That we need to get away from. Anti-voting just means giving the ignorant the power to vote in people who act in their own best interests while you sit on your hands and say it wasn't your fault.
The second you decide that your vote doesn't count or your voice doesn't get heard is the second it doesn't count or get heard. You can either sit there and take it, or get up and do something about it. Apparently some people want to get up and do something about it. We need more of those people.
I'll do it one better: wireless. Give it bluetooth connectivity, so that every player within range is identifiable (people can have their own tag for their players, or just put their name). You hit the "share" menu option for a particular song, it brings up a list of players in range. You pick your buddy's player, it sends it over. He can listen (once or twice) to it, after that, the player deletes the file, but keeps the name and who it came from in a list so he can remember what song it was and buy it.
It brings the social aspect back to music, something that, with recent players, has been removed. It seriously wouldn't be hard to implement either. And the added bluetooth would enable you to sync your player with your PC/software without ever having to plug it in to the machine. Just set it on your desk, hit sync and you're done. Give the plug in option for ripped CDs or larger transfers, but if you just bought a few songs, you don't need the cable.
There has been nothing released in the recent months that has been a "must have". No one wants to buy your shitty games, take that as a hint and try something new and innovative game companies. Oblivion will probably be a big seller, but there's been basically nothing for the PC. I can't speak for consoles as I don't own one. That and with all the current and upcoming MMO's, its not really surprising.
As to how this is good for the consumer. I can clearly see how it is good for business. Good for music is iffy at best. All I can see (as I'm sure others will not) is consumers will have to buy new equipment and broadcasters will have to expend money to comply.
Its about time to put Fair Use into law I think, now if only I could find legislators I trust to do that well...
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This test obviously doesn't. It looks to me like they just picked up a laptop they had laying around to try. Like someone said (further down the page) this feels more like a "look at my new toy!" than it does a real comparison. Its a decent review of the item in question I guess. But single core vs. dual core isn't exactly an even comparison, especially on software that was designed to take advantage of it. Someone drag up a windows machine with similar hardware and then I'll be interested.
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Seriously, this thing is going to be a hog. But its not even that that bothers me, as I've come to deal with XP's size also. Its the games.
Because of the lack of back-porting DX10, its upgrade or quit. Maybe with all the licensing/driver signing, some of the smaller studios will switch to OpenGL, but if Vista's rumored OpenGL support is true (shitty implementation wrapped into DX10 and slow as hell) then the big companies won't go for it. They won't stick with DX9 either, since it probably won't support whatever new feature graphics cards will bring. Will microsoft keep supporting DX9? Hell no. And OpenGL will underperform by default, which is what microsoft wants. So gamers get screwed and will either upgrade to it or quit buying PC games.
Either way, microsoft is trying to win, either by selling you a new OS or selling you a console. At least sony isn't trying to FORCE you to spend money, only hoping you do...
There is an open, DRM-free format. Its called OGG. Some players even support it. But you, like almost all consumers, aren't willing to buy them because they don't work with the piece of software you want to use. The companies know this and lock you in to their products to protect their revenue streams. DRM is just another mechanism for this.
Nothing's free, you have to give a little to get a little. In your case, you gave $$$ (ipod) to get compatability with a piece of software and the DRM that comes with it. Others are willing to give compatability to get open, DRM-free capability. Although they are the minority. As to why they are the minority and not the majority, that is beyond me....I for one won't pay for my own shackles.
I like how they did that thing that news is supposed to do, you know, where they tell the whole story, without the spin. Anyone in the US remember that? no?
50 years still seems like a lot to me. I don't see how it would need to extend past maybe 25-30 years. There are very few bands that are still active at that point and even if they are, they make money from concerts still, reguardless of CD sales. If the record label hasn't sucked enough money out of the general public in 30 years, the band wasn't good enough to begin with.
Like the first post said, it'll end up as a class action suit most likely. Nvidia has the luxury of blaming the board manufacturers, ATi can't hide behind that. Vertical Integration isn't that bad until you screw up and get caught lying about it...
Now, this doesn't make nvidia the smarter purchase choice at this point, because none of their boards support it either. Maybe when the 7900 comes along in about a month or so though. Hopefully the board makers (evga, bfg, xfx, etc.) realize that they'd better get it out there after this fiasco.
the frat boy stereotype. Do you really think that being in a fraternity has any real effect on how you view/treat women? It doesn't. People get that behaviour loooong before college. And that's what the prostitutes are trying to convey. That KIDS shouldn't be exposed to this kind of behavior, which is dead on. Your accusing reasonably well-educated people of misconduct and idiocy is just spouting stereotypes that you have no experience with.
Seriously, I'd like to see their solution for protecting marine life from it. Obviously the fan is cowled, but they don't mention any sort of grating to keep the fish out, I'm sure they did something... Also, does it work off of tidal currents? Or some other deeper current?
I liked NES games, FF1 was the first rpg I played. Mega man, any of the dragon warrior games, etc. And anything that would run on my first computer (pentium 100) was also good. The games I played there the most were probably earthsiege and lords of the realm 2. Tyrian also, oregon trail, carmen sandiego. Good stuff
Since when does a laptop with similar hardware and a $500+ higher price point constitute "more bang for the buck"? To use your analogy, slapping gold trim and and fancy wheels on a car doesn't make it faster/more useful either.
The patent application is for gestures on a multi-point touch interface, not just a multi-point interface alone. If they're the first ones to develop a multi-point pad, fine, patent it. Patenting GESTURES is still ridiculously stupid and there is plenty of prior art there.
http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/P143257.asp they used to make 45k+stocks, which is a moderate salary. BUT, Brin, for example, made 1.45 BILLION (with a B) selling stock since the beginning of 2005.
Is it just a crazy theory of mine that if more people use apple, more games might be made OpenGL, and therefore be easily ported to linux? Like I said, I'm no apple supporter , not by a long shot, I won't ever own anything with that logo on it. But games are really the only thing keeping me in the windows market in the first place. If I could get games to linux, I'd just switch to gentoo and be done with it. Is it simply this limit? Or are there other issues?
What would indeed be ironic is if that did happen on some level, and people loudly complained that M$' new implementation of OpenGL on vista sucked ass and even more people stopped using it.
The company that I work for recently had a laptop stolen. It had personnel information for a large large number of employees (greater than ten thousand) and may or may not have been properly protected. I think that qualifies as pretty serious data loss, and it didn't need a flash drive to happen.
Will it be more prevalent? Maybe. But it already happens. Now, the question is, is there a program that can encrypt/decrypt an entire (relatively) small drive with some sort of key system or something? I think that will be the most logical step to protect small drives like these.
If you want something in there, then by god, put it in there. There's no huge patchwork system that affects everyone using linux when one company wants to change the underlying functioning. They can do it, and sell it if they can, while the rest of us can go happily on our way not using it.
In the future, all DVDs and even a lot of video streams will contain some sort of DRM. The media industry has already invented a vessel for this at the hardware level (HDMI, which everyone is stupidly demanding on their new A/V equipment). So, how will MythTV deal with this license/DRM business? Will the open source players like mplayer simply be able to ignore it? Will we be stuck with crappy quality video from DVDs we purchased, not stole, simply because we don't use a commercial product? These are the questions I'd like to hear answered.
I currently run a MythTV box and have had no trouble with it at all. Its been running for three months solid, without a reboot. I garauntee you MCE can't do that and still operate at speed.
I would have expected them to keep the 7800 line as the middleman and phase out the 6x series. What I do believe, though, is that the 6x series is plenty of graphics card for the average user/light gamer. The 7800 set is really not that much overpriced from the 4 Ti series when they first came out though (adjusted for inflation). Maybe they're switching to a new process spec (45nm, or a dual+ core setup) and need to dump the 7800GTX manufacturing setup to make room for the new one. I guess we'll find out in a few months.
The point of releasing the guide for free is to get exposure and to let people get a feel for if they have the time/ability to start a project like this. You're getting the same guide that I bought over a year ago, the forums is where the real value lies and it has always been that way. The guide not specific enough? Remember, its DIY (DO IT YOURSELF). Its about experimenting, learning, having fun, and, if all goes well, getting a kick ass projector out of it. I've taken a look at the new pro lens setup, and it makes a SPECTACULAR picture, for less than half what a commercial projector will cost. Operating costs are a fraction of commercial projectors. But if you're not ready to build something like this, then don't buy into it.
At least you get a good idea of what it will take now, since the guide is free, so you can make your own decision about if you have the ability or the want to do something like this. As opposed to those eBay auctions for "plans" that doesn't tell you anything about it, you just have to risk your (guide) money on it. And too often it will turn out to be some shit plan that doesn't work well if at all. These guys know their stuff, they get their own lenses, made specifically for them. Its all very professional and you get great results. If this is something you can do, then I highly recommend this site.
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That we need to get away from. Anti-voting just means giving the ignorant the power to vote in people who act in their own best interests while you sit on your hands and say it wasn't your fault.
The second you decide that your vote doesn't count or your voice doesn't get heard is the second it doesn't count or get heard. You can either sit there and take it, or get up and do something about it. Apparently some people want to get up and do something about it. We need more of those people.
And I suspect that if this even had a chance of passing, the import market would grow to fill the gap.
I'll do it one better: wireless. Give it bluetooth connectivity, so that every player within range is identifiable (people can have their own tag for their players, or just put their name). You hit the "share" menu option for a particular song, it brings up a list of players in range. You pick your buddy's player, it sends it over. He can listen (once or twice) to it, after that, the player deletes the file, but keeps the name and who it came from in a list so he can remember what song it was and buy it.
It brings the social aspect back to music, something that, with recent players, has been removed. It seriously wouldn't be hard to implement either. And the added bluetooth would enable you to sync your player with your PC/software without ever having to plug it in to the machine. Just set it on your desk, hit sync and you're done. Give the plug in option for ripped CDs or larger transfers, but if you just bought a few songs, you don't need the cable.
There has been nothing released in the recent months that has been a "must have". No one wants to buy your shitty games, take that as a hint and try something new and innovative game companies. Oblivion will probably be a big seller, but there's been basically nothing for the PC. I can't speak for consoles as I don't own one. That and with all the current and upcoming MMO's, its not really surprising.
As to how this is good for the consumer. I can clearly see how it is good for business. Good for music is iffy at best. All I can see (as I'm sure others will not) is consumers will have to buy new equipment and broadcasters will have to expend money to comply.
Its about time to put Fair Use into law I think, now if only I could find legislators I trust to do that well...
This test obviously doesn't. It looks to me like they just picked up a laptop they had laying around to try. Like someone said (further down the page) this feels more like a "look at my new toy!" than it does a real comparison. Its a decent review of the item in question I guess. But single core vs. dual core isn't exactly an even comparison, especially on software that was designed to take advantage of it. Someone drag up a windows machine with similar hardware and then I'll be interested.
Seriously, this thing is going to be a hog. But its not even that that bothers me, as I've come to deal with XP's size also. Its the games.
Because of the lack of back-porting DX10, its upgrade or quit. Maybe with all the licensing/driver signing, some of the smaller studios will switch to OpenGL, but if Vista's rumored OpenGL support is true (shitty implementation wrapped into DX10 and slow as hell) then the big companies won't go for it. They won't stick with DX9 either, since it probably won't support whatever new feature graphics cards will bring. Will microsoft keep supporting DX9? Hell no. And OpenGL will underperform by default, which is what microsoft wants. So gamers get screwed and will either upgrade to it or quit buying PC games.
Either way, microsoft is trying to win, either by selling you a new OS or selling you a console. At least sony isn't trying to FORCE you to spend money, only hoping you do...
There is an open, DRM-free format. Its called OGG. Some players even support it. But you, like almost all consumers, aren't willing to buy them because they don't work with the piece of software you want to use. The companies know this and lock you in to their products to protect their revenue streams. DRM is just another mechanism for this.
Nothing's free, you have to give a little to get a little. In your case, you gave $$$ (ipod) to get compatability with a piece of software and the DRM that comes with it. Others are willing to give compatability to get open, DRM-free capability. Although they are the minority. As to why they are the minority and not the majority, that is beyond me....I for one won't pay for my own shackles.
I like how they did that thing that news is supposed to do, you know, where they tell the whole story, without the spin. Anyone in the US remember that? no?
50 years still seems like a lot to me. I don't see how it would need to extend past maybe 25-30 years. There are very few bands that are still active at that point and even if they are, they make money from concerts still, reguardless of CD sales. If the record label hasn't sucked enough money out of the general public in 30 years, the band wasn't good enough to begin with.
Like the first post said, it'll end up as a class action suit most likely. Nvidia has the luxury of blaming the board manufacturers, ATi can't hide behind that. Vertical Integration isn't that bad until you screw up and get caught lying about it...
Now, this doesn't make nvidia the smarter purchase choice at this point, because none of their boards support it either. Maybe when the 7900 comes along in about a month or so though. Hopefully the board makers (evga, bfg, xfx, etc.) realize that they'd better get it out there after this fiasco.
the frat boy stereotype. Do you really think that being in a fraternity has any real effect on how you view/treat women? It doesn't. People get that behaviour loooong before college. And that's what the prostitutes are trying to convey. That KIDS shouldn't be exposed to this kind of behavior, which is dead on. Your accusing reasonably well-educated people of misconduct and idiocy is just spouting stereotypes that you have no experience with.
I wonder how fast it spins....sushi anyone?
Seriously, I'd like to see their solution for protecting marine life from it. Obviously the fan is cowled, but they don't mention any sort of grating to keep the fish out, I'm sure they did something... Also, does it work off of tidal currents? Or some other deeper current?
I liked NES games, FF1 was the first rpg I played. Mega man, any of the dragon warrior games, etc. And anything that would run on my first computer (pentium 100) was also good. The games I played there the most were probably earthsiege and lords of the realm 2. Tyrian also, oregon trail, carmen sandiego. Good stuff
Since when does a laptop with similar hardware and a $500+ higher price point constitute "more bang for the buck"? To use your analogy, slapping gold trim and and fancy wheels on a car doesn't make it faster/more useful either.
Will all that crap be running in the background while I'm trying to play a game, thus further crippling my system?
I'm never going to use vista, so I don't care....but I'm sure plenty of people would.
The patent application is for gestures on a multi-point touch interface, not just a multi-point interface alone. If they're the first ones to develop a multi-point pad, fine, patent it. Patenting GESTURES is still ridiculously stupid and there is plenty of prior art there.
http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/P143257.asp they used to make 45k+stocks, which is a moderate salary. BUT, Brin, for example, made 1.45 BILLION (with a B) selling stock since the beginning of 2005.
Is it just a crazy theory of mine that if more people use apple, more games might be made OpenGL, and therefore be easily ported to linux? Like I said, I'm no apple supporter , not by a long shot, I won't ever own anything with that logo on it. But games are really the only thing keeping me in the windows market in the first place. If I could get games to linux, I'd just switch to gentoo and be done with it. Is it simply this limit? Or are there other issues?
What would indeed be ironic is if that did happen on some level, and people loudly complained that M$' new implementation of OpenGL on vista sucked ass and even more people stopped using it.
C'mon NASA! If you designed it, might as well give it a try!
The company that I work for recently had a laptop stolen. It had personnel information for a large large number of employees (greater than ten thousand) and may or may not have been properly protected. I think that qualifies as pretty serious data loss, and it didn't need a flash drive to happen.
Will it be more prevalent? Maybe. But it already happens. Now, the question is, is there a program that can encrypt/decrypt an entire (relatively) small drive with some sort of key system or something? I think that will be the most logical step to protect small drives like these.
Dang, that reminds me, I need to figure out where my USB flash drive is....
If you want something in there, then by god, put it in there. There's no huge patchwork system that affects everyone using linux when one company wants to change the underlying functioning. They can do it, and sell it if they can, while the rest of us can go happily on our way not using it.
In the future, all DVDs and even a lot of video streams will contain some sort of DRM. The media industry has already invented a vessel for this at the hardware level (HDMI, which everyone is stupidly demanding on their new A/V equipment). So, how will MythTV deal with this license/DRM business? Will the open source players like mplayer simply be able to ignore it? Will we be stuck with crappy quality video from DVDs we purchased, not stole, simply because we don't use a commercial product? These are the questions I'd like to hear answered.
I currently run a MythTV box and have had no trouble with it at all. Its been running for three months solid, without a reboot. I garauntee you MCE can't do that and still operate at speed.
I would have expected them to keep the 7800 line as the middleman and phase out the 6x series. What I do believe, though, is that the 6x series is plenty of graphics card for the average user/light gamer. The 7800 set is really not that much overpriced from the 4 Ti series when they first came out though (adjusted for inflation). Maybe they're switching to a new process spec (45nm, or a dual+ core setup) and need to dump the 7800GTX manufacturing setup to make room for the new one. I guess we'll find out in a few months.
The point of releasing the guide for free is to get exposure and to let people get a feel for if they have the time/ability to start a project like this. You're getting the same guide that I bought over a year ago, the forums is where the real value lies and it has always been that way. The guide not specific enough? Remember, its DIY (DO IT YOURSELF). Its about experimenting, learning, having fun, and, if all goes well, getting a kick ass projector out of it. I've taken a look at the new pro lens setup, and it makes a SPECTACULAR picture, for less than half what a commercial projector will cost. Operating costs are a fraction of commercial projectors. But if you're not ready to build something like this, then don't buy into it.
At least you get a good idea of what it will take now, since the guide is free, so you can make your own decision about if you have the ability or the want to do something like this. As opposed to those eBay auctions for "plans" that doesn't tell you anything about it, you just have to risk your (guide) money on it. And too often it will turn out to be some shit plan that doesn't work well if at all. These guys know their stuff, they get their own lenses, made specifically for them. Its all very professional and you get great results. If this is something you can do, then I highly recommend this site.