Can you replay that part where the ball took that weird bounce and hit Joey in the head? What did it look like from Joey's point of view? From overhead? Can you pause the game while the ball is in mid flight to answer the phone? Can you go into "bullet time" and do cool stuff like that? If so, sound's cool! Where do I download it?
There was a Wayne and Shuster skit about two baseball fans arguing about whether a hit was fair or foul. It was all done in Shakespearean style dialog. One of the lines was something like: "Why, so fair a foul I've not seen..."
<melodrama>What are you saying! Are you trying to tell me that all of the countless hours I've spent reading Slashdot have been a waste fo time? That I've shot my productivity at work in the foot for nothing? Please, say it isn't so!</melodrama>
Yes, Mr. Fusion was the first thing that popped into my mind, followed by the robot powered by slugs, followed by the Matrix. The microbes are not going to care whether the leftovers are pizza, or people, right?
You know how all those Linux geeks won't buy windows? Well, I've got this plan that will make them give you $300 apiece. Convince them... No! Dare them that they can't put their precious little operating system on an X-Box. They'll rush out like lemmings to buy X-Boxes to prove you wrong. You'll make a fortune!
When I was growing up, the phrase was "I was BORN on a pirate ship". By pulling your mouth open to a wide grin with your fingers, you distort the pronunciation of the phrase. "Pirate" sounds like "pile of" and the P in "ship" sounds like a T.
You are, of course, correct in your analysis about the copy quality. The problem is really that Joe Consumer has the capability to distribute acceptable, or even flawless copies to large numbers of people at virtually no cost. In essence, any consumer can now become a competitor.
The high speed providers, AOL, Apple, and others are using "burn your own DVDs", "share music with your friends" and other such enticements in their commercials, so consumers are becoming aware that they can do this.
Following your argument, should I remove the locks from my house because it is illegal for someone to enter without my say-so?
The whole problem stems from the fact that the ability to produce perfect copies is no longer limited to a few powerful entities. The problem is that Joe Consumer now has the capability to separate the media and the message. One day, Joe Consumer will waking up to the fact that the $20 CD/DVD he bought is made up of about a dollar's worth of plastic, and a couple of dozen minutes of download time. That's the day the Industry is dreading. That's why they're trying so hard to lock things down. The Industry is just trying to get the genie back into the bottle.
Should the Industry put copy protection in place? No, but they're going to do it anyway. Should Joe Consumer share his ripped CDs and DVDs over the internet? No, but he's going to do it anyway. Who is going to win the battle? I don't know. It will be a scary world if Industry wins. On the other hand, if Joe Consumer wins, where will studios get money to produce movies? Where will musicians get money to book studio time?
Why Are SSL Certificates So Expensive? by Cliff with 192 comments on Sunday March 18, @04:48PM
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/03/18/18 55230&mode=thread&tid=93
Are FreeSSL Certs Worthwhile? by Cliff with 8 comments on Friday September 07, @11:50AM
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/09/06/04 51218&mode=thread&tid=148
Poor Cliff. Perhaps he will get an answer this time around.
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My gut feeling is that these pockets of liquid water will proove as sterile as a terrestrial autoclave.
Probably even more so. Autoclaves have bacteria in them.
Are there any distributions that do not require an iso image download? Why not just download the source directly? You know, just a boot floppy and a fat internet pipe?
Morpheus: You take the blue pill and the story ends. You wake in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill and you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.
So when will the price of the lower end cameras start dropping? The 2.1MP cameras are still in the $400-$500 range around here.
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All you need is an array of semiconductor lasers and photosensors the size of a CD. Hold the disk stationary and read the sensors in a circular pattern. Or better yet, forget about the CD in the first place. They're getting too small anyways.
Another thing that needs to be pointed out: Printers are Mechanical. Paper has to move. Toner and/or ink and/or dye has to be transferred onto the paper, and it needs to dry/cure before being ready. This is the biggest factor in the speed of the device.
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Can you replay that part where the ball took that weird bounce and hit Joey in the head? What did it look like from Joey's point of view? From overhead? Can you pause the game while the ball is in mid flight to answer the phone? Can you go into "bullet time" and do cool stuff like that? If so, sound's cool! Where do I download it?
Many people go to the cinema and watch movies at 24Hz for hours.
There was a Wayne and Shuster skit about two baseball fans arguing about whether a hit was fair or foul. It was all done in Shakespearean style dialog. One of the lines was something like: "Why, so fair a foul I've not seen..."
<melodrama>What are you saying! Are you trying to tell me that all of the countless hours I've spent reading Slashdot have been a waste fo time? That I've shot my productivity at work in the foot for nothing? Please, say it isn't so!</melodrama>
Yes, Mr. Fusion was the first thing that popped into my mind, followed by the robot powered by slugs, followed by the Matrix. The microbes are not going to care whether the leftovers are pizza, or people, right?
You know how all those Linux geeks won't buy windows? Well, I've got this plan that will make them give you $300 apiece. Convince them... No! Dare them that they can't put their precious little operating system on an X-Box. They'll rush out like lemmings to buy X-Boxes to prove you wrong. You'll make a fortune!
Welcome to Slashdot! Finally a legitimate First Post.
When I was growing up, the phrase was "I was BORN on a pirate ship". By pulling your mouth open to a wide grin with your fingers, you distort the pronunciation of the phrase. "Pirate" sounds like "pile of" and the P in "ship" sounds like a T.
You are, of course, correct in your analysis about the copy quality. The problem is really that Joe Consumer has the capability to distribute acceptable, or even flawless copies to large numbers of people at virtually no cost. In essence, any consumer can now become a competitor. The high speed providers, AOL, Apple, and others are using "burn your own DVDs", "share music with your friends" and other such enticements in their commercials, so consumers are becoming aware that they can do this.
Following your argument, should I remove the locks from my house because it is illegal for someone to enter without my say-so?
The whole problem stems from the fact that the ability to produce perfect copies is no longer limited to a few powerful entities. The problem is that Joe Consumer now has the capability to separate the media and the message. One day, Joe Consumer will waking up to the fact that the $20 CD/DVD he bought is made up of about a dollar's worth of plastic, and a couple of dozen minutes of download time. That's the day the Industry is dreading. That's why they're trying so hard to lock things down. The Industry is just trying to get the genie back into the bottle.
Should the Industry put copy protection in place? No, but they're going to do it anyway. Should Joe Consumer share his ripped CDs and DVDs over the internet? No, but he's going to do it anyway. Who is going to win the battle? I don't know. It will be a scary world if Industry wins. On the other hand, if Joe Consumer wins, where will studios get money to produce movies? Where will musicians get money to book studio time?
Simply have your worm resolve attackdata.random.attackersdomain.com.
Now if we could only had some means of finding out where attackersdomain.com is, we could nail the suckers!
You're assuming that he has little training in the law. For all we know he may have been a lawyer in a previous life.
Why Are SSL Certificates So Expensive? by Cliff with 192 comments on Sunday March 18, @04:48PM http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/03/18/18 55230&mode=thread&tid=93
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Are FreeSSL Certs Worthwhile? by Cliff with 8 comments on Friday September 07, @11:50AM http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/09/06/0
Poor Cliff. Perhaps he will get an answer this time around.
Probably even more so. Autoclaves have bacteria in them.
Are there any distributions that do not require an iso image download? Why not just download the source directly? You know, just a boot floppy and a fat internet pipe?
You call him Doctor Jones!
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According to the FAQ at mars.jpl.nasa.gov, the batteries were not rechargeable.
The batteries are dead. They were not rechargeable.
Morpheus: You take the blue pill and the story ends. You wake in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill and you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.
Whaddaya think will happen... A Gigapixel race!
So when will the price of the lower end cameras start dropping? The 2.1MP cameras are still in the $400-$500 range around here.
All you need is an array of semiconductor lasers and photosensors the size of a CD. Hold the disk stationary and read the sensors in a circular pattern. Or better yet, forget about the CD in the first place. They're getting too small anyways.
Except that that's just the camera. You still need to buy the desktop rover from the original post.
After a certain break-even point Forth becomes better than Assembler.
Another thing that needs to be pointed out: Printers are Mechanical. Paper has to move. Toner and/or ink and/or dye has to be transferred onto the paper, and it needs to dry/cure before being ready. This is the biggest factor in the speed of the device.
Come on now. Disney's been playing that game for far longer.