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Apple Updates, Cripples iTunes
squiggleslash writes "Apple has issued an update to iTunes 4, iTunes 4.0.1. It can be downloaded via Software Update. The big change seems to be that iTunes will now only stream music to other Macs on the same subnet. This is presumably a response to people publishing public lists of shared iTunes playlists, though it does mean that anyone wanting to stream music from home to work or vice versa is SOL. Oh well." You can't share between 4.0 and 4.0.1 iTunes, so be careful in updating. AppleScript access to shared playlist tracks is fixed, though. Woop woop.
This is simply part of the iTunes 4.0.1 "Stream Different" campaign.
There are no karma whores, only moderation johns
Step 1: Update software with silly restrictions.
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Profit!
- "Nobody came out that night, not one was ever seen. But Old Man Stauf is waiting there, crazy sick and mean!"
Since when is apple in the business of law enforcement?
But then, that Apple never was either, was it?
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But because this is Apple nothing of the kind has happened... uh, I'll get my coat.
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.
Because i don't feel like carrying around 70 gig of cd-r's you fucking nimrod.
Your comment reminds me of an old SNL skit called "Ruining it for Everyone." In a talk show format the host interviews in turn the first hitchhiker to kill the guy that gave him a ride, the guy that defecated in restaurant restrooms, and so on. And now no one picks up hitchhikers, bathrooms are for patrons only, and internet streaming is one step further away.
If the gun industry was like the computer industry all guns would come filled with concrete. Thus, there'd be no risk of you killing somebody and blaming it on the gun manufacturer.
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No, if the gun industry was like the computer industry guns would randomly explode, killing the user, or include backdoors (intended or not) that allowed strangers use the gun to kill passerby without the owners permission. This analogy is fairly true when talking about Microsoft software, which is why they don't have a large following among people experienced enought to know better (astroturfers don't count, btw).
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Haha. yes. the bold/strong horse cock post is somewhat common. I know what you mean. I don't think a lot of people realize the power of a good troll. I mean, to really create a well crafted troll post requires more effort than posting a BSD is dying post and likewise (although I'd really like to find out if a troll actually wrote the first ever "Netcraft confirms it" one right here on slashdot and expected its widespread adoption to this date). I also appreciate the more original creative ones, even though many of them are way too obvious sometimes. I rarely see one that really does the trick with attracting replies and creating a small bit of confusion and chaos
Your comment reminds me of an old SNL skit called "Ruining it for Everyone."
;)
Speaking of ruining it for everyone, my first throught was "I wonder if I can find that episode on Gnutella"...
You mean like most College dorm which are on the same sub-net and now can't be accessed from outside the subnet (i.e. Other Sharers and/or the RIAA).
/Ronald Weasley
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Bloody Brilliant!!!
Also, please note it was said that "shares can be seen, but not accessed".
Don't forget that OS X has small things like: FTP/HTTP/AFP/SMB/SSH/SFTP....which I hear can be used to *gasp* share anything!!!
Uh-oh. (ssssshhhh!)
Have you read the moderator guidelines? Well, have you, PUNK? (and I want a Karma: Gnarly option)
Also, I use my fingers to "download" cd's at the local record store to my pocket. This is 98% faster than a dial-up modem.
Oops, you already did? Maybe some /.er will post the old version around...maybe on a peer to peer?
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm
Sounds like you really shouldn't be using a Mac if it feels like getting f'd up the ass... my experience has been more like getting a hand job... somtimes you get jerked around but for the most part it feels pretty good (Linux), leaves you satisfied (UNIX) and you don't end up with any STDs (Windows).
With that said, you'd have to be an absolute moron to pay $200 for a $50 part... do you always buy at the boutique? I get my car at the dealership but when the warranty runs out I go down the street to good ol' Clydes 'Good Enough' repair shop, bring the parts myself after buying them online from the same place he does but without the mark up.
A fool throws a stone into a well and a thousand sages can not remove it.
Isn't that what the restrooms are there for?
No that's what toilets are for......boy I sure wouldn't want to see your bathroom.
another "Type-R" with a bigger wing might pull up next to him in the 'hood, and he'll need to be able to play just the right smack-down tune for the situation
That's why you make a Smackdown CD, just for such occasions. A single CD can hold over 160 tunes that could be just the right tune.
Will I retire or break 10K?
Presumably you speak from experience.
"Getting fucked up the ass by your cellmate" is "comfort"?