As for Disney jumping into a bidding war for the rights, I would think that with all the troubles with Eisner they could care less about the sales of a football video game. They might have the money, but they've got so much other stuff to worry about (and stuff that's more critical to their bottom line), I can't see them believing this warrants attention. EA on the other hand, is solely a game company, and to that extent, it makes sense they would shell out that kind of money for something like this.
True, but you could apply that same logic to EA & Sony. Sony is an electronics company. Sony is EA's baby's momma and $250 million a year is no drop in the bucket. Someone has explained the importance of video game sales to a Sony CEO (who cares about electronics); the same could be done for Disney.
I don't think this is true. If exclusive rights, such as these, were going to be made available, it would be in the NFL's greatest interest to entertain all possible bids. With their Disney roots, the ESPN line of football games certainly could afford it.
If the deal is legit and EA is awarded exclusive rights, without competitive bidding, I imagine EA's rivals will come together and file a class-action lawsuit against the NFL. Awarded damages could be huge (revenues for the games and costs of production). As I see it, EA's rivals could sit on their hands and wait for it to happen and recoup their annual earnings without doing any work.
From a purely utilitarian point of view, this might be the case. But in the real world, I love my wife despite her imperfections. Maybe that's why I enjoy using Windows XP. Hmmmm
No, it's not surprising at all; this puts the burden of RFID on the suppliers' head. The military doesn't want to re-inventory everything so they can put RFID on it; that would be counter-intuitive. Rather, have that process incorporated into the assembly line.
It may be required by suppliers in 2005, but that doesn't necessarily mean the military will successfully implement the technology by then. From my personal experience, IT tends to move incredibly slowly. It has taken more than 6 years and counting to implement Public Key Infrastructure; it has taken more than 10 years and counting for the Defense Message System. I won't be holding my breath on RFID.
The law is at fault? Hardly. It is impossible to account for every iteration and hiccup that will occur when drafting laws.
I agree with you that if someone is held responsible, it will be the company that ousourced overseas, but as far they knew, they were within their rights to do so because the original contract did not specify "No Subcontracting."
Should this have been specified by the Contracting Officer at the hospital? Absolutely. That person will probably lose his job, but I doubt he'll be prosecuted. The foreseable consequences of his actions certainly did not entail breaching patient confidentiality.
I got a "We're Sorry" letter from Tricare, the US Air Force's insurance company last year. They apologized because someone broke into one of the Air Force bases' hospitals and stole a few computers that contained over 2000 records of personal information. We were told to be on the look out for "signs of identity theft." Apologies are nice but safeguarding your patients is nicer.
Unless spelled out in the original Statement of Work (from the top of the chain in Sausalito) that there is to be NO SUBCONTRACTING, then what has happened is fair game.
If the Pakistanis wanted to subcontract out to a group of oragutans, they'd be within their rights to do so.
True blackmailing is, but this has nothing to do with blackmailing and everything to do with the disparity between OUR privacy laws and THEIR privacy laws.
Until these applications are written in 64 bit code, it won't matter. Smeagol and Panther will still have to cross that bridge so old utilization rates will continue to apply.
The PowerPC architecture was always defined as a true 64-bit environment with 32-bit operation defined as a sub-set of that environment and a 32/64-bit 'bridge', as used by the 970, to "facilitate the migration of operating systems from 32-bit processor designs to 64-bit processors".
The 'bridge' technology essentially allows the 970 to host 32-bit operating systems and apps that have been modified to support 64-bit addresses and larger files sizes as both Smeagol and Panther have. Adding 64-bit address support to existing applications lies at the heart of the optimisations for the Power Mac G5 that Apple suggests developers make.
If we use your logic, then it would be totally OK for someone to work for 10 years on a book only to sell one copy to a thief who copy's it and posts it for everyone on the internet to read. So the author receives one payment of $10 for his 10 years work
He only made $10 because the millions he grossed in sales went back to the Publishing company; they were the only ones who could afford to pay for the copyrighting technology and the marketing and the printing. How can a simple author possibly make a living just with his pen? HE CAN'T!
You don't get it. Digital production and the internet levels the playing field for ALL ARTISTS! Musicians that don't want to sign away their souls and album sales to record labels can market themselves. The same applies to writers. Small publishing companies get pushed to the bottom of the cataloguing pile at the Library of Congress and ISBN purchases (there is only one ISBN vendor) even favor huge companies (it costs $0.03 per ISBN for 3000, but $8.00 for 10).
The majority of income for these artists doesn't come from sales of their product. It comes from concerts, book signings, talk shows, etc. Free publicity does nothing but help them. The only people "pirates" steal from are the fat cats between the consumer and the artist; the fat cats are the thieves.
I do do what they do myself: that's why I know these things and you don't. Hollywood likes to create a big mystique around, but the majority is just BS: I have far more respect for someone like, say, Roger Corman than the latest manufactured 'star director'.
Which would you prefer: Sophia Copella the manufactured director or George Lucas, king of hype?
Well you have the power. Use the Internet to distribute your own movies.
Soon he won't have the power to distribute his own movies. Independent film makers will be driven out of business because only Hollywood will be able to afford all this new technology that has rendered the Indie's equipment useless.
Again... using Wine to play a game preclues you from having anything from Microsoft (granted you're not talking about an MS game, which you weren't) on your computer... RTFA
[Ferro's vibration harvesters] are low-power, inaccessible, and expensive to run wires to.
These devices should only be used in close proximity to their power-stores or whatever will be utilzing their energy. Running wires over long distances to harvest energy just isn't practical.
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True, but you could apply that same logic to EA & Sony. Sony is an electronics company. Sony is EA's baby's momma and $250 million a year is no drop in the bucket. Someone has explained the importance of video game sales to a Sony CEO (who cares about electronics); the same could be done for Disney.
I don't think this is true. If exclusive rights, such as these, were going to be made available, it would be in the NFL's greatest interest to entertain all possible bids. With their Disney roots, the ESPN line of football games certainly could afford it.
If the deal is legit and EA is awarded exclusive rights, without competitive bidding, I imagine EA's rivals will come together and file a class-action lawsuit against the NFL. Awarded damages could be huge (revenues for the games and costs of production). As I see it, EA's rivals could sit on their hands and wait for it to happen and recoup their annual earnings without doing any work.
It also reflected people's love of consistency
From a purely utilitarian point of view, this might be the case. But in the real world, I love my wife despite her imperfections. Maybe that's why I enjoy using Windows XP. Hmmmm
Yes, it's called price discrimination (or profit maximizing)
Thank you for saying it. I'm tired of hearing how file sharing is stealing. Larceny and copyright infringment are two very different beasts.
No, it's not surprising at all; this puts the burden of RFID on the suppliers' head. The military doesn't want to re-inventory everything so they can put RFID on it; that would be counter-intuitive. Rather, have that process incorporated into the assembly line.
It may be required by suppliers in 2005, but that doesn't necessarily mean the military will successfully implement the technology by then. From my personal experience, IT tends to move incredibly slowly. It has taken more than 6 years and counting to implement Public Key Infrastructure; it has taken more than 10 years and counting for the Defense Message System. I won't be holding my breath on RFID.
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I agree with you that if someone is held responsible, it will be the company that ousourced overseas, but as far they knew, they were within their rights to do so because the original contract did not specify "No Subcontracting."
Should this have been specified by the Contracting Officer at the hospital? Absolutely. That person will probably lose his job, but I doubt he'll be prosecuted. The foreseable consequences of his actions certainly did not entail breaching patient confidentiality.
I got a "We're Sorry" letter from Tricare, the US Air Force's insurance company last year. They apologized because someone broke into one of the Air Force bases' hospitals and stole a few computers that contained over 2000 records of personal information. We were told to be on the look out for "signs of identity theft." Apologies are nice but safeguarding your patients is nicer.
If the Pakistanis wanted to subcontract out to a group of oragutans, they'd be within their rights to do so.
True blackmailing is, but this has nothing to do with blackmailing and everything to do with the disparity between OUR privacy laws and THEIR privacy laws.
Step 2) ....
Step 3) Profit!
From: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/31995.html
"Virginia Tech: Home of the Poor Man's Supercomputer and Michael Vick."
He only made $10 because the millions he grossed in sales went back to the Publishing company; they were the only ones who could afford to pay for the copyrighting technology and the marketing and the printing. How can a simple author possibly make a living just with his pen? HE CAN'T!
You don't get it. Digital production and the internet levels the playing field for ALL ARTISTS! Musicians that don't want to sign away their souls and album sales to record labels can market themselves. The same applies to writers. Small publishing companies get pushed to the bottom of the cataloguing pile at the Library of Congress and ISBN purchases (there is only one ISBN vendor) even favor huge companies (it costs $0.03 per ISBN for 3000, but $8.00 for 10).
The majority of income for these artists doesn't come from sales of their product. It comes from concerts, book signings, talk shows, etc. Free publicity does nothing but help them. The only people "pirates" steal from are the fat cats between the consumer and the artist; the fat cats are the thieves.
Which would you prefer: Sophia Copella the manufactured director or George Lucas, king of hype?
Soon he won't have the power to distribute his own movies. Independent film makers will be driven out of business because only Hollywood will be able to afford all this new technology that has rendered the Indie's equipment useless.
Again ... using Wine to play a game preclues you from having anything from Microsoft (granted you're not talking about an MS game, which you weren't) on your computer ... RTFA
The last line of the article reads:
[Ferro's vibration harvesters] are low-power, inaccessible, and expensive to run wires to.
These devices should only be used in close proximity to their power-stores or whatever will be utilzing their energy. Running wires over long distances to harvest energy just isn't practical.
I could see this technology being useful for future Gas-Electric automobiles.
Then again, I could put a windmill on top of my car and foot-peddle my way to work like Fred Flinstone.
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Even better: Simulacra and Simulation by Jean Baudrillard, where the phrase Desert of the Real comes from