I'm talking about the actual information, not your at-home-ripping process. Scanning a book to end up with a high-resolution bitmap graphic is pointless if the original information could be a text file.
As the information itself goes, however, you could still re-type it all. And the publisher has the book in digital format too.
The order does look funny to me. It should have been books, music and then video.
That's what it should be in terms of bandwidth anyway, but because of the lack of a good electronic paper, audio and video came first because the "playback" hardware already existed.
Ugly doesn't even begin to describe this thing. Sure it would look ok for a desktop computer, but for an audio-video device that goes next to a TV? No way.
Yeah I know what he said is true. But he had a "troll" mod for a short time. I wasn't saying "who modded this troll [poster]" I was saying "who modded this [as a] troll".
As a french Canadian (i.e. Québécois) who prefers to watch movies and TV shows in their original versions (be it french, english or japanese with french or english subtitles), I find your comment funny, insightful and scary.
What if you're using P2P for World of Warcraft updates? What if you're using P2P to download Linux distros? What if you use P2P to download music, videos and books that are public domain?
Will the ISPs really check the validity of the complaints or simple check for any P2P activity from their users?
Okay, here's the idea: reading on an LCD screen causes headaches. E-Ink fixes that problem. Except that it lacks colors (8 shades of grey if I recall) and the refresh rate is too low to be used as a computer screen.
We're already seeing companies build secondary displays on their laptops. But they're using smaller displays, still LCD, etc.
Here's the idea: make a regular laptop with an LCD display inside as usual, and make the top/cover an E-Ink display. Not only does it makes sense when using your laptop as a newspaper reader (keep laptop closed, use laptop as tablet) but you can also put your own grayscale wallpaper/designs on the cover when not using the E-Ink display as a screen.
Computer screens? Newspapers? That's kind of a given, but not really impressive and not likely to drive prices down really fast. It's limited to "flat" screens of limited sizes, so even the R&D may slow down because of that.
Give us color E-Ink wallpaper, E-Ink cars (where a limit of only two colors won't be much of a problem as long as we can control the "pixels" to make motifs), etc. I imagine a white car with the hood, top, hatch and doors with white/black E-Ink panels for starters, where only minimal flex is required in the panels (imagine the E-Ink panel for the front left side, too curvy to introduce a new technology in a new sector IMHO).
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It's that thing automagically done by a Time Machine.
Seriously, do you really think Apple and Opera won't be upgrading their browsers for the next 9 months?
Sounds like this laptop was made by Pizza Hut.
I'm talking about the actual information, not your at-home-ripping process. Scanning a book to end up with a high-resolution bitmap graphic is pointless if the original information could be a text file.
As the information itself goes, however, you could still re-type it all. And the publisher has the book in digital format too.
Why? Because I don't smoke Tarryltons?
nobody reads anymore. In fact, I'm notrqwh even lookitnag at whwat I'at typing right nwo.
The order does look funny to me. It should have been books, music and then video.
That's what it should be in terms of bandwidth anyway, but because of the lack of a good electronic paper, audio and video came first because the "playback" hardware already existed.
So... he's attaching clocks to his belt?
Ugly doesn't even begin to describe this thing. Sure it would look ok for a desktop computer, but for an audio-video device that goes next to a TV? No way.
And if developers aren't stupid enough to make the same mistake twice (Xbox 360/PS3 vs Wii), they'll choose the iPhone/iPod touch over the PSP2.
Yep. Lazyness.
Then the mod should have been "redundant", if anything.
See thepiratebay.org for sort of an on-topic cartoon, if only at the opposite of the CC0.
I think it's trying to solve the problem of Sony losing CD sales to download sales.
Great idea. It only takes energy to change the "pixels", so set your car to black in winter and white in summer.
That's a great selling point right there.
Indeed, but what I'm afraid of is that ISPs won't care what you do and label you a "thief" for using P2P.
Yeah I know what he said is true. But he had a "troll" mod for a short time. I wasn't saying "who modded this troll [poster]" I was saying "who modded this [as a] troll".
Kinda confusing now that I read my post again.
Users downloading creative commons or public domain material or Linux ISOs also typically use more bandwidth than regular users.
Huge bandwidth users != copyright infringement.
As a french Canadian (i.e. Québécois) who prefers to watch movies and TV shows in their original versions (be it french, english or japanese with french or english subtitles), I find your comment funny, insightful and scary.
Who modded this troll? Is there Videotron/Québécor agents reading slashdot?!
What if you're using P2P for World of Warcraft updates? What if you're using P2P to download Linux distros? What if you use P2P to download music, videos and books that are public domain?
Will the ISPs really check the validity of the complaints or simple check for any P2P activity from their users?
Nope. It's just gravity at work!
Yeah, I forgot to make it a link...
Mod parent informative.
Okay, here's the idea: reading on an LCD screen causes headaches. E-Ink fixes that problem. Except that it lacks colors (8 shades of grey if I recall) and the refresh rate is too low to be used as a computer screen.
We're already seeing companies build secondary displays on their laptops. But they're using smaller displays, still LCD, etc.
Here's the idea: make a regular laptop with an LCD display inside as usual, and make the top/cover an E-Ink display. Not only does it makes sense when using your laptop as a newspaper reader (keep laptop closed, use laptop as tablet) but you can also put your own grayscale wallpaper/designs on the cover when not using the E-Ink display as a screen.
Computer screens? Newspapers? That's kind of a given, but not really impressive and not likely to drive prices down really fast. It's limited to "flat" screens of limited sizes, so even the R&D may slow down because of that.
Give us color E-Ink wallpaper, E-Ink cars (where a limit of only two colors won't be much of a problem as long as we can control the "pixels" to make motifs), etc. I imagine a white car with the hood, top, hatch and doors with white/black E-Ink panels for starters, where only minimal flex is required in the panels (imagine the E-Ink panel for the front left side, too curvy to introduce a new technology in a new sector IMHO).