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  1. Re:Just Checking on Sell Your Music on iTunes Music Store · · Score: 1

    The key part is that Downloads here is 3. Not the "ONE song" the original poster stated.

  2. Re:Just Checking on Sell Your Music on iTunes Music Store · · Score: 1

    Songs are tied to ONE computer, without the ability to change that. Depending upon the particular song, burns and transfers to a (select) number of mp3 players is limited to a discrete number.

    Don't get me wrong. I'm a a huge Apple fan, but the information you give is not quite accurate. It varies by song.

    If you look at the restrictions on the current number one BuyMusic download (Justin Timberlake's 'Rock Your Body' - need to be on Windows with IE), you'll see that the usage rules are: Downloads - 3, Transfers - unlimited, Burns - 10

  3. More on laurels on Microsoft Kills Off Mac IE, Blames Safari · · Score: 1

    Most laurels (rhododendrons) are poisonous. We don't eat them at our house.

    The herb "bay leaf" is a laurel, so you may eat them at your house.

    Bay Leaf
    Laurus nobilis
    Fam: Lauraceae

    The bay tree is indigenous to Asia Minor, from where it spread to the Mediterranean and then to other countries with similar climates. According to legend the Delphi oracle chewed bay leaves, or sniffed the smoke of burning leaves to promote her visionary trances. Bay, or laurel, was famed in ancient Greece and Rome. Emperors, heroes and poets wore wreaths of laurel leaves. The Greek word for laurel is dhafni, named for the myth of the nymph Daphne, who was changed into a laurel tree by Gaea, who transformed her to help her escape Apolloâ(TM)s attempted rape. Apollo made the tree sacred and thus it became a symbol of honour. The association with honour and glory continue today; we have poet laureates (Apollo was the God of poets), and bacca-laureate means "laurel berries" which signifies the completion of a bachelor degree. Doctors were also crowned with laurel, which was considered a cure-all. Triumphant athletes of ancient Greece were awarded laurel garlands and was given to winners at Olympic games since 776 BC Today, grand prix winners are bedecked with laurel wreaths. It was also believed that the laurel provided safety from the deities responsible for thunder and lightning. The Emperor Tiberius always wore a laurel wreath during thunderstorms.

    For more, see http://www.theepicentre.com/Spices/bay.html.

  4. Re:Uncontrollable kneejerk reaction on Microsoft Kills Off Mac IE, Blames Safari · · Score: 1

    QuarkXPress for OS X is supposedly out, as of this week. See http://www.quark.com/products/xpress/.

  5. Apple invented TrueType fonts on Steve Jobs And The Oh-So-Cool iMac · · Score: 1

    > Preferred font format is OpenType, but it supports all the others, too, even Windows-format TrueType.

    Actually, Apple invented TrueType fonts. See this history of TrueType from Microsoft's typography site: http://www.microsoft.com/typography/history/histor y.htm.

    Here is an interesting quote from Greg Hitchcock, one of the Microsoft engineers who adapted TrueType for Windows: "Interesting enough, and somewhat unfortunately, the press gave Microsoft credit for TrueType, instead of Apple. This had nothing to due with us, except for the fact that we were actively evangelizing TrueType, and Apple said almost nothing." Read the full article at http://www.truetype.demon.co.uk/tthist.htm.