Say, V-Chip as Violence Hardware Accelerator. You just set up violence level and blood color and voila - hardware accelerated blood and gibs! Only supports Direct3D API, though.
Norway, Finland and Sweden both have high taxes. Which is nice, if you want social care. As my friends in Finland have told me, Finland is a very bureucratic country - you'll have to 'yes, officer, that's right, officer'. But the lakes are pretty. In Sweden you can't get any booze after 6pm - they've got federal alcohol monopoly. And of course they have this slight neonazi problem. As for Norway the only thing I know (but I don't know it for sure) is that they didn't join EU because EU told them they have too many country schools.
Monopolies are in some respects a different story, but keep in mind that the majority of monopolies are a product of government regulation, not of the free market.
What? Microsoft and MPAA are regulated by the government? Standard Oil was regulated by the government? AT&T was regulated by the government?
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Into my DVD-ROM.
Doh. I inserted Moby "Play" and got 10 different entries. Impressive.
Done.
Indeed.
For the purposes of the DMCA I don't know that it matters WHAT kind of protection mechanism is in place, only that you can't circumvent it.
And effective kind of protection mechanism.
Digital Copyright Millennium Act?
So, when can I come on tour and buy some postcards or souvenirs?
Say, V-Chip as Violence Hardware Accelerator. You just set up violence level and blood color and voila - hardware accelerated blood and gibs! Only supports Direct3D API, though.
$5-10 a month for shitty mp3z? Yeah, dream on...
March 6 is my birthday. It would've been a great birthday party, but NOOOOOO.
I'm busy. :)
Nah. Probably XPbox.
Yeah. But they could equip the plane with freakin' railgun and they would have an army of freakin' quake deathmatchers volunteerily guard the plane. :)
It is a good day to die.
Lo Wang, Shadow Warrior.
I think that simple icmp protocol can do more damage. :)
So, Ogg Vorbis 2.0 will be announced soon?
Can I also get >5% beer around the clock?
Well, my friends in Finland made it sound like that. Maybe it was not their everything-goes-well day.
What kind of 'a copy protection' is it exactly? One bit somewhere in the 'header' section? Scrambled signal a'la css?
Norway, Finland and Sweden both have high taxes. Which is nice, if you want social care. As my friends in Finland have told me, Finland is a very bureucratic country - you'll have to 'yes, officer, that's right, officer'. But the lakes are pretty. In Sweden you can't get any booze after 6pm - they've got federal alcohol monopoly. And of course they have this slight neonazi problem. As for Norway the only thing I know (but I don't know it for sure) is that they didn't join EU because EU told them they have too many country schools.
Yeah, but Newton knew shit about electromagnetics. With electromagnetics you could create very strong forces.
You're not confident in convincing other people?
Tough luck...
These examples show that the market needs some regulation, but not too much.
I agree totally
Monopolies are in some respects a different story, but keep in mind that the majority of monopolies are a product of government regulation, not of the free market.
What? Microsoft and MPAA are regulated by the government? Standard Oil was regulated by the government? AT&T was regulated by the government?
Gimme a break! I want my KitKat!
Ever heard of L.A.M.E.? And doesn't Fraunhofer hold a patent on MP3 coding only in Germany and U.S.?
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