Turn around CEOs generally are experienced (i.e. loaded) and therefore could literally take zero compensation and not risk their lifestyle. Taking a high risk job with zero compensation guarantee is a good bet for them, if they win, they win big, if they lose, at least they weren't bored for those 2-4 years, and of course they're not putting their own assets on the line, just the company's shareholders.
If they're retailing movies for $50+ apiece, they might just take the time to add a unique serial number to the process.
You are right, cheap mass produced optical discs don't have this feature (yet), but they certainly could add it - maybe even just a small one time writable segment in the middle of the disc.
I also have never seen a UHD disc, and only a few blu-rays, so I don't know what they're up to with the "latest greatest" tech, but writable DVD has been a (higher cost per copy) option for over a decade.
Pick something you are good at and have interest in - that's not squarely in the sites of every tech school and 3rd world code farm.
By coincidence, I ended up in medical devices. I know people who have specialized in avionics, video monitoring, oil and gas, quality systems, and any number of other "big niches" - if you're at a big company in a big pool of people with high turnover, look around and see if there's a low turnover corner you can get transferred to - if not in your current company, then in another. Skills don't really come from school, they come from experience on the job.
Step 1) develop somewhat unusual, but in-demand skills.
Step 2) keep network contacts open for opportunities which value your skills.
Step 3) actually go, interview, and ditch your current company when something better comes along
Step 4) repeat steps 1-3 (or at least 2 & 3) as frequently as possible without becoming perceived as a "jumper," which, really you are, but if you can convince each next employer that you're ready to settle down for 15-20 years, that's what they really want.
The classical pension was too easy for management to abuse - fired on the 29th year, etc. 401(k) is the way of today, and only works if you choose to participate.
1985 was the golden age of the IBM PC - they've shrunk and re-imagined themselves as a mainframe company again since then. Also, the days of micro-printing the letters IBM with single atoms, and similar groundbreaking research, are long behind them.
The applications I have seen are for under-utilized web servers, so, yes, a mainframe can run 2000+ VM instances with LAMP stacks serving web sites that are only visited by 100 or so simultaneous users.
It helps if you have good networking skills and you're willing to relocate.
It helps if you negotiate a new position at a new company every 3-5 years, especially if you are willing to relocate. Helps the salary numbers, that is, total drag on quality of life.
I was 35, making $96K/yr, and was absolutely astounded to learn that postdocs, some as old as me, doing highly technical skilled and learned shit were only making $30-35K...
Analog hole is always there, and analog copy degradation was probably the basis for industry acceptance of fair use... Generational losses in copies no longer apply, but certainly using camcorders to copy a UHD source will result in noticeable losses...
It is true that if you can play it, you can copy it, but it is also possible to watermark the product with unique keys that can be traced to the original purchaser - and since they require server connection, the IP address of the person who made the first gen copy from the "locked" product.
I've never seen a store record the serial number of a disk before I buy it, but if they start doing so, then just shoplift it before you rip it and post it online... or buy it used from eBay using a throwaway debit card, or one of the myriad of other ways to hide the purchaser's identity.
You forgot using an open wifi link while traveling outside your hometown to make the initial connection to get the viewing key. It's always possible to be a criminal - but ripping, storing and viewing in your own home is actually fair use, protected and legal. The more crimes you commit prior to and in connection with ripping and sharing of the movie, the worse you'll look in court and the media when they make an example of you.
DVD is mostly better than VHS used to be, and I seemed to enjoy a good story on VHS just fine when that's all there was.
When I want a "IMAX EXPERIENCE" I'll go to a theater and get that, having such a system (that competes with IMAX screen size, resolution, sound quality, etc.) in my home feels like overkill in the extreme - there are many other things I'd rather do with my money first.
Available at Costco - that's boring, I heard about that 20 years ago when it was in development and got a copy from an Indiegogo developer 5 years ago - this is NEWS for nerds?
Is it a complete coincidence that Slysoft, maker of AnyDVD, has shut up shop this week with a similarly cryptic statement about 'recent regulatory requirements'?
That was my first thought, this seems like an orchestrated media campaign.
Didn't you know, entertainment media is not your property - you didn't purchase it, you rented the rights to view it under very limited circumstances. They have changed the terms of the deal, pray they do not change them further.
It is true that if you can play it, you can copy it, but it is also possible to watermark the product with unique keys that can be traced to the original purchaser - and since they require server connection, the IP address of the person who made the first gen copy from the "locked" product.
Moreover, if the disc requires a live network connection in order to play, it may have unique keys imprinted on it. In order to get a decryption of the movie data, you will have to send your unique key to the server in order to get a working decryption key. Even after decrypting the movie, your unique key is "watermarked" into the video, audio, and likely subtitle tracks too. Now, when this video gets posted to pirate bay, it can be traced back to the IP address that originally requested the decryption key.
Now, you can try to hook up to the server via TOR or similar, but they will block those kind of attempts... sooner or later they'll start requiring a valid CC number to enable playback - I suppose you can send them stolen ones, but that's going to get messy after awhile.
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Whenever a CEO does anything, he's not doing it out of charity.
FTFY. There are exceptions, of course, just like there are people who go to work at Wal Mart because they love helping people.
Turn around CEOs generally are experienced (i.e. loaded) and therefore could literally take zero compensation and not risk their lifestyle. Taking a high risk job with zero compensation guarantee is a good bet for them, if they win, they win big, if they lose, at least they weren't bored for those 2-4 years, and of course they're not putting their own assets on the line, just the company's shareholders.
If they're retailing movies for $50+ apiece, they might just take the time to add a unique serial number to the process.
You are right, cheap mass produced optical discs don't have this feature (yet), but they certainly could add it - maybe even just a small one time writable segment in the middle of the disc.
I also have never seen a UHD disc, and only a few blu-rays, so I don't know what they're up to with the "latest greatest" tech, but writable DVD has been a (higher cost per copy) option for over a decade.
Pick something you are good at and have interest in - that's not squarely in the sites of every tech school and 3rd world code farm.
By coincidence, I ended up in medical devices. I know people who have specialized in avionics, video monitoring, oil and gas, quality systems, and any number of other "big niches" - if you're at a big company in a big pool of people with high turnover, look around and see if there's a low turnover corner you can get transferred to - if not in your current company, then in another. Skills don't really come from school, they come from experience on the job.
Step 1) develop somewhat unusual, but in-demand skills.
Step 2) keep network contacts open for opportunities which value your skills.
Step 3) actually go, interview, and ditch your current company when something better comes along
Step 4) repeat steps 1-3 (or at least 2 & 3) as frequently as possible without becoming perceived as a "jumper," which, really you are, but if you can convince each next employer that you're ready to settle down for 15-20 years, that's what they really want.
The classical pension was too easy for management to abuse - fired on the 29th year, etc. 401(k) is the way of today, and only works if you choose to participate.
1985 was the golden age of the IBM PC - they've shrunk and re-imagined themselves as a mainframe company again since then. Also, the days of micro-printing the letters IBM with single atoms, and similar groundbreaking research, are long behind them.
The applications I have seen are for under-utilized web servers, so, yes, a mainframe can run 2000+ VM instances with LAMP stacks serving web sites that are only visited by 100 or so simultaneous users.
It helps if you have good networking skills and you're willing to relocate.
It helps if you negotiate a new position at a new company every 3-5 years, especially if you are willing to relocate. Helps the salary numbers, that is, total drag on quality of life.
I was 35, making $96K/yr, and was absolutely astounded to learn that postdocs, some as old as me, doing highly technical skilled and learned shit were only making $30-35K...
Feel the churrrrrn.
Analog hole is always there, and analog copy degradation was probably the basis for industry acceptance of fair use... Generational losses in copies no longer apply, but certainly using camcorders to copy a UHD source will result in noticeable losses...
It is true that if you can play it, you can copy it, but it is also possible to watermark the product with unique keys that can be traced to the original purchaser - and since they require server connection, the IP address of the person who made the first gen copy from the "locked" product.
I've never seen a store record the serial number of a disk before I buy it, but if they start doing so, then just shoplift it before you rip it and post it online... or buy it used from eBay using a throwaway debit card, or one of the myriad of other ways to hide the purchaser's identity.
You forgot using an open wifi link while traveling outside your hometown to make the initial connection to get the viewing key. It's always possible to be a criminal - but ripping, storing and viewing in your own home is actually fair use, protected and legal. The more crimes you commit prior to and in connection with ripping and sharing of the movie, the worse you'll look in court and the media when they make an example of you.
DVD is mostly better than VHS used to be, and I seemed to enjoy a good story on VHS just fine when that's all there was.
When I want a "IMAX EXPERIENCE" I'll go to a theater and get that, having such a system (that competes with IMAX screen size, resolution, sound quality, etc.) in my home feels like overkill in the extreme - there are many other things I'd rather do with my money first.
If a supercapacitor has an internal discharge rate of 1% per hour, can it be called a practical battery?
Available at Costco - that's boring, I heard about that 20 years ago when it was in development and got a copy from an Indiegogo developer 5 years ago - this is NEWS for nerds?
Is it a complete coincidence that Slysoft, maker of AnyDVD, has shut up shop this week with a similarly cryptic statement about 'recent regulatory requirements'?
That was my first thought, this seems like an orchestrated media campaign.
Oh, it's gorgeous, if you only look at 20% of the screen at a time you can really see all the detail it provides.
Didn't you know, entertainment media is not your property - you didn't purchase it, you rented the rights to view it under very limited circumstances. They have changed the terms of the deal, pray they do not change them further.
It is true that if you can play it, you can copy it, but it is also possible to watermark the product with unique keys that can be traced to the original purchaser - and since they require server connection, the IP address of the person who made the first gen copy from the "locked" product.
Moreover, if the disc requires a live network connection in order to play, it may have unique keys imprinted on it. In order to get a decryption of the movie data, you will have to send your unique key to the server in order to get a working decryption key. Even after decrypting the movie, your unique key is "watermarked" into the video, audio, and likely subtitle tracks too. Now, when this video gets posted to pirate bay, it can be traced back to the IP address that originally requested the decryption key.
Now, you can try to hook up to the server via TOR or similar, but they will block those kind of attempts... sooner or later they'll start requiring a valid CC number to enable playback - I suppose you can send them stolen ones, but that's going to get messy after awhile.
Even Ridgewood, Queens, where they dumped Thorium down the sewer for years, ain't glowing yet.
1% of the life of the Earth, or ~80x the time since homo sapiens speciated...
Too big to fail - if they shutdown the plant and Manhattan has to institute rolling blackouts, lots of people will be very unhappy.
With the right connections, people will pay you to take DU...