The CableCard is not meant to DRM content, but rather to keep users that don't subscribe to cable from attaching cableboxes to the cable jack and getting service.
Nothing to see here. Move along.
"Open" refers to the ability to purchase your own set top box or digital cable ready television, request your CableCard from your Cable company, and plug your set top box into the cable jack. The cablecard provides security. The nice feature of this arrangement is that companies can now make digital cable ready televisions, saving you the fee of leasing multiple boxes, and also saving you the space in your shelves.
The other benefit of the Open Cable platform is that Interactive Television Application Providers can develop applications to a single standard, and theoretically deploy them to all of the cable networks.
By allowing people to join only by invite, Google has created a groundswell of interest and demand for gmail. Internal testing would not have created the same effect.
Create Demand..Brilliant!
Furthermore by allowing the service to grow incrementally they can ensure a reliable service and can allocate resources efficiently, thus providing the best service.
Last time I watched, media sources were catering in a fashion more towards what people can relate to.
Every night watching the local news you hear something about a house fire, or murder(s), drugs, kidnapping, etc. These type of stories resonate pretty deeply with people -- or at least with what they fear. What bothers me is that they are never put into a (statistical) context.
The Lacy Peterson story, the whole Jacko fiasco, not to mention the serial sniper (and arsonist), are given front page headlines, while the war in Iraq is given only token mention.
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The CableCard is not meant to DRM content, but rather to keep users that don't subscribe to cable from attaching cableboxes to the cable jack and getting service. Nothing to see here. Move along.
"Open" refers to the ability to purchase your own set top box or digital cable ready television, request your CableCard from your Cable company, and plug your set top box into the cable jack. The cablecard provides security. The nice feature of this arrangement is that companies can now make digital cable ready televisions, saving you the fee of leasing multiple boxes, and also saving you the space in your shelves.
The other benefit of the Open Cable platform is that Interactive Television Application Providers can develop applications to a single standard, and theoretically deploy them to all of the cable networks.
By allowing people to join only by invite, Google has created a groundswell of interest and demand for gmail. Internal testing would not have created the same effect. Create Demand..Brilliant! Furthermore by allowing the service to grow incrementally they can ensure a reliable service and can allocate resources efficiently, thus providing the best service.
Last time I watched, media sources were catering in a fashion more towards what people can relate to. Every night watching the local news you hear something about a house fire, or murder(s), drugs, kidnapping, etc. These type of stories resonate pretty deeply with people -- or at least with what they fear. What bothers me is that they are never put into a (statistical) context. The Lacy Peterson story, the whole Jacko fiasco, not to mention the serial sniper (and arsonist), are given front page headlines, while the war in Iraq is given only token mention.