I remember when I was in Japan I was impressed by their vastly superior cell phone technology. 3g phones which double as pdas and have video capability.
Like this or the older now $199 model from Sprint? Ironic they should fair poorly in the poll in the article, but understandable, since I can't get a signal at times in uptown New Orleans (note there are no tall buildings in uptown New Orleans, due to the difficulty and expense of building a structure in the swamp. And in general, we're quite poor). Also, the market is a bit different between Japan and the United States.
While our students are lazy and self centered individuals, the Japanese youth know the value of conformity and hard work. Ever hear of crime or poverty in Japan ? There isn't much. Gun control along with a generally more polite attitude keeps crime there very low.
I'm going to skip my flaimbait rant here, because your next sentence
We Americans could learn a lot from the Japanese, although we are still the best damn country in the world our technology is slightly lacking!
astounds me. Tell me, is it our lazy and self centered students, or our high crime and poverty that make America "the best damn country in the world"? I'm a bit confused here.
Seriously, though, once one group has succeeded, what is the immediate benefit to other groups who may succeed afterwards?
I think the benefits to any group capable of fulfilling the x-prize requirements (carry three people 62.5 miles up into space) would be enormous. The X-Prize Foundation states that "For more than 30 years, the general public has waited for an opportunity to enjoy the space frontier on a first-hand basis. The X PRIZE Foundation is working to make space travel possible for all." People realize that ALOT of money could be made sending tourists to space. From the article, 15,000 people a year would pay $100,000 for a 15-minute suborbital trip by 2021. That doesn't sound bad at all for a small euntrepreneur. Granted, it's not exactly an IMMEDIATE benefit, but I think it might be worth it in the long run
If I am going to spend even $15000, much less $35000 on ANYTHING, I feel the need to test it. I don't think I know many people that didn't test drive a vehicle before they bought it. Maybe if you were leasing it you wouldn't care, since it would be under warrenty and what not, but still, you just HAVE to drive a car before you buy it.
And isn't 90% of the fun of having any modded item the knowledge that you did it yourself? How many people paid someone else to mod their pc case? When it comes down to it, be it cars or computers, if someone wants to own one that's modded, they will have the knowledge and desire to mod it themselves.
I'd be willing to bet you would have to wait just as long for a refil, since your waiter is most likely responsible for more than just your empty beer glass. The wait time is not due to not noticing, it is due to being in a queue.
A friend of mine is a bartender. It takes me forever to get a refill if his bar is busy, because he knows I'm not going to get mad at him if I have to wait an extra five minutes to get a drink. (and of course, I will be understanding of the extra wait time because an entire evening of drinking costs me $20 with an included $12 tip)
So I post to slashdot with this cool idea 3 stories down. I then go upstairs to talk to my roommate about it and he says, "yeah I heard of that before". So I wonder why I never heard of it before, but hey, at least it might be a good idea.
You would probably have to actually be able to show that the borrower sent the file back to you again and that you were in fact deleting that copy from your server after it was lent
That's where DRM comes into play. I didn't explain my idea too well, I know, but the files would have to have a time limit of some sort.
Needless to say, the RIAA would have online digital libraries declared illegal very soon though
Maybe a better way to go about it is to revolutionize our current libraries. Involve that whole part of government. They already have the technology to set it up.
I used to work in a library from 1994-1998. pay sucked, but a great job. In 1994 the library that I worked at had a full T1 line running to it. This was in the village of Morrow, Ohio, a VERY small town. I'll bet our libraries have not only the server capabilities but also the incentive to implement this plan.
I just had a thought. I have the next design for p2p networks. We'll start off with Napster (the old napster code, not whatever they've been doing for the last 3 years). We'll call it eLibrary. The eLibrary connects to a central server that has all the searching and indexing like napster did, but with a new field. eLibrary has a physical presence in the real world that stores physical donated copyrighted material. This copyrighted material is "digitized" and spread into encrypted chunks on client machines (think freenet).
The thing that makes eLibrary different is that eLibrary would only send what it had licenses for, and when the user was done listening/watching/reading, the file would disappear. So if eLibrary has 100 copyies of the newest 50 cent alblum, only 100 people could listen to it at one time. No copyright violations would occur, it would be the equivalent of borrowing a friends cd.
eLibrary would keep careful records of who borrowed and returned what when, in case of accusations of copyright enfringement. eLibrary would use the latest DRM/Palladium technologies to ensure everyone played fair. It could also be setup as a non-profit organization so contributions of copyrighted material would be tax deductions.
as a side note, after reviewing my post after hitting the submit button, I noticed several spelling and possible grammer errors. I also obviously need a word processor to fix such things for me.
I have linux installed on my laptop with vmware running windows to have word. I generally write papers with my laptop. I would LOVE to get rid of windows but I need word because my school has it in the computer labs. I need to be able to print papers out at school, and most times I don't have time to fix the formatting and other misc descrepances I get from converting to.doc format.
I might be missing a solution to my problem, though, because I'm still learning how linux works (I did recompile the kernal and get wireless networking functional, and I'm proud of it dammit!)
Even if the hardware is better, proprietary hardware is bad. It limits the choices of what you can do with the devicce you own. It goes beyond the "can I run linux on it", hell a valid question would be "am I able to run windows on it?"
Beta was technically better than VHS. Look what won. Popularity is important. (possibly a bad example, I had a valid point, but I might have lost it to inebriation)
As great is this might be to farmers in australia, my question is how long will it take to automate my lawn care?
It's great fun to spend half a day getting drunk to ignore extream heat while mowing your lawn, but i'll bet people would buy lawnmowers that would do it for you.
This might also eliminate that neighbor that has the fortitude to wake up at 7:00 am on saturday to cut his lawn.
As much as we'd all love to see Apple successfully sue Microsoft, It won't happen. This reminds me of the 1998 lawsuit about Microsoft ripping off the "look and feel" of Mac OS.
The article even points out weaknesses in the strategy (I know, I know, I broke the slashdot rule by reading the article).
"At WWDC, Jobs admitted that Microsoft had beaten Apple to market by offering such a feature in Windows XP, but he claimed Apple's implementation was the better of the two." and "The downside - if Apple's intent is to outflank Microsoft; we're only guessing here - is that the patent refers to multiple personas of a single user, not multiple users".
Microsoft is an EXTREAMLY WEALTHY corporation. When it comes down to how the legal system works, the more money you can spend on lawyers the more you can get away with. Hell, even the GOVERNMENT didn't beat them. I know they were convicted of being a monopoly, but really, what has happened since then? They still hold a monopoly on the desktop market, they still own windows and office, and they still infest every windows computer with a copy of internet explorer. I'd say that they really won.
I'd love to see apple (or anyone else) be able to truely step up to them. Sadly, as long as they continue to have as much money as they do, there is no chance
At this rate musicians won't even worry about getting signed to a label. A couple friends of mine do quite well playing local gigs. Of course, here in New Orleans, live music is plentiful.
Don't get me wrong, this wont happen anytime soon. I wonder, though, what the threshold is before it pays to stay home and play in your local club.
The problem with microwaving clothing would be the shorts I have on right now, for example. They have a metal zipper. We all know what happens to AOL cd's when microwaved (if you don't know, try it. 5 seconds does wonders).
Does this mean I can play real audio/real video files without realone? I hate installing that thing on my computer. However, alot of stuff is only available in that format, such as live audio of nfl games and clips from my friends local hip hop group (www.psychoward.com, yes it uses flash too, I tried to tell him, but nobody listens)
This is something that interestes me. My father died of cancer at the age of 56 and my mother survived it at the age of 44. I think I might have a high hereditary risk. The idea of cheaper detection methods is important. The cheaper it is to detect, the more frequently the tests will take place. Hopefully, this could become part of a yearly checkup.
For the record, neither of my parents were smokers. I think I might know how I am going to die.
I think onboard sound is adequate because most people plug in cheap speakers that aren't able to take advantage of any recent technilogical advances in audio
Audio has reached a point where cheap is good enough for most people. (sorry for bad grammer or bad spelling but it's 7:49 am, I haven't slept yet, and I'm quite drunk)
Getting the rich involved also might expidite the creation of a colony somewhere. Imagine the potential profits of creating a tourist colony on the moon. Of course, for this to work, travel expenses would have to drop significantly. But the motivation for a tourist colony as a vacation getaway seems more feasable than a nations motivation to expand and conquer. Britian, Spain, and Portugal didn't exactly hold on to their newly found empires for long.
The thing that scares me about unmaned armed vehicles is that they are remote controlled. What is to stop someone from hacking them and turning them against us?
Copy protection is like the war on drugs. It doesn't work. It's been tried for at least 20 years and the problem has only gotten worse. Remeber code wheels? And then the classic "page 36, paragraph 3, line 7, word 2". It only serves to make life more difficult for the legitimate user.
The real solution to stop piracy is to drop the prices on software, music, and movies to a reasonable amount. A friend of mine was offered a free copy of Windows XP and turned it down because he got such a large student discount (I think $20) that it didn't matter to him. Before anyone points out loss of profit from discounted prices, if more people acutally BUY these things at a discount instead of grabbing them off Kazza, these companies would make the same money that they do today.
I think it would be important for china to establish a space colony. After all, they have what, 1.2 billion people? Send some of those people to a new colony.
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I remember when I was in Japan I was impressed by their vastly superior cell phone technology. 3g phones which double as pdas and have video capability.
Like this or the older now $199 model from Sprint? Ironic they should fair poorly in the poll in the article, but understandable, since I can't get a signal at times in uptown New Orleans (note there are no tall buildings in uptown New Orleans, due to the difficulty and expense of building a structure in the swamp. And in general, we're quite poor). Also, the market is a bit different between Japan and the United States.
While our students are lazy and self centered individuals, the Japanese youth know the value of conformity and hard work. Ever hear of crime or poverty in Japan ? There isn't much. Gun control along with a generally more polite attitude keeps crime there very low.
I'm going to skip my flaimbait rant here, because your next sentence
We Americans could learn a lot from the Japanese, although we are still the best damn country in the world our technology is slightly lacking!
astounds me. Tell me, is it our lazy and self centered students, or our high crime and poverty that make America "the best damn country in the world"? I'm a bit confused here.
Seriously, though, once one group has succeeded, what is the immediate benefit to other groups who may succeed afterwards?
I think the benefits to any group capable of fulfilling the x-prize requirements (carry three people 62.5 miles up into space) would be enormous. The X-Prize Foundation states that "For more than 30 years, the general public has waited for an opportunity to enjoy the space frontier on a first-hand basis. The X PRIZE Foundation is working to make space travel possible for all." People realize that ALOT of money could be made sending tourists to space. From the article, 15,000 people a year would pay $100,000 for a 15-minute suborbital trip by 2021. That doesn't sound bad at all for a small euntrepreneur. Granted, it's not exactly an IMMEDIATE benefit, but I think it might be worth it in the long run
If I am going to spend even $15000, much less $35000 on ANYTHING, I feel the need to test it. I don't think I know many people that didn't test drive a vehicle before they bought it. Maybe if you were leasing it you wouldn't care, since it would be under warrenty and what not, but still, you just HAVE to drive a car before you buy it.
And isn't 90% of the fun of having any modded item the knowledge that you did it yourself? How many people paid someone else to mod their pc case? When it comes down to it, be it cars or computers, if someone wants to own one that's modded, they will have the knowledge and desire to mod it themselves.
The move is the latest in Microsoft's attempt to demonstrate that Windows has both technical and cost advantages over Linux.
and
CEO Steve Ballmer argued that Windows' total cost of ownership is lower than Linux's
What, does Microsoft PAY ME now to run their OS???? I want my check!
I'd be willing to bet you would have to wait just as long for a refil, since your waiter is most likely responsible for more than just your empty beer glass. The wait time is not due to not noticing, it is due to being in a queue.
A friend of mine is a bartender. It takes me forever to get a refill if his bar is busy, because he knows I'm not going to get mad at him if I have to wait an extra five minutes to get a drink. (and of course, I will be understanding of the extra wait time because an entire evening of drinking costs me $20 with an included $12 tip)
So I post to slashdot with this cool idea 3 stories down. I then go upstairs to talk to my roommate about it and he says, "yeah I heard of that before". So I wonder why I never heard of it before, but hey, at least it might be a good idea.
:)
Great minds think aline
You would probably have to actually be able to show that the borrower sent the file back to you again and that you were in fact deleting that copy from your server after it was lent That's where DRM comes into play. I didn't explain my idea too well, I know, but the files would have to have a time limit of some sort. Needless to say, the RIAA would have online digital libraries declared illegal very soon though Maybe a better way to go about it is to revolutionize our current libraries. Involve that whole part of government. They already have the technology to set it up. I used to work in a library from 1994-1998. pay sucked, but a great job. In 1994 the library that I worked at had a full T1 line running to it. This was in the village of Morrow, Ohio, a VERY small town. I'll bet our libraries have not only the server capabilities but also the incentive to implement this plan.
I just had a thought. I have the next design for p2p networks. We'll start off with Napster (the old napster code, not whatever they've been doing for the last 3 years). We'll call it eLibrary. The eLibrary connects to a central server that has all the searching and indexing like napster did, but with a new field. eLibrary has a physical presence in the real world that stores physical donated copyrighted material. This copyrighted material is "digitized" and spread into encrypted chunks on client machines (think freenet).
:)
The thing that makes eLibrary different is that eLibrary would only send what it had licenses for, and when the user was done listening/watching/reading, the file would disappear. So if eLibrary has 100 copyies of the newest 50 cent alblum, only 100 people could listen to it at one time. No copyright violations would occur, it would be the equivalent of borrowing a friends cd.
eLibrary would keep careful records of who borrowed and returned what when, in case of accusations of copyright enfringement. eLibrary would use the latest DRM/Palladium technologies to ensure everyone played fair. It could also be setup as a non-profit organization so contributions of copyrighted material would be tax deductions.
Lets use DRM to our advantage
as a side note, after reviewing my post after hitting the submit button, I noticed several spelling and possible grammer errors. I also obviously need a word processor to fix such things for me.
I have linux installed on my laptop with vmware running windows to have word. I generally write papers with my laptop. I would LOVE to get rid of windows but I need word because my school has it in the computer labs. I need to be able to print papers out at school, and most times I don't have time to fix the formatting and other misc descrepances I get from converting to .doc format.
I might be missing a solution to my problem, though, because I'm still learning how linux works (I did recompile the kernal and get wireless networking functional, and I'm proud of it dammit!)
Even if the hardware is better, proprietary hardware is bad. It limits the choices of what you can do with the devicce you own. It goes beyond the "can I run linux on it", hell a valid question would be "am I able to run windows on it?"
Beta was technically better than VHS. Look what won. Popularity is important. (possibly a bad example, I had a valid point, but I might have lost it to inebriation)
As great is this might be to farmers in australia, my question is how long will it take to automate my lawn care?
It's great fun to spend half a day getting drunk to ignore extream heat while mowing your lawn, but i'll bet people would buy lawnmowers that would do it for you.
This might also eliminate that neighbor that has the fortitude to wake up at 7:00 am on saturday to cut his lawn.
As much as we'd all love to see Apple successfully sue Microsoft, It won't happen. This reminds me of the 1998 lawsuit about Microsoft ripping off the "look and feel" of Mac OS.
The article even points out weaknesses in the strategy (I know, I know, I broke the slashdot rule by reading the article).
"At WWDC, Jobs admitted that Microsoft had beaten Apple to market by offering such a feature in Windows XP, but he claimed Apple's implementation was the better of the two." and "The downside - if Apple's intent is to outflank Microsoft; we're only guessing here - is that the patent refers to multiple personas of a single user, not multiple users".
Microsoft is an EXTREAMLY WEALTHY corporation. When it comes down to how the legal system works, the more money you can spend on lawyers the more you can get away with. Hell, even the GOVERNMENT didn't beat them. I know they were convicted of being a monopoly, but really, what has happened since then? They still hold a monopoly on the desktop market, they still own windows and office, and they still infest every windows computer with a copy of internet explorer. I'd say that they really won.
I'd love to see apple (or anyone else) be able to truely step up to them. Sadly, as long as they continue to have as much money as they do, there is no chance
At this rate musicians won't even worry about getting signed to a label. A couple friends of mine do quite well playing local gigs. Of course, here in New Orleans, live music is plentiful.
Don't get me wrong, this wont happen anytime soon. I wonder, though, what the threshold is before it pays to stay home and play in your local club.
The problem with microwaving clothing would be the shorts I have on right now, for example. They have a metal zipper. We all know what happens to AOL cd's when microwaved (if you don't know, try it. 5 seconds does wonders).
Be careful what you nuke.
Personal preference I guess. And the fact they wanted some kind of survey filled out in order to download it.
I'm currently using BSPlayer and love it. Now my beef with flash, on the other hand, could fill up your screen
Does this mean I can play real audio/real video files without realone? I hate installing that thing on my computer. However, alot of stuff is only available in that format, such as live audio of nfl games and clips from my friends local hip hop group (www.psychoward.com, yes it uses flash too, I tried to tell him, but nobody listens)
This is something that interestes me. My father died of cancer at the age of 56 and my mother survived it at the age of 44. I think I might have a high hereditary risk. The idea of cheaper detection methods is important. The cheaper it is to detect, the more frequently the tests will take place. Hopefully, this could become part of a yearly checkup.
For the record, neither of my parents were smokers. I think I might know how I am going to die.
I think onboard sound is adequate because most people plug in cheap speakers that aren't able to take advantage of any recent technilogical advances in audio
Audio has reached a point where cheap is good enough for most people. (sorry for bad grammer or bad spelling but it's 7:49 am, I haven't slept yet, and I'm quite drunk)
So, if you were to introduce legislation to oppose Speakeasy, would you call that legislation prohibition?
Getting the rich involved also might expidite the creation of a colony somewhere. Imagine the potential profits of creating a tourist colony on the moon. Of course, for this to work, travel expenses would have to drop significantly. But the motivation for a tourist colony as a vacation getaway seems more feasable than a nations motivation to expand and conquer. Britian, Spain, and Portugal didn't exactly hold on to their newly found empires for long.
The thing that scares me about unmaned armed vehicles is that they are remote controlled. What is to stop someone from hacking them and turning them against us?
Copy protection is like the war on drugs. It doesn't work. It's been tried for at least 20 years and the problem has only gotten worse. Remeber code wheels? And then the classic "page 36, paragraph 3, line 7, word 2". It only serves to make life more difficult for the legitimate user.
The real solution to stop piracy is to drop the prices on software, music, and movies to a reasonable amount. A friend of mine was offered a free copy of Windows XP and turned it down because he got such a large student discount (I think $20) that it didn't matter to him. Before anyone points out loss of profit from discounted prices, if more people acutally BUY these things at a discount instead of grabbing them off Kazza, these companies would make the same money that they do today.
I think it would be important for china to establish a space colony. After all, they have what, 1.2 billion people? Send some of those people to a new colony.
and awed