Isn't authenticating a group of broadcasters and receivers to work together and disclude anyone without the right authentification exactly what task groups like 802.11i have been working on for years? Why not just borrow the ideas they're using and customize them for your own needs?
Does this apply to people like me who use Gaim? If I never have to click on anything to accept the terms of service, do I still have to abide by the terms of service simply because I'm using their services?
I love the Internet for teaching myself something new, there are a few reasons I'm still glad books are around, though:
1) Sometimes online resources that give a comprehensive overview are hard to come by. The web usually offers more reference-oriented materials
2) I live in the boonies, and don't have broadband. Searching for information on the Internet is a slow and painful process when you're dealing with 28.8kbps connections.
3) Sometimes I just get sick of looking at the computer screen.
No, I was pointing out that looking at things in the past can give one the impression that knowledge about something controversial, when it was happening, was much more concrete than it really was.
Overused, but true. Many comments have already pointed out that disputed evidence does not necessitate that the administration boldly lied to us, so I won't go into that here. But I would like to point out...
The clarity of hindsight still has some convinced that the imminent attack on Pearl Harbor was deliberately ignored so that the USA's govt. administration would have an excuse to enter the war. Do you really believe that?
I have no delusions that what I've said has any bearing on the present issue of the war in Iraq. I only bring it up to add some historical perspective to the situation.
Finally, a comment from someone else who actually *read* and *digested* the article. If only I could moderate your comment so more people could read it, but alas!
The over-simplified gut reactions that people have towards the war in Iraq is dismaying.
I doubt this system will fly, but I'd like to point out that a lot of the above comments seem to misunderstand some of the major concepts in the system.
As I understand it, the system is not designed to emulate physical sale transactions. When a seller sells a song, for example, the seller is not then deprived of that song. In other words, the seller is not selling the song, but rather their time and bandwidth. This gives users of the system the insentive to continue using the system and help to distribute media because for every song they download, they can make money back on it by selling it to others. If a song only costs $1.00, for example, and a seller can get $0.10 every time someone buys from them, then they only have to sell the song 10 times to break even.
Also, a lot of people reacted by saying "It has a centralized database and transaction system! That's not P2P!" That's a non-thought-out reaction, if I've ever heard one. P2P networks work well because digital media is very large. In this system, the transmission of the media itself is still done from user to user, thus preserving the important part of P2P networks. The comparitively small data exchange between user and centralized system is negligable. Therefore the creators of the system have thought out a rather well balanced system topology.
Actually, I probably would have green-lighted any of those movies (except, perhaps, High Fidelity) without a moment's hesitation.
Spider-Man and X-men, as comic books, are so visually oriented that it's only natural for them to be turned into movies; and, as a friend of mine once put it, "they rocked my face off." The world of LOTR is pretty fantastic, and I think most people would agree that it's a good thing that the movies were put off until the age of CG. I haven't read Fight Club, so I can't say much about it.
But, as much as those movies deal with difficult to depict stories and concepts, none of them match the absurdities of the HHGTTG. So, if it were up to me, the movie wouldn't be attempted. But I'm just one of six billion people, so my opinion does no one any harm.
In 2006, a film adaptation of Ender's Game is supposed to be released. Ender's Game is one of my favorite books, and I've always believed it would be extremely difficult for anyone to translate onto film the subtleties that make the book so good. But, on the movie's opening day, if that day comes, you can be sure I'll be in line to see it.
It isn't a given that any story will work better in any given medium. For instance Star Wars, the movie, totally blew me away when I first saw it. I'm not even remotely interested in reading the book.
Although, while I don't know for myself, I have heard that the Star Wars radio drama was phenomenal. Haven't had a chance to check it out myself, unfortunately.
The Hitchhiker story is so bizarre that I always found my imagination made the books much funnier than the radio drama and the TV show. I'm not sure how excited I am about the movie, since live action just can't seem to match the absurdities that the imagination seems to be able to grasp so well.
Directory contained applications are hardly anything new. Remember DOS? Those days when Microsoft didn't make it impossible to remove an entire application from your computer.
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(probably when Netflix chooses a technology)
Actually, Netflix is already offering HD-DVD disks. All you have to do is set it up in your account settings.
Isn't authenticating a group of broadcasters and receivers to work together and disclude anyone without the right authentification exactly what task groups like 802.11i have been working on for years? Why not just borrow the ideas they're using and customize them for your own needs?
Does this apply to people like me who use Gaim? If I never have to click on anything to accept the terms of service, do I still have to abide by the terms of service simply because I'm using their services?
1) Sometimes online resources that give a comprehensive overview are hard to come by. The web usually offers more reference-oriented materials
2) I live in the boonies, and don't have broadband. Searching for information on the Internet is a slow and painful process when you're dealing with 28.8kbps connections.
3) Sometimes I just get sick of looking at the computer screen.
Because every business likes to keep its options open?
No, I was pointing out that looking at things in the past can give one the impression that knowledge about something controversial, when it was happening, was much more concrete than it really was.
Overused, but true. Many comments have already pointed out that disputed evidence does not necessitate that the administration boldly lied to us, so I won't go into that here. But I would like to point out...
The clarity of hindsight still has some convinced that the imminent attack on Pearl Harbor was deliberately ignored so that the USA's govt. administration would have an excuse to enter the war. Do you really believe that?
I have no delusions that what I've said has any bearing on the present issue of the war in Iraq. I only bring it up to add some historical perspective to the situation.
The over-simplified gut reactions that people have towards the war in Iraq is dismaying.
As I understand it, the system is not designed to emulate physical sale transactions. When a seller sells a song, for example, the seller is not then deprived of that song. In other words, the seller is not selling the song, but rather their time and bandwidth. This gives users of the system the insentive to continue using the system and help to distribute media because for every song they download, they can make money back on it by selling it to others. If a song only costs $1.00, for example, and a seller can get $0.10 every time someone buys from them, then they only have to sell the song 10 times to break even.
Also, a lot of people reacted by saying "It has a centralized database and transaction system! That's not P2P!" That's a non-thought-out reaction, if I've ever heard one. P2P networks work well because digital media is very large. In this system, the transmission of the media itself is still done from user to user, thus preserving the important part of P2P networks. The comparitively small data exchange between user and centralized system is negligable. Therefore the creators of the system have thought out a rather well balanced system topology.
Spider-Man and X-men, as comic books, are so visually oriented that it's only natural for them to be turned into movies; and, as a friend of mine once put it, "they rocked my face off." The world of LOTR is pretty fantastic, and I think most people would agree that it's a good thing that the movies were put off until the age of CG. I haven't read Fight Club, so I can't say much about it.
But, as much as those movies deal with difficult to depict stories and concepts, none of them match the absurdities of the HHGTTG. So, if it were up to me, the movie wouldn't be attempted. But I'm just one of six billion people, so my opinion does no one any harm.
In 2006, a film adaptation of Ender's Game is supposed to be released. Ender's Game is one of my favorite books, and I've always believed it would be extremely difficult for anyone to translate onto film the subtleties that make the book so good. But, on the movie's opening day, if that day comes, you can be sure I'll be in line to see it.
Although, while I don't know for myself, I have heard that the Star Wars radio drama was phenomenal. Haven't had a chance to check it out myself, unfortunately.
The Hitchhiker story is so bizarre that I always found my imagination made the books much funnier than the radio drama and the TV show. I'm not sure how excited I am about the movie, since live action just can't seem to match the absurdities that the imagination seems to be able to grasp so well.
Directory contained applications are hardly anything new. Remember DOS? Those days when Microsoft didn't make it impossible to remove an entire application from your computer.