It makes you think that the RIAA's business model is flawed.. Perhaps music should take more of a OSS model standpoint.. Both deal with intellectual property, don't they?
Except AAC (m4a) is an open standard that can be played by any player that supports mpeg4 audio.. The only reason why you're forced into using iTunes/iPod to play AAC protected files (m4p) is because of the DRM added on top of the m4a file. *shrug* Nice idea though.. =)
On infinium labs' website, they said they would be at the game developer conference Click here, then click on special events.. There was no sign of them anywhere... They didn't even give a keynote.. *shrug* Take this bit-of-info as you will.. =)
... It says here if they change their terms, you can cancel out of your contract:
"Changes to Agreement or Service. We may amend the terms of this Agreement, including the Sales Information, upon advance notice provided to you in any manner we choose, including by notice contained with your invoice for the Service. In the event that we make such a change that has a material adverse impact on your rights or use of the Service, you may terminate the Agreement by giving us notice within 20 days of the date we notify you, and you will not be charged any cancellation fee. If you use the Service more than 20 days after we notify you of a change, you agree to that change. You have the option to change your Service at any time by notifying us, and you may take advantage of those of our Services for which you qualify, provided that you comply with any requirements of the Service, including, where applicable, extending the term of this Agreement. Any change will take effect by your next billing cycle, and your continued use of the Service will be deemed to constitute your express consent to the changes. If you transfer to a Rate Plan having a term that is shorter than your previous Rate Plan, you may remain obligated for the term of the previous Rate Plan."
"Business Transfer. You consent to disclosure of your CPNI or other personal information, in connection with any merger, acquisition or sale of our assets or transition of service to another provider, as well as in the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy or receivership in which personal information would be transferred as one of our business assets."
CPNI (is your device id on the network).. nowhere does it say you're still bound to your contract in the event of a merger.. In addition, I said "IF" there was a change in the contract agreement, you were no longer bound to the contract..
Why don't YOU read the post AND the T&C before you post..
You might be re-committed to a 2 year contract (or whatever), but AT&T is being bought out by Cingular, and in the contract agreement, it says you have the right to cancel your contract agreement if you don't agree with a modification made to the agreement. Well, if AT&T is being bought out, you have grounds to cancel your contract for one of two reasons:
- You have a contract with AT&T, not Cingular
- Cingular will have a different service contract (that I assume) will become the old AT&T customers contract..
Let me get my 'opinion' outta the way... This guy is off his rocker..:D
On to the facts:
"Six-plus hours of battery life is not always enough."
"go with the Dell Digital Jukebox DJ (15GB), which lasted almost 20 hours in our battery test--and it's less expensive than the iPod."
The iPod gets 8 hours (with the backlight off) of battery time. The Dell DJ gets 15 hours (according to TechTV & Dell) I agree with his point, but his facts are skewed to try to make his point stronger..
"Jogging with a hard drive-based player is not cool."
"Some experts say that it's impossible to damage the drive in this way, but I'm not buying that--hard drives spin thousands of times per minute, and they have tiny, fragile parts."
So.. this guy, a columnist, has more techincal say-so than 'some experts'.. If there was a 10gb/20gb/40gb flash mp3 player, he might have a point here, but flash hasn't reached that capacity yet..
"3. The iPod is expensive."
Yea.. he's kinda right here.. it is kinda pricey.. (Dell's DJ being about $100 less for the same capacity [on the 20gb]), however I feel that's a small premium to pay for 1394, weight, and style..
"4. You want to make high-quality digital recordings."
"DJs who want to record their sets, people who want to encode their vinyl or cassette collections to MP3, or musicians who are looking for a replacement for their DAT recorder need this feature."
DJ's who want to record their sets will record out to a digital, lossless format, not to MP3.. *rolleyes*
"5. You want a choice in online music stores."
"Don't get me wrong, I really enjoy the Apple iTunes Music Store; its AAC-encoded files sound great, the selection is decent, and it's easy to use. But I don't like feeling hemmed in. "
So.. In other words, he want's to use other music services where you 'rent' the music instead of 'own' the music.. Music that is encoded in WMA (a microsoft standard) instead of AAC (an open standard).. He says the selection in iTMS is 'decent', when it kills Napster, BuyMusic, and MusicMatch in their selection..
Sorry.. but this guy's rogerian argument is not going to work on me..
This sounds like more of an issue with how the air waves are regulated. Not all TV network / shows are broadcasted over the air. Do you think product placement restrictions only be set on stations that broadcast over the air?
School, a government place, should be regulated. People pay taxes for their schools, and thus, should have some form of representation into allowing or denying "product placement". You can't compare that to TV, which is owned by private companies and is free to people.
This is one thing I strongly disagree with. The government should not step in and tell us wether or not we can place certain products or use certain 'props' in tv shows, movies, or anything else.. If people hate the advertising that goes with tv programming, then they should boycott it all together or complain to the people who create the shows. Having the government regulate it is definitely restricting our civil rights.
... and that definitely contributes to more pollution being in the air which will definitely have an effect on temperatures.. I don't know what's being "discovered" here..
The fans are variable speed and spin up faster as the machine gets hotter... I was looking at a demo 1.6ghz unit in the store (at a micro center in one of their tech rooms) and it was pretty silent...
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There also seems to be an update to the Airport Extreme Base Station...
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Geeks allergic to water? How do you become a geek without drinking coffee?!? =)
It makes you think that the RIAA's business model is flawed.. Perhaps music should take more of a OSS model standpoint.. Both deal with intellectual property, don't they?
Except AAC (m4a) is an open standard that can be played by any player that supports mpeg4 audio.. The only reason why you're forced into using iTunes/iPod to play AAC protected files (m4p) is because of the DRM added on top of the m4a file. *shrug* Nice idea though.. =)
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Jinx, you owe me a coke.. =)
On infinium labs' website, they said they would be at the game developer conference Click here, then click on special events.. There was no sign of them anywhere... They didn't even give a keynote.. *shrug* Take this bit-of-info as you will.. =)
you mean it's not water..?? ;)
... It says here if they change their terms, you can cancel out of your contract:
"Changes to Agreement or Service. We may amend the terms of this Agreement, including the Sales Information, upon advance notice provided to you in any manner we choose, including by notice contained with your invoice for the Service. In the event that we make such a change that has a material adverse impact on your rights or use of the Service, you may terminate the Agreement by giving us notice within 20 days of the date we notify you, and you will not be charged any cancellation fee. If you use the Service more than 20 days after we notify you of a change, you agree to that change. You have the option to change your Service at any time by notifying us, and you may take advantage of those of our Services for which you qualify, provided that you comply with any requirements of the Service, including, where applicable, extending the term of this Agreement. Any change will take effect by your next billing cycle, and your continued use of the Service will be deemed to constitute your express consent to the changes. If you transfer to a Rate Plan having a term that is shorter than your previous Rate Plan, you may remain obligated for the term of the previous Rate Plan."
"Business Transfer. You consent to disclosure of your CPNI or other personal information, in connection with any merger, acquisition or sale of our assets or transition of service to another provider, as well as in the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy or receivership in which personal information would be transferred as one of our business assets."
CPNI (is your device id on the network).. nowhere does it say you're still bound to your contract in the event of a merger.. In addition, I said "IF" there was a change in the contract agreement, you were no longer bound to the contract..
Why don't YOU read the post AND the T&C before you post..
And I had mod points too.. :(
You might be re-committed to a 2 year contract (or whatever), but AT&T is being bought out by Cingular, and in the contract agreement, it says you have the right to cancel your contract agreement if you don't agree with a modification made to the agreement. Well, if AT&T is being bought out, you have grounds to cancel your contract for one of two reasons:
- You have a contract with AT&T, not Cingular
- Cingular will have a different service contract (that I assume) will become the old AT&T customers contract..
I'd take the freebie they give ya..
Hehe.. I ignored the other post because this one seemed more interesting.. =)
Let me get my 'opinion' outta the way... This guy is off his rocker.. :D
On to the facts:
"Six-plus hours of battery life is not always enough."
"go with the Dell Digital Jukebox DJ (15GB), which lasted almost 20 hours in our battery test--and it's less expensive than the iPod."
The iPod gets 8 hours (with the backlight off) of battery time. The Dell DJ gets 15 hours (according to TechTV & Dell) I agree with his point, but his facts are skewed to try to make his point stronger..
"Jogging with a hard drive-based player is not cool."
"Some experts say that it's impossible to damage the drive in this way, but I'm not buying that--hard drives spin thousands of times per minute, and they have tiny, fragile parts."
So.. this guy, a columnist, has more techincal say-so than 'some experts'.. If there was a 10gb/20gb/40gb flash mp3 player, he might have a point here, but flash hasn't reached that capacity yet..
"3. The iPod is expensive."
Yea.. he's kinda right here.. it is kinda pricey.. (Dell's DJ being about $100 less for the same capacity [on the 20gb]), however I feel that's a small premium to pay for 1394, weight, and style..
"4. You want to make high-quality digital recordings."
"DJs who want to record their sets, people who want to encode their vinyl or cassette collections to MP3, or musicians who are looking for a replacement for their DAT recorder need this feature."
DJ's who want to record their sets will record out to a digital, lossless format, not to MP3.. *rolleyes*
"5. You want a choice in online music stores."
"Don't get me wrong, I really enjoy the Apple iTunes Music Store; its AAC-encoded files sound great, the selection is decent, and it's easy to use. But I don't like feeling hemmed in. "
So.. In other words, he want's to use other music services where you 'rent' the music instead of 'own' the music.. Music that is encoded in WMA (a microsoft standard) instead of AAC (an open standard).. He says the selection in iTMS is 'decent', when it kills Napster, BuyMusic, and MusicMatch in their selection..
Sorry.. but this guy's rogerian argument is not going to work on me..
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Heh.. fastest way to corrupt the filesystem:
drop database winfs;
I coulda swore I read Dolby labs created AAC (which most iTunes purchases/rips are encoded with)
Duh.. We know what they're smoking.. a big fat LindowsRock..
http://www.sle.sharp.co.uk/research/3d/3dbackgroun d.htm
And you thought pokemon caused seizures!!
and perhaps to valve too! (wait.. the book doesn't cover source code leaks..)
Grrrr!
What will happen when VeriSign doesn't do anything tomorrow? Is this just another "scare tactic"?
This sounds like more of an issue with how the air waves are regulated. Not all TV network / shows are broadcasted over the air. Do you think product placement restrictions only be set on stations that broadcast over the air?
School, a government place, should be regulated. People pay taxes for their schools, and thus, should have some form of representation into allowing or denying "product placement". You can't compare that to TV, which is owned by private companies and is free to people.
This is one thing I strongly disagree with. The government should not step in and tell us wether or not we can place certain products or use certain 'props' in tv shows, movies, or anything else.. If people hate the advertising that goes with tv programming, then they should boycott it all together or complain to the people who create the shows. Having the government regulate it is definitely restricting our civil rights.
... and that definitely contributes to more pollution being in the air which will definitely have an effect on temperatures.. I don't know what's being "discovered" here..
The fans are variable speed and spin up faster as the machine gets hotter... I was looking at a demo 1.6ghz unit in the store (at a micro center in one of their tech rooms) and it was pretty silent...