by 10 years in prison?
LittleGuy: Really? But its my music WIPO officer. Can't you give me a break?
WIPO officer: Your music?!? Your music!!! Hah! ALLYOURMUSICAREBELONGTOWIPO.
It seems like this is the first in many similar products that will be on the market. This is from here
-- The Company demonstrated OEM licensee Musical ElectronicsLtd.'s e.Digital-powered jukebox product scheduled to bebranded by one of Musical's OEM customers for sale through Circuit City and other retailers. This product will allow users to encode music files directly from a CD player, bypassing the need for a PC to perform digital compression.
-- The hard-disk-drive (HDD) based music player product from OEM licensee EASTECH was demonstrated, and is slated for OEM branding.
-- The Company demonstrated Maycom's MP2000 Internet music player, based on e.Digital's technology and reference design. The MP2000 product is scheduled to be sold on e.Digital's online store in time for the holidays.
-- The Company announced that licensee Bang & Olufsen is readying product based on e.Digital technology for sale in their retail outlets worldwide.
Neo Geo came out with the first version of the famous Bomber Man. I will miss that game.
This is offtopic, so mod me down,but it is anti-MS, so mod me up, but do you really think the tabletPC will come out when MS says it will?!?
This is from MS:
Tablet PCs will be available in the second half of 2002. The Tablet PC hardware will be manufactured by Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) - companies that partner with Microsoft to bring the Tablet PC to market. The OEMs will set prices for Tablet PCs.he Tablet PC. What is the Tablet PC? How will I use it? When will Tablet PCs be available?...
Me out.
A few times in this thread a new business model had been referred to... Can someone articulate what this business model is? Will these new business' be able to create profits in ways that don't conflict with current copyright laws? I recognize that many see the television networks as companies that are scared their model of business will face increased competition. But why does that make their business model outdated?
Regards.
An atmosphere of Ramen...what is next, a moon of cheese?
The other day I was using google to explore the files of an annoying spammers site [referralware.com]. Simply searching for a few numbers with the query site:.referralware.com brought up search results in their unprotected source.referralware.com directory that included all the credit card logs for the past week. And I am just an average computer joe user ... this is a problem if I can be a "hacker" with less knowledge than a script kiddie!
Wow. Google will be the Proles' savior. Halleluya.
i haven't found the software yet. I bought it. :)
i saw the redlights last night for four minutes. i had time to aim my telescope. Then I saw bluelights blinking and also a whitelight for continuous lengths. I hope Osama also saw the flag.
Go USA
how did you know?
ATT.
Let's have a close look at the costs involved when running a Linux system.
heh. heh. me too.
I wish I could buy a set top box that had had a button that would take the ads out of the shows on television. I don't want to watch Chandler drinking Coke, or Bart eating Butterfinger, or Malcolm using an iBook. Heh, that would bring a much bigger law suit.
Do these new services work with the same towers that provide NTT service to existing customers? Is this overlayed? How does this work?