I think by 'optional' here, it means that manufacturers will be able to choose either no DRM, or mandatory DRM. That is, the wire protocol can optionally support encryption, it is up to the graphics card and monitor as to whether they require it.
Of course in the DMR case it needs cooperation from the drivers. The point is that the cable between the computer and monitor carries only an encrypted signal so that illegally tampering (as it surely will be) with the signal at this point (say, by plugging the monitor into a PVR instead) will show only random junk.
To display something sensible, the graphics card driver will need to obtain the encryption key from the monitor. Or possibly the key will be tied to a particular graphics card by the manufacturer.
Sure, I have no doubt the MPAA will set up a service whereby consumers can obtain a digitally signed version of their home movies, which will then play on their DRM hardware.
I also have no doubt the MPAA will be very willing to show their benevolence by making the fee for this service quite small, so that families can afford to to have a copy on both their main media player as well as the children's laptops.
True. Casino software has far more inspection requirements, and is orders of magnitude more secure than any election software, for example, used in the USA.
Yes, I think you are correct. Perhaps Herschel mistakenly thought the OP was referring to end users getting sued? Well, SCO tried it and it didn't get them very far although it is a shame it even got as far as the court room.
For your second question, if you pour milk into boiling water, the milk will be scalded because the small amount of milk is rapidly heated to the same temperature as the water. Try boiling some milk and letting it cool down, you will find it tastes quite different (and not nice, IMO).
For your first question, I do not know the explanation but it is certainly true that the hotter the water the better the tea. Leaving the tea leaves (or bag) in the water too long ends up with a strange 'stewed' flavour that is undrinkable.
No, I am pointing out facts. You tried to define 'mutation' as equivalent to 'defect', and attempted to support your argument with a link to an article that made no such connection.
It has always been known...that's what I'm disputing. We really have no idea how DNA defines good nor bad.
You are setting up a strawman again. I was referring to mutations, but what everyone in this thread is trying to make you comprehend is that mutation is simply a physical process whereby DNA gets changed (for example, by high energy radiation), and mutations are not inherently 'good' or 'bad'. However the result of a mutation could be good or bad, depending on the function of the DNA that is modified.
The sole critera as to whether a mutation is good or bad is whether the organism survives to reproduce. It doesn't make sense to talk about 'good' or 'bad' DNA except in this (very narrow) context.
If you want a response to your last sentence, you will have to rewrite it in such a way that I can decipher what it is that you are trying to say.
I don't see the word 'defect' there anywhere. I think you are building a strawman, and mis-representing 'traditional logic'. It has always been known (well, since the discovery of DNA at least), that mutations are the basic mechanism responsible for changing DNA, and that some mutations are good, and some are bad. What exactly are you disputing?
Sure, but once your laptop has GPS, what is to stop your boss requiring location-reporting spyware to be installed as a condition for connecting to the corporate network? I think the OP probably meant this anyway, I doubt many people here are that clueless about how GPS works.
Interestingly, overloading the dot operator may well make it into the nex standard.
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With data incoming at 50GB/s, even terabytes don't help much.
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For this project, it is the huge rate of incoming data that is the problem. They must process it immedately, as it would take a huge amount of storage to keep even a few hours worth of data. Anyway, the processing will involve determining the correlations between data from different sensors, which probably requires lots of communication. Both these points are big negatives for a distributed.net computation.
Of course, you would know this if you had RTFA before you posted...
Of course. But prior to now the PIN had nothing to do with it being a credit card. But I guess you were not born very long ago if you think credit cards have always had a PIN;-)
The UK has recently introduced PINs with their credit cards, and my credit card (with Dutch bank ABN-Amro) was just replaced, the new one also has a PIN with it. I haven't tried it out yet, but apparantly the ONLY way to authorize payments with it is to supply the PIN.
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General Electric make (or at least, used to make) nuclear weapons too.
Sorry, I think you are screwed.
Of course in the DMR case it needs cooperation from the drivers. The point is that the cable between the computer and monitor carries only an encrypted signal so that illegally tampering (as it surely will be) with the signal at this point (say, by plugging the monitor into a PVR instead) will show only random junk.
To display something sensible, the graphics card driver will need to obtain the encryption key from the monitor. Or possibly the key will be tied to a particular graphics card by the manufacturer.
I also have no doubt the MPAA will be very willing to show their benevolence by making the fee for this service quite small, so that families can afford to to have a copy on both their main media player as well as the children's laptops.
What were you worried about again?
True. Casino software has far more inspection requirements, and is orders of magnitude more secure than any election software, for example, used in the USA.
Yes, I think you are correct. Perhaps Herschel mistakenly thought the OP was referring to end users getting sued? Well, SCO tried it and it didn't get them very far although it is a shame it even got as far as the court room.
If you pour cold milk into hot water, the milk is instantly heated to boiling and then cools to the final temperature as you add more milk.
For your first question, I do not know the explanation but it is certainly true that the hotter the water the better the tea. Leaving the tea leaves (or bag) in the water too long ends up with a strange 'stewed' flavour that is undrinkable.
No, I am pointing out facts. You tried to define 'mutation' as equivalent to 'defect', and attempted to support your argument with a link to an article that made no such connection.
It has always been known ...that's what I'm disputing. We really have no idea how DNA defines good nor bad.
You are setting up a strawman again. I was referring to mutations, but what everyone in this thread is trying to make you comprehend is that mutation is simply a physical process whereby DNA gets changed (for example, by high energy radiation), and mutations are not inherently 'good' or 'bad'. However the result of a mutation could be good or bad, depending on the function of the DNA that is modified.
The sole critera as to whether a mutation is good or bad is whether the organism survives to reproduce. It doesn't make sense to talk about 'good' or 'bad' DNA except in this (very narrow) context.
If you want a response to your last sentence, you will have to rewrite it in such a way that I can decipher what it is that you are trying to say.
I don't see the word 'defect' there anywhere. I think you are building a strawman, and mis-representing 'traditional logic'. It has always been known (well, since the discovery of DNA at least), that mutations are the basic mechanism responsible for changing DNA, and that some mutations are good, and some are bad. What exactly are you disputing?
Since when was mutation defined as a defect?
Sure, but once your laptop has GPS, what is to stop your boss requiring location-reporting spyware to be installed as a condition for connecting to the corporate network? I think the OP probably meant this anyway, I doubt many people here are that clueless about how GPS works.
Even if it wasn't true, how many men would admit it?
Interestingly, overloading the dot operator may well make it into the nex standard.
With data incoming at 50GB/s, even terabytes don't help much.
Of course, you would know this if you had RTFA before you posted...
QOTD: "Do you smell something burning or is it me?" -- Joan of Arc
Out of interest, when was the last picket line in America?
Of course. But prior to now the PIN had nothing to do with it being a credit card. But I guess you were not born very long ago if you think credit cards have always had a PIN ;-)
The UK has recently introduced PINs with their credit cards, and my credit card (with Dutch bank ABN-Amro) was just replaced, the new one also has a PIN with it. I haven't tried it out yet, but apparantly the ONLY way to authorize payments with it is to supply the PIN.
Would not many hundreds of metres of iron absorb the radiation?
Which of course, means you are right: it should be "advice" in the summary. Even if you are from England, AFAIK. ;)
Sorry, but "advice" is a noun, "advise" is a verb. Quite a difference: "advice" is something you give, "advise" is something you do.
Can you give any justification?