Not that it will ever happen in our lifetime for audio files, but there will be some advancement in audio that will only be avaliable on DRM, it's only a matter of time. Maybe it will be some newfangled 42 channel lossless surround sound that we haven't even concieved of yet.
At some point, all these files floating around for free on the net are going to start sounding pretty crappy, and the DRM files will be the only ones that will be the MUST HAVE rage.
That's like saying one day there will be books that can only be sold in red bags. If current music file quality starts sounding poor to our future selves, we'll just rip the new DRM files out of its DRM.
From the point of view of computer science, DRM is nothing but a sticker that says "This sticker cannot be removed". But all stickers can be removed.
One of the biggest perks of freedom is it does *not* honor the 'thou shall not fast forward through the FBI warning and any damn previews/ads we applied the same flag to' setting. Skips right on by.
Fixed that for you. Being forced to watch anything is beneath human.
The thing about the Internet, is that if you want to be sure you block some specific usage, you also have to block all and every encrypted packet. If the RIAA and friends keep the pressure on p2p, i'm guessing we'll start seeing a "strange" surge of vpn traffic as vpn-like stuff becomes part of the p2p software featureset.
And the day they only let us pass small plaintext files is the day we will steganographically hide mp3's in the typos. You see, this has the strength of a social/cultural revolution, and we will only stop sharing copyrighted material the day they abolish copyrights.
There is always a chorus of shortsighted if well intentioned posters reminding us of the artists. Yes, rewarding artists is a significant problem we face in the new cultural paradigm of zero-cost copy, but reality denial (stuffing the genie back in the bottle) never helped anyone solve problems. And it is, indeed a significant problem. It is fundamental to our civilization that artistic creation not be stiffled when we could be at the edge of an unprecedented cultural golden age.
Insulting? It reveals a staggering smallness of mind! You rarelly "kick someone's ass" and brag about it. You do one or the other. And Yahoo has made its choice.
It also shows how distorted one's world view can become if you live in an echo chamber. If everytime i went to the bathroom i had a group of lapdogs cheering me for it, i'd end up comparing it to the Manhattan Project too.
You don't know the first thing about drugs. Try to apply some of that independent tought to your government's drug propaganda, or at least stop mindlessly repeating it as truth.
The good thing is that when this dark age passes - and it will pass - we will fill the libraries with the contents of our hard drives, full to the last sector with copyright-infringing material. How do you think future generations, born in a world with no scarcity of digital content, will look on the megalomaniac dinossaurs of our time? Our grandchildren will find it immoral to deny someone something which is free to reproduce. I find it pretty repugnant myself right now.
Actually grandparent probably meant one about "information wants to be free like wanter wants to flow downhill". A statement of fact, more than some anthropomorphization of information. Just think how hard it is to keep the information we want private private.
My experience is quite the opposite. I was getting crashes because my ATI card was overheating (sympthom: freezing to a blue screen, not quite the BSOD blue tone, and with no text).
I bought a new cooling kit for it. I just had to remove 2 screws to replace the fan and glue little heatsinks to the memory chips with the provided "glue strips". Very easy to do, and that's from someone who's never soldered.
Considering how many features were dropped from Longhorn and how this feature being added serves the content providers and not the owner of the computer, i'm assuming the content providers will also pay a significant part of the cost of the O.S., reducing the price to the end user?
"Speaking for myself, I want freedom from having to pay out to support other people's stupid decisions."
While we come from different sides of the issue, please do keep your sentence in mind and read the following link. I think you will find it most enligthning.
Slashdot Mirror
People who simplify matters into "right" and "wrong" cannot comprehend the scientific review process.
Then tell Tom Cruise.
Don't worry, I did it for you.
In that context, we europeans got a much better TLD than the americans.
At some point, all these files floating around for free on the net are going to start sounding pretty crappy, and the DRM files will be the only ones that will be the MUST HAVE rage.
That's like saying one day there will be books that can only be sold in red bags. If current music file quality starts sounding poor to our future selves, we'll just rip the new DRM files out of its DRM. From the point of view of computer science, DRM is nothing but a sticker that says "This sticker cannot be removed". But all stickers can be removed.
probably turns on the recorder.
Fixed that for you. Being forced to watch anything is beneath human.
The thing about the Internet, is that if you want to be sure you block some specific usage, you also have to block all and every encrypted packet. If the RIAA and friends keep the pressure on p2p, i'm guessing we'll start seeing a "strange" surge of vpn traffic as vpn-like stuff becomes part of the p2p software featureset.
And the day they only let us pass small plaintext files is the day we will steganographically hide mp3's in the typos. You see, this has the strength of a social/cultural revolution, and we will only stop sharing copyrighted material the day they abolish copyrights.
There is always a chorus of shortsighted if well intentioned posters reminding us of the artists. Yes, rewarding artists is a significant problem we face in the new cultural paradigm of zero-cost copy, but reality denial (stuffing the genie back in the bottle) never helped anyone solve problems. And it is, indeed a significant problem. It is fundamental to our civilization that artistic creation not be stiffled when we could be at the edge of an unprecedented cultural golden age.
Insulting? It reveals a staggering smallness of mind! You rarelly "kick someone's ass" and brag about it. You do one or the other. And Yahoo has made its choice.
It also shows how distorted one's world view can become if you live in an echo chamber. If everytime i went to the bathroom i had a group of lapdogs cheering me for it, i'd end up comparing it to the Manhattan Project too.
I'm like that too when i'm spending other people's money.
Gotta love 'em, human OEM's.
Yeah but it was lost before entry. Turns out she expected inches and he was talking centimeters.
You don't know the first thing about drugs. Try to apply some of that independent tought to your government's drug propaganda, or at least stop mindlessly repeating it as truth.
...begs to differ.
And here's to hoping they don't.
"This is the world's smallest violin playing for the RIAA."
Don't forget to grab the cover art:
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The good thing is that when this dark age passes - and it will pass - we will fill the libraries with the contents of our hard drives, full to the last sector with copyright-infringing material. How do you think future generations, born in a world with no scarcity of digital content, will look on the megalomaniac dinossaurs of our time? Our grandchildren will find it immoral to deny someone something which is free to reproduce. I find it pretty repugnant myself right now.
My limited knowledge of physics is such that i can't see any way to project an image in mid-air as seen in many sci-fi movies.
Is there any know way to actually do it? Is anyone working on such a technology? 3D in the air would be pretty cool, and its 2005 and all...
Actually grandparent probably meant one about "information wants to be free like wanter wants to flow downhill". A statement of fact, more than some anthropomorphization of information. Just think how hard it is to keep the information we want private private.
No, that's how the RIAA lapdogs pronounced it.
You know guys, I think there was a duped sentence in the blurb.
My experience is quite the opposite. I was getting crashes because my ATI card was overheating (sympthom: freezing to a blue screen, not quite the BSOD blue tone, and with no text).
I bought a new cooling kit for it. I just had to remove 2 screws to replace the fan and glue little heatsinks to the memory chips with the provided "glue strips". Very easy to do, and that's from someone who's never soldered.
what is a good way to break the addiction?
Just leave the computer on.
Considering how many features were dropped from Longhorn and how this feature being added serves the content providers and not the owner of the computer, i'm assuming the content providers will also pay a significant part of the cost of the O.S., reducing the price to the end user?
"Speaking for myself, I want freedom from having to pay out to support other people's stupid decisions."
While we come from different sides of the issue, please do keep your sentence in mind and read the following link. I think you will find it most enligthning.
http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/42463
Consider that a set of links and associated discussion. I encourage you to form your own opinion.