you can also reduce the number of royalties you must pay by getting in touch with a company called Clear Channel--they dictate what is played on most US radio stations.
Excuse me? I think the article is all about getting AWAY from the pap that clear channel is cramming down our throats. If you have to sell out to cc before you even get started, what's the point of trying?
"It's less of a time machine than it is a.. dodge ball cannon."
That Stormy. What an idiot. Since I figure I've got a little Karma to burn, it can't hurt to recommend Adult Swim to anybody who hasn't seen it. Sealab 2021 RULES!
Whoops. "stuff," not "stiff." That'll teach me to hit Preview, even if it means sacrificing the Karma that might have gone with being the first to say "Hawking."
Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time is easily understood by anybody with a high school diploma, and should take less than three hours to read. It'll get you through the classical stiff, quantum physics, and just enough relativity to be dangerous
MP3.com seems to have dropped out of the picture lately, but four out of the last five good bands that I've "found" were through this site. I really don't understand why more musicians haven't jumped on board over there. It seems to be working very well for Roger McGuinn. Why haven't more *established* artists tried this? Have you considered it? What there something unique about his timing, contract status, and/or fan base that that allows him to make better money on mp3.com than at the major labels?
IANAA (I am not an accountant), but won't they be able to write off those unsold warehoused boxes on their Federal taxes at the end of the year? Better to buy one to make *sure* they lose money...
Apple will allow you to download the software from their website for free.
Please provide a URL. For a while, I seem to recall that there was a free iDVD 1.0-->2.0 updater, but even that's gone now. All I can see are updaters for 1.0-->1.01, and for 2.0-->2.05 or 2.1.
That's EXACTLY what they did. In order to get the free software, you have to buy a superdrive-equipped Mac. If you've got the software and want to make it work with a non-Apple drive, chances are that you've pirated the software (ignoring people who may own multiple Macs--in which case, those folks should just use iDVD on the machine it came with). Why is this so hard for some people to understand?
does anyone know about the unix command line in OS X ? i have been considering buying a Mac, but i can't find any info on how easy it is to access the command line (eg: i don't want to reboot just to do some coding)
It's disguised as an application called "Terminal." You simply double-click, wait a few seconds, and you're up.
I believe that prior to this announcement, using the name FireWire cost the OEMs $1-2 per product.
You may be thinking of the hardware royalty, which has been reduced from $1/port to 25 cents. Prior to the May announcement of the 1394 Trade Assiciation adopting Apple's name and logo as a branding identity (and Apple granting free-as in beer-use to do so), I couldn't Google a single reference to a separate fee for the use of the Trademarked Firewire name and logo, once you've actually paid to incorporate the technology into your hardware.
It's too bad firewire didn't catch on more. Had Apple not been greedy with the name, I think it would have become the standard in the PC world too.
Please define "greedy." According to Apple, the fee is exactly $0.00 for the license to use the name and logo (you can even apply on-line and save the cost of a stamp):
The FireWire Logo is an Apple trademark and must be licensed for use by third-parties. There is currently no licensing fee. The agreement is a 5-page Adobe Acrobat file, and contains all the information and guidelines third-party developers need to license the FireWire Logo for use on product packaging, advertising, and other product marketing materials.
But that's not what he was planning to demonstrate. He said he was going to play a European DVD in a North American player, and it tells you right on the box that it simply won't work. For all legal and practical purposes, DVD-EU and DVD-NA *are* two different formats. It doesn't matter that you can use a chip to *make* it work, it's simply not covered by fair use (IANAL, but this seems pretty clear-cut).
His plan was to exercise fair use rights that were explicitly listed as incompatible on the packaging of both the player and the media. You buy DVD players and discs knowing that region codes are a limitation. It's right there on the box, not even hidden in some EULA. It's like complaining that a CD won't play in your cassette deck. Duh! They're not compatible BY DESIGN. HP probably realized how poorly his claims would hold up in court, compared the depths of their own pockets with his, and decided that the liability was too great.
Now, if he wanted a legitimate fair-use claim, he would pull a film professor up there on stage, and have THAT individual use DECSS or an equivalent tool to perform a screen capture of a single frame for the purpose of criticism or education.
Actually, it was on April 1, as part of their "identify the joke story" annual ritual (no link: even though we don't need permission any more, their search engine is soo poor that I couldn't find it in five tries).
I am using 90% H2o2 because using it as a monopropellant is the safest method of propulsion for my particular rocket. There is no chance of a catastrophic explosion or fire. This alone eliminates about one half of all standard problems that are encountered for any rocket flight.
I missed the solicitation of questions the first time around, but because I *am* a rocket scientist, and just in case Rocket Guy is reading, I beg him to be careful.
The leading theory on what caused the explosion of the Kursk is the H2O2 propellant in a torpedo (NOT a warhead!)
There's an excerpt (from the grossly-overpriced ebook version) here.
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Even with no credit card risk, there's still plenty of wrong going on here. Microsoft has already been proven to have a monopoly in the desktop computer industry. This little scheme gives them a foot into the door of financial services. If we don't stand up and shout "NO!" now, they will become the de facto standard for on-line purchases. Do you really want to give them that much control over your life? Do you really not mind having Microsoft at the hub of everything you do?
I read the article and noticed that it says "credit card issuers have other options, such as banks' own username and password systems as well as smart cards." I was on the horn to Citibank within seconds, informing them that I will not allow my card info to pass through Microsoft in any way, shape or form. This actually surprised the first rep I spoke with. To hedge my bets, I asked for an account "upgrade" to a Smart Card. What Citi told me:
I will not be charged for the change.
I will see an interest rate increase of 0.59% (not an issue because I pay off in full every month).
The Smard Card reader has a USB port, and will work with Mac OS (yeah, right. We'll see. Didn't get a chance to ask about Linux because my boss wanted me and I had to hang up)
Whatever you do, if this story bothers you (obviously, it bothered me) make sure your bank understands that you do not want to support a convicted monopolist's attempt to extend its tentacles into the financial services arena.
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Minority Report
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Anyone know if this is addressed better in the original story?
**SPOILERS***
In the original Dick story, Anterton's conclusion is *not* that "somebody's framing me," rather that "the PreCog system must be broken, and it's just plain wrong to lock up people who haven't committed a crime." And, as you would expect in a good PKD story, in order to prove that the system is broken, he ends up killing the steanger that it was predicted he would kill.
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Can I please just blame the fact that the letters are right next to each other on the keyboard?
Whoops. "stuff," not "stiff." That'll teach me to hit Preview, even if it means sacrificing the Karma that might have gone with being the first to say "Hawking."
Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time is easily understood by anybody with a high school diploma, and should take less than three hours to read. It'll get you through the classical stiff, quantum physics, and just enough relativity to be dangerous
MP3.com seems to have dropped out of the picture lately, but four out of the last five good bands that I've "found" were through this site. I really don't understand why more musicians haven't jumped on board over there. It seems to be working very well for Roger McGuinn. Why haven't more *established* artists tried this? Have you considered it? What there something unique about his timing, contract status, and/or fan base that that allows him to make better money on mp3.com than at the major labels?
IANAA (I am not an accountant), but won't they be able to write off those unsold warehoused boxes on their Federal taxes at the end of the year? Better to buy one to make *sure* they lose money...
I was able to do just this perfectly easily with my Audible.com content, which has some pretty tough DRM restrictions.
Please define "greedy." According to Apple, the fee is exactly $0.00 for the license to use the name and logo (you can even apply on-line and save the cost of a stamp):
But that's not what he was planning to demonstrate. He said he was going to play a European DVD in a North American player, and it tells you right on the box that it simply won't work. For all legal and practical purposes, DVD-EU and DVD-NA *are* two different formats. It doesn't matter that you can use a chip to *make* it work, it's simply not covered by fair use (IANAL, but this seems pretty clear-cut).
Now, if he wanted a legitimate fair-use claim, he would pull a film professor up there on stage, and have THAT individual use DECSS or an equivalent tool to perform a screen capture of a single frame for the purpose of criticism or education.
The leading theory on what caused the explosion of the Kursk is the H2O2 propellant in a torpedo (NOT a warhead!)
(Here's another link)
...and another.
Sorry, I only do that for movies.
There's an excerpt (from the grossly-overpriced ebook version) here.
Even with no credit card risk, there's still plenty of wrong going on here. Microsoft has already been proven to have a monopoly in the desktop computer industry. This little scheme gives them a foot into the door of financial services. If we don't stand up and shout "NO!" now, they will become the de facto standard for on-line purchases. Do you really want to give them that much control over your life? Do you really not mind having Microsoft at the hub of everything you do?
- I will not be charged for the change.
- I will see an interest rate increase of 0.59% (not an issue because I pay off in full every month).
- The Smard Card reader has a USB port, and will work with Mac OS (yeah, right. We'll see. Didn't get a chance to ask about Linux because my boss wanted me and I had to hang up)
Whatever you do, if this story bothers you (obviously, it bothered me) make sure your bank understands that you do not want to support a convicted monopolist's attempt to extend its tentacles into the financial services arena.**SPOILERS***
In the original Dick story, Anterton's conclusion is *not* that "somebody's framing me," rather that "the PreCog system must be broken, and it's just plain wrong to lock up people who haven't committed a crime." And, as you would expect in a good PKD story, in order to prove that the system is broken, he ends up killing the steanger that it was predicted he would kill.