A lot of the "big" bloggers charge nothing for their site, but have a "tip jar" to accept payments from readers. They get $1000+ per month. For something that is "free".
Video on Demand is cool as hell and may even keep me from moving to DirecTV. Their selection could be broadened, but it is still very cool, especially for sports fans and music fans. Here's some things that I like about it:
NFL replays. Every week, you can see a 10-13 minute highlight package of every game played. If you're a fan of an obscure, out-of-town team, you're no longer relegated to ESPN's 2-3 minute highlights on SportsCenter.
NBA highlights. These are shorter, only about 4 minutes, but still longer than SportsCenter.
Music videos of your choosing.
Concerts of your choosing.
Tons of movies.
Lots of kids shows. For those of you with kids, being able to just put an episode of Blue's Clues on at any time is nice.
HBO Series. It'd be nice to have more choices, but they do have a lot of them. Now if they would only put the entire Season 3 of the Wire on, I'd be really happy.
Agree. My wife was watching FoodTV and tried one of the Thirty Minute Meals. Turned out to have required a $45 grocery bill and 2.5 hours to cook. I could have just gotten some take out for $10-15.
How do you even find a case that will fit 12 IDE drives?
I use more storage than most. I just built a computer with a 200 GB hard drive. After more testing is done and I'm ready to make it my new computer, I'm probably going to add 2 more 300 GB hard drives. Maybe even a 300 GB and a 400 GB. But I have no idea what I would do with 12 drives. (unless they are all 10 GB hard drives;-) .
Admittedly, they didn't show off how Anakin was a great star pilot. But 7-year olds say the equivalent of "yipee". I'm sure that Michael Schumacher (the greatest driver in the world today) or Neil Armstrong (an accomplished pilot before he did a certain something in 1969) acted like, well, children, when they were 7-years old.
I had the same problem. I'm moving into a house next month and I would like to "see" how our current furniture fits the house. Over at Amazon, it looks like the two most popular products are Broderbund's 3D Home Architect and the Better Home & Gardens Designer.
There is a downloadable demo of 3D Home Architect available online (I'd link to it, but it seems to be slow right now. Just Google for it). I wasn't very impressed with it though.
I don't know if there is a demo of the B&G product, but their web page is here.
Intel has fallen behind as the mainstream CPU manufacterer. I wonder how long consumer will pay a premium for slower Intel CPUs
The price difference really doesn't exist anymore. At any particular price point above the bare minimum, Intel and AMD costs about the same. I just bought a $220 Intel processor from NewEgg, a 3.2 GHz P4. For the same price, I could have gotten a retail AMD 3400+. The P4 is faster in some tasks (such as video editing), but the 3400+ is faster in others (such as gaming). It's pretty much a toss-up.
Why would I want a 540 over a 530 over a 520 ? I assume price, but is there something else? And the same goes for the Centrino and other lines. Not that they are useless, but there is no clear statement, "you need an M processor for that problem".
Intel normally doesn't sell directly to consumers. The computer companies do. (Home built systems are rare). And the computer companies DO try to say, "you need this to do that." Dell will say, if you do only email, you need this processor, but if you also do video encoding, you need that one." Problem is, you don't REALLY need a 2.4 GHz processor to read email, despite what Dell says.
The VAST majority of the public will never write their own Tivo application. I think it's safe to bet that most would never even download other applications. Tivo is going to die because cable companies and even DirecTv is building PVRs into their set-top box. Doesn't matter is Tivo is "better" if Comcast includes a PVR in their set top box.
You're wrong. ALL HDTVs play HDTV signals, or else they couldn't be labeled HDTV. If you're just talking about the difference between 1080i and 720p, that depends on the technology used. CRTs to 1080i while DLPs do 720p. Some networks broadcast 1080i, some in 720p.
Sure. Section 102(g) states: "A person shall be entitled to a patent unless-- (g) (2) before such person's invention thereof, the invention was made in this country by another inventor who had not abandoned, suppressed, or concealed it." Basically, Eolas argued that, even if Wei invented it first, he abandoned the invention.
The prior art issue is under 102(b). According to the court: "Public use [under 35 U.S.C. 102(b)] includes any use of the claimed invention by a person other than the inventor who is under no limitation, restriction or obligation of secrecy to the inventor."
The trial court linked 102(b) and 102(g), in effect stating that even if Wei publicly disclosed the invention, because he abandoned the invention, it was no longer prior art. The Appeals Court said those are separate tests--even if Wei had abandoned the invention, his public disclosure still counts.
To further explain: first, JMOL means Judgment as a Matter Of Law. The trial court ruled that no jury could find in favor of Microsoft, so ruled on the case instead of the jury.
The remand is primarily based on one piece of prior art, the Viola Browser developed by Pei-Yuan Wei. The trial court ruled that Wei abandoned his invention and therefore the browser was not relevant as prior art. The appeals court ruled that Wei did not abandon his invention, therefore the jury has to consider whether or not the Viola browser is prior art to the Eolas invention.
If you want further details, Wei developed DX34 version of Viola and disclosed it to Sun engineers. He subsequently modified it and released the new version (DX37) to the public. The trial court ruled that the new version is a separate invention and constituted an abandonment of DX34. The appeals court disagreed, saying they are the same invention and thus the release of DX37 did not abandon DX34. (If Wei had abandoned his invention, it woiuld not be prior art).
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I knew a guy who's child was born on 03-02-01. When his wife got pregnant again, he joked that he wanted the next child to be born on 01-02-03.
Muddy Waters has a CD with 12 tracks on it and the total time of the CD is 2096 seconds. When I put it in my CD player, it says: 12 34:56.
A lot of the "big" bloggers charge nothing for their site, but have a "tip jar" to accept payments from readers. They get $1000+ per month. For something that is "free".
I think the new 255 hp hybrid Accord shows that it isn't a putty little economy item.
MS tries to get people to go to MS Money all the time. Never works as Quicken has a much larger market share.
Agree. My wife was watching FoodTV and tried one of the Thirty Minute Meals. Turned out to have required a $45 grocery bill and 2.5 hours to cook. I could have just gotten some take out for $10-15.
I use more storage than most. I just built a computer with a 200 GB hard drive. After more testing is done and I'm ready to make it my new computer, I'm probably going to add 2 more 300 GB hard drives. Maybe even a 300 GB and a 400 GB. But I have no idea what I would do with 12 drives. (unless they are all 10 GB hard drives ;-) .
Waiting a month isn't exactly boycotting.
And just like Google, they only acknowledged cloaking after they were caught.
Admittedly, they didn't show off how Anakin was a great star pilot. But 7-year olds say the equivalent of "yipee". I'm sure that Michael Schumacher (the greatest driver in the world today) or Neil Armstrong (an accomplished pilot before he did a certain something in 1969) acted like, well, children, when they were 7-years old.
There is a downloadable demo of 3D Home Architect available online (I'd link to it, but it seems to be slow right now. Just Google for it). I wasn't very impressed with it though.
I don't know if there is a demo of the B&G product, but their web page is here.
It's a fucking typo. I meant to say Consumers buy Dell computers. They don't care about the chips.
The price difference really doesn't exist anymore. At any particular price point above the bare minimum, Intel and AMD costs about the same. I just bought a $220 Intel processor from NewEgg, a 3.2 GHz P4. For the same price, I could have gotten a retail AMD 3400+. The P4 is faster in some tasks (such as video editing), but the 3400+ is faster in others (such as gaming). It's pretty much a toss-up.
Also see this comparison of CPU prices.
Intel normally doesn't sell directly to consumers. The computer companies do. (Home built systems are rare). And the computer companies DO try to say, "you need this to do that." Dell will say, if you do only email, you need this processor, but if you also do video encoding, you need that one." Problem is, you don't REALLY need a 2.4 GHz processor to read email, despite what Dell says.
Consumers don't buy CPUs. They buy computers. Dell sells Intel chips, consumers buy Intel chips. If Intel sold AMD, consumers would buy AMD.
MS is the defendant. But you're otherwise right.
How has the US become an unpleasant place to live?
The VAST majority of the public will never write their own Tivo application. I think it's safe to bet that most would never even download other applications. Tivo is going to die because cable companies and even DirecTv is building PVRs into their set-top box. Doesn't matter is Tivo is "better" if Comcast includes a PVR in their set top box.
You're wrong. ALL HDTVs play HDTV signals, or else they couldn't be labeled HDTV. If you're just talking about the difference between 1080i and 720p, that depends on the technology used. CRTs to 1080i while DLPs do 720p. Some networks broadcast 1080i, some in 720p.
The prior art issue is under 102(b). According to the court: "Public use [under 35 U.S.C. 102(b)] includes any use of the claimed invention by a person other than the inventor who is under no limitation, restriction or obligation of secrecy to the inventor."
The trial court linked 102(b) and 102(g), in effect stating that even if Wei publicly disclosed the invention, because he abandoned the invention, it was no longer prior art. The Appeals Court said those are separate tests--even if Wei had abandoned the invention, his public disclosure still counts.
They lost in the trial court and all they "won" today is a re-trial.
Sorry. There was supposed to be a link to a site explaining differences between Betamax and Betacam.
Pros often use Betacam SP. It is not the same as Betamax, so it's not really fair to say Beta lives on. More info on Betacam.
The remand is primarily based on one piece of prior art, the Viola Browser developed by Pei-Yuan Wei. The trial court ruled that Wei abandoned his invention and therefore the browser was not relevant as prior art. The appeals court ruled that Wei did not abandon his invention, therefore the jury has to consider whether or not the Viola browser is prior art to the Eolas invention.
If you want further details, Wei developed DX34 version of Viola and disclosed it to Sun engineers. He subsequently modified it and released the new version (DX37) to the public. The trial court ruled that the new version is a separate invention and constituted an abandonment of DX34. The appeals court disagreed, saying they are the same invention and thus the release of DX37 did not abandon DX34. (If Wei had abandoned his invention, it woiuld not be prior art).