"There are plenty of people who would just LOVE to play XBox games on their PCs."
Argh.. more of this 'I physically can therefore I should' mentality. If you want to play an xbox game, then BUY the xbox to play it.. OR if you don't want to buy an xbox, you cope with doing without the game.
It's as simple as that. There's so much rationalizing of why it's ok to break 'the rules' now.
I'd mod you down but I'd rather share my thoughts instead.
Download music isn't a right, it's a privilege. Where do you get this sense of all-encompassing sense of entitlement?
What you're doing is rationalizing your process for circumventing this privilege of downloading music. You *choose not to support* or use the system Apple makes available for the product that you want to use, and somehow you think your intentional non-compliance justifies the right to 'fair use' how you see fit.
Just because something exists doesn't mean you have limitless access, control or influence with it. Cope.
You don't want loss imposed by transcoding between DRMAAC->CD Audio->mp3 (ogg,whatever). So then don't transcode; use the system that was designed for the format. Or, buy the CD or single that you're interested in and have a hard copy that bypasses all this DRM. Or better yet, don't buy anything - not for idealist Anti-DRM reasons, but because you realize that what you want to purchase isn't available for what you intend to do!
Swapping CDs is a pain? I see where the sense of limitless entitlement comes from.
Apple can do what they want. You can do what you want as well. But when it comes to who sets the rules for DRM AACs, it's Apple. If you don't like the rules they've set, there's no law that forces you have to buy/use a specific product that has rules you have fundamental disagreement with. Seek a legal alterative that works how you want it to work, or learn to cope with doing without.
WMA/DRM support is *EXACTLY* the same as Apple's AAC/DRM support. You aren't limited to iTunes to play back the files you purchase, Quicktime does the actual decoding and playback - meaning you can play back.m4p files using Quicktime player, or any other player that uses QT interfaces.
EXACTLY like software WMA players that hook into the WMA libraries.
It's the reason why we have codecs and abstraction layers and all that chit.
I'm a jazz bassist and I've been playing for ~ 15 years. Music isn't my profession, but I did spend a number of years studying at Peabody (Baltimore) while persuing my techy background (Comp Art/Sci, UMBC) so I do consider myself classically and professionally trained.
Most of the gear I use I built myself (instruments, speaker cabinets, effects/pre-amp), not because I thought I could do it cheaper or I couldn't afford what I needed (though if you know what you are doing and you put no $value$ on your time, it's much cheaper), but because of the same nerd reasoning that true nerds always cite when taking on large learning projects: because I could:D. The only crucial component of my gigging toolbox that I haven't built myself are my power amps mainly because I didn't want to accidently die. Bass gear requires much more power to perform as articulately as trad. guitar gear, so it took it out of the realm of hobbyist/tinkerer.
Some of my gear I've built: 4 & 5 string fret'd[&less] basses, 4 string upright electric, 10 & 12" high power cabinets (6x10s, 4x12s, etc), etc. I've also built my own onboard batt. preamps & outboard fx pedals, but I've stopped using those after I made a switch to an all rack setup (Bass POD now).
Some useful resources for those aspiring to build more 'traditional' wooden instruments.. woodworking skills and a solid grasp of 3D doesn't hurt either..
People who use Macs for layout and publishing are generally not hobbyists and are usually using Quark or even *gasp* Adobe's InDesign.
Just like with Premiere.. people who are using Macs for video production are generally a bit beyond the consumer/student/tinkerer level (ie: Avid, FCP, etc) and Premiere on Apple really only fits that hobbyist niche (if you claim Premiere/Pro is a production-competent nle you either have 0 professional production experience or you have really low expectations, sorry).
This isn't that big a deal; there are better products for the platform and Adobe is cutting off dead weight and conserving it's bottom $.
Sorry, but Premiere Pro is still a toy nle. It's more advanced than it used to be, but it's still really only acceptable for hobbyist/student level work.
I'm the webmaster for a fairly large public school system, and I also do all inhouse video production for our local cable access channel. Due to starting my position after the budget had already been allocated, there was 0 $ available to buy necessary equipment for said web design (software, development server, back end logic, etc) or video stuff (cameras, Final Cut, drives, DV hardware, etc).
I'm not in the Technology department (this gives me constant headaches from the technology staff) so I'm constantly told not to use my own gear - bringing in my own stuff violates security policies (laf - when mydoom first started the best they could do is shut off the exchange server - yes, that's good system admining (tongue in cheek)); use the hardware provided by the system (p3 900 w/ 256mb + 15GB disk) for all my work. This is clearly not suitable for my professional needs, and if not for having my own personal DV setup/studio I wouldn't even be able to complete my assignments.
So far, I haven't had any problems from the people who actually matter (my boss, co workers, their bosses - superintendent, etc) but oye vey would my job be impossible if I was forced to adopt this policy.
Anti-aliased lines have long been borq'n under Panther, but no longer! AA lines now work properly with both my GF4MX card and Powerbooks Radeon 9600 (Maya & C4D).
True, he started BMRT independently. But time later he took his professional work @ Pixar and implemented it into his personal work @ private. Conflict of interest.
The difference (people need to understand perspective and intent) is that Apache, Commanche, Tomahawk, et al aren't names that have the negative mental stigma that Jew (one can argue this) and Gypsy have.
Seriously.. I mean.. look at all the violence-specific controversy surrounding The Passion of teh Christ (currently in theaters).
Parental Content CD stickers, moving rating systems, TV-Y through TV-MA, it's all because someone at some point put pressure on the group releasing the product.
I use my Powerbook 17 primarily as a portable desktop (ext mouse, keyboard, CRT both at home and at work). I wasn't interested in the laptop features so much as a small package I could transport between locations. The included LCD is a nice bonus when I don't have an external setup available.
Oh, and to give you a literal example of why your seriously great(!!) idea of tracking along with the space station wouldn't work, I can envision (based on past incidents) parents complaining that either there aren't 1) enough computers for the studetns to use individually - so it shouldn't be done), or 2) the child doesn't have a home computer - so it shouldn't be done, or 3) the technology is a waste of money when there are other problems (like not enough books) or something.. or 4) teaching rocketry/astronomy/space science isn't agreeable to 1 parents religion - so it can't be taught on religious reasoning to all, etc.
The state of the modern american's ability to tolerate and to cope is truly disappointing.
Heh, I went through this whole paragraph also and realized I wasn't really saying anything useful.
A lot of parents like to complain because they have an elevated sense of entitlement, that their child is somehow more deserving of the school system than other children, etc. Quite literally, the parent wants to accomplish X, and doesn't care if Y, Z, or A^2 + B^2 / C^2 gets in the way, or is inconvenienced. The school system has faced threats of law suits with severe monetary damages so often that innovation and creativity is (figuratively) no longer permitted. The position of the staff attorney is to always err on the side of the parent over the teacher/staff to avoid a potential $-draining suit. Good teachers lose their initiative to innovate for fear of a professional reprimand (because if they get in trouble, they are automatically martyr'd). Parents continue with a cycle of being unaware of the consequences of their actions and feel victorious in their 'call for change'.
It's hard to give specific examples (also, don't want to get in trouble - JIC), but in my system (like many others in my state), the problems are from patronizing the parents ad nauseam and allowing the true point of education to get lost in this overly litigious age.
More or less, there's very little tolerance anymore. Those who attempt to cope and find a middle ground get overrun by those who are on a mission.
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nah, you're not grumpy, the technovunderkids of today are slackers :-)
"There are plenty of people who would just LOVE to play XBox games on their PCs."
Argh.. more of this 'I physically can therefore I should' mentality. If you want to play an xbox game, then BUY the xbox to play it.. OR if you don't want to buy an xbox, you cope with doing without the game.
It's as simple as that. There's so much rationalizing of why it's ok to break 'the rules' now.
Mod me down, I feel curmudgeony today!
I'd mod you down but I'd rather share my thoughts instead.
Download music isn't a right, it's a privilege. Where do you get this sense of all-encompassing sense of entitlement?
What you're doing is rationalizing your process for circumventing this privilege of downloading music. You *choose not to support* or use the system Apple makes available for the product that you want to use, and somehow you think your intentional non-compliance justifies the right to 'fair use' how you see fit.
Just because something exists doesn't mean you have limitless access, control or influence with it. Cope.
You don't want loss imposed by transcoding between DRMAAC->CD Audio->mp3 (ogg,whatever). So then don't transcode; use the system that was designed for the format. Or, buy the CD or single that you're interested in and have a hard copy that bypasses all this DRM. Or better yet, don't buy anything - not for idealist Anti-DRM reasons, but because you realize that what you want to purchase isn't available for what you intend to do!
Swapping CDs is a pain? I see where the sense of limitless entitlement comes from.
Apple can do what they want. You can do what you want as well. But when it comes to who sets the rules for DRM AACs, it's Apple. If you don't like the rules they've set, there's no law that forces you have to buy/use a specific product that has rules you have fundamental disagreement with. Seek a legal alterative that works how you want it to work, or learn to cope with doing without.
Exactly.. (sorry, hadn't read this far down yet - had to reply to that parent poster)
WMA/DRM support is *EXACTLY* the same as Apple's AAC/DRM support. You aren't limited to iTunes to play back the files you purchase, Quicktime does the actual decoding and playback - meaning you can play back .m4p files using Quicktime player, or any other player that uses QT interfaces.
EXACTLY like software WMA players that hook into the WMA libraries.
It's the reason why we have codecs and abstraction layers and all that chit.
I'm a jazz bassist and I've been playing for ~ 15 years. Music isn't my profession, but I did spend a number of years studying at Peabody (Baltimore) while persuing my techy background (Comp Art/Sci, UMBC) so I do consider myself classically and professionally trained.
:D. The only crucial component of my gigging toolbox that I haven't built myself are my power amps mainly because I didn't want to accidently die. Bass gear requires much more power to perform as articulately as trad. guitar gear, so it took it out of the realm of hobbyist/tinkerer.
Most of the gear I use I built myself (instruments, speaker cabinets, effects/pre-amp), not because I thought I could do it cheaper or I couldn't afford what I needed (though if you know what you are doing and you put no $value$ on your time, it's much cheaper), but because of the same nerd reasoning that true nerds always cite when taking on large learning projects: because I could
Some of my gear I've built: 4 & 5 string fret'd[&less] basses, 4 string upright electric, 10 & 12" high power cabinets (6x10s, 4x12s, etc), etc. I've also built my own onboard batt. preamps & outboard fx pedals, but I've stopped using those after I made a switch to an all rack setup (Bass POD now).
Some useful resources for those aspiring to build more 'traditional' wooden instruments.. woodworking skills and a solid grasp of 3D doesn't hurt either..
www.talkbass.com/forum (luthier's corner)
www.mimf.com
People who use Macs for layout and publishing are generally not hobbyists and are usually using Quark or even *gasp* Adobe's InDesign.
;-)
Just like with Premiere.. people who are using Macs for video production are generally a bit beyond the consumer/student/tinkerer level (ie: Avid, FCP, etc) and Premiere on Apple really only fits that hobbyist niche (if you claim Premiere/Pro is a production-competent nle you either have 0 professional production experience or you have really low expectations, sorry).
This isn't that big a deal; there are better products for the platform and Adobe is cutting off dead weight and conserving it's bottom $.
$.02 (but not about that Premiere bit..
Sorry, but Premiere Pro is still a toy nle. It's more advanced than it used to be, but it's still really only acceptable for hobbyist/student level work.
if not for me bringing in my own technology.
I'm the webmaster for a fairly large public school system, and I also do all inhouse video production for our local cable access channel. Due to starting my position after the budget had already been allocated, there was 0 $ available to buy necessary equipment for said web design (software, development server, back end logic, etc) or video stuff (cameras, Final Cut, drives, DV hardware, etc).
I'm not in the Technology department (this gives me constant headaches from the technology staff) so I'm constantly told not to use my own gear - bringing in my own stuff violates security policies (laf - when mydoom first started the best they could do is shut off the exchange server - yes, that's good system admining (tongue in cheek)); use the hardware provided by the system (p3 900 w/ 256mb + 15GB disk) for all my work. This is clearly not suitable for my professional needs, and if not for having my own personal DV setup/studio I wouldn't even be able to complete my assignments.
So far, I haven't had any problems from the people who actually matter (my boss, co workers, their bosses - superintendent, etc) but oye vey would my job be impossible if I was forced to adopt this policy.
*sigh*
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151804/
(hehe)
Anti-aliased lines have long been borq'n under Panther, but no longer! AA lines now work properly with both my GF4MX card and Powerbooks Radeon 9600 (Maya & C4D).
How can they fix a bug that you aren't sure (probably ;-) you submitted?
hehe
3 for the google link
at the non-google link!
Pathways into Darkness owned Marathon. Best game EVER.
True, he started BMRT independently. But time later he took his professional work @ Pixar and implemented it into his personal work @ private. Conflict of interest.
$.02
More info.
If the schools had their way they wouldn't allow students to access the command line.
Disclaimer: I work for a public school system.
DirectTV doesn't have TVJapan.
The difference (people need to understand perspective and intent) is that Apache, Commanche, Tomahawk, et al aren't names that have the negative mental stigma that Jew (one can argue this) and Gypsy have.
Avoid slippery-slope mentality.
movie rating systems.. not moving.. DOY!
Seriously.. I mean.. look at all the violence-specific controversy surrounding The Passion of teh Christ (currently in theaters).
Parental Content CD stickers, moving rating systems, TV-Y through TV-MA, it's all because someone at some point put pressure on the group releasing the product.
I use my Powerbook 17 primarily as a portable desktop (ext mouse, keyboard, CRT both at home and at work). I wasn't interested in the laptop features so much as a small package I could transport between locations. The included LCD is a nice bonus when I don't have an external setup available.
Oh, and to give you a literal example of why your seriously great(!!) idea of tracking along with the space station wouldn't work, I can envision (based on past incidents) parents complaining that either there aren't 1) enough computers for the studetns to use individually - so it shouldn't be done), or 2) the child doesn't have a home computer - so it shouldn't be done, or 3) the technology is a waste of money when there are other problems (like not enough books) or something.. or 4) teaching rocketry/astronomy/space science isn't agreeable to 1 parents religion - so it can't be taught on religious reasoning to all, etc.
The state of the modern american's ability to tolerate and to cope is truly disappointing.
Heh, I went through this whole paragraph also and realized I wasn't really saying anything useful.
A lot of parents like to complain because they have an elevated sense of entitlement, that their child is somehow more deserving of the school system than other children, etc. Quite literally, the parent wants to accomplish X, and doesn't care if Y, Z, or A^2 + B^2 / C^2 gets in the way, or is inconvenienced. The school system has faced threats of law suits with severe monetary damages so often that innovation and creativity is (figuratively) no longer permitted. The position of the staff attorney is to always err on the side of the parent over the teacher/staff to avoid a potential $-draining suit. Good teachers lose their initiative to innovate for fear of a professional reprimand (because if they get in trouble, they are automatically martyr'd). Parents continue with a cycle of being unaware of the consequences of their actions and feel victorious in their 'call for change'.
It's hard to give specific examples (also, don't want to get in trouble - JIC), but in my system (like many others in my state), the problems are from patronizing the parents ad nauseam and allowing the true point of education to get lost in this overly litigious age.
More or less, there's very little tolerance anymore. Those who attempt to cope and find a middle ground get overrun by those who are on a mission.