Sure... every possible 1MB program. There are 1048576 bytes there, do a little math and even assuming you could generate and hash a new 1MB program once ever second... you'd never find your program randomly, much less sequentially. Seriously... go take a math class.
Or maybe, as you wean off the drug, the cells will just die and be replaced at a manageable rate, instead of all at once. Which would mean that you as a whole would survive acute radiation poisoning, and the damaged cells still wouldn't. It's not all gloom and doom.
But we know mostly how radiation affects things, so it's highly likely that if it causes no problems without radiation, it won't cause problems with radiation. I've driven my car without changing the radio station... I think I will be paranoid and bitch about corporations because I think somehow I may not be able to drive my car if I change the station!
I'm running it now. Works pretty ok... every now and then something flakes out (like, once every month at most) and I use it as my primary/only browser.
I'm saying that's exactly what should have happened. I'm not arguing in favor of Microsoft, I was arguing that this is how things are supposed to work. You don't read well, do you?
But if they're duplicate pictures (some kind of matching heuristic), then file size most certainly IS appropriate. You're starting from the same point, choosing the result with less lost during compression, and therefore larger, would be quite logical.
And Christopher should retain copyright for that new stuff because he contributed to it. But this discussion isn't about the new works... it's about The Hobbit, and the LoTR series.
Just because you can't hold copyright doesn't mean you can't profit. I have bought numerous books such as Through the Looking Glass, things that are out of copyright. Somebody made a profit by publishing that book. But they provide a service... same thing with those old books. Restore them, reprint them, sell them. Just because you don't own copyright doesn't mean that having the "only official version" has no value.
You make the mistake of thinking copyright is the only way work has any value... it's a very, VERY common assumption, it's completely wrong, and it's what has led us to this shithole of a copyright mess that we're in now.
"I would really love to see Microsoft innovate something that would make interacting with these boxes more pleasing, the manipulation of complex information more straightforward"
See, that would allow people to use an OS and office suite other than the ones that Microsoft provides, and they sure as hell don't want that. I'd love to see it happen too, but I'd also love to have someone randomly give me a million dollars. I firmly expect that neither will ever happen, unless they're forced to do it.
That comes with the DRM. Whee! Better utilization of modern hardware in order to make sure you cannot ever do anything moderately useful with media that isn't explicitly allowed by the movie studios. Which means, it works great as a video player OS, and to load video games. But that's about it.
The thing is, Linux and OSX ARE competition to Windows 7. Much more so than they were when XP came out. Linux has become a much more acceptable replacement for XP in general, and especially now that Windows 7 is such a relatively radical change from XP, the costs of migrating XP->7 are approaching that of XP->Linux in certain use cases.
And that's the Judge's problem? If someone is dumping raw sewage into a river, if they can't stop within the ordered time that is THEIR problem. The shit needs to stop, and that's all there is to it. If they can't ship or have to shut down because they can't retool in time, that's their own problem.
Sure, they can sue Youtube. But Youtube isn't a monopoly. They don't lock out competitors in any way, shape or form, so they're more than welcome to advertise whoever they want. Microsoft is in a different boat.
Same way we used to before IE was part of Windows. Your ISP shipped you a little instruction manual telling you how to use command line FTP to download the installer;)
Aye. I like Windows 7, if only it didn't suck donkey cock at working with multimedia. I use Linux for all my multimedia work, and Windows is just a game loader any more... the DRM and shit has gotten so much in the way of what I want to do that I just don't use it. Good job, Microsoft!
Not to mention I can't find a good way to convert my AVCHD/MTS files from my Canon HF100 on Windows... the default software is worse than useless.
And once you have got windows and all its various drivers installed, you still have a pretty useless system that can't do very much until you install some applications (which you have to do manually).
Don't be hatin'! There's all kinds of great stuff in the default Windows install. Notepad, minesweeper, Solitaire, Wordpad. Ummm... Calculator. Did I say Notepad? That's really great.
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Sure... every possible 1MB program. There are 1048576 bytes there, do a little math and even assuming you could generate and hash a new 1MB program once ever second... you'd never find your program randomly, much less sequentially. Seriously... go take a math class.
The word is "lose". I wouldn't have posted, except you did it multiple times in your post. Loose is what your shoelaces are when you trip on them.
It only takes time. I mean, with hundreds of backed-up CD's, and 5-10 minutes each, that's what, 2-3 days a year just verifying backups?
Or maybe, as you wean off the drug, the cells will just die and be replaced at a manageable rate, instead of all at once. Which would mean that you as a whole would survive acute radiation poisoning, and the damaged cells still wouldn't. It's not all gloom and doom.
But we know mostly how radiation affects things, so it's highly likely that if it causes no problems without radiation, it won't cause problems with radiation. I've driven my car without changing the radio station... I think I will be paranoid and bitch about corporations because I think somehow I may not be able to drive my car if I change the station!
I'm running it now. Works pretty ok... every now and then something flakes out (like, once every month at most) and I use it as my primary/only browser.
Asshole :P
I'm saying that's exactly what should have happened. I'm not arguing in favor of Microsoft, I was arguing that this is how things are supposed to work. You don't read well, do you?
"an special deal"? Is it not a requirement for anyone moderately fluent in English to even GLANCE at a post before it's green lighted? WTF?
But if they're duplicate pictures (some kind of matching heuristic), then file size most certainly IS appropriate. You're starting from the same point, choosing the result with less lost during compression, and therefore larger, would be quite logical.
Aye. Slightly incorrect, but disasters can be Biblical in proportion, so I'd guess he was invoking that kind of symbology
If the copyright properly expired, that would mean the contract was void. You can't sell something you don't own.
And Christopher should retain copyright for that new stuff because he contributed to it. But this discussion isn't about the new works... it's about The Hobbit, and the LoTR series.
They're still charged taxes differently if they don't "profit". I agree... throw the bums in jail
Just because you can't hold copyright doesn't mean you can't profit. I have bought numerous books such as Through the Looking Glass, things that are out of copyright. Somebody made a profit by publishing that book. But they provide a service... same thing with those old books. Restore them, reprint them, sell them. Just because you don't own copyright doesn't mean that having the "only official version" has no value.
You make the mistake of thinking copyright is the only way work has any value... it's a very, VERY common assumption, it's completely wrong, and it's what has led us to this shithole of a copyright mess that we're in now.
Silly rabbit... didn't you know that the laws only apply to OTHER people, not the movie studios and the elite?
"I would really love to see Microsoft innovate something that would make interacting with these boxes more pleasing, the manipulation of complex information more straightforward"
See, that would allow people to use an OS and office suite other than the ones that Microsoft provides, and they sure as hell don't want that. I'd love to see it happen too, but I'd also love to have someone randomly give me a million dollars. I firmly expect that neither will ever happen, unless they're forced to do it.
That comes with the DRM. Whee! Better utilization of modern hardware in order to make sure you cannot ever do anything moderately useful with media that isn't explicitly allowed by the movie studios. Which means, it works great as a video player OS, and to load video games. But that's about it.
The thing is, Linux and OSX ARE competition to Windows 7. Much more so than they were when XP came out. Linux has become a much more acceptable replacement for XP in general, and especially now that Windows 7 is such a relatively radical change from XP, the costs of migrating XP->7 are approaching that of XP->Linux in certain use cases.
And that's the Judge's problem? If someone is dumping raw sewage into a river, if they can't stop within the ordered time that is THEIR problem. The shit needs to stop, and that's all there is to it. If they can't ship or have to shut down because they can't retool in time, that's their own problem.
Sure, they can sue Youtube. But Youtube isn't a monopoly. They don't lock out competitors in any way, shape or form, so they're more than welcome to advertise whoever they want. Microsoft is in a different boat.
Same way we used to before IE was part of Windows. Your ISP shipped you a little instruction manual telling you how to use command line FTP to download the installer ;)
Kids these days...
Kids these days... they need to get the hell off the lawn
Aye. I like Windows 7, if only it didn't suck donkey cock at working with multimedia. I use Linux for all my multimedia work, and Windows is just a game loader any more... the DRM and shit has gotten so much in the way of what I want to do that I just don't use it. Good job, Microsoft!
Not to mention I can't find a good way to convert my AVCHD/MTS files from my Canon HF100 on Windows... the default software is worse than useless.
Don't be hatin'! There's all kinds of great stuff in the default Windows install. Notepad, minesweeper, Solitaire, Wordpad. Ummm... Calculator. Did I say Notepad? That's really great.