OK, so $27.45 * 24 months is $658.80, that's $109.80 more expensive than the unlocked iPhone by itself. AppleCare+ is included, that's $99, so that brings the leasing premium down to $10.80 over the course of two years in Apple's pocket for financing the hardware. And then, halfway through the 24-month financing period, you get an upgrade to the latest device. Sounds legit to me, and a much better deal than carriers are offering.
If you purchased outright each year, you'd spend $648 the first year, $648 the second year, but get back approx. $300 for selling your previous-gen iPhone, bringing the total hardware cost over 2 years to $996.
This program also puts a whole lot more power into the hands of the consumer, as they are unlocked and can be used on any network. If more and more people are using unlocked phones, we might actually see some real competition in the wireless industry when it comes to things like customer service.
VirtualBox does have a headless mode, which is how I use it. Combine it with phpVirtualBox for a web-based front-end and you can admin from anywhere or any system.
Autostart, autosave, auto-snapshot, etc can be achieved with simple startup and cron scripts.
Honestly though no open-source solution is going to come CLOSE to Premiere. And since you can get Creative Cloud for $50/month, it isn't THAT big of an expenditure up-front, and if you're making money from the editing (and, if you're looking at a Premiere-level video editing platform, I would hope this would be something you're monetizing) $50/month isn't much to get all the tools you'd need for editing, compositing, graphic design, etc etc etc.
So, yeah, my suggestion is to find a way to afford $50/month for Creative Cloud, and barring that, check out Cinelerra.
I want to see them resurrect Hulu Desktop and update it on all platforms. Hulu supported Linux, so I think maybe some of the folks on here might want to cut them some slack. Unfortunately, the most recent builds crash when going into full screen on recent releases of Ubuntu.
Totally off topic, but has anyone here ever had a friend that they really enjoyed hanging out with, but they have a bad habit of interrupting everyone all the time no matter what and talk and talk and talk and never let anyone else finish their thoughts before butting in?
What did you do? I've tried slapping him on the nose with a newspaper and it just makes him mad.
Great, so self-destructive codependent behavior is a hard-coded facet of our physical universe. Now I can tell my therapist to fuck off, content in the knowledge that This Is How It's Supposed To Be./joke
No, Apple missed that boat, they KNOW they missed that boat, they don't want to GET on that boat, and it's because they're killing the PC and replacing it with the iPad (which businesses are eating up).
As soon as iOS5 removes the need for a PC, expect the iPad to accelerate it's genocide of the "normal" computer we're all used to.
Look, I title my WiFi networks weird things all the time, just because I know strangers will see it and be confused. Some are great wordplay, some are simply bizarre non-sequitors, some of them are downright disgusting, and some are deliberately misleading.
My hunch is that this network is NOT that of an actual FBI surveillance van, but the product of a fun-loving person setting up their router.
That said, it would be pretty simple to use wifi sniffing tools to pinpoint the source of the signal and actually, you know, VERIFY this absurd claim.
I mean, the feds are stupid, but I don't think they're THAT stupid.
What world are you living in? It's not because the masses have more collective monetary power (they don't), it's economics of scale. You can only sell so many $500,000 cars, and there's very little chance of repeat business in any short time frame.
It's about selling in volume. That's what made Wal-Mart.
In 2004, the top 5% of the economic bracket controlled over 58% of the wealth. That was a long time ago, now the figure is skewed even more in favor of the rich.
>>corporations don't have the power to suck money from my wallet against my will,
Compulsory tax on blank media, passed by the gov't at the behest of corporations
>>throw me in jail for years,
RIAA/MPAA exploiting the laws they paid politicians to write to fine/jail people "guilty" of downloading copyrighted material.
>>send out goons to give me a Rodney King-style beating,
Foreclosure procedures often include using police to do the dirty work of corrupt banking establishments.
>>or execute me on the electric chair
Not yet, but they can certainly have you "silenced" or "suicided" as it were.
So, while the force is directly applied by government entities, if the government is just another branch of the corporations (it's a shared resource they like to use/abuse), then the corporations are the ones actually exercising that force, even if there's a badge or a robe that indicates government affiliation.
Or, to use rap as an example, 50 Cent has about as much relation to militant black activism as Norman Rockwell. Chuck D still puts out albums, but is he getting airtime?
We're talking about the current state of music, not some glorified past.
Look, MOST music movements start out in the way you describe, and it isn't until they are co-opted that they turn into little manufactured bits of distraction.
Case in point: Just because US hardcore punk started out with bands like Black Flag, Minor Threat, etc., doesn't mean that acts like Green Day have any relation whatsoever to that original spark of creativity, regardless of whether or not the music is similar.
Let's assume that your unsupported claim that rap acts earn less than rock acts is true.
One reason could be that, as rock was back in the day, rap is a producer-led game with various interchangeable personalities marketed as the "artist" towards certain demographics. However, their artistic contribution is minimal and they rely on the producer for the beats, the melody, the technical skills, etc. In most rap, the PRODUCER is the one making the music, and the "artist" is just a face they use to sell the product. Rock was like that for a while too.
Looks like Courtney Love pilfered a lot of her article from Mr. Albini (that doesn't surprise me one bit), which really adds a nice rich chocolatey irony sauce to the whole thing.
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Get off my lawn yadda yadda yadaa
OK, so $27.45 * 24 months is $658.80, that's $109.80 more expensive than the unlocked iPhone by itself. AppleCare+ is included, that's $99, so that brings the leasing premium down to $10.80 over the course of two years in Apple's pocket for financing the hardware. And then, halfway through the 24-month financing period, you get an upgrade to the latest device. Sounds legit to me, and a much better deal than carriers are offering.
If you purchased outright each year, you'd spend $648 the first year, $648 the second year, but get back approx. $300 for selling your previous-gen iPhone, bringing the total hardware cost over 2 years to $996.
This program also puts a whole lot more power into the hands of the consumer, as they are unlocked and can be used on any network. If more and more people are using unlocked phones, we might actually see some real competition in the wireless industry when it comes to things like customer service.
VirtualBox does have a headless mode, which is how I use it. Combine it with phpVirtualBox for a web-based front-end and you can admin from anywhere or any system.
Autostart, autosave, auto-snapshot, etc can be achieved with simple startup and cron scripts.
Ceck out http://www.centrify.com/cloud/...
This isn't actually true. Technically, you still need to own a copy of CS2 to legally use the software:
http://blogs.adobe.com/convers...
Will it work? Yes.
Are you supposed to do this if you don't own CS2? No.
It is ethical? That's for you to decide.
The first one that springs to mind is Cinelerra:
http://cinelerra.org/1/
There's also the Community Version of Cinelerra:
http://cinelerra-cv.org/
Honestly though no open-source solution is going to come CLOSE to Premiere. And since you can get Creative Cloud for $50/month, it isn't THAT big of an expenditure up-front, and if you're making money from the editing (and, if you're looking at a Premiere-level video editing platform, I would hope this would be something you're monetizing) $50/month isn't much to get all the tools you'd need for editing, compositing, graphic design, etc etc etc.
So, yeah, my suggestion is to find a way to afford $50/month for Creative Cloud, and barring that, check out Cinelerra.
I'd mod this Funny if I had points, but I don't, so I'll just say thanks for the laugh.
I want to see them resurrect Hulu Desktop and update it on all platforms. Hulu supported Linux, so I think maybe some of the folks on here might want to cut them some slack. Unfortunately, the most recent builds crash when going into full screen on recent releases of Ubuntu.
Will you marry me?
I submit to you that no one would die who otherwise would not have eventually.
Totally off topic, but has anyone here ever had a friend that they really enjoyed hanging out with, but they have a bad habit of interrupting everyone all the time no matter what and talk and talk and talk and never let anyone else finish their thoughts before butting in?
What did you do? I've tried slapping him on the nose with a newspaper and it just makes him mad.
Great, so self-destructive codependent behavior is a hard-coded facet of our physical universe. Now I can tell my therapist to fuck off, content in the knowledge that This Is How It's Supposed To Be. /joke
No, Apple missed that boat, they KNOW they missed that boat, they don't want to GET on that boat, and it's because they're killing the PC and replacing it with the iPad (which businesses are eating up).
As soon as iOS5 removes the need for a PC, expect the iPad to accelerate it's genocide of the "normal" computer we're all used to.
Look, I title my WiFi networks weird things all the time, just because I know strangers will see it and be confused. Some are great wordplay, some are simply bizarre non-sequitors, some of them are downright disgusting, and some are deliberately misleading.
My hunch is that this network is NOT that of an actual FBI surveillance van, but the product of a fun-loving person setting up their router.
That said, it would be pretty simple to use wifi sniffing tools to pinpoint the source of the signal and actually, you know, VERIFY this absurd claim.
I mean, the feds are stupid, but I don't think they're THAT stupid.
Tried it. Headphone port was too small, and I couldn't squish it flat enough to fit in the dock connector.
Yeah, after I looked at it on my iPhone I realized my mobile Slashdot experience had all but been destroyed. Thank you Google Mobilize service ...
love it.
seriously.
i love it.
What world are you living in? It's not because the masses have more collective monetary power (they don't), it's economics of scale. You can only sell so many $500,000 cars, and there's very little chance of repeat business in any short time frame.
It's about selling in volume. That's what made Wal-Mart.
In 2004, the top 5% of the economic bracket controlled over 58% of the wealth. That was a long time ago, now the figure is skewed even more in favor of the rich.
Sorry, but you're wrong.
>>corporations don't have the power to suck money from my wallet against my will,
Compulsory tax on blank media, passed by the gov't at the behest of corporations
>>throw me in jail for years,
RIAA/MPAA exploiting the laws they paid politicians to write to fine/jail people "guilty" of downloading copyrighted material.
>>send out goons to give me a Rodney King-style beating,
Foreclosure procedures often include using police to do the dirty work of corrupt banking establishments.
>>or execute me on the electric chair
Not yet, but they can certainly have you "silenced" or "suicided" as it were.
So, while the force is directly applied by government entities, if the government is just another branch of the corporations (it's a shared resource they like to use/abuse), then the corporations are the ones actually exercising that force, even if there's a badge or a robe that indicates government affiliation.
"I'm an overly literal nitpicking asshole"
FTFY
Or, to use rap as an example, 50 Cent has about as much relation to militant black activism as Norman Rockwell. Chuck D still puts out albums, but is he getting airtime?
We're talking about the current state of music, not some glorified past.
Ummmmm... Elvis Presley?
Look, MOST music movements start out in the way you describe, and it isn't until they are co-opted that they turn into little manufactured bits of distraction.
Case in point: Just because US hardcore punk started out with bands like Black Flag, Minor Threat, etc., doesn't mean that acts like Green Day have any relation whatsoever to that original spark of creativity, regardless of whether or not the music is similar.
Let's assume that your unsupported claim that rap acts earn less than rock acts is true.
One reason could be that, as rock was back in the day, rap is a producer-led game with various interchangeable personalities marketed as the "artist" towards certain demographics. However, their artistic contribution is minimal and they rely on the producer for the beats, the melody, the technical skills, etc. In most rap, the PRODUCER is the one making the music, and the "artist" is just a face they use to sell the product. Rock was like that for a while too.
The Problem with Music by Steve Albini
Looks like Courtney Love pilfered a lot of her article from Mr. Albini (that doesn't surprise me one bit), which really adds a nice rich chocolatey irony sauce to the whole thing.
You're thinking of Rob Reiner.