well, the issue isn't wether you can mod your Xbox, the issue is distributing information about how to bypass copy protection which is very illegal
Actually, it's very much legal. But what you're not allowed to do is distribute devices that circumvent copyright protection. The issue in the DeCSS case was weather source code constituted speech or a device (or both).
Xbox because it reveals to the consumers the true identity of the Xbox: a PC that is being sold far too cheaply; an entry into the console market that would be completely unsustainable if Microsoft were not a monopoly
Why would you need to open the Xbox to know this? You've never opened one and yet you know. All of that stuff is public knowlage.
Xbox because it reveals to the consumers the true identity of the Xbox: a PC that is being sold far too cheaply; an entry into the console market that would be completely unsustainable if Microsoft were not a monopoly
Why would you need to open the Xbox to know this? You've never opened one and yet you know. All of that stuff is public knowledge.
I wonder how Sony feels about the whole thing. From the comments on slashdot, it seems like more people buy Xboxes and try to hack them to run Linux then by Ps2 Linux kits...
God damnit people, if you're going to rail against something, you should at least learn what it actually is. The DMCA explicitly excludes speech from being outlawed. The issue with DeCSS was wether source code should be considered 'speech' or a 'device'
A book is obviously not a device, and it is protected by both the 1st amendment and the DMCA itself!
if you're going to bring mathematics into it, use mathematics that makes sense, rather than third grade geometry that really has nothing to do with the problem in question.
What would you suggest? The diagonal is the RMS of the width and height. Would you have prefered an average? for any linear combination of the width and height, the full-screen would have more surface area.
How the hell are you supposed to watch Kubrick or Kurosawa, for that matter, on a format other than they shot it in and not walk away with (almost literally) half the picture?
Nevermind the fact that Rashmon and the Seven Samurai were both filmed in 4:3. You'd probably like it if if someone cut off the top and bottom to make it more palatable for you, though. (people have actually done this to old movies, and a lot of self proclaimed 'snobs' like yourself seem to enjoy it. I remember an artical by Roger Ebert talking about an email he got from someone like incensed by the fact that Citizen Kane wasn't letterboxed).
A good director can make a movie that 'works' in both wide screen and 4:3. Many nowadays shoot in a 'half way' screen and use a mix of cutting down the cinematic version while panning the TV format release.
I know movies look better in wide screen format, but that's because they're shot that way, and a lot of people now have an association between letterboxing and 'quality' in their minds.
On the other hand, I think the whole concept of wide screen TVs are stupid. A widescreen TV will always have less surface area then a 4:3 TV with the same diagonal size. That's right, you can fit more on a normal TV then you can on a wide screen one. When you have a projector, you can fill up a whole wall from floor to ceiling, and most walls are much wider then they are tall. For situations like that, wide screen is actually bigger. But with a tube or flat-panel TV, a wide screen box will always be smaller then a 4:3 box. It's also nice to have the letterbox for subtitles...
The shape with the most surface area would be a circle. But I think most people would agree it would be pretty strange:P
Yeah, because the different aspect ratio is so much better. Soon, they'll be chopping off random parts of TV shows to make them look 'cooler'
Widescreen TVs have less surface area at the same linear size. The reason they are better for movies is because movies are shot that way. It's totally arbitrary.
Because the vast majority of TV content is letterbox. The original point of having a wide screen cinema wasn't to make the screen 'wide' but to make it 'huge'. In our living rooms, it usually doesn't do anything but make the TV seem smaller. I personally would prefer to have a normal screen with a few inches on the top and bottom during a movie then a wide screen with the bars on the side while watching regular TV.
Who the hell mesures the size of objects in volume? a 75% volume increase comes from just a 20% linear increase in all dimensions, which is what would matter for most people.
I've had two things break on my (sony) laptop. One, the I lost the ability to charge the thing* Sony sent me a new power brick, and when that didn't work, they replaced the fuse for fre. Second, the little plastic latch broke, and again sony fixed it for free.
Shit breaks. If it's under warrenty, it should be fixed.
*(I was trying to run the 'top off of my car's power adaptor and blew a fuse. I didn't tell them this, of course)
Name one PDA which has a processor faster than 500 MHz, and from there name one that is RISC.
Do they even make PDAs with CISC interface chips? I doubt it.
sigh, I thought we were beyond this entire MHz Myth stuff. ..
It's possible for one type of practical CPU to run somewhat faster then another at the same clock, but if you belive a 6 year old processor design can beat a modern design running at several times the clock speed, you're far beyond 'myth' into the realm of 'delusion'
is what I'd do. You can get 200 gig drives for a couple hundred bucks now. With newer codecs you can probably store about 400 hours of video footage. Two or three drives would probably cover all you tape.
And if you keep the content 'fresh' by moving to newer storage mediums every so often, you don't have to worry about losing anything.
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well, the issue isn't wether you can mod your Xbox, the issue is distributing information about how to bypass copy protection which is very illegal
Actually, it's very much legal. But what you're not allowed to do is distribute devices that circumvent copyright protection. The issue in the DeCSS case was weather source code constituted speech or a device (or both).
None of it violates the DMCA. Books are not devices. They do not violate the DMCA. Ever.
Xbox because it reveals to the consumers the true identity of the Xbox: a PC that is being sold far too cheaply; an entry into the console market that would be completely unsustainable if Microsoft were not a monopoly
Why would you need to open the Xbox to know this? You've never opened one and yet you know. All of that stuff is public knowlage.
Xbox because it reveals to the consumers the true identity of the Xbox: a PC that is being sold far too cheaply; an entry into the console market that would be completely unsustainable if Microsoft were not a monopoly
Why would you need to open the Xbox to know this? You've never opened one and yet you know. All of that stuff is public knowledge.
I wonder how Sony feels about the whole thing. From the comments on slashdot, it seems like more people buy Xboxes and try to hack them to run Linux then by Ps2 Linux kits...
God damnit people, if you're going to rail against something, you should at least learn what it actually is. The DMCA explicitly excludes speech from being outlawed. The issue with DeCSS was wether source code should be considered 'speech' or a 'device'
A book is obviously not a device, and it is protected by both the 1st amendment and the DMCA itself!
What, this would make it slightly more easy to bootleg concerts. Why the hell would the RIAA care about that?
They're worried about faster then real-time exponential distribution (i.e. file sharing to everyone quickly).
It's not like concerts are hard to bootleg. Whoever made this thing has a wrote this thing has a serious ego problem.
if you're going to bring mathematics into it, use mathematics that makes sense, rather than third grade geometry that really has nothing to do with the problem in question.
What would you suggest? The diagonal is the RMS of the width and height. Would you have prefered an average? for any linear combination of the width and height, the full-screen would have more surface area.
Earthlink users will stop getting spam.
Challange response is the way to go to prevent spam.
It spys on you, therefore it is Spyware. Uninstallability has nothing to do with it, especially given that 99% of people installed it unintentionally.
for the inattentive: piracy is *not* the same as theft.Theft is depriving somebody of their property, whereas piracy is merely copyright infringement.
Actualy, Piracy is also depriving someone of their property, but with a boat.
By your definition the IE 'exploit' wasn't an exploit either. It just crashed the browser.
I'm trying to keep a strict information quarantine around my brain regarding that movie.
How the hell are you supposed to watch Kubrick or Kurosawa, for that matter, on a format other than they shot it in and not walk away with (almost literally) half the picture?
Nevermind the fact that Rashmon and the Seven Samurai were both filmed in 4:3. You'd probably like it if if someone cut off the top and bottom to make it more palatable for you, though. (people have actually done this to old movies, and a lot of self proclaimed 'snobs' like yourself seem to enjoy it. I remember an artical by Roger Ebert talking about an email he got from someone like incensed by the fact that Citizen Kane wasn't letterboxed).
A good director can make a movie that 'works' in both wide screen and 4:3. Many nowadays shoot in a 'half way' screen and use a mix of cutting down the cinematic version while panning the TV format release.
Who would want that?
I know movies look better in wide screen format, but that's because they're shot that way, and a lot of people now have an association between letterboxing and 'quality' in their minds.
:P
On the other hand, I think the whole concept of wide screen TVs are stupid. A widescreen TV will always have less surface area then a 4:3 TV with the same diagonal size. That's right, you can fit more on a normal TV then you can on a wide screen one. When you have a projector, you can fill up a whole wall from floor to ceiling, and most walls are much wider then they are tall. For situations like that, wide screen is actually bigger. But with a tube or flat-panel TV, a wide screen box will always be smaller then a 4:3 box. It's also nice to have the letterbox for subtitles...
The shape with the most surface area would be a circle. But I think most people would agree it would be pretty strange
Yeah, because the different aspect ratio is so much better. Soon, they'll be chopping off random parts of TV shows to make them look 'cooler'
Widescreen TVs have less surface area at the same linear size. The reason they are better for movies is because movies are shot that way. It's totally arbitrary.
Because the vast majority of TV content is letterbox. The original point of having a wide screen cinema wasn't to make the screen 'wide' but to make it 'huge'. In our living rooms, it usually doesn't do anything but make the TV seem smaller. I personally would prefer to have a normal screen with a few inches on the top and bottom during a movie then a wide screen with the bars on the side while watching regular TV.
Who the hell mesures the size of objects in volume? a 75% volume increase comes from just a 20% linear increase in all dimensions, which is what would matter for most people.
$1.99 in canadian money isn't all that much :P
Actualy, I'd say the zen actualy looks smoother then the iPod. (nicer name to :P)
I've had two things break on my (sony) laptop. One, the I lost the ability to charge the thing* Sony sent me a new power brick, and when that didn't work, they replaced the fuse for fre. Second, the little plastic latch broke, and again sony fixed it for free.
Shit breaks. If it's under warrenty, it should be fixed.
*(I was trying to run the 'top off of my car's power adaptor and blew a fuse. I didn't tell them this, of course)
Name one PDA which has a processor faster than 500 MHz, and from there name one that is RISC.
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Do they even make PDAs with CISC interface chips? I doubt it.
sigh, I thought we were beyond this entire MHz Myth stuff. .
It's possible for one type of practical CPU to run somewhat faster then another at the same clock, but if you belive a 6 year old processor design can beat a modern design running at several times the clock speed, you're far beyond 'myth' into the realm of 'delusion'
Good god, that thing supports email. How the hell are you supposed to type in a message!?
iPod sports AAC. That's the kicker. I'd rather have quality than quantity.
Well, all the testing I've seen says AAC sounds worse then MP3, not better. Not that apple zelots would notice..
is what I'd do. You can get 200 gig drives for a couple hundred bucks now. With newer codecs you can probably store about 400 hours of video footage. Two or three drives would probably cover all you tape.
And if you keep the content 'fresh' by moving to newer storage mediums every so often, you don't have to worry about losing anything.
This is the first time light has ever been generated from a molecule by applying electricity.
Does this mean LEDs are not made of molecules? Nor Incandescent light bulbs? Facinating.