There was pretty much one thing that broke the camel's back on iTunes. I updated to a newer version of iTunes after being nagged every time I plugged in my iPod, and now when I browse through the music on my iPod, it doesn't show me how much space is left on the iPod in the bottom status bar! WTF! That's probably the most useful stat about my iPod. Now I have to click on my iPod and switch to another screen to see how much space I have left. I can't wait until a REAL iPod killer comes out (none of this Zune BS)... I feel Apple has started to become complacent.
My solution is to not use QuickTime. What pisses me off about QT is that it puts itself in the Windows startup, eating up memory for no reason. In fact, I stopped using iTunes all together because it installs a couple of services AND QuickTime. Plus, it's such a pain in the ass when I plug in my iPod to charge, and my computer starts to kill itself loading up iTunes automatically. I use Winamp with the external ml_ipod plugin. It's much better.
You're missing years of the Quantum Mechanics study, which seems to make people crazy. This is a pretty ridiculous claim. Perhaps it makes sense in some sort of theoretical way, but I seriously doubt that this is a reality.
In theory I agree with you, but college students really don't care about such minor things such as copyright infringement, just like they don't care about breaking the law by puffing some weed. The MPAA isn't going to be teaching any lessons to college students.
This makes no sense. What are they going to accomplish by going after college kids, who really don't have that much disposable income? It seems counter-productive to me. You piss off a bunch of college kids, who can't afford to spend money on movies anyway, and who are going to earn money in the future, and will probably chose not to spend their money on movies, since the MPAA were being dicks. Not to mention the horrible invasion of privacy and security issues.
I seriously doubt that Google is loosing $110M just because of that button. In fact, it's probably losing more money in bandwidth costs for the HTML code to put that button there. That button is like playing the slot machine. Every once in a while you get lucky, and find exactly what you want, but most often you just hit the back button and feel stupid for pressing that button in the first place.
I'm no IT expert, but this is my impression of Vista.
Vista Pros: DX10 gaming. More secure?
Vista Cons: Slower, expensive, driver problems, compatibility issues.
I don't see a reason for businesses to switch to Vista, unless you play games at work. Does anyone see any real benefit for a business user to switch to Vista?
That might be the funniest piece of BS I've read in a long time. A war was inadvertently started against the consumers, just like Hitler inadvertently started WWII.
What's the point of this lawsuit anyway. If there's a conviction, then there'll be a pardon shortly after. No one's going to get punished, so there's no reason to stop breaking the law.
They have invented something called "Computers". These so called "Computers" are able to process a large amount of data. Using various algorithms, they can flag certain traffic they deem interesting.
I don't disagree with giving the authorities the tools they need to do their work. I disagree with giving the authorities unlimited access to Internet traffic, WITHOUT oversight. This is just ripe for abuse.
There are many ways to fight terrorism. I'm no expert, but I'm sure if you didn't wage an illegal war against a country based on false allegations, resulting in the killing of tens of thousands of innocent civilians, there wouldn't be a mob of angry hopeless people resorting to terrorists groups. Perhaps if billions were spent on finding a renewable substitute for oil, the countries that harbor terrorists wouldn't have so much money. Perhaps if you investigated why these terrorist groups are so against the West, then maybe you could figure out what makes them turn to extremism, and implement measures to reduce the number of people resorting to extremism.
What's worse is that this will be justified under the guise of anti-terrorism. As bills get passed to erode the freedom of American's, I'm watching the US slowly descend into totalitarianism. Lets face it, Americans just don't care. And why should they? They live comfortable lives, entertained with Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. If they follow the rules, they won't get hassled. Things will have to get pretty bad until people wake up and realize what has happened.
I totally agree. The arguments for vinyl in the article are completely retarded... Clearly the reason for vinyl sounding better has nothing to do with vinyl, but the processing done to the music. In fact, all the music printed on vinyl nowadays has probably been in a digital format at some point. So that really throws out the analog vs. digital argument. iPod will have more to do with the death of CDs than vinyl...
How the F%$^ can this be a problem? A file copy is a simple operation. There's simply no excuse for this... This should have never been a problem in the first place. What pisses me off is that I need to buy a new laptop, Vista is now forced down my throat, and I have no option to get XP pre-installed.
How about full disclosure about what's changing on YOUR PC? There's no reason why MS can't provide that in a timely, good, cheap manner. The real problem is that MS is a monopoly, and they can do whatever they want, and there's no other product that users can easily switch to.
Terrestrial radio may be having problems because of competition from prerecorded music and talk, but the fact the still kicked sateliltes ass. Mostly because very few want to pay for something they can get for free.
So you are now in agreement with me that a merger of Sirius and XM isn't really a monopoly: Satellite vs. Terrestrial Radio. Thank you.
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My head was spinning after reading that title.
There was pretty much one thing that broke the camel's back on iTunes. I updated to a newer version of iTunes after being nagged every time I plugged in my iPod, and now when I browse through the music on my iPod, it doesn't show me how much space is left on the iPod in the bottom status bar! WTF! That's probably the most useful stat about my iPod. Now I have to click on my iPod and switch to another screen to see how much space I have left. I can't wait until a REAL iPod killer comes out (none of this Zune BS)... I feel Apple has started to become complacent.
My solution is to not use QuickTime. What pisses me off about QT is that it puts itself in the Windows startup, eating up memory for no reason. In fact, I stopped using iTunes all together because it installs a couple of services AND QuickTime. Plus, it's such a pain in the ass when I plug in my iPod to charge, and my computer starts to kill itself loading up iTunes automatically. I use Winamp with the external ml_ipod plugin. It's much better.
You're missing years of the Quantum Mechanics study, which seems to make people crazy. This is a pretty ridiculous claim. Perhaps it makes sense in some sort of theoretical way, but I seriously doubt that this is a reality.
In theory I agree with you, but college students really don't care about such minor things such as copyright infringement, just like they don't care about breaking the law by puffing some weed. The MPAA isn't going to be teaching any lessons to college students.
This makes no sense. What are they going to accomplish by going after college kids, who really don't have that much disposable income? It seems counter-productive to me. You piss off a bunch of college kids, who can't afford to spend money on movies anyway, and who are going to earn money in the future, and will probably chose not to spend their money on movies, since the MPAA were being dicks. Not to mention the horrible invasion of privacy and security issues.
I seriously doubt that Google is loosing $110M just because of that button. In fact, it's probably losing more money in bandwidth costs for the HTML code to put that button there. That button is like playing the slot machine. Every once in a while you get lucky, and find exactly what you want, but most often you just hit the back button and feel stupid for pressing that button in the first place.
This is good news for me. I will never get cancer!
I'm no IT expert, but this is my impression of Vista.
Vista Pros: DX10 gaming. More secure?
Vista Cons: Slower, expensive, driver problems, compatibility issues.
I don't see a reason for businesses to switch to Vista, unless you play games at work. Does anyone see any real benefit for a business user to switch to Vista?
That might be the funniest piece of BS I've read in a long time. A war was inadvertently started against the consumers, just like Hitler inadvertently started WWII.
What's the point of this lawsuit anyway. If there's a conviction, then there'll be a pardon shortly after. No one's going to get punished, so there's no reason to stop breaking the law.
They have invented something called "Computers". These so called "Computers" are able to process a large amount of data. Using various algorithms, they can flag certain traffic they deem interesting.
I don't disagree with giving the authorities the tools they need to do their work. I disagree with giving the authorities unlimited access to Internet traffic, WITHOUT oversight. This is just ripe for abuse.
There are many ways to fight terrorism. I'm no expert, but I'm sure if you didn't wage an illegal war against a country based on false allegations, resulting in the killing of tens of thousands of innocent civilians, there wouldn't be a mob of angry hopeless people resorting to terrorists groups. Perhaps if billions were spent on finding a renewable substitute for oil, the countries that harbor terrorists wouldn't have so much money. Perhaps if you investigated why these terrorist groups are so against the West, then maybe you could figure out what makes them turn to extremism, and implement measures to reduce the number of people resorting to extremism.
Ha, typical right-wing response.
What's worse is that this will be justified under the guise of anti-terrorism. As bills get passed to erode the freedom of American's, I'm watching the US slowly descend into totalitarianism. Lets face it, Americans just don't care. And why should they? They live comfortable lives, entertained with Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. If they follow the rules, they won't get hassled. Things will have to get pretty bad until people wake up and realize what has happened.
Clearly Sony failed to learn from the first GW Bush presidential election. If you keep saying you won, people will eventually believe it.
So you're saying that the MPAA should have said that it would take 3 milliseconds to crack BD+?
The problem is that NBC was so used to making easy money... welcome to capitalism!
I totally agree. The arguments for vinyl in the article are completely retarded... Clearly the reason for vinyl sounding better has nothing to do with vinyl, but the processing done to the music. In fact, all the music printed on vinyl nowadays has probably been in a digital format at some point. So that really throws out the analog vs. digital argument. iPod will have more to do with the death of CDs than vinyl...
You find that funny now, but it won't be when it happens.
Another reason why companies aren't rushing to switch to Vista. XP works fine, there's really no benefit for going to Vista.
And, for the big finale, I wonder if they're going to set off a nuke. Those guys love to blow things up.
The PS3 is the most powerful blue-ray player in the world. 8 PS3's makes a blue-ray player that has the power of a supercomputer.
How the F%$^ can this be a problem? A file copy is a simple operation. There's simply no excuse for this... This should have never been a problem in the first place. What pisses me off is that I need to buy a new laptop, Vista is now forced down my throat, and I have no option to get XP pre-installed.
How about full disclosure about what's changing on YOUR PC? There's no reason why MS can't provide that in a timely, good, cheap manner. The real problem is that MS is a monopoly, and they can do whatever they want, and there's no other product that users can easily switch to.
So you are now in agreement with me that a merger of Sirius and XM isn't really a monopoly: Satellite vs. Terrestrial Radio. Thank you.