This seems to be the wrong direction to fight piracy. Region unlocking is something which a lot of users do (especially on laptops, etc) even non tech savvy users. (I have unlocked many a DVD player... fortunately I don't have a DMCA to deal with -yet- where I'm located)
If users can't get around rediculous, asine and frivolous DRM which everyone is used to ignoring like Region Coding (which in itself is a bad idea for the same reason as this... just not to the same extent) then they are just going to go and download the damn movie in HD over their future-internet-connection-when-we've-actually-dep loyed-broadband on Bittorrent or whatever.
The BBC isn't Government run (if you said that for the reason I thought you did; becuase of the obvious issues about having a news source tied to a government) it is actually quite independant of the British Govenment (often to their annoyance) and has proven itself again and again to be as independant as any commercially funded news agency: the most recent being the issues of WMD in Iraq.
Yahoo tends to compile it's sources from AP and Reuters; they don't just make it up like certain publications.
It's good to see that they don't censor it for their group's interests as well, as other publications might. Yahoo are a great news source... I've used to homepage at news.yahoo.com before I discovered the news.bbc.co.uk homepage.
In addition to the velocity and positioning issues, Deep Impact would be a good indicator on how successful such a comet based mission would be; if Rosetta is that much more important it would certainly help to have the data gained from Deep Impact to assist.
I'm from Ripoff Britain, where the price of a tank of "gas" can top $120 US... (£70) I have my Pizza Hut menu next to me... £24.99 for a full meal (about $46)
Your post makes out as if Mozilla is the Be All End All of browsers and that it's the final evolution of said program. Many people prefer Opera; it's an excellent browser in my opinion and feature for feature is more useful and reliable than Mozilla. (And I use both extensively.) Obviously I can see why paying $40 (The same cost as a night of pizza and coke with friends?) might put some people off, but I still would highly reccomend people try at least the ad-free version, or just snap up a registration code for free today. (Nobody is forcing you to use it.)
Isn't the whole point in returning a book to a library because there are a finite ammount of copies for people to read, so it would be unfair if you kept them for a long time.
If digital audiobooks can have infinite copies made of them and distributed to the Library's members then is there actually a need to have them checked back in?
I don't agree with everything the parent said... but if you're arguing for the DS on terms of sheer power of the console then you've gotta be having a laugh.
The Nintendo DS certainly doens't have more power than the N64, and it's stretching it to say that it has the same power. Take a look at Splinter Cell for the DS. This is not a good game, but it's what happens when you try and pull a fully functional 3D game on the DS where there character can do more than jump. The N64 was certainly capable of that.
I was talking to my friend who works for EA last week about this subject... previously I was quite skeptical as to whether the PSP actually had the power of a PS2. It doesnt; he said it has about 95% of the capability. But he also said this is offset by the resolutions you can get away with running games at on a small portable screen. The PSP is capable of graphics like GT4 Mobile... that alone should be an indicator that it's pretty damn close to the PS2.
Graphics aren't everything, but if you're going to argue about them, at least know what you're talking about.
I type this from a PC with AIM, YIM and MSN all open. I decided to pass on ICQ and Jabber because only a few people I know use them. I have Skype but I can get away with turning that off on the basis that my mic was broken. Technically I should be using IRC as well, becuase I have commitments on several channels, but I just gave up on that. There are waaaaay too many IM programs. It's nobody's fault, that's just the way the technology has evolved.
http://www.google.com/talk/
Then today, Google comes along and releases it's own one, ANOTHER one and my brain exploded. Everyone is about to start using it, just like they did gmail, because it's Google and they're cool. w00t. They coulda just released something based on another program, like Trillian or Miranda, or could have rigged something up with a seamless interface over IRC, but they didn't they just went and made a completely different program so I have to to have yet another little flashy icon in my system tray.
This is not just any software, where you can pass it off and say "if you don't like it don't use it." It's IM software, and I'm practically forced to use it because people can't make up their mind what IM program to use.
So to Google, and any other company thinking of releasing yet another IM program, don't do it. It's not cool; and if you do, please send us all a free stick of RAM so we can keep your program open in the background without a drop in performance.
This isn't giving anyone an edge on the competition, because people don't buy motherboards with reference to performance, becuase anyone buying their own mobo knows that boards aren't just "inherently faster" for no apparent reason. The changes to performance are so minute that reviews (who probably don't even measure performance differences between boards when looking at motherboards becuase they're so minute) wouldn't even pick up on them, and therefore potential customers probably aren't even aware of the performance differences, nevermind actually caring.
Features and other ways of increasing performance (such as overclocking) are more likely to tempt customers than (apparently unrealised) boosts to the FSB.
And the typical PC user takes notice of major instruction set revisions? This could mean anything from them rebranding the Pentium 4 as the Pentium 5, or completely switching to RISC, as the average computer user probably doesn't care as long as they can check their mail and sync their iPod.
Podcasts and other recorded messages like email as opposed to instant messaging and live broadcasts are certainly highly suited to space use due to the high distances involved and the problems presented by information only being able to travel as fast as the speed of light.
I actually disagree here... While the Revolution should be an interesting console, I think Nintendo are basicly admitting defeat by totally squatting out the hardware race which is going on between MS and Sony... The Revolution may well not be capable of putting out the sheer processing or graphical rendering power of the PS3 or xbox360 which would hinder any porting of the standard multiplatform fare.
Having the NES, SNES, N64 and GC is all very well, but those games certainly aren't groundbreaking (The only game I miss on those consoles is Chrono Trigger) and I think Nintendo also might face some serious issues with Piracy from Emulators. (Time to stock up now guys!)
No, more like: You buy a printer with cash from Office Max, take it home and print some money. Through other means, they bust you can raid your house, confiscating your print studio. They take samples of the cash you're alleged to have printed and check to see if the dots match up with the printer.
Not an ideal, end all solution, but it does help a little bit in getting a conviction if they have something to tie you to the money which you could otherwise just deny having even seen/printed.
In some ways Sony are obliged to break our hacks... their Legal team probably told them they have to do it. (I'm sure the engineers are all sitting on 1.0 versions themselves) Nintendo would probably love to sue Sony (IANAL but I do know that there have been been lawsuits brought about for stupider things.)
I think this is a great solution, because it actually benefits the majority of people who don't hack their PSP, and people who already have a different browsers won't use it if they don't need to.
If only Sony would take this approach with their music bussiness and try and create better customer experiences than illegal download methods, rather than fighting them with lawyers. Hopefully this upgrade will be a good way to show Sony that superior features are a much better way of fighting the underworld than sueing them or DRMing them into hell.
Unfortunately I think that Sony's different divisions are too diserate and isolated from eachother to heed this advice from eachother.
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If users can't get around rediculous, asine and frivolous DRM which everyone is used to ignoring like Region Coding (which in itself is a bad idea for the same reason as this... just not to the same extent) then they are just going to go and download the damn movie in HD over their future-internet-connection-when-we've-actually-dep loyed-broadband on Bittorrent or whatever.
The BBC isn't Government run (if you said that for the reason I thought you did; becuase of the obvious issues about having a news source tied to a government) it is actually quite independant of the British Govenment (often to their annoyance) and has proven itself again and again to be as independant as any commercially funded news agency: the most recent being the issues of WMD in Iraq.
It's good to see that they don't censor it for their group's interests as well, as other publications might. Yahoo are a great news source... I've used to homepage at news.yahoo.com before I discovered the news.bbc.co.uk homepage.
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Me too! And I'm not gonna bother getting that new graphics card 'till I know what Duke Nukem Forever will need.
In addition to the velocity and positioning issues, Deep Impact would be a good indicator on how successful such a comet based mission would be; if Rosetta is that much more important it would certainly help to have the data gained from Deep Impact to assist.
I'm from Ripoff Britain, where the price of a tank of "gas" can top $120 US... (£70) I have my Pizza Hut menu next to me... £24.99 for a full meal (about $46)
Your post makes out as if Mozilla is the Be All End All of browsers and that it's the final evolution of said program. Many people prefer Opera; it's an excellent browser in my opinion and feature for feature is more useful and reliable than Mozilla. (And I use both extensively.) Obviously I can see why paying $40 (The same cost as a night of pizza and coke with friends?) might put some people off, but I still would highly reccomend people try at least the ad-free version, or just snap up a registration code for free today. (Nobody is forcing you to use it.)
If digital audiobooks can have infinite copies made of them and distributed to the Library's members then is there actually a need to have them checked back in?
The Nintendo DS certainly doens't have more power than the N64, and it's stretching it to say that it has the same power. Take a look at Splinter Cell for the DS. This is not a good game, but it's what happens when you try and pull a fully functional 3D game on the DS where there character can do more than jump. The N64 was certainly capable of that.
I was talking to my friend who works for EA last week about this subject... previously I was quite skeptical as to whether the PSP actually had the power of a PS2. It doesnt; he said it has about 95% of the capability. But he also said this is offset by the resolutions you can get away with running games at on a small portable screen. The PSP is capable of graphics like GT4 Mobile... that alone should be an indicator that it's pretty damn close to the PS2.
Graphics aren't everything, but if you're going to argue about them, at least know what you're talking about.
You forgot, 2050: 10 year anniversary of Longhorn
I type this from a PC with AIM, YIM and MSN all open. I decided to pass on ICQ and Jabber because only a few people I know use them. I have Skype but I can get away with turning that off on the basis that my mic was broken. Technically I should be using IRC as well, becuase I have commitments on several channels, but I just gave up on that. There are waaaaay too many IM programs. It's nobody's fault, that's just the way the technology has evolved. http://www.google.com/talk/ Then today, Google comes along and releases it's own one, ANOTHER one and my brain exploded. Everyone is about to start using it, just like they did gmail, because it's Google and they're cool. w00t. They coulda just released something based on another program, like Trillian or Miranda, or could have rigged something up with a seamless interface over IRC, but they didn't they just went and made a completely different program so I have to to have yet another little flashy icon in my system tray. This is not just any software, where you can pass it off and say "if you don't like it don't use it." It's IM software, and I'm practically forced to use it because people can't make up their mind what IM program to use. So to Google, and any other company thinking of releasing yet another IM program, don't do it. It's not cool; and if you do, please send us all a free stick of RAM so we can keep your program open in the background without a drop in performance.
http://www.bbspot.com/News/2004/05/bbspot_labs_ice _drive.html
http://www.bbspot.com/News/2004/11/mailbag_2004111 7.html
This isn't giving anyone an edge on the competition, because people don't buy motherboards with reference to performance, becuase anyone buying their own mobo knows that boards aren't just "inherently faster" for no apparent reason. The changes to performance are so minute that reviews (who probably don't even measure performance differences between boards when looking at motherboards becuase they're so minute) wouldn't even pick up on them, and therefore potential customers probably aren't even aware of the performance differences, nevermind actually caring.
Features and other ways of increasing performance (such as overclocking) are more likely to tempt customers than (apparently unrealised) boosts to the FSB.
Yes! I did as well...
And the typical PC user takes notice of major instruction set revisions? This could mean anything from them rebranding the Pentium 4 as the Pentium 5, or completely switching to RISC, as the average computer user probably doesn't care as long as they can check their mail and sync their iPod.
They're not begging for forgiveness guys, they're being sarcastic.
Podcasts and other recorded messages like email as opposed to instant messaging and live broadcasts are certainly highly suited to space use due to the high distances involved and the problems presented by information only being able to travel as fast as the speed of light.
Having the NES, SNES, N64 and GC is all very well, but those games certainly aren't groundbreaking (The only game I miss on those consoles is Chrono Trigger) and I think Nintendo also might face some serious issues with Piracy from Emulators. (Time to stock up now guys!)
However, not everything exists yet.
This was with reference to CSS standards and web development, not exploitable vulnerabilities in the browser's security.
Not an ideal, end all solution, but it does help a little bit in getting a conviction if they have something to tie you to the money which you could otherwise just deny having even seen/printed.
I think this is a great solution, because it actually benefits the majority of people who don't hack their PSP, and people who already have a different browsers won't use it if they don't need to.
If only Sony would take this approach with their music bussiness and try and create better customer experiences than illegal download methods, rather than fighting them with lawyers. Hopefully this upgrade will be a good way to show Sony that superior features are a much better way of fighting the underworld than sueing them or DRMing them into hell.
Unfortunately I think that Sony's different divisions are too diserate and isolated from eachother to heed this advice from eachother.
I can see it now: EFI update - minimum specs - 3.2Ghz HT Pentium 4, 512mb RAM (1GB reccomended) 128mb Video RAM.
I guess it could be worse... Microsoft could be designing it.
Maybe this technology could help bring down the cost of producing one of these? http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/ 14/1335215&tid=126&tid=159&tid=227
(The Optimus OLED Keyboard)