Wow you're an idiot. I don't give a crap about OGG, and most of my music came from my own CDs. (And when a new single comes out that I just have to have, off to the iTMS I go.) I know so many of the Slashdot crowd like to think that OGG is the next best thing since sliced bread, but not everybody feels that way.
As well, I use AAC for all of my music now, and I don't seem to be paying any sort of tax to the "frau^^^^houfenber" people.
Don't see it. MS's new product doesn't seem like a small, simple to use device that you slip into a pocket and easily play music from. Are you really going to pull out something like that on a train or whatnot to play some music? Clip it to your hip to go jogging?
It might end up being a great portable media device, but portable media device does not equal iPod. They're different markets.
I listen to Outkast. A lot of their stuff is great, and they try to do new and different things in a genre that isn't always known for a lot of creativity. I think one sign of their music being good is that a whole heck of a lot of people who aren't typically into rap of hiphop music like and appreciate their songs.
iTunes has been out since long before the iPod came to exist, so I doubt that iTunes exists simply to sell iPods. It, like a number of Apple's apps, was created to help enrich the Mac software library to try to convince people to come over.
Of course, now with the iPod and a Windows port, things are a bit different. However, since iTunes never cost originally, I doubt that Apple would decide that that would be the route to go should both the iPod and iTMS stop being the ends Apple wants you to get to via iTunes.
So, wait, you're calling things like Chobits and Ranma GOOD but things like WH Robin BAD? Wow.
Ranma is fanboy trash. Chobits... possibly even more so.
I lived in Japan for a while, and I can assure you that 99% of Western-made movies in Japanese theaters are subtitled. The huge hits typically get two versions - a dub and a sub, both playing at the same time - but you couldn't even count on there being a Japanese dub from what I saw.
TV was a different matter. Movies were certainly dubbed, but a number of the major channels offered the movies with both Japanese and English vocal tracks that could be switched between.
God this is such a stupid opinion. What, you have a RIGHT, as an American citizen, to buy music from the iTMS? Give me a break. Not being able to use a technology doesn't give you the right to then go and steal or break it. Apple doesn't HAVE to be "fair" to everybody. Nobody does.
I can't get pregnant because I'm not a girl. That's so unfair of God to do that! It isn't fair to everybody!
In America? Probably not a lot.
A number of different countries, though, are more singles-based. For example, in Japan, the primary means of selling music is through singles. When a certain artist or group has enough decent singles, an full album with some extra tracks hits. Sometimes, for smaller groups or artists, all you ever get are the singles.
I've purchased a number of tracks from the iTunes Music Store. So far, I've not had one single instance where I ran into the DRM stopping me from doing something with the music that I wanted/needed to.
Sure, I can't send the tracks to all of my friends and have them play them. Shouldn't be doing that anyhow.
But I guess I just don't yet realize how much I'm being held down by the man.
I can see the people who would rather stay with Jaguar than switch over to Panther - however, why would anybody stick with 10.1? Yes, it was the first really stable, really usable release, but if you value your computing experience at all, there is no excuse for not at least upgrading to Jaguar. There were still too many things in 10.1 that needing to be worked out, smoothed over, improved, the whole works.
Refusing to upgrade from 10.2, maybe I can see. But refusing to upgrade from 10.1, sorry, I can't feed bad for those people.
So... you TOLD it to sort your music... and it did... and now you're pissed. Huh.
Anyhow, I don't see the big deal. I guess to me, sorting your music by folders of artist, then album, just makes sense, and is far more organized.
But then again, ever since I started using iTunes, I've hardly ever had reason to go digging through the folders. And if I need to suddenly find a certain song, I can find it quickly, because of that very organization.
That was basically how my dorm room for my year in Japan was furnished. I first got a decent working 13" TV, which was then later replaced by a 17" TV, both from the trash. Stereo, speakers, TV stand, really nice chair, cabinet thing for the kitchen, PlayStation games, tons of stuff from the trash. Not literally IN the trash - but put in the trash area for taking away once a month.
At first, I felt a bit like a weirdo for furnishing my room from all of this thrown-out stuff. But, you know, so much of it was still really good stuff, and if you really look at it, it's a lot like getting the stuff from a garage sale, except for free.
There have been console FPS titles that you could play with a mouse and keyboard. Dreamcast had many of them. Even easier, on the PS2, you can just plug in a USB mouse and keyboard.
You're right, you aren't Nintendo's demographic. I doubt that they are going after the "too stupid to just play games for fun, and instead classify them as 'kiddy' or 'non-kiddy' games" demographic.
As I Dreamcast lover, I LOVE this kind of stuff. "Why do this? You can buy a cheap PC and blah blah"... that isn't the point. The point is that people who love the DC are finding all of these great other uses for it. The Dreamcast is still a beautiful system, and is very versitile in what it can do. The bigger the underground DC scene becomes, the happier I am. I remember back when VMU animations were just becoming possible, and how fun that kind of stuff was. I made two Japanese flash card programs for the VMU through the simple animation routines. What was the point? Just because I could, and I got a kick out of seeing it work.
I think, with shareware, is that there are times when the author is just insane with what s/he thinks the program is worth. I'll fully admit I'm a bad person for not registering all of the shareware that I love and use often. I should, it is irresponsible of me. However, there are other pieces of shareware where the cost is just insane compared to what it does. "Download this program to change your mouse arrow to one of five colors, only $20!" Come on. Just because you put work into something doesn't mean you then have valid reason to charge for it. What happened to writing a program or whatever because you want to better YOUR computing experience, and then just putting it out there to share with the rest of the world? That way of thinking seems to be less and less anymore. There is shareware that is more than worth the price asked, and there is shareware that should be freeware or $10 or less. Some of these shareware programs out there that are $25, $30, or more, and do very simple things, that's just crazy.
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Wow you're an idiot. I don't give a crap about OGG, and most of my music came from my own CDs. (And when a new single comes out that I just have to have, off to the iTMS I go.) I know so many of the Slashdot crowd like to think that OGG is the next best thing since sliced bread, but not everybody feels that way.
As well, I use AAC for all of my music now, and I don't seem to be paying any sort of tax to the "frau^^^^houfenber" people.
Don't see it. MS's new product doesn't seem like a small, simple to use device that you slip into a pocket and easily play music from. Are you really going to pull out something like that on a train or whatnot to play some music? Clip it to your hip to go jogging?
It might end up being a great portable media device, but portable media device does not equal iPod. They're different markets.
I listen to Outkast. A lot of their stuff is great, and they try to do new and different things in a genre that isn't always known for a lot of creativity. I think one sign of their music being good is that a whole heck of a lot of people who aren't typically into rap of hiphop music like and appreciate their songs.
iTunes has been out since long before the iPod came to exist, so I doubt that iTunes exists simply to sell iPods. It, like a number of Apple's apps, was created to help enrich the Mac software library to try to convince people to come over.
Of course, now with the iPod and a Windows port, things are a bit different. However, since iTunes never cost originally, I doubt that Apple would decide that that would be the route to go should both the iPod and iTMS stop being the ends Apple wants you to get to via iTunes.
That one little thing - the wrestling promoter bit - ruined the ENTIRE movie for you?
Wow... you must not enjoy very many movies then, if trivial little things like that can ruin a film for you.
So is anybody who watches Western live-action movies automatically a porn addict because porn movies exist?
So, wait, you're calling things like Chobits and Ranma GOOD but things like WH Robin BAD? Wow. Ranma is fanboy trash. Chobits... possibly even more so.
I lived in Japan for a while, and I can assure you that 99% of Western-made movies in Japanese theaters are subtitled. The huge hits typically get two versions - a dub and a sub, both playing at the same time - but you couldn't even count on there being a Japanese dub from what I saw.
TV was a different matter. Movies were certainly dubbed, but a number of the major channels offered the movies with both Japanese and English vocal tracks that could be switched between.
God this is such a stupid opinion. What, you have a RIGHT, as an American citizen, to buy music from the iTMS? Give me a break. Not being able to use a technology doesn't give you the right to then go and steal or break it. Apple doesn't HAVE to be "fair" to everybody. Nobody does. I can't get pregnant because I'm not a girl. That's so unfair of God to do that! It isn't fair to everybody!
Bull. You know what you're getting when you purchase a song from Apple. Don't like it? Don't buy songs from them.
In America? Probably not a lot. A number of different countries, though, are more singles-based. For example, in Japan, the primary means of selling music is through singles. When a certain artist or group has enough decent singles, an full album with some extra tracks hits. Sometimes, for smaller groups or artists, all you ever get are the singles.
Massive restrictions?
I've purchased a number of tracks from the iTunes Music Store. So far, I've not had one single instance where I ran into the DRM stopping me from doing something with the music that I wanted/needed to.
Sure, I can't send the tracks to all of my friends and have them play them. Shouldn't be doing that anyhow.
But I guess I just don't yet realize how much I'm being held down by the man.
I can see the people who would rather stay with Jaguar than switch over to Panther - however, why would anybody stick with 10.1? Yes, it was the first really stable, really usable release, but if you value your computing experience at all, there is no excuse for not at least upgrading to Jaguar. There were still too many things in 10.1 that needing to be worked out, smoothed over, improved, the whole works.
Refusing to upgrade from 10.2, maybe I can see. But refusing to upgrade from 10.1, sorry, I can't feed bad for those people.
So... you TOLD it to sort your music... and it did... and now you're pissed. Huh.
Anyhow, I don't see the big deal. I guess to me, sorting your music by folders of artist, then album, just makes sense, and is far more organized.
But then again, ever since I started using iTunes, I've hardly ever had reason to go digging through the folders. And if I need to suddenly find a certain song, I can find it quickly, because of that very organization.
That was basically how my dorm room for my year in Japan was furnished. I first got a decent working 13" TV, which was then later replaced by a 17" TV, both from the trash. Stereo, speakers, TV stand, really nice chair, cabinet thing for the kitchen, PlayStation games, tons of stuff from the trash. Not literally IN the trash - but put in the trash area for taking away once a month.
At first, I felt a bit like a weirdo for furnishing my room from all of this thrown-out stuff. But, you know, so much of it was still really good stuff, and if you really look at it, it's a lot like getting the stuff from a garage sale, except for free.
There have been console FPS titles that you could play with a mouse and keyboard. Dreamcast had many of them. Even easier, on the PS2, you can just plug in a USB mouse and keyboard.
You're right, you aren't Nintendo's demographic. I doubt that they are going after the "too stupid to just play games for fun, and instead classify them as 'kiddy' or 'non-kiddy' games" demographic.
That's the problem with Asian jokes... too many Westerners are too damned stupid to know which people to use which jokes with.
As I Dreamcast lover, I LOVE this kind of stuff. "Why do this? You can buy a cheap PC and blah blah" ... that isn't the point. The point is that people who love the DC are finding all of these great other uses for it. The Dreamcast is still a beautiful system, and is very versitile in what it can do. The bigger the underground DC scene becomes, the happier I am. I remember back when VMU animations were just becoming possible, and how fun that kind of stuff was. I made two Japanese flash card programs for the VMU through the simple animation routines. What was the point? Just because I could, and I got a kick out of seeing it work.
I think, with shareware, is that there are times when the author is just insane with what s/he thinks the program is worth. I'll fully admit I'm a bad person for not registering all of the shareware that I love and use often. I should, it is irresponsible of me. However, there are other pieces of shareware where the cost is just insane compared to what it does. "Download this program to change your mouse arrow to one of five colors, only $20!" Come on. Just because you put work into something doesn't mean you then have valid reason to charge for it. What happened to writing a program or whatever because you want to better YOUR computing experience, and then just putting it out there to share with the rest of the world? That way of thinking seems to be less and less anymore. There is shareware that is more than worth the price asked, and there is shareware that should be freeware or $10 or less. Some of these shareware programs out there that are $25, $30, or more, and do very simple things, that's just crazy.