But an iTunes Music Store customer also has to have an IPv4 address located in the United States in order to buy or even just to play purchased recordings. If DHCP gives you an IP outside known U.S. netblocks, it appears iTunes hides your purchased recordings.
Pedantic. Do s/1201/602/g and it becomes correct. U.S. copyright law, 17 USC 602, bans commercial importation of copies of copyrighted works into the United States without the copyright holder's permission.
Nope, that's the warning for the commercial solution. The sandwich approach discussed in the article apparently provides better heat dissipation performance than the commercial solution.
The first dozen pages of the document that I read tell how to make such a switch. So here's the second short form:
Do you want to be branded a political failure in the switch?
Yes
No
If you chose 2, switch gradually, one system at a time, starting with the least-critical systems and the systems farthest away from direct interaction with users. Once you get to the users, switch their interfaces one piece at a time, starting by introducing Free Software that runs within the existing proprietary framework (examples include Mozilla and OpenOffice.org products for Windows OS).
I think having a high-quality (if not technically CD quality) pre-ripped track, delivered by (normally) zippy servers with good bandwidth, and reasonable DRM is enough added-value to open the gap up again.
Until an iTMS purchased album comes with a lyric sheet, authoritative lyrics (as opposed to potentially misheardlyrics) are worth money to some people. Other people do not yet have a CD recorder. For them; the first CD purchased and recorded through this system would cost $10 for the recordings plus $50 for the CD recorder including shipping; amortizing this is left as an exercise.
The problem with Magnatune, CD Baby, and many other self-service labels is that they don't seem to assist clearance of copyrighted songs for recording, and they don't seem to provide access to an expert witness so that a singer-songwriter can determine with some level of certainty that he didn't accidentally infringe the copyright in an existing copyrighted song by subconsciously copying it. Apparently, according to the terms, Magnatune is interested only in selling recordings of arrangements of pre-1923 classical music:
No samples or copyrighted cover songs: we cannot release any music that has copyrighted samples in it (please make all your own samples) or is from a copyrighted song. Songs in the public domain (i.e.: classical) are fine.
Apparently, Apple's invention here is that the prepaid gift card is really a single-purpose gift card (not a widely accepted credit card) and is automatically deducted from the guardian's account.
However, mobile phone plans with an "allowance" of outgoing minutes may count as prior art.
I can develop commercial Windows apps for less than it would cost me to make KDE ones because of the QT licence. How utterly stupid is that?
X apps written and compiled with the GTK+ toolkit will run just fine inside KDE. X apps written and compiled with the Winelib toolkit (many of which are ported Windows apps) will run just fine inside KDE. X apps written and compiled with the GNUstep toolkit (many of which are ported Cocoa apps) will run just fine inside KDE. Your point?
The only thing I dislike about TrollTech's license is that their windows and mac implementations are not offered under their open license.
Another Slashdot user informed me that KDE has been ported to Cygwin+XFree86. If KDE for Windows doesn't Just Work(tm) for you, what problems did you run into?
Even Microsoft doesn't charge for people to use their API.
Some Mono nay-sayers have suggested that Microsoft may indeed start doing exactly that, charging for use of its.NET framework by asserting its patents.
The most advanced Turing tests would be able to distinguish between "robot", "little wooden boy", and "human". I'd guess people Asperger's would be misrecognized as "little wooden boy" more than as "robot".
Now how's [multiple hard disks] for data security (not to mention redundancy) compared to one single overpriced MO disk?
You generally have to open the case to install the cheap HDs because ATA is not designed to be used externally (unless, of course, it's CompactFlash). Last time I checked, FireWire and high-speed USB HDs were quite a bit more expensive than ATA internal HDs.
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But an iTunes Music Store customer also has to have an IPv4 address located in the United States in order to buy or even just to play purchased recordings. If DHCP gives you an IP outside known U.S. netblocks, it appears iTunes hides your purchased recordings.
As for "Audacity" or "Evolution" - what's good about them?
I don't know about "Evolution", but "Audacity" shares the first three letters with "audio", which it edits.
it's the usual file extension for the 'Motion Picture Experts Group Audio Layer 3' format. 'Ogg Vorbis' is certainly less descriptive.
How is the description of .ogg "certainly less descriptive"?
Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem. Nyquist formulated it; Shannon proved it formally.
Pedantic. Do s/1201/602/g and it becomes correct. U.S. copyright law, 17 USC 602, bans commercial importation of copies of copyrighted works into the United States without the copyright holder's permission.
Nope, that's the warning for the commercial solution. The sandwich approach discussed in the article apparently provides better heat dissipation performance than the commercial solution.
Does it have a graphical schema designer and graphical data interaction tools? Any Access replacement should have at least those.
The first dozen pages of the document that I read tell how to make such a switch. So here's the second short form:
Do you want to be branded a political failure in the switch?
If you chose 2, switch gradually, one system at a time, starting with the least-critical systems and the systems farthest away from direct interaction with users. Once you get to the users, switch their interfaces one piece at a time, starting by introducing Free Software that runs within the existing proprietary framework (examples include Mozilla and OpenOffice.org products for Windows OS).
If they could get away with it, cable channels would show infomercials 24/7.
You obviously don't have an SO that watches style., HGTV, or the like whenever she's not watching QVC or Home Shopping Network.
You can also burn to CD
My portable player is a RioVolt MP3 CD player. Can iTunes 4.1 for Windows transcode and record iTMS purchased recordings to an MP3 CD?
I think having a high-quality (if not technically CD quality) pre-ripped track, delivered by (normally) zippy servers with good bandwidth, and reasonable DRM is enough added-value to open the gap up again.
Until an iTMS purchased album comes with a lyric sheet, authoritative lyrics (as opposed to potentially misheard lyrics) are worth money to some people. Other people do not yet have a CD recorder. For them; the first CD purchased and recorded through this system would cost $10 for the recordings plus $50 for the CD recorder including shipping; amortizing this is left as an exercise.
I much prefer Magnatune("we are not evil")
The problem with Magnatune, CD Baby, and many other self-service labels is that they don't seem to assist clearance of copyrighted songs for recording, and they don't seem to provide access to an expert witness so that a singer-songwriter can determine with some level of certainty that he didn't accidentally infringe the copyright in an existing copyrighted song by subconsciously copying it. Apparently, according to the terms, Magnatune is interested only in selling recordings of arrangements of pre-1923 classical music:
That's under $.25 per track
But does it roll over from month to month? If not, then what if you can't find 40 files you want in a month?
Apple's patents are defensive. They never, ever use them.
Oh really?
Apple hasn't always licensed its patents to free software projects:
Apparently, Apple's invention here is that the prepaid gift card is really a single-purpose gift card (not a widely accepted credit card) and is automatically deducted from the guardian's account.
However, mobile phone plans with an "allowance" of outgoing minutes may count as prior art.
But you shouldn't have to take two steps to move the files to an MP3 player.
You should back up your purchased recordings. Think of iTunes's limitation as yet another excuse to back up.
Um, the DMCA was passed into law on Oct 28, 1998. It had nothing to do with the terror attacks, and the frightening thereof.
When Congress was passing the Bono Act and the DMCA, the news media were busy covering the Kosovo conflict and the Lewinsky affair.
I can develop commercial Windows apps for less than it would cost me to make KDE ones because of the QT licence. How utterly stupid is that?
X apps written and compiled with the GTK+ toolkit will run just fine inside KDE. X apps written and compiled with the Winelib toolkit (many of which are ported Windows apps) will run just fine inside KDE. X apps written and compiled with the GNUstep toolkit (many of which are ported Cocoa apps) will run just fine inside KDE. Your point?
The only thing I dislike about TrollTech's license is that their windows and mac implementations are not offered under their open license.
Another Slashdot user informed me that KDE has been ported to Cygwin+XFree86. If KDE for Windows doesn't Just Work(tm) for you, what problems did you run into?
Even Microsoft doesn't charge for people to use their API.
Some Mono nay-sayers have suggested that Microsoft may indeed start doing exactly that, charging for use of its .NET framework by asserting its patents.
The <IMG> link {to a CGI script which puts out image data} must take a parameter to tell it what image to display
Easy. This parameter is encrypted.
You only need to see one image, then resubmit the form as though that was the image you were shown.
And if a successful response invalidates the challenge's form key for future use within the next seven days, then what?
The most advanced Turing tests would be able to distinguish between "robot", "little wooden boy", and "human". I'd guess people Asperger's would be misrecognized as "little wooden boy" more than as "robot".
The CBDTPA was a bill that would ban the manufacture of computers and operating systems without a Fritz chip.
Had a computer version of that been released, it would have blown Iomega away.
There was an "MD Data" format. MacUser reviewed it and rejected it because of its floppy-esque 40 KB/s transfer rate.
Now how's [multiple hard disks] for data security (not to mention redundancy) compared to one single overpriced MO disk?
You generally have to open the case to install the cheap HDs because ATA is not designed to be used externally (unless, of course, it's CompactFlash). Last time I checked, FireWire and high-speed USB HDs were quite a bit more expensive than ATA internal HDs.