Just because you think spending $700 for a remote is excessive doesn't mean there isn't a large number of people who wouldn't buy it. Not everyone wants to read their email, take notes, play games, surf the web, etc... on their remote. Sometimes, they just want to be able to easily use their home theater system and make it easy for their wife to do the same.
One of the conditions Microsoft had to satisfy to get their codec accepted for HD-DVD was to allow open licensing of their codec. There is still royalties, but there is no restriction on who can license it.
If you think about the millions of users using Google compared to the perhaps thousands of users spoofing their browser, then you'll understand that it won't significantly affect the percentages.
The point of AMD64 vs say Itanium is that 32-bit apps run natively on AMD64, they are not emulated, unlike the Itanium. On Windows, there is a small cost of thunking between 32-bit and 64-bit, but these benchmarks indicate that in many cases, the 32-bit app runs "better" on the 64-bit OS due to 64-bit drivers.
Should MS be worried about OpenOffice or Linux? Sure. But their biggest competitor is themselves. How can they improve Office to convince someone who already has Office to upgrade? The same thing for Windows.
Most systems already do this to prevent brute force attacks. Just lock the account after the third unsuccessful attempt. Now the user has to provide more data to prove they are who they are. In a secure environment, this may mean dna samples rather than just your pet's name.
Look at the numbers again. HP/Comaq is #2, they are strictly PocketPC. If you add up all PocketPC, Microsoft owns 40% of the market, which is tied with PalmOS. If you look at marketshare trends, PocketPC has been gaining, PalmOS has been losing. Not sure what numbers you've been looking at.
The bigger question that has been brought up is the future of the PDA market.
Depends on how you define "no real actors". "Real actors" were used for the voice work. If you ever played a video game where the voice acting was horrendous (about 80% of the time), then you know that good voice acting isn't that easy to come by. You also need talented animators to turn the 0's and 1's into emotion. In any case, Hollywood has always been more than just the actors, there's a whole production crew behind the picture.
Viruses require a process host, vbscripts, exe, etc.. run in their own process. They are trojans as they pretend to be something else to entice people to execute them. I don't know why it's so hard for people to get the terminology correct.
Why restrict this to just software? We should extend it to any product. Stole that radio and it doesn't work? I should still be able to get it fixed under warranty. Stole that car and the radiater hose burst? No problem, take it to the dealer and have it fixed (if under warranty).
How come most of you guys complain that once you buy the cd, you own the content (rather than the license to use it) and should be able to do whatever you want. And on the other hand, I buy a cd with GPL software on it, and now I don't own the software but instead have a license to use it which doesn't allow me to do whatever I want? (for example distributing binaries without source)
The RIAA will never support an unrestricted format no matter how good it may be (they could care less). If you don't care about RIAA content, there's nothing stopping anyone from encoding their home made material into multichannel Ogg today. You guys are bent out of shape because you want commercial content and you want it unprotected.
You own the physical media, but you don't own the contents. You have a license to view the contents.
Similarly, you guys can complain all you want about proprietary formats and DRM, but you can't have unprotected content and commericial content. It's been shown many times over that if people can get it for free (doesn't have to be legal), 99% of the time, they would not pay for it. So content makers (movie studios, music studios) aren't willing to release their content unprotected. So basically you're left with either DRM + commercial content or no DRM and no commercial content. Take your pick.
Audio and Video processing happens asynchronously, so I don't know how you can avoid this. You can set a time limit, but then you will limit the amount of processing that can occur which sacrifices audio or video quality. I have a Panasonic 42" Plasma that does internal scaling. This is slower than doing Dolby Digital decoding. My Anthem AVM20 processor has an audio delay feature where now my audio and video are back in sync. Receivers are getting this feature so eventually it'll be commonplace.
Anyone who's been on the interet knows that porno is probably traded as much as music. I'd like to see sales figures from porno producers to see if P2P had a negative, positive, or no effect. One thing the porno industry has done well is adapt to new technologies. From VHS to DVD to Internet.
You have to remember that despite the tag line, Slashdot is NOT a news center. It's all about the editors, contributors, and readers complaining about Microsoft and praising Linux. If you want news, get read a reputable news source.
So admit (and I'm sure most people agree) that the main reason for the existence of mod chips is to pirate games. So the main use of a car is transportation. The main use of alcohol is "entertainment". Guns, however, I don't see any reason they exist other than to kill something, so you are right there. So the difference is the intended purpose. Pillows are made to cushion your head, but you can also use it to smother someone, so we should ban it? Doesn't make sense.
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Just because you think spending $700 for a remote is excessive doesn't mean there isn't a large number of people who wouldn't buy it. Not everyone wants to read their email, take notes, play games, surf the web, etc... on their remote. Sometimes, they just want to be able to easily use their home theater system and make it easy for their wife to do the same.
One of the conditions Microsoft had to satisfy to get their codec accepted for HD-DVD was to allow open licensing of their codec. There is still royalties, but there is no restriction on who can license it.
And how exactly is Blu-ray not proprietary? Even if you use Mpeg2, you do realize that royalties is going somewhere, just not to Microsoft?
If you think about the millions of users using Google compared to the perhaps thousands of users spoofing their browser, then you'll understand that it won't significantly affect the percentages.
The point of AMD64 vs say Itanium is that 32-bit apps run natively on AMD64, they are not emulated, unlike the Itanium. On Windows, there is a small cost of thunking between 32-bit and 64-bit, but these benchmarks indicate that in many cases, the 32-bit app runs "better" on the 64-bit OS due to 64-bit drivers.
Except for step 6, doesn't this apply to how Linux has done their developement? Or for that matter any software company?
Should MS be worried about OpenOffice or Linux? Sure. But their biggest competitor is themselves. How can they improve Office to convince someone who already has Office to upgrade? The same thing for Windows.
Most systems already do this to prevent brute force attacks. Just lock the account after the third unsuccessful attempt. Now the user has to provide more data to prove they are who they are. In a secure environment, this may mean dna samples rather than just your pet's name.
Look at the numbers again. HP/Comaq is #2, they are strictly PocketPC. If you add up all PocketPC, Microsoft owns 40% of the market, which is tied with PalmOS. If you look at marketshare trends, PocketPC has been gaining, PalmOS has been losing. Not sure what numbers you've been looking at. The bigger question that has been brought up is the future of the PDA market.
Depends on how you define "no real actors". "Real actors" were used for the voice work. If you ever played a video game where the voice acting was horrendous (about 80% of the time), then you know that good voice acting isn't that easy to come by. You also need talented animators to turn the 0's and 1's into emotion. In any case, Hollywood has always been more than just the actors, there's a whole production crew behind the picture.
Actually, with the intelligence of the average person, they would think Hidden Fortress was ripping off Star Wars.
Viruses require a process host, vbscripts, exe, etc.. run in their own process. They are trojans as they pretend to be something else to entice people to execute them. I don't know why it's so hard for people to get the terminology correct.
Why restrict this to just software? We should extend it to any product. Stole that radio and it doesn't work? I should still be able to get it fixed under warranty. Stole that car and the radiater hose burst? No problem, take it to the dealer and have it fixed (if under warranty).
How come most of you guys complain that once you buy the cd, you own the content (rather than the license to use it) and should be able to do whatever you want. And on the other hand, I buy a cd with GPL software on it, and now I don't own the software but instead have a license to use it which doesn't allow me to do whatever I want? (for example distributing binaries without source)
STi engine has 2.5 liters of displacement vs the 2.0 liters of the WRX.
The RIAA will never support an unrestricted format no matter how good it may be (they could care less). If you don't care about RIAA content, there's nothing stopping anyone from encoding their home made material into multichannel Ogg today. You guys are bent out of shape because you want commercial content and you want it unprotected.
In theory, if according to what many people are saying XAML == XUL, then a xslt stylesheet should be all that's needed.
You own the physical media, but you don't own the contents. You have a license to view the contents. Similarly, you guys can complain all you want about proprietary formats and DRM, but you can't have unprotected content and commericial content. It's been shown many times over that if people can get it for free (doesn't have to be legal), 99% of the time, they would not pay for it. So content makers (movie studios, music studios) aren't willing to release their content unprotected. So basically you're left with either DRM + commercial content or no DRM and no commercial content. Take your pick.
Audio and Video processing happens asynchronously, so I don't know how you can avoid this. You can set a time limit, but then you will limit the amount of processing that can occur which sacrifices audio or video quality. I have a Panasonic 42" Plasma that does internal scaling. This is slower than doing Dolby Digital decoding. My Anthem AVM20 processor has an audio delay feature where now my audio and video are back in sync. Receivers are getting this feature so eventually it'll be commonplace.
Minor but significant difference.
Anyone who's been on the interet knows that porno is probably traded as much as music. I'd like to see sales figures from porno producers to see if P2P had a negative, positive, or no effect. One thing the porno industry has done well is adapt to new technologies. From VHS to DVD to Internet.
You have to remember that despite the tag line, Slashdot is NOT a news center. It's all about the editors, contributors, and readers complaining about Microsoft and praising Linux. If you want news, get read a reputable news source.
The point is that the intention of mod chips is NOT for backup purposes, that's just the legal disguise they are using to sell them.
So admit (and I'm sure most people agree) that the main reason for the existence of mod chips is to pirate games. So the main use of a car is transportation. The main use of alcohol is "entertainment". Guns, however, I don't see any reason they exist other than to kill something, so you are right there. So the difference is the intended purpose. Pillows are made to cushion your head, but you can also use it to smother someone, so we should ban it? Doesn't make sense.
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