Radiohead's album will be out in the shops in 2008. I know I could get it now for free*, but I think I'd rather wait for the CD and rip it in the format that I want (it's available as 10 x 160kbps MP3s, probably encoded in the wrong version of LAME that leaves gaps between the songs).
*You can opt to pay nothing, but you still have to pay a 45p bank charge.
Isn't this just micropayments? Seriously, this is why gaming is dying. Developers will send out a half finished game and then charge people to download the extra content (i.e. the stuff they couldn't fit in before the deadline).
Let's face it, in a couple of years you'll get a game, say, Tekken where the character only has one costume. You'll then have to download the additional 5 different costumes at $2 a go. They'll do the same with maps and you'll only be able to play online with people who have also bought that map...
Integration with iTunes (not necessarily the store), such as syncing Smart Playlists, and 3rd-party accessory support that's an order of magnitude greater than for any other music player.
You forgot DRM and a quick and dirty Gapless Playback solution.
If you just want to have some music playing, get an iPod.
If you want to actually listen to the music the way it was intended to be, put Rockbox on it.
Wrong, everyone has the right to protect something that they've worked hard on. What if the product you made was your only source of income and no-one bought it but everyone had a copy of it? You'd do whatever you could to protect your livelihood.
Get out of your fucking tree, cut your hair and get a job.
I don't find CDs particularly expensive. In the UK they're £10 (£8 if I could really be arsed to shop around) and I only buy 1 or 2 a month (with the next purchase being Athlete's latest effort on Monday).
Sure, downloads are cheaper but with the CD I can convert the songs into the format I want at the bit-rate I want, not the format and the bit-rate that Napster / iTunes / Tesco decides it should be at.
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Folks, If you are still watching
Sorry, I'll read the rest later, American Idol is about to start.
where I can download an album in a lossless format so I can convert it myself.
Playing Let's Pretend for a minute, if I owned an online music store I would offer music in MP3 format and also FLAC for the advanced users.
People could then download the FLAC versions and use some crappy tool that I provide to convert it into a selection of different formats.
Oh, and albums would be downloaded in a single zip file. If Radiohead can do it then so can I.
Radiohead's album will be out in the shops in 2008. I know I could get it now for free*, but I think I'd rather wait for the CD and rip it in the format that I want (it's available as 10 x 160kbps MP3s, probably encoded in the wrong version of LAME that leaves gaps between the songs).
*You can opt to pay nothing, but you still have to pay a 45p bank charge.
Given my experience on most Friday nights, animal-women hybrids already exist.
I'm such a bitch...
Does this mean that anyone how has studied:
Physics
Chemistry
Biology
Computer Science
Also be charged under the Terrorism Act
If it does then Slashdot's going to be a very empty place shortly...
What's a Zune? :)
Ah, you live in Europe too!
does it have Gapless Playback? Please tell me it's got Gapless Playback.
Plus, Facebook uses Java to upload its images and Flash to play the videos.
.NET and Silverlight.
They'll be replaced with
Oh, and kiss goodbye to the mail account that you've registered with Facebook. Spam ahoy...
Mark Zuckerberg would like to keep it independent apparently.
In any case, register your complaint by joining this group
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6197556554
Everyone knows that joining a group on Facebook can move mountains and change the world...
I should hope so, what would be the point of having a plane that you can barely move in?
Isn't this just micropayments? Seriously, this is why gaming is dying. Developers will send out a half finished game and then charge people to download the extra content (i.e. the stuff they couldn't fit in before the deadline).
Let's face it, in a couple of years you'll get a game, say, Tekken where the character only has one costume. You'll then have to download the additional 5 different costumes at $2 a go. They'll do the same with maps and you'll only be able to play online with people who have also bought that map...
Integration with iTunes (not necessarily the store), such as syncing Smart Playlists, and 3rd-party accessory support that's an order of magnitude greater than for any other music player.
You forgot DRM and a quick and dirty Gapless Playback solution.
If you just want to have some music playing, get an iPod.
If you want to actually listen to the music the way it was intended to be, put Rockbox on it.
I know I say this every time they have a story about GIMP, but Wilbur (the coyote) is the only icon on Slashdot that animates.
Watch, his eyes move very subtly.
Because PIMP sounds so much better than GIMP...
None.
Wrong, everyone has the right to protect something that they've worked hard on. What if the product you made was your only source of income and no-one bought it but everyone had a copy of it? You'd do whatever you could to protect your livelihood.
Get out of your fucking tree, cut your hair and get a job.
how many times did Al pacino say "fuck" on Scarface
It's 207 in case anyone's interested.
Something's on the tip of my tongue...
turd... polish... still a turd...
no, it's gone
I thought this was done already. Which is why they keep pennies in circulation...
it probably still won't be as good as an iPod with Rockbox installed on it...
I don't find CDs particularly expensive. In the UK they're £10 (£8 if I could really be arsed to shop around) and I only buy 1 or 2 a month (with the next purchase being Athlete's latest effort on Monday).
Sure, downloads are cheaper but with the CD I can convert the songs into the format I want at the bit-rate I want, not the format and the bit-rate that Napster / iTunes / Tesco decides it should be at.
I was too busy poking people on Facebook.
My holiday is a week on Saturday, I'm really excited.
What the fuck?
"You're honour, here is the gun the defendant used to kill Jane Doe"
"That looks like a hammer"
"Oh, shit. I can swap it for a gun?"
"Sure thing, let's call it a "Professional Courtesy"
With the Simpsons ending
That's news to Matt Groening.
then the Nokia Wifi Cloud that blankets London would be making everyone that lives there neurotic and irritable.
Oh wait...