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Comment Re:The end of copyright (Score 1) 43

Interesting because the moral argument is about reproduction.

I own a notepad and a pencil. But if I start writing "A long time ago in Galaxy far, far away" and continue as such, 'you' will threaten to beat me up and put me in a cage for years (if I persist despite threats).

That just obliterates real property rights in favor of imaginary property rights. And real property rights are the basis of a peaceful civilization.

On the other hand, the AI bros have a moral obligation to not suddenly destroy society's creative engine of thinkers to make a quick buck.

On the other ... tail ... the lizard at Facebook has no morals. People expect their government to protect them from such predators because their government school taught them a fairy tale version of what government is.

Comment Re:16K is impressive (Score 2) 63

> film which has comparable resolution to 4K and below

"It's complicated".

Many of the masterpiece films were filmed on 70mm which is about 4x the size of 35mm, plus better emulsion with a tighter grain.

So if we take your 4K number for a normal film and 4x it and double that for scanning we're waiting for 32K to master it digitally.

We're going to need faster storage!

Comment Re:why (Score 1) 63

Why ask why you need it?

Ever see a Jumbotron in 1080p? It's ridiculous.

I can totally see a wall-sized screen being useful for many businesses. Walk to one area, read what's there, move to another area to read something else. Analysts, factories, hospitals, military, theme parks, etc.

They already are doing this with walls of a dozen different screens, with that many video cards, cables, power supplies.

Or complex video splitters, muxers/demuxers, etc.

When they scale to 24K there will be customers too.

I'll be happy with low-cost 8K when all that hits the market.

Comment Re:Better on a boat than in someone's garage (Score 2, Interesting) 138

There's a retired couple in my town who had to tell everybody how virtuous they were to save the planet with their EV's and then their Volkswagen burned down their 1800's barn while charging, destroying the other EV and almost burned down their house (flame damage but saved by FD).

Billows of black smoke for half a day.

I have similar concerns with my solar batteries and need to figure something out.

Comment Brother Color Laser (Score 1) 89

I'm on my second Brother color laser.

The first one lasted about 8 years, got it when kiddo #1 was in 4th Grade.

She was just graduated from college last month. There's one left in high school, uses it daily for homework.

Color and duplexers are a must with reports and homework.

Read Amazon reviews on toner. I have this one ($42) on 6-month subscribe and save.

Cheap paper is on net expensive for home use. This one is clean and almost never jams.

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