Why drop the people? Just continue to carry the songs with no samples. A simple message "We're sorry but this artist refuses to let us serve you with a sample of the song before you purchase" should suffice. They'll get back in line in no time when the sales plummet.
Or, you know, you can drive to work in something comparable to a Volt in size, weight, and performance that's powered by a good old internal combustion engine (diesel anyone?) rather than a truck.
So do you need big labels for quality? Well, you have me there, no indie label could match the musical genius of somebody like say, Brittney Spears.
To be honest, it's not the labels' fault that most people prefer to listen to Britney (not Brittney) Spears. Sure there is marketing involved, but that's their job.
Your definition of music quality is irrelevant, the labels delivered to most people music they want to listen to.
Doesn't matter, you'll need to decrypt the output anyway so the analyzer won't be able to benefit from the analysis result, only the client can: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homomorphic_encryption
Using such a scheme, one could homomorphically evaluate any circuit, effectively allowing the construction of programs which may be run on encryptions of their inputs to produce an encryption of their output. Since such a program never decrypts its input, it could be run by an untrusted party without revealing its inputs and internal state. The existence of a fully homomorphic cryptosystem would have great practical implications in the outsourcing of private computations, for instance, in the context of cloud computing
Except that there was no production company and that's not a commercial. It's a home brewed video shot by the researchers who created the software themselves.
You, sir, sound like an elitist pig. And before you ask me to "learn a thing or two about that part of the world" I should let you know that I grew up in that part of the world.
Some would have thought that a bunch of convicts shipped to British colonies should not have the right to freedom of speech and expression because knows what they can do with that to upset the queen, yet look what happened when those very same convicts got their freedom of speech.
The idea that you're smart enough to use your freedom of speech while a whole other people is is both stupid and pompous.
I'm Egyptian, I have no idea why that ban on GPS was instated, I knew people who like to go on Safaris and they had imported personal GPS units and they were all in shock.
The same ban was the reason people couldn't buy some Nokia phones that are equipped with GPS, if Apple hadn't complied they wouldn't have been able to sell the iPhone in Egypt.
Also, I have no idea where the OP got this 'I know most modern cars in Egypt come with GPS', it's plain wrong. There is not a single car that sells in Egypt with GPS, not even BMW 3 series cars that are assembled locally. Moreover, up until very recently there were no GPS maps to make use of that GPS in the city anyway, I have heard of a couple recent efforts but I don't know how far they've come.
Putting your car in neutral going downhill hurts your mileage, not improves it. Best practice if you want to conserve fuel is to put it in a high gear, not neutral. When in neutral, your engine is using just enough fuel to idle, that's usually good mileage since you're moving at speed and using just enough fuel to keep the engine ticking over. But better than using little fuel is using no fuel, and that's what happens if the car is in gear. The turning motion of the wheels keeps the engine running so any modern engine (think 15 years old or less) completely shuts down the fuel supply so you're coasting and using 0 fuel. If you have an onboard computer that shows instant mileage you'll notice it go to max or --- or infinity.
and why no person should download an update for a week or more for these issues to be brought up and found/fixed.
And what if *everyone* took your advice and no person downloaded an update for a week?
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Why drop the people? Just continue to carry the songs with no samples. A simple message "We're sorry but this artist refuses to let us serve you with a sample of the song before you purchase" should suffice.
They'll get back in line in no time when the sales plummet.
Or, you know, you can drive to work in something comparable to a Volt in size, weight, and performance that's powered by a good old internal combustion engine (diesel anyone?) rather than a truck.
So do you need big labels for quality? Well, you have me there, no indie label could match the musical genius of somebody like say, Brittney Spears.
To be honest, it's not the labels' fault that most people prefer to listen to Britney (not Brittney) Spears. Sure there is marketing involved, but that's their job. Your definition of music quality is irrelevant, the labels delivered to most people music they want to listen to.
Sounds like you've never been to a doctor.
The main difference between science and religion is not that one is true and the other is false. It's that one is falsifiable and the other is not.
Indeed, they may even give you the book for free with enough ads stashed in.
Doesn't matter, you'll need to decrypt the output anyway so the analyzer won't be able to benefit from the analysis result, only the client can:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homomorphic_encryption
Using such a scheme, one could homomorphically evaluate any circuit, effectively allowing the construction of programs which may be run on encryptions of their inputs to produce an encryption of their output. Since such a program never decrypts its input, it could be run by an untrusted party without revealing its inputs and internal state. The existence of a fully homomorphic cryptosystem would have great practical implications in the outsourcing of private computations, for instance, in the context of cloud computing
Except that there was no production company and that's not a commercial. It's a home brewed video shot by the researchers who created the software themselves.
I own a PS3 and run it (literally) for 2 weeks at a time
Oh come on, it doesn't take that long to install a game on the PS3.
You, sir, sound like an elitist pig.
And before you ask me to "learn a thing or two about that part of the world" I should let you know that I grew up in that part of the world.
Some would have thought that a bunch of convicts shipped to British colonies should not have the right to freedom of speech and expression because knows what they can do with that to upset the queen, yet look what happened when those very same convicts got their freedom of speech.
The idea that you're smart enough to use your freedom of speech while a whole other people is is both stupid and pompous.
I'm Egyptian, I have no idea why that ban on GPS was instated, I knew people who like to go on Safaris and they had imported personal GPS units and they were all in shock. The same ban was the reason people couldn't buy some Nokia phones that are equipped with GPS, if Apple hadn't complied they wouldn't have been able to sell the iPhone in Egypt. Also, I have no idea where the OP got this 'I know most modern cars in Egypt come with GPS', it's plain wrong. There is not a single car that sells in Egypt with GPS, not even BMW 3 series cars that are assembled locally. Moreover, up until very recently there were no GPS maps to make use of that GPS in the city anyway, I have heard of a couple recent efforts but I don't know how far they've come.
No unfreezing for that author though, worst fuckin article I had to read through in my life.
Amen. The only time I have ever fallen asleep with food in my mouth.
If you allow a random person on myspace to play your personal physician and shoot yourself I'd call it Darwin at work.
se la vie
Say what?
Why do you think they called it "Jazz" ;)
About the same size as the drive you'll be using to store the files.
Don't trivialize work that you don't understand.
In other words, don't be a Palin. No one likes a Palin.
Putting your car in neutral going downhill hurts your mileage, not improves it.
Best practice if you want to conserve fuel is to put it in a high gear, not neutral.
When in neutral, your engine is using just enough fuel to idle, that's usually good mileage since you're moving at speed and using just enough fuel to keep the engine ticking over.
But better than using little fuel is using no fuel, and that's what happens if the car is in gear. The turning motion of the wheels keeps the engine running so any modern engine (think 15 years old or less) completely shuts down the fuel supply so you're coasting and using 0 fuel. If you have an onboard computer that shows instant mileage you'll notice it go to max or --- or infinity.
You're placing too much emphasis on one aspect of it, "openness". Nokia already has a platform, it's called Symbian. It is open.
I think you are severely overestimating the technological level of "terrorists".
Because the stump removed and sugar don't show up in their system when you check out anyway?
Clearly, English is not one of those areas :)
you can also simply be smart and hard working.
And how exactly do you decide to "be smart".
and why no person should download an update for a week or more for these issues to be brought up and found/fixed.
And what if *everyone* took your advice and no person downloaded an update for a week?