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Comment Re:Vaporware (Score 1) 1006

"The electrical grid probably can't handle the load, even in off peak hours, let alone in high-demand hours."

You're just guessing and base most of your post on this guess. I have heard that the grid CAN handle it right now but then the person who stated that was probably guessing also.

Is there any real data on this?

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Submission + - Hologram Reproduces 100-frame Video Images (nikkeibp.co.jp)

JagsLive writes: "'Tech On' reports: http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20070 712/135920/ Dai Nippon Printing and Sony's Hologram Reproduces 100-frame Video Images: " With the new hologram, moving images such as animation and live action can be played back by changing the viewing angle. It is targeted for authentication stickers, etc. used as measures against counterfeit products. The companies have already started receiving orders. Although the production cost of the Lippmann hologram is higher than that of the embossed hologram, which uses a die to transfer interference patterns, the Lippmann hologram has an advantage that it makes counterfeiting more difficult. ""
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Submission + - Prince Gives Away Latest CD--Angers Music Industry

penguin_dance writes: Slashdotters will have some obvious fun with the idea that Prince is giving away his latest CD with the Sunday Mail, but what's really funny is how music industry and retailers are in a snit about it. (This is hardly J.K. Rowling giving away the 7th Harry Potter book.)

Prince also plans to give away copies of the CD with each concert ticked sold. Imagine, another artist taking control of their music! I think even those who are better known find they make more money from the concerts and t-shirt sales than from the tiny amount of royalties on CDs. Giveaways generate excitement, get out songs that aren't being played on the radio (what's the last song you've heard by Prince — probably "1999" or "Red Corvette") and basically create fan good will that they've essentially 'open-sourced' their music.
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Submission + - Federal court denies Internet Radio appeal

StonyandCher writes: A U.S. federal appeals court has denied a petition from music webcaster associations for an emergency stay of new royalty rates that Internet radio companies have to start paying on Sunday.

The stay, if granted, would have delayed the July 15 due date of the increased royalty payments that are owed by music webcasters to SoundExchange, the nonprofit organization set up by the Recording Industry Association of America to collect so-called digital performance royalties for recording artists and record companies.

"If Internet radio goes silent, I will fight to make sure the silence is brief," Inslee said in a statement sent via e-mail. "One thing is sure: After July 15, national pressure for a resolution of this travesty only will increase. We are not going away."

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