Can we put out a memo that EVERY SINGLE science story doesn't need a green religious hook in it?
Ah, so the earth isn't retaining an increasing amount of heat? What evidence do you base this assertion on?
Anyone remember just how much energy is in mass anymore? How one kilogram of mass directly converted to energy is so much fricking energy that it would probably power all of civilization for a year or more?
Spread throughout the whole of the Earth, combined with how much we're incapable of utilizing, that totally doesn't surprise me. Consider how much energy from the Sun hits the Earth every year that all just goes to waste, let alone what is reflected or shines off in other directions.
So now burning (hint, just a chemical action) some dead dinosaur is releasing the energy equivilent of 160 TONNES? Eh?
I think only a reactionary, kneejerk idiot would make this kind of ridiculously wrong statement.
IF one assumes AGW the mass of heating the crust and atmosphere of the earth a tiny fraction of a degree per year isn't going to give tons either. Math people, try it sometime. It works a lot better than your hokey religion.
It'd help your argument if you had something more than a tenuous grasp on thermodynamics and the processes involved with the retention of heat. Also, do consider that when working with the masses of planets and the energy output of stars, 160 tons is so easy to come across that, yes, it is highly like that this is in fact the case. Funny, though, how you get so violently worked up over it.
Because Apple is their highest profile customer. They're raking in massive profits while utilizing a company that leverages the low pay of Chinese laborers and the lack of real labor laws, which has had some high profile incidents.
Thousands line up to work there because there are billions of people in the country who are increasingly being displaced and are poor, and need anything as a source of income. Doesn't mean it's a good job, just that it's a job.
I'm sure the Pi will work fine for people who play back transcoded crap downloaded from TPB, but for anyone who actually cares about video quality, the lack of these essential codecs is a death sentence.
That's fine. The Raspberry Pi isn't really even intended for use as a media streaming device. Considering how much the h.264 license probably cost, I can imagine they happily put the other codec license fees on the back burner to retain the target price of the platform.
It's really a shame that there is currently no open-source-friendly SoC platform that supports HD video decoding and HDMI 1.3 audio bitstreaming in all its forms.
Trade secrets and software patents are the name of the game in the mobile SoC space.
HTPCs mess with the signal in all kinds of ways
Being an HTPC, you would be able to configure this? I'm confused as to why an undesired conversion would take place, given that HTPCs tend to be custom built by the user.
The OEM could be raking them over the coals on volume, or possibly holding the kernel sources ransom. CordiaTab was trying to do this earlier this year, but got stopped due to the OEM demanding $6000 for the kernel sources after they had been distributed in binary on tablets (the Dreambook W7.)
So it could be a screwjob by the Shenzen OEM as well.
No, not 3rd party services. Google needs to do exactly the same as Apple and have an army of people vetting software before it goes into the Google Marketplace. There's no reason they can't, while still being more permissive and flexible than Apple.
False. The walled garden is about trapping users and forcing them to a sole source.
What Google needs to do is start vetting and being more stringent about what gets into the store. Taking away people's ability to side load (which is what the Walled Garden is about) does nothing to further this.
I'd rather give money to a company that allows me to do what I want than fight the more controlling companies.
You have no choice. Look at the primary opponent of this: Apple. Look at their results. You cannot simply avoid them, their influence on the market is so stupidly huge that even if you don't buy their product, they can still directly impact your ability to choose other options in the future.
The GPLv3 effectively does require that. It bars the use of GPLv3 software in things that require jailbreaking, or otherwise keep the user trapped and unable to rebuild and replace the GPLv3 binaries. Slightly different terminology, but same effect (the anti-TiVOization clause.)
Having access to tinker and enhance is the reason these devices exist at all.
Not quite. However, that should be something all users are able to do without interference from the manufacturer.
Smart vendors would fix their devices to comply. The evil ones would fork the kernel and anything else using the new license, and eventually die off without community support.
WRT GPLv3, they're already not using the GNU coreutils. And the Linux kernel will never be anything but GPLv2.
We have the money, and we have the power. Not Hollywood. Hollywood is irrelevant.
But you don't have someone like Chris Dodd, who can go on Fox News and threaten congressmen for not standing up to the American populace to force bad laws through.
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Ooh, someone's hurt because I brought up what would be an entirely valid question in the environment the GP quoted, and it put MS in a bad light!
But which of Microsoft's divergent, self-serving rules regarding Secure Boot apply to a hybrid x86_64/ARM system?
Ok, so you're threadshitting via ignorance. Good job.
Care to clarify? Or are you just threadshitting?
Ah, so the earth isn't retaining an increasing amount of heat? What evidence do you base this assertion on?
Spread throughout the whole of the Earth, combined with how much we're incapable of utilizing, that totally doesn't surprise me. Consider how much energy from the Sun hits the Earth every year that all just goes to waste, let alone what is reflected or shines off in other directions.
I think only a reactionary, kneejerk idiot would make this kind of ridiculously wrong statement.
It'd help your argument if you had something more than a tenuous grasp on thermodynamics and the processes involved with the retention of heat. Also, do consider that when working with the masses of planets and the energy output of stars, 160 tons is so easy to come across that, yes, it is highly like that this is in fact the case. Funny, though, how you get so violently worked up over it.
Did I say anything about that?
Because Apple is their highest profile customer. They're raking in massive profits while utilizing a company that leverages the low pay of Chinese laborers and the lack of real labor laws, which has had some high profile incidents.
Thousands line up to work there because there are billions of people in the country who are increasingly being displaced and are poor, and need anything as a source of income. Doesn't mean it's a good job, just that it's a job.
Ladies and gents, roman_mir has solved Japan's economic problems in a single Slashdot post!
But have people been doing package-on-package BGA assembly?
Seriously, I think that's one huge thing people are missing. This isn't one chip package on the board, it's two stacked.
That's fine. The Raspberry Pi isn't really even intended for use as a media streaming device. Considering how much the h.264 license probably cost, I can imagine they happily put the other codec license fees on the back burner to retain the target price of the platform.
Trade secrets and software patents are the name of the game in the mobile SoC space.
Being an HTPC, you would be able to configure this? I'm confused as to why an undesired conversion would take place, given that HTPCs tend to be custom built by the user.
I'm sorry, that should be "conservatives" because no modern "conservative" actually is.
As opposed to authoritarian conservatives, who (given their current insane base) would do exactly the same thing, only with a hint of JESUS?
Oh wait, this explains you quite well.
In a free society, piracy can happen.
In a society where no piracy can happen, it cannot possibly be free.
I leave it up to you to figure out how to reconcile a free society with one where piracy cannot happen.
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The OEM could be raking them over the coals on volume, or possibly holding the kernel sources ransom. CordiaTab was trying to do this earlier this year, but got stopped due to the OEM demanding $6000 for the kernel sources after they had been distributed in binary on tablets (the Dreambook W7.)
So it could be a screwjob by the Shenzen OEM as well.
No, not 3rd party services. Google needs to do exactly the same as Apple and have an army of people vetting software before it goes into the Google Marketplace. There's no reason they can't, while still being more permissive and flexible than Apple.
What is this garbage? Why is such a blatant troll getting modded up?
I'm going to defer to this AC who seems to have done a good job of connecting the dots.
Of course not. But like many things related to iOS, choice is extremely limited.
False. The walled garden is about trapping users and forcing them to a sole source.
What Google needs to do is start vetting and being more stringent about what gets into the store. Taking away people's ability to side load (which is what the Walled Garden is about) does nothing to further this.
ACTA was signed by the US months ago. They were trying to pile SOPA on top of it.
Yeah, just stick your head in the sand.
Nope. Think for a bit why this is the case.
So do I, which is why I still use my N900.
You have no choice. Look at the primary opponent of this: Apple. Look at their results. You cannot simply avoid them, their influence on the market is so stupidly huge that even if you don't buy their product, they can still directly impact your ability to choose other options in the future.
The GPLv3 effectively does require that. It bars the use of GPLv3 software in things that require jailbreaking, or otherwise keep the user trapped and unable to rebuild and replace the GPLv3 binaries. Slightly different terminology, but same effect (the anti-TiVOization clause.)
Not quite. However, that should be something all users are able to do without interference from the manufacturer.
WRT GPLv3, they're already not using the GNU coreutils. And the Linux kernel will never be anything but GPLv2.
But you don't have someone like Chris Dodd, who can go on Fox News and threaten congressmen for not standing up to the American populace to force bad laws through.
And you're under prior-restraint to keep silent about such methods!
Don't you love how the DMCA violates the First Amendment for the sake of corporate interests?