Why don't they make heartwarming movies about exploiting autistic savants anymore? The Wizard, Rain Man... is that the end of the genre?
Ever seen Magnolia? One of the many intertwined plots is about exploiting this genius kid on a kids-vs-adults quiz show. He ends up peeing his pants on TV and not getting the question right at the key time. Sort of an odd movie, but interesting, nevertheless.
At the very least, it's worth watching to see a long-haired, misogynistic Tom Cruise come out into the spotlight on a stage, and say "RESPECT... (make obscene gesture here) the cock!"
The ol'/. readers haven't pointed that out yet, because this isn't communication jamming technology. 'Jamming' implies an active system. This is passive.
Any US theater trying to use this will get more of my business. I've been to about 8 movies in the last two months, and every single one of them ('cept the midnight showing of AOTC) had some schmuck answering his cellphone in the middle of the movie.
I thought they were referring to the well-loved drinking game called Pong, played with cups full of beer and a ping-pong ball. At some schools it's sometimes also called beer bowling, you may even know it as something else.
Mmm... beer...
They may be able to stop me from ripping a CD, but there's no way on Earth they could stop somebody from recording their own rendition of a song.
Actually, that's what copyright law is for. Ever heard of *royalties*? Yes, you can perform other people's songs in certain contexts, but if you're getting paid to perform them or record them, then you owe the copyright owner some $$.
How about just a resale system? I'd like to sell off all those CDs i don't listen to, even for 10 cents apiece.
Ever been to a used CD store? They get CDs by buying them from customers just like you, and for generally more than 10 cents. Usually it's something like $2-3.
On a similar note, these stores are really great once you have one of those new devices that fixes scratched CDs, b/c the used CDs play just like new, only cost maybe eight bucks, at most.
It looks like reporters ARE going to be allowed in.
In this AP story, the judge rules that reporters CAN listen to pretrial depositions, unless MS can prove that confidential information would be disclosed.
Higher cost of renting them? Where are you renting from? Blockbuster only costs around $4.50. Sounds pretty reasonable to me, if it's a movie that I'm not going to watch over and over again.
So let me get this straight. These copy-protected CD's can be played in currently available CD players. Previously announced copy-protection schemes involved introducing random values into the digital data, creating spikes in the analog output. CD players have hardware that looks for things like this and smoothes out the glitches, while taking the digital audio as-is keeps the glitches.
Why can't this be done in software when ripping? Seems to me like you would do some extra processing on the digital audio before coverting to mp3, wouldn't be all that difficult. This would defeat all of these types of copy-protection. Where is the problem?
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Ever seen Magnolia? One of the many intertwined plots is about exploiting this genius kid on a kids-vs-adults quiz show. He ends up peeing his pants on TV and not getting the question right at the key time. Sort of an odd movie, but interesting, nevertheless.
At the very least, it's worth watching to see a long-haired, misogynistic Tom Cruise come out into the spotlight on a stage, and say "RESPECT... (make obscene gesture here) the cock!"
Guess you just have to see it.
Any US theater trying to use this will get more of my business. I've been to about 8 movies in the last two months, and every single one of them ('cept the midnight showing of AOTC) had some schmuck answering his cellphone in the middle of the movie.
Exactly... if the water/polymer was actually considered fuel then it wouldn't be laser-powered, it would be water-powered.
Heh.
I thought they were referring to the well-loved drinking game called Pong, played with cups full of beer and a ping-pong ball. At some schools it's sometimes also called beer bowling, you may even know it as something else. Mmm... beer...
Actually, that's what copyright law is for. Ever heard of *royalties*? Yes, you can perform other people's songs in certain contexts, but if you're getting paid to perform them or record them, then you owe the copyright owner some $$.
Ever been to a used CD store? They get CDs by buying them from customers just like you, and for generally more than 10 cents. Usually it's something like $2-3.
On a similar note, these stores are really great once you have one of those new devices that fixes scratched CDs, b/c the used CDs play just like new, only cost maybe eight bucks, at most.
Yes, we do, actually.
It looks like reporters ARE going to be allowed in. In this AP story, the judge rules that reporters CAN listen to pretrial depositions, unless MS can prove that confidential information would be disclosed.
Higher cost of renting them? Where are you renting from? Blockbuster only costs around $4.50. Sounds pretty reasonable to me, if it's a movie that I'm not going to watch over and over again.
So let me get this straight. These copy-protected CD's can be played in currently available CD players. Previously announced copy-protection schemes involved introducing random values into the digital data, creating spikes in the analog output. CD players have hardware that looks for things like this and smoothes out the glitches, while taking the digital audio as-is keeps the glitches. Why can't this be done in software when ripping? Seems to me like you would do some extra processing on the digital audio before coverting to mp3, wouldn't be all that difficult. This would defeat all of these types of copy-protection. Where is the problem?