How is it the fault of Netflix if the studios/copyright holders refuse them a license for digital distribution UNLESS the resulting distribution medium imposes DRM?
Interestingly enough, there are things availabe on Netflix's "DRM" downloads that aren't available on DVD. Like Season 2 of Jeremiah.
As well previously there was a slashdot story of a seven dead 360's. Statistically that is 1:1 280 000 000 chance if 5% failure rate or 1:2 187 if it's 33%. Assuming random distribution. Considering the guy has a well documented case you can't accuse him of lying.
Given that it was an extraordinary case, and happened to only one guy. I'll go with the 5%. Otherwise, using your numbers, one out of every 2000 people who bought an xbox would have to replace it 7 times.
I personally just love it when avid Apple user chime in on a Microsoft monopoly issue
Actually, I think Apple would be worried about this news. If the government thinks MS has a monopoly in the browser market, then Apple most assuredly has one in the mp3 player market. iPod has 75% marketshare, IE is down to 70%.
But if you set up your TV facing the picture window that faces the street (or in your shop window), so people on the sidewalk can watch it, is that theft?
That requires an overt act. You specifically set up your TV so people outside can watch it.
You would think that in the years that have gone by, they would have developed something better.
Funny enough, they did. I used to have an old 486 laptop that didn't have a touchpad or a nub. It had a mouse. You pressed the side and a mouse popped out on a plastic arm. Worked just like a real mouse, only it was suspended on that arm... similar to how those 3d mouses work.
Funny enough. I just downloaded the SWF specification from adobe. The PDF won't display in Preview. Every page is "You must agree to the license agreement".
So I had to install Adobe Reader 8. It's actually quite nice. Much improved.
Why? Apple makes products for Windows already. Buying Adobe would be stupid for many reasons, but if such an unlikely scenario were to occur, I don't envision Apple yanking those pro products from Windows.
Maybe we should use octal then.. since bytes are 8 bits.
So 1 byte = 10 bits (in base 8) 1 KiB (1024 in base10) = 2kb (2000 in base 8) 1 MiB (1048576 in base10) = 4mb (4000000 in base 8)
Nice round numbers.
Computing internals shouldn't affect what is displayed to the user. It's absolutely ridiculous that a file that's 5,000,000 bytes should be displayed as "4.8mb" because that's "easier" for computers.
OSX is vulnerable to viruses. The oldschool ones that come attached to a program and spread to every program installed on the machine each time an infected program is run. That's because/Applications is modifiable without any user intervention required.
The thing is, if it weren't for the DNS modifications, this wouldn't need a password.
Here's a basic outline of what could be a very nasty trojan for OSX:
A simple program that actually does something handy.. like fix the dock in Leopard. When you run it it also replaces Safari with a hacked version that sends all SSL traffic unencrypted to a 3rd party.
Any program you run on OSX can modify the apps in your/Applications directory *without* requiring a password.
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Interestingly enough, there are things availabe on Netflix's "DRM" downloads that aren't available on DVD. Like Season 2 of Jeremiah.
Given that it was an extraordinary case, and happened to only one guy. I'll go with the 5%. Otherwise, using your numbers, one out of every 2000 people who bought an xbox would have to replace it 7 times.
Actually, I think Apple would be worried about this news. If the government thinks MS has a monopoly in the browser market, then Apple most assuredly has one in the mp3 player market. iPod has 75% marketshare, IE is down to 70%.
Email has never been, and never will be, private.
That requires an overt act. You specifically set up your TV so people outside can watch it.
The law disagrees with you. So it definitely is your problem.
It's not unreasonable. My cordless phone didn't require a password, and I'd be pretty upset to find my neighbor using it.
I think access points should come with a password out of the box.
because an SSID is an identifier.. my street number is on the side of my house.. it's not an invitation to come on in.
Funny enough, they did. I used to have an old 486 laptop that didn't have a touchpad or a nub. It had a mouse. You pressed the side and a mouse popped out on a plastic arm. Worked just like a real mouse, only it was suspended on that arm... similar to how those 3d mouses work.
Great concept, don't know why it never took off.
That's not true. Legacy BIOS support is built into EFI.
I've got news for you, when you use a number like "20 megabytes" you're using the decimal system.
Now, if, from now on, you're going to say "10100b megabytes" you can use the binary prefixes.
Funny enough. I just downloaded the SWF specification from adobe. The PDF won't display in Preview. Every page is "You must agree to the license agreement".
So I had to install Adobe Reader 8. It's actually quite nice. Much improved.
Why not? They did it when they bought Logic.
The very first harddrive, from 1956 had exactly 5 million bytes. Where's your base2 now?
In 1973 IBM released the ibm 3340 harddrive. It was known as the "Winchester" or "30-30"... because each platter held 30 megabytes.
Each platter holds 30 million characters. Not 31457280 bytes.
Why? It makes sense to define capacity using hexadecimal. If you're going to use base10 numbers you should use base10 prefixes.
Maybe we should use octal then.. since bytes are 8 bits.
So 1 byte = 10 bits (in base 8)
1 KiB (1024 in base10) = 2kb (2000 in base 8)
1 MiB (1048576 in base10) = 4mb (4000000 in base 8)
Nice round numbers.
Computing internals shouldn't affect what is displayed to the user. It's absolutely ridiculous that a file that's 5,000,000 bytes should be displayed as "4.8mb" because that's "easier" for computers.
Sorry, saying "1.4 MiB" to represent a file that's 1,500,000 bytes requires just as much math as saying "1.5 MB" to represent the same file.
There's no excuse for OSes to not use base10 measurements when talking about filesizes.
Only for RAM.
Your cpu speed is GHZ or 1 billion hertz. Your network speed is in mbps or 1 million bits per second.
RAM is the ONLY thing that is measured by powers of two... so why should filesize be?
OSX is vulnerable to viruses. The oldschool ones that come attached to a program and spread to every program installed on the machine each time an infected program is run. That's because /Applications is modifiable without any user intervention required.
The thing is, if it weren't for the DNS modifications, this wouldn't need a password.
/Applications directory *without* requiring a password.
Here's a basic outline of what could be a very nasty trojan for OSX:
A simple program that actually does something handy.. like fix the dock in Leopard. When you run it it also replaces Safari with a hacked version that sends all SSL traffic unencrypted to a 3rd party.
Any program you run on OSX can modify the apps in your
Holy crap, do you work for the RIAA? If I bought and installed OSX on my HP laptop, that does NOT count as a lost laptop sale for Apple.
That was back when Apple was a computer company. They aren't one anymore.
In 2006, computer sales made up just 38% of Apple's total revenue. Apple is a consumer electronics company now.
Only if the 3rd party doesn't compete with Apple. Apple went out of their way to makes sure that 3rd party DVD burners didn't work on OSX.
Same goes with non-Airport Wifi cards.