So, what your saying is since I'm sharing only files that I've ripped myself, I'm in a much better position than most people? Of course all my files are FLAC and I've rarely had anyone attempt to download one. And I use the edonkey network and not Kazaa.
I think the majority of the players that support WMA support DRM'd files. The work is mainly done by the app that transfers the files to your player. It creates a key that allows the file to be played on the player. The key will not work anywhere else though. I know my nomad IIc is ancient, but it will work with the music match and napster stores if i chose to do so.
Simply not true. The iPod has a specific key that allows it to play the DRM'd files. As soon as you try to transfer one of these files off, it will not play due to the key.
I have to agree with this post, but for a completely different reason. The reason that linux is generally more secure, is the people running it know how to make it secure. If linux became the top OS the same clueless masses would be running it as run windows. They wouldn't have iptables set up. They'd be running as root, and even if they weren't if something asked for the root password they'd gladly give it. It's not really that hard to secure your windows box, but most users can't be bothered. And they wouldn't be bothered no matter what OS they were running.
The comparisons of IIS to apache are flawed. While there may be more actual websites running apache, how many unpatched windows boxes do you reckon are out there are running IIS? How many of those users even know they're running it? People running apache just have a clue.
I hear this spouted off all the time. What record stores do you shop at? At most I pay $15 for an album, and that's rate. It probably averages to about $12. Sometimes (like the Rapture) I find an album for $7.99.
I don't know too many people who own both an iPod and another HD player. That would be construed as overkill:). I do have a creative Nomad IIc flash player and a iRiver SlimX CD/MP3 player.
So I am very familiar with the iRiver product line and for me I would buy the iHP-20 in a second over the iPod. The only reason I don't is because the iHP-20 does not as of yet support FLAC. Looks are unimportant to me, because the thing stays in my man bag. I already have a nice pair of Audio-Technica headphones, so I'm not going to impress people with the iPod headphones. So I would have to base it on value and to me the iRiver player has more value. The fact that it supports more formats, as frequent updates (i expect that they will support FLAC soon), and FM tuner, and a remote (important when the player is in the bag) are all pluses.
I do like the Rio Karma. However, it doesn't have an FM tuner (which I really want) and I don't believe it comes with a remote which is important (see above). I also wish it worked as a removable drive.
Maybe I'm too much of geek to make a fair judgement. But I have compared the MP3 players, and prefer ones other than the iPod. And I'm not an apple basher by any means. I have a 450MHz G3 iMac in my house and will be buying a new iBook as soon as I can afford it.
But what about R&D? What about those TV spots? What about the adds plastered all over the buses here in seattle? What about customer support, distribution, etc? Factor all that in and the true cost of the iPod may be much closer to the retail cost.
Rio Karma...iRiver iHP-20 and iHP-40. They don't seem much bigger to me. They compete well on size. They more than compete on features. They're extremly competitive on price. I guess the only thing the iPod has is the UI and that's a subjective thing.
I wouldn't necessairly call the iRiver player a looser. It all depends on how many they're selling, how much they're making, and how many they could possibly produce. iRiver is not as big as apple. They simply can't make as many players as apple can, that needs to be taken into account. The audi a4 and toyota camry are similar cars that overlap in price. The toyota probably sells 10-20x as many camries as audi does a4's. Does that mean that audi is a market looser?
But none of those things are actually statements that he is the son of god.
Jesus doesn't explicitly say he is forgiving sins, what he does could quite possibly be interpetted as him saying god forgives your sins. Jesus also said the sabbath was made for man and not man for the sabbath. That would imply he believed everyone was lord of the sabbath.
My bad. It was Luke and not Mark. I always get them confused. If the gospels were consistent maybe it wouldn't be so tough:)
Not to start a hard core religious debate here, but could you point me to the passages where jesus repeatedly refers to himself as the son of god? He does refer to god as his father, but that was not unusual for jews of the day to do; they were all god's children. He also refers to himself as the 'son of man', but again in the arameic context that was more akin to use a pronoun for yourself. I think during the trial in Mark, Jesus might actually refer to himself as the messiah. And even if you accept the fact that it is word for word accurate, the messiah being a literal sun of god is a later christian idea and not a jewish one.
That would be useful if were were comparing pro codecs. But most consumers do not have access to raw film footage, they're going to be doing something very similar to this test.
Uhmmm the intel chipset isn't open source, but you historically can buy a chipset from people like Nvidia, SiS, and VIA for your AMD or Intel processor. That doesn't stop you from running linux/windows/*bsd etc. Not only that you can buy a motherboard based on that chipset from a long list of manufacturers.
True the only thing proprietary about the G5 is a few chips on the motherboard. And true you could probably replace them and still use the computer. But you couldn't run OSX and that is the biggest reason to pay the premium to buy one.
True, but the main selling point of apple hardware is OSX. If every computer out there ran the exact same OS, people will buy the machine that give the best price/performance ratio. Apple has never delivered the best p/p ratio, they've always charged a premium for their machines.
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So, what your saying is since I'm sharing only files that I've ripped myself, I'm in a much better position than most people? Of course all my files are FLAC and I've rarely had anyone attempt to download one. And I use the edonkey network and not Kazaa.
not if they came from the iTunes music store.
I didn't know Sony had released a HT spec of SDDS. Did i miss something?
I think the majority of the players that support WMA support DRM'd files. The work is mainly done by the app that transfers the files to your player. It creates a key that allows the file to be played on the player. The key will not work anywhere else though. I know my nomad IIc is ancient, but it will work with the music match and napster stores if i chose to do so.
Simply not true. The iPod has a specific key that allows it to play the DRM'd files. As soon as you try to transfer one of these files off, it will not play due to the key.
I have to agree with this post, but for a completely different reason. The reason that linux is generally more secure, is the people running it know how to make it secure. If linux became the top OS the same clueless masses would be running it as run windows. They wouldn't have iptables set up. They'd be running as root, and even if they weren't if something asked for the root password they'd gladly give it. It's not really that hard to secure your windows box, but most users can't be bothered. And they wouldn't be bothered no matter what OS they were running.
The comparisons of IIS to apache are flawed. While there may be more actual websites running apache, how many unpatched windows boxes do you reckon are out there are running IIS? How many of those users even know they're running it? People running apache just have a clue.
Then why don't you try this?
Jesus. I have almost all the digital channels (except showtime and cinemax) plus the cable internet and my bill is only about $100.
But we were talking civics and 911s, not 911s and NSXs.
Where do you live that it is $50 or $60 more for digital cable?? I have comcast and my cable isn't even $60. Plus I'm getting HBO and Starz.
I hear this spouted off all the time. What record stores do you shop at? At most I pay $15 for an album, and that's rate. It probably averages to about $12. Sometimes (like the Rapture) I find an album for $7.99.
I don't know too many people who own both an iPod and another HD player. That would be construed as overkill :). I do have a creative Nomad IIc flash player and a iRiver SlimX CD/MP3 player.
So I am very familiar with the iRiver product line and for me I would buy the iHP-20 in a second over the iPod. The only reason I don't is because the iHP-20 does not as of yet support FLAC. Looks are unimportant to me, because the thing stays in my man bag. I already have a nice pair of Audio-Technica headphones, so I'm not going to impress people with the iPod headphones. So I would have to base it on value and to me the iRiver player has more value. The fact that it supports more formats, as frequent updates (i expect that they will support FLAC soon), and FM tuner, and a remote (important when the player is in the bag) are all pluses.
I do like the Rio Karma. However, it doesn't have an FM tuner (which I really want) and I don't believe it comes with a remote which is important (see above). I also wish it worked as a removable drive.
Maybe I'm too much of geek to make a fair judgement. But I have compared the MP3 players, and prefer ones other than the iPod. And I'm not an apple basher by any means. I have a 450MHz G3 iMac in my house and will be buying a new iBook as soon as I can afford it.
But what about R&D? What about those TV spots? What about the adds plastered all over the buses here in seattle? What about customer support, distribution, etc? Factor all that in and the true cost of the iPod may be much closer to the retail cost.
Rio Karma...iRiver iHP-20 and iHP-40. They don't seem much bigger to me. They compete well on size. They more than compete on features. They're extremly competitive on price. I guess the only thing the iPod has is the UI and that's a subjective thing.
WiFi - Linksys, D-Link, WiFi Hotspots... not apple.
USB - Windows 98, USB devices... not apple.
Firewire - DV Cameras, Sony... apple helped a little, but not much.
Those two car's are not in the same market however.
I thought a Centrino was just a Pentium M with integrated wifi. Am I wrong?
That was the second skit, in the same store. He had a giant phone and claimed big was the new small.
I wouldn't necessairly call the iRiver player a looser. It all depends on how many they're selling, how much they're making, and how many they could possibly produce. iRiver is not as big as apple. They simply can't make as many players as apple can, that needs to be taken into account. The audi a4 and toyota camry are similar cars that overlap in price. The toyota probably sells 10-20x as many camries as audi does a4's. Does that mean that audi is a market looser?
But none of those things are actually statements that he is the son of god.
:)
Jesus doesn't explicitly say he is forgiving sins, what he does could quite possibly be interpetted as him saying god forgives your sins. Jesus also said the sabbath was made for man and not man for the sabbath. That would imply he believed everyone was lord of the sabbath.
My bad. It was Luke and not Mark. I always get them confused. If the gospels were consistent maybe it wouldn't be so tough
Not to start a hard core religious debate here, but could you point me to the passages where jesus repeatedly refers to himself as the son of god? He does refer to god as his father, but that was not unusual for jews of the day to do; they were all god's children. He also refers to himself as the 'son of man', but again in the arameic context that was more akin to use a pronoun for yourself. I think during the trial in Mark, Jesus might actually refer to himself as the messiah. And even if you accept the fact that it is word for word accurate, the messiah being a literal sun of god is a later christian idea and not a jewish one.
That would be useful if were were comparing pro codecs. But most consumers do not have access to raw film footage, they're going to be doing something very similar to this test.
There is no legal free MPEG-4 encoder.
Uhmmm the intel chipset isn't open source, but you historically can buy a chipset from people like Nvidia, SiS, and VIA for your AMD or Intel processor. That doesn't stop you from running linux/windows/*bsd etc. Not only that you can buy a motherboard based on that chipset from a long list of manufacturers.
True the only thing proprietary about the G5 is a few chips on the motherboard. And true you could probably replace them and still use the computer. But you couldn't run OSX and that is the biggest reason to pay the premium to buy one.
True, but the main selling point of apple hardware is OSX. If every computer out there ran the exact same OS, people will buy the machine that give the best price/performance ratio. Apple has never delivered the best p/p ratio, they've always charged a premium for their machines.