I'd agree with the theory of this document and the need to make it law. I'm still printing it off to read it more carefully, but my one concern is the following: is this simply a joint PR move, and a promise then none of the three will rat the other out for unfair treatment of workers?
Yes, sometimes I go to bed listening to conspiracy theorists.
really? I didn't know you could burn cd's with songs directly from you Ipod. I thought you'd have to transfer it to the machine first. I'll have to play with this when I get home.
On my Ipod (generation 2) I can't delete MP3's or move them off it. I need to be synced to Itunes to manage the mp3's on the pod.
I guess I can copy them off the ipod if I use it as a portable HD... but then I wouldn't be able to listen to them when I'm trying to dance against bright colored walls while being backlit.
I saw the new IPod commercial on the weekend with a shiluotted(SP) playing 'Vertigo' in it. I guess I'm going to have to take back my comment about witnessing a new low -- song rights sold before the album was commercially availble.
Lets say I bought this new ipod, and I had to format it for some reason.
Now will I be able to get the preshipped songs back on it? Will I be able to transfer them off the Ipod (or install CD) to make a copy for my (fair) use?
If you live in Canada and want to find a camp like this close to you, look at actua a national group that helps runs these type of engineering/science/tech camps.
Don't forget Fink Fink is essentially APT-GET for the Mac OS X.
I first heard about this at CUSEC when a Apple Rep described it as the first program he installs on any Mac OSX box he uses.
Why have one piece of sfwr on the list that does one or two tasks, when you can have one piece of sfwr that acts a gateway to get more great sfwr-- I admit this is the "My first wish is for a 1000 more wishes" logic.
If it helps any, here is the letter I sent: --- To: qc@emimusic.ca Subject: A message from CapitolMusic.ca
Sent to Department: manufacturing
To whom it may concern:
I recently purchased the CD Jane's Addiction: Strays at my local Best Buy. This CD was released in Canada through EMI Canada. While the music on the CD is stunning, I cannot help but feel angered/frustrated by the lengths I have had to go through in order to hear it. The physical CD itself does not allow it to be read on my Rio Volt CD player, while my I-Book will play all but the first track. During the 3:49 of the first track all I hear is silence. It was only with luck that my girlfriends car stereo could play the CD as it was meant to be heard.
Why have I had such trouble listening to this CD? It is because of how it was manufactured. It was produced in a non-standard way in order to give it "copy control". While I fully understand the company or artist desire to protect their music, it does not excuse the sale of a product that does meet universal CD Audio standards. Why should I the consumer suffer, and not be able to play the CD in it's entirety on any CD player I own? Because of this problem, I now refuse to buy any CDs with "Copy Control" and will recommend to my friends and anyone who listens to follow suit with me.
I actually e-mailed EMI about the copy protection on the new Jane's addiction CD. Here is the reply I have recieved:
"We are in receipt of your email and regret you have experienced a problem with one of our products.
The technology we are using is designed to ensure that the disc plays on multiple devices. There have been playability problems with a very small number of players, but the vast majority of these problems have been fixable by our technology suppliers as they are constantly updating and improving the technology that is included in the copy controlled discs.
As long as consumers alert us to the problem we will endeavor to adapt the copy control technology.
Please forward your address as we search for a replacement from another territory. Thank you.
Regards,
Emi Music Canada
Quality Control Dept
1 (866) 553-0220"
I've heard rumors of a course at my school using the AIBO to teach digital logic-- by letting the (or gorup of)students modify and load there own code into it. Not being able to see the source article right now to go with the start of this thread, I assume they aren't looking at doing anything indepth as make the dog feral, maybe walk in a circle or something... I really don't know as this is all rumor.
Mind you my school is outside the USA, thus outside the range of the DCMA-- which makes this more possible I guess.
Now that the obvious joke is out of me, here are some more serious ideas....
one poster mentioend why not getting them outside and do something physical. With that in mind, you can look here at yes mag. Yes Mag is a good science and engineering magazine aimed at children around your cousins age. The website has links to articles, sites and some good from hands on science/engineering activities.
Another site I used heavily this past summer at the computer/tech camp I worked at was Space Kids
Actually looking at the national organzation, actua, that ran the camp I've worked at just now, they also have a list of project and links you can do here: Actua Projects
If you want to teach them something about programming, I've been looking around for Logo I believe this site has some good tutorial movies on how to use the program.
There also always the Bill Nye, Beakmen's of the world too which may be good starting grounds.
After reading some posters comments on Jessica/Richard Mulligan, I found the following site on google: Bites The Hand
It is her bi-weekly editorial/thoughts on the gamming industry. Skimming over these bring some interesting insight into the industry over the last 20 years.
The Software engineering program is an acredited engineering program with the CEAB. The reason-- to the best of my understanding that SFWR ENG is paired with the CAS group, is due to the shared lab space and staff--- plus some of the courses overlap a 4th year eng course is a grad course for CS, etc.
I'm starting to sound like a broken record here.... McMaster has a day called Kipling.
Early Kipling morning graduating classes leave there mark on the school in the form of a prank. Some last longers then other (I.E. The hanging car lasted about a week, while the cement desk is still in use).
During the afternoon they have there Iron Ring Ceremony, followed by the Kipling socail event.
IRS is the Waterloo thing, at McMaster we have Kipling-- named after R. Kipling (jungle book fame) who also came up with the Iron symbolism/ceremony for the Canadian Engineering.
You call yours IRS, we calls ours Kipling, and I'm sure UofT calls there some 'kewl'-ly spelt word.
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This seems a lot like what they did in the 17th cent. with the passing around of manuscripts before publishing--- just an observation.
I'd agree with the theory of this document and the need to make it law. I'm still printing it off to read it more carefully, but my one concern is the following:
is this simply a joint PR move, and a promise then none of the three will rat the other out for unfair treatment of workers?
Yes, sometimes I go to bed listening to conspiracy theorists.
really? I didn't know you could burn cd's with songs directly from you Ipod. I thought you'd have to transfer it to the machine first. I'll have to play with this when I get home.
On my Ipod (generation 2) I can't delete MP3's or move them off it. I need to be synced to Itunes to manage the mp3's on the pod.
I guess I can copy them off the ipod if I use it as a portable HD... but then I wouldn't be able to listen to them when I'm trying to dance against bright colored walls while being backlit.
I saw the new IPod commercial on the weekend with a shiluotted(SP) playing 'Vertigo' in it. I guess I'm going to have to take back my comment about witnessing a new low -- song rights sold before the album was commercially availble.
Lets say I bought this new ipod, and I had to format it for some reason.
Now will I be able to get the preshipped songs back on it? Will I be able to transfer them off the Ipod (or install CD) to make a copy for my (fair) use?
And thus I have 'cleverly' illustrated the need for both grammar and spell checkers in products.
I enjoy using Openoffice, but the spellchecker frustrates me to know end.
Maybe by the time it turns 10, has finished grade 4/5, it will know better spelling and grammar.
Isn't there an episode were Homer literally jumps a shark?
Actually looking at Jump the Shark it was the episode titled Gump Roast... which aired on 21 Apr 2002.
So The Simpsons jumped the shark between 8-8:30 PM EST on April 21st 2002.
If you live in Canada and want to find a camp like this close to you, look at actua a national group that helps runs these type of engineering/science/tech camps.
Don't forget Fink Fink is essentially APT-GET for the Mac OS X.
I first heard about this at CUSEC when a Apple Rep described it as the first program he installs on any Mac OSX box he uses.
Why have one piece of sfwr on the list that does one or two tasks, when you can have one piece of sfwr that acts a gateway to get more great sfwr-- I admit this is the "My first wish is for a 1000 more wishes" logic.
Props to Woz for doing what is probably the ultimately right thing to do--- but how long will it be till SCO gets involved?
Yeah it's early and this is the only witty thing I can think off.
Forget where I saw this, but essetnially what you said is the same as "I am the customer, not the enemy"
On the positive side, once you take the protected CD and manage to get it into MP3 Format, the volt should have no problem.
If it helps any, here is the letter I sent:
---
To: qc@emimusic.ca
Subject: A message from CapitolMusic.ca
Sent to Department: manufacturing
To whom it may concern:
I recently purchased the CD Jane's Addiction: Strays at my local Best Buy. This CD was released in Canada through EMI Canada. While the music on the CD is stunning, I cannot help but feel angered/frustrated by the lengths I have had to go through in order to hear it. The physical CD itself does not allow it to be read on my Rio Volt CD player, while my I-Book will play all but the first track. During the 3:49 of the first track all I hear is silence. It was only with luck that my girlfriends car stereo could play the CD as it was meant to be heard.
Why have I had such trouble listening to this CD? It is because of how it was manufactured. It was produced in a non-standard way in order to give it "copy control". While I fully understand the company or artist desire to protect their music, it does not excuse the sale of a product that does meet universal CD Audio standards. Why should I the consumer suffer, and not be able to play the CD in it's entirety on any CD player I own? Because of this problem, I now refuse to buy any CDs with "Copy Control" and will recommend to my friends and anyone who listens to follow suit with me.
I actually e-mailed EMI about the copy protection on the new Jane's addiction CD. Here is the reply I have recieved:
"We are in receipt of your email and regret you have experienced a problem with one of our products.
The technology we are using is designed to ensure that the disc plays on multiple devices. There have been playability problems with a very small number of players, but the vast majority of these problems have been fixable by our technology suppliers as they are constantly updating and improving the technology that is included in the copy controlled discs.
As long as consumers alert us to the problem we will endeavor to adapt the copy control technology.
Please forward your address as we search for a replacement from another territory. Thank you.
Regards,
Emi Music Canada
Quality Control Dept
1 (866) 553-0220"
I've heard rumors of a course at my school using the AIBO to teach digital logic-- by letting the (or gorup of)students modify and load there own code into it. Not being able to see the source article right now to go with the start of this thread, I assume they aren't looking at doing anything indepth as make the dog feral, maybe walk in a circle or something... I really don't know as this is all rumor.
Mind you my school is outside the USA, thus outside the range of the DCMA-- which makes this more possible I guess.
a classic
Now that the obvious joke is out of me, here are some more serious ideas....
one poster mentioend why not getting them outside and do something physical. With that in mind, you can look here at yes mag. Yes Mag is a good science and engineering magazine aimed at children around your cousins age. The website has links to articles, sites and some good from hands on science/engineering activities.
Another site I used heavily this past summer at the computer/tech camp I worked at was Space Kids
Actually looking at the national organzation, actua, that ran the camp I've worked at just now, they also have a list of project and links you can do here: Actua Projects
If you want to teach them something about programming, I've been looking around for Logo I believe this site has some good tutorial movies on how to use the program.
There also always the Bill Nye, Beakmen's of the world too which may be good starting grounds.
After reading some posters comments on Jessica/Richard Mulligan, I found the following site on google:
Bites The Hand
It is her bi-weekly editorial/thoughts on the gamming industry. Skimming over these bring some interesting insight into the industry over the last 20 years.
The Software engineering program is an acredited engineering program with the CEAB. The reason-- to the best of my understanding that SFWR ENG is paired with the CAS group, is due to the shared lab space and staff--- plus some of the courses overlap a 4th year eng course is a grad course for CS, etc.
To revise my earlier statement then--- It was still there when I was in the MUSC on Thursday.
I'm starting to sound like a broken record here....
McMaster has a day called Kipling.
Early Kipling morning graduating classes leave there mark on the school in the form of a prank. Some last longers then other (I.E. The hanging car lasted about a week, while the cement desk is still in use).
During the afternoon they have there Iron Ring Ceremony, followed by the Kipling socail event.
Relevant links:
Kipling 2003
MES brief kipling write up
mcs
sfwr eng & scty III
IRS is the Waterloo thing, at McMaster we have Kipling-- named after R. Kipling (jungle book fame) who also came up with the Iron symbolism/ceremony for the Canadian Engineering.
You call yours IRS, we calls ours Kipling, and I'm sure UofT calls there some 'kewl'-ly spelt word.
Actually its still there...
I've always used mkdir in DOS....