It's quite obvious that the friend of teen crackers the World over, Mr. Johansen, is producing these cracks of his as a way of escaping the confines of his extremely distasteful mug!
He must feel like he himself has been encrypted, trapped within a shell that must be cracked open to release the true Jon Lech Johansen.
I notice when running iSync to and from my iDisk (for.Mac members only I think) there's a panel showing the authorized computers, which is currently my home machine and one at my office.
I'm not sure how closely this relates to how the iTunes DRM'd files see the world but I'd imagine it's fairly close.
Only two things to remember to do regarding managing your music, both of which covered here and elsewhere:
1. Make a backup, or two, frequently, often and regularily and store it offsite. If your HD crashes before you back-up all those tunes you purchased last night, you just wasted some money.
2. De-authorize before performing any kind of upgrade, ESPECIALLY a clean install.
When Apple starts putting higher quality AAC files on its music store you'll see a more robust DRM, but until that happens I don't think many music industry types are too concerned if some people decide to go crazy mass producing 128k/sec AAC's for friends and family.
I hope this guy can crack Microsoft's DRM before he gets put in jail, or is that the deal: "crack everyone elses DRM but ours and we'll keep you on the streets, but touch ours and you're dead meat buddy"
I set up a home office after getting laid off. Basically it was a couple of G4's and a PC on a long table in the spare room, and I often ended up sleeping in there.
It was OK at first but the sound of people outside that started to drive me nuts.
People in cars pulling up and honking without getting out and pressing the buzzer, people with leaf blowers, people talking loud on cellphones, people being people.
I finally ended up getting a small office a few miles away in a cool suburb of Seattle called Fremont, just so I could go somewhere to work. I get there by catching a bus which leaves a block from where I live and drops me off almost at the door.
I'm also finding myself working via ARD between my little old iMac at home and my production machines at the office.
Mac OS X Mail is pretty good at nailing the image loading method of read email verification. Every mail that is tagged as Junk, using the built-in algorithm, gives you an option to load images or not.
It's total bullshit from the parents about not knowing what was going on. Some scenarios:
Number 1.
Parent: "Hi honey, what's that you're playing on your computer, the radio?"
Child: "No, it's music on the internet"
Parent: "Cool, and I haven't heard, seen or read anything anywhere about that being possibly illegal"
Number 2.
Parent: "Hi honey, what's that you're playing on your computer, the radio?"
Child: "No, it's music on the internet"
Parent: "Wow, you mean you can get all that stuff for free, without having to buy a CD from Tower Records?"
Child: "I guess"
Child: "Wow, I've heard about this. Let's take a look and see what you can get for free. Scoot."
My Father was over from England on holiday a few months ago and said one night he had never really used a computer to "surf" the web, so we showed him Google and went out for dinner, with Dad at home to "do some surfing".
When we got home I said something to the effect of, "OK, let's see what kind of stuff you were looking at", my Father says "Erm", but too late. There's the History for all to see and, what's this? Cunnilingus!!!!!
DAD!!!!
He went so red I thought he was going to explode. A cruel thing to do, but wtf.
To put an end to rumors, hearsay and bullshit once and for all here's the official OS release schedule (just don't ask how I got a hold of it OK):
Mac OS X 10.4 - June 2004
Mac OS X 10.5 - January 2005
Mac OS X 10.6 - September 2005
Mac OS X 10.7 - June 2006
Microsoft OS Z (Longhorn) - September 2006
Mac OS X 11 - January 2007
Microsoft OS ZX II - September 2007
Mac OS LNX - January 2008
Mac OS LNX II - January 2009
Microsoft OS ZX II Service Pack 1 - September 2010
I thought bit rate peeling was a reference to something else. Thanks for the clarification.
After looking around for more info I'm not sure how useful it could be though, especially as we'll be able to carry our big fat high quality files around with us as readily as we do 128kbit/sec aac's or whatever.
If bit rate peeling can happen quicker than storage issues are going away I'm sure it'll be a big deal.
Napster v.2 will be paid millions by educational institutions to give the impression they don't still have serious "illegal" music download issues taking place on campus. And yet these are the very same institutions that had their heads so far up their asses by letting Napster v.1 run rampant on dormroom PC's which helped to cause the whole mess in the first place.
Exactly, and this isn't about offering free music, it's about pushing a proprietary file format.
Why is it that whenever there's a shady deal going down, something that just doesn't sit right, like this ridiculous Napster scam for example, you can bet Microsoft is involved every time.
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If it wasn't for Apple, Sony and Nintendo the retail version of the X-box would look just like this crappy mod.
pswd: b0x3n
It's quite obvious that the friend of teen crackers the World over, Mr. Johansen, is producing these cracks of his as a way of escaping the confines of his extremely distasteful mug!
He must feel like he himself has been encrypted, trapped within a shell that must be cracked open to release the true Jon Lech Johansen.
I notice when running iSync to and from my iDisk (for .Mac members only I think) there's a panel showing the authorized computers, which is currently my home machine and one at my office.
I'm not sure how closely this relates to how the iTunes DRM'd files see the world but I'd imagine it's fairly close.
Only two things to remember to do regarding managing your music, both of which covered here and elsewhere:
1. Make a backup, or two, frequently, often and regularily and store it offsite. If your HD crashes before you back-up all those tunes you purchased last night, you just wasted some money.
2. De-authorize before performing any kind of upgrade, ESPECIALLY a clean install.
When Apple starts putting higher quality AAC files on its music store you'll see a more robust DRM, but until that happens I don't think many music industry types are too concerned if some people decide to go crazy mass producing 128k/sec AAC's for friends and family.
It's way easier to just go buy a used CD for $5.
I hope this guy can crack Microsoft's DRM before he gets put in jail, or is that the deal: "crack everyone elses DRM but ours and we'll keep you on the streets, but touch ours and you're dead meat buddy"
I set up a home office after getting laid off. Basically it was a couple of G4's and a PC on a long table in the spare room, and I often ended up sleeping in there.
It was OK at first but the sound of people outside that started to drive me nuts.
People in cars pulling up and honking without getting out and pressing the buzzer, people with leaf blowers, people talking loud on cellphones, people being people.
I finally ended up getting a small office a few miles away in a cool suburb of Seattle called Fremont, just so I could go somewhere to work. I get there by catching a bus which leaves a block from where I live and drops me off almost at the door.
I'm also finding myself working via ARD between my little old iMac at home and my production machines at the office.
I do too, but if I mod you -1 Offtopic my original post will disappear and we'll all cease to exist.
Aaaw for the love of God. I'd just about forgotten about that picture and then clicked the link.
Thank you very much!!
I think the Parent already mentioned that "the only overhead is the sales team and upper management."
Mac OS X Mail is pretty good at nailing the image loading method of read email verification. Every mail that is tagged as Junk, using the built-in algorithm, gives you an option to load images or not.
It's total bullshit from the parents about not knowing what was going on. Some scenarios:
Number 1.
Parent: "Hi honey, what's that you're playing on your computer, the radio?"
Child: "No, it's music on the internet"
Parent: "Cool, and I haven't heard, seen or read anything anywhere about that being possibly illegal"
Number 2.
Parent: "Hi honey, what's that you're playing on your computer, the radio?"
Child: "No, it's music on the internet"
Parent: "Wow, you mean you can get all that stuff for free, without having to buy a CD from Tower Records?"
Child: "I guess"
Child: "Wow, I've heard about this. Let's take a look and see what you can get for free. Scoot."
There's a better way to conduct industial espionage than looking in windows, instead just get inside Windows.
I've never had one of those!
Want to trade a couple for some Christian Singles?
What about rules for parents?
My Father was over from England on holiday a few months ago and said one night he had never really used a computer to "surf" the web, so we showed him Google and went out for dinner, with Dad at home to "do some surfing".
When we got home I said something to the effect of, "OK, let's see what kind of stuff you were looking at", my Father says "Erm", but too late. There's the History for all to see and, what's this? Cunnilingus!!!!!
DAD!!!!
He went so red I thought he was going to explode. A cruel thing to do, but wtf.
To put an end to rumors, hearsay and bullshit once and for all here's the official OS release schedule (just don't ask how I got a hold of it OK):
Mac OS X 10.4 - June 2004
Mac OS X 10.5 - January 2005
Mac OS X 10.6 - September 2005
Mac OS X 10.7 - June 2006
Microsoft OS Z (Longhorn) - September 2006
Mac OS X 11 - January 2007
Microsoft OS ZX II - September 2007
Mac OS LNX - January 2008
Mac OS LNX II - January 2009
Microsoft OS ZX II Service Pack 1 - September 2010
"Do we lie awake at night and worry? You know Microsoft, it's the paranoid company. If someone buys just one copy of something else, we worry,"
And if someone gets just one copy of something else for free, we shit the bed!
John Bonham's death fucked Led Zeppelin up pretty good!
The robot band members may look freaky but that fact is that this is what band members look like to lead singers every time they take the stage.
Especially the drummer.
I'm a young teenage boy with no social life, hiding in my basement. I'm on good terms with friends and family and contribute to my local community.
I thought bit rate peeling was a reference to something else. Thanks for the clarification.
After looking around for more info I'm not sure how useful it could be though, especially as we'll be able to carry our big fat high quality files around with us as readily as we do 128kbit/sec aac's or whatever.
If bit rate peeling can happen quicker than storage issues are going away I'm sure it'll be a big deal.
Why does a portable digital jukebox need more than two channels?
I don't know about you but two channels works great for me!
AAC kicks anything's ass at the lower bit rates, and the iPod has bitrate peeling emulation in the form of a graphic equalizer.
I've been at the counter of my local McDonalds since reading the press release, waiting to get my free iTunes, and now I stink of grease!
Thanks Apple!
So let's get this straight.
Napster v.2 will be paid millions by educational institutions to give the impression they don't still have serious "illegal" music download issues taking place on campus. And yet these are the very same institutions that had their heads so far up their asses by letting Napster v.1 run rampant on dormroom PC's which helped to cause the whole mess in the first place.
Unbelievable!
Exactly, and this isn't about offering free music, it's about pushing a proprietary file format.
Why is it that whenever there's a shady deal going down, something that just doesn't sit right, like this ridiculous Napster scam for example, you can bet Microsoft is involved every time.