Unfortunately for DJs, Serato Scratch Live still does not support AAC. Of course, this is Rane's problem, not Apple's, but it is frustrating, especially when you have to explain to the person throwing the party that you can't play songs off their ipod or hard drive even though you are running your system from a computer. Rane is supposedly working on it for an updated version but of course it still won't support DRM'd files, so most of the stuff people have already bought from the iTMS is useless. It's frustrating - I've wanted to support iTMS since the day they opened the doors but the DRM issue and the format issue have been dealbreakers from my perspective. They should offer downloads in several different formats, preferably including MP3 and at least one lossless format (FLAC or Apple Lossless). They could charge a little extra for higher quality, like allofmp3.com used to, and have several different gradations, from 128 to 320 bps encoding on compressed formats. A scheme like that could bring in a lot of DJs who regularly buy music from beatport and emusic....
If 90% of what you get for connecting to the Internet is problems, what's the point? Bile spewing bloggers, bought-and-paid news reports and total advertising awareness? pr0n?
contexxt is right (though I disagreed with him on his overall point) -- they didn't credit Willy Dixon until after they got sued. It is pretty despicable. Nevertheless I think they were more than just a "cover band."
It's true, the band should have been more up front about the music they were covering, but you are exaggerating the case. They did not "steal everything." They did cover some songs and there were lawsuits to force them to credit Willie Dixon and I don't know if they've ever credited Jake Holmes. But that is a small handful of songs in a large catalog -- Led Zeppelin has plenty of "original" songs. Sure, they were basically a blues band, but they used the blues to basically pioneer a new hard rock sound. Rock n Roll is itself basically ripped off from the blues and country music. And a lot of heavy metal ripped off Led Zeppelin. And so on.... that's how progress occurs in the open source world of popular music history. You're right that they should have credited (and paid respects -- not to mention some percentage of their profits -- to) the musicians whose work they used. But I don't think you can define all of their work by that.
Isn't a vehicle a tool? Mechanics don't go around dumbing things down. You don't have to understand anything about how an internal combustion engine works in order to drive to the Quick-e-mart; why should you have to understand programming in order to paste a moustache on a photo of the Queen?
I thought this was a joke and then looked it up and it's actually true: The post-Vista version of Windows in development has been dubbed "Windows 7. So it's really true -- the Windows OS is finally catching up to that revolutionary MacOS from 1991, System 7. Windows users will finally be able to take advantage of such innovations as QuickDraw and Balloon Help Congratulations Microsoft!!
This person is insane and has a death wish. I almost got shot for trying to smuggle toothpaste in my carry-on bag and I think I may be on a terrorist list for a nail clipper. What airport were you in; Baghdad? There is no way in hell you "almost got shot" for having toothpaste in your carry on, and your nail clipper isn't going to land you on any lists except America's Most Trimmed. I'm not defending the airport paranoia that has followed the war on terror, but you're taking hyperbole to the realm of sheer fantasy.
It's a tragic shame that Heinlein lived long enough to write his later rubbish, which he apparently typed one-handed, with his trousers off. Demonstrating again how ahead of his time Heinlein was... He anticipated what would become the dominant mode of reading and writing in the internet era...
Surprisingly, the content on that site and the topic site are nearly identical. (flipping through Time Enough for Love).... That's not true! This is nothing but immature fantasies of old men drooling over young girls! Whereas the playboy site actually has some interesting articles and interviews.
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how can you call the city advanced when you say they haven't even invented billboards yet?
how long does it take to copy a 17 megabyte file?
See what happens when you talk about Usenet?
Unfortunately for DJs, Serato Scratch Live still does not support AAC. Of course, this is Rane's problem, not Apple's, but it is frustrating, especially when you have to explain to the person throwing the party that you can't play songs off their ipod or hard drive even though you are running your system from a computer. Rane is supposedly working on it for an updated version but of course it still won't support DRM'd files, so most of the stuff people have already bought from the iTMS is useless. It's frustrating - I've wanted to support iTMS since the day they opened the doors but the DRM issue and the format issue have been dealbreakers from my perspective. They should offer downloads in several different formats, preferably including MP3 and at least one lossless format (FLAC or Apple Lossless). They could charge a little extra for higher quality, like allofmp3.com used to, and have several different gradations, from 128 to 320 bps encoding on compressed formats. A scheme like that could bring in a lot of DJs who regularly buy music from beatport and emusic....
contexxt is right (though I disagreed with him on his overall point) -- they didn't credit Willy Dixon until after they got sued. It is pretty despicable. Nevertheless I think they were more than just a "cover band."
It's true, the band should have been more up front about the music they were covering, but you are exaggerating the case. They did not "steal everything." They did cover some songs and there were lawsuits to force them to credit Willie Dixon and I don't know if they've ever credited Jake Holmes. But that is a small handful of songs in a large catalog -- Led Zeppelin has plenty of "original" songs. Sure, they were basically a blues band, but they used the blues to basically pioneer a new hard rock sound. Rock n Roll is itself basically ripped off from the blues and country music. And a lot of heavy metal ripped off Led Zeppelin. And so on.... that's how progress occurs in the open source world of popular music history. You're right that they should have credited (and paid respects -- not to mention some percentage of their profits -- to) the musicians whose work they used. But I don't think you can define all of their work by that.
Just use the new math! This used to be so easy that only a child could do it.
Mmmmmm.... Fugu!!
Google?
or
Goo-betray us?
Don't tell me that it wasn't unnecessary.
The slide rule is the true Nerd's Spreadsheet
Great. Now we need juggling analogies to make things understandable.
But you can demand that Intel start releasing remixes combining multiple songs!!
I thought this was a joke and then looked it up and it's actually true: The post-Vista version of Windows in development has been dubbed "Windows 7. So it's really true -- the Windows OS is finally catching up to that revolutionary MacOS from 1991, System 7. Windows users will finally be able to take advantage of such innovations as QuickDraw and Balloon Help Congratulations Microsoft!!
The paper archive is stored in a crooked house that really needs to be fixed. They're worried about it collapsing into another dimension...
Oh gosh you better call the foundation right away - I'm sure their lawyers never thought of this.
I didn't know about this museum; here is an article about it. And here is the museum.... creepy.