More interesting is the fact that the phrase "37 hours of MPEG-4 'Moving Images'" appeared in the Toshiba press release. The poster simply took it from there.
Why is 60 days not enough time to prepare for this audit? If there are 24 schools and 25000 computers, then that makes about 1042 computers at each school, now if there is just one person at each school, then if he can get to just 18 computers each day (ok, so they might have to work on the weekend, but oh well) and make sure they are in compliance, then they can prepare and have two days left to sit around. And you know there is more than one person at those schools that is capable of checking the computers. So what's the problem?
Computers that are badly out of compliance, can be just fdisked or formatted. And those with a couple of programs that are not compliant, well that is easily remedied.
The real crux of this issue is license compliance. I am no fan of the tactics Microsoft uses to strong arm people to their will, but if you are going to use their software you have to play by their rules. It should be someone's responsibility in the IT staff to ensure that all of the computers in the system are compliant with the licenses. If somebody installs software, they better damn well have the license for it and hand it over to the person designated license keeper.
If they want to use MS software, they should follow MS rules. If they don't like the EULA, they should go with some alternative. But being out of compliance and crying when you get audited is like looting the jewelry store and crying when the cop knocks on your door.
I imagine the motivation behind this is so that the bill can later be amended to include CBPTDA provisions. By doing so, if they fail to pass the legislations he and those that support him can reign fire down on the opposition by saying they are anti-privacy. It is cases like this that make a line-item veto authority for the president very attractive.
Microsoft could slash the price of the xbox to $199 and eat the extra loss in cash. I think that would pretty effectively stab the competition in the heart, especially the GameCube. Microsoft is already losing money on the Xbox, what's a few additional million dollars. Microsoft knows it has to grow into the consumer home market, the extra loss might be worthwhile to them.
I would imagine they would like to kill off the VCR and PVR. Why would they want you to be able to record your favorite show for free repeat viewing when they can just make you pay to watch it again.
This is just like that damn subscription model that software is moving towards. They don't want you to pay just once and own it, they want you to pay again and again.
This is good for our rights because up till now the encroachment into fair use and the increase in pay per use type delivery systems has mainly affected geeks and tech people. With this move to push digital media with DRM into the everyday lives of consumers, the loss of fair use rights is going to be much more apparent to the general public.
This is good because, up to this point, there has been only a relatively small group trying to prevent these schemes from taking root. Legislation like the DCMA doesn't really affect the majority of people in a tangeable way. They may break the law without knowing it, but it doesn't interfere with their lives much. But with things like this and the SSSCA or whatever it is called now, DRM and the like will be intrusive on the lives of people.
People will be much more aware of the usurpation of their rights at the hands of the government and corporations, and I don't think they will like it too much. The good Sen. Hollings may change his tune when he feels the wrath of stay at home soccer moms when they find out they can't watch their favorite soap opera because of his actions.
Now, we just need to figure out how to make a force field like technology so we can interact with the images. Incidentally, I always find it curious that I hear about all sorts of sci fi technology like antimatter, transporters and holograms; but I have never seen anything at all about one of the most fundimental sci fi technologies...the force field. Anyone have any idea as to whether or not people are working toward such technology?
While it is true that there are other game genres beyond action games, any programming platform MUST be able to work in all the genres. Otherwise, you will be producing consoles that only play the genres you mentioned. Do you really think anyone will buy a console that cannot play all their favorite sports/action games? If you are proposing that action games remain in a proprietary language specific to a certain console's technology, well that totally disqualifies the argument for a universal java game development language. Not only would you have to learn the langauge for a specific machine, but also the java language.
I dunno...something about the pictures on that website do not look real. They look like cg renderings. Notice especially the light sources like the led's.
Gee, if you are in an enemy tank, which you worry about more...the white hot fireball of an exploding DU shell bursting through your armor? Or, OMG, insideous kidney failure?! If you are lucky enough to survive being struck by a DU round...since most of your skin would be burned off I think there might be other concerns than 4 micrograms of depleted uranium.
And if you are an American serviceman and are worried about this, what are you doing...licking the shells? And even if that is the case, the DoD could solve that problem by putting a nice thin layer of enamel on the shell.
The people that should worry about this are the people that work in the manufacturing of DU munitions. And even then, this is no where as dangerous as some of the chemicals that are/have been used in producing munitions.
It seems to me like the larger the database gets the more likely it will be that your honest paper will get pegged to someone elses honest paper. If they have a database of say, 10 million papers, then it's conceivable that your paper will be similar to someone elses by sheer coincedence. In that case, will your work instantly be labled plagiarism? What about professors that don't bother to really compare the results of the search, and automatically fail anyone who the website indicates has a plagiarized paper? I smell lawsuits brewing.
The problem with most of the dot-coms was not so much their business models as was there INSANE SPENDING. VC's pumped millions upon millions of dollars into these companies and what did they spend it on? Foos ball tables, $1500 aeron chairs, and multimillion dollar headquarters.
The other problem was their compulsion to try to grow from zero to microsoft in two years and then have a huge IPO. You will find that most of the surviving dot coms are those that resisted that temptation.
It just once again shows that the axiom "slow and steady wins the race" is still true today inspite of all our technology.
Well assuming you plan to feed your fish, I would imagine that the water would eventually contain enough salts and other byproducts (from feeding the fish) that it would be come conductive. Unhealthy for the computer...Unhealthy for the fish!
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More interesting is the fact that the phrase "37 hours of MPEG-4 'Moving Images'" appeared in the Toshiba press release. The poster simply took it from there.
Why is 60 days not enough time to prepare for this audit? If there are 24 schools and 25000 computers, then that makes about 1042 computers at each school, now if there is just one person at each school, then if he can get to just 18 computers each day (ok, so they might have to work on the weekend, but oh well) and make sure they are in compliance, then they can prepare and have two days left to sit around. And you know there is more than one person at those schools that is capable of checking the computers. So what's the problem?
Computers that are badly out of compliance, can be just fdisked or formatted. And those with a couple of programs that are not compliant, well that is easily remedied.
The real crux of this issue is license compliance. I am no fan of the tactics Microsoft uses to strong arm people to their will, but if you are going to use their software you have to play by their rules. It should be someone's responsibility in the IT staff to ensure that all of the computers in the system are compliant with the licenses. If somebody installs software, they better damn well have the license for it and hand it over to the person designated license keeper.
If they want to use MS software, they should follow MS rules. If they don't like the EULA, they should go with some alternative. But being out of compliance and crying when you get audited is like looting the jewelry store and crying when the cop knocks on your door.
I imagine the motivation behind this is so that the bill can later be amended to include CBPTDA provisions. By doing so, if they fail to pass the legislations he and those that support him can reign fire down on the opposition by saying they are anti-privacy. It is cases like this that make a line-item veto authority for the president very attractive.
Microsoft could slash the price of the xbox to $199 and eat the extra loss in cash. I think that would pretty effectively stab the competition in the heart, especially the GameCube. Microsoft is already losing money on the Xbox, what's a few additional million dollars. Microsoft knows it has to grow into the consumer home market, the extra loss might be worthwhile to them.
That's terribly ethnocentric. The nuclear family is actually an anthropogical aberration.
I recall this being in the Neiman-Marcus christmas catalog a couple of years ago. I think the price was lower at the time though.
I would imagine they would like to kill off the VCR and PVR. Why would they want you to be able to record your favorite show for free repeat viewing when they can just make you pay to watch it again.
This is just like that damn subscription model that software is moving towards. They don't want you to pay just once and own it, they want you to pay again and again.
This is good for our rights because up till now the encroachment into fair use and the increase in pay per use type delivery systems has mainly affected geeks and tech people. With this move to push digital media with DRM into the everyday lives of consumers, the loss of fair use rights is going to be much more apparent to the general public.
This is good because, up to this point, there has been only a relatively small group trying to prevent these schemes from taking root. Legislation like the DCMA doesn't really affect the majority of people in a tangeable way. They may break the law without knowing it, but it doesn't interfere with their lives much. But with things like this and the SSSCA or whatever it is called now, DRM and the like will be intrusive on the lives of people.
People will be much more aware of the usurpation of their rights at the hands of the government and corporations, and I don't think they will like it too much. The good Sen. Hollings may change his tune when he feels the wrath of stay at home soccer moms when they find out they can't watch their favorite soap opera because of his actions.
Now, we just need to figure out how to make a force field like technology so we can interact with the images. Incidentally, I always find it curious that I hear about all sorts of sci fi technology like antimatter, transporters and holograms; but I have never seen anything at all about one of the most fundimental sci fi technologies...the force field. Anyone have any idea as to whether or not people are working toward such technology?
While it is true that there are other game genres beyond action games, any programming platform MUST be able to work in all the genres. Otherwise, you will be producing consoles that only play the genres you mentioned. Do you really think anyone will buy a console that cannot play all their favorite sports/action games? If you are proposing that action games remain in a proprietary language specific to a certain console's technology, well that totally disqualifies the argument for a universal java game development language. Not only would you have to learn the langauge for a specific machine, but also the java language.
I dunno...something about the pictures on that website do not look real. They look like cg renderings. Notice especially the light sources like the led's.
Gee, if you are in an enemy tank, which you worry about more...the white hot fireball of an exploding DU shell bursting through your armor? Or, OMG, insideous kidney failure?! If you are lucky enough to survive being struck by a DU round...since most of your skin would be burned off I think there might be other concerns than 4 micrograms of depleted uranium.
And if you are an American serviceman and are worried about this, what are you doing...licking the shells? And even if that is the case, the DoD could solve that problem by putting a nice thin layer of enamel on the shell.
The people that should worry about this are the people that work in the manufacturing of DU munitions. And even then, this is no where as dangerous as some of the chemicals that are/have been used in producing munitions.
This is just yet more radioactive hysterics.
It seems to me like the larger the database gets the more likely it will be that your honest paper will get pegged to someone elses honest paper. If they have a database of say, 10 million papers, then it's conceivable that your paper will be similar to someone elses by sheer coincedence. In that case, will your work instantly be labled plagiarism? What about professors that don't bother to really compare the results of the search, and automatically fail anyone who the website indicates has a plagiarized paper? I smell lawsuits brewing.
The problem with most of the dot-coms was not so much their business models as was there INSANE SPENDING. VC's pumped millions upon millions of dollars into these companies and what did they spend it on? Foos ball tables, $1500 aeron chairs, and multimillion dollar headquarters.
The other problem was their compulsion to try to grow from zero to microsoft in two years and then have a huge IPO. You will find that most of the surviving dot coms are those that resisted that temptation.
It just once again shows that the axiom "slow and steady wins the race" is still true today inspite of all our technology.
if we could actually see these smaller planets.
Well assuming you plan to feed your fish, I would imagine that the water would eventually contain enough salts and other byproducts (from feeding the fish) that it would be come conductive. Unhealthy for the computer...Unhealthy for the fish!