iTunes sucks. I have an iPod 160 and my library has 11,000 songs (and there are folks out there with 50,000+). I'm on Windows XP SP2 on a fast box with 2GB memory and USB 2.0. iTunes is entirely unscalable. It is very slow to do anything with my library, even with manual sync. Adding one song to the iPod is a 5-minute process. File transfer speed is not the problem. For sure iTunes wastes time doing unnecessary work. Ejecting the iPod alone takes over a minute. Also, the iTunes MP3 player is buggy. It has trouble with MP3/VBR and generates clicking in the audio output.
MediaMonkey is a much better content organizer. It is very fast. But the Apple's file format change on the iPod Classic means the current version of MM can't handle the iPod filesystem. I hope the MM developers will have the problem solved soon.
Requiring RAM info to be logged and surrendered is analogous to requiring a company to use video to record all work conversations/activities and to turn the tapes over to a litigious competitor. Recording all such conversations would place a huge operational burden on a company, and what might the competitors do with that information? Would it be a crime to have a conversation, or move a chair, if the recorder weren't turned on?
The judge does not understand computer technology or the practicalities of enforcing media IP rights. Despite massive litigation by the MPAA, ultimately the judicial system had to allow VCR recording for personal use, because, among other reasons, it is unregulatable.
And when a judicial system overreaches, it loses credibility in all domains.
If the NSA or other US govt agency really has been eavesdropping on other governments' blackberry communication, then we have an example of the US govt doing damage to private enterprise (blackberry). And now that the spying has been publicly noted, the US govt isn't going to get any useful information through that channel. Congratulations to US govt for another brilliant foreign policy "success" during this administration.
These robots will be easy pickings for the enemy. They'll figure out a way to harvest them, reprogram them, or just re-use the parts. This will put the terrorists and insurgents decades ahead. The wiring diagrams will be available by bittorrent.
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iTunes sucks. I have an iPod 160 and my library has 11,000 songs (and there are folks out there with 50,000+). I'm on Windows XP SP2 on a fast box with 2GB memory and USB 2.0. iTunes is entirely unscalable. It is very slow to do anything with my library, even with manual sync. Adding one song to the iPod is a 5-minute process. File transfer speed is not the problem. For sure iTunes wastes time doing unnecessary work. Ejecting the iPod alone takes over a minute. Also, the iTunes MP3 player is buggy. It has trouble with MP3/VBR and generates clicking in the audio output. MediaMonkey is a much better content organizer. It is very fast. But the Apple's file format change on the iPod Classic means the current version of MM can't handle the iPod filesystem. I hope the MM developers will have the problem solved soon.
Requiring RAM info to be logged and surrendered is analogous to requiring a company to use video to record all work conversations/activities and to turn the tapes over to a litigious competitor. Recording all such conversations would place a huge operational burden on a company, and what might the competitors do with that information? Would it be a crime to have a conversation, or move a chair, if the recorder weren't turned on? The judge does not understand computer technology or the practicalities of enforcing media IP rights. Despite massive litigation by the MPAA, ultimately the judicial system had to allow VCR recording for personal use, because, among other reasons, it is unregulatable. And when a judicial system overreaches, it loses credibility in all domains.
Is the substance taken orally or applied topically?
i think we ought to put our best minds and resources to work on keeping this planet habitable, before we squander such efforts on other worlds.
If the NSA or other US govt agency really has been eavesdropping on other governments' blackberry communication, then we have an example of the US govt doing damage to private enterprise (blackberry). And now that the spying has been publicly noted, the US govt isn't going to get any useful information through that channel. Congratulations to US govt for another brilliant foreign policy "success" during this administration.
These robots will be easy pickings for the enemy. They'll figure out a way to harvest them, reprogram them, or just re-use the parts. This will put the terrorists and insurgents decades ahead. The wiring diagrams will be available by bittorrent.
How could this affect Skype?
Who manufactures the DVR boxes for Time Warner (NY)? Is it Motorola?