Ahh, but that is the problem. It would be quite expensive to run a server farm that could provide fast and reliable service to millions of users downloading mp3s at the same time (one reason P2P networks are a better model for file sharing). The overhead would be considerable and they would loose quite a bit of money just running the network that they would want to charge more per download (even if they are making a profit, they want to make a hefty profit!). They charge too much, no one downloads, and results in failure.
The users are unhappy. They are walking around flailing their arms, screaming incoherent words, and urinating on the floor. Adjust the Pop-up ads slider down to the 50% mark. Good, the satisfaction level has gone up a bit. Now we need to adjust our income level. Raise the email SPAM level up and send out more of those damn CD mailers!
I still don't see why people want to have translucent cases. I know I wouldn't want to be reminded daily about the family of dust bunnies and the piss poor airflow that exist in my case. Out of sight, out of mind.
Those people in the corona ads don't seem to have any problems working on their laptops and using their palm pilots while sitting by the beautiful ocean drinking a cool, refreshing beer....damnit, I'm leaving work early today!
The same thing could be done with wireless access points. In fact, it would be easier since with little or no experience, someone could walk in, find an open drop, plug in the WAP, and leave. Granted that the range is not worldwide, but you can get the same results. In some situations you don't even have to enter the building to set one up. Just leave that up to some ignorant employee.
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It's just more convenient this way. I remember there was a business in town a while back that rented software for the PC: games, applications, antivirus software (you know for those only needing temporary virus protection!). They lasted for many years until they were threatened with a legal suit because the rented software (typically for 3 or 5 days) which promoted piracy. So they shutdown for a few days then came back with a new policy: selling the software at their old rental price and after 5 days, if you haven't returned it (for any reason at all - no questions asked) then they would charge you full price.
So if they physically have the ROM and can provide a good checkout system, then how could this be any different than renting the game at blockbuster? Even if the ROM could be copied...the same argument could be said about renting the game at a video store. Besides, SNES and NES games are getting to the point that they aren't selling hardly at all.
Devereaux and a small team of engineers have been working on the electronic aspect of the wearable computer for three years; however, they have yet to figure out one critical issue--what should a wearable computer look like?
They can send a man to the moon, then can even build a tiny personal computer, however the most critical task to trying to figure out what it looks like? Hmmmmm...
"Linux is free like a puppy. It looks free but when you get all the pieces around it, it doesn't work out so free. There's a lot more than I/O and memory management to make up an operating system."
If this is Microsoft's view of Linux, then they are grossly underestimating their competitor. I'm not sure what "pieces" they are talking about, but the ones I use are free.
Ya ya ya. This might be true for 95% of the time, but the idea that the modchip itself should be illegal is wrong. There are other legal uses for a mod chip (such as to play valid copies, or even so you can run your own games/programs on it).
What if they decided to implement this type of method in PCs so you can only run what the company wants you to run? Sure, it might help with piracy, but it would seriously limit the box as well as hurt private and 3rd party programmers. Wait a minute.....Palladium....Microsoft....NOOO!!!!! *drops on the floor and shakes violently*
I am sure that Worldcom's bloated statistics did mislead some, however it's quite convenient where the other companies are laying the blame.
Rival telecoms companies believed the myth and cited UUNET's figures, even if their own traffic figures disagreed.
I find it disturbing that these rival telecom companies aren't making their own decisions. "Tech: Sir, we are only using 3% of our bandwidth and 45% of the nations traffic traverse our networks. CEO: Damnit, can't you hear? We need more bandwidth!! MOORRRREEE!!!!"
Sony applauded the conviction, the first for selling mod chips in Canada, calling it "precedent setting."
They call it a "precedent setting" because they got him for 413 pirated games or because he made a mod chip? Of course selling copies of games have always been illegal, but there is not law AFAIK that makes it illegal to sell/make mod chips. I do enjoy the ignorance card he played there when he was caught. "Officer, these are only backup copies of my games to which I have misplaced. It's a good thing I made backups!"
If the patent does hold, the only people that are going to be paynig for the royalties are large companies that integrate this technology into their products. The bottom line is that Forgent is trying to get some return on their investment in the patent they purchased. Yeah, this really is low, but legal. How is this going to affect 99% people on the net? Not much. Companies are going to pay the 15 Mil (at least the ones that use JPEG with their bread and butter products), a small few might be upset enough to switch over their format to something else (PGN, TIFF, whatever..), and the mass will just ignore it. 2 years later it won't matter.
They are trying to squeeze money from industry, not the end user. Even if they wanted to tackle every user out there with a 10gig p0rn collection, it will take more way more than 2 years to enforce it (if ever).
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You know...because you're not truely a network administrator without one. Are cell phones required too?
Ahh, but that is the problem. It would be quite expensive to run a server farm that could provide fast and reliable service to millions of users downloading mp3s at the same time (one reason P2P networks are a better model for file sharing). The overhead would be considerable and they would loose quite a bit of money just running the network that they would want to charge more per download (even if they are making a profit, they want to make a hefty profit!). They charge too much, no one downloads, and results in failure.
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Maybe it's due to those arrows pushing and pulling on the earth like in that photo...
So if they physically have the ROM and can provide a good checkout system, then how could this be any different than renting the game at blockbuster? Even if the ROM could be copied...the same argument could be said about renting the game at a video store. Besides, SNES and NES games are getting to the point that they aren't selling hardly at all.
They can send a man to the moon, then can even build a tiny personal computer, however the most critical task to trying to figure out what it looks like? Hmmmmm...
If this is Microsoft's view of Linux, then they are grossly underestimating their competitor. I'm not sure what "pieces" they are talking about, but the ones I use are free.
Ya ya ya. This might be true for 95% of the time, but the idea that the modchip itself should be illegal is wrong. There are other legal uses for a mod chip (such as to play valid copies, or even so you can run your own games/programs on it).
What if they decided to implement this type of method in PCs so you can only run what the company wants you to run? Sure, it might help with piracy, but it would seriously limit the box as well as hurt private and 3rd party programmers. Wait a minute.....Palladium....Microsoft....NOOO!!!!! *drops on the floor and shakes violently*
Rival telecoms companies believed the myth and cited UUNET's figures, even if their own traffic figures disagreed.
I find it disturbing that these rival telecom companies aren't making their own decisions. "Tech: Sir, we are only using 3% of our bandwidth and 45% of the nations traffic traverse our networks. CEO: Damnit, can't you hear? We need more bandwidth!! MOORRRREEE!!!!"
They call it a "precedent setting" because they got him for 413 pirated games or because he made a mod chip? Of course selling copies of games have always been illegal, but there is not law AFAIK that makes it illegal to sell/make mod chips. I do enjoy the ignorance card he played there when he was caught. "Officer, these are only backup copies of my games to which I have misplaced. It's a good thing I made backups!"
If the patent does hold, the only people that are going to be paynig for the royalties are large companies that integrate this technology into their products. The bottom line is that Forgent is trying to get some return on their investment in the patent they purchased. Yeah, this really is low, but legal. How is this going to affect 99% people on the net? Not much. Companies are going to pay the 15 Mil (at least the ones that use JPEG with their bread and butter products), a small few might be upset enough to switch over their format to something else (PGN, TIFF, whatever..), and the mass will just ignore it. 2 years later it won't matter.
They are trying to squeeze money from industry, not the end user. Even if they wanted to tackle every user out there with a 10gig p0rn collection, it will take more way more than 2 years to enforce it (if ever).