as the DRM gets more sophisticated, it will be nearly impossible to break
I'd be a little more careful when using the word 'impossible'. There will always exist people with the time and expertise to reverse engineer any copy protection worth breaking. Each form of 'protection' appears sophistocated when it is first used, but if the content proves popular, someone always finds a way to break it, fool it, or bypass it.
...GEOS v1.0 had this cool feature I had never seen before at the young age of 6. The paintbrush in particular gave me hours of entertainment, and there were some nifty fonts as well. Annoying, however was the fact that the boot disk could not be copied by any conventional means, thanks to error track copy protection.
My dad never let me touch his sacred GEOS version 2.0 disks for that reason - that and his SX 64.
The textbook industry's problem is similar to that of the music industry just prior to Napster's inception.
P2P is helping with the one, and it could conceiveably help with the other. I'm definately sick of paying $120 per textbook and piles of junk I'll never use and can't sell. Sick enough to 'steal' from the publishing industry, with zero qualms.
Yeah, and the USA is heading down the same road as China in many other areas to boot. I'll probably be branded an 'enemy combatant' for illegally importing technology and get sent to Guantanamo Bay indefinately.
If this ever happens, all my hardware is going to be shipped in from truly free countries, even if I have to build my own damn power supplies to make it all work.
Exploration is something humans must continually participate in. Who knows if or when a giant rock will slam into earth and destroy entire biosphere? Maybe a nearby star is about to go nova...and take us with it. Or some madman with an itchy trigger finger and a warehouse of nukes...
What would we do if the only home we have ever known in this universe were destroyed?
I like to think of space exploration as the next logical step in the human race's long journey through time - a step of ensured survival. I'd like to think that someday a human being will see, as part of that journey, the surface of a planet beyond our little solar system.
For once, I am in total agreement with our president.
The NASA site explicitly says what filters the camera is using. If the only light that comes into the shutter is red, then you can only see varying shades of reflected red light.
According to the NOVA broadcast, Spirit is in a deep impact crater that was probably once a lake. Scientifically, it's the ideal spot to look for life. However, there's very little chance that it could leave the crater to visit any other landing sites.
I thinking more like, you take a picture, but someone sneezes...or looks away...or anything unpredictable like that. Sooooooooo, erase that shot right away and try again. Not as useful as with an LCD, but still a nice feature.
What if I buy an appliance that is manufactured and sold in another country? Importing such equipment may become very profitable business - and what's to stop people in other countries from recording and uploading material? This whole scheme is just plain silly. It puts a rather large burden on the manufacturers (which, in turn, can slow innovation), encroaches on fair use, and still leaves the analog hole wide open.
When analog broadcasting ends, so will my time spent watching television. It's not that I don't embrace new technology - it's that using a digital television will likely be in violation of my (albeit only percieved now) fair-use rights.
Anywho, the quality of television is low. I may end up shunning it completely well before the 2006 mandate.
Why make people have to suffer with the same usability and UI gaffs that MS has foisted on Windows users?
Because that's what people are used to. The lower the learning curve, the more people you will be able to sign on to the bandwagon. It isn't about making anything better - it's about providing an alternative with zero strings attached.
But what about resistance? The original power distribution framework set up in this country (USA) was DC...but AC quickly overtook it because AC is not nearly as susceptible to line loss. It just makes more sense to use AC...unless you've got some room-temp superconducting power lines.
Next we'll see the 'Super-Final termination notice', to eventually be followed by the 'No-really-we're-serious-this-time-guys-last-ditch -final termination notice'...
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I'd be a little more careful when using the word 'impossible'. There will always exist people with the time and expertise to reverse engineer any copy protection worth breaking. Each form of 'protection' appears sophistocated when it is first used, but if the content proves popular, someone always finds a way to break it, fool it, or bypass it.
My dad never let me touch his sacred GEOS version 2.0 disks for that reason - that and his SX 64.
P2P is helping with the one, and it could conceiveably help with the other. I'm definately sick of paying $120 per textbook and piles of junk I'll never use and can't sell. Sick enough to 'steal' from the publishing industry, with zero qualms.
The fact that the heat would not be seen directly is already a good disguise.
Yeah, and the USA is heading down the same road as China in many other areas to boot. I'll probably be branded an 'enemy combatant' for illegally importing technology and get sent to Guantanamo Bay indefinately.
Exploration is something humans must continually participate in. Who knows if or when a giant rock will slam into earth and destroy entire biosphere?
Maybe a nearby star is about to go nova...and take us with it.
Or some madman with an itchy trigger finger and a warehouse of nukes...
What would we do if the only home we have ever known in this universe were destroyed?
I like to think of space exploration as the next logical step in the human race's long journey through time - a step of ensured survival. I'd like to think that someday a human being will see, as part of that journey, the surface of a planet beyond our little solar system.
For once, I am in total agreement with our president.
The NASA site explicitly says what filters the camera is using. If the only light that comes into the shutter is red, then you can only see varying shades of reflected red light.
HELLOOOOOOO, Ares2003, you're, DAFT.
...WEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
According to the PBS NOVA broadcast, Spirit landed in a huge impact crater that is suspected to have once been a huge lake.
According to the NOVA broadcast, Spirit is in a deep impact crater that was probably once a lake. Scientifically, it's the ideal spot to look for life. However, there's very little chance that it could leave the crater to visit any other landing sites.
My only beef is that the RIAA is raping fair use.
As soon as someone plants an American almanac in his luggage, so the FBI can declare him an 'enemy combatant'.
(Then he can easily be 'disappeared')
I thinking more like, you take a picture, but someone sneezes...or looks away...or anything unpredictable like that. Sooooooooo, erase that shot right away and try again. Not as useful as with an LCD, but still a nice feature.
Well, for one, you can erase shots and re-take them. Says so right on the package.
Ah...priorities. One wonders if these pigopolists realize how deep a hole they are digging for themselves.
That looks like cheap optics on top of a mediocre light sensor. The edges are all blurred.
Flag compliance really is a waste of resources.
definately more enforceable.
Anywho, the quality of television is low. I may end up shunning it completely well before the 2006 mandate.
What we need is a conversion of that nifty gizmo from muppet labs which Dr. Bunsen Honeydew used to turn gold into cream cheese.
Because that's what people are used to. The lower the learning curve, the more people you will be able to sign on to the bandwagon. It isn't about making anything better - it's about providing an alternative with zero strings attached.
But what about resistance? The original power distribution framework set up in this country (USA) was DC...but AC quickly overtook it because AC is not nearly as susceptible to line loss. It just makes more sense to use AC...unless you've got some room-temp superconducting power lines.
gimme a break. SCO, WHY WON'T YOU DIE???
Let me know if come across any good engineering gigs - I'll probably be on the same path very soon. :oP