Just wait until everything is published electronically and there are no more printed books. Then, the government can just push a button and revoke the certificates on books it doesn't like, or force you to get updates that omit the offending parts.
How is this going to challenge PDF as a general document distribution format? Microsoft has already said that Office 11 will only run on WinXP or Win2K SP3, which would limit the audience that could read the new format.
Isn't Sony one of the big content producers that has their knickers in a knot over piracy? I wonder what kind of content protection features this drive might have that Sony isn't anxious to advertise.
Wouldn't it be something if the United States ended up being a technological ghetto because it continued to use Microsoft products while the rest of the world moved on to Linux?
Re:Sorry for yet another Star Trek reference, but.
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I don't think there's any avoiding a mechanical effect, because momentum must be preserved. In fact, in your scheme it's the photon you catch that propels the ship. The one that goes out the "exhaust" carries away the useless wrong-way momentum.
Now the problem is: What can absorb those photons without quickly becoming hot enough to vaporize?
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Just wait until everything is published electronically and there are no more printed books. Then, the government can just push a button and revoke the certificates on books it doesn't like, or force you to get updates that omit the offending parts.
How is this going to challenge PDF as a general document distribution format? Microsoft has already said that Office 11 will only run on WinXP or Win2K SP3, which would limit the audience that could read the new format.
Isn't Sony one of the big content producers that has their knickers in a knot over piracy? I wonder what kind of content protection features this drive might have that Sony isn't anxious to advertise.
Wouldn't it be something if the United States ended up being a technological ghetto because it continued to use Microsoft products while the rest of the world moved on to Linux?
I don't think there's any avoiding a mechanical effect, because momentum must be preserved. In fact, in your scheme it's the photon you catch that propels the ship. The one that goes out the "exhaust" carries away the useless wrong-way momentum. Now the problem is: What can absorb those photons without quickly becoming hot enough to vaporize?
Remember Petswarehouse? How about a bill to protect U.S. Citizens from companies that sue people for saying things they don't like?