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NBC Universal Drops iTunes
An anonymous reader writes "NBC Universal has cancelled its iTunes contract and will withdraw the television shows it currently offers through the service in December, when the current contract expires. This is a huge blow for the service, as NBC is the controlling interest in Apple customer-friendly intellectual properties like The Office, Battlestar Galactica, My Name is Earl and Heroes. From the article: 'The decision to withdraw the content follows disagreements between the two firms. Apple is thought to have rejected NBC's demands for more restrictive DRM and the introduction of flexible pricing. Apple was informed of NBC Universal's decision late last night. The report states that neither Apple nor NBC Universal would comment on the matter, but said they continue to talk, "free of acrimony".'" Hey NBC: I have chosen not to have cable, but want to pay you for Heroes. Guess what my only alternative will be if you pull it from iTunes?
"If IE is 'just a web browser' then emacs is 'just a text editor'."
Well at least you can run a decent text editor inside emacs. How do you run a decent web browser in internet explorer?
The Farewell Tour II
So, you deny the class warfare thing. Pick up a history book. The tendency has almost always been for a few people to possess all the political power, all the land, all the resources, etc. Fuck them. Fuck their laws. Our leaders declare war without provocation, tap phones without warrants, and yet nothing happens to them. But upload a couple of videos, now we're talking serious stuff. This country's priorities are so upside-down it's ridiculous.