Sure. But the original wasn't posted to the Apple section, so those of us who read the Apple section daily, but the main page only when time permits are seeing it for the first time.
Yes. But I suspect that Eminem did not continue to sell that mane records in the next 16 days.
The important point here really is that sales per average day have not diminished much since last week. 1 million in 7 days, 2 million in 16. This seems to indicate that the initial sales are not just a spike, they will be consistant. Eminem selling 7 million albums was a spike in both his own sales and in the sales of CDs in general.
And how about people printing out their digital photos?
this brings up an interesting side point: Digital Photography is very good for the environment. Photoprocessing involves a lot of nasty chemicals, which digital photography cuts out. Yes, people printing those photos uses more rescources, but there is still a net gain for the environment.
Yes, well, that's one solution. But since I've already got a Firewire cable (Macs come with one free) IP over Firewire is a nice option to have as well.
If the music industry becomes obsolete, you will have no new music to download
No, if the music industry becomes obsolete (it is in this very process) a new industry will spring up in its place.
You are right that musicians still need marketing. So that's why they will hire companies to promote their records -- record companies.
There will still be record companies, it is just that they will work for the musicians. Right now there is an oligarchy in music distribution, but this is fast ending. The advent of popular low cost internet radio is breaking the Clear Channel hemogeny, and online music stores (see Apple's for instance) will make distribution much easier and cheaper.
The result will be an opening up of the market. There will be more competition and viable competition to the big 5 RIAA giants. This means that they will have to stand on their promoting merits, not on their current lockdown of distribution.
Most likely some or all of the current companies will survive (they have deep enough pockets) but their bussiness models will be fundementally changed.
The record companies see this -- they have to -- and probably know it is inevitable down the line. But their current system is tried, true, trusted, and usually profitable, so you can understand their reluctance to give it up.
at first i figured the RIAA will surely sue Apple.
Yeah, that would be a good bussiness move. Attempt to stop piracy by sueing the only company that's made a successful go at legal music distribution on the net.
Come to think of it, this is the RIAA, so you're probably right.
I hope that Apple... ports this to PC.... I'd love to be able to just download the new Metallica CD as soon as it comes out, legitimately.
The first part is promised for the end of this year. As for the Metallica part, you're out of luck. Metallica offers no songs or albums for sale on the iTunes Music Store.
6. Pseudo-philosophy which is readily comprehensible lets the hard-of-thinking think that they are intelligent.
Hey, don't knock it. Do you know how much easier it is to explain philospical concepts to my friends when I can start by saying, "Remember that scene in the Matrix? It's like that except..." ?
I mean come on, it's fuzzy conjecture in a newspaper, not a detailed scientific study that has been subjected to careful peer review.
The Article:
Such claims have now been sharply contradicted by the
most comprehensive study yet of global temperature over the past 1,000 years. A review of more than 240 scientific studies has shown
How exactly is this not a detailed study or peer reviewed?
Not that I disagree with your first statement, but IIRC, you left an important fact out of your anecdote.
During that time period a lot of sulfur was released into the air. This has a cooling effect. It also tends to make acid rain, which is why it was curtailed. CO2 emmisions have thus been allowed to rise more quickly. Ever since, the effects of warming have been the predominant climate change force. (I did a quick google for confirmation and got these: http://www.gcrio.org/gwcc/part1.html, http://www.asl-associates.com/sulfur.htm)
It is possible that local warming in urban areas has contaminated surface data, skewing the results.
Considering that a June preview indicates a fall release (remember that Jag had an early summer preview and a fall release) it will have been a year since the last paid release when this comes out. That would seem to indicate this will be a paid release assuming one paid release per year.
Not that I am saying you are wrong, it is just that I'll believe it when I see it.
I'm a newbie around here. As long as I've been a reader, "BSD is dying" has been an old joke. So can anyone tell me: what is the origin of the BSD is Dying troll.
Was it one piece repeatedly posted to stories (like the Father O'Day or whatever that thing is that keeps getting posted on Apple stories) or was it someone's sig, or just lots of posts?
If it was just one repeated post, or a sig, does anyone have a copy of the thing they can post?
OK, most people don't REALLY plan on buying more than one album in 10, 20, 50, 100 that they sample
True, I probably only buy one out ten of the songs that I download. But since the other nine usually don't last more than 20 seconds to 5 minutes on my system, I think to 'listen and buy' model is still an acurate description.
Of course the fact that internet allows me to buy many more imports and/or indie artists is still bad for the major labels. But that's a different rant entirely.
That makes sense. That arguement did not come across to me in your post (I'll admit to reading only your high moderated comment).
The confusion came from your definition of the word 'integration' which is not the one usually batted around here. And also from the fact that the integration with OSX of which you speak is not unique to Safari, and from the comments about tying together Safari or KHTML with other system apps.
That in my opinion doesn't refute the fact that Safari -- especially for a beta release -- is already remarkably integrated into the system,
Really I think the burden of proof is on you. If I drag Safari to the Trash it will be as if Safari never existed.
On my system Chimera is far more integrated than Safari. When I open an html file or webloc or tell another app to open a page, it opens in Chimera. (Chimera even appears automatically on my list of possible default browsers. OSX 10.1 only showed IE automatically)
The only real way in which the System and Safari are linked is that when Safari 1.0 comes out the system will tell me. Of course by the time it does I will have already seen it on VersionTracker and read articles about it on MacSlash and possibly Slashdot. And if I never want to see another Safari release in my life after that I can tell System Update to stop showing Safari to me.
The only integration is that Safari looks like an iApp and it accesses the same features provided to 3rd party browsers.
Two years after becoming President, Steve Jobs becomes fed up with the bueracracy and leaves suddenly to start up his own country in his Palo Alto Garage.
Does that mean that when the country goes down the tubes we'll have to buy up that country and base all further products on its technology?
your grand One P2P to Rule Them All and Bind Them will be a propriatary, commercial venture
That doesn't change much, iCommune was still dependant on the very proprietary iTunes.
no guarantee it will be compatible with anyone else, limiting your trading to just other mac players
IIRC, iCommune used Rendezvous, which simply the other macs on your local network. So again, no change.
possible monitoring capabilities (it is one network...
No, it isn't. The Rendezvous network does not extend beyond your intranet. There is a separate one any time two or more OSX machines are on a network. So the other machines could just be the computers in the other rooms of your house, or they could be every mac on your campus.
One good lawsuit from the media cartels
Here's the thing, though. iTunes 4 will only stream music, and presumably only one person can be listening to a song at one time. Thus, there will be no illegal activity going on.
I look forward to iTunes 4, but iCommune would likely have been dead on arrival for me. Why? because for p2p to work many people need to use it. Surely too few people in my dorm would have found iCommune. But everybody will upgrade iTunes so there will be many users.
While you may wax on about the control Apple has over the Mac platform you miss the point. That is the ideal behind the Mac. There is a controlling entity trying to make a consistant uniform environment. The Mac is about benevolent dictatorship, Linux is about absolute freedom, Windows is about neither. That's why people bag on MS and defend Apple.
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Don't forget: 7. Don't even need to back up my music because I can redownload it all for free on any registered Mac (for free).
If you haven't seen it, it's new to you.
The important point here really is that sales per average day have not diminished much since last week. 1 million in 7 days, 2 million in 16. This seems to indicate that the initial sales are not just a spike, they will be consistant. Eminem selling 7 million albums was a spike in both his own sales and in the sales of CDs in general.
this brings up an interesting side point: Digital Photography is very good for the environment. Photoprocessing involves a lot of nasty chemicals, which digital photography cuts out. Yes, people printing those photos uses more rescources, but there is still a net gain for the environment.
Yes, well, that's one solution. But since I've already got a Firewire cable (Macs come with one free) IP over Firewire is a nice option to have as well.
I think it is a suppliment for ethernet.
For instance, by roommate has a laptop and a desktop but only one ethernet port, so he uses IP over Firewire to have both computers on the internet.
It is also useful if you need to connect two computers but you are already using the ethernet jack on one of them.
No, if the music industry becomes obsolete (it is in this very process) a new industry will spring up in its place.
You are right that musicians still need marketing. So that's why they will hire companies to promote their records -- record companies.
There will still be record companies, it is just that they will work for the musicians. Right now there is an oligarchy in music distribution, but this is fast ending. The advent of popular low cost internet radio is breaking the Clear Channel hemogeny, and online music stores (see Apple's for instance) will make distribution much easier and cheaper.
The result will be an opening up of the market. There will be more competition and viable competition to the big 5 RIAA giants. This means that they will have to stand on their promoting merits, not on their current lockdown of distribution.
Most likely some or all of the current companies will survive (they have deep enough pockets) but their bussiness models will be fundementally changed.
The record companies see this -- they have to -- and probably know it is inevitable down the line. But their current system is tried, true, trusted, and usually profitable, so you can understand their reluctance to give it up.
Yeah, that would be a good bussiness move. Attempt to stop piracy by sueing the only company that's made a successful go at legal music distribution on the net.
Come to think of it, this is the RIAA, so you're probably right.
£;-)
The first part is promised for the end of this year. As for the Metallica part, you're out of luck. Metallica offers no songs or albums for sale on the iTunes Music Store.
But anyway, wasn't the question "What is 7 times 8?" I don't have the book handy.
Hey, don't knock it. Do you know how much easier it is to explain philospical concepts to my friends when I can start by saying, "Remember that scene in the Matrix? It's like that except..." ?
The Article:
How exactly is this not a detailed study or peer reviewed?
During that time period a lot of sulfur was released into the air. This has a cooling effect. It also tends to make acid rain, which is why it was curtailed. CO2 emmisions have thus been allowed to rise more quickly. Ever since, the effects of warming have been the predominant climate change force. (I did a quick google for confirmation and got these: http://www.gcrio.org/gwcc/part1.html, http://www.asl-associates.com/sulfur.htm)
It is possible that local warming in urban areas has contaminated surface data, skewing the results.
Interesting. Do you have a link?
How much good will this do in the Apple section if the bug is in the Windows version?
Considering that a June preview indicates a fall release (remember that Jag had an early summer preview and a fall release) it will have been a year since the last paid release when this comes out. That would seem to indicate this will be a paid release assuming one paid release per year.
Not that I am saying you are wrong, it is just that I'll believe it when I see it.
Was it one piece repeatedly posted to stories (like the Father O'Day or whatever that thing is that keeps getting posted on Apple stories) or was it someone's sig, or just lots of posts?
If it was just one repeated post, or a sig, does anyone have a copy of the thing they can post?
Thanks.
True, I probably only buy one out ten of the songs that I download. But since the other nine usually don't last more than 20 seconds to 5 minutes on my system, I think to 'listen and buy' model is still an acurate description.
Of course the fact that internet allows me to buy many more imports and/or indie artists is still bad for the major labels. But that's a different rant entirely.
The magic fantasy world where all math works out easily in my head.
It worked for Prince.
Well, at least the RIAA will be happy...
That makes sense. That arguement did not come across to me in your post (I'll admit to reading only your high moderated comment).
The confusion came from your definition of the word 'integration' which is not the one usually batted around here. And also from the fact that the integration with OSX of which you speak is not unique to Safari, and from the comments about tying together Safari or KHTML with other system apps.
if you'll put the flame thrower back down
oh come on. it's only a zippo.
Of course.Are you new here? £:-)
Really I think the burden of proof is on you. If I drag Safari to the Trash it will be as if Safari never existed.
On my system Chimera is far more integrated than Safari. When I open an html file or webloc or tell another app to open a page, it opens in Chimera. (Chimera even appears automatically on my list of possible default browsers. OSX 10.1 only showed IE automatically)
The only real way in which the System and Safari are linked is that when Safari 1.0 comes out the system will tell me. Of course by the time it does I will have already seen it on VersionTracker and read articles about it on MacSlash and possibly Slashdot. And if I never want to see another Safari release in my life after that I can tell System Update to stop showing Safari to me.
The only integration is that Safari looks like an iApp and it accesses the same features provided to 3rd party browsers.
Does that mean that when the country goes down the tubes we'll have to buy up that country and base all further products on its technology?
That doesn't change much, iCommune was still dependant on the very proprietary iTunes.
no guarantee it will be compatible with anyone else, limiting your trading to just other mac players
IIRC, iCommune used Rendezvous, which simply the other macs on your local network. So again, no change.
possible monitoring capabilities (it is one network...
No, it isn't. The Rendezvous network does not extend beyond your intranet. There is a separate one any time two or more OSX machines are on a network. So the other machines could just be the computers in the other rooms of your house, or they could be every mac on your campus.
One good lawsuit from the media cartels
Here's the thing, though. iTunes 4 will only stream music, and presumably only one person can be listening to a song at one time. Thus, there will be no illegal activity going on.
I look forward to iTunes 4, but iCommune would likely have been dead on arrival for me. Why? because for p2p to work many people need to use it. Surely too few people in my dorm would have found iCommune. But everybody will upgrade iTunes so there will be many users.
While you may wax on about the control Apple has over the Mac platform you miss the point. That is the ideal behind the Mac. There is a controlling entity trying to make a consistant uniform environment. The Mac is about benevolent dictatorship, Linux is about absolute freedom, Windows is about neither. That's why people bag on MS and defend Apple.