I have timed recently, that it took a longer time of "user interaction" to get a DVD bought at Amazon out of it's "theft protection" packaging without damaging the clamshell than it took to download and burn the movie.
Granted, the download and burn process took longer than that, but the shipping of the bought DVD took even longer, so the "I want to watch it right now" doesn't work either.;-)
So about the only reason for me to buy stuff is when after I have seen it I decide that that was great, and I go buy it so they make more like it. And that would surely work better if I knew the money wound up at the right spot, at the artists, and was not spent to hire some lawyers to sue people.
And I don't really see a benefit in having to place your device on a certain spot on the desk to recharge it over having to place it in some charging device.
The charging device is even more practical, since it's more portable.
One problem I have is with restricting the copying a media is that what happens when the copyright owner disappears.
I have a list of about 50 or so movies open I try to get, but they are unavailable in any formats anywhere. I managed to get some of them by copying from someone, or from some other *cough*
sources *cough*
Copyright was once invented to give artists compensation for their contribution to the arts and society. The basic idea should still be that the artists work becomes part of the common heritage some day
So in my opinion DRM would only be OK if the copyright holder also had a copyobligation ( for a fair price ) if someone requests a copy. And there should be a 'official' way to get a copy in case the copyright owner disappears.
If I have to measure something approximately in meters, like a room or something I just take big steps. One step is about one meter.
Also, If I measure a cable or a rope or something : A meter is about the distance from the hand of an outstretched arm to the other shoulder. Very easy to measure while pulling the cable/rope.
one interesting thing to notice about MS products :
When you see the W95 -> W2K -> XP changes, and also the changes from SQL Server 2000 to 2005 you can't help but notice that there are major improvements to the COMMAND LINE there as well. There are even some SQL Server 2005 features that can only be accessed from the command line / SQL Commands. For example some security settings can only be relaxed through the CL, so that they avoid the "I don't know what that is exactly, but I just try switching it off and see what happens" effect that GUIs tend to have.
Well, in about the same way the GUI has "replaced" the command line.
I would imagine there are tasks that could be easier to do in a "VRUI", the same way there are task that are easier to do in a GUI than on CL these days. But there are still tasks that are faster and easier to do on the CL.
I also could imagine typing on a "real" keyboard you can feel will keep being faster than on a "virtual" keyboard.
But the same way the CL has never "gone away" I could imagine the GUI will never go away either. It's just easier to use if you have to switch between computer and (the real) reality fast for doing the job, for example.
Of course Linux, with the applications already supporting different window managers and different X-Servers on different platforms could already have a foot in the door for supporting VRUI interfaces to programs that would benefit from them, and integrate the CL/GUI/VRUI in some way
>and that's pretty much a measure of the standard of living that will result.
Well, at least until "productivity" gets so high that actual people are no longer needed to produce the stuff, so the actual people don't get any money out of it, and hence don't get the standard of living.
I would leave DNS for IPv4 as it is.
Build a new DNS for IPv6 from the ground up, with all things implemented new and no backward compatibility.
Keep both of them separate, and phase the old DNS system out when IPv4 is phased out.
> On average, the volunteers took 38 seconds to log on
So now I need about 4 to 5 seconds to log on. (Just tested it)
Considering that the system needs a special mouse and a special login interface, too, why not get a mouse with a finger print reader and use that login interface?
I would also imagine Joe User will be trained faster to "put your finger there, dude", then to feel and remember the tactile pattern.
It's basicly that you are allowed to make "some" copies of copyrighted material you own, as long as you don't make money with it. Most courts have draw the line of "some" at five or so.
However, because 99.999% of subscribers don't know anything about this issue, they'll choose whichever ISP is cheapest regardless of the fact that they'll be cutting themselves out of access to the more interesting places on the net.
<sarcasm>Soooo.... would that mean 99.999% of the web user will vanish into some "commercial" web, and leave the "real" web for people who have a clue, like it was in the good old days before the corporations infested it? </sarcasm>
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I have timed recently, that it took a longer time of "user interaction" to get a DVD bought at Amazon out of it's "theft protection" packaging without damaging the clamshell than it took to download and burn the movie.
;-)
Granted, the download and burn process took longer than that, but the shipping of the bought DVD took even longer, so the "I want to watch it right now" doesn't work either.
So about the only reason for me to buy stuff is when after I have seen it I decide that that was great, and I go buy it so they make more like it. And that would surely work better if I knew the money wound up at the right spot, at the artists, and was not spent to hire some lawyers to sue people.
And I don't really see a benefit in having to place your device on a certain spot on the desk to recharge it over having to place it in some charging device.
The charging device is even more practical, since it's more portable.
One problem I have is with restricting the copying a media is that what happens when the copyright owner disappears.
I have a list of about 50 or so movies open I try to get, but they are unavailable in any formats anywhere. I managed to get some of them by copying from someone, or from some other *cough* sources *cough*
Copyright was once invented to give artists compensation for their contribution to the arts and society. The basic idea should still be that the artists work becomes part of the common heritage some day
So in my opinion DRM would only be OK if the copyright holder also had a copyobligation ( for a fair price ) if someone requests a copy. And there should be a 'official' way to get a copy in case the copyright owner disappears.
A meter is hard to understand?
If I have to measure something approximately in meters, like a room or something I just take big steps. One step is about one meter.
Also, If I measure a cable or a rope or something : A meter is about the distance from the hand of an outstretched arm to the other shoulder. Very easy to measure while pulling the cable/rope.
In our company we won't even LOOK at a new product, be it MS or any other until patch / service pack 1 is at least half a year old.
And than we just LOOK at it in the sense of looking at other peoples experiences.
Maybe one year after the release we will consider a test installation on some spare box.
They would have killed it off pretty quick.
Oh, and ...
one interesting thing to notice about MS products :
When you see the W95 -> W2K -> XP changes, and also the changes from SQL Server 2000 to 2005 you can't help but notice that there are major improvements to the COMMAND LINE there as well. There are even some SQL Server 2005 features that can only be accessed from the command line / SQL Commands. For example some security settings can only be relaxed through the CL, so that they avoid the "I don't know what that is exactly, but I just try switching it off and see what happens" effect that GUIs tend to have.
Well, in about the same way the GUI has "replaced" the command line.
I would imagine there are tasks that could be easier to do in a "VRUI", the same way there are task that are easier to do in a GUI than on CL these days. But there are still tasks that are faster and easier to do on the CL.
I also could imagine typing on a "real" keyboard you can feel will keep being faster than on a "virtual" keyboard.
But the same way the CL has never "gone away" I could imagine the GUI will never go away either. It's just easier to use if you have to switch between computer and (the real) reality fast for doing the job, for example.
Of course Linux, with the applications already supporting different window managers and different X-Servers on different platforms could already have a foot in the door for supporting VRUI interfaces to programs that would benefit from them, and integrate the CL/GUI/VRUI in some way
... something? Is the marketing department sleeping?
So it's basically "If you download cracked software from an unreliable source it may contain viruses."
In other news we have heard rumors that the sun might rise tomorrow morning, and when you let go of a hammer it is very likely to fall down.
Hmmm... I wonder how this thing works. *Goes searching for screwdriver*
>and that's pretty much a measure of the standard of living that will result.
Well, at least until "productivity" gets so high that actual people are no longer needed to produce the stuff, so the actual people don't get any money out of it, and hence don't get the standard of living.
I would leave DNS for IPv4 as it is. Build a new DNS for IPv6 from the ground up, with all things implemented new and no backward compatibility. Keep both of them separate, and phase the old DNS system out when IPv4 is phased out.
So how well does this "offload the work to the GPU" thing works on thin clients and terminal services or Citrix again?
Seems their number one target is the clueless home user now, not the enterprise environment.
Fine with me, dudes. You can have them. ;-)
The online coffee making market will be the only thing still owned my Microsoft with their 'Vista Machiato' OS version.
But every drinker must be licensed separately.
So they turn the "For every new Windows you have to buy new hardware" around to "For every new hardware you have to buy a new Windows".
Well, I keep my fingers crossed they fall on their face this time.
> On average, the volunteers took 38 seconds to log on
So now I need about 4 to 5 seconds to log on. (Just tested it)
Considering that the system needs a special mouse and a special login interface, too, why not get a mouse with a finger print reader and use that login interface?
I would also imagine Joe User will be trained faster to "put your finger there, dude", then to feel and remember the tactile pattern.
Almost on the "two years". It's when it has been "vergriffen" for two years, which means it couldn't be bought anywhere for two years.
A quick Goole for "Privatkopie" brought up a lot of Reference, but only in German I'm afraid ;-)
E.g. http://www.privatkopie.net/ who try to make shure it stays that way.
The law itself is 53 UrhG : http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/urhg/__53.html
It's basicly that you are allowed to make "some" copies of copyrighted material you own, as long as you don't make money with it. Most courts have draw the line of "some" at five or so.
That's what I thought.
And since most systems which READ Barcodes also PRINT barcodes at some point You could even spread it on paper that way. ;-)
About 10 percent are switched to another POS Software running under XP Embedded for testing purposes, but we also look into some Linux options.
We expect to have the DOS completely replaced by something else in 3-4 years or so.
Nethack still looks as fresh and crisp as it did 20 years ago.
And Voyager I poked a hole in it. And what happens to a balloon with a hole in it? Right. It goes pfffffffffffffttttttt.....
Which is what Voyager 2 now detected. All pretty simple and straingforward, ain't it?
<sarcasm>Soooo.... would that mean 99.999% of the web user will vanish into some "commercial" web, and leave the "real" web for people who have a clue, like it was in the good old days before the corporations infested it? </sarcasm>
Dang.
Now the alies which land here 13.314 years from now will die for shure, because they only learned German from Adolfs first television broadcast.