Actually, numerically, there are more iPods sold than any other MP3 player. Thats one of the selling points to artists/labels to get them to put their music in the Apple Music Store.
Actually, the answer is simpler than you might realize. In my case, for example, I simply dont like the existence of DRM in my files: I believe my legal rights to fair use of purchased material should preclude any limitations on that use [excluding those that would be illegal for other reasons, such as broadcasting the music publically, or distributing it illegally]. As such, I have NO problem paying for my music - I'm proud to support artists - but I simply have a problem having my purchased goods crippled.
As such, I eliminate the DRM.
As violating the terms of the Apple license, you're technically correct. That said, I think this is the epitome of a victimless crime: I purcahsed my goods, and privately eliminate the DRM WITHOUT then doing anything which violates the intent of copyright law [i.e. i'm not distributing or publically viewing the music]. Frankly, unless I TOLD Apple, there's precisely zero way for them to know, because there's zero effect on the outside world.
To answer any budding lawyers out there, I didn't figure the 'hack' out of burning the files to CD then reripping it. In fact, I think i read it first on slashdot many months ago [with the Mac release], so I dont think I'd fall under the DCMA for distributing illegal information.
Hey, I'm not supporting Microsoft's argument, just trying to explain it. As I said, I think Microsoft is at best criticizing Apple for precisely what they [microsoft] are doing, just because Apple is doing it better.
Incidentally, as to circumventing the AAC DRM: if you burn to a CD [which you can do unlimited times with AAC files] you can then re-rip it to either DRM -free AAC files or MP3 or whatever. Obvioulsy, a loss of quality incurred whenever you recompress, but from my tests thus far [going from 128 AAC > CD > 128 AAC or 192 MP3] I've yet to notice any actual difference [although file size sometimes varies].
You're misunderstanding Microsoft's claim. They're saying that by using iTunes to rip CDs [to AAC] or the Apple Music Store [to purchase AAC files] you are limiting your ability to use those files [since they not only contain DRM, but cannot be played in some software or on some MP3 portable devices].
The logical fallacy is that iTunes can of course play AAC [negating the concern about playing the files on your computer], and that iTunes is actually a sales-device for the iPod which of course can play AAC.
What's more ironic, and is being stated by several people already, is that all of Microsoft's efforts at distributing music [i.e. as partners with music distributing sites] involve the use of WMA format and DRM. Those files, of course, are no more useable than AAC, not to mention the particular point that WMA is not compatible with the iPod.
What it comes down to is this: there is a true dividing line between the Apple music scene [i.e. AAC/iPod/iTunes] and the Microsoft music scene [i.e. WMA/Napster 2.0/Media Player], and Microsoft isn't happy that the Apple side is beating them.
That said, I'm still using windows...just also using iTunes with my iPod, and purchasing AAC music.
Besides agreeing with your post whole-heartedly, I'm reminded of a book I read recently [after reading a review on/., if I recall correctly], "Altered Carbon" which, among other things, involves the use of a "stack", i.e. a computer implanted in the brainstem that keeps a running dupe of the brain in it which enables you to kill someone, then revive their stack in either a clone or just some other body.
Re: the metric system. The reason I [and the majority of the first-world] endorse it is because you can readily [and without any real 'computation'] translate any given amount into other units. Whereas you can instantly relate a mililiter to a liter, you have a slightly more difficult time relating a cup to a gallon.
While ordering a 'pint' is fine [and I do it myself often enough], the reason its never an issue is that you'd rarely attempt to order several pints by a summation of their volume [i.e. you'd say '5 pints', not...um...whatever the hell that is in some other unit]. If, however, you were the manager of the bar and want to increase the volume of your beer purchase, you'd have a far easier time talking in liters than in gallons, when increasing the volume.
Celsius...eh...its not really a metric system. The metric system per se refers to a system of measurement, base 10, which has a single unit of description for each characteristic [i.e. length, volume, etc.] which can be prefixed by names which denote orders of magnitude [mili, centi, etc.].
Hey, you want to get rid of surveying measurements? It'd be a hell of a lot easier if EVERYONE ditched non-metric measurements in the area, so when those surveyers are measuring, they dont have to convert from metric to 'english' for the non-surveyors.
Frankly, I look at how we [Americans] ridiculed the UK for its non-metric system of money so recently, all whilst they've had everything else metric for years...its plain silly.
It would be unconstitutional, if I'm not mistaken, because Congress only has domain over interstate commerce, whereas all intrastate commerce is regulated by that particular state [this is why, of course, there are different sales taxes in different states]. If congress were to implement a sales tax, it would interfere with the constitutional right of states to self-administer.
That said, I am of course not a lawyer, so dont flame me too harshly if I'm mistaken.
No one has mentioned that apparently, in the "real" world, Neo gets his eyes cut up! If you watch, the scene where Neo and Trinity are flying a hovercraft into the sea of sentinals [and he blows them up], the bandana isn't across his eyes for concentration: its there because his whole eye region is bloody (blood/cuts extend in every direction from beneath the bandana). My theory, the Smith that got into the human body manages to blind him before they kill the Smith.
Are you honestly suggesting that you penalize lawyers [or any professional, for that matter] for making more money than another member of his/her feild? Who determines what "serious $$$" means? Is it $100,000 per year? $200k?
Moreover, this suggests that individual public defenders will become the only criminal defense lawyers. If you risk your ability to continue to work [i.e. risk disbarment] every time you take up a criminal case, why do it at all unless you're positive you're going to win? Every lawyer will make this same decision, and in the end you'll have public defenders handling almost all the criminal defense cases, with extremely expensive criminal defense lawyers serving only those who have enough evidence [or money] to ensure victory. This will overload the already overburdened public defense system, not to mention encourage lawyers to avoid taking a position in the public defense system.
No. The hip structure of most 2-legged dinosaurs [especially the sauropods, whom Lucky resembles quite closely] would support running [a la ostriches or emu] as opposed to hopping [a la kangaroos].
"The alarms in the ship went off, telling them the sentinals are coming. I sensed them from my seat."
This is my fault, I misspoke. I meant to say that Neo sensed something different about the world, not to say that he sensed the sentinals coming. My mistake. However, the point stands: what was "different" that Neo was sensing, if not something along the lines of reality's lack of...well...reality?
"2) I've seen the nice DVD AC3 release, and yes, it does happen at the same time, from the same direction as the ship's EMP entrance."
I think you missed my point. I was mentioning the synchronous timing of his gesture and their incapacitation so as to illustrate the unliklihood of those events coincidentally occuring at the same time.
"3) Bane(the guy Agent Smith took over) was also knocked out by the EMP blast. I can only guess that they both share the same quality."
Note the time between when the Sentinals drop and when Neo drops. Since they were instantly incapacitated, shouldn't Neo have been too?
Actually, he only said the ending of the movie is better than the book. That said, and considering the fact that I loved Lullaby when I read it months ago (got it in paperback in Aus. before it came out here), I think Palahniuk is a bit overrated. He basically just whines about some aspect of society over and over again, mixing it with some surreal violence and grotesquery (in Fight Club, its immasculation; in Lullaby its the fear of silence; in Invisible Monsters its our obsession with beauty, etc.).
Frankly, my problem with the whole sword-incident was that Strider even handles a full sword besides Narsil. There was such implied power in a "ranger" who never actually needed a real sword [as evinced by the fact he never handles one, nor carries one, until his own true sword is reforged]. Jackson, despite creating a beautiful and great series, lost a few points from me when he robbed Aragorn of that quiet dignity.
Speaking of robbing of dignity, who's seen the trailer for that god-awful movie Viggo is doing next? Some stupid horse race across the desert with bleached blond hair? Come on....
Its so lame when people throw this suggestion out there: first, Neo sensed the sentinals. How would you explain that? Second, are we to believe Neo just happened to gesture at precisely the same time as the EMP went off? Third, why would it incapacitate him? Face it, Neo did stop those sentinals. Basically the entire reason we're all going to see the next one is to see how.
Oh right, so do the courts. Perhaps thats because copyright infringment in the case of software piracy amounts to theft because it causes measurable monetary damage to the company involved. The pirating of a $50 software (making one illegal copy) costs that company $50, period. It is theft.
More to the point of the article though, this isn't spyware. It appears to only retreive this information after the determination that the software is cracked/pirated. As such, it is reactive (spyware is proactive).
Yeah, Skeletor tended to ride that god-awful purple tiger around (anyone else remember that the toy featured a sort of velvety purple texture? That thing was just plain weird...was Skeletor a pimp?)
This is, most likely, because its cheaper to buy a human skeleton from a country like India, than to purchase an anatomically correct but synthetic skeleton from a company. This is why, most of the time, when you see a full skeleton in a movie, it is a real skeleton.
The original quote is a reference to the Simpsons episode "Deep Space Homer", wherein Kent Brockman mistakenly believes that the Space Shuttle has been over-run by Alien Ants, whom he then swears allegiance to. A recent slashdot post included a rather detailed examination of this.
I'm not saying this guy didn't steal a tremendous amount of money, but I'm shocked he was able to perpetuate such an series of thefts. Isn't this the purpose of the eBay rating systems, etc.?
Actually, the majority of people struck by lightning directly survive. Typically the lightning bolt leaves a burn around the size of your fist at the entry/exit points, although it can cause a heart attack/seizure. In fact, "a full 80% of people that are hit by lightning recover", according to Toronto Hiking (here http://www.torontohiking.com/Tutorials/lightning/l ightning.html).
So, you completely missed the fact that the article was submitted [and published] in the text "Philosophy of Science"? Philosophy and Science are perhaps the two most often inter-discussed feilds besides English/History or Anthropology/History.
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Actually, numerically, there are more iPods sold than any other MP3 player. Thats one of the selling points to artists/labels to get them to put their music in the Apple Music Store.
Actually, the answer is simpler than you might realize. In my case, for example, I simply dont like the existence of DRM in my files: I believe my legal rights to fair use of purchased material should preclude any limitations on that use [excluding those that would be illegal for other reasons, such as broadcasting the music publically, or distributing it illegally]. As such, I have NO problem paying for my music - I'm proud to support artists - but I simply have a problem having my purchased goods crippled.
As such, I eliminate the DRM.
As violating the terms of the Apple license, you're technically correct. That said, I think this is the epitome of a victimless crime: I purcahsed my goods, and privately eliminate the DRM WITHOUT then doing anything which violates the intent of copyright law [i.e. i'm not distributing or publically viewing the music]. Frankly, unless I TOLD Apple, there's precisely zero way for them to know, because there's zero effect on the outside world.
To answer any budding lawyers out there, I didn't figure the 'hack' out of burning the files to CD then reripping it. In fact, I think i read it first on slashdot many months ago [with the Mac release], so I dont think I'd fall under the DCMA for distributing illegal information.
Hey, I'm not supporting Microsoft's argument, just trying to explain it. As I said, I think Microsoft is at best criticizing Apple for precisely what they [microsoft] are doing, just because Apple is doing it better.
Incidentally, as to circumventing the AAC DRM: if you burn to a CD [which you can do unlimited times with AAC files] you can then re-rip it to either DRM -free AAC files or MP3 or whatever. Obvioulsy, a loss of quality incurred whenever you recompress, but from my tests thus far [going from 128 AAC > CD > 128 AAC or 192 MP3] I've yet to notice any actual difference [although file size sometimes varies].
You're misunderstanding Microsoft's claim. They're saying that by using iTunes to rip CDs [to AAC] or the Apple Music Store [to purchase AAC files] you are limiting your ability to use those files [since they not only contain DRM, but cannot be played in some software or on some MP3 portable devices].
The logical fallacy is that iTunes can of course play AAC [negating the concern about playing the files on your computer], and that iTunes is actually a sales-device for the iPod which of course can play AAC.
What's more ironic, and is being stated by several people already, is that all of Microsoft's efforts at distributing music [i.e. as partners with music distributing sites] involve the use of WMA format and DRM. Those files, of course, are no more useable than AAC, not to mention the particular point that WMA is not compatible with the iPod.
What it comes down to is this: there is a true dividing line between the Apple music scene [i.e. AAC/iPod/iTunes] and the Microsoft music scene [i.e. WMA/Napster 2.0/Media Player], and Microsoft isn't happy that the Apple side is beating them.
That said, I'm still using windows...just also using iTunes with my iPod, and purchasing AAC music.
Besides agreeing with your post whole-heartedly, I'm reminded of a book I read recently [after reading a review on /., if I recall correctly], "Altered Carbon" which, among other things, involves the use of a "stack", i.e. a computer implanted in the brainstem that keeps a running dupe of the brain in it which enables you to kill someone, then revive their stack in either a clone or just some other body.
"* - yes, I know that's horribly politically uncorrect, save your flames."
Can we flame you for saying "uncorrect" instead of "incorrect"? J/K.
Re: the metric system. The reason I [and the majority of the first-world] endorse it is because you can readily [and without any real 'computation'] translate any given amount into other units. Whereas you can instantly relate a mililiter to a liter, you have a slightly more difficult time relating a cup to a gallon.
While ordering a 'pint' is fine [and I do it myself often enough], the reason its never an issue is that you'd rarely attempt to order several pints by a summation of their volume [i.e. you'd say '5 pints', not...um...whatever the hell that is in some other unit]. If, however, you were the manager of the bar and want to increase the volume of your beer purchase, you'd have a far easier time talking in liters than in gallons, when increasing the volume.
Celsius...eh...its not really a metric system. The metric system per se refers to a system of measurement, base 10, which has a single unit of description for each characteristic [i.e. length, volume, etc.] which can be prefixed by names which denote orders of magnitude [mili, centi, etc.].
Hey, you want to get rid of surveying measurements? It'd be a hell of a lot easier if EVERYONE ditched non-metric measurements in the area, so when those surveyers are measuring, they dont have to convert from metric to 'english' for the non-surveyors.
Frankly, I look at how we [Americans] ridiculed the UK for its non-metric system of money so recently, all whilst they've had everything else metric for years...its plain silly.
It would be unconstitutional, if I'm not mistaken, because Congress only has domain over interstate commerce, whereas all intrastate commerce is regulated by that particular state [this is why, of course, there are different sales taxes in different states]. If congress were to implement a sales tax, it would interfere with the constitutional right of states to self-administer.
That said, I am of course not a lawyer, so dont flame me too harshly if I'm mistaken.
No one has mentioned that apparently, in the "real" world, Neo gets his eyes cut up! If you watch, the scene where Neo and Trinity are flying a hovercraft into the sea of sentinals [and he blows them up], the bandana isn't across his eyes for concentration: its there because his whole eye region is bloody (blood/cuts extend in every direction from beneath the bandana). My theory, the Smith that got into the human body manages to blind him before they kill the Smith.
Are you honestly suggesting that you penalize lawyers [or any professional, for that matter] for making more money than another member of his/her feild? Who determines what "serious $$$" means? Is it $100,000 per year? $200k?
Moreover, this suggests that individual public defenders will become the only criminal defense lawyers. If you risk your ability to continue to work [i.e. risk disbarment] every time you take up a criminal case, why do it at all unless you're positive you're going to win? Every lawyer will make this same decision, and in the end you'll have public defenders handling almost all the criminal defense cases, with extremely expensive criminal defense lawyers serving only those who have enough evidence [or money] to ensure victory. This will overload the already overburdened public defense system, not to mention encourage lawyers to avoid taking a position in the public defense system.
No thanks.
No. The hip structure of most 2-legged dinosaurs [especially the sauropods, whom Lucky resembles quite closely] would support running [a la ostriches or emu] as opposed to hopping [a la kangaroos].
In oversimplified english, sub-surface vortices are swirls in the water immediately below the surface of the water.
"The alarms in the ship went off, telling them the sentinals are coming. I sensed them from my seat."
This is my fault, I misspoke. I meant to say that Neo sensed something different about the world, not to say that he sensed the sentinals coming. My mistake. However, the point stands: what was "different" that Neo was sensing, if not something along the lines of reality's lack of...well...reality?
"2) I've seen the nice DVD AC3 release, and yes, it does happen at the same time, from the same direction as the ship's EMP entrance."
I think you missed my point. I was mentioning the synchronous timing of his gesture and their incapacitation so as to illustrate the unliklihood of those events coincidentally occuring at the same time.
"3) Bane(the guy Agent Smith took over) was also knocked out by the EMP blast. I can only guess that they both share the same quality."
Note the time between when the Sentinals drop and when Neo drops. Since they were instantly incapacitated, shouldn't Neo have been too?
Actually, he only said the ending of the movie is better than the book. That said, and considering the fact that I loved Lullaby when I read it months ago (got it in paperback in Aus. before it came out here), I think Palahniuk is a bit overrated. He basically just whines about some aspect of society over and over again, mixing it with some surreal violence and grotesquery (in Fight Club, its immasculation; in Lullaby its the fear of silence; in Invisible Monsters its our obsession with beauty, etc.).
Frankly, my problem with the whole sword-incident was that Strider even handles a full sword besides Narsil. There was such implied power in a "ranger" who never actually needed a real sword [as evinced by the fact he never handles one, nor carries one, until his own true sword is reforged]. Jackson, despite creating a beautiful and great series, lost a few points from me when he robbed Aragorn of that quiet dignity.
Speaking of robbing of dignity, who's seen the trailer for that god-awful movie Viggo is doing next? Some stupid horse race across the desert with bleached blond hair? Come on....
Its so lame when people throw this suggestion out there: first, Neo sensed the sentinals. How would you explain that? Second, are we to believe Neo just happened to gesture at precisely the same time as the EMP went off? Third, why would it incapacitate him? Face it, Neo did stop those sentinals. Basically the entire reason we're all going to see the next one is to see how.
"Or child porn"
coughCatholic preistscough
Oh right, so do the courts. Perhaps thats because copyright infringment in the case of software piracy amounts to theft because it causes measurable monetary damage to the company involved. The pirating of a $50 software (making one illegal copy) costs that company $50, period. It is theft.
More to the point of the article though, this isn't spyware. It appears to only retreive this information after the determination that the software is cracked/pirated. As such, it is reactive (spyware is proactive).
Yeah, Skeletor tended to ride that god-awful purple tiger around (anyone else remember that the toy featured a sort of velvety purple texture? That thing was just plain weird...was Skeletor a pimp?)
This is, most likely, because its cheaper to buy a human skeleton from a country like India, than to purchase an anatomically correct but synthetic skeleton from a company. This is why, most of the time, when you see a full skeleton in a movie, it is a real skeleton.
The original quote is a reference to the Simpsons episode "Deep Space Homer", wherein Kent Brockman mistakenly believes that the Space Shuttle has been over-run by Alien Ants, whom he then swears allegiance to. A recent slashdot post included a rather detailed examination of this.
I'm not saying this guy didn't steal a tremendous amount of money, but I'm shocked he was able to perpetuate such an series of thefts. Isn't this the purpose of the eBay rating systems, etc.?
Actually, the majority of people struck by lightning directly survive. Typically the lightning bolt leaves a burn around the size of your fist at the entry/exit points, although it can cause a heart attack/seizure. In fact, "a full 80% of people that are hit by lightning recover", according to Toronto Hiking (here http://www.torontohiking.com/Tutorials/lightning/l ightning.html).
Since HALO comes out for PC in the Fall, I doubt they're laughing too hard.
So, you completely missed the fact that the article was submitted [and published] in the text "Philosophy of Science"? Philosophy and Science are perhaps the two most often inter-discussed feilds besides English/History or Anthropology/History.