Some one tell Dolby to slag off. Too many companies are doing this lately. They pulled the same BS when the DVD code was linked to, directly to their own site, they threatened to sue the webmaster pointing a link to it.
This is no different than telling someone where the stars of Hollywood live, or how many pieces of artwork Bill Gates has in his house, or perhaps even a police speedtrap resulting in the public becoming more aware and prompting local speeding to be reduced just from the information being available, and no one has to profit. Too often businesses release propriatary information publicly and expect it to remain private. They hide behind the guise of licenses and courts to strongarm our freedom of speech. They're excersing their rights by providing information about some illegal source. Sounds like they're providing a valuable public service in my book.
that patent is so vague. The patent office is out of control. They must be stopped...but who, how? Yes, I think I must....They must be stopped!!! (meniacle laughter).
Does anyone know what they refer to in the word clinical? What does clinical have to do with the internet?
Arches makes a laptop HD mp3 player. You transfer files via USB and it can playback MP3s but you can transfer any file type to the drive. A small codex software change on the hardware could support something like this. But manufacturers can't make money off anything they can't patent. So I don't see this happening anytime soon. By the way, at $200 the 6GB player is a steal because you can transport anything you want onto it and it holds hours of music and other stuff. It also has a 30 inch drop rating so is perfect for mountain biking, aerobics, and no skip technology. Try to get that with a CD player.
Oooh... XP has logins. XP has logins. Didncha' hear me!?! XP HAS LOGINS!!!!
Oh, and it can actually detect that ol' plug'n'play scanner you bought 2 years back, yeehawww. Everything we would expect from a modern next millenia operating system. Can it make coffee too?
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Some one tell Dolby to slag off. Too many companies are doing this lately. They pulled the same BS when the DVD code was linked to, directly to their own site, they threatened to sue the webmaster pointing a link to it. This is no different than telling someone where the stars of Hollywood live, or how many pieces of artwork Bill Gates has in his house, or perhaps even a police speedtrap resulting in the public becoming more aware and prompting local speeding to be reduced just from the information being available, and no one has to profit. Too often businesses release propriatary information publicly and expect it to remain private. They hide behind the guise of licenses and courts to strongarm our freedom of speech. They're excersing their rights by providing information about some illegal source. Sounds like they're providing a valuable public service in my book.
that patent is so vague. The patent office is out of control. They must be stopped...but who, how? Yes, I think I must....They must be stopped!!! (meniacle laughter). Does anyone know what they refer to in the word clinical? What does clinical have to do with the internet?
Arches makes a laptop HD mp3 player. You transfer files via USB and it can playback MP3s but you can transfer any file type to the drive. A small codex software change on the hardware could support something like this. But manufacturers can't make money off anything they can't patent. So I don't see this happening anytime soon. By the way, at $200 the 6GB player is a steal because you can transport anything you want onto it and it holds hours of music and other stuff. It also has a 30 inch drop rating so is perfect for mountain biking, aerobics, and no skip technology. Try to get that with a CD player.
Oooh... XP has logins. XP has logins. Didncha' hear me!?! XP HAS LOGINS!!!! Oh, and it can actually detect that ol' plug'n'play scanner you bought 2 years back, yeehawww. Everything we would expect from a modern next millenia operating system. Can it make coffee too?