You are probably right, but if Tivo steps back and takes inventory of what they have, they will see an awesome brand, an awesome interface, an a fairly good installed base. Their current product, though, doesn't compete well against cable company products (fanboy fanatacism aside). Time to think outside the box and become a leader in a related field that they are positioned extremely well for...
Seriously Tivo, make it happen - screw cable companies, start making deals with history channel, discovery, etc. and provide their content on demand. That will be the only way forward. And when is this netflix deal going to be a reality in terms of service? Hurry, there's not much time for you guys...
He seemed to get pretty bothered about the EULA question - i agree it's not microsoft focused, but maybe he was digressing into that "emotional response" he kept talking about...
The protection of intellectual property - like all property - has a direct causal relationship to it's existence. Extinguish the protection, you extinguish the development of all new IP.
This is not strictly true, IP has existed and thrived long before extensive protections were put in place. Otherwise we wouldn't have a wheel;). You can certainly try arguing that IP protections better society more than they hurt it by dramatically increasing IP development (but the slashbots may not like you).
How do you justify your previous support of closed standards in light of Mr. Gates recent comments about interoperability? How have closed standards and formats HELPED your customers? How can Microsoft make money once it opens up its APIs and file formats? Do you have confidence that your company can maintain security with open APIs? Do you think history supports that confidence? Thank you!
This is where i always lost SR - we should perceive time to be passing slower on the star since it's moving relative to us. Shouldn't the star people perceive our time to be moving slower than theirs? Who's "right"? Or are both "right" and agreement only occurs if one accelerates to enter the other's reference frame. Wow this is OT... still love an explanation if anyone knows...
As far as i can tell, your setup doesn't require iTunes to work at all - you're just sharing a massive collection on a central server and accessing it via iTunes (unless you are relying on Apple lossless as your format of choice). I do have a question though - if you have multiple airport express units, can you stream different tunes to each? Not sure how this would be done. My problem is that I have apple DRM'd songs that i'm too lazy to burn and re-rip, so i need an iTunes player for each stream, and there's a limit to how many can be authorized...
So wait a minute, you would have rather staid home than go to college / work to pay for your own place? Maybe it's just me but i was itching to leave at like 16...
Exactly. And administration of the country should be run by a very professionalized administration with a strong background in bureaucracy theory and practice, not a group of yahoos, right? Wrong. Opinions on our current administration aside, such ideas strike me as anti-democratic. A strength of the united states is local adaptability, not one size fits all. The consequences of these choices are the dumb local politics of yahoos, but things could be far worse than that.
I see your point, it's a "more valid" patent than many others. But doesn't it seem ridiculous in modern times that we have to wait until 2011 for this to enter the public domain? I like patents, but I think 17 years harms the public more than it helps. Let's make it closer to 5.
So I'm learning that the Java GC is horrible with paging and memory etc. While I know c# uses some native calls to speed things up, what tradeoffs are involved in speeding up the java GC? I have to imagine with all this "common" knowledge about the Java GC, that sun or the JCP must have a great reason (portability or something) for not improving the performance. So what is it? Can it get better?
So now, if the RIAA finds shared song files I "mistakenly" placed in a shared directory, I can sue them for not getting my permission first? I'm not saying I think no one did anything wrong here, only that it's just not that simple...
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Space Herpes!
You have never started a business have you?
Customers.
Don't forget Siberia! Ah the land bridge, I miss it so...
You are probably right, but if Tivo steps back and takes inventory of what they have, they will see an awesome brand, an awesome interface, an a fairly good installed base. Their current product, though, doesn't compete well against cable company products (fanboy fanatacism aside). Time to think outside the box and become a leader in a related field that they are positioned extremely well for...
Seriously Tivo, make it happen - screw cable companies, start making deals with history channel, discovery, etc. and provide their content on demand. That will be the only way forward. And when is this netflix deal going to be a reality in terms of service? Hurry, there's not much time for you guys...
He seemed to get pretty bothered about the EULA question - i agree it's not microsoft focused, but maybe he was digressing into that "emotional response" he kept talking about...
The protection of intellectual property - like all property - has a direct causal relationship to it's existence. Extinguish the protection, you extinguish the development of all new IP.
;). You can certainly try arguing that IP protections better society more than they hurt it by dramatically increasing IP development (but the slashbots may not like you).
This is not strictly true, IP has existed and thrived long before extensive protections were put in place. Otherwise we wouldn't have a wheel
How do you justify your previous support of closed standards in light of Mr. Gates recent comments about interoperability? How have closed standards and formats HELPED your customers? How can Microsoft make money once it opens up its APIs and file formats? Do you have confidence that your company can maintain security with open APIs? Do you think history supports that confidence? Thank you!
This is where i always lost SR - we should perceive time to be passing slower on the star since it's moving relative to us. Shouldn't the star people perceive our time to be moving slower than theirs? Who's "right"? Or are both "right" and agreement only occurs if one accelerates to enter the other's reference frame. Wow this is OT... still love an explanation if anyone knows...
Doesn't JNI suffer the same problem (but force the developer to shoot themselves in the process from insanity)?
As far as i can tell, your setup doesn't require iTunes to work at all - you're just sharing a massive collection on a central server and accessing it via iTunes (unless you are relying on Apple lossless as your format of choice). I do have a question though - if you have multiple airport express units, can you stream different tunes to each? Not sure how this would be done. My problem is that I have apple DRM'd songs that i'm too lazy to burn and re-rip, so i need an iTunes player for each stream, and there's a limit to how many can be authorized...
So wait a minute, you would have rather staid home than go to college / work to pay for your own place? Maybe it's just me but i was itching to leave at like 16...
Exactly. And administration of the country should be run by a very professionalized administration with a strong background in bureaucracy theory and practice, not a group of yahoos, right? Wrong. Opinions on our current administration aside, such ideas strike me as anti-democratic. A strength of the united states is local adaptability, not one size fits all. The consequences of these choices are the dumb local politics of yahoos, but things could be far worse than that.
Why the cables have to be constructed from carbon nanotubes? I know they are strong, but what is the strength exactly needed for? Thanks...
I see your point, it's a "more valid" patent than many others. But doesn't it seem ridiculous in modern times that we have to wait until 2011 for this to enter the public domain? I like patents, but I think 17 years harms the public more than it helps. Let's make it closer to 5.
from his brother's less than honorable occupation...
So I'm learning that the Java GC is horrible with paging and memory etc. While I know c# uses some native calls to speed things up, what tradeoffs are involved in speeding up the java GC? I have to imagine with all this "common" knowledge about the Java GC, that sun or the JCP must have a great reason (portability or something) for not improving the performance. So what is it? Can it get better?
So now, if the RIAA finds shared song files I "mistakenly" placed in a shared directory, I can sue them for not getting my permission first? I'm not saying I think no one did anything wrong here, only that it's just not that simple...
guess they got tired of Fix or Repair Daily...