I had a like idea, however, this way of doing it is probably faster than re-encoding the entire file for each customer; probably something that can be done to the compressed stream as is it sent out by the server, in real-time, to hundreds of different streams at once.
Yeah, Media Player... the 'N' version of XP, the one without Media Player, sold about one copy per 2,000,000 regular copies of XP sold, which is just a few thousand. Which could easily be purchased by mistake, or by other software companies for testing purposes.
API seperation is good, forcing an unbundled SKU to actually be sold (instead of, for example, a checkbox/install script/slipstream option) was a mistake.
I was using firefox on a slackware system, and I google'd for 'attrs'.
On the google results page, I got a pop-up asking about a.mil security certificate.
Apperently, firefox (or an extension thereof) automatically pre-loads some pages linked to the page you are viewing, triggering security certificates at the least.
So, no, you don't have to click on a link for your browser to open it.
If the foundation was an 'Active' investor... imagine how much control they would have of so many companies... and then, how many of those companies would support Microsoft's competition?... no iPod docks in Fords, only Zune docks?, free MSN CD with every box of Kraft Mac & Cheese? the corporations only using Windows servers/desktops internally?
'Premium' content means content that an extra price was paid for.
I went to dictionary.com to look at the exact definition. Interestingly, at the top of their page is a link titled 'Premium Content' which leads to their paid subscription offer...
It also can mean 'of higher quality', so it could be taken to refer to high definition vs. standard definition.
I think the general definition is basically 'costs more', which compared to free content, would mean paid content.
Is there anything limiting the use of high quality, non-DRM'd media?
Mainly, I think it's a question of complance with laws like the DMCA, and not getting sued. if the RIAA sues hundreds/thousands of individuals for large amounts of money, do you think MS wants to have to defend a case that they 'aided' copyright violations?
I find it hard to, in the same breath, fault Microsoft for violation of the law for extending their markets, and fault them for not disreguarding the laws reguarding others IP.
Imagine what would happen to the market for iTunes purchases if Windows had the built in ability to crack iTunes content protection...
I think the implication in the movie, is that technologies from the recovered craft were recreated, and marketed as products.
Perhaps that is exactly what would be intended, the aliens send a craft specifically to be captured, allow the civilization to become dependant on that set of technologies, then swoop in and take over (using human made communication satelites, etc.) Since the target would be using systems effecivly designed by the attacker, they don't stand a chance.
My thought is, a lot the people who wrote those 'standards' while working at MS had gotten stock options and retired, or were enticed away by the likes of Google, and such, the people who wrote those old protocols are now gone, and now it's new people, reading old source code, which is probably (like most source code) poorly commented.
I know it's just not going to happen, but it would be nice if the recent change in american government would lead to some change on this issue as well...
But I know they have more important things to work on first.
At state level, in 'Computer Concepts' I scored 98 out of 100 points. the second place score was 76 out of 100. I did well because I not only knew computers, but I actually studies the FBLA materials, covering things like punch cards, magnetic tape, COBOL, magnetic core memory, how many digits should be used to store a year (hint, in 1990, the offical answer was still 2 digits) basically, the level of technological misunderstanding displayed by Dilbert's Boss (PHB)
They disqualified me because I must have cheated to score so well. No trip to Washington DC, no chance at internship at IBM, no money for college...
Not being one to give up easily, I competed again the next year, 1st in state once again in 'Computer Concepts', plus 5th in state in 'Business Law'; they disqualified me again, because I had won the previous year...
The stress of all that made me physically ill, and so I missed too many days of school to pass that year, so I dropped out and got a GED.
A random vote would help obscure what others voted for.
As an extreme example, Say only 2 voters turned out for a particular race, and both of them voted for person A, so person B's goons looking at the voter rolls saw that only those two showed up, and since they both voted against B, they can effectivly intimidate them. But if a third person showed up, and voted for B, the goons would have no way to know which of the three supported their guy.
That silly example aside, the ballots often have summaries of issues, so easy choices like tax increases, leagalizing fireworks, etc can be decided at the polls themselves.
Last time I tried to install Winamp, the installation failed because Windows media Player wasn't installed...
I had stopped using it previously because it didn't seem to like my Dual Core machine, and kept crashing out, I was trying to install a newer version to see it that was fixed...
I used to work for Sears, and I thought it really unfortunate that they closed down the famous 'Sears Catalog' shortly before the Internet took off.
If that shipping infrastructure remained in place, but just added a Web front end, they could have been THE online store, with their brand recognition.
I worked in the Hardware group at Microsoft back then, on the Natural Keyboard 1.0.
It's a joke, not a serious critique of the product.
Unfortunetly, the last MS keyboard I bought was horribly mis-manufactured, it was like a chocolate bar that was left in the sun, the plastic was physically distorted.
I also used to work on Messenger, back when it was a 100kb download... now it's larger than some entire hard drives I've owned.
I think there needs to be an amendment to the statement "Microsoft products suck until the third version", that after version 6 they start sucking again.... Version 4 seems to be the sweet spot of them having the basic flaws worked out, but before too much crap is added.
I was never able to finish my list I started on about a decade ago, "Top Ten Microsoft Products to Stick in your Ass."
MS Natural Keyboard, Like your favorite pair of Jeans. (rough quote of an actual ad) MS Back Office, for your Back Orifice
I forget most of the rest, but with the new X-Box and Zune products, maybe it could be completed.
Anyway, as for iPod vs. Zune, Everquest used to have near total domination of the MMORPG market, then World of Warcraft happened. EQ didn't have to lose many users to be eclipsed by WoW. The consumer entertainment marketplace is very changable, just because Apple has a large share of the market does not mean the market as a whole can't grow.
Almost all content is promotional, Most TV shows exist, from the TV Networks point of view, to get people to watch commercials, which is their 'real' product (the one they get paid for).
Minus much of PBS, NPR, paid downloads, DVD sales, and Pay Per View; where money is solicited directly from the consumers.
Slashdot Mirror
...until it changes.
Ultima Online, Everquest, World of Warcraft all have had their turn, the only constant is change.
I had a like idea, however, this way of doing it is probably faster than re-encoding the entire file for each customer; probably something that can be done to the compressed stream as is it sent out by the server, in real-time, to hundreds of different streams at once.
Yeah, Media Player... the 'N' version of XP, the one without Media Player, sold about one copy per 2,000,000 regular copies of XP sold, which is just a few thousand. Which could easily be purchased by mistake, or by other software companies for testing purposes.
API seperation is good, forcing an unbundled SKU to actually be sold (instead of, for example, a checkbox/install script/slipstream option) was a mistake.
I was using firefox on a slackware system, and I google'd for 'attrs'.
.mil security certificate.
On the google results page, I got a pop-up asking about a
Apperently, firefox (or an extension thereof) automatically pre-loads some pages linked to the page you are viewing, triggering security certificates at the least.
So, no, you don't have to click on a link for your browser to open it.
If the foundation was an 'Active' investor... imagine how much control they would have of so many companies... and then, how many of those companies would support Microsoft's competition?... no iPod docks in Fords, only Zune docks?, free MSN CD with every box of Kraft Mac & Cheese? the corporations only using Windows servers/desktops internally?
'Premium' content means content that an extra price was paid for.
I went to dictionary.com to look at the exact definition. Interestingly, at the top of their page is a link titled 'Premium Content' which leads to their paid subscription offer...
It also can mean 'of higher quality', so it could be taken to refer to high definition vs. standard definition.
I think the general definition is basically 'costs more', which compared to free content, would mean paid content.
use Vista, but not DRM content...
Is there anything limiting the use of high quality, non-DRM'd media?
Mainly, I think it's a question of complance with laws like the DMCA, and not getting sued. if the RIAA sues hundreds/thousands of individuals for large amounts of money, do you think MS wants to have to defend a case that they 'aided' copyright violations?
I find it hard to, in the same breath, fault Microsoft for violation of the law for extending their markets, and fault them for not disreguarding the laws reguarding others IP.
Imagine what would happen to the market for iTunes purchases if Windows had the built in ability to crack iTunes content protection...
It's because one side of those debates labels those on the other side as 'evil', 'terrorists', 'baby murderers'...
I think the implication in the movie, is that technologies from the recovered craft were recreated, and marketed as products.
Perhaps that is exactly what would be intended, the aliens send a craft specifically to be captured, allow the civilization to become dependant on that set of technologies, then swoop in and take over (using human made communication satelites, etc.) Since the target would be using systems effecivly designed by the attacker, they don't stand a chance.
pyramids are pyramid shaped for a reason.
I think the vending machine industry would LOVE different sized currency.
Because they would get to sell new machines to all their customers.
People will go pretty far to cheat in online games, one Everquest cheat involved replacing the Windows OS random number generation function...
My thought is, a lot the people who wrote those 'standards' while working at MS had gotten stock options and retired, or were enticed away by the likes of Google, and such, the people who wrote those old protocols are now gone, and now it's new people, reading old source code, which is probably (like most source code) poorly commented.
I know it's just not going to happen, but it would be nice if the recent change in american government would lead to some change on this issue as well...
But I know they have more important things to work on first.
Sigh, I joined FBLA when I was in high school...
Did their competitions... (multiple choice tests)
At state level, in 'Computer Concepts' I scored 98 out of 100 points. the second place score was 76 out of 100. I did well because I not only knew computers, but I actually studies the FBLA materials, covering things like punch cards, magnetic tape, COBOL, magnetic core memory, how many digits should be used to store a year (hint, in 1990, the offical answer was still 2 digits) basically, the level of technological misunderstanding displayed by Dilbert's Boss (PHB)
They disqualified me because I must have cheated to score so well. No trip to Washington DC, no chance at internship at IBM, no money for college...
Not being one to give up easily, I competed again the next year, 1st in state once again in 'Computer Concepts', plus 5th in state in 'Business Law'; they disqualified me again, because I had won the previous year...
The stress of all that made me physically ill, and so I missed too many days of school to pass that year, so I dropped out and got a GED.
A random vote would help obscure what others voted for.
As an extreme example, Say only 2 voters turned out for a particular race, and both of them voted for person A, so person B's goons looking at the voter rolls saw that only those two showed up, and since they both voted against B, they can effectivly intimidate them. But if a third person showed up, and voted for B, the goons would have no way to know which of the three supported their guy.
That silly example aside, the ballots often have summaries of issues, so easy choices like tax increases, leagalizing fireworks, etc can be decided at the polls themselves.
I'd also assume commercial free...
(there's always product placement...)
I don't expect there will be any issues for Windows PC's, as long as they are on the current version, which at that time will be Vista.
Last time I tried to install Winamp, the installation failed because Windows media Player wasn't installed...
I had stopped using it previously because it didn't seem to like my Dual Core machine, and kept crashing out, I was trying to install a newer version to see it that was fixed...
I took candy from a stranger.
A three legged dog named 'Lucky'.
My wife used to be male.
I used to work for Sears, and I thought it really unfortunate that they closed down the famous 'Sears Catalog' shortly before the Internet took off.
If that shipping infrastructure remained in place, but just added a Web front end, they could have been THE online store, with their brand recognition.
I worked in the Hardware group at Microsoft back then, on the Natural Keyboard 1.0.
It's a joke, not a serious critique of the product.
Unfortunetly, the last MS keyboard I bought was horribly mis-manufactured, it was like a chocolate bar that was left in the sun, the plastic was physically distorted.
I also used to work on Messenger, back when it was a 100kb download... now it's larger than some entire hard drives I've owned.
I think there needs to be an amendment to the statement "Microsoft products suck until the third version", that after version 6 they start sucking again.... Version 4 seems to be the sweet spot of them having the basic flaws worked out, but before too much crap is added.
I was never able to finish my list I started on about a decade ago, "Top Ten Microsoft Products to Stick in your Ass."
MS Natural Keyboard, Like your favorite pair of Jeans. (rough quote of an actual ad)
MS Back Office, for your Back Orifice
I forget most of the rest, but with the new X-Box and Zune products, maybe it could be completed.
Anyway, as for iPod vs. Zune, Everquest used to have near total domination of the MMORPG market, then World of Warcraft happened. EQ didn't have to lose many users to be eclipsed by WoW. The consumer entertainment marketplace is very changable, just because Apple has a large share of the market does not mean the market as a whole can't grow.
Almost all content is promotional, Most TV shows exist, from the TV Networks point of view, to get people to watch commercials, which is their 'real' product (the one they get paid for).
Minus much of PBS, NPR, paid downloads, DVD sales, and Pay Per View; where money is solicited directly from the consumers.
There is no such thing as unbreakable DRM.
Just like there is no such thing as an unstealable car.
All you can do is delay them, but sometimes that'll be enough for them to choose another target.
The differance is, cars can't be duplicated once broken into.