Troll?! I feel like that was a legitamte discussion point.
I love macs, never would use anything else, but doesn't anyone else wonder what they're doing and not telling you about?
I feel like it's a really stale decision to block mp3 files from your hardware just because you don't like where they came from. "Protections" like that cause needless incompatabilities and just end up irritating users.
You may recall from
the previous post that Apple wasn't exactly trumpeting their decision to lock these files out of iPod. If that doesn't make you
just a tad bit suspicious, I don't know what will.
Faster, yes. But you've got to wonder how many features Apple secretly took away. After all, didn't I hear about their new iPod firmware rejecting RealNetwork's music files somewhere around here?
But can they RAM match? 256 barely runs a toaster with OS X.
From the Apple Webpage:
"To maximize its speed, Apple engineers pair the G4 processor with a fast 133MHz system bus and 256MB of onboard memory to accelerate calculations and make your applications scream."
(hint for Apple: fire those engineers)
Most resellers throw in an extra 256 for free, saving me far more than a 3 or 4 dollar price match difference. Plus I'll be able to run Mail and Safari at the same time without having to watch the rainbow pinwheel for 15 seconds every time I try to switch between them.
As they have been around for a while, there are plenty of othersites with pictures if you want to see what it looks like. (The site listed no longer works)
Clickwheel, no clickwheel, it doesnt matter. If people bought I-Pod Mini's for logical reasons, the regular iPod (15GB, $299 - thats nearly 4 times the data at 50 dollars more) would have cannibalized the mini's market share as soon as it was released. The Carbon might be successful, but it wont slay the mini.
People buy the minis because they're mad cute. And they're made by Apple. If users really compared the specs of Apple and PC platforms and made a purely empirical decision on what to buy based on that, the company would have gone out of business long ago.
"Redundant?" Please. I feel like this a perfect example of how sloppy moderates are getting these days. The first quote was "Khan!" (note the spelling), referring to the enemy Kirk met in an episode of the original series, and later in Star Wars II: The Wrath of Khan. THIS post is in reference to "Kahn," who (I believe) is a villian who ran afoul of Catpain Krik in an esipode the original "Satr Terk" series.
Yes, Opus is back. But Bill was the one who made that noise. Opus' sensitivity and trusting nature made him a great center to both Bloom County and Outland, but without the cool intellectuality of Milo Bloom and the brash, unfounded self-confidence of uberfratboy Steve Dallas, can Opus have the same soft-hearted appeal?
I found that the strength of Bloom County was its in the way each member of its cast provided their own unique intimacy to the strip. Things like Binkley's anxeity closet and Portnoy and Hodge's satirical reiterations of contentious political issues. The diversity of characters in the strip was also unprecendented, from African-Americans (Oliver Wendell Holmes, Rosalinda) who, unlike black characters in other strips, namely Peanuts, were actually of their own ethnicity, to the wheelchair-bound 'Nam vet Cutter John.
I'm just as psyched as anyone to see Opus back in the comic pages, but what I'm really hoping to see is the return of the foils that made his world so memorable.
I'm aware that sharing is where the legal issues on about this case arise, but considering a) that the alleged "amnesty" insists that ALL illegal electronic music (shared or otherwise) be deleted from your drives and that b) the RIAA is tracking mp3's by MD5 Hashes, which could identify illegally obtained mp3's on your hard drive that you are not sharing (in the event that it falls into the wrong hands), there seems to be less and less security in having leaving your illegal data unshared.
The cut-off for "major offender" is "about 1,000" songs? Call me crazy, but I don't think I know anyone with less than that. I have 1,800+ (all legally obtained archival copies, of course), but was still less than almost everyone else on my hallway during Freshman year. Hell, even my boss has 1,500 on his computer at work.
I don't know whether it's good or bad that the RIAA has so little comprehension of the amount of files people are sharing.
The cut-off for "major offender" is about 1,000 songs? Call me crazy, but I don't think I know anyone with less than that. I have 1,800+ (all legally obtained archival copies, of course), but was still less than almost everyone else on my hallway during Freshman year. Hell, even my boss has 1,500 on his computer at work.
I don't know whether it's good or bad that the RIAA has so little comprehension of the amount of files people are sharing.
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Yeah..."Big Brother is Watching You" has become "Big Brother Knows All Your Secrets"
It's spelled correctly. I just didn't punctuate it correctly. Duh.
Unbelievable. You didn't even spell "post" right. Nor did you get the first post. Simply stunning.
See? Now I am informed. Ah, the magic of the internet. No need to troll.
Troll?! I feel like that was a legitamte discussion point.
I love macs, never would use anything else, but doesn't anyone else wonder what they're doing and not telling you about?
I feel like it's a really stale decision to block mp3 files from your hardware just because you don't like where they came from. "Protections" like that cause needless incompatabilities and just end up irritating users.
You may recall from the previous post that Apple wasn't exactly trumpeting their decision to lock these files out of iPod. If that doesn't make you just a tad bit suspicious, I don't know what will.
Faster, yes. But you've got to wonder how many features Apple secretly took away. After all, didn't I hear about their new iPod firmware rejecting RealNetwork's music files somewhere around here?
Well, you missed your chance put that on Wikipedia. The page has been locked, and just when the vandal-wars were getting interesting.
But can they RAM match? 256 barely runs a toaster with OS X.
From the Apple Webpage:
"To maximize its speed, Apple engineers pair the G4 processor with a fast 133MHz system bus and 256MB of onboard memory to accelerate calculations and make your applications scream."
(hint for Apple: fire those engineers)
Most resellers throw in an extra 256 for free, saving me far more than a 3 or 4 dollar price match difference. Plus I'll be able to run Mail and Safari at the same time without having to watch the rainbow pinwheel for 15 seconds every time I try to switch between them.
-Cosmo
As they have been around for a while, there are plenty of other sites with pictures if you want to see what it looks like. (The site listed no longer works)
-Cosmo
Clickwheel, no clickwheel, it doesnt matter. If people bought I-Pod Mini's for logical reasons, the regular iPod (15GB, $299 - thats nearly 4 times the data at 50 dollars more) would have cannibalized the mini's market share as soon as it was released. The Carbon might be successful, but it wont slay the mini.
People buy the minis because they're mad cute. And they're made by Apple. If users really compared the specs of Apple and PC platforms and made a purely empirical decision on what to buy based on that, the company would have gone out of business long ago.
-Cosmo (still using his G4 cube)
"Redundant?" Please. I feel like this a perfect example of how sloppy moderates are getting these days. The first quote was "Khan!" (note the spelling), referring to the enemy Kirk met in an episode of the original series, and later in Star Wars II: The Wrath of Khan. THIS post is in reference to "Kahn," who (I believe) is a villian who ran afoul of Catpain Krik in an esipode the original "Satr Terk" series.
Or something...
My bad. Namesakes are confusing to me. My family has simplifed things by naming everyone "Cosmo"
Ack! Thpppt!
Yes, Opus is back. But Bill was the one who made that noise. Opus' sensitivity and trusting nature made him a great center to both Bloom County and Outland, but without the cool intellectuality of Milo Bloom and the brash, unfounded self-confidence of uberfratboy Steve Dallas, can Opus have the same soft-hearted appeal?
I found that the strength of Bloom County was its in the way each member of its cast provided their own unique intimacy to the strip. Things like Binkley's anxeity closet and Portnoy and Hodge's satirical reiterations of contentious political issues. The diversity of characters in the strip was also unprecendented, from African-Americans (Oliver Wendell Holmes, Rosalinda) who, unlike black characters in other strips, namely Peanuts, were actually of their own ethnicity, to the wheelchair-bound 'Nam vet Cutter John.
I'm just as psyched as anyone to see Opus back in the comic pages, but what I'm really hoping to see is the return of the foils that made his world so memorable.
I'm aware that sharing is where the legal issues on about this case arise, but considering a) that the alleged "amnesty" insists that ALL illegal electronic music (shared or otherwise) be deleted from your drives and that b) the RIAA is tracking mp3's by MD5 Hashes, which could identify illegally obtained mp3's on your hard drive that you are not sharing (in the event that it falls into the wrong hands), there seems to be less and less security in having leaving your illegal data unshared.
The cut-off for "major offender" is "about 1,000" songs? Call me crazy, but I don't think I know anyone with less than that. I have 1,800+ (all legally obtained archival copies, of course), but was still less than almost everyone else on my hallway during Freshman year. Hell, even my boss has 1,500 on his computer at work. I don't know whether it's good or bad that the RIAA has so little comprehension of the amount of files people are sharing.
The cut-off for "major offender" is about 1,000 songs? Call me crazy, but I don't think I know anyone with less than that. I have 1,800+ (all legally obtained archival copies, of course), but was still less than almost everyone else on my hallway during Freshman year. Hell, even my boss has 1,500 on his computer at work. I don't know whether it's good or bad that the RIAA has so little comprehension of the amount of files people are sharing.