This isn't really that great of an idea for consumers. I mean people use BT to downloaded pirated media because they get it for just the cost of bandwidth. Hollywood now wants you to pay for the media as well as supply the bandwidth to help them distribute their product. Sounds like a win-win for them, and not much to gain for consumers. Well, other then avoiding being sued.
I just did the yearly format/reinstall of windows, and decided no more spyware! So, my computer is fully loaded with software from sourceforge (ie. Mediaplayer Classic, gaim, filezilla, Azureus, Gimp 2.2, and CDex), firefox for the web browsing, and Openoffice for my office suit. Great software, opensource and no spy/adware.
Terrorism has lost all meaning to me now, it's unfortunate that such an awful thing has turned into nothing more then a Buzz word and an excuse for governments to spy on their own people. Everyday I hear about fighting terrorism, and people losing their privacy and rights, I feel like its getting closer and closer to 1984. If people weren't so misguidied in their fear of terrorism then the governments wouldn't have the excuses to enact these laws. Terror kills only a percentage of a percentage of what smoking does, or heart disease or AIDS. Why not take most of the money being spent on fighting terrorism and put it to use fight the REAL killers of the world population, because everyone knows, no matter how much money you through at it humans will still kill humans.
You must be American.. anyway, living in Canada I don't really understand where you are getting the evidence to support what you are saying. If anything us Canadians have more civil liberties then our neighbors to the south.. I personally don't feel the RCMP breathing down my neck.. then again we don't have a department of homeland secScarity...
The company I worked for a couple years back was a seafood company. I worked at a clam processing plant and they used digital camera's and computer software to take a picture of each clam as it went along the conveyor belt. The computer then graded the clam depending on size and colour. They have been using this process for atleast 4 to 5 years now.
It's also possible that the Xbox2 will be powerful enough to emulate whatever hardware is missing/needed to run Xbox games...Or simply have built in the hardware the ability to redirect direct hardware calls of the original xbox games to be used on Ati's hardware. Realisticly the two are going to be DX compatible there can't be that much hardware confliction.
Movies and Music are a relatively media compared to the printed word. Any book lover will tell you that there is no subsitute for having the real book in your hands. This is why books will never share the same eventul fate of movies and music.
Not to my knowledge, you might get a nasty letter from whatever company that owns the copyright to whatever you named it after, but I doubt it would go much further then that..
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This isn't really that great of an idea for consumers. I mean people use BT to downloaded pirated media because they get it for just the cost of bandwidth. Hollywood now wants you to pay for the media as well as supply the bandwidth to help them distribute their product. Sounds like a win-win for them, and not much to gain for consumers. Well, other then avoiding being sued.
Just curious.. how do they know when man is surfing compared to a women? or a goat..
My plan is better..
1. Patent Obvious method of doing something
2. ????
3. Launch Lawsuits against everyone
4. Profit
The RIAA will never find me on Internet3!!!
Symantics new Plan!
1. Make Human-Computer Anti-Virus
2. ??????
3. Profit
I agree.. I have 50 invites and can't get rid of any of them
I think i have heard of these 'music jukebox,' dealys. Weren't the around in the 50s. Prior Art?
I just did the yearly format/reinstall of windows, and decided no more spyware! So, my computer is fully loaded with software from sourceforge (ie. Mediaplayer Classic, gaim, filezilla, Azureus, Gimp 2.2, and CDex), firefox for the web browsing, and Openoffice for my office suit. Great software, opensource and no spy/adware.
Terrorism has lost all meaning to me now, it's unfortunate that such an awful thing has turned into nothing more then a Buzz word and an excuse for governments to spy on their own people. Everyday I hear about fighting terrorism, and people losing their privacy and rights, I feel like its getting closer and closer to 1984. If people weren't so misguidied in their fear of terrorism then the governments wouldn't have the excuses to enact these laws. Terror kills only a percentage of a percentage of what smoking does, or heart disease or AIDS. Why not take most of the money being spent on fighting terrorism and put it to use fight the REAL killers of the world population, because everyone knows, no matter how much money you through at it humans will still kill humans.
My 2 cent rant.
Where is Canada if not in North America... ?
You must be American.. anyway, living in Canada I don't really understand where you are getting the evidence to support what you are saying. If anything us Canadians have more civil liberties then our neighbors to the south.. I personally don't feel the RCMP breathing down my neck.. then again we don't have a department of homeland secScarity...
Like in all great republics, democracy is but an illusion.
The company I worked for a couple years back was a seafood company. I worked at a clam processing plant and they used digital camera's and computer software to take a picture of each clam as it went along the conveyor belt. The computer then graded the clam depending on size and colour. They have been using this process for atleast 4 to 5 years now.
I'm only 20 and I can remember playing commander keen as a young child, and Wolf3D that seems like just yesterday!
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That's amazing! Glad he told us!
Maybe we will see Nvidia jump over to nintendo's camp now sinec ATI is on with M$...
It's also possible that the Xbox2 will be powerful enough to emulate whatever hardware is missing/needed to run Xbox games...Or simply have built in the hardware the ability to redirect direct hardware calls of the original xbox games to be used on Ati's hardware. Realisticly the two are going to be DX compatible there can't be that much hardware confliction.
It is not man's role to come between man and God
Especially in a day in age where more and more people don't believe in a god.
....umh... I was drunk at the time of the post.. yeah.. yeah.. that's right.. *shift eyes*
Just yesterday there was a story runnign about FSF talking about pulling SCO support. I bet the slick SCO fellahs had nothing to do with this...
Movies and Music are a relatively media compared to the printed word. Any book lover will tell you that there is no subsitute for having the real book in your hands. This is why books will never share the same eventul fate of movies and music.
I don't think sending out false positive cease and desist letters under the DMCA falls under this law.
I can't imagine how dumb the muscle headed pea brains, I see at the gym every day, were before they started taking this stuff!
pronounced EE-fish-eon
I know you were joking but just incase anyone was wondering...
Not to my knowledge, you might get a nasty letter from whatever company that owns the copyright to whatever you named it after, but I doubt it would go much further then that..