If not, who really cares? I mean...I shouldn't say that....this is probably very illegal, and I hope they get the crap sued out of them (thats one class action I wouldn't mind being a part of), but the reality of "the scene" is that 99.9% of all movie files transferred on the internet are in.avi format encoded with divx, so this will make the company some money from the **AA's, and do practically nothing, like everything else they've done.
Its a good thing Infinium is still getting press. It is one of the few solid sources of humor here on Slashdot to see what claims they make, and what mockups they demonstrate.
I can't wait to see this. Hell, I think this might be more entertaining than actually playing a game on the Phantom!
I remember a while ago when that scummy company tried to use Kazaa users' clock cycles to do grid computing and then sell that power that people had a royal shit fit over them profiting from this.
A similar shitfit was had when another company released a screensaver that did something similar, but they made all the profits by selling the data.
Is IBM selling this data and reaping all the profits? Or are they donating this data once we've donated the clock cycles?
Oh joy, yet another company that wants to use the name of something that used to be great, and drag it through the mud in search of profit.
Exeem will be no Suprnova as we can easily see from this interview. Hopefully though it will encourage an open source solution to rise up and do it right.
You know, this may be just a conspiracy theory, but I always wondered in the back of my mind if Suprnova going down was nothing but a PR move to drum up interest when Exeem comes out. I mean, the company is paying the owner simply to attach his name and claim that they are the successor to Suprnova, how do we know they didn't pay him a bit more to just shut down Suprnova early to drum up buzz? Do we have any reasons to believe this ISN'T what in fact happened?
Can anybody here who's familiar with similar systems comment on how reliable it is? I mean, I've lost count of all the things that could mess with the scheduling required for a system like this...traffic...accidents...slow driving...getting lost...
Ok, that clarifies things a bit. You're right, we are on the same page. In this case though, I think the change started happening a long time ago when they started acquiring other companies. Whenever a company starts acquiring and expanding like that, its a sign that they are getting away from their core business.
Before everybody jumps about the privacy concerns, let me explain something.
This is in regards to business. These businesses have a SUBSTANTIAL investment in their fleet, and in the service they provide. If you owned one of these companies, wouldn't you be a bit ticked off if your employees were racking up non-business related miles on your vehicles, putting them at more risk for accidents, and reducing the overall efficiency of your business?
Thats what I thought. If you're on company time using company resources, don't expect any privacy. I mean, I personally feel there should be a limit...I mean, I don't want to get written up for taking too much time in the bathroom or socializing a bit with employees, but in a case where you're on the road in company property, that is a very different situation.
" I'm sure the people working on "the floor" care very much about their products, but I get the impression that at the top they will dop whatever they can to get the highest Return on Investment, not "make the best game possible"
What a naive statement. That is their JOB. Their job is to please investors, and all investors care about is ROI. The investors are the REAL customers that need to be pleased, and if you are happy with the product as a result, well, so much the better.
Now, what few executives and shareholders realize is that the best way to reap the highest ROI is not the short term solution of cranking out crap and pulling stunts like EA has pulled, but rather by running a "good" company that takes care of its employees and delivers a good product. That is ultimately the best way to build a good company, as shown by Google and Apple. However, few executives or shareholders have the patience or common sense to realize this.
It might be more if they stopped to think about the value of the things they download in terms of what they currently retail for. However, due to the shift in delivery technology, the value of said material seems to have dropped considerably (well, in terms of what the market will bare at least).
While everybody here is discussing competition to this in the form of other existing PVRs, what everybody has failed to realize is that bittorrent is still going to be a huge competitor for this in the future (well, assuming the other big torrent sites don't go under).
The only thing that needs to change is awareness (which might very well kill it faster). Every single non-tech person freaks out over the possibility of having access to most of the good television shows out there. In fact, I never even bothered to consider getting cable at college this year since I can just download all the tv I want to watch usually a day or two after it comes out, which isn't that big of a deal. Plus, I can then archive the shows on CD if I so desire which is apparently a feature a lot of people want (look at how many people buy entire seasons of TV shows on DVD).
" Where are you going to go? If you're talking U.S., there's potential for bad things to happen no matter where you are."
HAH! Not true if you live in the Midwest! Everybody always makes fun of us, but those of us in Chicago, or Wisconsin or Minnesota will be the last ones standing while everybody else gets wiped out.
And when the rest of you are gone, the whole world will know that Chicago pizza is indeed better than New York pizza (there will BE no more NY Pizza!) and everybody will sound like they're from Minnesota! BUWAHAHAHHAHA!
Bingo. Everybody knows that they're only going after the big guns now, and that isn't so much an issue with bittorrent if you usually just download the most recent stuff. You only keep a couple torrents open at a time, and close them when they're done. I mean, they may have logs, but so far only the REALLY big sharers are getting busted.
I'm too lazy to look up an article, but a quick google should show that these self-check systems were found to be slower than a cashier scanning you.
Why? Simple, the cashier is EXTREMELY familiar with what to do and has things down to a routine and can therefore do it much faster. Even faster if there's a store bagger, otherwise you get stuck with people bagging their own stuff.
The reason though that the self-scans are so popular though is that people are drawn to the control element of it like moths to a flame. They love the idea of being able to make sure each price is correct, and many of them think they go faster than the cashier.
There's also another way to look at it. There is a saying that is "shirt-tails to shirt-tails in three generations" which means the first generation works hard to lay the foundation and build it up, the second generation lives well on it and gets to enjoy "the golden days" and the generation after that gets to face all the problems the 2nd generation left behind, and basically have to fend for themselves money wise since the 2nd gen spent it all, so they make short-term money making schemes a priority.
Ok, so let me ask a big question here. If this thing IS going to hit, we're going to have plenty of warning right? So what are our options realistically (I don't know if Bruce Willis will be up to it by the time this comes to pass).
I mean, I'm sure people smarter than myself will be able to figure out where its going to hit and when, so would we be able to safely evacuate these areas to eliminate most if not all casualties? Would shooting a nuke at this thing be a serious option? Or would something like that just cause it to fragment and cause even more damage? What about shooting rockets at it that attach to the asteroid and continuously fire their rockets to push it off its current course?
Pshaw, or you'll what? Post another AC comment? Fact is, you are ignorant about how to arrange things between neighbors so that there are as few surprises as possible. Contracts solve that since everybody is familiar with the terms up front.
You are naive to think that someone running an ISP should just open themselves up to every liability out there just to be nice to their neighbors.
As many of you know, this system has been used with everything from free ipods, to free laptops, to free plasma tvs.
Since there is a mathematical formula for how long it takes for the pyramid to collapse, this cycle would then begin anew for each new item offered correct? So if people keep getting in at the top of each new item offered, they'll still be good right?
Also, can anybody vouch for the legitimacy of those other things, particularly the plasma and laptop offers?
People are upset with this company because they do not present the information about how the system works in the most truthful light.
Of course, this is Slashdot, so people would only be fully satisfied if on the very front page it said that you would be receiving a lot of spam and telemarketing, and would need to get 5 friends to do the same. Personally, I think its a bit scummy they don't tell you about the 5 friends thing until the very end.
Your point was ignorant as was your response to my original post. Can you not discuss something without swearing? Or how about posting with your nick oh brave anonymous one.
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If not, who really cares? I mean...I shouldn't say that....this is probably very illegal, and I hope they get the crap sued out of them (thats one class action I wouldn't mind being a part of), but the reality of "the scene" is that 99.9% of all movie files transferred on the internet are in .avi format encoded with divx, so this will make the company some money from the **AA's, and do practically nothing, like everything else they've done.
I can't wait to see this. Hell, I think this might be more entertaining than actually playing a game on the Phantom!
A similar shitfit was had when another company released a screensaver that did something similar, but they made all the profits by selling the data.
Is IBM selling this data and reaping all the profits? Or are they donating this data once we've donated the clock cycles?
Exeem will be no Suprnova as we can easily see from this interview. Hopefully though it will encourage an open source solution to rise up and do it right.
You know, this may be just a conspiracy theory, but I always wondered in the back of my mind if Suprnova going down was nothing but a PR move to drum up interest when Exeem comes out. I mean, the company is paying the owner simply to attach his name and claim that they are the successor to Suprnova, how do we know they didn't pay him a bit more to just shut down Suprnova early to drum up buzz? Do we have any reasons to believe this ISN'T what in fact happened?
This is in regards to business. These businesses have a SUBSTANTIAL investment in their fleet, and in the service they provide. If you owned one of these companies, wouldn't you be a bit ticked off if your employees were racking up non-business related miles on your vehicles, putting them at more risk for accidents, and reducing the overall efficiency of your business?
Thats what I thought. If you're on company time using company resources, don't expect any privacy. I mean, I personally feel there should be a limit...I mean, I don't want to get written up for taking too much time in the bathroom or socializing a bit with employees, but in a case where you're on the road in company property, that is a very different situation.
What a naive statement. That is their JOB. Their job is to please investors, and all investors care about is ROI. The investors are the REAL customers that need to be pleased, and if you are happy with the product as a result, well, so much the better.
Now, what few executives and shareholders realize is that the best way to reap the highest ROI is not the short term solution of cranking out crap and pulling stunts like EA has pulled, but rather by running a "good" company that takes care of its employees and delivers a good product. That is ultimately the best way to build a good company, as shown by Google and Apple. However, few executives or shareholders have the patience or common sense to realize this.
The only thing that needs to change is awareness (which might very well kill it faster). Every single non-tech person freaks out over the possibility of having access to most of the good television shows out there. In fact, I never even bothered to consider getting cable at college this year since I can just download all the tv I want to watch usually a day or two after it comes out, which isn't that big of a deal. Plus, I can then archive the shows on CD if I so desire which is apparently a feature a lot of people want (look at how many people buy entire seasons of TV shows on DVD).
HAH! Not true if you live in the Midwest! Everybody always makes fun of us, but those of us in Chicago, or Wisconsin or Minnesota will be the last ones standing while everybody else gets wiped out.
And when the rest of you are gone, the whole world will know that Chicago pizza is indeed better than New York pizza (there will BE no more NY Pizza!) and everybody will sound like they're from Minnesota! BUWAHAHAHHAHA!
Why? Simple, the cashier is EXTREMELY familiar with what to do and has things down to a routine and can therefore do it much faster. Even faster if there's a store bagger, otherwise you get stuck with people bagging their own stuff.
The reason though that the self-scans are so popular though is that people are drawn to the control element of it like moths to a flame. They love the idea of being able to make sure each price is correct, and many of them think they go faster than the cashier.
I mean, I'm sure people smarter than myself will be able to figure out where its going to hit and when, so would we be able to safely evacuate these areas to eliminate most if not all casualties? Would shooting a nuke at this thing be a serious option? Or would something like that just cause it to fragment and cause even more damage? What about shooting rockets at it that attach to the asteroid and continuously fire their rockets to push it off its current course?
You are naive to think that someone running an ISP should just open themselves up to every liability out there just to be nice to their neighbors.
Since there is a mathematical formula for how long it takes for the pyramid to collapse, this cycle would then begin anew for each new item offered correct? So if people keep getting in at the top of each new item offered, they'll still be good right?
Also, can anybody vouch for the legitimacy of those other things, particularly the plasma and laptop offers?
Of course, this is Slashdot, so people would only be fully satisfied if on the very front page it said that you would be receiving a lot of spam and telemarketing, and would need to get 5 friends to do the same. Personally, I think its a bit scummy they don't tell you about the 5 friends thing until the very end.