It's pretty obvious that the music industry wants subscription services to succeed because they'd LOVE to have us buy the same music over and over again.
But I'm making a prediction that those services will fail. They all use the same DRM backed by Microsoft. (AKA, Play for Sure) One day someone will find a way to bypass the DRM and free all those songs. Suddenly, those hundreds of thousand of songs you've downloaded will be yours permanently.
Of course, they'll "fix" the problem but it'll happen again and again. Eventually the music industry will tire of being screwed and they'll make you buy the music outright. At least I hope so.
First, you NEVER own music. For example, don't "own" the music on your CD collection. You're merely licensing.
I think the argument is analogous. Let's assume that the music industry can profit at an "all you can listen to service" at 5 dollars a month.
Some kid downloads four gigs of music and has them on his hard drive for five months.
How can the RIAA argue that they were damaged for more than 25 dollars? Yahoo has already shown profitability for all the songs you want at 5 dollars a month. That kid only had a relatively few songs for five months. Where is the loss in profits to the RIAA?!
At best the RIAA could speculate that the kid MIGHT have bought the CDs or MIGHT have kept them longer than five months. But you're not allowed to speculate in court.
I don't know if you realize, but that 5 dollars per month has to be paid EVERY month. Once you stop paying, the collection is worthless. On the other hand, with P2P songs you get to keep them forever.
Second, they will not play on iPods, only certain Microsoft backed "Play for Sure" devices.
Third, free is still cheaper than $3000, assuming you're 20 and live another 50 years.
Fourth, P2P files are unencumbered with any DRM. Thus, you're getting more value for NO money.
Thanks for sharing, er, I think. I wasn't surprised about any of those other than Applegate. For some reason I was under the belief that she was genuinely pretty. Boy was I wrong.
No, my system does not have 640k of memory. I bought more because having more served a purpose. Pushing the envelope is fine, as long as the end result serves a purpose.
Well, I have to agree with the alien stuff. It'd certainly be easier for those aliens to send unmanned probes to do their anal probing, and then sending the results back to their planet in HD, versus flying themselves all the way here to do it themselves. So, if it saves some deadly unknown neighbor of ours some rocket fuel, I guess it's a good thing.
So instead of simply emailing or putting those documents or materials on an FTP server somewhere, so we can see them firsthand, we're supposed to have someone hold them up to a camera while a guy on the other side squints into a HD monitor.
Oh yeah, that's yet another solution looking for a problem.
Unless you're doing a video conference with some hot starlet, I do not see the point of this. Do you really want to see your out of state co-workers in high def?! How would that add to the meeting?
Actually, I'd love to get a copy of Bob for my 4 year old. I think he'd really enjoy it.
What's shocking is that people consider Microsoft to be good at marketing. Yet they intentionally and seriously attempted to sell Bob to ADULTS!!! Do they even have brains on the MS campus?!
I used to laugh at shit like that too. My favorite was seeing a fatty drinking a slim-fast AT A FUCKING CHINESE BUFFET RESTAURANT!!!
But I didn't understand the whole diet soda thing until I quit drinking regular soda myself. After a few months of drinking only diet soda, regular soda tastes like shit. Well, shit with a lot of sugar.
That's why people drink diet pop with their meals. To them it actually tastes better.
I find it hilarious that Windows' built in search ignores the "Program Files" folder by default. That's where most programs store their files by default. Also it won't search subfolders by default.
I seriously think that Microsoft WANTS its built-in search engine to suck. That way it can hype the search feature in Longhorn and get us to switch.
Thankfully, third parties such as Google as showing us we don't need a new file system to search our own hard drive. That is forcing Microsoft to fix its own search app for free.
Is the puppy still there?! It's gots to have a puppy! EVERYONE knows that puppies are great at finding stuff. I hope Microsoft doesn't screw this up and use a kitten instead!
First, I've had excellent karma as long as I remember, and that's without even trying.
Second, I don't give a shit about karma. I cannot understand why Slashdot even has a moderation system. It makes no sense. I post because I have something to say, not for any points.
Third, losing karma is worth pissing off you little Xbox fanboys! Grow up, move out of your parents' house, and GET A FUCKING LIFE!!! It's a GAME console, and NOTHING more!
Microsoft had flops. Think Bob. That was an utter failure and NO one uses it.
But Apple is different. Even when Apple does release a product that doesn't sell well, the product still succeeds on other levels.
The best example is Apple's Cube. It was considered a flop, but if you're lucky enough to own one you could easily turn around and sell it for more than you paid for on ebay. It's hard to consider a solid investment a flop.
I think the difference is mentality. Gates admits that Microsoft merely "throws products onto the market" in hopes that something sticks.
Apple, on the other hand, will only release products to fill a specific need, and most importantly, when the product is done.
Well, you know how Microsoft claims to have secure operating systems, even though they really aren't? It's the same way with the Xbox 360, they're claiming backwards compatibility even though they really don't have it.
It's called an analogy. Look it up. Dictionaries can be useful tools.
Because most people would rather have one console next to their TV versus two or three.
Can you imagine how asinine it'd be if every couple years DVD players were incompatible with prior DVDs?! Sure you COULD buy five DVD players, but that'd be asinine.
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It's pretty obvious that the music industry wants subscription services to succeed because they'd LOVE to have us buy the same music over and over again.
But I'm making a prediction that those services will fail. They all use the same DRM backed by Microsoft. (AKA, Play for Sure) One day someone will find a way to bypass the DRM and free all those songs. Suddenly, those hundreds of thousand of songs you've downloaded will be yours permanently.
Of course, they'll "fix" the problem but it'll happen again and again. Eventually the music industry will tire of being screwed and they'll make you buy the music outright. At least I hope so.
First, you NEVER own music. For example, don't "own" the music on your CD collection. You're merely licensing.
I think the argument is analogous. Let's assume that the music industry can profit at an "all you can listen to service" at 5 dollars a month.
Some kid downloads four gigs of music and has them on his hard drive for five months.
How can the RIAA argue that they were damaged for more than 25 dollars? Yahoo has already shown profitability for all the songs you want at 5 dollars a month. That kid only had a relatively few songs for five months. Where is the loss in profits to the RIAA?!
At best the RIAA could speculate that the kid MIGHT have bought the CDs or MIGHT have kept them longer than five months. But you're not allowed to speculate in court.
I don't know if you realize, but that 5 dollars per month has to be paid EVERY month. Once you stop paying, the collection is worthless. On the other hand, with P2P songs you get to keep them forever.
Second, they will not play on iPods, only certain Microsoft backed "Play for Sure" devices.
Third, free is still cheaper than $3000, assuming you're 20 and live another 50 years.
Fourth, P2P files are unencumbered with any DRM. Thus, you're getting more value for NO money.
Thanks for sharing, er, I think. I wasn't surprised about any of those other than Applegate. For some reason I was under the belief that she was genuinely pretty. Boy was I wrong.
Will you please, for the love of Satan and all things evil, put down that huge controller, move out of your parents' basement, and GET A LIFE!
I've read those. I've heard that Cameron Diaz is quite ugly, i.e., her face looks like the craters of the moon.
And I've heard that shows such as Friends where shot with different lighting and color scheme to hide flaws.
My worse fear is seeing porn in high def. Regular porn is disgusting enough. But in high def, it'd be gut wrenching.
No, my system does not have 640k of memory. I bought more because having more served a purpose. Pushing the envelope is fine, as long as the end result serves a purpose.
Now I get it, some creepy little Xbox fan boy is still unhappy with the hilarious truth I pointed out earlier, and is trying to mod me down.
I hope you're having fun playing your precious gigantic console in your parents' basement while the rest of us our living our lives.
Well, I have to agree with the alien stuff. It'd certainly be easier for those aliens to send unmanned probes to do their anal probing, and then sending the results back to their planet in HD, versus flying themselves all the way here to do it themselves. So, if it saves some deadly unknown neighbor of ours some rocket fuel, I guess it's a good thing.
I don't buy it. Do you have a cite to back that up?!
So instead of simply emailing or putting those documents or materials on an FTP server somewhere, so we can see them firsthand, we're supposed to have someone hold them up to a camera while a guy on the other side squints into a HD monitor.
Oh yeah, that's yet another solution looking for a problem.
How can my post be redundant?! It was the fourth post and NO one posted the same thing prior to mine?!
Unless you're doing a video conference with some hot starlet, I do not see the point of this. Do you really want to see your out of state co-workers in high def?! How would that add to the meeting?
Actually, I'd love to get a copy of Bob for my 4 year old. I think he'd really enjoy it.
What's shocking is that people consider Microsoft to be good at marketing. Yet they intentionally and seriously attempted to sell Bob to ADULTS!!! Do they even have brains on the MS campus?!
If anyone is an expert on writing articles for the sole purpose of creating contraversy and increasing readership, it's Dvorak.
Sometimes I wonder if he even bothers to read some of that outrageous crap he writes.
Yeah, but at least I don't live in my parents' basement and worship a console.
I used to laugh at shit like that too. My favorite was seeing a fatty drinking a slim-fast AT A FUCKING CHINESE BUFFET RESTAURANT!!!
But I didn't understand the whole diet soda thing until I quit drinking regular soda myself. After a few months of drinking only diet soda, regular soda tastes like shit. Well, shit with a lot of sugar.
That's why people drink diet pop with their meals. To them it actually tastes better.
I find it hilarious that Windows' built in search ignores the "Program Files" folder by default. That's where most programs store their files by default. Also it won't search subfolders by default.
I seriously think that Microsoft WANTS its built-in search engine to suck. That way it can hype the search feature in Longhorn and get us to switch.
Thankfully, third parties such as Google as showing us we don't need a new file system to search our own hard drive. That is forcing Microsoft to fix its own search app for free.
Competition is a good thing, when it exists.
Is the puppy still there?! It's gots to have a puppy! EVERYONE knows that puppies are great at finding stuff. I hope Microsoft doesn't screw this up and use a kitten instead!
I'm not an Apple fanboy. In fact this will be my first Apple related post where I won't be modded troll or flamebait by Apple-heads.
My post was just something I was mulling over in my head so I decided to post it and see what others thought about it.
First, I've had excellent karma as long as I remember, and that's without even trying.
Second, I don't give a shit about karma. I cannot understand why Slashdot even has a moderation system. It makes no sense. I post because I have something to say, not for any points.
Third, losing karma is worth pissing off you little Xbox fanboys! Grow up, move out of your parents' house, and GET A FUCKING LIFE!!! It's a GAME console, and NOTHING more!
Microsoft had flops. Think Bob. That was an utter failure and NO one uses it.
But Apple is different. Even when Apple does release a product that doesn't sell well, the product still succeeds on other levels.
The best example is Apple's Cube. It was considered a flop, but if you're lucky enough to own one you could easily turn around and sell it for more than you paid for on ebay. It's hard to consider a solid investment a flop.
I think the difference is mentality. Gates admits that Microsoft merely "throws products onto the market" in hopes that something sticks.
Apple, on the other hand, will only release products to fill a specific need, and most importantly, when the product is done.
Well, you know how Microsoft claims to have secure operating systems, even though they really aren't? It's the same way with the Xbox 360, they're claiming backwards compatibility even though they really don't have it.
It's called an analogy. Look it up. Dictionaries can be useful tools.
Because most people would rather have one console next to their TV versus two or three.
Can you imagine how asinine it'd be if every couple years DVD players were incompatible with prior DVDs?! Sure you COULD buy five DVD players, but that'd be asinine.
... the Xbox 360 will be backwards compatible in the same way that Windows is secure and bullet-proof: Not really.