I agree with you somewhat. I have bought only a couple of "albums"off of iTunes. White Stripes were one. Didn't think the compressed format would be noticeable on their style of music.
I HAVE noticed however that the AAC's I have downloaded are very good quality, even at 128. And some of my CD's that I have ripped at higher bitrates sound worse. So that tells me that some CD's just aren't recorded too well to start, while iTunes AAC's were recorded off of master recordings.
So the recordings I download may actually be of better quality than many of my CD's. But its still the principle of it that I would like to be able to download a FLAC or AIFF of a song just to ease my mind a little.
I was just about to get a bluetooth enabled cellphone so it could sync up with my addresses on my powerbook, but since "God", I mean Rob Enderle, says bluetooth is dead, I can save my money. I'm expecting the announcement any minute now from Apple.
Who cares if wireless is built onto the CPU. I sure don't. Plus the Centrino is outdated technology. I wouldn't buy a new laptop that didn't support 802.11g anyway.
Exactly, and thats why this administration has had an ongoing war for a couple of years now. Bush has learned from his fathers mistake. If you go to war, the people think you are a great leader. But if you end the war too early, people aren't distracted by war and try to find another reason to like you. And Bush without a war means no Bush as President.
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Yeah its a job, but its your soul too. You don't work for them 24/7. Therefore what you do on your time should be yours not theirs. Otherwise, demand that they pay for your groceries and your utilities. After all, you might have a thought at home.
Dominates every market they enter? Really, I thought they pretty much only dominate two markets. Operating Systems and Office Software. Out of 7 business units, Microsoft only makes a profit in 2 of them. Maybe 3 tops. They use those 2 or 3 to fund the others.
have you used final cut pro on it? how does it do for dv editing?
It should be better than my G3 700mhz iBook. Editing with iMovie is painfully slow. Thats why I'm getting the PowerMac as soon as the new revision comes along.
Mine too was less than a month out of warranty. Luckily, I had an extended warranty from CompUSA. Not only did they replace the logic board, they replaced my screen. It had a pretty bad scratch from a run-in with the fireplace. The downside was it took about a month to get back.
Why must you bring up my academic performance at Tech? I was one of the casualties after my sophomore year. They let me back in after being on academic suspension, but while out I took classes at a community college and Tech wouldn't accept them so I bolted to another school in order to graduate in 5 years. If I could do it again, I'd have gone back to Tech. Its still my biggest regret to date.
I don't know if I'd call it a sleeper. The critics have been saying its the greatest movie of its kind ever made. Even Robin Williams on the Golden Globes said its the best of its kind and ranks right up there with Popeye!
They've already covered their costs in publicity and research. Getting on the Top500.org and being ranked #3 is huge. Well worth the $5 million they spent.
The first was in the 1890's when the Supreme Court gave corporations Eminent Domain which meant they had the rights of citizens but without the consequences.
The second was in the 1980's when they relaxed the patent process for software. Up till that time, software was considered to be nothing more than mathematical formulas which could not be patented.
Its fun to buy stuff with other people's credit cards. Hell, I wish I could run up my credit without having to worry about paying it off somewhere down the road.
I still won't buy an album on iTunes Music Store. But, I have bought over 100 singles from their store. This is for songs I would have never bought the album for.
The problem I have with iTunes Music Store is that it is too easy. I really have to watch myself and make sure I don't get carried away with buying music.
One note about the quality. I am very impressed with the quality of the encodings. Because it is recorded straight from master recordings, many of the songs I've downloaded sound better than many cd's I've ripped at a much higher bitrate.
Why in the hell would Apple need HP to put WMA in the iPod? All the would have to do is license it from Microsoft. Therrott is just trying to do whatever it takes to keep the number of hits up on his site so he can continue to get the press passes to Microsoft happenings.
The guy's site is so one-sided and pro-Microsoft, anti-Apple, and anti-Linux that he makes Fox News look "fair and balanced".
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I agree with you somewhat. I have bought only a couple of "albums"off of iTunes. White Stripes were one. Didn't think the compressed format would be noticeable on their style of music.
I HAVE noticed however that the AAC's I have downloaded are very good quality, even at 128. And some of my CD's that I have ripped at higher bitrates sound worse. So that tells me that some CD's just aren't recorded too well to start, while iTunes AAC's were recorded off of master recordings.
So the recordings I download may actually be of better quality than many of my CD's. But its still the principle of it that I would like to be able to download a FLAC or AIFF of a song just to ease my mind a little.
Nothing like star wars to fight Osama bin Laden
I was just about to get a bluetooth enabled cellphone so it could sync up with my addresses on my powerbook, but since "God", I mean Rob Enderle, says bluetooth is dead, I can save my money. I'm expecting the announcement any minute now from Apple.
Who cares if wireless is built onto the CPU. I sure don't. Plus the Centrino is outdated technology. I wouldn't buy a new laptop that didn't support 802.11g anyway.
Exactly, and thats why this administration has had an ongoing war for a couple of years now. Bush has learned from his fathers mistake. If you go to war, the people think you are a great leader. But if you end the war too early, people aren't distracted by war and try to find another reason to like you. And Bush without a war means no Bush as President.
It will take me 190 years to see it all. And thats just a second each. Depressing.
Can you fry an egg on it before the battery runs out?
They haven't heard of Linux? Do you guys deal with Wall Street? Most of the brokerages have already switched to Linux.
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Can't connect to db!
How about PostgreSQL guys?
Yeah its a job, but its your soul too. You don't work for them 24/7. Therefore what you do on your time should be yours not theirs. Otherwise, demand that they pay for your groceries and your utilities. After all, you might have a thought at home.
Dominates every market they enter? Really, I thought they pretty much only dominate two markets. Operating Systems and Office Software. Out of 7 business units, Microsoft only makes a profit in 2 of them. Maybe 3 tops. They use those 2 or 3 to fund the others.
We won't be able to publish our own photos online because it will infringe on some patent.
It should be better than my G3 700mhz iBook. Editing with iMovie is painfully slow. Thats why I'm getting the PowerMac as soon as the new revision comes along.
Powerbooks start at $1599. iBooks start at $1099. Go to the Apple Store before you run your mouth off again.
Mine too was less than a month out of warranty. Luckily, I had an extended warranty from CompUSA. Not only did they replace the logic board, they replaced my screen. It had a pretty bad scratch from a run-in with the fireplace. The downside was it took about a month to get back.
Why must you bring up my academic performance at Tech? I was one of the casualties after my sophomore year. They let me back in after being on academic suspension, but while out I took classes at a community college and Tech wouldn't accept them so I bolted to another school in order to graduate in 5 years. If I could do it again, I'd have gone back to Tech. Its still my biggest regret to date.
I don't know if I'd call it a sleeper. The critics have been saying its the greatest movie of its kind ever made. Even Robin Williams on the Golden Globes said its the best of its kind and ranks right up there with Popeye!
They've already covered their costs in publicity and research. Getting on the Top500.org and being ranked #3 is huge. Well worth the $5 million they spent.
Normally, I'd just laugh this off, but this IS the United States and nothing surprises me about our Congress. Money talks.
The first was in the 1890's when the Supreme Court gave corporations Eminent Domain which meant they had the rights of citizens but without the consequences.
The second was in the 1980's when they relaxed the patent process for software. Up till that time, software was considered to be nothing more than mathematical formulas which could not be patented.
How I long for the glory days!
Its fun to buy stuff with other people's credit cards. Hell, I wish I could run up my credit without having to worry about paying it off somewhere down the road.
My browser was blank. But I was able to retrieve it using curl -O http://www.pcc-services.com/files/debian_install.p df
I still won't buy an album on iTunes Music Store. But, I have bought over 100 singles from their store. This is for songs I would have never bought the album for.
The problem I have with iTunes Music Store is that it is too easy. I really have to watch myself and make sure I don't get carried away with buying music.
One note about the quality. I am very impressed with the quality of the encodings. Because it is recorded straight from master recordings, many of the songs I've downloaded sound better than many cd's I've ripped at a much higher bitrate.
Finks has no association with Apple. There is a ports in the works. Its called DarwinPorts.
Doesn't have nearly as many packages as Fink does however.
Why in the hell would Apple need HP to put WMA in the iPod? All the would have to do is license it from Microsoft. Therrott is just trying to do whatever it takes to keep the number of hits up on his site so he can continue to get the press passes to Microsoft happenings.
The guy's site is so one-sided and pro-Microsoft, anti-Apple, and anti-Linux that he makes Fox News look "fair and balanced".