Except that iDVD is not free when purchased with a superdrive equipped Apple computer. It is a free download available to anyone right now.
That's factually incorrect.
iTunes -- the complete application -- is available from apple.com for download.
At first glance, it looks like the iDVD application is available for download, too -- if you stop reading in the middle of the first line on the page.
If you continue reading that first line, you'll find that what you can download from apple.com is really the updater to version 2.1 from version 2, which you can only get with your SuperDrive-equipped Mac.
If Apple said, "You are only allowed to download this software if you've got an Apple installed SuperDrive", then they'd be in the clear.
How about if they didn't let people download it at all, SuperDrive or no, and shipped it exclusively with SuperDrive-equipped Macs? In fact, one of the system requirements for iDVD is " Any Power Macintosh G4 or G4 iMac equipped with a built-in Apple SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW drive)."
"Kill" is Dutch for stream or creek. A couple years ago, PETA tried (unsuccessfully) to convince Fishkill to change its name to something a little less violent-sounding... like "Fishsave." Hee hee!
To get back on topic, this is some big news for Linux - beating out Windows on technical merit for use in real-world manufacturing. Or at least it might be big news for Linux once IBM's Services division notices what the Microelectronics division has done and starts telling their clients.
My DNS stuff works fine, I have my own internal wireless network with the wireless router acting as a DHCP server. My network settings are all correct, trust me.
My dad had a similar setup, and he too had a beach ball problem. I turned off DHCP on his router and assigned him a static IP. The beach ball problem seemed to disappear, though I can't explain why. Maybe you should give that a go.
Moonie - I guess I don't understand why it makes you feel 'glad' that the FBI is seizing people's computers over a bandwidth issue.
I'm not glad that "the FBI is seizing people's computers over a bandwidth issue," per se. I am glad that the FBI is continuing to perform their duty, which is is the investigation of federal crime in general, and not just terror-related crime crime. Now, the seized computers are instruments of the crime they are investigating. Seems to me that makes them evidence. I think the FBI would be remiss not to seize them. However, I also hope that the investigation will proceed quickly, and that the seized evidence will be returned to the alleged perpetrators if it turns out clean. To make an extreme analogy, you wouldn't support the police allowing an alleged murderer to keep his handgun, would you?
Suddenly I get the feeling that we are all suspected terrorists because we know a little more about technology than the average bear. IMO that's total crap. How long before thought control and the jack boot pressing down on our heads?
If you really feel this way, I sincerely hope you're doing more about it than whining anonymously on Slashdot.
The parent to your reply explains why the penalties are criminal:
(From the TOS)
"In addition, federal and state laws prohibit the possession, use, or attempted use of any equipment to receive any Buckeye services except as expressly provided by the Subscription Agreement."
Quite simply, the FBI came because they suspected a federal law that prohibits the unauthorized use of cable services was broken. It was likely originally written to prevent people from getting free HBO with a cracked converter box, but it makes sense to me that it should apply here, too.
And a bit off-topic, but apparently unlike a lot of people here, I'm glad that the FBI continues to investigate non-terror related crimes. That's what they're there for.
The proportion of highly fanatical Mac users doesn't say anything to you? I think so many Mac users become Mac evangelists because they've found the quality of their user experience is simply unmatched on other platforms.
Sure, the hard-core Mac evangelists can get overly emotional, but then again you just don't see PC people getting excited about what they can do with their computers the way Mac people do...
Ah, resource forks... if you've got Mac OS X and the Developer Tools, and you need to deal with those pesky forks, this is what you can do.
From the Terminal, run/Developer/Tools/SplitForks [filename or directory]. This'll go through, pull out the forks, and save them alongside the original files as plain vanilla hidden files (a . in front of the filename).
Run/System/Library/CoreServices/FixupResourceFork s on the file or directory you split before, and OS X will recreate the the original forks and delete the plain file.
There's a decent argument to say that MS just does the Mac ports to keep monopoly-hounds at bay. The Mac ports have frequently been day-late/dollar-short.
Microsoft does the Mac ports because they are contractually obliged to. Back in '97, Microsoft bought $150M worth of Apple stock, licensed some patents from Apple, and promised Internet Explorer and Office for five years. The agreement expires this August. Then we'll see...
Admittedly, Office 6.0 for Mac sucked wicked bad - but that was released in 1994. After the agreement, Microsoft stopped porting Office to Mac. Microsoft's shiny new Macintosh Business Unit rewrote Office for the Mac from scratch. Consequently, Office 98, 2001, and X have all actually been quite nice.
To burn a data CD, you drag the volume toward the Trash.
When will they ever learn? Don't those numbnuts at Apple know that this is the #1 most annoying and stupid thing about the OS, and has been since - oh, I dunno, 1987?
They have learned. The Trash icon on the dock is only the Trash icon for files. Grab a volume (CD, Zip disk, external hard drive, NFS mount, whatever), and it turns into an Eject icon. Grab a volume you created to burn and the Trash changes to a Burn icon. Drag, drop, and it does just what it said it would do. Very useful...
The analogue for the computer desktop is pretty clearly the actual top of a desk. I don't know about you, but I keep paper files I'm using on my desk. Once I stop using them so regularly, I put them in a file folder. The desktop is supposed to be a normal part of a workflow that's been working pretty well for quite some time now. I see no reason to change it; I rather like it.
One of the sneaky things about copyright is that in order to be copyrighted, the expression must be "fixed in tangible form." Unfortunately, you, your (oral) speech, and your actions are not tangible, unless you record everything.
That's not a fair analogy. The question at hand is about a causal relationship between video game violence and actual violence. The point you make seems to center more on hate speech - a nasty side effect of free speech.
A bit OT, but there was a hideously tasteless old Atari game called Custer's Revenge, where the object was to rape a woman. Again, if you want free speech, you have to risk people doing things like that, and just hope they'll exercise proper restraint and respect.
And if you want to start on slippery slopes, is a game about killing Nazis a la Wolfenstein any "better" than the ones you describe?
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That's factually incorrect.
iTunes -- the complete application -- is available from apple.com for download.
At first glance, it looks like the iDVD application is available for download, too -- if you stop reading in the middle of the first line on the page.
If you continue reading that first line, you'll find that what you can download from apple.com is really the updater to version 2.1 from version 2, which you can only get with your SuperDrive-equipped Mac.
How about if they didn't let people download it at all, SuperDrive or no, and shipped it exclusively with SuperDrive-equipped Macs? In fact, one of the system requirements for iDVD is " Any Power Macintosh G4 or G4 iMac equipped with a built-in Apple SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW drive)."
"Kill" is Dutch for stream or creek. A couple years ago, PETA tried (unsuccessfully) to convince Fishkill to change its name to something a little less violent-sounding... like "Fishsave." Hee hee!
To get back on topic, this is some big news for Linux - beating out Windows on technical merit for use in real-world manufacturing. Or at least it might be big news for Linux once IBM's Services division notices what the Microelectronics division has done and starts telling their clients.
I'm not glad that "the FBI is seizing people's computers over a bandwidth issue," per se. I am glad that the FBI is continuing to perform their duty, which is is the investigation of federal crime in general, and not just terror-related crime crime. Now, the seized computers are instruments of the crime they are investigating. Seems to me that makes them evidence. I think the FBI would be remiss not to seize them. However, I also hope that the investigation will proceed quickly, and that the seized evidence will be returned to the alleged perpetrators if it turns out clean. To make an extreme analogy, you wouldn't support the police allowing an alleged murderer to keep his handgun, would you?
If you really feel this way, I sincerely hope you're doing more about it than whining anonymously on Slashdot.
Quite simply, the FBI came because they suspected a federal law that prohibits the unauthorized use of cable services was broken. It was likely originally written to prevent people from getting free HBO with a cracked converter box, but it makes sense to me that it should apply here, too.
And a bit off-topic, but apparently unlike a lot of people here, I'm glad that the FBI continues to investigate non-terror related crimes. That's what they're there for.
The proportion of highly fanatical Mac users doesn't say anything to you? I think so many Mac users become Mac evangelists because they've found the quality of their user experience is simply unmatched on other platforms.
Sure, the hard-core Mac evangelists can get overly emotional, but then again you just don't see PC people getting excited about what they can do with their computers the way Mac people do...
Ah, resource forks... if you've got Mac OS X and the Developer Tools, and you need to deal with those pesky forks, this is what you can do.
/Developer/Tools/SplitForks [filename or directory]. This'll go through, pull out the forks, and save them alongside the original files as plain vanilla hidden files (a . in front of the filename).
/System/Library/CoreServices/FixupResourceFork s on the file or directory you split before, and OS X will recreate the the original forks and delete the plain file.
From the Terminal, run
Run
Hope this helps.
Microsoft does the Mac ports because they are contractually obliged to. Back in '97, Microsoft bought $150M worth of Apple stock, licensed some patents from Apple, and promised Internet Explorer and Office for five years. The agreement expires this August. Then we'll see...
Admittedly, Office 6.0 for Mac sucked wicked bad - but that was released in 1994. After the agreement, Microsoft stopped porting Office to Mac. Microsoft's shiny new Macintosh Business Unit rewrote Office for the Mac from scratch. Consequently, Office 98, 2001, and X have all actually been quite nice.
They have learned. The Trash icon on the dock is only the Trash icon for files. Grab a volume (CD, Zip disk, external hard drive, NFS mount, whatever), and it turns into an Eject icon. Grab a volume you created to burn and the Trash changes to a Burn icon. Drag, drop, and it does just what it said it would do. Very useful...
The analogue for the computer desktop is pretty clearly the actual top of a desk. I don't know about you, but I keep paper files I'm using on my desk. Once I stop using them so regularly, I put them in a file folder. The desktop is supposed to be a normal part of a workflow that's been working pretty well for quite some time now. I see no reason to change it; I rather like it.
One of the sneaky things about copyright is that in order to be copyrighted, the expression must be "fixed in tangible form." Unfortunately, you, your (oral) speech, and your actions are not tangible, unless you record everything.
That's not a fair analogy. The question at hand is about a causal relationship between video game violence and actual violence. The point you make seems to center more on hate speech - a nasty side effect of free speech. A bit OT, but there was a hideously tasteless old Atari game called Custer's Revenge, where the object was to rape a woman. Again, if you want free speech, you have to risk people doing things like that, and just hope they'll exercise proper restraint and respect. And if you want to start on slippery slopes, is a game about killing Nazis a la Wolfenstein any "better" than the ones you describe?