The rest of the book is not suppose to be sold or given away. This process is designed to keep costs low (they don't have to pay shipping for the heavy books).
"not supposed to" =! "legally required not to." As far as I know there is no law (other than perhaps the contract between the bookseller and the publisher) that prevents someone from selling those coverless books (and in fact you can often find them in used book stores). If there is such a law, it certainly isn't the DMCA, as this isn't a copyright issue.
I just posted a second ago about this experiment that I have tried for comparing the sound. By listening to the exact same song and switching back and forth between media, you can make your own judgement about which sounds better. Try it yourself if you want to make an informed and unbiased judgement about what sounds better to you rather than just doing it to trick your friends.
Not to start a vinyl flamewar, BUT... Good, clean vinyl, coupled with a good needle, sounds better to me than CD. I'm no sound expert and I don't feel my hearing is especially sensitive; but I am a DJ and I listen to both formats. I have sync'd the same song on CD and vinyl in a good listening environment as an experiment, so I can easily go back and forth between the two to hear differences. Vinyl sounds slightly better to me, and everyone I've done this experiment for has agreed with me.
Now, the good needle part of this is essential. I did this experiment with both Shure M-447s and Ortofons, which are typical higher-end DJ cartridges; there are better sounding cartridges for the high end home user. In any case, if you are comparing CD to vinyl on old needles or on your old Radio Shack all-in-one stereo from the early 80s, the comparison is not fair.
I have a Clie and I went through hell with iSync 1.0; wound up uninstalling the whole thing and going back to Palm Desktop, which works fine for my needs. Also I hate iCal and I couldn't go back to Palm Calendar. For now I'm sticking to Palm Desktop with Missing Sync.
I downloaded this and have been checking it out. Pretty cool, but to my knowledge OS X still lacks a good basic recording program that has the tools I've been looking for. I spin vinyl, and I plug my mixer directly into iMic. Final Vinyl would be perfect if it had automatic start/stop.... I don't want to have to worry about mouseclicks when I am on the decks. Until then any recording sessions require me to boot into OS 9 and run Coaster, which is great, but only runs on 9 (won't work on Classic either). I haven't used this just to rip vinyl, but if those are your needs and you don't mind OS 9 then it is perfect. Set the auto-start/stop recording and it will just record songs to separate files. When there is a version of Coaster for OS X my life will truly be complete.
You're joking; those keyboards couldn't be more different. The AEK, besides having much better key action than the new apple keyboards (in fact, better than any other keyboard I've used), also have one very important thing the new ones lack -- SPACE. I feel cramped on the new keyboards. I would spend good money on an AEK that had a USB connector; I've been thinking about getting an ADB-to-USB just to use this keyboard. I bought a Macally iKey instead which is OK but the "aaaaaa" key sticks. I want my AEK back.
It's not pointless; while it is a very different interface from using a mouse, there actually is a lot of pointing involved in using a GUI with a tablet. You just point with your finger or pen rather than with the mouse.
But not until one of these comes out that runs OS X. But I won't be holding my breath for it, especially after reading the Steve Jobs link somebody posted below.
you can hire perfect 10's with much lower morals to do this stuff.
Which stuff, looking hot, or writing about file sharing? I think the point of this being on slashdot is that she's not just hot; she actually has some informed opinions. Yeah, 18-year-old opinions, to be sure, not all that well thought out, but entertaining to read... She's asked, how can we help your cause; she answers, "Donate to the EFF. Take me shopping."
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No, the problem is that the pompous rants of the average 18 year old Slashdotter doesn't make the headlines - at best they get a +2, informative. Why should it be any different just because somebody's got a set of boobs?
This is slashdot, come on, who cares what the article's about? I rarely understand what's posted on this site, but that doesn't stop me from participating! Hell, I didn't even read the post, much less the article, but based on the title alone there are tons of possible comments to be made about it:
insightful conspiracy theories regarding the RIAA planting errors in mathematical proofs in order to foil encryption research
pithy but irrelevant quirps about how well linux handles prime numbers compared to windows
jokes about how this is really the fault of the Pentium FPU bug
tongue twisters and haiku (try saying "twin prime proof error" 10 times fast. and it's exactly 5 syllables!)
whines that the site is slashdotted, followed by posts chastising the editors for irresponsibly posting links, which are a direct cause of slashdotting
sage comments from wise men with low userids about how this never would have happened if the researchers were doing everything in emacs
We're talking about the right to use merchandise you paid for in whatever way you want. Contract law is irrelevant here, totally. There is no fucking contract. You buy a DVD. They can't tell you you don't have the right to watch the DVD under Linux any more than they can tell you that you can't stick the DVD in your microwave.
Look, W2K is not going to be a problem. There might be some computers that have problems with the changeover, but most things will function normally. There are Cobol coders working overtime to make sure we transition to W2K smoothly. But just in case I got some guns and a fallout shelter....
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There is no spoon.
"not supposed to" =! "legally required not to." As far as I know there is no law (other than perhaps the contract between the bookseller and the publisher) that prevents someone from selling those coverless books (and in fact you can often find them in used book stores). If there is such a law, it certainly isn't the DMCA, as this isn't a copyright issue.
Is that the pornographic version of "shock and awe"?
I just posted a second ago about this experiment that I have tried for comparing the sound. By listening to the exact same song and switching back and forth between media, you can make your own judgement about which sounds better. Try it yourself if you want to make an informed and unbiased judgement about what sounds better to you rather than just doing it to trick your friends.
Now, the good needle part of this is essential. I did this experiment with both Shure M-447s and Ortofons, which are typical higher-end DJ cartridges; there are better sounding cartridges for the high end home user. In any case, if you are comparing CD to vinyl on old needles or on your old Radio Shack all-in-one stereo from the early 80s, the comparison is not fair.
I have a Clie and I went through hell with iSync 1.0; wound up uninstalling the whole thing and going back to Palm Desktop, which works fine for my needs. Also I hate iCal and I couldn't go back to Palm Calendar. For now I'm sticking to Palm Desktop with Missing Sync.
I downloaded this and have been checking it out. Pretty cool, but to my knowledge OS X still lacks a good basic recording program that has the tools I've been looking for. I spin vinyl, and I plug my mixer directly into iMic. Final Vinyl would be perfect if it had automatic start/stop.... I don't want to have to worry about mouseclicks when I am on the decks. Until then any recording sessions require me to boot into OS 9 and run Coaster, which is great, but only runs on 9 (won't work on Classic either). I haven't used this just to rip vinyl, but if those are your needs and you don't mind OS 9 then it is perfect. Set the auto-start/stop recording and it will just record songs to separate files. When there is a version of Coaster for OS X my life will truly be complete.
You mean they have DRM for vinyl now?
You're joking; those keyboards couldn't be more different. The AEK, besides having much better key action than the new apple keyboards (in fact, better than any other keyboard I've used), also have one very important thing the new ones lack -- SPACE. I feel cramped on the new keyboards. I would spend good money on an AEK that had a USB connector; I've been thinking about getting an ADB-to-USB just to use this keyboard. I bought a Macally iKey instead which is OK but the "aaaaaa" key sticks. I want my AEK back.
It's not pointless; while it is a very different interface from using a mouse, there actually is a lot of pointing involved in using a GUI with a tablet. You just point with your finger or pen rather than with the mouse.
But not until one of these comes out that runs OS X. But I won't be holding my breath for it, especially after reading the Steve Jobs link somebody posted below.
Yeah keep your beer out of the sun. Drink it before it bruises. If you can't keep it out of the sun, remember, that's why God invented Rum.
Which stuff, looking hot, or writing about file sharing? I think the point of this being on slashdot is that she's not just hot; she actually has some informed opinions. Yeah, 18-year-old opinions, to be sure, not all that well thought out, but entertaining to read... She's asked, how can we help your cause; she answers, "Donate to the EFF. Take me shopping."
You can't titty-fuck a +2 informative.
Of course He uses java. Where's he gonna find VB programmers in heaven???
Does BITTORRENT functionality finally let Mozilla support the evil bit?
Thank God I'm not the only one who does this. I almost feel like we need a support group.
But that's the best part!
We're talking about the right to use merchandise you paid for in whatever way you want. Contract law is irrelevant here, totally. There is no fucking contract. You buy a DVD. They can't tell you you don't have the right to watch the DVD under Linux any more than they can tell you that you can't stick the DVD in your microwave.
Look, W2K is not going to be a problem. There might be some computers that have problems with the changeover, but most things will function normally. There are Cobol coders working overtime to make sure we transition to W2K smoothly. But just in case I got some guns and a fallout shelter....
Actually the BSD mascots are more likely to turn to ports than vodkas when they tie one on.
It's OS X. And it looks nothing like Windows, and for me that's a huge point in its favor.
Screw that. REAL men use punchcards. And we punch the holes by hand.
Finally. After 10 years of being written by illiterates, it's about time.