You don't have to be in possesion of the computers to deauthorize all of them, it is a special menu option in your account.
The downside is, once you do a deauthorize all, you cannot do it again for 12 months -- I guess a point conceded to DRM, not customer service.
If you still have possession of the PC, you can deauthorize it from the menu in iTunes, and if you deauthorize that way, one at a time, there is no limit to how many devices you can go through, although you can only play the DRM'd files on whatever 5 machines you have authorized currently.
Why? They are working on a compelling product that is vastly different from what Sony / MS are creating. Nintendo has stated repeatedly that they are approaching the market in a completely different fashion, so why concern themselves with how the others are marketing their stuff?
Nintendo will bring out a compelling system, that while it may not garner the same sales as the other 2 (or it might, you never know), it will make a profit because they wouldn't sell it at a loss, just to gain market share.
While this type of functionality may make sharing easier, honest consumers who don't want to be tied down to Apple's lousy interface on the PC (or who just prefer a different way of managing their library) shouldn't have their choice restricted.
Than don't be restricted by Apple... buy a Creative or iRiver or Flavor of the Month type of device. Apple's design decisions were not made to benefit the geek culture, but to make a set standard that every idiot can figure out, don't like it, buy something else, or find a way around it.
I have experienced plugging in a few Nanos in to PCs. It does not show up as a hard drive.
Fresh out of the box, an iPod does not have any flash-drive features. You have to turn those on in the iTunes software for your device. Once you do that however, any iPod will function as a flash drive on any PC you plug it into.
Can you plug your Ipod in and use windows media player/winamp(without hacked plugin)/music match to sync tunes?
No. Apple has made the decision that to sync music to an iPod you have to use iTunes. This distinction is the same as Creative Labs saying you must use their version of Windows Media Player or Samsung saying the same thing. Both approaches require special software, both sets of software are freely obtained.
An iPod is a good device, but it is not for everyone. Judging by sales patterns, it seems like most *are* convinced that the iPod is the right one for them.
I see your point, however, who goes to a secondary domain?
Compare google.com to yahoo.com or even msn.com?
Notice a big difference? Google continues to maintain a clean interface on the *first* page that most people go to, yahoo and msn are still attempting to be portals to everything. Now do a search for something on each of those, Google interface is still clean on the first result page, Yahoo has more clutter on that page than search results. MSN crashes FireFox too often for me to reliably even attempt to search from there.
If I remember correctly from an earlier newspost on Penny-Arcade, you were expected to bring money with you to the charity event. The sign-up page to purchase a ticket said that all auctions had to be settled that night, so they received the cash (or credit card slips) for the $82,000 that night!
I remember those glory days before Ziff Davis bought up everything, and also when that decline happened.
As I sit back and look at things now though, it seems that for the enthusiast market, the internet has filled in the holes left from all the good magazines of yesteryear.
Ultimately, I think we may be better off now with instant access through the internet to a greater number of resources than we were with the old magazines....
Again, you are not seeing the target. The target for the package is the lead programmer, Q/A and/or Legal to run and verify that none of their programmers did just that.
Certainly not the most ominous threat on the horizon, but I believe you are under-estimating the impact.
Outside a traditional family environment and/or moral standards, disintegration happens very rapidly.
If you look at history, every single major government/country that has approved of same-sex unions was gone within 2-3 generations. This is why I believe that "traditional" family values are very important still to this country. If we allow or even encourage people to live different lifestyles, over time that not only stops population growth, but reverses growth. A reversal of population growth can only be sustained for a short time frame (2-3 generations is 80-100 years) before that nation, no matter how powerful at the beginning, would crumble and collapse.
I am one, and know several others personally of the "Good Little Tech" variety.
I don't pirate, and will not assist others in pirating. I do this out of respect for the law, and out of courtesy to other programmers who put their time and effort into making software.
If you are willing to pirate software, may I suggest you do some programming first to get an understanding of what goes into creating the very work you are stealing?
Actually, in the 2 different theatres I went to, the typical Green screen before every trailer was not shown with this one. It simply went from the end of 1 trailer into what appeared to be another commercial.
In a legal sense, for Criminal cases, you are innocent until proven guilty.
In a civil case, such as DRM and copyright cases, the case is brought because they already have circumstantial evidence, and both sides are equally required to prove/disprove said evidence.
Why is this a problem? I have used my cell for years to order pizza. I give them my address the first time I call a new pizza place and it stays on file. No problems here.
Now, the fax machine, that is a problem. But, check out eFax.com
What is really interesting is I have a similar time-frame of learning the PC. I remember learning BASIC on a Trash80, then moving to x86 Assembler using Debug in DOS 3.3, My first PC I used for this was a portable 286 with 1 MB of RAM (More than enough for anyone). When I got my first modem, I remember downloading cool, new shareware games at 2400 baud. Start downloading, go to bed, then play game.
Your comment sounded so much like how I learned and stuff, yet I was born in 1980, so does that make me too young to have done this stuff? Or does that mean these other guys should remember more stuff like this?
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Once, I shot a giraffe. Splendid!
You don't have to be in possesion of the computers to deauthorize all of them, it is a special menu option in your account.
The downside is, once you do a deauthorize all, you cannot do it again for 12 months -- I guess a point conceded to DRM, not customer service.
If you still have possession of the PC, you can deauthorize it from the menu in iTunes, and if you deauthorize that way, one at a time, there is no limit to how many devices you can go through, although you can only play the DRM'd files on whatever 5 machines you have authorized currently.
Yeah, the RIAA.
Why? They are working on a compelling product that is vastly different from what Sony / MS are creating. Nintendo has stated repeatedly that they are approaching the market in a completely different fashion, so why concern themselves with how the others are marketing their stuff?
Nintendo will bring out a compelling system, that while it may not garner the same sales as the other 2 (or it might, you never know), it will make a profit because they wouldn't sell it at a loss, just to gain market share.
While this type of functionality may make sharing easier, honest consumers who don't want to be tied down to Apple's lousy interface on the PC (or who just prefer a different way of managing their library) shouldn't have their choice restricted.
Than don't be restricted by Apple... buy a Creative or iRiver or Flavor of the Month type of device. Apple's design decisions were not made to benefit the geek culture, but to make a set standard that every idiot can figure out, don't like it, buy something else, or find a way around it.
I have experienced plugging in a few Nanos in to PCs. It does not show up as a hard drive.
Fresh out of the box, an iPod does not have any flash-drive features. You have to turn those on in the iTunes software for your device. Once you do that however, any iPod will function as a flash drive on any PC you plug it into.
Can you plug your Ipod in and use windows media player/winamp(without hacked plugin)/music match to sync tunes?
No. Apple has made the decision that to sync music to an iPod you have to use iTunes. This distinction is the same as Creative Labs saying you must use their version of Windows Media Player or Samsung saying the same thing. Both approaches require special software, both sets of software are freely obtained.
An iPod is a good device, but it is not for everyone. Judging by sales patterns, it seems like most *are* convinced that the iPod is the right one for them.
I see your point, however, who goes to a secondary domain?
Compare google.com to yahoo.com or even msn.com?
Notice a big difference? Google continues to maintain a clean interface on the *first* page that most people go to, yahoo and msn are still attempting to be portals to everything. Now do a search for something on each of those, Google interface is still clean on the first result page, Yahoo has more clutter on that page than search results. MSN crashes FireFox too often for me to reliably even attempt to search from there.
If I remember correctly from an earlier newspost on Penny-Arcade, you were expected to bring money with you to the charity event. The sign-up page to purchase a ticket said that all auctions had to be settled that night, so they received the cash (or credit card slips) for the $82,000 that night!
Thats a start, now they need to put the rest of them there, and get going on this replacement tech.
I remember those glory days before Ziff Davis bought up everything, and also when that decline happened.
As I sit back and look at things now though, it seems that for the enthusiast market, the internet has filled in the holes left from all the good magazines of yesteryear.
Ultimately, I think we may be better off now with instant access through the internet to a greater number of resources than we were with the old magazines....
useless annoyancy called Qicktime
What's so bad about QuickTime? How is it an annoyance?
Again, you are not seeing the target. The target for the package is the lead programmer, Q/A and/or Legal to run and verify that none of their programmers did just that.
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well played.
Certainly not the most ominous threat on the horizon, but I believe you are under-estimating the impact.
Outside a traditional family environment and/or moral standards, disintegration happens very rapidly.
If you look at history, every single major government/country that has approved of same-sex unions was gone within 2-3 generations. This is why I believe that "traditional" family values are very important still to this country. If we allow or even encourage people to live different lifestyles, over time that not only stops population growth, but reverses growth. A reversal of population growth can only be sustained for a short time frame (2-3 generations is 80-100 years) before that nation, no matter how powerful at the beginning, would crumble and collapse.
Not always.
I am one, and know several others personally of the "Good Little Tech" variety.
I don't pirate, and will not assist others in pirating. I do this out of respect for the law, and out of courtesy to other programmers who put their time and effort into making software.
If you are willing to pirate software, may I suggest you do some programming first to get an understanding of what goes into creating the very work you are stealing?
Actually, in the 2 different theatres I went to, the typical Green screen before every trailer was not shown with this one. It simply went from the end of 1 trailer into what appeared to be another commercial.
In a legal sense, for Criminal cases, you are innocent until proven guilty.
In a civil case, such as DRM and copyright cases, the case is brought because they already have circumstantial evidence, and both sides are equally required to prove/disprove said evidence.
1.) Ordering a pizza delivery.
Why is this a problem? I have used my cell for years to order pizza. I give them my address the first time I call a new pizza place and it stays on file. No problems here.
Now, the fax machine, that is a problem. But, check out eFax.com
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What is really interesting is I have a similar time-frame of learning the PC. I remember learning BASIC on a Trash80, then moving to x86 Assembler using Debug in DOS 3.3, My first PC I used for this was a portable 286 with 1 MB of RAM (More than enough for anyone). When I got my first modem, I remember downloading cool, new shareware games at 2400 baud. Start downloading, go to bed, then play game.
Your comment sounded so much like how I learned and stuff, yet I was born in 1980, so does that make me too young to have done this stuff? Or does that mean these other guys should remember more stuff like this?