I agree on your view of the two conflicting visions, but I disagree on the possible outcomes. Copyrights MUST continue to exist and artists MUST be compensated. Hollywood and the RIAA are right when they say that if sales stop, so will the product. That does NOT mean we have to be saddled with DRM laden crap. Buy the CD and rip it yourself. Buy a DVD or DVR and timeshift/placeshift to your heart's content. Fair use is not piracy and please don't confuse the two. I envision a future where the corporations provide a product I want at a fair price in a manner that is convenient for me... but my kind of vision is nothing but a dream.
This comment is bordering on the nonsensical. You might be referring to normalization, and you are almost certainly right about sound getting muddier at higher volumes (but that can be both speaker limitations or your ears), but why previews? And what the hell do you mean "percieved[sic] as much louder"? It IS or IS NOT. Volume is not a perception, it is an absolute, in terms of dBs. You think there are special guys who sit around and just do sound for previews? And they come to the conclusion that louder is better? Most likely you have sub-par speakers or a sub-par setup that causes YOUR sound to come out muddier than it should be.
The print edition has ads too. Those defray the cost of delivery and paper and largely pay the salaries of the people there.
I found this editorial to be very inane. Who is he to say what is right? And does he offer any alternatives? Online news could be static, but then it loses one of its advantages. Sure, I agree that front pages are a little messy, but you have to compromise on content vs ease of access. Deal with it.
That bit about the single console lock-in discs has been pretty thoroughly debunked and has been rejected by Sony execs as being unreasonable. How can Sony sell software if you can't bring your copy of GTA:PS3 over to my house to show me how I can stab hookers in the eye, steal their cocaine and then push it to my runners on the street?
Why aren't we applying that same standard to the PS3 or the 360? I swear, rationality goes out the window when consoles are the topic.
Personally, I intend to buy none of the "next gen" consoles until their first price drop, giving my wallet a breath of air and a chance for the consoles and developers to prove themselves. At this point, it's kind of ridiculous how fanboyish people are about consoles that aren't available.
It occasionally happens to runners who do long distances (marathons and longer) who hydrate appropriately but fail to take in any electrolytes and salts.
... RTFA. It implies they will, and as stated in other posts, innumerable military technologies filter down to the civilian markets, recouping a lot of the R&D money spent.
I know I'm ready to dive into those lucious layers of depth that Meier is tantalizing us poor souls with. Other than that, I do appreciate his plugs for mouse/keyboard and PC gaming in general. Come on developers, you can't ever give those damn controllers(or consoles) the versatility of a PC.
I haven't read all the lower comments, but this needs to be modded down as offtopic, irrelevant, trolling, being rife with misspelling and totally misguided. Personally, I think the success of a FORMAT DESIGNED SOLELY FOR CONSOLE USE is a totally false analogy when compared to a format for all sorts of data storage.
I'm curious. Does that mean that listening to the radio and turning it off during commercials is freeloading? I mean, I'm getting something for nothing. What if I change the channel to something else while watching TV? I think it's no more sinister than trying to listen to the radio. I've downloaded thousands of songs and yet still bought hundreds of albums, because I know that artists need me to patronize them if they're going to keep making music. But I download songs to hear them, to expose myself to new things before I put down my money. There's one justification right there. Another? I'm barely depriving the artist, mostly the labels. I'd rather send $3 to the artist (more than they'd make off an actual album sale) for every album I've ever downloaded than pay retail for a quarter of them. It's like a boycott, except I'm not against the product or the makers of the product, just the sellers of the product, it's them I want to deprive.
The right to fair use is not in the Constitution and only spoken of briefly in actual copyright law. It was primarily established in later cases/interpretations. Moreover, it is within the purvey of the US Congress to pass measures regarding trade, (copyright) thus it's hard to justify the "sacrosanct" right of fair use. Even more ridiculous is your statement "NO, IT IS NOT ILLEGAL! " Just because a law is unjust doesn't make it not a law. Break the law, knowing you're standing up for real rights and real justice.
In the article, it states that "Other companies in the peer-to-peer file-swapping market include i2Hub, BitTorrent, WinMX and Free Peers, maker of file-swapping software BearShare." THIS DOES NOT PUT THEM ON THE RIAA "HIT LIST". Come on now, learn to read.
This sounds absurd. A hacker isn't a mentality, it's a set of actions. I may think like a mass murderer, but until I do it, it doesn't mean much, does it?
I realize this being/. nobody is going to listen, but the point of DRM isn't even to stop files from being copied. It's to stop non-authorized users from accessing them. Authorization is achieved via cash. DRM is often implemented poorly, but from the economic viewpoint, it is often quite necessary (and will likely remain that way) to ensure appropriate compensation for talented individuals who provide some entertainment/content/code/whatever for the rest of the world.
Moreover, at least one earlier post mentioned "forcing DRM down people's throats". As long as people keep buying DRM-protected content, they're not being forced and DRM will continue to be added to content.
Out of curiousity, where is all this open source hardware? I've yet to see any OS processor (etc) out on the market. Don't get me wrong, OS SOFTWARE or even firmware can be quite nice, but where is the hardware for these implants going to come from?
There was a hilarious little clip called the l33ttrailer, but it was pulled from the official website due to Lucas making copyright infringement claims. Good luck finding it now.
I don't see why this is so fantastically irritating to you. Does it bother you when someone has a ferrari that they just drive to work or an SUV that they just drive to soccer practice? You know, it really bothers me that you have a kitchen and don't bother to cook up gourmet 5 star meals.
Seriously, chill out. It's clear this is NOT your new PVR and this is NOT your new PMP. The audio and video capabilities, taken with a grain of salt and the specs given pretty clearly imply that it can handle STREAMING media, NOT local media without add-ons. It may have a hardware mpeg decoder or onboard sound processing or some such that gives them the extra justification in saying that. Also, it's not a laptop, that's just what/. calls it to dumb it down for the audience. Take a look at it.
It seems nobody has asked the question: what if a spammer wants to lower the rank of more reputable companies? If a spammer link spams a site that is already fairly popular, couldn't it harm the page rank of a company that has nothing to do with the spam?
Jews for Jesus are not strictly Jews. I debated including this in my original post, because I am aware of their existence and the fact that they DO actively try to convert people, but I felt it was unnecessary. Judaism does NOT acknowledge Jesus as the Messiah, nor is the Messiah the son of god in the Jewish tradition, nor CAN there be a son of god. Period.
As far as ancient times go, you may have a valid point. My generalization was a bit too sweeping. Perhaps "never has been" should be replaced with "hasn't been for hundreds of years"
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I agree on your view of the two conflicting visions, but I disagree on the possible outcomes. Copyrights MUST continue to exist and artists MUST be compensated. Hollywood and the RIAA are right when they say that if sales stop, so will the product. That does NOT mean we have to be saddled with DRM laden crap. Buy the CD and rip it yourself. Buy a DVD or DVR and timeshift/placeshift to your heart's content. Fair use is not piracy and please don't confuse the two. I envision a future where the corporations provide a product I want at a fair price in a manner that is convenient for me... but my kind of vision is nothing but a dream.
This comment is bordering on the nonsensical. You might be referring to normalization, and you are almost certainly right about sound getting muddier at higher volumes (but that can be both speaker limitations or your ears), but why previews? And what the hell do you mean "percieved[sic] as much louder"? It IS or IS NOT. Volume is not a perception, it is an absolute, in terms of dBs. You think there are special guys who sit around and just do sound for previews? And they come to the conclusion that louder is better? Most likely you have sub-par speakers or a sub-par setup that causes YOUR sound to come out muddier than it should be.
The print edition has ads too. Those defray the cost of delivery and paper and largely pay the salaries of the people there.
I found this editorial to be very inane. Who is he to say what is right? And does he offer any alternatives? Online news could be static, but then it loses one of its advantages. Sure, I agree that front pages are a little messy, but you have to compromise on content vs ease of access. Deal with it.
That bit about the single console lock-in discs has been pretty thoroughly debunked and has been rejected by Sony execs as being unreasonable. How can Sony sell software if you can't bring your copy of GTA:PS3 over to my house to show me how I can stab hookers in the eye, steal their cocaine and then push it to my runners on the street?
Why aren't we applying that same standard to the PS3 or the 360? I swear, rationality goes out the window when consoles are the topic.
Personally, I intend to buy none of the "next gen" consoles until their first price drop, giving my wallet a breath of air and a chance for the consoles and developers to prove themselves. At this point, it's kind of ridiculous how fanboyish people are about consoles that aren't available.
SO TURN YOUR PHONE OFF.
It occasionally happens to runners who do long distances (marathons and longer) who hydrate appropriately but fail to take in any electrolytes and salts.
... RTFA. It implies they will, and as stated in other posts, innumerable military technologies filter down to the civilian markets, recouping a lot of the R&D money spent.
I know I'm ready to dive into those lucious layers of depth that Meier is tantalizing us poor souls with.
Other than that, I do appreciate his plugs for mouse/keyboard and PC gaming in general. Come on developers, you can't ever give those damn controllers(or consoles) the versatility of a PC.
I haven't read all the lower comments, but this needs to be modded down as offtopic, irrelevant, trolling, being rife with misspelling and totally misguided.
Personally, I think the success of a FORMAT DESIGNED SOLELY FOR CONSOLE USE is a totally false analogy when compared to a format for all sorts of data storage.
I'm curious. Does that mean that listening to the radio and turning it off during commercials is freeloading? I mean, I'm getting something for nothing. What if I change the channel to something else while watching TV? I think it's no more sinister than trying to listen to the radio. I've downloaded thousands of songs and yet still bought hundreds of albums, because I know that artists need me to patronize them if they're going to keep making music. But I download songs to hear them, to expose myself to new things before I put down my money. There's one justification right there. Another? I'm barely depriving the artist, mostly the labels. I'd rather send $3 to the artist (more than they'd make off an actual album sale) for every album I've ever downloaded than pay retail for a quarter of them. It's like a boycott, except I'm not against the product or the makers of the product, just the sellers of the product, it's them I want to deprive.
The right to fair use is not in the Constitution and only spoken of briefly in actual copyright law. It was primarily established in later cases/interpretations. Moreover, it is within the purvey of the US Congress to pass measures regarding trade, (copyright) thus it's hard to justify the "sacrosanct" right of fair use. Even more ridiculous is your statement "NO, IT IS NOT ILLEGAL! " Just because a law is unjust doesn't make it not a law. Break the law, knowing you're standing up for real rights and real justice.
In the article, it states that "Other companies in the peer-to-peer file-swapping market include i2Hub, BitTorrent, WinMX and Free Peers, maker of file-swapping software BearShare." THIS DOES NOT PUT THEM ON THE RIAA "HIT LIST". Come on now, learn to read.
Maybe they did, but the patent was filed in 2000... RTFA
This sounds absurd. A hacker isn't a mentality, it's a set of actions. I may think like a mass murderer, but until I do it, it doesn't mean much, does it?
In soviet russia, ordeal forgets you.
A surprisingly good analogy, but also hilarious.
Nobody has enough mod points to possibly mod down all the flamebait on this thread.
Moreover, at least one earlier post mentioned "forcing DRM down people's throats". As long as people keep buying DRM-protected content, they're not being forced and DRM will continue to be added to content.
Out of curiousity, where is all this open source hardware? I've yet to see any OS processor (etc) out on the market. Don't get me wrong, OS SOFTWARE or even firmware can be quite nice, but where is the hardware for these implants going to come from?
There was a hilarious little clip called the l33ttrailer, but it was pulled from the official website due to Lucas making copyright infringement claims. Good luck finding it now.
I don't see why this is so fantastically irritating to you. Does it bother you when someone has a ferrari that they just drive to work or an SUV that they just drive to soccer practice? You know, it really bothers me that you have a kitchen and don't bother to cook up gourmet 5 star meals.
Seriously, chill out. It's clear this is NOT your new PVR and this is NOT your new PMP. The audio and video capabilities, taken with a grain of salt and the specs given pretty clearly imply that it can handle STREAMING media, NOT local media without add-ons. It may have a hardware mpeg decoder or onboard sound processing or some such that gives them the extra justification in saying that. Also, it's not a laptop, that's just what /. calls it to dumb it down for the audience. Take a look at it.
It seems nobody has asked the question: what if a spammer wants to lower the rank of more reputable companies? If a spammer link spams a site that is already fairly popular, couldn't it harm the page rank of a company that has nothing to do with the spam?
Jews for Jesus are not strictly Jews. I debated including this in my original post, because I am aware of their existence and the fact that they DO actively try to convert people, but I felt it was unnecessary. Judaism does NOT acknowledge Jesus as the Messiah, nor is the Messiah the son of god in the Jewish tradition, nor CAN there be a son of god. Period. As far as ancient times go, you may have a valid point. My generalization was a bit too sweeping. Perhaps "never has been" should be replaced with "hasn't been for hundreds of years"