I'd buy one of it could play Divx movies. But we know that'll never happen. The funny thing about DRM is that for the first time in history manufacturers are bending over backwards to NOT sell us the products we want!
You guys got my hopes up that Jack Valenti had died. That would have been a great vacation destination. Going to stomp on his grave. I guess I'll have to wait on that one.
You may have enough CDs to fill Sony's new player. But do you seriously think the average 16-25 year old does? That's basically the target age for the device.
"its really not as hard as you think to legally aquire that many songs in digital format." "They have a online store opening soon which will be selling music in Atrac format."
You're totally missing my point. IF you buy it legally, you're going to spend about $10,000 to fill it. It does not matter if you rip your own CDs, you download them from legal servicse, or from Sony's coming store.
It does not matter if the consumer fills it with music he or she already had. If that music is legal, then it would still cost about $10,000 to fill it. Whether you buy the music before or after, the price is the same.
You're right, but so am I. Of course you can use it to fill it will illegal MP3s. And as I point out, unless you are willing to spend about $10,000, that's the only way you could fill it.
So my point once again, if you CAN use it to listen to illegally obtained music. And if it's ONLY useful if you use it for illegally obtained music, THEN WHAT'S THE POINT OF USING ATRAC?!?!
Sony!!! Give the people what they want! The ability to tranfer files freely without imediments that serve no real purpose!
You're right. But if that music is legal, it's still about a buck a song. Which makes the grant total $10,000 to fill it. Unless you REALLY love bargin bins.
Mmm... Sony is making a portable music device which uses a proprietary music format to cut down on piracy. However, the portable device is 40 gigs, so it will hold about 10,000 songs. At a buck a song, that's 10,000 bucks. The product will last three years, tops before it dies. Who in the fuck is going to spend $10,000 on music in three fucking years?!?! That's buying 9 songs per day, everyday, for three years!
Furthermore, it appears that it cannot be used as a portable hard drive.
Thus, the ONLY way this new device could be useful to consumers is if they infringe copyrights and download music illegally. If that's the obvious intent of the product, then why does Sony even bother with its ATRAC 3 Plus format and give the people what they want?!
I used to love reading computer related magazines. There's just something great about laying on a couch while you read. However, the net destroyed all of that fun. I'd read stories online and then read the same "news" a few weeks later in the magazine. Rather than pay for deja vu, I stopped subscribing. News stops being news when it turns old.
Telus is not doing this to protect its customers, it's doing it to protect is own bottom-line. I would imagine that the vast majority of people caught by the modem high jacking scam refuse to pay their bills. They call and complaint, Telus backs down, and it is stuck holding the bag.
This strategy ensures that Telus is never stuck again, plus, it gives them good PR because it appears that it is looking out for its customers. Yeah right.
"What will happen when low-cost labor in China is combined with Microsoft technologies?"
TVs that crash, freeze, and require reboots every so often?
Seriously, this is GREAT news. The Chinese will steal every ounce of Microsoft's technology it can get its hands on. Then it will produce products based on that technology and sell it for a LOT less money. In other words, China will do for the United States' software industry what it earlier did for our electronics industry.
For the amount of money you save in NOT buying the workstation with two graphics card, you could buy a HDTV monitor and Microsoft's "High Definition AV Pack" and be all set.
If a few more frames per second is worth several thousand dollars, it's your money!
You want to play Doom3. You could either spend a small fortune on a workstation computer with dual GPUs or you could spend about 150 bucks on an Xbox, probably even less by the time the game is actually released. Mmmm... what to do what to do.
Shockingly I never considered that angle. From what I've read, everyone in Thailand buys bootleg version of their software. Microsoft tried cracking down on that "piracy" and the government there essentially said, "Go fuck yourself" and announced it would sell its own version of Linux to its citizens. A compromise was made where Microsoft would lower its prices and the government would not sell its own version of Linux.
In Michigan, gift certificates are supposed to last five years. After five years, if it is worth more than $50, then the state is supposed to get the money. Any individual who can prove the money is theirs can get the money from the state. If it's less than $50, then the business can just keep it after five years.
However, apparently no one follows this law. I see plenty of businesses that attempt to limit their gift certificates, some even for only 6 months.
I wonder if Washington will have any more luck than Michigan in enforcing their law.
I've read several stories about this stripped version of Windows, and what they all fail to mention is that it also lacks Product Activation. Sure, Product Activation in Asia is like duct taping your BMW's door shut in Detroit, but it's still significant.
People in Thailand can share their copies with their friends and family. But those of us in the rest of the world cannot. It just makes NO sense. We pay MORE for restrictions!!!
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I'd buy one of it could play Divx movies. But we know that'll never happen. The funny thing about DRM is that for the first time in history manufacturers are bending over backwards to NOT sell us the products we want!
God, if they could be buried in the same casket, the world would be a better place!
You guys got my hopes up that Jack Valenti had died. That would have been a great vacation destination. Going to stomp on his grave. I guess I'll have to wait on that one.
You may have enough CDs to fill Sony's new player. But do you seriously think the average 16-25 year old does? That's basically the target age for the device.
"its really not as hard as you think to legally aquire that many songs in digital format."
"They have a online store opening soon which will be selling music in Atrac format."
You're totally missing my point. IF you buy it legally, you're going to spend about $10,000 to fill it. It does not matter if you rip your own CDs, you download them from legal servicse, or from Sony's coming store.
It does not matter if the consumer fills it with music he or she already had. If that music is legal, then it would still cost about $10,000 to fill it. Whether you buy the music before or after, the price is the same.
You're right, but so am I. Of course you can use it to fill it will illegal MP3s. And as I point out, unless you are willing to spend about $10,000, that's the only way you could fill it.
So my point once again, if you CAN use it to listen to illegally obtained music. And if it's ONLY useful if you use it for illegally obtained music, THEN WHAT'S THE POINT OF USING ATRAC?!?!
Sony!!! Give the people what they want! The ability to tranfer files freely without imediments that serve no real purpose!
You're right. But if that music is legal, it's still about a buck a song. Which makes the grant total $10,000 to fill it. Unless you REALLY love bargin bins.
Mmm... Sony is making a portable music device which uses a proprietary music format to cut down on piracy. However, the portable device is 40 gigs, so it will hold about 10,000 songs. At a buck a song, that's 10,000 bucks. The product will last three years, tops before it dies. Who in the fuck is going to spend $10,000 on music in three fucking years?!?! That's buying 9 songs per day, everyday, for three years!
Furthermore, it appears that it cannot be used as a portable hard drive.
Thus, the ONLY way this new device could be useful to consumers is if they infringe copyrights and download music illegally. If that's the obvious intent of the product, then why does Sony even bother with its ATRAC 3 Plus format and give the people what they want?!
I used to love reading computer related magazines. There's just something great about laying on a couch while you read. However, the net destroyed all of that fun. I'd read stories online and then read the same "news" a few weeks later in the magazine. Rather than pay for deja vu, I stopped subscribing. News stops being news when it turns old.
Telus is not doing this to protect its customers, it's doing it to protect is own bottom-line. I would imagine that the vast majority of people caught by the modem high jacking scam refuse to pay their bills. They call and complaint, Telus backs down, and it is stuck holding the bag.
This strategy ensures that Telus is never stuck again, plus, it gives them good PR because it appears that it is looking out for its customers. Yeah right.
Judges are ignorant.
First we learn that Microsoft is essentially using the BSD open source license. Now the FCC is doing something that is pro-consumer. What gives?!
"What will happen when low-cost labor in China is combined with Microsoft technologies?"
TVs that crash, freeze, and require reboots every so often?
Seriously, this is GREAT news. The Chinese will steal every ounce of Microsoft's technology it can get its hands on. Then it will produce products based on that technology and sell it for a LOT less money. In other words, China will do for the United States' software industry what it earlier did for our electronics industry.
Competition is a good thing.
For the amount of money you save in NOT buying the workstation with two graphics card, you could buy a HDTV monitor and Microsoft's "High Definition AV Pack" and be all set.
If a few more frames per second is worth several thousand dollars, it's your money!
You want to play Doom3. You could either spend a small fortune on a workstation computer with dual GPUs or you could spend about 150 bucks on an Xbox, probably even less by the time the game is actually released. Mmmm... what to do what to do.
That popular entertainment is highly repetitive?!
That's good news.
I meant it makes no sense for us!!! Why do we put up with it?
The ten years it would take me to learn the language.
Shockingly I never considered that angle. From what I've read, everyone in Thailand buys bootleg version of their software. Microsoft tried cracking down on that "piracy" and the government there essentially said, "Go fuck yourself" and announced it would sell its own version of Linux to its citizens. A compromise was made where Microsoft would lower its prices and the government would not sell its own version of Linux.
In Michigan, gift certificates are supposed to last five years. After five years, if it is worth more than $50, then the state is supposed to get the money. Any individual who can prove the money is theirs can get the money from the state. If it's less than $50, then the business can just keep it after five years.
However, apparently no one follows this law. I see plenty of businesses that attempt to limit their gift certificates, some even for only 6 months.
I wonder if Washington will have any more luck than Michigan in enforcing their law.
I've read several stories about this stripped version of Windows, and what they all fail to mention is that it also lacks Product Activation. Sure, Product Activation in Asia is like duct taping your BMW's door shut in Detroit, but it's still significant.
People in Thailand can share their copies with their friends and family. But those of us in the rest of the world cannot. It just makes NO sense. We pay MORE for restrictions!!!
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