What is the point of this silicon wasting idea? That it will stop people from copying music? From downloading copies of the Internet or sharing copies with friends?
Will the rest of the chip still work as usual? _If_ so, I still don't get it...
The question is not how and when DRM will restrict your life! It won't. Why? Simple: you order pizza by phone because you do not want to go out or prepare dinner by yourself. Pizza delivery is successful because it is convenient, not because it is food. Does DRM look convenient? No. Can you eat it? No. Why are CDs and DVDs so popular? Because they are easier to handle and provide better quality compared to LPs. Not actually because they're cheap. Can you listen to DRM? No, because it is just some piece of software. Why is MP3 successful? Because it safes storage and bandwidth not because one would say it sounds better. Why is Napster so successful? Because you could get your hands on music and for free. Why will DRM fail? Because who wants to buy music off some M$ server with most likely an expiration date to it and no chance to copy it anywhere even just for a private copy in your car when you still get the stuff in stores! DRM is just M$ next piece of software they want to sell to the music and video industry. Let them. They pay for it, try to establish it, will figure out it fails like a lot of the IT hype and increase the prices on CDs and DVDs a little to cover the cost => Microsoft gets a bit richer. End of plot.
Sven
The problem here is, that this young lady is not really good at writing critics but sadly just someone whos style is critical.
You do not warn people with "Note: this is not a review article...". You imply your readers can't tell the difference. And you also don't write "I would truly give props to SuSE for their new version, but...". Well, you either do or you don't. But just because it is a new version doesn't mean anything. The whole sentence rather gets an untruely character.
Oh, and writing "a Windows user would lose him/herself" is plain suicide. You could as well have written "beeing a Windows user, I got lost" (and didn't know the distros have no real choice when it comes to the version numbers of other people's software...).
For the rest of the article I believe she says what she thinks but it also means she doesn't know where the software is coming from and why it does what it does. Sometimes you have to admit things are over your head and you back out of it. You come back again when you understood them. Do not just click on the advanced setup button if you could have been easily satisfied with the beginners options given (small, medium, full or whatever they are).
And a final remark to the author: do not write cirtics about things that make you laugh. Write about those that make you cry. Laughing about other people's work is most disrespectful. It means you do not take them seriously, so why should they? (Or what's the point of the article...)
Sven
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Ice cap melting? Tourism dropping off? I have to see this!!
Hey, are drugs on Slashdot allowed??
Exactly, just like the A20 gate!
What is the point of this silicon wasting idea? That it will stop people from copying music? From downloading copies of the Internet or sharing copies with friends? ...
Will the rest of the chip still work as usual? _If_ so, I still don't get it
Sven
The question is not how and when DRM will restrict your life! It won't. Why? Simple: you order pizza by phone because you do not want to go out or prepare dinner by yourself. Pizza delivery is successful because it is convenient, not because it is food. Does DRM look convenient? No. Can you eat it? No. Why are CDs and DVDs so popular? Because they are easier to handle and provide better quality compared to LPs. Not actually because they're cheap. Can you listen to DRM? No, because it is just some piece of software. Why is MP3 successful? Because it safes storage and bandwidth not because one would say it sounds better. Why is Napster so successful? Because you could get your hands on music and for free. Why will DRM fail? Because who wants to buy music off some M$ server with most likely an expiration date to it and no chance to copy it anywhere even just for a private copy in your car when you still get the stuff in stores! DRM is just M$ next piece of software they want to sell to the music and video industry. Let them. They pay for it, try to establish it, will figure out it fails like a lot of the IT hype and increase the prices on CDs and DVDs a little to cover the cost => Microsoft gets a bit richer. End of plot. Sven
The problem here is, that this young lady is not really good at writing critics but sadly just someone whos style is critical. You do not warn people with "Note: this is not a review article ...". You imply your readers can't tell the difference. And you also don't write "I would truly give props to SuSE for their new version, but ...". Well, you either do or you don't. But just because it is a new version doesn't mean anything. The whole sentence rather gets an untruely character.
Oh, and writing "a Windows user would lose him/herself" is plain suicide. You could as well have written "beeing a Windows user, I got lost" (and didn't know the distros have no real choice when it comes to the version numbers of other people's software ...).
For the rest of the article I believe she says what she thinks but it also means she doesn't know where the software is coming from and why it does what it does. Sometimes you have to admit things are over your head and you back out of it. You come back again when you understood them. Do not just click on the advanced setup button if you could have been easily satisfied with the beginners options given (small, medium, full or whatever they are).
And a final remark to the author: do not write cirtics about things that make you laugh. Write about those that make you cry. Laughing about other people's work is most disrespectful. It means you do not take them seriously, so why should they? (Or what's the point of the article ...)
Sven