Personal Use and the 3rd Party
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So we need a re-design of the law.
You can make copies for your use (*cough* Cactus Data Shield *cough*) as well as using others copies if you have the license to do so.
For this you cannot make copies expressly for other people, but other people can use your copies if they already have the right to make their own.
Whaddaya think?
Re:The same argument could be used to stream video
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I think the examples of RealPlayer and Windows Media Player are horrible. If you pause, it has to re-buffer, even though there should be a buffer full of the next moment. I think perhaps you should not be allowed to have more than, say, 5 minutes cached/10% of the video, whichever is smaller - this does 2 things. It allows for bursts of transfer when available, and prevents a short connectivity lapse from killing you. But the base concept is sound. I theorized of a lincense-based streaming MP3 server very much like this a short while ago.
As for online streaming video rental - there's no such thing as "good for you, bad for the studio". The studio would probably have very specific regulations on this enterprise (much like with cinemas themselves) and might even block out others and run them theirselves.
Wouldn't it tick you off if you just finished a movie, and you wanted to go back and hear a memorable line again, only to find out that since you pressed "Stop" you have to pay another 1$ to view it again, and then finding out that the selection you made is currently being viewed to capacity?
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Not commericials, family sitcoms. This is why Everybody Loves Raymond. They live is a world not too different from our own, except that people, who have their good and bad moments, are generally good, with consideration and caring for others.
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It would be reasonable to create an AUP/Authentication Protocol. This could have quite a substantial level of function to it.
If the user doesn't support AUPAP and doesn't successfully authenticate with the network's "domain controller" or somesuch authority, the user would be limited to the most basic access (or none at all). If the user successfully authenticates, they have their appropriate access.
If the the user supports AUPAP, they could then choose to agree to different areas/levels of access, monitoring, etc. This would allow a publicly-accessible network to provide users with Internet Access (with permission to monitor/block), SMTP-send capabilities (with message/MAC Addr/system info logging), etc without users becoming upset that they weren't aware it was happening.
Of course, there will be plenty of "Click-through" users, but an AUP is more to cover the provider than the user.
-- 1.3 You acknowledge that you are aware that some areas of MSN and the Internet may contain material that is unsuitable for minors, and you agree to supervise usage by minors whom you permit to use your MSN account. -- MSN
Just one example of why 802.11 isn't really an ideal protocol for public networks.
802.11 isn't a service or a communications protocol, it's a network layer. This is like complaining that 100 base-T doesn't have a MOTD
Brand new MOTD for cat5e! Just enter the message you want with this 1Hz binary input rocker switch, and in just minutes (depending on message length and encoding*) you can improperly interrupt network communications with a hardware-layer message.
* Available in ISO 8859-1, ISO 8859-6, and Unicode. Check with local suppliers for availability. Comes with free hexadecimalbinary convertor chart.
The wearable offers you what you can't get out of a PDA. Instant access.
The PDA has an appointment book, but if you want to check it, you have to pull it out, open it up, turn it on, go to the appointment book, and then look at the days. This takes time. A wearable is already on, you just have to bring up the appointment book. The alaram feature reminds you when a meeting is going to happen. Your wearable could keep your next 2 appointments in view, and with GPS and access to MapQuest or something similar, could tell you about how long it would take, with approximations for traffic.
Pulling out your PDA and trying to take notes in Graffiti is painful - it's very hard to keep up with a conversation. But with a wearable, you can type instead of write. Bringing a keyboard may not be an option, but a Twiddler allows you to type quite quickly with one hand, far better than Graffiti, anyway.
Imagine access to financial reports at the meeting with the boss without a laptop. Imagine in-view access to directions as you look for a client's office. Imagine sending someone an e-mail when you remember to do it. Imagine updating your to-do list while on the phone on the subway, without fear of dropping something. Imagine making changes to the database while the meeting is going on. Imagine never worrying about forgetting the CD you burned becuase you have the data with you. Imagine never worrying about someone else using your computer and messing up your settings.
If none of these things interest you, how about: Imagine reading slashdot during the meeting. Imagine reading slashdot on the subway. Imagine looking for new jobs while during the new policy meeting. Imagine being able to correct people by getting actual data at your fingertips. Imagine watching the Simpsons while you stare at a monitor covered with Excel sheets. Imagine organizing your MP3 collection during business hours. Imagine EverQuest.
You can get a set of glasses (Model EG-7) with a prism built-in so there is no bulky object hanging in your field of vision. There is a bump on the side of the glasses for the screen itself, and a wire runs down behind the ear, easily concealable under a shirt.
You can already walk down the street with an earphone/microphone on, because you probably have a cellphone.
You can use a Twiddler for input, along with speech (maybe in the future). Perhaps soon we will have a Bluetooth Twiddler, allowing you reduce the number of wires.
In fact, incorporating Bluetooth would be a great way to improve the portability/functionality of your wearable. Connect to your cellphone with Bluetooth instead of using a cable or having a separate cell modem. Connect to a printer (Bluetooth or 802.11 for this application) and print something out on your way to the meeting. Your microphone/speaker could be Bluetooth, so there are even fewer wires (though the battery/communications module is a little bulky still).
With some dynamic networking you could have your system use Bluetooth to the phone while you weren't in range of a wireless network, and switch automatically, setting up NFS/VPN/SSH/etc connections as the network conditions change.
A new processor (these days) and Win98 have great boot speeds. I've seen a Duron 850 boot in 15 seconds, flat. This was with automatic drive detection disabled, but how many people change their hardware in their entertainment console so frequently they would need it?
But to make the complex sound for each person, you must have an ultrasonic system for each person, as well as a sensor system that can track each person and the local obstacles to sound.
Then you would need emitters all around the room to improve the the ability to target people in a varied environment. Each emitter would have to be on a pivot to work best, and you would need some great software to dynamically track people's movements to prevent "falling out" of the sound accidentally.
Drug dealing - forget selling cheap/fake drugs, consider the drug seller options.
You could stand in an alleyway and talk only to the people you want, without worrying about being seen/heard by police.
Think about informants and other covert situations. Your informant sits on a park bench and you, 100 yards away in a car, ask him questions to which he responds with motioning.
You can already buy noise-cancelling headphones. They are wonderful things. I wish they incorporated active noise-cancelling into many other things.
Consider a car with active sound dampening. no road noise. No passing car noise. However, active sound dampening could be used intelligently, to allow you to clearly hear sirens, horns, etc.
Of course, with the sound beams and active noise cancelling, the driver could (theoretically, with enough sensors & speakers) hold a hands-free cellphone conversation without the passengers being able to hear.
Gates' own operating system design was to be UNIX-based. However, he has long since stopped coding and started managing.
You should look less at MSNBC's article as a support of open-source, or a secret desire to support Linux, then as a desire to become a serious news source.
Microsoft has been trying for years to show that they are serious about the things they decide to pursue.
Messengers, game consoles, ISP. All these things are places Microsoft didn't have to go and people didn't expect from a software company. Microsoft is just trying to get away from people thinking "Windows" when they think of Microsoft, and nothing else.
As the developer of database-driven intranet applications, I was frequently grateful for JavaScript. When three managers would finally agree on a implementation which was practically impossible to create, I would rely on JavaScript to make the impossible happen.
JavaScript is extremely versatile. It is also very powerful. However, it is also very easy to abuse. If you've ever visited a site where layers of transparent GIFs floated around following your cursor, you probably understand. I have had to troubleshoot a fair share of bad JavaScript that others wrote/copied (subducted layers of size-and-color-changing fonts making a colorful expanding flashing title was chewing 97% processor time, for instance) and have taken the Aramon stance on JavaScript.
Stone and steel are at Aramon's side, and good king Elsin forsakes magic for spear and hammer.
Even Microsoft's own web-based outsourcing support tools use JavaScript almost exclusively. They are ugly beasts, written entirely in DHTML, with JavaScript controlled XML server communication, with <span> tags using onClick() and CSS to do the underline hover, instead of links...
Surprise! Even their websites are bloatware! Of course, that's no surprise if you've ever looked at MS Word/Excel MSHTML.
I got a self-minimizing, onUnLoad() self-re-opening ad. I had to end task on Iexplore b/c End Task tries to shut down the task in a friendly manner first, which triggers the onUnLoad().
Don't know what it was, or how they expected me to see it.
Apple put a lot of time into harnessing the power of UNIX into a box for Joe Average, and MacOS X Server gives admins the flexibility to do everything they want, without needing to wander through man pages to find that switch.
If you speak of the difficult "round mouse", they got rid of it. If you speak of the new "no button" optical, there's only one thing I've seen people have a problem with. IF you violently smack your mouse onto the surface when repositioning it, it might click. Simple solution - be nice to your hardware.
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So we need a re-design of the law.
You can make copies for your use (*cough* Cactus Data Shield *cough*) as well as using others copies if you have the license to do so.
For this you cannot make copies expressly for other people, but other people can use your copies if they already have the right to make their own.
Whaddaya think?
I think the examples of RealPlayer and Windows Media Player are horrible. If you pause, it has to re-buffer, even though there should be a buffer full of the next moment. I think perhaps you should not be allowed to have more than, say, 5 minutes cached/10% of the video, whichever is smaller - this does 2 things. It allows for bursts of transfer when available, and prevents a short connectivity lapse from killing you. But the base concept is sound. I theorized of a lincense-based streaming MP3 server very much like this a short while ago.
As for online streaming video rental - there's no such thing as "good for you, bad for the studio". The studio would probably have very specific regulations on this enterprise (much like with cinemas themselves) and might even block out others and run them theirselves.
Wouldn't it tick you off if you just finished a movie, and you wanted to go back and hear a memorable line again, only to find out that since you pressed "Stop" you have to pay another 1$ to view it again, and then finding out that the selection you made is currently being viewed to capacity?
Not commericials, family sitcoms. This is why Everybody Loves Raymond. They live is a world not too different from our own, except that people, who have their good and bad moments, are generally good, with consideration and caring for others.
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Read Bowling Alone - The Collapse and Revival of American Community
See the line below it. If we don't believe the people we elect are worthy of our trust, it's time to let them know.
It would be reasonable to create an AUP/Authentication Protocol. This could have quite a substantial level of function to it.
If the user doesn't support AUPAP and doesn't successfully authenticate with the network's "domain controller" or somesuch authority, the user would be limited to the most basic access (or none at all). If the user successfully authenticates, they have their appropriate access.
If the the user supports AUPAP, they could then choose to agree to different areas/levels of access, monitoring, etc. This would allow a publicly-accessible network to provide users with Internet Access (with permission to monitor/block), SMTP-send capabilities (with message/MAC Addr/system info logging), etc without users becoming upset that they weren't aware it was happening.
Of course, there will be plenty of "Click-through" users, but an AUP is more to cover the provider than the user.
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1.3 You acknowledge that you are aware that some areas of MSN and the Internet may contain material that is unsuitable for minors, and you agree to supervise usage by minors whom you permit to use your MSN account. -- MSN
802.11 isn't a service or a communications protocol, it's a network layer. This is like complaining that 100 base-T doesn't have a MOTD
Brand new MOTD for cat5e! Just enter the message you want with this 1Hz binary input rocker switch, and in just minutes (depending on message length and encoding*) you can improperly interrupt network communications with a hardware-layer message.
* Available in ISO 8859-1, ISO 8859-6, and Unicode. Check with local suppliers for availability. Comes with free hexadecimalbinary convertor chart.
The wearable offers you what you can't get out of a PDA. Instant access.
The PDA has an appointment book, but if you want to check it, you have to pull it out, open it up, turn it on, go to the appointment book, and then look at the days. This takes time. A wearable is already on, you just have to bring up the appointment book. The alaram feature reminds you when a meeting is going to happen. Your wearable could keep your next 2 appointments in view, and with GPS and access to MapQuest or something similar, could tell you about how long it would take, with approximations for traffic.
Pulling out your PDA and trying to take notes in Graffiti is painful - it's very hard to keep up with a conversation. But with a wearable, you can type instead of write. Bringing a keyboard may not be an option, but a Twiddler allows you to type quite quickly with one hand, far better than Graffiti, anyway.
Imagine access to financial reports at the meeting with the boss without a laptop. Imagine in-view access to directions as you look for a client's office. Imagine sending someone an e-mail when you remember to do it. Imagine updating your to-do list while on the phone on the subway, without fear of dropping something. Imagine making changes to the database while the meeting is going on. Imagine never worrying about forgetting the CD you burned becuase you have the data with you. Imagine never worrying about someone else using your computer and messing up your settings.
If none of these things interest you, how about: Imagine reading slashdot during the meeting. Imagine reading slashdot on the subway. Imagine looking for new jobs while during the new policy meeting. Imagine being able to correct people by getting actual data at your fingertips. Imagine watching the Simpsons while you stare at a monitor covered with Excel sheets. Imagine organizing your MP3 collection during business hours. Imagine EverQuest.
They are available, but it's a development kit as opposed to a go-out-and-buy-one product.
You can get a set of glasses (Model EG-7) with a prism built-in so there is no bulky object hanging in your field of vision. There is a bump on the side of the glasses for the screen itself, and a wire runs down behind the ear, easily concealable under a shirt.
You can already walk down the street with an earphone/microphone on, because you probably have a cellphone.
You can use a Twiddler for input, along with speech (maybe in the future). Perhaps soon we will have a Bluetooth Twiddler, allowing you reduce the number of wires.
In fact, incorporating Bluetooth would be a great way to improve the portability/functionality of your wearable. Connect to your cellphone with Bluetooth instead of using a cable or having a separate cell modem. Connect to a printer (Bluetooth or 802.11 for this application) and print something out on your way to the meeting. Your microphone/speaker could be Bluetooth, so there are even fewer wires (though the battery/communications module is a little bulky still).
With some dynamic networking you could have your system use Bluetooth to the phone while you weren't in range of a wireless network, and switch automatically, setting up NFS/VPN/SSH/etc connections as the network conditions change.
Perhaps if:
But to do that, we'd have to stop living the way the commercials tell us to.
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Don't think how we tell you; think what we tell you. Drink Sprite!
A new processor (these days) and Win98 have great boot speeds. I've seen a Duron 850 boot in 15 seconds, flat. This was with automatic drive detection disabled, but how many people change their hardware in their entertainment console so frequently they would need it?
But to make the complex sound for each person, you must have an ultrasonic system for each person, as well as a sensor system that can track each person and the local obstacles to sound.
Then you would need emitters all around the room to improve the the ability to target people in a varied environment. Each emitter would have to be on a pivot to work best, and you would need some great software to dynamically track people's movements to prevent "falling out" of the sound accidentally.
Drug dealing - forget selling cheap/fake drugs, consider the drug seller options.
You could stand in an alleyway and talk only to the people you want, without worrying about being seen/heard by police.
Think about informants and other covert situations. Your informant sits on a park bench and you, 100 yards away in a car, ask him questions to which he responds with motioning.
It turns out that "Field of Dreams" was military testing of this sound system and holographic projection systems.
PASTA - Post-Advertisement Stress-induced Traumatic Action
Yes, after hearing commercials in their own heads for hours, people will be so stressed out that they will go crazy and start breaking stuff.
A whole new later of temporary insanity. ;)
just as two frequencies of light make a different pattern when they interfere, the ultrasound makes different frequencies (sound) when they interfere.
Consider a car with active sound dampening. no road noise. No passing car noise. However, active sound dampening could be used intelligently, to allow you to clearly hear sirens, horns, etc.
Of course, with the sound beams and active noise cancelling, the driver could (theoretically, with enough sensors & speakers) hold a hands-free cellphone conversation without the passengers being able to hear.
Frightening.
You werew almost making sense... It didn't quite work out, though.
I think you really lost credibility when you said "hella" and "IQ over 150" in the same sentance.
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Gates' own operating system design was to be UNIX-based. However, he has long since stopped coding and started managing.
You should look less at MSNBC's article as a support of open-source, or a secret desire to support Linux, then as a desire to become a serious news source.
Microsoft has been trying for years to show that they are serious about the things they decide to pursue.
Messengers, game consoles, ISP. All these things are places Microsoft didn't have to go and people didn't expect from a software company. Microsoft is just trying to get away from people thinking "Windows" when they think of Microsoft, and nothing else.
As the developer of database-driven intranet applications, I was frequently grateful for JavaScript. When three managers would finally agree on a implementation which was practically impossible to create, I would rely on JavaScript to make the impossible happen.
JavaScript is extremely versatile. It is also very powerful. However, it is also very easy to abuse. If you've ever visited a site where layers of transparent GIFs floated around following your cursor, you probably understand. I have had to troubleshoot a fair share of bad JavaScript that others wrote/copied (subducted layers of size-and-color-changing fonts making a colorful expanding flashing title was chewing 97% processor time, for instance) and have taken the Aramon stance on JavaScript.
Stone and steel are at Aramon's side, and good king Elsin forsakes magic for spear and hammer.
Even Microsoft's own web-based outsourcing support tools use JavaScript almost exclusively. They are ugly beasts, written entirely in DHTML, with JavaScript controlled XML server communication, with <span> tags using onClick() and CSS to do the underline hover, instead of links...
Surprise! Even their websites are bloatware! Of course, that's no surprise if you've ever looked at MS Word/Excel MSHTML.
I got a self-minimizing, onUnLoad() self-re-opening ad. I had to end task on Iexplore b/c End Task tries to shut down the task in a friendly manner first, which triggers the onUnLoad().
Don't know what it was, or how they expected me to see it.
But designing two totally different interfaces for everything would be a huge pain. It's almost like...
Trying to take advantage of the new XP interface but realizing that people might still use the Classic interface!
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Oh no, Mr Bill!
Apple's been making servers since 1993. Take a look.
If you didn't see the difference between MacOS X and BSD, do a little research. I'll provide some Apple links.
Apple put a lot of time into harnessing the power of UNIX into a box for Joe Average, and MacOS X Server gives admins the flexibility to do everything they want, without needing to wander through man pages to find that switch.
If you speak of the difficult "round mouse", they got rid of it. If you speak of the new "no button" optical, there's only one thing I've seen people have a problem with. IF you violently smack your mouse onto the surface when repositioning it, it might click. Simple solution - be nice to your hardware.