RIAA studios will just designate one or two of the songs they would otherwise have as "normal" tracks on a CD as the "bonus" tracks to meet the requirements of their half of the quid pro quo.
If this ends up being windows only DRM (i.e. not for OS X, not for *nix), it won't work on anything but a Windows box... nice! They don't really have to do anything to hold up their end of the deal and they get to stick a thumb in Apple's eye all at the same time. (You know they'd like to do that!)
I wonder if the "one good song" on every CD will now be the "bonus" track. If I were MS, that's what I'd be pushing for.
It seems like a natural progression for the device. What I really want to know is what sort of WiFi they're looking into. Will it simply stream music and not video? If Apple does intend for this to stream video as well, as the "article" implies, 802.11* works well enough for audio, but the chop factor gets to be a big problem with video.
No mention of ultra wide band in there. It would be interesting if they tried it though. The iPod might have enough buy-in with consumers to make this technology finally take off.
With the heat this thing will kick off, I might hack my Weber to use a P4 instead of gas. Hell it might even be able to be made to support the necessary logic to turn the grill off and plate my steak when its done.
Except that by posting disingenuous stuff about someone on a Webpage, it seems to me that it would now be easier than ever to sue one of these brats for libel in certain circumstances.
That was a lot harder to do when your main evidence would have been childrens' (frequently unreliable fact witness) testimony, or grubby pieces of paper passed through dozens of grubby hands and likely lost or destroyed when the joke ended.
Not that I like the idea of childrens' parents suing each other over crap like this, but in the severest of cases, what other recourse do people have. If schools won't stop it, the victim can't and the antagonists won't, a judge may have to.
Remember Gislaine, the star wars kid? People shouldn't have to change schools because other people are maladjusted and have rotten parents.
I'm guessing they use video clips instead of text because they can "scroll" through the list, capturing text and motion. They did say they were doing a screen capture.
Whoa, I just had a vision of some dude scrolling through text near his crotch in WordPad by hand with his stylus, standing in a club... and I really didn't like.
How the hell is this off-topic? It leads with a direct quote from the article followed by an, if anything, +Insightful interrogative! I was thinking the same thing myself, in fact.
Maybe we need to start having the mods RTFA before they moderate?
Copyrighted is a perfectly acceptable adjective to describe works for which someone obtains the copyright.
Just don't say anything is copywritten (or worse, 'copyrighten') around the IP lawyers I work with everyday. You obviously understand the differnce at least.
Nothing is copyrighten. A lot of stuff is copyrighted.
Most of the songs people think of as "patriotic" have long since passed into the Public Domain anyway. Now that copyrights have been extended to their current length, "patriotic" songs written and composed in this century probably won't pass into the Public Domain in any of our lifetimes,if ever.
...And that folks is really the correct rebuttal. And I'm now overrated for suggesting Linux might never dominate Windows on the desktop. Thank you and goodnight!
That's another way of looking at it, for certain. But why, then, would you bolt the faster, embedded-Linux device to the notebook? Why the hell would anyone want to have to carry a laptop around to do the same thing they've been doing since the 80's with a Walkman. Or something they're presently doing today with an iPod/Rio/etc. that uses embedded technology to perform the same function but weighs ounces instead of pounds.
People who already own MP3 players probably aren't the target market here, but wouldn't someone who doesn't presently own an MP3 player and doesn't plan on getting one who is buying a new computer be just as, if not more, likely to buy something cheaper and use WinAmp or WMP on it? I'd think this hypothetical person, if s/he cared about music enough would probably just buy an MP3 player anyway.
These laptops are destined for the Island of Misfit Toys if ever anything was.
This is a really good idea for certain functions that require a lot of RAM and processing power that might otherwise adversly affect the Windows XPerience(tm), but how will this make Windows irrelevant? It isn't replacing windows.
At the risk of getting flamed, I'd say if anything, it sounds more like an admission that Windows can't be beat on the desktop. So, avoid the confrontation by "competing" with embedded tech where Windows is know to suck.
Do you have any idea what you're asking for here? Just what the court system needs, "expert" judges for every imaginable archane body of knowledge. Who wants an "Apple-zealot iJudge, or a "pro-GNU/Linux judge," the "Judge who's an expert at configuring Sendmail on your Debian box," or some such nosense. All anyone needs a judge for is impartial rendering of justice and managing your court experience.
This is why judges get to grant temporary orders. So both sides can get expert witnesses and other types of evidence and testimorny in order so they can make a reasonably informed descision (assuming the judge actually decides this, i.e. bench trial as opposed to jury trial) if it even comes to that before being thrown out. Judges usually aren't idiots. They aren't perfect either, but an armada of expert judges won't improve the situation.
No thanks, I'd rather have judges stick to legal expertise and leave the convincing him/her one way or the other stuff to the people bringing these (stupid) lawsuits.
Think about these juxtaposed with Patriot, Stinger, F-15, F-16. It has been argued that the original intent of the ammendment was to facilitate the quick assembly of an armed force to defend the nation, or in the event of its unrecoverable corruption, overthrow the corrupt government.
Even with the stuff you enumerated, they're way ahead, anybody this ammendment makes provision to deal with is already way ahead you.
The worst thing anyone with a musket had to face down would have been a canon??? Modern military hardware like tanks, missles, jets, etc. versus modern small arms isn't even close to fair. Not that I'm advocating an AK in every pot.;-)
That reminds me of the time I was in the UK as a student from the US about 10 years ago.
I was in a class with several older British students, mostly my parents age. Over the course of class we had all become rather good friends. The term had ended and about a dozen of us went out for dinner one evening to celebrate.
Naturally, there were several conversations going on at the table at once and I was keeping up with the one going on closest to me.
All of a sudden, on of our dinner mates from the other end of the table turned to me and asked, "you know about LSD (referring to the old monetary system: pounds, shillings, pence), right?"
I was a bit shocked by the question, but answered honestly, "well... I tried it once a few years back but it made me really anxious and I didn't like what it did to my mind. I think I'm sticking to beer from here on out."
There was a long 3-second pause in conversation at the entire table, which promptly errupted into about a solid minute of raucous laughter.
Now OS X has good development tools. Why not try again? There are so many other advantages to using it like useability, and even more important, stability.
Trial presentation systems on OS X or Linux. Sounds good to me. In pressure situations where a complicated presentation has to work and not crumble around you while your trying to give, it'd be nice to not worry about your OS flaking on you. Apple and Linux both have rock solid reps there, but Windows is catching up fast. It may already be too late for non-Windows platforms to claim much of an advantage there anymore.
Just as many of them can't when the descision is out of their hands. I wish Apple would get into a niche market besides music management and graphic design.
Until Linux has some credibility in the desktop arena it's hard to wish for that even.
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A patch of identifying fur? Or will their tails or horns suffice?
If this ends up being windows only DRM (i.e. not for OS X, not for *nix), it won't work on anything but a Windows box... nice! They don't really have to do anything to hold up their end of the deal and they get to stick a thumb in Apple's eye all at the same time. (You know they'd like to do that!)
I wonder if the "one good song" on every CD will now be the "bonus" track. If I were MS, that's what I'd be pushing for.
No mention of ultra wide band in there. It would be interesting if they tried it though. The iPod might have enough buy-in with consumers to make this technology finally take off.
If the ADA crowd starts getting these en masse, then we should get some of those primo parking spaces back. It's only fair.
Yeah, but you don't have that nice heat sink that also doubles as a grill grate for those professional chef-type grill marks. Mmmm....
That's some progress!
I'll add that I don't think the article examples rise nearly close enough to the lawsuit level though. Lame.
That was a lot harder to do when your main evidence would have been childrens' (frequently unreliable fact witness) testimony, or grubby pieces of paper passed through dozens of grubby hands and likely lost or destroyed when the joke ended.
Not that I like the idea of childrens' parents suing each other over crap like this, but in the severest of cases, what other recourse do people have. If schools won't stop it, the victim can't and the antagonists won't, a judge may have to.
Remember Gislaine, the star wars kid? People shouldn't have to change schools because other people are maladjusted and have rotten parents.
Yeah, this guy's dong.
Whoa, I just had a vision of some dude scrolling through text near his crotch in WordPad by hand with his stylus, standing in a club... and I really didn't like.
Maybe we need to start having the mods RTFA before they moderate?
Just don't say anything is copywritten (or worse, 'copyrighten') around the IP lawyers I work with everyday. You obviously understand the differnce at least.
Most of the songs people think of as "patriotic" have long since passed into the Public Domain anyway. Now that copyrights have been extended to their current length, "patriotic" songs written and composed in this century probably won't pass into the Public Domain in any of our lifetimes ,if ever.
Anyway, why not?
...And that folks is really the correct rebuttal. And I'm now overrated for suggesting Linux might never dominate Windows on the desktop. Thank you and goodnight!
People who already own MP3 players probably aren't the target market here, but wouldn't someone who doesn't presently own an MP3 player and doesn't plan on getting one who is buying a new computer be just as, if not more, likely to buy something cheaper and use WinAmp or WMP on it? I'd think this hypothetical person, if s/he cared about music enough would probably just buy an MP3 player anyway.
These laptops are destined for the Island of Misfit Toys if ever anything was.
I guess I just don't want it to prove true.
How many posts do you predict before the "but does it support OGG, no?, then I'm not buyin'" crew to show up? Damn, too late already (I predict).
At the risk of getting flamed, I'd say if anything, it sounds more like an admission that Windows can't be beat on the desktop. So, avoid the confrontation by "competing" with embedded tech where Windows is know to suck.
"Whole story through the eyes of some minor character with comic relief" would go down a lot better than the essence of the last two did.
After seeing what GL can do with a story line, I'm certain it's not outside the realm of possible plot twists anymore.
This is why judges get to grant temporary orders. So both sides can get expert witnesses and other types of evidence and testimorny in order so they can make a reasonably informed descision (assuming the judge actually decides this, i.e. bench trial as opposed to jury trial) if it even comes to that before being thrown out. Judges usually aren't idiots. They aren't perfect either, but an armada of expert judges won't improve the situation.
No thanks, I'd rather have judges stick to legal expertise and leave the convincing him/her one way or the other stuff to the people bringing these (stupid) lawsuits.
My prediction: This will get thrown out.
Even with the stuff you enumerated, they're way ahead, anybody this ammendment makes provision to deal with is already way ahead you.
The worst thing anyone with a musket had to face down would have been a canon??? Modern military hardware like tanks, missles, jets, etc. versus modern small arms isn't even close to fair. Not that I'm advocating an AK in every pot. ;-)
I was in a class with several older British students, mostly my parents age. Over the course of class we had all become rather good friends. The term had ended and about a dozen of us went out for dinner one evening to celebrate.
Naturally, there were several conversations going on at the table at once and I was keeping up with the one going on closest to me.
All of a sudden, on of our dinner mates from the other end of the table turned to me and asked, "you know about LSD (referring to the old monetary system: pounds, shillings, pence), right?"
I was a bit shocked by the question, but answered honestly, "well... I tried it once a few years back but it made me really anxious and I didn't like what it did to my mind. I think I'm sticking to beer from here on out."
There was a long 3-second pause in conversation at the entire table, which promptly errupted into about a solid minute of raucous laughter.
I don't think I'm ever living that one down.
This will do in the meantime.
Trial presentation systems on OS X or Linux. Sounds good to me. In pressure situations where a complicated presentation has to work and not crumble around you while your trying to give, it'd be nice to not worry about your OS flaking on you. Apple and Linux both have rock solid reps there, but Windows is catching up fast. It may already be too late for non-Windows platforms to claim much of an advantage there anymore.
Until Linux has some credibility in the desktop arena it's hard to wish for that even.