OK, then I guess I am fool because I totally believed it was real. I even thought it was perhaps a good idea, though I have to admit I didn't think eminem was the most important material to preserve. I guess NPR really made me into an idiot. Maybe I should stop sending them money.
the only way for sure exactly what a game entails is to evaluate ALL of it
That's what the current system does. The company making the game evaluates their product based on ESRB guidlines. They evaluate ALL OF IT. It is also in their enlightened self interest to not lie on these either.
Step 1: Buy Apple. Step 2: Don't change anything at Apple, except to tell them to license their OS to other manufacturers. Step 3: Plan the transition from XP to OS X.
I can think of several artists who either moved from a major label to an Indie label or have been offered contracts with major labels and choose to stay indie. All of them make their living from music, not dog cage cleaning.
On another note, think about how nice it would have been if DRM would have been existant throughout history. Try to imagine archeaology with a past that had used DRM, encrypted scrolls, dutch masters that you can only see with the right kind of glasses, statues that desintegrate after being viewed more than three times on the same day by the same people.
It's telling that our culture seems to put emphasis on how shortlived it really is, instead of thinking of the future and how we can best preserve our legacy for those that will come after us.
There are people who are trying to preserve things for the future. I heard a story on NPR perhaps a couple of years ago about a group of people who were creating brand new 78 rpm records of current music. The reason was for preservaton because a 78 RPM records is apparently extrememly easy to play even without much technology. Personally, I fail to see how the music of eminem is going to help future generations living after the collapse of technology (perhaps as a warning of what to avoid?)
Our society may ultimately be remembered only for the work of those individuals.
Who is to say that our view of past societies isn't mostly based on things that those societies chose to preserve for the long term. They may very well have had other artworks that were shorter lasting that we won't know about.
I was reading about the history of photography. One thing I learned was that there were photographic techniques created in the 1700s that could take a photograph, but they had not yet developed technology to "fix" the photograph permanently. So, those images only lasted minutes in most cases.
As for the "think of the children" bunch: if they have kids whom it's negatively impacting, take them and give them to someone who can take care of them
When President Clinton was in office, he signed legislation that makes it far easier for highly irresponsible people to permanent lose custody of their children. I wish more people who voted republican were aware of this fact.
He should take a look at a company called Microsoft. Creating a no-competition environment seems to have worked out well for them.
Microsoft had many early competitors. They have competitors now.
iPod and iTunes were not new ideas. There were other MP3 players, there were other music managing applications, and there were other music download services. What Apple did was deliver a product that simply better than what the competition was offering at the time. Apple had competition when the introduced these things, they also have competition now.
Not possible since it is only 2006. However, I would bet that in 2022 it will be possible to buy a working unit of any model of iPod you want via eBay (or the 2022 equivalent of eBay.) The problem is that you may not have a computer with USB or Firewire to attach it to in 2022.
The iPod's nearly seamless design results in there being no easy way to actually replace the battery
That is completely false. It is very quick and easy to replace the battery in an iPod. I bought a kit from then and replaced the battery in my 2nd Gen iPod in maybe 5 minutes.
Obviously, mr coward, you didn't even read the post you are replying to. The older stuff was in unbleached recycled cardboard - and it was that way for a long time before Jobs came back and changed the packaging.
OK. I agree with you, but consider this... something like HALF the taxes we pay goes just for interest on the debt! What I would like is if Congress could get the DEBT under control before the fscking government collapses.
If we had a ballanced budget AND got rid of useless spending such as NASA, optional wars, AmTrak, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Weapon systems that we don't need, National Endowment for the Arts, Federal Department of Education, UN, National Parks, etc, etc. then we could have a REALLY FUCKING BIG TAX CUT!
I think a lot of what he had to say in the article is relevant even if you have to have some deadlines and delivery dates. I have been tasked to come up with various plans to improve processes at my company and I tend to have thoughts similar to this author, but also I am aware that my company does have to have some delivery dates. Mostly because we produce software that is non-trivial for our customers to roll out. So, I've been thinking as to how we can have realistic delivery dates that we can meet, have a processes that isn't a bunch of shit, and continue to do cool things. I found this article to be great food for thought.
There is a catch. You have to be a genius with god-like programming skills.
Oh, and not have a problem working for a company that sets their motto to be "don't be evil" one day, and then becomes a tool for repression in China the next day.
I just booted it up one day, and it said "Your copy of windows is not activated".
In my work, I don't use Windows to store any critical data and part of the reason is bullshit like this. The only thing I use Windows for is creating software that has to run on Windows.
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That schtick was old when "fozzey bear" lifted it.
Um. (Sadly?) that was an April Fool's Day joke.
OK, then I guess I am fool because I totally believed it was real. I even thought it was perhaps a good idea, though I have to admit I didn't think eminem was the most important material to preserve. I guess NPR really made me into an idiot. Maybe I should stop sending them money.
the only way for sure exactly what a game entails is to evaluate ALL of it
That's what the current system does. The company making the game evaluates their product based on ESRB guidlines. They evaluate ALL OF IT. It is also in their enlightened self interest to not lie on these either.
Step 1: Buy Apple.
Step 2: Don't change anything at Apple, except to tell them to license their OS to other manufacturers.
Step 3: Plan the transition from XP to OS X.
Yeah, thats why I have such a hard time finding forward cursor deleting
It is in the same damn place as on windows - dufus.
You can get your songs off your iPod to iTunes now if I am not mistaken. New version 7 feature and all that.
It only copies music that you bought on iTMS. Your DRM-free AAC/MP3 music is not copied over.
I can think of several artists who either moved from a major label to an Indie label or have been offered contracts with major labels and choose to stay indie. All of them make their living from music, not dog cage cleaning.
On another note, think about how nice it would have been if DRM would have been existant throughout history. Try to imagine archeaology with a past that had used DRM, encrypted scrolls, dutch masters that you can only see with the right kind of glasses, statues that desintegrate after being viewed more than three times on the same day by the same people.
It's telling that our culture seems to put emphasis on how shortlived it really is, instead of thinking of the future and how we can best preserve our legacy for those that will come after us.
There are people who are trying to preserve things for the future. I heard a story on NPR perhaps a couple of years ago about a group of people who were creating brand new 78 rpm records of current music. The reason was for preservaton because a 78 RPM records is apparently extrememly easy to play even without much technology. Personally, I fail to see how the music of eminem is going to help future generations living after the collapse of technology (perhaps as a warning of what to avoid?)
Our society may ultimately be remembered only for the work of those individuals.
Who is to say that our view of past societies isn't mostly based on things that those societies chose to preserve for the long term. They may very well have had other artworks that were shorter lasting that we won't know about.
I was reading about the history of photography. One thing I learned was that there were photographic techniques created in the 1700s that could take a photograph, but they had not yet developed technology to "fix" the photograph permanently. So, those images only lasted minutes in most cases.
I don't see where it would be a big deal to remember to plug one more device in every night.
You keep saying that long enough and you won't be able to get any sleep between all the plugging and unplugging you will be doing.
why don't they put the damn phone in your watch!
They can't afford to license the patent that Dick Tracy has on that.
ant vs steam roller.
Reminds me of that classic piece of cinema: Bambi meets Godzilla.
As for the "think of the children" bunch: if they have kids whom it's negatively impacting, take them and give them to someone who can take care of them
When President Clinton was in office, he signed legislation that makes it far easier for highly irresponsible people to permanent lose custody of their children. I wish more people who voted republican were aware of this fact.
It would probably be easier and cheaper just to bribe the police.
He should take a look at a company called Microsoft. Creating a no-competition environment seems to have worked out well for them.
Microsoft had many early competitors. They have competitors now.
iPod and iTunes were not new ideas. There were other MP3 players, there were other music managing applications, and there were other music download services. What Apple did was deliver a product that simply better than what the competition was offering at the time. Apple had competition when the introduced these things, they also have competition now.
Because there's no large group of people out there that actually believe Santa Claus exists
You don't consider children to be a large group of people?
Show me an iPod that'll still function in 2022
Not possible since it is only 2006. However, I would bet that in 2022 it will be possible to buy a working unit of any model of iPod you want via eBay (or the 2022 equivalent of eBay.) The problem is that you may not have a computer with USB or Firewire to attach it to in 2022.
The iPod's nearly seamless design results in there being no easy way to actually replace the battery
That is completely false. It is very quick and easy to replace the battery in an iPod. I bought a kit from then and replaced the battery in my 2nd Gen iPod in maybe 5 minutes.
Obviously, mr coward, you didn't even read the post you are replying to. The older stuff was in unbleached recycled cardboard - and it was that way for a long time before Jobs came back and changed the packaging.
OK. I agree with you, but consider this... something like HALF the taxes we pay goes just for interest on the debt! What I would like is if Congress could get the DEBT under control before the fscking government collapses.
If we had a ballanced budget AND got rid of useless spending such as NASA, optional wars, AmTrak, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Weapon systems that we don't need, National Endowment for the Arts, Federal Department of Education, UN, National Parks, etc, etc. then we could have a REALLY FUCKING BIG TAX CUT!
Not to sound too corny, but do others find this is true?
No, it makes me cry when I think about how our country is going down the drain towards insolvency while congress wastes money on fake NASA shit.
Everyone should have a battery powered radio receiver. Hurricanes, Earthquakes, Flooding, Volcanos (like Mt. St. Helens) happen,
When your battery powered unit quits working because your batteries have gone dead, I'll be nice and let you listen to my hand cranked radio.
I think a lot of what he had to say in the article is relevant even if you have to have some deadlines and delivery dates. I have been tasked to come up with various plans to improve processes at my company and I tend to have thoughts similar to this author, but also I am aware that my company does have to have some delivery dates. Mostly because we produce software that is non-trivial for our customers to roll out. So, I've been thinking as to how we can have realistic delivery dates that we can meet, have a processes that isn't a bunch of shit, and continue to do cool things. I found this article to be great food for thought.
There is a catch. You have to be a genius with god-like programming skills.
Oh, and not have a problem working for a company that sets their motto to be "don't be evil" one day, and then becomes a tool for repression in China the next day.
A judge who uses common sense. Wow!
I just booted it up one day, and it said "Your copy of windows is not activated".
In my work, I don't use Windows to store any critical data and part of the reason is bullshit like this. The only thing I use Windows for is creating software that has to run on Windows.