I use SBC's Privacy Manager service, which makes any caller without good Caller ID go through a voice menu to reach me. It has stopped 99.7% of telemarketing, charity, and poll calls from even ringing my phone.
I really doubt that anything implemented by the government would be that effective. I would hate to go back to screening Caller ID before answering the phone.
I disagree with the idea of forcing a company to open proprietary systems to everyone as a condition for selling products to the government.
I do believe that the goverment should be required to use open formats and protocols when dealing with its citizens and vendors. Sending or requiring a document in a proprietary format effectively endorses and mandates its use.
The government certainly does not need legislation to allow it to require data in a particular format. Just try to get through the DMV with a signature on the wrong line.
"Half the time, they could actually carry on a productive conversation."
"Two people can exchange a 10-second sentence in about a minute and a half,"
I don't think this project is quite ready, yet.
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Avocent makes a 50' cable set, available from www.cdw.com for $100.
I have a 50' CompuCable VGA cable, and I see some slight ghosting at 848x480 at 60Hz, but I did chop of one end and solder in a new connector to mate to my monitor.
Orwell was afraid of Totalitarianism, and both 1984 and Animal Farm should be viewed as a declaration against tyrants, not an endorsement of conservative values.
For hangovers, there are, of course, "patent drugs" available. No need to resort to holistics or vitamin supplements.
The best hang-over preventers (there are no hang-over cures), are Tagamet and Tylenol.
1. Tylenol- enough said. If you have a headache while you sleep, why would you think you could wake up feeling great?
2. Tagamet- Does your stomach feel woozy? After 8-10 beers, my stomach does too. Acid reducers work great. I use Pepcid AC, which combines an acid reducing pill with a standard antacid.
These drugs help to alleviate the syptoms of a hangover, but do not cure "Brain Fog." Brain fog in the morning is the result of who knows what. You avoid it by not getting drunk (Doctor, Doctor, it hurts when my arm does this!).
Good Luck!
You are confusing the strawman argument from EFF's Cory Doctorow and what the MPAA is (my view) proposing.
In order to help plug the hole, watermark detectors would be required in all devices that perform analog to digital conversions.
In such devices (e.g., PC video capture cards), the role of the watermark detector would be to detect the watermark and ensure that the device responds appropriately.
2. Compliance and enforcement rules for detection and response to this technology in various platforms (including PC and PC-like devices) must be drafted and agreed upon.
The MPAA is worried about file sharing. They don't want you to plug your DVD player into your PC, rip the movie to Divx, and then put it on a P2P network.
This presents a problem in that digital devices can capture and digitize unprotected analog signals (including formerly protected digital signals that are stripped of their protection as they pass through analog outputs) with complete disregard for current analog copy protection mechanisms, thus enabling a major source of unauthorized duplication and/or redistribution.
If you change "analog to digital conversions" to "Video and Audio Captures", then Cory's whole argument collapses on him.
I think the MPAA wants "Macrovision that Really Works this Time!".
Some people watch programs on a TV, and some people watch TV.
I have demonstrated my TIVO for quite a few people, but nobody else has bought one. They just turn on the TV and choose one of the cable channels to watch. It doesn't really seem to matter what is on.
I don't think it will take off until it comes with the box that the cable companies provide.
I can replicate most music, right here from my computer. I may have to screw around with different clients, networks, etc, but I can replicate almost any music I would care to hear.
Wouldn't it be great I could replicate the beer I am drinking right now? Or the dinner I had a couple of hours ago? Or the computer I bought two months ago?
When I was a kid and cared about music a lot, I would make tapes for my friends. It was a lot of work. I had to setup my stuff, flip the LP over, and buy a decent tape for $1 or $2 dollars (not adjusted for inflation). The whole process took at least an hour. Now, I can plop a cd in one player, and a $0.15 blank cd in another, and have a perfect copy in 5 minutes. I can get music from other "friends," whose names I do not know, in just a few minutes, too.
I think the music publishers are somewhat worried because they no longer have any manufacturing based advantages over their customers. Book publishers are not worried, because who would bother Xeroxing a book? It would cost more than buying another copy.
Sooner or later, the music publishers will figure out the new media, and make even more money, and nobody will care very much. For now, be glad you live in interesting times.
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I use SBC's Privacy Manager service, which makes any caller without good Caller ID go through a voice menu to reach me. It has stopped 99.7% of telemarketing, charity, and poll calls from even ringing my phone.
I really doubt that anything implemented by the government would be that effective. I would hate to go back to screening Caller ID before answering the phone.
I do believe that the goverment should be required to use open formats and protocols when dealing with its citizens and vendors. Sending or requiring a document in a proprietary format effectively endorses and mandates its use.
The government certainly does not need legislation to allow it to require data in a particular format. Just try to get through the DMV with a signature on the wrong line.
The Open Source business model has difficulty competing against proprietary formats and protocols, so now it is looking for some legislation.
There doesn't seem to be much information out about how well they work.
Wait and watch the Dell special offers. They often have 15% and 20% off Dell branded accessories. Usually around the end of the quarter...
I went through three video cards before I found one that could drive the FP2000 through the DVI input.
"Two people can exchange a 10-second sentence in about a minute and a half,"
I don't think this project is quite ready, yet.
I have a 50' CompuCable VGA cable, and I see some slight ghosting at 848x480 at 60Hz, but I did chop of one end and solder in a new connector to mate to my monitor.
Try it, maybe you will like it.
Orwell was afraid of Totalitarianism, and both 1984 and Animal Farm should be viewed as a declaration against tyrants, not an endorsement of conservative values.
For hangovers, there are, of course, "patent drugs" available. No need to resort to holistics or vitamin supplements. The best hang-over preventers (there are no hang-over cures), are Tagamet and Tylenol. 1. Tylenol- enough said. If you have a headache while you sleep, why would you think you could wake up feeling great? 2. Tagamet- Does your stomach feel woozy? After 8-10 beers, my stomach does too. Acid reducers work great. I use Pepcid AC, which combines an acid reducing pill with a standard antacid. These drugs help to alleviate the syptoms of a hangover, but do not cure "Brain Fog." Brain fog in the morning is the result of who knows what. You avoid it by not getting drunk (Doctor, Doctor, it hurts when my arm does this!). Good Luck!
You are confusing the strawman argument from EFF's Cory Doctorow and what the MPAA is (my view) proposing.
In order to help plug the hole, watermark detectors would be required in all devices that perform analog to digital conversions.
In such devices (e.g., PC video capture cards), the role of the watermark detector would be to detect the watermark and ensure that the device responds appropriately.
2. Compliance and enforcement rules for detection and response to this technology in various platforms (including PC and PC-like devices) must be drafted and agreed upon.
The MPAA is worried about file sharing. They don't want you to plug your DVD player into your PC, rip the movie to Divx, and then put it on a P2P network.
This presents a problem in that digital devices can capture and digitize unprotected analog signals (including formerly protected digital signals that are stripped of their protection as they pass through analog outputs) with complete disregard for current analog copy protection mechanisms, thus enabling a major source of unauthorized duplication and/or redistribution.
If you change "analog to digital conversions" to "Video and Audio Captures", then Cory's whole argument collapses on him.
I think the MPAA wants "Macrovision that Really Works this Time!".
plus people will commit unnatural acts to sell a half-million computers.
And what are those unnatural acts, I want to know. Maybe I am in the wrong career.
I have demonstrated my TIVO for quite a few people, but nobody else has bought one. They just turn on the TV and choose one of the cable channels to watch. It doesn't really seem to matter what is on.
I don't think it will take off until it comes with the box that the cable companies provide.
Whats up with processor? For $2k I want some number-crunching capability.
I can replicate most music, right here from my computer. I may have to screw around with different clients, networks, etc, but I can replicate almost any music I would care to hear. Wouldn't it be great I could replicate the beer I am drinking right now? Or the dinner I had a couple of hours ago? Or the computer I bought two months ago? When I was a kid and cared about music a lot, I would make tapes for my friends. It was a lot of work. I had to setup my stuff, flip the LP over, and buy a decent tape for $1 or $2 dollars (not adjusted for inflation). The whole process took at least an hour. Now, I can plop a cd in one player, and a $0.15 blank cd in another, and have a perfect copy in 5 minutes. I can get music from other "friends," whose names I do not know, in just a few minutes, too. I think the music publishers are somewhat worried because they no longer have any manufacturing based advantages over their customers. Book publishers are not worried, because who would bother Xeroxing a book? It would cost more than buying another copy. Sooner or later, the music publishers will figure out the new media, and make even more money, and nobody will care very much. For now, be glad you live in interesting times.