The article thinks that the only content is that provided by the big studios. I don't know about you, but most of my home video library is composed of home movies, short films I have created myself, and some classic material that you can't get on tape.
This ruling eliminates any kind of non-authorized content, weither that is indie films, home movies, pirate TV stations, or illegal downloads. It doesn't matter to the machine, it's all unplayable. The FCC has done its job here, with regulating commercial playback, but it has overstepped its bounds in forbidding non-commercial use of non-broadcast signals.
Shoot, there is no guarantee that I can record my local township's cable channel anymore with this. It will force these no-budget public access stations to pay who knows how much or else their programming is no longer viewable by their constituants.
I've seen virtual keyboards, but this is beyond amazing. I do not think in a few years we will be able to recognize a computer. It will have evolved that much.
Moving to Operton is a good move, but only after a serious of mistakes.
First mistake was in not encouraging 3rd party vendors to adopt the higher-end SPARC's, and ignoring the low-end SPARCs that used to dominate the embedded space. They had a strong position when they moved the SPARC architecture into the open, but lost it when they failed to support that initiative with bare-bones development machines.
Next mistake was creating Solaris for x86. Sun's logic was to hook folk on Solaris in order to get them to move over to their profit-making SPARC's. BIG MISTAKE. Instead, those SPARC vendors decide that they can instead move off of SPARC and keep using Solaris on the lower-cost x86 machines.
Final Mistake was Sun ignoring the low-to-mid range workstation market that they dominated during the 80's. Sun's focus on extreme-high-end servers cost them the middleware support that made Sun boxes worth purchasing in the first place.
This move to Operton might be the only step left for them if they are going to survive outside of a vertical market.
I recall an old arguement against censorware was just this kind of intrusion.
The next step, of course, is for a hacker to hijack this "feature" and dump all of a routing companys customers to child porn, warez sites, or nigerian scams galore.
Then there is the temptation of the companies themselves, "You can turn this feature off only by submitting a valid e-mail address." Then they sell off these addresses to spammers worldwide for a profit.
This kind of stuff is worse than big brother. At least in 1984 they didn't force commercials down your throat.
Yes, take a read on the Orion project, developed in the 50's. Could produce an impulse measured in the millions of seconds.
Simple concept, drop a nuclear bomb behind a craft, and ride the shock wave forward. Needs a pushing plate, shock absorbers, etc of a good magnitude, but the system can and does work. But, politically, it is not an appealing approach.
The majority still do not have their voting rights restored, which is sad. And honestly, I'm sick of how the national democratic party is ignoring real issues and instead acting more like the very kind of political monster that it is accused of being.
If a dem speaks up about such issues, they are shunned by the party. Sad but true.
Actually, the tech level was reached in the 1950's.
Using the math for the old Orion project, an unmanned probe could be pushed up to a reasonable fraction of the speed of light in under 2 months of impulse safely.
Actually, the FDP did expose the fraud, and actually uncovered over 30,000 additional voters denied the right to vote. It was in the news here last year.
of how scientists do not take the next big leap. What frightens me the most is that we have not sent more probes after Voyager.
Coming up is a planetary alignment that would allow a route to Tau Ceti, one of the reasonably nearby stars that could have an inhabitable planet. Using modern high-velocity nuclear engines, a probe could be engineered to reach it in 100 years, roughly. And a craft could be engineered to actually survive the travel *and* send back useful data.
I want to see interstellar probes, engineered to travel to the nearest (12ly or less) stars and explore them.
What I do see is Microsoft hedging its bets by licensing technology. Now, it can go to both Intel *and* AMD and go "if you two won't give us a better price, we'll cut you both off."
Ok, so they've taken over the bottom of the screen with their explorer bar, now they're taking over the righthand side to show off stock reports? A few more years of this, there won't be any room left on the screen for apps.
The idea is not bad, but you need to obey the first rule of business:
Know your Market.
A broadband fed video game console is not exactly new, ya know. (Sega's SegaNet for the Genesis, JagNet for the Atari Jaguar, etc) Neither is DRM technology. (Those of you that cracked Commodore games can now raise your hand, thank you all)
The video game market is really filled with thrill junkies. Looking for their latest fix. Weither that is Donkey Kong Country or Final Fantasy X-II, in the end, "It's the games, stupid."
If they can't name a single game, they're grasping at straws. A joke in an ATX case.
Gator's tactics border on criminal. I kept getting popups asking to install Gator's software and I continually say no. If someone keeps calling me on the phone, I can have my telco block the number. But there is no such service from ISP's at this time.
If someone used off-the-shelf machines that my company made, and got even into the top-10, you can bet your bottom dollar that the next thing in my job-pile would be a "make an announcement that we're in the top-10 fastest computers in the world."
This is fantastic, no matter what way you cut it! Using commodity components, these folk have turned the G5 into a real champion. No longer do budgets have to be in the hundreds, or even tens of millions to get a top-notch supercomputer. And this is not even the end, at the rate things are going, I would highly suspect that IBM is considering the G5 for one of it's own supercomputer projects, so hope is not lost yet. Imaging an IBM supercomputer, for under $1 million! Beat up your favorite chess champion and still afford the mansion in the Bahamas. 8)
I do not want to get answers like this when the nature of my future government is on the line here. These guys have to be held accountable for any and ALL mistakes that will occur.
I almost wish for the old greek system, drop a stone into a bucket. Count the white ones and black ones.
My now-wife and I were talking using VoIP almost 3 years ago, between our two computers. While not as slick as these new systems, it is good to remind ourselves that only through the pioneering efforts of such products as SpeakFreely would this technology be where it is today.
VGA monitors do not have the same color-quality of a true arcade monitor, nor do they take the abuse. (heck, the old monitor was still running even tho it had a mega-crack in the front)
I was making a true arcade that just happened to have a PC, not a PC in a funny case.
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The article thinks that the only content is that provided by the big studios. I don't know about you, but most of my home video library is composed of home movies, short films I have created myself, and some classic material that you can't get on tape.
This ruling eliminates any kind of non-authorized content, weither that is indie films, home movies, pirate TV stations, or illegal downloads. It doesn't matter to the machine, it's all unplayable. The FCC has done its job here, with regulating commercial playback, but it has overstepped its bounds in forbidding non-commercial use of non-broadcast signals.
Shoot, there is no guarantee that I can record my local township's cable channel anymore with this. It will force these no-budget public access stations to pay who knows how much or else their programming is no longer viewable by their constituants.
I've seen virtual keyboards, but this is beyond amazing. I do not think in a few years we will be able to recognize a computer. It will have evolved that much.
Only Fujitsu, and those aren't sold outside of Fuji-built servers.
Moving to Operton is a good move, but only after a serious of mistakes.
First mistake was in not encouraging 3rd party vendors to adopt the higher-end SPARC's, and ignoring the low-end SPARCs that used to dominate the embedded space. They had a strong position when they moved the SPARC architecture into the open, but lost it when they failed to support that initiative with bare-bones development machines.
Next mistake was creating Solaris for x86. Sun's logic was to hook folk on Solaris in order to get them to move over to their profit-making SPARC's. BIG MISTAKE. Instead, those SPARC vendors decide that they can instead move off of SPARC and keep using Solaris on the lower-cost x86 machines.
Final Mistake was Sun ignoring the low-to-mid range workstation market that they dominated during the 80's. Sun's focus on extreme-high-end servers cost them the middleware support that made Sun boxes worth purchasing in the first place.
This move to Operton might be the only step left for them if they are going to survive outside of a vertical market.
I recall an old arguement against censorware was just this kind of intrusion.
The next step, of course, is for a hacker to hijack this "feature" and dump all of a routing companys customers to child porn, warez sites, or nigerian scams galore.
Then there is the temptation of the companies themselves, "You can turn this feature off only by submitting a valid e-mail address." Then they sell off these addresses to spammers worldwide for a profit.
This kind of stuff is worse than big brother. At least in 1984 they didn't force commercials down your throat.
Don't forget job growth, oh, and a booming stock market and money in our pockets.
Depends, do you mean the public uBoot or Hyperions private "we ain't giving the source to anyone" uBoot fork?
I was just thinking the same thing, since this thread was in regards to an unmanned probe.
Yes, take a read on the Orion project, developed in the 50's. Could produce an impulse measured in the millions of seconds.
Simple concept, drop a nuclear bomb behind a craft, and ride the shock wave forward. Needs a pushing plate, shock absorbers, etc of a good magnitude, but the system can and does work. But, politically, it is not an appealing approach.
The majority still do not have their voting rights restored, which is sad. And honestly, I'm sick of how the national democratic party is ignoring real issues and instead acting more like the very kind of political monster that it is accused of being.
If a dem speaks up about such issues, they are shunned by the party. Sad but true.
Actually, the tech level was reached in the 1950's.
Using the math for the old Orion project, an unmanned probe could be pushed up to a reasonable fraction of the speed of light in under 2 months of impulse safely.
Actually, the FDP did expose the fraud, and actually uncovered over 30,000 additional voters denied the right to vote. It was in the news here last year.
of how scientists do not take the next big leap. What frightens me the most is that we have not sent more probes after Voyager.
Coming up is a planetary alignment that would allow a route to Tau Ceti, one of the reasonably nearby stars that could have an inhabitable planet. Using modern high-velocity nuclear engines, a probe could be engineered to reach it in 100 years, roughly. And a craft could be engineered to actually survive the travel *and* send back useful data.
I want to see interstellar probes, engineered to travel to the nearest (12ly or less) stars and explore them.
When Al Gore sued over voting irregularities, these same GOP groups were some of the most vocal in opposing it.
I hate hypocrites.
What I do see is Microsoft hedging its bets by licensing technology. Now, it can go to both Intel *and* AMD and go "if you two won't give us a better price, we'll cut you both off."
When businesses compete, the consumer wins.
Ok, so they've taken over the bottom of the screen with their explorer bar, now they're taking over the righthand side to show off stock reports? A few more years of this, there won't be any room left on the screen for apps.
The idea is not bad, but you need to obey the first rule of business:
Know your Market.
A broadband fed video game console is not exactly new, ya know. (Sega's SegaNet for the Genesis, JagNet for the Atari Jaguar, etc) Neither is DRM technology. (Those of you that cracked Commodore games can now raise your hand, thank you all)
The video game market is really filled with thrill junkies. Looking for their latest fix. Weither that is Donkey Kong Country or Final Fantasy X-II, in the end, "It's the games, stupid."
If they can't name a single game, they're grasping at straws. A joke in an ATX case.
The product formerly known as Spyware.
Gator's tactics border on criminal. I kept getting popups asking to install Gator's software and I continually say no. If someone keeps calling me on the phone, I can have my telco block the number. But there is no such service from ISP's at this time.
Dangit, I never did pay that license fee.
*Pets his kitty, RJ45*
If someone used off-the-shelf machines that my company made, and got even into the top-10, you can bet your bottom dollar that the next thing in my job-pile would be a "make an announcement that we're in the top-10 fastest computers in the world."
This is fantastic, no matter what way you cut it! Using commodity components, these folk have turned the G5 into a real champion. No longer do budgets have to be in the hundreds, or even tens of millions to get a top-notch supercomputer. And this is not even the end, at the rate things are going, I would highly suspect that IBM is considering the G5 for one of it's own supercomputer projects, so hope is not lost yet. Imaging an IBM supercomputer, for under $1 million! Beat up your favorite chess champion and still afford the mansion in the Bahamas. 8)
do I celebrate in our own greatness...
or hide in some backwater woods fearing the inevitable takeover by our robot masters?
Decisions decisions decisions....
I do not want to get answers like this when the nature of my future government is on the line here. These guys have to be held accountable for any and ALL mistakes that will occur.
I almost wish for the old greek system, drop a stone into a bucket. Count the white ones and black ones.
My now-wife and I were talking using VoIP almost 3 years ago, between our two computers. While not as slick as these new systems, it is good to remind ourselves that only through the pioneering efforts of such products as SpeakFreely would this technology be where it is today.
$500 for a good arcade monitor.
VGA monitors do not have the same color-quality of a true arcade monitor, nor do they take the abuse. (heck, the old monitor was still running even tho it had a mega-crack in the front)
I was making a true arcade that just happened to have a PC, not a PC in a funny case.