If some of you could find a way to create edible copies of bread and beer, then you wouldn't have to pay for anything
Other than the ingredients, you mean?
Or, if you mean "duplicate" then , other than the technology?
Face it , people; times have changed.
Any Business which is based on the physical distribution of digital content is swimming against the current.
It's rapidly getting to the point where any Business which is based on TELLING people what is popular, is swimming against the current.
Q: Why does The Music Industry have such high costs?
A: they keep producing SHIT, and then spending money trying to convince us it's SHINOLA (ie the overhead of marketing bands that suck)
Many other companies spend their time and money researching what their customers what, and then producing it as efficiently as possible. The Music Industry spends its time and money buying airtime on radio stations (or just buying radio stations) hyping their latest 'popstar'.
Pandora. Box.
Once you "went digital" (ie CDs), there's no going back.
You can leverage the advantages of The Internet to advance your business into the Golden Age of Digital, or you can keep trying to wedge the digital genie back in the bottle (yeah, mixed-myths, I know).
As mentioned on another thread earlier this month.
The other day I stumbled across a recent-release "nothing special" (ie not "greatest hits, platinum edition, gold-plated, diamond encrusted") single-cd (ie as opposed to double or triple-cd sets) for AUD$39.95
I hate to be such a downer, but if past performance is any indicator, these "additional costs" will be hoovered directly out of consumers bank-accounts.
Look at the whole "audio+data" CD phenomenon (from the consumers perspective) in the first place.
Yesterday you sold me a CD which was (more often than not, to all intents and purposes) full to capacity with standard CD audio format music
Today you sell me a CD which is now only partially filled with aforementioned "standard... music" - (because some of the space previously used for standard cd audio format music is now being used for DATA (in this case, a second copy of the music)
Don't look now, but you the consumer just paid the same amount for less music.
Just to be clear here, they sold you TWO copies of the music, in the same amount of space ====> so you received LESS MUSIC than you "normally/previously" would, for NO LESS MONEY.
Given this trend in the music industry, in the near future they'll be selling us Holographic Storage DISCs with a terabyte of data-space, with only one (3 minute, CD-Quality) song on it (the rest of the space is 'computer format' of the same song, plus anti-piracy technologies). It'll still cost $25-$35 in most cases, and will ONLY play on a custom media player that is specific to that music-label. Due to the intricacies of the technology, swapping HS-DISCs takes approximately 5 minutes, and the "music subscription" on HS-DISCs expires in 24 hours.
Of course you're completely missing the obvious "submininal message" angle.
25 frames per second -> one single frame in a cut between scenes with the details printed out in plain and simple english (eg cut from a blue-sky scene, make the cut-in frame "almost" identical colors, with the writing a slightly different shade of blue; cue film to frame XYZZ, let human visual system read the result... or put the cut-frame in the middle of just about *any* scene with very rapid movement [eg car-chase, fast-pan over a busy scene])
You (the viewer) will never notice
if the method is not publicised, why would anyone LOOK for said frame when pirating it
Anyone who remembers DeCSS understands that "anti-piracy techniques" are not necessarily the stellar heights of advanced rocket-science. Usually anti-piracy technologies are not "sufficiently advanced technology" (ie they're easily distinguishable from magic).
"We are going to produce a patch that should be up within a week," said Microsoft's David Fester, group product manager for Internet Explorer. "We'll put up that patch as quick as we can."
In 1998 he was the management flunky most directly responsible for all those MSIE bugs.
"On the one hand, they say they're pursuing standards, but they're implementing and pushing proprietary technology with their development community," Microsoft product manager David Fester said. "Microsoft has pledged 100 percent standards support for some time. The truth is in the pudding and the products."
Wednesday's Windows Media announcements are specific to XP, said David Fester, general manager of Microsoft's Windows Digital Media division.
"These are companies that are doing things specifically around XP," he said. "As you know, our Windows Media effort is broader than just XP."
"This is unprecedented, but
we realized we need to work
together [with Netscape] for
the common good. We
decided we should not propose
separate standards for privacy
software."
David Fester, Microsoft,
June 97
If you receive an unresolved address, you never got a serial number in the first place.
Even more so, when you request a name resolution for an address, they don't even (ever) give you a serial for it, just a TTL. (aka, no receipt required, we trust you, no refund,store exchange only within X seconds)
The distinguishing feature here is actually latency, not distance. Distance only counts in that, generally, in most networking, all other factors being equal (or nearly so), increasing distance implies increasing latency.
In fact, I can SIMULATE a gigabit network pipe reaching from Sydney to San Jose simply by locally connecting two computers over gigabit ethernet, and articifially inducing ~170-210ms RTT latency. (fyi: I'm in sydney, and the first SanJose/Sprintlink hop shows max 169ms)
IN fact, there's at least one OpenSource tool (mental blank, forgot the name) which will happily transparently induce latency and random packet loss to a specified % - an excellent long-distance network simulation tool.
The *only* reason these (and similar) articles mention the distances involved is so that the Joe SixPacks of the world can wrap their brains around the difficulties involved.
Surely, as a reader and contributor to slashdot, you don't consider yourself to be "Just Another Joe SixPack"?
These mystery articles talking up "new internet speed records" are not talking about "mega-fast line capacity". Anyone can engineer a nice fat bundle of lines to up the ante - it just costs Money (specifically, LOTS OF).
What these people are going on about is the real-world actual measured data-throughput between a single pair of computers across "the internet" (usually across a significant chunk of the world).
Anyone who's tried to use any TCP based protocol (eg FTP, HTP) to send mind-warpingly large chunks of data understand the throughput limitations imposed on said communication as a direct result of large RTT latency.
I'm not sure about these two instances specifically (articles give essentially ZERO technical details) but many similar researches are an attempt to derive new (bigger, better, faster, and more eco-friendly) protocols which avoid the limitations of TCP.
Instead of over-reacting and lynching the kid for being criminally-inclined they could easily have made this a stern warning and a lesson to the kids.
A lesson in socially acceptable behaviour on The Net (yeah that was kinda cool, but rude)
A lesson in privacy (and the lack thereof) on The Net (look how easily and instantly we found you)
A re-education on how to show off "new and cool" to the class (know something cool about computers? bring it to 'tech show-and tell'... be cool without getting suspended)
This could have been a great opportunity to turn disruptive behaviour into constructive learning experiences, but instead they stuck their head in the sands and cried "hacker" (which is actually unfashionable, these days they need to be crying "terrorist").
Unfortunately the education system is geared to teaching children, as opposed to helping them learn. (ie remember all the things we tell you, but above all else remember that thinking for yourself is not permitted)
"I'm sorry, that information is not a part of our curriculum. You're suspended."
And people these days think that Fossil Fuels are the result of a few million years of pressure and heat transforming Dead Trees.
In fact all these "fossil fuels" we keep burning are the decomposition of a once well-known and essentially pervasive vastly superior technology. Technology which we're only now beginning to open the doors to.
Unfortunately most people (aka The Media) forget one important fact.
These law-breaking, violent and pornographic games are aimed directly at YOU the responsible adult and NOT at impressionable children.
Because you are a responsible adult with the ability to know "right from wrong" (at least to an extent that's acceptable to most laws in your country/state), these games are fine and dandy for you to play. They're just a wild break from reality that your mind is happy to enjoy for a while.
The letters VLIW mean "Very Large Instruction Word". Processors that use this technique access the memory by transferring long program words, and in each word many instructions are packed. In the case of the IA-64, three instructions are used for each pack of 128 bits. As each instruction has 41 bits, there are 5 bits left that will be used to indicate the kinds of instruction that were packed.
Slashdot Mirror
In the 21st Century Geeks went from 8inch floppy to 3.5inch hard. Now we're down to under an inch hard.
And we wonder why we're having so much trouble getting laid.
It's called Sender Permitted From
Oh? You mean this proposal?
Other than the ingredients, you mean?
Or, if you mean "duplicate" then , other than the technology?
Face it , people; times have changed.
- Q: Why does The Music Industry have such high costs?
- A: they keep producing SHIT, and then spending money trying to convince us it's SHINOLA
Many other companies spend their time and money researching what their customers what, and then producing it as efficiently as possible. The Music Industry spends its time and money buying airtime on radio stations (or just buying radio stations) hyping their latest 'popstar'.(ie the overhead of marketing bands that suck)
Pandora. Box.
Once you "went digital" (ie CDs), there's no going back.
You can leverage the advantages of The Internet to advance your business into the Golden Age of Digital, or you can keep trying to wedge the digital genie back in the bottle (yeah, mixed-myths, I know).
As mentioned on another thread earlier this month.
The other day I stumbled across a recent-release "nothing special" (ie not "greatest hits, platinum edition, gold-plated, diamond encrusted") single-cd (ie as opposed to double or triple-cd sets) for AUD$39.95
That's $31.12 US, at todays price.
Way to rape your customers!
Look at the whole "audio+data" CD phenomenon (from the consumers perspective) in the first place.
- Yesterday you sold me a CD which was (more often than not, to all intents and purposes) full to capacity with standard CD audio format music
- Today you sell me a CD which is now only partially filled with aforementioned "standard
... music" - (because some of the space previously used for standard cd audio format music is now being used for DATA (in this case, a second copy of the music)
Don't look now, but you the consumer just paid the same amount for less music.Just to be clear here, they sold you TWO copies of the music, in the same amount of space ====> so you received LESS MUSIC than you "normally/previously" would, for NO LESS MONEY.
Given this trend in the music industry, in the near future they'll be selling us Holographic Storage DISCs with a terabyte of data-space, with only one (3 minute, CD-Quality) song on it (the rest of the space is 'computer format' of the same song, plus anti-piracy technologies). It'll still cost $25-$35 in most cases, and will ONLY play on a custom media player that is specific to that music-label. Due to the intricacies of the technology, swapping HS-DISCs takes approximately 5 minutes, and the "music subscription" on HS-DISCs expires in 24 hours.
2. CD prices will go up to an outrageous $30 per cd, even if there is no copy protection.
Obviously you're An American, here in Australia CDs selling for $30 (and more) are nothing like on the endangered species list.
And no this is not just the "double album" CD sets, either.
25 frames per second -> one single frame in a cut between scenes with the details printed out in plain and simple english
(eg cut from a blue-sky scene, make the cut-in frame "almost" identical colors, with the writing a slightly different shade of blue; cue film to frame XYZZ, let human visual system read the result... or put the cut-frame in the middle of just about *any* scene with very rapid movement [eg car-chase, fast-pan over a busy scene])
- You (the viewer) will never notice
- if the method is not publicised, why would anyone LOOK for said frame when pirating it
Anyone who remembers DeCSS understands that "anti-piracy techniques" are not necessarily the stellar heights of advanced rocket-science. Usually anti-piracy technologies are not "sufficiently advanced technology" (ie they're easily distinguishable from magic).The bottomline line is that we don't need the big pharma companies to create either supply or demand for a drug.
Obviously you never saw Johnny MNemonic?
er, bugger, looking closely at the MS WMP (as opposed to WMD) page, I see they also have MacOS, Solaris (6) and Palm (sigh).
Apple = "our product is smaller, lighter, faster, more stylish, and in almost every way better. And it has a slick marketing campaign. You Suck."
Of course, the clearest indication of choice in this issue is right before your eyes
"We are going to produce a patch that should be up within a week," said Microsoft's David Fester, group product manager for Internet Explorer. "We'll put up that patch as quick as we can."
Internet Explorer Bug Makes a Return Visit
In 1998 he was the management flunky most directly responsible for all those MSIE bugs.
"On the one hand, they say they're pursuing standards, but they're implementing and pushing proprietary technology with their development community," Microsoft product manager David Fester said. "Microsoft has pledged 100 percent standards support for some time. The truth is in the pudding and the products."
Pot, Kettle Black (netscape, microsoft , standards, name-calling)
Wednesday's Windows Media announcements are specific to XP, said David Fester, general manager of Microsoft's Windows Digital Media division. "These are companies that are doing things specifically around XP," he said. "As you know, our Windows Media effort is broader than just XP."
Windows Media announced for MAC/Linux/Solaris (not)
"This is unprecedented, but we realized we need to work together [with Netscape] for the common good. We decided we should not propose separate standards for privacy software." David Fester, Microsoft, June 97
More Outright Lies from David Fester
Tell me again why I want to listen to *anything* this man has to say.
not the quote-unquote quotes
Actually that would be quote -- endquote
/more sleep
/more caffeine
/more expensive crack
It took reading the slashdot blurb three times before I did not see Simon & Garfunkel.
If you receive an unresolved address, you never got a serial number in the first place.
Even more so, when you request a name resolution for an address, they don't even (ever) give you a serial for it, just a TTL. (aka, no receipt required, we trust you, no refund,store exchange only within X seconds)
bah! Not really!
The distinguishing feature here is actually latency, not distance. Distance only counts in that, generally, in most networking, all other factors being equal (or nearly so), increasing distance implies increasing latency.
In fact, I can SIMULATE a gigabit network pipe reaching from Sydney to San Jose simply by locally connecting two computers over gigabit ethernet, and articifially inducing ~170-210ms RTT latency. (fyi: I'm in sydney, and the first SanJose/Sprintlink hop shows max 169ms)
IN fact, there's at least one OpenSource tool (mental blank, forgot the name) which will happily transparently induce latency and random packet loss to a specified % - an excellent long-distance network simulation tool.
The *only* reason these (and similar) articles mention the distances involved is so that the Joe SixPacks of the world can wrap their brains around the difficulties involved.
Surely, as a reader and contributor to slashdot, you don't consider yourself to be "Just Another Joe SixPack"?
These mystery articles talking up "new internet speed records" are not talking about "mega-fast line capacity". Anyone can engineer a nice fat bundle of lines to up the ante - it just costs Money (specifically, LOTS OF).
What these people are going on about is the real-world actual measured data-throughput between a single pair of computers across "the internet" (usually across a significant chunk of the world).
Anyone who's tried to use any TCP based protocol (eg FTP, HTP) to send mind-warpingly large chunks of data understand the throughput limitations imposed on said communication as a direct result of large RTT latency.
I'm not sure about these two instances specifically (articles give essentially ZERO technical details) but many similar researches are an attempt to derive new (bigger, better, faster, and more eco-friendly) protocols which avoid the limitations of TCP.
eh? I just set AC posts to -2 and browse at +1.
Works every time.
Instead of over-reacting and lynching the kid for being criminally-inclined they could easily have made this a stern warning and a lesson to the kids.
- A lesson in socially acceptable behaviour on The Net
- A lesson in privacy (and the lack thereof) on The Net
- A re-education on how to show off "new and cool" to the class
This could have been a great opportunity to turn disruptive behaviour into constructive learning experiences, but instead they stuck their head in the sands and cried "hacker" (which is actually unfashionable, these days they need to be crying "terrorist").(yeah that was kinda cool, but rude)
(look how easily and instantly we found you)
(know something cool about computers? bring it to 'tech show-and tell'... be cool without getting suspended)
Unfortunately the education system is geared to teaching children, as opposed to helping them learn.
(ie remember all the things we tell you, but above all else remember that thinking for yourself is not permitted)
"I'm sorry, that information is not a part of our curriculum. You're suspended."
And people these days think that Fossil Fuels are the result of a few million years of pressure and heat transforming Dead Trees.
In fact all these "fossil fuels" we keep burning are the decomposition of a once well-known and essentially pervasive vastly superior technology. Technology which we're only now beginning to open the doors to.
Or understand what's common (ie VLIW) which was the point of my post. (dumbass)
Unfortunately most people (aka The Media) forget one important fact.
These law-breaking, violent and pornographic games are aimed directly at YOU the responsible adult and NOT at impressionable children.
Because you are a responsible adult with the ability to know "right from wrong" (at least to an extent that's acceptable to most laws in your country/state), these games are fine and dandy for you to play. They're just a wild break from reality that your mind is happy to enjoy for a while.
The letters VLIW mean "Very Large Instruction Word". Processors that use this technique access the memory by transferring long program words, and in each word many instructions are packed. In the case of the IA-64, three instructions are used for each pack of 128 bits. As each instruction has 41 bits, there are 5 bits left that will be used to indicate the kinds of instruction that were packed.
So There
People PLEASE turn your brains on before trying to spout crap you know less than zero about.
This whole stream of commentary by people claiming "more data but not bigger instructions" is less accurate than RIAA statistics.
You forgot to add "bork bork bork" to the end of your post (ie Swedish Chef Mode).
Itaniums for 6bit processing
I always thought Intel was a few slices short of a loaf, but that's just ridiculous.