Uh, the loudness war and the resulting lack of dynamic range has nothing to do with MP3. It is possible to take a properly mixed analog recording and compress it into a small MP3 file.
Digital TV does everything analog TV does, except it can provide better video and sound quality and multiple streams in the same amount of EM spectrum.
Psh, I have install disks from DOS 3.2 and Windows 2.1.
Although I think my parents put them in the garage for a couple years after I went to college, so I doubt they would still work. And I recycled my last 5.25 drive.
As I read it. TFA is about changing TCP so that there is a method for distinguishing between the different classes of packets in a protocol-blind way, so that ISPs would be responsible for selling service-level-based plans like 10GB low-latency high-throughput, unlimited high-latency high-throughput, or something like that. The service decisions are made at the protocol level, and the ISP only has to monitor the bandwidth used in each category, and then strip the flag out once a user has exceeded his allocation.
Anyway, I'm not advocating this, but it's interesting, and I'd like to see a more fleshed-out proposal.
Why is the status quo inherently fair? Certain applications are bandwidth-intensive (bittorrent), some are time-sensitive (e-mail, web surfing), and some are both (streaming video). If you're downloading something on bittorrent, is it so unfair for your connection to go from 300 KB/s to 250 KB/s for 3 seconds while someone checks his e-mail? Or if an ISP charges for low-latency, high-bandwidth TCP connections?
I just did some quick checking around, and the parent is right. Fair use covers excerpting parts for commentary, parody, and other stuff. The Audio Home Recording Act specifically says that making copies of an audio recording for personal use is not copyright infringement.
DVDs are inconvenient for the same reasons CDs are. I can go on vacation with my laptop and an external hard drive with 150 movies, and instead of a huge disc wallet, I can take a couple more sets of clothes.
Why do you keep insisting that there is no legitimate reason to copy a movie?
He didn't say "whatever purpose." He said a backup copy. It's totally legal to rip a CD so that you can listen to your music on a computer, mp3 player, car, etc. Why is it different if it's a movie? (Except the car part; that's dangerous.)
I agree with pretty much everything you said, but wasn't iTunes Plus created at Jobs' insistence? A 256kbps AAC is damn near flawless to my ear, and there are plenty of non-iPod AAC players; you can also transcode to a ~128kbps MP3 and you won't be able to tell the difference on headphones on the street.
Amen to the Libretto 110CT. Mine runs Gentoo (slowly), so I can connect with a normal WiFi card to any access point and use Mutt to check mail, use Vim to write, use one of the many console mode RSS aggregators, etc. And it cost me $50 at a garage sale. Smart phones can suck it.
I just got an Inspiron 530 up to the same level as a Mini. You have to add on Bluetooth, wifi, and Firewire, but you still don't get gigabit ethernet, and may not get optical audio out. It's $519 with a Pentium dual-core 1.8GHz, or $649 with a 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo. And yes, you do get a much larger hard drive and a DVD burner.
A 1.83GHz Core 2 Duo is antiquated, incapable and slow? Are you fucking kidding me? My laptop has a 1.83 GHz Core Duo and the only way I can tax it is video encoding, and even then ripping a DVD takes 1.5x time, and that's 2-pass.
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Oh, I never heard the last four syllables; that makes a little more sense.
Uh, Network Manager? When was the last time you used Ubuntu?
Well, they're not called "mobile" phones in the States...
Uh, the loudness war and the resulting lack of dynamic range has nothing to do with MP3. It is possible to take a properly mixed analog recording and compress it into a small MP3 file.
Digital TV does everything analog TV does, except it can provide better video and sound quality and multiple streams in the same amount of EM spectrum.
Bah, OK, I looked it up, and no, I've never even seen a tape drive.
Does anyone actually use the tar program for its original purpose anymore?
What, to stick files together? Yeah, I use it all the time.
Also, from that article:
Still, it will be interesting to see how stable NT remains as it grows fatter.
Psh, I have install disks from DOS 3.2 and Windows 2.1.
Although I think my parents put them in the garage for a couple years after I went to college, so I doubt they would still work. And I recycled my last 5.25 drive.
Yeah, but don't 85% of Canadians live within 50 miles of the southern border?
As I read it. TFA is about changing TCP so that there is a method for distinguishing between the different classes of packets in a protocol-blind way, so that ISPs would be responsible for selling service-level-based plans like 10GB low-latency high-throughput, unlimited high-latency high-throughput, or something like that. The service decisions are made at the protocol level, and the ISP only has to monitor the bandwidth used in each category, and then strip the flag out once a user has exceeded his allocation.
Anyway, I'm not advocating this, but it's interesting, and I'd like to see a more fleshed-out proposal.
Google bought Youtube, but you're right about the other stuff.
Why is the status quo inherently fair? Certain applications are bandwidth-intensive (bittorrent), some are time-sensitive (e-mail, web surfing), and some are both (streaming video). If you're downloading something on bittorrent, is it so unfair for your connection to go from 300 KB/s to 250 KB/s for 3 seconds while someone checks his e-mail? Or if an ISP charges for low-latency, high-bandwidth TCP connections?
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This comment was gratuitous, and I apologize.
Is it really legal to make copies of the installation media for software though?
OK, you're right.
I just did some quick checking around, and the parent is right. Fair use covers excerpting parts for commentary, parody, and other stuff. The Audio Home Recording Act specifically says that making copies of an audio recording for personal use is not copyright infringement.
The farther down in this thread I go, the more of a dick you become.
DVDs are inconvenient for the same reasons CDs are. I can go on vacation with my laptop and an external hard drive with 150 movies, and instead of a huge disc wallet, I can take a couple more sets of clothes.
Why do you keep insisting that there is no legitimate reason to copy a movie?
He didn't say "whatever purpose." He said a backup copy. It's totally legal to rip a CD so that you can listen to your music on a computer, mp3 player, car, etc. Why is it different if it's a movie? (Except the car part; that's dangerous.)
I agree with pretty much everything you said, but wasn't iTunes Plus created at Jobs' insistence? A 256kbps AAC is damn near flawless to my ear, and there are plenty of non-iPod AAC players; you can also transcode to a ~128kbps MP3 and you won't be able to tell the difference on headphones on the street.
Even better, it's free software.
Amen to the Libretto 110CT. Mine runs Gentoo (slowly), so I can connect with a normal WiFi card to any access point and use Mutt to check mail, use Vim to write, use one of the many console mode RSS aggregators, etc. And it cost me $50 at a garage sale. Smart phones can suck it.
I just got an Inspiron 530 up to the same level as a Mini. You have to add on Bluetooth, wifi, and Firewire, but you still don't get gigabit ethernet, and may not get optical audio out. It's $519 with a Pentium dual-core 1.8GHz, or $649 with a 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo. And yes, you do get a much larger hard drive and a DVD burner.
A 1.83GHz Core 2 Duo is antiquated, incapable and slow? Are you fucking kidding me? My laptop has a 1.83 GHz Core Duo and the only way I can tax it is video encoding, and even then ripping a DVD takes 1.5x time, and that's 2-pass.