Even in that case, watermarking would be useful to catch a few big fish in the pond. If a distributor is held liable after a copy only they were carrying leaks into the P2P networks, next time they'll more careful with their supply chain or they won't get more business from their sources. A few people will be careful in removing the watermarks of what they re-distribute, but it just takes one example to prove wrongdoing.
I think 500 movies is a reasonable number. It would take most people over a year to go through all those flicks. Perhaps they should have a second list of "thinking about it" titles, for your kind of user. I know people who do something similar with their Amazon wish list, which can be hairy in many ways.
I don't know the details, but I would assume that this is the kind of thing made on demand, and probably with not such great accounting. I mean, it's got to be the same guys who installed it that took it later. They probably covered their steps.
In my university they installed this huge frozen CO2 tank the size of two large trailer trucks. The next day it was gone. The funny thing is that people have seen it in an industrial area, but there's no formal proof that it's the same, so it's there to stay.
It's been a while since I studied solid state physics, but IIRC, a smaller transistor requires less intensity to function, therefore exhausting the battery at a lower pace. In other words, fewer electrons do the same job, being a digital system and all.
I'm not very familiar with US politics, but I would say the entertainment industry can have an influence far beyond its monetary contribution. Its persuasiveness is much greater than that of most politicians, so whoever gets their support is likely to win. For some reason, people assume their favorite actor/singer/comedian is a reference to follow when putting that piece of paper in the box. You'd have to see how they enchant all parties in Spain, so much that the government passes an aberrant, massive tax on any media suitable for recording digital content. That is, CDs, DVDs, hard drives, flash memory, etc...
Classic economics talks about gas as a stereotypical inflexibly priced good. Inflexible because regardless of its cost, people need it and will buy it. Just like electricity, bread and milk. Sure, you can stop going to your mountain cabin every weekend, but you have to go to work 5 day a week and that takes gas, regardless of its price. That's why gas price cartels work.
Because I'm guessing they use some kind of per-program signature that cannot be easily obtained without actually owning a copy of the software. Since almost only OSS is freely available without charge, that's what they can check for...
However the next "Long Term Support" (LTS) release, according to this page, will be "Feisty+2", or the release after Gusty. This release will probably be in April 2008.
And with a bit of luck, they'll call it Horny Hiena. That'd be a major selling point.
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My personal favorite way to describe the dude is "levitating Jew zombie".
While I disagree with your complaint, I have to say I'd like to try the famous "erase that darn Trotsky" trick.
Am I the only one who read "receive" instead of "relieve"?
Manchurian Candidate, anyone?
Exactly. It would be like trying getting rid of polio antibodies because you had a bad time when you suffered it. You'll get it again, loser!
Even in that case, watermarking would be useful to catch a few big fish in the pond. If a distributor is held liable after a copy only they were carrying leaks into the P2P networks, next time they'll more careful with their supply chain or they won't get more business from their sources. A few people will be careful in removing the watermarks of what they re-distribute, but it just takes one example to prove wrongdoing.
I think 500 movies is a reasonable number. It would take most people over a year to go through all those flicks. Perhaps they should have a second list of "thinking about it" titles, for your kind of user. I know people who do something similar with their Amazon wish list, which can be hairy in many ways.
Hehe, good point. Liquid CO2...
I don't know the details, but I would assume that this is the kind of thing made on demand, and probably with not such great accounting. I mean, it's got to be the same guys who installed it that took it later. They probably covered their steps.
In my university they installed this huge frozen CO2 tank the size of two large trailer trucks. The next day it was gone. The funny thing is that people have seen it in an industrial area, but there's no formal proof that it's the same, so it's there to stay.
If you can immediately turn it into a product, it does not qualify as basic research. You can't turm f=ma into a product. And t-shirts don't count :).
It's been a while since I studied solid state physics, but IIRC, a smaller transistor requires less intensity to function, therefore exhausting the battery at a lower pace. In other words, fewer electrons do the same job, being a digital system and all.
Let alone the court settlement once the first person falls and sues the city.
I'm not very familiar with US politics, but I would say the entertainment industry can have an influence far beyond its monetary contribution. Its persuasiveness is much greater than that of most politicians, so whoever gets their support is likely to win. For some reason, people assume their favorite actor/singer/comedian is a reference to follow when putting that piece of paper in the box. You'd have to see how they enchant all parties in Spain, so much that the government passes an aberrant, massive tax on any media suitable for recording digital content. That is, CDs, DVDs, hard drives, flash memory, etc...
That'd be neat. However, perhaps power consumption will fall so much that a much smaller battery lasts months in a laptop...
Classic economics talks about gas as a stereotypical inflexibly priced good. Inflexible because regardless of its cost, people need it and will buy it. Just like electricity, bread and milk. Sure, you can stop going to your mountain cabin every weekend, but you have to go to work 5 day a week and that takes gas, regardless of its price. That's why gas price cartels work.
I guess you can't say it's open source if it's not distributed with the source.
Because I'm guessing they use some kind of per-program signature that cannot be easily obtained without actually owning a copy of the software. Since almost only OSS is freely available without charge, that's what they can check for...
And with a bit of luck, they'll call it Horny Hiena. That'd be a major selling point.
I think that means it's working fine ;).
Good point. Because the best way to compare currencies is by looking at the monetary unit value.
I think 2 should be enough.
Thank you, I'll be here all week. Don't forget to tip the waiters.
But as she's getting ready to go,
A knock comes on the door.
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Came down upon her head.
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Made sure that she was dead.
Not anymore, if you give me a minute.