Don't bother going to college. In fact, if you're in school drop out now regardless of your grade level. If you have kids, pull them out or don't send them to school to begin with. There is after all, no value in any of the information that will be learned.
All jobs are based on information and experience, even McDonalds' fry cooks. Economies give a society order. If you want to promote your utopia, figure out a logical argument that will pursuade the people. Until them, I will consider your theory illogical and continue purchasing information I consider valuable.
Let me ask you this: How many times would somebody have to rob your house before you decided to lock the doors and install a security system?
It is kind of the same situation from the record companies point of view. While you own a CD when you buy it, and are free to personally copy it and distribute it around your home, you do not have the right to upload it to the rest of the Internet.
This is not a case of the few destroying it for the rest. Far, far too many people have violated the record companies rights. The record companies, in turn, are doing something about it.
Now, when you stand up in favor of shutting down P2P networks and other file swapping programs, then you may have an argument for DRM-less digital downloads. But, as long as a threat exists, preventative measures will be in place. This will be the case exactly as long as you allow the threat to continue.
Not that I agree with DRM, but I do see the need and reason. So, as a consumer who does not want to see P2P shut down (because it has valid uses) I'd rather see an acceptable DRM scheme that grants me exactly the rights I am afforded as the purchaser of my music. Apple's DRM does this really, really well.
As a side note, I wonder if you own any DVDs. If you do, I'd like to inform you that they employ one of the most restrictive, blantant anti-consumer copy protection schemes around.
I enjoy both movies and music. I realize that the companies funding these art forms need to make money in order to continue producing things that I enjoy. I also realize that they want to protect their products from unintended use. I am in favor of that, but will always champion those measures which do not infringe on legal, personal use.
First off, note that I am a big supporter of independant labels. However, I question you're philosophy of not paying for DRM.
Indie labels offer thier music on whatever format is entrenched, which happens to be CDs at this time. The reason that CDs contain no DRM is that it was not feasible for the typical consumer to rip them at the time they originated. This mistake will not be made again.
Witness, for example, DVDs. Do you refuse to watch DVDs because they contain DRM? What will happen when the CD is phased out for the next big advance, be it SACD or DVD Audio, which both have DRM. It may be some other fancy new media, but be damn sure that it will have copy protection. The indie labels will no doubt distribute on the popular format. CDs will be around for some time, just as vinyl has lasted. Some records however, will only be distributed on the most popular format, for cost reasons, etc. Will you quit listening to music entirely at this point?
As an aside, the DRM used in iTunes will probably have less restrictions that that found on future formats. It is already far more user oriented that the protection found on DVD-Video. I suspect similar restrictions are in effect for DVD-Audio. I know that their are restrictions on SACD, but I do not know any details.
Let me give you my experiences with the store, because I was skeptical too. Note that my experience comes from a PowerMac G5, which I've had for about a month. I've used Linux almost exclusively for about 2 years after I decided to quit using Windows.
So you have to transcode from one lossy format to another. That's just KEEN!
What Apple should do is distribute FLACs.
These arguments never cease to amaze me. I've gone from MP3 to CD to MP3. Have I noticed a difference, sure. Was it that big of deal, no. I suspect the difference is less with AAC to CD to MP3, because AAC is better quality than MP3 to begin with. I've never tried this however. If you are such an uptight audiofile, you probably haven't made the jump from vinyl to CDs on this principle. (I enjoy vinyl by the way, but realize that everything has its place)
Just on principle, I planned on ripping all protected AAC files to CD and then to MP3 for use in iTunes. However, after seeing that I wouldn't gain much in way of rights, I decided not to. I can copy the AACs to 3 computers, and unlimited iPods. I can burn to CD for the stereo. And, I can stream it to any computer in my house and that computer doesn't use one of my alloted 3 copies....so they should just admit that DRM is worthless.
I think in a way, they do. They proclaim the ability to burn unlimited CDs as a great feature. Some of their competitors do not do this. However, the DRM is not entirely worthless if it pursuades the big 5 to license their music, something they wouldn't do if there was no DRM.
In any case, the DRM is easily worked around, which I suspect is by design. The emphasis is on the user, quite clearly, and Apple deserves kudos for doing what others were afraid of. In turn, it looks like this is what is making them successful and the others fail.
I'd pay a small premium to be able to download DRM-less FLAC over crappy AAC.
I've done my fair share of listening in both formats. If you are actually going to suggest that AAC is that crappy, you've obviously never bothered to actually listen to it.
I'm not sure if you are trolling, because we've been over this many times before, but I'll go over it again.
The protected AAC files (.m4p) downloaded from iTMS can be burned an unlimited number of times to recordable CDs. There is, of course, no protection on standard audio CDs, so you are free to rerip to MP3/OGG/your-format-du-jour.
Expecting legal downloads to ever be completely absent of DRM is completely ridiculous. It will simply never happen if the big 5 record labels are going to license their music. So, the best you can hope for is DRM that actually repects your usage rights. This is exactly what Apple's system, which is called FairPlay, was designed to do.
On one hand, we celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day...
The only people who know about Talk Like a Pirate day are those doing research for arcane book reviews. I have never heard of this day, much less celebrated it. I am testing my resolve and not clicking this link. Somehow I don't think it will take much. I don't think my life would be bettered greatly by learning about talk like a pirate day.
I'm glad it is around for you then. Everyone should have access to reading material. I prefer a well balanced combination of the two, and book stores as well so I can own books. But, to each his own, and good luck to you.
It is an electronic library. It's name is Project Gutenberg. Libraries do have names, you know. Carnegie comes to mind, you probably have one funded by him in your town.
It is also a project in that it seeks people to transcribe and proof the texts into acceptable electronic versions.
Actually, you can modify them all you want (convert formats and such, doesn't make sense to change the words) and distribute them afterward. These books are all, for the most part, in the public domain, due to copyrights being expired or waived.
Anyhow, there are other sites that are devoted to takeing PG books and converting into PDF and then letting people download them. I've been there before, but am too lazy to go look it up. It's linked somewhere on the PG site.
Is there any information available on the multi-room viewing protocol TiVo employs on their Series2 boxes. I know the developer docs are available for the Music & Photos feature, but I've never found anything about multi-room viewing.
I know they have TiVoGuard, which is used to protect the signal as it moves across the network. Is there any information on this, specifically, is their a non-encrypted option to transport data.
The reason I wonder is I have a bunch of DivX encoded movies that I'd like to watch on a real set-top box. If I could get info on the transfer protocol, that would really help. Yes, I'm prepared to transcode the DivX files to whatever format TiVo expects. Also, I'm prepared to put my foot where my mouth is and write code to do this, and also open source the work.
I'm just beginning research on this, so an information is valuable. I've scoured the web, and haven't found anything useful. Just about ready to break out Ethereal and do some dirty work.
This is really a matter of definition. The original post referred to "the Apple operating system." I'd say Darwin fits this definition, and is thus justified in being mentioned.
It's the same sort of GNU/Linux vs. Linux debate that constantly goes on. If you include all the graphical APIs (carbon, cocoa, etc) against Darwin, the same argument holds against Linux. I can't run Mozilla or Evolution without X11 and GNOME installed.
Linux, as a kernel, is the base definition of an operating system. So is Darwin, as a kernel, and nowhere does the post mention Mac OS X by name. All the GUI stuff (and command line tools, for that matter) is just ease of use on top of the kernel, which *is* the operating system. GNOME is not an OS. Aqua is not an OS. Neither are all the command line tools you find. The kernel is the operating system, period.
beta and laserdisc came from to different eras you idiot. vhs was well entrenched by the time laserdisc came out and you would've had to search hi and low to find even a used betamax player. get you're facts straight before posting stupid troll comments.
Read the blurb about Pixlet. It is mainly intended for studio use because it preserves more quality and doesn't achieve as much compression. It's data rate is 3MB/sec. Do calulations on this. It is 180MB/minute and 10800MB/hour. Round it to 10GB/hour. DVD's today max out at around 7.2GB per disc, and can fit over 2 hours of video on them.
So, Pixlet is ruled out of the question, because it doesn't achieve the compression required to store a movie on a single disc. Again, Pixlet is meant for studio use, such as decreasing the file size needed to move film masters around between editing shops, etc.
Well, first of all, DivX 4 originally had an open source code base. DivXNetworks had a 2 system thing going on, them working on their own code, and also supporting and open source version. They changed however, amid the release of DivX 5. This is why the XviD group was formed. Their original code base was forked from the open source DivX 4 code base. Much of that has been rewritten by now though.
Also, there is an Ogg progect, called Theora, that is an open video codec. It is based off a codec called VP3 that was orignially developed by a company called On2 They gave the VP3 code to Xiph and continue to work on their own proprietary codecs, such as VP6.
Oh shit! You mean I shouldn't put it in there?!? Damn! I was making one hell of a framebuffer splash screen to display during the boot process. I was almost done too, just ready to check it in to CVS. You ruined my day.
I wouldn't think of the "X" in "Mac OS X" as a letter version. Mac OS X is the whole name of the operating system, as I understand it. The 10.2, 10.3, etc. denote the version. I'm sure, given enough time, you will see a Mac OS X 11.1.
"The machine's creator, Dean Kamen, wants to see US Special Forces troops eventually ride Segways into battle. "
This reminds me of a clip I saw on Letterman during the first Gulf war. An Iraqi soldier was riding on an osterich. I'd suggest to Kamen that using his idea would give the enemy a distinct advantage.
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Don't bother going to college. In fact, if you're in school drop out now regardless of your grade level. If you have kids, pull them out or don't send them to school to begin with. There is after all, no value in any of the information that will be learned.
All jobs are based on information and experience, even McDonalds' fry cooks. Economies give a society order. If you want to promote your utopia, figure out a logical argument that will pursuade the people. Until them, I will consider your theory illogical and continue purchasing information I consider valuable.
Let me ask you this: How many times would somebody have to rob your house before you decided to lock the doors and install a security system?
It is kind of the same situation from the record companies point of view. While you own a CD when you buy it, and are free to personally copy it and distribute it around your home, you do not have the right to upload it to the rest of the Internet.
This is not a case of the few destroying it for the rest. Far, far too many people have violated the record companies rights. The record companies, in turn, are doing something about it.
Now, when you stand up in favor of shutting down P2P networks and other file swapping programs, then you may have an argument for DRM-less digital downloads. But, as long as a threat exists, preventative measures will be in place. This will be the case exactly as long as you allow the threat to continue.
Not that I agree with DRM, but I do see the need and reason. So, as a consumer who does not want to see P2P shut down (because it has valid uses) I'd rather see an acceptable DRM scheme that grants me exactly the rights I am afforded as the purchaser of my music. Apple's DRM does this really, really well.
As a side note, I wonder if you own any DVDs. If you do, I'd like to inform you that they employ one of the most restrictive, blantant anti-consumer copy protection schemes around.
I enjoy both movies and music. I realize that the companies funding these art forms need to make money in order to continue producing things that I enjoy. I also realize that they want to protect their products from unintended use. I am in favor of that, but will always champion those measures which do not infringe on legal, personal use.
First off, note that I am a big supporter of independant labels. However, I question you're philosophy of not paying for DRM.
Indie labels offer thier music on whatever format is entrenched, which happens to be CDs at this time. The reason that CDs contain no DRM is that it was not feasible for the typical consumer to rip them at the time they originated. This mistake will not be made again.
Witness, for example, DVDs. Do you refuse to watch DVDs because they contain DRM? What will happen when the CD is phased out for the next big advance, be it SACD or DVD Audio, which both have DRM. It may be some other fancy new media, but be damn sure that it will have copy protection. The indie labels will no doubt distribute on the popular format. CDs will be around for some time, just as vinyl has lasted. Some records however, will only be distributed on the most popular format, for cost reasons, etc. Will you quit listening to music entirely at this point?
As an aside, the DRM used in iTunes will probably have less restrictions that that found on future formats. It is already far more user oriented that the protection found on DVD-Video. I suspect similar restrictions are in effect for DVD-Audio. I know that their are restrictions on SACD, but I do not know any details.
Let me give you my experiences with the store, because I was skeptical too. Note that my experience comes from a PowerMac G5, which I've had for about a month. I've used Linux almost exclusively for about 2 years after I decided to quit using Windows.
...so they should just admit that DRM is worthless.
So you have to transcode from one lossy format to another. That's just KEEN!
What Apple should do is distribute FLACs.
These arguments never cease to amaze me. I've gone from MP3 to CD to MP3. Have I noticed a difference, sure. Was it that big of deal, no. I suspect the difference is less with AAC to CD to MP3, because AAC is better quality than MP3 to begin with. I've never tried this however. If you are such an uptight audiofile, you probably haven't made the jump from vinyl to CDs on this principle. (I enjoy vinyl by the way, but realize that everything has its place)
Just on principle, I planned on ripping all protected AAC files to CD and then to MP3 for use in iTunes. However, after seeing that I wouldn't gain much in way of rights, I decided not to. I can copy the AACs to 3 computers, and unlimited iPods. I can burn to CD for the stereo. And, I can stream it to any computer in my house and that computer doesn't use one of my alloted 3 copies.
I think in a way, they do. They proclaim the ability to burn unlimited CDs as a great feature. Some of their competitors do not do this. However, the DRM is not entirely worthless if it pursuades the big 5 to license their music, something they wouldn't do if there was no DRM.
In any case, the DRM is easily worked around, which I suspect is by design. The emphasis is on the user, quite clearly, and Apple deserves kudos for doing what others were afraid of. In turn, it looks like this is what is making them successful and the others fail.
I'd pay a small premium to be able to download DRM-less FLAC over crappy AAC.
I've done my fair share of listening in both formats. If you are actually going to suggest that AAC is that crappy, you've obviously never bothered to actually listen to it.
I'm not sure if you are trolling, because we've been over this many times before, but I'll go over it again.
The protected AAC files (.m4p) downloaded from iTMS can be burned an unlimited number of times to recordable CDs. There is, of course, no protection on standard audio CDs, so you are free to rerip to MP3/OGG/your-format-du-jour.
Expecting legal downloads to ever be completely absent of DRM is completely ridiculous. It will simply never happen if the big 5 record labels are going to license their music. So, the best you can hope for is DRM that actually repects your usage rights. This is exactly what Apple's system, which is called FairPlay, was designed to do.
On one hand, we celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day...
The only people who know about Talk Like a Pirate day are those doing research for arcane book reviews. I have never heard of this day, much less celebrated it. I am testing my resolve and not clicking this link. Somehow I don't think it will take much. I don't think my life would be bettered greatly by learning about talk like a pirate day.
Yep, CowboyNeal posted it. Let the ridicule commence in ..3 ..2 ..1 ...now!
Taco finally steps up and admits what the trolls have been telling us all along: he is a worthless, no talent slob.
Ironically, Steve Jobs was prophesizing more than he was aware of when he said "Hell Froze Over."
I'm glad it is around for you then. Everyone should have access to reading material. I prefer a well balanced combination of the two, and book stores as well so I can own books. But, to each his own, and good luck to you.
It is an electronic library. It's name is Project Gutenberg. Libraries do have names, you know. Carnegie comes to mind, you probably have one funded by him in your town.
It is also a project in that it seeks people to transcribe and proof the texts into acceptable electronic versions.
Actually, you can modify them all you want (convert formats and such, doesn't make sense to change the words) and distribute them afterward. These books are all, for the most part, in the public domain, due to copyrights being expired or waived.
Anyhow, there are other sites that are devoted to takeing PG books and converting into PDF and then letting people download them. I've been there before, but am too lazy to go look it up. It's linked somewhere on the PG site.
I suppose they could if they wanted, but it is free.
Also moderate down the other reply post by tekiegreg.
Want more info on crappy posts, read my journal entry (click the link in the current sig).
You're looking for the skinnable terminal app.
Is there any information available on the multi-room viewing protocol TiVo employs on their Series2 boxes. I know the developer docs are available for the Music & Photos feature, but I've never found anything about multi-room viewing.
I know they have TiVoGuard, which is used to protect the signal as it moves across the network. Is there any information on this, specifically, is their a non-encrypted option to transport data.
The reason I wonder is I have a bunch of DivX encoded movies that I'd like to watch on a real set-top box. If I could get info on the transfer protocol, that would really help. Yes, I'm prepared to transcode the DivX files to whatever format TiVo expects. Also, I'm prepared to put my foot where my mouth is and write code to do this, and also open source the work.
I'm just beginning research on this, so an information is valuable. I've scoured the web, and haven't found anything useful. Just about ready to break out Ethereal and do some dirty work.
Uhh, because it is insightful. The real question is, how haven't you been modded troll?
This is really a matter of definition. The original post referred to "the Apple operating system." I'd say Darwin fits this definition, and is thus justified in being mentioned.
It's the same sort of GNU/Linux vs. Linux debate that constantly goes on. If you include all the graphical APIs (carbon, cocoa, etc) against Darwin, the same argument holds against Linux. I can't run Mozilla or Evolution without X11 and GNOME installed.
Linux, as a kernel, is the base definition of an operating system. So is Darwin, as a kernel, and nowhere does the post mention Mac OS X by name. All the GUI stuff (and command line tools, for that matter) is just ease of use on top of the kernel, which *is* the operating system. GNOME is not an OS. Aqua is not an OS. Neither are all the command line tools you find. The kernel is the operating system, period.
beta and laserdisc came from to different eras you idiot. vhs was well entrenched by the time laserdisc came out and you would've had to search hi and low to find even a used betamax player. get you're facts straight before posting stupid troll comments.
Read the blurb about Pixlet. It is mainly intended for studio use because it preserves more quality and doesn't achieve as much compression. It's data rate is 3MB/sec. Do calulations on this. It is 180MB/minute and 10800MB/hour. Round it to 10GB/hour. DVD's today max out at around 7.2GB per disc, and can fit over 2 hours of video on them.
So, Pixlet is ruled out of the question, because it doesn't achieve the compression required to store a movie on a single disc. Again, Pixlet is meant for studio use, such as decreasing the file size needed to move film masters around between editing shops, etc.
Well, first of all, DivX 4 originally had an open source code base. DivXNetworks had a 2 system thing going on, them working on their own code, and also supporting and open source version. They changed however, amid the release of DivX 5. This is why the XviD group was formed. Their original code base was forked from the open source DivX 4 code base. Much of that has been rewritten by now though.
Also, there is an Ogg progect, called Theora, that is an open video codec. It is based off a codec called VP3 that was orignially developed by a company called On2 They gave the VP3 code to Xiph and continue to work on their own proprietary codecs, such as VP6.
As was widely obvious from the context, my post was a joke.
Oh shit! You mean I shouldn't put it in there?!? Damn! I was making one hell of a framebuffer splash screen to display during the boot process. I was almost done too, just ready to check it in to CVS. You ruined my day.
I've been looking for a way to outsource my anthrax problem. Now I've found it!
I wouldn't think of the "X" in "Mac OS X" as a letter version. Mac OS X is the whole name of the operating system, as I understand it. The 10.2, 10.3, etc. denote the version. I'm sure, given enough time, you will see a Mac OS X 11.1.
"The machine's creator, Dean Kamen, wants to see US Special Forces troops eventually ride Segways into battle. "
This reminds me of a clip I saw on Letterman during the first Gulf war. An Iraqi soldier was riding on an osterich. I'd suggest to Kamen that using his idea would give the enemy a distinct advantage.