Given the availability of programs like streamripper (and others like it, I guess), do you have any plans to accomodate the myriad of digital rights management schemes in the pipeline? Which, if any, do you support or intend to implement? Do you think that you have an obligation to do so?
BTW, keep up the good work. I can say with total sincerity that your stations have introduced me music that I would otherwise never have heard. I thank you, (and so does my iPod).;)
A 7-series BMW is really not a very valuable car. While I would agree with you if we were talking about some type of classic Bentley, or something special like a Ferrari 456GTA. I might even have a problem with someone putting their dog into a 750iL. (Actually, no, on second thought I wouldn't.) A BMW 745 is strictly fungible goods -- no need to baby it at all. In fact, babying your BMW 7-series is pathetically bourgeois behavior. You'll end up looking like those poor saps with the "garage queen" Lexus IS300's. Please, muster some self-respect.
There are still plenty of major advances in automobile technology being made every day. Just look at Honda, for example. (They've always been leaders in technology anyway.) How can you say that the 80MPG Insight is not a breakthrough technology? Also, a major refinement of existing technology, such as the S2000's 9000RPM 2-Liter 4 Cylinder F20C engine that has the highest specific output of any production NA engine ever is pretty much the same type of advance as the processor speed wars.
Stop propogating this RealNetworks nonsense. Your points about this person's intelligence are negated (and then some) by the choice of the Real format. Shame!! Shame!!
Right. And audio is totally fucked on all DP G4 Quicksilvers in 10.1. Have a look at the OSX-->Using Audio forum under Apple's support pages for more detail, if you like.
It's old Apple shortcuts from the 1984 days. There are hundreds of them, it seems. You don't need them, and you prolly won't notice them if you don't want to. But they're handy for "power users" (I know, I know).
a) Apparently you don't have access to common sense either. Criminals prefer dark alleys to well-lit streets. The "data" that you fail to cite is probably inconclusive, since there are a billion variables involved with comparing the crime trends in location A to the crime trends in location B.
b) Where are you getting this stuff? If we didn't have well-lit urban culture, we'd still think that the Earth is a flat disc a few miles in diameter, with a large mechanical sphere surrounding it. That's not exactly what I'd consider an appreciation for the vastness of the Universe.
c) People watching television probably learn more about the vastness of the Universe than you will staring at the night sky.
Stop puking up luddite FUD, please. You're making a mess.
These days, the Mac version of Office is arguably better than the Windows version. Seriously, I'm not kidding. Also, the two versions operate pretty seamlessly. If you want users to be able to follow OS-specific instructions, or if you want perfect font matching, you can emulate any version of Windows on a Mac, and it also works damn well.
So Apple shouldn't release improved technology because it can't work with the low-end machines? When people bought their iBooks, was Steve Jobs telling them that it would have hardware accelerated Quartz? I don't think so. Guess what? You get what you pay for.
While you might have inferred that the LSU lawsuit is aimed at quieting Mr. Dorhauer, you would not necessarily be correct. The lawsuit merely claims that by using a domain name that is "misleadingly" similar to the law school's, Mr. Dorhauer's site is diluting/tarnishing their trademarks. I agree that the law school is at least trying to lower Mr. Dorhauer's profile (and yet, as usual, their efforts only serve to raise his profile), but nothing in this lawsuit suggests that they are going to stop him from publishing his views in another forum that is less "confusingly similar" to the LSU marks.
I've gone down this path so many time before that I can't bring myself to elucidate again. From the perpective of someone that reads, writes, and negotiates well-crafted, compendious and effective software agreements, the GPL isn't worth the paper it's printed on. A HUGE part of contracting is understanding how to preclude crafty attacks from crafty lawyers. The GPL is niave and fails miserably in this respect. Don't take my word for it, though. Just sit back and watch the outcome of the first serious lawsuit challenging the GPL. I'm sure the geeks will all blame the courts and the judge and the judicial system, but the blame lays squarely on the shoulders of the lawyer-bashing bohemian cultists that wrote and revised the GPL. They are going to be very embarassed.
The irony is that contract lawyers generally consider the ALL CAPS section to be a means of complying with the requirement that warranty disclaimers are "conspicuous."
...give it to someone that does. You brought up WMP, not me. RealOne steals file extensions, too, EVEN if you explicitly tell it not to. I'm not here to defend M$, but Real makes Microsoft look good. As far as getting a media player for your platform, the WORST way to do that is to support scumbags like Real by using their content. Ban Real from your machine, complain to websites that offer content in Real format. Do the same for M$, and stick with the best of the three currently available mainstream options -- Quicktime. You're running O.S., dude! Do you expect the mainstream computing world to bend over backwards so you can watch thumbnail-sized video? Where is the all-holy O.S. community when you need them? Their hands are bound by the evil lawyers that protect codecs?! Oh, right...Apple did all the work for you, but they want you to buy their kickass machines in return. Funny how the old adage remains true -- "there's no such thing as a free lunch."
Real is the single worst company making a media player today. EVERY single time I log into my offic laptop, I am reminded of this by the nagging update messages and spam that Real thrusts upon me. You think WMP is the only alternative? Quicktime works great, and is 1000% less offensive than RealOne. Plus, you don't have to pay Apple to stream content. Get a clue.
Nice try. They're selling proper MP2100's on there for $185 buy-it-now. The 3COM ethernet cards can be purchased (also on eBay) for around $20 and the keyboards I don't know anything about because *it's a Newton* -- it doesn't need a keyboard.
I have a DirecTiVo unit. I record shows on it, and save them until I delete. At night, I offload the shows that I want to keep onto my DV camera via the TiVo's analog RCA outs. Then I dump the DV onto my G4 and burn a DVD. Like I said, it's not an ideal solution (i.e., analog, too many steps, real time recording, etc.), but it works really well. Since DirecTV does most of the compression, the signal looks plenty good. Do you really need digital quality for backing up World Rally Championship broadcasts?
While some judges might let you bring your industry usage of the term "preferred" to bear on the meaning and intent of this contract, just as many other will demand that the agreement be interpreted "within the four corners of the document". And why should one have to resort to an "industry standard" definition, when the question could easily have been addressed in the agreement itself? And how will you go about proving that your usage of preferred is widely-accepted? Will you bring in witnesses? How many? How many will your adversary bring in to prove that your usage of the term is not "industry standard"? How long will the parade of witnesses take? How much will it cost? Why wasn't this dispute clarified in the agreement before all the lost time and money? Do you have answers to these questions?
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The scrubbing feature is merely the ability to move quickly forward and backward through a track via the iPod's wheel. Right?
Given the availability of programs like streamripper (and others like it, I guess), do you have any plans to accomodate the myriad of digital rights management schemes in the pipeline? Which, if any, do you support or intend to implement? Do you think that you have an obligation to do so?
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BTW, keep up the good work. I can say with total sincerity that your stations have introduced me music that I would otherwise never have heard. I thank you, (and so does my iPod).
A 7-series BMW is really not a very valuable car. While I would agree with you if we were talking about some type of classic Bentley, or something special like a Ferrari 456GTA. I might even have a problem with someone putting their dog into a 750iL. (Actually, no, on second thought I wouldn't.) A BMW 745 is strictly fungible goods -- no need to baby it at all. In fact, babying your BMW 7-series is pathetically bourgeois behavior. You'll end up looking like those poor saps with the "garage queen" Lexus IS300's. Please, muster some self-respect.
There are still plenty of major advances in automobile technology being made every day. Just look at Honda, for example. (They've always been leaders in technology anyway.) How can you say that the 80MPG Insight is not a breakthrough technology? Also, a major refinement of existing technology, such as the S2000's 9000RPM 2-Liter 4 Cylinder F20C engine that has the highest specific output of any production NA engine ever is pretty much the same type of advance as the processor speed wars.
Stop propogating this RealNetworks nonsense. Your points about this person's intelligence are negated (and then some) by the choice of the Real format. Shame!! Shame!!
Right. And audio is totally fucked on all DP G4 Quicksilvers in 10.1. Have a look at the OSX-->Using Audio forum under Apple's support pages for more detail, if you like.
It's old Apple shortcuts from the 1984 days. There are hundreds of them, it seems. You don't need them, and you prolly won't notice them if you don't want to. But they're handy for "power users" (I know, I know).
It's probably just a choice in Thesaurus feature the right click menu of MS Word.
Didn't I just tell you that Macs will run Windows? It's called Virtual PC. www.connectix.com
a) Apparently you don't have access to common sense either. Criminals prefer dark alleys to well-lit streets. The "data" that you fail to cite is probably inconclusive, since there are a billion variables involved with comparing the crime trends in location A to the crime trends in location B.
b) Where are you getting this stuff? If we didn't have well-lit urban culture, we'd still think that the Earth is a flat disc a few miles in diameter, with a large mechanical sphere surrounding it. That's not exactly what I'd consider an appreciation for the vastness of the Universe.
c) People watching television probably learn more about the vastness of the Universe than you will staring at the night sky.
Stop puking up luddite FUD, please. You're making a mess.
These days, the Mac version of Office is arguably better than the Windows version. Seriously, I'm not kidding. Also, the two versions operate pretty seamlessly. If you want users to be able to follow OS-specific instructions, or if you want perfect font matching, you can emulate any version of Windows on a Mac, and it also works damn well.
I'm not saying anything about the merits of their TM claims. I think I could mount a pretty effective defense against them, if given the opportunity.
So Apple shouldn't release improved technology because it can't work with the low-end machines? When people bought their iBooks, was Steve Jobs telling them that it would have hardware accelerated Quartz? I don't think so. Guess what? You get what you pay for.
Everything runs like a charm on my DP800 Quicksilver, and will apparently only be getting better. Too bad you bought the "Happy Meal" Mac.
While you might have inferred that the LSU lawsuit is aimed at quieting Mr. Dorhauer, you would not necessarily be correct. The lawsuit merely claims that by using a domain name that is "misleadingly" similar to the law school's, Mr. Dorhauer's site is diluting/tarnishing their trademarks. I agree that the law school is at least trying to lower Mr. Dorhauer's profile (and yet, as usual, their efforts only serve to raise his profile), but nothing in this lawsuit suggests that they are going to stop him from publishing his views in another forum that is less "confusingly similar" to the LSU marks.
I've gone down this path so many time before that I can't bring myself to elucidate again. From the perpective of someone that reads, writes, and negotiates well-crafted, compendious and effective software agreements, the GPL isn't worth the paper it's printed on. A HUGE part of contracting is understanding how to preclude crafty attacks from crafty lawyers. The GPL is niave and fails miserably in this respect. Don't take my word for it, though. Just sit back and watch the outcome of the first serious lawsuit challenging the GPL. I'm sure the geeks will all blame the courts and the judge and the judicial system, but the blame lays squarely on the shoulders of the lawyer-bashing bohemian cultists that wrote and revised the GPL. They are going to be very embarassed.
The irony is that contract lawyers generally consider the ALL CAPS section to be a means of complying with the requirement that warranty disclaimers are "conspicuous."
Who keeps their keyring in view more often than their phone? It guess it's an "outside NYC" thing -- I just wouldn't understand.
...give it to someone that does. You brought up WMP, not me. RealOne steals file extensions, too, EVEN if you explicitly tell it not to. I'm not here to defend M$, but Real makes Microsoft look good. As far as getting a media player for your platform, the WORST way to do that is to support scumbags like Real by using their content. Ban Real from your machine, complain to websites that offer content in Real format. Do the same for M$, and stick with the best of the three currently available mainstream options -- Quicktime. You're running O.S., dude! Do you expect the mainstream computing world to bend over backwards so you can watch thumbnail-sized video? Where is the all-holy O.S. community when you need them? Their hands are bound by the evil lawyers that protect codecs?! Oh, right...Apple did all the work for you, but they want you to buy their kickass machines in return. Funny how the old adage remains true -- "there's no such thing as a free lunch."
Real is the single worst company making a media player today. EVERY single time I log into my offic laptop, I am reminded of this by the nagging update messages and spam that Real thrusts upon me. You think WMP is the only alternative? Quicktime works great, and is 1000% less offensive than RealOne. Plus, you don't have to pay Apple to stream content. Get a clue.
Nice try. They're selling proper MP2100's on there for $185 buy-it-now. The 3COM ethernet cards can be purchased (also on eBay) for around $20 and the keyboards I don't know anything about because *it's a Newton* -- it doesn't need a keyboard.
It's not ideal, but here's what I do:
I have a DirecTiVo unit. I record shows on it, and save them until I delete. At night, I offload the shows that I want to keep onto my DV camera via the TiVo's analog RCA outs. Then I dump the DV onto my G4 and burn a DVD. Like I said, it's not an ideal solution (i.e., analog, too many steps, real time recording, etc.), but it works really well. Since DirecTV does most of the compression, the signal looks plenty good. Do you really need digital quality for backing up World Rally Championship broadcasts?
Everything men from Mars ever needed to know, they learned while making chicken soup in kindergarten.
Words to live by. Having a J.D. (and a working knowledge of the law) is like carrying a nice big sharp katana - at least you can go down with a fight.
While some judges might let you bring your industry usage of the term "preferred" to bear on the meaning and intent of this contract, just as many other will demand that the agreement be interpreted "within the four corners of the document". And why should one have to resort to an "industry standard" definition, when the question could easily have been addressed in the agreement itself? And how will you go about proving that your usage of preferred is widely-accepted? Will you bring in witnesses? How many? How many will your adversary bring in to prove that your usage of the term is not "industry standard"? How long will the parade of witnesses take? How much will it cost? Why wasn't this dispute clarified in the agreement before all the lost time and money? Do you have answers to these questions?