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  1. plenty of artists out there on Ogg Vorbis Share Reaches 12.3% on P2P Traffic · · Score: 1

    that do not mind this at all

    see www.indy.tv

    www.irateradio.com

    for a random selection

    (I have kept well over 1000 tracks from listening to these for example)

    or even places like radio stations

    http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/listen/mp3s.htm

  2. google better? on Yahoo! Launches Audio Search Beta · · Score: 1

    Tried an example. Irate sent me a song, for example, Liquid Bridge, by Brett Hunt.

    Searching for that on yahoo audio search, zip.

    Google, it was the third result. Without any filetype filters or anything.

    Hmmm.

  3. scary on iTMS Launches in Japan · · Score: 1

    You try telling a polar bear that she has to put up with DRM then.

  4. Re:Answer to Question on iTMS Launches in Japan · · Score: 1

    If it is Richmond, Melbourne, then you are very short of time.

    Crawling to the city won't take long from there. :)

  5. song finding on Baidu Sued for Piracy on Eve of IPO · · Score: 1

    so MP3 is MP3 in Chinese then?

    It found Machine Gun Fellatio as a test, with a link to a site in russia even.

    Very cosmopolitan.

  6. Re:right...so thats were my money goes.. on UK Record Companies Suing File Sharers · · Score: 1

    Depends if the corgis are for or against file sharing?

  7. Re:Finally a law that has some teeth! on UK Record Companies Suing File Sharers · · Score: 1

    What happened, they get evicted from under their bridges?

  8. Re:good ebook reader? on Doctorow and Stross Release Latest Novels for Free · · Score: 1

    Cool, thanks. I had actually put plucker on there already, as Accelerando that was mentioned here recently was in that format. By do text and html, do you mean read them natively on the Palm, e.g. just copy files over? Or it converts them happily then you copy them over? Had not read all the details yet.

    I actually went over to Dick Smith's the other day, and they had 2 64 meg MMC cards cheap (as in way cheaper than I could see them on the net), last 2, discontinued, not getting anymore, so that was nice, as well.

    Thanks for the advice. If I have any more questions, I will let you know.

  9. Re:good ebook reader? on Doctorow and Stross Release Latest Novels for Free · · Score: 1

    Ok, thanks. Was just wondering about black/white versus the gray. Long battery life is going to be good. Taking a weekend trip shortly, so can just take the reader, loaded up, and cut down on space used.

    I now have a M500 via ebay.com.au (thanks for the suggestion, had never bought anything from there before).

    Might even improve my reading speed to take in a screen at a time with a bit of luck!

  10. Re:good ebook reader? on Doctorow and Stross Release Latest Novels for Free · · Score: 1

    Just thought of one more thing - any idea or comments about readability for the grayscale screens vs the color?

    Thanks again

  11. new mini specs? on New Apples Next Week · · Score: 1

    Anyone have any idea if they will be different, other than say, bigger hard disk?

  12. Re:Clumsy and goofy on V For Vendetta Trailer · · Score: 1

    Go to 15 romantic comedies instead.

    I am sure that will be so much better for you. :)

  13. Re:Full support... on V For Vendetta Trailer · · Score: 1

    Trailer seems decent, anyway. (Yes, I have read it)

  14. Re:Highly inflationary on Longhorn to Require Monitor-Based DRM · · Score: 1

    US ones perhaps, not Australian. Was talking about general price, not discount, which is more likely to be around 20 dollars here.

    Still no way that is anywhere close to the CPI.

  15. Re:Great move on Intel Cutting Linux Out of Content Market · · Score: 1

    yeah, have a Microsoft sliding fine scale

    already had 1 million a day I think?

    Then double it for each subsequent offense. :)

  16. No Clash on Band Invites Music Copying · · Score: 1

    Wonder what the chances that The Clash, if starting today, would get played on the radio?

  17. Re:Most sci fi is stale right now on Battlestar Galactica Resurrection Effort Described · · Score: 1

    As a side, am I the only one to have been completely blown away at the initial scene of the latest Star Wars?

    -- Nope, by far the best part of the movie. Glad I saw that on half price Tuesday, that is for sure! First part worth seeing on a big screen though.

  18. Re:DRM support good. DRM on consumer product bad. on DRM Advocate Violates DRM · · Score: 1

    Probably not too likely that spies will have off the shelf cameras and scanners though, is it?

    Sorry James, M is on holiday today, here's the K-Mart shop gold card, go buy some stuff you need.

  19. Re:XP activation=dead after Longhorn released? on Longhorn to Require Monitor-Based DRM · · Score: 1

    Do NT and 2K have activation? Don't seem to remember it.

  20. color not so amazing on Longhorn to Require Monitor-Based DRM · · Score: 1

    I have one black and white tv. Practically giving these away, the Chinese. :)

  21. might be dead, Jim? on Longhorn to Require Monitor-Based DRM · · Score: 1

    Could then end up having, rather than the 'I killed him because I played violent computer games', 'I killed him because I couldn't play violent computer games, my monitor wouldn't let me!'

  22. Re:XP activation=dead after Longhorn released? on Longhorn to Require Monitor-Based DRM · · Score: 1

    Or downgrade.

    Or switch?

  23. Re:YESSSS on Longhorn to Require Monitor-Based DRM · · Score: 1


    so which is louder and more annoying

    Longhorn's foghorn

    or Foghorn Leghorn? :)

  24. Re:Highly inflationary on Longhorn to Require Monitor-Based DRM · · Score: 1

    300/25 could quite possibly be 12, too, in some common garden variety types of arithmetic. :)

    Even worse!

  25. Highly inflationary on Longhorn to Require Monitor-Based DRM · · Score: 1

    Possible reasons for people could be:

    No iTunes where you live (or you don't like that format)
    Can't use yahoo at work (or not at a computer? don't know much about this service)
    $1 per song is too expensive.
    Don't want to buy first what is possibly crap anyway.

    I remember buying my first LPs and tapes for around 8-9 bucks. 20-25 years later, you have CDs for 25 dollars. On cheaper material, no less.

    Price tripled, 8% increase per year. Would seem to be a hell of a lot higher than the cpi, there.

    So, also perhaps worse value per dollar than they used to be?