I don't download music, I mainly listen to the radio.
Occasionally, I'll browse a CD store, for things that I can't get on the radio, but I buy about 1 or 2 CDs a year currently.
I just look at the price, nearly $20 for an hours entertainment makes a $10 movie ticket seem reasonable.
If CDs were priced at $5 each, I'd probably buy at least 1 a week, and listen to them instead of the radio.
So, assuming that a CD costs $4 (which seems high) they can make $16 a year from me, OR, by cutting prices, $52 a year or more. also remember, that every 'cost' is someones profit. Shipping and Handling? UPS$ Blank CDs? Memorex$ more cashiers to handle higher sales volume? Job$ more chances taken in music purchased? small artist$ more trips to the mall to buy CDs? Food Court$
Hell, it's not just good business, it's their Patriotic Duty To the American economy that they slash prices, like the 0% auto finance. (slightly sarcastic) If they don't cut prices, the Terrorists Win... oh wait, they use terrorist style practices to enforce their will anyway; publicly suing randomly selected people, in order to incite fear. (much more sarcasticly)
Now, they would have to lower the prices along the whole distribution chain; If the stores lowered prices at the same wholesale rate, they would go out of business; but if the wholesale price dropped first, the record store might try to increase their per-album mark-up to gouge the consumers. BUT if they cooperated, that might fall under illegal 'price fixing', so it's not incredibly easy... but it's not incredibly hard.
Put those lawyers to Honest work, writing contracts, and negotiations that actually reduce the need for litigation, instead of finding new ways to sue people.
Yes, the Price/Performance ratio sucks, but with the slowdown in the speedup of clock rates multiple CPU's are going to get more and more common, and as the problems are worked out, cheaper and better.
Meanwhile; operating systems, device drivers, devices, cooling systems, cases, services, applications, and etc. are going to have to be adapted, and bugfixed for the forthcoming environment.
You may not be able to justify the expense, but I bet Microsoft, Intuit, and Oracle can, and I bet Linus wouldn't mind a couple.
After they've had them for a while, then the market can explode.
this sounds like what my webserver is setup to do; if it detects an attempt to perform an exploit (POST'ing a file to a non-existant directory, attempting to execute non-existance scripts, etc.) instead of closing the port, it holds it as long as possible, sending it's response at the rate of 1 character a second.
Go ahead, try and write a bad signature, then claim you didn't make that purchase; they'll show the videos of you Entering the store empty handed, picking up the Merch, your time at the Cashier, and Exiting the store, laden with goods.
Theft, Fraud, Perjury...
Same at the Gas Station, they got an image of your license plate and car.
I usually avoid mentioning those things about myself; as generally people think that I'm lying. My best friend went insane and believes that he has godlike powers, so while visiting him in the mental hospital I've met several of his co-residents who have self-proclaimed genius status.
and I meant to clarify "Mensa Members I have met", is that sub-class of Mensa members that I have met, who intentionally made me aware that they are Mensa members.
Almost every Mensa member I've met is an arrogent bastard who thinks they are better than other people; having spent a few years at Microsoft, I know they'll fit right in.
This isn't envy, when I took an IQ test I was literally off the scale. The highest standardised test score in the history of my school district was 176, I scored 212. I was disqualified from an 'intellectual' competition because I scored 98, when the second highest of over 100 others was 76, and I completed the quiz in 15 minutes of the alloted hour; they believed I must have cheated somehow.
But I'm smart enough to know that the value of a person has nothing to do with standard test scores.
While working at MS I treated the janitors with the same respect as my managers, because I knew that without eighter of them, the job wouldn't get done. One amusing moment was when the local grocery store clerk said she liked people like me, unlike those stuck up people who work at Microsoft, which was where I was working at the time.
I may be able to craft an exceptional peice of software, recall what portion of a page in a novel a sentance appeared on, and instantly remember 10 digit numbers backwards; but I can't draw worth a damn, can't sing, or play a musical instrument, am a terrible speller, and can't parellel park.
Everyone has different abilities, and just because someone is Rich, Smart, or Pretty; dosn't make them a good person.
near-top level Domain names are for companies, organizations, corporations, or persons.
NOT for Product names, be they medicines, foods, movies.
getting a domain name should involve faxing a copy of an offical document, such as drivers license/birth cert., business license, charitable organization license, etc appropriate for the domain in question.
Could use use both raytracing and rasterisation on the same scene?
for example
first, in parallel;
Rasterizer does the Z-ordering, deciding which polygons are in view of the camera(s) and reflections.
While a raycasting method determines where light is falling based on the light source(s) and reflections.
Then the shader uses those two data sets to color pixels.
How much longer until true internet Multicasting gets here?
Why can't a server send one packet, that gets multiplied where the network braches down to each branch that is listening?
for something like file distribution, you could multicast parts in a loop, continously sending out part 1,2,3,4,5,1,2,3,4,5,... and a client can start listening at any point, and peice the file together.
Slashdot Mirror
They patented doing this with Sound waves instead of Lasers.
I don't download music, I mainly listen to the radio.
Occasionally, I'll browse a CD store, for things that I can't get on the radio, but I buy about 1 or 2 CDs a year currently.
I just look at the price, nearly $20 for an hours entertainment makes a $10 movie ticket seem reasonable.
If CDs were priced at $5 each, I'd probably buy at least 1 a week, and listen to them instead of the radio.
So, assuming that a CD costs $4 (which seems high) they can make $16 a year from me, OR, by cutting prices, $52 a year or more. also remember, that every 'cost' is someones profit. Shipping and Handling? UPS$ Blank CDs? Memorex$ more cashiers to handle higher sales volume? Job$ more chances taken in music purchased? small artist$ more trips to the mall to buy CDs? Food Court$
Hell, it's not just good business, it's their Patriotic Duty To the American economy that they slash prices, like the 0% auto finance. (slightly sarcastic) If they don't cut prices, the Terrorists Win... oh wait, they use terrorist style practices to enforce their will anyway; publicly suing randomly selected people, in order to incite fear. (much more sarcasticly)
Now, they would have to lower the prices along the whole distribution chain; If the stores lowered prices at the same wholesale rate, they would go out of business; but if the wholesale price dropped first, the record store might try to increase their per-album mark-up to gouge the consumers. BUT if they cooperated, that might fall under illegal 'price fixing', so it's not incredibly easy... but it's not incredibly hard.
Put those lawyers to Honest work, writing contracts, and negotiations that actually reduce the need for litigation, instead of finding new ways to sue people.
Is probably the remaining term of their contract with Vivendi, for exclusive retail distribution.
It's probably also why using Steam isn't cheaper than a retail box, they arn't allowed to compete with Vivendi.
On suing companies that make neural interface products for unprovable damages.
Where is Bob?
... is going to the dentist today.
Bob:
Property:
According to http://gmail.com/Bob's_Sent_Mail
Oddly enough, this translates to "Sarah Conner Finder"
Yes, the Price/Performance ratio sucks, but with the slowdown in the speedup of clock rates multiple CPU's are going to get more and more common, and as the problems are worked out, cheaper and better.
Meanwhile; operating systems, device drivers, devices, cooling systems, cases, services, applications, and etc. are going to have to be adapted, and bugfixed for the forthcoming environment.
You may not be able to justify the expense, but I bet Microsoft, Intuit, and Oracle can, and I bet Linus wouldn't mind a couple.
After they've had them for a while, then the market can explode.
err...
I meant ununinstallable.
as forum software goes, slashdot seems kinda gimpy, but I guess it's high-volume
Compiling software on install is OK, but why not...
Compile on Demand!
Every mouse click, keystroke or network packet causes a recompilation of the code module being called!
distcc could be used to make it even faster!
that and their uninstallable toolbar...
Is like sueing the hardware store that sold you the hammer that your dropped on your foot.
I actually have a patent on a modification to 3D-glasses...
But I never approached any company with it; it's possible side effect of causing seizures in small children doesn't seem particularly profitable.
"is supposed to interpret whatever content it finds at the 302 target (your site) as really belonging to the URL of the source (my site)."
Claiming ownership of someone elses copyrighted works, I would think is actionable.
good luck in seeking a legal remedy though.
this sounds like what my webserver is setup to do; if it detects an attempt to perform an exploit (POST'ing a file to a non-existant directory, attempting to execute non-existance scripts, etc.) instead of closing the port, it holds it as long as possible, sending it's response at the rate of 1 character a second.
...N...o...t...F...o...u...n...d...
4...0...4...:...P...a...g...e...
aka a tarpit
Video Cameras.
Go ahead, try and write a bad signature, then claim you didn't make that purchase; they'll show the videos of you Entering the store empty handed, picking up the Merch, your time at the Cashier, and Exiting the store, laden with goods.
Theft, Fraud, Perjury...
Same at the Gas Station, they got an image of your license plate and car.
I usually avoid mentioning those things about myself; as generally people think that I'm lying. My best friend went insane and believes that he has godlike powers, so while visiting him in the mental hospital I've met several of his co-residents who have self-proclaimed genius status.
and I meant to clarify "Mensa Members I have met", is that sub-class of Mensa members that I have met, who intentionally made me aware that they are Mensa members.
Actually, what I did at MS was testing software in 26 different languages.
do you know chinese for 'sound card drivers are fucked up'?
Almost every Mensa member I've met is an arrogent bastard who thinks they are better than other people; having spent a few years at Microsoft, I know they'll fit right in.
This isn't envy, when I took an IQ test I was literally off the scale. The highest standardised test score in the history of my school district was 176, I scored 212. I was disqualified from an 'intellectual' competition because I scored 98, when the second highest of over 100 others was 76, and I completed the quiz in 15 minutes of the alloted hour; they believed I must have cheated somehow.
But I'm smart enough to know that the value of a person has nothing to do with standard test scores.
While working at MS I treated the janitors with the same respect as my managers, because I knew that without eighter of them, the job wouldn't get done. One amusing moment was when the local grocery store clerk said she liked people like me, unlike those stuck up people who work at Microsoft, which was where I was working at the time.
I may be able to craft an exceptional peice of software, recall what portion of a page in a novel a sentance appeared on, and instantly remember 10 digit numbers backwards; but I can't draw worth a damn, can't sing, or play a musical instrument, am a terrible speller, and can't parellel park.
Everyone has different abilities, and just because someone is Rich, Smart, or Pretty; dosn't make them a good person.
Imagine the replicator design equivilent of a trojan horse program, a virus, spam, or goatse...
well, I wouldn't shoot to kill, just kneecaps and elbows. but then they could go into shock, bleed to death, get an infection or something.
and if you left them alive, they'd probably sue.
but if you killed them, their family would sue.
a bit of a tricky situation.
I don't want to go to prison for shooting someone just for being a complete ass, like the plaintiffs in this sort of case.
Is this anything worse than having a human salesperson make suggestions?
I once bought a couple shirts with a friend at Nordstroms, and the 60+ year old female clerk explained to us what a 'Crisco Party' was.
near-top level Domain names are for companies, organizations, corporations, or persons.
NOT for Product names, be they medicines, foods, movies.
getting a domain name should involve faxing a copy of an offical document, such as drivers license/birth cert., business license, charitable organization license, etc appropriate for the domain in question.
Could use use both raytracing and rasterisation on the same scene?
for example
first, in parallel;
Rasterizer does the Z-ordering, deciding which polygons are in view of the camera(s) and reflections.
While a raycasting method determines where light is falling based on the light source(s) and reflections.
Then the shader uses those two data sets to color pixels.
How much longer until true internet Multicasting gets here?
Why can't a server send one packet, that gets multiplied where the network braches down to each branch that is listening?
for something like file distribution, you could multicast parts in a loop, continously sending out part 1,2,3,4,5,1,2,3,4,5,... and a client can start listening at any point, and peice the file together.
where's my IPv6?