More to the point: what a shame that people think that legislation as the first tool to reach for when something looks like it might become a problem in the future.
Yes, god forbid people try to nip something in the bud before it gets out of control...
If you see a future problem, and simply let it happen, you deserve to have it happen to you. (Unfortunately, legislation is the only tool of strength available.)
I knew a guy who bought a 3DO for SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS when it first came out. (Mind you, this was Canadian dollars, but that was still well over $500 US at the time.)
Anyway, as much as Sony's bugging me lately, the headline is pure FUD. Sony will eat the extra cost just to get it onto the market, and in a year the manufacturing cost will drop to a reasonable level.
It is too bad Jobs refused to pay for a mobile 970 chip to go along with the killer quad-970 workstations they are shipping right now...
You can't pay for something someone refuses to make. IBM had "more important things to do" (Xenon for Xbox, Cell for PS3) than produce a laptop-ready version of the 970 for Apple.
For example, in Canada there has been allegations that gun registry information is being used by thieves to specifically target houses known to have guns (yes, kind of ironic).
That's a possibility that hasn't even remotely been proven.
Well done Intel - spend millions building up the Pentium brand, then throw it away for something no-one can pronounce.
The problem is the "Pentium" brand is OLD. Real old. It may be strong, but eventually it's gotta be replaced in order to keep things fresh. (This may not matter in a lot of industries, but in technology things have a limited lifespan. How many suffixes to "Pentium" can they get away with?)
All I have to say is I'm happy that "Intel Core" isn't a stupid "nonsense word" made-up by some marketing droid. I'm absolutely sick of those.
#3- If I am at my computer, I have a huge library of music already available to me. And possibly some standard radio stations if I want something new.
I primarily listen to radio stations from distant places over the net, so I get a taste much different from my mostly-horrible local stations. Plus, it's nice to not know what you're going to hear next, and I don't mean "shuffle mode".
That would mean that if you get new hardware you could still use the music. In fact there IS a limited time period. It is limited to the life of the perticular product you original tied the song to.
Do you even check into this nonsense you're spouting?
You can play your songs on up to 3 computers concurrently. If you get a new computer, you can "de-authorize" an old one and then authorize the new one through a simple menu command. Do it as many times as you get new hardware. You can also play them on unlimited iPods, and burn them to CDs to play anywhere.
Sure, it's still somewhat annoying, but far better than any other legal download service.
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More to the point: what a shame that people think that legislation as the first tool to reach for when something looks like it might become a problem in the future.
Yes, god forbid people try to nip something in the bud before it gets out of control...
If you see a future problem, and simply let it happen, you deserve to have it happen to you. (Unfortunately, legislation is the only tool of strength available.)
Replace WMA with ATRAC. Also, replace "Apple" with "Jobs", because that I could actually picture.
Sweet, the prototype looks like it's got a bottle-opener on it!
Just what cellphones have been missing!
...then I asked "Why don't they have one of those rooms at Disney World?"
Ya, I explained the whole airplane thing to her a while ago.
She still claims ground-based rooms exist.
My girlfriend claims anti-gravity rooms exist because "They used one to film that movie!"
I keep trying to tell her they don't exist, and she keeps saying I'm wrong. (She also didn't know what Chernobyl was...)
I knew a guy who bought a 3DO for SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS when it first came out. (Mind you, this was Canadian dollars, but that was still well over $500 US at the time.)
Anyway, as much as Sony's bugging me lately, the headline is pure FUD. Sony will eat the extra cost just to get it onto the market, and in a year the manufacturing cost will drop to a reasonable level.
Sorry. The hovertruck broke-down on the way to the shop.
All that stuff'll be there tomorrow.
MP3s?
At that point, one has to ask why bother with compression?
It is too bad Jobs refused to pay for a mobile 970 chip to go along with the killer quad-970 workstations they are shipping right now...
You can't pay for something someone refuses to make. IBM had "more important things to do" (Xenon for Xbox, Cell for PS3) than produce a laptop-ready version of the 970 for Apple.
For example, in Canada there has been allegations that gun registry information is being used by thieves to specifically target houses known to have guns (yes, kind of ironic).
That's a possibility that hasn't even remotely been proven.
In the mid-'90s, when CD drives were added to game systems, they started calling everything "interactive multimedia systems" or such bullshit.
So, two words: Trip Hawkins.
Well done Intel - spend millions building up the Pentium brand, then throw it away for something no-one can pronounce.
The problem is the "Pentium" brand is OLD. Real old. It may be strong, but eventually it's gotta be replaced in order to keep things fresh. (This may not matter in a lot of industries, but in technology things have a limited lifespan. How many suffixes to "Pentium" can they get away with?)
All I have to say is I'm happy that "Intel Core" isn't a stupid "nonsense word" made-up by some marketing droid. I'm absolutely sick of those.
#3- If I am at my computer, I have a huge library of music already available to me. And possibly some standard radio stations if I want something new.
I primarily listen to radio stations from distant places over the net, so I get a taste much different from my mostly-horrible local stations. Plus, it's nice to not know what you're going to hear next, and I don't mean "shuffle mode".
Ah. I see. They touched on a nerve.
You must secretly sing the Black Eyed Peas' "My Humps" in the shower.
That's kinda the implied punchline :P
We can't find bin Laden on Earth...
Then sue all the traditional record stores, too.
You're not buying the music on the CD, you're buying a CD with a "licensed" copy of the music on it.
I think the guy lost his music because he was stupid.
If you sell your car, and your CDs are in your car when you sell it, the record store isn't obligated to give you new CDs.
BACK STUFF UP!
That would mean that if you get new hardware you could still use the music. In fact there IS a limited time period. It is limited to the life of the perticular product you original tied the song to.
Do you even check into this nonsense you're spouting?
You can play your songs on up to 3 computers concurrently. If you get a new computer, you can "de-authorize" an old one and then authorize the new one through a simple menu command. Do it as many times as you get new hardware. You can also play them on unlimited iPods, and burn them to CDs to play anywhere.
Sure, it's still somewhat annoying, but far better than any other legal download service.
"OMGDRMWTFBBQ!!!"
You're not renting the music. Renting implies that there's a limited time period.
You're licensing the music.
Fuck that! How about "Songvelociraptor"?! /lame
That's so insanely true.
I wonder what kind of magical deflection shield the Verizon execs would pull-out to counter that argument...
Rogers fucks-up MP3 radio streaming. Cogeco doesn't. /Rogers at office, Cogeco at home
A lot of places in the 905 region outside of Toronto get their cable from Cogeco. I've had WAY fewer problems with them than Rogers.