aol and yahoo already do this to an extent. cant say as ive ever really had the need to do it though since text messaging seems to be more than efficient for my needs. i cant see how this will really be effective on a phone however, you just cant type fast enough or have enough screen realestate to take advantage of im like you do on a computer.
sounds to me like vista is going to blow xp away in the hog department. i cant see anyone interested in productivity and reliability using this anyway if its that intensive. ie most business will likely turn this off to begin with, even on the few systems that can handle it. i do how ever see it pissing off a large number of consumers, not they they will learn by buy god they will bitch.
as a side not i downgrade xp to 2000 graphics anyway...
its also imporant to note that chains such as best buy and circuit city sell dvds at a minimal markup, even taking hits on popular titles to get customers into the stores. compare this to record stores who generaly price their dvds at $22-25 and the prices are not realy that high. you will likely see bluray disks priced at $25 or even less as most electronic stores will cut prices on media to promote hardware sales.
strikes me as odd as well. however conspiricy charges are on the books mostly to combat organized crime and gangs. i would suspect however that conspiricy is generaly harder to prove as opposed to the infringment which can be a fairly easy case in instances such as this.
throwin copies of photoshop and office and this number can add up quick. heck just 5000 pirated copies of office and photoshop, thats not even considering adobe packages that can cost over $2000 each. get into cad and other true professional levely software and 6.5 million is a medium sized office worth of software. Also keep in mind these are number made up by the goverment and the media, ie exagerated well beyond true market value.
there is no way to transfer a song from one account to another
i would think if you were creating a ligitamite business model you could simply setup an itunes account in the purchasers name, provide the funds for the required songs and transfer them to and the ipod. then include the account information in the purchase, and you will have records of all the legal purchases for the customer and yourself. however unless you have a means of purchasing the music at a reduced rate i dont see this as being partiularly lucritive. overall i think you would need some serious marketing abilities to pull this of legaly.
the brain is "preprogramed" with a wide range of knowledge we take for granted. i wouldnt be suprised at all if an innate knowledge of geometry reltated to how the brain process depth perception and motor fuctions.
Actualy the book used the name Boris Floricic not Tron. i suspect disney would have a bit of an issue with a book using the name Tron. however unless the "fictional" book was specificly based on Tron's life i dont see how they have any claim. just because you choose a name for you kid doesnt make it a trademark...
its not just tickmaster. its big business now charging for "conviences" that actual save the companies (oh and the goverment) millions of dollars a year. heck you go renew your license or reregister your car online you are charged a convience fee, which im not entirely sure isnt an illegal tax...
the consumer data on myspace is about as relyable as polling inmates to see how many inocent people are in prison. so just look for the spamers and scum trollin for scraps of information to feed upon and im sure youll find their buyers. doubt any ligitamite corporations would pay that much for data as unreliable as myspace.
personaly i would liken this more to a comparison of cd to sacd/dvd audio than to vhs. are cds still alive and kicken even though consumers can get a "better experience" from sacd/dvd audio? i think so. when 100 million or so bluray/hddvd players are sold you might be able to consider the dvd dead, though likely all those players will play dvd as well so...
am i wrong in thinking that such open pc suport for hd-dvd may scare the mpaa towards blu-ray?
add in the fact that blu-ray has the majority of the hardware industry behind it (including dell, hp and apple) and i dont see this as a big boost for hd-dvd.
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in related news, national 911 services are now being routed to an call center in india...
aol and yahoo already do this to an extent. cant say as ive ever really had the need to do it though since text messaging seems to be more than efficient for my needs. i cant see how this will really be effective on a phone however, you just cant type fast enough or have enough screen realestate to take advantage of im like you do on a computer.
sounds to me like vista is going to blow xp away in the hog department. i cant see anyone interested in productivity and reliability using this anyway if its that intensive. ie most business will likely turn this off to begin with, even on the few systems that can handle it. i do how ever see it pissing off a large number of consumers, not they they will learn by buy god they will bitch. as a side not i downgrade xp to 2000 graphics anyway...
its also imporant to note that chains such as best buy and circuit city sell dvds at a minimal markup, even taking hits on popular titles to get customers into the stores. compare this to record stores who generaly price their dvds at $22-25 and the prices are not realy that high. you will likely see bluray disks priced at $25 or even less as most electronic stores will cut prices on media to promote hardware sales.
strikes me as odd as well. however conspiricy charges are on the books mostly to combat organized crime and gangs. i would suspect however that conspiricy is generaly harder to prove as opposed to the infringment which can be a fairly easy case in instances such as this.
throwin copies of photoshop and office and this number can add up quick. heck just 5000 pirated copies of office and photoshop, thats not even considering adobe packages that can cost over $2000 each. get into cad and other true professional levely software and 6.5 million is a medium sized office worth of software. Also keep in mind these are number made up by the goverment and the media, ie exagerated well beyond true market value.
hmm apple buying nintendo would be alot more interesting.
the brain is "preprogramed" with a wide range of knowledge we take for granted. i wouldnt be suprised at all if an innate knowledge of geometry reltated to how the brain process depth perception and motor fuctions.
Actualy the book used the name Boris Floricic not Tron. i suspect disney would have a bit of an issue with a book using the name Tron. however unless the "fictional" book was specificly based on Tron's life i dont see how they have any claim. just because you choose a name for you kid doesnt make it a trademark...
its not just tickmaster. its big business now charging for "conviences" that actual save the companies (oh and the goverment) millions of dollars a year. heck you go renew your license or reregister your car online you are charged a convience fee, which im not entirely sure isnt an illegal tax...
perhaps wiki was part of the subject and not the sources?
the consumer data on myspace is about as relyable as polling inmates to see how many inocent people are in prison. so just look for the spamers and scum trollin for scraps of information to feed upon and im sure youll find their buyers. doubt any ligitamite corporations would pay that much for data as unreliable as myspace.
personaly i would liken this more to a comparison of cd to sacd/dvd audio than to vhs. are cds still alive and kicken even though consumers can get a "better experience" from sacd/dvd audio? i think so. when 100 million or so bluray/hddvd players are sold you might be able to consider the dvd dead, though likely all those players will play dvd as well so...
am i wrong in thinking that such open pc suport for hd-dvd may scare the mpaa towards blu-ray? add in the fact that blu-ray has the majority of the hardware industry behind it (including dell, hp and apple) and i dont see this as a big boost for hd-dvd.