Well, perhaps I was being too generous. But the incentive would be largely mitigated.
If it takes an hour to manually:
* search for songs
* download songs
* verify that they are good rips
* burn the songs
* find and print the lyrics for each song
* collating the lyrics into a little
booklet to put in the jewel case.
It _is_ time consuming to do this. I'm not saying it won't continue to happen, but for most people -- even those making minimum wage -- it's worth paying $5 dollars. Okay, maybe even $8. Absolutely not more than $10.
I'm thinking "about the price of a paperback book."
They need to drop CD's a LOT further in price before anyone I know will buy them again.
A 12 song CD should be around $5.
I should be able to got to RIAA.com (or wherever) and pick 12 songs from their archive, paypal them $5, and then a couple days later, I get my cd in the mail, with jewel case, liner notes and lyrics for each song in the packaging.
Space permitting, the CD could be in a DAM CD format -- mixed media CD's that will play on both audio CD Players and in Computers as either MP3 files or Audio Files.
Shipping and Handling should be 2.95 (non-priority) for up to 10 CDs.
Sure people would still share or burn extra copies, but since each CD would be more-or-less customized to an individual's personal taste, a lot of people would *want* a complete burned copy of the disc.
Peole may want a individual song, but for $5, it's easier to just go and order your own CD, with your own music.
There would be no more incentive to run all the P2P networks to get music. This proposed service would have filled the need with a better offering. iTunes is still too expensive, IMHO.
Agreed. With replication, I'm happy. Now, if they can add clustering and/or failover functionality, I'll be *really* happy. But replication goes loooong way, bub.
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How the hell does newsforge get slashdotted? Why isn't/. and newforge running in the same cage, on similar hardware? It's THE SAME COMPANY! THEY SHOULD KNOW HOW TO PREVENT THE SLASHDOT EFFECT!
the more inclined I am to think that I'm seeing Ludditism writ large
Luddites oppose technology in general, because increased technology (luddites falsely claim) leads to a loss of jobs.
FOSS people oppose Microsoft not because of the technology or potential job losses, but because of the draconian control methods it uses. The fact that their technology is consistently of questional quality (especially in realm of security) is a side-issue, but it does provide a lot of fun fodder.
we still lack a good dreamweaver-like tool. I hope we'll have one soon...
Damn straight. It's the only thing that won't let switch my wife's computer over to linux.
Also, a free implementation of a quicktime player and shockwave plugin. If I can get my wife's pc switched over, I'll spring for the crossover plugin.
I hate missing out on all those movie trailers, and the sites my little girl goes to, mainly nickjr.com and playhousedisney.com require shockwave. But I've got an old pc running W98 for that.
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Why do I have to use a closed source plugin to connect an open source client to an open source server?
I'm not so sure that's a pat answer anymore. MySQL 4 now has transactions, which eliminates a long term deficiency it once-had.
MySQL also has replication righ out of the box, something PostgreSQL doesn't have.
I'm told that MySQL 5.0 will finally support triggers and stored functions, which I think puts it on a more-or-less even foothold with PostgreSQL. That's just a guess, I could be wrong.
Now, whichever one supports clustering first will be the bomb.
when one desktop system can replace several others including Wintel and traditional UNIX workstations such as SGI and Sun, all while running the same *NIX apps as before right along with productivity applications such as Photoshop and Office, it saves money and increases productivity, making it an easy decision.
Thank you, Mr. Jobs!
Good points, though. My next system may well be a mac, instead of Lintel. Upgrade time loops nigh.
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I think most people on a site frequented mostly by american IT workers may contain a few biased comments?
;-)
What makes you think it's hidden?
Please tell me disco isn't coming back too.
"Disco is not dead! Disco is life!"
-- Disco Eddie, Mystery Men
Nobody uses Cold Fusion anymore, now that Macromedia bought it. Everyone has switched to PHP.
no more incentive? what are you smoking?
Well, perhaps I was being too generous. But the incentive would be largely mitigated.
If it takes an hour to manually:
* search for songs
* download songs
* verify that they are good rips
* burn the songs
* find and print the lyrics for each song
* collating the lyrics into a little
booklet to put in the jewel case.
It _is_ time consuming to do this. I'm not saying it won't continue to happen, but for most people -- even those making minimum wage -- it's worth paying $5 dollars. Okay, maybe even $8. Absolutely not more than $10.
I'm thinking "about the price of a paperback book."
They need to drop CD's a LOT further in price before anyone I know will buy them again.
A 12 song CD should be around $5.
I should be able to got to RIAA.com (or wherever) and pick 12 songs from their archive, paypal them $5, and then a couple days later, I get my cd in the mail, with jewel case, liner notes and lyrics for each song in the packaging.
Space permitting, the CD could be in a DAM CD format -- mixed media CD's that will play on both audio CD Players and in Computers as either MP3 files or Audio Files.
Shipping and Handling should be 2.95 (non-priority) for up to 10 CDs.
Sure people would still share or burn extra copies, but since each CD would be more-or-less customized to an individual's personal taste, a lot of people would *want* a complete burned copy of the disc.
Peole may want a individual song, but for $5, it's easier to just go and order your own CD, with your own music.
There would be no more incentive to run all the P2P networks to get music. This proposed service would have filled the need with a better offering. iTunes is still too expensive, IMHO.
Technically, there is hyphen in his name. Even though it is often dropped, it is pronounced *with* a hyphen, as two words: Spider Man.
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See the cover of Amazing Spider-Man #1:
http://comolo.redsectorart.com/images/covers
Agreed. With replication, I'm happy. Now, if they can add clustering and/or failover functionality, I'll be *really* happy. But replication goes loooong way, bub.
...not all advertising is evil...
What you say?!
Do you think three-valued logic is a good idea?
1. Yes
2. No
3. Maybe
It think it would go like this:
1. Yes
2. No
3. PROFIT!
I'm off-topic, I know.
i thought at one point they said it would remain open
.Net will be an open standard too. They are working with Ximian (now Novell) to make a *nix implementation of .Net.
Dude, this is Microsoft we're talking about. What were you thinking?
Remember, they are saying that
Suuuuuuure they are.
I seem to recall that Microsoft released over 1 million lines of code in their shared source effort to get .Net running on Linux, etc.
Yes, Microsoft loves to give back to the community out of the goodness of its own heart. I'm positive they did not have any alterior motives at all.
How the hell does newsforge get slashdotted? Why isn't /. and newforge running in the same cage, on similar hardware? It's THE SAME COMPANY! THEY SHOULD KNOW HOW TO PREVENT THE SLASHDOT EFFECT!
..It's.IT's job is to facilitate people's jobs, not restricting them to what's convenient for IT.
Ha! Ha! That's the funniest joke I've ever heard! You could be the next SeinFeild!
it's also possible that I'm too close to the material to judge this accurately.
chromatic? close to perl? say it ain't so!
the more inclined I am to think that I'm seeing Ludditism writ large
Luddites oppose technology in general, because increased technology (luddites falsely claim) leads to a loss of jobs.
FOSS people oppose Microsoft not because of the technology or potential job losses, but because of the draconian control methods it uses. The fact that their technology is consistently of questional quality (especially in realm of security) is a side-issue, but it does provide a lot of fun fodder.
"We've got a blind date with destiny, and it looks like she's order the lobster." -- The Shoveler.
"We are number one. All others are number two lower." -- The Sphinx.
"Disco is not dead! Disco is life!" -- Disco Eddie.
I loved Mystery Men. That movie is not referenced enough.
No they don't. They have evidence that a weapon belonging to you was used to commit the crime.
Take it easy, Mr. Ashcroft.
Use hotmail -- go to jail.
we still lack a good dreamweaver-like tool. I hope we'll have one soon...
Damn straight. It's the only thing that won't let switch my wife's computer over to linux.
Also, a free implementation of a quicktime player and shockwave plugin. If I can get my wife's pc switched over, I'll spring for the crossover plugin.
I hate missing out on all those movie trailers, and the sites my little girl goes to, mainly nickjr.com and playhousedisney.com require shockwave. But I've got an old pc running W98 for that.
Why do I have to use a closed source plugin to connect an open source client to an open source server?
Step 3. PROFIT!
I mean, does nudity enhance the movie at all?
Yes.
Wouldn't Postgres be a better opensource example?
I'm not so sure that's a pat answer anymore. MySQL 4 now has transactions, which eliminates a long term deficiency it once-had.
MySQL also has replication righ out of the box, something PostgreSQL doesn't have.
I'm told that MySQL 5.0 will finally support triggers and stored functions, which I think puts it on a more-or-less even foothold with PostgreSQL. That's just a guess, I could be wrong.
Now, whichever one supports clustering first will be the bomb.
when one desktop system can replace several others including Wintel and traditional UNIX workstations such as SGI and Sun, all while running the same *NIX apps as before right along with productivity applications such as Photoshop and Office, it saves money and increases productivity, making it an easy decision.
Thank you, Mr. Jobs!
Good points, though. My next system may well be a mac, instead of Lintel. Upgrade time loops nigh.
I wonder if Netflix will use this patent to shut down their competing service
That's what patents are for, aren't they?