Does Fair Use mean you can make an exact copy in digital form? Or does it simply mean you can make a copy? If so, you will always be able to make an analog copy where you will lose some fidelity and quality, but it is a decision you need to make.
So we should all have blank keyboards then? I would guess that there's more people that don't touch type than those who do. Also, the usefulness isn't in after you get used to the key layout, but when you initially try new software that uses specific mapped keys.
I don't quite get why people get upset about DVDs getting released multiple times. When you bought the DVD initially, were you happy with it? If not, why did you buy it? Did you feel like you must have the latest greatest? When the manufacturer of your car releases an updated version, do you equally get upset?
Composite video has a limitation of 140 lines (120 lines practical) of resolution. HDTV is 720P or 1080i. I don't believe you have a HDTV that only has composite input. Component perhaps.
The other problem is that even if there were a ton of BluRay movies available, the original issue was a college student being able to afford the PS3. Making use of BluRay implies that you have a HD capable television and preferrably a sound system to match. I doubt the college student could afford either if they are concerned about the price of the PS3. So those "extras" are not a selling point anyways. Not to mention the supposed $60 per game that's been thrown around.
The "demo" model can work for both consumers and publishers. If the argument is that consumers simply want to try before they buy, then record companies can release low bitrate version of songs. This should be good enough for those really just wanting to demo and not good enough to keep them from buying something they already got for free. The only problem is that this means the record companies need to put out good stuff.
You're making a few assumptions that may not be true.
1) people working at the command line can tell the difference between 10ms and 100ms
2) ls itself doesn't have any switches to return just the filename in the object
3) generic "pick" command faults if a requested property doesn't exist (I have not used Monad, so I don't know if it ignores or faults)
The whole point of using.Net is that each command line program does NOT report any schema. They just return an object..Net reflection takes care of producing the schema of the object.
I think the more interesting question is:
If Monad really is the next great thing, how easy will it be to port to Mono?
In this day and age, the reason corporations acquire as many patents as possible isn't necessarily to obtain exclusive use. It's for "cross license agreements". Company A has a patent. Company B uses technology similar to the patent. Company A sues Company B. Company B also owns patents that Company A appears to be using. They both agree to "cross license agreements" for their patents so neither side actually pays any fees to the other.
It's not a apples to apples comparison to say that there are more PCs than consoles as most of those PCs are not used for gaming. The console games sales has surpassed pc games sales a long time ago.
It's widely recognized that preventing analog copies is not possible. With an analog copy, there is some quality loss anyways (whether or not it is perceivable is one thing, whether or not people care is another (and people probably don't care considering the popularity of mp3)).
I tend to believe that any intelligent alien life would likely be similar to us. There is a reason man evolved the way they did. 2 eyes and ears to see and hear in stereo. Hands to manipulate tools. Legs to move around. I believe there was a show on Discovery channel a long time ago where well known scientists explain why aliens would likely have a humanoid form.
Do you really believe that the average person even hows that UFO is an acronym and tell you what it stands for? Most people probably believe that UFO means alien aircraft, not anything else. As for whether "aliens exist", again, your question is pretty specific. Unless the poll was asking the scientific community, the average person doesn't consider the odds of life existing based on the large number of planets, but rather they exist or not, period.
Microsoft has a history of being backwards compatible (even to supporting buggy behavior in newer releases), but you're really talking about forward compatible rather than backwards compatible. Apps written for Win2k will work on Longhorn/XP, but apps written for Longhorn/XP may not work on win2k. At what point is a company allowed to stop adding new features to old products? Newer versions of cars add satellite radio, GPS, and MP3 capability, but I don't see any car companies provided these features on older models.
I would think that once you travel at the speed of light, you would feel as though you were standing still (since you're now travelling at a constant velocity).
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Does Fair Use mean you can make an exact copy in digital form? Or does it simply mean you can make a copy? If so, you will always be able to make an analog copy where you will lose some fidelity and quality, but it is a decision you need to make.
Actually, copy protection (like Macrovision) is supposed to plug the analog hole. DRM (the D stands for Digital) can only protect digital media.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDCP
Can't wait to see all the DRM free home made movies
DRM is only meant to protect the digital bits (thereby producing a perfect copy), not the analog signal which already has lost some quality.
So we should all have blank keyboards then? I would guess that there's more people that don't touch type than those who do. Also, the usefulness isn't in after you get used to the key layout, but when you initially try new software that uses specific mapped keys.
The subsequent drop of MS share price is in line with the over drop of the entire stock market.
Sorry was quoting horizontal resolution, not vertical.
I don't quite get why people get upset about DVDs getting released multiple times. When you bought the DVD initially, were you happy with it? If not, why did you buy it? Did you feel like you must have the latest greatest? When the manufacturer of your car releases an updated version, do you equally get upset?
What good is a DRM free grill if there is no one producing steaks for it?
Composite video has a limitation of 140 lines (120 lines practical) of resolution. HDTV is 720P or 1080i. I don't believe you have a HDTV that only has composite input. Component perhaps.
The other problem is that even if there were a ton of BluRay movies available, the original issue was a college student being able to afford the PS3. Making use of BluRay implies that you have a HD capable television and preferrably a sound system to match. I doubt the college student could afford either if they are concerned about the price of the PS3. So those "extras" are not a selling point anyways. Not to mention the supposed $60 per game that's been thrown around.
The "demo" model can work for both consumers and publishers. If the argument is that consumers simply want to try before they buy, then record companies can release low bitrate version of songs. This should be good enough for those really just wanting to demo and not good enough to keep them from buying something they already got for free. The only problem is that this means the record companies need to put out good stuff.
Speaking of AMD, it would be interesting if the list could be sorted based on $/Rmax
Slashdot jumped the shark when it was bought. That's when the "editors" stopped reading their own site.
You're making a few assumptions that may not be true. 1) people working at the command line can tell the difference between 10ms and 100ms 2) ls itself doesn't have any switches to return just the filename in the object 3) generic "pick" command faults if a requested property doesn't exist (I have not used Monad, so I don't know if it ignores or faults) The whole point of using .Net is that each command line program does NOT report any schema. They just return an object. .Net reflection takes care of producing the schema of the object.
I think the more interesting question is:
If Monad really is the next great thing, how easy will it be to port to Mono?
In this day and age, the reason corporations acquire as many patents as possible isn't necessarily to obtain exclusive use. It's for "cross license agreements". Company A has a patent. Company B uses technology similar to the patent. Company A sues Company B. Company B also owns patents that Company A appears to be using. They both agree to "cross license agreements" for their patents so neither side actually pays any fees to the other.
More likely, knowing Steve Jobs, he couldn't get his way with IBM, so he threatened to go to Intel. IBM decided to call the bluff.
It's not a apples to apples comparison to say that there are more PCs than consoles as most of those PCs are not used for gaming. The console games sales has surpassed pc games sales a long time ago.
It's widely recognized that preventing analog copies is not possible. With an analog copy, there is some quality loss anyways (whether or not it is perceivable is one thing, whether or not people care is another (and people probably don't care considering the popularity of mp3)).
I tend to believe that any intelligent alien life would likely be similar to us. There is a reason man evolved the way they did. 2 eyes and ears to see and hear in stereo. Hands to manipulate tools. Legs to move around. I believe there was a show on Discovery channel a long time ago where well known scientists explain why aliens would likely have a humanoid form.
Do you really believe that the average person even hows that UFO is an acronym and tell you what it stands for? Most people probably believe that UFO means alien aircraft, not anything else. As for whether "aliens exist", again, your question is pretty specific. Unless the poll was asking the scientific community, the average person doesn't consider the odds of life existing based on the large number of planets, but rather they exist or not, period.
Microsoft has a history of being backwards compatible (even to supporting buggy behavior in newer releases), but you're really talking about forward compatible rather than backwards compatible. Apps written for Win2k will work on Longhorn/XP, but apps written for Longhorn/XP may not work on win2k. At what point is a company allowed to stop adding new features to old products? Newer versions of cars add satellite radio, GPS, and MP3 capability, but I don't see any car companies provided these features on older models.
I would think that once you travel at the speed of light, you would feel as though you were standing still (since you're now travelling at a constant velocity).
Not when Apple uses it in their marketing campaigns