doubtful. not all the opposition is saddam supporters. there are islamic terrorists that want to setup another afghanstan, probably some shiites wanting to setup a iran-type islamic gov't, maybe some sunni's and maybe some kurds.
There may even be an upswing in attacks in retaliation, but i would expect that to fall off fairly quickly.
And it isn't the attacks that are keeping us there, we have to be there through the setup of the country and to fix a lot of things we broke in a couple of wars (and even more things saddam broke through neglect).
The limitations can't be patented -- the methods of enforcing/implementing the limitations can be.
Microsoft is free to come up with its own methods of implementing the same limitations apple has placed on AAC.
Microsoft's problem is they spent so much time looking for a "can't be circumvented" method that pissed off customers, while Apple came up with a "good enough" method that is merely irriating to (most) customers and is working.
Since WMA is barely supported on the Mac, not putting a converter in for it is probably due more to Microsoft-Apple conflict than anything else. Apple certainly wouldn't give the Windows product a feature the Mac product didn't have.
Your best bet is to find a WMA to AIFF converter. I believe AIFF is the only format the converter actually supports.
Sharing is: No file copying, up to 5 people on local LAN can connect and listen to any song they want (end-user picks) from the playlists you've allowed to be shared.
Finding shared music is via Rendezvous (sp?), a zero-configuration protocol that allows service discovery on the local LAN with no configuration.
iTunesHelper is most likely a system tray icon program (or an auto-detector for when a cd is inserted). You can keep it from starting via the registry change some else mentioned.
iPodServices should be stopped from automatically starting by setting it to Manual in the Services control panel (nt/2k) or the Services section of the Computer Management program under Administrative Tools (xp).
iPodService doesn't start automatically on mine and I've got it set to manual, but it does start up if I launch iTunes (and doesn't shut back down). I set it to disabled and it doesn't seem to affect iTunes.
iPodService did seem to slow my computer down a lot, especially internet browsing. Shutting it off fixed the problem.
They're competing with free pretty darn well considering they've sold 13 million songs (with a library of only 250,000) so far.
Personally I agree that.99 is too much. Most likely this won't go down until the RIAA method of collecting and distributing monies to artists is changed. With e-music (my preferred service) changing to a 3 cd per month limit (for $10 each month) the Apple Store is looking better to me (except for the rights restrictions)
Yeah the ability to make a playlist based on other playlists is much needed (I'm hoping there is yet another iTunes in Panther that adds it, this update doesn't).
Combining two playlists is easy since you could make a new list, select all the songs and drag & drop them to the new list to add them. But saying "pick all songs from list a that aren't in list b" would be cool.
Media Jukebox seems to support more audio formats (no AAC yet, probably a license fee for that,) I really want OGG support on my iPod.
The 3 advantages iTunes has over Media Jukebox are:
a) iPod support (Media Jukebox supports a lot of players but I didn't see that listed) b) iTunes is free c) Apple Music Store
So they rely on the autorun setting on cd's to load the device driver for them? that's pretty stupid -- on windows it's enabled by default (typical) but most companies disable it because it's a security risk.
The Mac got hit pretty hard with an autorun virus that ended up shipping on many cd's. As a result many Mac users disabled this in OS 9, and I believe OS X has it disabled by default.
This might be effective on most windows home computers whose owners don't change the default setting, but I'm wondering how long before that driver gets infected with a virus....
copyright can be defended later on -- even friovolously (just ask SCO 8-). Only trademarks require constant policing and can be revoked due lack of enforcement.
what a defensive patent does is totally prevent the need for a prior art claim. Taking out a defensive patent for $10,000 is better than paying 10x more for a lawyer to claim prior art in court and still lose.
Of course this is all ridiculousness developed through years of litigation by huge companies, then end result being only huge companies can really afford to take out defensive patents on a regular basis -- screwing the smaller companies.
Once a patent is taken out, the patent is good for 20 years. Period. The patent owner can state licenses will be available for no cost/no royalties, but that won't put it in the public domain. Once the time limit expires the patent will be in the public domain.
The public domain means NO PROPERTY RIGHTS AT ALL exist. No copyright, no patent, no trade secret.
I just wish they would've found the better code before inserting the crappy stuff. Not for infringement reasons but bloat reasons. Why insert code if it already exists, especially if what already exists is superior.
Yeah, I was there a couple of months ago (in a hotel with really sucky internet access, why didn't they put this in before that?). I liked it a lot, nice walks, nice waterfront. Little too much of the "upscale" chains -- Hard Rock Cafe, etc.... but still nice.
Isn't this what Intel wants?
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Float a rumor that their next chip wil have some 64 bit instructions, so don't upgrade to that competitor that is true 64-bit?
Both debian and gentoo (and Red Hat) have security mailing lists that list packages/ebuilds that have been updated for security reasons. I know Debian & Red Hat's are cross-posted with Bugtraq, not sure about Gentoo's.
Finding updated packages isn't a big deal. Harder is finding what software has an announced vulnerability that hasn't been patched by it's respective distribution yet. Red Hat uptodate has the same problem, if Red Hat hasn't patched the vunerability yet you won't know about it.
Of course in the Open Source world the updates come pretty quick after the annoucement anyway, but if there were some software app that had a real old version with no maintaniner as the default it could present a problem.
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the problem being step 2 is actuall outsourced network security company calls fbi accuses you of terrorism
step 3 is jail/court/appeal loop
doubtful. not all the opposition is saddam supporters. there are islamic terrorists that want to setup another afghanstan, probably some shiites wanting to setup a iran-type islamic gov't, maybe some sunni's and maybe some kurds.
There may even be an upswing in attacks in retaliation, but i would expect that to fall off fairly quickly.
And it isn't the attacks that are keeping us there, we have to be there through the setup of the country and to fix a lot of things we broke in a couple of wars (and even more things saddam broke through neglect).
I use the Pentax ZX-M too. It's a great camera, auto everything but focus for when starting and good manual controls for going beyond.
It takes way better pictures than my digital, but i take more pictures with the digital 'cause I can carry it anywhere.
I probably would go with the belkin battery extender if i needed more battery life.
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But the time I get now is more than enough for me.
See your sig? Maybe you should try and find this RTFM guy. According to him, this security bug DOES NOT EXIST in OS X 10.2 or prior.
And Microsoft doesn't issue patches for 6 year old OS's anymore (how many patches have been released for ME lately?)
not if it was about a crash of new fighter prototype or satellite or spy weather balloon.
The limitations can't be patented -- the methods of enforcing/implementing the limitations can be.
Microsoft is free to come up with its own methods of implementing the same limitations apple has placed on AAC.
Microsoft's problem is they spent so much time looking for a "can't be circumvented" method that pissed off customers, while Apple came up with a "good enough" method that is merely irriating to (most) customers and is working.
Since WMA is barely supported on the Mac, not putting a converter in for it is probably due more to Microsoft-Apple conflict than anything else. Apple certainly wouldn't give the Windows product a feature the Mac product didn't have.
Your best bet is to find a WMA to AIFF converter. I believe AIFF is the only format the converter actually supports.
Sharing is: No file copying, up to 5 people on local LAN can connect and listen to any song they want (end-user picks) from the playlists you've allowed to be shared.
Finding shared music is via Rendezvous (sp?), a zero-configuration protocol that allows service discovery on the local LAN with no configuration.
So you're saying it takes 3 windows apps to beat one Mac app?
Apple accumulates credit card purchases and sends them at the end of the day, so if you make 4 $.99 purchases they bill you at one shot for $3.96.
And I guess Apple does enough business that the companies don't whine too much about 13 million $.99 charges.
Mac version automatically keeps an xml file next to the library with all the info. Has since 4.0 first came out I believe.
iTunesHelper is most likely a system tray icon program (or an auto-detector for when a cd is inserted). You can keep it from starting via the registry change some else mentioned.
iPodServices should be stopped from automatically starting by setting it to Manual in the Services control panel (nt/2k) or the Services section of the Computer Management program under Administrative Tools (xp).
iPodService doesn't start automatically on mine and I've got it set to manual, but it does start up if I launch iTunes (and doesn't shut back down). I set it to disabled and it doesn't seem to affect iTunes.
iPodService did seem to slow my computer down a lot, especially internet browsing. Shutting it off fixed the problem.
They're competing with free pretty darn well considering they've sold 13 million songs (with a library of only 250,000) so far.
.99 is too much. Most likely this won't go down until the RIAA method of collecting and distributing monies to artists is changed. With e-music (my preferred service) changing to a 3 cd per month limit (for $10 each month) the Apple Store is looking better to me (except for the rights restrictions)
Personally I agree that
Yeah the ability to make a playlist based on other playlists is much needed (I'm hoping there is yet another iTunes in Panther that adds it, this update doesn't).
Combining two playlists is easy since you could make a new list, select all the songs and drag & drop them to the new list to add them. But saying "pick all songs from list a that aren't in list b" would be cool.
Media Jukebox seems to support more audio formats (no AAC yet, probably a license fee for that,) I really want OGG support on my iPod.
The 3 advantages iTunes has over Media Jukebox are:
a) iPod support (Media Jukebox supports a lot of players but I didn't see that listed)
b) iTunes is free
c) Apple Music Store
Prior art has to predate the filing date of the patent, not the approved date. The patent was filed in Dec 1996. Slashdot started in September of 97.
So they rely on the autorun setting on cd's to load the device driver for them? that's pretty stupid -- on windows it's enabled by default (typical) but most companies disable it because it's a security risk.
The Mac got hit pretty hard with an autorun virus that ended up shipping on many cd's. As a result many Mac users disabled this in OS 9, and I believe OS X has it disabled by default.
This might be effective on most windows home computers whose owners don't change the default setting, but I'm wondering how long before that driver gets infected with a virus....
copyright can be defended later on -- even friovolously (just ask SCO 8-). Only trademarks require constant policing and can be revoked due lack of enforcement.
what a defensive patent does is totally prevent the need for a prior art claim. Taking out a defensive patent for $10,000 is better than paying 10x more for a lawyer to claim prior art in court and still lose.
Of course this is all ridiculousness developed through years of litigation by huge companies, then end result being only huge companies can really afford to take out defensive patents on a regular basis -- screwing the smaller companies.
Once a patent is taken out, the patent is good for 20 years. Period. The patent owner can state licenses will be available for no cost/no royalties, but that won't put it in the public domain. Once the time limit expires the patent will be in the public domain.
The public domain means NO PROPERTY RIGHTS AT ALL exist. No copyright, no patent, no trade secret.
I just wish they would've found the better code before inserting the crappy stuff. Not for infringement reasons but bloat reasons. Why insert code if it already exists, especially if what already exists is superior.
Yeah, I was there a couple of months ago (in a hotel with really sucky internet access, why didn't they put this in before that?). I liked it a lot, nice walks, nice waterfront. Little too much of the "upscale" chains -- Hard Rock Cafe, etc.... but still nice.
Float a rumor that their next chip wil have some 64 bit instructions, so don't upgrade to that competitor that is true 64-bit?
perhaps the reduced emissions are worth more to the purchaser than the extra cost in money. It was one of the primary reasons I bought mine.
Both debian and gentoo (and Red Hat) have security mailing lists that list packages/ebuilds that have been updated for security reasons. I know Debian & Red Hat's are cross-posted with Bugtraq, not sure about Gentoo's.
Finding updated packages isn't a big deal. Harder is finding what software has an announced vulnerability that hasn't been patched by it's respective distribution yet. Red Hat uptodate has the same problem, if Red Hat hasn't patched the vunerability yet you won't know about it.
Of course in the Open Source world the updates come pretty quick after the annoucement anyway, but if there were some software app that had a real old version with no maintaniner as the default it could present a problem.