Let's see: a CPU and a DSP, an FPGA, bootloader, I/O...you've just described a large chunk of electronic devices on the market today. If this isn't ogg-specific hardware, then what is? (I'm impressed, but what do I know--I just design ASICs and FPGA systems for a living.)
For the record, the distributors get more like 80% and the theaters get 20%.
To explain it in a little more detail, for a typical mainstream movie the split will be 90/10 for the first week or two. The next week or two the split goes down to 80/20, and the next week or two after that it goes down to 70/30, and etc. Consider that not very many movies last more than a few weeks in the theaters (Batman Forever anyone?). Also consider that distributors are demanding more and more--IIRC, for Star Wars Episode 1 the split was 100/0 for the first 4 weeks in the chain where I used to work!
For all the costs involved with running a theater, only a fraction is recovered via selling tickets.
IEEE 1394b is a specification that supports speeds up to 3.2 Gbps. FireWire2 is essentially slang for the new FireWire devices that support speeds up to 800Mbps.
Instead, we got a "standard" that was a combination of 6 competing standards and a system that will be supported in all the different permutations and never actually look like it's been standardized.
It's called "design by committee" and it almost never works. DVD anyone?
Here's the disagree part: The FireWire specification has authentication/encryption and tag bits built in (DTCP). Sure it isn't unbeatable, but it's good enough to protect content streams from the honest people + all but the most determined crackers. There *are* DVD players with FireWire interfaces, and TVs, and A/Vs, and speakers...
Here's the agree part: FireWire *is* a great technology with the potential to actually make our lives *simpler* instead of more complicated. But due to politics and the content providers' mortal fear of content "theft" we'll all be very luck if we ever get to enjoy a tiny fraction of its potential.
For the record, I design FireWire microchips for a living. And yes, I've implemented the key exchange protocol and 5C streaming stuff:-(
I've been running MacOS on a daily basis since system 6. I'm loyal to the platform, but from what I've seen, OS X is too slow. It's definitely slower than the other major OSes. I hate to admit it, but it's the truth.
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Professor Goodwin, U of I, in 1981?!? Your history isn't even close. Here's the real story of Godwin's Law, written by Mike Godwin himself.
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Here's an interesting and much less fluffy interview with the guy quoted at the top of the piece.
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Let's see: a CPU and a DSP, an FPGA, bootloader, I/O...you've just described a large chunk of electronic devices on the market today. If this isn't ogg-specific hardware, then what is? (I'm impressed, but what do I know--I just design ASICs and FPGA systems for a living.)
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For the record, the distributors get more like 80% and the theaters get 20%.
To explain it in a little more detail, for a typical mainstream movie the split will be 90/10 for the first week or two. The next week or two the split goes down to 80/20, and the next week or two after that it goes down to 70/30, and etc. Consider that not very many movies last more than a few weeks in the theaters (Batman Forever anyone?). Also consider that distributors are demanding more and more--IIRC, for Star Wars Episode 1 the split was 100/0 for the first 4 weeks in the chain where I used to work!
For all the costs involved with running a theater, only a fraction is recovered via selling tickets.
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That 30% speed-up is mostly from extra registers in the CPU, not because the data path is wider.
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Oops...I meant B as in billion, not M.
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In 2002 Hollywood box office total (first-run ticket sales only) was about $9M.
In 2002 the video game industry (hardware, software, and accessories) brought in about $10M.
Hello Kitty is *just* a little bit off with his Hollywood & Vegas combined statement.
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Actually, IEEE 1394 is packet-based.
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IEEE 1394b is a specification that supports speeds up to 3.2 Gbps. FireWire2 is essentially slang for the new FireWire devices that support speeds up to 800Mbps.
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Apple isn't "anal" about the FireWire name. See:
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http://www.1394ta.org/Press/2002Press/may/5.29.
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http://news.com.com/2100-1040-928089.html?legac
Doing my part to correct factual errors,
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It's called "design by committee" and it almost never works. DVD anyone?
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Here's the disagree part: The FireWire specification has authentication/encryption and tag bits built in (DTCP). Sure it isn't unbeatable, but it's good enough to protect content streams from the honest people + all but the most determined crackers. There *are* DVD players with FireWire interfaces, and TVs, and A/Vs, and speakers...
Here's the agree part: FireWire *is* a great technology with the potential to actually make our lives *simpler* instead of more complicated. But due to politics and the content providers' mortal fear of content "theft" we'll all be very luck if we ever get to enjoy a tiny fraction of its potential.
For the record, I design FireWire microchips for a living. And yes, I've implemented the key exchange protocol and 5C streaming stuff :-(
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I've been running MacOS on a daily basis since system 6. I'm loyal to the platform, but from what I've seen, OS X is too slow. It's definitely slower than the other major OSes. I hate to admit it, but it's the truth.
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