Originally started by Circuit City, this idea was insane. The whole idea, was that you could lease DVD movies from Circuit City, and then, if you liked them, you could purchase them from your home player. Most good ideas, just don't work when executed in the real world. This, wasn't even a good idea to start off with, at least from a consumers point of view.
First of all, you'd have to goto a circuit city to get a DIVX disc. For some people who live nearby a circuit city, its ok, but otherwise this doesn't work. There was a push by circuit city, to get DIVX into grocery stores... etc, but that didn't work either. Most grocery stores sell movies anyways, so this would be a threat to their business.
Second, DIVX isn't worth it. You can rent a DIVX disc for more than the cost of renting something from your local movie store. And, they mention this is great because you can buy the movie if you like it. Well, I don't know about you, but if i've just rented a movie and seen in it, i'm not always in a hurry to buy it, seeing i just watched it.
Also, you pay for DIVX, for the first few days, at ciruit city. Then, you can keep it as long as you want. This, is better than most movies since you have to return them. On the other hand, you can only view it for the time you payed for. Then, you have to pay for it, via CREDIT CARD, on your DIVX player. This, is more of a hassle. If you ask me, renting A DVD is less of a hassle then going to circuit city and having to go through the hassle of the whole DIVX prcoess.
Not to mention, DIVX does not offer subtitles and any other add-ons.
I guess, the whole market agrees with me, seeing that DIVX failed, and circuit city discontinued it. This was an attempt by Circuit City to get money. People.... =P
After a while, of free reign, where anybody can pirate music, some people are starting to look around and asking questions... and one major question is if anything is happening to prevent mp3 distribution.
Well, there isn't much people can do. There have been a few attempt to prevent people from pirating music, but not many succesful ones. It seems that this person was to set an example, to show that people aren't allowed to pirate music. And, it didn't work either.
here's where i start to go off-topic But, the RIAA has also tried to prevent people from pirating music. So far, they've just tried to sue companies, such as Diamond, for releasing the Diamond Rio. They also have attempted to sue napster, since they have a client which "created a forum that lets online users trade unauthorized music files directly from their PCs".
Well, the child censorship issue was addressed a few times in this article. It seems that a great amount of parents restrict online surfing. Most parents prevent kids from looking at inappropriate sites is by getting protection software, or using ISPs built in ones (like AOL... if you want to call it an ISP). This usually does not work because its like a broad sword... it blocks what you don't want them to see, but they also block a vast amount of sites that aren't rated with their rated system, or they block out sites with key words, which doesn't work either. Now, the programs which are active in the background seem like a simple solution. These programs just basically track the usage of the people on the computer, but no one knows that this is active. Although, the problem with this is that some parents don't know how to install software, and if they tried it might be apparent to a teenager. Well, this is somewhat offtopic, but basically i'm saying that these background child censorship programs work better than the ones that restrict access.
More people, or organizations, are moving away from the big Windows NT, and to more secure things, such as linux, unix, and Macs. This is similar as when the Army said they were using MacOs instead of WinNT.
As some people have speculated, this is from the recent January edition of WIRED. Some people thought that this was fictious invention, but this, along with the other items in this section of WIRED are to be released in the future. The article states that this device will be avaliable in 2005. The keyboard reciever will be avaliable for $50, and the fignernail set (of 10, obviously) will be sold for $20.
If you ask me though, this looks like one of those things back in the 50's... "we'll be living on the moon by the year 2000...."
Uhm, I don't know what the hell your talking about but... this hasn't been released yet.. and what the hell.. 5 Different DVD's of one movie.. it seems like your being sarcastic... but it really doesn't make sense.
Yeah, but then again, you've got to deal with the crappy logo in the corner, the bad picture quality, and the crappy audio... unless whoever recorded it... could record THX. I think the DVD is a little better. =P
Didn't lucas say he was going to wait until all three were released to release them on DVD? Either way, lucas is pretty mysterious, and unpredicatable.
First of all, I agree that what eToys did was wrong, but I don't think people can disagree and justify their actions by calling it a protest. I don't think a "sit in" is the best metaphor. If they wrote a petition, if they wrote in to their congressmen, if they did anything non-destructive, then its a protest. But, this was an attempt to overwhelm their systems, and to render it somewhat useless. That, is malicous. That, is an attack.
You know, what eToys did was really unfair... but these gay DoS attacks from this RFM guy aren't justified. If this guy didn't have a computer, he'd have a can of spray paint instead. He's just trying to get attention.
For those of you who hadn't heard, our not-to-quick vice president claimed that he invented the internet earlier this year. Wired Article and Slash Discussion.
Ok, i can't connect to the website that the article is on... but, how could ANY webtv product... prototype or not, cost a million dollars (well, dolars to be techinical =P)..!?!
FYI, there is software that converts bitmap to text... or just scans for you and recognizes... OCR....optical character recognition... here's the one i use, and like... Cuneiform OCR
I already posted on the subject, but... i think the reason the USPS offers online Zip codes for refrence... but offering lists of zip codes would be troublesome... some they let third-party companies offer them... for less of a hassle....
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Divx. A failed idea.
Originally started by Circuit City, this idea was insane. The whole idea, was that you could lease DVD movies from Circuit City, and then, if you liked them, you could purchase them from your home player. Most good ideas, just don't work when executed in the real world. This, wasn't even a good idea to start off with, at least from a consumers point of view.
First of all, you'd have to goto a circuit city to get a DIVX disc. For some people who live nearby a circuit city, its ok, but otherwise this doesn't work. There was a push by circuit city, to get DIVX into grocery stores... etc, but that didn't work either. Most grocery stores sell movies anyways, so this would be a threat to their business.
Second, DIVX isn't worth it. You can rent a DIVX disc for more than the cost of renting something from your local movie store. And, they mention this is great because you can buy the movie if you like it. Well, I don't know about you, but if i've just rented a movie and seen in it, i'm not always in a hurry to buy it, seeing i just watched it.
Also, you pay for DIVX, for the first few days, at ciruit city. Then, you can keep it as long as you want. This, is better than most movies since you have to return them. On the other hand, you can only view it for the time you payed for. Then, you have to pay for it, via CREDIT CARD, on your DIVX player. This, is more of a hassle. If you ask me, renting A DVD is less of a hassle then going to circuit city and having to go through the hassle of the whole DIVX prcoess.
Not to mention, DIVX does not offer subtitles and any other add-ons.
I guess, the whole market agrees with me, seeing that DIVX failed, and circuit city discontinued it. This was an attempt by Circuit City to get money. People.... =P
After a while, of free reign, where anybody can pirate music, some people are starting to look around and asking questions... and one major question is if anything is happening to prevent mp3 distribution.
Well, there isn't much people can do. There have been a few attempt to prevent people from pirating music, but not many succesful ones. It seems that this person was to set an example, to show that people aren't allowed to pirate music. And, it didn't work either.
here's where i start to go off-topic
But, the RIAA has also tried to prevent people from pirating music. So far, they've just tried to sue companies, such as Diamond, for releasing the Diamond Rio. They also have attempted to sue napster, since they have a client which "created a forum that lets online users trade unauthorized music files directly from their PCs".
Of course, if you haven't heard, there is then SDMI, which is promoted by the RIAA. SDMI stands for Secure Digital Music Initiative. It is an attempt to prevent piracy of music altogether.
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Don't moderate me if you don't know what the sweedish chef is. =P
FYI, netcraft.com is running Apache/1.3.9 (Unix) mod_perl/1.20 on FreeBSD . One of 5 million =).
Well, the child censorship issue was addressed a few times in this article. It seems that a great amount of parents restrict online surfing. Most parents prevent kids from looking at inappropriate sites is by getting protection software, or using ISPs built in ones (like AOL... if you want to call it an ISP). This usually does not work because its like a broad sword... it blocks what you don't want them to see, but they also block a vast amount of sites that aren't rated with their rated system, or they block out sites with key words, which doesn't work either. Now, the programs which are active in the background seem like a simple solution. These programs just basically track the usage of the people on the computer, but no one knows that this is active. Although, the problem with this is that some parents don't know how to install software, and if they tried it might be apparent to a teenager. Well, this is somewhat offtopic, but basically i'm saying that these background child censorship programs work better than the ones that restrict access.
More people, or organizations, are moving away from the big Windows NT, and to more secure things, such as linux, unix, and Macs. This is similar as when the Army said they were using MacOs instead of WinNT.
As some people have speculated, this is from the recent January edition of WIRED. Some people thought that this was fictious invention, but this, along with the other items in this section of WIRED are to be released in the future. The article states that this device will be avaliable in 2005. The keyboard reciever will be avaliable for $50, and the fignernail set (of 10, obviously) will be sold for $20.
If you ask me though, this looks like one of those things back in the 50's... "we'll be living on the moon by the year 2000...."
Hackers and Phreaks unite!
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Wait, you have no evidence to support what you just said? Or do you?
Uhm, I don't know what the hell your talking about but... this hasn't been released yet.. and what the hell.. 5 Different DVD's of one movie.. it seems like your being sarcastic... but it really doesn't make sense.
Yeah, but then again, you've got to deal with the crappy logo in the corner, the bad picture quality, and the crappy audio... unless whoever recorded it... could record THX. I think the DVD is a little better. =P
Didn't lucas say he was going to wait until all three were released to release them on DVD? Either way, lucas is pretty mysterious, and unpredicatable.
Well, after its formatted....
1. Get a Linux Cd or Download a distro
2. Format c:\
3. Install Linux on your windows-free drive
First of all, I agree that what eToys did was wrong, but I don't think people can disagree and justify their actions by calling it a protest. I don't think a "sit in" is the best metaphor. If they wrote a petition, if they wrote in to their congressmen, if they did anything non-destructive, then its a protest. But, this was an attempt to overwhelm their systems, and to render it somewhat useless. That, is malicous. That, is an attack.
I wouldn't be suprised if theír lawsuit-hungry lawyers sued /. just for you posting that... =P
You know, what eToys did was really unfair... but these gay DoS attacks from this RFM guy aren't justified. If this guy didn't have a computer, he'd have a can of spray paint instead. He's just trying to get attention.
Well, here's the Wired story on the eToys thing... and they say supporters are calling for.. "virtual riots"...
For those of you who hadn't heard, our not-to-quick vice president claimed that he invented the internet earlier this year. Wired Article and Slash Discussion.
Russians don't drink anymore? =P
This guy's a little pzykotic. He blamed Jews for the Holocaust and WWII, since "there were too many Jews"... this guys a looney.
FYI. That Dameonnews link doesn't work. Also, i looked on their site, and i couldn't find an article related to the topic.
Ok, i can't connect to the website that the article is on... but, how could ANY webtv product... prototype or not, cost a million dollars (well, dolars to be techinical =P)..!?!
FYI, there is software that converts bitmap to text... or just scans for you and recognizes... OCR....optical character recognition... here's the one i use, and like... Cuneiform OCR
Yes, but does it mention putting a price on it? Thats the real issue. =P
I already posted on the subject, but... i think the reason the USPS offers online Zip codes for refrence... but offering lists of zip codes would be troublesome... some they let third-party companies offer them... for less of a hassle....