I see that 1984 is alive and well in Venezuela. Next we'll remove your right to vote, because going to the polls is both dangerous, and unnecessary. We know what you want. We know what you need. And we're about to give you everything you deserve for electing us in the first place.
Who would want Helmet Cam? That's worse than embedded reporters! War is a dirty, ugly, messy, business to kill people and break things. In the current political climate both here, and in Brussels, no solider wants to incriminate him/herself in this manner. Fight a battle the way it needs to be fought, and end up in the courtroom next week -- or 10 years later then the political winds blow a different direction. The only good thing a Helmet Cam can do for me is, if I'm killed, let my buddies see the bastard who did it in the hopes that the get him before he gets any more of our boys.
And no promise of secrecy will make me feel any different about this. Once the tape of it exists, you have no control over how it will be used against you.
Doesn't exactly strike me as an open or up front method of passing legislation.
They knew what they were up against, given Microsoft's huge pile of money and fanatic opposition to Open Source Anything, combined with their fellow legislators out-right ignorance of technology issues. And given how they were snowed by Microsoft, I don't think I'm being overly harsh in my assessment of the ignorance of those making the laws we have to live by.
If you're voting to save your dollars, which is what the OSS people are advocating, then buying a more expensive Macintosh is counter to your intended goals, and you still might end up running MSOffice on that Mac.
Think, folks, before you post. Next thing you'll know, you've ended up agreeing that OO is proprietary, and MSOffice is the open standard.
It seems that Steve Jobs isn't the only one with a working RDF these days. I'm sure MS stole that from him also.
Microsoft must win every one of these battles. Let any reasonably sized enterprise outside of Sun/IBM, or governmental entity show that they can use OOS successfully and they'll become an example showing Microsoft's lies. It's a Whack-a-Mole game for MS, and sooner or later they'll miss one.
Every DVD that doesn't play, opened or not, is defective. DVD players are a well-known quantity now. After Sony starts getting returns in the tens and hundreds of thousands back, they might change their mind. And if they refuse to accept even a single one for a full refund, then I expect to see the Mother of All Class Actions Suits launched against them. At some point, Sony just has to go down once and for all. They're a terrible example to every other manufacturer.
to download 20-40GB in a reasonable time at a reasonable cost.
You really need to be reading some of the other poster's comments about new codecs such as H.264. You don't need great compression when your disc holds 40GB and can optimize for other benefits, however, you can get very good results with much less data and the right codec. Translation: I should be able to get better than current DVD quality in far less than 40GB.
First, your "watch more than once" comment doesn't apply at all,
Actually it does. More than none of these download services require the rented movie to be viewed in 24 hours, after which it self-deletes. Remember that the movie industry (recording industry as well) wants a Pay Per View system, and it getting close to it all the time.
To me, it's not how long before the other studios come on board, but rather:
How long before you ship true high-def movies worth watching on today's equipment, rather than this low-res stuff?
-and-
How long before you let me burn that movie to DVD for substantially less money than the $19 it costs me to buy it in the store, so that I can watch it more than once?
Until you can meet at least one, if not both, of the above, you really aren't attracting me as a consumer.
Is it time now for the IBM/AMD versus Intel Death Match? (yes, no, haha). Intel's had a pile of chip improvements. IBM, AMD's main partner, has a pile of their own. Who will win? While Intel has Perlyn at 45nm, could AMD counter with a Barcelona that stacks its cache right on top of its processors? Now that's something I'm waiting to see. Either way, I should win!
The weakest link in the banking system is its reliance on a single account number. Imagine, if you will, if your bank could give you limited use account numbers that never revealed your master account number to outsiders.
Wouldn't it be nice if you could give someone (e.g. PayPal, known by some for removing money back out as fast as they put it in) Deposit-Only account numbers. Like the Roach Motel, the money checks in, and it don't check out.
Or Limited Transfer Out numbers. (Allow AOL, and AOL only, to automatically debit monthly payments for amounts not exceeding your monthly bill, and only valid for 6 transactions before you give them a new number.)
Personal Checks, each one of which has a One Time Only account number on it that is worth nothing to a thief who tries to forge a hundred duplicates of the check you just gave him.
The archaic current system could, I believe, be made much more secure by this simple change alone.
Note to IP thieves: This constitutes Prior Art, and you're not allowed to patent it now.
To disallow such claims, by contrast, would allow Plaintiffs to play a nefarious "wait-and-see" game: those that expend the money on attorneys' fees and costs to fight back against the bogus suits would find their cases voluntarily dismissed without recompense, while those who did not fight back would end up having to submit to either an unfair settlement or default judgment.
That absolutely says it all. If we have any hint of a fair legal system in this country, such a situation as above cannot be allowed to stand!
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I see that 1984 is alive and well in Venezuela. Next we'll remove your right to vote, because going to the polls is both dangerous, and unnecessary. We know what you want. We know what you need. And we're about to give you everything you deserve for electing us in the first place.
Author David Gerold described such a system back in 1972 in his SF novel, "When Harlie Was One." I'd call that prior art.
Then hit the right target, for Heaven's sake. If they're not passing along the cost increases, then it's the Stockholders paying for this.
I'm waiting to see the magnetic shield that protects me from X-Rays, Gamma Rays, and other even higher frequency electromagnetic radiation.
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And no promise of secrecy will make me feel any different about this. Once the tape of it exists, you have no control over how it will be used against you.
But does he really mean it? After all, one of the stupidest business models ever is to go up against an entrenched monopolist on their own turf.
And while Nvidia still hasn't released working Vista drivers...
I would Mod the article submitter Troll -1 over the wording in this article.
They knew what they were up against, given Microsoft's huge pile of money and fanatic opposition to Open Source Anything, combined with their fellow legislators out-right ignorance of technology issues. And given how they were snowed by Microsoft, I don't think I'm being overly harsh in my assessment of the ignorance of those making the laws we have to live by.
And this was hardly the final vote, or anything.
These are no solutions.
You don't buy Linux.
If you're voting to save your dollars, which is what the OSS people are advocating, then buying a more expensive Macintosh is counter to your intended goals, and you still might end up running MSOffice on that Mac.
Think, folks, before you post. Next thing you'll know, you've ended up agreeing that OO is proprietary, and MSOffice is the open standard.
It seems that Steve Jobs isn't the only one with a working RDF these days. I'm sure MS stole that from him also.
Microsoft must win every one of these battles. Let any reasonably sized enterprise outside of Sun/IBM, or governmental entity show that they can use OOS successfully and they'll become an example showing Microsoft's lies. It's a Whack-a-Mole game for MS, and sooner or later they'll miss one.
Every DVD that doesn't play, opened or not, is defective. DVD players are a well-known quantity now. After Sony starts getting returns in the tens and hundreds of thousands back, they might change their mind. And if they refuse to accept even a single one for a full refund, then I expect to see the Mother of All Class Actions Suits launched against them. At some point, Sony just has to go down once and for all. They're a terrible example to every other manufacturer.
Water is wet.
More earth-shattering revelations tonight at eleven.
At least this way there won't be another Russian lawsuit by some psychic over the Cosmic Consequences of beating up on comets again.
I hear Al Gore is looking for this law in Tennessee as well.
You really need to be reading some of the other poster's comments about new codecs such as H.264. You don't need great compression when your disc holds 40GB and can optimize for other benefits, however, you can get very good results with much less data and the right codec. Translation: I should be able to get better than current DVD quality in far less than 40GB.
Actually it does. More than none of these download services require the rented movie to be viewed in 24 hours, after which it self-deletes. Remember that the movie industry (recording industry as well) wants a Pay Per View system, and it getting close to it all the time.
Truth is, nobody knows much about most things, until you try to demand money for it. Then the shazbot hits the air circulator.
How long before you ship true high-def movies worth watching on today's equipment, rather than this low-res stuff?
-and-
How long before you let me burn that movie to DVD for substantially less money than the $19 it costs me to buy it in the store, so that I can watch it more than once?
Until you can meet at least one, if not both, of the above, you really aren't attracting me as a consumer.
It's always nice when a crack applies to the largest installed base. Makes attempts to close it up all that much harder for the copyright mafia.
What do you mean, near-line. USB speeds compare favorably with other consumer harddrive connection protocols.
Is it time now for the IBM/AMD versus Intel Death Match? (yes, no, haha). Intel's had a pile of chip improvements. IBM, AMD's main partner, has a pile of their own. Who will win? While Intel has Perlyn at 45nm, could AMD counter with a Barcelona that stacks its cache right on top of its processors? Now that's something I'm waiting to see. Either way, I should win!
Wouldn't it be nice if you could give someone (e.g. PayPal, known by some for removing money back out as fast as they put it in) Deposit-Only account numbers. Like the Roach Motel, the money checks in, and it don't check out.
Or Limited Transfer Out numbers. (Allow AOL, and AOL only, to automatically debit monthly payments for amounts not exceeding your monthly bill, and only valid for 6 transactions before you give them a new number.)
Personal Checks, each one of which has a One Time Only account number on it that is worth nothing to a thief who tries to forge a hundred duplicates of the check you just gave him.
The archaic current system could, I believe, be made much more secure by this simple change alone.
Note to IP thieves: This constitutes Prior Art, and you're not allowed to patent it now.
That absolutely says it all. If we have any hint of a fair legal system in this country, such a situation as above cannot be allowed to stand!
In the next 5 years. It's always in the Next 5 Years. I should live so long.