As for the hypothetical corrosion-free container you bring up a good point, but there must be a way to safely store this stuff, or at least minimize environmental damage if there is a leak.
Let's see... we'll build some strange little nano-bots which eat nuclear waste and output water.
Hrm... then we'll have to build some bigger nano-bots which eat the little nano-bots...
Then we'll have to build an army of robots to combat the bigger nano-bots...
I love the idea of launching canisters of nuclear waste into the sun, but I think people around the launching pad or along the launch trajectory's projected failure path would be somewhat concerned.
But it really would be truly great if we used massive mag-lev cannons to launch them into the sun, if we could get it to a very, very, very low probability of failure.
OK what I'm about to say sounds very strange coming out of my mouth... but here goes.
I think Fester has a point.
Using Windows Media Player, I can play DRM tunes from BuyMusic.com, Napster, and other stores which use WMA DRM (of which he purported there are several others). I can send those same DRM tunes to various supporting hardware.
Using iTunes, I can play DRM tunes from... iTunes. I can send those same DRM tunes to... iPod.
All that said....
I have a.WMA song I bought from BuyMusic.com, and a.M4P song I bought from iTunes. I can't play them both in a single player. To me, that's both Microsoft's and Apple's problem to solve. Apple can probably "solve" it by allowing third party hackers to write a Quicktime plugin for WMA. I wonder how Microsoft plans to solve the fact that their Media Player can't play the most popular DRM format (in terms of number of downloads) for music?
I was hoping this would be the case -- since the M4P file is burned to CD using a decoder which (hopefully) shares a lot of code with the same encoder you rip the CD to M4A (AAC) with, one would think that the "same" bits are ignored and so you don't get the 'double-loss'. I'm not sure about ripping to MP3, but going from 128 AAC to CD and back to 128 AAC seems like you might not encounter any additional loss.
Of course, since I've only bought 2 songs from iTunes so far I haven't tried the "technique" yet. And I'm not sure I'm going to stick with iTunes, since it doesn't play my (fairly large) collection of ripped CDs in OGG format, and I don't really want to rip all my CDs in yet again another format.
itunes can import all the standard formats into it's library and then into the ipod.
From my experience, iTunes can play AAC and MP3 files, but not OGG or WMA, arguably the other 2 'standard' formats.
What's worse is that even DRM-encrusted WMA files (e.g. from BuyMusic.com) can be played by most reasonable WMA players (QCD for example), while Apple's DRM-encrused AAC (M4P) is pretty much locked into the iTunes player.
So if I want to search for a company which services IBM mainframes, I can't search for 'IBM' and expect to see any AdWords for the very company I'm probably looking for?? Stupid!!
Also, your linked site wants iTunes to place the "artist's cut" in the song listing -- how does Apple know what the "Artist's Cut" is? That is up to whomever is licensing the song to Apple, not the other way around. Even if Apple wants to demand a value for "Artist's Cut" for all tracks, it naturally wouldn't account for advances, expenses, etc.
Soon Windows users will be able to choose amongst iTunes, Napster, BuyMusic, and more. I just wish I had even some idea as to how much of my $0.99 a song was going to the artist.
Of course then you could be prosecuted and sent to prison. Imagine if you did this to Ashcroft's PC... damn, you'd be in Guantanamo and nobody would know you were gone.
At an annual brewmaster's convention, the brewmasters of Budweiser, Miller, and Guinness get together after-hours at a bar.
The Budweiser brewmaster tells the bartender, "I'll have a Budweiser, the King of Beers." And the bartender pours him a Budweiser.
The Miller brewmaster tells the bartender, "I'll have a Miller, thank you." And the bartender pours him a Miller.
The Guinness brewmaster shrugs his shoulders and tells the bartender, "I'll have a water, please." The bartender pours him a glass of water. In response to the Budweiser and Miller brewmasters' questioning glances, the Guinness brewmaster says, "Well, if you boys aren't drinking, then neither will I."
I still feel that the online gameing found in PS2 and Xbox keeps the GC from being used by a larger sum of people.
The GC has online play, it is just that so far hardly of the game developers have got their heads out of their collective asses long enough to realise that those of us who own GC want to play online as well.
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phew. that was fantastic.
As for the hypothetical corrosion-free container you bring up a good point, but there must be a way to safely store this stuff, or at least minimize environmental damage if there is a leak.
Let's see... we'll build some strange little nano-bots which eat nuclear waste and output water.
Hrm... then we'll have to build some bigger nano-bots which eat the little nano-bots...
Then we'll have to build an army of robots to combat the bigger nano-bots...
Please do avoid Texas. The fewer snotty assholes that visit, the better off it is for us Texans.
And the less f*cking traffic on I-35.
I love the idea of launching canisters of nuclear waste into the sun, but I think people around the launching pad or along the launch trajectory's projected failure path would be somewhat concerned.
But it really would be truly great if we used massive mag-lev cannons to launch them into the sun, if we could get it to a very, very, very low probability of failure.
OK what I'm about to say sounds very strange coming out of my mouth... but here goes.
... iTunes. I can send those same DRM tunes to ... iPod.
....
.WMA song I bought from BuyMusic.com, and a .M4P song I bought from iTunes. I can't play them both in a single player. To me, that's both Microsoft's and Apple's problem to solve. Apple can probably "solve" it by allowing third party hackers to write a Quicktime plugin for WMA. I wonder how Microsoft plans to solve the fact that their Media Player can't play the most popular DRM format (in terms of number of downloads) for music?
I think Fester has a point.
Using Windows Media Player, I can play DRM tunes from BuyMusic.com, Napster, and other stores which use WMA DRM (of which he purported there are several others). I can send those same DRM tunes to various supporting hardware.
Using iTunes, I can play DRM tunes from
All that said
I have a
I was hoping this would be the case -- since the M4P file is burned to CD using a decoder which (hopefully) shares a lot of code with the same encoder you rip the CD to M4A (AAC) with, one would think that the "same" bits are ignored and so you don't get the 'double-loss'. I'm not sure about ripping to MP3, but going from 128 AAC to CD and back to 128 AAC seems like you might not encounter any additional loss.
Of course, since I've only bought 2 songs from iTunes so far I haven't tried the "technique" yet. And I'm not sure I'm going to stick with iTunes, since it doesn't play my (fairly large) collection of ripped CDs in OGG format, and I don't really want to rip all my CDs in yet again another format.
The Ars Technica article missed the obvious other solutions, by presenting the closed choice of "either AAC or WMA" DRM.
1. No DRM on the stupid file at all.
2. Use an open standard DRM technology (existing, new, or open its own AAC DRM scheme M4P).
itunes can import all the standard formats into it's library and then into the ipod.
From my experience, iTunes can play AAC and MP3 files, but not OGG or WMA, arguably the other 2 'standard' formats.
What's worse is that even DRM-encrusted WMA files (e.g. from BuyMusic.com) can be played by most reasonable WMA players (QCD for example), while Apple's DRM-encrused AAC (M4P) is pretty much locked into the iTunes player.
So if I want to search for a company which services IBM mainframes, I can't search for 'IBM' and expect to see any AdWords for the very company I'm probably looking for?? Stupid!!
Uh... it's already a LAN box. This project is trying to make a WAN box out of it.
His wife is a multiple-time karate champion and could almost certainly kick your ass.
Also, your linked site wants iTunes to place the "artist's cut" in the song listing -- how does Apple know what the "Artist's Cut" is? That is up to whomever is licensing the song to Apple, not the other way around. Even if Apple wants to demand a value for "Artist's Cut" for all tracks, it naturally wouldn't account for advances, expenses, etc.
$0.15 a song is better than the $0.00 the artist gets when you download their song 'for free' from Kazaa, etc.
Soon Windows users will be able to choose amongst iTunes, Napster, BuyMusic, and more. I just wish I had even some idea as to how much of my $0.99 a song was going to the artist.
Well it does have a 485 Mhz PowerPC chip from IBM in there... Get, say 1000 of them for $10K and you have 485 GHz of PowerPC chips.
Of course then you could be prosecuted and sent to prison. Imagine if you did this to Ashcroft's PC... damn, you'd be in Guantanamo and nobody would know you were gone.
Neat, thanks for the link. I didn't play WarCraft III long enough to get into it enough to join a clan. They picked a good name, though...
Try the Hori Digital Controller for the GameCube. Available at Lik-Sang. Combine it with the Skillz Cube Connection USB and you can use it with your PC as well.
At an annual brewmaster's convention, the brewmasters of Budweiser, Miller, and Guinness get together after-hours at a bar.
The Budweiser brewmaster tells the bartender, "I'll have a Budweiser, the King of Beers." And the bartender pours him a Budweiser.
The Miller brewmaster tells the bartender, "I'll have a Miller, thank you." And the bartender pours him a Miller.
The Guinness brewmaster shrugs his shoulders and tells the bartender, "I'll have a water, please." The bartender pours him a glass of water. In response to the Budweiser and Miller brewmasters' questioning glances, the Guinness brewmaster says, "Well, if you boys aren't drinking, then neither will I."
Where can I get such a satchel? (US) And would you be interested in a finder's fee and shipping one to me?
Many gamers have "grown up" and are now adults (or at least close facsimiles thereof), capable of appreciating the artistic component of a video game.
In a semi-related note, is there a yearly "awards" type thing for games? Like "best direction", "best programming", etc?
I still feel that the online gameing found in PS2 and Xbox keeps the GC from being used by a larger sum of people.
The GC has online play, it is just that so far hardly of the game developers have got their heads out of their collective asses long enough to realise that those of us who own GC want to play online as well.
I think the parent's point was that Blizzard will spend less money to run Battle.net with 400,000 fewer heavy users.
The mobile mag article said the Ogg capability was through a recent firmware update. I wonder if will be available for the older model as well?
The Forest's Edge has been around for quite a while. Lots of great features, I've been an on-again, off-again player there for going on 8 years now.
To connect, open up a telnet to tfe.genesismuds.com port 2000.