But none supported by an entity as large or influential as the BBC.
Codecs like Theora are great, but it's unlikely they'll enter the mainstream in the same way as something like DivX has - just as Vorbis is lagging behind other closed source audio codecs.
If the BBC started using Dirac for all its streaming video feeds, for example, then suddenly millions of users will have an excellent incentive to download the codec and if people already have it on their machines then others can produce Dirac based media without having to worry that people won't want to view it because it means downloading something extra.
That's great - until the actions of the US start to have a significant effect on the rest of the world, which they already have. Then you start caring about who's in power over there.
Because they naívely believe that people enjoy having to change all of their music to ATRAC3 in order to move it onto a different medium - oh, wait, doesn't everyone have all their music on Minidisc anyway? I know I do.
But even assuming they only made 50c per 1000 emails, when you're sending out 10+ million emails per day that's still $5,000+ per day or $1,825,000+ a year. Even at 1c per 1000 mails they still make $36,500+ per year.
If the user is running a VLK edition of Windows with a CD-Key other than the FCKGW one - or with the 640 PID, depending one how stringent they're being - how do Microsoft know that it's a priated copy?
OK, so activation cracked copies will be fairly easy to ID, but if you've got a corporate copy (which most pirated releases are anyway) and a valid key there's no way to tell, surely.
I think of lot of the negative US reaction comes from the fact that nothing like the Data Protection Act exists over there. Here we have a very specific law which guaruntees us rights over our personal information and in theory gives us a greater level of protection in the face of CCTV cameras.
At least Telewest and *ick* NTL are providing some level of Broadband competition - I'm on a 1.5Mbit/256K connection, the fastest you'll get is the 3MBit/256K and that's £55/month ($100).
Thanks to BT owning all the phone exchanges, even the best ADSL companies are essentially just reselling BT's service which puts a massive limit of the minimum cost. The cheapest I've seen is about £15/month ($25) for 512/128 ADSL and that's without webspace, usenet access, email accounts etc.
Sure, the government keeps making empty speeches about wanting to be Europe's broadband leader - but when Sweeden has connections 33 times faster than we do it's not like we're really on the right track.
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But none supported by an entity as large or influential as the BBC.
Codecs like Theora are great, but it's unlikely they'll enter the mainstream in the same way as something like DivX has - just as Vorbis is lagging behind other closed source audio codecs.
If the BBC started using Dirac for all its streaming video feeds, for example, then suddenly millions of users will have an excellent incentive to download the codec and if people already have it on their machines then others can produce Dirac based media without having to worry that people won't want to view it because it means downloading something extra.
How many did it predict that never happened?
Two words: No Clippy
That's great - until the actions of the US start to have a significant effect on the rest of the world, which they already have. Then you start caring about who's in power over there.
They've survived elections in far more corrupt and far less stable nations than the US - I'm sure they'll be OK.
Because they naívely believe that people enjoy having to change all of their music to ATRAC3 in order to move it onto a different medium - oh, wait, doesn't everyone have all their music on Minidisc anyway? I know I do.
Most commercial DVD players will play MP3's off CD.
Because that's a CD/MP3 player and not a solid state MP3 player.
Not very much.
But even assuming they only made 50c per 1000 emails, when you're sending out 10+ million emails per day that's still $5,000+ per day or $1,825,000+ a year. Even at 1c per 1000 mails they still make $36,500+ per year.
Do their motives matter if they result in fewer spammers?
It's called a joke
If the user is running a VLK edition of Windows with a CD-Key other than the FCKGW one - or with the 640 PID, depending one how stringent they're being - how do Microsoft know that it's a priated copy?
OK, so activation cracked copies will be fairly easy to ID, but if you've got a corporate copy (which most pirated releases are anyway) and a valid key there's no way to tell, surely.
As a concerned Slashdot reader - here's a Coral cache link for the page in question:
SparcStation IPX
Yeah, because everyone wants to run their OS off a CD.
Plus who cares about attachments when you can just embed it in a webpage?
Yeah, it's great until you want to read the data again and don't know what you XOR'd it with :)
If the elevator you're in is decending at 9.8ms^2 then you probably need to start worrying.
Well they do, but they are most likely insignificant compared to the gravitational effect of the Sun.
On the 15 disc Ultimate Super Directors Cut Special Collectors Edition Trilogy Box Set with 3 weeks of previously unseen footage?
http://www.real.com/products/player/bbc.html
Completely spyware free. Doesn't install any System Tray icons - in fact I can't find much wrong with it yet.
I wanted to watch the BBC Olympics coverage, so I took the risk of downloading it and it seems to have paid off.
A Slashdot poll? Surely CowboyNeal would have won it.
It's bollocks, that's what it is.
They're comparing a Media Player to an Online Music Store
My Stereo is so much better than that music store over there because it plays tapes, cds, minidiscs and vinyl - but the store only sells vinyl.
Sure it's fast, but it's not that great. SuperJANET 4 is running on a 10Gbps backbone with plans to increase it to 20Gbps in the near future.
:)
There's nothing quite like having a 2.5Gbps net connection coming straight into your department at uni
I think of lot of the negative US reaction comes from the fact that nothing like the Data Protection Act exists over there. Here we have a very specific law which guaruntees us rights over our personal information and in theory gives us a greater level of protection in the face of CCTV cameras.
At least Telewest and *ick* NTL are providing some level of Broadband competition - I'm on a 1.5Mbit/256K connection, the fastest you'll get is the 3MBit/256K and that's £55/month ($100).
Thanks to BT owning all the phone exchanges, even the best ADSL companies are essentially just reselling BT's service which puts a massive limit of the minimum cost. The cheapest I've seen is about £15/month ($25) for 512/128 ADSL and that's without webspace, usenet access, email accounts etc.
Sure, the government keeps making empty speeches about wanting to be Europe's broadband leader - but when Sweeden has connections 33 times faster than we do it's not like we're really on the right track.