If someone is willing to pay $10 to some random fraudster for a movie, but they won't spend that same $10 on a legally distributed DVD, I call bullshit.
So why are they buying the $10 pirated version instead of the $10 legal version?
What are the features that make this product so wonderful that it offsets the pathetic and failed token attempt at security that is little better than anonymous FTP and far worse than plain FTP?
You said you wanted to treat me like an adult, that hasn't happened yet. I said I wanted to discuss, not debate. All you need to do is respectfully ask the question and we both get what we want.
So you've got "try it", "better", "They used it" and that's supposed to be some sort of information?
Are you rescinding the claim that you read my previous posts?
...instead given you the benefit of the doubt and have decided to treat you like an adult...
No, you are not. You realize that asking me what I meant was actually the right thing to do originally, but don't want to admit it. You're fighting it, kicking and screaming, hoping above all hope that I'll give you something you can argue with.
If you are serious about the actual topic then act accordingly and post something to the current discussion to let everyone know why you think it's worth using despite the massive security flaws.
I make you a counter-proposal: You see, I don't want to argue about it. Discuss it? Sure. I'd love to learn more-secure alternatives, especially if my needs are addressed. I only stand to win from your cooperation. But... I don't want to sit here and argue with somebody that has already spent several posts avoiding understanding the topic any better than they currently do. I mean, seriously, "you don't have a point"? Really? I already know the moment I list the first interesting feature, you'll hit reply and start formulating a rebuttal. I won't learn anything useful from you in that mental state, not interested.
So, it's entirely up to you: Are you willing to discuss?
However, if you take just a little step back you'll realize that radio spectrum isn't an unlimited resource, and with data usage growing at such phenomenal rates there's no real way to get people to be more efficient about their usage (like, for example, pulling your podcasts over landlines instead of clogging up cell towers with them) without usage limits of some sort.
Right, but these aren't usage limits, they're a money grab.
Come up with a 5-year network hardware expansion plan that can compensate for unrestricted *exponential growth*.
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Digital movies are filmed in "super high def".
Most films are at roughly 2k with a few popping up as high as 4k, with a lot of the shots still only being 2k.
10 years ago I had a CRT monitor that could handle twice that resolution.
This is a serious question and not an argument: Which brand/model of CRT had a vertical resolution of 2160?
How would bundling a TV with AppleTV and iTunes NOT be anti-competitive?
Are you selling torches and pitchforks or something?
So the surface of Earth was below freezing or several hundred degrees until life took over?
Or any of the other places that we thought life couldn't exist until we found it there?
Not quite. We're talking about life starting in an environment like that, not life evolving into that environment from a more comfortable one.
That's a great idea! All that matters is what your boss can see, there's no way your internet connections could be logged by a server in another room!
Cubert Farnsworth's Livin-In-The-Real-World Tip of the Day: Can do != Does do
Isn't that what we're all doing by posting to /. from work?
Yes, in the same way that closing one eye makes everything flat.
There are people that cannot smell in stereo! What about them?!
I'd buy this if all it was was a 'boss button'.
*Stomp* *YouTube window minimizes*
If someone is willing to pay $10 to some random fraudster for a movie, but they won't spend that same $10 on a legally distributed DVD, I call bullshit.
So why are they buying the $10 pirated version instead of the $10 legal version?
Moreover, I have a lot of MP3s that I downloaded because I was too lazy to rip the CD version that I own.
Is that really a problem?
NI posted the butt licking comment to be insightful, and the ppl with mod points agreed!
I'm sorry, my last post was too vague. My bad.
What are the features that make this product so wonderful that it offsets the pathetic and failed token attempt at security that is little better than anonymous FTP and far worse than plain FTP?
Why is that so hard to ask?
Why is it so hard?
You said you wanted to treat me like an adult, that hasn't happened yet. I said I wanted to discuss, not debate. All you need to do is respectfully ask the question and we both get what we want.
Please phrase that in the form of a question.
Sure. Ask away!
So you've got "try it", "better", "They used it" and that's supposed to be some sort of information?
Are you rescinding the claim that you read my previous posts?
...instead given you the benefit of the doubt and have decided to treat you like an adult...
No, you are not. You realize that asking me what I meant was actually the right thing to do originally, but don't want to admit it. You're fighting it, kicking and screaming, hoping above all hope that I'll give you something you can argue with.
If you are serious about the actual topic then act accordingly and post something to the current discussion to let everyone know why you think it's worth using despite the massive security flaws.
I make you a counter-proposal: You see, I don't want to argue about it. Discuss it? Sure. I'd love to learn more-secure alternatives, especially if my needs are addressed. I only stand to win from your cooperation. But... I don't want to sit here and argue with somebody that has already spent several posts avoiding understanding the topic any better than they currently do. I mean, seriously, "you don't have a point"? Really? I already know the moment I list the first interesting feature, you'll hit reply and start formulating a rebuttal. I won't learn anything useful from you in that mental state, not interested.
So, it's entirely up to you: Are you willing to discuss?
I didn't post to have intelligent discussion, if that's what you mean. ;)
Does html5 have any capabilities that would allow obnoxious DRM to be placed on videos sent through it is what I wonder.
It's just a video rental, who cares if it's DRM? The problem with DRM is when you pay for a permanent copy.
Alas, it is stillborn, killed in the womb by corporate arrogance and indifference. Now, no one cares, not even me.
Don't worry, we'll still mod you up every time you bring up how great the Nokia phones are even though nobody asked.
Polymer banknotes have been used to varying degrees in 27 countries prior to Canada.
We'll be sure to call you when a country claims to be the first.
Imagine the size of those sharks required for such huge laser weapons.
That joke is now 14 years, 1 month, and 19 days old.
However, if you take just a little step back you'll realize that radio spectrum isn't an unlimited resource, and with data usage growing at such phenomenal rates there's no real way to get people to be more efficient about their usage (like, for example, pulling your podcasts over landlines instead of clogging up cell towers with them) without usage limits of some sort.
Right, but these aren't usage limits, they're a money grab.
Come up with a 5-year network hardware expansion plan that can compensate for unrestricted *exponential growth*.
Your rate is x dollars per megabyte.
Data usage on a mobile phone produces different usage patterns than usage on a regular PC.
This sounds like it matters, but it doesn't. If you're paying to get 5 gigs of data, you should get five gigs of data.
I'd agree with you if we were discussing unlimited plans.
Is Mazda criminally negligent because somebody used a hammer to break the window and steal my GPS?