You have GOT to be kidding. I have had too many tapes fail because of drop-outs, runners, and breakage. Cassette tapes are horrible.
I have the feeling he's talking about half-inch or one inch analog tape masters, which are quite good, and last a long time with little (perceptible) loss if stored properly. If he'd meant cassettes, he'd have said "cassette tapes".
Compact cassette tapes have always been regarded as one of the first true bastard inventions of the copyright-obsessed recording industry. Mechanically balky enclosures, thin tape that stretches easily...you name it - it took ten years to truly catch on and was subjected to a slow death by CDs.
About Microsoft: They may start out cross-platform, but eventually the mac version will fall behind on patches and then get EOL'd.
Oh, just like Framemaker.
And Premier....and lots of other apps Adobe used to develop for the Mac.
And look at where Photoshop is going...an interface mess that's more Windows-on-MacOS than a Mac application.
Adobe has steadily been losing my respect for years. Perhaps it's because they seem bent on becoming the Microsoft of creativity-based visual communications software.
If I wanted to cause medium-term damage I'd probably blow up a lock or dam on the lower Mississippi.
There is no such thing, although the Old River Control Structure is a critical river control apparatus, shunting the Mississippi when it is in flood. Attacking the ORCS during flood would be catastrophic for shipping and petroleum prices, and could cause tens of thousands of deaths.
The locks and dams are all far, far upriver, before it turns into a mile-wide behemoth.
There was also the blackout of the summer of 1995 in California, caused by a fire near a transmission line on the Oregon border. All of the Bay Area and much of northern California was without power for six or eight hours.
So tell me again why I can't keep drinking that coke I bought before I went on that airport express. Or why my hair gel (150ml) is now a threat, while if I split it in two 75ml containers it's fine.
Or why here in the U.S., I can't take a bottle of whisky with an intact 49-year-old tax stamp on the cap through security. I had to place this valuable stuff in my suitcase, where thankfully it made the entire trip.
Silly me, I thought the liquid ban was only for opened containers - which would make sense - not factory-sealed containers like the hundred-plus micro-sized bottles of water and coke that are on every single jet taking to the skies right now around the world.
Rules for idiots, enforced by morons. It's the new American way.
I'm don't understand what you're saying here. We should force people to speak "white" English? What kind of white English? The New England variant? Midwestern? Southern? I vote for Midwestern, myself.
I think we should all calm down here and have a pop. Er, a Coke. You know, a soda.
Is this one of those 'forced upgrade' things so hardware and software manufacturers can make a heap of money selling more stuff?
Sure.
Let's just rip up the entirety of Interstates 10 and 80 from coast to coast, replacing them with automated super car-like systems because of all the traffic in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Officers that kill a person because of their recklessness NEVER get punished for it.
This happened in Baton Rouge in 1990. A city police officer was using radar to catch speeders while parked on the lefthand shoulder of I-10. He pulled out suddenly and caused a massive accident, causing a fatality and several hundred thousands of dollars in property and medical damages.
Despite the fact that parking on the lefthand shoulder is illegal, and that the officer failed to use lights and siren...AND that the officer failed to yield to traffic, he was allowed to remain on the force after a six-week "investigation".
Bullshit. Bullshit. Bullshit. The Dallas officer knows he was in the wrong and should be ticketed. Running a red light is only permissible in an emergency, with lights and siren, and when the officer uses "due caution" to avoid accidents.
YES! It is terrible on Comcast. But I'm not sure if it is actually the cable company or the networks themselves. I'm leaning toward the networks.
It is far worse on Cox cable in the southern United States. Comcast looks like freakin' Cadillac Super TV compared to Cox cable's super-compressed crap.
I have Comcast in the Bay Area - it actually looks quite good in SD.
186/65R15 (Prius' standard tire size) is only built to an H speed rating. That makes it a 130mph speed-rated tire. No manufacturer builds this tire to a Z speed rating - 186mph+.
Car and technology analogies are mostly flawed, as are most generalizations.
It would seem EMI has made their entire catalog available DRM-free, according to Reuters:
EMI and Apple Agree Anti - Piracy Software Deal By REUTERS Published: April 2, 2007 Filed at 8:30 a.m. ET LONDON (Reuters) - EMI Group Plc (EMI.L) said on Monday it was making its music catalog available through Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) iTunes store without the anti-piracy measure known as digital rights management (DRM).
``The new higher quality DRM-free music will complement EMI's existing range of standard DRM-protected downloads already available,'' EMI said in a statement as the company began a joint press conference in central London with Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs.
if we used the fastest TVGs and ICEs they have in the EU - it would still take about 7 hours to take a train from Seattle (where I live) to San Francisco - the nearest big city (assuming 300 KPH and slowing down for the occasional towns/crossings).
As Pretzeldent Bush would say..."You forgot Portland!"
It's an iPod without a battery, but with HDTV out. Instead of a cable, it uses wireless to sync with iTunes.
It does what the iPod does - lets you move media that's stored on your computer to other places. Instead of pluggin in headphones and toting it around with you like the iPod, you plug AppleTV into your TV sit on the couch.
Yeah, it's just like an Apple TV for standard TV, except there is no way to hook it up to a standard TV, and no way to watch it on a standard TV, and no Ethernet port, and no remote, and no on-screen interface, but other than that it's JUST like it. The iPod video has no on-screen interface? What's that little LCD just above the click wheel for?
My point (clearly made, I believe) was that the iPod video is an equivalent device for playing standard def video on standard def TVs - and that the "deficiency" of 720p-only connectivity on the AppleTV is not a missing feature. Additionally, I compared the iPod to the iPod TV by noting the differences in how they connect to content. The iPod video is wired; it uses a dock-and-cable approach while the Apple TV is wireless.
In concept, the iPod and AppleTV are identical. Devices which extend the library of media on your computer to the portable realm (iPod) or living room (Apple TV). In execution, the devices are quite different.
You missed the point of my post almost entirely and used the opportunity to try and make me appear uninformed - while proving that you are uninformed. Pwned, indeed.
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You have GOT to be kidding. I have had too many tapes fail because of drop-outs, runners, and breakage. Cassette tapes are horrible.
I have the feeling he's talking about half-inch or one inch analog tape masters, which are quite good, and last a long time with little (perceptible) loss if stored properly. If he'd meant cassettes, he'd have said "cassette tapes".
Compact cassette tapes have always been regarded as one of the first true bastard inventions of the copyright-obsessed recording industry. Mechanically balky enclosures, thin tape that stretches easily...you name it - it took ten years to truly catch on and was subjected to a slow death by CDs.
Isn't Accenture the scumbags formerly formerly known as Arthur Anderson? I bet their next name begins with an 'A' too.
Just so that they're right behind "Aasshole bail bonds and towing" in the phone book.
I mean really, what else matters?
Gonzales: "Quick - look over there!"
About Microsoft: They may start out cross-platform, but eventually the mac version will fall behind on patches and then get EOL'd.
...and lots of other apps Adobe used to develop for the Mac.
Oh, just like Framemaker.
And Premier.
And look at where Photoshop is going...an interface mess that's more Windows-on-MacOS than a Mac application.
Adobe has steadily been losing my respect for years. Perhaps it's because they seem bent on becoming the Microsoft of creativity-based visual communications software.
Great. Now Jon Katz is going to write something obtuse about this.
None of the aforementioned Sony discs work in our "classic" Pioneer DVL-919 Combo Laser/DVD/CD player.
It should be noted that the DVL-919 was something of a pinnacle of combo players. And it doesn't play some DVD-Rs, either.
If I wanted to cause medium-term damage I'd probably blow up a lock or dam on the lower Mississippi.
There is no such thing, although the Old River Control Structure is a critical river control apparatus, shunting the Mississippi when it is in flood. Attacking the ORCS during flood would be catastrophic for shipping and petroleum prices, and could cause tens of thousands of deaths.
The locks and dams are all far, far upriver, before it turns into a mile-wide behemoth.
There was also the blackout of the summer of 1995 in California, caused by a fire near a transmission line on the Oregon border. All of the Bay Area and much of northern California was without power for six or eight hours.
So tell me again why I can't keep drinking that coke I bought before I went on that airport express. Or why my hair gel (150ml) is now a threat, while if I split it in two 75ml containers it's fine.
Or why here in the U.S., I can't take a bottle of whisky with an intact 49-year-old tax stamp on the cap through security. I had to place this valuable stuff in my suitcase, where thankfully it made the entire trip.
Silly me, I thought the liquid ban was only for opened containers - which would make sense - not factory-sealed containers like the hundred-plus micro-sized bottles of water and coke that are on every single jet taking to the skies right now around the world.
Rules for idiots, enforced by morons. It's the new American way.
Plausible, but I think if this is true, then we'll start hearing leaks very soon.
I'm don't understand what you're saying here. We should force people to speak "white" English? What kind of white English? The New England variant? Midwestern? Southern? I vote for Midwestern, myself.
I think we should all calm down here and have a pop. Er, a Coke. You know, a soda.
Is this one of those 'forced upgrade' things so hardware and software manufacturers can make a heap of money selling more stuff?
Sure.
Let's just rip up the entirety of Interstates 10 and 80 from coast to coast, replacing them with automated super car-like systems because of all the traffic in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
And I want to make a birdlike flying contraption.
Hav you ever flown on a bird? I'm sticking with rigid wings, thanks.
Officers that kill a person because of their recklessness NEVER get punished for it.
This happened in Baton Rouge in 1990. A city police officer was using radar to catch speeders while parked on the lefthand shoulder of I-10. He pulled out suddenly and caused a massive accident, causing a fatality and several hundred thousands of dollars in property and medical damages.
Despite the fact that parking on the lefthand shoulder is illegal, and that the officer failed to use lights and siren...AND that the officer failed to yield to traffic, he was allowed to remain on the force after a six-week "investigation".
Bullshit. Bullshit. Bullshit. The Dallas officer knows he was in the wrong and should be ticketed. Running a red light is only permissible in an emergency, with lights and siren, and when the officer uses "due caution" to avoid accidents.
YES! It is terrible on Comcast. But I'm not sure if it is actually the cable company or the networks themselves. I'm leaning toward the networks.
It is far worse on Cox cable in the southern United States. Comcast looks like freakin' Cadillac Super TV compared to Cox cable's super-compressed crap.
I have Comcast in the Bay Area - it actually looks quite good in SD.
After all, one can purchase 200mph speed-rated tires for a Toyota Prius®.
No you can't.
186/65R15 (Prius' standard tire size) is only built to an H speed rating. That makes it a 130mph speed-rated tire. No manufacturer builds this tire to a Z speed rating - 186mph+.
Car and technology analogies are mostly flawed, as are most generalizations.
Thus, it would take 5E11/1.08E11 = 4.62 years worth of New Zealand's national product to fill all ipods with music.
Yes, but how many Libraries of Congress is that?
By REUTERS
Published: April 2, 2007
Filed at 8:30 a.m. ET
LONDON (Reuters) - EMI Group Plc (EMI.L) said on Monday it was making its music catalog available through Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) iTunes store without the anti-piracy measure known as digital rights management (DRM).
``The new higher quality DRM-free music will complement EMI's existing range of standard DRM-protected downloads already available,'' EMI said in a statement as the company began a joint press conference in central London with Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs.
What exactly is a Non-Mac?
Any TPM-equipped PC with a manufacturer code that is not Apple, Inc.
if we used the fastest TVGs and ICEs they have in the EU - it would still take about 7 hours to take a train from Seattle (where I live) to San Francisco - the nearest big city (assuming 300 KPH and slowing down for the occasional towns/crossings).
As Pretzeldent Bush would say..."You forgot Portland!"
i'm not sure i understand the point of apple tv.
It's an iPod without a battery, but with HDTV out. Instead of a cable, it uses wireless to sync with iTunes.
It does what the iPod does - lets you move media that's stored on your computer to other places. Instead of pluggin in headphones and toting it around with you like the iPod, you plug AppleTV into your TV sit on the couch.
Got it now?
the reason nobody hacks AIX is that without smitty nobody can use it.
Ha ha ha. So true.
My point (clearly made, I believe) was that the iPod video is an equivalent device for playing standard def video on standard def TVs - and that the "deficiency" of 720p-only connectivity on the AppleTV is not a missing feature. Additionally, I compared the iPod to the iPod TV by noting the differences in how they connect to content. The iPod video is wired; it uses a dock-and-cable approach while the Apple TV is wireless.
If you don't think that the iPod video can be connected to a TV, then you should try researching the product before you try to slam me.
In concept, the iPod and AppleTV are identical. Devices which extend the library of media on your computer to the portable realm (iPod) or living room (Apple TV). In execution, the devices are quite different.
You missed the point of my post almost entirely and used the opportunity to try and make me appear uninformed - while proving that you are uninformed. Pwned, indeed.
Nah. I heard someone refer to it as "Colon".
"Colon?" I asked.
Yeah - it's gonna be Poo-tube!
This will fail miserably.
-Can't store content for future use.
-Windows/Explorer ONLY
-Advertising
-Crappy format
And most importantly:
PEOPLE DON'T SIT AT THE COMPUTER TO WATCH HALF-HOUR SHOWS.
Apple has this figured out. Why do these people feel the need to reinvent the wheel?*
*Actually, it's to make themselves feel smart. When this fails - and it will - they can blame filesharing, technology, or some other bugaboo.