Yes. Legally. You can burn iTunes purchased songs to a standard non-DRM'd audio CD. How you may ask? Using iTunes. From there I believe fair use dictates you can convert to any format you like, but I suppose that is debatable.
How is "display suspicious file" any different than opening suspicious file in a viewer like Preview on the Mac?
Its not.
Preview will not run an executable any more than the "display" command will. So how is the command line giving you more protection?
I tend to agree with you, however when using the GUI, people are more likely to simply double-click on the icon rather than specify to open the supposed jpeg in preview. It's not that the CLI is better than the GUI, as much as the default method of interacting with the CLI is different than with the GUI.
The real protection comes from being suspicious, in the first place.
You can copy the files wherever you want to. CD, DVD, backup tape, internal or external HDD, they are just files like any other, except you can only play them back on an authorized computer. I guess it all depends on your definition of "non-volatile medium". All of the media types you or I have mentioned could be destroyed by a fire.
I'm confused. How exactly are you unable to backup DRM'd files? It seems to work just fine for me. As near as I can tell, I can back them up to as many different locations as I want, as often as I want. Granted I can only play them back on one of my 5 authorized computers. But by the same token, I can authorize and deauthorize as many computers as I want.
Specifically "A podcast is a web feed of audio or video files placed on the Internet for anyone to subscribe to."
The reason I replied was that you seemed to be confused about how videos are delivered through iTMS. Perhaps I was mistaken to assume that you meant Arrested Development should be made available through iTMS, but since TFA was referring to NBC's The Office, available though iTMS I don't think this is an unfair assumption, and since iTMS does not offer show subscriptions they do not fall under the realm of "podcasting"
If only Fox would have pulled their collective heads out of their universal ass before they cancelled Arrested Development and podcasted it to supplement the ratings.
Just because music or videos are sold through iTMS does not make them podcasts. A podcast is something very specific, and is not even related to Apple, Mac's, iPods, or iTunes, other than the fact that you have the option of using said technology to listen to them.
There are threemajor player - QT, Real and WMP. The onyl one I have good streaming/playback experience with is WMP. I too settle for WMP on my PC's. It is the best out there that I have found, but I still think it's a piece of junk.
WMP has only been improving since. Oh and guess what, you don't have to BUY a pro version to run in full screen (like QuickTime)? How cool is that eh? This is irritating, and why I said "pretty good". Ironically I can't get my WMP on my PC to go truly fullscreen.
I bet Mac users think fullscreen playback is some sort of extremely hard to do feature worth paying for. I bet all Windows users like to make sweeping generalizations. Oh wait. I am a Windows user and I don't
I got a copy of office for mac 2004 through a special licensing agreement through my employer for the cost of media ($19.95 I think) and I can count the number of times I've used it on a quadriplegics limbs. Worst. Investment. Evar.
"Windows Media Player... was sorely lacking in almost every respect and laughing stock of the entire Mac community. It won't be missed."
Same can be said about QuickTime on Windows. This sorry excuse for a media player takes ages to start, and sometimes instead of starting crashes, or hangs my browser (Firefox). Won't be missed but I still have to use it because of the exclusive QT content on apple and some other sites.
The difference is, QT is relatively nice on a Mac, whereas WMP sucks no mater what platform it's on.
As an American I don't understand these stores. I went to one in London which was pretty much the same as a Grocery store. I also went to one in Prague that was like a convenience store appended to a department store appended to a discount store appended to a drug store. Are they all so dissimilar or was this because of cultural differences between Czech Republic and the UK?
The iMac has a Radeon x1600 as well according to the apple store. Where did you see integrated intel?
Low end iMac: 17-inch widescreen LCD with 1440x900 resolution 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo processor with 2MB shared L2 cache 512MB (single SO-DIMM) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-5300) 160GB Serial ATA hard drive Slot-load 8x double-layer SuperDrive ATI Radeon X1600 graphics with 128MB GDDR3 memory Built-in AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth 2.0
Really? I havn't been able to find software to do this with my Motorola RAZR V3. If you know where there is software that can do this please let me know. I'd even be willing to pay a (reasonable) fee. Thanks.
The first time I ran across this I just added *.googlesyndication.com* to my blocked sites list. I felt a bit sad and a bit guilty about it, but I guess that makes this a non-story for me. The tides turned a while ago. This is not news.
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I've always felt it should be called the iCon instead.
Hmmm...I explect my Motorcycle to be tested and functional "Out of the Box" (Off the Lot) too. An improperly functioning motocycle is a very dangerous thing.
Or were you compairing the Xbox 360 to a Unicycle?
That way the whiners could save themselves the 0.1 seconds that it takes to scroll past the story.
You forgot to account for the time involved in posting about how obnoxious the article is. It actually takes 136.1 seconds. Longer if they're concerned about Karma.
First of all, on the preferences page, I clicked on the "Advanced Features" link to see what exactly these advanced features were. This checked the "Advanced Features" checkbox and immediately forwarded me to a page that explained that I would be sending usage info to google. No other info was available there. So, it appears that the "advanced feature" option is a synonym for an "enable spyware" option. No other benefits are explained.
Secondly, I get these obnoxious pop ups when new mail arrives, which duplicates the functionality of Outlook 2003 to no benefit. There is no option to turn it off on the preferences page that I can see. There is a preferences page that you can access from the pop-up window, unfortunately though, changes I make there don't get saved.
My last complaint is only due to me trying to give the software a fair chance. My inclination is to uninstall it now, but I figured I would let it finish indexing and run a few searches. Who knows, I may be impressed, but the indexing is taking forever. and I'm about ready to give up on it.
I have used both platforms and have thrown my mouse against the wall with a "Fuck You Bill Gates" more than once and have never been so provoked by frustration with Mac. Is this due to media spin or my user experience?
It's because Apple hardware is to expensive to treat like that.
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Yes. Legally. You can burn iTunes purchased songs to a standard non-DRM'd audio CD. How you may ask? Using iTunes. From there I believe fair use dictates you can convert to any format you like, but I suppose that is debatable.
How is "display suspicious file" any different than opening suspicious file in a viewer like Preview on the Mac?
Its not.
Preview will not run an executable any more than the "display" command will. So how is the command line giving you more protection?
I tend to agree with you, however when using the GUI, people are more likely to simply double-click on the icon rather than specify to open the supposed jpeg in preview. It's not that the CLI is better than the GUI, as much as the default method of interacting with the CLI is different than with the GUI.
The real protection comes from being suspicious, in the first place.
Exactly.
You can copy the files wherever you want to. CD, DVD, backup tape, internal or external HDD, they are just files like any other, except you can only play them back on an authorized computer. I guess it all depends on your definition of "non-volatile medium". All of the media types you or I have mentioned could be destroyed by a fire.
I'm confused. How exactly are you unable to backup DRM'd files? It seems to work just fine for me. As near as I can tell, I can back them up to as many different locations as I want, as often as I want. Granted I can only play them back on one of my 5 authorized computers. But by the same token, I can authorize and deauthorize as many computers as I want.
I drink Google Gulp
Can I get a Gulp Cap from you?
Specifically "A podcast is a web feed of audio or video files placed on the Internet for anyone to subscribe to."
The reason I replied was that you seemed to be confused about how videos are delivered through iTMS. Perhaps I was mistaken to assume that you meant Arrested Development should be made available through iTMS, but since TFA was referring to NBC's The Office, available though iTMS I don't think this is an unfair assumption, and since iTMS does not offer show subscriptions they do not fall under the realm of "podcasting"
If only Fox would have pulled their collective heads out of their universal ass before they cancelled Arrested Development and podcasted it to supplement the ratings.
Just because music or videos are sold through iTMS does not make them podcasts. A podcast is something very specific, and is not even related to Apple, Mac's, iPods, or iTunes, other than the fact that you have the option of using said technology to listen to them.
There are threemajor player - QT, Real and WMP. The onyl one I have good streaming/playback experience with is WMP.
I too settle for WMP on my PC's. It is the best out there that I have found, but I still think it's a piece of junk.
WMP has only been improving since. Oh and guess what, you don't have to BUY a pro version to run in full screen (like QuickTime)? How cool is that eh?
This is irritating, and why I said "pretty good". Ironically I can't get my WMP on my PC to go truly fullscreen.
I bet Mac users think fullscreen playback is some sort of extremely hard to do feature worth paying for.
I bet all Windows users like to make sweeping generalizations. Oh wait. I am a Windows user and I don't
I got a copy of office for mac 2004 through a special licensing agreement through my employer for the cost of media ($19.95 I think) and I can count the number of times I've used it on a quadriplegics limbs. Worst. Investment. Evar.
"Windows Media Player ... was sorely lacking in almost every respect and laughing stock of the entire Mac community. It won't be missed."
Same can be said about QuickTime on Windows. This sorry excuse for a media player takes ages to start, and sometimes instead of starting crashes, or hangs my browser (Firefox). Won't be missed but I still have to use it because of the exclusive QT content on apple and some other sites.
The difference is, QT is relatively nice on a Mac, whereas WMP sucks no mater what platform it's on.
MS Office for example.
...and Windows Media Player. Ugh...
As an American I don't understand these stores. I went to one in London which was pretty much the same as a Grocery store. I also went to one in Prague that was like a convenience store appended to a department store appended to a discount store appended to a drug store. Are they all so dissimilar or was this because of cultural differences between Czech Republic and the UK?
The iMac has a Radeon x1600 as well according to the apple store. Where did you see integrated intel?
Low end iMac:
17-inch widescreen LCD with 1440x900 resolution
1.83GHz Intel Core Duo processor with 2MB shared L2 cache
512MB (single SO-DIMM) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-5300)
160GB Serial ATA hard drive
Slot-load 8x double-layer SuperDrive
ATI Radeon X1600 graphics with 128MB GDDR3 memory
Built-in AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth 2.0
Really? I havn't been able to find software to do this with my Motorola RAZR V3. If you know where there is software that can do this please let me know. I'd even be willing to pay a (reasonable) fee. Thanks.
The first time I ran across this I just added *.googlesyndication.com* to my blocked sites list. I felt a bit sad and a bit guilty about it, but I guess that makes this a non-story for me. The tides turned a while ago. This is not news.
I've always felt it should be called the iCon instead.
Hmmm...I explect my Motorcycle to be tested and functional "Out of the Box" (Off the Lot) too. An improperly functioning motocycle is a very dangerous thing.
Or were you compairing the Xbox 360 to a Unicycle?
That way the whiners could save themselves the 0.1 seconds that it takes to scroll past the story.
You forgot to account for the time involved in posting about how obnoxious the article is. It actually takes 136.1 seconds. Longer if they're concerned about Karma.
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Here is the same chart over the discussed 8 year period
I am not impressed at all.
First of all, on the preferences page, I clicked on the "Advanced Features" link to see what exactly these advanced features were. This checked the "Advanced Features" checkbox and immediately forwarded me to a page that explained that I would be sending usage info to google. No other info was available there. So, it appears that the "advanced feature" option is a synonym for an "enable spyware" option. No other benefits are explained.
Secondly, I get these obnoxious pop ups when new mail arrives, which duplicates the functionality of Outlook 2003 to no benefit. There is no option to turn it off on the preferences page that I can see. There is a preferences page that you can access from the pop-up window, unfortunately though, changes I make there don't get saved.
My last complaint is only due to me trying to give the software a fair chance. My inclination is to uninstall it now, but I figured I would let it finish indexing and run a few searches. Who knows, I may be impressed, but the indexing is taking forever. and I'm about ready to give up on it.
Am I blind? No DC affiliate? I know DC is a small city, but I always assumed the metro area was apretty big market.
The case is the same with the 15" Powerbook. Looks like just the lowly 12" Powerbook that was shortchanged.
I have used both platforms and have thrown my mouse against the wall with a "Fuck You Bill Gates" more than once and have never been so provoked by frustration with Mac. Is this due to media spin or my user experience?
It's because Apple hardware is to expensive to treat like that.
It really depends on your jurisdiction, doesn't it?