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I could deal with all of Vessel's other issues if I could have a 'my subscriptions' page. until I can have a chronological list of only videos by creators I follow and nothing else, I'm not interested. on youtube, I bookmark youtube.com/subscriptions and visit no other pages. when that becomes available on vessel, I'll be happy to pay 3 dollars a month if it means supporting the creators more directly, but as it stands, Vessel is significantly less convenient to view content in the a-la-carte way consumers all want.

Yup, I wasn't sure it if was more kosher to comment (possibly necro) or just start a fresh one. Probably should have linked your thread.

When I searched this topic I saw there was an article posted about this about a month ago, but I didn't see anything mentioning a timeline. This Article mentions some details. (For those of you who don't know what it is, the article explains it better than I can) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ "How long until I can use pCell? The first consumer launch of pCell is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2014, with the initial rollout taking place in San Francisco. Artemis is working with a wireless partner to deploy pWaves to as many as 350 rooftops in the city, which should be more than enough to blanket the city — for the lucky few who get to try it out, that is. From there, Artemis says that full pCell deployment will begin at some point early next year. In a demo last month at Columbia University, Artemis CEO Steve Perlman claimed that the technology could be deployed in all major markets by the end of 2015, but we're doubtful; even the most exciting technologies need to prove themselves before companies will be willing to spend billions building them out into their nationwide infrastructures. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-pcell-2014-3#ixzz2vl3lIDXY " _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ That's pretty soon, even if it's 2 years, it will still likely beat out any traditional cellular speed increases. I think what I'm most interested in is knowing how it's centrally connected, and if it's able to bypass traditional infrastructure (like having to lease At&t's fiber), and therefore out-compete traditional ISP's for at home or work connectivity, price and bandwidth. THAT would be amazing. I sincerely hope OtA internet is the future, and it kills Charter Cable and the likes.

Oh, absolutely... you are correct. But that's a question that Keurig's marketing team should seriously consider before they actually implement this. It's less about it actually affecting anyone, and more a strange example of how far and into what odd markets this type of corporate thinking is spreading.

So at first it seems hilarious, but imagine one of those big companies that sells toilet paper and paper towel dispensers to large chains adding in a similar technology... use our brand of paper goods, or it no longer works. It almost has a tying theme to net-neutrality in the sense that the modern companies feels that they have the right to make money of EVERY aspect of what they do -- Keurig is the cable provider, pods are traffic.

Ya, I'm mostly recycling the phrase, It's not particularly equivilent... except I guess that somehow "refilling" is like copying, in that keurig feels they should rightfully make money every time you make a cup of coffee, and not just at the first sale, since their original concept was a disposable pod. Definitely a stretch, but I think that's kind-of the point -- would keurig had thought about this if DRM weren't such a big deal in other markets? very odd, and going to end up costing them business I would think.

Well, this is interesting... it appears Keurig is unhappy allowing unlicensed or refillable pods to be used with it's coffee machines, and is going to do something about it. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140227/06521826371/keurig-will-use-drm-new-coffee-maker-to-lock-out-refill-market.shtml I have one, and I do use a refillable pod with locally roasted coffee. I have a french press, but that can be time consuming, and I usually end up wasting some. I'm assuming it will be some sort of RFID tag that allows use? I didn't read the attached document. I guess Keurig machines aren't all that techy, however... it does raise (for me) an interesting point about how DRM (or in this case, CRM? Coffee Rights Management?) can and will be applied to everyday things, not just digital files... when will companies see that this doesn't benefit them or their customers? What are some other possibilities of household or business Items that could be "DRM'd"?

That's not even remotely true. The M50's are widely considered to be one of the best headphones at their price point, and even at $170 still beat out a ton of options for way more money than that... yes Sennheiser and Shure both make some very competitive alternatives, but the M50's are well and reasonably respected as competitive... in fact I think they are better, and use them weekly when mixing. As with everything, application matters -- when I'm sitting at home listening to music, Grado's may make more sense for less money... however, I don't just sit at home and listen to music, I (and the many, many other industry pro's who own M50's) need quality audio in loud environments from a multitude of sources -- so closed back with low impedance. they are acoustically the same, which any "informed customer" would be aware that these companies rarely stop making successful designs. There's a reason I can still go buy SM58's as my stage mics after decades of availability... I'm not saying they're the best thing out there... heck, I don't advise just owning one paid of headphones if you can help it (it's always worth experiencing Open back designs if you haven't). But to say that no informed consumer would pay $170 for these is absurd. The press release states they are the same acoustic design. Please don't help buy Dre's next yacht. There are alot of great options, If the detachable cable means nothing to you, the M50 (non -X's) are great options, along with a lot of others... you can't go wrong with anything on this list. http://www.headphone.com/selection-guide/top-picks/10-best-headphones.php ...but knowing how you want to use them, and what type of sound you expect is pretty crucial in deciding.

They released the line based on the success of the M50's -- I personally would be livid if they stopped making the same sonic design. The technology in speakers and microphones doesn't change that much, but are more refined in design over time, when you find a design that so many people like, you should continue to offer it. Sure, use the knowledge to increase the quality of your other products, but there's no change they're going to make any time soon that justifies replacing the design. And, using it as inspiration is exactly what they've done... It's more accurate to say they've updated their M lineup, there are 3 new designs as can be read here >> http://www.audio-technica.com/cms/news/539c0d20e62188cf/index.html ...All cheaper options, which, if they sound even close to as good as the M50's, they will (or at least should) dominate the market of sub $200 mixing headphones.

They're Identical except for the detachable cable and color scheme, he linked the red ones, but there is a standard black version, and I own the white ones, and they're pretty great. (not my pic) I thought of noctua when I first saw them... didn't catch they were blue at first. (my work monitor is trash) __________________________ I'm interested.... I (very foolishly) bought the coiled cable version my first time around, and would love a 3m straight cable that comes off! Full press release here >> http://www.audio-technica.com/cms/news/539c0d20e62188cf/index.html They've actually released a whole line based around the m50s but priced lower... I'll be keeping an ear out for reviews on them.

In relevent news that may not be worth it's own post (or exists in its own post somewhere and I missed it)... it looks like the 750's have been benchmarked. ----- http://techreport.com/news/25966/leaked-specs-outline-unannounced-geforce-gtx-750-ti http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-maxwell-geforce-gtx-750-ti-benchmarks,25812.html ----- Seems like these results are being hindered by either bad drivers, or it's just fabricated. I'd expect it to be better...

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/interactive/2014/01/14/raw-data-federal-appeals-court-ruling-on-fcc-net-neutrality-law/ Sorry to link to fox, it's just the first original copy I found. To address the conversation above, I believe the circuit courts ruling stands nation wide unless appealed, and the only potential for appeal is the supreme court, which only takes on the case if it decides to. So, and admittedly I am NOT at ALL a legal expert, it's my assumption that the ruling has to stand, because the Supreme Court is not 'obligated' to see the case. If it the ruling didn't immediately apply, and it was directly appealed by a party in the case (the FCC) and if the case was never picked up by the supreme court, the ruling would never be enforced... which doesn't make much sense. I've been trying to read around to find a solid answer, but I haven't yet. I'm also trying to wade my way through the published ruling, but it's a pretty dull read. I cringed at this... It's at best an attempt by some very out of touch judges to be cute and clever, and at worst a clear and loud example of how the court views the value balance and importance of the two sections of the internet described. (edge providers and end users, the two at great risk of harm by this ruling.) (Context: the document lays out that the "internet marketplace" should be broken down into four sectors, Edge Providers, End Users, Back bone networks, Broadband providers.) Either way, while panic-button-pressing is never helpful, I think that the worst imagined outcomes are not so unlikely in the very near future, whether or not we can convince congress to recognize ISP's and backbones as 'common carriers' is pretty much the deciding factor for the long term. This does, by the way, impact everyone, no matter what nation you live in -- at least until web services can get their servers out of america. I don't know off had whether or not this is true, but for arguments sake, if all Reddit servers are based in the US, then Reddit's Broadband Provider can charge them a fee for 'international broadcasting' and in fact, that ISP can (in theory) in turn charge a different ISP in another country an access fee to those servers... or block the outgoing traffic to international IP's. While I'm sure there are ridiculously complicated treaty and trade agreements, international laws, and national laws for other countries that would impact the practice, I'd say most companies would be fairly protected in at least attempting it. Edit: trying to fix bad formatting in the quote. Copypasta from court rulings results in some cuhrazy formatting.

@GSC123 you're probably correct about the resolution.. I'm basing the statement purely off the tagged article, and it didn't mention whether or not output resolution was scale-able per game. I haven't seen any gameplay yet... and now I will go do it! (though youtube's terrific compression will surely enhance the experience so very much)

Ya, like 1.75ghz or somewhere in there. So this then! http://http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2jsFd Wahoo! I'm very tempted to just order it and benchmark it to see if it's reasonable to offer up to potential converts... or is this a build type already well covered elsewhere? thanks for the help @WoodenMarker

...Especially considering neither console actually generates 1080p graphics nativly. ...and considering what that article said about the hardware involved in these consoles, I'm pretty confident it runs it no better than any PC with an 8-core AMD and a 7790 with some amazingly fast ram would. while I'm sure optimization is working wonders to boost it above such a comparison, I am ALSO sure that it isn't performing anywhere near what the 4770k+780ti required to get 60fps ultra Cry3 is. (actually, according to http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_780_Ti/13.html more like 48-50) edit: relevant quote added