Both Sony AND MS are insisting that the HD era is ready for primetime, and both companies are touting that aspect of their new consoles. Sony is not "the company trying to plug...," that's the entire movie industry and software industry, including MS. The fact is, Sony is distancing itself from that aspect of HD video. They have already promised to not use HDCP with their own movies. The reason for that is simply the lack of compatibility with over 90% of current HD televisions.
What is making life difficult for consumers is people like you and the OP who have no fucking clue what they're talking about and spreading FUD. Without all the FUD, it would be easy(ier) for consumers to make a decision they would be happy about in the end.
So what you're really saying, based on all your comments attached to this story, is that OS X was never really suited to high-performance/server/scientific computing?
Yeah, I agree =P
More seriously, I work for a really small shop and have had reason to patch/tweak by hand the Linux and BSD kernel on occasion. It's been several years since I've had the necessity, but anyway... FWIW. In more serious shops that do real scientific computing and whatnot(or a place like Google), this does potentially eliminate OS X as a candidate for their datacenters.
That is a very stupid conjecture you are making. Every single thing you said is completely irrelevent. The fact remains: Blueray has far more industry support. It's also not going to remain so expensive for long.
Except your post was absolutely disengenuous, citing things as security concerns where, AFAICT, noone with any credibility has agreed. I'm sure you weren't meaning to defend the Bush administration though.
Did I misinfer? If so, then I do apologize.
But maybe you're right. In fact, I'm just positive that thousands of people will die because the mere fact of these illegal activities the Bush administration is engaging in have been leaked to the public...
Given the nature of the leaks, I think it's safe to say that you're a fucking asshat who will never see any wrong in the Bush admin. and continue to blame those who want to guard the Constitutional rights of the citizenry.
That's bullshit. A gun has no "history" unless it is legally registered. There are millions of unregistered firearms in the U.S. alone. Any cop is going to be able to get his hands on an unregistered firearm, as that is what a lot of perps deal in.
To be fair, the BSD license isn't doing the restricting you're referring to. It's the developer, who takes the BSD code and closes it up, and attaches his own license to it.
However, the argument is still over whether to protect the (immediate)developer or the end-user/developers further down the line. BSD does the former, GPL the latter.
NVIDIA was considering open sourcing their drivers. In the end, they decided not too, for at least two reasons. The first reason is the great competitive advantage their superior drivers give them over ATI. ATI is still catching up to NVIDIA witht their drivers. With how competitive the GPU market is now, neither company can afford the slightest slip. The second reason is that they don't own all the code in their drivers. They are legally unable to open source them, period.
Until the market these companies are in changes, their hands are tied.
I don't like it either, but it's hardly fair to blame NVIDIA and ATI.
Where'd you get this? Why would an illegally owned firearm necessarily have been given so much attention? The "perp" could have picked it up just recently, all the prints could be nothing but smudges, etc. Any firearm, for that matter.
Besides, if no prints are found on the ammo, or on the rest of the gun, then... Then someone was careful about getting prints on their illegal firearm, that doesn't at all indicate the officer did it.
I'm just going to cry...:) No, I was responding to the wrong post. I posted a correction, but it seems to have disappeared? Maybe Zonk deleted it to make even more of an ass out of me:)
That's ok. I'm an ass anyway. OTOH, I at least have a modicum of integrity...
Hahaha, I've gone uphill eh? I'd love to just take that and run with it, but, sadly, I feel that's probably not true, or at least not the whole truth. I'm pretty sure Slashdot has gone downhill at least somewhat.
In any case... in the end it's all good for a laugh. I'm sure it's pretty pathetic for us to still visit this site on a regular basis, nevermind posting on a regular basis. Pathetic I can handle though. At least I can admit when I'm wrong, and my opinions aren't set in stone in the face of overwhelming evidence against them. And even more important, IMO, is I don't make shit up because of some fuckin' insane need to have everyone agree with me.
Embarassment isn't the correct word, however. I'm hardly embarassed by being made an ass of. It was actually a good laugh.
What I actually am, though, is one of those sad pathetic men who whine about how much/. sucks these days, and the lack of editing skill of the editors(indeed, the lack of reading skill... *sigh*). Most likely I am jealous of Zonk's job. I would certainly love to get paid to do what he does, or pretends to do, whatever your interpretation of his doings is. I mean... is he actually getting paid to be a fucking jackass, or is he getting paid to be an editor, and is really, actually that bad of an editor?
In reality, we all know with relative certainty that he's paid to produce ad impressions, hence, the jackass option fits pretty well. A paid jackass. That's cozy. I could fucking do that shit, man.
Your numbers are a bit flawed, since the $500 PS3 doesn't have HDMI, which some people require to watch HD content on their TVs, also some Blu-Ray discs are planned to be released as only playable via HDMI (to prevent copying or some such nonsense), so the non-HDMI PS3 can't really be considered a full-featured movie player like the $600 one.
A.) The 360 doesn't have HDMI out, neither version.
B.) You do not ever need HDMI out to watch HD (sorta)
C.) All HD movies will play over non-HDCP outputs, just at a reduced resolution. These movies are encrypted when sent over HDCP compliant outputs, and decrypted by the television. Considering that most HD sets today do not have HDMI inputs, HDCP may be dead in the water. Several major movie studios are backing away from HDCP.
And, just FYI, since the 360 does not include HDMI, it will have to be made available as an addon. I don't see why the same couldn't be done for the base-model PS3. If there IS a reason, someone, please do tell.
I really don't think they'd want to push HDMI output through a USB periperhal, but I dunno. But, the main AV output of the PS3 is supposed to be extremely flexible, so, who can say right now whether or not HDMI output can be added?
Regarding BD movie playback... BD has support for HDCP, so, any studio that wants can limit non HDCP playback to (IIRC) 480p, so you wouldn't get the full resolution. But, HDCP is coming under fire lately, and a number of movie studios are backing away from it. Currently, most of the installed base of HD sets do not even have HDMI inputs.
FYI, the Xbox 360 does not include an HDMI output, and that will be an addon made available later. I see no reason the basic PS3 and the Xbox 360 aren't in the same boat.
How do you know the PS3 cannot be upgraded? It still has Bluetooth and USB support, I'm pretty sure it can handle peripherals. It also has very flexible AV In/Out support. Whether memory card and wifi peripherals, and HDMI output can be added is not something I'd be speculating about just yet.
And your comments about CPU utilization are wrong. The multiple cores on the 360 don't do much without being programmed for. IIRC, Microsoft has said that none of the current crop of games take much, if any, advantage of the extra cores.
As a followup, you're even more a fucking asshole for editing the posting without mentioning it.
You made a complete asshole out of me. I was shocked and told my friend, who in turn was pretty shocked. I had to apologize to him on behalf of YOU. Update the story to apologize for your blatant fuckup.
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What is making life difficult for consumers is people like you and the OP who have no fucking clue what they're talking about and spreading FUD. Without all the FUD, it would be easy(ier) for consumers to make a decision they would be happy about in the end.
Yeah, I agree =P
More seriously, I work for a really small shop and have had reason to patch/tweak by hand the Linux and BSD kernel on occasion. It's been several years since I've had the necessity, but anyway... FWIW. In more serious shops that do real scientific computing and whatnot(or a place like Google), this does potentially eliminate OS X as a candidate for their datacenters.
The facts CLEARLY have a Conservative bias in this case!
Did I misinfer? If so, then I do apologize.
But maybe you're right. In fact, I'm just positive that thousands of people will die because the mere fact of these illegal activities the Bush administration is engaging in have been leaked to the public...
Nominated for Understatement of the Day :)
However, the argument is still over whether to protect the (immediate)developer or the end-user/developers further down the line. BSD does the former, GPL the latter.
Yeah yeah, I'm just being a picky bitch... :)
Until the market these companies are in changes, their hands are tied.
I don't like it either, but it's hardly fair to blame NVIDIA and ATI.
Besides, if no prints are found on the ammo, or on the rest of the gun, then... Then someone was careful about getting prints on their illegal firearm, that doesn't at all indicate the officer did it.
That's ok. I'm an ass anyway. OTOH, I at least have a modicum of integrity...
Cheers. Sorry for the mistake.
In any case... in the end it's all good for a laugh. I'm sure it's pretty pathetic for us to still visit this site on a regular basis, nevermind posting on a regular basis. Pathetic I can handle though. At least I can admit when I'm wrong, and my opinions aren't set in stone in the face of overwhelming evidence against them. And even more important, IMO, is I don't make shit up because of some fuckin' insane need to have everyone agree with me.
Jesus fuckin' Christ. And my GP post, which is 100% accurate, has dropped to +3 with 2 overrated mods. Fuckin' stupid-ass morons here...
Embarassment isn't the correct word, however. I'm hardly embarassed by being made an ass of. It was actually a good laugh.
What I actually am, though, is one of those sad pathetic men who whine about how much /. sucks these days, and the lack of editing skill of the editors(indeed, the lack of reading skill... *sigh*). Most likely I am jealous of Zonk's job. I would certainly love to get paid to do what he does, or pretends to do, whatever your interpretation of his doings is. I mean... is he actually getting paid to be a fucking jackass, or is he getting paid to be an editor, and is really, actually that bad of an editor?
In reality, we all know with relative certainty that he's paid to produce ad impressions, hence, the jackass option fits pretty well. A paid jackass. That's cozy. I could fucking do that shit, man.
A.) The 360 doesn't have HDMI out, neither version.
B.) You do not ever need HDMI out to watch HD (sorta)
C.) All HD movies will play over non-HDCP outputs, just at a reduced resolution. These movies are encrypted when sent over HDCP compliant outputs, and decrypted by the television. Considering that most HD sets today do not have HDMI inputs, HDCP may be dead in the water. Several major movie studios are backing away from HDCP.
And, just FYI, since the 360 does not include HDMI, it will have to be made available as an addon. I don't see why the same couldn't be done for the base-model PS3. If there IS a reason, someone, please do tell.
Regarding BD movie playback... BD has support for HDCP, so, any studio that wants can limit non HDCP playback to (IIRC) 480p, so you wouldn't get the full resolution. But, HDCP is coming under fire lately, and a number of movie studios are backing away from it. Currently, most of the installed base of HD sets do not even have HDMI inputs.
FYI, the Xbox 360 does not include an HDMI output, and that will be an addon made available later. I see no reason the basic PS3 and the Xbox 360 aren't in the same boat.
And your comments about CPU utilization are wrong. The multiple cores on the 360 don't do much without being programmed for. IIRC, Microsoft has said that none of the current crop of games take much, if any, advantage of the extra cores.
Thank you Mr. AC! Folks, please mod the AC up so people can see what a fucking douchebag Zonk is.
You made a complete asshole out of me. I was shocked and told my friend, who in turn was pretty shocked. I had to apologize to him on behalf of YOU. Update the story to apologize for your blatant fuckup.