After I elliminated ChromeOS as a possible competitor, I just found that ChromeOS is being updated soon to solve a WiFi problem, Samsung is still pushing the newest Chromebook, and there are features being developed in the dev and beta branches of the OS. Apparently ChromeOS and Chrome share much of the same source code (makes sense).
This is an outright admission that hardware control is coming next. And I'm just not going to wait until they get to that stage.
I think he was referring to trusted platform module (TPM) which can be used for good and not so good purposes. I don't see why Netflix would be interested in controlling your hardware. They have no stake in what happens to video that isn't delivered by them since they aren't the producers and are simply getting paid for being a provider.
TPM already exists and is installed in Intel based computers. Some encryption programs (The kind that keeps others from looking at YOUR stuff) can take advantage of it to increase data throughput. I think the hardware acceleration and being a "black box" are what Netflix is referring to. The clue being that he mentions being beneficial for open source software since it wouldn't require some module that may not be compatible with the GPL or other licenses since it is already present in a lot of newer computers. This way Netflix would be able to offer streaming on platforms not currently supported by Silverlight.
It's about control, not piracy.
I think it's more to do with piracy, or more accurately Netflix's best effort to prevent piracy. I don't think Netflix cares that you may P2P movies or rip DVDs. I think they care more about having the ability to say to their content producers that they are doing everything possible to protect their media in exchange for the permission to offer their media for streaming to their customers.
Mozilla has found another source of income in addition to Google. With LG's money, Mozilla will be able to add features that counter Chrome's increased share in the browser marketplace. I assume FirefoxOS will counter ChromeOS and webOS more than Android and iOS.
Wether or not this adversely affects Mozilla's ability to increase user satisfaction with FireFox being used as a browser remains to be seen. I hope and wish them the best, but am concerned that they will lose focus on their core product which should be a web browser people would actually like to use (or in my case continue to use).
Methadone can be habit-forming. Call your doctor if you find that you want to take extra medication or notice any other unusual changes in your behavior or mood.
Do not stop taking methadone without talking to your doctor. Your doctor will probably want to decrease your dose gradually. If you suddenly stop taking methadone, you may experience withdrawal symptoms such as restlessness, teary eyes, runny nose, yawning, sweating, chills, muscle pain, and widened pupils (black circles in the middle of the eyes).
Well, take the inability to downgrade the firmware on some cell phones and consoles, for instance. What is the purpose of that?
Relevant? You are basing your argument on something ENTIRELY unrelated. The article is talking about making hooks in HTML5 that allows things that are already handled by Flash and Silverlight be done in a more standard method. This has more to do with watching Netflix on your browser than your ability to upgrade your phone.
I don't believe you intended on making a straw man argument, so I'll ask again. What are your concerns about HTML5 based DRM other than your inability to "pirate" movies? Nevermind the fact that this does nothing to address the P2P file sharing and only exist to allow services like Netflix to exist.
Actually we considered getting the AppleTV solely to interface our iPad and iPods to the TV via AirPlay. Also streaming from my computer is a bonus. The price isn't too high for just those functions. As for Netflix and other services, those things are already provided by my HDTV, Blue-Ray, and game consoles.
I was shocked when I saw a friend's AppleTV... there was no web browser - stay in the garden children.
Nice slogan, son. Of course when you're man enough to ride with the big boys you'll know you can get a Mac Mini with a tuner from someone like Elgato and do things far more than just browse the web.
With so many things that offer streaming for my television (e.g. Blue-ray player, My two game consoles, and the HDTV itself), I haven't seen the need for yet another device that does what I already have. So regardless if your an Apple hater (wall garden... what a rube) or not, articles like these are becoming irrelevant.
The problem with your car analogy is that DRM is designed to prevent unauthorized use not to report.
But you did remind me of a disturbing trend of people willfully forfeiting their privacy by installing a monitoring device in their car in order to get a cheaper insurance rate. This is a marketing ploy to get us all to accept the intrusion. The public wouldn't take too kindly to the insurance company announcing that they will charge an extra fee to people who refuse to be monitored. So they advertise it in a positive manner.
It's an attempt to intrude on and limit what I can do with my hardware, which is unacceptable.
I must have read a different article. All I see is a desire for a standardized mechanism to allow DRM protected video to play using plugins within HTML5. I see nothing about taking control of your computer hardware nor taking your control away.
The only thing remotely close to what you are concerned about is perhaps they are trying to take away your ability to view copyrighted material without subscribing to a service providing the video stream. In that case, I'm not sympathetic to your cause.
However, this is from my experience as a third party witness. Once of the premarital discussions I had w/ my wife was to agree that we'd settle shit like adults if things went sour. Life's too short to be worrying about making the other miserable. There's no need to drag kids through that crap either. The more disagreements you can resolve outside of the court amicably the better, IMO. Now we'll see if things actually pan out that way if I ever have the cross that bridge...
Speaking as a third party witness to several divorces. You underestimated the influence of your wife's potential attorney. He will strongly encourage your wife to ask for what's more than "rightfully" hers in order to have an advantage during negotiations. Remember the attorney is looking out for himself while he represents your wife. Being fair is not his objective. Getting the most for his client so that he himself will make more is his primary concern. Also the more contentious the divorce the more legal fees he is allowed to charge.
I have seen amicable divorces but it's a rare thing.
Apple only officially supports the current OS release and the immediate predecessor.
I don't see any official word from Apple that states this. Apparently their support is based on the application being updated and the versions of the OS that it supports. iTunes and QuickTime recently was updated on the 10.5.8.
Apple doesn't publish its EOL where I can find it. Traditionally they supported the current version and the previous version. However the closest thing I can find in writing is my AppleCare agreement which requires Apple to support its machine and the OS that is installed on that machine at the time of purchase for the duration of the AppleCare agreement which is 3 years.
Actually Apple hasn't taken the "next step". There is an option that is quite easy for the end user to change that allows unrestricted use of software from any source.
I don't see anything that rises to the level that warrants vilifying Apple or Microsoft. Not to mention, this is a developer's preview release.
You are not forced to upgrade. I still have machines at work that are running OS X 1.5.8 which is still being supported. In fact the iTunes update was pushed to it last week.
Only if you're breaking the law. That $30 only gives you a single upgrade.
I don't even need to consult the EULA for that one, since it's a simple copyright violation...
You need to actually read the stuff that you link.
Section 2.a. only states that you are not allowed to transfer the OS X that came with your Apple computer to another Apple branded computer. This also applies to people who decided to purchase the upgrade that is packaged on the thumb drive from Apple. BTW you can provide your own thumb drive and go through the iTunes method of purchasing and STILL be able to use section 2.b. below.
Section 2.b. explicitly allows you to use the upgrade that you purchased using iTunes (The method first pushed by Apple) on any computer that you own which is an actual Apple branded computer using at least OS X snow leopard. I legally updated my iMac and two laptops with my $30 update. Apple was even nice enough to help.
Except that in the US, chances are good that you may continued to be locked into a particular carrier by your phone. Four major carriers, four different data frequency bands and protocols...
I didn't say that Kubuntu developers couldn't be Ubuntu developers. I just believe that any issues that the KDE group may have with the official repositories (like version conflicts or a dependency isn't up to date) will not get the same attention as the core Ubuntu developer group (Unity). There's a difference between having a seat at the table where decisions are being made and having to depend on someone else who may not have your best interests at heart.
Canonical have only pulled funding for one developer.
To me that is almost equivalent to saying Canonical has laid off their only liaison with the Kubuntu community, therefore the community will have a harder time getting their issues relating to Qt libs or other issues related with KDE dependencies in the official repositories resolved.
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After I elliminated ChromeOS as a possible competitor, I just found that ChromeOS is being updated soon to solve a WiFi problem, Samsung is still pushing the newest Chromebook, and there are features being developed in the dev and beta branches of the OS. Apparently ChromeOS and Chrome share much of the same source code (makes sense).
Anyway I place ChromeOS back in the arena.
Okay then just WebOS.
I think he was referring to trusted platform module (TPM) which can be used for good and not so good purposes. I don't see why Netflix would be interested in controlling your hardware. They have no stake in what happens to video that isn't delivered by them since they aren't the producers and are simply getting paid for being a provider.
TPM already exists and is installed in Intel based computers. Some encryption programs (The kind that keeps others from looking at YOUR stuff) can take advantage of it to increase data throughput. I think the hardware acceleration and being a "black box" are what Netflix is referring to. The clue being that he mentions being beneficial for open source software since it wouldn't require some module that may not be compatible with the GPL or other licenses since it is already present in a lot of newer computers. This way Netflix would be able to offer streaming on platforms not currently supported by Silverlight.
I think it's more to do with piracy, or more accurately Netflix's best effort to prevent piracy. I don't think Netflix cares that you may P2P movies or rip DVDs. I think they care more about having the ability to say to their content producers that they are doing everything possible to protect their media in exchange for the permission to offer their media for streaming to their customers.
Mozilla has found another source of income in addition to Google. With LG's money, Mozilla will be able to add features that counter Chrome's increased share in the browser marketplace. I assume FirefoxOS will counter ChromeOS and webOS more than Android and iOS.
Wether or not this adversely affects Mozilla's ability to increase user satisfaction with FireFox being used as a browser remains to be seen. I hope and wish them the best, but am concerned that they will lose focus on their core product which should be a web browser people would actually like to use (or in my case continue to use).
Actually (from the NIH - emphasis mine):
Methadone can be habit-forming. Call your doctor if you find that you want to take extra medication or notice any other unusual changes in your behavior or mood.
Do not stop taking methadone without talking to your doctor. Your doctor will probably want to decrease your dose gradually. If you suddenly stop taking methadone, you may experience withdrawal symptoms such as restlessness, teary eyes, runny nose, yawning, sweating, chills, muscle pain, and widened pupils (black circles in the middle of the eyes).
Relevant? You are basing your argument on something ENTIRELY unrelated. The article is talking about making hooks in HTML5 that allows things that are already handled by Flash and Silverlight be done in a more standard method. This has more to do with watching Netflix on your browser than your ability to upgrade your phone.
I don't believe you intended on making a straw man argument, so I'll ask again. What are your concerns about HTML5 based DRM other than your inability to "pirate" movies? Nevermind the fact that this does nothing to address the P2P file sharing and only exist to allow services like Netflix to exist.
This.
Actually we considered getting the AppleTV solely to interface our iPad and iPods to the TV via AirPlay. Also streaming from my computer is a bonus. The price isn't too high for just those functions. As for Netflix and other services, those things are already provided by my HDTV, Blue-Ray, and game consoles.
Nice slogan, son. Of course when you're man enough to ride with the big boys you'll know you can get a Mac Mini with a tuner from someone like Elgato and do things far more than just browse the web.
With so many things that offer streaming for my television (e.g. Blue-ray player, My two game consoles, and the HDTV itself), I haven't seen the need for yet another device that does what I already have. So regardless if your an Apple hater (wall garden... what a rube) or not, articles like these are becoming irrelevant.
The problem with your car analogy is that DRM is designed to prevent unauthorized use not to report.
But you did remind me of a disturbing trend of people willfully forfeiting their privacy by installing a monitoring device in their car in order to get a cheaper insurance rate. This is a marketing ploy to get us all to accept the intrusion. The public wouldn't take too kindly to the insurance company announcing that they will charge an extra fee to people who refuse to be monitored. So they advertise it in a positive manner.
Oh... Now I understand where the confusion is coming from.
I must have read a different article. All I see is a desire for a standardized mechanism to allow DRM protected video to play using plugins within HTML5. I see nothing about taking control of your computer hardware nor taking your control away.
The only thing remotely close to what you are concerned about is perhaps they are trying to take away your ability to view copyrighted material without subscribing to a service providing the video stream. In that case, I'm not sympathetic to your cause.
Speaking as a third party witness to several divorces. You underestimated the influence of your wife's potential attorney. He will strongly encourage your wife to ask for what's more than "rightfully" hers in order to have an advantage during negotiations. Remember the attorney is looking out for himself while he represents your wife. Being fair is not his objective. Getting the most for his client so that he himself will make more is his primary concern. Also the more contentious the divorce the more legal fees he is allowed to charge.
I have seen amicable divorces but it's a rare thing.
OS X 10.5.8 is leopard.
Yes. 10.5.8
I don't see any official word from Apple that states this. Apparently their support is based on the application being updated and the versions of the OS that it supports. iTunes and QuickTime recently was updated on the 10.5.8.
Apple doesn't publish its EOL where I can find it. Traditionally they supported the current version and the previous version. However the closest thing I can find in writing is my AppleCare agreement which requires Apple to support its machine and the OS that is installed on that machine at the time of purchase for the duration of the AppleCare agreement which is 3 years.
Maybe because Objective-C was the main language since NextSTEP which is the ancestor of OS X.
Sometimes "new" just means "new to OS X" not "new to the entire field of computer science".
When you view the release notes on a different application do you immediately update the word "new" to such levels of importance? Probably not.
Which OS are you talking about? It's your choice in both OS X and Android. You may want to re-read that article.
Actually Apple hasn't taken the "next step". There is an option that is quite easy for the end user to change that allows unrestricted use of software from any source.
I don't see anything that rises to the level that warrants vilifying Apple or Microsoft. Not to mention, this is a developer's preview release.
You are not forced to upgrade. I still have machines at work that are running OS X 1.5.8 which is still being supported. In fact the iTunes update was pushed to it last week.
You need to actually read the stuff that you link.
Section 2.a. only states that you are not allowed to transfer the OS X that came with your Apple computer to another Apple branded computer. This also applies to people who decided to purchase the upgrade that is packaged on the thumb drive from Apple. BTW you can provide your own thumb drive and go through the iTunes method of purchasing and STILL be able to use section 2.b. below.
Section 2.b. explicitly allows you to use the upgrade that you purchased using iTunes (The method first pushed by Apple) on any computer that you own which is an actual Apple branded computer using at least OS X snow leopard. I legally updated my iMac and two laptops with my $30 update. Apple was even nice enough to help.
Except that in the US, chances are good that you may continued to be locked into a particular carrier by your phone. Four major carriers, four different data frequency bands and protocols...
I didn't say that Kubuntu developers couldn't be Ubuntu developers. I just believe that any issues that the KDE group may have with the official repositories (like version conflicts or a dependency isn't up to date) will not get the same attention as the core Ubuntu developer group (Unity). There's a difference between having a seat at the table where decisions are being made and having to depend on someone else who may not have your best interests at heart.
To me that is almost equivalent to saying Canonical has laid off their only liaison with the Kubuntu community, therefore the community will have a harder time getting their issues relating to Qt libs or other issues related with KDE dependencies in the official repositories resolved.