Content companies think it is unfair for them to be required to spend resources on scouring the Web when their pirated work helps service providers make money.
Service providers think that it is unfair for them to be required to spend resources on scouring the Web when a content company's pirated works helps content companies make money from the free advertising.
Around the time of the split, I decided to give IBM Lotus Symphony a try. It's based on Open Office and so far I'm really happy with it.
No real interest in going back to Open Office, and no need to try LibreOffice at this point.
"The Z Backscatter Vans, or ZBVs, as the company calls them, bounce a narrow stream of x-rays off and through nearby objects, and read which ones come back."
A doctor needs informed consent to do an X-ray because of the risk from radiation. Why do these people think that they can irradiate people just because they want to? At least, as I understand it, at the airport you can decline to be irradiated and get searched the old fashioned way. With this you have no right to decline, or even knowledge that it happened.
The next step will to either forbid snail mail, or require that an electronic copy be retained of all physical correspondence.
Anything else would leave open an unacceptable security hole in which the terrorists could coordinate their plots with impunity.
There's no justification there, just a statement of fact. Some piracy DOES occur because the gamers can't afford the games. That doesn't make it right or wrong, just a fact of life.
It's the exact same thing with a Ferrari in your example. It's not right that people steal one because they can't afford it, but it does happen.
You're absolutely right. The first time that someone texts a peanut butter and jelly sandwich smell to someone and the kid one seat over on the bus dies from his peanut allergy will be the end of this phone.
This doesn't even consider how many workplaces that have scent/perfume/cologne restrictions and would ban the phone. What use is a cell phone if you can't bring it anywhere?
This is another bad idea that is going to end up costing the investors a large chunk of change if it even makes it into production.
If a boycott of the industry took place, and led to steep declines in the record sales of RIAA members, the RIAA would just present that as evidence of rampant piracy spiraling out of control and demand more draconian laws to protect their revenue streams.
The fact that Sony is aware of their ongoing and continuing PR problems, and is actively and publically trying to address it is a good thing. The impression that I have had recently is of a bunch of ostriches with their heads buried in the sand, waving pom-poms and leading cheers about how great Sony is.
However, having read the summary of the article, I don't see anything that would lend itself to the author's sense of "cautious optimism" in what was said in the meeting itself. There wasn't anything that struck me as new or showing that Sony is trying to move in a different and better direction.
At this point, I know for myself, that it will take more than just a well packaged, rehashed version of the same message delivered by articulate and likeable messengers to give me any sense of optimism, cautious or otherwise, about where Sony is, and the direction that they are heading in.
Okopipi is a poisonous blue frog. Quite appropriate I think.
As to the fact that it isn't "marketable", who cares. Would anyone have thought google was marketable before they started? If the product is good enough, the market doesn't care about the name.
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Content companies think it is unfair for them to be required to spend resources on scouring the Web when their pirated work helps service providers make money.
Service providers think that it is unfair for them to be required to spend resources on scouring the Web when a content company's pirated works helps content companies make money from the free advertising.
Around the time of the split, I decided to give IBM Lotus Symphony a try. It's based on Open Office and so far I'm really happy with it. No real interest in going back to Open Office, and no need to try LibreOffice at this point.
"The Z Backscatter Vans, or ZBVs, as the company calls them, bounce a narrow stream of x-rays off and through nearby objects, and read which ones come back."
A doctor needs informed consent to do an X-ray because of the risk from radiation. Why do these people think that they can irradiate people just because they want to? At least, as I understand it, at the airport you can decline to be irradiated and get searched the old fashioned way. With this you have no right to decline, or even knowledge that it happened.
AT&T is a deal breaker for me. They only have roaming coverage in my state, which means that I don't have the option to get an iPhone.
Was that just a short press release with some random unrelated photos, or did I completely miss the boat on this one?
Waffles so good that a country was named in honor of the inventor.
" as well as crippling battery life." is not the same as "a slightly excessive battery drain."
The next step will to either forbid snail mail, or require that an electronic copy be retained of all physical correspondence. Anything else would leave open an unacceptable security hole in which the terrorists could coordinate their plots with impunity.
There's no justification there, just a statement of fact. Some piracy DOES occur because the gamers can't afford the games. That doesn't make it right or wrong, just a fact of life. It's the exact same thing with a Ferrari in your example. It's not right that people steal one because they can't afford it, but it does happen.
You're absolutely right. The first time that someone texts a peanut butter and jelly sandwich smell to someone and the kid one seat over on the bus dies from his peanut allergy will be the end of this phone. This doesn't even consider how many workplaces that have scent/perfume/cologne restrictions and would ban the phone. What use is a cell phone if you can't bring it anywhere? This is another bad idea that is going to end up costing the investors a large chunk of change if it even makes it into production.
I can't believe that the CueCat hasn't been mentioned yet. It was such a complete flop on so many levels.
If a boycott of the industry took place, and led to steep declines in the record sales of RIAA members, the RIAA would just present that as evidence of rampant piracy spiraling out of control and demand more draconian laws to protect their revenue streams.
Reality and truth don't matter to them.
The fact that Sony is aware of their ongoing and continuing PR problems, and is actively and publically trying to address it is a good thing. The impression that I have had recently is of a bunch of ostriches with their heads buried in the sand, waving pom-poms and leading cheers about how great Sony is. However, having read the summary of the article, I don't see anything that would lend itself to the author's sense of "cautious optimism" in what was said in the meeting itself. There wasn't anything that struck me as new or showing that Sony is trying to move in a different and better direction. At this point, I know for myself, that it will take more than just a well packaged, rehashed version of the same message delivered by articulate and likeable messengers to give me any sense of optimism, cautious or otherwise, about where Sony is, and the direction that they are heading in.
Okopipi is a poisonous blue frog. Quite appropriate I think.
As to the fact that it isn't "marketable", who cares. Would anyone have thought google was marketable before they started? If the product is good enough, the market doesn't care about the name.