At $700 to $800, I do not think that this will be a Ipod killer. I am also willing to bet that this will not have crap for battery life, and not be near as portable.
I live in a rural area, where we are sometimes lucky that we have a signal, let alone a good one. This could improve the reception for us a lot. Either that, or it doubles the battery life of the cell phones. Either way, I am happy. Although I wonder if this coding could be used in wireless devices as well. Hopefully this could somehow be used to help limit the battery drain of WiFi on a laptop/PDA.
There are too many different file sharing programs out there now for this to work. The government would have to make the P2P programs that do not add this software illegal. Even then, I do not think that this would work, even with the most Gestapo of tactics that the RIAA will try. This reminds me of China outlawing FreeNet. There is also IRC if any of this fail. We still have the Internet Privacy Act of 1996 in our favor. (The law that won't let RIAA, or government officials in a private channel if they have been told that they are not welcome.)
Did anybody else sign up for the beta test. I submitted for the test. They emailed me, told me they were having trouble and resubmit at their website. I had to write a fucking essay AGAIN. Worst, they never sent me the email that said that they have made the decisions for who got into beta, and didn't list the news on their site, like they said they were going to. These people have been full of shit from day one.
I am guessing that throughout the world, the different recording associations got into a contest to see who could become the most Nazi in their tactics. Until now, RIAA had the lead. To counter this, the RIAA will probably round up all of the file traders into camps. This will allow them to win.
For $230, to $250, you can get a really good media computer. It can play all kinds of great games that look as good as they would on a $1500 PC, as well as play downloaded video in just about every format. Plus it will have a decent hard drive for storing downloaded video, games or for use as a file server as well.
XBOX $100 120 gig hard drive $100 Modchip $30 to $50 (depends if it is solderless or not, also you do NOT need that DVD playback kit)
How much did those mice pay NASA in order to be launched into space. Shit! I knew they were needing money for the Mars mission, but I would have never thought that Petco would be sponsoring missions.
Just because Blu-Ray is going to require two different lenses, you all are throwing a hissy fit. Grow up. The FACT is HD-DVD will NOT hold enough, for a good movie, unless you want to keep swapping disks, which I don't. I like one DVD for wide screen and one for full screen, but not two for each of them. Look, a standard DVD holds two hours of video. These are 3 times that capacity. The problem is that isn't enough for the higher resolutions. 1280*1024 is 4.26 times as much as 640*480. Check the math, it will not work. The only thing it has going for it is a catchy name and that it will be cheaper to upgrade.
The ruling makes sense to me. "J.R.R. Tolkien" isn't a trademark per se, but it is a (very particular) pronoun, so its use as a domain name should be reserved for the Tolkien Estate, not some random cyber-squatter. Infringing trademarks in registering domain names is an obvious no-no... but I wonder, suppose there actually was someone named J.R.R. Tolkien, and he registered this domain? Would he still have a legitimate right to the domain, or would the domain be taken away from him, even though it was his name?!
It is a PROPER NOUN, not a pronoun. A proper noun is a specific person, place, or thing. A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun, like he, she, or it. Please, I know that we are all nerds, but can we work on our grammar.
They have been making incredible advances in the 3D pornography field lately. Pretty soon, nerds won't even need to date. (or get rejected while attempting)
Slashdot Mirror
Now all of the Trekkies will realize that Warp 10 isn't possible.
I don't think fining a business with 40 billion in the bank 500 million is harsh. I think the DoJ wanted them to get a slap on the wrist like always.
At $700 to $800, I do not think that this will be a Ipod killer. I am also willing to bet that this will not have crap for battery life, and not be near as portable.
They could be hiding weapons of mass destruction there.
I don't know about you guys, but I am betting that he is insecure about his size, and thought that adding 3 inches seemed like a good idea.
First I have to mod my XBOX, and now my laptop. When will it end?
I live in a rural area, where we are sometimes lucky that we have a signal, let alone a good one. This could improve the reception for us a lot. Either that, or it doubles the battery life of the cell phones. Either way, I am happy. Although I wonder if this coding could be used in wireless devices as well. Hopefully this could somehow be used to help limit the battery drain of WiFi on a laptop/PDA.
There are too many different file sharing programs out there now for this to work. The government would have to make the P2P programs that do not add this software illegal. Even then, I do not think that this would work, even with the most Gestapo of tactics that the RIAA will try. This reminds me of China outlawing FreeNet. There is also IRC if any of this fail. We still have the Internet Privacy Act of 1996 in our favor. (The law that won't let RIAA, or government officials in a private channel if they have been told that they are not welcome.)
Did anybody else sign up for the beta test. I submitted for the test. They emailed me, told me they were having trouble and resubmit at their website. I had to write a fucking essay AGAIN. Worst, they never sent me the email that said that they have made the decisions for who got into beta, and didn't list the news on their site, like they said they were going to. These people have been full of shit from day one.
These boards MAY be a good way to find a job. There is always a bit of luck involved. Although from my experience, nothing beats good networking.
Does this mean that Windows is open source. Is it cool to use Windows yet?
Somebody quick! Alert John Ashcroft. I call upon all nerds everywhere to do their patriotic duty and help slashdot google.
Are these paint chips edible? That is what I want to know.
I am guessing that throughout the world, the different recording associations got into a contest to see who could become the most Nazi in their tactics. Until now, RIAA had the lead. To counter this, the RIAA will probably round up all of the file traders into camps. This will allow them to win.
The next step is for them to figure out how to send broadband throught the sewer system.*
Dilbert reference
If they really wanted to make it a good competition, they would award beaver to the winner. That would get them fired up.
For $230, to $250, you can get a really good media computer. It can play all kinds of great games that look as good as they would on a $1500 PC, as well as play downloaded video in just about every format. Plus it will have a decent hard drive for storing downloaded video, games or for use as a file server as well.
XBOX $100
120 gig hard drive $100
Modchip $30 to $50 (depends if it is solderless or not, also you do NOT need that DVD playback kit)
Total $250
Now if only ATI would do the same.
They had to do it. The Democrats are a threat to national security. Heck, many of the voted against the Patriot Act.*
*note: This is sarcasm.
How much did those mice pay NASA in order to be launched into space. Shit! I knew they were needing money for the Mars mission, but I would have never thought that Petco would be sponsoring missions.
Just because Blu-Ray is going to require two different lenses, you all are throwing a hissy fit. Grow up. The FACT is HD-DVD will NOT hold enough, for a good movie, unless you want to keep swapping disks, which I don't. I like one DVD for wide screen and one for full screen, but not two for each of them. Look, a standard DVD holds two hours of video. These are 3 times that capacity. The problem is that isn't enough for the higher resolutions. 1280*1024 is 4.26 times as much as 640*480. Check the math, it will not work. The only thing it has going for it is a catchy name and that it will be cheaper to upgrade.
It is a PROPER NOUN, not a pronoun. A proper noun is a specific person, place, or thing. A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun, like he, she, or it. Please, I know that we are all nerds, but can we work on our grammar.
This will be great for the phone sex hotlines.
They have been making incredible advances in the 3D pornography field lately. Pretty soon, nerds won't even need to date. (or get rejected while attempting)
WTF are you talking about. They can just record the speech in advance and then play it back "live". Lay off the pot.