With that analogy in mind what I think people are afraid of is this type situation:
motherboard without firewire OR a camcorder without firewire (assuming you simply want to use USB) they will refuse to work together.
Without both sets having 'standard based DRM enabling chips', regardless of use/nonuse, they won't work with each other.
Would you accept a camcorder (with Firewire) that won't work with a motherboard (Without firewire) when you only use USB? Maybe I'm misreading the situation, but that's how I understand the FUD situation.
And honestly, I can believe the industry would attempt this. Sony is a prime example of how far Big Brother will go in their fight against 'piracy'.
I hope I'm making sense with this, i just woke up lol. But any sort of forced DRM Scheme is not something that I would tolerate personally... it's the reason i don't buy music anymore. Just my 2c tho.
show me an article where a 'fundie' screames 'For Jesus!' and blows him/herself up + anyone nearby...
to say they are the same is ignorance at the best...
hatrd is hatrd no matter the guise, but fundamental christian are generally 'give hugs not hate' oriented (there are exceptions of course)
while extreame muslims are generally 'our way or the carbomb way' (again there are exceptions)
if a christian did a hate crime in the name of jesus, the christin world at large would instantly condem it... while it seems that the islamic world largly remains silent on extremists...
the extreamists do kill for their beliefs... fudies by and large DIE for their beliefs... huge difference.
if fundies were as dangerous you would see a beheaded proffessor.
open you eyes. ignorance is deadly.
(written on my cell... so deal with the typo's hehe)
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actually my first thought at 'rat flies plane' is: finally they found a use for liberals. bout time.
I found that funny as I was thinking myself 'liked I'd buy somethingg from sony after what's been going on recently' and then was just waiting for a rootkit/drm comment...
Whoever modded you troll needs permission from mom to leave his basement apparently.
I've only begun to plan my system... but I'd like to know if it's possible to have multiple inputs (PS2, XBox/XB360, Sat/Cable, VCR, etc) and have the ability to modify the single output-to-TV via software/hardware... (Can you output to Component/SVideo without converting? Is there a card that does that?)
Split the screen 2/3/4 ways (Insert obligitory 'only chance for a/.er to get a 3way' joke here), Picture in Picture, Picture by Picture, up/down-convert, etc
And all of these while having the needed TV recording capabilies that I've never had before (I've only started looking at recording DirectTV and looks like more trouble than its worth lol)
Maybe I'm asking for too much flexibility or convinience?
Of course... I want to built it myself starting with parts I have (2 desktops, 2 laptops and various bits and pieces) and I haven't even decided to go Media Center or MythTV (or both? I do have 2 desktops lol)
Ahh well... if you find out anything on how to add flexibility to input/output I'd love to know.
I personally won't wait three years in between upgrades. I get a new computer or do a major upgrade yearly for the most part.
And not play modernish games? Hell... that's the only reason to upgrade regularly (outside of buisness needs or shaving 30 seconds off of a dvd rip or what not) You obviously haven't seen the difference in FEAR between a AMD 3200 with a GeForce5900 (top of the line when I got it) and a AMD64 3500+ GeForce 6600... Wait three years? Pffffft
Now... if this was Motorheaddot.com or forums.desperatehousewives.com I would understand your 'don't upgrade' mentality... but you need to rethink who your audience is atm.
And Democrats don't have greedy self serving hypocrits in their party? or do you honestly believe that Clinton wasn't a greedy, self-serving hypocrit?
For every republican you can find that's corrupt I can find a democrat...
which goes to show that blaming the party affiliation in a situation is as retarded as pulling the race card (Which the majority of the time is bullshit). There are retards on both sides of the fence and blaming based on party don't fix OR address the real problems - or keep the threads on topic.
If all you can say is 'it must be a republicans fault' your just showing your own ignorance. But... that's just my two cents
no. I am. 26 years old and all of them as an American:) But I don't 'nit pick' my posts and I was typing on my Treo650. But if it makes you feel better to complain about my grammar while hiding as an AC... more power to you
treo650/600 + ShoutCast + MobiTV (or whatever its called:)
or similar. not quite XM or Siris (who's radios do come portable) or cable tv but MobileTV options are starting to emerge. and net radio has been around for awhile now.
so there's your cell + radio + TV (+internet + calender + etc etc etc)
I'm a moron... got the article finally and it's dual-GPU'd card over a SLI-type thing. But I still doubt that the parents assertion that it will be cheaper.
I haven't rtfa yet so I dont' know, but my assumption is that a specialty motherboard like this WON'T be in the bargain bin. So you'll end up paying more for the motherboard to start with (Again: this is an assumption - as soon as I CAN read the article I will)
Personally, I doubt that 4x$100 cards will outperform 1x$500 card, much less 2x$250 cards (for the obviously more available SLI setup). Maybe benchmarks on the article will correct me, but with lab benchmarks you can alway count on inflation so I'd have to wait before I trusted them.
Last but not least... I love new technology... but I know the support isn't great acrost the board for SLI yet.... Is that support going to carry over for 3+ card setups? Will the same drivers work or is it going to take a massive overhaul? What worth is a 4 card setup that don't work with HL2, Halo, Unreal, etc? And support for those apps would undoubtedly come long before support for CAD and other buisness related apps. Or am I wrong?
I don't think that paying a fee is going to work, and keep an ISP successfull.
When Joe Schmoe Normal Guy learns that his fancy computer, on his new fangled High Speed Net Service (which has been running real slow lately for reasons he don't understand) All of a sudden *GASP* His internet dont connect. He calls ISP and they say he's doing something He says he's not doing.
How is he going to fix it? By taking it to a proffesional that charges $25 an hour (or more) plus new software (If the tech is smart enough to recommend a good suite of tools to prevent future problems)
And on top of THOSE fee's you think Joe Schmoe is going to say 'sure I'll happily pay another $25 fee to my ISP'?
I doubt it. He's going to say 'Goodbye Earthlink, Hello NetZero' (or whatever). And those ISP's that DON"T regulate will get and keep the customers, while those that DO regulate w/fee's will be wondering 'hey... where'd all my customers go???'
The Customers that buy your pills may agree... but what about the countless OTHER people that don't buy your pill?
Why should they/I have to put up with your garbage?
The vast majority of emails don't result in buys. It's the small percentage of sales per emails sent that spam results in that keeps the spam rolling in AND motivates a spammer send out more and more AND MORE garbage.
1 person out of 100 buys an item thru an email - all of a sudden that email isn't NOT spam. Thats just proof positive that there are STILL people out there that don't know that supporting the 'system' is only gonna make it worse.
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With that analogy in mind what I think people are afraid of is this type situation:
motherboard without firewire OR a camcorder without firewire (assuming you simply want to use USB) they will refuse to work together.
Without both sets having 'standard based DRM enabling chips', regardless of use/nonuse, they won't work with each other.
Would you accept a camcorder (with Firewire) that won't work with a motherboard (Without firewire) when you only use USB? Maybe I'm misreading the situation, but that's how I understand the FUD situation.
And honestly, I can believe the industry would attempt this. Sony is a prime example of how far Big Brother will go in their fight against 'piracy'.
I hope I'm making sense with this, i just woke up lol. But any sort of forced DRM Scheme is not something that I would tolerate personally... it's the reason i don't buy music anymore. Just my 2c tho.
yes... but 60 percent of the time they are acurate EVERY time... so0 its all good
invasive DRM?
www.slysoft.com AnyDVD.
Bye Bye DRM/ads/etc.
and the real questions is: can u trust DRM by Sony? I know I won't.
I'll wait for slysoft (or the like) to make a good bypass software like they have for DVDs.
oh really?
show me an article where a 'fundie' screames 'For Jesus!' and blows him/herself up + anyone nearby...
to say they are the same is ignorance at the best...
hatrd is hatrd no matter the guise, but fundamental christian are generally 'give hugs not hate' oriented (there are exceptions of course)
while extreame muslims are generally 'our way or the carbomb way' (again there are exceptions)
if a christian did a hate crime in the name of jesus, the christin world at large would instantly condem it... while it seems that the islamic world largly remains silent on extremists...
the extreamists do kill for their beliefs... fudies by and large DIE for their beliefs... huge difference.
if fundies were as dangerous you would see a beheaded proffessor.
open you eyes. ignorance is deadly.
(written on my cell... so deal with the typo's hehe)
actually my first thought at 'rat flies plane' is: finally they found a use for liberals. bout time.
off topic but funny as hell I think
No need to carry snickers... Papa Johns and an Extra Large Meat Lovers Pizza is just a phone call away...
Now... where did I put the fuel for my phone... It was next to the fruit roll up that I DO carry in my pocket...
Hrm...
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lol mods have no sense of humor...
I found that funny as I was thinking myself 'liked I'd buy somethingg from sony after what's been going on recently' and then was just waiting for a rootkit/drm comment...
Whoever modded you troll needs permission from mom to leave his basement apparently.
I've only begun to plan my system... but I'd like to know if it's possible to have multiple inputs (PS2, XBox/XB360, Sat/Cable, VCR, etc) and have the ability to modify the single output-to-TV via software/hardware... (Can you output to Component/SVideo without converting? Is there a card that does that?)
/.er to get a 3way' joke here), Picture in Picture, Picture by Picture, up/down-convert, etc
Split the screen 2/3/4 ways (Insert obligitory 'only chance for a
And all of these while having the needed TV recording capabilies that I've never had before (I've only started looking at recording DirectTV and looks like more trouble than its worth lol)
Maybe I'm asking for too much flexibility or convinience?
Of course... I want to built it myself starting with parts I have (2 desktops, 2 laptops and various bits and pieces) and I haven't even decided to go Media Center or MythTV (or both? I do have 2 desktops lol)
Ahh well... if you find out anything on how to add flexibility to input/output I'd love to know.
with a growing pressence of cool moms who will sleep wirh her childs friends to be cool...
its not a far stretch to say parents WILL keep their kids stocked with video games or whatnot
The RIAA has credibility? I must have missed that memo.
Welcome to Slashdot... News for NERDS.
I personally won't wait three years in between upgrades. I get a new computer or do a major upgrade yearly for the most part.
And not play modernish games? Hell... that's the only reason to upgrade regularly (outside of buisness needs or shaving 30 seconds off of a dvd rip or what not) You obviously haven't seen the difference in FEAR between a AMD 3200 with a GeForce5900 (top of the line when I got it) and a AMD64 3500+ GeForce 6600... Wait three years? Pffffft
Now... if this was Motorheaddot.com or forums.desperatehousewives.com I would understand your 'don't upgrade' mentality... but you need to rethink who your audience is atm.
Chris
lol That's what you get for making an alliance toon... Karma will get ya every time :)
try slysoft.com AnyDVD.
:)
with the ability to jump past all that trash - either to MainMenu or the actual movie... its pricesless if you watch or use dvd's on your pc
DVD viewing is enjoyable again and ripping is a breeze
dam... that would have been the perfect ending wouldn't it have? Thanks for the laugh lol
And Democrats don't have greedy self serving hypocrits in their party? or do you honestly believe that Clinton wasn't a greedy, self-serving hypocrit?
For every republican you can find that's corrupt I can find a democrat...
which goes to show that blaming the party affiliation in a situation is as retarded as pulling the race card (Which the majority of the time is bullshit). There are retards on both sides of the fence and blaming based on party don't fix OR address the real problems - or keep the threads on topic.
If all you can say is 'it must be a republicans fault' your just showing your own ignorance. But... that's just my two cents
no. I am. 26 years old and all of them as an American :) But I don't 'nit pick' my posts and I was typing on my Treo650. But if it makes you feel better to complain about my grammar while hiding as an AC... more power to you
wouldn't the correct thing to say be: these things aint p4's AND 32 cpus are 32 cpus makes more sense that way IMO
yup. because everyone knows experts know everything about all programs and never make mistakes.
I hate to point out the obvious but I would wager that the average /.er does build his/her own systems...
your preachin too the choir
treo650/600 + ShoutCast + MobiTV (or whatever its called :)
:) reply'in on it now.
or similar. not quite XM or Siris (who's radios do come portable) or cable tv but MobileTV options are starting to emerge. and net radio has been around for awhile now.
so there's your cell + radio + TV (+internet + calender + etc etc etc)
Love my treo
Chris
I'm a moron... got the article finally and it's dual-GPU'd card over a SLI-type thing. But I still doubt that the parents assertion that it will be cheaper.
More cards for better performance at lower price?
I haven't rtfa yet so I dont' know, but my assumption is that a specialty motherboard like this WON'T be in the bargain bin. So you'll end up paying more for the motherboard to start with (Again: this is an assumption - as soon as I CAN read the article I will)
Personally, I doubt that 4x$100 cards will outperform 1x$500 card, much less 2x$250 cards (for the obviously more available SLI setup). Maybe benchmarks on the article will correct me, but with lab benchmarks you can alway count on inflation so I'd have to wait before I trusted them.
Last but not least... I love new technology... but I know the support isn't great acrost the board for SLI yet.... Is that support going to carry over for 3+ card setups? Will the same drivers work or is it going to take a massive overhaul? What worth is a 4 card setup that don't work with HL2, Halo, Unreal, etc? And support for those apps would undoubtedly come long before support for CAD and other buisness related apps. Or am I wrong?
Get accustomed to Overlords, In Soviet Rushia... 1) 2) 3) Profit!!!, 640k will always be enough, etc
In slashdot, jokes dont' have to be funny...
I don't think that paying a fee is going to work, and keep an ISP successfull.
When Joe Schmoe Normal Guy learns that his fancy computer, on his new fangled High Speed Net Service (which has been running real slow lately for reasons he don't understand) All of a sudden *GASP* His internet dont connect. He calls ISP and they say he's doing something He says he's not doing.
How is he going to fix it? By taking it to a proffesional that charges $25 an hour (or more) plus new software (If the tech is smart enough to recommend a good suite of tools to prevent future problems)
And on top of THOSE fee's you think Joe Schmoe is going to say 'sure I'll happily pay another $25 fee to my ISP'?
I doubt it. He's going to say 'Goodbye Earthlink, Hello NetZero' (or whatever). And those ISP's that DON"T regulate will get and keep the customers, while those that DO regulate w/fee's will be wondering 'hey... where'd all my customers go???'
The Customers that buy your pills may agree... but what about the countless OTHER people that don't buy your pill?
Why should they/I have to put up with your garbage?
The vast majority of emails don't result in buys. It's the small percentage of sales per emails sent that spam results in that keeps the spam rolling in AND motivates a spammer send out more and more AND MORE garbage.
1 person out of 100 buys an item thru an email - all of a sudden that email isn't NOT spam. Thats just proof positive that there are STILL people out there that don't know that supporting the 'system' is only gonna make it worse.