If winamp strikes a deal with the different hardware producers, so one party can concentrate on the sofware and the other on the hardware, then maybe, and only maybe will we have an iPod killer on our hands. As the hardware company will not control the software completely, winamp could strike a deal with Apple as well and "the killer" would die. Instead of striking a deal, Apple can just add "plugin-support" to iTunes and publish the API; imagine being able to get (or make,/. is OpenSource friendly, right?) a "windows media player plugin", an "ogg plugin" or whatever format you can imagine, for iTunes? Or how about "another music store-plugin"?
or it should just work with iTunes.. Apple will not like this.. or let it happen..
Don't build machines which break down 2 days after the warranty expires... taking all my bought music with them because you wouldn't let me make backup copies..
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I like the article by Steve Albini.. it's a classic, as is Janis Ian's articles about the same subject. Makes you think...
At the moment the rich lawyers of the music industry is suing left and right, striking out at the fans, in the name of the poor, poor artist. The artists are not saying much or they don't dare to say much. The ones that make it to the other end of the pool of shit forget about the ones they pushed under to get there.
Music should not be about making money, but about saying what you have on your heart. If, what you say in you music, apeals to me, I have no problem dishing out the dough, to YOU. I couldn't care less about the studio, the lawyers, the distribution, the stores, the thousands of people that leach on the fruit that you have produced.
Suing Fans Hurts artists. Mp3 is reduced quality, treat it as such...but I am off on a rant and should probably just close my browser tab as so many times befor, but I want you to know that you are right!
Yes, an independendt film maker doing a documentary could easily get distributed using BitTorrent, but..using footage from anywhere would stab him in the back echonomically... oh, the irony
I haven't heard about one single jukebox program out there that:
1) rips cd's to 5 different formats in a range of qualities 2) burns directly to cd or dvd 3) plays via wireless to a different location (airTunes) 4) plays music found on your other computers via the network 5) has an integrated radio station (like shoutcast) 6) has an integrated music store (iTMS) 7) is easier to use than iTunes
iTMS has more than one million songs, more than the rest of the online music stores combined.
You can be fairly certain, that Apples library is just going to grow and grow..
I don't know what the macMini has.. they must have sprayed it with something because I got to have one! It will be perfect for handeling my.. I don't know, I just have to have it... and I don't even have a spare screen or a spare keyboard.. or even a spare mouse.. I have an iPod.. yes I can use the macMini with my iPod, that's it.. I got to have one of those macMini's.
seriously. A box, with a dvd burner and the software to handle it + iTunes + usb2.0 and firewire slots will be perfect for the growing need to back up those digital photos and DV movies..
swedish roots The IKEA story began in 1943 in the small farming village of Elmtaryd in Sweden, when its founder, Ingvar Kamprad, was 17. Read about our company history.
If the real Jesus Christ were to stand up today He'd be gunned down cold by the CIA Oh, the lights that now burn brightest behind stained glass Will cast the darkest shadows upon the human heart But God didn't build himself that throne God doesn't live in Israel or Rome God doesn't belong to the yankee dollar God doesn't plant the bombs for Hezbollah God doesn't even go to church And God won't send us down to Allah to burn God will remind us what we already know That the human race is about to reap what it's sown
Islam is rising The Christians mobilising The world is on its elbows and knees It's forgotten the message and worships the creeds
"It's saying that God doesn't commit these evil acts. The things that are committed in the name of God are not God's doing. They're just mankind's doing. All this wickedness is the animal nature of man being expressed. There is no Satan. The Devil lives in the human heart. The only devil is the human ego or the lower nature of man. The God that inspired the prophets is the one God no institution or religion has a monopoly on. That same force is here today for anyone to use it. God is not a relic from the past. It's a human birthright. I feel very strongly about the misuse of God as a tool for suppressing humanity, which is what it's been used for throughout the centuries."
Maybe, just maybe oil free means that they are going to avoid using it as fuel.. at the moment, they are not using oil for electricity and heating. They use the alternative: Geothermal energy, which in the case of Iceland is all over the place and therefore free.
But who am I kidding.. you didn't read the article, did you?
#1 software innovation - Mozilla Firefox - Find as you type.
Jesus Harold Christ! I mean, progressive search has been a part of emacs forever! Granted, you have to press C-s to activate it but it's the same thing.. I keep pressing C-s in FireFox, so yes, it feels natural, I'll give them that. But it isn't excatly "innovation", is it?
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You are so right; it's all about iTunes.
/. is OpenSource friendly, right?) a "windows media player plugin", an "ogg plugin" or whatever format you can imagine, for iTunes? Or how about "another music store-plugin"?
If winamp strikes a deal with the different hardware producers, so one party can concentrate on the sofware and the other on the hardware, then maybe, and only maybe will we have an iPod killer on our hands.
As the hardware company will not control the software completely, winamp could strike a deal with Apple as well and "the killer" would die.
Instead of striking a deal, Apple can just add "plugin-support" to iTunes and publish the API; imagine being able to get (or make,
or it should just work with iTunes..
Apple will not like this.. or let it happen..
Don't build machines which break down 2 days after the warranty expires ... taking all my bought music with them because you wouldn't let me make backup copies..
I like the article by Steve Albini .. it's a classic, as is Janis Ian's articles about the same subject. Makes you think ...
..but I am off on a rant and should probably just close my browser tab as so many times befor, but I want you to know that you are right!
At the moment the rich lawyers of the music industry is suing left and right, striking out at the fans, in the name of the poor, poor artist. The artists are not saying much or they don't dare to say much. The ones that make it to the other end of the pool of shit forget about the ones they pushed under to get there.
Music should not be about making money, but about saying what you have on your heart. If, what you say in you music, apeals to me, I have no problem dishing out the dough, to YOU. I couldn't care less about the studio, the lawyers, the distribution, the stores, the thousands of people that leach on the fruit that you have produced.
Suing Fans Hurts artists. Mp3 is reduced quality, treat it as such.
yes, that means no ogg vorbis. But only for the reason that the name lack any and all public apeal .. :-)
Yes, an independendt film maker doing a documentary could easily get distributed using BitTorrent, but..using footage from anywhere would stab him in the back echonomically... oh, the irony
Isn't that what they call "the American way"?
this one will rease your history..
it's so sad.
I haven't heard about one single jukebox program out there that:
1) rips cd's to 5 different formats in a range of qualities
2) burns directly to cd or dvd
3) plays via wireless to a different location (airTunes)
4) plays music found on your other computers via the network
5) has an integrated radio station (like shoutcast)
6) has an integrated music store (iTMS)
7) is easier to use than iTunes
iTMS has more than one million songs, more than the rest of the online music stores combined.
You can be fairly certain, that Apples library is just going to grow and grow..
She was trying to pick you up and you didn't even notice!
wow!
In Manchester I would utilize a pair of nice anonymous black earphones (MDR-EX70 from Sony) to hide the fact that I own an iPod..
Maybe that person you know whith an iPod is a big mother, nobody would ever consider messing with?
White earphones just say "please mug me and steal my very expensive iPod"
I don't know what the macMini has .. they must have sprayed it with something because I got to have one! It will be perfect for handeling my .. I don't know, I just have to have it ... and I don't even have a spare screen or a spare keyboard .. or even a spare mouse .. .. yes I can use the macMini with my iPod, that's it .. I got to have one of those macMini's.
I have an iPod
seriously. A box, with a dvd burner and the software to handle it + iTunes + usb2.0 and firewire slots will be perfect for the growing need to back up those digital photos and DV movies..
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swedish roots
The IKEA story began in 1943 in the small farming village of Elmtaryd in Sweden, when its founder, Ingvar Kamprad, was 17. Read about our company history.
Ingvar Kamprand is 'richer than Gates'
my Mc is a Feast
get a grip .. ..eventhough there is a resemblence between morons and lawyers..
Toilet brush secures stupid warning label crown ..well color me stupid! :-)
nope .. doesn't crash anything ..
Before all the Anonymous Cowards tell you to get the hell out of The States, I will be the the first European to welcome you.
Another /.'er once suggested, that we should just remove the warning stickers on everything and let the problem of stupidity solve itself.
If the real Jesus Christ were to stand up today
He'd be gunned down cold by the CIA
Oh, the lights that now burn brightest behind stained glass
Will cast the darkest shadows upon the human heart
But God didn't build himself that throne
God doesn't live in Israel or Rome
God doesn't belong to the yankee dollar
God doesn't plant the bombs for Hezbollah
God doesn't even go to church
And God won't send us down to Allah to burn
God will remind us what we already know
That the human race is about to reap what it's sown
Islam is rising
The Christians mobilising
The world is on its elbows and knees
It's forgotten the message and worships the creeds
"It's saying that God doesn't commit these evil acts. The things that are committed in the name of God are not God's doing. They're just mankind's doing. All this wickedness is the animal nature of man being expressed. There is no Satan. The Devil lives in the human heart. The only devil is the human ego or the lower nature of man. The God that inspired the prophets is the one God no institution or religion has a monopoly on. That same force is here today for anyone to use it. God is not a relic from the past. It's a human birthright. I feel very strongly about the misuse of God as a tool for suppressing humanity, which is what it's been used for throughout the centuries."
-Matt Johnson/The The
Melody Maker 1989
Maybe, just maybe oil free means that they are going to avoid using it as fuel .. at the moment, they are not using oil for electricity and heating. They use the alternative: Geothermal energy, which in the case of Iceland is all over the place and therefore free.
.. you didn't read the article, did you?
But who am I kidding
RTFA
Iceland sees itself as a testing ground, where almost unlimited heat from hot springs can be tapped for experiments.
heat => electricity => split water => grep Hydrogen
When the heat is free, the price Hydrogen is basically the price of equiptment to collect it..
Now, go and read the article, then go and read about the first Hydrogen Fuel Station in Iceland
No, they are actually calling your grandmothers 'idiots' .. nothing to do with you :-)
or pr0n of 30% higher quality for the same filesize
:-)
or the same quality 30% faster
I think we can all appreciate the importance of this breakthrough!
yeah, don't use the whole Gigabyte at once :-)
#1 software innovation - Mozilla Firefox - Find as you type.
.. I keep pressing C-s in FireFox, so yes, it feels natural, I'll give them that. But it isn't excatly "innovation", is it?
Jesus Harold Christ! I mean, progressive search has been a part of emacs forever! Granted, you have to press C-s to activate it but it's the same thing
it's actually pretty dificult to find a mobile phone that doesn't have a camera..