When they first announced the discovery of telomeres and attempts at using this discovery to make anti-aging drugs, I told my boss we should look at a way to SHORTEN telomeres as a potential treatment for cancer. Nobody at my old company seemed interested in pursuing this research. I bet they're all crying now, as these guys will get the patents, the glory and the riches.
There was a great article a while back talking about Apple designing the iPod and how the original iTMS had no DRM at all and the record companies wouldn't buy into it until DRM was added.
I think all the stuff Apple does to block HYMN and software like this (come on, you had to ACTUALLY BUY the songs from the iTMS in order to get the DRM off of them), is done only to keep the RIAA happy.
Apple knows that DRM will always be circumvented, and I doubt they wanted to spend the engineering manpower and money to keep outwitting the crackers. It's a losing battle. Companies like the RIAA and MPAA and MSFT thought the DMCA would be their savior, but now the cracking tools are all hosted overseas, where the DMCA does not apply.
Apple actually stated they did not want to add DRM to QuickTime, because it will always be circumvented, and the manpower and money invested in updating the DRM can be better spent updating their products.
I work for a mid size bank and we are doing the same thing. We are getting rid of our OS/2 based ATMs and replacing them with ones that run Windows XP. The ATM software is gonna run in IE in kiosk mode. I don't believe that it is our choice to run this configuration. Our ATM vendor is passing this along to us as the new solution to our ATM needs.
The patch management of these things is really becoming a nightmare, and we haven't even rolled them out yet!
Yeah, but does the other browser HAVE TO be IE? Why can't we have 2 browsers competing, such as Firefox and Opera, or Firefox and Safari for Windows?
I used to think that IE needed to die a slow, painful death, but then I realized that it needs to die a quicky easy death. As soon as that piece of coding hell is off our desktops, the better.
I have a Vonage account and my ISP is Comcast. For the first two months the service was OK. But in the last 3 weeks I have not been able to place or receive a call that did now sound incredibly choppy. Comcast gives you 256K upload bandwidth, and I had Vonage set to use 30K, which should have been fine. But an examination of my logs shows that I am constantly getting hammered by Internet worms as old as the original Code Red, I get port scanned 5-10 times a day, and God knows what else goes on that kills my bandwidth.
Plus, as we know, Cable bandwidth is shared, so if every teenager on the block is downloading huge torrent files, that can also affect the quality of the service.
As much as I like the price and the feature set, my ISP has prevented me from being able to use it, so I had to go back to Verizon.
I wish I could submit my logs from my Linux box to Comcast and have them block all the infected machines and port scanning crackers out there!
Does anyone find this ironic? The original mac shipped with MacWrite and MacPaint, both of which were pretty good for their time...
Now Apple once again is going to introduce an ofice suite...
I have heard MANY good things about Apple's WebObjects software, it's cross platform (OS X, Solaris and NT/2000/2003, maybe more...) and it's supposed to be a dream to develop for.
If you assume that the client will not care about the back end, give it a look.
The big problem you may have is any customer with an MS Enterprise Agreement. The unspoken rule with those things is that YOU WILL NOT run ANY technology that Microsoft does not make.
I worked at a client that had an MS Enterprise agreement, and the 15 person department I was working in had ALL Macintoshes, and it was funny how both the IT director and later a rep from Microosft came in to have a talk with me to see what the timeframe was for transition these people off of their Macs...
I was told that use of any non-MS products could affect pricing levels.
Bottom line is....
If you want the greatest coverage of customers, develop in J2EE. It covers you if you run into a shop with an Enterprise Agreement (J2EE will run on NT with IIS), and will cover you with a CIO that has a thing against Microsoft.
The other thing you have to realize is that doctor's offices are on a budget. You sell them a cheap Linux solution, and they'll be happy.
The exact same complaint that Velvet Revolver's label gets every day: "How do I get the music onto my iPod (insert your favorite player name in sunstitue for iPod)?" is going to haunt any label that gets this technology going.
I read an article once that said, Velvet Revolver's labels get a call EVERY DAY by at least one person asking how to get the CD onto thier portable player. file:///usr/share/doc/HTML/index.html Sa me thing with this technology. No one is going to buy a CD they can't stick on a portable music player.
Kinda funny... Microsoft developed a DRM technology that presented a CD to a PC user as WMA files that were DRMed, and now the #1 HD based music player on the planet can't play WMAs, making this method of CD protection rather worthless to most record labels.
I wonder if protected CDs will start coming with coupons for a free download from the iTunes Music Store?
I guess the fact that IBM was FORBIDDEN from pre-loading OS/2 on THEIR OWN PCs in order to sell Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 had NOTHING AT ALL to do with OS/2s demise. If you can't get an OS pre-loaded on a machine, and you're a business user, then you're not going to buy. Why spend money on 2 different operating systems.
But the difference here is that it was done in a PRE 1.0 release. Until 1.0 comes around, anthing can change. The fact that they closed that little spyware loophole before 1.0 shows good quality control.
What he needs to do is find an infectious disease specialist at a GOOD teaching hospital such as John Hopkins in Baltimore, where some doctor will see the ability to get a good paper published out of his condition. Then he will probably get some serisouly good care because they want to see their name in print.
He needs to let them know that no one can find what is wrong with him and list the which physicians he has seen.
Finding a good doctor is hard. Find a good doctor that listens is even harder...
This isn't like MS Windows. No one is forcing you to buy an iPod. People are buying them because they LIKE them.
Admittedly, Apple has done some damn fine marketing with the iPod, and many people don't even know there are other players out there, but I would think people buying such an item would look into these things.
Now if you don't like the iPod, that's fine, but don't get mad at the rest of us for liking it.
Well it would appear that most people really don't care about having a radio in their portable player, hence why Apple did not add one. And if you want a radio AND an iPod, there are addons.
But anyway, I think there's a player out there for everyone. I'd like Ogg support in the iPod very much, but I like the iPod form factor and I like the interface a lot. I also like the price tag (it was a gift for Father's Day). I've tinkered with a lot of other players and the iPod's interface is just better and easier to use.
Well, since I don't listen to Howard Stern, I could give a rats ass about him. Personally, I don't need radio in my portable. If you do, then the iPod is not for you.
Simple and sweet. I'm sure Apple's marketing determined that only a small group of people actually required FM in their player.
How many players out there do AM? If they don't do AM, all those Rush Limbaugh fans aren't going to buy an iPod....
So, you have 20-40GB of music on you at all times and you want to listen to the RADIO??
Ok, ok, I guess some people might want to do this, but I would think they are a minority, hence why the iPod sells better than the iRiver.
I too, think the iPod should do OGG, but I don't see it happening any time soon. If Apple were to add OGG support, they'd have to release the source, which I think they would be lothe to do for firmware.
The other issue with OGG is that, the chip in the iPod can decode MP3, AAC and WMA (WMA is not implemented in Apple's firmware), but to decode OGG, they would have to do the whole thing in Firmware/Software. You'd probably have to decode the OGG file to AIFF, drop it on the HD and then play it. This would seriously kill battery life. Ever notice how the other players out there that do OGG all state that playing OGG files decreases battery life?
I own an iPod, and I have to say that the wheel on the front is just brilliant. I have played with the Zen and it's a nice player, but that slider just isn't as good as the iPod wheel.
The other issue I think we have is iTunes. Most other players rely on MusicMatch Jukebox or WMP to work, both of which are not as easy as iTunes is. If Creative wants a change, they don't need to make an "iPod killer", they need to make an "iTunes killer."
WinCE outsold Palm devices last quarter, that true, but remember these points:
1. They are counting ALL WinCE devices, including Palmtop computers. 2. PalmOne was still the #1 seller for the quarter (but when you add up all other PPC makers, they did outdo PalmOne, which is why PPC outsold PalmOS, despite PalmOne being #1) 3. The PalmOS still has greater marketshare when you count total units out there now.
I think it's a crying shame for the Palm community that almost a YEAR AGO, PalmSource made PalmOS 6 (Cobalt) Gold Master, and NOT A SINGLE licensee will use the OS in a device, even though it offers multithreading, native ARM support, anti-aliased text, truetype font support, and a host of other features.
I don't think Palm sales will take off until 2 things happen (I love Palm by the way...)
1. OS 6 comes out on devices and there are good conduits for it. 2. SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE makes conduits for the extra fields on the new PalmOne devices.
I have a tungsten T3, and I was happy to see that it now has repeating ToDos and that the Address Book supports multiple addresses. HOWEVER, I can't sync this data with ANYTHING other than Palm Desktop. Very frustrating, as we use Lotus Notes and work...
You're right. I was thinking of SpyMac. ThinkSecret is a pretty good site. My bad...
Either way, KEEP A COLOR SCREEN OFF THE IPOD. Color screens suck outdoors.
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I would love DST all the time. This east coast getting dark at 4:30PM in the daytime really stinks.
When they first announced the discovery of telomeres and attempts at using this discovery to make anti-aging drugs, I told my boss we should look at a way to SHORTEN telomeres as a potential treatment for cancer. Nobody at my old company seemed interested in pursuing this research. I bet they're all crying now, as these guys will get the patents, the glory and the riches.
There was a great article a while back talking about Apple designing the iPod and how the original iTMS had no DRM at all and the record companies wouldn't buy into it until DRM was added.
I think all the stuff Apple does to block HYMN and software like this (come on, you had to ACTUALLY BUY the songs from the iTMS in order to get the DRM off of them), is done only to keep the RIAA happy.
Apple knows that DRM will always be circumvented, and I doubt they wanted to spend the engineering manpower and money to keep outwitting the crackers. It's a losing battle. Companies like the RIAA and MPAA and MSFT thought the DMCA would be their savior, but now the cracking tools are all hosted overseas, where the DMCA does not apply.
Apple actually stated they did not want to add DRM to QuickTime, because it will always be circumvented, and the manpower and money invested in updating the DRM can be better spent updating their products.
Because I had a Mac, I bought an iPod.
Kudos to Apple, though, for getting more market share.
I work for a mid size bank and we are doing the same thing. We are getting rid of our OS/2 based ATMs and replacing them with ones that run Windows XP. The ATM software is gonna run in IE in kiosk mode. I don't believe that it is our choice to run this configuration. Our ATM vendor is passing this along to us as the new solution to our ATM needs.
The patch management of these things is really becoming a nightmare, and we haven't even rolled them out yet!
Yeah, but does the other browser HAVE TO be IE? Why can't we have 2 browsers competing, such as Firefox and Opera, or Firefox and Safari for Windows?
I used to think that IE needed to die a slow, painful death, but then I realized that it needs to die a quicky easy death. As soon as that piece of coding hell is off our desktops, the better.
I have a Vonage account and my ISP is Comcast. For the first two months the service was OK. But in the last 3 weeks I have not been able to place or receive a call that did now sound incredibly choppy. Comcast gives you 256K upload bandwidth, and I had Vonage set to use 30K, which should have been fine. But an examination of my logs shows that I am constantly getting hammered by Internet worms as old as the original Code Red, I get port scanned 5-10 times a day, and God knows what else goes on that kills my bandwidth.
Plus, as we know, Cable bandwidth is shared, so if every teenager on the block is downloading huge torrent files, that can also affect the quality of the service.
As much as I like the price and the feature set, my ISP has prevented me from being able to use it, so I had to go back to Verizon.
I wish I could submit my logs from my Linux box to Comcast and have them block all the infected machines and port scanning crackers out there!
Is there an FTP mirror of this file anywhere? Can't download EXEs over HTTP.
All the songs in the ITMS are in AAC format. Since no other player I know will play AAC either DRMed or not DRMed, I don't think he has a case...
MacWrite the sequel was written by the MS Hippies. It's called MS Word for Mac.
Does anyone find this ironic? The original mac shipped with MacWrite and MacPaint, both of which were pretty good for their time... Now Apple once again is going to introduce an ofice suite...
Apple is moving it's whole desktop product line to the new G5. I doubt they would release a G4 machine now that is not a laptop.
I have heard MANY good things about Apple's WebObjects software, it's cross platform (OS X, Solaris and NT/2000/2003, maybe more...) and it's supposed to be a dream to develop for.
If you assume that the client will not care about the back end, give it a look.
The big problem you may have is any customer with an MS Enterprise Agreement. The unspoken rule with those things is that YOU WILL NOT run ANY technology that Microsoft does not make.
I worked at a client that had an MS Enterprise agreement, and the 15 person department I was working in had ALL Macintoshes, and it was funny how both the IT director and later a rep from Microosft came in to have a talk with me to see what the timeframe was for transition these people off of their Macs...
I was told that use of any non-MS products could affect pricing levels.
Bottom line is....
If you want the greatest coverage of customers, develop in J2EE. It covers you if you run into a shop with an Enterprise Agreement (J2EE will run on NT with IIS), and will cover you with a CIO that has a thing against Microsoft.
The other thing you have to realize is that doctor's offices are on a budget. You sell them a cheap Linux solution, and they'll be happy.
The exact same complaint that Velvet Revolver's label gets every day: "How do I get the music onto my iPod (insert your favorite player name in sunstitue for iPod)?" is going to haunt any label that gets this technology going.
a me thing with this technology. No one is going to buy a CD they can't stick on a portable music player.
I read an article once that said, Velvet Revolver's labels get a call EVERY DAY by at least one person asking how to get the CD onto thier portable player.
file:///usr/share/doc/HTML/index.html
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Kinda funny... Microsoft developed a DRM technology that presented a CD to a PC user as WMA files that were DRMed, and now the #1 HD based music player on the planet can't play WMAs, making this method of CD protection rather worthless to most record labels.
I wonder if protected CDs will start coming with coupons for a free download from the iTunes Music Store?
I guess the fact that IBM was FORBIDDEN from pre-loading OS/2 on THEIR OWN PCs in order to sell Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 had NOTHING AT ALL to do with OS/2s demise. If you can't get an OS pre-loaded on a machine, and you're a business user, then you're not going to buy. Why spend money on 2 different operating systems.
But the difference here is that it was done in a PRE 1.0 release. Until 1.0 comes around, anthing can change. The fact that they closed that little spyware loophole before 1.0 shows good quality control.
What he needs to do is find an infectious disease specialist at a GOOD teaching hospital such as John Hopkins in Baltimore, where some doctor will see the ability to get a good paper published out of his condition. Then he will probably get some serisouly good care because they want to see their name in print.
He needs to let them know that no one can find what is wrong with him and list the which physicians he has seen.
Finding a good doctor is hard. Find a good doctor that listens is even harder...
This isn't like MS Windows. No one is forcing you to buy an iPod. People are buying them because they LIKE them.
Admittedly, Apple has done some damn fine marketing with the iPod, and many people don't even know there are other players out there, but I would think people buying such an item would look into these things.
Now if you don't like the iPod, that's fine, but don't get mad at the rest of us for liking it.
Well it would appear that most people really don't care about having a radio in their portable player, hence why Apple did not add one. And if you want a radio AND an iPod, there are addons.
But anyway, I think there's a player out there for everyone. I'd like Ogg support in the iPod very much, but I like the iPod form factor and I like the interface a lot. I also like the price tag (it was a gift for Father's Day). I've tinkered with a lot of other players and the iPod's interface is just better and easier to use.
As usual, YMMV. To each, their own...
Well, since I don't listen to Howard Stern, I could give a rats ass about him. Personally, I don't need radio in my portable. If you do, then the iPod is not for you.
Simple and sweet. I'm sure Apple's marketing determined that only a small group of people actually required FM in their player.
How many players out there do AM? If they don't do AM, all those Rush Limbaugh fans aren't going to buy an iPod....
So, you have 20-40GB of music on you at all times and you want to listen to the RADIO??
Ok, ok, I guess some people might want to do this, but I would think they are a minority, hence why the iPod sells better than the iRiver.
I too, think the iPod should do OGG, but I don't see it happening any time soon. If Apple were to add OGG support, they'd have to release the source, which I think they would be lothe to do for firmware.
The other issue with OGG is that, the chip in the iPod can decode MP3, AAC and WMA (WMA is not implemented in Apple's firmware), but to decode OGG, they would have to do the whole thing in Firmware/Software. You'd probably have to decode the OGG file to AIFF, drop it on the HD and then play it. This would seriously kill battery life. Ever notice how the other players out there that do OGG all state that playing OGG files decreases battery life?
Andy
I own an iPod, and I have to say that the wheel on the front is just brilliant. I have played with the Zen and it's a nice player, but that slider just isn't as good as the iPod wheel.
The other issue I think we have is iTunes. Most other players rely on MusicMatch Jukebox or WMP to work, both of which are not as easy as iTunes is. If Creative wants a change, they don't need to make an "iPod killer", they need to make an "iTunes killer."
WinCE outsold Palm devices last quarter, that true, but remember these points:
1. They are counting ALL WinCE devices, including Palmtop computers.
2. PalmOne was still the #1 seller for the quarter (but when you add up all other PPC makers, they did outdo PalmOne, which is why PPC outsold PalmOS, despite PalmOne being #1)
3. The PalmOS still has greater marketshare when you count total units out there now.
I think it's a crying shame for the Palm community that almost a YEAR AGO, PalmSource made PalmOS 6 (Cobalt) Gold Master, and NOT A SINGLE licensee will use the OS in a device, even though it offers multithreading, native ARM support, anti-aliased text, truetype font support, and a host of other features.
I don't think Palm sales will take off until 2 things happen (I love Palm by the way...)
1. OS 6 comes out on devices and there are good conduits for it.
2. SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE makes conduits for the extra fields on the new PalmOne devices.
I have a tungsten T3, and I was happy to see that it now has repeating ToDos and that the Address Book supports multiple addresses. HOWEVER, I can't sync this data with ANYTHING other than Palm Desktop. Very frustrating, as we use Lotus Notes and work...
You're right. I was thinking of SpyMac. ThinkSecret is a pretty good site. My bad... Either way, KEEP A COLOR SCREEN OFF THE IPOD. Color screens suck outdoors.
Think Secret also spent a lot fo time showing the new Apple PDA along with supposed screen shots and that never surfaced...