Technically, DVDJohn is not doing anything illegal--in his own country. Read above comments for details, there's no point of me repeating this.
However, DVDJohn is still being an idiot working against himself. Apple has given us the most flexible DRM they could get from the music label, and it's pretty flexible too.
- unlimited ripping of individual songs (musix mixes - up to 10 rips of a same playlists (wich basically is there only so that you dont mass-repduce an entire album) - up to 5 machines share the AAC-protected files
and that's beside the sync to more than one iPods.
If DVDJohn's work irk the music labels enough and it becomes a constant problem for Apple to counteract, Apple may very well be forced into a more restricted model and (utlimately) utter destruction of this distribution service.
Nobody gains anything from this.
If moving to another device is your only concern, well damnit, do it by ripping a DVD (yes, you can burn to DVD for large collections of files) of your song library and import it back into your device.
This crack-it-all mentality is so damn frustrating when it serves no long-term purpose.
I should probably add that Raskin's best achievement was to hire Bill Atkinson to whom we owe a lot of what made the Mac a Mac, like QuickDraw and HyperCard.
Raskin WAS responsible for the one-button mouse. He later admitted he was wrong about it.
Either ways, Raskin was a pumped-up snobby idiot who only made the news by criticising everything everybody else did, including the Mac wich was removed from his hands before completion (Jobs took over the Mac project when he saw the Lisa wasn't entirely a success).
I've stopped reading half-way through. This article is full of crap.
Who's use iMovie as a media player? Dont dont have a clue. iMovie is a movie creation tool. Not a media player.
Mac OS X comes with QuickTime. THAT is a media player.
As part of the cons, they list it's firewall not being on by default. What good would turning on a firewall be if NONE of the ports are on by defaults anyhow? Good luck, chap, breaking into it.
One of the developers of Vendetta mentioned on their web site's message boards that they develop on wintel boxes and remotelly login their sole in-house Mac to build the Mac client when development is finished.
They've produced very portable code that takes them a minimal amount of work to support on either platforms.
Any game ought to be this easy to port.
Maybe we should have a Ask: Vendetta Developers story. I'm sure they'd be happy to expand on their thoughts about having ported to Linux (and Macs).
The game continually evolves. It's been out for about two months now. That's when I tried it first so I can't comment on beta period; besides, it's off-topic.
You dont pay for Vendetta itself, but for access to their server.
On the plus side, you get updates almost every weeks (quick automatic download on launch).
I'm not trying to sell the game to anyone (I'm merely a player), but the game is cheap: 10$/month on the monthly basis (as always, the bigger chunk you buy the cheaper).
What bugs me about this is that the mission cost a little over 3 billions (USD) and that, for crying out loud, they didn't put a bigger drive and more battery in there.
Even Apple's Built-To-Order memory is less expensive than that.
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All jokes asside, this actually might bring an swer to the extinction.
Suppose they find enough blood cells or anything else that might carry toxicant agents. Perhaps they could find traces of ash or else.
Better yet. Evidende of toaster radiation and traces of commong 21st century cold viruses.
Then we know we can point our guns at Evergreen terrace.
Technically, DVDJohn is not doing anything illegal--in his own country. Read above comments for details, there's no point of me repeating this.
However, DVDJohn is still being an idiot working against himself. Apple has given us the most flexible DRM they could get from the music label, and it's pretty flexible too.
- unlimited ripping of individual songs (musix mixes
- up to 10 rips of a same playlists (wich basically is there only so that you dont mass-repduce an entire album)
- up to 5 machines share the AAC-protected files
and that's beside the sync to more than one iPods.
If DVDJohn's work irk the music labels enough and it becomes a constant problem for Apple to counteract, Apple may very well be forced into a more restricted model and (utlimately) utter destruction of this distribution service.
Nobody gains anything from this.
If moving to another device is your only concern, well damnit, do it by ripping a DVD (yes, you can burn to DVD for large collections of files) of your song library and import it back into your device.
This crack-it-all mentality is so damn frustrating when it serves no long-term purpose.
Before I get flames to death, he didn't specifically say 2005.
My bad.
But Nostradamus was vague too.
Or maybe not"
But he did say a thing or two about blackhole being lab-created in 2005.
We've got ourselves a second Nostradamus!
I should probably add that Raskin's best achievement was to hire Bill Atkinson to whom we owe a lot of what made the Mac a Mac, like QuickDraw and HyperCard.
Raskin WAS responsible for the one-button mouse. He later admitted he was wrong about it.
Either ways, Raskin was a pumped-up snobby idiot who only made the news by criticising everything everybody else did, including the Mac wich was removed from his hands before completion (Jobs took over the Mac project when he saw the Lisa wasn't entirely a success).
The Simpsons already made another remake of King Kong. Move on Jackson!
As far as Bilbo goes, I would wrap in as much of the Simarillion as is possible.
1) Their web servers.
This looks to be another I Robot-like fiasco where original story is blatantly disregarded for cinematographic eye candy.
Help.
(Long live the BBC teleseries.)
Fat chance the US will ever be able to photograph life on mars now.
I've stopped reading half-way through. This article is full of crap.
Who's use iMovie as a media player? Dont dont have a clue. iMovie is a movie creation tool. Not a media player.
Mac OS X comes with QuickTime. THAT is a media player.
As part of the cons, they list it's firewall not being on by default. What good would turning on a firewall be if NONE of the ports are on by defaults anyhow? Good luck, chap, breaking into it.
Why do you ask?
One of the developers of Vendetta mentioned on their web site's message boards that they develop on wintel boxes and remotelly login their sole in-house Mac to build the Mac client when development is finished.
They've produced very portable code that takes them a minimal amount of work to support on either platforms.
Any game ought to be this easy to port.
Maybe we should have a Ask: Vendetta Developers story. I'm sure they'd be happy to expand on their thoughts about having ported to Linux (and Macs).
The game continually evolves. It's been out for about two months now. That's when I tried it first so I can't comment on beta period; besides, it's off-topic.
Check out their web site for details.
You dont pay for Vendetta itself, but for access to their server.
On the plus side, you get updates almost every weeks (quick automatic download on launch).
I'm not trying to sell the game to anyone (I'm merely a player), but the game is cheap: 10$/month on the monthly basis (as always, the bigger chunk you buy the cheaper).
Try it yourself: an 8 hour trial period is free.
I've been playing Vendetta (vendetta-online.com) for a while now and it's superb.
I've been playing it on a Mac, but there's also a Linux and Windows version wich is equally beautiful.
No one doubts Linux could be used as a gaming platform. You guys simply have to sell the idea to game developers.
What bugs me about this is that the mission cost a little over 3 billions (USD) and that, for crying out loud, they didn't put a bigger drive and more battery in there.
Even Apple's Built-To-Order memory is less expensive than that.
In the Disney remake, rumors has it that Flynn fires first.
It's gonna suck to live in Long Island next week for sure.
Mind you, if a large block slips out quickly, it has the potential to release a sizeable wave.
As we can juge by the entire set of photos, not only that one, it seems CES on all all about empty mod cases. Nothing much else.
How deep did he have to dig to get a nose so brown?
He went on for minutes during his introducing Gates and MS about how cool, great, respected, inventfull and bla bla bla they both are.
I didn't watch the rest of it it. Couldn't bare it.
1,315.50 USD.
Hey, want to know how much the US dollar is worth in Euros?
My motorcycle's stock titanium pipe (excluding manyfold & tubing) costs 1800 CDN.
Titanium is still expensive.
That robot you refer to is from the SW Clone Wars inter-prequels anime series (and books/comics) that were released last year.