It is common to ignore the letter of the law in favor of the "spirit" of the law. And the spirit of copyright law is protection of the movie industry against all little people and all disruptive technology.
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The ONLY reason HDTV ever took off is because they turned off the standard signal and they stopped making the $50 old tvs.
Most people just want an inexpensive tv. To get people to move up they will either need to mandate the new technology or get it dirt cheap. DVD players only took off when they started costing less than a VCR and film companies figured out that you can make and then sell DVD's for real cheap.
It's interesting, almost anything that isn't Windows is based on UNIX/Linux. (Maybe other things in embedded systems or whatever.) So MS-DOS is at the base of the only big alternative.
I agree. This is an article about how will come in second in what is probably the last major game console generation.
Sony used Playstation to promote blu-ray. MS was just in there because they felt they needed to defend that front. Nintendo won their survival by coming in first.
I mean if they really wanted to win they'd come out with the next generation console after five years. The battle is over. The peace is that no one cares. You can hook your PC up to your HDTV and you can buy a computer for less than the price of these consoles. So everyone is going to have that setup in ten years. Also in few years mobile phones will be the undisputed dominant game platform.
The linked article does describe the efforts to create but it emphasizes that they need many advances to make it happen and that it isn't coming for at least twenty years.
When I've manually downloaded the flash and converted it to mp3, it sounded bad. When I've used firefox extensions, it made good mp3's for me. I don't really have an explanation, but it works.
You make it sound like you need to trust them with the lives of your children or something. You pay them to listen music (or just use their free service) and you listen. If they raise the prices you can cancel. What do you have to lose? You can't listen to Kesha's greatest hits anymore?
The best answer is to get their free service and figure out how to make your own mp3's off their stream. But if someone tells me they pay Spotify five dollars a month, I'm not going to be, "OMFG! DON NOT TRUST THE CLOUD FOR ANYTHING!"
The guy is worried that Spotify will start cheap and then raise it's prices if successful. And if you cancel you don't get to keep listening to music (unless you figured out a way to make your own copy, like many slashdotters will).
Not sure what this guy's point is. A better article would be don't buy Spotifiy because GrooveShark and youtube are free. And you can get firefox extensions that make turning a youtube video into an mp3 really easy.
Stallman: We have completed HURD! It is now ready for commercial use! Technology Singularity: I am afraid that has been in development for too long. I do not need a Mach kernel based OS as my "kernel" is beyond human comprehension. Stallman: GNU slash Technology Singularity. I demand you use this kernel! Singularity: I prefer to be called the Linux slash Technology Singularity. However, I suppose you may call me what you wish. Now I've noticed you seem to have gotten behind on your hygenia. Allow zap you with my singularity insta-shower and hair cut ray. It should give you a refreshed feeling and make you more tolerable to the other biological organisms. ZAP! Stallman: NOOO!!!! AHHHHH!!!! Linux slash Technology Singularity: I don't understand. I did nothing to harm you. I just cleaned you up a bit. Stallman: I HAVE NO MOUTH BUT I MUST SCREAM!!!
This is so thoroughly at odds with everything I know and understand of this world that I am now in a horrible existential crisis. I will time to deal with this.
Because I think an angry Stallman is a funny Stallman. So I Iook forward to this new Linux variant and I thank Linus Torvalds from the bottom of my heart. There would be no free software movement without you and you cannot be venerated enough. I wonder how Mr. Torvalds came up with Hurd? Oh wait, it is because he is a genius.
The most important question to ask about LulzSec is which branch of the U.S. government is responsible for it. Is it the NSA, the CIA, or the military. The most important question about information security in regards to WikiLeaks is why doesn't the U.S. government secure it's information. Manning just downloaded everything. He didn't do anything special.
By the way, Zimbardo's book about it, The Lucifer Effect is absolutely fascinating. The way they all got so pulled into the experiment is just crazy. Luckily, Zimbardo's grad student girlfriend came around. You see Zimbardo got so pulled into his own role as the experimenter/warden that he lost site of the fact that the experiment had become extremely inhumane and he needed to stop it. They needed new eyes to come in and end it.
What is even more interesting than Zimbardo not ending the thing was the prisoners not ending it. After all, they weren't actually prisoners. They should have just walked away.
He also has a fascinating discussion on Abu Ghraib. He discusses the personalities involved in the events and how it led to it. (The sociopath who started it. His girlfriend Lindy England, who got pulled in. The leader of the facility who couldn't pull the situation under control and who's appeals to superiors fell on death ears.)
It is amazing that we do actually live in a world where people willing become slaves. This experiment gave us great insights into social psychology.
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We should start using loldailymail that as a story tag, to indicate that it just isn't good enough for idle.
It is common to ignore the letter of the law in favor of the "spirit" of the law. And the spirit of copyright law is protection of the movie industry against all little people and all disruptive technology.
The ONLY reason HDTV ever took off is because they turned off the standard signal and they stopped making the $50 old tvs.
Most people just want an inexpensive tv. To get people to move up they will either need to mandate the new technology or get it dirt cheap. DVD players only took off when they started costing less than a VCR and film companies figured out that you can make and then sell DVD's for real cheap.
I enjoy the This Week in Science podcast. Entertaining and covers a lot of interesting material.
It's interesting, almost anything that isn't Windows is based on UNIX/Linux. (Maybe other things in embedded systems or whatever.) So MS-DOS is at the base of the only big alternative.
I agree. This is an article about how will come in second in what is probably the last major game console generation.
Sony used Playstation to promote blu-ray. MS was just in there because they felt they needed to defend that front. Nintendo won their survival by coming in first.
I mean if they really wanted to win they'd come out with the next generation console after five years. The battle is over. The peace is that no one cares. You can hook your PC up to your HDTV and you can buy a computer for less than the price of these consoles. So everyone is going to have that setup in ten years. Also in few years mobile phones will be the undisputed dominant game platform.
The linked article does describe the efforts to create but it emphasizes that they need many advances to make it happen and that it isn't coming for at least twenty years.
I think these scientists are part of the conspiracy to make us believe in global warming and that Barack Obama was born in the US.
I would use Blockbuster if they accepted payment in Bitcoin.
This has already been reported in April.
When I've manually downloaded the flash and converted it to mp3, it sounded bad. When I've used firefox extensions, it made good mp3's for me. I don't really have an explanation, but it works.
You make it sound like you need to trust them with the lives of your children or something. You pay them to listen music (or just use their free service) and you listen. If they raise the prices you can cancel. What do you have to lose? You can't listen to Kesha's greatest hits anymore?
The best answer is to get their free service and figure out how to make your own mp3's off their stream. But if someone tells me they pay Spotify five dollars a month, I'm not going to be, "OMFG! DON NOT TRUST THE CLOUD FOR ANYTHING!"
The guy is worried that Spotify will start cheap and then raise it's prices if successful. And if you cancel you don't get to keep listening to music (unless you figured out a way to make your own copy, like many slashdotters will).
Not sure what this guy's point is. A better article would be don't buy Spotifiy because GrooveShark and youtube are free. And you can get firefox extensions that make turning a youtube video into an mp3 really easy.
They already tried that. Maybe it work better if you could put movies on a tiny disc or more music on a tiny disc.
Stackoverflow still gives you better answers. I see no reason to even get their answers for free.
By the way, google should remove experts exchange, they give the googlebot the answer but try to hide from regular users.
Stallman: We have completed HURD! It is now ready for commercial use!
Technology Singularity: I am afraid that has been in development for too long. I do not need a Mach kernel based OS as my "kernel" is beyond human comprehension.
Stallman: GNU slash Technology Singularity. I demand you use this kernel!
Singularity: I prefer to be called the Linux slash Technology Singularity. However, I suppose you may call me what you wish. Now I've noticed you seem to have gotten behind on your hygenia. Allow zap you with my singularity insta-shower and hair cut ray. It should give you a refreshed feeling and make you more tolerable to the other biological organisms. ZAP!
Stallman: NOOO!!!! AHHHHH!!!!
Linux slash Technology Singularity: I don't understand. I did nothing to harm you. I just cleaned you up a bit.
Stallman: I HAVE NO MOUTH BUT I MUST SCREAM!!!
This is so thoroughly at odds with everything I know and understand of this world that I am now in a horrible existential crisis. I will time to deal with this.
I don't try. I just do.
Because I think an angry Stallman is a funny Stallman. So I Iook forward to this new Linux variant and I thank Linus Torvalds from the bottom of my heart. There would be no free software movement without you and you cannot be venerated enough. I wonder how Mr. Torvalds came up with Hurd? Oh wait, it is because he is a genius.
What's your point?
You mean these stylish sophisticates who worship apple (I use the term literally.) don't actually know what they are buying? Ha ha ha.
The most important question to ask about LulzSec is which branch of the U.S. government is responsible for it. Is it the NSA, the CIA, or the military. The most important question about information security in regards to WikiLeaks is why doesn't the U.S. government secure it's information. Manning just downloaded everything. He didn't do anything special.
What are you talking about? In what way did he pick the people most likely to confirm his hypothesis?
By the way, Zimbardo's book about it, The Lucifer Effect is absolutely fascinating. The way they all got so pulled into the experiment is just crazy. Luckily, Zimbardo's grad student girlfriend came around. You see Zimbardo got so pulled into his own role as the experimenter/warden that he lost site of the fact that the experiment had become extremely inhumane and he needed to stop it. They needed new eyes to come in and end it.
What is even more interesting than Zimbardo not ending the thing was the prisoners not ending it. After all, they weren't actually prisoners. They should have just walked away.
He also has a fascinating discussion on Abu Ghraib. He discusses the personalities involved in the events and how it led to it. (The sociopath who started it. His girlfriend Lindy England, who got pulled in. The leader of the facility who couldn't pull the situation under control and who's appeals to superiors fell on death ears.)
It is amazing that we do actually live in a world where people willing become slaves. This experiment gave us great insights into social psychology.
Sure they do. Except instead of a "Service Pack" you just download the new version.