Would there be an Open Office without Microsoft Office? Open Office and many other open source projects are modeled from intellectual property.
If there was a Boston Tea Party of sorts and people threw away or refused to use or own software that wasn't open we would rely on open source to lead the way. I wonder if advancements would equal or match those from for-profit software companies.
Once again, you don't have to buy CD's. I want to emphasize that one more time: you don't HAVE to buy CD's.
I think you are missing the point. Sony does not have the right to take over a consumer's PC. Whether or not the consumer buys the CD is not the issue.
Can this post be an more off topic?
Let's talk about Sony and their rootkit.
The thing that angers me the most about Sony's rootkit is that paying customers were punished.
"Cars were invented in Germany"
Are you sure about that? I guess it comes down to what you consider a car. If you consider a car a self-propelled automobile, you are wrong. Steam cars were functional long before the German automobile. Cars were invented in various stages around the world. Nicolas Joseph Cugnot (1725 - 1804) created the first self-propelled automobile (steam-powered) in France in 1769. Daimler created the first commericial car... but then again you are trying to be funny right?
This is off topic-sorry. To add to the conversation I'll just say that I like my internets just the way they are.
However, just to respond to your Ford analogy, if a third party manufacturer wanted to include the line "Made specifically for Ford Bronco" on the packaging of their product, Ford would certainly demand a contractual agreement with the manufacturer in order to deal with trademark issues.
Um... the packaging for most replacement auto parts do list the make and model the part is meant for. I'm not sure if the "big 3" is compensated for this.
I would hate to be locked out of my house because of a power cut (battery charge doesn't last forever), or ignored because I'm drenched (and can't be recognised).
I would think the manufacturer would still provide a key that overrides the feature. I think that this system is overly complicated when a key seems to work just fine! If the price is affordable the technology would be widely accepted.
I bought two boxes of cereal at the store, both claiming that there may be a prize inside. I open one box, dig around, and find my prize. I open the second box, dig around, and find no prize.
In this case there may or may not be 2 prizes...
I think this story was generated for hype by Apple. There will be people now obsessing over slightly higher specs until they buy one. People really need to get over their fetish for Apple products.
Reading the www.ipodsubwaymaps.com it seems that New York MTA are offering a 1 year licence for $500, which seems fairly reasonable to me. I mean it still seems a bit silly, especially as a) MTA are offering the map to download anyway and b) no other metro service is complaining, but it's not like they're demanding some ridiculous per download licence or the like.
You don't have to be an audiophile to hear the difference between any iPod (I've tested the 1GB shuffle and the 40GB regular iPod)and a decent CD player. If you compare an iPod to a record the difference is even larger. The difference is that the compressed files (AAC or mp3) played through an iPod sound very very thin compared with the full sound of the cd or record. Try a blind test with an old Sony cassette Walkman and an iPod. You'll be surprised at the results. And if you don't want to test anything, plug a good set of studio monitor headphones into an iPod and you'll see the light. iPods (and other compressed file players) destroy cd, tape and record players in the convience department, but in sound...that's another story.
Most people reading this were chatting on BBS years ago (or IRC later on). It should be easy to relate to the teens using IM.
I agree with the assessments that teens have different communication needs than adults.
I would really not want to try to replace a 16-bit DAC chip in a CD player in the middle of the Sahara desert, but unclogging a jammed lever would be relatively easy.
I can't imagine anyone needing or wanting to replace a DAC chip anywhere! Did you ever know someone who's DAC chip went out? Live digital instruments (such as professional keyboards) are often 20- to 24-bit, 192 KHz, and lossless digital amplifiers have been around since the 60s. (Though damn-near lossless high-end analogue amplifiers have been around about as long.)
I thought the topic was cassette use? What would that have to do with someone listening to a tape?
What we're getting is third-rate crap that only rich corporations can even maintain, which means most consumers treat such devices as disposable.
I don't know about you but I wouldn't trade my iPod or my Denon CD Player for a cassette player (walkman or CD deck). IMO good digital players blow away the poor quality of a tape. When you bring up 'lossless' in an analog tape, consider the signal-to-noise ratio, wow and flutter and most important - freqency response. With noise and distortion, it's hard to enjoy the 'lossless' expereince!
Why would Apple add functionality to a service that competes with iTunes? A person with streaming audio would have little incentive to pay for songs on iTunes.
The only way I can see an iPod with satellite radio reception is if it was owned and operated by Apple.
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You know.. stuck to their guns. Jobs has a vision, Gates is motivated by greed and ego.
That's priceless. Are you implying that Steve Jobs has a small ego and that he's not motivated by money?
I can't believe I fell for the plug! What a rip off. You can buy an ultra 2 on ebay for under $100.
anysystem.con starts them off at the low price of $695.
I agree. They just made the mp3 player more stylish and inproved the interface. This was important but they were certanly not the first company to make an mp3 player. In time the copycats will win the war by underpricing Apple.
but the management (which is forced by the corporate office to do this).
The managers are just greedy bastards. They win trips and get bonuses. The whole thing is a pyramid scheme. I used to work at BBY. The managers are Nazis.
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Would there be an Open Office without Microsoft Office?
Open Office and many other open source projects are modeled from
intellectual property.
If there was a Boston Tea Party of sorts and people threw away
or refused to use or own software that wasn't open we would
rely on open source to lead the way. I wonder if advancements would
equal or match those from for-profit software companies.
Once again, you don't have to buy CD's. I want to emphasize that one more time: you don't HAVE to buy CD's.
I think you are missing the point. Sony does not have the right to take over a consumer's PC. Whether or not the consumer buys the CD is not the issue.
Can this post be an more off topic? Let's talk about Sony and their rootkit. The thing that angers me the most about Sony's rootkit is that paying customers were punished.
Bestest method : Copy the CD with x-cd-roast or rip mp3's with Grip in Linux.
"Cars were invented in Germany" Are you sure about that? I guess it comes down to what you consider a car. If you consider a car a self-propelled automobile, you are wrong. Steam cars were functional long before the German automobile. Cars were invented in various stages around the world. Nicolas Joseph Cugnot (1725 - 1804) created the first self-propelled automobile (steam-powered) in France in 1769. Daimler created the first commericial car... but then again you are trying to be funny right? This is off topic-sorry. To add to the conversation I'll just say that I like my internets just the way they are.
That looked like the setup for a good joke.
However, just to respond to your Ford analogy, if a third party manufacturer wanted to include the line "Made specifically for Ford Bronco" on the packaging of their product, Ford would certainly demand a contractual agreement with the manufacturer in order to deal with trademark issues.
Um... the packaging for most replacement auto parts do list the make and model the part is meant for. I'm not sure if the "big 3" is compensated for this.
The point is that you'll never get perfect security - you get a compromise between usability and security.
You beat me to the punch with your comment. The only way an operating system can be secure is if it's not connected to a network.
I would hate to be locked out of my house because of a power cut (battery charge doesn't last forever), or ignored because I'm drenched (and can't be recognised).
I would think the manufacturer would still provide a key that overrides the feature. I think that this system is overly complicated when a key seems to work just fine! If the price is affordable the technology would be widely accepted.
I bought two boxes of cereal at the store, both claiming that there may be a prize inside. I open one box, dig around, and find my prize. I open the second box, dig around, and find no prize.
In this case there may or may not be 2 prizes...
I think this story was generated for hype by Apple. There will be people now obsessing over slightly higher specs until they buy one. People really need to get over their fetish for Apple products.
I really thought the idea of putting my subway map onto my iPod was cool.
This guys seems like a tool. It sure looks like he's passing the map off as his own. "My subway map"?
Reading the www.ipodsubwaymaps.com it seems that New York MTA are offering a 1 year licence for $500, which seems fairly reasonable to me. I mean it still seems a bit silly, especially as a) MTA are offering the map to download anyway and b) no other metro service is complaining, but it's not like they're demanding some ridiculous per download licence or the like.
Not silly when the website has advertisements.
Maybe this is more of an issue to the company that has a contract to print the maps? Less maps needed, fewer maps to print...
>And the iPod is certainly the finest music experience out there - by far. Much better than a nice Denon CD player with a 24 Bit DAC ;)
You don't have to be an audiophile to hear the difference between any iPod (I've tested the 1GB shuffle and the 40GB regular iPod)and a decent CD player. If you compare an iPod to a record the difference is even larger.
The difference is that the compressed files (AAC or mp3) played through an iPod sound very very thin compared with the full sound of the cd or record. Try a blind test with an old Sony cassette Walkman and an iPod. You'll be surprised at the results.
And if you don't want to test anything, plug a good set of studio monitor headphones into an iPod and you'll see the light. iPods (and other compressed file players) destroy cd, tape and record players in the convience department, but in sound...that's another story.
Most people reading this were chatting on BBS years ago (or IRC later on). It should be easy to relate to the teens using IM. I agree with the assessments that teens have different communication needs than adults.
>and burning music from P2P
Better yet, copy your friends' CD's in raw mode.
I use one of those stand-alone cd recorders, so I have to buy the Audio CD-Rs. I don't feel at all bad copying my CDs to pass out.
I would really not want to try to replace a 16-bit DAC chip in a CD player in the middle of the Sahara desert, but unclogging a jammed lever would be relatively easy.
I can't imagine anyone needing or wanting to replace a DAC chip anywhere! Did you ever know someone who's DAC chip went out?
Live digital instruments (such as professional keyboards) are often 20- to 24-bit, 192 KHz, and lossless digital amplifiers have been around since the 60s. (Though damn-near lossless high-end analogue amplifiers have been around about as long.)
I thought the topic was cassette use? What would that have to do with someone listening to a tape?
What we're getting is third-rate crap that only rich corporations can even maintain, which means most consumers treat such devices as disposable.
I don't know about you but I wouldn't trade my iPod or my Denon CD Player for a cassette player (walkman or CD deck). IMO good digital players blow away the poor quality of a tape. When you bring up 'lossless' in an analog tape, consider the signal-to-noise ratio, wow and flutter and most important - freqency response. With noise and distortion, it's hard to enjoy the 'lossless' expereince!
I think he was refering to a Unix console and not a gaming console.
That's what shuffle is for!
Why would Apple add functionality to a service that competes with iTunes? A person with streaming audio would have little incentive to pay for songs on iTunes. The only way I can see an iPod with satellite radio reception is if it was owned and operated by Apple.
You know.. stuck to their guns. Jobs has a vision, Gates is motivated by greed and ego.
That's priceless. Are you implying that Steve Jobs has a small ego and that he's not motivated by money?
I can't believe I fell for the plug! What a rip off. You can buy an ultra 2 on ebay for under $100. anysystem.con starts them off at the low price of $695.
I agree. They just made the mp3 player more stylish and inproved the interface. This was important but they were certanly not the first company to make an mp3 player. In time the copycats will win the war by underpricing Apple.
but the management (which is forced by the corporate office to do this).
The managers are just greedy bastards. They win trips and get bonuses. The whole thing is a pyramid scheme. I used to work at BBY. The managers are Nazis.