Why has the parent been modded "Funny"? That is exactly the sort of thing I'm worried about with the introduction of ID cards in the UK and elsewhere, and I find it quite terrifying.
Music is 128kbps bitrate. They're basically delivering the absolute minimum quality that I, and many others, consider usable From the eMusic FAQ:
The average bit rate used for VBR on eMusic is 192k. We choose to encode using VBR to give you the best possible sound quality with the smallest possible file size.
I still think that's a little unnecessarily low, but just wanted to point out they don't use the absolute minimum.
22 years later? People have been noticing this stuff for years. I know many of you won't be a fan of bands such as Rage Against the Machine, but they were singing about "knowing your enemy" back in 1992.
The whole point of 1984 is that you don't notice it happening. It's great that people are starting to realise that the world is a mess, but it's not a new thing.
And this isn't a high and mighty sort of post; I see myself being a sheep many times, it's so hard not to be, and that's where "Big Brother" is so clever.
Dude, get on the fan-boi band wagon. It doesn't matter if anything came before. If google does, it will be "better."
From TFA: "With infinite storage, we can house all user files, including emails, web history, pictures, bookmarks, etc and make it accessible from anywhere (any device, any platform, etc)," the notes in the original Google presentation state.
Don't you think it's fair to say in this case that Google's unlimited (or at the very least a couple of gigs) worth of storage is a little better than Yahoo Briefcase's 30mb?
I'm not "fan-boi" - I'm pretty sure I won't use this service because I have no idea what Google will do with the files - but it does seem that Google are attempting something quite different to what has previously been offered.
Can someone explain to me why Firefox has to create fixes for the Slashdot rendering problems. I was under the impression, and please correct me if I'm wrong (it happens a lot), but I thought the problems were with the Slashdot code? Isn't making/. render properly in Firefox just giving the people at Slashdot one less reason to bother fixing their code?
I could be way out of line if it is partly Firefox's fault, so sorry if that's the case...
I've been wondering if this existed somewhere. It pisses me off that/. doesn't fix the code themselves. ALA showed how much money they could save, not to mention the whole not pissing people off factor.
No, afraid not. Google Print is designed to help you discover books, not read them from start to finish. It's like going to a bookstore and browsing - only with a Google twist. Google searches across entire books in order to find the pages that are most relevant to your search. Once you're on a book page, you can 'flip' two pages forward and back, view other information about the book and even conduct another search within the book."
That story would have been much better if he'd just left it dangling earlier. I was actually believing it for a bit until all the stupid events started happening.
"If I want mp3's, I rip them from my own CD's and trade with friends (since we paid for the CD, we can make copies and give them out for free to anyone we want, regardless of what the RIAA says)."
I despise the RIAA as much as the next person and I copy CDs for friends, but I'm well aware that legally this is not allowed. You have to have rights to distribute that music which buying it from a shop does not give you.
By all means, copy it for your car or work. But giving copies to friends just because you paid for a copy is not at all legal.
"We think it would be extremely anti-consumer for Apple to stop the music by intentionally breaking compatibility with Harmony."
This is the EXACT reason I can see Apple having a problem with them doing it. If they (Apple) change something in the next firmware of the iPod that just happens to stop the Real files working on it, Real could easily turn round and say it's Apple being anti-consumer. Sure, Apple could say that's not the reason, but it will inevitably make them look bad.
What I want, is not a phone with built in hard drive, but a hard drive mp3 player with built in phone. That is to say, I don't want the stupid features of phones like games and camera, I just want to be able to make phone calls on my mp3 player so I don't have to carry both around with me where ever I go.
I used to be the person complaining about phones having too many features, but I've come to realise that they could be quite useful, if only the phone manufacturers would combine two gadgets that I'm likely to be carrying around with me at all times.
I don't take my camera with me everywhere, but I do take my mp3 player with me everywhere.
You Could say that if you disable and enable everything mentioned there, configure your machine so it is secure, you should be OK. But the problem with that is Windows is meant to be the option for the user who doesn't want to be dealing with configuration and settings to get their computer working.
People seem to forget that the reason it's so cool that there are different players out there is because they cater to the different things people want in a player.
I've just ordered an iAudio M3, because IMO the iPod is useless. Why? Because it doesn't have many of the features I want in a player.
The iRiver, iAudio etc all have customers because they provide something different to what Apple is offering. Obviously it is not what the masses want because the easy interface and pretty looks are clearly appealing to most people.
But for some of us, it's just another player that isn't what we're looking for.
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I started off reading this and gradually got quite excited by the ideas presented.
About half way through I mistakenly thought I was reading an online copy of 1984.
The benifits of this happening sound fantastic. It just sounds very cool for everyone to be connected like that - which is what scares me even more. Here is an absolutely huge privacy concern; and it has me totally excited about the prospect of it happening.
Sorry to go slightly off topic, but it's things like this that worry me a lot, that a possible 1984 scenario could disguise itself so well that even a person like me - who is verging on (if not already there) being a member of the tin foil hat brigade - excited by the very idea of it.
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Why has the parent been modded "Funny"? That is exactly the sort of thing I'm worried about with the introduction of ID cards in the UK and elsewhere, and I find it quite terrifying.
The average bit rate used for VBR on eMusic is 192k. We choose to encode using VBR to give you the best possible sound quality with the smallest possible file size.
I still think that's a little unnecessarily low, but just wanted to point out they don't use the absolute minimum.
22 years later? People have been noticing this stuff for years. I know many of you won't be a fan of bands such as Rage Against the Machine, but they were singing about "knowing your enemy" back in 1992.
The whole point of 1984 is that you don't notice it happening. It's great that people are starting to realise that the world is a mess, but it's not a new thing.
And this isn't a high and mighty sort of post; I see myself being a sheep many times, it's so hard not to be, and that's where "Big Brother" is so clever.
From TFA: "With infinite storage, we can house all user files, including emails, web history, pictures, bookmarks, etc and make it accessible from anywhere (any device, any platform, etc)," the notes in the original Google presentation state.
Don't you think it's fair to say in this case that Google's unlimited (or at the very least a couple of gigs) worth of storage is a little better than Yahoo Briefcase's 30mb?
I'm not "fan-boi" - I'm pretty sure I won't use this service because I have no idea what Google will do with the files - but it does seem that Google are attempting something quite different to what has previously been offered.
They do?
Sarchasm - 1. (n.) The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the recipient who doesn't get it.
People seem to be overlooking the real news contained in this story: a Google product actually out of beta. Surely a first?
I could be way out of line if it is partly Firefox's fault, so sorry if that's the case...
I've been wondering if this existed somewhere. It pisses me off that /. doesn't fix the code themselves. ALA showed how much money they could save, not to mention the whole not pissing people off factor.
Woops, mod that as failing to RTFM...
"Can I read an entire book online?
No, afraid not. Google Print is designed to help you discover books, not read them from start to finish. It's like going to a bookstore and browsing - only with a Google twist. Google searches across entire books in order to find the pages that are most relevant to your search. Once you're on a book page, you can 'flip' two pages forward and back, view other information about the book and even conduct another search within the book."
Didn't Amazon get in trouble for allowing you to read pages of books because it kind of allowed you to read the book online, though not easily?
Will it run Longhorn?
Well no, the real question is, how many people beat me to that joke?
That story would have been much better if he'd just left it dangling earlier. I was actually believing it for a bit until all the stupid events started happening.
Was this modded funny because of the joke within the post, or the suggestion of a /.er having a girlfriend?
"If I want mp3's, I rip them from my own CD's and trade with friends (since we paid for the CD, we can make copies and give them out for free to anyone we want, regardless of what the RIAA says)."
I despise the RIAA as much as the next person and I copy CDs for friends, but I'm well aware that legally this is not allowed. You have to have rights to distribute that music which buying it from a shop does not give you.
By all means, copy it for your car or work. But giving copies to friends just because you paid for a copy is not at all legal.
"We think it would be extremely anti-consumer for Apple to stop the music by intentionally breaking compatibility with Harmony."
This is the EXACT reason I can see Apple having a problem with them doing it. If they (Apple) change something in the next firmware of the iPod that just happens to stop the Real files working on it, Real could easily turn round and say it's Apple being anti-consumer. Sure, Apple could say that's not the reason, but it will inevitably make them look bad.
What I want, is not a phone with built in hard drive, but a hard drive mp3 player with built in phone. That is to say, I don't want the stupid features of phones like games and camera, I just want to be able to make phone calls on my mp3 player so I don't have to carry both around with me where ever I go.
I used to be the person complaining about phones having too many features, but I've come to realise that they could be quite useful, if only the phone manufacturers would combine two gadgets that I'm likely to be carrying around with me at all times.
I don't take my camera with me everywhere, but I do take my mp3 player with me everywhere.
"Information was then sent to a Web site that allowed Gabrielyan to monitor the woman's location."
Link?
You Could say that if you disable and enable everything mentioned there, configure your machine so it is secure, you should be OK. But the problem with that is Windows is meant to be the option for the user who doesn't want to be dealing with configuration and settings to get their computer working.
I've just ordered an iAudio M3, because IMO the iPod is useless. Why? Because it doesn't have many of the features I want in a player.
The iRiver, iAudio etc all have customers because they provide something different to what Apple is offering. Obviously it is not what the masses want because the easy interface and pretty looks are clearly appealing to most people.
But for some of us, it's just another player that isn't what we're looking for.
Ah, a Buddhist I see. ;)
I started off reading this and gradually got quite excited by the ideas presented.
About half way through I mistakenly thought I was reading an online copy of 1984.
The benifits of this happening sound fantastic. It just sounds very cool for everyone to be connected like that - which is what scares me even more. Here is an absolutely huge privacy concern; and it has me totally excited about the prospect of it happening.
Sorry to go slightly off topic, but it's things like this that worry me a lot, that a possible 1984 scenario could disguise itself so well that even a person like me - who is verging on (if not already there) being a member of the tin foil hat brigade - excited by the very idea of it.
Looks like the maps for the first Grand Theft Auto. Does the thing also identify where Spray and Bomb shops are?
I hope that "student" gets a punch from each of his fellow students. A student attempting to stop filesharing? What is the world coming to.
Heh, Wang.