Only the newest PowerMacs (1GHz, 2x1.25GHz, 2x1.42GHz) and the 17" PowerBook have FireWire 800. All other G4 Macs (eMac, iMac, 12" and 15" PowerBook) have FireWire 400 only.
Jesus, way more than 15-20 million songs a year are pirated. I'd say that estimate is waaaaay too low. It's got to be more than that.
I'd guess somewhere around 100 million+ songs are pirated each year.
I have a coworker who's got Gator installed on his computer. When I pointed this out, he mentioned that he needed it in order to run Kazaa. Gah!
And, most of my other co-workers have Morpeus, or the like, installed on their computers. I don't. I save any music downloading for home, with the exception of iTMS, which I use at work quite frequently to add songs to my shopping cart and then download once I get home.
Well, let's see. I've bought close to 70 songs from the music store. I'm mostly buying stuff that I didn't have already. I've bought only one album, and single tracks apart from that.
So, if Apple says there are 3 million OS X users (I don't have the exact number), let's take a conservative estimate of maybe 6 or 7 songs per user. That's 19.5 million songs. The iTunes music store was started on 28 April, and if 500,000 songs a day are sold (on average), then you end up with the numbers stated above. I don't think this is too hard to achieve.
Of course, my math could be horribly horribly wrong. I'm sure someone will point that out:-)
Since he's leaving, is he allowed to touch code developed while he worked for AOL?
Probably not, unless he buys the programs/code back from AOLTW. AOLTW owns it all now. If they were really evil, they might even own code that he created for personal use while he was in their employ. I wouldn't be too surprised if that were the case.
I like reflected light... the lamp in the cinema display picture is facing down. I've since changed it to face towards the back wall. It gives a nice soft reflected light in that corner of the room.
Everybody asks about the keyboard, and while it is pretty ugly, it's very comfortable for me. I like ergonomic keyboards, and as you can see from the pics, I've had it now for over three years. I doubt I'll be getting rid of it anytime soon.
Simple test - give an iPod to someone who's never used it before. In about a minute, they'll have figured out the menu system. Seriously, there is something to be said for making a device without a million buttons nobody knows the function for!
God, that's the truth. I've got this ugly desk with my cinema display, and the desk just looks like crap compared to everything else. See for yourself:
Any way you slice it, the compuer always looks better than the desk. I'm trying to find a decent glass desk to compliment the computer, but then I'll need to see about getting rid of the crappy carpet in here.
I wish I could say I was surprised, but I'm not. So they're going to sell this information to other people, but I'd like to see it for myself, too. I'd like to know just what they're tracking and how the reports look for the ad agencies buying this stuff.
I wonder if TiVo includes any data like "we know that such-and-such in this zip code makes between 40,000-80,000 a year and has 2.3 kids, etc."
Is there an opt-out feature? Can I keep the anonymous data from getting to TiVo the first place (apart from unplugging the unit)?
...but I'm worried about getting an iPod. A 90 day warranty doesn't inspire confidence...
Um, the iPod has a 1-year warranty. It *used* to be 90 days, but Apple changed their warranty policy after much bitching from customers. And, at the time, Apple extended out the warranty to a year for people who already had iPods.
One thing to remember with any Apple laptop - get AppleCare. So long as you didn't step on it and break it yourself (as I did with my girlfriend's clamshell iBook), AppleCare could save you a bundle in the long-term. Her iBook was already of questionable quality, and AppleCare more than paid for itself.
On the other hand, I've only had to have two repairs done to my now 3-year old Y2K PowerBook, both within the original 1-year warranty (I still bought AppleCare).
Every now and then I'll back up my home directory, and any apps I really need, and then boot off of a CD or another hard drive so that I can run disk utility and zero all data on my boot drive. Afterwards, I either restore my backed up OS (I used to do this mostly on OS9; haven't tried it on OS X), or just reinstall the OS from scratch (I just did this last night with an iMac I'm selling).
The nice thing about zeroing all data, is that it's the poor man's defrag on a Mac - your data will be written close together when you reinstall it. It's especially good if you use your boot drive for A/V work - you'll end up with large chunks of contiguous space for huge files, instead of those huge files being fragmented.
There's going to be overhead with any protocol, but I would expect that wireless would have a higher overhead than wired protocols. There's certainly a lot of things you have to take into consideration for wireless throughput - obstructions, distance, error correction.
Or refurbished.... I bought one directly from Apple and managed to get the 1-yr warranty and an iPod that looked as good as a brand new one. All for $200 (last December).
A 1/8" minijack to RCA output works just fine on the iPod. Crank the volume to max, set equalizer to flat, and plug into stereo. Sounds great. I do it all the time.
I bought about 10 songs from Apple's music service yesterday, and they all sound great. When I got home, I ripped Would? from Alice in Chains's Dirt and compared it to the 182kbps VBR MP3 I already had. The AAC sounded about the same as the MP3. It didn't sound worse, and I was running this through my iMac G4's audio system and then a pair of Polk bookshelf speakers I have on my desk (and a Pioneer receiver/amp). I'll stick with AAC, and I'll stick with the iTunes Music Store. For my money, it's a good deal.
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Only the newest PowerMacs (1GHz, 2x1.25GHz, 2x1.42GHz) and the 17" PowerBook have FireWire 800. All other G4 Macs (eMac, iMac, 12" and 15" PowerBook) have FireWire 400 only.
Uranus is ready to go!
(Good to know, I say.)
At least you didn't get suckered into buying DCC tapes.
Jesus, way more than 15-20 million songs a year are pirated. I'd say that estimate is waaaaay too low. It's got to be more than that.
I'd guess somewhere around 100 million+ songs are pirated each year.
I have a coworker who's got Gator installed on his computer. When I pointed this out, he mentioned that he needed it in order to run Kazaa. Gah!
And, most of my other co-workers have Morpeus, or the like, installed on their computers. I don't. I save any music downloading for home, with the exception of iTMS, which I use at work quite frequently to add songs to my shopping cart and then download once I get home.
Yep, my math was horrible. I knew it.
Still... 3.5mil songs isn't bad.
Well, let's see. I've bought close to 70 songs from the music store. I'm mostly buying stuff that I didn't have already. I've bought only one album, and single tracks apart from that.
:-)
So, if Apple says there are 3 million OS X users (I don't have the exact number), let's take a conservative estimate of maybe 6 or 7 songs per user. That's 19.5 million songs. The iTunes music store was started on 28 April, and if 500,000 songs a day are sold (on average), then you end up with the numbers stated above. I don't think this is too hard to achieve.
Of course, my math could be horribly horribly wrong. I'm sure someone will point that out
Probably depends on the contract that Nullsoft agreed to when purchased. I would think not, but I'm not sure about that.
Since he's leaving, is he allowed to touch code developed while he worked for AOL?
Probably not, unless he buys the programs/code back from AOLTW. AOLTW owns it all now. If they were really evil, they might even own code that he created for personal use while he was in their employ. I wouldn't be too surprised if that were the case.
It's not ergonomic... I'm never going to go back to using a non-ergonomic keyboard again, especially after using them for the past three years.
;-)
Oh, and it's an ugly white blob of a keyboard
Yup, this is the one I've been keeping my eye on. It's quite nice.
I like reflected light... the lamp in the cinema display picture is facing down. I've since changed it to face towards the back wall. It gives a nice soft reflected light in that corner of the room.
Got a better ergonomic keyboard, that won't do that? Please, do share.
Everybody asks about the keyboard, and while it is pretty ugly, it's very comfortable for me. I like ergonomic keyboards, and as you can see from the pics, I've had it now for over three years. I doubt I'll be getting rid of it anytime soon.
It's actually an Adesso Tru-form, not a Logitech.
Simple test - give an iPod to someone who's never used it before. In about a minute, they'll have figured out the menu system. Seriously, there is something to be said for making a device without a million buttons nobody knows the function for!
- With Cinema Display
- With flat-panel iMac
- With Y2K PowerBook
- With Blue & White PowerMac and 17" CRT
Any way you slice it, the compuer always looks better than the desk. I'm trying to find a decent glass desk to compliment the computer, but then I'll need to see about getting rid of the crappy carpet in here.I wish I could say I was surprised, but I'm not. So they're going to sell this information to other people, but I'd like to see it for myself, too. I'd like to know just what they're tracking and how the reports look for the ad agencies buying this stuff.
I wonder if TiVo includes any data like "we know that such-and-such in this zip code makes between 40,000-80,000 a year and has 2.3 kids, etc."
Is there an opt-out feature? Can I keep the anonymous data from getting to TiVo the first place (apart from unplugging the unit)?
...but I'm worried about getting an iPod. A 90 day warranty doesn't inspire confidence...
Um, the iPod has a 1-year warranty. It *used* to be 90 days, but Apple changed their warranty policy after much bitching from customers. And, at the time, Apple extended out the warranty to a year for people who already had iPods.
One thing to remember with any Apple laptop - get AppleCare. So long as you didn't step on it and break it yourself (as I did with my girlfriend's clamshell iBook), AppleCare could save you a bundle in the long-term. Her iBook was already of questionable quality, and AppleCare more than paid for itself.
On the other hand, I've only had to have two repairs done to my now 3-year old Y2K PowerBook, both within the original 1-year warranty (I still bought AppleCare).
Internet sharing was pretty useful for a lot of people. It's too bad that just a few developers screwed everything up for the majority of users.
They took Rip, from Rip-Mix-Burn, where they shouldn't have.
Every now and then I'll back up my home directory, and any apps I really need, and then boot off of a CD or another hard drive so that I can run disk utility and zero all data on my boot drive. Afterwards, I either restore my backed up OS (I used to do this mostly on OS9; haven't tried it on OS X), or just reinstall the OS from scratch (I just did this last night with an iMac I'm selling).
The nice thing about zeroing all data, is that it's the poor man's defrag on a Mac - your data will be written close together when you reinstall it. It's especially good if you use your boot drive for A/V work - you'll end up with large chunks of contiguous space for huge files, instead of those huge files being fragmented.
After reading the article, I did a quick search for 802.11g throughput tests and 802.11a/b tests. I came up with two links:
Tom's Hardware 802.11g throughput tests
ExtremeTech's 802.11a and 802.11b throughput tests
There's going to be overhead with any protocol, but I would expect that wireless would have a higher overhead than wired protocols. There's certainly a lot of things you have to take into consideration for wireless throughput - obstructions, distance, error correction.
Or refurbished.... I bought one directly from Apple and managed to get the 1-yr warranty and an iPod that looked as good as a brand new one. All for $200 (last December).
A 1/8" minijack to RCA output works just fine on the iPod. Crank the volume to max, set equalizer to flat, and plug into stereo. Sounds great. I do it all the time.
Dear idiot,
Please read the article. He left in 1993.
Don't worry, I've got karma to burn.
Love,
RTFA-whore
I bought about 10 songs from Apple's music service yesterday, and they all sound great. When I got home, I ripped Would? from Alice in Chains's Dirt and compared it to the 182kbps VBR MP3 I already had. The AAC sounded about the same as the MP3. It didn't sound worse, and I was running this through my iMac G4's audio system and then a pair of Polk bookshelf speakers I have on my desk (and a Pioneer receiver/amp). I'll stick with AAC, and I'll stick with the iTunes Music Store. For my money, it's a good deal.
Go into system preferences -> general and select 8 as your minimum sized smoothed font. Then restart iTunes.