Blind zealotry? Huh? I'm not saying you should only run an open source OS. I'm saying the only creative use I can think of for an iPod would be to install Linux and write your own software. As it exists out of the box, there aren't many creative things you can do other than listen to music.
When looking at prices a large number of consumers will truncate instead of rounding the price. It makes it appear to be cheaper. Notice how gas prices are usually xxx.9 cents/($volume_unit)?
Yeah, the international aspect is a big thing. In Canada usually albums cost as much in CDN dollars than in USD. I think I read once that Canada is one of the cheapest places in the world to buy CDs. So $.99 USD cents/song isn't that great a deal here - $1.42 CDN. And that is with the CDN dollar at a 5 year high. If it was lower, it would be a rip off. If it was $.99 CDN, I think I'd use it.
I really don't care about the games or notes or anything else but I really want the on the go playlists. I bought the iPod with the full expectation that that feature would be added via a firmware upgrade because it's so simple to add, and I didn't think Apple would let all it's competitors do something so obvious that it didn't do.
after using the applse site I realized what steve jobs was saying when he pointed out on cnn that using Kazza is like paying yourself minimum wages since you can only get 5 songs (= 5 dollars) in a hours worth of work!!! hopefully in a few years the price will drop even more at which point it will be way better than free,
Good point. It's like that quote about Linux - it's only free if your time isn't worth anything. And I think the majority of Slashdotters do not consider their time to be worth anything. Hence the fondness for Linux and complaints about Apple's service.
I'm not sure if you replied to the wrong guy but I think that's what the original poster was saying.
Original poster analogy: People don't kill people. Guns kill people.
First reply analogy: No, guns don't kill people, people kill people.
Your reply (non analogy): No, guns don't kill people, people kill people.
Umm, unless one of them doesn't comply to the standards. Which is almost guaranteed to be the case for IE. Ahh, the phallacy of standards. Like Java was supposed to be write-once, run anywhere but it's more like write once, debug everywhere.
Slightly offtopic, but this is the most relevant place I could find to post this.
Apparently owners of current (old) iPods will not be getting a firmware upgrade that enables the new features like On-The-Fly playlists, notes, games, etc. Here is one source, a moderator for the Apple discussion forums. Firmware update 1.3 does include AAC support so you will be able to use the iTunes store but not the dead-easy-to-implement On-The-Fly play queues that EVERY OTHER MP3 PLAYER HAS. I am outraged by this decision and won't be supporting the iTunes music store.
Apple is giving a big f*ck-you to the people that made the iPod a success.
Something to think about - remember how much DVD players cost when they first came out? Or CD players or any new technology for that matter? The price right now is not great, but it's reasonable. It certainly isn't outlandish. In many cases you can get a full album for significantly less than at the store. If this takes off, there will be competition and the price will come down. I hope it does, Apple's service is the first to actually be reasonable and usable. This could be the start of a new era in music distribution.
Hear hear. Linux dependency hell is not much different than Windows DLL hell. And that latest I've read says the goal is to have Windows version all the DLLs anyway, basically having many different versions of each one. Might as well just include the one that's needed with the app. I'd much rather have it work and take up more hard drive space then spend hours banging my head against the wall trying to find the right.rom or.deb to make this damn thing install.
What's specifically wrong with the AAC format? The only restriction I've read is that you can't burn the exact same playlist more than 10 times. (Seems reasonable, and why would you want to anyway). You can copy them (probably as difficult as copying songs from an iPod - i.e. not at all), burn them, etc.
Yeah and what's with those damn songs with the beeps in the middle? Does that come from ripping a copy-protected CD or what? Damn it's a pain. Try to find the songs from the Daredevil soundtrack w/o getting those stupid beeps in them. I wish I could have tried Apple's service for this - I only want to put them on my iPod anyway. Alas, I do not have a Mac.
Did anyone else notice this? iPod firmware 1.3 allows you to create playlists on the fly. Finally! That's the one firmware feature I've really been waiting for. Firmware 1.3 upgrader for Mac available here and Windows updater should be available early May. (I'm sure someone will hack it first though)
What about opening the possibility of someone less skilled than you (and who maybe will work for cheaper) being able to do your job because they just copied your source from somewhere? Food for thought.
I bet those companies didn't release that software that you wrote to the public though. So for you OSS is something that helps to hone your skills right?
You know what I wonder... what percentage of open source users have ever even looked at the source code? Pretty small % I'd guess. It would make an interesting Slashdot poll, if you could get people to give honest responses.
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Very funny, but the article linked does not promote the Matrix. It picks it apart. But then any press is good press.
Blind zealotry? Huh? I'm not saying you should only run an open source OS. I'm saying the only creative use I can think of for an iPod would be to install Linux and write your own software. As it exists out of the box, there aren't many creative things you can do other than listen to music.
I'm not seeing it.... unless they mean installing Linux.
When looking at prices a large number of consumers will truncate instead of rounding the price. It makes it appear to be cheaper. Notice how gas prices are usually xxx.9 cents/($volume_unit)?
Yeah, the international aspect is a big thing. In Canada usually albums cost as much in CDN dollars than in USD. I think I read once that Canada is one of the cheapest places in the world to buy CDs. So $.99 USD cents/song isn't that great a deal here - $1.42 CDN. And that is with the CDN dollar at a 5 year high. If it was lower, it would be a rip off. If it was $.99 CDN, I think I'd use it.
I really don't care about the games or notes or anything else but I really want the on the go playlists. I bought the iPod with the full expectation that that feature would be added via a firmware upgrade because it's so simple to add, and I didn't think Apple would let all it's competitors do something so obvious that it didn't do.
Good point. It's like that quote about Linux - it's only free if your time isn't worth anything. And I think the majority of Slashdotters do not consider their time to be worth anything. Hence the fondness for Linux and complaints about Apple's service.
Original poster analogy: People don't kill people. Guns kill people.
First reply analogy: No, guns don't kill people, people kill people.
Your reply (non analogy): No, guns don't kill people, people kill people.
Umm, unless one of them doesn't comply to the standards. Which is almost guaranteed to be the case for IE. Ahh, the phallacy of standards. Like Java was supposed to be write-once, run anywhere but it's more like write once, debug everywhere.
Apparently owners of current (old) iPods will not be getting a firmware upgrade that enables the new features like On-The-Fly playlists, notes, games, etc. Here is one source, a moderator for the Apple discussion forums. Firmware update 1.3 does include AAC support so you will be able to use the iTunes store but not the dead-easy-to-implement On-The-Fly play queues that EVERY OTHER MP3 PLAYER HAS. I am outraged by this decision and won't be supporting the iTunes music store.
Apple is giving a big f*ck-you to the people that made the iPod a success.
Something to think about - remember how much DVD players cost when they first came out? Or CD players or any new technology for that matter? The price right now is not great, but it's reasonable. It certainly isn't outlandish. In many cases you can get a full album for significantly less than at the store. If this takes off, there will be competition and the price will come down. I hope it does, Apple's service is the first to actually be reasonable and usable. This could be the start of a new era in music distribution.
Hear hear. Linux dependency hell is not much different than Windows DLL hell. And that latest I've read says the goal is to have Windows version all the DLLs anyway, basically having many different versions of each one. Might as well just include the one that's needed with the app. I'd much rather have it work and take up more hard drive space then spend hours banging my head against the wall trying to find the right .rom or .deb to make this damn thing install.
Dude, that was hilarious. And it had about as many useful suggestions as the actual article.
I think it should be the other way around, since there won't be any fair use after she gets her hands on it.
So? What does that have to do with the price of tea (IP) in China (Iraq)?
Over at iPodLounge they say that iTunes will be coming out for Windows. Hooray!! I never even installed MusicMatch, it is such a POS.
DAMNIT! Why not? I want that feature! Being a Canadian Windows iPod user that was the only positive news out of this announcement for me.
What's specifically wrong with the AAC format? The only restriction I've read is that you can't burn the exact same playlist more than 10 times. (Seems reasonable, and why would you want to anyway). You can copy them (probably as difficult as copying songs from an iPod - i.e. not at all), burn them, etc.
No, they are doing this out of the goodness of their hearts. ;)
Yeah and what's with those damn songs with the beeps in the middle? Does that come from ripping a copy-protected CD or what? Damn it's a pain. Try to find the songs from the Daredevil soundtrack w/o getting those stupid beeps in them. I wish I could have tried Apple's service for this - I only want to put them on my iPod anyway. Alas, I do not have a Mac.
Did anyone else notice this? iPod firmware 1.3 allows you to create playlists on the fly. Finally! That's the one firmware feature I've really been waiting for. Firmware 1.3 upgrader for Mac available here and Windows updater should be available early May. (I'm sure someone will hack it first though)
What does that mean? What playlist? Does it mean you can burn the song 10 different times?
What about opening the possibility of someone less skilled than you (and who maybe will work for cheaper) being able to do your job because they just copied your source from somewhere? Food for thought.
I bet those companies didn't release that software that you wrote to the public though. So for you OSS is something that helps to hone your skills right?
You know what I wonder... what percentage of open source users have ever even looked at the source code? Pretty small % I'd guess. It would make an interesting Slashdot poll, if you could get people to give honest responses.