The first job of the US government (and any government) is to protect the people. As such, any device that could be used for such should point it out. I do agree we need more of an emphasis on the environment, but for things like this, an application to warfare survival or that of airborne disease is perfectly acceptable, imo.
I already buy music from iTMS, let me say that off the bat.
But I will fully accept all DRM and such when all of these proprietary formats (Apple included) open their authentication (probably by court order) so people can use the songs that they paid for on whatever medium they wish.
And yes, I know about allofmp3. I'm not talking about them obviously;)
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I don't think this is a Apr 1 joke... http://www.epls.gov/epls/search.do?debar_recid=98050&status=current&vindex=0&xref=true Unless it's a really elaborate .gov joke...
The first job of the US government (and any government) is to protect the people. As such, any device that could be used for such should point it out. I do agree we need more of an emphasis on the environment, but for things like this, an application to warfare survival or that of airborne disease is perfectly acceptable, imo.
You're so cute when you speak rhetoric about Microsoft without actually using their name!
Now come here and give mama some suga you creative thing you!
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I already buy music from iTMS, let me say that off the bat. But I will fully accept all DRM and such when all of these proprietary formats (Apple included) open their authentication (probably by court order) so people can use the songs that they paid for on whatever medium they wish. And yes, I know about allofmp3. I'm not talking about them obviously ;)
If they're that good at face recognition, sign me up!
IIRC, betas are mainly used for bug fixing, not for new features, that's mainly a pre-beta thing.