Really though you cannot compare TIVO to cinema. TIVO is taking a previous selling point (commercial skip) and is essentially removing it. Can you imagine going to an Imax and once inside they just show the regular movie.
I do have sympathy for TIVO, the linking of provider boxes to the service needs to be stopped.
You missed this quote: Note: Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence. Per capita figures expressed per 1000 population.
Western countries are all a mix of cultures, its hardly unique to America.
I read an interesting article about the South American drug trade couple months back (link) Apparently with the U.S. sponsered herbicide spraying farmers aren't able to grow legitimate crops. As a result the farmers had to switch to herbicide resistant cocaine.
Its civil, not criminal. NDAs are an agreement between two entities, in this case Apple and its employees. The blogger is a 3rd party who hasn't signed an NDA with Apple.
The only real way I can see the blogger responsible is if they entice someone to break the NDA. (ie, $$$) They aren't breaking a contract, an employee is.
Whether Apple should be able to force someone to reveal where they got the information is pretty grey.
I've heavily played MMOs since EQ came out at times for over 30 hours a week. Its not unusual for me to stop playing for multiple weeks and I don't miss it.
The comparison to TV imo is a very apt one, countless people spend diner -> sleep in front of one and think nothing of it. At least with games its interactive and can be beneficial. (Problem solving, etc.)
The plaintiff probably isn't suing due to the damage to his reputation in Ontario, Canada with stronger libel laws just provides a convenient way to to take revenge on the Post.
There is an important line in the article, "the Post had seven subscribers in Ontario when the article appeared", I believe that by accepting Ontario subscribers they would be considered as doing business in Ontario. If they do business in Ontario they have to abide Canadian libel law.
This isn't a freedom of speech on the internet case. This is news agency doing business in a foreign country and not wanting to abide to their laws.
Very few customers are competent enough to handle a file system change on their system. And if WinFS is as drastic a change as its been made out to be it could have unforeseen consequences across the board.
I can't see many people being willing to switch from DVDs at this point. I would bet 3-5 years before the industry manages to pick one and titles start showing.
And really, unless you have HDTV the new formats aren't going to be worth it.
While I think this is patent is [insert explicit word], reading further in it: 1) a sub-program for providing an Encrypted Identity (herein below referred to as EI sub-program), (Your login) 3) a sub-program for authenticating user computer (herein below referred to as AC sub-program)(ID of your Computer 1/5)
Otherwise I agree, the purpose of the patent is to protect public available software from being run by authenticating both a user, and a PC. Apple's software doesn't seem to fall under this as authentication is not for 'software product' use, but for access to user specific data.
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Christianity has held up many major discoveries.
I hate the morons who try and stick a www to the start of email addresses.
I usually show up 10-15 minutes late for movies.
Really though you cannot compare TIVO to cinema. TIVO is taking a previous selling point (commercial skip) and is essentially removing it. Can you imagine going to an Imax and once inside they just show the regular movie.
I do have sympathy for TIVO, the linking of provider boxes to the service needs to be stopped.
They can probably just drag this out until PS3 comes out and make it pointless.
Here's another source.
I'm composing a letter to my MP right now. Unfortunately I doubt it'll make any difference :/
You missed this quote: Note: Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence. Per capita figures expressed per 1000 population.
Western countries are all a mix of cultures, its hardly unique to America.
Poor people don't have the necessary bribe money unless they can use the Robin Hood defense to obtain it :(
Except nothing was stolen.
Potentially lost potential income can't be compared to actual loss. And I say potentially lost as downloads don't preclude future purchases.
Its not an undisputed source of all knowledge. It just happens to be a convient reference.
Feel free to check Merriam-Webster or Dictionary. As you'll see both have similar definitions and neither list violence as a requisite.
I wasn't commenting on Card, I was commenting on the parent.
Violence isn't required for someone to be a homophobe.
From Wikipedia: The term homophobia means fear or hatred of, aversion to, or prejudice or discrimination against, people who are homosexual.
Primates have you eaten recently.
A bank I did work at recently still ran Win95a
Doesn't the Sun emit light in the UV spectrum?
I read an interesting article about the South American drug trade couple months back (link) Apparently with the U.S. sponsered herbicide spraying farmers aren't able to grow legitimate crops. As a result the farmers had to switch to herbicide resistant cocaine.
Its civil, not criminal. NDAs are an agreement between two entities, in this case Apple and its employees. The blogger is a 3rd party who hasn't signed an NDA with Apple.
The only real way I can see the blogger responsible is if they entice someone to break the NDA. (ie, $$$) They aren't breaking a contract, an employee is.
Whether Apple should be able to force someone to reveal where they got the information is pretty grey.
Because Windows and Maximize are so often used on mobile devices!
This is intended for phones, PDAs, media players, etc. not for laptops etc. If you RTFA you'd have noticed the study was done on PDAs and MP3 players.
Who has actually watched 500 different movies?
Who would actually download and keep all 500 of them?
I've heavily played MMOs since EQ came out at times for over 30 hours a week. Its not unusual for me to stop playing for multiple weeks and I don't miss it.
The comparison to TV imo is a very apt one, countless people spend diner -> sleep in front of one and think nothing of it. At least with games its interactive and can be beneficial. (Problem solving, etc.)
SNES, Gensis and TurboGrafx were all the same generation.
The plaintiff probably isn't suing due to the damage to his reputation in Ontario, Canada with stronger libel laws just provides a convenient way to to take revenge on the Post.
There is an important line in the article, "the Post had seven subscribers in Ontario when the article appeared", I believe that by accepting Ontario subscribers they would be considered as doing business in Ontario. If they do business in Ontario they have to abide Canadian libel law.
This isn't a freedom of speech on the internet case. This is news agency doing business in a foreign country and not wanting to abide to their laws.
Very few customers are competent enough to handle a file system change on their system. And if WinFS is as drastic a change as its been made out to be it could have unforeseen consequences across the board.
I can't see many people being willing to switch from DVDs at this point. I would bet 3-5 years before the industry manages to pick one and titles start showing.
And really, unless you have HDTV the new formats aren't going to be worth it.
While I think this is patent is [insert explicit word], reading further in it:
1) a sub-program for providing an Encrypted Identity (herein below referred to as EI sub-program), (Your login)
3) a sub-program for authenticating user computer (herein below referred to as AC sub-program)(ID of your Computer 1/5)
Otherwise I agree, the purpose of the patent is to protect public available software from being run by authenticating both a user, and a PC. Apple's software doesn't seem to fall under this as authentication is not for 'software product' use, but for access to user specific data.