I know this is a concept that's hard to grasp, but what if it actually was cheaper?
I rather determine that for myself with my own logic.
I think that if you automatically distrust everything a company says, you're almost as bad as those that automatically trust everything a company says.
... it was just basically "hey, we have some extra cheap tours going from here to there this and that weekend. Interested? Click here for more information."
Now, I honestly can see nothing wrong with that one. Since all marketing is bad, according to you, this must be bad too. But as I said, I can't see why. Could you help me out here a bit?
The ad tries to make you think the product is 'extra cheap', which is a manipulation, the rest is (spill of) information.
Check out the video on the Zune Player (very funny, but true).
It discusses:
- MS Zune's does not work with MS Windows Vista
- MS Zune's incompatibility with (even) MSN Music Format (you have to rebuild your music collection)
- 4 registration's before buying music from the Zune music store (when player installs, MS passport, Music Store Website, Tag registration)
- Zune points for buying music, to mislead consumers on the price of music (1 Zune point > 1 dollar, thus 0.79 ZunePoint looks cheaper)
- Zune player WiFi music share expires songs shared after 3 times listening or 3 days (whichever comes first)
The area of the fiber as almost nothing to do the amount of information it can transmit.
Oh yes it does: the path of a light beam going through the center of the core is less than the trajectory of light which is multi-reflected against the core boundaries; therefor the initial digital light packet is spread out when passing a certain length of optical fiber. The spread-out is directly related to the radius of the fiber, hence the area.
Light inside a waveguide (and a fiber is one) does not spread in the directions perpendicular to the propagation direction.
The thinner the fiber, the less the digital light pulses are spread (due to reflections on the fiber shell) per unit distance, the more information can be sent through per unit time.
4. Grub latency - Mine is a dual-boot with WinXP. The boot-loader takes ages (approx 3-4 minutes) to come up every time I boot from linux. But, if I were to boot only linux/windows for consecutive 3 times, then the boot loader comes up fast. Googling didnt help here too.
Some cases, when it takes longer time to boot, turn out a problem with/etc/hosts when name resolution can not be done and lookup times out before continuing the init processes.
Especially considering Richard Stallman's FSF. Such organizations are even more biased as they're based on ideological reasons just as much as technical.
Nonetheless, Richard Stallman and the like are upfront/open on their (ideological) reasoning, therefor transparent, which make them very good experts.
The point is that you do not have to use or care about any of the DRM'd shit. You are not required to buy it, you are not required to view it, etc. All the non-DRM'd stuff you have, and the tools for it, continue to work.
An example to clearify: I recently bought a video online and I thought I would be save since the streaming preview avi was correctly viewable on my Linux box. However, the video I bought turned out to be DRM-ed which can not be played on Linux. Fortunately (?), software as FairUse4WM.exe exist which allowed me to dump the video from the DRM container, but I first had to get the keys by using WM-player.
..., we see a country that is falling into the same millenia-old habits and a country that probably deep down still holds a lot of resentment of the United States of America.
How does this not effect our foreign policy and our politics?
Don't you forget the Vietnamese, Koreans, Libanese, Iraqis and the whole Muslim world.
The only thing that Vista does to "reduce" my freedoms is have better support for DRM-enabled stores.
The Restriction is in how you can use your music:
- not able to play it in any player of your choice
- not able to take samples from the media
- not able to analyse the music
- no assurance you can access your music in the future to come
It's all well and good to say that Vista is a "don't upgrade" for the next twelve months -- but there are improvements in it, some of which rise to the level of intuition, and right now there's no Free way to get those improvements.
Locking the users into proprietary software and DRM are not improvements for users.
Here is a video of Richard Stallman on the Free Software Movement and the reasons why it is so important that things like GNU/Linux exist.
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It may also be possible that people from other nations route their hack through China.
But I guess it suits the political agenda of the US better.
'ping -b 10.255.255.255 -s 65537' accompanied by a scream in the other room improved my network bandwidth.
I rather determine that for myself with my own logic.
You lost me there.
The ad tries to make you think the product is 'extra cheap', which is a manipulation, the rest is (spill of) information.
Marketing has one goal: to make you think different about something.
No thanks, I determine my how and based-on-what I will think about things.
Only when 'Trusted Computing' means the consumer are to select trusted keys instead of the companies, it would be a hit.
Vote with your money against such business practices, use competitive products.
in just eight words?
It discusses:
- MS Zune's does not work with MS Windows Vista
- MS Zune's incompatibility with (even) MSN Music Format (you have to rebuild your music collection)
- 4 registration's before buying music from the Zune music store (when player installs, MS passport, Music Store Website, Tag registration)
- Zune points for buying music, to mislead consumers on the price of music (1 Zune point > 1 dollar, thus 0.79 ZunePoint looks cheaper)
- Zune player WiFi music share expires songs shared after 3 times listening or 3 days (whichever comes first)
Hilarious!
See also: CNN.com ridicules Zune Player
'For USA citizens: Mandatory DRM for Podcasts Proposed'
Will this HDTV media work on Linux at some time, or are 'they' forgetting this market completely (and why) ?
Oh yes it does: the path of a light beam going through the center of the core is less than the trajectory of light which is multi-reflected against the core boundaries; therefor the initial digital light packet is spread out when passing a certain length of optical fiber. The spread-out is directly related to the radius of the fiber, hence the area.
However, the light source emmits a diverging (or converging) beam. See for illustrations: http://www.telebyteusa.com/foprimer/foch2.htm#2.2The thinner the fiber, the less the digital light pulses are spread (due to reflections on the fiber shell) per unit distance, the more information can be sent through per unit time.
Thinner means more bandwidth.
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Thanks. Yep, found it: Linux GPS.
Does anyone know this device works under Linux?
I Love to buy one.
This page describes install of Debian Etch on Dell Inspiron 1150, including tweaks for Compiz and Truecrypt encryption.
What about a window without an address bar, but with an image which looks like an address bar.
Nonetheless, Richard Stallman and the like are upfront/open on their (ideological) reasoning, therefor transparent, which make them very good experts.
An example to clearify: I recently bought a video online and I thought I would be save since the streaming preview avi was correctly viewable on my Linux box. However, the video I bought turned out to be DRM-ed which can not be played on Linux. Fortunately (?), software as FairUse4WM.exe exist which allowed me to dump the video from the DRM container, but I first had to get the keys by using WM-player.
That's why DRM sucks!
Don't you forget the Vietnamese, Koreans, Libanese, Iraqis and the whole Muslim world.
So how can LAME work on a DRM file? Please explain
The Restriction is in how you can use your music:
- not able to play it in any player of your choice
- not able to take samples from the media
- not able to analyse the music
- no assurance you can access your music in the future to come
Locking the users into proprietary software and DRM are not improvements for users.
Here is a video of Richard Stallman on the Free Software Movement and the reasons why it is so important that things like GNU/Linux exist.