Yes you can keep your music organized and yet still use iTunes. It's easy. Go to preferences -> Advanced and:
- Uncheck "Keep iTunes Music folder organized" (this will stop iTunes from renaming your stuff) and
- Uncheck "Copy files o iTunes Music folder" (this will keep iTunes from copying your music to its own location and duplicating your collection.
Then, just drag the folder containing all your music to iTunes and it will happily import all your music into its database. You can even drag music over from network shares and such, and if you add more music to your collection later, you can drag the parent folder over again and it'll only add the music that did not exist before.
This is what I used to do, then I realized it really WAS easier to just have an iTunes music database on both of my Macs instead of mounting NFS shares. (Which oddly coincided with my upgrading to a Macbook with a big enough hard drive. Funny, eh?)
That's just it; it's easy for someone to just tell them to fuck off, and switch to another provider. It's in AT&T's interest not to piss you off and cause you to run out and tell everyone how much AT&T wants to rip off its customers.
AT&T can write off the $4800 without it costing them a thing; the cost to AT&T from the email checking was probably infinitesimal. Meanwhile, they retain good will from that customer and don't look like greedy assf**ks in the process.
And as for your daughter, if you must give her a cel phone it's probably best to get a flat rate sms plan. Kids text a lot.:)
It's not even that! The pricing structure shouldn't even ALLOW for a $4800 bill. What the heck?
Come on. There should be a cap on the bill, say, $500. After that it can be considered flat rate. Why does AT&T need to charge $4800 for this? Do people actually use this much data service abroad on a routine basis?
If anything, cut service when it gets to $500. Because at that point, something is obviously up. Especially if the customer has never had this high a bill before. Credit card companies do this sort of statistical scanning all the time to combat fraud.
What about intimacy through roleplay, which ends up developing into an amazing physical experience when you finally meet the person?
What about making plans to move to another country to live with them after you find out how compatible and perfect you are for each other, all because you decided to roleplay textually online and discover each other's desires?
You can indeed be intimate online. It can tell you a lot about the other person, sexually and emotionally.
I have purchased dozens of songs from iTunes because.......I heard them on net radio.
WHY THE FUCK is the industry trying to kill something that is MAKING THEM MONEY!? I don't understand these morons! Internet radio is like FREE ADVERTISING. It has introduced me to songs I've NEVER HEARD BEFORE, and ended up enjoying enough to purchase legally!
Are these people morons? I know the answer is obviously yes, but damn! Why are such idiots in control of such valuable intellectual property? Radio play can MAKE or BREAK a song.
And the funniest part? A lot of songs that net radio introduces to people may be older, more obscure back catalog stuff. Stuff that costs the record companies $0 to produce, because it's ALREADY PRODUCED. It's like FREE MONEY.
*grumble* I'm just exasperated at how STUPID record company execs are sometimes. They can make their millions without being total ASSHOLES, but they chose to be assholes anyway.
Why is the government involved in this at all? Shouldn't the private sector be able to fill citizens' network filtering needs? There's a crapload of companies out there that sell filtering solutions for nearly all platforms. It doesn't sound like it's something the government needs to have its fingers in.
Assuming just HALF of it was for developers, that's:
42,000,000 / 60000 = SEVEN HUNDRED developers making $60K a year!
What the hell were they doing? Picking their noses?
I'm sure a small team of even five developers can come up with an effective filtering solution for a small fraction of that cost.
Why is it that governments are willing to overspend so much? Is it a case of "we have a ton of money, so let's be lazy and just throw a bunch of it at a problem so we don't have to shop around"?
Imagine coming across such a solar cell. It would be weird to touch something that's a solid black in full sunlight and have it feel cool to the touch.
Also, the cell would be COMPLETELY black. Absolutely no reflected light. It would basically look like a perfect shadow.
Utilities have been run through sewer lines for *decades*. Since cities typically already had sewage systems before technologies such as electricity, phone, data and so on came along, the sewers are the best place to run such cables.
New York City is a perfect example of this.
"OMG we ran wires through sewers LOL"
Come on. Next thing you know we'll talk about this amazing new concept of stringing wires up on poles to keep folks on the ground from tripping over them.
The whole "federally funded" part is what's scary.
Why should these organizations be federally funded? I thought our constitution is clear on this.
Just like Bush wants to *deny* federal funding to stem cell research, obviously on religious grounds. But at least this is a grey area; federally funding religious organizations trying to ban "obscene" content is so wrong.
Oh, I just figured it out. It's so wrong that it overflowed the wrongness int and became right. Sigh.
In the past couple of weeks I heard of at least three people who had trouble getting money out of Ginko.
Word gets around quickly in these cases; as soon as people found out Ginko isn't paying out withdrawls they lose confidence and want their money back, just as would happen with a real bank.
Thankfully I have no money in Ginko. No way in hell I was ever going to trust them.
This is the biggest problem with Red Hat in my eyes.
Yes, you can pay for support, but you HAVE NO CHOICE. There's no free version of the same system that they distribute, sans support, with security updates and such.
And yes, I know about Fedora. Their release cycle, however, is too short to use in a serious environment. Within a year or so the release is desupported and open to any security problems that may arise.
Of course, CentOS may pick up this desktop version of Red Hat Linux and release it just like they have with RHEL, but it'd still be nicer for Red Hat to provide their OS free to the community like they used to before they split off the Fedora project with its insanely short release cycle.
Isn't the System/370 backwards compatible with the 360? Why would it need to "emulate" a 360 when it can just run the 360 code directly?
Just curious because I recall reading that even the latest zSeries systems can natively run code dating all the way back to the original System/360 models.
Unless you're an executive for a major coporation of course...
This is disgusting. The RIAA goes around harassing random people on the net (with no real evidence to show they were filesharing) and demands an outrageous amount of money per song, and the government continues to *HELP* them do this?
ARRRGGHHH!!
Hello politicians:
We voted for you.
You work for us.
We want you to tell the RIAA to f**k off.
These thugs are harassing people YOU represent and you are letting them.
Stop being corrupt money-grubbing assholes and help us.
(of course I'm not so naive to think politicians will ever actually listen to us, but one can dream right?)
If an ATM was unplugged and didn't have an "OUT OF ORDER" sign on it, I might plug it in, thinking some kid came along and unplugged it, if I need cash.
When you're in a long-distance relationship, having shared fantasies about sex and closeness can make the longing and yearning a lot easier.
You and your partner need to have strong imaginations, though. It's amazing what well written words can do to arouse and stimulate the mind... and other places on the body too.
Yes, it's not as good as real sex. But for folks who are far from those they really love, it can come close in an emotional way.
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Yes you can keep your music organized and yet still use iTunes. It's easy. Go to preferences -> Advanced and:
- Uncheck "Keep iTunes Music folder organized" (this will stop iTunes from renaming your stuff) and
- Uncheck "Copy files o iTunes Music folder" (this will keep iTunes from copying your music to its own location and duplicating your collection.
Then, just drag the folder containing all your music to iTunes and it will happily import all your music into its database. You can even drag music over from network shares and such, and if you add more music to your collection later, you can drag the parent folder over again and it'll only add the music that did not exist before.
This is what I used to do, then I realized it really WAS easier to just have an iTunes music database on both of my Macs instead of mounting NFS shares. (Which oddly coincided with my upgrading to a Macbook with a big enough hard drive. Funny, eh?)
What if a thief breaks in and steals the system?
You can't always guarantee someone won't get physical access to your system.
-Z
That's just it; it's easy for someone to just tell them to fuck off, and switch to another provider. It's in AT&T's interest not to piss you off and cause you to run out and tell everyone how much AT&T wants to rip off its customers.
:)
AT&T can write off the $4800 without it costing them a thing; the cost to AT&T from the email checking was probably infinitesimal. Meanwhile, they retain good will from that customer and don't look like greedy assf**ks in the process.
And as for your daughter, if you must give her a cel phone it's probably best to get a flat rate sms plan. Kids text a lot.
It's not even that! The pricing structure shouldn't even ALLOW for a $4800 bill. What the heck?
Come on. There should be a cap on the bill, say, $500. After that it can be considered flat rate. Why does AT&T need to charge $4800 for this? Do people actually use this much data service abroad on a routine basis?
If anything, cut service when it gets to $500. Because at that point, something is obviously up. Especially if the customer has never had this high a bill before. Credit card companies do this sort of statistical scanning all the time to combat fraud.
-Z
Did I miss something? Why must a wind farm be illuminated? Last I heard wind works fine in the dark...
>If you are a small company like this, and aren't to concerned about security
:)
Are you implying that Linux is inherently less secure than Windows?
I don't think so. A properly administered Linux box is just as secure as a properly administered Windows box.
Please don't spread FUD.
What about intimacy through roleplay, which ends up developing into an amazing physical experience when you finally meet the person?
What about making plans to move to another country to live with them after you find out how compatible and perfect you are for each other, all because you decided to roleplay textually online and discover each other's desires?
You can indeed be intimate online. It can tell you a lot about the other person, sexually and emotionally.
Don't dismiss what you haven't tried.
...okay.
:)
You have a new listener.
Awesome stuff. Keep up the great work.
I have purchased dozens of songs from iTunes because.... ...I heard them on net radio.
WHY THE FUCK is the industry trying to kill something that is MAKING THEM MONEY!? I don't understand these morons! Internet radio is like FREE ADVERTISING. It has introduced me to songs I've NEVER HEARD BEFORE, and ended up enjoying enough to purchase legally!
Are these people morons? I know the answer is obviously yes, but damn! Why are such idiots in control of such valuable intellectual property? Radio play can MAKE or BREAK a song.
And the funniest part? A lot of songs that net radio introduces to people may be older, more obscure back catalog stuff. Stuff that costs the record companies $0 to produce, because it's ALREADY PRODUCED. It's like FREE MONEY.
*grumble* I'm just exasperated at how STUPID record company execs are sometimes. They can make their millions without being total ASSHOLES, but they chose to be assholes anyway.
Hmm, another thing I just realized...
Why is the government involved in this at all? Shouldn't the private sector be able to fill citizens' network filtering needs? There's a crapload of companies out there that sell filtering solutions for nearly all platforms. It doesn't sound like it's something the government needs to have its fingers in.
What the hell did they spend this money on?
Assuming just HALF of it was for developers, that's:
42,000,000 / 60000 = SEVEN HUNDRED developers making $60K a year!
What the hell were they doing? Picking their noses?
I'm sure a small team of even five developers can come up with an effective filtering solution for a small fraction of that cost.
Why is it that governments are willing to overspend so much? Is it a case of "we have a ton of money, so let's be lazy and just throw a bunch of it at a problem so we don't have to shop around"?
Arrrgh. Morons.
Lots of things in life "should" be, but often aren't.
Such is laziness.
100%? Actually, yes it would be.
Imagine coming across such a solar cell. It would be weird to touch something that's a solid black in full sunlight and have it feel cool to the touch.
Also, the cell would be COMPLETELY black. Absolutely no reflected light. It would basically look like a perfect shadow.
How is this in any way novel or even interesting?
Utilities have been run through sewer lines for *decades*. Since cities typically already had sewage systems before technologies such as electricity, phone, data and so on came along, the sewers are the best place to run such cables.
New York City is a perfect example of this.
"OMG we ran wires through sewers LOL"
Come on. Next thing you know we'll talk about this amazing new concept of stringing wires up on poles to keep folks on the ground from tripping over them.
The whole "federally funded" part is what's scary.
Why should these organizations be federally funded? I thought our constitution is clear on this.
Just like Bush wants to *deny* federal funding to stem cell research, obviously on religious grounds. But at least this is a grey area; federally funding religious organizations trying to ban "obscene" content is so wrong.
Oh, I just figured it out. It's so wrong that it overflowed the wrongness int and became right. Sigh.
I knew this was coming.
In the past couple of weeks I heard of at least three people who had trouble getting money out of Ginko.
Word gets around quickly in these cases; as soon as people found out Ginko isn't paying out withdrawls they lose confidence and want their money back, just as would happen with a real bank.
Thankfully I have no money in Ginko. No way in hell I was ever going to trust them.
This is the biggest problem with Red Hat in my eyes.
Yes, you can pay for support, but you HAVE NO CHOICE. There's no free version of the same system that they distribute, sans support, with security updates and such.
And yes, I know about Fedora. Their release cycle, however, is too short to use in a serious environment. Within a year or so the release is desupported and open to any security problems that may arise.
Of course, CentOS may pick up this desktop version of Red Hat Linux and release it just like they have with RHEL, but it'd still be nicer for Red Hat to provide their OS free to the community like they used to before they split off the Fedora project with its insanely short release cycle.
Heh, I was just reminded of this...
Isn't the System/370 backwards compatible with the 360? Why would it need to "emulate" a 360 when it can just run the 360 code directly?
Just curious because I recall reading that even the latest zSeries systems can natively run code dating all the way back to the original System/360 models.
-Z
Unless you're an executive for a major coporation of course...
This is disgusting. The RIAA goes around harassing random people on the net (with no real evidence to show they were filesharing) and demands an outrageous amount of money per song, and the government continues to *HELP* them do this?
ARRRGGHHH!!
Hello politicians:
We voted for you.
You work for us.
We want you to tell the RIAA to f**k off.
These thugs are harassing people YOU represent and you are letting them.
Stop being corrupt money-grubbing assholes and help us.
(of course I'm not so naive to think politicians will ever actually listen to us, but one can dream right?)
If an ATM was unplugged and didn't have an "OUT OF ORDER" sign on it, I might plug it in, thinking some kid came along and unplugged it, if I need cash.
Plugging an ATM in isn't a criminal offense.
That's the way it should be done.
The bank should ask for the money back.
Press charges? Only if people refuse. But if people are honest and give the money back, just leave them alone.
It seems we are overly obsessed with throwing people in jail lately.
I don't get why they implement these things only for Windows.
/mnt/flashdrive/password.in
:P
It's so trivial to implement security on a flash drive that's fully cross platform.
When you insert the drive, mount a basic filesystem with an empty file in it called "password.in". Then all you have to do is:
echo 'yourfr3ak1npa$$w0rd!!11' >
upon which the "virtual" filesystem on the drive will receive the password and present a new USB storage device, the unlocked filesystem.
This implementation will work on any platform that can mount FAT, and is easy to put behind front-ends when used on Windows or Mac OS X systems.
But nooo, they use some useless proprietary stuff that makes the key useless on anything but a Windows box. Really smart.
-Z
Ahh, but Pepsi isn't the enemy here. It's small supermarket soda makers.
If Generic Publix Soda tastes exactly like coke, why pay more money for the coke when you can just buy Publix soda and have it taste exactly the same?
They can even market it that way. "The same great taste at a quarter the price!"
But apparently they don't, because store-brand soda *SUCKS*.
-Z
When you're in a long-distance relationship, having shared fantasies about sex and closeness can make the longing and yearning a lot easier.
You and your partner need to have strong imaginations, though. It's amazing what well written words can do to arouse and stimulate the mind... and other places on the body too.
Yes, it's not as good as real sex. But for folks who are far from those they really love, it can come close in an emotional way.