That's not quite a valid listening test. The only tests that might show something are double blind tests. I have not personally heard 128kbps AAC. But I can hear losses in 192kbps mp3, high quality vorbis files and 128kbs WMA. I've never done a double blind listening test to see which one sounds better though. The differences stand out the most when listening to the polyphonic spree (which coincidentally is the featured music in the ipod/VW Bug commercial).
But they distribute the songs in a lossy compression format. Therefore if I do this, I'm combining the lossy nature of mpeg-4 with the lossy nature of mpeg-1. This leaves me with an unacceptable file. I want my music uncompressed. That way I can store it in any format that strikes my current fancy without loosing quality everytime I decide on a new format.
When did microsoft start distributing content? As far as I know you can lock down a file just as much in using apples software as you can media player.
That's all well and good. We should do away with nuclear weapons. And we should stop software and buisness practice patents. But while they are still legal companies like IBM and Microsoft have to do this kind of thing to defend themselves.
It's happened to me in a night club before. Actually in the parking lot at closing time. And actually it wasn't the shit kicked out of me it was just some guy who punched me once and ran away. There are people out there who go to clubs simply to look for trouble, and it's not fun to be on the otherside.
I hated the layout at first as well. It took some getting used to. Now I don't know how anyone can use any other layout. I love how it organizes anything. If I'm trying to find a message it will show up in multiple places if necessary. I can find messages easily without searching and without re-ording, and without keeping multiple copies.
Nike makes something like this for football players. They wear a special vest. When they come to the sidelines between series they are hooked up to water tubes which ciruclates cool water across their torso.
I actually prefer the opera browser myself... of course the ads are a turn off to some, and most aren't willing to pay for a browser. I love the mouse gestures and pop up killing. I also love the way it integrates with the mail client. It took getting used to but now I don't think I could ever switch from the m2 client.
When was the last time Microsoft or IBM did this? Both of those companies have tons of patents. I don't remember either of them suing many people for patent infringement, unless of course they were sued first. These companies aren't getting these patents to attack other companies. They're getting the patents to keep from being attacked. Microsoft just lost a case over a frivolous patent. This saves them from the possibility of loosing another.
I have to agree. When was the last time microsoft sued someone using their patent portfolio? When was the last time Microsoft was hit with a frivolous patent lawsuit? I think their motivation in this case is clear.
That may be true. I just know that most imported beers of the popularity level of guinness are different in the states. For instance foster's sold in the united states is actually brewed in canada.
Actually the guiness bottle with the widget isn't too bad. The downside to it is that it's 12oz and not a pint. The can's are pretty good, but if it has sat too long, I can very often taste the aluminum. Coming from oklahoma and texas, I find that the Pacific Northwest (seattle specifically for me) is beer heaven. There are hundreds of local stouts and porters to try, and everyone has got something on tap. I've also found a pretty good beer store. They seem to do enough buisness that the beer is always fresh. That's where I go if I want to get a Boddington's or a Young's.
Speaking of foreign beers. My girlfriend is a big fan of abbey style beers from belgium. Her favorite being leffe dark. Leffe is imported to the US but I've only ever seen the blonde. Has anyone seen the dark? Perhaps in canada?
That's the problem... I'm not in Dublin, and don't have any trips to Ireland planned. My guiness comes out of a tap in a seattle pub if I'm lucky, a can or bottle if I'm not. And if I remember correctly, the guiness in the US isn't even brewed the same as the irish version.
guiness is hardly the end all of beers. I can think of quite a few stouts, porters, and pub ale's I'd rather drink before I'd have a guiness. My favorite of course being Young's double chocolate stout. Guiness just has a distinction of being readily available worldwide.
If the sound out port was turned off you couldn't listen to your encrypted song. How do you think the audio signal gets to your speakers? through the sound out port.
You must know the most clueless users on earth. Most people I know still call 3.5" flopies hard disks because they're 'hard', but easily run kazaa... of course their computers are now filled with spyware.
What about music that can't really be performed live because of it's complexity? The Beach Boys really couldn't play anything but poor facsimilies of anything off of pet sounds, does that mean that they can't recoup the costs of recording it? A CD is a tangible product that has costs associated with producing it. You have to have a studio, equipment, producers, mastering fees, manufacturing fees, packaging fees. Electronic distribition does away with some of those costs, but not all... but you are saying the artists should have to pay all those fees just so you can have their music for free?
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That's not quite a valid listening test. The only tests that might show something are double blind tests. I have not personally heard 128kbps AAC. But I can hear losses in 192kbps mp3, high quality vorbis files and 128kbs WMA. I've never done a double blind listening test to see which one sounds better though. The differences stand out the most when listening to the polyphonic spree (which coincidentally is the featured music in the ipod/VW Bug commercial).
But they distribute the songs in a lossy compression format. Therefore if I do this, I'm combining the lossy nature of mpeg-4 with the lossy nature of mpeg-1. This leaves me with an unacceptable file. I want my music uncompressed. That way I can store it in any format that strikes my current fancy without loosing quality everytime I decide on a new format.
When did microsoft start distributing content? As far as I know you can lock down a file just as much in using apples software as you can media player.
That page doesn't really give me an reason to switch from opera. And if i did I'd miss the m2 mail client, which simply kicks ass.
Of course many of them could be like me and are having opera report itself as IE.
That's all well and good. We should do away with nuclear weapons. And we should stop software and buisness practice patents. But while they are still legal companies like IBM and Microsoft have to do this kind of thing to defend themselves.
It's happened to me in a night club before. Actually in the parking lot at closing time. And actually it wasn't the shit kicked out of me it was just some guy who punched me once and ran away. There are people out there who go to clubs simply to look for trouble, and it's not fun to be on the otherside.
I hated the layout at first as well. It took some getting used to. Now I don't know how anyone can use any other layout. I love how it organizes anything. If I'm trying to find a message it will show up in multiple places if necessary. I can find messages easily without searching and without re-ording, and without keeping multiple copies.
I know that there is a mouse gestures plug-in for firebird. But I just prefer it being built-in in this case.
Nike makes something like this for football players. They wear a special vest. When they come to the sidelines between series they are hooked up to water tubes which ciruclates cool water across their torso.
I actually prefer the opera browser myself... of course the ads are a turn off to some, and most aren't willing to pay for a browser. I love the mouse gestures and pop up killing. I also love the way it integrates with the mail client. It took getting used to but now I don't think I could ever switch from the m2 client.
Did you read anything? Microsoft isn't patenting IM , I think AOL already has the patent on that... they're just patenting a feature.
When was the last time Microsoft or IBM did this? Both of those companies have tons of patents. I don't remember either of them suing many people for patent infringement, unless of course they were sued first. These companies aren't getting these patents to attack other companies. They're getting the patents to keep from being attacked. Microsoft just lost a case over a frivolous patent. This saves them from the possibility of loosing another.
Read the fucking patent. Both of those are addressed in the patent.
I have to agree. When was the last time microsoft sued someone using their patent portfolio? When was the last time Microsoft was hit with a frivolous patent lawsuit? I think their motivation in this case is clear.
That may be true. I just know that most imported beers of the popularity level of guinness are different in the states. For instance foster's sold in the united states is actually brewed in canada.
Actually the guiness bottle with the widget isn't too bad. The downside to it is that it's 12oz and not a pint. The can's are pretty good, but if it has sat too long, I can very often taste the aluminum. Coming from oklahoma and texas, I find that the Pacific Northwest (seattle specifically for me) is beer heaven. There are hundreds of local stouts and porters to try, and everyone has got something on tap. I've also found a pretty good beer store. They seem to do enough buisness that the beer is always fresh. That's where I go if I want to get a Boddington's or a Young's.
Speaking of foreign beers. My girlfriend is a big fan of abbey style beers from belgium. Her favorite being leffe dark. Leffe is imported to the US but I've only ever seen the blonde. Has anyone seen the dark? Perhaps in canada?
That's the problem... I'm not in Dublin, and don't have any trips to Ireland planned. My guiness comes out of a tap in a seattle pub if I'm lucky, a can or bottle if I'm not. And if I remember correctly, the guiness in the US isn't even brewed the same as the irish version.
guiness is hardly the end all of beers. I can think of quite a few stouts, porters, and pub ale's I'd rather drink before I'd have a guiness. My favorite of course being Young's double chocolate stout. Guiness just has a distinction of being readily available worldwide.
But that still doesn't keep you from copying the audio file if you can listen to it.
You mean you can get a G5 laptop for $1700? sign me up :P
Then you should use an SPDIF cable :)
If the sound out port was turned off you couldn't listen to your encrypted song. How do you think the audio signal gets to your speakers? through the sound out port.
You must know the most clueless users on earth. Most people I know still call 3.5" flopies hard disks because they're 'hard', but easily run kazaa... of course their computers are now filled with spyware.
What about music that can't really be performed live because of it's complexity? The Beach Boys really couldn't play anything but poor facsimilies of anything off of pet sounds, does that mean that they can't recoup the costs of recording it? A CD is a tangible product that has costs associated with producing it. You have to have a studio, equipment, producers, mastering fees, manufacturing fees, packaging fees. Electronic distribition does away with some of those costs, but not all... but you are saying the artists should have to pay all those fees just so you can have their music for free?