It wouldn't take much to insert advertising in RSS. Every third or fourth 'story' could be a link to an advertiser.
If you only inserted ads when new content was available, it wouldn't even annoy people very much, as it would not flag the channel for new content when there is only a new ad.
However, producing ethanol requires the use of petroleum, so it uses the oil subsidy and the ethanol subsidy. So while it may make sense to persue other energy options, the current state of ethanol seems makes it a bust.
Thank you. Your response summed up most of what I was about to say.
I think that there is a definition of reasonable DRM. That definition would be DRM that allowed only legal acts, while disallowing illegal ones.
If there was some way in which your computer could determine this 100% accurately, I have no doubt many would have no problem with DRM.
Unfortunately (for the copyright holders), there is a huge amount that is legal (fair use), so there is no way to implement a DRM system that follows this resonable definition.
After all it is legal to make backup copies for personal use. Any reasonable DRM would allow backup copies to any machine or device that was legal.
I love a lot of the games on it, and I don't really miss 3d graphics. In most instances, 3d distracts more than it helps (makes control and viewports 4x more complicated).
One enhancement I would like to see is a standard wireless adapter with 802.11b support. It would be awesome to just be able to pull out a GBA near a hotspot and play some multiplayer games.
GBA Multiplayer is relatively underutilized as it is. Building 802.11b adapters would help give multiplayer a nice push.
The problem is that these restrictions do not have enough exposure into the mainstream, even when it concerns TV.
Where was the uprising over commercial skip features in ReplayTV? What about the broadcast flag?
These "security features" will be slipped in, with people unaware, until they want to do something that is not allowed (like skipping previews on DVDs). Then they will be stuck with it, and may very well accept it as "how things are."
My problem with emusic.com is that they used to be so much better than they are now. They used to offer "unlimited" downloads for a flat monthly fee. I was about to sign up, and they changed it to only allowing x number of songs a month.
While it is nice they use unemcumbered mp3 files, forcing users to go though the typical x second streaming preview in order to preserve their download slots reduces the utility of the service.
I want an all-you-can-download flat rate plan, so that I can queue up a bunch of files and find some new music.
How can they justify charging someone when the "crime" was committed in a jurisdiction where it is legal?
The same way the Federal government can justify poking its nose into state governments' juristiction, they just claim it involved inter-state (or inter-national) commerce.
The thing in firefox are Quick Search bookmarks. For each bookmark, you can set a shortcut that will invoke that bookmark with some string replacement. Then you can just type 'gg search term' in the location bar. It is actually faster than mozilla's search function once you get it set up.
I think that google is already set up by default, but the shortcut is 'google'. It is probably better to set this to something shorter, like 'g'.
It seemas though the person using the unsecured wifi was engaged in less than legal activity.
The article mentions nothing to that effect. He is being charged with unauthorized access of a computer network (that required no authentication or authorization).
. Our power in the world was won through superior military force. We are currently having difficulty in maintaining that force. Measures are being taken to resolve that issue. Period.
Iraq was threatening our military might?
How can you advocate fighting for freedoms when our freedoms are being eroded by the current administration under the guise of fighting terrorists?
You praise the fact that our nation was founded by revolution, but yet oppose revolting against an abusive government (our own).
I agree that idependantly published films may become much more prevalent in the upcoming years, and I too am looking forward to it.
Unfortunately, big budgets can be necessary if there is a lot of work to be done.
If you watch the Lord of the Rings extras, you will see that thousands of people are involved making incredibly detailed sets, costumes, props, cgi, sound, etc.
Even striking out the actors' paychecks, nothing even remotely comparable could come from an indie budget.
While I don't really like the major media companies' business models, it would be a shame if such marvels would become impossible to produce.
Good ideas go a long way, but there will always be a minimum of physical labor and materials cost required to get any movie made. Big budgets can accomplish more of this practical work.
it's an interesting business model.. efectively using the GPL against itself (using it to stop a program being 'free' by tying it to a single company with commercial licensing terms)
Yes, but anyone is free to take the codebase and fork it so that any new contributions could be GPL-only. Likewise people can publish patches and elect not to give up their copyrights. In general, it allows the copyright holders to do whatever they want with their code.
If it came with a nice synopsis, complete with a keywords, it would be nicer. Add to that a time index of different topics, and it gets good. You can index the audio, and jump right to the part you are interested in.
A EULA isn't a contract. It's a license, which spells out the terms of use according to the vendor's working set, but it must be measured against the reality set of the laws in the place it is to be used.
Then why is it the EULA's can limit the number of processors in a system?
I think there is an inherent danger in that computers operate by copying data around. You install a program by copying it to disk. You run it by copying it to memory. All of this copying can be requlated under copyright, so you may be restricted by the license, as it is just giving you more rights than would normally be given under copyright. Same as the GPL.
Your example shows a couple of things. Fist and foremost, computers are making it easier to copy and distribute movies. Second, even regular people will copy movies if it is easy enough.
Computers and media devices will continue to make it easy to copy movies, despite the efforts of the content providers.
This leaves the second point. Why do people think that it is okay to copy? When the majority of people think that it is okay to do so, the laws should be changed to accommodate that. Businesses will have to find a new way to make money. It will happen eventually. If the industry put as much effort into finding new business models as preventing piracy, everyone would be better off.
Or they could be thrown off by being asked such a stupid question. When I read the headline, a doubt crept into my mind. I thought to myself, "is google putting paid intertwined with the search results now?" By asking what seems like an obvious question, you can get weird results.
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It wouldn't take much to insert advertising in RSS. Every third or fourth 'story' could be a link to an advertiser.
If you only inserted ads when new content was available, it wouldn't even annoy people very much, as it would not flag the channel for new content when there is only a new ad.
However, producing ethanol requires the use of petroleum, so it uses the oil subsidy and the ethanol subsidy. So while it may make sense to persue other energy options, the current state of ethanol seems makes it a bust.
Thank you. Your response summed up most of what I was about to say.
I think that there is a definition of reasonable DRM. That definition would be DRM that allowed only legal acts, while disallowing illegal ones.
If there was some way in which your computer could determine this 100% accurately, I have no doubt many would have no problem with DRM.
Unfortunately (for the copyright holders), there is a huge amount that is legal (fair use), so there is no way to implement a DRM system that follows this resonable definition.
After all it is legal to make backup copies for personal use. Any reasonable DRM would allow backup copies to any machine or device that was legal.
but it really doesn't need to be.
I love a lot of the games on it, and I don't really miss 3d graphics. In most instances, 3d distracts more than it helps (makes control and viewports 4x more complicated).
One enhancement I would like to see is a standard wireless adapter with 802.11b support. It would be awesome to just be able to pull out a GBA near a hotspot and play some multiplayer games.
GBA Multiplayer is relatively underutilized as it is. Building 802.11b adapters would help give multiplayer a nice push.
The problem is that these restrictions do not have enough exposure into the mainstream, even when it concerns TV.
Where was the uprising over commercial skip features in ReplayTV? What about the broadcast flag?
These "security features" will be slipped in, with people unaware, until they want to do something that is not allowed (like skipping previews on DVDs). Then they will be stuck with it, and may very well accept it as "how things are."
My problem with emusic.com is that they used to be so much better than they are now. They used to offer "unlimited" downloads for a flat monthly fee. I was about to sign up, and they changed it to only allowing x number of songs a month.
While it is nice they use unemcumbered mp3 files, forcing users to go though the typical x second streaming preview in order to preserve their download slots reduces the utility of the service.
I want an all-you-can-download flat rate plan, so that I can queue up a bunch of files and find some new music.
So how long before the patent expires?
How can they justify charging someone when the "crime" was committed in a jurisdiction where it is legal?
The same way the Federal government can justify poking its nose into state governments' juristiction, they just claim it involved inter-state (or inter-national) commerce.
The thing in firefox are Quick Search bookmarks. For each bookmark, you can set a shortcut that will invoke that bookmark with some string replacement. Then you can just type 'gg search term' in the location bar. It is actually faster than mozilla's search function once you get it set up.
I think that google is already set up by default, but the shortcut is 'google'. It is probably better to set this to something shorter, like 'g'.
It seemas though the person using the unsecured wifi was engaged in less than legal activity.
The article mentions nothing to that effect. He is being charged with unauthorized access of a computer network (that required no authentication or authorization).
. Our power in the world was won through superior military force. We are currently having difficulty in maintaining that force. Measures are being taken to resolve that issue. Period.
Iraq was threatening our military might?
How can you advocate fighting for freedoms when our freedoms are being eroded by the current administration under the guise of fighting terrorists?
You praise the fact that our nation was founded by revolution, but yet oppose revolting against an abusive government (our own).
WTF?
I agree that idependantly published films may become much more prevalent in the upcoming years, and I too am looking forward to it.
Unfortunately, big budgets can be necessary if there is a lot of work to be done.
If you watch the Lord of the Rings extras, you will see that thousands of people are involved making incredibly detailed sets, costumes, props, cgi, sound, etc.
Even striking out the actors' paychecks, nothing even remotely comparable could come from an indie budget.
While I don't really like the major media companies' business models, it would be a shame if such marvels would become impossible to produce.
Good ideas go a long way, but there will always be a minimum of physical labor and materials cost required to get any movie made. Big budgets can accomplish more of this practical work.
it's an interesting business model.. efectively using the GPL against itself (using it to stop a program being 'free' by tying it to a single company with commercial licensing terms)
Yes, but anyone is free to take the codebase and fork it so that any new contributions could be GPL-only. Likewise people can publish patches and elect not to give up their copyrights. In general, it allows the copyright holders to do whatever they want with their code.
But ... but, since our side is obviously right, even entertaining the argument is too much! :)
I quick google search on this shows that this is intended to repeal tax cuts, and has nothing to do with ethics.
But iBooks are ugly. Powerbooks don't look like a cheap toy.
The light output of the monitor is nothing compared to a projector. This means you would have to play in very dark conditions.
If it came with a nice synopsis, complete with a keywords, it would be nicer. Add to that a time index of different topics, and it gets good. You can index the audio, and jump right to the part you are interested in.
There is also the manufacture cost factor. Less logic in hardware, the cheaper it is. This is why winmodems are popular.
Then why is it the EULA's can limit the number of processors in a system?
I think there is an inherent danger in that computers operate by copying data around. You install a program by copying it to disk. You run it by copying it to memory. All of this copying can be requlated under copyright, so you may be restricted by the license, as it is just giving you more rights than would normally be given under copyright. Same as the GPL.
Your example shows a couple of things. Fist and foremost, computers are making it easier to copy and distribute movies. Second, even regular people will copy movies if it is easy enough.
Computers and media devices will continue to make it easy to copy movies, despite the efforts of the content providers.
This leaves the second point. Why do people think that it is okay to copy? When the majority of people think that it is okay to do so, the laws should be changed to accommodate that. Businesses will have to find a new way to make money. It will happen eventually. If the industry put as much effort into finding new business models as preventing piracy, everyone would be better off.
I have not found any place to download lsongs, or lphoto.
Apparently you can buy them for $20 though.
I've been thinking recently of why the cube is as tall as it is now, anyway. Does anyone have internal pictures?
I mean it should be tiny. What is in there? A motherboard, optical drive, cable ports, and a fan. Right?
I agree. Few websites or companies make their services "indispensible". There are often too many copycat services before critical mass is reached.
However, a prominent counter-example is ebay.
Or they could be thrown off by being asked such a stupid question. When I read the headline, a doubt crept into my mind. I thought to myself, "is google putting paid intertwined with the search results now?" By asking what seems like an obvious question, you can get weird results.