Umm, no. You have to educate yourself in order to understand a religion and be able to talk about it but apparently that does not appear to stop some people on slashdot. From the comments here on slashdot regarding string theory, the same also seems to hold true for it as well.
You can believe in either string theory or God without understanding either one first. You can also disbelieve in either one without understanding anything about it.
String theory is the new "religion" as it is not provable through observation of phenomenon. you must believe in it with faith alone combined with new incantations (formulas) to support it. Neither the theory or the formulas have any basis in observable phenomenon.
If anything, String Theory verges on philosophy rather than hard science.
The String theorists are the new shaman's/priests/wizards of the modern world.
Additional iTunes Music Store Restrictions
Restricts back-up copies: Song can only be copied to 5 computers
False. Songs can only be authorized for playback on up to 5 computers but you can make as many backups as you like.
Restricts converting to other formats: Songs only sold in AAC with Apple DRM
False. You have been given the right to burn and export songs for personal use.
Limits portable player compatibility: iPod and other Apple devices only
Partially true, however, you can burn and rip for personal use.
No remixing: Cannot edit, excerpt, or otherwise sample songs
False. You can do all of those things for personal use. I've done so many times with iMovie and iDVD. It is no different than the rights you get with CDs unless you explicitly purchase as commercial license for a recording.
Well, guess what? If you use a mac, you can. All iApps support usage/editing of purchased iTMS songs in your projects. WMA? That might be useful to you but where do you get free applications to edit WMA?
The NeXT file browser is a perfect exactly of prior art. It looks visually similar to the iPod menu complete with arrows and a shifting of the display as you navigate further down the tree.
The iPod GUI could be described as a single pane Miller columns browser. Even iTunes uses a similar interface.
Are you aware that the US depends on it's trading partners like Japan and Canada? Do you feel you were being responsive of your customers present and future needs?
I call bullshit on your story as the majority of spam I receive at home (in Canada) is from the US.
What would you suggest? Having to double click on everything? Having a single click to activate everything? How do you select individual items in a filesystem?
I happen to hate "web-like" single click on icon items like you can turn on in windows.
The dock is a rectangular container for buttons and behaves as a launcher and toolbars are generally rectangular objects with iconic buttons on them activated by single clicks.
Icons are file system objects representing actual directories and files. They are not symbolic/representative of something else like toolbar buttons or dock icons which represent either other objects or actions.
I don't know what type of interfaces you use but I find it quite intuitive. I've used the following windowing systems: Amiga OS 1.3-3.1, Mac OS 6.x-10.4, BeOS 5.x, Gnome,KDE and windows 3.1 through XP/2003.
Single clicks activate menu items, activate toolbar items and "select" objects in the file system and double clicks activate file system objects. This prevents unnecessary complication and prevents accidental activation which could be frustrating to novice users.
Icons generally are double clicked whereas toolbar buttons are not. The dock is a toolbar/launcher rather than a collection of icons. The same thing goes for the "sidebar" which is also a toolbar/shelf.
That convention is generally accepted on most OSes throughout history.
Well, you could add to that list various dictators behind the Iron curtain including Nicolai Chauchescu, the various leaders of the Soviet Union besides Stalin. Don't forget the various leaders of China, Vietnam and other Communist countries not to mention the secret police in those countries.
Don't forget that hardline Communism existed for "decades" and millions of people died in prison camps and executions.
Wars are cause by "people", not religions, ideologies, politics. People are inherently evil and cruel but some people do make an effort to overcome that nature in an attempt to better themselves.
You're right, those artists "signed" an agreement with a record label which gave them a lump sum for a certain number of albums. You see, the labels are the employers of the artists. I don't see what you are trying to get at here. That lump sum was agreed to by the artists when they signed over rights to the songs they produce much in the same way we sign over the rights of our work that we do while at "work" for our employers.
Allofmp3 has not signed any agreements with either the artists or their labels nor have they compensated either with money for the sales generated.
Care to explain your reasoning? I fail to see how employers getting paid for their employees work has anything in common with a pirate group that does not pay the rights holders for the songs they sell. That group has no relationship with either the artist or their label and yet you see nothing wrong with using their service and paying for it?
You are bound by the laws of the country that you reside in. It violates copyright law outside of Russia and if you do not reside in Russia, you are using an illegal service. Use deductive reasoning for crying out loud. Has the internet dumbed down society to the point that people are unable to think for themselves?
The service does not pay the rights holders nor do they have any agreement for distribution.
I'm not interested in playing more than 99 cents for songs.
If they force a different pricing model with higher prices, I will pirate my music.
I have purchased 201.78 CAD (168.87 USD) since the opening of iTMS in Canada.
Before iTMS, I would buy a CD per year at the most. Most years, I would not buy any music. I'm not interested in complicated prices models, differing DRM rights per song or subscription services.
I'm a mac user and none of the other services support my platform and music player. I don't blame Apple for that at all but rather MSFT and their desire to trap everyone on windows.
There is no need to pull up a site you idiot. It is in clear violation of copyright laws around the world as they do not have any agreement from the "copyright holders". They also do not pay anything to the rights holders. That is a violation of copyright laws. Copyright laws govern who has the "right" to distribute "copies" of a given work.
If you would stop trolling and read the copyright laws, you would know that the service is illegal.
AllofMp3 does not pay a single cent to the labels or artists. how can you call that legal? They have no agreement to distribute music from the rights holders.
You are effectively paying someone to download music illegally off their servers. It is no different than paying a pirate site a membership fee.
They are no more legal than if you setup a server with ripped CDs you own and charged people to access it.
So you think it is ok to mocking people based on how they look or the colour of their skin? Are you suggesting that it is ok to call people stupid or silly because of their race? Why should religion be any different?
Bigots (atheist,theist,racist) have been the cause of all suffering in the world. People do not "mock" that which they like, respect or are indifferent about. You which you have hatred or contempt for and do not understand.
I find your comments and arrogant attitude to be as offensive as any racist comment or attitude. If you are to live in peace in a pluralistic society, you should tolerate the beliefs of others which differ from your own. You show contempt for beliefs of others when you refer to them as "silly". Go travel the world son, then perhaps you will gain a new appreciation for the diversity of beliefs and ideas and gain the wisdom that you sorely lack.
Your hubris is no different than those who persecuted Galileo. They believed they knew everything there was to know. True wisdom begins when you realize that you know almost nothing. The first sign that you are a fool is when you think you know everything.
Were you alive during the cold war? Did you miss out the crackdown in China? Have you never heard of Pol Pot? What about Stalin?
I could go on and on listing atheist rulers and the attrocities they committed in the 20th century but I would hope you get the point by now.
I'm sick and tired of this blind hatred and bigotry towards religion on slashdot as well as the ignorance of our common history. This anti-religious zealotry and often quoted sterotypes is just as bad as racism and racial stereotypes. You fear what you do not understand.
Your right, it was still in Intel's favour since GGC started out on Intel and has more optimisations for it than PPC.
Using the IBM benchmark would have been even more artificial since almost nobody would have used it to do their compiles wheras many open source projects would have used GGC on both Intel and PPC.
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You can believe in either string theory or God without understanding either one first. You can also disbelieve in either one without understanding anything about it.
String theory is the new "religion" as it is not provable through observation of phenomenon. you must believe in it with faith alone combined with new incantations (formulas) to support it. Neither the theory or the formulas have any basis in observable phenomenon.
If anything, String Theory verges on philosophy rather than hard science.
The String theorists are the new shaman's/priests/wizards of the modern world.
Restricts back-up copies: Song can only be copied to 5 computers
False. Songs can only be authorized for playback on up to 5 computers but you can make as many backups as you like.
Restricts converting to other formats: Songs only sold in AAC with Apple DRM
False. You have been given the right to burn and export songs for personal use.
Limits portable player compatibility: iPod and other Apple devices only
Partially true, however, you can burn and rip for personal use.
No remixing: Cannot edit, excerpt, or otherwise sample songs
False. You can do all of those things for personal use. I've done so many times with iMovie and iDVD. It is no different than the rights you get with CDs unless you explicitly purchase as commercial license for a recording.
Here are the terms of service.
That's funny because I've used/mixed/edited several purchased songs on my mac with iMovie and iDVD.
Well, guess what? If you use a mac, you can. All iApps support usage/editing of purchased iTMS songs in your projects. WMA? That might be useful to you but where do you get free applications to edit WMA?
The iPod GUI could be described as a single pane Miller columns browser. Even iTunes uses a similar interface.
Why would you, as a member of the public need to edit a published document?
I call bullshit on your story as the majority of spam I receive at home (in Canada) is from the US.
I happen to hate "web-like" single click on icon items like you can turn on in windows.
The dock is a rectangular container for buttons and behaves as a launcher and toolbars are generally rectangular objects with iconic buttons on them activated by single clicks.
Icons are file system objects representing actual directories and files. They are not symbolic/representative of something else like toolbar buttons or dock icons which represent either other objects or actions.
I don't know what type of interfaces you use but I find it quite intuitive. I've used the following windowing systems: Amiga OS 1.3-3.1, Mac OS 6.x-10.4, BeOS 5.x, Gnome,KDE and windows 3.1 through XP/2003.
Single clicks activate menu items, activate toolbar items and "select" objects in the file system and double clicks activate file system objects. This prevents unnecessary complication and prevents accidental activation which could be frustrating to novice users.
That convention is generally accepted on most OSes throughout history.
My dad used to have a pair of Nokia rubber boots.
Don't forget that hardline Communism existed for "decades" and millions of people died in prison camps and executions.
Wars are cause by "people", not religions, ideologies, politics. People are inherently evil and cruel but some people do make an effort to overcome that nature in an attempt to better themselves.
Allofmp3 has not signed any agreements with either the artists or their labels nor have they compensated either with money for the sales generated.
Care to explain your reasoning? I fail to see how employers getting paid for their employees work has anything in common with a pirate group that does not pay the rights holders for the songs they sell. That group has no relationship with either the artist or their label and yet you see nothing wrong with using their service and paying for it?
You are bound by the laws of the country that you reside in. It violates copyright law outside of Russia and if you do not reside in Russia, you are using an illegal service. Use deductive reasoning for crying out loud. Has the internet dumbed down society to the point that people are unable to think for themselves?
The service does not pay the rights holders nor do they have any agreement for distribution.
Stop asking for links, use your brain and do your own research.
They charge money for something they don't own and they do not compensate the rights holders. Explain to me how that is legal.
If they force a different pricing model with higher prices, I will pirate my music.
I have purchased 201.78 CAD (168.87 USD) since the opening of iTMS in Canada.
Before iTMS, I would buy a CD per year at the most. Most years, I would not buy any music. I'm not interested in complicated prices models, differing DRM rights per song or subscription services.
I'm a mac user and none of the other services support my platform and music player. I don't blame Apple for that at all but rather MSFT and their desire to trap everyone on windows.
If you would stop trolling and read the copyright laws, you would know that the service is illegal.
You are trolling. If you had bothered to use google, you would know that it is not legal.
You are effectively paying someone to download music illegally off their servers. It is no different than paying a pirate site a membership fee.
They are no more legal than if you setup a server with ripped CDs you own and charged people to access it.
Go buy this: Ear Syringe.
After that, you should be able to listen to your iPod at a sane level and your battery will last longer.
I have a 2nd generation 10Gig iPod and I regularly get two days of use out of it while I'm at work.
Besides "looks", the iPod has a huge third-party addon market and the largest online music store to supply users with music.
Doesn't she write children's books like Hairy Potter? I would hardly call children's books like Hair Potter "literature".
Bigots (atheist,theist,racist) have been the cause of all suffering in the world. People do not "mock" that which they like, respect or are indifferent about. You which you have hatred or contempt for and do not understand.
I find your comments and arrogant attitude to be as offensive as any racist comment or attitude. If you are to live in peace in a pluralistic society, you should tolerate the beliefs of others which differ from your own. You show contempt for beliefs of others when you refer to them as "silly". Go travel the world son, then perhaps you will gain a new appreciation for the diversity of beliefs and ideas and gain the wisdom that you sorely lack.
Your hubris is no different than those who persecuted Galileo. They believed they knew everything there was to know. True wisdom begins when you realize that you know almost nothing. The first sign that you are a fool is when you think you know everything.
I could go on and on listing atheist rulers and the attrocities they committed in the 20th century but I would hope you get the point by now.
I'm sick and tired of this blind hatred and bigotry towards religion on slashdot as well as the ignorance of our common history. This anti-religious zealotry and often quoted sterotypes is just as bad as racism and racial stereotypes. You fear what you do not understand.
Hotmail? I only have 25MB. Are you using some pay service?
Using the IBM benchmark would have been even more artificial since almost nobody would have used it to do their compiles wheras many open source projects would have used GGC on both Intel and PPC.