The change from DVD to HD DVD is not even in the same ballpark as the change from VHS to DVD. There is just no comparison whatsoever. DVD will thrive until 1) HD penetration becomes much, much higher than it is now AND 2) there's a clear winner in whatever format war(s) happen. Until 1 happens, not enough people will have any real incentive to switch, because what else is there that DVD doesn't do other than high def? Data storage is a whole other conversation of course. Until number 2 happens, many people will refrain from buying for fear of being left with obsolete equipment and discs.
But if a grocery cartel was making it absurdly difficult to buy milk and found that milk was being shoplifted at an astronomical rate, they would be well advised to rethink how they sell milk, regardless of whether their customers' actions are illegal or immoral.
The judge doesn't have to take a bribe to be influenced, even unconciously, by the fact that the plaintiff is a huge wealthy organization and the defendant is not. Theoretically of course that influence could go either way.
Even if that's true, how would not being able to offer HD movies send their business model to the toilet? Do you think everyone who's currently happy with DVDs will suddenly stop renting movies because they simply have to have HD? Because if Netflix can't offer HD rentals, neither can anybody else. No, they're quite safe from obsolescence, at least as far into the future as I can guess.
I will admit on one PC I've played it on, it would sometimes suddenly reboot the computer when leaving a multiplayer game. I don't remember what OS it was, probably XP. On the other hand, that was probably Gearbox's fault.:-)
Interesting time such as when the Halo movie is released? There have been such rumors, but of course not confirmed. It's also worth noting that Bungie is interested in quality whether MS is or not, at least it seems that way to me based on Halo, Halo PC, and Halo 2.
The ACLU would cream their pants if the US government tried that. As much as the Bush administration tries to crap on the Constitution, it's still in effect.
IMO, the Dick Cheney shooting incident is proof that there IS such a thing as bad publicity. Ask the President whether he'd rather have the VP shoot someone, or not be in the news at all that day.
So you're saying that 1) the line may be a best fit, but the fit isn't very good, and 2) there's a gap, and 3) the points don't model a straight line. Is that correct? If so, how do you judge 1? By eyeballing? I didn't see any data about standard deviation or the like, so how do you know how good the fit is? Can't argue with number 2, could be a problem. And for number 3, are you saying the data aren't linear? If so, that's totally consistent with the chart - it also indicates the trend is not linear.
On the other hand, if I misunderstood you, please set me straight.
Are you saying you think someone just eyeballed the points and drew in a straight line? Don't you think it's more likely that a charting program calculated a best-fit line? We are of course missing information indicating how much the data deviate from the line, but still... I'm missing your point as well.
If that works for you, it's great. Most people are 1) not capable of doing that kind of math correctly 2) don't even understand what probability is and 3) wouldn't be confident that the result really reflects what they want. The other problem that can afflict even people that pass those tests is that people are generally very poor at evaluating small probabilities. If you don't have an actual number to plug in based on research, you have to just guess. If you think something is "really unlikely" you might assign it a probability of 1%. However, "really unlikely" could just as easily be.001%, which could completely wreck your equation. So I would be careful about using this approach unless I actually knew the right numbers to plug in everywhere. Actually I wouldn't use it all but that's a different story.:-)
Either you didn't back up your claim well, or you didn't state it well. All your examples are contrasting a decision that is highly obvious with one that's very subtle. What you're claiming is a contrast between decisions that are important and unimportant. Offer someone the choice of two similar jobs and it could take a long time to decide - it's important and a subtle choice. Offer someone the choice between a penny and a nickel and they'll decide quickly. It is not an important decision, but the correct choice is obvious. As the other poster said, it takes longer to decide between nearly indistinguishable options, not between unimportant options.
What other way is there to measure the right decision other than what you're happy with long after making it? You could question how long is long, but if you're still happy with your car 5 years later, who can tell you you bought the wrong one? Do you have some other way to measure what constitutes the right decision?
The other guy said "the iPod is one of the most successful consumer products ever." Naming some other consumer products that have sold far, far more than the iPod is one way to rebut that claim. He just happened to pick a product that's relatively close to the iPod in that they're both handheld electronics. On the other hand, "successful" has many definitions. Units sold, revenue, profit, mindshare...
You don't sue anyone, you just don't buy hardware from EvilCorp. Unless you buy the hardware, THEN find out you can only use RedHat binaries. Then maybe you can sue EvilCorp, but not for anything related to GPL.
To be free, this DRM-enabled software would have to allow the user to modify it so it isn't DRM anymore. Otherwise it wouldn't be open source, right? So it seems DRM is fundamentally opposed to the concept of FS/OSS. Or am I missing something?
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The change from DVD to HD DVD is not even in the same ballpark as the change from VHS to DVD. There is just no comparison whatsoever. DVD will thrive until 1) HD penetration becomes much, much higher than it is now AND 2) there's a clear winner in whatever format war(s) happen. Until 1 happens, not enough people will have any real incentive to switch, because what else is there that DVD doesn't do other than high def? Data storage is a whole other conversation of course. Until number 2 happens, many people will refrain from buying for fear of being left with obsolete equipment and discs.
But if a grocery cartel was making it absurdly difficult to buy milk and found that milk was being shoplifted at an astronomical rate, they would be well advised to rethink how they sell milk, regardless of whether their customers' actions are illegal or immoral.
The judge doesn't have to take a bribe to be influenced, even unconciously, by the fact that the plaintiff is a huge wealthy organization and the defendant is not. Theoretically of course that influence could go either way.
You've almost got it. Guns don't kill people, bullets kill people.
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Even if that's true, how would not being able to offer HD movies send their business model to the toilet? Do you think everyone who's currently happy with DVDs will suddenly stop renting movies because they simply have to have HD? Because if Netflix can't offer HD rentals, neither can anybody else. No, they're quite safe from obsolescence, at least as far into the future as I can guess.
I will admit on one PC I've played it on, it would sometimes suddenly reboot the computer when leaving a multiplayer game. I don't remember what OS it was, probably XP. On the other hand, that was probably Gearbox's fault. :-)
Interesting time such as when the Halo movie is released? There have been such rumors, but of course not confirmed. It's also worth noting that Bungie is interested in quality whether MS is or not, at least it seems that way to me based on Halo, Halo PC, and Halo 2.
Hey, so do I! Possibly two of them...
That depends on where you get your definition of dumping.
Dang, and I believed her when she said she would take me to court. Have to remember that next time...
The ACLU would cream their pants if the US government tried that. As much as the Bush administration tries to crap on the Constitution, it's still in effect.
IMO, the Dick Cheney shooting incident is proof that there IS such a thing as bad publicity. Ask the President whether he'd rather have the VP shoot someone, or not be in the news at all that day.
On the other hand, if I misunderstood you, please set me straight.
What would be illegal about it? If I set up an access point and don't protect it properly, what law prevents someone from using it?
Are you saying you think someone just eyeballed the points and drew in a straight line? Don't you think it's more likely that a charting program calculated a best-fit line? We are of course missing information indicating how much the data deviate from the line, but still... I'm missing your point as well.
If that works for you, it's great. Most people are 1) not capable of doing that kind of math correctly 2) don't even understand what probability is and 3) wouldn't be confident that the result really reflects what they want. The other problem that can afflict even people that pass those tests is that people are generally very poor at evaluating small probabilities. If you don't have an actual number to plug in based on research, you have to just guess. If you think something is "really unlikely" you might assign it a probability of 1%. However, "really unlikely" could just as easily be .001%, which could completely wreck your equation. So I would be careful about using this approach unless I actually knew the right numbers to plug in everywhere. Actually I wouldn't use it all but that's a different story. :-)
But the study didn't involve sleep, as I'm sure you know from reading TFA. So unless you think we learn to accept our decisions while doing puzzles...
Either you didn't back up your claim well, or you didn't state it well. All your examples are contrasting a decision that is highly obvious with one that's very subtle. What you're claiming is a contrast between decisions that are important and unimportant. Offer someone the choice of two similar jobs and it could take a long time to decide - it's important and a subtle choice. Offer someone the choice between a penny and a nickel and they'll decide quickly. It is not an important decision, but the correct choice is obvious. As the other poster said, it takes longer to decide between nearly indistinguishable options, not between unimportant options.
What other way is there to measure the right decision other than what you're happy with long after making it? You could question how long is long, but if you're still happy with your car 5 years later, who can tell you you bought the wrong one? Do you have some other way to measure what constitutes the right decision?
The other guy said "the iPod is one of the most successful consumer products ever." Naming some other consumer products that have sold far, far more than the iPod is one way to rebut that claim. He just happened to pick a product that's relatively close to the iPod in that they're both handheld electronics. On the other hand, "successful" has many definitions. Units sold, revenue, profit, mindshare...
You don't sue anyone, you just don't buy hardware from EvilCorp. Unless you buy the hardware, THEN find out you can only use RedHat binaries. Then maybe you can sue EvilCorp, but not for anything related to GPL.
To be free, this DRM-enabled software would have to allow the user to modify it so it isn't DRM anymore. Otherwise it wouldn't be open source, right? So it seems DRM is fundamentally opposed to the concept of FS/OSS. Or am I missing something?