I'll probably get modded down by some fanboy jackass, but here goes.
This is further proof that Apple, which does produce some excellent products (I'm the owner of several of them), is, at its core, an evil corporation. Steve Jobs is the subject of a criminal investigation for securities fraud relating to options backdating. In other words, billions weren't enough, he had to have trillions.
The guy was probably drunk when he was doing the research.
For those of you just tuning in, WSU is a well-known drinking school. People wear sweatshirts that say, "Our Drinking Team Has a Football Problem." And their football team has its share of problems, too: They lost to the UW Huskies when the latter was having a horrible year. This proves, of course, that the Cougars are still the Cougars.
I like Apple products. I own two of them myself. The advertising slogan is true - it Just Works. But the fact remains that their hardware is fucking overpriced, especially for the Mac Pro tower box. THAT is why they're so keen to keep OS X from running on any other hardware, they'd lose their monopoly.
Don't forget, AAPL is a member of the Business Software Alliance. And it looks like their megalomanic CEO Jobs was recently caught with his hand in the cookie jar.
What do you expect from a culture that glorifies stupidity and mediocrity?
Their attention spans are about the length of a 3:20 Britney Spears song. Do you expect them to be able to understand concepts like delayed gratification? This is also a country where the USA Today, written on a second grade reading level, is the No. 1 selling newspaper.
Um, no, we didn't repurchase any content (where did you get that?).
From your blog:
You'll have to buy all-new content from the new Zune Marketplace. Yes, this is true too.
You then defend this with an invalid comparison to switching from one vendor's player to another. Here, if you want to stay with Microsoft, you have to repurchase everything you bought from PlaysForSure from the Zune Store. Do you have to repurchase everything from ITMS if you switch from OS X to Windows or vice-versa? AFAIK, no. Seems to be a pretty steep price to pay just to stay with Bill.
Also, I wasn't gouged $100 for the FM-transmitter either -- second mistake in your comment.
I stand corrected. That's what M$ prices it at, hoping some idiot sheep will pay it.
why doesn't the iPod use standard headphone jacks?
It does. Nice try.
This is clearly astroturfing, it couldn't be more obvious. How much is Bill paying you to be his whore? $25?
This smells like poorly-written astroturfing to me. Still, he admits having to repurchase all of his content. And he was gouged $100 for the FM transmitter.
for information... the iPod DOES support OGG (iPodLinux)
Of course, as is so often the case with Linux, it only supports iPods that haven't been sold for a couple three years. Oh, and scroll down on that page - it doesn't support Ogg Vorbis. It only supports WAV, MP3, and AAC. It doesn't support DRM'd AAC files either.
My question: What the fuck is the point other than for geeks to masturbate themselves? What's so cool about crippling an obsolete player?
The only thing that would be cool is if it supported high bitrate recording, but no dice on my iPod. I suspect that it will about the same time the HURD kernel supports USB.
But I suspect that the Zune's project manager will not "get off" as easily as Bob's did. After all, he isn't blonde with big tits and a short skirt. The same cannot be said of Bob's project manager, one Melinda French, n/k/a Melinda Gates.
As I said, I have years worth of WMA and WMV files.
Not meant as a troll or a flamebait, but you're one stupid sonofabitch. Why did you get married to a proprietary (and inferior) format invented with the sole purpose of DRM and vendor lock-in? You could have just as easily gone with standard formats like MP3 and use whatever player/platform you wanted.
I must say, friend, you really did drink the Kool-Aid. And I'm going to sit in the corner and laugh my ass off.
What's the most reason people stay in jobs they hate? "Well, I have a family to think about . . . " That's right, once you decide to make a genetic copy of yourself, then they really have you.
A lot of the world's problems would be solved if people would simply stop having kids for awhile. Me, I live a childfree lifestyle and couldn't be happier. The only regret I have about getting fixed is that I didn't do it sooner.
Blah blah blah faster blah blah blah voice and data blah blah blah it's gunna be awesome blah blah blah dynamic synergistic vertical integration category-killer blah blah blah buy a new handset blah blah blah it doesn't fucking work blah blah blah 3G/wCDMA was supposed to do the same thing . . . blah blah blah same old shit at twice the price . . .
Okay, we have a two-party system in this country. It can be accepted as a given that the chances of a libertarian being elected to national office are very slim. That being the case, the libertarian candidate will likely siphon votes from the challenger, thus handing the race to the incumbent. This is true of any third party. Don't believe me? Ralph Nader got something like 15,000 votes in Florida. Had those people instead voted for Gore, Bush never would have been elected and we wouldn't be in the mess we're in.
The judge did NOT say that the Recording Industry Ass. of America cannot have the hard drive. In fact, he said the exact opposite: "Plaintiff's motion to compel is GRANTED." Put another way, the judge said the RIAA can have the hard drive. In fact, he ordered the defendant to give it up. He did so conditionally, i.e., review by third-party expert, etc., but to say "Court says RIAA can't have HDD" is completely inaccurate.
From seeing the average lawyer's technical skills and the average/.er's knowledge of the law, I'm quickly coming to the conclusion that the two are mutually exclusive.
That's a very good point. Further, under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, if you get defaulted, you are deemed to have admitted the truth of all of the allegations of the complaint.
Personally, I suspect they just ran out of money to pay their lawyers. And the parent is correct, they could end up with a very nasty surprise when they find out that domesticating a judgment could be a lot easier than they think it is. Of course, they could always go bankrupt and resurrect themselves under a different name.
As I understand, and I could be wrong here, the F/A-18 is not a full-on air superiority fighter the way the F-14 is. The F/A-18 is more of a fighter/bomber. Why do we always mothball the weapons systems that actually work? First the SR-71, then the A-10 (well, it was going to be retired at one point,) and now this. By contrast, we keep running the ones that turn out to be pieces of shit that work only half the time, like the B-1B and B-2.
The best thing I can come up with is that the AF is banking on replacing the F-14 with the F-22 when (if?) the latter comes online.
Americans are stupid, ignorant jackasses who only care about the next idiotic "reality" TV show or who wore what to the Oscars. These are the same fucknuts who were duped into electing Bush twice despite a record of utter and abject failure. Hell, most of 'em probably can't even spell "net neutrality."
Not intended as a troll or a flame, just an expression of frustration. Jesus, Canada is looking better and better by the day.
The last Maxtor OneTouch II I bought was under $200 Canadian . . .
Which means it's about a buck U.S., right?
Not a commentary on the exchange rate, mind you, but on the fact that this would-be Bush-ugee has found that all things computer are expensive as fuck in Canada.
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I'll probably get modded down by some fanboy jackass, but here goes.
This is further proof that Apple, which does produce some excellent products (I'm the owner of several of them), is, at its core, an evil corporation. Steve Jobs is the subject of a criminal investigation for securities fraud relating to options backdating. In other words, billions weren't enough, he had to have trillions.
The guy was probably drunk when he was doing the research.
For those of you just tuning in, WSU is a well-known drinking school. People wear sweatshirts that say, "Our Drinking Team Has a Football Problem." And their football team has its share of problems, too: They lost to the UW Huskies when the latter was having a horrible year. This proves, of course, that the Cougars are still the Cougars.
I see the fanboy mods are out in force again.
I like Apple products. I own two of them myself. The advertising slogan is true - it Just Works. But the fact remains that their hardware is fucking overpriced, especially for the Mac Pro tower box. THAT is why they're so keen to keep OS X from running on any other hardware, they'd lose their monopoly.
Don't forget, AAPL is a member of the Business Software Alliance. And it looks like their megalomanic CEO Jobs was recently caught with his hand in the cookie jar.
What do you expect from a culture that glorifies stupidity and mediocrity?
Their attention spans are about the length of a 3:20 Britney Spears song. Do you expect them to be able to understand concepts like delayed gratification? This is also a country where the USA Today, written on a second grade reading level, is the No. 1 selling newspaper.
That's a safe bet, especially for Apple, which is Polish for "pay twice as much for the same hardware."
Um, no, we didn't repurchase any content (where did you get that?).
From your blog:
You'll have to buy all-new content from the new Zune Marketplace. Yes, this is true too.
You then defend this with an invalid comparison to switching from one vendor's player to another. Here, if you want to stay with Microsoft, you have to repurchase everything you bought from PlaysForSure from the Zune Store. Do you have to repurchase everything from ITMS if you switch from OS X to Windows or vice-versa? AFAIK, no. Seems to be a pretty steep price to pay just to stay with Bill.
Also, I wasn't gouged $100 for the FM-transmitter either -- second mistake in your comment.
I stand corrected. That's what M$ prices it at, hoping some idiot sheep will pay it.
why doesn't the iPod use standard headphone jacks?
It does. Nice try.
This is clearly astroturfing, it couldn't be more obvious. How much is Bill paying you to be his whore? $25?
"Coming Zune defense again" [sic].
This smells like poorly-written astroturfing to me. Still, he admits having to repurchase all of his content. And he was gouged $100 for the FM transmitter.
for information ... the iPod DOES support OGG (iPodLinux)
Of course, as is so often the case with Linux, it only supports iPods that haven't been sold for a couple three years. Oh, and scroll down on that page - it doesn't support Ogg Vorbis. It only supports WAV, MP3, and AAC. It doesn't support DRM'd AAC files either.
My question: What the fuck is the point other than for geeks to masturbate themselves? What's so cool about crippling an obsolete player?
The only thing that would be cool is if it supported high bitrate recording, but no dice on my iPod. I suspect that it will about the same time the HURD kernel supports USB.
But I suspect that the Zune's project manager will not "get off" as easily as Bob's did. After all, he isn't blonde with big tits and a short skirt. The same cannot be said of Bob's project manager, one Melinda French, n/k/a Melinda Gates.
As I said, I have years worth of WMA and WMV files.
Not meant as a troll or a flamebait, but you're one stupid sonofabitch. Why did you get married to a proprietary (and inferior) format invented with the sole purpose of DRM and vendor lock-in? You could have just as easily gone with standard formats like MP3 and use whatever player/platform you wanted.
I must say, friend, you really did drink the Kool-Aid. And I'm going to sit in the corner and laugh my ass off.
What's the most reason people stay in jobs they hate? "Well, I have a family to think about . . . " That's right, once you decide to make a genetic copy of yourself, then they really have you.
A lot of the world's problems would be solved if people would simply stop having kids for awhile. Me, I live a childfree lifestyle and couldn't be happier. The only regret I have about getting fixed is that I didn't do it sooner.
Exactly. Half the time, congresscritters don't read the fucking legislation they're voting on.
Maybe Google will fucking kill Apple.
Blah blah blah standards disagreement blah blah blah patent fight blah blah blah implementation delayed 20 years blah blah blah obsolete when implemented blah blah blah . . .
Blah blah blah faster blah blah blah voice and data blah blah blah it's gunna be awesome blah blah blah dynamic synergistic vertical integration category-killer blah blah blah buy a new handset blah blah blah it doesn't fucking work blah blah blah 3G/wCDMA was supposed to do the same thing . . . blah blah blah same old shit at twice the price . . .
Makes me want to move to Canada. The True North Strong and Free, indeed.
Trouble is, I'd have to learn Canadian, eh? Otherwise you guys might think I'm a shit disturber.
Okay, we have a two-party system in this country. It can be accepted as a given that the chances of a libertarian being elected to national office are very slim. That being the case, the libertarian candidate will likely siphon votes from the challenger, thus handing the race to the incumbent. This is true of any third party. Don't believe me? Ralph Nader got something like 15,000 votes in Florida. Had those people instead voted for Gore, Bush never would have been elected and we wouldn't be in the mess we're in.
The judge did NOT say that the Recording Industry Ass. of America cannot have the hard drive. In fact, he said the exact opposite: "Plaintiff's motion to compel is GRANTED." Put another way, the judge said the RIAA can have the hard drive. In fact, he ordered the defendant to give it up. He did so conditionally, i.e., review by third-party expert, etc., but to say "Court says RIAA can't have HDD" is completely inaccurate.
/.er's knowledge of the law, I'm quickly coming to the conclusion that the two are mutually exclusive.
From seeing the average lawyer's technical skills and the average
That's a very good point. Further, under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, if you get defaulted, you are deemed to have admitted the truth of all of the allegations of the complaint.
Personally, I suspect they just ran out of money to pay their lawyers. And the parent is correct, they could end up with a very nasty surprise when they find out that domesticating a judgment could be a lot easier than they think it is. Of course, they could always go bankrupt and resurrect themselves under a different name.
I really believe you can just make shit up about computers and people will believe it - "your flux capacitor is out of alignment" - that kind of shit.
No, it means that your hovercraft is full of eels.
Childfree. No kidding. Yes, I'm really sure it isn't going to happen.
You're right. Not dead, resting. Wake it up. Drop it on the floor.
As I understand, and I could be wrong here, the F/A-18 is not a full-on air superiority fighter the way the F-14 is. The F/A-18 is more of a fighter/bomber. Why do we always mothball the weapons systems that actually work? First the SR-71, then the A-10 (well, it was going to be retired at one point,) and now this. By contrast, we keep running the ones that turn out to be pieces of shit that work only half the time, like the B-1B and B-2.
The best thing I can come up with is that the AF is banking on replacing the F-14 with the F-22 when (if?) the latter comes online.
Help me out here, any military guys?
Americans are stupid, ignorant jackasses who only care about the next idiotic "reality" TV show or who wore what to the Oscars. These are the same fucknuts who were duped into electing Bush twice despite a record of utter and abject failure. Hell, most of 'em probably can't even spell "net neutrality."
Not intended as a troll or a flame, just an expression of frustration. Jesus, Canada is looking better and better by the day.
The last Maxtor OneTouch II I bought was under $200 Canadian . . .
Which means it's about a buck U.S., right?
Not a commentary on the exchange rate, mind you, but on the fact that this would-be Bush-ugee has found that all things computer are expensive as fuck in Canada.