My parents' VCR (yes, VHS!) had this in the early 1990s. I believe early ReplayTV models also had it.
I don't understand why it's not standard in more devices or why it's so controversial (still).
A month ago, I found GenerationX, an open source Mac OS X GEDCOM editor. (GEDCOM is a standard genealogy file format.) Unfortunately, the version I found was very old. It was PowerPC-only and crashed on launch on Snow Leopard.
I took the source on SorceForge, fixed many of the compiler and static analyzer warnings and removed the expiry code.
There is no way Apple will let you develop for the iPhone OS using MS' developer toolchain. No way whatsoever. I'll bet Trip Chowdrey $500 right now this doesn't happen.
First, if you're in Canada you're getting 40 miles per *imperial* gallon, which is only about 33 miles per US gallon.
Second, US$20,000 is about C$28,000 not $40,000.
sigh.
Burlington, Ontario, Canada's transit system has used a ComboCard for at least seven years. It was super handy. I never understood why the big systems like the TTC in Toronto didn't use it.
The Ontario EDCO newsletter had a list of transit systems using smart cards (issue dated February,2000).
TENNESSEE ATTORNEY GENERAL WINS ANTITRUST SETTLEMENT IN LAWSUIT ALLEGING PRICING CONSPIRACY ON MUSIC CDS
Tennessee Attorney General Paul G. Summers announced today that five of the largest U.S. distributors of pre-recorded music CDs and three large retailers agreed to pay millions of dollars in cash and free CDs as part of an agreement on price-fixing allegations.
The companies will pay $67,375,000 in cash, provide $75,500,000 worth of music CDs, and not engage in sales practices that allegedly led to artificially high retail prices for music CDs and reduced retail competition as part of the agreement. Tennessee's share is an estimated $993,948 in cash and $1,507,852 in CDs.
'The lawsuit and settlement demonstrate our commitment to halting corporate misconduct,' Attorney General Summers said. 'Such illegal activity causes our citizens to pay higher prices and distorts our free market economy.'
Tennessee, along with 41 other states and three territories filed an antitrust lawsuit in federal court in August, 2000. The lawsuit alleged the five music distributors (including their affiliated labels) and three large music retailers entered into illegal conspiracies to raise the price of pre-recorded music to consumers. The defendants in the lawsuit are music distributors Bertelsmann Music Group, Inc., EMI Music Distribution, Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation, Sony Music Entertainment, Inc., Universal Music Group and national retail chains Transworld Entertainment Corporation, Tower Records, and Musicland Stores Corporation. The defendants deny these allegations.
Today's agreement calls for the defendants to change sales practices to ensure strong price competition among retailers. The companies will pay $67,375,000 in consumer compensation, charitable purposes, or some combination of both. Notice of how to file a claim will be provided to the public at a later date. Finally, the defendants will provide approximately 7,000,000 music CDs (valued at $75,500,000) for distribution by the state attorneys general to not-for-profit corporations, charitable groups and governmental entities such as schools and libraries for the benefit of all consumers in each state.
The labels are estimating the value of the sevent million CDs at retail -- $75.5 million -- not at their true cost, more like $10 million.
Further, they're counting these as free goods. Free goods usually are CDs given away to journalists for review and such.
This means that artists won't see one cent in royalties from the seven million CDs.
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Maybe I should patent this... :)
The "southwest" call center has got to be Austin. I'd bet these jokers are in San Antonio.
Can Google/Apple/Amazon not just throw some money at this?
My parents' VCR (yes, VHS!) had this in the early 1990s. I believe early ReplayTV models also had it. I don't understand why it's not standard in more devices or why it's so controversial (still).
danah boyd did this: http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2009/02/18/licensing_your.html
A month ago, I found GenerationX, an open source Mac OS X GEDCOM editor. (GEDCOM is a standard genealogy file format.) Unfortunately, the version I found was very old. It was PowerPC-only and crashed on launch on Snow Leopard.
I took the source on SorceForge, fixed many of the compiler and static analyzer warnings and removed the expiry code.
You can find my fork on github:
https://github.com/paulschreiber/generationx
Be careful — this is still beta quality.
Michael -- the guy behind Cooking for Engineers -- is one of the interviewees in the book.
There is no way Apple will let you develop for the iPhone OS using MS' developer toolchain. No way whatsoever. I'll bet Trip Chowdrey $500 right now this doesn't happen.
There's no such school as "Waterloo University." It's the University of Waterloo.
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MySQL 4.1 supports subqueries. Just upgrade. :)
Xcode uses gcc to do the compiling, so if you can cross-compile for Solaris with gcc, you could use the Xcode IDE with a few tweaks.
Not true -- there was the LC III. And stop writing // -- that only applied to the Apple // line. The Mac line used regular "I"s.
It has to do with contract law. DVD player manufacturers sign a contract saying they will implement region coding.
First, if you're in Canada you're getting 40 miles per *imperial* gallon, which is only about 33 miles per US gallon. Second, US$20,000 is about C$28,000 not $40,000. sigh.
The Ontario EDCO newsletter had a list of transit systems using smart cards (issue dated February,2000).
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Office of the Attorney General Paul G. Summers
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Sept. 30, 2002 Sharon Curtis-Flair #13 (615) 741-5860
TENNESSEE ATTORNEY GENERAL WINS ANTITRUST SETTLEMENT IN LAWSUIT ALLEGING PRICING CONSPIRACY ON MUSIC CDS
Tennessee Attorney General Paul G. Summers announced today that five of the largest U.S. distributors of pre-recorded music CDs and three large retailers agreed to pay millions of dollars in cash and free CDs as part of an agreement on price-fixing allegations.
The companies will pay $67,375,000 in cash, provide $75,500,000 worth of music CDs, and not engage in sales practices that allegedly led to artificially high retail prices for music CDs and reduced retail competition as part of the agreement. Tennessee's share is an estimated $993,948 in cash and $1,507,852 in CDs.
'The lawsuit and settlement demonstrate our commitment to halting corporate misconduct,' Attorney General Summers said. 'Such illegal activity causes our citizens to pay higher prices and distorts our free market economy.'
Tennessee, along with 41 other states and three territories filed an antitrust lawsuit in federal court in August, 2000. The lawsuit alleged the five music distributors (including their affiliated labels) and three large music retailers entered into illegal conspiracies to raise the price of pre-recorded music to consumers. The defendants in the lawsuit are music distributors Bertelsmann Music Group, Inc., EMI Music Distribution, Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation, Sony Music Entertainment, Inc., Universal Music Group and national retail chains Transworld Entertainment Corporation, Tower Records, and Musicland Stores Corporation. The defendants deny these allegations.
Today's agreement calls for the defendants to change sales practices to ensure strong price competition among retailers. The companies will pay $67,375,000 in consumer compensation, charitable purposes, or some combination of both. Notice of how to file a claim will be provided to the public at a later date. Finally, the defendants will provide approximately 7,000,000 music CDs (valued at $75,500,000) for distribution by the state attorneys general to not-for-profit corporations, charitable groups and governmental entities such as schools and libraries for the benefit of all consumers in each state.
The labels are estimating the value of the sevent million CDs at retail -- $75.5 million -- not at their true cost, more like $10 million. Further, they're counting these as free goods. Free goods usually are CDs given away to journalists for review and such. This means that artists won't see one cent in royalties from the seven million CDs.
I would write up a reocmmendation on Emergent Music (or send them a CD so they can write one up). Word of mouth is great.
- email president@uwaterloo.ca
- phone 519-888-4567, Ext. 2202
- fax 519-888-6337
hey, at UWS we use open source/free software. :-) it's a LAMP box.
paul
(uws sysadmin type)
has a Secret About Box.
Advances Nip at Its Heels, but Disk Maker Moves Forward
square head = Robertson
very long phone, cable and ethernet cords.
including a crossover cable.