1) Yet another reason to NOT use windows media 2) Yet another reason to NOT use windows 3) Yet another reason TO USE Macs 4) Yet another reason all slashdot users should attempt to visit http://www.riaa.org/ and http://www.mpaa.org/ exactly every 15 minutes.
iTunes music store has DRM. iTunes itself will rip your CD's DRM free. (Note the default format is AAC, which is slightly less compatible, but you can set it to MP3)
How do you tell them apart?
That's the beauty of iPod's. If you grab the wrong one (assuming size and condition are equal); it doesn't matter. You are just one dialog box away from wiping the contents and restoring it to a mirror of your iTunes library. Yes, they are used as external hard-drives as well; and this could be a problem; but it seemed to me from the press-release that Duke was using an iTMS-based approach to distributing course content...
Quoting from the link provided in the article: (italics, bold added by me)
Not only is it easy to connect, you can also fit the KCA-420i under the dash, in the trunk or under the seat for mounting applications. There's no need to worry about the iPod , you can stash it in your glove compartment out of sight and out of mind. Less wires and simple storage keeps your interior clutter-free.
I become more and more amazed at the stupidity of everyone in government, and the music industry. They have clearly lost the ball, and are trying to protect short term profits, while sacrificing, long term market stability, profitability, not to mention a positive public image. I used to be really depressed. Then I realized that all these technical solutions wouldn't work; the techno-neophytes that supported/introduced this legislation would retire, or die. For a short period of time, I was happy. Then I realized that there are still places in the United States where evolution isn't taught in the schools. [And yes, there is a link, stupidity, evil, and fundamentalist religions rear their ugly heads everywhere]. Now I am depressed again. The technologically enlightened should form their own country, and screw the rest of them. Except the telephone sanitizers.
Clearly, there must be a balance to online music sharing, but music companies must recognize that they have to adapt to the changing world like the rest of us, or be left behind.
In related news, Microsoft has announced that they will stop all future development on software, citing that user's feature requests are answered by competitor's products.
It seems to me like the banning of Napster would violate the common carrier status of the university. (I.E., like phone companies, ISP's have a limited responsibility for what their users do). I.E. If I have a account on someisp.net and I use that account to download MP3's , I'm the one breaking the law, not my ISP. If this is the case, then it is ironic that by blocking access to napster, the universities actually open themselves up to lawsuits from the RIAA for allowing students to distribute through other means. It seems like a smarter solution would be for colleges not to block napster, but to simply limit its bandwidth. If the bandwidth limit were incredibly small, it would have the same effect as a total block, without violating their common-carrier status.
While it may be completely off topic, read almost any prospectus for an IPO, and you will see the line "We expect to incur substantial losses in the future", Andover.net is not unique. Look at other stocks, AKAM, EXDS, for example. People are buying the potential for future earnings. While, some of the stocks out there may certainly be overvalued, I believe that if we give these companies time, those that succeed will make tuns of money. (No comment on which ones I think will succeed), I do have confidence in andover though.
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1) Yet another reason to NOT use windows media
2) Yet another reason to NOT use windows
3) Yet another reason TO USE Macs
4) Yet another reason all slashdot users should attempt to visit http://www.riaa.org/ and http://www.mpaa.org/ exactly every 15 minutes.
iTunes music store has DRM. iTunes itself will rip your CD's DRM free. (Note the default format is AAC, which is slightly less compatible, but you can set it to MP3)
How do you tell them apart? That's the beauty of iPod's. If you grab the wrong one (assuming size and condition are equal); it doesn't matter. You are just one dialog box away from wiping the contents and restoring it to a mirror of your iTunes library. Yes, they are used as external hard-drives as well; and this could be a problem; but it seemed to me from the press-release that Duke was using an iTMS-based approach to distributing course content...
Quoting from the link provided in the article: (italics, bold added by me) Not only is it easy to connect, you can also fit the KCA-420i under the dash, in the trunk or under the seat for mounting applications. There's no need to worry about the iPod , you can stash it in your glove compartment out of sight and out of mind. Less wires and simple storage keeps your interior clutter-free.
I become more and more amazed at the stupidity of everyone in government, and the music industry. They have clearly lost the ball, and are trying to protect short term profits, while sacrificing, long term market stability, profitability, not to mention a positive public image. I used to be really depressed. Then I realized that all these technical solutions wouldn't work; the techno-neophytes that supported/introduced this legislation would retire, or die. For a short period of time, I was happy. Then I realized that there are still places in the United States where evolution isn't taught in the schools. [And yes, there is a link, stupidity, evil, and fundamentalist religions rear their ugly heads everywhere]. Now I am depressed again. The technologically enlightened should form their own country, and screw the rest of them. Except the telephone sanitizers.
Clearly, there must be a balance to online music sharing, but music companies must recognize that they have to adapt to the changing world like the rest of us, or be left behind.
In related news, Microsoft has announced that they will stop all future development on software, citing that user's feature requests are answered by competitor's products.
It seems to me like the banning of Napster would violate the common carrier status of the university. (I.E., like phone companies, ISP's have a limited responsibility for what their users do). I.E. If I have a account on someisp.net and I use that account to download MP3's , I'm the one breaking the law, not my ISP. If this is the case, then it is ironic that by blocking access to napster, the universities actually open themselves up to lawsuits from the RIAA for allowing students to distribute through other means. It seems like a smarter solution would be for colleges not to block napster, but to simply limit its bandwidth. If the bandwidth limit were incredibly small, it would have the same effect as a total block, without violating their common-carrier status.
While it may be completely off topic, read almost any prospectus for an IPO, and you will see the line "We expect to incur substantial losses in the future", Andover.net is not unique. Look at other stocks, AKAM, EXDS, for example. People are buying the potential for future earnings. While, some of the stocks out there may certainly be overvalued, I believe that if we give these companies time, those that succeed will make tuns of money. (No comment on which ones I think will succeed), I do have confidence in andover though.