Yeah, but, put it this way, the only on-line TV station I consider worth watching is the BBC. No danger of a car ad popping up, or the thing expecting payment.
ObYoungOnes:
Vyv (trying to fix a video recorder): Yeah, but it doesn't say, "ensure the machine isn't full of washing-up liquid"!
Mike: Well it wouldn't, would it?! I mean, it doesn't say, "ensure you don't chop up your video machine with an axe, put all the bits in a plastic bag and bung em down the lavatory"!
Vyv (grabs video recorder): Doesn't it? Maybe that's where we're going wrong!
I suppose "musicians starving on the streets" are called "buskers". A musician failing through internet-driven poor sales rather than because he's not very good, would have to do what all bad musicians have to do - get a normal job, and busk/annoy pub-goers at the weekend.
Don't tell the RIAA, but I think many people like to fill their iPods with MP3 music they've acquired from various, mostly illegal sources beforehand. This is certainly what I do with my crappy 40GBP flash-drive-style MP3 player.
Why should others have to change their behavior to suit you?
Because it's not about suiting "you", it's about suiting "the planet", and everyone else you share it with (NB: you are not the centre of the universe)
"I'm afraid that if newspapers get poorer and poorer, we citizens lose one of our country's main forces against political evils - skilled investigative reporters with the resources to pursue stories in depth."
But we lost that years ago when newspapers found that parrotting PR guff is a lot cheaper that employing real reporters. The dearth in solid investigative reporting is not just due to the Internet - the decline began long before the net was in everyone's home.
My point is that IT security policies can easily stop this sort of issue, and most large companies are already doing this.
Except you have to give exemptions for some guys, because they absolutely NEED the devices... and then your watertight policy isn't so watertight. But I guess you can trust these guys, right?
I'll back that up, even the fanned 1GHz EPIA M10000 edition is virtually silent, not loud enough to be noticeable anyway. Throw in a Maxtor slim HDD and it'll still be quiet. Ditch the optical drive for a good noise saving. You already have a DVD - no need to plug one into your media PC.
The very flaw, of course, that people regulary rip into Windows over. I've seen Windows' "hide extensions for known file types" option described as an OS flaw in the past, but of course in AppleWorld it's the trojan writer being "sneaky".
In the UK, A Clockwork Orange wasn't banned by any Government agency but by Kubrick himself, "on police advice after threats were made against Kubrick and his family" (link). It didn't get a video release until after Kubrick's death. But it was never "banned" in the traditional sense. The director refused to permit its release. Now it's been on TV & all sorts, and yes it's tame.
Actually what's the best thing in my view about MythTV is the video browser/gallery, for watching things off p2p. I run my mythbox without a TV card - I find TV in the UK generally rubbish and not worth justifying a card. I simply dump anything of interest from my cable box onto a consumer DVD recorder or grab it from p2p (or make sure I'm in front of the TV). And now I use my mythbox to watch the p2p stuff. No DVD, no CD means low noise. I find it the best way to work and I'm surprised that virtually no-one is using it in the same way. It's impossible to run without a backend so I have to put up with "cannot connect" messages, and none of the video browsers are truly great, not surprisingly most of the focus goes on the TV cap side. I tried Freevo but still found myth without a card easier to set up.
But with all this talk of broadcast flags, I feel that I am in fact a pioneer, if those who say myth will stop working are right.
Hopefully it'll be more useful to the tech workers who have to support those blithely clicking yes, by giving them some ammunition to take to management, in the hope of convincing them to deploy FF across the enterprise. "It's not just geek fanboys saying it, look at the stats"
Hopefully copper wire counts as "Eletrical Equipment", then in the EU it might be illegal to dump it under the WEEE directive, and companies will have to recycle.
If it sucks, don't buy it. But they'll say sales are down due to piracy anyway.
Which is why we have to do more than spend our money where we think is right. Before we know it, there'll be no choice than to buy something locked with DRM, even if it's made by FluffyWhiteCats Inc.
I third that. Perhaps the fact that it's nearly 4 years old and hasn't been updated in 3 is a testament to its usefulness. It does the job, no more no less. The streaming doesn't work in IE without a Javascript kludge, but hey, that's IE! FF & Opera work fine. 15fps on the web page is realistic if you have the bandwidth. Used this on several different RedHat-based machines, the real problem is sorting the driver for the cam. But if you have a Philips or Logitech-type cam, go here. Issues surrounding proprietary code in the kernel are now resolved...
So in answer to the original post, yes it's a piece of piss...
If they can guarantee 100-year lifespan with a bit of gold then surely the problem with normal discs is over-stated. And that guarantee - does it cover the disc, or the data? No good in 30 years if I want to look at my "family album" - I don't want a blank disc to replace the degraded CD, I want the data.
Maybe so, but it is becoming increasingly difficult to purchase new mainstream titles on VHS. And as for the niche releases on a smaller scale, you've no chance.
I hope that this time, the average consumer rises up and says "no". I think the reason that everyone happily bought into DVD was that it was such a huge leap from VHS - so many more features to make the switchover worthwhile. It was maybe 15 years since VHS started to become popular. This time, less than 10 years since DVD hit the big-time, what are the big reasons to switch? Increased space (more naff behind-the-scenes docos and dull commentaries)? Hmm. High-def? That's probably the only decent advantage you could point at.
And strangely enough, what's the hardware industry currenly falling over themselves to sell us? HDTVs. I truly hope that this time, the average Joe sees what we have seen for many years, that is the content producers repeatedly selling us the same stuff on different media.
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Yeah, but, put it this way, the only on-line TV station I consider worth watching is the BBC. No danger of a car ad popping up, or the thing expecting payment.
Neither do the rules of chess.
ObYoungOnes:
Vyv (trying to fix a video recorder): Yeah, but it doesn't say, "ensure the machine isn't full of washing-up liquid"!
Mike: Well it wouldn't, would it?! I mean, it doesn't say, "ensure you don't chop up your video machine with an axe, put all the bits in a plastic bag and bung em down the lavatory"!
Vyv (grabs video recorder): Doesn't it? Maybe that's where we're going wrong!
It's time we started working towards peace rather than war.
Nice idea, but someone's gotta play with all that shiny new machinery from Lockheed Martin.
I suppose "musicians starving on the streets" are called "buskers". A musician failing through internet-driven poor sales rather than because he's not very good, would have to do what all bad musicians have to do - get a normal job, and busk/annoy pub-goers at the weekend.
Don't tell the RIAA, but I think many people like to fill their iPods with MP3 music they've acquired from various, mostly illegal sources beforehand. This is certainly what I do with my crappy 40GBP flash-drive-style MP3 player.
Why should others have to change their behavior to suit you?
Because it's not about suiting "you", it's about suiting "the planet", and everyone else you share it with (NB: you are not the centre of the universe)
I am so facking sick of my local (Orlando, FL, WMFE) public television station playing so much facking British programming.
Well, now you know how we felt in the '80s. Wall-to-wall Cagney & Lacey, Thorn Birds and Falcon Crest.
"I'm afraid that if newspapers get poorer and poorer, we citizens lose one of our country's main forces against political evils - skilled investigative reporters with the resources to pursue stories in depth."
But we lost that years ago when newspapers found that parrotting PR guff is a lot cheaper that employing real reporters. The dearth in solid investigative reporting is not just due to the Internet - the decline began long before the net was in everyone's home.
My point is that IT security policies can easily stop this sort of issue, and most large companies are already doing this.
Except you have to give exemptions for some guys, because they absolutely NEED the devices... and then your watertight policy isn't so watertight. But I guess you can trust these guys, right?
I'll back that up, even the fanned 1GHz EPIA M10000 edition is virtually silent, not loud enough to be noticeable anyway. Throw in a Maxtor slim HDD and it'll still be quiet. Ditch the optical drive for a good noise saving. You already have a DVD - no need to plug one into your media PC.
The very flaw, of course, that people regulary rip into Windows over. I've seen Windows' "hide extensions for known file types" option described as an OS flaw in the past, but of course in AppleWorld it's the trojan writer being "sneaky".
In the UK, A Clockwork Orange wasn't banned by any Government agency but by Kubrick himself, "on police advice after threats were made against Kubrick and his family" (link). It didn't get a video release until after Kubrick's death. But it was never "banned" in the traditional sense. The director refused to permit its release. Now it's been on TV & all sorts, and yes it's tame.
Actually what's the best thing in my view about MythTV is the video browser/gallery, for watching things off p2p. I run my mythbox without a TV card - I find TV in the UK generally rubbish and not worth justifying a card. I simply dump anything of interest from my cable box onto a consumer DVD recorder or grab it from p2p (or make sure I'm in front of the TV). And now I use my mythbox to watch the p2p stuff. No DVD, no CD means low noise. I find it the best way to work and I'm surprised that virtually no-one is using it in the same way. It's impossible to run without a backend so I have to put up with "cannot connect" messages, and none of the video browsers are truly great, not surprisingly most of the focus goes on the TV cap side. I tried Freevo but still found myth without a card easier to set up.
But with all this talk of broadcast flags, I feel that I am in fact a pioneer, if those who say myth will stop working are right.
Hello paperless office, you're not looking too good these days... what's the point of e-mail if you have to print everything out?
Hopefully it'll be more useful to the tech workers who have to support those blithely clicking yes, by giving them some ammunition to take to management, in the hope of convincing them to deploy FF across the enterprise. "It's not just geek fanboys saying it, look at the stats"
... must be a Freecell fan.
Ah, them were t'days, when 12 titles seemed like a large porn collection...
Hopefully copper wire counts as "Eletrical Equipment", then in the EU it might be illegal to dump it under the WEEE directive, and companies will have to recycle.
If it sucks, don't buy it. But they'll say sales are down due to piracy anyway.
Which is why we have to do more than spend our money where we think is right. Before we know it, there'll be no choice than to buy something locked with DRM, even if it's made by FluffyWhiteCats Inc.
I third that. Perhaps the fact that it's nearly 4 years old and hasn't been updated in 3 is a testament to its usefulness. It does the job, no more no less. The streaming doesn't work in IE without a Javascript kludge, but hey, that's IE! FF & Opera work fine. 15fps on the web page is realistic if you have the bandwidth. Used this on several different RedHat-based machines, the real problem is sorting the driver for the cam. But if you have a Philips or Logitech-type cam, go here. Issues surrounding proprietary code in the kernel are now resolved...
So in answer to the original post, yes it's a piece of piss...
Do you mean because these royalty payments only affect small companies that it doesn't matter?
Did the poster say that? Did they come anywhere near it? no, they were merely pointing the fact out.
If they can guarantee 100-year lifespan with a bit of gold then surely the problem with normal discs is over-stated. And that guarantee - does it cover the disc, or the data? No good in 30 years if I want to look at my "family album" - I don't want a blank disc to replace the degraded CD, I want the data.
VHS isnt dead yet.
Maybe so, but it is becoming increasingly difficult to purchase new mainstream titles on VHS. And as for the niche releases on a smaller scale, you've no chance.
I hope that this time, the average consumer rises up and says "no". I think the reason that everyone happily bought into DVD was that it was such a huge leap from VHS - so many more features to make the switchover worthwhile. It was maybe 15 years since VHS started to become popular. This time, less than 10 years since DVD hit the big-time, what are the big reasons to switch? Increased space (more naff behind-the-scenes docos and dull commentaries)? Hmm. High-def? That's probably the only decent advantage you could point at.
And strangely enough, what's the hardware industry currenly falling over themselves to sell us? HDTVs. I truly hope that this time, the average Joe sees what we have seen for many years, that is the content producers repeatedly selling us the same stuff on different media.
It would make sense... vendor of shonky, hit & miss avnti-virus software bought by vendor of shonky, hit & miss operating systems...
"It was either this or Disney and the kids were all excited to get to see Pluto."
Well, that's her own fault, if she can't tell the difference between Pluto the planet and Pluto the floppy-eared brown dog.