And someone else will get theirs and someone else will get theirs and at the end of the chain, someone will dispose of an old car. So society has lost a car for the one that was replaced.
But everyone's car will be better. If the first link in the chain had junked his car instead of selling it, the second link might not have been able to afford a car upgrade, thus resulting in the rest of society not benefitting.
Wouldn't it be better for the economy to encourage manufacturers to make cars that last longer?
Yes it would, and it does. The marketplace will pay more for cars that last longer, thus giving manufacturers incentive to make longer lasting cars.
Also, people who "hoard" money also help the economy (well, today they do, since basically no one keeps it in a box buried in the backyard).
And even if someone buries their money in a box it benefits society, because when the money supply decreases everyone else's purchasing power increases.
I'm sorry, but your comparison is faulty. The correct one is:
Yes and programmers are the only ones adding any value to software, and ASIC designers are the only ones who add value to the chips, and engineers are the only ones who add value to automobiles.
But I have to ask you, are you really of the opinion that advertisements, packaging, plastic discs, distribution to retail outlets and the ability to buy said plastic discs at various retail outlets add value to music? If you are, then feel free to continue buying music from the record companies. Personally I haven't bought a album in ten years, going back to paying for music feels completely alien. If the recording industry wants me to pay them, they better come up with a way to compete with the free alternatives by improving their products instead of crippling them.
Who cares? I'm more interested in the artists anyways, the record companies add nothing of value to music IMO. And artists will survive, even if the music business shrinks to a tenth of it's current size, artists will still make more money if we get rid of the middleman.
I'm guessing you're talking about China (human rights shouldn't really be an issue in India, which is a functioning democracy).
One reason we can't compete with the price of their labor is the artificial price fixing of the Chinese currency, which is valued much lower than it would be in a free market (well, as free as a centralized currency system can be). This artificially low exchange rate makes Chinese labor very cheap for foreign currencies; it also makes foreign products more expensive to Chinese, so it makes it even harder for companies without production in China to compete with companies that have outsourced there. Obviously this lowers the standard of living for the average Chinese, but I guess their government sees that as acceptable in the race for first place in the world economy.
There's many posts pointing out that even the analog inputs are putting out better quality picture than dvd, and that this will be enough for most pirates. When you think about it, they could have completely plugged the "analog hole"; the legal consumers with component-only HDTVs would have been screwed either way. Maybe leaving some avenue of pirating the media is a concession aimed at deterring people from cracking&pirating the copy protection (as the unprotected analog picture is good enough for most pirating), thus leaving the higher resolutions to paying customers. Are the media corporations finally realising that piracy can never be completely prevented?
I'm not so sure if it's so simple, as HDTV and HD-DVD are completely different standards. I don't think the DVD Forum is obligated to make HD-DVD compatible with all HDTV's. IMO this is a good thing, hopefully this will cause a backlash against media DRM schemes.
Why does everyone keep comparing Vista to MacOSX? I mean sure, OSX had most (if not all) of these features first, but the one and only reason a large portion of the market will upgrade to Vista is DX10, everything else is just gravy. And yes, the title is misleading, it should probably be "Ten reasons to upgrade from Windows XP to Vista".
On the plus side, if the internet was unavailable, I think many people would at least temporarily rediscover the real world.
I was going to joke about me not knowing about the real world and ask you to point me to a wikipedia article or website which explains it, but I was foiled by the article on real world.
Some tweaks and a few extra features, and optimisations in D3DX and fxc, plus the support for some intermediate shader model versions between 2 and 3 that some cards support. The article submitter (or maybe the article, didn't RTFA:P) is confusing hardware DX with the software; the highest SW version is 9.0c (December 2005 edition). Technically any card with support for at least shader model 2 is a HW 9.0 card, including the GeForce FX and the Radeon 9550, so they should run Vista.
And, above all else, what specifically did AT&T contribute to MPEG-4?
Nothing. They probably patented something a long time ago that got independently implemented in MPEG-4. This is the very definition of a submarine patent.
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And someone else will get theirs and someone else will get theirs and at the end of the chain, someone will dispose of an old car. So society has lost a car for the one that was replaced.
But everyone's car will be better. If the first link in the chain had junked his car instead of selling it, the second link might not have been able to afford a car upgrade, thus resulting in the rest of society not benefitting.
Wouldn't it be better for the economy to encourage manufacturers to make cars that last longer?
Yes it would, and it does. The marketplace will pay more for cars that last longer, thus giving manufacturers incentive to make longer lasting cars.
Also, people who "hoard" money also help the economy (well, today they do, since basically no one keeps it in a box buried in the backyard).
And even if someone buries their money in a box it benefits society, because when the money supply decreases everyone else's purchasing power increases.
66.64
As a sidenote, it will be 66.6 when GOOG hits $349.35.
Typing tutorial!? I'd say being self-taught at typing is the norm, and not the exception. :P
Was that before or after I hacked in and completely removed the pixel, creating a tiny hole in everyones monitor?
In the way that the car manufacturer doesn't forbid the accessory company from producing accessories for other car manufacurers.
I'm sorry, but your comparison is faulty. The correct one is:
Yes and programmers are the only ones adding any value to software, and ASIC designers are the only ones who add value to the chips, and engineers are the only ones who add value to automobiles.
But I have to ask you, are you really of the opinion that advertisements, packaging, plastic discs, distribution to retail outlets and the ability to buy said plastic discs at various retail outlets add value to music? If you are, then feel free to continue buying music from the record companies. Personally I haven't bought a album in ten years, going back to paying for music feels completely alien. If the recording industry wants me to pay them, they better come up with a way to compete with the free alternatives by improving their products instead of crippling them.
record companies need money to make it.
Who cares? I'm more interested in the artists anyways, the record companies add nothing of value to music IMO. And artists will survive, even if the music business shrinks to a tenth of it's current size, artists will still make more money if we get rid of the middleman.
Or maybe his first language is french.
I'm guessing you're talking about China (human rights shouldn't really be an issue in India, which is a functioning democracy).
One reason we can't compete with the price of their labor is the artificial price fixing of the Chinese currency, which is valued much lower than it would be in a free market (well, as free as a centralized currency system can be). This artificially low exchange rate makes Chinese labor very cheap for foreign currencies; it also makes foreign products more expensive to Chinese, so it makes it even harder for companies without production in China to compete with companies that have outsourced there. Obviously this lowers the standard of living for the average Chinese, but I guess their government sees that as acceptable in the race for first place in the world economy.
Wow. You wrote so much, yet said nothing. Kudos.
And the UN security council, and international law...
And US laws...
There's many posts pointing out that even the analog inputs are putting out better quality picture than dvd, and that this will be enough for most pirates. When you think about it, they could have completely plugged the "analog hole"; the legal consumers with component-only HDTVs would have been screwed either way. Maybe leaving some avenue of pirating the media is a concession aimed at deterring people from cracking&pirating the copy protection (as the unprotected analog picture is good enough for most pirating), thus leaving the higher resolutions to paying customers. Are the media corporations finally realising that piracy can never be completely prevented?
I'm not so sure if it's so simple, as HDTV and HD-DVD are completely different standards. I don't think the DVD Forum is obligated to make HD-DVD compatible with all HDTV's. IMO this is a good thing, hopefully this will cause a backlash against media DRM schemes.
I can't speak latin, you cloddus insensitivicus!
ED servers are like a looser version of BT trackers
Did you mean loser or looser? An honest question, nowadays people don't seem to realise they're two different words.
Why does everyone keep comparing Vista to MacOSX? I mean sure, OSX had most (if not all) of these features first, but the one and only reason a large portion of the market will upgrade to Vista is DX10, everything else is just gravy. And yes, the title is misleading, it should probably be "Ten reasons to upgrade from Windows XP to Vista".
As soon as Duke Nukem comes out, you can be sure it will have a 'Made for Microsoft Windows Vista' sticker on it.
Are you serious? When DNF comes out Microsoft will have dropped support for legacy OS's like Vista!
Wow, you sound so convincing that I will immediately believe you. Thank you so much for stating this compelling fact to us.
Are you joking or did you really crash your Commodore?
On the plus side, if the internet was unavailable, I think many people would at least temporarily rediscover the real world.
I was going to joke about me not knowing about the real world and ask you to point me to a wikipedia article or website which explains it, but I was foiled by the article on real world.
Maybe they use vertical mice.
Relative to Steve Ballmer's chair.
Some tweaks and a few extra features, and optimisations in D3DX and fxc, plus the support for some intermediate shader model versions between 2 and 3 that some cards support. The article submitter (or maybe the article, didn't RTFA :P) is confusing hardware DX with the software; the highest SW version is 9.0c (December 2005 edition). Technically any card with support for at least shader model 2 is a HW 9.0 card, including the GeForce FX and the Radeon 9550, so they should run Vista.
And, above all else, what specifically did AT&T contribute to MPEG-4?
Nothing. They probably patented something a long time ago that got independently implemented in MPEG-4. This is the very definition of a submarine patent.