Something people on slashdot have been saying all along:
If sound is playable on one medium, it must be copyable to any other.
Example: play cd's, sound gets converted from digital back to analog, so human ears can hear it. Bam. All we need to do is convert it back to digital, on our own terms. Ergo, there's no possible way to copy-protect such a thing perfectly.
However, I think the aim is not to completely prevent good copying, but just to prevent most people from copying it.
Soon enough someone somewhere will write a program to do this.
Hmm........I really like netflix, too.... and I just had a pretty good idea:
How about an option to make your list public? You know, like those lists in Amazon? Then people could find movies from people who like what they like........
Though I guess that "Other people rented:" box works too.
Hmnm.... I live in the bay area, maybe an hour from San Jose. And yeah, I noticed a slowdown too for that september-october period.....but it's not really quite their fault, and I wasn't watching many movies then. It only lasted 30-40 days or so, though. My roundtrip is like 2 days or less. hehehehe.
I like netflix. You'd be hard pressed to find a better system, and harder pressed to find a DVD that has been published and they DON't have.
Whoa, there. You forget legacy. Ok, say I'm your average Joe. Which I'm not. Say I'm 15 years old, and play every game I can get my slimy warezy hands on. Which I am and mostly do. And say I'm the windows script kiddie master of operating system troubleshooting. I hack the registry knowing where everything is. I configure software for the neighbors.
Windows' advantage isn't only games, as I recently figured out by trying Linux. It's the closed-ness of it. Like, say a Mac: If I buy third party hardware for a Mac, and it doesn't work.....oh, wait, I can't. Minus one potential problem.
The same works for windows and the libraries and APIs. With Linux Mandrake 8.1, which I am using, I tried to run Tux Racer. And damn, I need the SDL library and GCCLib and this and that and I don't even know how install stuff! Whatever man,I'm gonna play Wolfenstein.
Yeah, since I believe myself to be a pretty bright chap, I figure out (I RTFMs to the extent I could manage) how to install things, and am quite happy.
But if it's not easy for me, how the hell is joe schmore gonna do it? He won't bother. And yeah, I think Open Source and all is great, but I run on how easy something is to use, not how great the principle behind it.
Geez, I just called myself a script kiddy warez-d00d on slashdot. There goes the credibility...
Therefore, what's the big deal? So the kid got hurt from hours and hours of a particularly not health-helping activity. Well, since the same can be said of most anything like this, why are they freaking out on video games?
I'll tell you why: it's cause that nintendo with the cutesy controller, and your nine-year old playing Diddy Kong Racing with a nifty rumble pack shouldn't fall over screaming. Yeah, it's an exaggeration of the facts. But this IS the media, and they WILL exaggerate.
My good ol' Diamond (Now Sonicblue) Viper 770 is a TNT2 Ultra, 32mb.
ON my other comp, (6oomhz, 128mb ram) I could run UT at 1040, high textures and everything. Of course, 16bit to 32bit made quite a difference.Though I can now with 384 mb ram.
Now I have a really new Sony Vaio (1.7 ghz gaaaaaaaaaaah) with a Geforce M64, (32mb, one sixth the graphic speed) I can still run UT at 1040. But at 16 bit. Did I mention the Viper 770 costs 60 bucks these days? Yeah. Buy it. Kicks ass.
Dude, how about you play a little BGII before you comment? It takes, with all quests + NPCs, fully 200 -odd hours to end. Oh, did I mention it has an expansion?
Agreed. I just installed Mandrake 8.1 , cause I've never used Linux before. While I've managed to mess a whole lot of stuff up, I still am using it (right now, in fact) and liking a lot. But the problem with gaming on Linux is the LIBRARIES.
I wanna play tuxracer, but I simply cannot. The driver on my NVIDIA card messes up the SDLlib and this and that.....it's a pain!
Libraries are kind of a pain for a first time user.
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If sound is playable on one medium, it must be copyable to any other.
Example: play cd's, sound gets converted from digital back to analog, so human ears can hear it. Bam. All we need to do is convert it back to digital, on our own terms. Ergo, there's no possible way to copy-protect such a thing perfectly.
However, I think the aim is not to completely prevent good copying, but just to prevent most people from copying it.
Soon enough someone somewhere will write a program to do this.
So they don't get their movie back and charge you for it? Those hypocrites!
Seriously though, you should have been able to talk to them. That's inexcusable.
How about an option to make your list public? You know, like those lists in Amazon? Then people could find movies from people who like what they like........
Though I guess that "Other people rented:" box works too.
I like netflix. You'd be hard pressed to find a better system, and harder pressed to find a DVD that has been published and they DON't have.
Better than a "free tool set", anyhow. Sheesh. We should have some sort of "More porn in Pop-Unders in popular sites" campaign.
What are YOU emulating today?
And even I knew how to type "win "
I'm just trying to make the point here.
Yeah, but it was graphic enough to allow a luser to use a computer without the command line.
My 486 ran win95, thank you very much. And before that, the 386s ran win 3.1 which was NOT a command line.
Whoa, there. You forget legacy. Ok, say I'm your average Joe. Which I'm not. Say I'm 15 years old, and play every game I can get my slimy warezy hands on. Which I am and mostly do. And say I'm the windows script kiddie master of operating system troubleshooting. I hack the registry knowing where everything is. I configure software for the neighbors.
Windows' advantage isn't only games, as I recently figured out by trying Linux. It's the closed-ness of it. Like, say a Mac: If I buy third party hardware for a Mac, and it doesn't work.....oh, wait, I can't. Minus one potential problem.
The same works for windows and the libraries and APIs. With Linux Mandrake 8.1, which I am using, I tried to run Tux Racer. And damn, I need the SDL library and GCCLib and this and that and I don't even know how install stuff! Whatever man,I'm gonna play Wolfenstein.
Yeah, since I believe myself to be a pretty bright chap, I figure out (I RTFMs to the extent I could manage) how to install things, and am quite happy.
But if it's not easy for me, how the hell is joe schmore gonna do it? He won't bother. And yeah, I think Open Source and all is great, but I run on how easy something is to use, not how great the principle behind it.
Geez, I just called myself a script kiddy warez-d00d on slashdot. There goes the credibility...
Oh, God, not an a)b) list.
Dear lord.
Think I paused?
Therefore, what's the big deal? So the kid got hurt from hours and hours of a particularly not health-helping activity. Well, since the same can be said of most anything like this, why are they freaking out on video games?
I'll tell you why: it's cause that nintendo with the cutesy controller, and your nine-year old playing Diddy Kong Racing with a nifty rumble pack shouldn't fall over screaming. Yeah, it's an exaggeration of the facts. But this IS the media, and they WILL exaggerate.
United Fruit, anyone?
Fallen satellite.....gee, ever heard of..............ebay?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't we have a southern hemisph- oh, wait, nevermind.
What????? Something more complex than how it was explained in slashduh? It.........cannot............be.................
sorry, did I say one sixth? I meant half the memory bandwith. Ouch. That was ugly.
ON my other comp, (6oomhz, 128mb ram) I could run UT at 1040, high textures and everything. Of course, 16bit to 32bit made quite a difference.Though I can now with 384 mb ram.
Now I have a really new Sony Vaio (1.7 ghz gaaaaaaaaaaah) with a Geforce M64, (32mb, one sixth the graphic speed) I can still run UT at 1040. But at 16 bit. Did I mention the Viper 770 costs 60 bucks these days? Yeah. Buy it. Kicks ass.
Worlds to explore is NOT what Bioware RPGs lack.
That wasn't a linux v. windows post.
I was just commenting how hard it is for a poor lowly windows-dude like me to get used to the library system.
Agreed. I just installed Mandrake 8.1 , cause I've never used Linux before. While I've managed to mess a whole lot of stuff up, I still am using it (right now, in fact) and liking a lot. But the problem with gaming on Linux is the LIBRARIES.
I wanna play tuxracer, but I simply cannot. The driver on my NVIDIA card messes up the SDLlib and this and that.....it's a pain!
Libraries are kind of a pain for a first time user.