And there's absolutely no DRM on OTA digital broadcasts. The industry tried to add some by asking the FCC to mandate a "broadcast flag", but that went nowhere. OTA signals are DRM-free - some *may* have the flag in a vain hope that the receiving hardware will respect it, but no currently-produced receiving hardware that I know of does. And I doubt any of the stations bother even inserting the flag anymore.
Is this really true? I've been reading the AVR Forums for the last few months and apparently there are a lot of situations where the Broadcast Flag is being set. You wouldn't think that this is a problem, except that a lot of the DVD recorders on the market today do honor the flag and will only record programs that have it set onto DVD-RAM media (since that's the only media which supports recordable content rights managment). This has caused a lot of DVD recorder owners heartburn when they try to use DVD+/-R/W media and the recorders refuse to write to it when they spot the broadcast flag set.
In fact one of the most annoying situations is when the main program _doesn't_ have the flag set, but one of the commercials _does_. Then the recorders will bail out partway through the session when they see the flag set on the commercial.
A lot of discussion centers around the apparent change in the RIAA's position on ripping for personal use. With the recent change in their website removing language that suggests they're OK with it and the statements from the Washington Post article about 'steals one copy' it sounds like they're taking a harder stance on it. Meanwhile there is this article http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0103music0103.html which quotes a representative who says that it's not an issue.
I suppose they want it both ways - keep people on the edge and they're easier to control or something.
Nobody claimed that v3 was ported to Linux. Just that v4 beta is available.
Understood - an earlier poster in the thread pointed out the typographical inconsistencies.
Without knowing the details of your system, I cannot say what you're problem is, but you appear to be doing something wrong. It was a very simple install on my P4 FC4 system, and works exactly as it should
Good to know. Perhaps I'll try again, although given the simplicity of the process it's hard to say what went wrong.
And thanks to the parent poster for playing. Please let us know when the free map toy that you create works better.
Sorry if you thought I sounded sarcastic, or if my accurate reporting of my experiences hurt your feelings in some way. That wasn't my intent. I do appreciate Google's efforts and am sincere in hoping that it works better next time.
* On the download page, there's no option to download the stable version 3 for Linux, even though system requirements are mentioned.
* So, I just downloaded & installed beta version 4 on my FC4 Athlon64 system and while it runs OK, the actual map data is all scrambled. As I zoom in/out it is constantly 'twinkling' with the wrong images. City names are dropping characters as well, so you can't even tell where you're looking when you get in close.
I think the point you're missing here is that in this situation (which may or may not have actually happened), the "customer" was trying to drive away without paying after having a stereo installed. If he had pulled a gun to "defend" himself at that point, he would have been commiting armed robbery - somewhat more onerous than shoplifting.
Also, in every Fry's Electronics I've ever shopped at, the employees are pretty identifiable - just look for the people wearing white shirts, black pants and nametags with "Fry's" in big red letters. If someone with a nametag is pulling you out of your car window at a store, you might get the clue that this is more than just the average thug out to grab that half-empty bag of cheetos you left in the back seat.
Summary - if you're in the process of commiting a crime, you might well expect that those who try to stop you are acting with some degree of justification.
I'm not sure I'd call that "an ideal use of this technology in private sector" as you put it... ethical concerns don't just go away if you're "private sector".
Maybe they meant "pirate sector".
(ducks)
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· Score: 3, Interesting
For those who can't be bothered to RTFA, the reason this is different from a simple line-in on the existing stereo:
It seems that they're putting a USB host port on the in-dash audio system which allows it to mount your portable digital audio player as USB Storage. This allows the system to navigate and play your MP3/AAC/etc files using the in-dash display, rather than requiring you to fumble with the portable's UI. That also implies that it will play it using the in-dash device's decoder.
Of course, it depends on what kind of portable you've got on whether this is an improvement or not. Personally, I like just having a line-in.
Yes, but not too special. A slightly modified Shortwave Receiver and your computer running this software:
ww.tu-darmstadt.de
It's even available for Linux!
802.11a uses OFDM whereas 802.11b uses DSSS, and they're in completely different frequency bands. Consequently, dual-protocol devices can't share much of their hardware between the two standards. Right now, there aren't any chipsets that support both, although there are some in the works - the major hardware vendors are keenly aware of the need for this.
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And there's absolutely no DRM on OTA digital broadcasts. The industry tried to add some by asking the FCC to mandate a "broadcast flag", but that went nowhere. OTA signals are DRM-free - some *may* have the flag in a vain hope that the receiving hardware will respect it, but no currently-produced receiving hardware that I know of does. And I doubt any of the stations bother even inserting the flag anymore.
Is this really true? I've been reading the AVR Forums for the last few months and apparently there are a lot of situations where the Broadcast Flag is being set. You wouldn't think that this is a problem, except that a lot of the DVD recorders on the market today do honor the flag and will only record programs that have it set onto DVD-RAM media (since that's the only media which supports recordable content rights managment). This has caused a lot of DVD recorder owners heartburn when they try to use DVD+/-R/W media and the recorders refuse to write to it when they spot the broadcast flag set.
In fact one of the most annoying situations is when the main program _doesn't_ have the flag set, but one of the commercials _does_. Then the recorders will bail out partway through the session when they see the flag set on the commercial.
I suppose they want it both ways - keep people on the edge and they're easier to control or something.
Understood - an earlier poster in the thread pointed out the typographical inconsistencies.
Without knowing the details of your system, I cannot say what you're problem is, but you appear to be doing something wrong. It was a very simple install on my P4 FC4 system, and works exactly as it should
Good to know. Perhaps I'll try again, although given the simplicity of the process it's hard to say what went wrong.
And thanks to the parent poster for playing. Please let us know when the free map toy that you create works better.
Sorry if you thought I sounded sarcastic, or if my accurate reporting of my experiences hurt your feelings in some way. That wasn't my intent. I do appreciate Google's efforts and am sincere in hoping that it works better next time.
* On the download page, there's no option to download the stable version 3 for Linux, even though system requirements are mentioned.
* So, I just downloaded & installed beta version 4 on my FC4 Athlon64 system and while it runs OK, the actual map data is all scrambled. As I zoom in/out it is constantly 'twinkling' with the wrong images. City names are dropping characters as well, so you can't even tell where you're looking when you get in close.
Nice try. Hope it works better in the future.
I think the point you're missing here is that in this situation (which may or may not have actually happened), the "customer" was trying to drive away without paying after having a stereo installed. If he had pulled a gun to "defend" himself at that point, he would have been commiting armed robbery - somewhat more onerous than shoplifting.
Also, in every Fry's Electronics I've ever shopped at, the employees are pretty identifiable - just look for the people wearing white shirts, black pants and nametags with "Fry's" in big red letters. If someone with a nametag is pulling you out of your car window at a store, you might get the clue that this is more than just the average thug out to grab that half-empty bag of cheetos you left in the back seat.
Summary - if you're in the process of commiting a crime, you might well expect that those who try to stop you are acting with some degree of justification.
(ducks)
For those who can't be bothered to RTFA, the reason this is different from a simple line-in on the existing stereo: It seems that they're putting a USB host port on the in-dash audio system which allows it to mount your portable digital audio player as USB Storage. This allows the system to navigate and play your MP3/AAC/etc files using the in-dash display, rather than requiring you to fumble with the portable's UI. That also implies that it will play it using the in-dash device's decoder. Of course, it depends on what kind of portable you've got on whether this is an improvement or not. Personally, I like just having a line-in.
2500 kcal * 1000 cal/kcal * 4.184 J/cal = 10.4e6 J/day
1 J = 1 Watt*second, so:
10.4e6 Watt*seconds/day * 1day/86.4e3seconds = 121 Watts
or 1 Watt ~ 20.7 kcal/day
Yes, but not too special. A slightly modified Shortwave Receiver and your computer running this software: ww.tu-darmstadt.de It's even available for Linux!
802.11a uses OFDM whereas 802.11b uses DSSS, and they're in completely different frequency bands. Consequently, dual-protocol devices can't share much of their hardware between the two standards. Right now, there aren't any chipsets that support both, although there are some in the works - the major hardware vendors are keenly aware of the need for this.