Don't know if anyone pointed this out yet, but has anyone told this guy that Darwin is Open Source? Sure Aqua is closed, but putting all of OSX and Windows in the same category just seems wrong.
Of course this whole argument is pretty twisted, but I'll leave that up to each person's interrupretation.
I see two sides considering the iTunes store- the people that like it and the people that hate it (for a myriad of reasons).
For the people that hate it- fine, hate it, complain all you want, but since all of you "know" how it could be better, cool, go off and create a better service that people will use. Kinda like the "go write your own program" thing.
I have seen so many "if Apple did this", or "if Apple did that" that I could punch one of you idiots. Do you really think that Apple didn't think of all these different things already? The company comes up with the best online music solution (besides those who want free music) so far, yet ya'll keep bitching.
Neat, I'm 29 too! Can't believe I'll be 30 soon...sigh.
Anyway, I didn't get to use a calculator until my sophmore year in college, and by then I was into differentials, so it was easier to do it on paper then plug it into the calculator. I'm not even sure where my calculator is now... dang.
But I know what you are saying, I'be heard that 3rd graders in our area are using calculators! 3rd grade! How the hell are they going to be able to do anything (like 5x6, or 9/3) in their heads? Crap, I can still multiply 2 three digit numbers in my head (of course, this is a weird hobby of mine, so YMMV).
Oh, yes, hones is spelled correctly.
Cheers!
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Kinda showing your age, eh? I have a degree in EE and a minor in optics, which has some pretty funky math (triple integration? WTF!)
Yet I have no idea how to use a slide rule. No one ever showed me. Don't make fun of people that never got showed how to do something; shall I laugh at you becuase you can not fly a plane, hmm? (Crap, I bet this guy is a pilot, too)
Don't take this too seriously, just pointing out something:)
A common thing to do is put the recieved cash on the keyboard or something else, to keep it seperate from the drawer. This makes it harder for con men to talk you out of money. Put the 3 20s somewhere, get the change out of the drawer, then put the 3 20s into the drawer.
I don't know why you say this is a "big no-no" becuase I and some of my friends have had to deal with guys that will try and bombard you with cash to pay for something and break bills, all in an attempt to cheat $10 out of you. I've never heard getting change before putting the money in as a "big no-no". Maybe it is just where I live.
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Pennies are worthless?!?!?
Meet my penny-filled sock, my friend! And the sock is stinky, too!
(Gimme a break, it's noon on Friday and I'm bored outta my mind...)-
There seems to be a disturbing trend towards more restrictive uses for legitimate users, i.e. non Redbook CDs that will not work in purchurser's CD drives. Also in this vein, "CDs" that do not follow the Redbook format but do not loudly proclaim that this is not a CD (just not putting the CD logo on the case is NOT sufficient in my opinion, but this is just my opinion).
How do you feel about the success of Apple's new online music store? Though some people are critical about certain features of this service, such as only being able to make 10 copies of a single play list (personally I think this is an argument of someone who just wants to rip free music), the majority of users love Apple's music store. Do you think that this could be a new and profitable business model?
Could you explain the payment model that an artist gets for a standard CD vs. what an artist gets from the Apple Music Store? Further, could you give us a rough idea of how much profit an artist gets from a current CD sale?
Do you think if you reduced prices on CDs that piracy would diminish? Also, when CDs were first introduced there were comments of prices lowering because CDs were cheaper to make, yet there has been no lowering of prices. Can you explain why?
I've heard quotations of how the music industry is losing x amount of money to piracy. How do you compute this amount? Specifics would be preferable because some of the formulas I have seen are rather laughable, such as the number of mp3s of some group on some (or all) p2p network(s) vs. the official number of sold albums by that group, especially considering the Penn State case where a professor was wrongly accused of sharing some music file (and the RIAA issued an apology for the wrongful accusation).
One question is, is that number (x, from above) still valid now that fake mp3s are being distibuted on p2p networks (some of those being placed by RIAA memebers) to try and curb the pirates?
What do think that the future of DRM is? Most DRM seems to hurt the most non-pirate regular users that usually just want to backup their CD, mostly because if the CD gets scratched, you (RIAA companies) WILL NOT provide a free (besides media cost) replacement. If we bought a license to the music, then you are required to provide a replacement at the cost of the media. If we bought a product, we are allowed backups. Could you please explain which of these 2 positions we consumers occupy? How does your stance compare to the concept of "fair use" according to the US Supreme Court?
There is a CD media tax for recordable CDs. This is supposed to offset the losses for piracy. If I/we are paying this "piracy tax", why can we not make one copy for personal use? A backup copy of a CD is not piracy, so if I do not copy my legally bought CD for anyone else, do I get a refund of this "piracy tax"? If not, why? I have been assumed to illegally pirating music, but if I have not, why do I not deserve a refund?
Actually, PSU athletics are totally self sufficient, mostly from football. Scholarships? Paid by the athlectic department. The stadium may have gotten some money from the general fund or from the state, but probably not much.
Yeah, I'm disappointed with my alma mater. What they should have done was get JoePa and the football boys, go to the RIAA's office, and enforce some "education" on them.
That would make a cool Sportscenter commercial, me thinks.
Hi Steve Ballme "in the ass". You post pathetic shit trying to look good. You fail. You are an ass monkey. You are cock smell. You are the leftoevers from your mom's rented cunt.
Don't even try to be "relevent". You lost, you failed, you are the fungi I wipe off my toilet bowl.
Just because you are Bill Gate's brother doesn't make you special, generally you have to do something special your self before you will be considered "special".
I am a member of the IEEE Standards Association, and I've spent the last month writing a paper on WLANs.
1)802.15.3 IS Ultra WideBand. 2)The FCC has basically crippled the original version of this tech. 3)Cellular providers & GPS want their freqs eliminated from this (UWB goes from 3-10 GHz) 4)The original spec only went to 100 Mbps, and there is no official working group trying to expand this. 5)The outermost range is 10 meters, while 802.11 can max out at 100 meters. Great leapfrog action! 6)Only 4 companies can currently produce UWB devices- 3 for imaging systems and 1 for some kind of "toilet device". (seriously! but I couldn't find any more enough about this toilet thing) 7)Thomson's 802.11a & HiperLan product has nothing to do with UWB, yet they quote 802.15.3 (see #1) 8)TOTAL HORSESHIT STORY
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You insensitive clod!
(so bored... so bored... so bored...)
Don't know if anyone pointed this out yet, but has anyone told this guy that Darwin is Open Source? Sure Aqua is closed, but putting all of OSX and Windows in the same category just seems wrong.
Of course this whole argument is pretty twisted, but I'll leave that up to each person's interrupretation.
I see two sides considering the iTunes store- the people that like it and the people that hate it (for a myriad of reasons).
For the people that hate it- fine, hate it, complain all you want, but since all of you "know" how it could be better, cool, go off and create a better service that people will use. Kinda like the "go write your own program" thing.
I have seen so many "if Apple did this", or "if Apple did that" that I could punch one of you idiots. Do you really think that Apple didn't think of all these different things already? The company comes up with the best online music solution (besides those who want free music) so far, yet ya'll keep bitching.
Meh.
Neat, I'm 29 too! Can't believe I'll be 30 soon...sigh.
Anyway, I didn't get to use a calculator until my sophmore year in college, and by then I was into differentials, so it was easier to do it on paper then plug it into the calculator. I'm not even sure where my calculator is now... dang.
But I know what you are saying, I'be heard that 3rd graders in our area are using calculators! 3rd grade! How the hell are they going to be able to do anything (like 5x6, or 9/3) in their heads? Crap, I can still multiply 2 three digit numbers in my head (of course, this is a weird hobby of mine, so YMMV).
Oh, yes, hones is spelled correctly.
Cheers!
Kinda showing your age, eh? I have a degree in EE and a minor in optics, which has some pretty funky math (triple integration? WTF!)
:)
Yet I have no idea how to use a slide rule. No one ever showed me. Don't make fun of people that never got showed how to do something; shall I laugh at you becuase you can not fly a plane, hmm? (Crap, I bet this guy is a pilot, too)
Don't take this too seriously, just pointing out something
A common thing to do is put the recieved cash on the keyboard or something else, to keep it seperate from the drawer. This makes it harder for con men to talk you out of money. Put the 3 20s somewhere, get the change out of the drawer, then put the 3 20s into the drawer.
I don't know why you say this is a "big no-no" becuase I and some of my friends have had to deal with guys that will try and bombard you with cash to pay for something and break bills, all in an attempt to cheat $10 out of you. I've never heard getting change before putting the money in as a "big no-no". Maybe it is just where I live.
Pennies are worthless?!?!?
Meet my penny-filled sock, my friend! And the sock is stinky, too!
(Gimme a break, it's noon on Friday and I'm bored outta my mind...)-
[Nelson voice]
Ha Haa!
[/Nelson voice]
"How to fake a hard day...."
Put a dildo down your pants?
Cha-cha-ching!
[runs]
Mr. Lessig and Oppenheim,
There seems to be a disturbing trend towards more restrictive uses for legitimate users, i.e. non Redbook CDs that will not work in purchurser's CD drives. Also in this vein, "CDs" that do not follow the Redbook format but do not loudly proclaim that this is not a CD (just not putting the CD logo on the case is NOT sufficient in my opinion, but this is just my opinion).
How do you feel about the success of Apple's new online music store? Though some people are critical about certain features of this service, such as only being able to make 10 copies of a single play list (personally I think this is an argument of someone who just wants to rip free music), the majority of users love Apple's music store. Do you think that this could be a new and profitable business model?
Could you explain the payment model that an artist gets for a standard CD vs. what an artist gets from the Apple Music Store? Further, could you give us a rough idea of how much profit an artist gets from a current CD sale?
Do you think if you reduced prices on CDs that piracy would diminish? Also, when CDs were first introduced there were comments of prices lowering because CDs were cheaper to make, yet there has been no lowering of prices. Can you explain why?
I've heard quotations of how the music industry is losing x amount of money to piracy. How do you compute this amount? Specifics would be preferable because some of the formulas I have seen are rather laughable, such as the number of mp3s of some group on some (or all) p2p network(s) vs. the official number of sold albums by that group, especially considering the Penn State case where a professor was wrongly accused of sharing some music file (and the RIAA issued an apology for the wrongful accusation).
One question is, is that number (x, from above) still valid now that fake mp3s are being distibuted on p2p networks (some of those being placed by RIAA memebers) to try and curb the pirates?
What do think that the future of DRM is? Most DRM seems to hurt the most non-pirate regular users that usually just want to backup their CD, mostly because if the CD gets scratched, you (RIAA companies) WILL NOT provide a free (besides media cost) replacement. If we bought a license to the music, then you are required to provide a replacement at the cost of the media. If we bought a product, we are allowed backups. Could you please explain which of these 2 positions we consumers occupy? How does your stance compare to the concept of "fair use" according to the US Supreme Court?
There is a CD media tax for recordable CDs. This is supposed to offset the losses for piracy. If I/we are paying this "piracy tax", why can we not make one copy for personal use? A backup copy of a CD is not piracy, so if I do not copy my legally bought CD for anyone else, do I get a refund of this "piracy tax"? If not, why? I have been assumed to illegally pirating music, but if I have not, why do I not deserve a refund?
Thank you for answering my questions.
Bryan
Hee hee, FP!
Seriously, though, will anyone on OSX use MSN? Just seems kinda wacky.
Oh, well, just my guess.
Don't forget the laugh track.
Actually, PSU athletics are totally self sufficient, mostly from football. Scholarships? Paid by the athlectic department. The stadium may have gotten some money from the general fund or from the state, but probably not much.
Yeah, I'm disappointed with my alma mater. What they should have done was get JoePa and the football boys, go to the RIAA's office, and enforce some "education" on them.
That would make a cool Sportscenter commercial, me thinks.
Hi Steve Ballme "in the ass". You post pathetic shit trying to look good. You fail. You are an ass monkey. You are cock smell. You are the leftoevers from your mom's rented cunt.
Don't even try to be "relevent". You lost, you failed, you are the fungi I wipe off my toilet bowl.
Just because you are Bill Gate's brother doesn't make you special, generally you have to do something special your self before you will be considered "special".
Jackass.
meh
Holy crap that was good!
Bravo!
>Talk about taking site squatting to the max.
Oddly appropriate phrase here, eh?
I love your score:
-1, Funny
Priceless!
Let's see:
1)DRM
2)iLoo
3)Subscription licensing
so....
It's not pay per view, it pay per crap!
You bastards!
>...sex scenes, and other forms of violent eye candy.
Damn, I gotta learn your secrets!
I am a member of the IEEE Standards Association, and I've spent the last month writing a paper on WLANs.
1)802.15.3 IS Ultra WideBand.
2)The FCC has basically crippled the original version of this tech.
3)Cellular providers & GPS want their freqs eliminated from this (UWB goes from 3-10 GHz)
4)The original spec only went to 100 Mbps, and there is no official working group trying to expand this.
5)The outermost range is 10 meters, while 802.11 can max out at 100 meters. Great leapfrog action!
6)Only 4 companies can currently produce UWB devices- 3 for imaging systems and 1 for some kind of "toilet device". (seriously! but I couldn't find any more enough about this toilet thing)
7)Thomson's 802.11a & HiperLan product has nothing to do with UWB, yet they quote 802.15.3 (see #1)
8)TOTAL HORSESHIT STORY
Happy day!
Viruses
:)
DRM- Palladium or whatever it's called
Subscription based model
And it comes with it's own stick to shove up you ass!
Cheers!
So everyone is going to want a cardboard box next to their flatscreen?!?
While the Japanese then "innovate" paper maiche boxes that can sit on top of your stereo?
Here you go- newspaper oragami systems!
Better yet- very slim systems that you can nail to your wall and then wall paper them!
Hah! Put the computer into the shelves that hold your stereo!
meh
I can't figure out if this is a troll or he's so fucked up he posted in the wrong article....
Cool site. My attack is coming, grasshopper!