Whatever happened to the mantra "Information wants to be free"?
Can you really speak of slashdot as one collective voice when some of us think the idea of Intellectual Property is not legitimate at all, others think that it's legitimate but needs to be thought about in a radically different manner due to the Internet, and others think that the idea of IP is a good one?
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MPPA: Your honor, under the DMCA, the ISP would have been legally protected from a lawsuit had they complied with our order to shut the user off. They did not, so we are now taking legal action against them. --
So the phone can download a lot of data really fast. Where's it going to put it? In its few megabytes of memory?
99% of the market isn't going to have it attached to a laptop. So the phone has to use the data immediately, as streaming A/V. So you can watch TV on your phone or listen to streamed MP3's. Cell phone battery life is already terrible, now we're going to want to use them at least as much as we use a radio or TV?
My prediction: short battery life is going to become increasingly annoying. --
Generally, the higher the bandwidth, the smaller the cell. More towers have to be put up, and each tower is more expensive. So coverage is likely to be worse, especially in the beginning. --
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Additionally, I'd like to add...
One of the things that attracted me to programming was that programs have much fewer limitations that the real world does (no pesky gravity, no restrictions about two objects occupying the same space...). While it's obvious that reality and programming are separate universes, I've always wondered in the back of my mind about what the possibilities would be if the two were combined. I didn't even realize I'd been subconsciously thinking about this until I saw The Matrix articulate it so well, and did it in a way that expressed that same feeling to non-techies who have no idea what hex editing or binary patching are. --
Hell, currently, the system is like this (for bigger companies):
1st hour of copyright protection costs $1.
2nd hour of copyright protection costs $500.
5th hour of copyright protection costs $5,000.
etc...
If they use a technologically sophisticated copyright protection device, the times might be slightly longer. But even then, each minute that goes by allows more and more people to spread their works. Exponential growth. Exponential lawyer fees.
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stating that one particular platform is bad is making a generality that is hard to prove
Consoles can differ in many ways: power, developer relations, and ease of programming, among others. All of which can contribute to on average higher or lower quality games.
PS2 is initially worse off on the ease-of-programming bit, but who knows what the future holds? --
You could write something awfully similar for the PS2:
I was there when the initial systems came. They sold off the shelf instantly, leaving everyone else to constantly ask if we had any in. There were a few games available, controllers were available but worth nothing since no one could get a system. Games came slower than the dreamcast, and weren't any better for a long while.
Given that the DC is 1/3 the price, it seems an easy choice. --
The RIAA realistically knows that a security system that removes features isn't going to be popular at all. What is needed instead is a new format with more features to make up for some loss in features. If the good doesn't outweigh the bad, consumers will reject it.
Yes, any protection scheme will probably be quickly broken. But the major labels shouldn't even try to protect their data until the next audio format.
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Q: Is it my imagination or is the GBA screen darker than the GBC screen?
A: It's not your imagination, it is darker. Also the viewing angle appears
to be worse. It is more difficult to view things on the screen than it
was on the GBC.
:(( I was hoping the reverse would be true.
Otherwise though, I'm amazed that emulators are out so quickly and that there's so much dev info for it. --
E-Rate existed before CIPA was passed. E-Rate exists encourage schools to have internet access, including the poorer districts. In itself, it's not a bad thing. --
If console makers were to do this, they would have to start selling the hardware at a profit-- something no console maker has succeeded at yet.
Otherwise, they risk the possibility that 75% of the time the machines are in use, they won't be generating money for the manufacturer. (with a slightly lower percentage in Sony's case) --
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Erm. Yes. Posts which make nonobvious claims without backing them up deserve to be modded greatly.
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Can you really speak of slashdot as one collective voice when some of us think the idea of Intellectual Property is not legitimate at all, others think that it's legitimate but needs to be thought about in a radically different manner due to the Internet, and others think that the idea of IP is a good one?
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ISP: Errr ... ... ok.
MPPA: Your honor, under the DMCA, the ISP would have been legally protected from a lawsuit had they complied with our order to shut the user off. They did not, so we are now taking legal action against them.
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99% of the market isn't going to have it attached to a laptop. So the phone has to use the data immediately, as streaming A/V. So you can watch TV on your phone or listen to streamed MP3's. Cell phone battery life is already terrible, now we're going to want to use them at least as much as we use a radio or TV?
My prediction: short battery life is going to become increasingly annoying.
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Generally, the higher the bandwidth, the smaller the cell. More towers have to be put up, and each tower is more expensive. So coverage is likely to be worse, especially in the beginning.
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One of the things that attracted me to programming was that programs have much fewer limitations that the real world does (no pesky gravity, no restrictions about two objects occupying the same space...). While it's obvious that reality and programming are separate universes, I've always wondered in the back of my mind about what the possibilities would be if the two were combined. I didn't even realize I'd been subconsciously thinking about this until I saw The Matrix articulate it so well, and did it in a way that expressed that same feeling to non-techies who have no idea what hex editing or binary patching are.
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They may be, but should they claim to be Funny(tm), they will be notified by Mr. Templeton that he is the sole owner of that mark.
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What does xor-encrytion-as-trade-secrets have to do with copyright protection and circumvention mechanisms?
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1st hour of copyright protection costs $1.
2nd hour of copyright protection costs $500.
5th hour of copyright protection costs $5,000.
etc...
If they use a technologically sophisticated copyright protection device, the times might be slightly longer. But even then, each minute that goes by allows more and more people to spread their works. Exponential growth. Exponential lawyer fees.
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And there are some who wouldn't ever put Elton John in the same category as Ricky Martin.
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Consoles can differ in many ways: power, developer relations, and ease of programming, among others. All of which can contribute to on average higher or lower quality games.
PS2 is initially worse off on the ease-of-programming bit, but who knows what the future holds?
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- I was there when the initial systems came. They sold off the shelf instantly, leaving everyone else to constantly ask if we had any in. There were a few games available, controllers were available but worth nothing since no one could get a system. Games came slower than the dreamcast, and weren't any better for a long while.
Given that the DC is 1/3 the price, it seems an easy choice.--
Yes, any protection scheme will probably be quickly broken. But the major labels shouldn't even try to protect their data until the next audio format.
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Tripwire has split into a commerical version and an open source version.
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Hrm. How do you know I'm not just a marketing droid, trying to promote something by suggesting the up-mod?
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Open source with adverts in the comments. Coupon codes in the logs. This manpage brought to you by...
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A: It's not your imagination, it is darker. Also the viewing angle appears to be worse. It is more difficult to view things on the screen than it was on the GBC.
:(( I was hoping the reverse would be true.
Otherwise though, I'm amazed that emulators are out so quickly and that there's so much dev info for it.
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Damn. I was hoping someone had just cracked the site... ;)
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E-Rate existed before CIPA was passed. E-Rate exists encourage schools to have internet access, including the poorer districts. In itself, it's not a bad thing.
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Anti-moderator comments aren't allowed?
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Pre-rendered movies can't even do that. Real-time isn't anywhere close.
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Otherwise, they risk the possibility that 75% of the time the machines are in use, they won't be generating money for the manufacturer. (with a slightly lower percentage in Sony's case)
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Knowledge isn't enough (eg. the author of Freenet doesn't have to stop watching CNN). Knowledge + Ability to stop infringement is the key.
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When are they going to release a modified luminescent sterilized JonKatz into the wild?
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