1) Allow people to sell their videos through service. 2)... 3) Profit!
In the TOS, if you decide to charge for your google video, they will pay you only up to 70% of gross income. If it costs more to host, they will deduct more. For a free service, it rocks, but as a method for commercial distro, it seems kind of pricey.
I recently visited the University of Michigan. in their engineering dept., some graduate students are working on miniature electronics that can solve parkinson's jitters, monitor bloodflow in an artery, and restore hearing in deaf people. some of the research in this area is just plain amazing. there was a video of a man with parkinson's, and an implant in his brain. the implant is about 1 cm x.5 cm x.25 cm. with no power to the implant, the man's right arm jittered like crazy. as they upped the power to the implant, the man slowly grew to gain complete control of his arm, no jitters. some amazing tech.
It seems as if their codec performs very well (losslessly?) at very high resolutions, i.e. the ones the Beeb would need for HDTV. This would provide better (visual) quality programs over existing lines e.g. cable, satellite. I have a feeling the codec will not have a practical use for everyday computer users, but will be used more for video production.
Just wondering... If someone were to break the line of communication, and install a box that both read and retransmitted the signal, how could the endpoints tell? i.e. if the box intercepted the photon, and DID destroy the information contained, say, in the spin of the photon while reading the information, but then retransmitted a new pair of photons with the same information encoded, how would the endpoints know that the data had been intercepted? To borrow from the DRM discussions, everything that can be played can be copied. What's to stop a malicious user from copying and then replaying the data contained in the photons?
Reminds me of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The "Improbability Drive" calculated the improbability of a certain event, and then did it. For example, spontaneously appearing exacly where you needed to be was just highly improbable, not impossible. And turning a nuclear missile into a whale? No problem.
It's nice to see Tom and Ray give Real a second chance to get things right. Real made the changes, so I guess some positive reinforcement will set an example... Perhaps this will incite changes in other proprietary software? Also, is it me, or is Real seeming to be changing!? I haven't used the new version of RealPlayer yet, but it certainly sounds less invasive than the old ones. And with the Helix grant to the OGG project, Real seems to be getting nicer every day. weird.
but is it wrong? It doesn't spread itself, others spread it. When you download a piece of code off of a p2p network, you take a risk that it isn't what you think it is. Obviously, these people are rather intelligent, and it appears that they aren't evil, and just want to teach certain lawbreakers a lesson. And although it is vigilante in the sense that they are stepping outside of the law, they're not doing anything harmful. Now, if they were formating someone's hard drive when the executable was launched, it would be different, but this is just a small rebuke.
Props to these guys for sticking up for whats right.
The article brings up the ability of the protocol to exchange files, such as music. This brings up some interesting legal implications: Is exchanging digital music in person any different than exchanging digital music over p2p networks? If giving a friend a mixtape is legal, is it legal to give them digital copies of the songs on the mixtape? And if its legal to exchange digital music in person, how can you differentiate where one gets the bits from? Exchanging digits over this Magic Touch protocol is the same as exchanging digits over TCP/IP! And if this all works out, what does Sony, a member of the RIAA, have to say about this?
Although, it would be very very cool to get this technology to work on big loud things, and is very cost effective, for quite pc's, the Voodoo F:50 does a very good job at keeping noise at a minimum, using no fans, only convective heat pipes, and using the entire case as a heatsink. Voodoo claims that their system operates at below 20 dBs, and cannot be measured in a room with regular ambient noise.
I believe you are on to something when you bring up the realm of MMO's. This is the realm where a basic amount of innovation is required by the developers, and then the rest of the innovation is brought about by the players themselves. With the advent of realistic physics, player-created objects, and detailed engines, a lot of new things can be brought about. This will help to jumpstart the stagnating game industry.
As a whole, this is a very good move by Comcast, and, should other ISPs pick up the slack, could make the internet a much more civil place for me and my inbox.
However, I certainly hope that they are giving forwarning to the people who are having their accounts disabled. There are many tech inepts out there that have no idea that their computer is laden with viruses and such. So when Comcast disables their account, you get the "Oh no! The Internet is broke!" Hopefully, Comcast gives these people warning and has a good help service for those who don't know how to purge their computers of the viruses.
One has to wonder... being that you can now get the 4Gb CF hard drives (i.e. MuVo 2, mini iPod), you can now stick one of these in a PocketPC, and get an "iPod" that can store 800 songs, has wireless internet access, is an address book and all that, plays movies (wmv's, divx), and PLAYS QUAKE!? now that would be kickin, and would be worth the extra cash you would shell out for the form factor of a real iPod.
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The article is somewhat unclear about this, but it says that the card will have "the selected credit card account number, expiration date and logo imprinted on its flexible display, and its transducer reconfigured to work in the store's or bank's magnetic card reader." It seems as if the Pocket Vault will store ALL the information about the card, including the physical data. Also, perhaps the original cards will be verified by fingerprint through the card maker... this seems like a rather good way for the big credit card companies to make sure these cards are legit.
One has to wonder... what happens if the ATM eats your card?
Then again, if the ATM is likely to eat your card, you probably don't have the cash for this gadget anyways.
First of all, we have to wonder: why AutoZone and DaimlerChrysler? When the AutoZone lawsuit was announced, I figured they were chosen because they were a large company, but not a huge company, and they may just settle out of court instead of risk litigous waters. However, DaimlerChrysler is a giant with hordes of corporate lawyers. These lawsuits were not chosen out of weakness of the defendants. Which brings me to a second point. I can't imagine ANY corporate lawyers, how stupid SCO's may be, advising a company to file two HUGE, high profile lawsuits if the suits have no legal ground to stand on. With all this PR generated, to have the suits thrown out of court would just be stupid. Which brings me to wonder: Do Darl and the gang have an ace in the hole? There has to be a reason that they believe that these cases will go through, or be settled. And unfortunately, if they do, we may be in for a bigger battle than we imagined.
This software is a must for ANYBODY who has recording and editing needs, especially if they need it on the cheap. My neighbors and i have a band, which has been just playing around for a year. Being just a lowly garage band, we have no cash for studio time. However, Audacity, a sound card, and a mic have allowed us to record a semi-decent demo! I've even experimented with some friends' tools i.e. ProTools and Acid, and i still haven't found something as productive and useful as this. I'm so glad to hear this is still progressing well and that there is this large of a support base for it.
At the stage this is at, the Ford project seems fairly helpful. Being able to avoid traffic and stuff like that would be very helpful. However, due to privacy issues and the like, im pretty sure this won't catch on. Getting caught for going 3 over the speed limit, by your own car none the less, would probably convince people to stay away from the smarter cars.
On the whole, a very interesting article on a social level. But on the technical level? complete BS. mpegs infecting computers? Although I suppose it could be done, not by the kinds of programers the author is talking about. Some of these sites should hire/.ers as editors. It'd help keep articles accurate from a technical point of view, and keep readers informed correctly.
(and maybe people would point out that Iron Maiden isn't punk.)
Am I missing something? If a satellite were to propel a large rod at the earth, at "hypervelocity" none the less, wouldn't the satellite be propelled backwards with the same amount of force? Taking a cue from some of the previous space blunders (not clearing RAM, not converting from standard to metric) could this just be another expensive demonstration of our ineptitude?
The treaty that affects space only refers to banning weapons of mass-destruction. If the U.S. government wants to put the giant pencil slingshots up, nobody's going to stop them.
i cant be sure, but quite possibly, he means simple to play, not simple game design. there are a lot of people now saying that games with story are better than games without. OF COURSE! but games with a story that are intuitive to play are better than ones where ctrl-alt-shift-f7-x-end is a necessary keystroke. my 2cents. (btw, if there is actually a game that uses the aformentioned keystroke and you play it, my apologies)
that the evil folks in question have been/.ed (evidence-eliminator.com has been timing out for the past couple of hours , yet green's page stays up? geeks 1, spammers 0
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1) Allow people to sell their videos through service.
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3) Profit!
In the TOS, if you decide to charge for your google video, they will pay you only up to 70% of gross income. If it costs more to host, they will deduct more. For a free service, it rocks, but as a method for commercial distro, it seems kind of pricey.
weird. search for "the white house, washington D.C."
takes you to the right place, but stuff is censored. nice. go national security.
I recently visited the University of Michigan. in their engineering dept., some graduate students are working on miniature electronics that can solve parkinson's jitters, monitor bloodflow in an artery, and restore hearing in deaf people. some of the research in this area is just plain amazing. there was a video of a man with parkinson's, and an implant in his brain. the implant is about 1 cm x .5 cm x .25 cm. with no power to the implant, the man's right arm jittered like crazy. as they upped the power to the implant, the man slowly grew to gain complete control of his arm, no jitters. some amazing tech.
It seems as if their codec performs very well (losslessly?) at very high resolutions, i.e. the ones the Beeb would need for HDTV. This would provide better (visual) quality programs over existing lines e.g. cable, satellite. I have a feeling the codec will not have a practical use for everyday computer users, but will be used more for video production.
Just wondering... If someone were to break the line of communication, and install a box that both read and retransmitted the signal, how could the endpoints tell? i.e. if the box intercepted the photon, and DID destroy the information contained, say, in the spin of the photon while reading the information, but then retransmitted a new pair of photons with the same information encoded, how would the endpoints know that the data had been intercepted? To borrow from the DRM discussions, everything that can be played can be copied. What's to stop a malicious user from copying and then replaying the data contained in the photons?
Reminds me of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The "Improbability Drive" calculated the improbability of a certain event, and then did it. For example, spontaneously appearing exacly where you needed to be was just highly improbable, not impossible. And turning a nuclear missile into a whale? No problem.
It's nice to see Tom and Ray give Real a second chance to get things right. Real made the changes, so I guess some positive reinforcement will set an example... Perhaps this will incite changes in other proprietary software? Also, is it me, or is Real seeming to be changing!? I haven't used the new version of RealPlayer yet, but it certainly sounds less invasive than the old ones. And with the Helix grant to the OGG project, Real seems to be getting nicer every day. weird.
but is it wrong? It doesn't spread itself, others spread it. When you download a piece of code off of a p2p network, you take a risk that it isn't what you think it is. Obviously, these people are rather intelligent, and it appears that they aren't evil, and just want to teach certain lawbreakers a lesson. And although it is vigilante in the sense that they are stepping outside of the law, they're not doing anything harmful. Now, if they were formating someone's hard drive when the executable was launched, it would be different, but this is just a small rebuke.
Props to these guys for sticking up for whats right.
The article brings up the ability of the protocol to exchange files, such as music. This brings up some interesting legal implications: Is exchanging digital music in person any different than exchanging digital music over p2p networks? If giving a friend a mixtape is legal, is it legal to give them digital copies of the songs on the mixtape? And if its legal to exchange digital music in person, how can you differentiate where one gets the bits from? Exchanging digits over this Magic Touch protocol is the same as exchanging digits over TCP/IP! And if this all works out, what does Sony, a member of the RIAA, have to say about this?
As covered by arstechnica, there are also reviews at [H]ardOCP, Hexus, HotHardware.com, Sudhian, and The Tech Report. AMD's official announcement is here.
Although, it would be very very cool to get this technology to work on big loud things, and is very cost effective, for quite pc's, the Voodoo F:50 does a very good job at keeping noise at a minimum, using no fans, only convective heat pipes, and using the entire case as a heatsink. Voodoo claims that their system operates at below 20 dBs, and cannot be measured in a room with regular ambient noise.
I believe you are on to something when you bring up the realm of MMO's. This is the realm where a basic amount of innovation is required by the developers, and then the rest of the innovation is brought about by the players themselves. With the advent of realistic physics, player-created objects, and detailed engines, a lot of new things can be brought about. This will help to jumpstart the stagnating game industry.
As a whole, this is a very good move by Comcast, and, should other ISPs pick up the slack, could make the internet a much more civil place for me and my inbox. However, I certainly hope that they are giving forwarning to the people who are having their accounts disabled. There are many tech inepts out there that have no idea that their computer is laden with viruses and such. So when Comcast disables their account, you get the "Oh no! The Internet is broke!" Hopefully, Comcast gives these people warning and has a good help service for those who don't know how to purge their computers of the viruses.
One has to wonder... being that you can now get the 4Gb CF hard drives (i.e. MuVo 2, mini iPod), you can now stick one of these in a PocketPC, and get an "iPod" that can store 800 songs, has wireless internet access, is an address book and all that, plays movies (wmv's, divx), and PLAYS QUAKE!? now that would be kickin, and would be worth the extra cash you would shell out for the form factor of a real iPod.
The article is somewhat unclear about this, but it says that the card will have "the selected credit card account number, expiration date and logo imprinted on its flexible display, and its transducer reconfigured to work in the store's or bank's magnetic card reader." It seems as if the Pocket Vault will store ALL the information about the card, including the physical data. Also, perhaps the original cards will be verified by fingerprint through the card maker... this seems like a rather good way for the big credit card companies to make sure these cards are legit.
One has to wonder... what happens if the ATM eats your card? Then again, if the ATM is likely to eat your card, you probably don't have the cash for this gadget anyways.
First of all, we have to wonder: why AutoZone and DaimlerChrysler? When the AutoZone lawsuit was announced, I figured they were chosen because they were a large company, but not a huge company, and they may just settle out of court instead of risk litigous waters. However, DaimlerChrysler is a giant with hordes of corporate lawyers. These lawsuits were not chosen out of weakness of the defendants. Which brings me to a second point. I can't imagine ANY corporate lawyers, how stupid SCO's may be, advising a company to file two HUGE, high profile lawsuits if the suits have no legal ground to stand on. With all this PR generated, to have the suits thrown out of court would just be stupid. Which brings me to wonder: Do Darl and the gang have an ace in the hole? There has to be a reason that they believe that these cases will go through, or be settled. And unfortunately, if they do, we may be in for a bigger battle than we imagined.
This software is a must for ANYBODY who has recording and editing needs, especially if they need it on the cheap. My neighbors and i have a band, which has been just playing around for a year. Being just a lowly garage band, we have no cash for studio time. However, Audacity, a sound card, and a mic have allowed us to record a semi-decent demo! I've even experimented with some friends' tools i.e. ProTools and Acid, and i still haven't found something as productive and useful as this. I'm so glad to hear this is still progressing well and that there is this large of a support base for it.
At the stage this is at, the Ford project seems fairly helpful. Being able to avoid traffic and stuff like that would be very helpful. However, due to privacy issues and the like, im pretty sure this won't catch on. Getting caught for going 3 over the speed limit, by your own car none the less, would probably convince people to stay away from the smarter cars.
I don't like beer, you insensitive clod!!!
On the whole, a very interesting article on a social level. But on the technical level? complete BS. mpegs infecting computers? Although I suppose it could be done, not by the kinds of programers the author is talking about. Some of these sites should hire /.ers as editors. It'd help keep articles accurate from a technical point of view, and keep readers informed correctly.
(and maybe people would point out that Iron Maiden isn't punk.)
Am I missing something? If a satellite were to propel a large rod at the earth, at "hypervelocity" none the less, wouldn't the satellite be propelled backwards with the same amount of force? Taking a cue from some of the previous space blunders (not clearing RAM, not converting from standard to metric) could this just be another expensive demonstration of our ineptitude?
The treaty that affects space only refers to banning weapons of mass-destruction. If the U.S. government wants to put the giant pencil slingshots up, nobody's going to stop them.
i cant be sure, but quite possibly, he means simple to play, not simple game design. there are a lot of people now saying that games with story are better than games without. OF COURSE! but games with a story that are intuitive to play are better than ones where ctrl-alt-shift-f7-x-end is a necessary keystroke. my 2cents. (btw, if there is actually a game that uses the aformentioned keystroke and you play it, my apologies)
that the evil folks in question have been /.ed (evidence-eliminator.com has been timing out for the past couple of hours , yet green's page stays up? geeks 1, spammers 0